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3414 |
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1840: 1d. black, the "OLD ORIGINAL" Die I, Proof printing on thin wove paper, few minor
thins along top margin, otherwise fine. The original die was used to provide roller dies for the laying down of the One Penny steel plates from 1840 until 1855. Later the "1" and the words "OLD ORIGINAL" were engraved. The 1870 die print was made
after 4'000 steel impressions had been taken from the die. According to Robson Lowe, just "twelve such proofs were made". Gi DP25 = £ 12'500.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 1 May 1950, lot 194; Collection John O. Griffiths, Robson Lowe, London,
29 Sept. 1982, lot 7; Spink, London, 3 June 1999, lot 1196. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF4,000.00
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1890: Secondary Die Proof of the 1 d. value, printed in black on thin yellowish wove paper
on soft white card (60 x 73 mm.) and without check letters, with reversed "2" at top. Corner creases clear of design, paper split at top otherwise fresh and very fine. Certificate RPSL (2016) Gi DP33b = £ 10'000.rnProvenance:rnRobson Lowe, 20.
Jun. 1956, lot 312.rnRobson Lowe, 21. Nov. 1972, lot 11.rnCollection Chartwell, Spink, 5.Jul. 2012, lot 52. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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3416 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1, lettered TG, an imperforate Imprimatur from the second
registration sheet (after hardening), ungummed on white wove paper, large margins all round. Rare and very fine. Remarkably the pendant TG from the first registration sheet is in the National Postal Museum's Phillips Collection, see vol III p. 9 Gi
= £ 15'000.rnrnFirst or second registration sheet 24 examples taken from first. 23 from second. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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3417 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered TG, an imperforate Imprimatur from the second
registeration sheet, ungummed on white wove paper, large margins all round. Rare and very fine Gi = £ 15'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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3418 |
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1840 (May 6): 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered OJ, an unused example with large even margins
all round, fresh appearance with only moderate plate wear beginning to show in inner right frame, unused without gum. Rare Gi AS1= £ 24'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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3419 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered NA-NB, an unused horizontal pair with almost full
original gum, large to huge margins on three sides, close at base with NA ample to clear and just shaved on NB, of fine rich colour, some creasing causing minor gum thin spot on NB and natural paper flaw the lower left corner of NA. Gi AS14 = £
25'000+.rnRemark: The pair NA-NB originally formed with a strip of four NC-NF a strip of six NA-NF, (Harmer 21. Dec 1959).rnProvenence: Harmers 19. Sept. 1960, lot 221rnRobson Lowe 6 May 1964, lot 395 (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF5,000.00
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3420 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered PC-PF / QC-QF, an unused block of eight, close to mostly
good to large margins, faults on three stamps leaving the centre block of four free from blemish, of impressive appearance, an extremely rare large multiple Gi AS14 = £ 200'000+.rnRemarks: As far as one can say he block PC-QF adjoined the two
blocks of four RC-SD and RE-SF in the Phillips collection held in the National Postal Museum London having formed a block of 16 previously.rnProvenence: Collection Burrus, Robson Lowe, 30. Oct. 1963, lot 38 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF48,000.00
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3421 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered HD, an unused example, large margins on all sides, fine
unused without gum. Scarce and fine Gi AS23 = £ 13'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,500.00
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered KH - KL, an unused horizontal strip of five with full
original gum, marginal from right of sheet "(tow)ards the RIGHT HAND", huge to large margins and minutely shaved in places, of excellent colour and appearance, minor creases and KH with trace of very faint stain and tiny tear at top, a stunning
multiple. RPSL cert. (1983) Gi AS23 = £ 83'000+ (for two pairs and a single).rnProvenance: Collection W.G. Heath, Robson Lowe 14 Feb. 1962, lot 82.rnCollection Maximus, Stanley Gibbons 5/6 Feb. 1970 lot 83.rnCollection H.W. Fisher, Phillips,
22/23 Sept. 1983 lot 80.rnPhillips 27. Apr. 1988 lot 255.rnChristie's 18 Sep. 1990 lot 3133. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF25,000.00
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 11, lettered EA-EB, an unused, large part original gum,horizontal
pair in a deep shade, marginal from left of sheet with part "Cement" imprint, good to large margins on all sides, slight diagonal crease and ink spot in margin, otherwise fresh and fine. A famous pair from the earl of Kingston block. Gi AS73 =
£ 48'000+.rnNotes: The London Philatelist vol 3 pages 290-291 quoted from a paper read before the Philatelic Society London on November 30th 1894, by the then President the Earl of Kingston: "Four years ago I purchased a block of black pennies.
It once formed the top of the sheet and consists of five entire rows of twelve stamps each. The margins are intact and perfect; the right and left hand corners of the margin contain the plate number II [.....] I took these figures to represent No 2
in Roman Numerals, but from enquiries made this summer (1894) I ascertained beyond doubt, that the practice has always been to number the sheets in Arabic Numerals. It proves therefore, that the block above described is not an impression from plate
2, but from plate 11 [...]."rnFrank Godden stated (date unknown): "The rarest known British piece in the world" rnProvenence:rnThe original block:rnEarl of Kingston (1894)rnStanley Gibbons (acquired 1896)rnEarl of Crawford (1911)rnSparrow (acquired
1912)rnCharles Nissen (1912) subsequently split into a block of 36 rows A-C and a block of 24 rows D-E.rnThe Block of twenty-four containing EA-EB:rnExhibited by Frank Wadham, London Int. Exhibition (1923)rnExhibited at the RPSL Jubilee Exhibition
(May 1935)rnThe Block of four DA-EB:rnCollection J.B. Seymour, Robson Lowe 6. Jun. 1951 lot 565.rnThe Pair EA-EBrnRobson Lowe Bournemouth 8. May 1954 lot 323.rnCollection Ernest Dale, Stanley Gibbons 10/11 Jun. 1969 lot 57.rnCollection W.H. Harrison
Cripps, Stanley Gibbons 27 Oct. 1972 lot 58.rnCollection Chartwell, Spink 29 Jun. 2011 lot 1151.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF15,000.00
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3424 |
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1840 (May 6): 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered RL, a used example on 1840 First Day entire
letter from London to Darlington, margins large to just touched, tied by red Maltese Cross with a legible strike of a London despatch cds "MY-6" in red and a House of Commons red wax seal on the reverse. Exhibits well, rare. Dr.Ez.Diena cert.(1990)
Gi AS(2)ta = £ 75'000.rnRemarks: The letter is addressed to railway pioneer Edward Pease (1767-1858), often referrred to as the "father of the railways". He was the main promoter of the Stockton to Darlington Railway, which opened in
1825.rnProvenence Harmer 27. Sep. 1995 lot 465 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)
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SOLD for CHF36,000.00
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3425 |
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1840 (May 7): 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered IJ, a used example on 1840 local cover from
Kensington to the Adephi in London, margins ample to large all round, tied by bold strike of red Maltese Cross. "T.P. / KENTISH TOWN" despatch at right and reverse with octagonal framed "PD / MY 7 / 1840" well struck in red on the second day of use.
Minor cover faults, otherwise most attractive 2nd day usage. Certificate BPA (2016) AS(2)tb = £ 7'500.rnProvenence: Robson Lowe 6. May 1964, lot 621.rnCollection 'Durham', Phillips 2. Nov 1994, lot 5.rnCollection J.E. Saffra, Spink 15. May
2014, lot 1020. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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3426 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered OK, a used example, ample to large margins all round,
used on local 1840 Edinburgh entire, cancelled by neat Maltese Cross in red, superbly docketed in manuscript on obverse with "9 May 1840" and, displaying well on reverse, Edinburgh "MAY 9 -1840" cds in red. A superb and rare early usage Gi AS14td =
£ 4'800.rnProvenance:rnCavendish 1. Jun. 1996, lot 446. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF750.00
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3427 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered HI-HJ / II-IJ, a used block of four in a deep shade,
ample to good margins all round, neatly tied to large piece of 1840 cover to Stratford on Avon by Maltese Crosses in red, faint filing crease through HI-HJ, but a very early usage of a large multiple for the quadruple rate - dated on reverse May 13,
1840, in the first fortnight of use. Rare Gi AS2 = £ 24'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe 8 July 1959, lot 152. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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3428 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered CL, a used example with good margins all round, plate
variety "No Ray Flaw" - an intruding impression, caused due to accidental turning of the Transfer roller; cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. A key stamp for this Plate Gi AS2aa = £ 425. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
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3429 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered LH, a used example showing plate wear, good to large
margins all round, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red Gi AS2 = £ 375. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
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3430 |
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1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 1a, lettered ND, a used example in a worn state, ample to large
margins all round, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red Gi = £ 450. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
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3431 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered TG, a used example in a deep shade, good to large
margins all round, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red Gi AS2 = £ 375. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
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3432 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered BI-BL, a used horizontal strip of four, just touched to
good margins,pressed horizontal crease, neatly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in red. A most attractive and scarce multiple Gi AS2 = £ 3'600+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,500.00
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3433 |
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1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered IL, a used example of excellent impression, marginal
from right of sheet "the Labels ABOVE", on 1840 cover from Gosport to Portsmoth, good to large margins but just shaved at left, neatly tied by Maltese Cross in red. A rare and delightful cover of superb appearance. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,400.00
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