Great Britain, 1857, sent to the consular postal expedition in the Moldavia-Walachy, folded letter with a strike of London maltesa cross 27 JY/1857 to Jassy 5/8 in blue on reverse, taxed with 6 pence in red crayon and 21 Silbergroschen in blue ink, shipped to Aachen, the Prussian railway, Lemberg and Cernowitz/Bukovina, an interesting transport route, VF! Schätzpreis 1.200€. (Image)

Estimate € 1200

Great Britain, 1840, 1 d., intense black, One Penny black, lettered T-F, plate 1B, neatly cancelled by red MC, large to very large margins, very rich black shade and exceedingly attractive, XF! Schätzpreis 650€. (Image)

Estimate € 650

Great Britain, 1840, 1 d, black, wmk crown, plate 2, letters F/B, with neatly red Maltesa Cross, very good to jumbo margins, VF-XF! Schätzpreis 420€. (Image)

Estimate € 420

Great Britain, 1840, 1 d., black, lettering A/F, plate 7, with red Maltese Cross, from the upper margin with part of imprint, good to very wide margins, desirable and very attractive, VF-XF! Schätzpreis 1.200€. (Image)

Estimate € 1200

Great Britain, 1840, 2 d., pale blue, lettered I/A, plate 1, imprint D SIDE OF THE LETTER, with neatly strike of red Maltese Cross, good to wide margins, very desirable and attractive, with cert Eichele, XF! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000

Great Britain, 1840, 2 d., blue, plate 1, lettred N-E, on folded letter, used with black M/C from MUSSELBURGH to EDINBURGH, good to wide margins, very fresh and appealing, cert. Proeschold, XF! Schätzpreis 2.800€. (Image)

Estimate € 2800

Great Britain, 1857, 3 JAN, letter from Manchester to Aleppo/Syria endorsed with forwarding notation, CARE OF MR BELFANTI ALEXANDRETTA SYRIA, endorsed VIA MARSEILLES with French entry cds cds, On arrival two line POST FRANCAISE DALEP and straight line TAXE in blue, BEYROUTH SYRIE backstamp, vertical filling crease, XF! Schätzpreis 450€. (Image)

Estimate € 450

Great Britain, 1876, £ 1, DIE PROOF in black on glazed card, with void corners and without plate number, dated OCT31, 1876, in black at the upper left corner and BEFORE HARDENING in black at the upper left one, very fresh and unique final step of the stamp production process, ex De La Rue archive, XF! Schätzpreis 1.500€. (Image)

Estimate € 1500

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, 1 d., Mulready black, sent from BIRMINGHAM/MY 27/1840 (reverse) to Paris, the letter was charged with 10 d. which was paid by the sender (m/s 10 at upper left) and in France taxed m/s in black ink with 15 Centimes for the domestic mail, struck with red Maltese Cross, PAID/LONDON/ MAY 28 transit and oval P.-P., late Ma-date from the first month, one of two black Mulready's to France, a brilliant copy with desirable clear notes and cancellations for the connoisseur, XF! Schätzpreis 30.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 30000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, black mulready from BASINGSTOKE to London with red late fee charge of 1 d. at lower right, some ageing and two small tears mentioned for full accuracy, still attractive and very rare, VF! Schätzpreis 5.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 5000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, 1d black PL.6 (paying an additional 1d late fee) in combination with 2d Mulready Envelop (Forme 1, Stereo a 210), very fine example sent from LONDON to SALOP, both neadly cancelled by red MCs, backstamped with a LONDON LOMBARD ST JA.11.1841, some peripheral faults nevertheless a spectacular and extremely rare uprate franking, one of two recorded, ex Grunin and Mayflower, cert, BPA, XF! Schätzpreis 80.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 80000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, FORES'S MILITARY ENVELOPE, magnificently fresh and attractive envelope, SUP! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, FORES'S DANCING ENVELOPE No 3, magnificently fresh and attractive envelope, SUP! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, FORES'S RACING ENVELOPE, some ageing, still fresh and attractive envelope, SUP! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, FORES'S COMIC ENVELOPES No 1, very fresh unused and magnificent envelope full of character, XF! Schätzpreis 3.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 3000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, Spooners No 8 Mulready caricature very fine used example of this rare envelope sent from CANTERBURY to BLACK ROCK, DUBLIN, Prepaid by 1d red brown PL 31 on reverse neatly tied by black MC DEEMED overweight and endorsed with handstruck 2 postage due mark at the top alongside a light BLACK ROCK OC.23.1843 in blue, a boxed NO 6 handstamp, backstamped by a CANTERBURY dispatch, LONDON transit, DUBLIN arrival OC.20-22.1843, and another boxed NO 6, there are only 2 other examples recorded by Jarvis & Hahn, very attractive and scarce, RR! Schätzpreis 22.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 22000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, Spooners No 6 Mulready caricature very fine used from CARLISLE to LONDON, bearing a lightly struck CARLISLE 1 PAID handstamp in red and a LONDON PAID tombstone datestamp for JA.13.1843, deemed overweight and endorsed MORE TO PAY followed by a handstruck 2 at the top, and a second handstruck MORE TO PAY, applied in London followed by a second 2 at foot, backstamped in CARLISLE and LONDON 12 and 13 1843, only five other examples and one frond is recorded, very attractive and scarce example! Schätzpreis 16.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 16000

Great Britain Mulready and Caricature, 1840, Spooners No 2 envelope, very fine used example sent from DUBLIN to TRIM, bearing a red manuscript 1 and a red boxed DUBLIN PAID datestamp for AU.26.1840, only 6 examples recorded, this envelope is illustrated on page 55 of the book British Pictorial Envelopes, Very rare and scarce! Schätzpreis 16.000€. (Image)

Estimate € 16000