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Lot Description |
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| 3554 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown, plate 75, lettered LK, a used example, generally fine margins, showing
the "Union Jack Re-entry", cancelled by "60" numeral obliterator leaving the top of the stamp clear. An ironed out vertical crease, but an exceptional example of this rarity, leaving the "Union Jack" top right hand corner clear of obliteration. Gi
BS64a = £ 3'000.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons 15/17 Sep. 1976, lot 520.rnCollection Sayeed, Spink May 2002, lot 23281. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF380.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3555 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown, plate 77, lettered BA, a used example, touched to fine margins,
showing the "B Blank Error", with check letter "A" missing, cancelled by numeral obliterator leaving the base of the stamp clear, minor thin and faint vertical crease. Just 26 examples recorded, some unavailable to collectors. An exceptional example
of this rarity with the missing corner letter clear of the cancellation. Certificate RPSL (1987). Gi BS66a = £ 22'000.rnProvenance:rnCollection G.W.T.H Fleming, Robson Lowe, 12. Dec. 1962, lot 317 illustrated on the back cover,rnPhillips, 8. Dec
1988 lot 358. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF5,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3556 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown, plate 77, lettered BA, a used example, good to fine margins, showing
the "B Blank Error" corrected, with check letter "A" corrected, lightly cancelled by numeral obliterator leaving the "A" square clear. A very fine example of this scarce stamp Gi BS66b = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Collection de Phillp, Robson
Lowe,4. Nov 1959 lot 135.rnChartwell, Spink 16. Feb. 2012 lot 332. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3557 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued imperforate and 1854 1 d. red-brown, perf. 16, five "matched
pairs" from plates 162, 163, 164, 167and 169 in mostly good to fine condition. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF180.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3558 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 167, lettered OK-OL / RK-RL, a used
vertical block of eight, large margins on three sides, minutely touched at base and minor tear in PK, cancelled by London '41' numeral obliterators in black. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3559 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 170, lettered EH-EI / FH-FI, a used block
of four with good to large margins all round on 1854 cover from London to Salisbury tied by rare "Bristol / 134" Spoon cancellations ((March 18). A fine and scarce cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3560 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered QC, a used example, good to large margins all round, on
1840 cover from Newcastle on Tyne (June 26) to Alston cancelled by fine strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Readdressed upon arrival in Alston to Gateshead with manuscript "Redirected at" alongside "ALSTON" undated circle in blue with rate "1" in ink
at left. A fine and unusual cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF600.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3561 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered SE, a used example, close to large margins all round,
faint horizontal crease, used on 1840 entire letter from Burslem to Newcastle under Line, neatly tied by Maltese Cross in red to the reverse of the cover. Upon arrival, the Postal Clerk did not see the adhesive and thus marked the obverse with a
handstruck "2" charge mark for an unpaid letter. On turning the cover he saw the stamp; the "2" was deleted and the clerk wrote "Stamped on back" alongside. A most unusual cover. BPA certificate (1996). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF420.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3562 |
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 1840: 2 d. pale blue, plate 1, lettered HD, a used example with good to large margins all
round, showing additional vertical guideline in the "D" square clearly, on 1840 cover from Newham to Chepstow, lightly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. Underpaid with manuscript "4d. / More to Pay" at left as found to be over 1 ounce, postage due
charged at double the deficiency. adhesive minor imperfections. A rare and attractive cover. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3563 |
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 1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, lettered DB, a used example with good to large margins all round,
on 1841 cover within London to the Tower tied black Maltese Cross in black. Found to be overweight and struck with circular "MORE / TO / PAY" handstamp in black. "T.P. / Pall Mall" despatch in black at left with manuscript charge "4d.". Scarce and
fine cover. Signed Goebel. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3564 |
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 1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, two examples, lettered GA and GB, cut to large margins, on 1841
cover within London to Newgate Street tied by black Maltese Crosses in black. Found to be overweight and struck with straight line "More to Pay" handstamp in black. "Gt. Russell St.By." despatch in red at left with manuscript charge "4d.". Vertical
file fold away from adhesives. A scarce entire. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3565 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 146, lettered HB-HC / IB-IC, a used block
of four with good to large margins all round and showing large portion of adjoining stamps at left, used on circa 1852 cover from London to Beverley, Yorkshire. Cover noted in manuascript at left "Ab(ove). 2 oz." and "4" (pence) due to pay - double
the deficiency, the adhesives cancelled by extremely rare usage of circular "MORE / TO / PAY" handstamp in black. Certificate RPSL (1976).rnRemark: The Karl Louis card index records only one similar usage of the "MORE / TO / PAY" circular handstampas
a cancellation on an entire.(1d+2d) Stanley Gibbons 4 May 1975, lot 395rnProvenence: Spink 10 Jun. 1998, lot 1420. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF3,600.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3566 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 24, lettered IF-IG, a used former horizontal pair with
large margins all round, used on 1843 double rate cover to Melrose cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black; with framed "PAID / 6d. / EXTRA" in red below as late fee allowing the letter to be included in the mail just prior to despatch. Rare and most
attractive cover and the only recorded 1d red double franking showing the paid late fee, together with an 1841 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 29, lettered IF, a used example with touched to large margins showing portion of adjoining stamp at base,
used on 1843 cover to Melrose tied by Maltese Cross in black; with framed "PAID / 1d. / EXTRA" in red below - the additional 1d. allowing the sender to include the letter in the Mail one hour after closing time. A scarce and most attractive pair. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3567 |
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 Unofficial Separation Experiment 1840: 1 d. black, plate 6, lettered AC, a used example on
large piece, huge margin at top, the stamp with experimental separation three sides in a wavy roulette - similar to the "Treasury roulettes" trialled in the 1850's. The adhesive neatly tied by Maltese Cross in red with London Lombard Street datestamp
(Sept 12, 1840) displaying well. Certificate RPSL (1987).rnProvenance: Phillips 4. Nov. 1988, lot 656.rnCollection TES Christie's 5. Oct 1995, lot 586. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF3,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3568 |
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 Treasury Roulette 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 146, lettered FI, a used
example showing the "Treasury Roulette" on three sides and scissor cut at top, on 1852 cover mailed within London by William Ewart Gladstone (at the time Chancellor of the Exchequer) to John Macgregor (1797-1857), Member of Parliament for Glasgow
from July 1847-1857, Prince's Gate tied by London numeral oibliterator in black. London cds on reverse (Dec 21) in red. A superb example and very fine. Certificate BPA (1987) Gi B2a = £ 15'000.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF5,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3569 |
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 Treasury Roulette 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, Alphabet II, plate 152, lettered OB, a used
example showing the "Treasury Roulette" on three sides and scissor cut at base, in combination with imperforate 1841 1 d. red-brown, plate 164, lettered DC,minor imperfection, on 1852 double rate cover to Chichester (initialled "JAS" by sender John
Abel Smith, the MP for Chichester) tied by '466' numeral obliterators of Liverpool in black. The sole recorded usage of both kinds of separation on the same cover, unique. Certificate BPA (1992) Gi B2a = £ 15'000+.rnProvenance:rnFrom an original
"find" in 1943rnChristies 10. Jul.1984, lot 2566rnPhillips 31. Oct. 1991, lot 326 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF3,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3570 |
 |
 1850 Henry Archer Perforation Trial 16: 1d. red-brown, plate 92, GB-GC pair, surface ink
disturbance, unused without gum. Plate 92 is a very rare Archer plate! RPSL cert. (2021) (Image 1)
(Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3571 |
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 Archer Trial Perforations 1850/54: 1 d. deep red-brown on blued, plate 100, wmk. Small
Crown, perf. 16, lettered PJ-PL, an unused horizontal strip of three, of fine deptch of colour, PJ light vertical bend, traces of gum and PL with trace of a thin at upper right. Exceptional and extremely rare multiple, the second largest recorded
mint multiple from pl.100. Gi CE2 = £ 9'000+.rnrnCollection J.B. Seymour, Robson Lowe 11. Apr. 1951, ex lot 752rnCollection Maurice Burrus, Robson Lowe 30. oct.1963, lot 148rnCollection H.W. Fisher, Phillips 22/23. September 1983, lot 289rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3572 |
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 Archer Trial Perforations 1850/54: 1 d. deep red-brown on blued, plate 108, wmk. Small
Crown, perf. 16, lettered FF, a used example with minor imperfections - of extreme rarity from this plate - cancelled by London '73' numeral obliterator in black; matched with an imperforate examples from the same plate and lettering. According to
Mike Wlliams just 6 examples are recorded. Certificate RPSL (2010) Gi CE2 = £ 5'500+. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 3573 |
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 Archer Trial Perforations 1850/54: 1 d. deep red-brown on blued, plate 96, wmk. Small Crown,
perf. 16, lettered OB, a used example of fine colour, on 18. Oct. 1850 cover to London (two pinholes at left well clear of adhesive) , tied by '285' numeral obliterator of Exeter. Reverse with (Oct 18) cds. A rare and very fine early provincial
usage Certificate RPSL (2017) Gi CE2 = £ 2'200.rnProvenence:rnHarmer, 21. Feb. 2001, lot 592. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF950.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
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