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10002

Uniform Penny Post, First Official Day of Use: wrapper bearing "P1" manuscript notation in purple, indicating prepayment of one penny, further "1d paid" in black at lower left, struck on reverse with "Rugeley" double-arced despatch of 10 January, 1840, London double-lined tombstone in red (11 JA) on front, to London, fresh and fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10003

Uniform Penny Post, Second Day of Use: small cover, struck with London octagonal PD datestamp in red (11 January), used by the Chief Office of the Two Penny Post, further partial double-circle PAID marking, sent within London to St. Mary Cray, neatly-struck "Too Late" and red c.d.s. receiver backstamp (13 January), some edge toning, an unusual second day usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10004

1839, 1d red and white composite paste-up essay, attributed to James Bogardus, built up from cut-outs in red and white paper with hand-drawn "1" at centre and "1/2 oz / Penny" below, originally discovered among the papers of Rowland Hill, a mere thirteen singles and two blocks of four recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index, fine and rare.rnProvenance: Ex. Mariner Collection, Spink, 17 December 1997, lot 1053. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF4,600.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10005

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, 1d. red and blue on wove paper, Congreve Method essay, margins ample to clear, small paper wrinkles at upper left, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF600.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10006

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, 1d. black and red on wove paper, Congreve Method essay, large balanced margins, attractive and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,400.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10007

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, composite essay of five in red and black, 105mm x 142mm, printed using the Congreve Method of using separately inked interlocking plates to allow simultaneous printing in two colours, demonstrating how Whiting printed the examples he presented to the Parliamentary Commission, and later used to promote his printing business, the odd trivial tone spot, else a remarkably fresh and scarce essay. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,600.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10008

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, oval embossed essay in green on ungummed white wove paper, with "V (Crown) R / POST OFFICE / 1D / HALF OZ" in centre, margins well clear of design, the odd trace of toning, else fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10009

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, embossed essay in carmine-lake, 1862 reprint on wove paper, with PAID above uncrowed Queen, wonderfully fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF180.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10010

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, embossed essay in rose using Wyon`s head, with POSTAGE ONE PENNY above Queen, cut to oval, 29mm x 28mm, small pinhole, scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10011

1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, Harwood`s Envelopes, sheet in green, 26mm x 21.5mm, adhesive-reinforced folds on reverse, repaired diagonal tear and other small edge faults, still a scarce essay. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF320.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10012

1837, London District Post, John Dickinson, 1d. yellow-buff envelope essay, on Dickinson silk thread paper, engine-turned background, designed as a protection against forgery, fresh and fine. Huggins E1arnThese essays were submitted to the Commissioners of the Post Office in 1837, and later re-submitted for the 1839 Treasury Competition. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10013

1837, London District Post, John Dickinson, 2d green letter sheet essay, on Dickinson silk thread paper, engine-turned background, designed as a protection against forgery, fresh and fine. Huggins E1brnrnThese essays were submitted to the Commissioners of the Post Office in 1837, and later re-submitted for the 1839 Treasury Competition. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10014

1840, 1d. black background trials, the so-called "Genesis Plate", plate proof on India on soft white card in black, from an original pull taken in 1825, with ornate engine-turned design by Perkins & Heath, from which the background for both the 1d. Black and 2d Blue was taken, some spotting mostly confined to borders, otherwise a fine example of this rare and important trial. Gi DP9 = £30,000rnrnIn 1822, Perkins & Heath executed a bank note plate in hardened steel, for submission to the Bank of England in hopes of obtaining a printing contract. In 1825, a proof was pulled in black for a book which included potential designs for security bank notes, with the plate being used for subsequent reprints in 1827 and 1838, followed by later colour reprints in 1937.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF8,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10015

1840, the First (Later Rejected) Die for the One Penny Stamp, on India paper on soft white card, completed with the addition of "POSTAGE ONE PENNY" in sans-serif letters, hinge remnants on reverse of no importance given the exceptional desirability of this fourth and final stage of the ultimately rejected die, fine and rare, with 2016 P.T.S. Expertising Ltd. certificate. Gi. DP7 = £95,000+rnrnProvenance:rnCollection Colonel Bates, H.R. Harmer, December 3-5, 1934.rnrnIn January, 1840, Charles Heath was commissioned to engrave the Queen`s head onto a security background previously deemed suitable for postage stamps. A number of states of this die were prepared, based on the drawing by Henry Corbould. Ultimately, the die was abandoned as the background was deemed too light, and the Queen`s head too lightly engraved, thus resulting in a poor transfer from the die. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF25,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10016

1840 (January), combination proof in dark blue on wove paper, showing five impressions of the fourth stage of the first (later rejected) die, together with five impressions of the first stage of the accepted die, showing the cleared space prior to the engraving of the Queen`s head, from an experimental plate made for comparison of the two backgrounds, as well as for a trial spacing between impressions, the occasional small and trivial edge flaw at left and right sides, of no consequence to the impressions, a choice example of this exceptionally rare proof. Gi. DP11 = £150,000rnProvenance: Ex. A. Phillips Collection, Stanley Gibbons auction, 17-19 February 1972, lot 493; Ex. The "Yorkshire" Collection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF70,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10017

1840 (March), 1d. Black, Master Die Proof, on India paper, mounted on soft card, cut to stamp size, showing the addition of the words POSTAGE and ONE PENNY, the four corner squares left blank, cancelled with "London W.C." squared circle, central horizontal crease, yet a die proof of great philatelic significance, one of the few such examples recorded in private hands, illustrating the stage at which final approval could be given to the design that would become the world`s first adhesive postage stamp, this being the unique recorded cancelled example; with 2004 Royal Philatelic Society London certificate. Gi DP17arnrnA mere six examples (cancelled in favour for J.W. Palmer, a London Stamp Dealer at 281 Strand in 1886) of this Master Die Proof are recorded, with even fewer available to collectors. Three are held in instituional collections, with two examples found in the Royal Philatelic Collection, and one in the R.M. Phillips Collection at the Postal Museum (London). A further three are recorded in private hands, two of which, including the example offered here, are in the Beresford-Wylie Collection.rnrnProvenance:rnCollection Shaida, Harmers Auctions SA, Lugano.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF35,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10018

1871, 2d Ormond Hill die proof, retouched in sage green on soft card, 59mm x 59mm, showing blank lower corners, stars in upper corners, light abino impression of "NEW DIE" lettering above, some light discoloration and small imperfections to card, but a most rare (just two such die proofs in green recorded in Karl Louis Card Index) and attractive die proof. Gi. DP46 = £18,000.rnProvenance: Chartwell Collection, Spink 12 Dec. 2012, lot 67 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF4,500.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10019

1840, 1d. Rainbow trial, State 1, from position 2 of the sheet, orange-red on white wove paper, large even margins, scarce and fine. Gi. DP20(1) = £3,500 (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,500.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10020

1840, 1d. Rainbow trial, State 2, position 5 and 6 of the sheet, bright pink on white wove paper, clear to large margins on three sides, including sheet margin at left, touched along foot, bright colour, a scarce trial. Gi. DP20(2)c.rnProvenance: Sugden Collection, Robson Lowe, 27 July 1951, lot 46 (then part of a block of eight, positions 1 to 8). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10021

1840, 1d. Rainbow trial, State 3, deep blue on white wove paper, large balanced margins, showing trace of cancellation and evidence of subsequent official attempt at removal, fine. Cert RPSL (2001). Gi. DP20(3)b (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF900.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM