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| Lot |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 5014 |
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 1840: Mulready 2 d. blue, envelope, used locally within Exeter, dated 5 December 1840, with
Maltese Cross and town dated to front both in red, with intact wax seal to flap which is also fully intact having been opened by blade, clean and fresh colour, very fine condition for this, rare so fine and provincially used in Devon SG ME3 =
£2'500.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF1,500.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5015 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered IL, used on large fragment dated 16 May 1840, from West
Bromwich to Titford, four good to large margins, fine fresh colour, an attractive shade showing the early signs of plate wear, tied by multiple strikes of a red Maltese Cross. Scarce and early usage SG AS2tf = £3'250++ for a single on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5016 |
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 1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 1a, lettered EB, used on cover from Spalding to London, sent 29
May 1840, with arrival to back dated 30 May 1840, four good to very large margins, crisp printing in a lovely shade, tied by two strikes of a fine red Maltese Cross one very faint the other nicely placed to the lower right, "Spalding" undated
circular in black alongside, a heavy filing crease horizontally with toning well clear of adhesive, scarce date and stamp this fine are rare SG AS3tj = £2'000 for stamp on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF250.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5017 |
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 1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 1a, lettered FA, used on small cover, sent locally within
Edinburgh, dated 17 June 1840, with Edinburgh despatch to reverse, four good to huge margins, with part left sheet marginal, very fresh and crisp printing, beautiful shade, tied by a superb red Maltese Cross, this position has the variety "double
letter F", vertical filing fold clear of adhesive, hinge remains to back of cover, otherwise very fine to superb used, rare this fine, signed Peter Holcombe SG AS3d = £1'000+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF440.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5018 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered FC and FG, two single examples, used on printed legal
indenture, dated 21 May 1840, from Chichester to Petworth, four margins but just touched at base of TG, plate showing early signs of wear, tied by upright strikes of a red Maltese Cross, despatch town dated to reverse in black, vertical filing crease
well clear of adhesives, slight soiling and minor imprefections around opening folds, double rate penny black covers are rare especially used during May 1840 SG AS2th = £2'500++ for a single on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5019 |
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 1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 1b, lettered NE, used on cover from London to Wakefield,
dated 4 November 1840, four large to very large margins all round, vivid shade, deep colour, tied by red Maltese Cross, very minor soiling, fine and attractive example SG AS4 = £750. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5020 |
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 1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 3, lettered BC, used on cover, from Edinburgh to Leith, sent
29 May 1840, tied by a fine strike of a red Maltese Cross, four margins, large in places, despatch to reverse, central vertical filing crease and soiled, however this plate is scarce used during May, its earliest recorded date being 16 May, an
attractive cover SG AS19tj = £2'000+ for stamp on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5021 |
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 1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 3, lettered OH, used on cover, sent to Grimsby, manuscript date
front 25 June 1840, four good to very large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross with town framed alongside in red (indistinct), very minor soiling, fine and attractive example from this scarcer plate SG AS21= £1'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5022 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered MK, used on cover from York to Leeds, dated 16 July
1840, four good margins, tied by a double strike of red Maltese Cross, despatch in black to reverse, a fine example on an uncreased cover, scarce AS23 = £850. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF280.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5023 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 7, lettered HK, used on cover from Sheffield to London, dated 20
August 1840, four good margins, tied by a fine strike of a red Maltese Cross, despatch in red to reverse alongside arrival (Aug 29), horizontal filing crease well clear of adhesive. The contents have been crossed through which shows through but a
very attractive stamp on cover AS46 = £825. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5024 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered KE used with four good margins all round, cancelled by a
light strike of very fine red Maltese Cross, crisp printing, a fresh and fine stamp SG AS49 = £525. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5025 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered BD, used example with four good to large margins, small
part of adjoining stamp at base, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, fresh colour and fine SG AS57 = £ 625. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF180.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5026 |
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 1840: 1 d. intense black, lettered TF, used on cover, sent locally within Edinburgh, dated 8
December 1840, with despatch to reverse, four large to very large margins all round, vibrant shade, strong colour, tied by red Maltese Cross, minor soiling and faint horizontal filing crease well clear of adhesive, very attractive intense shade, a
fine example SG = £750. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5027 |
 |
 1840: 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered LB, used on a cover front, addressed to Brislington,
Bristol, four margins, tied by a beautiful red Maltese Cross, vibrant printing, fresh colour, a very attractive and scarce SG = £2'500 on cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF440.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5028 |
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 1841: 1 d. red-brown, black plate 1b, lettered KL, state II, used on cover sent to
Manchester, dated 14 May 1841, good to large margins all round, tied by fine upright black Maltese Cross, fresh colour, this position on plate 1b has recut right side, despatch and part arrival to reverse, minor soiling but fine, this plate being
scarce, especially so on cover SG AS7h = £650+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5029 |
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 1841: 1 d. red, black plate 1b, horizontal pair, lettered JK and JL, used on cover from
London to Henley-in-Arden dated 13 April 1841, tied by overinked Maltese Cross in black, four good to large margins all round, with "MORE / TO / PAY" in double circle charge mark in black and manuscript "4" alongside, Stratford-upon-Avon transit on
reverse dated 14 April 1841, vertical filing crease with slits top and bottom, some soiling, however extremely rare black plate pair on a Postage Due cover, a splendid usage. SG AS7 = £1'300+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF320.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 5030 |
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 1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, horizontal pair, lettered DG-DH, used on cover from London to
Halifax, dated 9 November 1843, four good to large margins, tied by the distinctive London Number "1" Maltese Cross in black, with despatch (Nov 10) in red and indistinct arrival in black on reverse, slight soiling and minor imperfections, very
scarce 4 d. franking with distinctive Cross SG13va = £2'250+ for a single. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
| 7041 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered GF, and 2 d. pale-blue, plate 1, lettered CJ, both deep
shades and with good to mostly large margins, each cancelled with centrally-struck Maltese Cross in red, the 1 d. showing portion of adjoining stamp at left and with traces of a light horizontal bend, both otherwise very fine and fresh. Cert. Louis
BPP (2020) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 7042 |
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 1840: 1 d. grey-black, plate 1A, lettered SB, chiefly good to large margins, close but clear
at top, tied by crisp red Maltese Cross to small lettersheet to Haddington (sideflaps missing), adjacent red boxed "PAID/1 d. EXTRA" applied in Edinburgh, reverse with "JUL 1 1840" despatch strike, a most attractive cover showing the late fee paid in
cash. Cert Louis BPP (2019). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF1,800.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 7043 |
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 1840: 1 d. black, plate 1B, lettered PK, touched at upper right, otherwise large margins all
around, tied by black Maltese Cross to entire letter, originally sent from Baden Baden in the Grand Duchy of Baden with frontside black "BADEN (G.B.) 1/9" c.d.s., carried via France to Dullwich, Surrey, here re-addressed to London and franked with
the 1 d. black to pay the inland postage, multiple manuscript charge marks on front, the entire somewhat fragile with ink stain at left, but a rare re-addressed letter from a foreign country bearing a Penny Black, and the earliest recorded letter
from the Duchy of Baden bearing an adhesive postage stamp. Certificate Louis BPP (2019)rnThis letter was prepaid 20 kreuzer in cash, of which 4 kreuzer covered the distance from within the Grand Duchy to the French border at Strasbourg; the remaining
16 kreuzer prepaid the distance to Calais. The 1s.4d. in manuscript denoted payment to Dulwich, it crossed-out and the 1d. black affixed for the Inland postage to London. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF4,000.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
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