GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS continued... GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 76 1840 1d Black, QA plate 4 used with a red Maltese Cross, huge even margins, an exceptional stamp. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £220-260 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 77 1840 1d Blacks, SF plate 5 and IH plate 6, good to large margins, used with red Maltese Crosses. (2). Photo on Page 12. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £240-280 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 78 1841 (Mar 26) Entire letter posted within London bearing a 1d black PA plate 5 with good to large margins cancelled by a fine Maltese Cross in black, light receiving office handstamp just tying the stamp, vertical file fold at left well away from the stamp, otherwise fine. Est. £120-140 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 79 1840 1d Black, AF plate 6, watermark inverted, good to large margins, fine used with a black Maltese Cross. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 80 1840 1d Black, BD plate 7 used with a red Maltese Cross, large even margins, very fine. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 81 1840 1d Blacks comprising EC plate 1b, HL plate 2, QJ plate 3, CF plate 6 and OI plate 9, good to large margins, all used with red Maltese Crosses, EC possibly with a pressed vertical fold, HL with small thin and CF with small repair at upper corner, the others fine, also 1841 1d red brown FJ plate 41 with "J" flaw fine used. (6). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 82 1840 1d Blacks used with Maltese Crosses in red (5) or black (3), two with four small to good margins, the others all very close or touched at one side, also a plate 9 1d red. (9). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 83 1840 1d Black EI plate 5 and 2d blue NH plate 2 fine used with four good margins, also 1841 1d red unused (three margins, cut into at right) and 1841 2d blue with large margins used. (4). Photo on Page 12. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 84 1840 2d Blue, TF - TG plate 1 pair, good to large margins, each with a superb black Maltese Cross, TF with vertical crease, still a stunning looking pair. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 85 1840 2d Blue, SK plate 2 with large margins, used with numeral cancel "805" of Torquay, a late use with this cancel (introduced in 1844), rare so fine. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 86 1840 2d Deep full blue, TI-TJ plate 2 pair, small to large margins, each with a fine red Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 87 1843 (Feb 23) Long entire from Hounslow to Holborn bearing 1840 2d blue plate 1 GB-GD strip of three, small to large margins, each with a black Maltese Cross cancel, large Hounslow country sorting office type datestamp on the front, vertical file folds well away from the stamps. A good late use of the 1840 2d on a letter of 2-3oz. Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 88 1843 (Sep 14) Small cover from Walmer franked 1840 2d blue plate 2 IH, three margins, just touched at base, tied by a very smudged black Maltese Cross, addressed in the Duke of Wellington s handwriting to "The Countess of Witton, Heaton Park, Manchester", the reverse with "WALMER" undated circle and red wax seal impressed with the Dukes arms. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 89 1841-79 Line Engraved issues, the accumulation with studies of 1d red stars and 2d blue plate numbers on pages, some stamps still on 1970s Robson Lowe auction cards with mint 1d stars, 1d and 2d pairs and strips, a few covers, later QV issues including 1d lilac imperf imprimaturs (2), etc. (100s). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 90 1841 1d Pale red-brown, HJ plate 18, small to good margins, with the distinctive Wotton-Under-Edge Maltese Cross in black, very scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1981). S.G. £4,500. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £700-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 91 1842 1d Red-brown, EJ plate 30, good to large margins, with a virtually complete strike of the distinctive Channel Islands Maltese Cross in black, rare this fine. With B.P.A Certificate (18994). S.G. £7,500. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £2,000-2,400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 92 1847 1d Red-brown plate 75, LK with Union Jack re-entry, four margins, used with Scottish "311" numeral of Stow. S.G. £3,000. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 93 1848 1d Red-brown, plate 78, SA-SL singles with the inverted "S" variety, SJ with three margins, SF and SK touched or very close on one side, others with four margins, all used, an uncommon complete set of all twelve stamps from the S row. S.G. £2,100. (12). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 94 1849 1d Red-brown plate 90, LE-LF pair each handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 1, good to large margins, unmounted mint original gum, exceptional quality. S.G. BS79s, £4,000+. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 95 1850-51 1d Reds from plate 105, SA-SL singles with the inverted "S" variety, SB and SG touched on one side and SH very close at left, others all with four margins, all used, an uncommon complete set of all twelve stamps from the S row. S.G. from £2,160. (12). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 96 1849 Insurance letter and form posted from London (Jan 29) to Highworth franked 1d, turned and posted from Wallingford (Feb. 3) to Oxford, again turned and posted from Oxford (Feb 4) to Highworth with a second 1d red applied to the original address panel, turned and reposted for a third time (Feb. 5) from Highworth to London with a further 1d red. An exceptional item, posted four times with four 1d reds applied to three address panels (one used twice), folded to display all stamps on a single page. Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 97 1841 2d Blue trial printing without letters in the lower corners, large margins, partial upper margin, very fine. S.G. DP43, £1,500. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 98 1841 2d Blue plate 3, MG-MJ strip of four all with good to large margins, each with the distinctive Maltese Cross cancel of Norwich in black, scarce on the 2d value, especially in a multiple such as this. S.G. £5,200 as singles. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 99 1841 (Dec 21) Entire from London to Perth bearing 1841 2d blue RA plate 3 (four margins) tied by a black Maltese Cross, this plate 3 2d very rarely seen used in 1841, fine, with R.P.S Certificate (2002). Photo on Page 14. (Image1) Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 100 1851 2d Violet blue, EH-EI plate 4 pair on thicker lavender tinted paper, used with huge margins, very scarce so superb. With B.P.A Certificate (1977). S.G. £3,000+. Photo on Page 12. (Image1) Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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