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4129 cover image1840: Set of the four Mulready caricature, 1 d. black & 2 d. blue (Gi ME1/ME4), an example of a letter sheets and envelope for each value, unused. Some imperfections and paper adhesion to reverse from mounting and the 2 d. letter sheet the side flaps have been reduced slighty at base and paper adhesion along bottom flap. The 2 d. envelope has a horizontal filing fold along the lower portion. The 1 d. Mulready's are lightly toned the envelope more so. Overall a good group Gi = £ 1'975(Image 1)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4130 cover image1840: Mulready 1 d. black, two examples, used both contrary to regulations, one lettersheet dated 4 July 1840 cancelled by red Maltese Cross to the right of Britannia, with blue "The Envelope Select Advertiser" advertisement, has been reduced slightly and with faults and a pre-printing fold variety, the other a 1 d. envelope, undated, the Britannia being struck by a Penny Postage handstamp in red and the Maltese Cross to the right, back flap missing and faults, however a scarce duo(Image 1)

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Currently...CHF 200.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4131 cover imageMulready Caricatures 1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered TJ, a used example, three clear to large margins and shaved on lower right, used on 1841 Spooner Comic envelope No.1 to Wroughton, Elcomb, Wiltshire tied by Maltese Cross in red. Swindon despastch cds oin reverse (Jan 10). An exceptional and rare usage. Certificate RPSL (1998). Reference: listed in Bodily, Jaris and Hahn, British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th century page 50. Provenance: Collection Wallace Knox, Robson Lowe 15. May 1979, lot 63; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...CHF 1,500.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4132 cover imageFamous English Engravers: Handwritten and signed note from Charles Heath (1785 - 1848) inviting William Watts (1752–1851) to play cards: "My dear Watts, If you have nothing better to do, come and play a rubber this evening at 8 o clock only on table, Yours truly, C. Heath, 6 Seymour Place, Euston Square". Has an outer wrapper with "W. Watts. Esq." written in the same hand. The reference "rubber" referring to the card game Bridge. Additionally, comes with a receipt dated 26 May 1803 signed by James Heath (1757 - 1834) who was the father of Charles Heath and another famous engraver. The receipt is damaged affecting a very small element of the upper loops of the signature. A charming duo(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4133 cover imageRowland Hill Signature 1841 Letter from Rowland Hill headed "Ambleside, Westmoreland, Oct 7th 41" to an unnamed correspondent thanking for his kind note. Hill had taken the month of October for his annual holiday which he spent in the Lakes (for details see 'The Reform of the Post Office" vol. 1, page 180, Rowland Hill's Post Office Journal). A great piece for the opening page of any Great Britain collection(Image 1)

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Currently...CHF 250.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4134 imageRowland Hill Signature 1846 (Dec 21): Autographed letter-sheet (110 x 178mm.) written from the General Post Office, addressed to a Robert Shaw. The letter reads: "Sir, I have great pleasure in complying with your request and am, Sir, Your obedient Servant." with full "Rowland Hill" signature below. The letter was written at the time Rowland Hill had just returned to the GPO as Secretary to the Postmaster General. There are two contemporary horizontal folds. A fine and rare item(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4135 cover image1840: Lettersheet sent from London to Cirencester, dated 6 May 1840, First Day of the Penny Black, paid in cash confirmed by London 'PAID / 6 MY 6 / 1840' tombstone together with handstruck '1' both in red. The side flaps are missing and slightly reduced to left, however a very decorative and freshly preserved item(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4136 (*) image1890: 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. Provenance: Robson Lowe, 20. Jun. 1956, lot 312; Robson Lowe, 21. Nov. 1972, lot 11; Collection Chartwell, Spink, 5.Jul. 2012, lot 52; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...CHF 3,500.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4137 (*) image1840: 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 other example lettered TG from the first registration sheet is in the National Postal Museum's Phillips Collection (see vol III p. 9), this then confirms that this Imprimatur was one of the 23 examples taken from the second registration sheet Gi = £ 15'000. Provenance: Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 4,000.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4138 (*) image1840 (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. Provenance: Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 1,200.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4139 piece/bof image1840: 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. Provenance: Robson Lowe 8 July 1959, lot 152; Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 1,800.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4140 cover image1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 1a, lettered HD, original re-entry position, used on cover dated 21 May 1840, from Northallerton to London, four good to large margins all round, showing re-entry marks below and in corner squares, with town dated and "CLEVELAND IN**" straightline handstamp in red alongside, tied by a double strike of a red Maltese Cross, soiled, horizontal filing crease well clear of adhesive, London arrival to reverse dated 23 May 1840 in red, scarce SG AS1b = £ 2'500+(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 250.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4141 cover image1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered EB, four good to large margins all round, used on cover, from Stonehaven to Aberdeen, Scotland, dated 16 July 1840, tied by a crisp and very fine red Maltese Cross, endorsed rather nicely "Labeled" lower left. To the reverse a fine Stonehaven rectangular three-line datestamp in blac. Very pretty example with just some inconsequential wrinkling to the wrapper and a faint water stain top right none of which affects the adhesive. A scarce early usage Gi AS2 = £ 1'000(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4142 cover image1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered OE, used on cover dated 29 May 1840 from Glasgow to Inverness, four good to large magins, tied by fine strike of a red Maltese Cross, despatch 29th and arrival 30th to reverse, a fine example of this scarce early date SG AS2tj = £ 2'000 for stamp on cover(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4143 cover image1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 1a, lettered AE and GE, two single examples used on cover, dated 20 May 1840, from West Bromwich to Titford, both stamps with good to large four margins all round, fresh deep shades, tied by very fine strikes of a dark red Maltese Cross, despatch town dated to reverse in the same colour, soiled, two light vertical creases and a faint horizontal filing crease, all clear of adhesives, small tear and reinforced to wrapper through "Oldbury", otherwise fine, an extremely rare double rate penny black franking, used in May from a provincial town and the plate 1a adhesives in the intense black shade SG AS1th = £ 2'500++ for a single on cover(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 500.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4144 (*) image1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered TG, an imperforate Imprimatur from the second registration sheet, ungummed on white wove paper, large margins all round. Rare and very fine Gi = £ 15'000. Provenance: Collection 'Great Britain The Line Engraved Issus 1840–1870', The Åke Rietz Collection, Corinphila 7 June 2023(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...CHF 4,000.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4145 cover image1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered DK, used on cover dated 22 May 1840, from Glasgow to Inverary, four good to large margins all round, tied by a red Maltese Cross, Glasgow datestamp to reverse date just visible, additional manuscript dates on internally and on reverse, soiled, two vertical filing creases well clear of stamp, a fine and scarce cover SG AS14th = £ 2'500(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4146 cover image1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered QC, four margins all round, used on a cover, from Dublin to Armagh, Ireland, dated 4 June 1840, tied by a red Maltese Cross. To the reverse a Dublin dispatch in red and an Armagh circular arrival datestamp in blue (JU 5). Margin at base irregular lower right although clear. A fine early Irish use. Scarce Gi AS14 = £ 750(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 150.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4147 piece image1840: 1 d. intense black, plate 2, lettered EH, used on large fragment, dated 24 May 1840, the third Sunday, Wigan datestamp in red to back, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, four close to large margins, slightly irregular at top, a good to fine example of this rare date of use SG AS14th = £6'500 for stamp on cover(Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM
4148 cover image1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered BE, four margins all round, used on cover, from Strathaven to Edinburgh, dated 12 December 1840, cancelled by a Magenta Maltese Cross. To the reverse a 'STRATHEAVEN' straightline handstamp in red (note spelling), a circular Glasgow transit and an arrival Endinburgh cds (DE 12) both in red. A vertical filing fold centrally and some other folds none of which affect adhesive. Cover is soiled. However, a rare coloured Maltese Cross cancellation. Cert. RPSL (old time - date not visible - signed by John Wilson & submitted by H.R. Harmer). One of three known examples from Strathaven, one other sent to Edinburgh, the other to Glasgow, dated Oct 1840 and February 1841 respectively Gi 2vd = £ 8'500(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...CHF 300.00
Closing..Nov-25, 11:59 PM

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