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315

168var

1880 2d pale rose. Very fine right hand marginal imperforate imprimatur, the key positional example annotated at the time with the plate number ‘2’ and the date of removal from the sheet ’13.IX’ (13 September). Scarce. SG168var Cat. £550 (Image)

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168

1880 2d pale rose. Very fine well centred unmounted o.g. block of four. SG168 Cat. £1650 (Image)

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317

1882 ½d Hand painted essay. Very fine example lettered AB painted in lilac and Chinese white on thin tracing paper, mounted on stout white paper, defaced with a manuscript cross. Thought to be originally part of De La Rue’s Third Scheme. Scarce, unique in private hands. Cat. £8500. (Image)

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318

T18var

1876 £5 Telegraphs die proof. Very fine example printed in black on white glazed card (90 x 62mm) with uncleared plate number and corner squares, dated at top left in manuscript ‘Nov 17, 1876.’ and annotated ‘BEFORE HARDENING’. Scarce. SGT18var Cat. £3250. (Image)

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319

c. 1830 Printer’s engraving sample. Superb sample of the engravers craft by Perkins Bacon & Petch, showing two ornate circular frames the size of the then current sixpence coin, engraved within in microscopic text, the ‘Ten Commandments’ on the left and ‘The Creed’ on the right. Printed in black on white wove paper (70x56mm). Scarce. (Image)

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320

c.1853 Queen’s head Postal Fiscal die proof. Very fine die II example in black with uncleared surround on white wove paper (64x79mm), endorsed in pencil manuscript ‘2’ at upper right. Ex Sydney Cowper archive. (Image)

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321

c.1870 Engraved Die Proof. Very fine proof od the Queen’s head (21mm tall) in black on wove paper (70x85mm). Possible by Perkins Bacon and associated with the 1879 tender. Unusual. (Image)

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322

c.1880 T. Jeffery’s Essay Sheet. Very fine example in green on thin gummed paper (195 x 84mm), printed by lithography and showing four designs for the 2d (one similar to the issued design) and one hexagonal design for the 3d. Three vertical filing folds, as usually seen. Scarce. Wiseman spec. F8c. (Image)

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323

64-167

1857-80 GB Used Abroad. Fine selection of QV surface printed issues cancelled at BPO’s overseas, some mediterranean offices such as Malta, Constantinople etc. but predominantly from offices in the Foreign West Indies and South America. 80+ stamps including 4d SG94 x13 SG152 x3, SG153 x7, 6d SG69-125 x19 8d SG156 x2, 9d SG110 x4, 10d SG112 x4, 1s SG150 x11, 2s SG118 x5, 5s SG126 x2. Noted offices include Belize A06, Buenos Aires B32 (in blue), Arica C36 (in blue), Coquimbo C40, Havana C58, Bahia C81, Savanilla F69, Arroyo F83 and Ponce F88. Some faults but well above average overall for this type of material. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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324

62-168

1855-1882 Postal History. Very fine collection of 45 covers, predominantly surface printed items to overseas destinations including Sweden, Norway, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, USA, India, Ceylon, Argentina and Mauritius. Numerous combination and multiple frankings including several three colour frankings, ‘insufficiently prepaid’, ’More to Pay’, ‘Registered” and ‘late-fee’ items also noted. An interesting selection in far better overall condition than usually seen and worth viewing.

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325

1855-1881 GB Surface printed collection. A fine group of sixty four surface printed examples from the remainder of the collection including eleven unused examples and the majority of the rest used (one cover). Including some of the more difficult shades of certain issues, coloured cancellations and a few tender/dummy stamps. Well worth viewing.

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION & TREASURY COMPETITION

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1839 Campaign for Postal Reform by James Chalmers. A superb example of this rare circular entitled "A Comparative Statement of the Expense of Stamped Envelopes with Stamped slips" printed on very thin white paper outlining the benefits of pre-paid stamps to be affixed to an envelope or wrapper with four examples of the proposed labels at foot in denominations of 1d (Half ounce weight), 2d (One ounce), 4d (Two ounce) & 6d (Three ounce). A magnificent example of this very rare essay of which only five or six examples are believed to exist in private hands. 2010 BPA Cert. Ex. "Mayflower". Cat £15,000. (Image)

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1838 John W. Parker Lettersheet. Superb example of the ‘Cambridge Bible Warehouse’ variant of this rare lettersheet that was distributed in the 1838 ‘The Post Circular’. Exceptionally fine quality. Cat. £5000 (Image)

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1839 Robert W. Siever Treasury Essay. Fine example with crisp embossing and engine turning in red and blue, complete on original printed insert originally stitched in No.65 of the ‘London and Westminster review’. Some wear along folds nevertheless still a very presentable example. Cat. £5000 (Image)

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1840 Charles Whiting Treasury Essays. Very fine piece showing the lower four embossed essays from the pamphlet circulated with the March 1840 ‘London and Westminster Review’, two printed in blue and two in colourless relief. Couple of minor tones at lower left. Scarce. Cat. £2000 (Image)

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c.1839 Charles Whiting ‘Beaufort House’ Treasury Essay. Very fine example printed in red and black using the congreve method of interlocking plates’. Scarce. (Image)

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c.1839 Charles Whiting Treasury Essays. Very fine sheetlet of three essays, The top pair printed in red & blue and blue respectively introduced the idea of check letters with ‘CW’ in the lower corners. Light horizontal fold crosses the lower essay nevertheless a very presentable piece printed on wove paper (123x158mm) and is not the reprinted version from the 1844 Art Journal. Scarce. (Image)

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c.1839 Charles Whiting Essays. Group of three essays, No.10 Post Office essay in red and blue (cut close and mounted on card), small ‘Beaufort House/Post Paid’ essay in red and black, and a ‘Robt. Low & Son/Strand’ essay in red and blue (toned at lower left). Interesting group. (Image)

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c.1840 Charles Whiting ‘PAID’ Embossed Essay. Very fine example showing the uncrowned Queen’s head set in an ornate oval frame, printed in bright-green on a white envelope (130x82mm). Central vertical fold to envelope well clear of essay. Scarce. 2008 RPS Cert. (Image)

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c.1840 Charles Whiting 1d Embossed Essay. Very fine example in deep green on soft white paper (22x24mm) showing the adopted Wyon crowned portrait, within an ornate oval frame inscribed ‘POSTAGE 1d. HALF OZ.’. Scarce. 2010 BPA Certificate (Image)

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