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**GREAT BRITAIN » 1840 MULREADYS & CARICATURES**
Lot	Symbol	Catalog No.	Descrip	Opening
40000			The Famous “Lady Louis” Cover to Malta 1841 (Jan 9) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A151, sent from Bristol to Lady Louis in Malta and uprated with five 1840 1d black pl.5 (strip of 4 and single) and three 2d blue pl.1, mostly with clear margins, tied by orange MCs, with “No.17” hs adjacent and despatch bs, two stamps repaired and the address panel slightly toned, a highly attractive and rare combination franking of the 1d black and 2d blue Just over 50 Mulreadies sent abroad are recorded with only a dozen uprated with 1840 1d blacks or 2d blues One of the great covers of British philately and a superb exhibition item Expertise: Cert. BPA (1998) Provenance: Cowan, Grunin and Gross Estimate: £ 40’000 – £ 50’000 Get Market Data for [Great Britain A151] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	SOLD for GBP 55,000.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40001			Uprated Mulready to India 1840 (Sep 30) 2d Mulready envelope, stereo a209, sent from Bristol to India and uprated with five 1840 2d blue (strip of 2 and vertical pair) all with fine to large margins, tied by red MCs, reverse with Bristol, Bombay, Agra and Cawnpore ds, slightly soiled, highly attractive and rare franking Just over 50 Mulreadies sent abroad are recorded with only a dozen uprated with 1840 1d blacks or 2d blues A Line Engraved and Mulready rarity which has graced some of the finest collections Expertise: Cert. BPA (1996) Provenance: Daisy, Pichai and Gross Estimate: £ 20’000 – £ 30’000 Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	SOLD for GBP 44,000.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40002			1840 (Oct 30) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A68, from Folkstone to London with red MC (showing some double lines), a couple of filing folds, fine	SOLD for GBP 340.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40003			1840 (Oct 27) 2d Mulready lettersheet with “London, Edinburgh and Dublin Life Assurance” advert inside (SG M127e), sent from London to Bury St. Edmonds with orange red MC, Lombard St. ds, minor soiling, scarce advert on 2d Mulready	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40004		ME3	1840 2d Mulready unused lettersheets (3), stereos a97, a99 and a104, fine to very fine Get Market Data for [Great Britain ME3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	SOLD for GBP 240.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM

**GREAT BRITAIN » 1840 1D BLACK AND 1D RED PLATES 1A TO 11**
Lot	Symbol	Catalog No.	Descrip	Opening
40005			WITHDRAWN	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40006			1840 1d Black plates 1a to 10 used (one of each), all four margins (excl. 1b just touched), all very fine (11)	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40007			1840 1d Black pl.1a GD with fine to very good margins, red MC, a few small tone patches otherwise fine	SOLD for GBP 60.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40008			1840 1d Black pl.1a IF with fine to very large margins, faint MC, vertical crease and corner crease at right	SOLD for GBP 70.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40009			1840 1d Black pl.1a JA left marginal with inscription “ards the RIGHT HA”, just touched at lower left, neat red MC, very fine Expertise: Cert. BPA (1974)	SOLD for GBP 320.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40010			1840 1d Black pl.1a JG, with fine to good margins, unused, very fine and fresh	SOLD for GBP 850.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40011			1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a NH, good to large margins, red MC, tiny thin spot in margin caused by paper impurity drop out, very fine	SOLD for GBP 80.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40012			The Earliest Cover from Russia Known with a Postage Stamp 1840 (Nov) Pre-philatelic letter datelined St.Petersburg, RUSSIA, bearing a straight-line “Franco” and “St.Petersburg, 10.NOV.1840” (Julian Calender), rated on reverse “61 1/2” kop and “1/8” (the rate to England via Prussia), but without any transit markings, addressed to Cox’s Hotel London, England, where it was rated “N1/8”, arriving on December 6, 1840 (Georgian Calender); it was re-addressed by the Hotel to Kearsney-Abbey and an 1840 1d black pl.1b BB was added and tied by a red Maltese Cross, bearing London ds of December 7 on reverse. An outstanding showpiece being the first Russian-origin cover bearing a postage stamp, and a unique usage of a Penny Black on a redirected cover from Russia Expertise: Cert. Holcombe (1995), BPA (2014) Estimate: £30’000-£40’000	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40013			1840 1d Black pl.1b GL right marginal with inscription “Per Row of 12. £1..”, no margin at left, red MC, fine	SOLD for GBP 500.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40014			1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1b MB with fine to good margins unusually cancelled by small red circle, small corner crease, fine	SOLD for GBP 180.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40015			1840 (Sep 29) Wrapper sent locally in Edinburgh with 1840 1d black pl.1b QH, good to large margins, tied by red MC with Edinburgh bs, very fine	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40016			1840 (Aug 13) Entire from Eton with 1840 1d black pl.2 BL good to very good margins, tied by red MC with Windsor cds below, fine	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40017			1840 1d Black pl.2 FA left marginal with inscription “t to remove the Ce”, otherwise fine to good margins, faint red MC, crease in margin, fine and rare marginal example	SOLD for GBP 480.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40018			1840 (Oct 4) Wrapper from Sunderland to London with 1840 1d black pl.2 KI, good margins, tied by red MC, reverse with despatch and arrival ds, fine	CLOSED Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM
40019			1840 1d Black pl.2 NH with fine to good margins, red MC, slightly discoloured	SOLD for GBP 50.00 Closing..Dec-11, 12:00 PM