PLATE 1a - VERY RARE "FIRST SUNDAY" COVER - 10 May 1840 env. (light toning, light creases including just through the corner of the stamp) to Edinburgh franked with 1d black FA (double letter F) plate 1a, four margins, tied by light and crisp red MX, part London Chief Office evening duty cds on the back clearly dated the 10th and clear "MAY/11 M/1840" Edinburgh morning duty cds. Recorded and part illustrated on pages 120/1 of May Dates (which indicates 19 covers known at the time of writing; ex HR Harmers Feb. 1938 sale. 2010 RPSL cert. Gibbons Specialized (AS 2d/te) £ 60,000
Royal William Stamps Ltd. Item#:94 Booth #522
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$24,950.00

Plate 7 - With Stonehaven double lined Maltese Cross in red. Bottom margin tight but clear. Full clear cancel Gibbons Specialized (AS 46uj) £ 4,500
Royal William Stamps Ltd. Item#:95 Booth #522
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$2,495.00

Plate 9 - With Manchester fish tail Maltese Cross in black. Large balanced margins, clearly showing the distinctive cancel. Gibbons Specialized (AS 56uf) £ 1,400
Royal William Stamps Ltd. Item#:96 Booth #522
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$950.00

Plate 12 - With Wotton-Under-Edge Maltese Cross in black. Margins cut into, with a very fine almost full strike of this rare cancellation. Gibbons Specialized (BS 1tw) £ 6,000
Royal William Stamps Ltd. Item#:97 Booth #522
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$2,550.00

1848, Charles Whiting Arts Journal composite essay, four designs, the first being an embossed Queen Victoria cameo and PAID in rose oval, below two Royal Cypher designs bordered by fancy engine-turned background and the text "Principle Suggested / Beaufort House", at bottom an ornately-designed "VR" further bordered by intricate scrollwork, the four surrounded by detailed embossing, on reverse a green and red design with "PRINTED BY / CHARLES WHITING / BEAUFORT HOUSE / STRAND, LONDON / FOR PROTECTION AGAINST / FORGERY", approximately 8.5" x 11", from the 1848 Arts Journal, a few trivial marks at corners likely from prior mounting, not detracting from the piece's dramatic visual appeal.

Charles Whiting Charles Whiting was the well-known printer of Beaufort House in the Savoy, London and was an early and noted advocate for Rowland Hill’s campaign for postal reform. Whiting made several submissions to the Treasury Competition of 1839, using what was known as the Congreve Process, a complex method of interlocking plates that was an exceptional defence against forgery.
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:171 Booth #714
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$1,695.00

1842, Charles Dickens signed cover, franked with two 1d red, tied by black Maltese Cross, "1 Granville" and red "Too Late" handstamps struck on front, Stratford (Oct 21) and Great Malvern (Oct 25) backstamps, to Captain Granville, the original address in Dickens' hand crossed-out and re-addressed to Barnard's Green, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, with clear signature of Dickens at lower left, horizontal file fold through stamps and faults to back flap clear of postmarks and of no importance given the scarcity and visual appeal of this desirable cover.

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Volume 3, 1842-3, includes a letter from Dickens to Granville dated October 1842, in which Dickens expresses a number of colourful opinions, including about Canada, when he writes "Of course there is no place like old England. There never was, and never will be. What has a rational man to do with Canada? Nothing at all. Nobody who “calls himself a gentleman” - here I quote our Theatricals, which have come to be like a dream - has anything in common with such outlandish parts."
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:172 Booth #714
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$2,995.00

1900, Boer War hand-illustrated cover, franked with 1d lilac, tied by Field Post Office c.d.s. (JY 3), to Bristol, with c.d.s. arrival b/s (JY 27), well-executive pencil sketch appearing to depict Paul Kruger being caned by Earl Kitchener, some toning to stamp, a desirable Boer War cover.
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:173 Booth #714
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$295.00

1900 (circa), Boer War hand-illustrated postcard, depicting a battle scene with Boer soldiers, one being chased & bitten by a dog, unused, charmingly-executed, a lovely addition to a Boer War collection.
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:174 Booth #714
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$165.00

1911, hand drawn comic street scene cover, franked with 1d Downey Head, tied by Walworth c.d.s. (JY 12), to Miss F. Linden, No. 39 Cromwell Grove, depicting a well-executed and whimsical street scene, a lovely sketch, attractive and fine.
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:175 Booth #714
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$345.00

1918, hand-drawn woman’s portrait cover from Ripon Camp, franked with 1-1/2d King George V, tied by Ripon Camp c.d.s. (24 JY), lovely hand-drawn and coloured portrait of a fashionable young woman, with red artists' initials at lower left, an unusual example posted from a First World War training camp, charming and fine.
Christopher Green Ltd. Item#:176 Booth #714
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$295.00

Plate 5 with neat black MC cancel, 3 wide margins. F-VF, light crease. Init G-A
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:Y2285 Booth #715
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$175.00

Penny Black tied by black MC cancel on cover with Liverpool 16 Mr 1841 b/s. Addr to Ruthin. Has red wax seal on reverse. VG-F
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:X5739 Booth #715
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$300.00

QV Ten Shilling with SON Southampton Head Telegraph Office 20 Au '91 CDS cancel. XF, minute pinhole
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:M3774 Booth #715
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$150.00

Attractive example of Plate 2 with SON red MC cancel. Shows a bit of adjoining stamp at top. F
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:U7749 Booth #715
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$300.00

Lovely 3 Volume collection neatly arranged and written up on pages in springback albums, from 1857 up to 1973. Many extras here selected for shades, cancels, multiples or as mint and used. Contains QV Jubilees and Edwards with fresh colours, Wildings incl Graphites, some early Phosphor commems, QE commem mint Cylinder Blocks, nice range of QE Machin Heads incl High Values, etc. We noted 313-6 QE cach CORONATION FDC, 309-12 (2 - $125), etc. Much here for the specialist. Majority F-VF (Many 100's)
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:P4664 Booth #715
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$1,000.00

£1 Silver Wedding corner block. Fresh, VF, NH, a few separated perfs
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:A6663 Booth #715
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$150.00

One Pound SILVER WEDDING neatly tied by Edgware 26 Ap 1948 cancel on Reg'd FDC to London. F
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:U7759 Booth #715
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$85.00

Scarce mint QV Six Pence. Fresh rich colour, F, OG
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:H6720 Booth #715
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$800.00

Unused One Penny Mulready Letter Sheet (#A77). Has owner's imprint on the face. F, light crease
Vance Auctions Ltd. Item#:Y2475 Booth #715
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$200.00