9 Dec 2019 – 13 Dec 2019
1228 lots
Lot 50297 | 1883 £1 De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1883 £1 De La Rue die proof in black on white
glazed card (91x60mm), endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 15 AUG
83 », very fine and scarce
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50298 | 1884 Wmk Crowns £1 brown-lilac mint nh top marginal with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint from the Inland Revenue colour standard sheet
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1884 Wmk Crowns £1 brown-lilac mint nh top marginal with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint from the Inland Revenue colour standard sheet, very fine and extremely…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50299 | 1884 Wmk Crowns £1 Brown-Lilac OB neatly cancelled by a Southampton JA.30.1891 cds
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1884 Wmk Crowns £1 Brown-Lilac OB neatly cancelled by a Southampton JA.30.1891 cds, trace of a diagonal bend and minor discolouration to reverse, a visually…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50300 | 1884 Wmk Crowns £1 brown-lilac TA printed from plate 3 without frame break variety
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1884 Wmk Crowns £1 brown-lilac TA printed
from plate 3 without frame break variety, neatly cancelled by a Newcastle on
Tyne cds, top left corner perf….
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50301 | 1888 Wmk Orbs £1 brown-lilac with London West Cetntral Office cds
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1888 Wmk Orbs £1 brown-lilac with London West Central Office cds and GPO hs, very fine (SG £4’500 in 2019)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50302 | 1888 Wmk Orbs £1 brown-lilac JD with neat Throgmorton Avenue registered oval ds
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 & 1888 High Values
1888 Wmk Orbs £1 brown-lilac JD with neat Throgmorton Avenue registered oval ds, fine (SG £4’500)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50303 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1/2d imperforate colour trial in orange-brown on white watermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1/2d imperforate colour trial in orange-brown on white watermarked paper, mint hr, fine
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50304 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed
card (60x92mm) without endorsements, very fine and rare in this vertical…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 50305 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card (90x60mm), endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING »
and dated « 4 AUG 83 », hinge…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50306 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d colour trial printed in green on unwatermarked orange paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d colour trial printed in 1884 in green on unwatermarked orange paper, lower marginal, mint og, very fine and attractive…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50307 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d Colour trial in pale grey on imperforate white watermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d Colour trial in pale grey on imperforate white watermarked paper, mint hr, a little discolouration, fine and scarce,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50308 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d AA colour trial in blue-grey
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d AA colour trial in blue-grey, mint part og, on imperforate crown watermarked paper, fine and scarce, no more than two…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50309 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d Lilac mint og with INVERTED WATERMARK
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1 1/2d Lilac mint og with INVERTED WATERMARK, gum crazing otherwise fine and scarce (SG £3’000 in 2019)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50310 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d colour trial in bright blue on white imperforate gummed watermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d colour trial in bright blue on white imperforate gummed watermarked paper, mint hr, fine (SG from £2’100)
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50311 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d imperforate colour trial in green on white gummed Crown watermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d imperforate colour trial in green on white
gummed Crown watermarked paper, mint hr, very fine example of the one of the…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50312 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d colour trial in brown on white watermarked paper, imperf.
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 3d colour trial in brown on imperf. white watermarked paper, with good to very large margins, mint og, very fine (SG £2’100)
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50313 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1s De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1s De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed
card (92x60mm) dated « 15 AUG. 83 » and endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING », very fine…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50314 | 1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1s dull green pl.1 imperforate imprimatur
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883-84 Lilac & Green issue 1s dull green pl.1 imperforate
imprimatur, mint og with natural gum wrinkling, fine and scarce, one of only 24 possible examples…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50315 | 1887 1/2d Vermilion hand-painted essay, similar to the chosen design for the 1s
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 1/2d Vermilion hand-painted essay, similar to the chosen design for the 1s, heavy horizontal crease, still attractive
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50316 | 1887 1/2d Vermilion with « PEARS’ SOAP » advertising underprint in orange in marginal block of four
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 1/2d Vermilion with « PEARS’ SOAP » advertising underprint in orange in marginal block of four, gum unmounted, lightly hinged on the face of two stamps,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50317 | 1887 Jubilee 1/2d vermilion imperforate bottom marginal example
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 1/2d vermilion imperforate bottom marginal
example, some minor gum wrinkling, a fine and rare variety, ex Weiss and Bury, cert. BPA (1984)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50318 | 1887 Jubilee 1 1/2d dull purple & pale green imperforate imprimatur
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 1 1/2d dull purple & pale green imperforate imprimatur, mint og, tiny natural speck on base of neck, very fine
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50319 | 1887 Jubilee 2d with head plate in green and duty plate in deep brown
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2d with head plate in green and duty plate in deep brown, mint og, slightly trimmed perfs at foot, fine and scarce, produced in 1899 by De…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50320 | 1887 Jubilee 2d colour trial with head plate in green and duty plate in orange
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2d colour trial with head plate in green and duty plate in orange, mint og, a couple of gum wrinkles and a bent perf. at top right corner,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50321 | 1887 Jubilee 2d colour trial with the head plate printed in purple and the duty plate in pale-brown
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2d colour trial with the head plate
printed in purple and the duty plate in pale-brown, printed on gummed
unwatermarked paper, mint large…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50322 | 1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d purple on blue with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d purple on blue with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint, mint og, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. K31t, £1’250)
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50323 | 1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d purple on blue imperforate imprimatur
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d purple on blue imperforate
imprimatur, mint og, very fine and scarce, only 46 examples have been removed from the two
imprimatur…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50323A | 1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d imperforate imprimatur from plate 3, mint og
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 2 1/2d imperforate imprimatur from plate 3, mint hr, pencil « 3 » and « 1886 » on reverse, fine and scarce, only 46 possible examples in private…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50324 | 1887 Jubilee 3d purple on yellow with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 3d purple on yellow with « CANCELLED » type 14 overprint, mint lh, very fine and scarce
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50325 | 1887 Jubilee 4d green & deep brown with watermark inverted, mint nh
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 4d green & deep brown with watermark inverted, mint nh
top marginal example of this difficult watermark variety.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50326 | 1892 Jubilee 4 1/2d De La Rue die proof of the head plate
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1892 Jubilee 4 1/2d De La Rue die proof of the head plate in
black on white glazed card (92x60mm) endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING »
and dated « 25 MAY 92 »,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50327 | 1892 4 1/2d Colour trial in the issued colours with « SPECIMEN » type 13 ovpt
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1892 4 1/2d Colour trial in the issued colours with the head plate in grey-green and the
duty plate in carmine with « SPECIMEN » type 13 overprint, on…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50328 | 1887 Jubilee 5d dull purple & blue DIE 1 mint nh
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 5d dull purple & blue DIE 1 mint nh top marginal example (mounted in margin), two faintly toned perfs on gum side, very fine with fresh colours…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50329 | 1887 Jubilee 1s dull green imperforate imprimatur mint hr left marginal
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 1s dull green imperforate imprimatur mint hr left marginal
from plate 4 (pencil number on reverse), very fine and scarce as only 23
examples…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50330 | 1887 Jubilee 1s dull green mint nh block of four,
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887 Jubilee 1s dull green mint nh block of four, very fine and fresh
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50331 | 1890 1d « Postage Stamp Jubilee » handpainted essay for the proposed and subsequently abandoned issue
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 1d « Postage Stamp Jubilee » handpainted essay for
the proposed and subsequently abandoned issue, painted in lilac with
details of the design highlighted…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50332 | 1891 £1 Green pl.2 JC mint nh showing frame break variety at foot
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green pl.2 JC mint nh showing FRAME BREAK VARIETY at foot, very fine and rare, cert. RPS (1974)
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50333 | 1891 £1 Green PD imperforate with « SPECIMEN » type 9 overprint
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green PD imperforate with « SPECIMEN » type 9 overprint, mint hr, very fine and scarce, cert. BPA (2005) (SG Spec. K17s, £6’500)
Estimation: 3’000 – 3’600 GBP
Lot 50334 | 1891 £1 Green IA with « SPECIMEN » type 15 overprint, mint lh
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green IA
with « SPECIMEN » type 15 overprint, mint lh, faint vertical crease at far right, fine and fresh appearance, a very scarce Specimen overprint…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50335 | 1891 £1 Green TB mint nh, very fine and scarce
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green TB mint nh, very fine and scarce (SG £5’000 for mnh in 2019)
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50336 | 1891 £1 Green MD mint lh right marginal
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green MD mint lh right marginal, couple of faint bends mentioned for accuracy, very fine and fresh (SG £3’500)
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50337 | 1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper, mint o.g., light crease at lower right, fine appearance and scarce…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50338 | 1900 Jubilee 1s green & carmine with INVERTED WATERMARK, mint hr
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1900 Jubilee 1s green & carmine with INVERTED WATERMARK, mint hr, fine and scarce (SG £1’900 in 2019)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50339 | 1856 Entire sent to France with 1855-57 4d carmine pair on blued glazed paper tied by French boite mobile small-numeral « 1441 »
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1856 (May 10) Entire sent to France with 1855-57 4d carmine pair on blued glazed paper tied by French boite mobile small-numeral « 1441 » lozenge in Granville…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50340 | 1858 (Mar 12) Envelope from London to the USA with 1855-57 1s green on AZURE paper
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1858 (Mar 12) Envelope from London to the USA with 1855-57 1s green on AZURE paper tied by « NW / 5 » barred circle, with Boston transit and « 5 CENTS » accountancy…
Estimation: 260 – 340 GBP
Lot 50341 | 1858 (Jun 17) Envelope from Ennis, Ireland, with 1855-57 wmk Large Garter 4d rose-carmine, with « INSUFFICIENTLY PRE-PAID » hs
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1858 (Jun 17) Envelope (incl. original contents) from Ennis, Ireland, to France with 1855-57 wmk Large Garter 4d rose-carmine tied by « 211 » duplex, underpaid…
Estimation: 130 – 150 GBP
Lot 50342 | 1859 (Jan 15) Lettersheet to ST. THOMAS (Danish West Indies)
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
DANISH WEST INDIES: 1859 (Jan 15) Lettersheet to ST. THOMAS with 1855-57 6d lilac (trimmed right wing margin) tied by London « 21 » barred oval, reverse…
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 50343 | 1859 (May 6) Entire from Edinburgh to Canada with 1855-57 wmk Emblems 6d pair and two 1858-76 2d blue pl.7
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1859 (May 6) Entire from Edinburgh to Canada with 1855-57 wmk Emblems 6d pair and two 1858-76 2d blue pl.7 tied by Edinburgh « 131 » duplex cancels, very…
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50344 | 1859 (Sep 9) Envelope from Scotland to a surgeon in Canton, China, then redirected to Bengal, India
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1859 (Sep 9) Envelope from Scotland to a surgeon in Canton, China, then redirected to Bengal, India, with 1d red perf. and 1855-57 4d pair tied by Averdeen…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50345 | 1860 & 1864 Pair of covers to AUSTRALIA
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860 & 1864 Pair of covers to AUSTRALIA; 1860 entire from London to Tasmania with 1855-57 6d with partial arrival below; and 1864 envelope from Birmingham…
Estimation: 180 – 240 GBP