Sale No: 309
Lot No:1234
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Imperial Airways 'Scipio' Crash at Mirabella Bay, Crete 1936 (Aug. 22): Group of nine covers to Ireland bearing diff. handstamps 'DAMAGED BY SEAWATER' (diff. types) or labels as 'The accompanying item was salvaged from the wreck of the Air Lineer 'Scipio', including mail from New Zealand, (Nierinck type i, black), India (Nierinck type g) and Lahore together with rare original Associated Press photo showing rescue of the remaining five passenger and the three crew members Nierinck 360822. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:1240
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Imperial Airways 'Cygnus' Crash at Brindisi, Italy 1937 (Dec. 5): Group of six envelopes to Ireland bearing diff. handstamps as 'DAMAGED BY SEAWATER IN AIRPLAIN ACCIDENT' or 'DAMAGED BY SEAWATER' applied on mail from Palestine, India with official mail of Jodpur Government, further mail from Singapore and Rangoon with the accompanying ambulance envelopes as well as one from Sydney Australia, all neatly mounted and described on album pages Nierinck 371205. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image)

1837: "Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability" by Rowland Hill, book published by Charles Knight & Co., 22 Ludgate Street, London; from the personal collection of Sir Rowland Hill, with black on white ex libris label adhered to inside of title page reading; "Presented by Lady Hill and the Members of the late Sir Rowland Hill's Family, in accordance with his wishes. Bertram House, Hampstead, November, 1880." Book is complete with 104 pages including the appendix, rebound with spine in gold tooled red Morocco, in exceptional condition, an exquisite item, of immense historical importance being Sir Rowland Hill's personal copy and having the ultimate philatelic pedigree.rnRemark: Rowland Hill (1795 to 1879) married Caroline Pearson (1796 to 1881) in 1827, they had four children together: three daughters; Eleanor, Clara and Louisa, and one son named Pearson in acknowldement to Caroline's family name. Lady Caroline Hill was originally from Wolverhampton. Bertram House, Hampstead, was the home of Sir Rowland Hill for 30 years. In 1883, Pearson Hill, against stiff opposition from wealthy local residents, sold Bertrams House and three acres to the hospital board, enabling the house to be used as a nurse's home and later the site for the Royal Free Hospital. In 1906 the Georgian buildings were demolished." rnProvenance: Ex. Sir Rowland Hill Estate, Bertram House, Hampstead, 1880. rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:1272
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1840,1 d. black Mulready envelope, stereo A164, First Day Cover, addressed to St. John's College, Oxford, cancelled by neat red Maltese Cross, the side flap opened for display and showing very fine upright Charing Cross datestamp 6 May 1840 in red; being the first day of issue; minor wear along edges, a rare and appealing first day usage. Gi ME2 = £ 18'000. rnReference: "May Dates: A Survey of Penny Blacks, Twopenny Blues, Mulreadys and Caricatures Used During May 1840", by Mike Jackson, page 245.rnProvenance: Bedford or Hopkins collection, Robson Lowe, London, 15 Dec 1948, lot 77; Ex. G. B. Horton Collection, Robson Lowe, London, 18 May 1965, lot 104; Ex. J. M. Jackson Collection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

Sale No: 309
Lot No:1273
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Imprimaturs 1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered TC from the base of the Imprimatur sheet, ample to large margins all round and in a clear and distinct shade, taken from the second registration sheet, unused. Rare - only stamps AL, SC-SL and TA-TL were removed (22) from the 'After Hardening' Imprimatur sheet. Light horizontal bend at top not remotely affecting the wonderful appearance. Extremely rare and most attractive. Cert. RPSL (1985) Gi = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Board of Inland Revenue collection, Robson Lowe, London, 17 Dec 1975, lot 1195rnRobson Lowe, London, 16 July 1985, lot 55; Phillips, London, 9 June 1988, lot 139rnRobson Lowe, London, 9 May 1990, lot 2rnHabsburg-Feldman, Zurich, 27 Nov-1 Dec 1989, lot 30044rnSpink, 17 Dec 1997, lot 138rnCollection Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves, 15 March 2001, lot 30. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered LC, used, variety "Watermark Inverted", cancelled by a red Maltese Cross cancellation, four good to large margins although fuzzy edged to the side of the top of north west, scarce. Gi = £2'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered MC, a used example with variety "Watermark Inverted", good to large margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. Trivial thin spot on Queen's nose mentioned for complete accuracy, nevertheless a very fine example of a rare stamp AS5hl = £ 2'000 /Gi = £ 2'500. rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 14 July 1985, lot 608. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 3, lettered BA-EA, used vertical strip of four, cancelled a red Maltese Cross, four margins all round, close to large in places, very fresh printing, strong colour, CA has a hole just north east of center, light horizontal fold between middle stamps, otherwise very fine; multiples of three or more are extremely scarce, vertical examples more so, a rare and attractive example. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered OL, four good to large margins, used cancelled by smudged black Maltese Cross, showing on the reverse a light offfset printing of two penny blacks with margin between, most unusual and scarce. Cert. RPSL (2016).rnrnProvenance: Ex. Edward Klempka Collection, Spink, 7 December 2022, lot 152. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1840, 1 .d black, plate 7, lettered HA, used, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, exhibiting a dramatic vertical pre-printing paper fold, cut into in places and has a vertical scissor cut at lower left, extremely rare and eye catching. Cert. RPSL (1992).rnrnProvenance: Lady Mairri Bury Collection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered RE, used, cancelled by a centrally struck superb example of the London 'Broken Points' Maltese Cross in black, scarce on 1 d. blacks, showing the most complete version of this affected cross with all four points of the diamond with breaks, four margins, top have faint horizontal crease, otherwise fine and what is an exhibition quality strike of this distinctive Cross. rnRemark: Rockoff/Jackson record the use of this cross, on dated covers, between 1840 and 1842, although the six illustrations shown in their book are on covers dated between February 1841 and August 1841. SG list the London 'broken points' Maltese Cross under the use of the 1841 1 d. reds plate 12 to 131, within the "Distinctive Maltese Cross Cancellations (in Black)" section.rnReference: "Encyclopaedia of The Maltese Cross Cancellations of Great Briatin and Ireland", Volume 1, by Rockoff & Jackson, page 164.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered EH, Re-entry, used, cancelled by a fine Maltese Cross in red, four margins, slightly irregular along base, although large to top and right side, showing the classic re-entry marks in the corner squares, a fine example. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 2 d. deep blue, plate 1, lettered SK, used, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, four close to very large margins, strong vibrant colour, fresh stamp and most attractive, scarce this fine. Gi = £1'200. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered NC, Re-entry, used, cancelled by black Maltese Cross, four margins, close at top of right side although part of NB to left, a good to fine example. Gi = £1'250. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1840, 2 d. deep blue, plate 2, lettered BL, used, cancelled by black Maltese Cross, four close to large margins, a fine example. Gi = £1'400. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)