Europe continued... Great Britain 1847-54 Embossed continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2518A cover 1847/54: Embossed 10 d. brown and 1 s. green used on Nov. 1853 cover from Brighton to a military address in Bellary, India, endorsed "via Marseille", both cut square but touching design, 1 s. with clipped corner at top right, each cancelled by clear black "132" numeral obliterator with Brighton (Nov. 23) and Bellary arrival on reverse. An interesting cover (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 55+57] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2519 * 1854: Embossed 6 d. purple, Die I, unused, with part original gum, watermark W4 inverted and reversed, cut square, good margins on two sides, touched to slightly into at right and foot, deep colour and strong embossing, very fine, cert. RPSL (2026) Gi H3 (3) f = £ 18'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 60] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 800.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2728 cover The first Steam Packet Contracts 1852/56 - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1852 (March 21): Envelope from London, England to Melbourne, Victoria with 1847 Embossed 1/- Green, four margins, just touched at lower left and tied by Barred Numeral '457' in black. “3”(d) manuscript in black for the incoming ship letter fee. Boxed “ADVERTISED AND UNCLAIMED” in red on the front applied in Melbourne, where on the reverse is written “Opened by John Bourne, not for him”. Very fine and attractive. Route - Australian Royal Mail Steamship Co: Departed Plymouth, England 24.2.1852 per “Australian”, returned to port twice and mails transferred. Non-contract sailing ship: Departed Plymouth 23.3 per “Albermarle” to Melbourne, arriving 7.7.1852 (108 days). Note: Unusually, this cover is prepaid 1/- for a packet letter, but only 3d for the incoming sailing letter fee. The steamship “Australian” attempted to leave port twice on the 24.2 and the 10.3, both times returning because of serious leaks. The Victorian mails were transferred to the sailing vessel “Albermarle” (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Great Britain 55] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 2735 cover Clipper sailings 1852/55 - Via Cape of Good Hope; 1856 (Jan 3): Envelope from Exeter, England to Albury, New South Wales, redirected to Melbourne, Victoria with 1854 Embossed 6d purple, superb colour, with three margins and just touched at top, neatly tied by duplex "EXETER / 285". “1d” handstamp in red credit to Great Britain for carriage by a Victorian clipper with transit and arrival datestamps on the reverse. Very fine and highly attractive. Route: Departed Exeter 3.1.1856 by rail via London 4.1 to Liverpool. Black Ball Line - Victorian contract clipper: Departed Liverpool 8.1 per “Oliver Lang” to Melbourne 4.4; overland to Albury 10.4; redirected to Melbourne, arriving 14.4.1855 (101 days) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Great Britain 60] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM 7013 cover Austrian Lloyd P.O. in Beirut 1856 (Oct 30): Ingoing envelope originating from Derry, Ireland, endorsed „Via Ostend“, and directed first to Beirut, later forwarded to Damascus, Syria, bearing Great Britain Embossed 1 s. green, cut square, large to huge margins on two sides, shaved at right and touched at top in combination with 1 d. red, cancelled by two strikes of "DERRY - 172" duplex (Oct 6, 1856), the 1 d. in addition by Prussian „AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN / FRANCO“ handstamp in red. Red „P.“ in oval and crossed penstrikes show full pre-payment. Reverse with London transit in blue as well as TRIEST transit (Oct 12) in black. Upon arrival in Beirut, front struck by clear two-line „BEYRUT. / 30. OTTO.“ datestamp (Tranmer fig. 2) of the Austrian P.O. and given to the ‘care of Mr. Black’. The further journey not documented, but the front shows a handwritten arrival note (Nov 5, 1856). Cover tatty with a lot of wear and tear, partially reconstructed and part of address label redrawn, nevertheless a cover with an impressive journey behind. Note: Unusual routing via Belgium and Austria which was double the rate in comparison to the French packet. Correct franking with 1s 1d for a letter up to ¼ ounce. The postage of 13 pence, equal to 11 ¼ silbergroschen, included 3 silbergroschen each for British and GAPU share, 1 silbergroschen Belgian transit and 4 ¼ silbergroschen postage beyond Trieste. This weiterfranko for the Lloyd is noted at lower left (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM Great Britain 1854-70 Perforated Line Engraved Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 98 cover Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading area, Mail to Venezuela, 1861 (datelined Jan 22): Folded cover presumably from Spain and directed to Carupano, Venezuela, misdirected to Carupano, Cuba, first sent to London with Forwarding Agent manuscript "Forwarded by your most obedt. servt. Geo G Sandeman & Co, London 16 Feb 1861" on reverse who applied 1857 1 d. red star for the Late Fee and paid "1/2½d." in cash, tied by London obliterator, "LOMBARD STREET PAID" cds in red alongside and endorsed "p. Australasian Packet" confusing Carupano for Cuba. Cunard "Australasian" left Queenstown 17 Februray, broke down and returned to Queenstown on 3 March disabled. Her mails were transfered to the Cunard "Arabia" from Queenstown 3 March, arriving in New York 16 March. Cover mailed from New York via Brazil Line's "Desora" to Havana where treated as paid with oval FRANCO in black and two "Habana" backstamps (March 27) and framed "NE2". Thence via RMSP "Clyde" from Havana to British P.O. in ST. THOMAS (April 13) and carried by Spanish Steamer "Pajaro del Oceano" to Venezuela with "Correos / La Guaira" cds (April 22) in black and overland to Carupano. Some acid ink skillfully internally stabilized, sideflaps and part of one backflap missing, nevertheless a most unusual and appealing cover traversing six different countries. Signed Holcombe. Provenance: Collection Høgensborg, Köhler sale 368 (March 2019), lot 6313; Collection Everaldo Santos, Corinphila sale 269 (June 2021), lot 5259 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 40] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 750.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2512 cover 1855 (14 May): Entire letter to Perugia, Papal States, bearing 1854 2 d. deep blue, Die I, Alphabet I, Plate 4, perf. 16, horizontal pair, scissor cut at top, tied by indistinct obliterator, with matching Dungarvan (Ireland) despatch datestamp on reverse (14 May). Endorsed "postage paid" at top, the franking underpaying the 1s.10d. rate (1st weight-step), and consequently struck with two-line "INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED" handstamp, sent via France, and charged "26" (Bajochi) on arrival. Reverse with Perugia arrival datestamp. In addition, a second entire from the same correspondence, bearing 8 d. franking, tied by barred diamond "194", with matching 1857 Dungarvan despatch on reverse; the franking again grossly underpaying the 1s.10d. rate to the Papal States and accordingly bearing the two-line "INSUFFICIENTLY PRE-PAID" handstamp; sent via the French route and bearing "26" (Bajochi) tax due. Reverse with transit markings and arrival Perugia (10 December). An excellent and quite remarkable Irish duo to a very scarce destination, particularly desirable by the presence of two different types of insufficiency markings (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 19] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2513 cover 1857: 1 d. rose-red, die II, Alphabet III, white paper, perf. 14, two singles, lettered JH and IJ, used in combination with 1862 6 d. lilac, plate 3, (without hair lines), wmk. Emblems, perf. 14, lettered AI, on entire from London to Pirée (Piraeus), Athens, Greece, dated 15 January 1863, tied by London barred oval "12", endorsed "Via Marseille", with oval "PD" in red and black French entry "ANGL. AMB. CALAIS" (Noël 404). Smudged Athens arrival cds to reverse in black. Horizontal filing crease clear of adhesives, rub, perf. and small corner fault to 6 d. Otherwise fine and a scarce correctly rated cover addressed to the "Metaxa" family in Greece. Provenance: Ex John Pitts (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 40+84] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 120.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2514 cover 1858 (29 November): Cover to Perugia, Papal States, bearing 1856 1 d. deep rose-red, perf. 14, Die II, 1857 4 d. rose-carmine, wmk. Large Garter, and 6 d. lilac (tiny fault), all tied by barred diamond "194", with matching Dungarvan despatch datestamp on reverse, correctly paying the 11 d. rate for the first weight step, with red "PD" alongside. Sent via Dublin (30 November), London (1st December), French route with "ANGL. AMB. CALAIS 1 DEC. 58" handstamp, Paris (2 December), then carried by French packet via Marseilles and struck on arrival with the "Civitavecchia / Via Di Mare" entry marking. Reverse with arrival Perugia (8 December). A lovely and attractive Irish entire, combining a scarce origin, other than Dublin or Cork, with a very scarce destination (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 41, 66, 68] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2515 (*) 1858/64: 1 d. red Imprimaturs, the delightful set of thirty from Plate 71 - Plate 100 (excluding plate 75 which was never put to press and plate 77 which does not exist in this format), all fresh and very fine with three being matching top marginal examples lettered AE, and the vast majority with four margins. A fresh and very fine group of much charm and of considerable scarcity Gi Spec G1 = £ 12'750 (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 43 Proofs] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2515A * 1865 (Sept): 1 d. carmine-rose, Die II, wmk. Large Crown, lettered JF, a Royal Reprint made from Plate 66 after it had been withdrrawn from use. Fresh and fine, large part og. Extremely rare. Cert. RPSL (2026) Gi DP35 = £ 2'250 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain DP35] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 600.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2515B cover Destination Faroe Islands 1873 (Aug 18): Entire from Liverpool to Tvøroyri / Tverå at the Faroe Island of Suðuroy, endorsed "via Granton", bearing 1867 3 d. rose printed from the scarce Plate 10 and 1 d. lake-red (Pl.164), both tied with "LIVERPOOL / 466" duplex, with Edinburgh transit cds (19 Aug) on reverse. A fine letter to an extremely rare destination (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 43+103] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2549 cover 1862 & 1868: Covers (2) to Sweden, with 1862 cover bearing 1857 1 d. blue pl. 9 and 1857 6 d. lilac (2) tied by Falkirk / 139 duplexes and mailed via Grangemouth, London and Hamburg; and 1868 cover to Stockholm with 1865/67 6 d. lilac pl. 6 tied by Leith / 221 duplex with "3d." credit marking in red at lower left; mailed via Belgium and Denmark. Small imperfections but an attractive pair (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 45+70+97] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 3838 cover 1841/65: Cover lot with 16 entires addressed to 'Foulds & Co.' in Paris with six from Liverpool and ten from London, showing a good range of tariffs and frankings including eight Penny Reds and two Penny blues usages. In addition a pristine unused advertising envelope with embossed 6d. violet with date slusgs '8-6-65' and matching 'Stafford Smith& Smith - Queen & Square House' advertising ring Huggins AR147 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-23, 11:59 PM Great Britain 1855-1900 Surface Printed Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 67 cover Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; End of Monopoly 1867: Group two covers from the final westbound sailings; incl. cover from Liverpool to Houston carried on the final westbound sailing of the "Cuba" departing Liverpool on 21 December 1867, bearing 1867/80 2 s. dull blue (SG 118 = £ 700); and from London to New York carried on the final westbound sailing of the "Persia" departing Queenstown on 29 December 1867 (Image 1) Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 81 cover Cunard Contract Mail, US-UK Postal Treaty 1849-1867; Registered Mail, 1859/64; Ensemble of five registered covers, four of them making their journey on Cunarder vessels, four from the United Kingdom, one from the States; incl. 1859 Label of a registered package containing six ounces, i.e. 12 times rate, bearing two stripes of four and two pairs of 1 sh. green plus 6 d. mauve (def.), 1864 registered cover to Canada with three-colour franking to pay the 12 pence rate, 1864 double rate cover to Philadelphia with pair 1 sh. and 6 d. registration fee; 1864 cover from Liverpool directed to a passenger onboard a Cunarder in Queenstown with quadruple 4 d. letter rate plus 4 d. registration fee; also 1862 registered advertising cover from New York to Triest with Austrian "Recomandirt." handstamp. Of mixed quality, but a most interesting group (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 94 cover Cunard Contract Mail, Mail to/from destinations outside the trading area, Mail to Mexico, 1858 (Sept 17): Entire letter from Glasgow to Mazatlán on the Mexican Pacific Coast, bearing 1855-57 1s. green with 1854-57 1 d. and 2 d. (pair, some trimmed perfs. at base), showing an unusual partial doubling of the vertical perfs, fresh adhesives tied by crisp "GLASGOW / 159" duplex, the letter carried with Cunard’s "Africa" from Liverpool to New York, US packet to Havanna, transferred to RMSP’s "Clyde" for arrival at Vera Cruz, overland to Mazatlán. The primary route from the United Kingdom towards the Caribbean and Mexico was with the RMSP via St. Thomas. This cover was, however, explicitly endorsed “via United States” and therefore used the Cunard steamer to New York. Provenance: Spink sale 1014 (April 2010), lot 1514 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 602 cover Round the World Card 1880: Great Britain 1½ d. brown postal stationery card mailed from London with 1870 bantam ½ d. lake pl. 20, mailed on with fine strike of 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE' cds (May 7) to Singapore where 4 c. rose applied and tied, thence to Yokohama (May 24) where 1879 2 s. and 3 s. applied and tied (June 5), thence to New York, USA where Taylor 5 c. blue applied and (June 30) and back to London (July 2). All stamps somewhat faded but nevertheless an appealing East to West Round the World Card. Cert. Holcombe (1984). Provenance: Collection Henry C. Gibson (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 603 cover Round the World Card 1880: Great Britain 1½ d. brown postal stationery card mailed from London up-rated with 1870 bantam ½ d. lake pl. 20 (April 9), to San Francisco where 2 c. orange applied (May 1) and onwards to Japan with 1876/79 Koban 3 s. orange and 4 s. blue-green applied and tied in Yokohama (May 26) forwarded on to Netherlands East Indies with 2½ c. orange-yellow and 5 c. yellow-green tied by Weltvreden cds (June 18) and thence back to London (July 22). A fine and scarce West to East Round the World Card. Cert. E. Diena (1987) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Currently...CHF 400.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM 747 cover Ottoman Post Offices in Syria (Haleb Vilayeti) 1867/70: Great Britain 6 d. mauve, plate 8 (Gi 109), a single example used on 1870 cover to Aleppo, Syria endorsed "via Marseilles", tied by "Glasgow / 159" duplex (Sept 15) in black and oval red "PD". Reverse with London transit cds (Sept 16) in black; thence by French Packet from Marseille to Beirut with "Beyrout / Syrie" cds in black (Oct 10) and the cover does not bear the usual "Poste Francaise / D'Alep" handstamp in blue. Instead, the cover was passed to the Ottoman P.O. in Beirut for forwarding to Aleppo and was thus taxed upon arrival for local delivery at single rate with Turkey Postage Due 1868/72 20 pa. brown and 1 pi. red-brown tied by all arabic triple boxed "HALEB 81" handstamps in black (Coles & Walker fig. 5 / Ziya fig. 5) with "ALEP" cds in black (Oct 14) alongside. A very rare and attractive combination usage (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain P11+P12] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-24, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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