GREAT BRITAIN continued...
1840 PENNY BLACK continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1072 |
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 Plate 1b GK re-entry, four good margins, bold fine black MC, small corner crease. (1) (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1073 |
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 Plate 1b IC/EF horizontal strip of four, mixed margins, IF - closed tear at top. (4) (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1074 |
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 1840 1d black Pl.2 horizontal pair BI/BJ on a wrapper from Farr, Sutherland to Dornoch, bearing on reverse 'FARR/S.O' h/stamp in black. The adhesives clear to good margins, tied by black Maltese Cross of Thurso with Thurso
d/stamp on reverse FEB.25.1841. A scarce use of blacks from the very North of Scotland. (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-350
Starting Bid £ 300
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1075 |
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 1840 May 22nd entire letter from London to Marlborough, franked 1d black Pl.2 MD, good to large margined example, tied with fine orange MC, with 'T.P/Holhorn Hill' h/stamp alongside, reverse bears MY.22.1840 c.d.s. Attractive
May date cover. (1) Cat. £2500. (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-400
Starting Bid £ 350
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1076 |
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 1840 1d black group of six, good to fine four margin examples with Pl.1b NH (small thin), Pl.2 OB, Pl.3 CI & NE, Pl.8 FF & Pl.10 BK.
(Image)
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Estimate £ 300-350
Starting Bid £ 300
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| 1077 |
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 Plate 4 LJ, good to large margins, cancelled red MC, vertical crease. (10 (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-80
Starting Bid £ 50
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| 1078 |
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 Plate 5 CF, good to large margins, tied to small piece by the distinctive black Manchester MC, note - a small scissor cut through 'O' of 'POSTAGE' (hardly detracts), clear RPS Cert. 1987, Cat. £900. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1079 |
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 Plate 5 EF, unused re-gummed example with three good margins, just cut into at top left & small corner crease, still an attractive penny black. (1) (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-400
Starting Bid £ 300
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| 1080 |
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 1840 (Dec 25) cover from Liverpool to Market Harborough, franked Pl.5 NA/ND horizontal strip of four (for up to two ounces), good to large margins on three sides, just cut into at base, tied red MC, filing crease at right
through ND. Scarce multiple on cover especially on CHRISTMAS DAY. (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-400
Starting Bid £ 300
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1081 |
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 1841 12th Jan entire letter from York to Holborn, London, franked Pl.6 MG with four good large margins, tied red MC, York despatch Jan 13, London receiver Jan 14 marks on reverse, cover free from usual filing folds. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-130
Starting Bid £ 100
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1082 |
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 Plate 6 PE, grey-black, unused with traces of gum, four close margins. (1) SG.3, Spec.AS43, Cat. £16,500+ (Image)
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Estimate £ 700-800
Starting Bid £ 700
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1083 |
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 1841 envelope from Campden to Brislington, franked 1d black Pl.8 ME, four margin example tied by very fine black MC, obverse bears fine Campden c.d.s. for MR.24.1841, reverse shows Bristol receiver for 25th. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-180
Starting Bid £ 150
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1084 |
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 1841 July 3rd cover from Tunbridge Wells to London, franked 1d black Pl.9 LK/LL horizontal pair, just touched at top & cut into right side of LL, otherwise good margins, tied black MC, reverse bears despatch & receiving marks
for 3rd & 4th July. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1085 |
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 Plate 10, fine group of eight adhesives containing a single 1d black MC (QC), a matched pair (CJ) 1d black cancelled by a red MC (State 1) and a 1d red-brown (SG.7, State 2 'O' flaw corrected) alongside a horizontal pair of 1d
blacks (GK-GL) matched with a horizontal strip of three 1d red-browns (GJ-GL), SG.7. A lovely study of this difficult Plate. (8) (Image)
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Estimate £ 600-700
Starting Bid £ 600
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1086 |
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 1840 1d greyish black Pl.11, very fine fresh envelope sent to Bedford bearing a four margined Pl.11 PL, neatly tied by a crisp black MC, b/stamped by a Bedford arrival c.d.s. for MR.31.1841. A very rare cover of undoubtedly
exhibition quality and one of the finest Pl.11 covers known. RPS Cert. 1986. (1) (Image)
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Estimate £ 2,500-3,000
Starting Bid £ 2,500
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
1841 REDS FROM BLACK PLATES
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1087 |
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 1d red-brown from black Pl.9 HL, unused with patchy gum, good to large margins, fine appearance, SG.7, Spec.AS59. (1) Cat. £5000.
(Image)
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Estimate £ 500-600
Starting Bid £ 500
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
1840 TWOPENCE BLUE
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1088 |
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 1841 Transatlantic mail, very fine entire sent from Stewartstown, Ireland to Pennsylvania, USA, bearing a horizontal strip of six 2d deep full blue Pl.1 AC-AH, severed between AF-AG, just touched on AC, AE & AH showing non
prominent re-entry to AH. Neatly cancelled by crisply struck black MC's, additionally tied by a red 'Crowned' Paid Ship Letter/London d/stamp for MR.10.1841 and a red New York transit c.d.s. for AP.4.1841. Endorsed at lower left in manuscript
'P.British Queen/from Portsmouth/10th March' indicating the date of sail of the departing Mail Ship. B/stamped by a Stewartstown despatch c.d.s. for MR.7.1841, Dublin and London transit d/stamps for MR.8.1841, and MR.10.1841, respectively. Small tear
at foot of AD and a vertical filing fold through AE, nevertheless one of the great rarities and classic covers of the issue with the full 1s rate prepaid with adhesives. BPA Cert. 2008. (Image)
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Estimate £ 2,500-3,000
Starting Bid £ 2,500
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1089 |
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 1840 2d blue Pl.1 horizontal pair AE/EF, clear to large margins, neatly tied to a small piece by pair of crisp red MC's, showing significant Plate wear at top of AF. Spec.AS5, Cat. £2200 (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-450
Starting Bid £ 350
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1090 |
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 1841 July 3rd entire from Killaloe to London, franked 2d blue Pl.1 DJ, four margined example tied by black Killaloe MC, filing creases, one which faintly affects the adhesive, obverse bears fine KILLALOE c.d.s for 3rd July,
reverse with transit & arrival marks for 4th & 5th. Cat. £2500 but scarcer used in Ireland. (Image)
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Estimate £ 250-300
Starting Bid £ 250
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Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
| 1091 |
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 1840 2d blue Pl.1 GB-GD STRIP OF THREE, good to large margins on a cover - legal document within London from Hounslow to Holborn, tied by three strikes of a black MC, obverse bears fine Hounslow d/stamp FE.23.1843, stamps
unusually placed at upper left. Late usage of this issue. (Image)
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Estimate £ 400-600
Starting Bid £ 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jul-25, 12:00 PM |
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