9 Dec 2019 – 13 Dec 2019
1228 lots
Lot 50000
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1839 1d Charles Whiting « Treasury Essay », embossed oval postage
stamp essay in red with » V (Crown) R / POST OFFICE / 1D / HALF OZ » in centre, printed…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50001
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1839 1d « Beaufort House » essay by Charles Whitting, printed
using the Congreve method of printing simultaneously in two colours
(black and red) by…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50002
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1847 Embossed essay by Charles Whiting
showing the uncrowned Queen’s head within an ornate engine turned oval
surround, printed in ochre on thin card…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50003
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 Mulready proof, state 3 in black on India
paper without face value or side panels, very fine and fresh, a very scarce proof without any foxing as…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50004
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (May 9) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1 stereo A2, sent from Farnham to Lambeth neatly cancelled by a red MC with a
Farnham MY.09.1840 cds on reverse…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50005
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (May 13) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent within London, crisp red MC cancel, reverse with crisp MY 13 1840 ds which displays well when the top flap is…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50006
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Aug 26) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A133, and 1840 (Sep 2) 2d Mulready envelope, unallocated stereo a195, matched pair of Mulreadys
sent within…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50007
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Sep 20) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 5 stereo A244. with internal printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance
Company (SG MA103e), sent from London…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50007A
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Nov 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1, stereo A31 « Substituted Stereo »), sent from Gravesend to Vanbrugh Castle,
Greenwich, neatly cancelled…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50008
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Feb 2) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1stereo A4, containing a printed advert for the Atlas Assurance
Company (SG MA103i), sent from London to…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50009
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Mar 14) 1d Mulready lettersheet containing a printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance Company (SG MA103b), sent
from Horndean to Aberdeen neatly…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50010
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Apr 30) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A65, from Dudley (Worcestershire) to London cancelled by black MC with boxed « No 1 » handstamp adjacent, reverse…
Estimation: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 50011
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Jun 10) 1d Mulready lettersheet, Forme 1 stereo A7,
sent from Bruton (Somerset) to Totnes uprated with 1841 1d red pl.1b GA (showing non-coincident…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50012
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1843 (Jul 29) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 3, stereo A54,
sent from London to Leeds cancelled by crisp London « 4 » in MC, with arrival cds below, reverse…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50013
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1858 (Jan 3) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A156, SENT FROM PARIS to Germany, with French Empire 10c bistre and 20c blue, both tied by ms with the 10c also…
Estimation: 3’400 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50014
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Jan 18) 2d Mulready envelope, Forme 1, stereo a200,
sent from JERSEY to Ilchester cancelled contrary to regulations by a
black MC (as recorded…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50015
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (May 8) 2d Mulready envelope, forme 1 stereo a203 with « Webb, L’pool » advertising imprint on backflap (for Waring Webb of Liverpool, SG.MA490d),
…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50016
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
ca.1840 Fores’s No.1 Comic Envelope preliminary proof by John
Leech printed in black on thin white card, although the design is
similar to the finished…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50017
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1935 E. D. Bacon reprint of the 1840 background trial essay printed in rose carmine on white wove paper from the original plate, the original trials by…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50018
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper, top left corner marginal, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20 State 3b)
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50019
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper, top marginal, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20 State 3b)
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50020
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper with a
distinct ivory head on reverse, in top right corner marginal block of four,…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50021
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper
in top right corner marginal single, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20
State…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50022
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 1d Rainbow Trial, state 3, in dark olive-green on thick laid paper dipped in prussiate of
potash in top left corner marginal block of four, most…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50023
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1865 « Royal reprint » 1d black with watermark inverted pl.66 PH, mint part og, very fine (SG Spec. DP35a, £3’500)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50024
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1865 « Royal Reprint » 1d carmine pl.66 in imperforate horizontal pair, mint hr, fine to large margins except for small scissor cut at lower right corner,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50025
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 FH-FI in rose in imperforate
horizontal pair printed on thick white card, fine and very
scarce, only one sheet…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50026
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 NK in black on thick white card, good margins, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP38)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50027
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial sheet of twelve with blank
corner letters, produced to apply to postal notices to inform
postmasters of the forthcoming issue, very…
Estimation: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 50028
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial without corner letters in top right corner marginal block of four, printed for distribution to postmasters announcing the new forthcoming…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 50029
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial in lower left corner marginal
example from the trial sheet of twelve with blank corner letters,
produced for application to postal…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50030
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1871 1/2d Ormond Hill die proof with void corner
letters printed in black on thin white paper (54x49mm), some minor foxing, very rare (SG from £37’000)
Estimation: 6’000 – 9’000 GBP
Lot 50031
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 7) Lettersheet from Witham (Essex) to Halesworth with 1840 1d black pl.1a JH (worn plate), good even margins, cancelled by neat red MC, reverse…
Estimation: 1’600 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50032
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 8) Entire from Reading to Croydon, written between Quaker friends, with 1840 1d black pl.2 FC, fine to large margins, tied by a neat red MC contrary…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50033
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 14) Wrapper from Newcastle upon Tyne to Helton with 1840 1d intense black pl.1a FF, fine to good margins, tied by neat red MC with a
faint…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50034
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 19) Lettersheet from Dorchester to London with 1840 1d grey-black pl.1a QD, close to very large margins, tied by neat brownish-red MC with matching
…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50035
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 22) Wrapper from Stoubridge (Worcestershire) to Bewdley 1840 1d Grey black pl.1a QF, fine to very good margins, tied by crisp red MC, reverse…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50036
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 28) Wrapper from London to Ireland with 1840 1d black pl.1a IE cancelled by neat red MC, reverse with clear Lombard Street despatch and Dublin…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50037
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a DA-DB horizontal
pair, showing moderate plate wear, with large to huge margins, neatly cancelled by red
MCs, scarce so fine
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50038
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 Mourning wrapper from Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) to Kettering with 1840 1d black pl.1a EK, fine to large margins, tied by vivid red MC, despatch…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50039
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a ID/JE used block of four, fine to very good margins, cancelled by red MCs, small split at lower left of
ID and minor pressed…
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50040
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jun 8) Entire from Airdrie to Falkirk with 1840 1d Black pl.1a TC, good to very good margins,
beautifully tied by a crisp red thin lined Scottish…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50040A
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 6) Entire from Edinburgh to Hamilton with 1840 1d grey black pl.1a TJ, good to huge margins (corner crease at lower left in margin), neatly tied…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50041
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a TL, good to huge margins, cancelled by neat BLACK MC, also showing varieties « without ray flaw » and prominent basal shift, an…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50042
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b AH with INVERTED WATERMARK, fine to large margins, neatly and unusually cancelled by a small part red MC at the top left, most
attractive…
Estimation: 400 – 700 GBP
Lot 50043
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.1b AJ top marginal with full deckled edge selvedge and small
part sheet inscription, good margins elsewhere, neatly cancelled by…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50044
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-brown pl.1b BK, fine to very good margins, cancelled by a
crisp Manchester « Fishtail » distinctive MC, very fine (SG Spec. AS6uc,
£1’000)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50045
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b DL with WATERMARK INVERTED, good to huge margins, neatly cancelled by a red MC, scarce so
fine
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50046
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b GI mint og, fine to large margins, very fine and rare, cert.
Raybaudi (1998)
Estimation: 2’400 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50047
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Sep 1) Mourning wrapper from London to Penrith with 1840 1d black pl.1b OJ, good to very large margins (corner crease at O), tied by red MC and « T.P…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50048
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black 1b QF mint part og, fine to good margins, very fine and scarce, cert. RPS (1986)
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50049
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Mar 21) Entire from Sturminster Newton (Dorset) to Shaftsbury with 1840 1d grey-black pl.2 GG with good to huge margins tied by a crisp strike of…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50050
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Aug 1) Lettersheet sent within Ireland from Goresbridge (Kilkenny) to Dublin with 1840 1d grey-black pl.2 HJ, fine to large margins, tied by a neat…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50051
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.2 KG/MG vertical strip of three, good to huge margins, each stamp neatly cancelled by a crisp red MC, very fine and scarce multiple in…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50052
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Nov 18) Small envelope from London to Broughton with 1840 1d black pl.2 LG with fine to very large margins (couple of tiny corner creases) tied by…
Estimation: 160 – 240 GBP
Lot 50053
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 4) Wrapper (no sideflaps) from Yarmouth to Norwich with 1840 1d black pl.2 MB-MC pair and MD-ME pair with close to large margins (both pairs…
Estimation: 1’600 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50054
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.2 RH with good even margins tied by crisp red MC to small piece, very fine and striking example
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50055
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.3 BB, good to very good margins, neat red MC, very fine
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50056
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.3 FL, fine to very large margins, neatly cancelled by a red MC, very fine
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50057
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Aug 6) Envelope from Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) to Cirencester with 1840 1d black pl.3 BI, good to very large margins, tied by crisp red MC with…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50058
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 6) Envelope sent within London with 1840 1d black pl.4 AL, close to good margins, tied by crisp red MC with « T.P / Duke Street » hs adjacent,…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50059
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.4 CI-DJ block of four, fine to very good margins, beautifully cancelled by crisp red MCs, showing
prominent burr rubbing between impressions…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50060
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.4 SH-SI used pair with fine to large margins, neat red MCs, very fine
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50061
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.4 TL right marginal with good to large margins elsewhere, beautifully cancelled by a crisp bright red MC, a magnificent example, ex Hassan…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50062
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Jan) Wrapper from Hinckley to Birmingham with 1840 1d black pl.5 NG, close to very good margins, cancelled by Market Bosworth « HOT CROSS BUN » (aka…
Estimation: 12’500 GBP
Lot 50063
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Mar 12) Wrapper from Keswick to Carlisle with 1840 1d black pl.5 NG, good to large margins, tied by crisp black MC, reverse with despatch cds, very…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50064
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Aug 22) Wrapper from Manchester to Halifax with 1840 1d black pl.5 OK and OJ, with OK very close at bottom right otherwise fine to large margins,…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50065
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1842 Entire FROM SWITZERLAND carried privately to the UK and posted in London to Darlington with 1840 1d black pl.5 state 2 (mixed margins), tied by black…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50066
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 AG-AI mint og top marginal strip of
four, mounted in margin only fine to good margins and full deckle edge
selvedge and sheet inscription…
Estimation: 30’000 – 40’000 GBP
Lot 50067
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 AG with good to large margins, crisp red MC (showing dot in centre), tiny scissor cut in margin at top left, very fine
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50068
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 GC with close to very good margins, unused, very fine, cert. Diena (1990)
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 50069
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 MF unused, good to very good margins, very fine, cert. Brandon (2005)
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50070
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 MG mint og, fine to very good margins, very fine and rare mint example, cert. BPA (1980)
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50071
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Dec 1) Wrapper (no sideflaps) from London to Newport Pagnell with 1840 1d black pl.7 FK with fine to large margins tied by neat red MC, « T.P. / Lower…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50072
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.9 IC with WATERMARK INVERTED, good to large margins, neatly
cancelled by a central black MC, very fine (SG AS56e, £4’250)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50073
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Apr 7) Lettersheet from Carlisle to Cockermouth with 1840 1d black pl.9 PG with good to large margins tied by black MC with despatch cds on reverse,…
Estimation: 160 – 240 GBP
Lot 50074
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Red-Brown (from the black plates) pl.9 SJ/TK used block of four, good to very good margins, each stamp neatly cancelled by neat black MCs, very…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50075
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.10 EE mint part og, some staining and thin spots, rare, cert. Brandon (2005) (SG £26’500)
Estimation: 3’600 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50076
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Feb 23) Wrapper sent within London with 1840 1d black pl.10 KH, fine to good margins, tied by crisp black MC, reverse with « T.P. / Chief Office »…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50077
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Mar 27) Wrapper from Cambridge to Norwich with 1840 1d Black pl.10 NC,
with fine to good margins, tied by neat black MC, reverse with despatch…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50078
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.10 QG/RH mint og block of four, close to large margins, with the lower two stamps showing the
« P » converted to « R » variety, very…
Estimation: 3’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50079
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Mar 6) Wrapper from Birmingham to Solihull with 1840 1d black pl.11 KI, very close to huge margins, tied by black MC, despatch bs, fine, cert. BPA…
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50080
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Apr) Trial printing (unissued) on Dickinson silk-thread paper,
1d red-brown plate 11 lettered JE and clearly showing
double letter ‘J’, fine…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50081
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
VR OFFICIAL: 1840 1d Black SH showing RE-ENTRY, mint og with good to large margins, very fine and extremely rare as this is the only
re-entry recorded…
Estimation: 8’000 – 12’000 GBP
Lot 50082
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black selection of 20 used singles incl. two pl.11 (pictured) with SA cert. A. Brun & RPS (2013), CL with small thin at left margin, the rest mostly…
Estimation: 5’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50083
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1a to 10 (one of each plate) group of used, all four margins, most very fine, a nice group
Estimation: 2’000 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50084
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black group of 8 covers, all 4-margined, incl. Magenta MC from Glasgow on pl.2 (cert. Brandon), Ruby MC on pl.2 (cert. Brandon), pl.3 on cover…
Estimation: 1’500 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50085
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black group of 9 examples, all but one with four margins, some large margins, some nice strikes of the MC, a few with small faults, a nice group
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50086
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Blue pl.1 SJ-SK horizontal strip of three tied to piece by black distinctive Dublin MC, with DJ showing state 2 re-entry, a scarce multiple
with…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50087
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Blue pl.1 ND unused with close to good margins, tiny corner crease at lower right, thin, a presentable example of a very scarce stamp
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50088
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Pale Blue pl.1 OK, good to very good margins, beautifully cancelled by a crisp upright black MC, scarce so fine
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50089
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 (Oct 6) Entire from from Edinburgh to
Glasgow with 1840 2d bright blue pl.1 RD-RF horizontal strip of three, fine to very large margins,
paying…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50090
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1841 (May 17) Large wrapper from Warwick to Henley-in-Arden with 1840 2d AH pl.1 (affected by vert. filing fold), KJ pl.2 and KC pl.2, all four margins,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50091
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Blue pl.2 AC with « PD » oval cancel, very close at top left otherwise fine to very good margins, a very rare cancellation
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50092
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Blue pl.2. DD, neatly cancelled by a black Sleaford « 716 » 1844-type numeral, very fine and attractive late usage, cert. RPS (1980) (SG Spec. DS8xc,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50092A
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d Deep Blue pl.2 TI-TJ used pair, good to large margins, neat black MCs, vert. crease between stamps, very fine
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50093
Great Britain » 1841 1d Red
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.21 AL imperforate imprimatur from the top right hand corner showing part sheet inscription and
plate number « 21 », very fine and…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50094
Great Britain » 1841 1d Red
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.24 AL imperforate imprimatur top right hand corner
marginal showing part inscription and plate
number, very fine and rare, ex…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50095
Great Britain » 1841 1d Red
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.34 BG, fine to good margins, tied to a small piece by a very fine strike of the Kilmarnock DISTINCTIVE MC in black, very fine and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50096
Great Britain » 1841 1d Red
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.38 IH, fine to huge margins, beautifully tied to a small piece by Kilmarnock DISTINCTIVE MC, a lovely example of this scarce cancellation…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP