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5/6 December World Banknotes London 1303414/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 31818 January Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1401015/16 April World Banknotes London 14008

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12 December Great Britain Stamps and Postal History London 1304419 January Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1401125 January The Collector’s Series Sale Lugano SW100925 January Sicily – Selection of Rarities Lugano SW101025 January Switzerland – Selection of Classic Philately Lugano SW101128 January The Award Winning “Medina” Collection of India, Part IV London 1401428/29 January The Collector’s Series Sale London 14015

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21 November Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 1300324 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 14001

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28 November Bonds and Share Certificates of the World London 1301714/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 31816 January Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas New York 31918 January Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 14010

AUTOGRAPHS

5 December The Bruce Lee Memorabilia Sale Hong Kong 1305114/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 318

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17 January An Evening of Exceptional Wines Hong Kong SFW04

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Notes Concerning DescriptionsGUM: Original gum should be expected on unused stamps where appropriate, unless stated otherwise in the description:mint unused with original gum showing slight disturbance caused by previous hinge, which may be present in part

or entirely removedpart original gum unused with original gum significantly disturbed or heavily hingedunmounted mint original gum as issuedunused without gum

COVERS: Should be expected to have minor nicks and tears usually from opening. Folded letters or covers normally have one ortwo file folds. These are not described unless of an exceptional nature and are not grounds for return.entire letter complete as sent with comments still attached to the outer address portionentire the outer portion of a folded letter but without contentscover an envelope

Symbols and Abbreviations

ReferencesCatalogue values and numbers are those taken from the latest available edition.The use of Gibbons Specialised catalogues in Great Britain sales is clearly indicated. Where other catalogues are used they arementioned by name.

unmounted mint unused used+ block of fourB block larger than four used on cover, entire letter, etc. on piecevar. variety, varietiescat. catalogue, catalogue valuec.d.s. circular datestamp

d.s. datestamph.s. handstampA air mailS specimenC cancelledE essayP proofF forgeryR reprint

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GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

GREAT BRITAIN

POSTAL HISTORY

x1 1585 (12 Aug.) entire letter addressed to Bartholomew Corsini in London, withoutpostal markings, fine and a rare early letter. Photo £200-250

2 1643 (22 July) two page entire letter addressed to The Commissioners of the Navy in“Tower Streete”, informing the Commissioners that the committee of the Navy had takenout the H.M.S. Sovereign and sent a guard to her at Chatham; horizontal filing fold, fineand an important letter, regarding a key action, from the early days of the Civil War.Photo £500-600

Note: H.M.S. “Sovereign of the Seas” was a first rate ship of the line with 102 bronze guns,she was later renamed, at the command of Charles I, the “Royal Sovereign”. Charles regardedthe ship as a symbol of his Kingship, and therefore its taking by the Parliamentary forces wasa substantial propaganda blow to the King, particularly as it was subsequently renemed byParliament as “The Commonwealth”

3 1674-1844, mail to or from England, to or through Holland, a well written up collectionon leaves, fifty-five entire or entire letters, including 1674 entire letter from the Hague toLondon endorsed Couvert (sent under cover), 1709 (4 Aug.) entire letter from London(with “L.L.” in circle handstamp) to the Hague, charged “12” on arrival, 1734 entireletter with script “S.H.” in circle handstamp to Leyden, 1794 entire letter from theHague to London with rare treble rate of 2/6 in manuscript, 1811 (3 Aug.) entire letterfrom Paris to London with oval “SHIP LETTER/(crown)/PORTSMOUTH”, 1815 (1 June)entire letter from Sunderland to Schiedam with black oval “Brielle/Eng;Corrisp”, 1822entire letter from Boston to Schiedam, held in London for postage of 5/6d., 1829 entireletter from Amsterdam to London with framed “SHIP LETTER/GRAVESEND” on reverse,1832 (31 Aug.) entire letter from London to Schiedam sent on the first voyage of theSteamboat “Sir Edward Banks” with red script England/over Rotterdam across flap onreverse, 1832 entire letter from London to Schieden with red “GEZUIVERD” disinfectionhandstamp on front and script Engeland/over Brielle on the reverse, 1833 entire letterfrom Leith to Rotterdam with manuscript “Engeland Over Hellevoetsluis”, etc., strikesand condition chiefly good to fine. A most interesting lot. Photo £2,500-3,000

x4 1740 (c.) - 1840, collection of over 270 entires or fronts housed in two albums containedin a carton, including Dockwra handstamps (7), Bishop marks (42), Inspectors marks,Mileage marks with Scotland and Ireland, Free markings with a variety of types, Scottishadditional 1⁄2 markings, Provincial Penny Post markings, 5th. Clause Posts, etc., verymixed condition but an interesting lot with careful viewing essential £1,200-1,500

5 1782 (11 March) entire letter to Putney Surry (sic) with a superb strike of the very rareSouthwark “PENNY POST NOT PAID/S” on the obverse, “11/MR” and “EH” receiver on thereverse; fine and most attractive. An exhibition item. Photo £300-350

x6 1787 entire P. Oxford (a transatlantic trading vessel) to Ludlow rated “1/6” (deleted) and“11” to indicate a double letter rate and with fine “LONDON/SHIP LRE” (Robertson S.6),arrival datestamps of “22 SE” on reverse, fine. Photo £120-150

Note: All buyers must read the notes concerning requests for Extensions printed on page 2 of this catalogue.The Terms of that notice must be complied with fully under all circumstances.

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x7 1813 (24 May) entire letter from London to Cambridge with red (Crown)/“FREE”datestamp and signed “W Wilberforce” (William Wilberforce, 1759-1833, philanthropistand leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, member of Parliament for Bramber1812-25), the letter, although not written by Wilberforce concerns the “African Society”.Rare. Photo £100-150

8 1830 (17 April) entire to Covent Garden, re-addressed to Deane St., with “T.P/BrookSt. G.S.” and “2” (deleted) replaced by “In All/4”, on reverse red “8 Morn 8” and “12Noon 12” datestamps; minior strengthening along some folds, rare and spectacular.Photo £150-200

x9 1840 (10 Jan.) entire letter from Bedford Row to Henley in Arden with faint but readableTombstone datestamp and red handstruck “1” inked notation on the front. A scarceentire used on the first day of the introduction of the Uniform Penny Postage. Photo £100-150

10 1840 (22 Jan.) entire letter to Jersey with red Edinburgh “PAID” datestamp on theobverse and a fine strike of the fancy “TOO LATE” marking on the reverse, also 1840 (23 Feb.) entire letter to London with scarce and extremely fine Edinburgh dated “2”handstamp £80-100

11 1840 (Sept. and Nov.) two envelopes (the first with enclosure) to the same address inEton, each with a fine strike of the red Tunbridge “Pd. 1d”, the first with Tunbridge andWindsor datestamps; fine £80-100

12 1840, entire wrapper from Rio de Janeiro to London, “p Emilia via Germany” and rated“8” bearing, on the flap, a superb strike of the boxed “GUERNSEY/SHIP LETTER”; twovertical filing creases. A delightful and appealing cover. Photo £250-300

PROVENANCE:Geoffrey Owen Lockwood, February 1966

13 1841 (26 Feb.) entire letter from Andover to Baltonsborough, Somerset, endorsed prepaid, with a fine strike of the framed “MISSENT TO/WINCANTON”, dated marking onreverse, fine. Photo £100-150

x14 1842 (24 March) Chartist “Vote by Ballot - Universal Suffrage - Knowledge is Power -Equal Representation - Payment of Members” letter sheet, No. 1, published by Dyson,London, addressed to Brighton and carried privately; filing fold and small perimeter faultat top, otherwise fine and extremely rare. One of only three known examples. Photo £2,000-2,500

Note: The number “1” would appear to indicate that this envelope was intended to be the firstof a series, however no other designs are known

LITERATURE:Illustrated and described on page 178 of “British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century” by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn

PROVENANCE:Louis Grunin, April 2010

15 1846 (2 Dec.) superb embossed lady’s envelope, addressed to New Ross with blue Corkc.d.s., “Qui me neglige me perd” (who neglects me loses me) wafer seal and transitdatestamps of Clonmell, Thomastown and Leighlin Bridge in blue or green on reverse,fine and colourful. Attractive and rare. Photo £400-500


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x16 1866 envelope, addressed to Bath, endorsed Officers Letter and bearing 1858-79 1d. Plate85 (6) with “466” barred oval cancellations of Liverpool, red PAID/LIVERPOOL/BRPACKET/20 MY 68/3A” datestamp alongside; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). Photo £300-400

Note: The cover was written by Lt. Henry Nelson Alleyne to his sister. Lt. Alleyne was anofficer on board H.M.S. Myrmidon which, during 1868 was on anti-slavery patrol off theBonny and Benin Rivers.

PROVENANCE:“Wilkin”, December 2010

LITERATURE:This cover is illlustrated in “The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region” by Ince and Sacher, page 506

x17 1869 (12 Sept.) envelope from Derry marked “Officers Letter” and addressed to “Captainthe Honl Ernest G.L. Cochrane, H.M.S. Petrol, Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa” and re-addressed in blue crayon to Jellah Coffee (a Packet port in the Gold Coast), bearing GreatBritain 1858 1d. Plate 114 (6) tied by Irish “17” duplex, showing “1” accountancyhandstamp on reverse, London (13.9), Liverpool (13.9) and Sierra Leone (1.10)datestamps; the envelope with some creasing and other faults. Photo £200-250

Note: Captain Cochrane was engaged in the African Squadron on anti-slavery patrol.However there was trouble in Sierra Leone in January 1870 resulting in Captain Cochranebeing accused of assault but acquitted.

PROVENANCE:“Wilkin”, December 2010

18 1878 (13 Feb.) “Fact and Fiction” printed envelope depicting Cherubs and Love Birds,addressed to Windsor and franked 1858 1d. Plate 201 (applied upside down) with “890”duplex cancellation, with matching partly hand painted card with a young lady and suitors(“Here you be-hold her flirting with many”) and an older lady with her cat (“And herein after life you see her without any”); delightful and the only recorded example. Photo £400-500

Newspapers

19 1683 (30 Aug.-3 Sept.), “The London Gazette”, including “His Majefty has been pleafedto caufe His Royal Proclamation to be iffued, For Enforcing the due Execution of the Actof Parliament, Entituled, An Act for Settling the Profits of the Poft-Office on his RoyalHighnefs the Duke of York, and His Heirs Males, and for the Prevention of TreafonableCorrefpondencies, and other Inconveniencies arifing by the Infringement of the faidAct.....” taking the entire front page under the heading “Charles R”. A revealing RoyalProclamation of major Postal History importance. Photo £300-350

20 “The Times” 24 July 1839, page 3, column 1, including a long and important articleheaded “PENNY POSTAGE”, introduces a petition signed by the Mayor and upwards of12,500 of the merchants of the City of London, which was apparently signed in 12 hours.“The petitioners stated that the present rates of postage were prejudicial to the interestsof commerce, and stated their belief that a penny postage would increase the revenue andprove a source of great moral benefit” £100-120

21 “The Times” 17 Aug. 1839, page 4, column 5, including a long and important articleheaded “PENNY POSTAGE STAMPED ENVELOPES” which in fact introduces the futureMulready envelopes. The article explains the advantages Mr. Hill attributes to these andthat they will be sold to the Post Offices by the gross, some being 1d. value and carry upto 1⁄2oz. including the envelope and others 2d. value carrying up to 1oz. Mr. Dickinson ismentioned as the future printer with the envelopes engraved as banknotes £120-150

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22 “The Times” 6 Sept. 1839, page 2, column 6, including an article headed “POSTAGE” witha copy of the Minute of the Board of Treasury relative to carrying into effect the Act forestablishing a reduced and uniform rate of Postage is presented to the House of Lords.The Lords would offer ‘premium’ of £200 for the most deserving proposal from thepublic and £100 for the second best. This article announced the famous Post OfficeCompetition and laid down the deadline and the facts to be considered by thecompetitors £120-150

23 “The Times”, 24 Dec. 1839, page 2, column 5, including and article headed “PENNYPOST”, a disgruntled writer complains about his letter being left under his ‘knocker’ by thepenny postman, which could have easily been ‘abstracted’ by a passer by. Another letterwas attempted to be slipped under the door which caused it to be dirty and torn to pieces,other interesting complaints, etc. £80-100

24 “The Times” 14 April 1840, page 6, column 6, including an article “PREPAYMENT OFPOSTAGE”, announcing Mr. Hill’s final plans to bring in the new system by printingadhesive labels and by printing designed envelopes. Covers and envelopes are to beprinted by Mr. Dickinson and the design on the labels is from one made by Mr. Wyon,of the mint. The engraving was done by Mr. Heath. The letters were designed by Mr.Mulready and engraved by Mr. Thompson. The stamps will be printed from steel plateswhich will have 240 impressions. The article also mentions 3,000 competitors who tookpart in the design competition and four prizes were awarded, namely to Messrs. Bogardus,Coffin, Cole and Whiting. The article further complains that no prizes should have beengiven to the above four but instead should have been given to Messrs. Mulready, Wyon,Heath and Dickinson. An important article £120-150

25 “The Times” 9 May 1840, page 3, column 5, including an article headed “POSTAGESTAMPS” describing a Parliamentary exchange between an M.P. and the Chancellor of theExchequer. The M.P. complains that some sub-distributors are over-charging the publicby as much as 8-16% in the sale of stamps. The Chancellor suggests that the public shouldobtain them from licensed distributors such as the Post Office, pointing out that otherparties could ask whatever the public chose to give them £80-100

26 “The Times” 15 May 1840, page 2 column 5, including several advertisements offeringthe new adhesive labels that have just come into use. One advert in particular is advisingthe public to buy a new letter balance as being indispensable for the new postage rates £80-100

27 “The Times” 3 Aug. 1840, page 3, column 4, an article headed THE NEW POSTAGE”, along Parliamentary debate, the Chancellor is argueing with an M.P. that the Post Officewill not give up its monopoly to carry mail when it is capable, and private carriers can onlyoperate in areas where the Post Office is not effective. It also discusses the registration ofletters as protection from being ‘abstracted’ from the mails and the quadrupling of lettersin the London area since Mr. Hill’s introduction of cheap postage £100-120

28 “The Morning Herald” 24 Oct. 1840, including page 5, column 1, an article headedPostage By Private Ships stating that letters sent out to her Majesty’s dominions toforeign nations is not the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General. Letters to foreignstates may be delivered by the Post Office to a port of departure, where from they can betransmitted by private means £100-120

29 “The Times” 14 Dec. 1840, page 7, column 2, including “The Post Offices authoritieshave issued a notice” regarding registration of letters “containing property or otherwise”,within the United Kingdom will be charged at 1/- . Registration of letters to foreign partsare not guaranteed for security except to France £100-120

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30 “The Times” 18 June 1841, page 7, column 2, including “The General Post Office”, along article discussing how a Mr. Howitt applied to the Lord Mayor for a summonsagainst the General Post Office for a refund of 20d. for a letter he wrote to his wife inGermany which was not despatched because the clerk did not or would not admit the hereceived pre-payment for the letter, which Mr. Howitt said he had paid. During theargument the police were involved. Colonel Maberly is mentioned and the case has longinteresting twists and turns £100-120

31 “The Times” 6 Oct., 1842, page 7, column 1, including an article headed “CuriousContract” mentioning the term ‘Stamp Collector’. It further mentions that persons ofrank were responsible for the collections of these stamps for charitable purposes £100-120

32 “The Times” 15 July 1844, page 6, column 5, including an article highlighting the factthat since the establishment of a low rate of postage, “a stench barely endurable” wasfound to be emanating from letters and parcels. On examination, it was found that theparcels were sent from a country town to a surgeon in London and contained body partsfor dissection. The parcels were almost destroyed by the quantity of blood oozing out ofit. The Post Office has taken measures to “prevent any recurrence of so disgusting anoutrage on public feeling, and so gross and abuse, of the facilities of communicationafforded by the Post Office” £100-120

33 “The Times” 23 Feb. 1854, page 10, column 1, including a short announcement “It hasbeen notified by the Inland Revenue Office that Postage Stamps of sixpence will be soldon and after Wednesday next. Stamps of this denomination were greatly required, notonly for heavy inland letters, but for the transmission of books, parcels, etc.” £100-120

34 “The Times” 22 April 1862, page 7, column 3, including an announcement that “On 1st.May next and thenceforth, postage stamps, price 3d. each, will be issued, and will beprocurable at any post-office. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL,Secretary, General Post-Office, April 21st £100-120

35 “The Times” 14 June 1867, page 9, column 5, including an announcement “NEWPOSTAGE STAMPS. - Notice has been given by the Post-office authorities that on the 1st. ofJuly next postage-stamps of the value of 10d., 2s. and 5s. will be issued for sale to thepublic” £100-120

36 “The Times” 21 Dec. 1882, page 4, column 5, including an announcement “NEWPOSTAGE STAMPS. - On and after 1st. of January 1883 all 3d. and 6d. postage stamps issuedwill be printed in a purple colour, and over-printed with their values in red” £100-120

37 “The Times” 4 July 1883, page 11, column 2, including an announcement “NEW POSTAGESTAMP. - A postage and inland revenue stamp of the value of 2s. 6d., available for postage,telegraph, and inland revenue purposes, is now being issued, and with shortly beobtainable from all postmasters, etc.” £100-120

38 “The Times” 1 Jan. 1887, page 12, column 1 and 2, including a long article thatannounces that today a new long awaited series of stamps goes on sale. It mentions elevenvalues from 1⁄2d. to 1/-. The article highlights the advantages of having a wide range ofvalues that can be used for postage, revenue and telegraphs. It also introduces the printingstyle of two colours as an innovation. The article first mentions that prominent membersof the philatelic society were consulted in the design of the stamps. The article then goeson to describe all the stamp designs individually £100-120

39 “The Times” 20 Oct. 1890, page 3, column 3, including a short article headed“AUTOMATIC MACHINES FOR SUPPLYING POSTAGE STAMPS. - The Works Committee of thePaddington Vestry recommend that the application of Messrs. Balfour and Co. to placeautomatic machines for the supply of postage stamps and postcards against pillar and wallletter-boxes, post offices, etc., throughout the parish, be granted during the pleasure ofthe vestry”. Also on page 1, column 1 an advertisement “FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS” forWinch Brothers £100-120


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PRE-STAMP ESSAYS

Charles Whiting Beaufort House, Strand

40 E Embossed heads of Victoria and Albert in plain white relief surrounded by a circular frame(essay number 28) on stout wove paper (69x89mm); a few light age marks. Fine andscarce. Photo £700-800

41 E Embossed essay (Huggins type E9 Coat of Arms) in blue on white wove paper with somegum; some thinnings, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo £420-500

42 E Essay number 25, printed by the Congreve method in red and blue on white wove paper;reprint, fine. Photo £50-60

43 E Essay number 26, printed by the Congreve method in blue on white wove paper; reprint,fine. Photo £50-60

44 E Essay number 26, printed by the Congreve method in blue on white wove paper; reprint,fine. Photo £50-60

45 E 1840 Whiting’s embossed proofs for stamped paper in black, some overall thinningpossibly to being previously stuck to backing card and creased horizontally near the footof the design. Photo £400-450

46 E 1841 embossed Prince Consort essay in mauve with bust facing left affixed to small pieceof watermarked wove paper; trimmed unevenly at top and small piece excised from foot;an extremely rare essay. For a similar example see lot 107 of the Colonel Bates collectionsold in 1934. Photo £4,200-5,000

47 E Another embossed of bust facing left on a grey-purple background showing a fraction ofthe word “LONDON” below; mounted on sheet of foolscap paper with the inscriptionwritten on reverse, “at Sixpence a Quire of 24 Sheets or One Farthing for sheet”. The sheethas been folded to show the essay to best advantage. A photograph of a second examplehas been hinged alongside. Rare. Photo £4,200-4,500

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Proofs

48 P Die Proof on India Paper: State 1 showing distinct weaknesses to the design; previouslyfolded and now affixed to white card; fine. Cat. £3,800. Photo £700-800

49 P Die Proof on India Paper: State 2; in deep black and showing strengthening of the design;folded to shape with some light age marks and splitting along one of the folds. Photo £1,000-1,200

One Penny Letter Sheets

50 Stereo obscured: 1842 (24 Jan.), addressed to Great Ormond Street, with “Henekey’sCommercial Envelope” advertisement with “IMPROVED SWEDISH TURNIPS” at upper left,“George” added and “HUNT” struck out in manuscript (S.G. MA15b), bold black MalteseCross cancellation and light red “T.P./HOLBORN BARS”; a little soiled but a very scarceadvertisement. Photo £250-300

51 A4, dated 15 May 1840 and addressed from Lewes to London, central reddish orangeMaltese Cross cancellation; A35, dated 18 May 1840 and addressed from London toEdinburgh, neat red Maltese Cross cancellation; and A135, envelope dated May 15 andaddressed from Fareham to London; all with datestamps on reverse, filing folds and smallfaults, otherwise fine £200-250


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52 A25, addressed to Cheltenham and cancelled by a good strike of the number “5” inMaltese Cross and with faint “Pall Mall” handstamp at lower left, blue arrival c.d.s. of 29 April 1844 on the reverse, a little soiled and two small strengthened tears at foot.Specialised £3,000. Photo £250-300

53 A236, addressed to Salisbury and cancelled by a fine upright strike of the double linedRomsey Maltese Cross, dated markings of 17 and 18 Nov. 1841 on the reverse; creasedbut otherwise fine and scarce. Photo £200-250

One Penny Envelopes

54 A135, addressed to Limerick, cancelled by a wonderful strike of the Rathangan crimsonMaltese Cross, fine Rathangan c.d.s. of 15 Jan. (1841) on reverse; fine and scarce internalIrish usage. Photo £500-600

55 A153, dated 8 June 1840 and used from Dublin to Ballintemple, superb red MalteseCross cancellation, red datestamp on reverse, small central stain from seal, fine anduncreased. A scarce internal Irish usage. Photo £200-250

56 A156, addressed to London and with fine red DROITWICH/MY 27/1840 c.d.s. on reverse,clear Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-red shade and with an interestingmanuscript note “Bring a few Queen’s heads down with you” on the inside of the envelope;seal cut from the reverse, fine. A fine May date cover and with an unusual reference to therecently issued Postage Stamps. Photo £700-800

MULREADY CARICATURES AND OTHER PRINTED ENVELOPES

57 A contemporary hand drawn reproduction in black on blue laid paper, addressed toLondon but with no indication of postal use. Interesting and unusual. Photo £400-600

58 Pitman’s phonography envelope, the original artwork in pencil on envelope withembossed seal “HEWITT/WINE MERCHANT/LICHFIELD” on reverse, inscribed “PitmansPhonography is easily learned, is as legible as longhand, and is written 4 to 6 times as swiftly(the above follows in phonography)..... J.H.N. member of the phonetic society, my certifiedteacher, will give lessons gratuitously through the post”, fine. Most attractive and animportant new discovery. Photo £500-600

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The First (Later Rejected) Die for the One Penny Stamp

59 P 1902 reprint die proof on cream. wove paper, two impressions in light grey-green; cleanand fine. Specialised DP8 (b), £22,000+. Photo £5,500-6,000

60 P 1902 Reprint on cream, wove paper, two impressions in black, small tone spot at left, fine.Specialised DP8(b) from £22,000. Photo £7,000-8,000


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61 P 1919 reprinted die proof, a single design in light grey-green on multiple star watermarkedpaper; a faint diagonal crease in the top right corner, otherwise fresh and fine. SpecialisedDP8 (c), £18,000+. Photo £2,800-3,000

1841 (May), Trial on Dickinson Silk Thread Paper

62 P + 1d. full deep red, plate 11, GC-HD block of four unused without gum, just clear to verylarge margins and showing the three silk threads on reverse; two diagonal creases affectingthe lower pair, though of very rich fresh colour and fine appearance. Specialised DP22.S.G. 16, £30,000+ Photo £5,500-6,000

1854 The One Penny Retouched Die (Die II)

63 P First state of the die proof on soft card in pale brownish red, faint colour but still very fine.Specialised DP26A, £90,000+. Photo £12,500-15,000

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64 P 1d. die proof (48x57mm.) in emerald-green (underinked) with reversed “NEW” and “3”in margin, small thins and slight stains; very rare. Specialised DP29, £45,000. Photo £5,500-6,000

65 P 1d. die proof in black on thin white paper, mounted on soft card (60x60mm.), a few smallmarks, fine and rare. Specialised DP29a, £40,000. Photo £10,000-12,000

66 P Die proof in sage-green on card, without reversed inscription; a few light surface marks,otherwise fine. Photo £5,500-7,500


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67 P 1856 (November) die proof in brick-red on proof paper mounted on thick, soft card ofthe officially authorised 1d. forgery. Large part and small part of complete designs in apair (a complete faked stamp was not allowed); some staining of the backing card, thoughthe central piece is fine. Only three pulls of this proof are known (one in the Royalcollection and another in the British Postal Museum). This example being the only onein private hands. An extremely rare proof of the upmost philatelic importance. S.G. Spec.DP34 (unpriced). Photo £21,000-25,000

This imitation was ordered by the Board of the Inland Revenue to ascertain whether a skilledengraver could reproduce the design of the 1d. stamp of sufficient quality to deceive theRevenue.

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68 P 1d. Plate 191, QD in deep mauve, touched to very large margins, fine. Specialised DP39a.Photo £1,100-1,200

69 P 1d. Plate 191, TK, imperforate in mauve with manuscript trial cancellation, close atupper-right but large margins other sides, usual slight faults. Extremely rare. SpecialisedDP39b, from £15,000. Photo £1,400-1,800

1841 (March) Dickinson Paper Trial

70 P 2d. in red-brown with void corner and taken from the small trial plate [4], large partoriginal gum with trace of hinge remainders, good to very large margins. Fine and rare.Specialised DP44, £60,000. Photo £14,000-16,000



71 P 2d. plate 15, in pale ultramarine lettered AB, from the top of the sheet showing thecurrent number “227” and part of the marginal inscription “Price 2d. Per Label. 2/- PerRow of ...”, cut into at foot, with close to good margins on other sides; full original gum,mounted in the margin only. An important positional piece. Specialised DP50, £50,000.Photo £7,000-10,000

The companion stamp, AA, was in the Royal Philatelic Collection and sold by Spink in May2001

72 P 2d. plate 15, AB in purple, with extended top margin showing the current number “227”and part margin inscription; just cut into at foot, other margins good to large, mountedin the margin only where there are paper adherences. Very good colour and an impressivepositional piece. Specialised DP50 (d), £42,000. Photo £5,500-6,500


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1871 Ormond Hill Die Proofs

73 P 11⁄2d. in rose on thin white paper, mounted on soft card (60x60mm.); fresh and very fine.Specialised DP56a, £40,000. Photo £10,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:M.H. Stothert, September 1975

74 P 1⁄2d. in rose on thin white paper, mounted on soft card (60x60mm.); fresh and very fine.Specialised DP64a, £35,000. Photo £10,000-12,000


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75 P 1⁄2d. in chrome-yellow on thin, hard yellowish wove paper (56x50mm.); some lightwrinkling. Fine. Specialised DP64b. Photo £12,500-15,000



76 P 1⁄2d. plate 14, SR, imperforate with trial cancellation; large to enormous margins showingpart of the stamp below. Fine and attractive. Specialised DP68 (b), £33,000. Photo £7,000-8,000

1840 ONE PENNY BLACK

Plate 1a

77 AE (double letter E), slightly close to very large margins all round, upright red MalteseCross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-260

78 AE (double letter E), good to large balanced margins all round, light red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £260-300

79 AE-AF horizontal pair (AE double letter E), grey-black shade showing moderate platewear, part of sheet margin and inscription at top, large margins other sides, light redMaltese Cross cancellations, very fine and a quite exceptional pair. Photo £800-1,000

80 AG, grey black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round, redMaltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

81 BA, EH, PH and SI, four margined examples, cancelled in red, good to fine £750-800

82 BA-CA, vertical pair, part of sheet margin at left, CA very close at right, large marginsother sides, red Maltese Cross cancellations; BA with small thin in the margin at top, clearof the design, fine. Photo £750-800

83 ED, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round, crispred Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and an attractive example. Photo £180-200

84 HD (re-entry), grey black shade showing moderate plate wear, large balanced margins,upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250


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85 HK, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to very large margins, redMaltese Cross cancellation with leaves the Queen’s profile untouched; very fine. Photo £200-250

86 HL, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

87 IH, PD and RG, four margined examples, all cancelled in red, RG of superb appearancebut with minute thin; good to fine £600-650

88 IJ, grey-black shade, showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round, redMaltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £260-320

89 IL, large to very large margins all round, bright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £180-200

90 JE, large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; very fine and mostattractive. Photo £200-250

91 JG, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £180-220

92 KB, grey-black shade showing worn plate, good to large margins all round, red MalteseCross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £320-380

93 KE, clear to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellations on entire,dated 26 June 1840, addressed to Glasgow, dated markings on reverse; vertical filing foldsclear of the adhesive, fine and attractive. Photo £250-300

94 KL grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, part of sheet margin at right and goodto large margins other sides, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

95 LA, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round, lightred Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £200-240

96 LI, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, large margins all round, tied to smallpiece by red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £240-280

97 MB and OK, four margined examples, cancelled in red; fine £240-260

98 MJ, grey-black shade, showing moderate plate wear, good to very large margins, redMaltese Cross cancellation, fine and very attractive. Photo £320-360

99 OK, worn impression, good to very large margins, on to entire, dated 27 May 1840, tiedby crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation in a deep pink shade, addressed to Birmingham,Bridgenorth c.d.s. on the front; the entire a trifle stained and with a reduced manuscriptdate on the front. Fine and a scarce May date cover. Photo £400-500

100 PA, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, part of sheet margin at left, good tolarge margins other sides, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

101 PK, grey-black shade showing moderate Plate wear, close at top, good to large marginsother sides, practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-180

102 PK, good to large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £150-200

103 QB, grey black shade, very worn impression, good to large margins all round, crisp redMaltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

104 RE, good to very large margins, uncancelled and very fresh, on entire letter, dated 2 Aug.1840, from Cognac to the Isle of Man, without any postal markings; fine and aremarkable item. Photo £2,000-2,500


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105 RK, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round,upright and practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

106 SJ, grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, good to large margins all round, redMaltese Cross cancellation, small scissors cut in margin at right, well clear of the design,fine. Photo £240-280

107 TE, good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation in a salmonpink shade; a trifle soiled on the reverse, fine and most attractive. Photo £150-200

108 TJ, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £260-280

Plate 1b

109 AC, large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-red shade; fine.Photo £200-250

110 AH, good to large margins and showing a small portion of the adjoining stamp at lowerleft, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

111 AJ, HB (re-entry), PJ (retouched check letters) and RD (recut side lines), all fourmargined examples, PJ cancelled in black, the others in red; good to fine £650-700

112 AK, good to large margins all round, complete red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine andattractive. Photo £320-360

113 AK-AL (AL constant variety), horizontal pair, good to very large margins all round,black Maltese Cross cancellations, fine and attractive. Photo £440-500

114 BG, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £180-200

115 BK, good margins all round, practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £150-200

116 BL (recut corners), good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £160-180

117 CA, small part of sheet margin at left, large to very large margins other sides, crisp redMaltese Cross cancellation in an orange-red shade, very fine and a most appealingexample. Photo £200-250

118 CC, small to large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross on envelope, dated 13May 1841, addressed to Plymouth, “LANGPORT/140” mileage mark on the front, rare ona Penny Black cover, arrival datestamp on reverse; the envelope opened out and smallfaults, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo £180-220

119 CD, CG, DI, JE, JG, KB, KE, MK and SK, all four margined examples, JG sand KEcancelled in black, the others in red, chiefly fine £1,600-1,800

120 CH, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £230-260

121 CI, good to large margins all round, practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation,fine and attractive. Photo £200-240

122 CJ, good to large margins all round, brownish-red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

123 CJ, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

124 CL (non coincident re-entry), good to large margins all round, crisp orange-red MalteseCross cancellation which leaves the Queen’s profile practically untouched; fine. Photo £320-360

125 CL (non coincident re-entry), large balanced margins, red Maltese Cross cancellation,fine. Photo £180-220

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126 DB (roller flaw), close at foot but large to very large margins other sides, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Photo £120-150

127 EC, slightly close at upper left, good to very large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation in an orange-red shade, fine. Photo £180-200

128 EE, good margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £160-200

129 EF, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £220-250

130 EI, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

131 FC, goods to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; a trifle toned.Photo £280-300

132 GB (recut sideline and corners), close at upper right, good to large margins other sides,tied by black Maltese Cross of Chester to entire letter, dated 20 Oct. 1840, addressed toTowcester; the adhesive a little soiled and with minor corner creases. Photo £400-500

133 GH, large balanced margins, central Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange red shade;very fine. Photo £200-250

134 HC (recut sidelines), a little close at right, large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

135 HF, good to large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation, whichleaves the Queen’s profile clear, on a 1d. pink postal stationery envelope, addressed toCambleton, dated 3 July 1841, “T.P./S. Audley St.” handstamp alongside, on reversecircular “JY 30/1841” and red framed “CAMBLETON/AU 3/1841”. A long cross written noteby the recipient additionally ties the 1d. black; a small split at the lower-left of theenvelope has been backed up by a piece of paper, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo £2,500-3,000Note: Penny Blacks used on 1d. pink postal stationery envelopes are of the utmost rarity, farmore so than when used on Mulready’s. This is believed to be the finest known and mostconvincingly tied of the very few recorded examples.

x136 HG, close at lower left, good to large margins other sides, tied by red Maltese Crosscancellation on entire (side flaps missing), dated 14 May 1840, addressed to Lincoln InnFields; some spike holes clear of the adhesive £150-200

137 HH, large margins, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

138 IA, good to large margins all round, red maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-redshade; fine. Photo £180-200

x139 IF, good to very large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation, to entire,dated 4 Aug. 1840, addressed to London, dated markings on reverse, horizontal andvertical filing folds well clear of the adhesive; fine. Photo £220-250

140 IL (non-coincident re-entry), close to large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £280-300

141 JA, slightly close at right, good to large margins other sides, orange-red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £250-300

142 JC (non-coincident re-entry), slightly close at lower right, good to large margins othersides, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £180-200

143 JC (non-coincident re-entry), good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-220

144 KB, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

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145 KC, good to very large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £150-200

146 KI, large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive.Photo £350-400

147 KK, intense black shade, good to very large margins, tied to entire by a crisp red MalteseCross cancellation in a vermilion shade, dated 13 Aug. 1840; light filing fold at left wellclear of the adhesive, fine. Photo £300-350

148 LA (recut side lines), good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation,fine. Photo £120-150

149 LD, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

150 LE, good to large margins all round, orange-red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine anattractive. Photo £280-300

151 MI, good to very large margins all round, crisp and upright orange-red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £340-380

152 MK (non-coincident re-entry), good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £280-300

153 NB, a little close at foot, good to large margins other sides, black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £150-200

154 NC, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-240

155 NK, large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’sprofile almost untouched; fine. Photo £200-250

156 OA, original plate Ia re-entry, on bleuté paper, red Maltese Cross cancellation, enormousmargins and with full sheet margin and inscription “ce 1d. Per Label. 1/-” at left(watermark letters “TA” in margin); some staining on the reverse hardly detracting fromthis exceptional example. Photo £500-600

157 OE, watermark inverted, good to large margins all round, upright and practicallycomplete red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and scarce. Photo £600-800

158 OJ, large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in a brownish-red shade; fine £150-200

159 PB (original Plate 1a re-entry), good to very large margins all round, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation in an orange-vermilion shade; very fine. Photo £300-350

160 PE, good to very large margins all round, practically complete red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £320-340

161 QA (double letter Q), small part of sheet margin at left, good to large, if somewhatuneven, margins other sides, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £280-300

162 QB, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-red shade; fine. Photo £180-200

163 QD (burr rubs), slightly close at top, very large margins other sides and showing a portionof the adjoining stamp at lower right, slightly oily red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo, £160-200

164 QH, good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation in anorange-red shade; fine and most attractive. Photo £160-200

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165 QK, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round, fine. Photo £120-150

166 RH, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £150-200

167 RL, small part of sheet margin at right and large margins other sides, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation, fine. Photo £200-250

168 SA, worn impression, part of sheet margin at left, close to large margins other sides, tiedto small envelope addressed to Brunswick Square, dated 20 Nov. 1840 by a black MalteseCross cancellation and with “Up Baker St.” alongside; fine and a scarce envelope showingexperimental use of the Maltese Cross in black. Photo £250-300

169 SA, good to large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £260-280

170 SB, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £280-300

171 SE, slightly close at right, large margins other sides, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine.Photo £220-240

172 SE, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-250

173 SG, good to large margins all round, oily red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £120-150

174 SL, large margins, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £240-260

175 TC (recut sidelines), good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine.Photo £320-340

176 TE, close at one place at foot, good to very large margins other sides, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation; fine £120-150

177 TF, good margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

178 TF, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-220

179 TH, close at right, good to very large margins other sides, bright red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £160-180

180 TI, slightly close at lower right, good to very large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

181 TK (double letter T), good to very large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation; very fine and most attractive. Photo £450-500

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182 AD (re-entry), close to large margins all round, crisp and practically complete red MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Photo £240-260

183 AG, good to very large margins all round and showing traces of the adjoining stamp atright, black Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’s profile almostuntouched; fine. Photo £420-450

184 AL, small part of sheet margin at top, good to very large margins other sides, red MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Photo £380-400

185 BA, part of sheet margin at left, close to large margins other sides, crisp red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

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186 BG-BH, horizontal pair, red Maltese Cross cancellations, good to large margins allround; a trifle soiled, fine. Photo £250-300

187 BL, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in orange-brownshade; fine and most attractive. Photo £180-220

188 CA, slightly close at foot, good margins other sides, practically complete red MalteseCross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £160-180

189 CH, CK, DG, EF (on piece), EI and HE, all four margined examples, cancelled in red,chiefly good to fine £950-1,000

190 CL, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

191 DC, EC, used together on small piece, DC cut into foot, otherwise the margins are goodto large, cancelled by carmine-red Maltese Cross. Photo £150-180

192 DK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-240

193 EE grey-black shade, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

194 EG, KF, PE and TG, all four margined examples, PE cancelled in black, the others in red,good to fine £700-800

195 EK (burr rubs), good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £220-250

196 FA, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £180-220

197 FG (double letter G), good to large margins all round, slightly oily red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

198 FI (without ray flaws), good to large margins, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation toprinted “Law Life-Assurance Society.” Notice of renewal, dated June 12 1840, addressedto Grays Inn, fine. Photo £300-350

199 HB, good to large margins, neatly tied to small piece by a good strike of the red MalteseCross and additionally tied by MARSDEN/LANCASHIRE circular town stamp in black; fineand attractive. Rare. Photo £1,000-1,200

200 HG, very close or just touched at right, good margins other sides, tied by red MalteseCross cancellation to entire letter, dated 9 Aug. 1840 from London to Shrewsbury £80-100

201 HI, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £250-300

202 HI, margins all round, large at top, light red Maltese Cross and black straight line“..GHTON.” cancellations; fine. Photo £220-250

203 HI, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

204 HL, a little close at upper right, good to large margins other sides, complete red MalteseCross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-240

205 IB, a little close at left, good to large margins other sides, crisp red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £180-220


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206 IC, large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation to entire dated May11 1841, addressed to London, double ring Bromyard d.s. on the front; vertical filing foldwell clear of the adhesive, fine and scarce cancelled in black. Photo £350-400

207 IF, on 1841 (29 Sept.) wrapper to Banff, close to very large margins used with 1d. red-brown, plate 5, BC, close to large margins, both cancelled by a central strike of the blackMaltese Cross and showing Turriff despatch datestamp in lower corner with arrivalbackstamp for the same day; five vertical filing creases, one through the Penny Black andsome arrival notation at left. A rare combination. Photo £3,500-4,000

208 IL, good to very large margins all round, slightly oily red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £140-160

209 KA-KH horizontal strip of eight, close to large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellations; creases affecting KA; sound and an impressive strip. Photo £3,000-3,500

210 KB, good to large margins all round, crisp and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation;fine. Photo £160-180

211 KC, large balanced margins, upright black Maltese Cross cancellation; very fine. Photo £320-350

212 KG, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-redshade; fine. Photo £200-250

213 LC, margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

214 LE (constant variety), good to large margins all round, practically complete red MalteseCross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £300-320

215 LH, good to large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at top,crisp, practically complete and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

216 MA, part of sheet sheet margin and inscription at left, good to large margins other sides,crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation, pressed horizontal crease not detracting from thevery fine appearance. Photo £200-250

217 MA, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

218 MC, good to very large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andmost appealing. Photo £260-300

219 MH, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

220 OG, on 1840 (17 May) wrapper to London, with good to very large margins and tied bya light strike of a pale red Maltese Cross, the flap, which opens for display, with a fineWinchester despatch and London arrival c.d.s.; light horizontal filing fold. Good to fine.Scarce second Sunday usage. Cat. £15,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

221 PA, 5.5mm. sheet margin and inscription “PRIC” at left, good to large margins othersides, red Maltese Cross in a brownish shade, pressed vertical crease not detracting fromthe very fine appearance. Photo £200-250

222 PB (recut letter squares), good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £280-300

223 PC, good to large margins all round, tied to piece by red Maltese Cross cancellation andstraight line “BROUGHTON” marking; soiled and with bend where the adhesive overlapsthe piece. Rare. Photo £300-350



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224 PD (recut letter square), good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £220-250

225 PF, RB, SG, TH and TI, four margined examples, RB cancelled in black, the others inred; chiefly good to fine £820-850

226 PI, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £280-300

227 PI (recut letter square), slightly close at foot, large margins other sides, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

228 QA, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-220

229 QA, margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

230 QD, slightly close at lower right corner, large margins other sides, tied to small piece byred Maltese Cross cancellation; a trifle soiled. Photo £200-220

231 QD, good to very large margins, a little soiled, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation onwrapper (side flaps missing), dated 19 Aug. 1840, to Doncaster with Bradford Yorksdatestamp on reverse; vertical filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine. Photo £150-180

232 QD, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £250-280

233 QD, a deep shade, on 1840 (31 May) local Edinburgh entire, touched to very largemargins and well tied by a good strike of deep, dull red Maltese Cross, a fine strike of thedespatch c.d.s. on the flap which opens well for display. A fine and scarce Sunday date.Cat. £13,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

234 QE, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

235 QH and SA, both with good to large margins all round, cancelled in red; each with tinycreases £380-420

236 RC, close at upper left, good to large margins other sides, crisp red Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £170-200

237 RI, close at right, large margins other sides, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; a triflesoiled. Photo £130-150

238 SB, close to large margins, almost complete red Maltese Cross cancellation. Photo £150-200

239 SK (burr rubs), large to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellationin an orange-red shade; very fine. Photo £180-220

240 SL, grey-black shade, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

241 TB, large even margins all round, neatly cancelled with red Maltese Cross. Fine. Photo £100-120

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242 AA, HH, II, JF and TK, four margined examples, cancelled in red, II and TK on pieces.good to fine £800-900

243 AD, good to large margins and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right, tied bysmudged red Maltese Cross cancellation to small piece. Photo £200-220

244 CC, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180



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245 DA, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-240

246 FE, grey-black shade, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation,fine. Photo £160-200

247 IA, from the left of the sheet with 4.5-5.5mm. margin with inscription “ND SIDE of theLette” and clear to good margins other sides, crisp red Maltese Cross in an orange shade,pressed horizontal crease hardly detracting from the very fine appearance. Photo £200-250

248 JJ, good margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

249 LF, slightly close at lower right, otherwise good margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

250 OH, Plate 4 DA, cancelled in red, margins all round; tiny faults £270-300

251 TH, grey-black shade, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

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252 AC, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

253 AD, intense black shade, from the top of the sheet with full margin, deckle edge andinscription “...Sheet. Place the...”, good to large margins other sides, on entire letter, dated27 June 1840, addressed to Moy, just tied by red Maltese Cross in a purple-brown shade(and tied ‘through’ the entire), on reverse fine double ring Newry datestamp; very fineand most appealing. Believed to be the earliest recorded Penny Black with a marginalinscription used in Ireland. Photo £6,000-8,000

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254 BA, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; tiny paper wrinkle,fine. Photo £200-220

255 CA, good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £180-220

256 CI, close to large margins, on 1840 (Aug. 31) large part entire to Prestonpans, Dundee,tied by orange-red Maltese Cross; reverse with despatch and arrival datestamps; NI, closeto large margins and cancelled by red Maltese Cross; small corner crease. Fine £200-250

257 DH, good to very large margins al round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation on entiredated 24 Dec. 1840 from Carlisle to Workington, with dated marking on reverse; lightvertical filing fold well clear of the adhesive, fine. Photo £150-200

258 DJ, good to large margins, red Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’sprofile clear; fine and attractive. Photo £180-220

259 EE, good to very large margins all round and showing portions of adjoining stamps at topand bottom, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

260 GE, good to large margins all round, crisp and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation;fine. Photo £200-240

261 HL, KL, OJ and RC, four margined examples, all cancelled in red; good to fine £580-650

262 IC, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atfoot; light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

263 IE (recut letter square), large margins all round and showing traces of the adjoining stampat top, tied to entire letter by red Maltese Cross in a salmon pink shade, dated 30 May1840 on the reverse, from Carlisle to Edinburgh; vertical filing folds well clear of theadhesive and with some notes on the reverse, just impinging of the obverse, fine.Extremely early usage of this Plate, only one week after the earliest recorded date. Photo £650-750

264 IG, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-220

265 IJ, red Maltese Cross cancellation, huge margins and showing at portion of the adjoiningstamp at left; very fine. Photo £300-350

266 JI, good to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross in a reddish-brown shade,to wrapper (side flaps missing), dated 2 Feb. 1841, addressed to Edinburgh,“TAUNTON/30 JA 1841/PY POST” on the front, dated marking on reverse; a trifle soiled,very scarce. Photo £250-300

267 KA, slightly close at right but good to large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation which leaves the Queen’s profile clear; fine and attractive. Photo £150-200

268 KA, slightly worn impression, red and black Maltese Cross cancellations, good to largemargins all round, fine. Photo £250-300

269 KG, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £180-200



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270 KK, large balanced margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andmost attractive. Photo £200-250

271 LF, good to large margins all round, crisp and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fineand an attractive example. Photo £160-200

272 LK, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £160-180

273 MG, a little close at upper left to massive margins showing a sizable portion of theadjoining stamp at right, red Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’ profileclear; tiny thin at foot. Photo £180-200

274 MK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in a pinkish shade;fine and attractive. Photo £200-250

275 ML, part of sheet margin at right and clear to good margins other sides, crisp and uprightred Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

276 NK, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £200-220

277 OF, large balanced margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

278 OK, touched at foot, close at right, large margins other sides, applied at the upper left ofentire letter, contrary to regulations, dated 16 March 1841, addressed to Liverpool andtied by a spectacular strike of the distinctive ‘fish tail’ Maltese Cross of Manchester; datedmarkings on reverse, horizontal filing fold well clear of the adhesive. Fine and rare. Photo £1,000-1,200

279 QI, slightly close at right, good margins other sides, crisp and upright red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £150-200



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280 QK, slightly close at lower right, good to large margins other sides, crisp red MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

281 RA, 15mm. sheet margin at left, red Maltese Cross cancellation, exceptional appearance.Repaired. Photo £100-150

282 RF, large balanced margins, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and most attractive.Photo £200-250

283 TH, good to very large margins all round, distinctive double lined red Maltese Crosscancellation possibly of Stonehaven, fine and attractive. Photo £500-600

284 TI, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves theQueen’s profile clear; fine. Photo £200-250

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285 AG, good to large margins all round, practically complete and upright black MalteseCross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £180-220

286 AK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves theQueen’s profile practically untouched; fine. Photo £180-220

287 BB, OA, PL and SA, four margined examples, all cancelled in red, good to fine £650-700

288 CJ, slightly close at lower right, good to large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £150-180


x289 DA-DG, horizontal strip of seven, unused without gum, DA cut in two and rejoined byhinges, mostly touched or a little cut into at foot, good margins other sides, variouslycreased. Despite faults an impressive and extremely rare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate(1994). Photo £6,000-8,000

290 ED, large margins, bold red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

291 EL, small part of sheet margin at right and large to enormous margins other sides,showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, black Maltese Cross cancellation; veryfine. Photo £300-350

292 FC, intense black shade, good to very large margins, tied to small piece by a crisp redMaltese Cross cancellation, fine and most attractive. Photo £200-250

293 FC, intense black shade, good to very large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

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295 FE, very close to large, if somewhat uneven margins, tied by a slightly unclear red MalteseCross in a brownish shade, to part entire, dated 25 Dec. 1840, from Merthyr to Bristol,unclear dated marking on the front; a little soiled or stained. Photo £120-150

296 FF, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

297 GA, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stampat lower right, slightly oily red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

298 HG, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

299 IA, good to very large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

x300 IB, good to very large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entireletter, dated 30 Jan. 1841, addressed to London, horizontal filing fold well clear of theadhesive. R.P.S. Certificate stating “Stamp has been removed from the lettersheet-cleaned & replaced.”. Photo £180-200

301 IJ, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, a trifle soiled.Photo £120-150

302 IK, slightly close to good margins all round, oily red Maltese Cross cancellation whichleaves the Queen’s clear; fine. Photo £150-200

303 IL, good to very large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; a triflesoiled. Photo £150-200

304 JK, slightly close at right, large margins other sides and showing a portion of the adjoiningstamp at top, central red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

305 KA, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

306 KC, good to very large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at top,applied to the upper left of entire letter, contrary to regulations, dated 10 July 1840,addressed to Moy, cancelled by two strikes of the Newry Maltese Cross in a reddishbrown, dated markings on reverse, showing superb upright Newry c.d.s., fine and adelightful cover. Photo £800-900

307 KE, intense black shade, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £240-260

308 KG, good to large margins all round, bold and complete red Maltese Cross cancellationin a reddish-brown shade, fine and a most attractive example. Photo £250-300

309 LA, 6mm. sheet margin and inscription “the Labels ABOVE th” at left, good to very largemargins other sides and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at lower right, red MalteseCross cancellation, very fine and an appealing example. Photo £350-400

310 LF, good to large margins all round and showing a small portion of the adjoining stampat lower left, red Maltese Cross cancellation; a trifle soiled, fine. Photo £140-160

311 LI, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

312 ML, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

313 NA (retouched letter) good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

314 OA, good margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £120-150



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315 QL, full 14mm. sheet margin at right and with good to large margins other sides, blackMaltese Cross cancellation, fine. An exceptional example. Photo £300-350

316 RA, margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’sprofile clear; fine and a most attractive example. Photo £200-240

317 RC and RH, used with 2d. blue Plate 1, NG, on entire dated 6 Nov. 1840, from Glasgowto Ayr, red Maltese Cross cancellations, RC slightly cut into at lower left, otherwisemargins all round, RH with pressed vertical filing crease, a trifle stained (mostly affectingthe 2d.), otherwise fine and a striking and colourful mixed franking. B.P.A. Certificate(1993). Photo £5,000-6,000

318 RI and TF, Plate 6 FB and RJ, four margined examples, RI cancelled in red, the others inblack, good to fine £650-700

319 SC, large to very large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at foot,black Maltese Cross cancellation; a trifle soiled. Photo £150-200

320 SC, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stampat top, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

321 TG, red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round, showing aportion of the adjoining stamp at top and part of sheet margin at foot; very fine. Photo £200-250

322 TH (double letter H), part of sheet margin at foot, good to large margins other sides, tiedto piece by complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

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323 AA, black Maltese Cross cancellation, large margins all round with part of sheet marginat top with inscription “Price 1d. Per La” and at left and showing just a trace of the Platenumber “6” at upper left; an exceptional example. Photo £600-700

324 AB, a little close at lower right, large margins other sides, red Maltese Cross cancellation;fine. Photo £180-220

325 AE, good to large margins all round, crisp and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation;very fine. Photo £260-280



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326 AI, BH, EI, JL (worn impression) and PL, four margined examples, JL and PL cancelledin black, the others in red; good to fine £750-800

327 AK, black Maltese Cross cancellation, very large margins all round and with part of sheetmargin and inscription “areful not to remo” at top; very fine and a striking example. Photo £350-400

328 AK, slightly close at lower right, good to very large margins other sides and showing aportion of the adjoining stamp at lower left., light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £180-200

329 AK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in a pinkish shade;fine. Photo £160-180

330 AL, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

331 BC, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

332 BC, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £160-180

333 BF, good appearance but defective, tied by black Perth Maltese Cross to large part entire,dated 25 Oct. 25, addressed to Markinch; filing fold affecting the adhesive. Photo £300-400

334 CA, small part of sheet margin at left, very large to enormous margins other sides andshowing a portion of the adjoining stamp at foot, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation,very fine and most attractive. Photo £300-350

335 CD, slightly close at lower right, large to very large margins other sides and showing aportion of the adjoining stamp at top, tied to piece by light red Maltese Crosscancellation; small scissors cut in the margin at upper right, well clear of the design. Photo £200-250

336 CK, good to large margins all round, crisp and practically upright black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

337 DB, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £130-150

338 DD, large margins, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £150-200

339 DI, good to large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left,black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £120-150

340 EC, touched at upper right but large margins other sides and showing portions of theadjoining stamp at left, tied to small piece by red Maltese Cross and straight line“Kenyon” in magenta; fine and rare. Photo £300-350

341 EE, good to large margins all round, upright and complete red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

342 EK, slightly close to very large margins all round, crisp and practically complete blackMaltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

343 EJ, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atright, crisp red Maltese Crosss cancellation, pressed vertical crease; fine. Photo £200-250

344 FG, slightly close at upper left but otherwise large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

345 FI, intense black shade, large to huge margins all round and showing portions of twoadjoining stamps, tied to small piece by a crisp and complete black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and an outstanding example. Photo £300-350

346 FJ, good to very large margins all round and showing portions of the adjoining stamps atleft and right, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £180-200



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348 GA, GF, HG, JK and RA, four margined examples, all cancelled in red, good to fine withsome very appealing £850-900

349 GD, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in a delicate shade,on entire, dated 30 Sept. 1840, addressed to Abbots Moreton, red Bromsgrove datestampon the front; light vertical filing fold well clear of the adhesive, fine. Photo £200-250

350 HB, close to very large, if somewhat uneven margins all round, showing a portion of theadjoining stamps at top and at lower left, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £140-160

351 HD, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £180-220

352 HH, large balanced margins, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £350-400

353 HH, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; small nick inthe margin at lower right, clear of the design, fine. Photo £180-200

354 HI, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

355 IJ-IK, horizontal pair, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellations, tiny nick in the margin at upper left, clear of the design; fine. Photo £400-450

356 JB, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-redshade; fine. Photo £160-200

357 JC, slightly close at foot, good to very large margins other sides, light red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

358 JD, good to very large margins all round, practically complete red Maltese Crosscancellation in an orange-red shade; fine. Photo £160-200

359 JK, good to large margins all round, light red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

360 KB, good to large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atright, complete and central red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

361 KI, good to very large margins all round, tied to small piece by black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

362 LA, small part of sheet margin at left and good to large margins other sides, red MalteseCross cancellation in an orange-red shade; fine. Photo £180-220

363 LC, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

364 LH, clear to very large margins all round and showing portion or traces of the adjoiningstamps at top and bottom, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo. £150-180

365 MD, good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-250

366 MD-ND vertical pair, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and scarce. Photo £500-600

367 MJ, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-2,000

368 NB, close to good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; a little soiled. Photo £130-150



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369 NC, good to enormous margins showing a sizable portion of the adjoining stamp at left,crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, on entire, dated 30 April 1841, addressed to TheEarl of Portarlington, Emo Park, Emo, “ROSCREA” double ring c.d.s. alongside; sealremoved from the reverse, strengthened tear on the obverse. A striking and rare entireshowing scarce internal Irish usage. Photo £600-700

370 NE, good to large margins all round, practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation;fine and attractive. Photo £200-240

371 NL, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive; Photo £220-250

372 OC, good to very large margins, tied by upright red Maltese Cross cancellation, on entiredated 21 Nov. 1840, from London to Dublin, dated markings on reverse, horizontalfiling fold well clear of the adhesive, fine and an exceptional cover. Photo £300-350

373 OE, good margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £260-300

374 OH, good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation which leavesthe Queen’s profile clear; a trifle soiled but fine and most attractive. Photo £160-200

375 OL, good to enormous margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

376 PD, good to large margins all round, practically complete and upright red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £260-300

377 PL, small part of sheet margin at right, large to very large margins other sides, blackMaltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

378 PL, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stampat foot, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-220

379 QC, slightly close to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

380 QC, good to large margins all round, bold red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200

381 QD, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180



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382 QD, slightly close at upper left, good to large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £150-180

383 QE, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-180

384 QF, good to very large margins all round and showing a good portion of the adjoiningstamp at right, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £200-240

385 QK (re-entry), good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £200-250

386 RA, good to very large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andmost attractive. Photo £250-300

387 RD, good to large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-240

388 RK, good margins all round, heavy red Maltese Cross cancellation; slight wrinkle, fine.Photo £160-180

389 RL, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-redshade; fine. Photo £160-180

390 SK, large margins all round, tied by a superb and crisp black Maltese Cross cancellationto small, clean envelope, dated 17 Feb. 1841, addressed to Salisbury, Warminster c.d.s.on reverse; fine and exceptional. Photo £350-450

391 SL, large to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

392 SL, good to large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at top,tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 5 Nov. 1840, addressed toSheffield, fine red double ring “OLDHAM” butterfly undated marking in a pinkish shadealongside; fine and scarce. Photo £450-500

393 TF, good to very large margins all round, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation; pressedcrease, otherwise fine. Photo £180-200

394 TH, good to very large margins all round, complete and almost upright red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

395 TK, large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

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396 AK, part of sheet margin at top and large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation in an orange-red shade; fine and attractive. Photo £300-340

397 BE, HK and KE, all with four margins, each cancelled in red, good to fine £500-550

398 CB, good to large margins all round, almost complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; atrifle soiled, fine. Photo £180-220

399 CB, greyish black shade, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £200-250

400 CL, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stampat top, slightly oily red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £160-200



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401 DE and IF, both with margins all round, DE cancelled in red, IF in black, attractive butIF creased £320-350

402 DL, very large margins, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; very fine and attractive.Photo £180-500

x403 ED, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £150-200

404 HE, good to very large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp atright, complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £220-250

405 HK, good to very large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-220

406 HL, large margins, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and very attractive. Photo £180-220

407 IF, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £180-200

408 II, greyish black shade, good to very large margins all round, crisp and practicallycomplete red Maltese Cross cancellation, very fine and attractive. Photo £150-200

409 JG, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £180-200

410 KD, large balanced margins all round, crisp and practically complete black Maltese Crosscancellation, very fine and attractive. Photo £200-250

411 KE, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £160-180

412 LG, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and amost appealing example. Photo £180-220

413 MD (constant variety), blue Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins andshowing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right, pressed horizontal crease, fine. B.P.A.Certificate (2011). Specialised £11,000. Photo £600-700

414 ME, crisp, practically complete and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation, very largemargins and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right; very fine. Photo £150-200

415 MF, tied on 1840 (13 Aug.) wrapper to Birmingham, good to large margins and tied byred Maltese Cross, on the reverse West Bromwich despatch and Birmingham arrivaldatestamps; fine. Photo £120-150

416 OC, good to large margins all round, crisp and complete red Maltese Cross cancellation;fine and attractive. Photo £180-220

417 OJ, large margins, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; very fine and most attractive.Photo £480-500

418 PG, good to very large margins and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right, tiedby red Maltese Cross to entire, dated 12 Jan. 1841, addressed to Kendal; horizontal filingfold well clear of the adhesive; fine. Photo £300-350

419 RL, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Crosss cancellation; fine. Photo £150-200

420 SC, good to very large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp atfoot, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £180-220

421 SK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £140-160



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423 BA, 2.5-3mm. sheet margin at left and good margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation, very fine. Photo £250-300

424 BD, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-240

425 CC and JL, cancelled in black, JK cancelled in red, margins all round, traces of pressedcreases, fine appearance £500-550

426 JB, good to huge margins, practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Photo £180-220

427 NG, TC and TI, four margined examples, NG cancelled in black, the others in red; goodto fine £450-500

x428 OD, in a deep shade, good to large margins and cancelled by a light strike of crimson-redMaltese Cross; fine and attractive. Photo £100-120

429 QL, part of sheet margin at right, good to very large margins other sides, black MalteseCross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £140-160

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430 BE (double letter B), small to large margins, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation tounusual green entire letter, dated 5 Jan. 1841, from London to Newcastle; slightly soiled,fine and scarce. Photo £300-350

x431 BF, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Matched by afour margined example red. Photo £200-250

432 CC, good to large even margins, unused without gum. A very attractive example. Photo £1,400-1,600

433 CL, RD and SJ, four margined examples, all cancelled in red; good to fine £480-500

434 EC, large to very large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, crispblack Maltese Cross cancellation, very fine. Photo £200-250

435 EE, slightly close to good margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £170-190

436 IF, slightly close to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; practicallyfull original gum on the reverse, fine. Photo £160-180

437 JA (constant variety), large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation, fineand attractive. Photo £200-250



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439 KB, clear to very large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £200-250

440 OI, large to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atlower right, black Maltese Cross cancellation leaving the Queen’s profile untouched; veryfine £260-300

441 OJ, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation and part of a redhandstamp at lower left; fine. Photo £140-160

442 SI, close to very large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £120-150

443 TL, part of sheet margin at right and large margins other sides, crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £250-300

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444 AG, good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £160-200

445 BJ (without “O” flaw), close to good margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation,fine. Photo £160-200

446 BJ (without “O” flaw), grey-black shade, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, good tolarge margins all round, fine. Photo £150-200

447 CE, good to very large, if somewhat uneven margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £160-200

448 CG on thin paper, good to large margins, unused and regummed; some ageing butunused stamps are scarce from this plate. Specialised AS66, £20,000. Photo £2,100-2,300

449 CL, crisp and almost complete black Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins allround; a trifle toned. Photo £220-260


450 DC-DF horizontal strip of four in a grey-black shade, large margins all round, blackMaltese Cross cancellations; small stains but a rare multiple from this plate. Photo £2,500-3,000

451 ED, large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £200-250

452 EE, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and anattractive example. Photo £200-250

453 FJ, good to large margins all round, red Maltese cross cancellation, matched by a fourmargined example in red; fine. Photo £260-300

454 HJ, grey-black shade, good to enormous margins and showing portions of adjoiningstamps on three sides, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Specialised £1,500. Photo £400-500

455 HK, good to large margins all round, crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Matched in red. Photo £230-260

456 IA, small part of sheet margins at left, good to very large margins other sides, central redMaltese Cross cancellation; An outstanding example of this scarce stamp. Specialised£1,500. Photo £400-500


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457 IE, good to large margins all round, central and upright black Maltese Cross cancellation;fine. Matched in red. Photo £230-260

458 IF, good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine andattractive. Photo £340-360

459 IG, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £200-240

460 JC, good to very large margins all round, practically complete and upright black MalteseCross cancellation; fine. Matched by a four margined example in red. Photo £220-260

461 JH, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £180-220

462 JL, enormous margins all round with part of sheet margin at right and showing portionsof two adjoining stamps, black Maltese Cross, almost imperceptible trace of a pressedvertical crease at left not detracting from the appearance of this stunning example from ascarce plate. Photo £500-600

463 KB (without “O” flaw), large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine.Matched by a fine four margined example in red. Photo £240-300

464 KC, red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round; fine. Matched by afour margined example in red. Photo £260-300

465 KD, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation, small scissors cutclear of the design in the margin at upper right; fine. Photo £160-200

466 KH, red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round; fine. Photo £200-250

467 KJ, good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Matchedby a four margined example in red. Photo £180-220

468 KK-KL horizontal pair in a grey-black shade, black Maltese Cross cancellations, close tolarge margins all round; fine and scarce. Photo £600-700

469 KL, full 12mm. sheet margin and inscription “ards the RIGHT HAN”, large marginsother sides and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, black Maltese Crosscancellation, pressed horizontal crease at top hardly detracting from the very fineappearance. Photo £400-600

470 LG, slightly close at lower left, otherwise large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £300-320

471 LH, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round; fine. Photo £140-180

472 NG, black Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; a trifle soiled,fine. Photo £160-200

473 NI, black Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; fine andattractive. Matched by a fine four margined example in red. Photo £200-240

474 OC, good to large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at foot,black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Matched by a fine four margined example in redshowing a reversed Ivory head. Photo £200-250

475 OI, black Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round; small surface rubat top, very attractive. Photo; £160-200

476 OJ, double letter “J”, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, close to large margins allround; a little stained. Photo £150-180

477 PE, good to very large margins, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Matched in red. Photo £180-220



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478 PL, black Maltese Cross cancellation, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £200-250

479 QC, red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; fine. Matchedby a large margined example in red. Photo £280-320

480 QF, large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross and framed “Mottram/P.P.” onfront, dated 29 April 1841 addressed to London, also an entire ex the samecorrespondence franked 1841 1d. Plate 14, TD, cut into at left, with black Maltese Crossand also tied by the framed “Motram/P.P.”; filing folds but a rare pair of covers. Photo £400-500

481 QG, practically complete black Maltese Cross cancellation, slightly close to large marginsall round; fine and attractive. Photo £160-200

482 RC (P converted to R), grey-black shade, black Maltese Cross cancellation; a trifle toned.Matched by a four margined example in red. Photo £200-250

483 RG (P converted to R), red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to large margins all round;a trifle wrinkled, fine. Matched by a fine four margined single in red. Photo £300-340

484 RH (P converted to R), good margins all round, upright black Maltese Cross cancellation;fine. Photo £320-350

485 SB, black Maltese Cross cancellation, large margins; fine. Photo £140-160

486 SC, red Maltese Cross cancellation, large margins all round; fine. Matched by a fourmargined example in red. Photo £280-320

487 SI (re-entry), black Maltese Cross cancellation, large margins; fine. Photo £140-160

488 SL, slightly close at lower left, good to large margins other sides, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £140-160

489 TC, part of sheet margin at foot, just touched at top but showing a portion of theadjoining stamp at right, black Maltese Cross cancellation which leaves the Queen’sprofile untouched; fine. Photo £250-300

490 TF, grey-black shade, large margins, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Matched inred. Photo £200-250

491 TI, large margins, black Maltese Cross cancellation; coloured mark on reverse, fine.Matched by a four margined example in red. Photo £200-240

492 TK, red Maltese cross cancellation, good to large margins all round; fine. Matched by afour margined example in red. Photo £220-260

Unplated

493 AD, CJ, GG, JE, KA and MA, all four margined examples, AD cancelled in black, theothers in red; chiefly fine £850-900

494 AE, BK, CG, FL, GB, GC, KA, LF, SI and TH, all with four margins, all except FLcancelled by red Maltese Cross, a few small faults but chiefly fine examples £1,750-2,000

495 DH, FJ, GB, JH, JI, JL, RJ, TC and TF, all four margined examples, all except DHcancelled in black, a few with small faults but chiefly fine examples £1,500-1,800



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496 BG in a greyish shade, close to large margins, unused without gum; paper split in top rightcorner and light vertical bend. S.G. V1, £32,000. Photo £2,500-3,000

1840 TWO PENCE BLUE

Plate 1

x497 + AA-BB, block of four, margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellations, small scissorscut at right in the margin between AB and BB, pressed vertical crease at right, small stainat upper right corner, sound. A rare block. Richter Certificate (1992). Specialised£28,000. Photo £5,000-6,000

498 AB, good margins all round, central black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine appearance,thinned £80-100

x499 AB, CG, HF, RA and TF, all with red Maltese Cross cancellations, HF and RA touchedat places, generally good to fine £400-500

500 No Lot

x501 BK-BL (BL double letter “L”), horizontal pair, touched at one place at right, close togood margins other sides, tied by Scottish “1844” type cancellations to large part entireletter, dated 1 Dec. 1844, addressed to Aberdeen, some faults, also a cut into single with“1844” type cancellation. Photo £400-500



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502 BL, good to huge margins all round, on entire letter from Funchal, Madeira, dated 1Oct. 1840, addressed to Devonshire, tied by a fine strike of the step type “DEAL/SHIPLETTER” (Robertson type S.8), on reverse red London arrival (20.10); the entire withminor peripheral faults but very fine. A famous cover and a unique usage of the 1840 TwoPence Blue. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). Photo £20,000-25,000

Note: The bearer of this letter or an agent at Deal, most likely affixed the adhesive to pay theinland postage to Plymouth (2d. for 1oz.) and posted it as an ordinary inland letter. The PostOffice may have later recognised it as subject to the Ship Letter charge of 1/4d. per oz. Theonly applicable handstamp with the “DEAL/SHIP LETTER”, although it was not intended as acancellation.

LITERATURE:Illustrated in “A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles” by Alan W. Robertson (1955)

503 CA, good to large margins, black Maltese Cross cancellation. Fine. Photo £200-250

504 CI, close to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atlower left, part of “1844” type cancellation which leaves the Queen’s profile clear; heavyvertical crease hardly detracting from the very fine appearance. Specialised DS1xc, £2,500.Photo £200-250

x505 DA-DD horizontal strip of four, DC just touched at foot, otherwise close to largemargins all round, slightly oily black Maltese Cross cancellations, sound and a rare strip.Photo £600-700

x506 + DB-EC, block of four, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellations; small scissors cut in the margin at left between BD and DC, variouslycreased and some slight stains. A rare block. Specialised £28,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

x507 DB, FJ, JF-JG horizontal pair, DB with margins all round, the others touched at oneplace, black Maltese Cross cancellations, some faults £250-300


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508 DL, part of sheet margin at left, good to large margins other sides, red Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £320-360

509 GG, touched at top, close to large margins other sides, cancelled by a crisp and largelycomplete strike of the distinctive Mullingar Maltese Cross in black, a little rubbed belowthe bun but nevertheless an attractive example of this rare cancellation. R.P.S. Certificate(2012). Specialised £18,000. Photo £500-600

510 GJ, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £300-320

511 GK in light blue, touched or just cut into at left, other margins good to large andcancelled by a clear strike of number 8 in Maltese Cross; some thinning on reverse. Scarce.Cat. £18,000. Photo £350-400

x512 HA-HD, horizontal strip of four, touched or cut into at left, close to large marginsother sides and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at right, black Maltese Crosscancellations, horizontal crease at top and some other small faults, nevertheless anattractive and scarce strip. Photo £700-800


513 HB-HC, horizontal pair, on 1843 (6 July) large wrapper addressed to Rotherham andredirected to Warrington, close to very large margins and cancelled by the small centreMaltese Cross in black, alongside pair of 1841 2d., plate 3, QJ-QK (mixed margins) tiedby indistinct Maltese Cross in black with Rotherham (7.7 and 8.7) c.d.s. alongside, thereverse with Edinburgh despatch and Warrington arrival c.d.s.; filing creases and somesoiling. An extremely rare combination. Photo £4,200-4,500

514 HE, close to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo £260-300

x515 IA, close but clear at foot, large margins other sides, tied to small piece by complete andupright black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £220-250

516 IF, close to large margins, central black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive.Photo £150-200


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517 B JA-KC, block of six (3x2) with good to large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellations, very fine. Blocks of six from either plate with red Maltese Cross cancellationsare great rarities. An exhibition item. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). Photo £35,000-40,000



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x518 JC, of unused appearance (cleaned), good margins (R.P.S. Certificate 2013), also 18411d. (2 used), 1841 2d. Plate 4, MH unused, cut into at foot (R.P.S. Certificate 2013),KH and MI used, mixed condition £200-250

x519 JG, good to large margins, crisp and bright red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £300-350

520 B KB-LC (LC double letter C), block of four, close or touched at lower-left but good tolarge margins other sides, KC showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at top, oily redMaltese Cross cancellations, creases but nevertheless an attractive and rare block. Photo £2,100-2,500

521 KE, large to very large margins showing portion of adjoining stamps at top and right andcancelled by crisp black Maltese Cross. Very fine. Photo £300-400

x522 KG, Plate 2 HD, 1841 2d. Plate 3 HJ, Plate 4 DJ, 1854-57 watermark Small Crown, perf.16 2d. Plate 4 EC, perf. 14 Plate 4 MJ, Plate 5 HG and HI, watermark Large Crown,perf. 16 2d. Plate 5 GA and Plate 6 GI, perf. 14 DH, 1858-79 2d. set of Plates 7-15,used, mixed condition £350-400

523 KP, good to large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, good colour,fine. Photo £350-400

524 LG, good to large margins all round, orange-red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine andattractive. Photo £350-400

525 MD, pale blue shade, large to very large margins all round and showing a trace of theadjoining stamp at top, central Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange-red shade; veryfine and a most appealing example. Photo £350-400

526 MG deep full blue shade, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine. Photo £280-300

527 MK, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine. Photo

528 MK, pale blue shade, good to very large margins all round, crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation; a trifle soiled, fine. Photo £350-400


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529 OC-OD horizontal pair, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Crosscancellations; fine and attractive. Photo £550-600

530 OH, steel blue shade, good to very large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £400-450

x531 OI, of unused appearance and with some gum, good to large margins all round, freshcolour and a very attractive example of this scarce stamp. Necessarily offered “as is”. Photo £1,500-1,800

532 PA, large margins three sides, touched at top, defective but of fair and collectableappearance, tied by number “3” in Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 24Oct. 1843, addressed to Somerset; good appearance. With Mike Jackson certificate(2013) with states “..... the cancellation is a genuine No. 3 in Cross which has beenaltered, presumably to improve a poor strike”. Extremely rare, only one other single 18402d. blue on cover has been recorded with a number “3” in Maltese Cross. SpecialisedD1wc, £18,000 off cover. Photo £800-1,000

533 PG, a little close at lower right, good margins other sides, red Maltese Cross cancellationand a fortuitous additional red mark applied in transit; fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2004).Photo £200-250

x534 QC, large margins three sides, just touched at foot, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellationto long entire, dated 22 Sept. 1840 from Fakenham to Bury St. Edmunds, dated markingon reverse across flap; vertical filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine. Photo £400-500

x535 QI-QJ, horizontal pair in a deep full blue shade, good to large margins all round andshowing a small portion of the adjoining stamp at right, tied by crisp black Maltese Crosscancellation to part entire, dated 19 July 1841, addressed to Fareham, dated markings onreverse. Photo £800-1,000

x536 RD, touched at top, close to large margins other sides, part of DORCHESTER Town datedcancellation; a little stained. Rare. Specialised D1xb, £9,000. Photo £300-350

537 RJ, close to very large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp attop, practically complete black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £350-400

538 SG, good to very large margins all round and showing portions of the adjoining stamp atleft and right, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £350-400

539 SI, large margins to touched in places, barely tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation onenvelope, dated 12 May 1841, from Newcastle to London, addressees name crossedthrough, seal removed from the reverse. Photo £200-250

540 SL, deep full blue shade, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Crosscancellation; fine and attractive. Photo £320-350

541 TA, pale blue shade, from the lower-left corner of the sheet with small parts of sheetmargin at foot and at left, large margins other sides, red Maltese Cross cancellation. An exceptional example. Photo £400-500



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542 AB, slightly close to good margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; slightwrinkle at top, fine. Photo £260-280

x543 BD single, BE-BH horizontal strip of four, all with close to large margins all round, tiedto piece by black Maltese Cross cancellations and with Mansfield c.d.s. of 2 July 1841alongside; a trifle soiled but fine and a rare 10d. franking. Photo £3,500-4,000

x544 CJ, large margins, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and attractive. Photo £300-350

x545 DA (on entire dated 28 Sept. 1840 from Callender to Edinburgh), MB, MJ and QF, MBand QF touched or cut into, otherwise margins all round, MJ with red profile clearMaltese Cross cancellation; fair to fine £500-600

x546 EC, good to large margins all round, practically complete black Maltese Crosscancellation, fine. Photo £220-250

547 HJ-HK, pair with good to large margins on small piece and cancelled by black MalteseCross, fine. Photo £400-500

548 HL, black Maltese Cross cancellation, good margins, fine. Photo £150-200

549 JJ, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and attractive.Photo £350-400

550 LF, clear to large margins all round, bold red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine andattractive. Photo £300-350

x551 QE, close at top, large to very large margins other sides and showing a portion of theadjoining stamp at left, tied by black Maltese Cross to printed “STAMP REVENUE” entire,dated 9 Dec. 1843, addressed to Dublin, vertical filing folds clear of the adhesive, whichis a little soiled, fine. Photo £400-450

552 SF, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, small scissors cut intothe design at lower left. Scarce. Photo £350-400

553 TA, re-entry, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation, fine and arare combination of variety and cancellation. Photo £500-600

x554 TL, good to very large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at top, tiedby black Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 28 Sept. 1842 fromScarborough to Manchester, dated markings on reverse, the entire letter is somewhatstained. Photo £350-400

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1841-54 ONE PENNY RED-BROWN

“Black” Plates

555 Plate 1b: GH, good to large margins, black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine £70-80

556 Plate 2: BJ-BL, horizontal strip of three, touched or slightly cut into at left and right,black Maltese Cross cancellations; a scarce multiple. Photo £120-150

557 Plate 5: ME, good to very large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp atright, tied to entire letter by black Maltese Cross which leaves the Queen’s profileuntouched, dated 23 April 1841, from Dublin to Cork, dated markings on reverse; theentire with small closed split at foot, otherwise fine and an exceptional “Black” platecover. Photo £300-350

558 –– OG, close to large margins and cancelled by a large part strike of Whitehaven MalteseCross; fine. S.G. B1tv, £2200. Photo £200-240PROVENANCE:Geoffrey Owen Lockwood, February 1966

559 –– QA, close at top, large margins other sides, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation onentire letter, dated 23 Feb. 1841, from London to Liverpool; horizontal filing fold wellclear of the adhesive, fine and extremely early usage £150-200

560 –– QE in deep red-brown on blued paper, large even margins with some gum. Fresh andfine with great visual appeal. Specialised AS26, £10,000. Photo £1,200-1,500

561 Plate 8: FB, small part original gum, little close at lower left but good margins other sides,good colour, uneven blueing, fine and rare. Specialised AS45, £12,000. Photo £800-1,000

562 Plate 11: PJ-QJ, vertical pair, a little close at top but large margins other sides, blackMaltese Cross cancellations, fine £70-80

563 Plate 12: TD, close to large margins all round, tied to piece by a complete strike of theTenby solid centre Maltese Cross and with Tenby c.d.s. of 26 Oct. 1841 alongside; fine.Photo £120-150

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564 Plate 16: HD, a little cut into at lower-right, good to large margins other sides, tied by afine blue Maltese Cross cancellation to entire addressed to St. Ives with double ring“TRURO” datestamp of 12 Oct. 1841 in the same colour alongside; a little stained aroundthe adhesive. Rare. Photo £210-250

565 –– NH, close to large margins all round, tied to entire to London, pre-paid in cash withred boxed “CUMMOCK” datestamp of 18 Oct. 1841 and “1” in the same colour, re-addressed to Luton where the 1d. was applied and cancelled by a crisp black Maltese Crossand with double ring Luton c.d.s. of 21 Oct. alongside; vertical filing folds, just clear ofthe adhesive. A scarce and striking cover. Photo £120-140

566 Plate 28: KE, close to large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross to entire, dated4 Nov. 1842, addressed to Bath, red double lined “POSTED AFTER/7 O CLOCK AT NIGHT”at left; filing fold well clear of the adhesive, fine and scarce £100-150

567 Plate 29: DB, large margins, cancelled by a fine, upright, partial Mullingar distinctiveMaltese Cross, corner crease at lower left, small inclusion, fine. Photo £200-250

568 Plate 33: SC, touched at lower left, good margins other sides, with light blue MalteseCross cancellation overstruck by another in black, fine and unusual £100-150

569 Plate 34: BG, good to large margins all round, tied to small piece by a fine and completestrike of the distinctive Maltese cross of Kilmarnock; attractive and rare. Specialised£1,700+. Photo £400-500


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570 Plate 39: OL, part of sheet margin at right with trace of inscription, huge margins othersides and showing portions of adjoining stamps at top and foot, black Maltese Crosscancellation. Exceptional. Photo £100-150

571 Plate 47: QC, touched at lower left, good to large margins other sides, tied to entire,locally addressed, by a crisp and clear “ABERYSTWYTH/DE 3/1844” c.d.s.; fine andextremely attractive. Specialised £3,000. Photo £800-1,000

572 Plate 57: SL, part of sheet margin at right and enormous margins other sides, showingportions of three adjoining stamps, tied to entire letter, dated 3 Nov. 1849, addressed toHampton Court, Leominster barred oval cancellation and with blue c.d.s. on reverse;stunning. Photo £200-250

573 Plate 60: QB-QE, horizontal strip of four, good to large margins all round, tied to longentire by “573” barred oval cancellations of North Shields, dated 30 March 1846,addressed to Hull, dated markings on reverse; vertical filing fold well clear of theadhesives, fine and a scarce 4d. rate entire £80-100

574 Plate 73: OB-OC, horizontal pair, touched or cut into at places, cancelled by two strikesof the “409” barred oval cancellation of Jersey in a combination of red and black inks;faults but nevertheless quite attractive and rare. Photo £200-300

575 Plate 85: OA, from the left of the sheet with marginal inscription “.. 1s. Per Label. 1/-Per..”, barely touched at upper right, good to large margins other sides, placed sideways,on entire letter, ex the Fox brothers correspondence, dated 14 Feb. 1850, blue doublering Yeovil c.d.s. on reverse; vertical filing folds clear of the adhesive, fine, scarce andattractive. Photo £150-200

576 Plate 87: SF, clear to large margins all round, corner crease, tied by “309” in barred ovalcancellation of Gateshead to superb paper lace “Lady’s” miniature envelope addressed toKeighley with blue arrival c.d.s. of 18 Sept. 1849 on the obverse, Shotley Hill and BlackHill undated markings on reverse; fine and most attractive. Photo £800-1,000

577 Plate 95: DH, good to very large margins all round, cancelled by c.d.s. of 27 July 1899,fine and exceptionally late usage. Photo £150-200

578 Plate 107: SK (inverted “S”), good to large margins, Irish numeral cancellation, fine.Specialised BS32ca, £800. Photo £150-200

579 Plate 131: FE, margins all round (small scissors cut in the margin at top, clear of thedesign), on entire, dated 23 June 1852, addressed to Belfast, with Clara “LATE/FEE”cancellation (tied through the cover), also bearing 1d. Plate 135, TE, barely touched atlower right, good to large margins other sides, tied by “131” in diamond of barscancellation, on reverse Clara (23.6), Portarlington (23.6) and blue Belfast (24.6)datestamps, fine. Believed to be the only recorded use of this Late Fee marking used solely asa cancellation on cover. Photo £5,000-6,000

580 Plate 133: AK, close to large margins all round, neatly cancelled by 1855 c.d.s. (probablyHoniton); fine and attractive. Specialised £800. Photo £150-200

581 Plate 136: PG, good to large margins all round, tied to envelope by a light “666” barredoval cancellation of Ryde, Isle of Wight, which leaves the Queen’s profile untouched,dated 13 July 1853, addressed to New York, endorsed per Steamer Asia/Recd July 29,octagonal green Liverpool “L/JY 14/C” and “19/CENTS” in the same colour, black “24”combined Ocean and Delivery charge marking, dated markings on reverse; the envelopeslightly refolded at foot. A rare and stunning transatlantic mail cover from the Isle ofWight to the United States. Photo £600-700

582 Plate 142: PG, large margins, tied by Manchester “498” barred oval cancellation onelaborately embossed Valentine envelope addressed to Plymouth Square, red c.d.s. of 14Feb. 1853 on the reverse; with the original enclosure, an embossed card with romanticmessage. The adhesive with some creasing resulting from the embossing on the envelope.Attractive and rare. Photo £600-700


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583 Plate 168: AC, close to very large margins all round, neatly cancelled by“SOUTHAMPTON/I S/DE 12/88” squared circle, fine and scarce. Photo £200-300

584 –– KA, part of sheet margin at left showing a portion of the marginal ornament, good tolarge margins other sides, London district post cancellation; fine and rare £70-90

585 Plate 177: JL, good to large margins and showing a trace of the marginal ornament atright, barred oval cancellation; tiny fault in margin at lower right, well clear of the design,fine. An attractive example of this rare plate. R.P.S. Certificate (2011). Specialised £4,000.Photo £1,000-1,200

Unplated

586 AJ-BK, block of four with Maltese Cross cancellations, 1841 2d. blue, Plate 3, QB-RCblock of four, 1854-57 watermark Large Crown, perf. 14 2d., two pairs, tied by “32” ratemark on envelope to Paris endorsed Stamped Insufficient, 1847-54 embossed 10d. cutsquare (faults), 1867-83 watermark Anchor £1 (repaired), 1934 re-engraved 10/- goodused block of four; mixed condition £500-600

587 QE, close to large margins all round, on entire letter, dated 12 June 1848, fromMacclesfield to Cognac, France, “491” barred oval cancellation and just tied by red “2ANGL 2 BOULOGNE” entry datestamp of 14 June; the adhesive creased at lower left, verticalfiling folds clear of the adhesive, scarce and striking £120-150

Cancellations

588 Number “4” in Maltese Cross: PD, cut into at top, good to large margins other sides, afine strike on entire dated 22 March 1843 (the day before the accepted first day of use),addressed to Abingdon; the entire with light bend at top, fine. One of three recorded entireswith this date. Photo £300-350

589 SA, good to large margins all round, tied to piece by a good strike of the HollymountMaltese Cross, fine and rare. Specialised B1tha, £2,800. Photo £250-300

x590 Collection in a green album, 323 stamps, including a complete reconstruction, Platedexamples with twenty-seven unused (Plate 16 block of six), used with Plate 28 invertedwatermark, Plate 8 RG-SH block of four, Plate 102 MB-NE block of eight, etc., mixedcondition £2,500-3,000

1841 TWO PENCE BLUE

x591 P Proof from the small trial plate without corner letters, unused, large margins all sides, atrifle stained, fine and rare. Specialised DP43, £1,800. Photo £500-600

Plate 3

x592 AI-AJ, horizontal pair, good to large margins all round, tied to entire letter, dated 17Oct. 1843, from London to Salisbury by two fine and clear strikes of the number “12” inMaltese Cross cancellation; the entire letter a little creased but fine and scarce. Photo £500-600

x593 BB, with number “4” in Maltese Cross cancellation, CJ with blue “1844” typecancellation, a little cut into at top, TA-TC horizontal strip of three with number “12”in Maltese Cross cancellations; mostly fine appearance but some faults £500-600

594 CJ-CK, horizontal pair with two good clear strikes of the Dublin distinctive MalteseCross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; fine and an attractive. A rare pair.Specialised E1ul, £1,400+. Photo £400-500

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x595 DI, touched and a little creased at upper right, good to large margins other sides andshowing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, tied to envelope, dated 3 May 1844,addressed to Aberdeen, by number “6” in Maltese Cross cancellation, dated markings onreverse; manuscript notation on the front of the envelope. Fine. Specialised E1vf, £2,250.Photo £300-400

596 FJ-FK, horizontal pair, small to good margins all round, tied to entire letter by twostrikes of the number “12” in Maltese Cross cancellation, dated 1 Nov. 1843, addressedto Neath, “Vigo Lane” and dated markings on the reverse; the entire has been refolded,with some faults on the reverse. Photo £200-220

x597 GB, part original gum, good to large margins all round, tiny black speck on bust, fine.Photo £600-800

598 GL-HL, vertical pair in a pale blue shade, from the right of the sheet with full decklemargin and inscription “Per Row of 12. £2-..- Per Sheet, Pla....” and good to enormousmargins other sides, showing a sizable portion of the adjoining stamp at top; large partoriginal gum with the lower stamp appearing to remain unmounted mint, vertical creaseat right and some other small faults not detracting from the fine and fresh appearance ofthis rare pair. Photo £2,000-2,500

599 HH, touched or slightly cut into at top and right, on piece with framed “No. 1”cancellation and with Arundel c.d.s. at top; attractive and rare. Photo £150-200

600 JA-JB, horizontal pair in a delicate pale blue shade, with two crisp and upright strikes ofthe Edinburgh thin lined Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins allround, fine, scarce and attractive. Photo £200-250

601 LB in a fairly full blue shade, small to very large margins showing a trace of the stampabove, large part original gum. Fresh and attractive. Specialised ES11, £4,250. Photo £1,400-1,600

602 NI-NK, horizontal strip of three, good to large margins all round, three number “12”in Maltese Cross cancellations, fine and scarce. Specialised E1vl, £1,650+ Photo £150-200

603 OJ, touched at right, close to good margins other sides, tied by a clear and upright strikeof the number “4” in Maltese Cross cancellation, to entire, dated 27 Feb. 1844, addressedto His Grace The Duke of Wellington, endorsed over 1oz. (deleted), and with manuscript“4” under the stamp, Hartfordbridge c.d.s. and red ship seal on reverse on reverse; filingfolds and small perimeter tears, fine and most attractive. Photo £400-500

x604 OL, deep full blue shade, unused without gum, close to good margins all round; fine.Photo £400-450

x605 RJ, close to large margins and showing a small portion of the adjoining stamp at top, tiedby London “10” in barred oval cancellation to printed “Canada Company” prospectus foremigrants, dated 22 Sept. 1845, addressed to Bath, endorsed Not Called for and withadditional Bath c.d.s. of 22 Oct. on the front; horizontal filing fold, fine. Photo £250-300

x606 SL, watermark inverted, unused without gum, good margins three sides, a little cut-intoat right. Rare. S.G 14a, £20,000. Photo £2,500-3,000

x607 Selection of twenty-eight, including AA-AB and CA-CB two horizontal pairs on entire toEast Grinstead with double ring Burwash undated alongside, BJ on entire ex the Foxbrothers correspondence to Somerset, CA tied by unclear number in Maltese Crosscancellation to entire letter ex the Horrocks Miller correspondence to Preston, EC-EFhorizontal strip of four on cover to Taunton, OD on entire with unclear number “5” inMaltese Cross cancellation, QC re-entry, etc., mixed condition £650-750


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x608 AA, part original gum, margins all round, close but clear at upper left, two tiny blackspecks on bust and neck, fine. Brandon Certificate (1980). Photo £800-1,000

x609 EF, part original gum, good to very large margins all round and showing a portion of theadjoining stamp at foot, fine. Photo £1,000-1,200

x610 II, original gum, good to very large margins all round, fine and fresh. P.E.(G.B.)Certificate (2002). Photo £1,200-1,500

611 LB, good to large margins all round, reddish-purple “179” numeral cancellation ofDrogheda, exceptional. Believed to be the only recorded example of this cancellation onan 1841 2d. B.P.A. Certificate (1995). Specialised E1wc, £28,000 as the more common1844 type postmark in red. An extraordinary Irish rarity. Photo £4,000-5,000

x612 MH, pale blue shade, original gum, large margins, corner crease at lower left, fine andattractive. Photo £1,000-1,200

613 QE-QF horizontal pair, good to very large margins all round and showing portions ofadjoining stamps at left and upper right, Irish “142” cancellations of Clonmel; fine andattractive £100-120

614 TB, large part original gum, very close at lower left, good margins other sides, fine.Brandon Certificate (1983). S.G. 15, £5,250. Photo £500-600

x615 Selection of twenty-seven, including HD and OC unused (regummed), EC with hugemargins and showing portions of four adjoining stamps, FI on entire, IE-IH horizontalstrip of four, QE-QG horizintal strip of three, QK on entire from Armagh to Ballyconnell,RJ-RL horizontal strip of three, etc., mixed condition £500-600

Unplated

616 Selection of eleven, including FF unused, Plate 4 CE major re-entry used, 1844 typecancellation in blue (2), etc., chiefly good to fine £300-400

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Treasury Roulette

617 1853 (15 Jan.) entire to Burford bearing 1d. red-brown with close to large margins andcancelled by London numeral “6” of Edgeware, the flap bearing the London despatchand open-circle Burford arrival (19.1) along with red wax seal of Vincenti Dabitur; twovertical folding creases barely detract from this attractive and appealing example of thisrare trial separation. B.P.A. Certificate (1961). Specialised B2a, £22,000. Photo £5,500-7,500

This was an unofficial trial in which the stamps were partly divided by an instrument whichmade continuous serpentine cuts. These instruments were said to have been used at theTreasury when Mr. Gladstone was Chancellor of the Exchequer, hence the popular name‘Treasury Roulettes’. Apparently more than one instrument was used as different sizes arefound, some continuous cuts and some with tiny uncut portions to hold the stamps togetherbefore separation.



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Watermark Small Crown, Perforation 16 (C4)

618 1d. plum, AH, London Inland barred oval cancellation, fine. Specialised C1(4), £950.Photo £100-120

x619 1d. Plate 1, EC, with Glasgow box combination trial cancellation; Plate 10 KK, withLiverpool pin type trial cancellation, both affixed to pieces with the cancellationcompleted by hand £150-180

x620 1d. Plate 2, DK, unused without gum, fine. S.G. 21, £475 £80-100

x621 1d. Plate 4, RH, large part original gum, centred to top, fine. S.G. 21, £475. Photo £200-250

x622 1d. Plate 6, KJ-MJ, vertical strip of three (separated and rejoined) with “Frank IvesScudamore/Chief Examiner” cancellation, fine. S.G. 21. Photo £250-300

x623 1d. Plate 10, CL, watermark inverted, London numeral cancellation, centred to right,fine. S.G. 21Wi, £250 £70-90

x624 1d., six used on cover or entire and a front, including Plate 3, LE, on entire dated 17 Oct.1854 from Bath to London, mixed condition. S.G. 24/25 £150-200

x625 1d., seven used on cover or entire (one with side flaps missing), including Plate 8, SD, on1d. postal stationery envelope, etc., mixed condition £180-200

x626 1d., eight used examples, all poorly centred, one with blunt perforation pins; fine £100-120

x627 2d. Plate 4, CF, unused (R.P.S. Certificate 2011), HJ used, perf. 14 1d. used, WatermarkLarge Crown perf. 16 1d. EE, used, perf. 14 2d., PC, unused, also three others, mixedcondition £300-350

x628 2d. Plate 4 DJ, part original gum, centred to lower left, good colour and perfs., fine.R.P.S. Certificate (1997). S.G. 20, £5,000. Photo £600-700

x629 2d. IC-ID, IE-IF, two horizontal pairs, arranged as a block of four, on envelope, dated19 April 1855, addressed to Lubeck, London “39” cancellations, transit and arrivalmarkings, fine. S.G. 20. Photo £450-500

630 2d. blue, Plate 5, LB, green “186” numeral cancellation of Dublin; fine, rare andspectacular. S.G. 20a. Photo £150-200

x631 2d. MK, tied by London cancellation to entire, dated 16 March 1855, addressed toCardiff, centred to lower-left, fine. S.G. 20 £60-80

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x633 2d. BG-BH, horizontal pair, used with 1d., on entire dated Jan. 1857, addressed toParis, London “18” cancellations and the 1d. additionally tied by Angl. Amb. Calaisc.d.s., fine. S.G. 23a. Photo £100-120

x634 B 2d. IA and IB, watermark inverted, used with perf. 16 1d. on entire letter, dated 7 July1857, addressed to Marseilles, London “47” cancellations; horizontal filing fold well clearof the adhesives, dated markings on reverse, fine. S.G. 23Wi. Photo £300-350

x635 2d. JH, unused (regummed), good colour, centred to right, fine. R.P.S. Certificate(1957). S.G, 23, £11,000. Photo £1,200-1,300

x636 2d. NC-ND, horizontal pair, used with 1d. on entire letter, dated 28 May 1855,addressed to Marseilles, London “41” cancellations and additionally tied by Angl. Amb.Calais c.d.s., horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesives; fine. S.G. 23 £150-180

x637 2d. NJ-NL, horizontal strip of three and OJ single, tied by “210” cancellations ofKirkcaldy to envelope dated 30 Aug. 1855 to envelope addressed to Connecticut, red5/cents and Boston/Paid d.s. of 12 Sept.; a trifle soiled and tiny traces of staining, fine.S.G. 23a. Photo £250-300

x638 S 2d. PL, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 2 vertically, part original gum from the right of thesheet, some perfs. trimmed at top, horizontal crease. S.G. 23as, £1,700. Photo £150-180

x639 2d. Plate 5 QK, unused (regummed), quite well centred, small black mark on perf. at left,fine. S.G. 23, £11,000. Photo £1,000-1,200

Watermark Small Crown, Perforation 16

x640 2d. Plates 4 and 5, perf. 14 Plates 4 and 5, watermark Large Crown perf. 16 plate 5 (2),perf. 14 Plates 5 and 6 (2), used, mixed condition £200-250

Watermark Small Crown, Perforation 14 (C3)

x641 + 1d. Plate 4, BC-CD, block of four, part original gum, some separated and strengthenedperfs., some slightly short perfs., fine and fresh. Rare. S.G. 24/25, £4,250. Photo £1,000-1,200

x642 1d. Plate 5, HK, orange-brown shade, unused without gum, fine. S.G. 25. Photo £150-180

x643 + 1d. Plate 7, IA-JB, block of four, large part original gum, some stain spots, fine. S.G. 24/25, £4,250. Photo £1,000-1,200

x644 1d. Plate 11, NH, watermark inverted, tied to envelope, dated 12 Dec. 1855, fromLondon to Wolverhampton, dated markings on the reverse, fine. S.G. 24/25 £80-100

x645 1d. Plate 15, HI, tied to mourning envelope, dated 1 June 1857, addressed to Aberfeldy,by “DALMALLY”, Meridith type III local cancellation, dated markings on reverse; fine andrare. Richter certificate (1990).S.G. 24/25. Photo £300-400

x646 1d. Plate 19, JA-JB, horizontal pair, variety watermark inverted, part original gum,small repair at upper left, otherwise fine. P.F.S.A. Certificate (1984). S.G. 24/25,£3,400+. Photo £800-1,000

x647 1d., three on entires and two fronts, including Plate 4, LA to Markinch with “HANOVERSTREET” (Alcock type VII) local cancellation (front), fine. S.G. 24/25 £200-250


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x648 1d. Plate 7, TI, tied to envelope, dated 11 July 1855, addressed to Bathgate by boxed“CASTLE/STREET” Scots local cancellation, dated marking on reverse; fine. S.G. 26. Photo £150-200

x649 1d., Plate 9, EB, very deep red-brown, unused (regummed), creased but a rare shade.Photo £400-500

x650 1d., three used on separate entires or front, mixed condition. S.G. 26 £100-120


x651 1d. Plate 1, KF, part original gum, centred to foot, fine. S.G. 29, £525. Photo £80-100

x652 B 1d. Plate 2, QH-RK, block of eight (4x2), small part original gum, centred to lower leftand a few split perfs. and minor gum creases, fine. Rare. Karl-Albert Louis Certificate(2002) stating “the largest recorded multiple from plate 2 recorded by me to date”. S.G. 29, £8,500 as two blocks of four. Photo £2,500-3,000PROVENANCE:Basil Stranack, March 1955

x653 B 1d. Plate 4, SA-TB, block of four, part original gum, small stain at top, SA-SB a littlecreased and with hinge remainders, TA slightly rounded corner, fine and scarce. Karl-Albert Louis certificate (2002). S.G. 29, £4,250. Photo £1,000-1,200PROVENANCE:Brocklehurst, November 1955

x654 1d. Plate 6, OF, watermark inverted, tied by “959” duplex of Clifton to mourningenvelope, dated 25 April 1856, addressed to Bridgwater, dated marking on front andreverse, small manuscript note on the front of the envelope, fine. S.G. 29Wi. Photo £100-150

x655 1d. Plate 21, SF-SI, horizontal strip of four, centred to right, applied upside down (asa protest against British rule?) and tied to long entire letter, addressed to Dublin, dated10 Jan. 1855, by green Cork Spoon duplex cancellations; vertical filing fold, just clear ofthe adhesives, fine and attractive. S.G. 29. Photo £400-450


x656 1d. Plate 22, GL, Plate 23, NI, Plate 24, NC, Plate 28 MD, unused or part original gum,the first a little stained. S.G. 29/33 £200-250

x657 1d. Plate 24, IE-IH, horizontal strip of four, original gum, centred to foot, goodcolour, fine. S.G. 29/33, £900+. Photo £350-450

x658 1d. Plate 27, RG, tied by “INDIA STREET” Scot’s local cancellation, to envelope. dated 31Dec. 1856, addressed to Norwich, fine. S.G. 29/33 £100-120

x659 1d. Plate 26, SI-SJ, horizontal pair, original gum, centred to lower left, a little gumwrinkled. S.G. 29/33. Photo £250-300

x660 1d. Plate 27, AI-AJ horizontal pair, tied by Cheltenham duplex cancellations of 9 Jan.1857, to envelope addressed to Brighton; small stain from seal on the front, fine. S.G. 29/33 £80-100

x661 1d. Plate 31, SK, plum shade, tied to envelope, dated 10 April 1856, addressed toEdinburgh, by slightly unclear boxed “ST./PATRICK/SQUARE” Scots local cancellation andwith “POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT” c.d.s. on reverse; filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine.Photo £250-300

x662 P 1d. Plate 37 imprimatur in plum lettered AI, sheet margin and inscription “Letter - inWetting”, good to large margins other sides, folded between the stamp and margin, fine.Photo £1,200-1,500

x663 + 1d. Plate 42, RA-SB, block of four, in a brick-red shade, original gum, some hingeremainders at top, good colour, centred to lower left, fine and fresh. S.G. 30. Photo £500-600

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x664 1d. Plate 44, EI-KI, vertical strip of seven in a brick-red shade, original gum, a little gumcreased, EI with a few short perfs. at top, fine. S.G. 29/33. Photo £900-1,000

x665 + 1d. Plate 44, RK-SL, block of four in a brown-rose shade, large part original gum,centred to upper left, some minor gum wrinkles as usual, fine. S.G.32. Photo £700-900


x666 1d., five used on separate entires, and a front, one with “DUKE STREET” Scots localcancellation, mixed condition. S.G. 29 £80-100


x667 1d., eleven on separate envelopes or entires, including Plate 26 HI, on entire, IL oninsurance proposal form, good to fine £160-200

x668 2d. CL-DL, vertical pair, unused (regummed), good colour, slightly stained at foot, fine.S.G. 35. Photo £600-800

x669 2d. KE and SL, two unused (regummed) shades, off-centre and small faults. S.G. 34 £600-800

670 2d. RK-RL, horizontal pair, variety five or six missing or blind perf. holes, mostlyaffecting RK, London “16” barred oval cancellations, horizontal crease, otherwise fine.S.G. 34 £80-100

x671 2d. selection of twenty-three, including EJ-EL strip of three on cover to Calcutta, DE-DF pair on cover to France, etc., chiefly fine £400-450

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Watermark Large Crown, Perforation 14 (C8A)

x672 1d. red-brown, Plate 27, MH, on white paper, placed sideways on large part insurancecircular (side flaps missing), dated 27 July 1860, from Burnley to London, fine. S.G. 37 £100-150

x673 1d. Plate 35 FA-FD, GA-GD, HD, HK and two with trimmed base, tied by London “15”barred oval cancellations, on entire, dated 19 Nov. 1856, addressed to France; stained andsome faults but a scarce cover. S.G. 37. Photo £350-400


x674 + 1d. Plate 27, MK-NL, block of four, large part original gum, centred to lower left, freshcolour and fine. Specialised £2,500. Photo £600-800

x675 + 1d. Plate 27 SA-TB and Plate 41 SG-TH, used blocks of four, some faults. Specialised£1,050 £200-250

x676 1d. Plate 27, KB, tied to London local entire dated 1 July 1857, interesting contentsrelating to the Will of the late Admiral Stapleton, Admiral Beechy being an executor.Reference is made to young Horatio Nelson Stapleton. An interesting entire £400-500

x677 B 1d. Plate 31, BG-DI, block of nine (3x3), small part original gum, a few short perfs. andBG missing the upper left corner; scarce. Photo £1,000-1,200PROVENANCE:Seymour

x678 1d. Plate 33, GG, red-orange shade, part original gum. R.P.S. certificate (1980) stating“slightly oxidised”. Specialised £800. Photo £150-200

x679 + 1d. Plate 34, OA-PB, block of four from the left of the sheet, part original gum, centredto foot, creased through the central vertical perfs. and soiled in the margin, fine. Photo £500-600

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x680 B 1d. Plate 36, JA-OC, block of eighteen (3x6), original gum with most remainingunmounted mint, centred to upper left, a few short perfs., fine and fresh. P.F.S.A.Certificate (1985). Photo £3,000-4,000

x681 B 1d. Plate 36 MA-SF, block of forty two (6x7), original gum with most remainingunmounted mint, a few stains, hardly visible on the front, fine and rare. Photo £5,000-6,000

x682 1d. Plate 38, JD, tied to envelope, dated 11 Nov. 1857, addressed to Kelso by “HANOVERSTREET” Scots local cancellation, fine £120-150



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x683 B 1d. Plate 38, OC-QL, block of thirty (3x10), pale rose shade, part original gum withmany remaining unmounted mint, some split perfs. strengthened or repaired by hinges,some creases and staining as would be expected with a block of this size. Believed to bethe largest recorded mint block from this plate. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1990). Photo £4,000-4,500

PROVENANCE:Dr. W.R.D. Wiggins

x684 1d. Plate 41, QJ-RL block of six (3x2), traces of some original gum, centred to foot anda few short perfs., scarce £600-800

x685 1d., selection of eighteen plated examples on covers or fronts, a variety of cancellationswith Ballymoney spoon, “POSTED SINCE 7.20 LAST NIGHT” of Edinburgh, Bury St.Edmonds sideways duplex, etc., mixed condition £300-350


x686 1d. Plate 46, FE, unused, a few short perfs., fine and scarce. S.G. 36 £250-300

x687 Plate 60, EF, tied to envelope, dated 17 Feb. 1858, addressed to Wick, “625” duplexcancellation of Portsmouth, red “MORE TO PAY” in circle and black “2” markings; a triflesoiled, fine. S.G. 36 £80-100


x688 B 1d. Plate 41, EC-JL, block of sixty (10x6), part original gum, centred to foot, some splitand rejoined perfs., a few short perfs., fine and a scarce block. S.G. 38/41. Photo £1,200-1,500

x689 + 1d. Plate 41, HA-IB, block of four from the left of the sheet with inscription “SIDE ofthe Letter. In Wetting the...”, part original gum, the lower pair remaining unmountedmint, centred to left, fine. S.G. 38/41 £150-200

x690 1d. Plate 42, AC-BG, block of ten (5x2), CE-DF, block of four, part original gum,stains but otherwise fine. S.G. 38/41 £400-500

x691 B 1d. Plate 42, FA-GE, block of ten (5x2) from the left of the sheet with inscription “..ackbe careful not to remove the Ceme....”, large part original gum, centred to lower right andFB stained; scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1988). S.G. 38/41. Photo £200-250

x692 1d. Plate 43, OI, tied by “STOCKBRIDGE” Scots local cancellation, to mourning envelope,dated 19 March 1858, addressed to Peebles, on reverse “POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT”Edinburgh d.s., stain on the front from seal, fine. S.G. 38/41. Photo £80-100

x693 B 1d. Plate 43, GA-IF, block of eighteen (6x3), large part original gum, some split andstrengthened perfs., good colour, fine. S.G. 38/41. Photo. £550-650



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x695 + 1d. Plate 43 LE-MF and LI-MJ, blocks of four, unused, a few slightly short perfs., goodto fine. S.G. 38/41 £150-200


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x696 B 1d. Plate 43, PG-TK, block of twenty five (5x5), part original gum, some split andreinforced perfs., creases and short perfs., good colour. A scarce block. P.F.S.A. Certificate(1993). S.G. 38/41. Photo £3,000-4,000

x697 + 1d. Plate 46, HH-II, block of four, part original gum, fresh and fine. S.G. 38/41 £150-180

x698 B 1d. Plate 49, FA-HC, block of nine (3x3), unused, centred to left and some short perfs.at left, fine. S.G. 38/41 £250-300

x699 1d. Plate 49 GA-GC, GD-GF, two horizontal strips of three, tied by Irish numeralcancellations to envelope, dated 9 July 1859, addressed to New Zealand, blue undated“COAGH DUNGANNON” and New Zealand (17.8) receiver on the front, GA-GC affixedslightly overlapping the top of the envelope, otherwise fine. S.G. 38/41. Photo £200-250

x700 1d. Plate 49, OE, tied by “BALFRON” Scots local cancellation, to envelope, dated 16 Aug.1858, addressed to Edinburgh; soiled and the adhesive defective (on affixing?); scarce.S.G. 38/41. Photo £300-400

x701 B 1d. Plate 52, QD-SF, block of nine (3x3), original gum, mostly unmounted mint, RDwith two pinholes, good colour and well centred. S.G. 38/41 £300-400

x702 B 1d. Plate 56, ID-MF, block of fifteen (3x5), LA-KC block of six (3x2) with sheetmargin and inscription “Sheet. Place the labels ABOVE th...”, NA-OC block of six (3x2)with sheet margin and inscription “1d. Per Label. 1/- Per Row of 12... £1 pe...”, OA-PFblock of twelve (6x2), original gum or part original gum, some faults but good colourand scarce. S.G. 38/41 £1,100-1,300



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x703 P 1d. Plate 58, imprimatur lettered AE, from the top of the sheet with inscription “LabelsABOVE the...” and good margins other sides, fine. Photo £250-300

x704 B 1d. rose-red, Plate 58, DG-FJ, block of twelve (4x3) with original gum, good freshcolour, some slight creases or wrinkles, fine and fresh. S.G. 40, £600 as singles £200-250

PROVENANCE:Lord Steinberg, September 2011

x705 + 1d. Plate 58, NI-OJ, block of four, original gum, centred to upper left, fine. S.G. 38/41 £100-120

x706 1d. Plate 59, EE tied by “BLANTYRE STATION” Scots local (Meridith type III) cancellation,to entire, dated 27 Jan. 1858, addressed to Neilston, on reverse blue “HIGH BLANTYRE”(type V); fine and rare. H. Richter Certificate (1990). Photo £300-350

x707 + 1d. Plate 60 JK-KL and FB-GC, blocks of four, the first part original gum and wellcentred, the second unused and centred to upper left £120-150

x708 B 1d. Plate 62, MG-TL, block of forty eight (6x8), with Plate number and full marginsand inscriptions on two sides, original gum with most remaining unmounted mint, somecreases but a fresh and scarce block. Believed to be the largest recorded block of this Plate;fine. S.G. 38/41. Photo £2,000-2,500

PROVENANCE:Dr. Wiggins

x709 + 1d. Plate 63, AE-BF, block of four, part original gum, the lower pair remainingunmounted mint, centred a little to top, short perf. at left, fine. S.G. 38/41 £100-120

x710 1d. Plate 63, GG-HI, block of six (3x2), original gum, centred to foot, fresh and fine.S.G. 38/41 £120-150

x711 B 1d. Plate 65, SA-TC, block of six (3x2), mint, a few short perfs., centred a little to topas are all the known mint examples from this plate; fine and exceptionally rare. The onlyother unused multiples recorded from this plate are OE-OF, ME-NF and JE-LF. P.F.S.A.Certificate (1980). Photo £15,000-18,000

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x712 B 1d. Plate 68, AA-EF, block of thirty (6x5) in a pale rose-pink shade, large part originalgum, AA with coloured mark on the face, some creased and split perfs., fine. A rare block.R.P.S. Certificate (1989). S.G. 38/41 £2,500-3,000

x713 B 1d. Plate 68, RJ-TL, block of nine (3x3) from the lower right corner of the sheet withinscription and Plate number, original gum, centred to foot and some coloured marks onthe gum, fine and a rare Plate number block. S,G. 38/41. Photo £500-600


x714 B 1d. Plate 50, PD-SF, block of twelve (3x4), original gum, centred to foot, fine. S.G. 42.Photo £900-1,000

x715 Plates 50 and 51, twenty-five plated examples on entires or envelopes, good to fine, manyEx Alcock £200-250

x716 1d. Plate 51, AL-CL, vertical strip of three, tied to 1d. pink postal stationery envelope,dated 29 Aug. 1861, addressed to Paris, London “15” in oval of bars cancellation, fine.Photo £80-100

x717 B 1d. Plate 51 KA-NC, block of twelve (3x4) from the left of the sheet with ornament, alittle stained, mostly in the margin, centred to upper left. S.G. 42. Photo £900-1,000

x718 B 1d. Plate 51, SJ-TL, block of six (3x2) from the lower right corner of the sheet with Platenumber and inscription, original gum, a little stained in the margin at right; fine. A rarePlate number block. S.G. 42. Photo £1,000-1,200


x719 + 1d. Reserve Plate 15, QD-RE, block of four (RD re-entry), large part original gum,centred to upper left, RD with coloured mark on gum, fine and scarce. Photo £350-400

x720 1d. Reserve Plates 15 and 16, five on entire or envelope, good to fine £80-100



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1858-79 PLATE NUMBERS

x721 1d. rose-red, set of Plates 71-225, excluding Plate 77, unused, mostly with part originalgum, Plate 225 with large part original gum and quite well centred, good to fine. S.G. 43/44, £14,250 £1,500-2,000

x722 1d., Plates 71-225, excluding Plate 77, used, chiefly good to fine. S.G. 43/44 £250-300

x723 1d. Plate 225, LA with a very light postmark; centred left. An attractive example of thisimportant plate. Cat. £800. Photo £150-200

724 2d. Plate 7: HG (re-entry), used, fine. Specialised G2e, unpriced. Photo £100-120

x725 + 2d. Plate 8: HA-IB, block of four, part original gum, a little stained. Rare. S.G. 45.Photo £1,800-2,000

726 2d. Plate 14: AF, large part original gum, gum creases and wrinkles, fine. S.G. 46/47£500. Photo £60-80

x727 S Plate 14: BB overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 8, part original gum (paper adhering to all fourcorners), some rough perfs. but rare. Specialised G3u, £800. Photo £100-120

PROVENANCE:Ex Beaumont

x728 S 2d. Plate 15: JE overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9 and with Charing Cross trial cancellation,a few small perf. faults but rare. Specialised G3v. Photo £150-180

x729 + Plate 15: PG-QH, block of four, large part original gum, a few split and strengthenedperfs., good colour, fine. S.G. 46/47. Photo £600-800

730 2d. Plate 15: SA-SC, horizontal strip of three, large part original gum, some gumcracks, SC with short perf. at foot, fine. S.G. 46/47, £1,575+ Photo £150-200

x731 2d., an unused selection comprising plate 7, 8 pair and single, 9 (2), 12, 13 single andpair, 14 pair, 15 two pairs and four singles, also a part of the sheet margin from Plate 15with the plate number and inscription “PRICE 2d. Per Label. 2s/- Per Row of 12. £1 PerSh...”, part original gum or unused, mostly of fine appearance. Cat. £16,925 £1,500-1,800

x732 2d., a mostly used selection, over 100 stamps, including Plates 7 (6), 8 (17 with a blockof four, three strips of three), 9 inverted watermark, on cover to France additionallyfranked 6d., 12 single and pair, 13 block of six, 14 strip of three on entire to Italy, etc.,mixed condition £800-1,000

x733 2d., a selection of eight entires or entire letters, including plate 8 (3) to Trinidad, strip ofthree to Cape Town, plate 9 strip of three to Russia, plate 14 with 9d. to Ceylon, plate15 with 1d. and 3d. to Madrid, etc., mixed condition £250-300

x734 Selection of nineteen, including 1d. Plate 100, 182 and 225 (R.P.S. Certificate 2011)unused, 2d. blue Plates 9, 14 (2), 15 (2) unused or part original gum, 11⁄2d. Plate 1 partoriginal gum, mixed condition £400-500

1870

735 1⁄2d. rose-red, Plate 4, EB with Edinburgh datestamp, Plate 9, HM, with indistinctcancellation, good colour, both off centre, fine. S.G. 48/49, £888 £100-150

x736 1⁄2d. Plate 9, AB, from the top of the sheet, original gum, usual gum creasing and a triflesoiled, a few split perfs. but fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2013). S.G. 48/49, £6,000. Photo £800-1,000

x737 1⁄2d. Plate 9, AL, unused without gum, centred to upper left, diagonal crease. R.P.S.Certificate (2014). S.G. 48/49, £6,000. Photo £400-500



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x738 1⁄2d., a used accumulation neatly arranged in two stockbooks with examples from plate 1(96), plate 3 (112) plus unused, plate 4 (194) plus unused (3), plate 5 (338) plus unused(4), plate 6 (292), plate 8 (76), plate 9 (12), plate 10 (227), plate 11 (242), plate 12(196), plate 13 (241), plate 14 (210), plate 15 (139), plate 19 (77) and plate 20 (69); aparticularly attractive selection with many hand-picked examples, several c.d.s., pairs andothers. Also stockbook of penny plate numbers to 224 (2). A valuable lot £7,000-8,000

x739 11⁄2d. Plate 1, error of lettering OP-PC for CP-PC, unused without gum, a trifle soiled,well centred, good colour and perfs., a fine example of this rare error. R.P.S. Certificate(2013). S.G. 53, £25,000. Photo £4,000-5,000

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x740 Line engraved selection, sixty-five stamps, including 1854-47 watermark small Crown,perf. 16 2d. used strip of three, 1858-79 1d. Plates 184 and 209 part original gum blocksof six, Plate 221 block of four, 2d. Plate 12, Plate 15 watermark inverted, etc., mostlyused, good to fine £350-400

1847-54 EMBOSSED ISSUE

Essays and Proofs

741 E 1847 proof of the head before the pendant curl was added, in white on a pale greenbackground without frame or value, embossed on previously gummed paper with blueand red horizontal lines simulating the Dickinson silk threads; small thin clear of QueenVictoria’s bust and two horizontal creases one of which cracks the surface; though in noway detracting from the very fine appearance of this very rare essay, as illustrated in theSpecialised Volume 1 catalogue (15th. edition). A major exhibition rarity. SpecialisedEP1a, £70,000. Photo £12,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:‘Maximus’, May 1970

x742 1/-, 10d. and 6d., unused or regummed, cut square, all touched at places but withmargins most sides; small faults but good appearance. 1/- with R.P.S. (2011), 10d. withR.P.S. (1982) and 6d. with Pinchott (1988) Certificate. Photo £2,500-3,000

743 1/- green, die 2, cut square, touched to large margins, large part original gum; freshembossing; ink notation on reverse. Fine. S.G. 56, £24,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

744 1/- green, good to large margins all round and showing portions of adjoining stamps attop and left, used with 1d. Plate 164, OE and 2d. Plate 4 RA, both with good to hugemargins, showing portions of adjoining stamps, on entire, dated 14 Sept. 1853, addressedto Amsterdam, “107” barred oval cancellations of Bradford, dated markings on reverse,an exceptional three colour, two issue combination franking. Rare in this quality. SignedHolcombe. Photo £800-1,000


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x745 1/- green and 6d. dull lilac, both cut square (the 1/- touched at two places, otherwiselarge margins), used with 1855-63 watermark medium Garter 4d. carmine on blue glazedpaper, on mourning envelope, endorsed By the African Mail Steamer, dated 21 April1856, addressed to Madeira, “444” Leamington Spoon cancellations, blue Portuguese“160” reis rate marking, London and Plymouth datestamps on reverse, fine. A rare threecolour, mixed issue franking to a scarce destination. B.P.A. Certificate (2009). S.G. 55,59, 63. Photo £3,000-3,500

x746 1/- green (11, with two singles on separate entires to the United States, pair on piece,block of four), 10d. (3, with one unused), 6d. (2, one on part of registered cover with1d.(2)), all cut square, many touched or cut into as is often found, fine included £1,600-2,000

x747 1/- and 6d. (2), used, cut square, touched or cut into at places, fair £200-300

748 + 10d. brown, die 2, left margin block of four with good to large margins all round, unusedwithout gum; small thin at top and repaired tear at left. A rare multiple. Specialised£60,000. Photo £7,000-10,000


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749 10d. deep brown, die 2, cut square with good to very large margins, large part originalgun; some thinning at top, slight creasing caused by the right hand thread. Fineappearance. Also an unused example, margins in places, small faults. Photo £1,400-1,600

750 10d. brown, die 3, cut square with margins just cut into to good, part original gum; acouple of tiny thins and some splits in the embossing. S.G. 57, £11,000. Photo £550-600

x751 10d. brown, cut square with sheet margin at right and close to good margins other sides,tied to envelope dated 31 Oct. 1848, addressed to Paris, “291” barred oval cancellationof Fareham; the adhesive has been lifted and replaced slightly out of position. S.G. 57.Photo £500-600

x752 10d. brown, cut square and with unusually good to large margins all round, tied byLondon Inland “24” in barred oval to entire, dated 11 Jan. 1855, registered toMacclesfield; vertical filing folds well clear of the adhesive, fine and scarce. SignedHolcombe. S.G. 57, £3,000. Photo £800-1,000

753 6d. pale mauve, watermark reversed, a left margin horizontal pair, just cut into at top,other margins close to large, large part original gum; central vertical crease and two cornercreases in lower right corner. S.G. 58, £36,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

754 6d. mauve, two singles, both cut square, with close to large margins and used on largepiece with 2d. Stars, cancelled by “24” numeral of Dulwich with Lombard Street 1854(21 Sept.) backstamp. The right stamp shows small pre-printing paper wrinkle. S.G. 58.Photo £200-250

755 6d. purple, watermark inverted and reversed, from the right of the sheet and withenormous margins other sides, showing portions of the adjoining stamps at left and atfoot, part of green Waterford spoon cancellation, fine. A remarkable stamp with a rarecoloured cancellation. Photo £650-750

756 6d. purple, cut square with margins all round and showing portions of two adjoiningstamps, tied to large piece addressed to Hull by London Inland section barred ovalcancellation, fine. S.G. 60, £1,000. Photo £200-250

757 6d. lilac, cut square with margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stampat left, tied by London Inland section “23” in barred oval cancellation to envelopeaddressed to Hamburg, London c.d.s. of 9 June 1855 and oval arrival (11.6) on reverse,fine. S.G. 59. Photo £150-200

758 6d. deep dull lilac, cut square with good to very large margins all round, unused andregummed; light horizontal crease. Good appearance. S.G. 59, £18,000. Photo £1,000-1,200

759 6d., four cut square examples, one tied to piece with perforated 2d. Stars with BirkenheadSpoon cancellations. Also 6d. postal stationery cut out unused with faked watermark,mixed condition £150-200

1855-57

x760 S Watermark Small Garter 4d. deep bright carmine overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 3, readingup, without gum, a few slightly clipped perfs. at left. Fresh and scarce. Specialised J47s,£1,150. Photo £300-350

x761 S –– 4d. bright carmine, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 3 reading down, also 4d rose,medium garter, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 4 (short perf. at foot); both with some gumand trimmed or clipped perfs. on one side. Specialised J47s, J50s. Photo £300-350

x762 Watermark Medium Garter, White paper 4d. carmine, crackly original gum, fresh colour,fine and scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). S.G. 64, £9,500. Photo £1,500-2,000

x763 –– Blue glazed paper 4d. rose (R.P.S. Certificate 2013, cleaned and small defects), LargeGarter 4d., Watermark Emblems 6d. (2), unused or of unused appearance, mixedcondition £100-150


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764 P 6d. imperforate colour trial in green, from the upper left corner of the sheet on stoutwhite paper, very large margins and with a very faint strike of the barred oval trialcancellation with a possible attempt to remove the cancellation; a couple of lighthorizontal bends. Scarce. Specialised £7,500. Photo £1,800-2,000

765 P 1/- imperforate colour trial in light blue, with London “39” trial cancellation, cut-into atlower left corner, other margins small to good. Specialised £8,000. Photo £850-900PROVENANCE:John O. Griffiths, February 1981

766 P 1/- imperforate colour trial in carmine with small to good margins all round, London“39” trial cancellation; small defect in the top margin, just clear of the design and slightthinning in centre. Fine appearance and rare. Specialised £8,000. Photo £1,400-1,600

x767 S 1/- deep green overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 4 in a horizontal pair, part original gum; oneslightly short perf. in lower right corner. A fresh and attractive multiple. Specialised J100s,£1,850. Photo £600-800

768 1/- pale green, vertical pair from the foot of the sheet with inscription “4 Shillings/perRow of 4”, “624” barred oval cancellations of Poole, a few short perfs. at top and thin inmargin, otherwise fine. S.G. 73. Photo £120-150

1862-64

x769 S 3d. NH, 6d. SE and 1/- TH overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 5; with part original gum;reperforated wing margins as usual on this issue. A good group. Photo £400-500

x770 3d. pale carmine rose, Plate 2, without dots, AG, part original gum, centred a little toupper left, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2013) stating “gum disturbed and faded” which in ouropinion is harsh. S.G. 77, £2,400. Photo £400-500

x771 P 3d. rose, Plate 3, “Abnormal” with dots, imprimatur lettered AA, unused without gum,good margins, fresh colour, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2013) stating “top marginadded”, this has been removed, Specialised J27, £6,000. Photo £1,500-2,000

772 3d. (3, one on thick paper), 4d. Plate 3 (2), Plate 4 (2), 6d. Plate 3 (3, one on thickpaper), Plate 4 (2), 9d. (3, one on thick paper), 1/- (3, one on thick paper), used, mixedcondition but chiefly good to fine £150-200

x773 4d. Plates 3 and 4, 6d. Plates 3 and 4 (each R.P.S. Certificate 2013), 9d. and 1/-, unusedor of unused appearance, mixed condition £100-150

x774 4d. pale red, Plate 4 with hair lines, DJ, variety imperforate, large part original gum,good margins, fresh colour, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1980). S.G. 82a, £3,700. Photo £1,000-1,200

775 6d. (hair lines) JF and 1/- OG, tied by Glasgow duplex cancellations of 16 Jan. 1865 toentire letter, endorsed Via Ostende, addressed to Copenhagen, a variety of transit andarrival markings on reverse, vertical filing fold just touching the adhesives, a fine doublerate letter. S.G. 85, 90. Photo £100-120

x776 6d. lilac, Plate 4 with hair lines, CE, variety imperforate and watermark upright, largepart original gum, part of sheet margin at left and good margins other sides, fine andfresh. B.P.A. Certificate (1975). S.G. 85Eb, £4,750. Photo £1,500-2,000

777 9d. bistre, Plate 2, GL, tied by London “1” in barred oval cancellation, to entire datedApril 12 1864, addressed to Copenhagen, red “PD” in oval, transit and arrival datestampson reverse, fine. S.G. 86, £875. Photo £120-150

778 9d. bistre, ME, wing margin at left, tied by “545” duplex cancellation of Newcastle onTyne, to entire letter dated 13 Nov. 1863, addressed Randers, Denmark, red “PD” incircle, a variety of transit and arrival datestamps on reverse, fine. S.G. 86. Photo £120-150


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x779 P 9d. bistre, Plate 3 with hair lines, “Abnormal”, imprimatur lettered PA, unused withoutgum, good to large margins all round, tiny corner crease, clear of the design and slightlyrubbed at lower left, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2013), Specialised J93, £19,000.Photo £1,500-2,000

x780 1/- deep green, Plate 2 (= Plate 3), BG-BH, imperforate horizontal pair, from the rightof the sheet and with good margins other sides, large part original gum, a few very minorgum wrinkles, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1984). S.G. 91a, £14,000+. Photo £3,500-4,000

1865-67

781 P 3d. dull rose, stamp size die proof on white glazed card with uncleared corner squares andplate number; prepared for the 1867 Paris Exhibition; fine. Photo £550-600

PROVENANCE:John O. Griffiths, February 1981

x782 3d. Plate 4, PA (R.P.S. Certificate 2011), 4d. Plate 12 OC and QB (R.P.S. Certificate2013), 6d. Plate 5 QI, Plate 6 SE (R.P.S. Certificate 2013), 9d. Plate 4, KL (R.P.S.Certificate 2013), 1/- Plate 4, AI (trimmed wing margin, R.P.S. Certificate 2011),unused or of unused appearance, mixed condition £150-200

x783 9d. straw, Plate 4, TA, error of watermark, three roses and a shamrock, unusedwithout gum, centred to lower left and small surface defect on “G” of “POSTAGE”, fine andvery rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1961). S.G. 98b, unpriced unused. Photo £2,000-2,500

x784 P 9d. Plate 5 “Abnormal”, imprimatur lettered TA, unused, good margins, fine and rare.Specialised £15,000. Photo £2,500-3,000

1867-80

785 P 6d. stamp-size in black on glazed card from the striking book with uncleared cornersquares and plate number circles, good margins; some surface rubbing. Specialised£2,000. Photo £350-400

x786 6d. Plate 6, GA (R.P.S. Certificate 2013), Plate 8, OI and TK, Plate 9 GB, 9d. Plate 4ID (reperforated, R.P.S. Certificate 2013) and OF (rounded corner), 10d. (R.P.S.Certificate 2013), 1/- Plate 4, AL (R.P.S. Certificate 2011), Plate 5, QH, Plate 6, QG,2/- pale blue, Plate 1, BC (R.P.S. Certificate 2013, cleaned), unused or of unusedappearance, mixed condition £300-400

787 S 6d. mauve, Plate 9, SK on Dr. Perkins’ blued paper, perf. 14 and handstamped“SPECIMEN” Type 8; without gum; clipped perfs. at foot and some uneveness of the bluecolouring. Specialised J77u, £1,800. Photo £100-120

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789 P 10d., stamp-size die proof in pale brown prepared for the Paris Exhibition, with unclearedcorner squares and plate number circles; a few light marks. Photo £1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE:John O. Griffiths, February 1981

790 2/- Plate 1 pale blue, AC, unused with part original gum; small defect at top, otherwisesound. A rare shade. R.P.S. Certificate (1943). S.G. 120, £4,700. Photo £420-450

x791 2/- cobalt, RJ, unused with traces of original gum, centred to upper left, a few short perfs.at right, fine. A good example of this very rare stamp. Friedl Certificate (1978). S.G. 120a,£22,000. Photo £2,500-3,000

792 2/- Plate 1 milky blue, PA, fresh unused with part original gum (sweated); one short perf.at top, otherwise sound. A rare stamp. S.G.120b, £20,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

x793 P 2/- blue, Plate 3, “Abnormal” imprimatur lettered AA, from the top of the sheet (foldedin margin), close at upper right, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1963). Specialised£18,000. Photo £4,000-4,500

x794 2/- pale blue, abnormal plate 3, OI used with indistinct barred oval cancellation; centredslightly left and with a few irregular perfs. A very good example of this scarce stamp. Only 47 examples recorded. R.P.S. Certificate (2007). S.G. 120b, £14,000. Photo £2,500-3,000

Note that these abnormals were specially perforated and did not include any wing margins

795 2/- brown, FC, unused without gum; trace of a surface rub at foot and very small thintowards top. A collectable example of this rare stamp. S.G. 121, £28,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

x796 2/- brown, QK-QL, imperforate horizontal pair, large part original gum, goodmargins, some small gum creases as always. The finest of the three pairs in privateownership. B.P.A. Certificate (1974). S.G. 121a, £56,000. Photo £15,000-20,000

797 2/- brown, RF, London EC/2 cancellation, a few short perfs. at left, good appearancebut faults. S.G. 121, £4,200. Photo £250-300

1872-73

x798 6d. pale chestnut, Plate 11, AC and BC, 6d. grey, Plate 12, GL, unused or part originalgum, small faults but good appearance. S.G. 122b, 125 £200-250


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799 E 5/- composite essay in a small format for a Plate 4 stamp lettered HF, the head printedin blue-green in rounded corner oblong on glazed card (22x26mm.) with the frame andlettering handpainted in yellow-green, the latter applied over original design for thelettering in ink, the corner letters and plate numbers in Chinese white, the whole withmanuscript pen cross in magenta. An exceptional piece of artwork. Photo £5,500-6,500

800 P 5/- deep rose Plate 1, imperforate imprimatur lettered CJ, without gum; fine and mostattractive. Specialised from £16,000. Photo £3,500-4,000PROVENANCE:Dr. Douglas Latto, October 1992

801 5/- rose, plate 1, AE from the short A row, unused without gum; a couple of clipped perfsat top right corner and centred high. Fresh appearance. S.G. 126, £11,000. Photo £300-400

x802 5/- Plate 1, BD, fine unused appearance (R.P.S. certificate 2013, cleaned), GD and FEused, Plate 2 GL, c.d.s., trimmed perfs. at right, 10/- FJ, used, crease, WatermarkAnchor, white paper 5/- Plate 4, AG, used, faded; mixed condition £500-600

x803 5/- rose Plate 1, 5/- pale rose Plate 2, 10/- greenish-grey and £1 brown-lilac, all withlight circular cancellations, a few minor imperfections but all of fine appearance. S.G. 126-129, £9,700. Photo £1,200-1,500

804 5/- pale rose Plate 1, CH, part original gum, slightly disturbed, short perf. at foot andcentral thin spot, good colour and well centred, fresh and attractive. B.P.A. Certificate(2013). S.G. 127, £8,250. Photo £500-600

805 5/- rose, Plate 1, EI, central Parliament House c.d.s. of 3 April 1872, centred to lower-left, otherwise superb. S.G. 126, £650. Photo £300-400

806 5/- pale rose, Plate 2, CG, part original gum; central horizontal crease and centred a littlelow. S.G. 127, £18,000. Photo £600-800

x807 P 5/- pale rose, Plate 2, imprimatur lettered HA, part original gum, good to large marginsall round, a trifle soiled and very slight wrinkles, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2013).Specialised £18,000. Photo £5,000-6,000

808 10/- greenish grey, AF, cancelled with Glasgow c.d.s.; small magenta ink mark towardstop and a few shortish perfs. at top, otherwise sound. S.G. 128, £3,200. Photo £500-600


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809 10/- greenish grey, CF, fresh with large part original gum; small inclusion at top. An attractive example of this very rare high value. S.G. 128, £60,000. Photo £11,000-13,000

x810 S £1 brown-lilac, EJ, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, part original gum, centred a little tolower right, diagonal crease at top, good colour and perfs., a most attractive example. S.G. 129s, £6,000. Photo £1,500-2,000

x811 £1 brown-lilac, CI in a deep shade with a central strike of London W.C. c.d.s. dated 1882(12 Oct.); centred low, a few slightly clipped perfs. and light horizontal crease at top.Attractive. S.G. 129, £4,500. Photo £600-800

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812 Blued paper 5/- rose Plate 4, CA in a very pale shade with a trace of blueing in the paper,part original gum; horizontal crease, two faint fox marks and an inclusion on neck thougha presentable example of this rare stamp. S.G. 130, £40,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

PROVENANCE:Maximus, November 1970

813 –– 5/- rose, Plate 4: DG, oval registered cancellations, slightly pale colour; sound. S.G 130, £4,800. Photo £150-200

x814 –– 5/- rose Plate 4, London hooded cancellation, pressed horizontal crease, 10/- grey-green, oval Registered cancellation, a little wrinkled and tiny thin spot at top. S.G. 130,131, £10,000. Photo £700-800

x815 S –– £5 orange, DB, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, large part original gum, some minorgum wrinkles, fine. Signed H. Bloch. S.G. 133s, £3,500. Photo £1,000-1,500

816 –– £5 orange, DC, High Holborn c.d.s and boxed C.H.B. cancellations, creased at rightand small blue crayon mark but still an attractive example of this scarce stamp. S.G. 133,£15,000. Photo £1,000-1,200

x817 White Paper: 5/- rose, Plate 4, DH, unused with some original gum, well centred, tracesof soiling and some small surface rubs, fine appearance and very rare. R.P.S. Certificate(2013). S.G. 134, £32,000. Photo £4,000-4,500

x818 –– 10/- greenish grey, FE, heavy London barred oval cancellation, good colour, quitewell centred, fine. S.G. 135, £4,500. Photo £600-700

x819 –– 10/- greenish grey, GC, light circular cancellation, very slightly rounded upper-leftcorner perf., good colour, fine and scarce. S.G. 135, £4,500. Photo £800-1,000


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820 White Paper: £1 brown-lilac, DE, unused, light colour and without gum; horizontalcrease towards top and with a couple of small light tone spots at right, however a pleasingexample of this very rare high value. S.G. 136, £200,000. Photo £14,000-18,000

x821 –– £1 brown-lilac, FE, unused, somewhat toned and stained, trace of a corner crease atlower right but a presentable example of this exceptionally rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate(2013). S.G. 136, £200,000. Photo £10,000-12,000

x822 –– £1 brown-lilac, CA, central Richmond Surrey c.d.s. of 28 June 1883, trace of reducedred crayon line, good colour and perfs., fine and an attractive example of this scarce stamp.S.G. 136, £9,000. Photo £1,200-1,500

x823 S –– £5 orange, BI overprinted “SPECIMEN” types 9 (twice) and 10, part original gum; somegum disturbance at top where it has caused some wrinkling. S.G. Spec. J128ua, £6,800.Photo £1,400-1,600

x824 –– £5 orange, AF, “Royal Exchange” c.d.s. of 23 April 1890, boxed “T.M.B/G.P.O” andblue crayon line cancellations; a sound example of this popular high value. S.G. 135,£4,750. Photo £600-800

x825 –– £5 orange, AK, central Tunbridge Wells c.d.s. of 24 Feb. 1902, two pressed creases,good colour and fine appearance. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £800-1,000

826 –– £5 orange, AN, from the lower left corner of the sheet, original gum, diagonal gumcrease, bright colour and good perfs., fine and a striking example of this popular highvalue. B.P.A. (1974) and Nussbaum (1978) Certificates. S.G. 137, £14,000. Photo £5,000-7,000


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827 –– £5 orange, CB, unmounted mint, bright, fresh colour, fine and rare. Exceptional. S.G. 137, £14,000. Photo £11,000-13,000

828 –– £5 orange, CK, upright and almost central Sooth Eastern District c.d.s. of 5 Nov.1895, small wrinkle at upper right, good colour and perfs., fine. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £1,500-2,000

829 –– £5 orange, CL, central and practically upright West Hartlepool c.d.s. of 2 Feb. 1902,very fine with bright colour and good perfs. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £1,200-1,500

x830 –– £5 orange, DK cancelled by a central strike of Glasgow c.d.s.; pressed vertical creasewhich has been repaired. Of fresh and fine appearance. Photo £700-900

1873-80

Watermark Small Anchor

x831 21⁄2d. rosy mauve, white paper Plate 1, HA, Watermark Orb 21⁄2d. rosy mauve Plate 5, IC,Plate 7, AI, Plate 9, EI, Plate 11, LA, 21⁄2d. blue Plate 17, KL, Plate 20, NB, 3d. Plate 14TE, Plate 16 (R.P.S. Certificate 2013), Plate 18, JC and LJ, Plate 20 GC, WatermarkSpray 6d. Plate 13, IB, Plate 14, QA, Plate 17, GA (R.P.S. Certificate 1981), 1/- greenPlate 9, SH, Plate 13, LF, Watermark Garter 4d. vermilion Plate 15, TJ (R.P.S. Certificate2013), 4d. sage-green Plate 15, PC (R.P.S. Certificate 2013), Plate 16, FL, 4D. grey-brown, Plate 17, EC 8d. FA and FD (FD R.P.S. Certificate 2013), part original gum orunused, mixed condition £500-600

x832 –– 21⁄2d. rose mauve, Plate 2 error of lettering LH-FL for LH-HL, unused withoutgum, centred to right, faults but fair appearance and exceptionally rare. S.G. 140,£30,000. Photo £1,500-2,000

833 S Watermark Orb 21⁄2d. rosy mauve, a group handstamped “SPECIMEN” type 9 with Plate 5(2), Plate 6 (2), Plate 7 (2), Plate 10 (2) and Plate 16, part to large part original gum; afew with small imperfections. Good to fine. Cat. £1,980. S.G. 141 £280-320

834 P 3d. deep rose, Plate 18, imperforate imprimatur lettered TI, good to large margins andwith gum; rich colour; fine. Specialised £2,500. Photo £550-600

835 P 3d. pale rose, Plate 19, imperforate imprimatur lettered TC, large to very large margins,with gum; paper hinge remainder and a couple of creases. Fine appearance. Specialised£2,500. Photo £400-450

836 P 3d. rose, Plate 20, imperforate imprimatur lettered TH, good to large margins, withgum; light bend or wrinkle. Cat. £2,500. Photo £550-600

837 P 6d. grey, Plate 15, imperforate imprimatur lettered KD, with gum, margins just touchingto very large; light gum bend, fine. Specialised £2,750. Photo £280-300

838 P 6d. deep grey, Plate 15, imperforate imprimatur lettered AE, close to large margins, withgum; black ink stroke across one corner on the reverse. Specialised £2,750. Photo £250-300


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x839 P 1/- green, Plate 14. “Abnormal” imprimatur lettered SG, unused without gum, goodbalanced margins, fresh colour, tiny, possibly natural thin spot at upper right, fine. R.P.S.Certificate (2013). Specialised £25,000. Photo £4,000-5,000

840 1/- orange-brown Plate 13, SK, part of boxed Piroscafi/Postali Italiani cancellation, alsoWatermark Garter 4d. grey-brown, Plate 17, ML with oval “121” cancellation, somefaults but fine appearance and rare cancellations on two scarce stamps. S.G. 151, 154.Photo £200-250

841 1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, LB, practically central and upright London squared-circlecancellation dated 22. Oct. 1880 (first month of use), good colour. A fine example of thisscarce stamp. S.G. 151, £700. Photo £150-200

842 1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, LG, Ayr c.d.s. of 22 Dec. 1880, very fine. S.G. 151, £700.Photo £200-250

843 1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, MB, large part original gum, fresh colour, good perfs., smallthin at top but a most appealing example of this scarce stamp. S.G. 151, £4,750. Photo £600-800

844 1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, SJ, light c.d.s. cancellation at lower right leaving theQueen’s profile clear, fine. S.G. 151, £700. Photo £150-200

Watermark Garter

845 P 4d. Plate 15, imperforate colour trials, AB in grey-lilac, BA in pale olive-bistre. eachhandstamped “SPECIMEN” type 9, BA (small thin), without gum, good to very largemargins. Specialised £900. Photo £180-200

846 P 4d. sage-green, Plate 15, imperforate imprimatur lettered BI, good to large margins, largepart original gum; small thin in upper right corner. Cat. £3,200. Photo £500-550

x847 P 4d. Plate 16, imperforate colour trials comprising PI-PJ in light sage, CK-DK in sage-greyand EK-EL in turquoise-blue, part to large part original gum, fine £300-400

PROVENANCE:Chartwell, October 2011

x848 P 4d. vermilion, Plate 16, “Abnormal” imprimatur lettered BL, part original gum and withgood margins other sides, bright colour, some manuscript notes on the margin, fine andrare. R.P.S. Certificate (2013). Specialised £15,000. Photo £5,000-6,000


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x849 P 4d. sage-green, Plate 17, “Abnormal” imprimatur lettered TL, original gum, good tolarge margins, some small gum wrinkles, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2013). Specialised£15,000. Photo £4,000-5,000

850 4d. grey-brown, Plate 17, JD, good colour, fine used. S.G. 154, £525. Photo £120-150

1880-83

x851 21⁄2d. Plate 22, BE and TA, 3d. Plate 20, AF and DG, Plate 21, CF, 3d. on 3d. PF, 4d.Plate 17 DL (R.P.S. Certificate, 2013) and OB, Plate 17, SL, 6d. Plate 18, HA, 1/- Plate13, BH, part original gum or unused, mostly fine appearance £300-400

1880-81

852 P 11⁄2d. in Venetian red, perforated colour trial on Crown watermarked paper, large partoriginal gum; fine. Specialised £3,000. Photo £400-450

853 P 11⁄2d. perforated colour trial on Crown watermarked paper, in pale Venetian red, large partoriginal gum; fine. Specialised £3,000. Photo £420-450

854 P 11⁄2d. perforated colour trial on Crown watermarked paper, in pale Venetian red, large partoriginal gum; one short perf. at left and trace of a gum crease. Specialised £3,000. Photo £420-450

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Blued Paper

855 2/6d. lilac, DE, part original gum, a little creased and wrinkled, small thin at right,treated to reduce staining, good colour and perfs., fine appearance. B.P.A. Certificate(2013). S.G. 175, £6,000. Photo £150-200

856 2/6d. lilac, FA, London hooded cancellations of 16 Nov. 1883; small corner thin andcrease, fine appearance. S.G. 185, £1,400. £150-200

x857 2/6d. lilac, KB, unused (regummed), small faults but good appearance. Rare. R.P.S.Certificate (2013). S.G. 175, £6,750. Photo £600-700

x858 S 5/- rose, ID, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, large part original gum, slight gumwrinkles, fine. S.G. 176s, £1,500. Photo £400-500

859 5/- rose, BB, small part gum; various faults. R.P.S. Certificate (1941). Also a discolouredused example, GA, with Norwich parcel cancellation. Sold on their merits. S.G. 176,£21,850 £350-400

860 5/- and 10/-, white paper 2/6d., (2), 5/- (2), 10/- (2), 1884 watermark Crowns £1brown-lilac (pale colour), used, some faults and necessarily offered “as is” £250-300

x861 S 10/- ultramarine, KH, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, part original gum (hingeremainder), fine and fresh. S.G. 177s, £2,750. Photo £500-600



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862 2/6d. lilac, AE, undated London fancy Geometric cancellation, faults but attractive andscarce. S.G. 178 £100-120

x863 2/6d. lilac, GG, 5/- rose, GE and 10/- ultramarine, HB, part original gum, some faults,good appearance. The 2/6d. and 5/- with R.P.S. Certificates (2013). S.G. 178, 180,183, £3,950. Photo £300-400

864 2/6d. lilac, ID, superb “CHISWICK HIGH RD” c.d.s. of 1 Jan. 1889, pressed horizontalcrease, fine. S.G. 178 £80-100

865 2/6d. MA, 5/- DC and 10/- GB, all used, the 2/6d. a little soiled, also 10/- LBoverprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, large part original gum, 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1936Edward VIII 1⁄2d., 11⁄2d. and 21⁄2d., two sets of each on plain first day covers, good to fine £300-400

866 2/6d. deep lilac, 5/- rose, 10/- ultramarine, used, a few tiny imperfections. S.G. 179,180, 183, £875 £100-120

867 2/6d., 5/- and 10/-, used, good to fine £150-200

868 2/6d., 5/- and 10/-, all with circular cancellations; the 2/6d. with short perf. at foot,good to fine £150-200

869 2/6d., 5/- and 10/-, circular or oval cancellations, good to fine £150-200

870 2/6d. deep lilac on blued paper from the white paper period, MA, tied to small piece byLondon duplex cancellation, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1984). S.G. 179a, £3,600.Photo £500-600

871 5/- (2 shades) and 10/-, all with circular cancellations; fine. S.G. 180, 181, 183, £1,025.Photo £200-250

x872 S 10/- ultramarine, MC, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, fresh mint. S.G. 183a, £550.Photo £200-250

873 10/- ultramarine, undated double ring Guernsey cancellation, fine. S.G. 183, £525.Photo £80-100

x874 10/- ultramarine, IE, oval Registered cancellation, a trifle soiled. S.G. 183, £525 £80-100

875 10/- ultramarine, MD, red oval London registered cancellation of 26 July 1899, fine andscarce. S.G. 183. Photo £200-250

1884

Watermark Crowns

x876 £1 brown-lilac, EB, c.d.s., boxed and blue crayon line cancellations, reperforated, goodappearance. S.G. 185, £2,800. Photo £200-250

x877 £1 brown-lilac, EC, Eastbourne c.d.s. of 4 May 1889 and boxed cancellations, goodcolour and perfs., blue handstamp on reverse, fine. S.G. 185, £2,800. Photo £600-700

878 £1 brown-lilac, MA, oval Gracechurch St. cancellations, small rub at lower right, faircolour, scarce. S.G. 185, £2,750. Photo £150-200

x879 £1 brown-lilac, MA, Edinburgh datestamps of 3 April 1888 and boxed cancellations,good colour, centred a little to top. S.G. 185. Photo £600-800

x880 £1 brown-lilac, MC, heavy cancellations, sound. Foundation Certificate (1991). S.G. 185, Photo £400-500



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x881 £1 brown-lilac, RA, large part original gum, hinge remainders, some slightly stained perfs.and overall toning, well centred and with good colour and perfs.; an attractive example ofthis extremely rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2013). S.G. 185, £32,000. Photo £6,000-8,000

x882 £1 brown-lilac, TB, oval registered cancellations of November 1887, fair colour, a fewshort perfs. and slightly creased at lower left. S.G. 185. Photo £400-500

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x883 £1 brown-lilac, LA, circular and boxed cancellations, slightly pale colour; a sound exampleof this scarce stamp. S.G. 186, £4,250. Photo £600-700

x884 £1 brown-lilac, PC, Dublin Sorting Office (9 May 1889) and bars cancellations, goodcolour, trace of pressed creases, fine and attractive. S.G. 186, £4,250. Photo £800-1,000

1883 or 1884

885 P 1⁄2d. perforated colour trial in orange-brown, part original gum; a couple of small marksat top and light gum crease. Specialised from £2,500. Photo £280-320

x886 S 11⁄2d. to 1/- overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, part to large part original gum; 21⁄2d. shortcorner perf. and some other imperfections. Cat. £1,740. Photo £250-300

887 P 21⁄2d. green on buff, perforated colour trial on unwatermarked paper, large part originalgum; fine. Specialised £575. Photo £150-200

x888 1880-1900 mint or unused selection, thirty-six stamps, including 1880-81 11⁄2d., 2d., 5d.,1883 or 1884 2d. (2), 3d. (2), 4d., 5d. (2), 6d. (2), 9d. (3), 1/- (2), 1887-92 9d., 10d.,1/- dull green, 1900 1/- green and carmine, etc., mixed condition £400-500

1887-92

889 1⁄2d. vermilion, horizontal strip from the lower right coner of the sheet with Control “D”and marginal setting 3, part original gum, the first stamp creased, otherwise fine and rare.Specialised KC22b £300-350

PROVENANCE:Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010

890 11⁄2d. dull purple and pale green, a piece of selvedge from the right of the sheet showingan impression of the green duty plate and the “Jubilee” lines for both colours, partoriginal gum, creases but most unusual £200-250

PROVENANCE:Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010



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891 2d. grey-green and carmine, 21⁄2d. purple on blue and 41⁄2d. green and carmine, tied byLothbury B.O. datestamps of 13 Feb. 1899 to envelope registered to Copenhagen, violetframed “LATE FEE” marking, the 2d. a little rubbed, arrival datestamp on reverse, fine. A scarce and colourful franking. S.G. 200, 201, 206 £50-80

892 21⁄2d. purple on blue, horizontal pair from the upper left corner of the sheet with aspectacular pre-printing paper fold leaving the first stamp with an unprinted portion andthat part of the design being in the margin on reverse; the stamps unmounted mint,necessary creasing and a trifle soiled on the surface. Rare. S.G. 201var. Photo £600-800PROVENANCE:Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010

893 21⁄2d. purple on blue, two portions of the margin from the top of the sheet showing partsof two impressions, part original gum, rejoined by hinge, unusual. Photo £250-300PROVENANCE:Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010

894 21⁄2d. purple on blue, horizontal pair from the upper left corner of the sheet showing aspectacular pre-printing paper fold resulting in parts of both impressions being printed inthe margin on reverse, perfin “H.S.”, original gum, necessary creasing. Rare. S.G. 201var.Photo £300-350PROVENANCE:Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010

895 £1 green, EB, tied to small piece by two inverted Hatton Garden oval datestamps. Goodcolour, fine. S.G. 212, £800. Photo £250-300

x896 £1 green, EB, oval Registered Threadneedle St. cancellations, a trifle soiled. S.G. 212,£800. Photo £150-200

897 £1 green, JC, Plate 2, broken frame variety, heavy Worcester cancellations, sound. S.G. 212a, £2,000. Photo £200-250

KING EDWARD VII ISSUES

1902-10 De La Rue

x898 S 5/- bright carmine and 10/- ultramarine, each overprinted “SPECIMEN”, part originalgum, fine S.G. 263s, 265s, £800. Photo £200-250

899 5/- bright carmine, 10/- ultramarine (slight age stains); large part original gum. Fine.S.G. 263, 265, £1,200 £150-200

x900 S £1 dull blue-green overprinted “SPECIMEN”, original gum, a trifle soiled and small stainson reverse. S.G. 266s, £1,250. Photo £250-300

x901 £1 dull blue-green, unmounted mint from the upper left corner of the sheet (hinged inmargin), tiny surface scrape by the King’s nose and very faint traces of staining.Exceptional appearance. S,G. 266, £3,500. Photo £600-800

x902 £1 dull blue-green, original gum, usual slight wrinkles, fine. S.G. 266, £2,000. Photo £450-500

903 2/6d., 5/-, 10/- and £1, used, 10/- a trifle stained, good to fine. S.G. £1,615. Photo £300-350

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905 E Hentschel Zinc Block Essays, a proof in black of the second essays with thinner figures ofvalue, showing the 2d. and 3d. values printed together on thick wove paper(105x137mm.), also a piece of identical blank wove paper (45x137mm.) presumably cutfrom the left of the original block of six impressions; a few marginal pinholes, well clearof the designs and in absolutely no way detracting from the stunning appearance of thisexceedingly rare item - thought to be the only known example with no complete sheetshowing all six impressions recorded in private hands. Photo £5,500-6,000

906 E 1910 Hentschel Zinc Block Essays For Colour Only 7d. and 1/-, both in brown on deepgreen, cut close and affixed to piece marked “S.D./5” and “Brown on Green”; the 1/- withtiny fault at lower left, otherwise fine. Specialised from £1,850. Photo £550-600

907 E Half Tone Essays: 3d., small format, two essays in black, printed on piece of white wovepaper (74x50mm.), fine. Rare. Photo £420-450


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908 E Half Tone Essays: 3d., small format, four essays in shades of grey/black, printed on thinwhite wove paper (95x78mm.), fine. Very rare. Photo £850-950

909 E –– 3d. in dull purple on proof paper (60x56 mm) with handstruck “W/25” in black abovethe design; fine and very scarce. Photo £100-120

910 E –– 3d. large format essay in grey-green on proof paper (34x39 mm); fine and very scarce.Photo £100-150

911 E –– 3d. small format, six essays from unknown source, each on piece of white proof paper,in grey-green, grey-lilac, brown, violet, bistre and in black, each with number belowdesign; fine. Cat. from £2,100. Photo £420-450

912 E –– 7d. small format, two impressions in black, on piece of white wove paper (79x53mm.),fine. Rare. Photo £420-450

913 P Engraver’s sketch dies for the unissued values: 3d. (shaded background to head withupper corners shaded), die 2 dead, a die proof with uncleared surround, in black on proofpaper (27x31mm.), fine. Extremely rare. Specialised from £4,500. Photo £1,400-1,800

914 P –– 3d. (shaded background to head with upper corners solid): Die 2, a die proof in rose-red on proof paper, cut close, fine and very rare. Specialised from £3,800. Photo £700-800

915 P –– 3d. die 2, a die proof in grey on proof paper, cut close, hinged to thin card(57x89mm.) marked “Grey S.D./18, Provisionally approved for 3d.”, fine and very rare.Specialised from £3,800. Photo £1,000-1,200

916 P 5d., Die 2, a die proof (shaded background to head) used as colour trial, in black on proofpaper, cut close; thinned though of fine appearance and very rare. Specialised £4,500.Photo £700-800



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917 P Three pieces of gummed paper (215x117mm.) showing printed details for three differentperforation types, showing the Imperial Crown watermark: upright, inverted andsideways. Some creased and split perforations but a fine and attractive group. Extremelyrare. Photo £1,600-2,000



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918 P 1911 (4 April), four pieces of proof paper printed (on one side only) in shades of greensimilar to the issued or proposed colours for the 1⁄2d. value, the pieces measuring between55x18mm. and 76x20mm. and each affixed to a separate piece of card which shows anink manuscript notation (thought to be in the hand of Edward Rigg of the Royal Mint)with the relevant details pertaining to the different papers used: 1) “Stamp Paper, Calendered, gummed and watermarked” (Imperial Crown); 2) “Enamel Card”; 3) “Proof Paper”; 4) “Stamp Paper, not Calendered”. The Post Office records include a copy letter sent from the Director of the Royal Mint tothe Post Office, advising them that he was enclosing a “batch of prints of the 1d. and 1⁄2d.stamps and trust that these may suffice” (the ‘stamps’ refer to these paper trials rather thanthe actual printed postage stamps); fine and extremely rare - possibly the only knownexamples of paper/ink trials for the 1⁄2d. value in private hands. Photo £2,400-3,000

Photos for lot 918 appears on page 117

919 P W & D Downey publicity card (horizontal format, 165x109mm.) bearing 1⁄2d. green Die1A “original issue”, 1⁄2d. green, Die 2 “improved issue” and a paste up proof comprising1⁄2d. green Die 1A with inlaid proof of an essay head by Downey in a similar shade withunshaded background to the King’s head “Head engraved by us”; the card showingimpressed imprint of “W. & D. Downey, Photographers” on the obverse and ornateprinted advertisement with Royal Warrants in grey-brown of the reverse; fine andextremely attractive. A most important and unique item. This card is specifically referredto on page 76 of the Stanley Gibbons Specialised Catalogue. Photo £6,000-8,000


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920 P 1⁄2d. Die 1A, a die Proof in a dull yellow-green shade, on unwatermarked glazed paper,cut close but with sufficient margins to show that the die had been cleared; fine andextremely rare. Photo £1,200-1,500

921 P 1⁄2d. Die 1A, a die proof colour trial in dull green with uncleared borders, cut close onthick card; a few tiny surface scrapes not affecting the excellent appearance. Extremelyrare. Photo £1,200-1,500

922 P 1⁄2d. Die 1A, a die proof colour trial in a dull green shade on gummed paper supplied byR.D. Turner with Crown watermark, cut close, fine and extremely rare. Specialised£4,500. Photo £1,000-1,200

923 P 1⁄2d. Die 1A, an imprimatur on gummed paper, watermark Crown, with good to very largemargins, part original gum; fine and unique in private hands. R.P.S. Certificate (1994)states “stamp R16.2 (official plate 4/4), only example taken from one of sheets from firstDie 1A printing on 30th. May 1911”, it also states “slightly faded” which seems overlyharsh as the colour is quite fresh. Photo £4,000-5,000

924 P 1⁄2d. Die 1A, an imperforate example in the issued colour, affixed to a thick card(105x141mm.), showing typewritten “CONFIDENTIAL/SPECIMEN FOR COLOUR GEORGEV/1⁄2D. UNIFIED STAMP”, signed “Seymour Bennett” and with purple “STAMPING/DEPARTMENT/17 MAY 1911” handstamp adjacent. It is believed that this is the actual colourstandard used by Harrison & Sons, and that the rectangular portion of the card cut awayat left was to allow it to be placed over a sheet of stamps to compare the colour. The cardwith some slight stain spotting though in no way detracting from the most importantitem. Photo £3,200-3,500

PROVENANCE:Alain de Cadenet

925 P 1⁄2d. bluish green, Die 1A, perforation error 14 on thick paper, part original gum, fresh,fine and very rare. This issue is listed by Stanley Gibbons as a plate proof but is unpriced.Photo £4,000-5,000



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926 P 1911 (4 April), four pieces of proof paper printed (on one side only) in shades of carminesimilar to the issued or proposed colours for the Downey head 1d. value, the piecesmeasuring between 55x21mm. and 75x20mm. which are affixed to separate pieces of cardwhich show an ink manuscript notation (thought to be in the hand of Edward Rigg ofthe Royal Mint) with the relevant details pertaining to the different papers used: 1) “Stamped Paper, Calendereds, gummed and watermarked” (Imperial Crown); 2) “Enamel Card”; 3) “Proof Paper”; 4) Stamp Paper, not calendered”. The Post Office records include a copy letter sent from the Director of the Royal Mint tothe Post Office, advising them that he was enclosing a “batch of prints of the 1d. and 1⁄2d.stamps and trust that these may suffice” (the ‘stamps’ refer to these paper trials rather thanthe actual printed postage stamps); fine and extremely rare - possibly the only knownexamples of paper/ink trials for the 1d. value in private hands. Photo £2,400-3,000



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927 P W. & D. Downey publicity card (horizontal format 165x109mm.) bearing 1d. carmineDie 1A “Original Issue”, 1d. scarlet Die 2 “Improved Issue” and a paste-up proofcomprising 1d. carmine Die 1A with inlaid proof of an essay head by Downey in a similarshade with unshaded background to the King’s hear “Head Engraved by us”, the cardshowing impressed imprint of “W. & D. Downey, Photographers” on the obverse andornate printed advertisement with Royal Warrants in grey-brown on the reverse; fine andextremely attractive. A most important and unique item. This card is specifically referredto on page 76 of the Stanley Gibbons Specialised Catalogue. Photo £6,000-8,000

928 P 1d., an imperforate Hentschel zinc block essay in the issued colour, affixed to a thick card(93x119mm.), showing typewritten “SPECIMEN FOR COLOUR FOR GEORGE V/1D UNIFIEDSTAMP” adjacent. It is thought that this was supplied to Harrison & Sons as a colourstandard, a rectangular portion of the card (which originally bore a signature andStamping Department datestamp) has been cut away on the lower right side. A uniqueand most important item. Photo £2,400-3,000PROVENANCE:Alain de Cadenet

929 P 1d. carmine, an imperforate plate proof on unwatermarked chalk surfaced paper, fulloriginal gum, light vertical crease not apparent on the surface, fine £70-80

930 P 1d. carmine, an imperforate colour trial from Stage 1b (the accepted die) on white,unwatermarked and ungummed wove paper, good to large margins; fine, fresh and veryrare. Specialised £2,500. Photo £600-700

931 P 1d. die 1A, a plate proof in carmine-red, perforated 13.75 x 14, on thick surfaced paperwatermarked Imperial Crown, almost full original gum; fine and extremely rare - only afew of these trials exist and are unpriced in the Stanley Gibbons Specialised Catalogue.Photocopy of R.P.S. Certificate (1987). Mentioned on page 87 of the Catalogue. Photo £5,000-6,000




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932 P 1d. die 2, a die proof in dull grey from Stage 1a, with uncleared surrounds, onunwatermarked proof paper (34x37mm.), horizontal crease through the design.Extremely rare. Specialised £4,500. Photo £1,600-2,000

933 P + 1d. Die 1B, imperforate plate proof in carmine on gummed unwatermarked chalk-surfaced paper, a lower right corner block of four showing pillars in bottom selvedge, afew minor gum wrinkles otherwise fine. Specialised £1,120. Photo £280-320

934 P 1d. Die 2, imperforate colour trial in scarlet on gummed, sideways watermarked Crownpaper, cut close, minor gum wrinkles otherwise fine. Rare. Specialised from £2,500. Photo £700-800

935 P 1d. Die 2, imperforate, in scarlet on John Allen special finish paper, three blocks of four(two marginal), one on thinner poper and another on gummed paper, and three singles(one with small corner defect), one on gummed paper; fine. Cat. £2,100 £500-600

936 P + 1d. Die 2, imperforate, in carmine on John Allen special finish very thin paper, threeblocks of four, one marginal with plate glazed on face only (cut close at foot) and anothermarginal with plate glazed both sides. Cat. £1,600 £280-300

937 P B 1d. Die 2, imperforate, in carmine on John Allen special finish, very thin paper, a blockof eighteen (3x6), four affected by diagonal crease, otherwise fine. Specialised £2,520 £500-600

938 P B 1d. carmine Die 2, paper trial on John Allen’s “Special Finish, Very Thin paper”, animperforate, ungummed block of twenty four (6x4) from the lower left corner of thepane; a few lightly creased or wrinkled not detracting from this fine, fresh and veryattractive block. Thought to be unique in private hands. Specialised £3,360. Photo £1,000-1,200

939 P B 1d. Die 2, paper trial on John Allen’s “Special Finish, Thin paper”, an imperforate blockof twenty four (12x2), the top two rows of the sheet, handstamped “72” at upper right,slight creasing affecting one. Fine. Specialised £3,360 as singles. Photo £1,000-1,200



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940 P B 1d. Die 2 paper trial on John Allen’s “Special Finish, Thin paper”, an imperforate,ungummed and unwatermarked block of forty eight (12x4) from the middle of the panewith selvedge at sides and interpanneau ‘pillar’ margins between the second and thirdrows; some creasing through the margins (two stamps affected) though not detractingfrom this fine, fresh and very attractive block. Thought to be unique in private hands. Also a piece of card which accompanied these proofs showing manuscript noted referringto the paper. Specialised £6,720 as singles. Photo £2,000-2,500

941 P B 1d. scarlet Die 2 on John Allen’s “Special Finish Paper”, an imperforate, ungummedblock of forty-eight (12x4) being the top four rows of the pane with full selvedge; somecreasing through the margins (eight stamps affected) not detracting from this fine, freshand very attractive block. Thought to be unique in private hands. Specialised £6,720 assingles £2,000-2,500


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942 1⁄2d. green, Die 1A, watermark Imperial Crown, variety double impression of the frameline and diadem at the top of the stamp, light machine cancellation; fine and with freshcolour. S.G. 321/323. Photo £4,800-5,500

943 1d. Die 1B, watermark Imperial Crown, a vertical strip of four with coil join between thetwo pairs which have been attached in tête-bêche fashion, the pairs appear to be in the same (or very similar) shades with watermark upright, part to almost full original gum;some separated perfs. between one of the pairs with hinge strengthener and a couple of other minor imperfections, otherwise fine and most unusual. Possibly unique. S.G. 329/331. Photo £4,000-5,000

944 B 1d. Die IB, watermark Crown, lower right corner block of twelve (6x2) with “A11”control, one showing small white spot on forehead (R. 20/1), also 1d. lower right cornerstrip of three with “A11” control showing broken ribbon under last “E” of “REVENUE” andwhite scratch to left of lion’s face (R20/10-11), fine mint, some gum creases. SpecialisedN8f, 8h, 8i. S.G. 329/331 £80-100

945 1d. deep bright scarlet, Die 1B, watermark Simple Cypher inverted, overprinted“SPECIMEN” type 22 and showing variety white flaw above right value, unmounted mintand with booklet selvedge, small corner crease at upper right in no way detracting fromthis fine and most unusual triple combination variety. Extremely rare. S.G. 336/337.Photo £2,000-2,500

946 1d. Die 2, watermark Imperial Crown, scarlet vermilion shade, a horizontal strip of threewith “B11” control, unmounted mint, a few light gum wrinkles not detracting, fine, freshand very attractive. Extremely rare. S.G. 341/343. Photo £1,200-1,500

947 B 1d. Die 2, watermark Imperial Crown, scarlet vermilion shade, a corner block of six (3x2)with “B11” control, five stamps unmounted mint; a few light gum wrinkles not detractingand one stamp with light diagonal crease, otherwise fine, fresh and very attractive.Extremely rare. Specialised N1 (6). S.G. 341/343. Photo £2,500-3,000

948 B 1⁄2d. green, Die 2, corner block of six (3x2) with “B13” control and showing perforationerror at left caused by a pre-perforating paper crease, four stamps unmounted mint; freshand most attractive. Rare. S.G. 344. Photo £160-200

949 1d, Die 2, watermark Simple Cypher, variety watermark inverted and reversed withMachine finish underside, part original gum, light gum bends not detracting. Fine, freshand very scarce. S.G. 345, Specialised N12f, £200 £70-90

950 1d. scarlet, Die 2, watermark Simple Cypher, a selection of forty two stamps, including aa few mint (also three used) shades, varieties with No Cross on Crown (the first being asingle, the second in a vertical coil join pair, the third contained in a block of thirty), a“B13” control block of six which is stated to show a second (very faint) impression of thewatermark, etc., mostly unmounted nine, fresh and fine. S.G. 345 £700-800

951 1d. Die 2 watermark Simple Cypher, scarlet shade, a fresh example from the foot of thesheet with “B 13” control (wide spacing) and showing additional marginal bar at thefoot of the selvedge, part original gum; light gum bends or wrinkles in no waydetracting. Very rare. This variety is mentioned on page 91 of the Stanley GibbonsSpecialised Catalogue. S.G. 345. Photo £3,000-3,500

x952 + 1⁄2d. green, Die 2, watermark multiple cypher, imperforate, in a top margin block of four,mounted in the margin only. S.G. 346b, £500 £180-200

x953 + 1d. scarlet, Die 2, watermark multiple cypher, imperforate in a block of four, mountedon the top pair only. S.G. 350b, £300 £120-150


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x954 A 1912 (24 July), picture post card (“Daily Mail” Aeroplane circuit, 1912/H.Salmet, withhis 50h.p. Bleriot monoplane...”), addressed to Hereford, franked 1⁄2d. green withStratford on Avon cancellation and violet boxed “CARRIED BY/M.SALMET./DAILYMAIL/AIRMAN” cachet; the card with a tear at lower left, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo £1,000-1,500


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955 E The original photograph of Mackennal’s clay sculptured design of a ‘finished’ essay for the1d. value using the adopted full profile coinage head, on photographic paper measuring123x152mm. and affixed to a piece of thick brown card. Unique and without doubt adefining exhibition showpiece for this issue. Photo £2,400-3,000

Note: This item appears on page 94 of the Stanley Gibbons specialised catalogue under theheading “Medal Head Dies”, although it would more properly be included in either theCoinage Head Dies or 1912-24 Essays sections.

956 P A piece of marginal watermarked paper showing twenty complete impressions (4x5) andsingle-lined figure “1” in the margin at left, fine £210-250


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957 P 1⁄2d. imperforate colour trial in green on gummed watermarked paper, good margins onthree sides, cut close at foot, fine. Rare. Specialised £2,800. Photo £420-450

958 1⁄2d. bright yellow-green “G15” control strip of three, unmounted mint, light gumwrinkles, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1988). Specialised N14(11) £70-100

959 1⁄2d. blue-green, “K17” and “K18” control strips of three in slightly differing shades,unmounted mint, a few gum bends as usual, “K18” with small stain in margin butshowing partial offset on the first stamp. Each with R.P.S. Certificate (1991 or 1993).Specialised N14(14) £120-150

960 C 1⁄2d. handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 28), fine unmounted mint. Specialised N14w,£225 £50-80

961 P 1d. red, imperforate die proof colour trial on Imperial Crown watermark sidewaysgummed paper, cut close; light crease or bend not detracting, fresh, fine and very rare.Specialised from £2,750. Photo £650-700

962 P 1d. deep rose-red, perforated colour trial, a top right corner strip of three mounted in theselvedge only, the right stamp with short perf at foot, otherwise fresh and fine. Specialised£1,200+. Photo £350-400

963 P 1d. scarlet, perforated colour trial, a top right corner strip of three mounted in theselvedge only, the centre stamp with short perf at foot, otherwise fresh and fine.Specialised £1,200+. Photo £350-400

964 P 1d. rose-red, perforated colour trial, a top right corner strip of three mounted in theselvedge only, the centre stamp with short perf at foot, otherwise fresh and fine.Specialised £1,200+. Photo £350-400

965 P 1d. red, imperforate die proof colour trial on Imperial Crown (sideways) watermarkgummed paper, cut close; fine, fresh and very rare. Specialised from £2,750. Photo £650-700

966 P 1d. red, imperforate die proof colour trial on watermark Imperial Crown (sideways)gummed paper, cut close, small thin, otherwise fine, fresh and very rare. Specialised from£2,750. Photo £750-800

967 C + 1d. scarlet, block of four overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 24), large part original gum; afew light gum wrinkles, fine and fresh. Specialised N16w, £320+ £50-70

968 C + 1d. scarlet, block of four with margin at right, each overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 24),fresh and fine mint. Specialised N16w, £320 £70-80

969 S 1d. handstamped “SPECIMEN” (type 23), variety imperforate, 1d. horizontal pairoverprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 26), fine mint. Specialised N16s var., N16t £170-200

970 1d. scarlet-vermilion, a horizontal “J17” control strip of three, two stamps unmountedmint; a few light gum bends or wrinkles, otherwise fine. Fresh and most attractive. R.P.S.Certificate (2000) for the original block of six. Specialised N16(14), £485+. Photo £250-300

971 1d. orange-vermilion, “P20” control strip of three, perforated through the margins, largepart original gum; fine fresh and attractive. Rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1996). SpecialisedN16(15), £450+. Photo £160-200

972 S + 11⁄2d. red-brown, block of four, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 26), the upper pairwith light diagonal bend, otherwise fine mint. Specialised N18t, £1,200. Photo £280-320

973 2d. orange-yellow, die I, coil join vertical pair, perfs trimmed at right otherwise fine mint.Specialised N19h (unpriced). Photo £200-250

974 P 2d. orange, die II, imperforate with margin at left and large margins on the other sides,full original gum, handstamped “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” on reverse; vertical crease in marginat left otherwise fresh and fine. Very rare. Specialised £7,000. Photo £2,100-2,500

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975 2d. intense bright orange, “Q21” control strop of three, unmounted mint; a few minorgum bends or wrinkles in no way detracting. Fine, fresh and very attractive. Extremelyrare. R.P.S. Certificate (1991) for the original block of six. Specialised N19(9), £5,100+.Photo £3,000-3,500

976 S 21⁄2d. blue, overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 26), fine mint. Specialised N21u, £350. Photo £100-120

977 + 21⁄2d. deep bright blue, watermark inverted and reversed, block of four from the footof the sheet, original gum, the lower pair remaining unmounted mint; a few neglible gumwrinkles in no way affecting the excellent appearance of this fine and very rare block.Photocopy of R.P.S. certificate (1975). Specialised N21(5)d, £1,150++. Photo £200-250

978 21⁄2d. blue, a marginal single with “A.12” control, perforated margin, hinge remnant, finemint. Specialised £950. Photo £210-240

979 21⁄2d. pale blue, “K17” control strip of three, perforated through the margin, partoriginal gum; small tone spot in margin at left, otherwise fine and fresh. SpecialisedN21(11). Photo £150-200

980 21⁄2d. Royal blue, horizontal “O20” control strip of three, one stamp unmounted mint; afew light bends (mostly in the selvedge), fine and fresh. Rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1988).Specialised N21(16), £1,025. Photo £200-250

981 P + 4d. Eve’s Wreath “Printex” trial, type A (Fig. 27a): An imperforate proof block of fourfrom the top right corner in blue on gummed watermark Crown paper; some creases.Rare. Specialised from £6,500. Photo £1,400-1,600

982 P –– Printex trial, type C, imperforate proof in light bistre-brown, on thin gummedunwatermarked paper, large margins, thinned at upper right; scarce. Specialised from£1,400. Photo £160-200

983 P –– “Printex” trial, type C (Fig. 27c); An imperforate proof in claret on on thin bluegummed and unwatermarked paper, part gum, small thin at top though of fineappearance. Specialised from £1,400. Photo £180-220

984 P 4d. die proof in black on thin glazed card (33x38mm.) uncleared surround, fine and veryrare. Photo £3,000-3,500

985 P 5d. Eve’s “Wreath”, Bromide proof of the die with completed frame though the head andwreath surround unfinished, in black on shiny photographic paper (80x105mm.), thehead partly cut out, some stains not affecting the proof; fine. Photo £320-350

986 P 5d. die proof in black on glazed proof paper (27x30mm.), cleared surround; some minorperimeter creases and light diagonal surface rub barely detracting and still very attractive.Rare. Photo £750-1,000

987 P 7d. olive-grey, an imprimatur with just clear to very large margins, part original gum;vertical bend not apparent on the surface and in no way detracting from the fine and veryfresh appearance. Unique in private hands. R.P.S. Certificate (1982). Specialised £6,000.Photo £3,200-3,500



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988 P 8d. Millar and Motley trial using the printex machine, type E, a proof in pale blue-grey,on thick card, overprinted “ESSAY”, large margins; small defect at top-right and traces ofsoiling, otherwise fine and still most attractive. Photo. £240-300

989 P –– type E, a proof in bright sage-green on white gummed paper, overprinted “ESSAY”,large margins, thin at top-right; very attractive and rare. Photo £160-200

990 P 9d. die proof in black on gummed watermark Royal Cypher paper; diagonal crease barelyaffecting fine appearance. Rare. Specialised £4,500. Photo £700-800

991 9d. deep olive-green, “T22” control strip of three, unmounted mint; a few light gumcreases or wrinkles not detracting. Fresh and attractive. Specialised N30(3). Photo £240-300

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x992 S C 1912-29 overprinted selection comprising “SPECIMEN”, type 26, watermark Royal Cypherimperforate 1⁄2d. and 1d (5 of each including blocks of four) block Cypher watermark, type23, 1⁄2d., 1d. (2 both imperf.), 11⁄2d. overprinted “CANCELLED”, type 24, watermark RoyalCypher 1⁄2d., 1d. (2, one imperf.) and watermark Block Cypher, type 28, 1⁄2d. and, type33, 1d., 11⁄2d.; Generally fine (20) £700-800

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993 E A stamp-size bromide of Bertram Mackennal’s original design, taken after strengtheningmost of the lines, dated “30 MARCH 11” on reverse in pencil. R.P.S. Certificate (1980).Photo £2,100-2,500

PROVENANCE:H. Shaida, April 1993

994 P 2/6d. imperforate plate proof on thin, plate glazed paper, ungummed and withoutwatermark, in red, cut close at top right, some very light creases otherwise fine. Specialisedfrom £4,800. Photo £700-800

995 P 2/6d. in red, a lower left corner example with ink date “28.1.13” at left; some creasesone of which has resulted in a tear in the left margin. Specialised from £4,800. Photo £700-800

996 P 2/6d. imperforated colour trial in sepia-brown, on ungummed paper watermarked “JasWrigley LD-219”, light horizontal crease not affecting appearance. Specialised from£4,750. Photo £550-600



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997 P 2/6d., imperforate colour trial in bright blue on ungummed paper watermarked “JasWrigley Ld-219”, cut close at foot, horizontal crease at foot otherwise fine. Specialisedfrom £4,750. Photo £350-400

998 P 2/6d. imperforate colour trial in ultramarine on ungummed paper watermarked “JasWrigley LD-219”, fine. Specialised from £4,750. Photo £700-800

x999 5/- rose-carmine, with lower sheet margin, unmounted mint with thick, crinkly gum.S.G. 401, £1200. Photo £400-500

1000 10/- indigo, three mint examples, one well-centred, fresh and fine, one with verticalcrease, and the other with light corner crease and some short perfs at foot. S.G. 402£2,850 £420-450

1001 10/- indigo, a mint and used example, the former with a few shortish perfs at foot,otherwise fine. S.G. 403, £1,400 £280-300

1002 10/- indigo-blue, four used examples, one a little soiled, one with some short perfs. andthe other two generally fine. S.G. 402, £1,800 £280-320

x1003 £1 dull blue-green, unmounted mint (gum slightly disturbed at left), good colour andperfs., well centred, good to fine. R.P.S. certificate (1981). S.G. 404, £4,800. Photo £1,600-1,800

x1004 £1 dull blue-green, very lightly mounted mint; well centred. Fresh and fine and a verydesirable example of this stamp. S.G. 404, £3000. Photo £1,000-1,200

x1005 £1 dull blue-green, very lightly hinged, good colour and perfs., fine and fresh. S.G. 404,£3,000. Photo £800-1,000

x1006 £1 dull blue-green, very lightly cancelled; well centred and fine. Richter handstamp on thereverse. S.G. 404, £1500. Photo £450-500

1007 £1 deep green, unmounted mint from the upper-right corner of the sheet, centred a littleto lower-left, vertical gum wrinkle, fine and a fresh example of this scarce shade.Specialised N72(2), £6,000. Photo £1,500-2,000




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1008 P 2/6d. deep yellow-brown, imperforate vertical pair of colour trials with large part gum;small thin and horizontal crease between, and small short crease at lower right, otherwisefine. Specialised from £1,800. Photo £210-250

1009 2/6d. Cinnamon-brown, unmounted mint, fresh colour and good perfs., exceptionallywell centred, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1975). Specialised N64(9), £3,250. Photo £1,500-2,000

1010 2/6d. Cinnamon-brown, unmounted mint, well centred, good colour and perfs., a tinybend at lower right mentioned only for accuracy; fine. P.E. (G.B.) Certificate (2001).Specialised N64(9), £3,250. Photo £1,000-1,200

1011 5/- pale carmine, fresh large part original gum. Fine and attractive. S.G. 410, £600.Photo £150-200

1012 B 5/- pale carmine (worn plate) block of ten (2x5), each cancelled by “LONDON/13 APR 16”datestamps, some split perfs, fine. Specialised N67(3), £4,500+. Photo £1,000-1,200

1013 10/- blue, unmounted mint from the lower right corner of the sheet (hinged in margin),good colour and perfs., very slightly yellowish gum as usual. Fine. S.G. 412, £3,500.Photo £1,500-2,000

1014 10/- blue, centred slightly to right, fine mint. S.G. 412, £2,500. Photo £420-450

1015 10/- blue, two used examples in slightly differing shades, one with wrinkle at lower right,the other with some shortish perfs. S.G. 412, £1,600 £150-200

1016 10/- deep blue, unmounted mint, good colour and perfs. fine. S.G. 411, £5,500. Photo £2,500-3,000

1017 10/- deep blue, Jersey c.d.s. (a trifle smudged), fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1989). S.G. 411,£950. Photo £100-150

1018 10/- deep blue, used vertical pair and single, fine. S.G. 411, £2,850. Photo £350-400

1019 B 10/- deep blue, block of six (2x3), each neatly cancelled by “ASCOT” c.d.s., a few shortperfs otherwise fine. A very scarce multiple. S.G. 412, £4,800 as singles. Photo £1,800-2,000

1020 10/- bright (“Cambridge”) blue, unmounted mint from the lower right corner of the sheet (hinged in margin), usual slightly yellowish gum, good colour and perfs., fine.A fresh example of this rare shade. Specialised N70(3), £12,000. Photo £5,000-6,000


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1021 + 10/- bright (“Cambridge”) blue, a block of four, each cancelled by “LONDON/16 MAY16” rubber datestamp, well-centred, the odd minor wrinkle otherwise fine. A raremultiple. Specialised N70(3), £14,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

1022 10/- pale blue, two examples, fair to fine used. S.G. 413, £1,600 £210-240

1023 10/- deep (intense) bright blue, unmounted mint, lower right corner perf. creased and aslightly nibbed perf. at right, good colour and well centred, fine. R.P.S. Certificate(1971). Specialised N70(5), £11,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

1024 + 10/- deep (intense) bright blue, block of four, circular London parcels cancellations of29 Sept. 1917, a few minor perf. faults hardly detracting from this fine, very attractive andrare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). Specialised N70(5), £12,000+. Photo £1,300-1,500

1918-19 Bradbury, Wilkinson

x1025 2/6d. (3 shades), 5/- (4 shades), 10/- (4 shades, one from the lower left corner of thesheet), part original gum, chiefly good to fine S.G. 413a-417 £1,000-1,200

1026 S 2/6d. reddish brown, handstamped “SPECIMEN” (type 31) in black, centred slightly toupper left, a little gum toned and with two small tone spots. Very scarce. SpecialisedN65(4)z, £1,200. Photo £150-200

1027 C 2/6d. overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), centred to foot, part original gum, thinned.Specialised N65zc, £1,500 £100-120

1028 C 2/6d. overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), centred to foot, a little gum toned and withhorizontal crease which is barely noticeable from face. Scarce. Specialised N65zc, £1,500.Photo £150-200

x1029 2/6d. (5 shades), 5/- (3) and 10/- (2), original gum or part original gum, fair to fine £600-700

1030 S 5/- rose-carmine handstamped “SPECIMEN” (type 31) in violet, fairly well-centred, a fewshort perfs, otherwise fine mint. Specialised N68(1)u, £1,100. Photo £150-200

1031 C 5/- rose-carmine overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), centred to left, horizontal creaseand small gum thin towards foot, neither of which significantly affects appearance.Specialised N68(1)x, £2,250. Photo £250-300

1032 C 5/- rose-carmine overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), centred to left, part gum, thinned.Specialised N68(1)x, £2,250. Photo £140-160

1033 C 10/- dull blue overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), centred to left, light horizontal creaseand a fraction gum toned, nevertheless of fine appearance. Specialised N71(1)x, £3,000.Photo £350-400

1034 C 10/- dull grey-blue, overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), fairly well-centred and with partgum; thinned at top, a few short perfs and with some light gum creases. SpecialisedN71(2), £3,000. Photo £210-250

x1035 10/- dull grey-blue, large part original gum, good colour and perfs., fine. S.G. 417, £375 £150-200

1036 + 10/- dull grey-blue, used block of four, some split perfs., fine and scarce. S.G. 417,£640+ £250-300

1037 10/- blackish blue (“steel-blue”), centred slightly to lower right, some minor gumcreases, otherwise fine mint. Specialised N71(3), £1,100. Photo £180-200

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1038 P A piece of watermarked paper (183x217mm.) marked “SPECIMEN B”, fine £140-160

1039 C 1⁄2d. green handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 24), perfs cut off at top, lightly mountedmint. Specialised N33v, £500 £70-80

1040 C B 1⁄2d. green booklet pane of six (3x2), each overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28), perfs.trimmed at foot, lightly mounted mint. Specialised N33w, £660 £100-120

1041 C B 1⁄2d. green marginal booklet pane of six (3x2), each overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 28),perfs. trimmed at foot, one with hinge remainder the others unmounted mint. SpecialisedN33w, £660 £100-120

1042 C 1d. red overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 24), perfs. trimmed at top, lightly mounted mint.Specialised N34w, £500 £70-90

1043 C B 1d. red, booklet pane of six (3x2), each handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 28), perfs.trimmed on two sides, one with hinge remnant otherwise fine mint. Specialised N34x,£660 £100-120

1044 C B 1d. booklet pane of six (3x2) with margin at left, each handstamped “CANCELLED” (type28), perfs. trimmed at foot and upper right stamp with stain at right, otherwise fine mint.Specialised N34x, £660 £100-120

x1045 11⁄2d. red-brown tête-bêche pair, mint. S.G. 420a, £500. Photo £180-200

1046 C 11⁄2d. red-brown, handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 24), a bright shade, perfs. trimmed attop, lightly mounted mint. Specialised N35v, £500 £70-80

1047 C + 11⁄2d. red-brown marginal booklet block of four, each handstamped “CANCELLED” (type28), mainly good perfs, unmounted mint. Specialised N35w, £440 £80-100

1048 C B 11⁄2d. red-brown booklet pane of six (3x2), each handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 28),good perfs., fine mint. Specialised N35w, £660 £100-120

1049 C B 11⁄2d. red-brown, marginal booklet pane of six (3x2), each handstamped “CANCELLED”(type 28), perfs. trimmed on two sides, lightly mounted mint. Specialised N35w, £660 £100-120

1050 C B 11⁄2d. red-brown, booklet pane of six (3x2) in a bright shade, each handstamped“CANCELLED” and with “punch” (type 33P), good to fine perfs., unmounted mint.Specialised N35, £450 £100-120

1051 21⁄2d. blue, variety no watermark, rounded lower left corner and some very minor gumcreases, otherwise fine unmounted mint. Rare. S.G. 422a, £3,800. Photo £280-300

1052 21⁄2d., 3d., 4d., 5d., 6d., 9d. and 1/-, all variety watermark inverted, the 4d., 5d. and1/- original gum, others unmounted mint and fine. S.G. 422Wi, 423Wi, 424Wi, 425Wi,426aWi, 427Wi, 428Wi, £1,265. Photo £500-600

1053 5d. brown, Waterlow provisional printing, a single from the foot of the sheet with “U34”control, head comb B, part original gum, the gum a little toned and other trivialimperfections but not affecting the fresh and fine appearance. R.P.S. Certificate (1970).Specialised N40. Photo £120-150

1054 1924 (15 Aug.) British Empire Exhibition 11⁄2d. stationery envelope, registered toBelgium, cancelled with “EMPIRE EXHIBITION WEMBLEY/PALACE OF ENGINEERING” double-ring datestamp, the reverse bearing issued 1924 1d. and 11⁄2d., blocks of four. Fine andmost unusual £80-100



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1055 21⁄2d. blue, variety watermark inverted, used, a couple of short perfs. at right, fine. S.G. 427Wi, £1,100. Photo £300-400

x1056 S £1 black overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 32), fine mint. Holcombe Certificate (1985). S.G. 438s, £3,000. Photo £1,200-1,500

x1057 £1 black, lightly hinged, fine. S.G. 438, £750. Photo £300-350

x1058 £1 black, lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 438, £750. Photo £250-300

1059 £1 black, slightly creamy original gum, some gum bends or wrinkles. S.G. 438, £750.Photo £250-300

1060 £1 black, original gum, fine. S.G. 438, £750. Photo £300-350

1061 £1 black, slightly creamy original gum, fine. S.G. 438, £750. Photo £250-300

1934-36 Photogravure

1062 P Seven pieces of thin glazed proof card, measuring between 57x90mm. and 77x90mm.,each showing a different colour swatch using inks very similar to those used for the issuedstamps, the swatches applied across the centre of each card with a roller and showing inkmanuscript notations relating to the proposed colour/value scheme: “1⁄2d. dirty green”,“1d. red”, “21⁄2d. blue”, “3d. violet”, “9d. green”, “10d. azure blue”, the last withoutapportioned value and merely inscribed “magenta”, three show amendments in the samehand with other suggested values crossed through; fine and extremely unusual. Probablyunique in private hands. Photo £3,200-3,500

1063 P 1d. red, Head essay trial, horizontal pair from the upper left corner of the sheet, on thinungummed card. Fine. Photo £400-450

1064 E + 1d. scarlet, imperforate essay block of four, similar to that issued but with large head, ongummed Block Cypher watermarked paper, some minor gum creases, fine. SpecialisedCat. £720 £140-160

1065 P 11⁄2d. Head essay in emerald-green, horizontal pair from the lower left corner of the sheeton unwatermarked gummed paper, mint, a few small disturbances but hardly detracting.Fine and scarce. Photo £320-350

1066 P + 11⁄2d. (large format) imperforate colour trial block of four in red-brown on gummed BlockCypher watermarked paper, fine. Specialised £800 £150-200

1067 P + 11⁄2d. (large format) imperforate colour trial block of four in red-brown on gummed BlockCypher watermarked paper, fine. Specialised £800 £150-200

1068 P 11⁄2d. (large format), imperforate colour trial in red-brown on gummed and watermarkedpaper, a horizontal strip of six from the lower-right corner of the sheet, large part to fulloriginal gum, a few light gum creases or bends, hardly detracting from this scarcemultiple. Photo £240-300

1069 + 11⁄2d. red-brown (large format), a fresh mint block of four from the foot of the sheet,showing a combination of Printers paper join (affecting the top pair - leaving the lowerportions unprinted) and paper fold at foot (causing an unusual misperforation in theselvedge), the stamps unmounted mint, fine and visually striking. Photo £320-350

1070 S 10d. turquoise-blue, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 23, unused, a trifle toned. Rare. S.G. 448s, £650. Photo £150-200



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1071 E A roughly drawn pen and ink sketch from the printer’s record book, made by the recorderof the Seahorse design. The sketch is in reverse for the benefit of the engraver and ismarked “BRITISH POSTAGE STAMP 19/3/34, 3 VALUES, 2/6, 5/- & 10/-” and “DIES, CYLS &PLATES WITH SOMERSET HOUSE”. Most unusual. Photo £1,400-1,600

PROVENANCE:H. Shaida, April 1993

1072 P 5/- Die Proof in bright blue-green on wove paper (104x104mm.), not contemporary andoffered “as is”. Photo £2,000-2,500

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1073 C + 1935 Silver Jubilee 11⁄2d. red-brown, booklet pane of four with margin at left, eachhandstamped “CANCELLED” twice and with central “punch” (type 33P), perfs trimmed atfoot, otherwise fine. Specialised NCom12u, unpriced £150-200

x1074 –– Selection comprising exploded and complete booklets including 2/-, edition nos. 298,299 (complete), 300 and 3/-, edition nos. 294 (complete), 296 (2, one complete), 297(2, one complete); also panes 1⁄2d. to 11⁄2d. all with inverted watermarks. Mostly good tofine £120-150




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1075 E 1935 “In Memory” essay, a perforated proof in pale grey-black on highly surfaced paperwith Block Cypher watermark, the reverse with pencil inscription “2C”, large part originalgum; light crease and surface rubbing though barely detracting from the fine appearanceof this very rare essay. This is possibly the only known example in private hands, mountedon a piece of writing paper with embossed printed “KING GEORGE’S JUBILEE TRUST. ST.JAME’S PALACE, S.W.” in red at top and typewritten note relating to the essay. Listed in theStanley Gibbons specialised catalogue on page 191. Photo £2,400-3,000

KING GEORGE VI ISSUES

x1076 1941-42 pale colours 21⁄2d. light ultramarine, imperforate horizontal pair, large partoriginal gum. Stanley Gibbons handstamp on reverse. S.G. 489c, £4,800. Photo £1,500-2,000

1077 B 1948 Silver Wedding £1 ultramarine, complete sheet of twenty, unmounted mint, foldedthrough some perfs., fine. S.G. 494, £800+ £300-400

x1078 1950-52 1⁄2d. pale orange in a coil join horizontal strip of four, mint. R.P.S. Certificate(2008). Specialised Q3j (unpriced). Photo £100-120

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1935 Silver Jubilee

1079 1⁄2d., 1937 Coronation 11⁄2d. imperf. and perf. (2), 1937 1⁄2d. to 3d., “WORLD CAPITALISM”3d. (only 30 overprinted), “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 1-8, 14IIb £300-350

1080 1⁄2d. green, vertical pair, unused without gum, from the right of the sheet, a little creased.Michel 1 £100-150

1081 1937 Coronation 11⁄2d. maroon, variety imperforate, unused without gum, widemargins, fine. Michel 2var. Photo £200-250

“Bomber” Overprints

1082 Cathedral of Rouen 21⁄2d., Monte Cassino 2d., Schhaffhausen 3d., San Marino 1d.,unused without gum, the first and third with small faults. Michel 13Ia, 12Ic, 14Id, 10Ie £150-200

1083 Castello Gandolfo: 1⁄2d., 1d. and 11⁄2d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-11 Ib.Photo £250-300

“Extremes of World Politics”

1084 World Bolshevism: 1d., 1⁄2d., 2d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-11 IIa. Photo £250-300

1085 World Capitalism: 1⁄2d., 1d. and 3d., “unused” without gum except the 1d. “used”, fine.Michel 9-10, 14 IIb. Photo £220-250

1086 World Judiasm: 1⁄2d., 1d., 11⁄2d., 2d. and 3d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-12,14 IIc. Photo £350-400

1087 The Bluff Charta: 1⁄2d., 2d. and 3d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9, 12, 14 IId.Photo £300-350

1088 Empires Liquidation at Teheran: 1⁄2d., 1d., 2d. and 3d., “unused” without gum, 1d.slightly thinned, otherwise fine. Michel 9-10, 12, 14 IIe. Photo £220-250

1089 World Slavery: 1⁄2d. to 3d., the set of six, “unused” without gum, fine and rare. Michel 9-14 IIf. Photo £400-500

“Liquidation of Empire”

1090 Singapore: 1⁄2d. to 3d., the set of six, “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-14 IVa.Photo £200-250

1091 St. Lucia: 1⁄2d. to 3d., the set of six, “unused” without gum, the 1d. with glue mark onreverse, fine. Michel 9-14IVb. Photo £180-200

1092 Barbados: 1⁄2d. to 3d., the set of six, “unused” without gum, the 21⁄2d. with a few roughperfs., otherwise fine. Michel 9-14 IVc. Photo £200-250

1093 Jamaica: 1⁄2d. to 3d., the set of six, “unused” without gum, the 3d. centred to foot (perfs.cut), otherwise fine. Michel 9-14 IVd. Photo £200-250

1094 Trinidad: 1⁄2d. to 3d. set of six, “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-14 IVe. Photo £200-250

1095 Bahama Is.: 1⁄2d. to 3d., set of six, unused without gum, the 1d. and 2d. with tiny thins,otherwise fine. Michel 9-14 IVf. Photo £150-200


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1096 Bermuda Is. 1⁄2d., 1d., 11⁄2d., 21⁄2d. and 3d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-11,13-14 IVg £120-150

1097 Hong Kong: 1⁄2d., 1d., 11⁄2d., 21⁄2d. and 3d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9-11,13-14 IVh £120-150

1098 1⁄2d. green, vertical strip of six, Bahamas/Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/St. Lucia/Singapore, “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 9IV f, e, d, c, b, a. Photo £500-600

1099 1d. scarlet, vertical strip of six, Bermuda/Bahamas/Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/St.Lucia, “unused” without gum and showing reversed plate number “E2” in the margin,fine. Michel 10IV g, f, e, d, c, b. Photo £500-600

1100 11⁄2d. red-brown, vertical strip of six, Bahamas/Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/St.Lucia/Singapore, “unused” without gum and showing reversed plate number “E3” inthe margin at foot, fine. Michel 11IV f, e, d, c, b, a. Photo £500-600

1101 2d. orange, vertical strip of six, Jamaica/Barbados/St. Lucia/Singapore/Hong Kong/Bermuda, “unused” without gum, fine. Michel 12IV d, c, b, a, h, g. Photo £500-600

1102 21⁄2d. ultramarine, vertical strip of six, Bahamas/Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/St.Lucia/Singapore, “unused” without gum, showing reversed plate number “E5” in themargin, fine. Michel 13IV f, e, d, c, b, a. Photo £500-600

1103 3d. violet, vertical strip of six, Bahamas/Trinidad/Jamaica/Barbados/St. Lucia/Singapore, “unused” without gum and showing reversed plate number “E6” in themargin, fine. Michel 14IV f, e, d, c, b, a. Photo £500-600

1104 B 1⁄2d. green, block of six (2x3) Rabaul/Borneo/Grenada/Rangoon/Bouganville/St.Vincent, “unused” fine. Michel 9V a, b, c, d, e, f. Photo £500-600

1105 + 1d. scarlet, block of four, Borneo/Grenada/Rangoon/Bouganville, “unused” withoutgum, fine. Michel 10V b, c, d, e. Photo £350-400

1106 + 1d. scarlet, block of four, Rangoon/Bouganville/St. Vincent/Raboul, “unused” withoutgum, fine. Michel 10V d, e, f, a. Photo £350-400

1107 Raboul 1d., 2d., 21⁄2d.; Borneo 1d., 2d., 21⁄2d., 3d.; Grenada 21⁄2d.; Bouganville 1d., 11⁄2d.,2d., 21⁄2d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel V10, 12-13a, 10, 12-14b, 13c, 10-13e £300-350

1108 Rangoon: 1d. to 3d., “unused” without gum, fine. Michel V 10-14d £150-200

1109 St. Vincent: 1⁄2d. to 3d., set of six, “unused” without gum, fine. Michel V9-14f £150-200

1110 Selection of fourteen, including 1935 Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, 1937 1⁄2d. to 3d., all“used”, also Liquidation of Empire 1⁄2d. Barbados, 1d. Hong Kong, 11⁄2d. Bahamas, 2d.Trinidad, 21⁄2d. St. Lucia and 3d. Singapore, “unused” or “used”; fine and with genuineexamples for comparison £200-250



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x1111 1955-58 De La Rue 2/6d. to £1, the set in vertical pairs, the lower stamps unmountedmint, the upper set very lightly hinged. S.G.536a-539a, £1,200 unmounted. Photo £300-350

x1112 + 1955-58 Edward Crown 2d. light red-brown imperforate in a left margin block of four, unmounted mint; minor gum wrinkle in the margin. The Dartford imperforate. S.G. 543var. Photo £300-400

x1113 1957 Graphite Lines 11⁄2d. green, both lines at right, cancelled by a neat double-ringc.d.s. S.G. 563a, £600. Photo £150-200

1114 1957 Graphite 11⁄2d. green, variety both lines at left, light c.d.s. cancellation, fine. S.G. 563a, £600. Photo £150-200

x1115 B 1958-65 Crowns 3d. deep lilac, imperforate booklet pane of six, watermark inverted,unmounted mint; centred slightly right, minor gum wrinkle. R.P.S. Certificate (1978).S.G. 575b, £4,000. Photo £1,500-1,800

1116 1958-1999 (c.), mixed mint and used accumulation housed in seven assorted volumesand loose, contained in a carton, including mint 1887-1900 ‘Jubilee’ values to 1/-(both), 1937-47 1⁄2d. to 21⁄2d., sideways and inverted watermarks, 1939-48 high values(2), 1948 Silver Wedding £1, 1951 Festival high values (2), a range of booklet panes withstrength in Machin decimal issues and a quantity of mint blocks with some sheets; also arange of first day covers. (thousands) £500-600

1117 1958-63 Watermark multiple Crowns 4d. ultramarine, variety double impression,unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 576ae, £3,000. Photo £1,500-1,800

1118 1959-68 Bradbury, Wilkinson printing 5/- red, variety printed on the gummed side,unmounted mint, a little stained at top. S.G. 596ab, £1,500. Photo £350-400

x1119 + 1959 phosphor-graphite 1⁄2d. to 41⁄2d., the set in blocks of four from the sides of thesheets, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 599-609, £340+ £100-150

1120 1960 Wilding “10/6d.” and Regional “7/3d.” Presentation Packs, fine. SpecialisedSPP1, XPP1, £375 £120-150

x1121 + 1965 Battle of Britain 1/3d. plain, watermark inverted, unmounted mint and in a lowerleft cylinder block of four. S.G. 678Wi, £700 £180-200

1122 + 1966 British Birds 4d. ordinary, se-tenant block of four, variety emerald-green omitted,unmounted mint from the top of the sheet, a trifle soiled in the margin, fine. S.G. 696af,£800. Photo £750-800

1123 1967 E.F.T.A. ordinary 9d. variety black (Queen’s head), brown, new blue and yellowomitted, unmounted mint, with pencilled number “47” on the reverse, fine. A rare andspectacular error. S.G. 715a, £1,250. Photo £400-500


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1124 1967 British Wild flowers 4d. phosphor, the four singles each variety agate omitted,original gum, fine and rare. Only three sets known and this is the unique sound set. S.G. 717-720pd, £18,000. Photo £5,000-6,000

1967 Christmas

1125 3d. Adoration of the Shepherds, variety rose omitted, unmounted mint, slight wrinkles,fine and scarce. S.G. 756c, £3,700. Photo £1,400-1,600

1126 B 3d. Adoration of the Shepherds, imperforate block of six (2x3) from the lower rightcorner of the sheet with traffic lights, unmounted mint, slight wrinkles, fine and scarce,only thirty pairs with phosphor bands discovered. S.G. 756var. Photo £1,300-1,500

x1127 1/6d. variety lemon omitted, large part original gum; top left corner perforation missingand slight adherence on reverse. A very collectable example of this error with only threeexamples known to exist. Brandon Certificate (2006). S.G. 758c, £20,000; PierronGBR1516b, £12,750 (for mounted). Photo £1,000-1,200

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1128 1970 Anniversaries International Co-operative Alliance 1/-, examples with Gold Queen’shead omitted and green omitted; fine unmounted mint. S.G. 821a, 821c, £260 £120-150

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1129 B 1⁄2p. turquoise-blue, 1 side band at left, in booklet pane with 1⁄2p. (2 bands x 3) and 21⁄2p.(2), forty panes with average of trimmed perfs., unmounted mint. S.G. X841p, £2,400 £150-200

1130 B 1⁄2p. turquoise-blue, 1 side band at left, in booklet pane with 1⁄2p. (2 bands x 3) and 21⁄2p.(2), thirty eight panes, the 1⁄2d. side band with good perfs., unmounted mint, fine. S.G. X841p, £2,280 £250-300


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1131 1971 Universities 5p. unissued type with variety larger “P”, unmounted mint from thefoot of the sheet, fine and exceptionally rare. Only four examples recorded. See footnoteafter S.G. 893. Photo £4,000-4,500

1132 1973 British Explorers 9p. Charles Sturt, variety brown-grey printing double,unmounted mint from the right of the sheet, fine. S.G. 927b, £850. Photo £400-450

1133 1973 British Explorers 9p. Charles Sturt, variety brown-red (rivers on map) omitted,fine unmounted mint from the top of the sheet. S.G. 927d, £1,600. Photo £600-700

1134 1973 Inigo Jones 3p. Court Masque Costumes, variety deep mauve printing double, inse-tenant pair with 3p. St. Paul’s Church, unmounted mint, fine and rare. BrandonCertificate (2007). S.G. 935Eac, £7,000. Photo £3,500-4,000

x1135 1977 British Wildlife, 9p. Brown Hare and 9p. Red Squirrel imperforate, unmountedmint; there are traces of blind perfs at foot and between and the right corner of thesquirrel appear to have been trimmed to remove the perforations which appear at theedge. A rare pair, only the Hedgehog stamp comes true imperforate. S.G. 1040-41 var.Photo £500-600

x1136 1978 Cycling 9p. imperforate, a lower margin single, unmounted mint. S.G. 1067a.Photo £200-250



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x1137 1982 Maritime Heritage 24p. imperforate between stamp and lower margin, in alower right corner, vertical strip of four with the traffic lights - almost imperf three sideswith only two perf. holes showing at top, unmounted mint. S.G. 1189var. Photo £600-800

x1138 1982 Information Technology 151⁄2p. imperforate in a vertical block of six withperforations at foot, unmounted mint; horizontal fold between lower pair with someresultant damage and traces of blind perfs at right. S.G. 1196a. Photo £400-500

x1139 1982 British Motor Cars 191⁄2d. Ford Model T and Escort, imperforate between stampand right margin in a horizontal pair, unmounted mint. Thought to be only tenexamples recorded. S.G. 1199var. Photo £250-300

1140 1982 British Motor Cars 37p. Rolls Royce “Silver Ghost and “Silver Spirit”, varietybright orange, carmine-red and black printings double, vertical pair from the lowerright corner of the sheet with traffic lights, fine unmounted mint. A rare and spectacularmodern variety. Brandon Certificate (2011). S.G. 1201Eb, £4,400+. Photo £2,200-2,500

1141 1983 Christmas 16p. “The Three Kings”, block of six (3x2) from the lower left corner ofthe sheet with plate numbers, the block of four at left variety imperforate, the pair at rightpartly perforated, roughly separated with the first vertical pair in perfect condition, thesecond pair slightly defective. Extremely rare. S.G. 1232a, £3,250 for a pair. Photo £1,400-1,600

x1142 1985 350 Years of Royal Mail 17p. imperforate in a horizontal pair with right margin,unmounted mint; folded between pair, wrinkle in the margins and a little rough at foot.Unlisted. S.G. 1290 var. Photo £300-400

1143 1990 150th. Anniversary of the Penny Black, unissued 19p. blue, unmounted mint butslightly patchy gum; fine. Unique. Photo £1,600-2,000

Note: Just one group of four stamps in different colours (black, black on cream, blue andorange) exist in private hands

1144 1990 R.S.P.C.A. 34p. Duckling, variety silver (Queen’s head and value) omitted; fineunmounted mint. S.G. 1479a, £575. Photo £250-300

1145 1991 Ordinance Survey 24p. Map of 1816, variety black (litho printing) treble andmagenta printing double), unmounted mint, fine and rare. S.G. 1578Ea, £2,000. Photo £800-1,000

1146 1995 Christmas 19p. European Robin, proof of value and Queen’s head only, in the sameformat as the re-issue of October 2000 with se-tenant label at left; unmounted mint, fine.S.G. 1896var. Photo £120-150

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1147 1997 Royal Golden Wedding 20p. Wedding Photograph, vertical strip of four from thetop of the sheet, stamps 1 and 2 variety Gold (face value and frame) partially omitted,the consequence of a dry print, unmounted mint, fine and extremely rare. B.P.A.Certificate (2010) stating S.G. 2011/d as listed. S.G. 2011b, £34,000. Photo £17,000-20,000



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1148 1998 Christmas 20p. Angel with hands raised in Blessing, variety imperforate horizontalpair from the right of the sheet, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 2064a, £1,200. Photo £600-800

1149 + –– 20p. Angel with hands raised in Blessing, variety imperforate gutter margin block offour from the left of the sheet, unmounted mint, some wrinkles and creases. Rare. S.G. 2064a, £2,400+. Photo £1,300-1,400

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1150 2001 Anniversary of the first Double Decker bus (1st.) se-tenant strip of five, varietyimperforate, unmounted mint, a little creased at right but fine and extremely rare. Only 17 strips exist and 10 of these are damaged. S.G. 2210a, £5,750. Photo £2,000-2,500

x1151 2002 Christmas second class imperforate pair and first class imperforate block of four,unmounted mint. S.G. 2321b, 2322b £350-400

OFFICIALS

Inland Revenue

1152 + 1882-1901, on issues of 1884-88 1/- green block of four, CI-DJ, each clearly cancelled“298” in bluish black ink; a few small faults though an exceptionally rare multiple. S.G. O7, £7,200+. Photo £850-950

1153 –– 5/- rose on white paper, LH, part original gum (sweated); a few shortish perfs.,otherwise sound. S.G. O9. £9,500. Photo £700-900

1154 –– 5/- rose on white paper, EE showing variety raised stop after “R”, fresh with largepart original gum; horizontal crease at foot. G. Bolaffi Certificate (1963). S.G. O9a,£10,000. Photo £1,400-1,600

1155 –– 5/- rose on white paper, HG showing variety raised stop after “R”, part original gum;trace of soiling at left, otherwise sound. R.P.S. Certificate (1944). S.G. O9a, £10,000.Photo £1,100-1,300

1156 –– 10/- cobalt on white paper, FE, fresh with part original gum and large hingeremainders at top; vertical gum crease at right though of fine appearance. Rare. S.G. O9cb, £22,000. Photo £2,100-2,300

1157 –– On issues of 1887-92 1/- dull green, large part original gum, good colour, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. O15, £900. Photo £200-250

1158 S –– £1 green, BB, variety no stop after “R”, overprinted “SPECIMEN” Type 15, partoriginal gum; two diagonal creases and one corner perf. folded, nevertheless of goodappearance and very rare. S.G. O16as, unpriced. Photo £1,400-1,600

1159 –– On issues of 1887 and 1900 1/- green and carmine, unused (regummed), the greena little diffused, nevertheless an attractive example of this rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate(2013), S.G. O19, £4,200. Photo £400-500

1160 1902-04 1⁄2d., 1d., 21⁄2d. and 1/-, used, fine. S.G. O20-22, 24, £950. Photo £100-150

1161 –– 5/- bright carmine, variety raised stop after “R”, oval Registered cancellations, atrifle toned and discoloured but still a fine example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A.Certificate (2013). S.G. O25a, £12,000. Photo £2,000-2,500



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1162 1896-1902 1⁄2d. vermilion, 1⁄2d. blue-green (2) and 1d. lilac, fresh with large part originalgum, and 1d. lilac block of four (some reinforced perf. separation at top) with Edinburghparcel cancellations. S.G. 031-33, £1,895 £280-300

1163 –– 5d. dull purple and blue, fresh unused with large part original gum. A scarce and mostattractive stamp. S.G. 034, £3,500. Photo £550-600

x1164 –– 5d. dull purple and blue, part original gum, tiny thin spot, otherwise fine and a freshexample of this scarce stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1986). S.G. O34, £3,500. Photo £600-800

1165 –– 10d. dull purple and carmine, part original gum, good colours. An attractive example.S.G. O35, £6,750. Photo £1,100-1,200

1166 –– 10d. dull purple and carmine, used on small piece, a few tiny tone spots, fine. B.P.A.certificate (2103). S.G. O35, £2,000. Photo £300-350

1167 1902-03 1⁄2d., 1d. and 2d., part original gum, the 1⁄2d. with glazed gum and the 2d. withrounded corner. S.G. O36-38, £3,000 £80-100

1168 –– 1⁄2d., 1d., 2d. (washed) and 21⁄2d., used, good to fine. S.G. O36-40, £1,320. Photo £80-100

x1169 –– 10d. dull purple and carmine, large part original gum, large part original gum, centreda little to left, light experts handstamp on reverse, fine and fresh. An extremely rare stamp.B.P.A. Certificate (1957). S.G. O40, £45,000. Photo £12,000-15,000

Army

1170 1896-1901 1⁄2d. (both), 1d., 21⁄2d., 6d., 1902-03 1⁄2d, 1d., 6d., used, chiefly fine. O41-45,48-50, £166 £50-60

x1171 + 1902-03 6d. pale dull purple block of four, fresh lightly mounted mint with the lower pairunmounted. A scarce multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. O50, £640+. Photo £400-500

1172 –– 6d. pale dull purple (overprint type O6), original gum, light corner crease, goodcolour, fine. Brandon Certificate (1998). S.G. O52, £3,000. Photo £300-350

x1173 –– 6d. pale dull purple, original gum, fine and scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1982). S.G. O52,£3,000. Photo £1,200-1,500


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1174 E 1880-83 3d. on 3d. lilac, GG with trial overprint S.G. type C in black, large part originalgum, a little gum wrinkled and a trifle soiled, fine and rare. Six of these Essays wereprepared. Specialised £11,000. Photo £1,500-2,000

1175 1883-86 11⁄2d., 6d. (pale colour), 9d. (good colour), 1/- orange-brown Plates 13 and 14,1887-90 11⁄2d., 6d., 9d. 1/- dull-green, 1891-1900 1d., 2d., 41⁄2d. and 1/- green andcarmine, used, chiefly good to fine. S.G. O61-72, £3,300 £400-450

1176 –– 9d. dull green, EH, light c.d.s. cancellation, a trifle soiled but good colour for this issueand fine. S.G. O63, £1,000. Photo £150-200

x1177 –– 9d. dull green, part original gum, light experts handstamp on reverse, fine and fresh.S.G. O63, £2,500. Photo £800-1,000

1178 –– 9d. dull green, unmounted mint from the left of the sheet (hinged in the margin),diagonal grease, excellent colour and appearance. Signed Stolow. B.P.A. Certificate(2013). S.G. O63, £2,500. Photo £400-500

x1179 –– 1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, DC, part original gum, small pencil notations on reverse,fine. Brandon Certificate (1987). S.G. O64, £2,500. Photo £600-800

1180 –– 1/- orange-brown Plate 13, OB, part original gum, good colour, corner perf. crease,fine. Signed Their, B.P.A. certificate (2013). S.G. O64, £1,600. Photo £250-300

x1181 1887-90 11⁄2d., 9d., 1891-1900 1d., 41⁄2d., 1/-green and carmine, large part originalgum, chiefly fine and fresh. S.G. O65, 67, 69, 71, 72, £1,555 £250-300

1182 1891-1900 1d., 2d. and 41⁄2d., part original gum, 1902 1d., 2d., 6d., 9d. and 1/-, used,the 1/- slightly washed and with a few clipped perfs., some tiny faults, the 41⁄2d. fine. S.G. O69-71, 74-78 £1.049 £100-120

1183 1902 9d. dull purple and ultramarine, original gum, vertical wrinkle at left, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. O77, £600. Photo £120-150

1184 –– 1/- dull green and carmine, original gum (slightly disturbed), fresh colours, somehandstamps on reverse, fine and scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. O78, £1,300.Photo £300-350

Board of Education

1185 1902 5d. dull purple and blue, unused (regummed), a little soiled and rubbed. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. O81, £3,700. Photo £250-300

1186 –– 5d. dull purple and blue, part original gum, a little creased and toned, fine appearanceand scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. O81, £3,700. Photo £400-450

1187 1902-04 1⁄2d., 1d. and 21⁄2d., large part original gum or regummed (21⁄2d.), 1d. withdiagonal crease, otherwise fine or fine appearance. S.G. O83-85, £4,820. Photo £250-300


x1188 –– 5d. dull purple and ultramarine, large part original gum, fresh and fine. An extremelyrare stamp. Signed Kosack and with Foundation Certificate (1986). S.G. O86, £32,500.Photo £10,000-12,000


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1189 1903 1⁄2d. to 3d., used, few minor imperfections but chiefly good to fine. S.G. 101-106,£599. Photo £80-100

x1190 –– 2d. yellowish green and carmine, 21⁄2d. ultramarine, 1903-04 1d. scarlet, 11⁄2d. dullpurple and green, large part original gum, fine. S.G. O104, 105, 108, 109, £1,930. Photo £600-700

1191 1903-04 2d. yellowish green and carmine-red, large part original gum, vertical crease,otherwise fine and scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1989). S.G. O110, £2,600. Photo. £250-300

1192 –– 3d. dull purple on orange-yellow, large part original gum, fine and fresh. P.E. (G.B.)Certificate (1998). S.G. O112, £2,400. Photo £250-300

BOOKLETS

x1193 1904 (16 March) 2s. 1⁄2d. complete, all panes with inverted watermark; also 1⁄2d. and 1d.booklet panes all with inverted watermark. Fine £150-200

x1194 K.E.VII to K.G.VI collection of 6d to 5/- mainly exploded booklets neatly arranged inan album including K.G.VI Dark Colours 2/-, edition nos. 397 (all panes with cylindernumbers), 3/-, edition nos. 341-2, Light Colours 5/- (3); also a range of panes withsideways and inverted watermarks and advertising. An interesting lot. (hundreds) £500-600

x1195 1913-26, selection arranged on album leaves comprising panes with 1913 Harrison and1924-26 1⁄2d.-11⁄2d. (2 of each value, one with inverted watermark), 11⁄2d. advertising(watermark inverted) and exploded booklets with 1918 3/- (Edition 1), 1924 3/-(Edition 166). Generally fine. (33 items) £700-800

x1196 1913-25, selection comprising exploded 1913 (April) 2/- booklet, edition no. 32, allpanes precancelled (type I) and punched and 1925 (February) 3/-, edition 69, all panesprecancelled (type J in violet); also selection of various precancelled booklet panes withRoyal Cypher (6) and Block Cypher (5, one with advert) and mostly with selvedgemissing. Generally good to fine £350-400

x1197 B 1920 (July) 3/6d., edition 29, exploded, all panes watermark Royal Cypher upright andprecancelled “LONDON E.C./27AUG/20” in black. Fine and rare. S.G. BB30, unlisted as aadvertiser voucher booklet £350-400

x1198 1929 Postal Union Congress, selection comprising 3/-, edition 172, exploded booklet,all panes with inverted watermarks; also booklets panes of six stamps (4) and 11⁄2d.handstamped “CANCELLED” (type 33) and punched with inverted watermark. Mostly fine.Photo £700-800

x1199 1933 (October) 2/-, edition 237, advertisers specimen copy, handstamped “CANCELLED”and punched (type 33P); also similar types of part booklet panes (4) and a single stamp.Mostly fine £500-600

1200 1935-72, stitched selection from 1/- to £1 including 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- (Ed. 302),Graphite lines 1959 3/- (Aug.), 11⁄2d. watermark upright, 4/6d. (Apr.), 5/- (July); alsoPost office 4/6d. training booklet, stapled. Generally good to fine. (49) £400-500

x1201 1935 (July) Photogravure exploded booklet selection comprising 3/-, edition no. 306and 318 (2, one stapled), 5/-, edition no. 14 and 15; also booklets panes 1⁄2d. (2, onecylinder no. “E1”) and 1d. (3, one cylinder “F1”). Mostly good to fine £600-700

x1202 1935 (July) 3/-, edition 300, exploded advertiser voucher copy booklet, 1⁄2d. panewatermark upright, the others inverted, all handstamped “CANCELLED” and punched (type33P). S.G. BB29 var. £200-250


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x1203 Selection comprising 1940 (June), edition 7, exploded advertiser voucher copy booklet,all panes watermark upright and handstamped “CANCELLED” and punched (type 33P);also similar booklet panes with 1⁄2d., 1d., 11⁄2d. (3, two with advertising labels). Mostlygood to fine £500-600

x1204 1953-1973, a collection of stitched booklets neatly arranged in four albums, contained ina carton, including pre-decimal 1/- to 10/- with graphite 3/- (August and October1959) 11⁄2d. panes watermark inverted, 5/- (July 1959) 21⁄2d. pane watermark invertedand phosphor; also decimal 10p. to 50p. Condition mixed with careful inspectionessential. (hundreds) £1,800-2,000

1205 B 1958-65 3/- (Aug. 1959) with graphite lines, nine examples (two 11⁄2d. green panewatermark upright), mixed perfs., S.G. M13g, £2,475 £400-500

x1206 P 1961-69, collection of Queen Elizabeth dummy booklets all with different issue datescomprising Wildings and Machins with 2/- (28), 3/- (25), 4/6d. (46), 5/- (28), 6/-(49) and 10/- (14). An interesting lot. Generally good to fine £800-1,000

1207 B 1969 “Stamps for Cooks” £1, fifteen stapled examples, with average perfs., S.G. ZP1,£6,000 £500-600

1208 B –– “Stamps for Cooks” £1, ten stapled examples, with original wrapper, average perfs.,S.G. ZP1, £4,000 £300-400

1209 Sponsored: 1972-2005, collection of thirty-three housed in two albums, contained in acarton, including 2003 “A Perfect Coronation”, etc., chiefly fine. Cat. £1,000+ £200-250

Booklet Panes

x1210 A specialised collection of Wilding booklet panes on pages with panes of six, four and twofor the different watermarks with upright and inverted watermarks, including Tudor 1d.cyl. F4 (3), 1d. with printed labels cyl. F6, 11⁄2d. cyl. G2, 21⁄2d. cyl. numbers (5); St.Edwards Crown including 1d. pane of two with cyl.1, and other cyl. numbers (48),graphite lines with 11⁄2d. upright and inverted watermark, Crowns including 2d. and cyl.numbers (45), different colour phosphor lines including 11⁄2d. inverted watermark (2),21⁄2d. (3); plus a few earlier. Apparently all are unmounted mint. A fine and comprehensivecollection £1,200-1,500

x1211 1971-2009 (c.), a comprehensive collection of folded booklets 10p. to £2 neatly arrangedin five albums, two booklet albums and loose, contained in a carton, including left andright margins; also a large quantity of Barcode booklets with some duplication. Face value£4,000+. (hundreds) £3,000-3,200

x1212 1971- 2009, a duplicated selection of prestige booklets, contained in a carton, and twoalbums with exploded booklets and first day covers. Face value £747+ £460-500

1213 1997-2010, selection of thirty sponsored booklets, slightly duplicated, including 2003 “A Perfect Coronation”, fine. S.G. £892, face value £234+. Also a few others £140-180

USED ABROAD

1214 Collection on pages, eighty-nine stamps, including “A26” (Gibraltar) on 1873-80 4d.sage-green, “B32” (Buenos Aires) on 1867-80 9d., “C30” (Valparaiso) on 1867-80 9d.,“C35” (Panama) on 1873-80 4d. vermilion and 4d. sage-green, “C36” (Cartagena) on 1873-80 4d. sage-green, “C38” (Callao) on 1867-80 9d., “C51” (St. Thomas) on1867-80 2/-, 1867-80 watermark Cross 5/- Plate 2, 1873-80 4d. vermilion, “C61”(Porto Rico) on 1867-80 10d., 1873-80 4d. vermilion, “C81” (Bahia) on 1867-80 2/-,etc., strikes and condition mixed but many fine £1,500-2,000


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The majority of the lots offered in this section come from the Collection formed by Dr. Kelly Tighe, sold by Spink in October 1997

Mail From The Crimea

x1215 1854 (June)-1856 (24 Dec.) collection of nineteen envelopes or entires, from the Crimeaor surrounding areas to England or Ireland, nearly all with 3d. frankings made up byperforated 1d. Stars (a few with one or more stamps missing), one bears imperf. 1d. (3)and another bears perforated 1d. and 2d., all cancelled on arrival in London and mostlyshowing “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamps (types 1 or 2), some with contents withtranscripts giving detailed personal accounts of the conditions, experiences and variousmilitary actions; condition mixed in places but an interesting lot £1,000-1,500

x1216 1854 (29 July) stampless envelope to London, endorsed Via Marseilles and To beforwarded, rated “3” in manuscript, “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” c.d.s. on reverse; fine.Photo £250-300

x1217 1854 (6 Aug.) envelope to London, endorsed Via Marseilles bearing watermark SmallCrown, perf. 16 1d. (3) cancelled on arrival, on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” type1 datestamp for Aug. 9; small stain on front, otherwise fine £100-150

x1218 1854 (15 Sept.) entire letter headed “Eupatoria Bay”, addressed to London, bearingwatermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. pair and single (some defects) cancelled on arrival,the address panel inscribed “From M.I.H. British Artillery - Turkey”, faint “BRITISH ARMYPOST OFFICE” type 2 c.d.s. in blue-green on reverse; a long fascinating letter mentioningtroop numbers of the various contingents and their positions, engagements with theRussians, problems of food supply and the outbreak of cholera. Photo £250-300

x1219 1854 (22 Sept.) entire letter headed “Field of Battle Alma”, addressed to “The Countess ofMayo” in Ireland, inscribed “via Marseilles”, rated “3” and showing London transit andLavan arrival backstamps; a little soiled and self-adhesive tape repair on the reverse. Photo £220-250

x1220 1854 (18 Oct.- 17 Dec.) six entire letters from a soldier at Sevastapol to his mother inEngland, all bearing 1d. Stars to make up 3d. or 6d. rates (one with adhesives missing)cancelled on arrival in London, inscribed “From British Royal Artillery, Crimea” orsimilar, most with “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamps, type I (one being of a typewith thicker letters); the contents are mostly lengthy and give fascinating accounts of thecurrent position of the war; mixed condition £700-800

x1221 1854 (Nov.) - 1856 (March) selection of eleven entire letters or envelopes to England orIreland, without adhesives and rated “3” in manuscript, all with “POST OFFICE/BRITISHARMY” datestamps on reverse (all type 2, except one being the type 1 but with thickerletters, those with contents generally accompanied by transcripts, many of which makefascinating reading; condition a little mixed £1,200-1,500

x1222 1854 (8 Nov.) double letter sheet headed “Camp off Sebastapol” addressed to London,bearing watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. strip of three, cancelled on arrival, theaddress panel inscribed “From the British Artillery Camp off Sebastapol”, smudged BritishArmy P.O. type 2 c.d.s. in blue-green on reverse; very interesting and long, cross written,letter referring to the battle of Inkerman and the onset of harsh winter conditions (a weeklater the “Great Blizzard” wreaked havoc with the camps in the area). Photo £200-250

x1223 1854 (21 Nov.) envelope to Kent bearing Watermark Large Crown, perf. 16 1d. (3) withOxO cancellations, on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” c.d.s.; a trifle soiled and partof flap missing from reverse £150-200

x1224 1854 (7 Dec.) envelope with original contents, unstamped and rated “3” in manuscript,addressed to Wiltshire and showing “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 1 inblue-green of 8 December, the insert headed “Camp Balaklava” with interesting contentsmentioning the problem of keeping horses alive “my first charger dropped dead during ashort march four days ago”, the building of stables to alleviate the problem but not in timefor some brigades’ horses “but very few of the Light Brigade will be alive in a month Iexpect”. Photo £450-500


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x1225 1854 (24 Dec.) envelope to Basingstoke, bearing 1841 2d. (margins at places, faults) andwatermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. cancelled in London, the address panel rated “3” inmanuscript, the reverse showing a good strike of the “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY”datestamp type 1 in blue-green for 8 December; minor perimeter creasing. A rarefranking. Photo £400-500

x1226 1855 (15 Jan.) envelope to Lady Russell at Reading from her husband Sir Charles RussellBt., bearing watermark Small Crown perf. 16 1d. irregular strip of three cancelled by verylight strikes of the Crown between stars obliteration in black, the reverse showing fairstrike of the “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code A) in blue-green for 15January; fine. This lot is accompanied by a reproduction photograph of Sir Charles and acigarette card commemorating his actions at Inkerman which won him the Victoria Cross.Photo £250-300

x1227 1855 (24 Jan.) entire letter addressed to “The Earl of Mayo” in Ireland from his son,without adhesives and rated “3” in manuscript, the reverse showing a good strike of the“POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code A) in blue-green for 25 January, theletter headed “Scutari Barrack Hospital” gives a harrowing description of conditions there“A steamer came down the other day with sick, not provided with shot which is always sewnup with the dead body to make it sink immediately, consequently the bodies kept floating aboutwhen they were thrown overboard”; some cover faults but most interesting and with parttranscript included. Photo £350-400

Note: The type 2 datestamp was not proofed at the G.P.O. in London until late February1855

x1228 1855 (1 March) envelope to Miss Mary Russell at Reading from her father, Sir CharlesRussell Bt., bearing watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. (vertical pair and single), alsoan envelope dated 1855 (Oct.) from the same correspondence but to Lady Russellbearing watermark Small Crown perf. 14 1d. single, the envelope inscribed “Foundsticking to another letter”, both items were cancelled on arrival in London and bear noArmy Post Office datestamps but undoubtedly come from the Crimea, the latter waspresumably carried to England privately and put into the post in London; one stamp onthe first item defective but otherwise fine. Photo £300-350

Note: Sir Charles Russell was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Inkerman

x1229 1855 (26 March) envelope to Wales, endorsed “Via Marseilles” and “From British Armyin Crimea, March 26”, franked watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. strip of threecancelled on arrival, on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” type 1 datestamp for 26March in blue-green; fine. Photo £100-150

x1230 1855 (31 March) envelope to Ireland, inscribed “O.B.M., 77th. Regt. Crimea” at lowerleft, franked watermarked Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. strip of three cancelled on arrival inLondon, on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” type 2 datestamp for 31 March; also1855 (26 June) envelope from the same correspondence, similarly franked and endorsedwith on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” type 2 (code B) datestamp; a few small faults £200-250

Note: The manuscript initials on the address panels are those of Assistant Surgeon O.B. Miller

x1231 1855 (2 April) envelope to Scotland inscribed “Coolalie April 2nd” at lower left, bearingwatermark Small Crown perf. 14 1d. pair and single cancelled by faint strikes of theCrown between Stars obliterations in black, the reverse showing “POST OFFICE/BRITISHARMY” datestamp type 2 (code A) in blue-green for 2 April; the envelope perimeter andone adhesive a little defective. Photo £450-500

Note: The “Coolalie” inscription refers to Koulali. A convalescent hospital was set up there,against Florence Nightingale’s advice, and the patients admitted were ill rather thanconvalescing. The staff of nuns running the hospital were unable to cope and it was closedwithin a few months.


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x1232 1855 (June?) undated entire letter to “T. Angell Esqe., or Postmaster, Post Office, BritishHead Quarters” from W.H. Russell, the famous “Times” war correspondent, delivered byhand and without postal markings. Apparently written after the disastrous British attackon the Great Redan, the letter reads “Dear Angell, When sending back bearer with letters,etc., can you spare the time for a line to say if you hear anything about the cause of our failureetc. Poor Yea, poor Crocker, poor Snodgrass. God help us”; minor faults. The lot isaccompanied by reproduction photographs of the writer and recipient. Photo £400-450

x1233 1855 (14 June) envelope (with original enclosure) to Wiltshire, without adhesives andrated “3” in manuscript, the reverse showing a fine strike of the “POST OFFICE/BRITISHARMY” datestamp type 2 (code A) in blue-green for 14 June, the enclosure headed“Yenikali” with fascinating content including “All the fleet’s heavy boats are still up the seaof Azov - they started on Friday for Taganrog, which they were to burn and destroy utterly -it must have been immense fun”, suggestions as to the next most advantageous militaryaction to take and reports of the population of Kertch fleeing in fear “as they think theplayful Turks will commit all kinds of atrocities directly the English and French are gone”;some faults but a fascinating record. A full transcript is included. Photo £700-800

Note: The sender, Lieut. C.W. Heneage of the 8th. Hussars, was a survivor of the Charge ofthe Light Brigade and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle ofGwalior on 17th. June 1858

x1234 1855 (17 June) entire letter headed “Belsos Bay” addressed to Liverpool and inscribed“Via Marseilles”, showing a good to fine strike of the French Post Office“CONSTANTINOPLE/TURQUIE” c.d.s. and rated “1/1” (?) in manuscript, showing Londonand Liverpool datestamps on reverse; some light creasing and minor perimeter faults.Interesting content relating to the sender’s journey, the Turkish Sultan and the healthproblems caused by the outbreak of cholora. Photo £150-200

x1235 1855 (25 June) entire letter to England headed “Constantinople”, bearing watermarkSmall Crown perf. 16 1d. strip of three cancelled by light strikes of the Star betweenCyphers obliteration in black, the reverse showing “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY”datestamp type 2 (code A) in blue of 25 June (overstruck by arrival datestamp); the letter,from son to father, reveals that the sender is returning home disillusioned and bitterlycomments “I was present at the glorious (underlined) 18th of June. What a parody onWaterloo day. The men were sacrificed for nothing. I escaped untouched”. This was areference to the disastrous assault on the Redan which resulted in great loss of life on theallied side. The letter also mentions that the sender is returning home on board the“Orinoco” and the lot is accompanied by a small photograph of an engraving of the shipheld by the National Maritime Museum. Photo £500-600

x1236 1855 (16 July) envelope to England without adhesives and rated “3” in manuscript, thereverse showing a very fine strike of the “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2(code “C” inverted) in blue-green for 16 July; minor perimeter staining but otherwisefine. Photo £300-400

Note: Only about a dozen examples of the inverted code “C” datestamp are recorded

x1237 1855 (19 July) envelope to Dublin, franked Watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. stripof three, poorly centred and faults, endorsed 77th. Regt. Crimea, London “43” in barredoval arrival cancellations, unusually sealed in transit by the Post Office. Photo £150-200

x1238 1855 (10 Sept.) entire letter to Ireland bearing watermark Large Crown, perf. 14 1d. pairand single cancelled on arrival in London, the reverse showing a fine strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code B) in blue-green for 11 September; minorfaults. The letter headed “Camp before Sebastopol” describes its fall to the allied forces on8 September £120-150



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x1239 1855 (Oct.) envelope (opened-out for display) to Scotland, bearing watermark SmallCrown, perf. 14 1d. single and pair cancelled by light strikes of the Star between Cyphersobliteration in black, the reverse showing a slightly incomplete strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code “C” inverted) in blue-green with uncleardate; traces of staining and one stamp creased, otherwise fine. Photo £200-250


x1240 1855 (15 Oct.) envelope to Ireland bearing watermark Large Crown, perf. 14 1d.. stripof three, faintly cancelled in black, the reverse showing a very fine strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (inverted code “C”) in blue-green for 15October (the “15” inverted also); a few stained perfs., otherwise fine. Photo £250-300


x1241 1855 (20 Oct.) envelope with printed “Postmaster/to the Forces.” at lower left, addressedto the G.P.O. in London, bearing watermark Small Crown perf. 14 1d. strip of threecancelled on arrival in London, the reverse with a good strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code “B”) of 20 October and the flap with redimprinted “POST OFFICE/POSTMASTER TO THE FORCES” seal; some slight creasing andminor staining but otherwise fine. Photo £300-350

Note: The envelope is addressed in the hand of William Angell, the Assistant Postmaster atCrimean Army Headquarters. A reproduction photograph of Angell accompanies the lot.

x1242 1855 (21 Oct.) envelope with original contents sent from Lt. Clement Heneage to hiswife in England, without adhesives and rated “3” in manuscript, the reverse showing“POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code “B”) in blue-green for 23 October,the letter headed “Balaclava” mentions the fall of Kimburn, the departure for Scutari(where stabling for 6600 horses would be ready), the arrival of Paget’s brigade atEupatoria and their assumed destination of Ismid or Nicomedia, the expected Russianattack on either Tchernaya or Inkerman, and not least the grateful reception of a parcelfrom Fortnum’s!; slight creasing but otherwise fine and most interesting. Photo £800-1,000

Note: This item is accompanied by a reproduction photograph of Lt. Heneage. He was asurvivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade and later received the Victoria Cross at the Battleof Gwalior in 1858.

x1243 1855 (19 Nov.) envelope to Stockport, bearing watermark Large Crown, perf. 16 1d. and2d. tied by unclear strikes of the Star between Cyphers obliteration in black, the reverseshowing a fine strike of the “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code “C”inverted) for 19 November in blue-green overstruck by oily red London transit c.d.s.; theenvelope with slight creasing at left but otherwise fine. Photo £300-400


x1244 1855 (15 Dec.) envelope to the Isle of Wight, inscribed “48th. Regt. Officers letter,Crimea” at lower left, bearing watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. and Large Crown,perf. 14 2d. cancelled on arrival in London, the reverse showing a good strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code “B”) in blue-green of 15 December;minor perimeter creasing but fine. A rare combination franking £100-150

Note: The threepence privilege rate was not accorded to officers

x1245 1855 (date unclear) stampless envelope to Malta, endorsed Officers letter from the Crimea,rated “5” in manuscript, arrival c.d.s. on reverse; fine £150-200

x1246 1856 (1 March) envelope to Ashby de la Zouche franked watermark Small Crown, perf.14 1d. strip of three cancelled on arrival in London, on reverse blue “BRITISH ARMY/POSTOFFICE” datestamp, type 2, of 1 March 1856; fine. Photo £150-200



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1247 1856 (19 March) envelope (with blue embossed “COMMISSARIAT” on reverse) to Scotlandfranked Large Crown, perf. 14 1d. QG-QH strip of three cancelled “17” in oval of barson arrival in London, on reverse green Post Office/British Army c.d.s and boxed“FORTWILLIAM” (5.4.) marking; the strip affixed slightly overlapping the edge of theenvelope at top and a trifle soiled. Photo £150-200

x1248 1856 (7 April) envelope to Scotland, inscribed “Officer’s Letter” and bearing watermarkLarge Crown, perf. 14 1d. single and pair, cancelled by fine strikes of the Star betweenCyphers obliteration in blue-black, the reverse showing a good strike of the “POSTOFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code A) in red for 7 April; one stamp defective.This envelope was carried by the French ship Indus and is accompanied by an entire letterwritten in French from Kamiesch to Marseilles dated 5 April, which was carried on thesame ship and shows a fine strike of the black circular “INDUS” c.d.s. with incorrect dateslug for 8 March. An interesting pair of covers. Photo £200-250

Note: The threepence privilage rate was not accorded to officers

x1249 1856 (12 April) envelope to Ireland, without stamps, rated “3” in manuscript andinscribed “O.B.M., XI Hussars, Crimea” at lower left, the reverse showing a good strikeof the “POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY” datestamp type 2 (code B) for 12 April; minorperimeter faults and a short filing note on front at right but otherwise fine £150-200

Note: The manuscript initials on the address panel are those of Assistant Surgeon O.B. Miller.One hundred and ten men from the 11th. Hussars took part in the Charge of the LightBrigade and of that number only twenty-three returned alive and unhurt

x1250 1856 (28 April) envelope to Ashby de la Zouche franked watermark Large Crown, perf.14 1d. strip of three, cancelled on arrival in London, on reverse “POST OFFICE/BRITISHARMY” type 2, code B, for 28 April; stamps very slightly overlapping the edge at right, fine.Photo £150-200

Mail To The Crimea

x1251 1855 (29 July) envelope addressed to Lt. Col Cocks British Army in the Crimea, frankedwatermarked Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. strip of three with “252” barred ovalcancellations of Devonport; fine. Photo £200-250

x1252 1855 (9 Aug.) neatly addressed and most attractive envelope to “George Yates Esqre.,Assistant Surgeon, Turkish Contingent, British Army Post office, Constantinople, Turkey”,bearing watermark Large Crown perf. 14 1d. strip of three tied by Birmingham duplexcancellations; fine and most appealing. Photo £350-400

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x1253 1855 (28 Aug.) envelope addressed to Wm. Fosbery 77th Regt. Sanatorium BalaclavaCrimea, franked watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. pair and single with indistinctbarred oval cancellations, blue Chertsey datestamp on reverse, fine £100-150

x1254 1855 (12 Nov) printed prices current, addressed to Constantinople franked 1847-54embossed 1/- (4, all cut-to-shape) with London cancellations and red PD in oval, onreverse French Post Offices “CONSTANTINOPLE/TURQUIE” arrival (25.11); fine. Photo £250-300

x1255 1855 (1 Dec.) envelope addressed to Constantinople franked 1847-54 1/- green, cutsquare, touched or cut into on all sides, faults at top, tied by London barred ovalcancellation an with red PD in oval alongside, faults £100-150

French Army Post Office

x1256 1855 (14 July) entire letter to Malta headed “Kasach”, showing a good strike of thecircular “KAMEISCH/CRIMEE” datestamp, rated “3” in manuscript and with“CONSTANTINOPLE” backstamp, fine. Photo £120-150

x1257 1856 (12 April) envelope addressed to France, showing good strikes of the circular“ARMEE D’ORIENT/BAU CAL” datestamp and double lined “30”, transit and arrivaldatestamps on reverse; traces of soiling. Photo £120-150

Crimean Ephemera

x1258 1855 (10 Jan.) a piece (180x105mm.) bearing the signature of Omer Pasha(Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Army) and inscribed “A souvenir from Varna, 10January 1855” in Turkish; folded and with minor perimeter faults. This piece was part ofa page taken from the diary of Sir Algernon West. His memoirs, published under the title“Recollections” in 1899, include the passage “At Twelve o’clock we saw Omer Pasha, amagnificent looking man, very like his picture in the Illustrated News. He gave me hissignature and wrote under it ‘A souvenir from Varna’”. This lot is accompanied by anattractive coloured engraving of Pasha leading his troops, entitled “Passage of the Ingour,by Omar Pasha” £120-150

x1259 1856 (20 Feb.) envelope used from Nuneaton to Coventry, bearing watermark LargeCrown, perf. 14 1d. with printed and hand coloured surround showing the legend“ALMA/INKERMAN” and the British, Turkish and French flags; minor faults. Photo £250-300

x1260 The interesting group of collateral material, including contemporary newspaper cuttings;attractive coloured engravings of some of the major battles; maps of the areas; a FrenchArmy provisions order; original and reprinted examples of the post-war pictorial (“The past, The future”) unissued Peace envelope design; autographs with WilliamRussell, J. Brudenell (later Lord Cardigan), Fitzroy Somerset (later Lord Raglan), Dukeof Cambridge, Charles Gordon (of Khartoum), etc.; a group of fourteen entire letters orenvelopes from the war period but emanating from or to army camps or staging posts enroute to the Crimea; also a small ring binder containing typed and hand written researchnotes. An extremely useful lot £1,000-1,200

POSTAL STATIONERY

1261 1841 1d. pink envelope (with long enclosure), dated 25 Feb. 1841 (first month of usage)and with black Maltese Cross cancellation; small stain from the seal and the impressedstamp somewhat buckled owing to the enclosure, fine and a rare early date. Photo £120-150

POSTAL FISCALS

1262 P 1881 1d. colour trials in grey-blue, in claret, in dull purple and in brown-purple onwatermark Orb paper, gummed and perforated, some gum wrinkles, fine. Specialised£840. Photo £100-120

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1263 S 1914-22 2d. colour trials, in carmine, Bartolozzi brown and in blue-green, the set ofthree overprinted “SPECIMEN”, unmounted mint, fine and scarce. Specialised £450. Photo £100-150

GUERNSEY

1264 P 1980 (Oct.) Old Guernsey Prints (2nd series) 8p. Jethou, die proof of the central portioncut-out and affixed to paper. Fine. S.G. 249; also 1897 Diamond Jubilee labels 2d., 4d.and 6d. reprinted die-proofs, fine £80-100

JERSEY

x1265 P 1943-44 2d. orange-yellow, imperforate plate proof on gummed paper, part originalgum. Photo £120-150

IRELAND

1266 1922 (Feb.-Dec.) Provisional Government basic issues complete including (Feb.-July)red/carmine overprints, fresh mint; the (Oct.-Dec.) 10/- with a couple of short perfs.though generally fine. S.G. 1-51, £2,200 £200-250

1267 1922-23 1⁄2d. to 10/- and coil stamp set of four in vertical pairs with one in each showinglong “1” in “1922”, fine mint. S.G. 52-70a, £585 £100-150

1268 1922 (6 Dec.)-83 mint collection with the basic issues complete except Seahorses,additional items include some Definitive coil stamps, 1940-68 high value shades andPostage Dues; generally fine £100-150

1269 1922-60 used collection (215), with the basic issues, except 1922 (Oct.-Dec.) 10/-,complete, additional items include 1922 (Feb.-July) red/carmine overprints and 1923(Mar.) coil set of four each with long “1” in “1922” and Postage Dues; a couple of thehigh values with small imperfections though generally good to fine £300-350

1270 1925 narrow date 2/6d. to 10/-, 1927-28 wide date 2/6d. to 10/- and 1935 re-engraved 2/6d. to 10/-, mint; the 1935 5/- toned, the others fine with the 1927-2810/- unmounted. Cat. £900 £150-200

1271 1922-2012 mint and used collection housed in two albums, two stockbooks and loosecontained in a carton, many hundreds, including Fenian labels, 1937 St. Patrick 2/6d.,5/- and 10/-, 1948-65 Air set, 1957 Admiral Brown set, 1968-70 to 10/-, later issueswith values to €5, self adhesives, miniature sheets, sheetlets, first day covers, revenues,etc., chiefly fine £300-400

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Literature

1272 “The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840.” by CharlesNissen, the text privately bound in blue, the plates in folder; good to fine £200-250

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1273 Mint and used collection on pages, hundreds, including Channel Islands with Occupationissues, Guernsey 1969 set, Postage Due set, later with values to £5, Jersey 1969 set andPostage Due set, Isle of Man with values to £2, Regionals, etc., chiefly large part originalgum and fine £60-80


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1274 Duplicated used selection of perfins on pages, six approval booklets and loose containedin a carton, thousands, including ranges of all reigns, 1892 cover to Denmark franked1881 1d. (not perfin) and 1887 4d., a few high values with 1883 5/-, Edward 5/-, etc.,mixed condition £100-150

1275 1969-78 Royal Air Force Museum envelopes with signed, contained in a carton, includingForerunners (44), First Series Specials (8), Second (Squadron) (41) and Specials (11), AirDisplay (40), Co-ordinated (56), Escaping Society (21), Historic Aviators (7); also AirTraining Corps (19) and Miscellaneous Aviation (85). Generally good to fine. (332) £100-150

1276 2002-04 “Artists Cover” collection of forty-four artist signed covers housed in twoalbums, contained in a carton, fine £150-200

1277 1962-66 unmounted mint phosphor selection arranged on stockpages including 1962N.P.Y., 1963 Lifeboat Centenary, Red Cross Centenary, 1964 Geographical Congressand Botanical Congress; also Wildings with 1958-61 Graphite upright and invertedwatermarks, 1959 Phosphor-Graphite including 2d. error of watermark; generally fine.(119) £150-200

1278 1786-1988 mint and used collection in a red Simplex album, many hundreds, including1786 entire letter to Richmond Surrey with “GL” (George Lambert) handstamp onreverse, 1840 1d., 1842 entire letter with red Leith Paid datestamp, 1855 envelopefranked 1d. with Scots Local “PITT STREET” cancellation, 1906 postcard franked 1d. withColumbia trial cancellation, 1948 Silver Wedding £1, later issues, Postage Dues withvalues to £5, Regionals, etc., mixed condition £150-200

x1279 A specialised collection of Wildings in album with 1952-54 Tudor Crown set, coil joinswith values to 6d., 1955 Castles to £1, 1955-58 St. Edwards Crown set, coil joins withvalues to 6d., booklet panes and varieties, 1/6d. cyl 1. block, 1958-65 Crowns with somecoil leaders and cly. blocks. graphite and phosphor-graphite sets including 2d. error ofwatermark, 1960-67 phosphor with cyl. blocks, blocks, booklet panes, varieties andCastles; mounted or unmounted mint £200-240

1280 1986-2006, collection of first day covers and presentation packs housed in six albumscontained in a carton, including values to £5, booklets, etc., chiefly fine £200-250

1281 1946-2000 collection of errors and varieties housed in two green albums contained in acarton, over sixty items, including 1973 Christmas 31⁄2p. bright rose omitted, 1981National Trust 20p. perf. and colour shift, 1983 Army uniforms 26p. perf. shift, 1991Christmas 24p. Questa trial, 1994 Christmas 19p. imperf. pair, 2002 Christmas 2nd.imperf. vertical pair, etc., chiefly mint and fine £200-250

1282 A much duplicated selection in packets and loose contained in a carton, thousands,including 1967 2/6d. to £1 on presentation card signed Arnold Machin, 1977 £1, £2and £5 set of gutter pairs (5 sets), traffic light gutter pairs on first day covers, booklets,booklet panes, coil strips, Isle of Man, Jersey, etc., chiefly fine £200-250

1283 A small miscellany of early items with some postal history including 1849 Daily PacketList, 1840 1d. blacks (6) in mixed condition, some Penny Reds including covers and afew other items including 1859 free pass from the British Consulate in Rome which hasbeen duly signed and docketed in eight locations in Italy, including the Papal States andBritish Consulate Naples. An unusual and interesting lot £200-250

x1284 Collection arranged in an album including 1934 Block Cypher watermark paper (2, onehandstamped “CANCELLED” (type 28)), sample and proof booklet covers with uncutmultiples, 1954 (July 1954) advertiser voucher copy booklet, exploded, adverting panewith Harrison watermark, decimal folded booklets single value booklets miscut (10),1972 advert proofs (4); also a range decimal multi and single value coils. Mostly fine. (116items) £200-300

x1285 An accumulation of mostly mint, mainly sorted into packets in filing draws with issuesfrom 1953 to early decimal, a very good quantity in two cartons with many multiples andhigher values and would make a useful stock; also a carton of miscellaneous World withold collections, etc. £250-300


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1286 1835-1953, collection of covers/fronts housed in two in maroon albums contained in acarton, seventy-nine items, including 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet used to Croydon,1840 1d. black on entire from Gravesend to London, another from Witney to London,2d. on front or large piece to Windsor, 1855-57 6d. on entire letter to Spain, George VIillustrated first day covers, postal stationery with Telegram forms, etc., mixed condition £300-350

1287 A predominantly used selection housed in two stockbooks, on pages and loose containedin a carton, thousands, including 1840 1d., 1858-79 1d, and 2d. plate numbers, 1862-64 6d. on piece, 1880-81 5d. (5), 1918 Bradbury, Wilkinson 2/6d. (19), 5/- (48),10/- (3), 1934 re-engraved 2/6d. (47), 5/- (5), Officials, Postage Dues, etc., mixedcondition £300-400

1288 1840-200 (c.), a mixed mint and used duplicated accumulation housed in ten stockbooks,contained in a carton, including 1840 1d., K.G.V values to 1/- mint, K.G.VI values to£1 used and 1948 Silver Wedding £1 mint, later decimal issues with some blocks, etc.(thousands) £350-400

x1289 1952-71 mint collection housed in a green Lighthouse hingeless album, hundreds,including 1952-54 set, 1955-58 Waterlow 2/6d. to £1, 1955-58 set, early phosphorcommemoratives, Regionals, etc., chiefly fine unmounted mint £350-400

x1290 Mint and used selection on stockpages, including Queen Elizabeth issues with somebetter phosphor issues, Postage Dues, Post Offices in the Levant with values to 180pi. on10/-, etc., chiefly fine £400-500

x1291 A general collection in three albums with a few K.G.VI including high values in singles ormultiples, a good selection of commemoratives, the earlier issues are fine used and includethe phosphor sets, Machin definitives mint including booklet panes and blocks somemissing phosphor varieties including multiples, decimal issues to 1980 with values to £5traffic light gutter pair; also a large selection of commemorative values in cylinder or trafficlight blocks with some earlier phosphor values, Postage Dues with some better andRegionals. A clean lot £500-600

1292 1840-1969 used collection in white binder, hundreds, including 1840 1d., 1855-57watermark small Garter 4d., watermark emblems 1/-, 1862-64 1/-, 1867-80 9d., 10d.,2/- blue, 1875-80 watermark Spray 1/- orange-brown, watermark Garter 4d. vermilion,4d, sage-green, 4d. grey-brown, 8d., 1887-92 1/- dull green, 1925 Wembley, 1934 re-engraved 10/-, 1934-36 watermark sideways set, 1948 Wedding £1, etc., mixedcondition £600-700

1293 1840-1985 (c.) mainly used accumulation housed in three albums and two wooden cigarboxes, contained in a carton, including 1840 1d. (4), 1858-79 1d. plates largely complete(153), Surface-printed range some with neat c.d.s., 1883-84 high values to 10/-, Lilacand Greens values to 1/-, 1891 £1 green, 1902-13 values to 10/- with some shades,1913-19 Seahorses to 10/-. Condition mixed. (thousands) £1,000-1,200

1294 Special Event, coin and banknote covers, an extensive collection housed in eleven albumscontained in two cartons, many hundreds, including 2001 Victoria Cross cover withsovereign and replica Victoria Cross, 2002 Golden Jubilee first day cover with halfsovereign (2), another with sovereign, 2002 Elizabeth Fry with £5 note, label sheets, etc.,fine £1,100-1,300

1295 1840- 2006 mint and used collection housed in nine red albums contained in a carton,thousands, including 1840 1d., 1873-80 8d., Edward 2/6d. to £1 used, 1934 re-engraved 10/-, 1939-48 set, 1948 Wedding £1, 1951 2/6d. to £1, early phosphorcommemorative sets, later with values to £5 and £10, gutter pairs, traffic light gutter pairswith 1973 Royal Wedding, self adhesives, miniature sheets, Postage Dues, Frama labelswith covers, Regionals, etc., chiefly good to fine £1,100-1,300

1296 1841-1986 unused collection arranged in two albums including 1858-70 1d. platesselection (91), 1870 11⁄2d., plates 1 and 3, 1873-80 Large Garter 8d., 1883-84 Lilac andGreens values to 6d., 1887-1900 Jubilees to 1/- (both), 1902-13 to 1/- with shades,1912-24 to 1/-, 1924-26 to 1/-, 1937-47 1⁄2d. to 21⁄2d., inverted and sidewayswatermarks, 1939-48 set to £1, 1948 Silver Wedding £1, 1951 to £1; also three approvalbooks with mainly decimal issues. Condition mixed in places with some fine. (thousands) £1,100-1,300


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x1297 A general collection in Lighthouse album with issues to 1970, including 1840 1d. and2d., later Line Engraved with Penny Plates to 225, set of 1⁄2d. plates including plate 9;Embossed with shades (mixed margins); a well-filled, basic range of used Surface Printedwith values to 10/- (2); some K.E.VII with values to 10/- (2) and some unused; K.G.Vfrom Downey Heads, 1912-24 mint set with shades, 1913 Multiple Cypher pair used,Seahorses with values to 10/- (3), 1924-26 block cypher set mint; K.G.VI with values to£1 (3); a good section of Queen Elizabeth with the different Wilding issues, mostly mint,commemoratives generally fine used to 1966 and mint thereafter plus Postage Dues andsome others. A clean and attractive lot. £1,200-1,500

1298 1840-1975 mint and used collection in a green album, hundreds, including 1840 2d.,1841 1d. with numbers 1-3,5-8, 11 in Maltese Cross cancellations, 1847-54 1/- green,1855-57 with values to 1/- (2), 1867-80 2/- blue (3), 2/- brown (poor), 1867-83watermark Cross 10/- (poor), watermark Anchor 5/- plate 4, 1873-80 watermark Spray1/- orange-brown, watermark Garter 4d. vermilion, 4d. sage-green, 8d., 1883-84 whitepaper 2/6d. and 5/- part original gum, 1883 or 1884 6d. original gum block of four (a few small stains but fresh), 1948 Silver Wedding £1, later issues, etc., mixed condition,fine included £1,200-1,500

x1299 An early to modern accumulation housed in six assorted volumes, album leaves and loosein packets, etc., contained in a carton, including mint 1929 P.U.C. £1 (2, one used),1934 Re-engraved Seahorses 2/6d. to 10/-, 1939-48 Square high values (2), 1955-59Waterlow and De La Rue (unmounted) Castle high values, Decimal Machins study, and1914-82 Postage Dues complete mint and used and Regionals complete mint basic issues.Generally fine. (thousands) £1,800-2,000

1300 1840-1958 mint and used collection in Windsor album, hundreds, including 1840 1d.(2), 2d. (4), 1847-54 1/- (2), 10d. (2), 6d. (4), 1862-64 9d. (2), 1/-, 1867-80 9d. (2),10d. (3), 2/- blue (4), 1873-80 4d. orange-vermilion (profile clear cancellation), 4d.sage-green, 1883-84 10/- (3), 1883 or 84 5d., 6d. and 9d. (good colours), Edwards withvalues to 1/- part original gum, 10/- used, 1913 10/- indigo, 1915 10/- (3), 1918-1910/-, 1934 re-engraved set, etc., many very fine £1,500-2,000

x1301 An album of varieties, mostly mint, which includes Wilding 3d. tête-bêche (2), 3d. withtwo graphite lines at side (block of 4), 1964 Geographical 1/6d. inverted watermark (4),Botanical 9d. watermark inverted (4), 1965 Lister 4d. brown-red omitted (used), P.O.T.1/3d. watermark inverted (4), I.T.U. 9d. watermark plain and phosphor inverted (4each), 1966 World Cup 1/3d. plain watermark inverted (4), Birds Blackbird missing legsand Blue Tit missing bright blue (used), Battle of Hastings 4d. strips magenta omittedand grey omitted, EFTA 9d. green omitted and brown omitted, 1967 Paintings 4d.double perforations, 1969 Ships 5d. red omited and grey omitted, Anniversaries 1/6d.yellow-green and phosphor omitted, 1970 Architecture 1/- new blue omitted, 1970Literature 5d. block with silver virtually omitted and 1/6d. silver omitted; 1967-70Machins 5d. imperf. pair; decimals include 14p. imperforate, 1973 Painters 3p. goldomitted, Christmas grey-black omitted, 1977 Chemistry 11p. partial imperf in a cornerblock, 1994 Christmas 19p. imperf. pair, 1998 2nd. imperf. pair and 1st. imperf. pair(used) and several other multiples showing significant blind perforations; also misplacedperforations, missing phosphor, numerous positional and other varieties. A clean lot withhigh catalogue value, well worth examination. £2,000-2,500

x1302 1855-1963, mint and used selection on stockcards, hundreds, including 1855-57watermark small Garter 4d., medium Garter 4d. (2), 6d. (2), 1/- (3), 1862-64 3d., 9d.(2), 1/- (3), 1865-67 4d. Plate 10, 9d., 1867-80 9d., 10d., 2/- blue, 2/- brown, 1872-73 6d. pale buff, 1873-80 watermark Spray 4d. sage-green, 1/- orange-brown, 8d.,1880-83 1/-, 1883-84 white paper 5/- (2), 10/- (2), 1883 or 1884 with values to 1/-,1887-92 £1, 1912-24 9d. olive-green, 1915 De La Rue 2/6d. 1918-19 Bradbury,Wilkinson 10/- (used), 1934 re-engraved 2/6d. (3), 5/- (2),1948 Wedding £1, 19512/6d. to £1, 1955-58 Waterlow 2/6d. to £1, De La Rue 2/6d. to £1, Officials, etc.,mixed condition. Careful examination essential £2,000-2,500

x1303 1840-2000 (c.), mint and used duplicated accumulation housed in twelve stockbooks,album pages and loose, contained in four cartons, including used 1840 1d. (2), 2d. (2),1883-84 high values 2/6d. (8, one on small piece), 5/- (6), 10/- (5), 1902-13 to £1,1913-34 Seahorses to £1 with 10/- (15, one mint), and mint 1883-84 Lilac and Greensto 1/-, 1887-1900 Jubilees to 1/- with additional 1/- green, 1902-13 to 1/-, 1929P.U.C. £1; also Postage Dues large complete mint and used, Officials, and large quantitiesof booklets and first day covers. Condition very mixed with some fine. (thousands) £2,500-3,000


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x1304 An accumulation of issues from Q.V. to K.G.VI which includes a valuable stock of Q.V.issues on packets in filing drawers with issues from 1841 1d. with Maltese Cross, laterLine Engraved, some useful Surface Printed with several fine used noticed and with muchduplication of the different plates and with some unused and includes strong 1855-57with 6d. on azure paper, 1865-67 6d. inverted watermark, 1867-80 3d. plate 8 fine blockof four, 1867-83 5/- (6), 1883-84 2/6d. (29), 5/- (36) and 10/- (4), plus some unusedscattered throughout; some K.E.VII with values to 2/6d. (5); some useful K.G.V withbetter values unused in quantity, a group of Seahorses; K.G.VI with mint and some highvalues; other items in stockbooks and albums. An outstanding stock with many good tofine used items noticed and should repay careful examination £3,500-4,500

1305 1840-2012, mint and used collection housed in eleven maroon Lighthouse albums (oneempty), two stockbooks and five small folders, thousands, including a few prestampentires, 1840 1d. black (13, one on entire), 2d. (4), 1858 1d. plate numbers with 225,1847-54 embossed 1/- (2), 10d. (2), 6d. (2), 1862-64 9d., 1/-, 1867-80 2/- brown,1884 watermark Crowns £1 brown-lilac, 1887 £1 green, Edwards to £1, 1913 £1, 1929P.U.C. £1, 1948 Wedding £1 (2), a good range of later issues with miniature sheets,booklets, covers and first day covers, Alderney, etc., mixed condition £5,000-6,000

x1306 1847-1983 mint and used collection on pages and loose, many hundreds, including1847-54 embossed 1/-, 10d., 6d. all cut square, 186264 9d. (2), 1867-83 watermarkCross 10/-, 1883 or 1884 set part original gum, 1883-84 blued paper 2/6d. overprinted“SPECIMEN”, white paper 10/- (3), 1884 watermark Crowns £1 brown-lilac, 1888watermark Orbs £1 brown-lilac, 1887-92 1/- dull green, £1, 1902-10 1⁄2d. booklet paneof five plus St. Andrews Cross (2), 2/6d., 5/-, 10/- (3), £1 (2), 1913 Waterlow £1 (2),1913 watermark multiple Cypher 1⁄2d., 1d., 1918-19 Bradbury, Wilkinson 2/6d., 5/- and10/-, 1924-26 11⁄2d. booklet pane of four plus two labels (4, one overprinted“CANCELLED”, 1929 P.U.C. £1, 1934 re-engraved 2/6d., 5/- and 10/- part originalgum, 1934 1⁄2d. to 2d. watermark sideways set, 11⁄2d. booklet pane of four plus two labels(2), 1937-47 1d. booklet pane of six overprinted “CANCELLED”, 11⁄2d. booklet pane offour plus two labels (3), 1939-48 set, 1948 Wedding £1 (2), 1951 set, 1955-58 De laRue 2/6d. to £1, later issues, Booklets with 1911 2/- (manuscript on cover), 1929P.U.C. 2/-, 3/- (exploded), 1936 2/-, 3/- and 5/-, 1958-65 3/- (Aug. 1959) graphite,later with values to £4, booklet panes, Postage Dues, Officials, Regionals, a selection ofForeign countries (mostly forgeries), etc., mixed condition but a valuable and interestinglot £5,000-6,000

x1307 A general collection of Q.V to K.G.V in well filled Windsor album from 1840 1d.Mulready envelope (2), 1840 1d. (4) and 2d. (2, mixed), later Line Engraved, 1d. platesto 225 unused, 1⁄2d. and 11⁄2d. plates including unused, Embossed, a valuable section ofSurface Printed with 1855-57 4d. (11), 6d. (2) and 1/- (3); 1862-64 with 6d. and 1/-unused, used with values to 9d. (3) and 1/- (2); 1865-67 9d.; 1867-80 2/- unused, somefine used and with 10d. and 2/- inverted watermark, 1867-83 with 5/- (5) and 10/-;later issues with some unused; 1880-81 set to 5d. unused, 1883-84 2/6d. (2) and 5/-unused plus used values to 10/- with 2/6d. on blued paper, £1 Crowns and £1 Orbsused, Lilac and Green set (some mixed colours); 1887-1900 Jubilee set unused plus £1used; K.E.VII with values to £1 includes Harrison 1d. no watermark block of four; K.G.Vfrom Downey Heads with some multiples, 1912-22 set unused with varieties including1d. “Q” for “O”, 11⁄2d. “PENCF”; Seahorses including 1918 set of three mint; 1924-26Block Cypher set unused including 9d. inverted watermark, P.U.C. £1 mint, 1934 Re-engraved set mint plus some Officials. Condition is naturally a little mixed in places,nevertheless an attractive and valuable collection with very high catalogue value £10,000-12,000

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Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme means a VAT margin scheme as defined by HM Revenue & Customs;

Buyer’s Premium means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below;

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Expert Committee means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with clause 3.4.3;

Forgery means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as toauthorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the descriptionin the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordancewith the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/orrestoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling);

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2 SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT

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3 BEFORE THE SALE

3.1 Examination of goodsYou are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which youare interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports areusually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you otherthan in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.13 of these Termsand Conditions.

3.2 Catalogue descriptions

3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or madeorally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin,date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance,condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merelystatements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements ofdefinitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidanceonly, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone orcolour of any item. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds ofinaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue andonline shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring,margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from theillustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on asa statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot willsell or its value for any other purpose.

3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their beingin perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or givenby way of condition report make reference to damage and/orrestoration. We provide this information for guidance only and theabsence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free fromdefects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defectsimply the absence of any others.

3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, and in the absence of fraud,neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, areresponsible for the correctness of any statement as to theauthorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness orprovenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or forany faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested shouldexercise and rely on his own judg ment as to such matters.

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Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containingundescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less than

forty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement ofthe first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall havethe same effect as notice of an intention to question thegenuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms andConditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case ofForgery) shall apply accordingly.

3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required andspecify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subjectto agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, torefuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticityincluding (without limitation) where the proposed expert is notknown to us.

3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. Youacknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an ExpertCommittee to reach an opinion will vary depending on thecircumstances and in any event is beyond our control.

3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account ofcondition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults ordefects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificateof Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in thecatalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.

3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under theforegoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by theAuctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot.

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Our sales usually take place on our own premises or premises overwhich we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisableat our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises orattendance at an auction.

4.2 Registration before biddingYou must complete and sign a registration form and provideidentification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that weusually require buyers to undergo a credit check.If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you areregistering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require adeposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such depositwill be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you areunsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the samemeans it was paid to Spink.Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”,which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on theitem for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such anevent.


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4.3 Bidding as PrincipalWhen making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or byway of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online oremail bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will beaccepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at thetime of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a thirdparty buyer acceptable to us.

4.4 Commission BidsIf you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the formprovided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonableendeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not laterthan 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on aparticular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are thehighest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid wasreceived first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to othercommitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auctionmay be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this isundertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated,we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. Youshould therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain ofbidding.

4.5 On-line BiddingWe offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will notbe responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on theinternet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) aloss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) abreakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii)a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer orsystem. Execution of on-line internet bids is a free service undertakensubject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do notaccept liability for failing to execute an online internet bid or for errorsor omissions in connection with this activity.

4.6 Telephone BidsIf you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before thesale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable youto participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will webe liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.

4.7 Currency ConverterAt some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on theone month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays BankPlc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on thedate of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined byus, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currencyconverter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond ourcontrol either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on theconverter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shallnot be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following thecurrency converter.

4.8 Video imagesAt some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in itsoperation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either thecorrespondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of theimage as a reproduction of the original.

4.9 Bidding IncrementsBidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in thefollowing order although the auctioneer may vary the biddingincrements during the course of the auction. The normal biddingincrements are:

Up to £100 by £5£100 to £300 by £10£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.£600 to £1,000 by £50£1,000 to £3,000 by £100£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.£6,000 to £20,000 by £500£20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion

4.10 Bidding by Spink4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to

the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above thelow estimate printed in the auction catalogue.

4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchaseLots as principal.

4.11 The Auctioneer’s DiscretionThe auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bidto advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdrawor divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case oferror or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.

4.12 Successful BidSubject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marksthe acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid ishigher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of acontract for sale between you and the Seller.

4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Sellerwithin 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Sellerreserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium inaccordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller acommission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement.

4.14 Return of LotOnce your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to payfor that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If thereare any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days ofreceipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may thenrequest that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out inclause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund ofthe corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. Wewill not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received byus in the same condition that it was in at the auction date.

5 AFTER THE AUCTION5.1 Buyer’s Premium

In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’sPremium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer Price of each Lot.

5.2 Value Added TaxOther than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on theHammer price and the Buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω) lotsat the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at thereduced rate (currently 5% on the Hammer price and 20% on theBuyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by theabsence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20%on the Buyer’s premium only.

5.3 VAT RefundsGeneral5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they

have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date ofsale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VATinvoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, thenany refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases creditswill be made when proof of export is provided. If you export theLot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from theShipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made.

5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of exportcertificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail toreturn the proof of export certificate to us within such period andyou have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will beliable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and weshall be entitled to invoice you for this sum.

5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of exportcertificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment willbe made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed.

VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s

Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You mustcertify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country andthat the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3months of the date of sale.

5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT hasbeen charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may bepossible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 toHM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section,Londonderry.

VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme

and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 monthsof the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded.

5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold(g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refundedwhere evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’sPremium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as acollectibles dealer.

5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an ImportVAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is producedwithin 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both theHammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Whererequired, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specificform of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on theexport of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibilityin respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie withyou and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain suchcertificate.


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5.4 Payment5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address

and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any paymentsto us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprisingthe Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT)within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if youwish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be)required.

5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where specialarrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.

5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the followingmethods:II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set

out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you.Please ensure that your client number is noted on thetransfer.

i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltdand sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing chargesfor payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on anon-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that theremittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice isenclosed with your payment.

(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied.Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made bythe card holder in person whilst on our premises.

5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not bythird parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registrationthat you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.

5.5 InvoicesInvoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero ratedLots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme;Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†),imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammerfor EU VAT registered buyers.

5.6 Collection of Purchases5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots

purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, havebeen paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots whenthey wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have beenmade with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be releaseduntil cleared funds are received with regard to payments made bycheque.

5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us willbe covered in accordance with our policy which is available forinspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of sevendays or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After sevendays or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lotwill be entirely at your risk.

5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to acceptresponsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes inatmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.

5.7 NotificationWe are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. WhileInvoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not acceptresponsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You arerequested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possibleafter the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoidincurring charges for late payment.

5.8 Packing and handling5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when

handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that afterseven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, theLot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at theback of the catalogue.

5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any ImportDuties that may be incurred upon importation to the finaldestination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order toavoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of anyCustoms import restrictions that prohibit the importation ofcertain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) underthese circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s)seized or destroyed by Customs.

5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other thanthe invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion ofSpink.

5.9 Recommended packers and shippersIf required our shipping department may arrange shipment as youragent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, oursuggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of suchparties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whomwe have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the thirdparties concerned.

5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated

payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exerciseone or more of the following rights or remedies:

5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compoundinterest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the fullamount is due;

5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group mayowe you in any other transaction the outstanding amountremaining unpaid by you;

5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or otherproperty in the possession of the Spink Group until you havepaid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if theunpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property.Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amountoutstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall havethe right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. Weshall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstandingto us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you;

5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the SpinkGroup in respect of different transactions, to apply any amountpaid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particulartransaction, whether or not you so direct;

5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or onyour behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting anybids.

5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall inaddition be entitled:

5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to youat the same or any other auction;

5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, ifthis results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balancefrom you together with all reasonable costs including a 20%seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissionsand premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales orotherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to makepayment; or

5.10.2.3 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit.5.11 Failure to collect

Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale,whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay astorage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling costthat may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until alloutstanding charges are met, together with payment of all otheramounts due to us.

5.12 Export Licence5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed

provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise youin relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibilityin respect of any export will lie with you and we will not beresponsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences.

5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may berequired to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiverdocument stating that a licence will be applied for.

5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is requiredbefore exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within twoor three weeks but delays can occur.

5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wishto apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation tomake payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest onlate payment.

5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on yourbehalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursementsand out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, togetherwith any relevant VAT.

5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund anyinterest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is madeby you despite the fact that an export licence is required.

5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you

if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in thecatalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall nothowever be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) thecatalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction datecorresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars orexperts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict ofopinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgeryonly by means of either a scientific process not generally acceptedfor use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which atthe date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticableor likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, youshould note that this refund can be obtained only if the followingconditions are met:5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the

receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is aForgery;

5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen daysfrom receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at theauction date; and


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5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you mustproduce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery andthat you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any thirdparty claims.

5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any morethan the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shallhave no claim for interest.

5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of beingtransferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom theoriginal invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when soldand who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot withoutdisposing of any interest in it to any third party.

5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process toestablish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such processwas used or in use at the date of the auction.

6 LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for:6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or

fraudulent misrepresentation.7 COPYRIGHT

7.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, videoor otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an imagewill belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever waywe see fit.

7.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relatingto a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall havethe right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allowanyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material withoutour prior written consent.

8 VATYou shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that ofthe Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues.Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseencost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you willreimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred.

9 NOTICESAll notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally,sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the otherparty. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on thesecond working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifthworking day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will bedeemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.

10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONSThe following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting forthe purposes of your business. 10.1 Limitation of Liability

Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (includingfor negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentationor otherwise for any:10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or

similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss ofcontract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or

10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss,costs, damages, charges or expenses.

10.2 SeverabilityIf any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to beinvalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and therest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to thefullest extent permitted by law.

10.3 Force majeureWe shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayedin performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions orfrom carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidentsbeyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes,lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforceor the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service ortransport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, maliciousdamage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule,regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery,fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

10.4 Waiver10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only

effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstancesfor which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising anyright or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shallconstitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, norpreclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exerciseof such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exerciseof that (or any other) right or remedy.

10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising underthese Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not excluderights provided by law.

10.5 Law and Jurisdiction10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising

out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall begoverned by, and construed in accordance with, the law of Englandand Wales.

10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England andWales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute orclaim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms andConditions or their subject matter.

Postal Charges

Prices for books(items sent by this method are not covered by insurance)

Prices for all other items including postage and packaging

Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have tobe sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier servicesare required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please [email protected] for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition tothe above charges.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Charging of (VAT) at AuctionThe information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends toaccount for VAT.

i. Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’

Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of anyVAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not besubject to VAT on the Hammer Price.

2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme toVAT–registered businesses, the VAT included within the Buyers’Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day,we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the HammerPrice and the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registeredbusinesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to thenormal rules for recovering input tax.

ii. Zero-Rated LotsLimited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT inthe United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ MarginScheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’spremium.

iii. Daggered LotsLots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20%on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.

iv. Starred and Omega LotsLots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% onthe Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear theOmega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price andon the Buyer’s Premium. Such Lots bear VAT because the Lot is liable forVAT at this rate on importation into the EU.

v. Investment Gold LotsLots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the HammerPrice and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund ofVAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proofof business as a collectibles dealer.

vi. Imported LotsLots which are marked (x) and Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω)have VAT charged on the Hammer Price and Buyers’ Premium becausethey have been imported into the United Kingdom from outside the EU.In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which ineffect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has beensold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer and is liable to paythe import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you and pay it to HMCustoms and Excise on your behalf.

Invoice Value UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to £1,500 £10 £15 £20

Up to £10,000 £20 £30 £40

Above £10,001 £20 £50 £60

Weight UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to 1kg £8 for any weight £12 £15

Up to 2kg £8 for any weight £18 £25


BANKNOTES

5/6 December World Banknotes London 1303414/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 31818 January Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1401015/16 April World Banknotes London 14008

SALE CALENDAR 2013/2014

The above sale dates are subject to change

Spink offers the following services:– VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –– SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

STAMPS

12 December Great Britain Stamps and Postal History London 1304419 January Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1401125 January The Collector’s Series Sale Lugano SW100925 January Sicily – Selection of Rarities Lugano SW101025 January Switzerland – Selection of Classic Philately Lugano SW101128 January The Award Winning “Medina” Collection of India, Part IV London 1401428/29 January The Collector’s Series Sale London 14015

COINS

2/3 December Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1301514/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 31818 January Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 1401026 March Specialist Islamic Sale London 1401226/27 March Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 14004

MEDALS

21 November Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 1300324 April Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 14001

BONDS AND SHARES

28 November Bonds and Share Certificates of the World London 1301714/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 31816 January Bonds and Share Certificates of the Americas New York 31918 January Coins, Banknotes, Bonds and Share Certificates of China and Hong Kong Hong Kong 14010

AUTOGRAPHS

5 December The Bruce Lee Memorabilia Sale Hong Kong 1305114/15 January The Collector’s Series Sale New York 318

WINES

17 January An Evening of Exceptional Wines Hong Kong SFW04

GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Olivier D. Stocker

YOUR SPECIALISTS

STAMPS

UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill GrangerPaul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro

USA - George Eveleth Richard DebneyEUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez

CHINA - Anna LeeCOINS

UK - Mike Veissid Paul Dawson Richard Bishop William MacKayEleanor Charlotte Dix Tim Robson Edouard Wyngaard Barbara Mears John Pett

USA - Stephen Goldsmith Greg ColeBANKNOTES, BONDS & SHARES

UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew PattisonUSA - Stephen GoldsmithEUROPE - Peter Christen

ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA

UK - Mark Quayle Oliver PepysBOOKS

UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer MulhollandAUTOGRAPHS

USA - Stephen GoldsmithWINES

CHINA - Anna Lee Guillaume Willk-Fabia

YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO)

Chairman’s OfficeMonica Kruber Charles Blane

DirectorsTim Hirsch Anthony Spink

Auction & Client Management TeamMiroslava Adusei-Poku Eleanor Ball Luca Borgo Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti John Winchcombe

Kenichiro Imase María Martínez Maurizio Schenini

FinanceAlison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Billy Tumelty Dean Dowdall

IT & AdministrationBerdia Qamarauli Leszek Woronowicz Liz Cones Curlene Spencer

Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi

YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK)

Chairman EmeritusJohn Herzog

Auction Administration and Marketing & DesignSonia Alves Luke Mitchell

Finance & AdministrationSam Qureshi Ingrid Qureshi

AuctioneerStephen Goldsmith

YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE)

Vice ChairmanAnna Lee

AdministrationAngie Ihlofung Amy Yung Newton Tsang Raymond Tat Gary Tan


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