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35003 cover image1840 (6 May), prepaid folded entire, reverse with fine Halifax double-arc despatch in blue (6 May, 1840), to London, with bold strikes of "P1" in red and PAID tombstone (7 May), a fine and fresh cover, posted on the day of issue of the Penny Black, a desirable usage from one of the most renowned dates in postal history. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35004 cover image1840 (6 May), prepaid folded entire, internally dated 5 May, 1840, from London to Madeira, endorsed "p. Packet", 3/8 rate in red manuscript, reverse with fine London F.B.O. double-arc despatch (6 May, 1840), red PAID c.d.s. of same same on front, a most attractive and rare example to a foreign destination, postmarked on the day of issue of the 1d. Black. Whilst postage labels were available for use from 6 May, it was still common practice for Post Offices to accept pre-payment in the traditional fashion. This was particularly so for items, such as the example offered here, incurring high postage charges. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35005 **/* image1838: James Chalmers Essays, 1890 reprints, "General Postage / NOT / EXCEEDING / ONE / OUNCE / Twopence" and two "General Postage / NOT / EXCEEDING / ONE / OUNCE / One Penny." unmounted horizontal strip of three, with mounted single One Penny example cancelled in black "DUNDEE / February, 1838", printed in pink on gummed white wove paper, scarce and fine. Chalmers, a Dundee bookseller, wrote in a February 10, 1838 letter to the Post Office "that sheets of stamped slips be prepared...then rubbed over the back with a strong solution of gum..." and that "to prevent being used twice, postmasters should put the town stamp across the slips." These reprint essays were discussed in an exchange of letters to the editor of the London Philatelist (October 1917) as having been reproduced from the original strip of essays contained in one of the volumes of Sir Henry Cole left to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and distributed with a special Christmas Supplement of the Stamp Collector`s Monthly. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35006 (*) image1839, Robert W. Sievier, centrally-embossed essay with engine-turned patterns in blue and pink, inscribed "PENNY POST", cut clear of design on all sides, close at top, toned, but a scarce essay, a contemporary reprint removed from an edition of the London and Westminster Review. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35007 (*) image1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, 1d. salmon and black on thin paper, Congreve Method essay, margins clear to just touching frameline at lower left, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35008 (*) image1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, small group of essays, with "1/2 OUNCE 1d." Treasury Competition essay in black and red (central thin), plus three similar crudely designed in blue (2) and brown, believed reprints attributed to Moens, and a Royal Arms circular embossed essay in blue (hinge thin), the occasional additional small fault, an uncommon group. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35009 (*) image1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, embossed essay in black, 1862 reprint, with blank inscription tablet, cut well clear of design, light central bend, otherwise fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35010 (*) image1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, embossed essay in carmine-lake, 1862 reprint on wove paper, with PAID above uncrowned Queen, wonderfully fresh and very fine. Provenance: Collection Chartwell, Spink, 12 December 2012, lot 25. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35011 (*) image1839, Charles Whiting of Beaufort House, portrait of King William IV, 154mm x 190mm, on thick card, the cameo and Royal Arms heavily embossed but with the outer frame by letterpress, printed in shades of yellow-buff, flesh-pink and brown using the Congreve method, trimmed to margin from the 1840 Royal Cameo Scrapbook Collection of Embossed Heads, attractive and fine. Provenance: Lady Mairi Bury, Sotheby`s, London, 24-26 November 2010, lot 6. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35012 (*) image1848, Charles Whiting of Congreve House, composite sheet for the Arts Journal, with embossed Victoria head in carmine, below pair of Beaufort House designs and "VR" Royal Cypher surrounded by fancy engine-turned background, all within ornate embossed frame, reverse with panel "PRINTED BY / CHARLES WHITING / BEAUFORT HOUSE / STRAND, LONDON / FOR PROTECTION AGAINST / FORGERY", peripheral staining and small tears, some toning as often seen, otherwise quite attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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35013 (*) image1840: 1d. black background trials, Essay by Perkins & Heath (167 x 179 mm.), showing four different 'Engine Turning' Trial designs (always at this period to be as complicated as possible to prevent possible fraud), engraved in vermilion and deep green on wove paper, minor light edge wrinkles and central fold but most attractive and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35014 image1840, 1d. Die Proof Reprint of the First (Later Rejected) Die, circa 1902, in ultramarine on cream wove paper, 41mm x 60mm, reduced but well-clear of design, delicate shade, trivial wrinkle at lower right, scarce and fine Gi DP8b = £12,500+ (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35015 image1840 (March), 1d. Black, Master Die Proof, on India paper, 62 x 68 mm., mounted on soft card, showing the addition of the words POSTAGE and ONE PENNY, the four corner squares left blank, a remarkable Die Proof of profound philatelic and historic importance, one of the few such examples recorded in private hands, illustrating the stage at which final approval could be given to the design that would become the world`s first adhesive postage stamp, an exceptional international rarity of the highest quality, and unquestionably the most significant postage stamp proof in existence Gi DP17a. A mere six examples of this Master Die Proof are recorded, with even fewer available to collectors. Three are held in instituional collections, with two examples found in the Royal Philatelic Collection, and one in the R.M. Phillips Collection at the Postal Museum (London). A further three are recorded in private hands, including the example offered here, and the unique cancelled example, also in the Beresford-Wylie Collection. Provenance: Collection Major Allen; Collection "Rainbow", 1986; Collection "Tes", Christies Robson Lowe, 5 October 1995, Collection Pichai Buransombati, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 15 March, 2001, lot 9. Collection Chartwell, Part II, Spink London, 16 February 2012, lot 30. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35016 image1890 (April), 1d. black, Die I, "Guildhall Proof" in black on thin yellowish paper, inscribed "1" and "OLD ORIGINAL" at foot, some typical ink staining above and to the right of text due to pressure of the die, some wrinkling and light thins due to multiple hinges, yet a scarce and otherwise fine proof printed in conjunction with the celebrations of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny Postage Gi. DP26 = £10,000 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35017 image2d. blue, Master Die Proof, in black on India paper, mounted on thick soft card, lower corners blank, tiny tone spot in upper margin, trivial creases to card not visible from front, insignificant given the tremendous philatelic and historic significance of this exceptional proof; a great rarity Gi. DP41 = £180,000. Only six examples of this die proof are recorded. One is in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III, another in the R.M. Phillips Collection of the British Postal Museum. Four others, including the example offered here, are in private hands. Provenance: Collection Sugden, Harmers, 8-9 January, 1951, lot 216. Collection Chartwell, Spink, 16 February, 2012, lot 48. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35018 image1871, 2d. Ormond Hill die proof, retouched in black on soft card, 47mm x 49mm, showing blank lower corners, stars in upper corners, barest traces of light soiling in places mentioned for strict accuracy, some thinning to card, handstamp of E.F.H. Harpenden on reverse, a beautiful and rare Die Proof Gi. DP46 = £15,000. In 1871, three decades after they were withdrawn from service, Ormond Hill instructed the printers to prepare a series of proofs in various colours, this example in black being among them. Ormond, the son of Roland Hill`s brother Edwin, held a number of important positions at Somerset house, and dealt with both Perkins Bacon and De al Rue. He succeeded his father as Controller of the Stamping Department in 1872. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35019 image1840, 1d. Rainbow Trial, State 2, deep lilac-brown on white wove paper, margins large to clear, small thin at foot, fine appearance. Gi. DP20(2)c (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35020 image1840, 1d. Rainbow trial, State 3, dull rose red on wove paper, dipped in prussiate of potash, four large balanced margins, hinge remnant, quite attractive. Gi. DP20(C)a = £2,000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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35021 image1840: 1d. Rainbow Trial, State 3, dull blue on stout wove paper, large margins with sheet margin at top, showing partial manuscript notation in selvedge, fresh and fine Gi. DP20(3)b (Image 1) (Image 2)

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35022 image1840, 1d. Rainbow Trial, State 3, red brown on white wove paper, upper left corner single, rich colour, two trivial tone spotsand small blue spot in selvedge, a visually appealing example of this uncommon trial. Cert RPSL (1997) Gi. DP20(3)b (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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