18 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
603 lots
Lot 40050 | Envelope Select Advertiser: 1840 (Aug 12) 1d Mulready lettersheet, sent from London to Margate
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Envelope Select Advertiser No.1: 1840 (Aug 12) 1d Mulready lettersheet, sent from London to Margate, cancelled by red MC with London bs, with advert heading…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 40051 | Envelope Select Advertiser: 1840 (Sep 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, sent from Bangor to Anglesey (Wales)
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Envelope Select Advertiser No. 4: 1840 (Sep 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, sent from Bangor to Anglesey (Wales), cancelled by red MC with Bangor bs, with…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40052 | Envelope Select Advertiser No. 6: 1d Mulready lettersheet, unused
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Envelope Select Advertiser No. 6: 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A68, unused, with advert heading « No. 6.-June 241840 », very fine, thought to be the only…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40053 | Jell’s Periodical & Annual Advertiser: 1840 (Nov 11) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A35, sent from London
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Jell’s Periodical & Annual Advertiser: 1840 (Nov 11) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A35, sent from London to Castle Cary, cancelled by red MC with Sydenham…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40054 | John Richards & Co: 1841 (May 1) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from London to Matlock
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
John Richards & Co: 1841 (May 1) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from London to Matlock and cancelled by fine black MC, some staining on reverse, advertisement…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40055 | John Richards & Co: 1841 (Apr 15) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from London to Birmingham
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
John Richards & Co: 1841 (Apr 15) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from London to Birmingham and cancelled by fine black MC, advertisement type with « Western’s…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40056 | Tweedale Patent Drain Tiles: 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A71, unused
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Tweedale Patent Drain Tiles: 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A71, unused, slight creasing, a fine and very scarce advertisement, thought to be only 6 recorded…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40057 | Webb’s Postage Advertiser: 1840 (Nov 28) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A65, sent from Liverpool
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Webb’s Postage Advertiser: 1840 (Nov 28) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A65, sent from Liverpool to St. Austel, cancelled by red MC with Liverpool bs,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40058 | Group of advertisements in 1d Mulready lettersheets (7 covers)
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Advertising Letter Sheets
Group of advertisements in 1d Mulready lettersheets with 7 covers incl. West of England Monthly Postage Advertiser No.2 from Frome to Bristol, New Envelope…
Estimation: 600 – 900 GBP
Lot 40059 | Fores Comic envelope design printed in large format, hand-coloured in watercolour
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
Fores Comic envelope design printed in large format, hand-coloured in watercolour, fine and attractive.
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 40060 | 1840 Hume’s Comic Envelope, state 3: No.1, ‘’Britannia seated on egg’’ to Isle of Wight bearing 1d black pl.4 JC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 Hume’s Comic Envelope, state 3: No.1, ‘’Britannia seated on egg’’ to Isle of Wight bearing 1d black pl.4 JC with three margins tied fine strike of…
Estimation: 3’800 – 4’200 GBP
Lot 40061 | 1840 Fores’s Coaching Envelope, No.6, hand-coloured, sent from Walsall (Staffordshire) to Blair
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 Fores’s Coaching Envelope, No.6, hand-coloured, sent from Walsall (Staffordshire) to Blair, then re-addressed to Dunkeld, with manuscript ‘’P1’’,…
Estimation: 2’200 – 2’600 GBP
Lot 40062 | William Spooner envelope No. 5, sent to Vermont in the United States
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
William Spooner envelope No. 5, addressed to Vermont in the United States, obverse showing red London Paid ´tombstone´ datestamp of 3(?) March 1841 and…
Estimation: 2’200 – 2’600 GBP
Lot 40063 | 1840 Southgate Caricature Envelope No.2, ‘Ladies School’, hand-coloured and addressed to Dublin
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 Southgate Caricature Envelope No.2, ‘Ladies School’, hand-coloured and sent within Ireland from Bailyborough to Dublin, endorsed ‘’above 1/2oz’’,…
Estimation: 2’200 – 2’600 GBP
Lot 40064 | 1840 Menzies’ caricature envelope, State 1b (small imprint), bearing 1840 1d pl.1a IG from Dublin
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 Menzies’ caricature envelope, State 1b (small imprint), bearing 1840 1d pl.1a IG, good margins, tied by fine strike of the red Maltese Cross, addressed…
Estimation: 1’900 – 2’200 GBP
Lot 40065 | 1841 (Feb 13) Spooner Envelope No. 4, addressed to an officer on board « H.M.S. ´Magicienne´ at Malta or elsewhere »
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1841 (Feb 13) Spooner Envelope No. 4, addressed to an officer on board « H.M.S. ´Magicienne´ at Malta or elsewhere – via Falmouth », red Maltese Cross and…
Estimation: 1’900 – 2’200 GBP
Lot 40066 | 1840 (Aug) Southgate no.3 envelope from Moffatt to Lockerbie bearing 1840 1d black pl.6 JJ
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 (Aug) Southgate no.3 envelope from Moffatt to Lockerbie bearing 1840 1d black pl.6 JJ placed centrally, with good to very large margins showing a…
Estimation: 1’100 – 1’300 GBP
Lot 40067 | 1840 Fores’s Musical Envelope, No.2, from Darlington to Bath, with ‘’Heighington Penny Post’’ handstamp on front, bearing 1d black
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures » Caricatures
1840 Fores’s Musical Envelope, No.2, from Darlington to Bath, with ‘’Heighington Penny Post’’ handstamp on front, bearing 1d black (defective lower right)…
Estimation: 1’100 – 1’300 GBP
Lot 40068 | Patent Office: 7 1/2d Patents stationery group on an album page comprising three De La Rue die proofs
Great Britain » Postal Stationery
Patent Office: 7 1/2d Patents stationery group on an album page comprising three De La Rue die proofs, one in black endorsed in manuscript « Before hardening »,…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 40069 | Patent Office: Group of official postal stationery cards for official use by the Patent Office
Great Britain » Postal Stationery
Patent Office: Group of official postal stationery cards for official use by the Patent Office with printed address to the Comptroller General and 7 1/2d…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40070 | 1892 2 1/2d Postal stationery envelope colour trials, three examples in purple on different sizes of envelope
Great Britain » Postal Stationery
1892 2 1/2d Postal stationery envelope colour trials, three examples in purple on different sizes of envelope, 138x77mm, 120x93mm and 139x110mm; very fine…
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 40071 | 1890 G. Bayllis & Sons Needle Manufacturers in Redditch advertising ring round a 2 1/2d stationery die on a printed advertising envelope
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1890 (Dec 16) G. Bayllis & Sons Needle Manufacturers in Redditch advertising ring round a 2 1/2d stationery die on a printed advertising envelope, with…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 40072 | Anglo-Colonial Letter Co: 1d pink wrapper with Anglo-Colonial Letter Co printed advertising inside
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
Anglo-Colonial Letter Co: 1d pink wrapper with Anglo-Colonial Letter Co printed advertising inside, unused, slightly toned, very fine.
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40073 | Farthing Patent Advertising Letter Sheet by Pettitt & Co: 1d pink wrapper sent from London 1891 to Birmingham
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
Farthing Patent Advertising Letter Sheet by Pettitt & Co: 1d pink wrapper sent from London 1891 to Birmingham, with adverts inside including the 1874 London…
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 40074 | The Half-Penny Letter Post Company: Two 1d pink wrappers with printed adverts inside
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
Half-Penny Letter Post Company: Two 1d pink wrappers with printed adverts inside of different designs, one sent 1888 from London to Birmingham, part of…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 40075 | 1862-1908, group of printed advertising covers
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1862-1908, group of printed advertising covers incl. 1882 Eugène Rimmel envelope to Sweden, John’s Lane Whiskey Distillery KEVII 1d stamped-to-order stationery…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 40076 | 1840 1d black pl.1a BF, close to good margins, used on entire letter from Sheffield to Birmingham
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 1d black pl.1a BF, close to good margins, used on entire letter from Sheffield to Birmingham, dated My 7. 1840 the second day of issue, neatly cancelled…
Estimation: 2’200 – 2’600 GBP
Lot 40077 | 1840 (May 9) entire to Manchester bearing a superb 1840 1d black pl.1a MH-NJ block of six
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 9) entire to Manchester bearing a superb 1840 1d black pl.1a MH-NJ block of six, with good margins all round, neatly tied by good strikes of…
Estimation: 30’000 – 34’000 GBP
Lot 40078 | 1840 2d blue pl.1 FA-FC in horizontal strip of 3 on locally used London cover
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 12) cover sent locally in London with 1840 2d blue pl.1 FA-FC in horizontal strip of 3 tied by three strikes of a red MC, margins touched in…
Estimation: 3’800 – 4’200 GBP
Lot 40079 | 1840 (May 18) entire to London bearing 1840 2d blue pl.1 TB
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 16) entire from Edinburgh (Scotland) to London bearing 1840 2d blue pl.1 TB, neatly tied by good strikes of the red Maltese cross, reverse with…
Estimation: 3’800 – 4’200 GBP
Lot 40080 | 1840 (May 24 used on the 3rd Sunday) entire letter from Dublin to London, bearing 1840 1d black pl.1a IF,
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 24 used on the 3rd Sunday) entire letter from Dublin to London, bearing 1840 1d black pl.1a IA, with good to enormous margins placed at the lower…
Estimation: 900 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 40081 | 1840 (May 24) entire from Gloucester with 1840 1d black pl.1a QL, a rare Sunday usage
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 24) entire from Gloucester to Bradbury and Evans, printers in London, bearing 1840 1d black pl.1a QL (worn impression), with good to very large…
Estimation: 800 – 900 GBP
Lot 40082 | 1840 (May 28) entire from Edinburgh to Charleston (Scotland) with 1d black pl.2 RC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue « May Dates »
1840 (May 28) entire from Edinburgh to Charleston (Scotland) with 1d black pl.2 RC, fine to large margins and « socked-on-the-nose » red MC, clear MAY 28…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40083 | 1840 1d black, a magnificent used « set » of the 12 plates from 1a -11
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black, a magnificent used « set » of the 12 plates from 1a -11, each stamp a carefully selected marginal inscription example with good margins on…
Estimation: 22’000 – 26’000 GBP
Lot 40084 | 1840 (dated internally 10 April) entire letter from Newfoundland, then applied with an 1840 1d black CC pl.1a in the UK
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (dated internally 10 April) entire letter from St. Johns, Newfoundland, privately carried to London, then applied with an 1840 1d black CC pl.1a,…
Estimation: 3’800 – 4’200 GBP
Lot 40085 | 1840 1d black pl.1a FC with fine to good margins and
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1a FC with fine to good margins and a light strike of a red MC tying stamp to fragment with EXETER/JY.22.1840 cds alongside, a fine example.
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 40086 | 1840 (Nov 9) wrapper sent locally in Edinburgh to the secretary of the Bank of Scotland with 1d black pl.1a GI
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Nov 9) wrapper sent locally in Edinburgh to the secretary of the Bank of Scotland with 1d black pl.1a GI with four margins tied by a fine strike…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40087 | 1841 (18 Jul) cover bearing two horizontal strips of five 1840 1d grey-black pl.1a
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (18 Jul) Solicitor’s entire to London, bearing two horizontal strips of five 1840 1d grey-black (very worn impression) pl.1a HA-HE and IG-IK paying…
Estimation: 22’000 – 26’000 GBP
Lot 40088 | 1840 1d black pl.1a HL, huge margins all round, watermark inverted, used
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1a HL, huge margins all round, watermark inverted, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the red Maltese cross. one of the finest examples…
Estimation: 1’500 – 1’700 GBP
Lot 40089 | 1840 1d. black, Pl. 1a., KH-KI, a magnificent horizontal mint pair
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1a KH-KI, a magnificent horizontal mint pair with good to very large margins all round, large part original gum; a very rare multiple…
Estimation: 7’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 40090 | 1840 (Jul 9) pre-printed lettersheet from Bridlington to Beverley (Yorkshire) with 1d black pl.1a OD with four margins
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 9) pre-printed lettersheet from Bridlington to Beverley (Yorkshire) with 1d black pl.1a OD with four margins tied by a fine strike of red MC,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40091 | 1840 1d Black pl.1a OE with close to fine margins, unused
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1a OE with close to fine margins, unused, has been regummed over a thin filled at foot, an attractive space filler; cert. BPA (pink, 2019).
Estimation: 200 – 400 GBP
Lot 40092 | 1840 1d black pl.1a PI with fine to good margins and
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1a PI with fine to good margins and a light strike of a red MC tying stamp to fragment with « Old Buckingham/Penny Post » italic hs in black…
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 40093 | 1840 1d black pl.1b TB with margins and a nice strike of a red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b TB with margins and a nice strike of a red MC, fine.
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 40094 | 1840 1d black pl.1a TC mint marginal example from the foot of the sheet
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1a TC mint marginal example from the foot of the sheet with full deckle edge, having a pre printing paper crease and showing part Inscription…
Estimation: 7’500 – 8’500 GBP
Lot 40095 | 1840 1d black pl.1b AI with good to very good even margins, showing INVERTED WATERMARK variety
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b AI with good to very good even margins, showing INVERTED WATERMARK variety, clear partial red MC, very fine and scarce.
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 40096 | 1840 1d black pl.1b CD/DJ block of fourteen, margins nearly all round on entire from Manchester to London
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b CD/DJ block of fourteen, margins
nearly all round (a few just clipped at one place), on entire from Manchester
to London dated 7…
Estimation: 32’000 – 36’000 GBP
Lot 40097 | 1840 1d black pl.1b FI on 1841 (Mar 12) wrapper sent from Scotland to Lubeck
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b FI (showing double letter « F »), fine to large margins, on 1841 (Mar 12) wrapper sent from Scotland to Lubeck, Germany, with stamp tied…
Estimation: 3’800 – 4’200 GBP
Lot 40098 | 1840 1d black pl.1b GK with four margins, unused
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b GK with four margins, a fine and attractive unused example without gum (S.G. £12’500 as mint).
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 40099 | 1840 1d black pl.1b HE with good even margins, lightly
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b HE with good even margins, lightly struck by central and complete red MC, a fine example.
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP