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 Imperial Airways Crash of 'Boadicea' G-ACOX 25 into the English Channel on 25 September
1936: recovered from the first mail bag which washed up on the French coast, where the red five line cachet was applied; "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondence retardée par suite / du naufrage d'un Avion / Reconstituté par le Service Francais / NE
PAS TAXER", which allowed the mail to be reconstituted into the postal system without tax and sent onward to Sudan, with arrival on reverse dated 4 November 1936, sent via the Imperial southbound flight AS392. The envelope includes a typed letter
from Lawrence Cave, Caterham, Surrey to his brother who was in the Sudan Defence Force, later a signals officer with 'Chindits' in WWII and in 1946 the Chief of Police for the Equatorial Province at Juba, a scarce example to Sudan. Nierinck 360925b
(Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF180.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 529 |
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 Imperial Airways Crash of Short S.23 'CHALLENGER' at Mozambique Harbour, 1 May 1939: Two
covers from London and Southend-on-Sea to South Africa, one with the special "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / SEAPLANE 'CHALLENGER'" cachet, the other with "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / / VLIEGBOT KORRESPONDENSIE DEUR SEEWATER BESKADIG"
cachet, both in violet, the adhesives have washed off, each cover mounted neatly upon an album page, written-up, one with newspaper cutting showing the flying-boat part submerged and the other with an image of the plane intact on water, an attractive
duo. Nierinck 390501b & a. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4001 |
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 1837: John Dickinson Essay for 1 d. prepaid envelope, probably aided by Charles Whiting,
printed in yellow-buff for anticipated weights of 1 ounce, with "VR" and Crown and 'London District Post', with 'Dickinsoin' silk threads for protection against possible forgery. The flap opened for Exhibit display, slightest of central scuffs and
lower back flap stuck down otherwise fresh and fine, a scarce Essay Gi = £ 1'150. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4002 |
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 1840: Mulready 1 d. letter-sheet, stereo A251, an unused example opened for display, showing
at right, 1 d. black pl. VIII, lettered KE; 2 d. blue, Plate II lettered AK and 1841 1 d. red-brown on blued, black pl. X, lettered GI; all of fresh bright colours, affixed with manuscript "The stamps have a watermark representing the Crown of
England" with manuscript below identifying the stamps. Below the 'Postage' panel of the letter-sheet is written "In 1839 the former rates of postage charged for distance were abolished and a rate of four pence for all letters under half an ounce
substituted - In 1840 this rate was reduced to one penny which might be paid at the post office or stamped covers used similar to the above specimens - If a letter was not prepaid the receiver was charged double postage" and at right "The faint lines
crossing this speciment (the Mulready) are caused by fine filaments of silk or flax woven into the fabric of the paper". Minor paper thin at top well away from the adhesives, otherwise fresh and very fine. A remarkable item, emanating from Rowland
Hill's personal papers with notations written by Pearson Hill. An exhibition item of the highest calibre Gi = £ 45'000+ as unused.rnProvenance: Phillips auction, London, 29 March 1990, lot 134. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF17,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4003 |
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 1840: Mulready 1 d. black letter-sheet, Forme 2, stereo A21, an unused example, slight spot
on address panel and minor bend otherwise fresh and fine unused Gi = £ 325. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4004 |
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 1840: Mulready 2 d. envelope, stereo a201, unused example, fresh and very fine Gi = £
450. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4005 |
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 1840: Mulready 1 d. black letter-sheet, stereo obscured by broken seal, a used example from
Falmouth to St. Columb, Cornwall up-rated with 1841 1 d. red-brown, lettered RK, with ample to large margins all round, cancelled on Britannia and further strike tying the adhesive by '290' numeral obliterator in black. Double arc 'Falmouth' cds in
red below (Oct 19, 1844). Just 9 Mulready 1 d. late usages with May 1844 type cancellation and up-rated by 1 d. reds are recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index. Vertical crease and a few edge imperfections but an exceedingly scarce and very attractive
usage Gi = £ 14'500.rnProvenance: Collection Major-General Sir Leonard Atkinson, Robson Lowe, 6 Nov 1990, lot 2. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF10,500.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4006 |
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 1840: Mulready 1 d. black letter-sheet, stereo A63, a used example mailed within London
struck with 'T.P. / Brompton' in black and Britannia by Maltese Cross in red. Reverse with hexagonal framed "MY. 8 / 1840" datestamp in red of the third day of issue. Horizontal file fold at top and two minor vertical folds but attractive, unlisted
in the Karl Louis Card Index and Mike Jackson's 'May Dates'. Rare Gi = £ 2'600. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4007 |
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 1840: Essay for a prepaid envelope, 117 x 68 mm., with Queen Victoria in oval
'engine-turned' surround with PAID at top printed in yellow-green with no value indicated, internally printed in black "THE IMPROVED SAFETY ENVELOPE, / No. 484.- Registered Nov 18, 1840, by / MITCHELL AND SON, 39, CHARING CROSS'. Scarce. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4008 |
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 Mulready Caricatures 1840: Southgate's caricatures, envelopes No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3
lithographed in black, reverse with 'Postage' panel reading "Rejected Designs for the Postage Envelope" in black and numbered above; all unused with a few minor age spots, largely fine, a scarce and most attractive group. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4009 |
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 Imprimatur 1840, 1 d. black, unused, Plate 3, lettered TF from the base of the Imprimatur
sheet, ample to large margins all round and in a deep resonant shade, only stamps AL, SC-SL and TA-TL were removed (22) from both the 'Before and After Hardening' Imprimatur sheets. A beautiful and extremely rare Imprimatur of stunning visual appeal.
Certs. RPSL (1969), BPA (1986) Gi = £ 42'000.rnProvenance: H.R: Harmer, London, 21-28 Sept 1925, lot 350; Robson Lowe, London, 5 Nov 1958, lot 14. Offered as a stamp, not as an Imprimatur; Robson Lowe, London, 18 Feb 1959, lot 42. Offered as an
Imprimatur. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF10,500.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4010 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 1b, lettered HH, an unused example with ample to large margins all
round with small portion of adjoining stamp at left, fresh and fine, large part og. A rare and most attractive stamp. Cert. BPA (1978) Gi AS5= £ 12'000.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF2,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4011 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 10, lettered RD, State 1 with 'O' flaw, an unused example with good
to large margins all round and showing portion of adjoining stamp at base, clear evidence of the 'R' being recut from the letter 'P' in lower left corner by hand, fresh and very fine, somewhat patchy part og. An extremely rare plate unused and a most
appealing stamp - only five single examples and a vertical pair (QA/RA) of this variety have been recorded - all these have faults except for the example offered above. A rarity. Cert. BPA (1991) Gi AS66c = £ 27'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe,
Bournemouth, 30 May 1940, lot 32; Robson Lowe, London, 11 Dec 1990, lot 3201. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF3,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4012 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 1b, lettered LJ-LK/OJ-OK, a used block of eight in a deep shade
('jet-black' - R. Lowe), with clear to mostly large margins all round, neatly cancelled by eight individual strikes of the Maltese Cross in red. The block showing re-entry on MK in upper right corner square. Ironed horizontal fold through MJ-MK but
not affecting the appearance and of no significance in such a charming and rare large multiple Gi AS5 = £ 32'000+.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, Diamond Jubilee auction, London, 8 May 1980, lot 3; Collection 'Tes', Robson Lowe, London, 5 Oct 1995,
lot 213. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF7,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4013 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 2, lettered SL, a fine example with clear to large margins all round
and showing large re-entry to the right vertical frame-line, tied to small dated piece '..head Lighthouse, May 1840', by neat Maltese Cross clearly struck in magenta ink. The piece emanates from the Robert Stevenson / Stephenson correspondence, the
Chief Engineer for the Northern Lighthouses, he was both designer and builder of various lighthouses and inventor of the intermittent flashing light for lighthouses and Grandfather to the author Robert Louis Stephenson. A scarce and most appealing
piece. Cert. RPSL (1944) Gi AS1vd = £ 3'000.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 12-13 Nov 1945, lot 28. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4014 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 10, lettered EG, used example with clear to large margins all round,
tied to small piece by 1844 type Portsmouth "625" numeral obliterator in black. Slight aging but very rare Gi AS66/A1za = £ 1'800.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4015 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 10, six used examples lettered RG, SF, SI, TI, RF and SE, two stamps
with minor surface scuffs but extraordinarily all the adhesives with close to large margins all round RG just touched at upper left, RF and RG showing check letter 'P' altered to an 'R' with longer 'tail' to the 'R'; used on 1841 piece and cancelled
by Maltese Crosses in black with WITHAM cds below (April 7) in red. Rare and extremely unusual piece Gi AS66+AS66C = £ 5'600.rnProvenance: Collection J.B. Seymour, Sale 1, Robson Lowe, London, 11 April 1951, lot 287; Robson Lowe, London, 23 Sept
1986, lot 296. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF1,900.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4016 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 1a, lettered IE, a used example with clear to large margins all
round, already showing the wear on the plate, used on 1840 cover from London to Dublin and tied by neat red Maltese Cross. Reverse with "May 30" despatch cds and Dublin (June 1) arrival in red. The cover opens well for display, a scarce and
attractive first month usage Gi AS2tj = £ 2'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4017 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 2, lettered SK, a used example with clear to large margins all
round, tied to 1840 entire letter to Winchester by a crisp strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Reverse with double arc "Basingstoke" despatch (July 18). An attractive entire Gi AS15 = £ 700. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
| 4018 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, Plate 3, lettered OD, a used example with large margins all round, tied to
1840 cover to Manchester by Maltese Cross in red. Reverse with double arc "Sheffield" despatch cds in red (July 24). Small closed tear at base of cover otherwise fine Gi AS20 = £ 900. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |
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