Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Sale - 130
Great Britain
Propaganda Covers & Postal History by Year
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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4 |
 Great Britain, Arbitration for War, Universal Brotherhood, and Freedom of Commerce. Allover J. Valentine design (State 5) on cover to St. Mabyn, franked with 1841, 2d blue, "white
lines" tied by barred oval handstamp, reverse with "Camelford, Sp 29, 1852" origin and Bodmin transit cds's; small cover tear at bottom, Very Fine, this being one of three recorded used examples of this State 5 design, with this
example the only one with a 1841 2d franking, with 1988 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Scott No. 4; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Great Britain, Hands Across the Sea - "A Penny All the Way". Beechings Imperial Penny Postage design on two covers; one (State 5) on cover to Toronto, Canada franked with 1881, 1d
lilac (89) perfin on front and 1887 ½d vermilion, pair (111) on reverse, tied by "Kilburn, Ja, 25, 88" duplex postmarks, another (State 7) on cover to Odessa, Russia franked with 1887, 2½d violet (114) tied by
"London Mr 30, 99" postmark; former with some cover opening tears at top, Very Fine, very scarce, only a couple known used from each State.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 3 |
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3 |
 Great Britain, Intemperance Is the Bane of Society. Allover J. Valentine design (State 1) on fresh cover to Belfast, Ireland, franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by bar
handstamp, reverse with red "Glascow, 15 Jy, 1850" origin and blue receiving cds's; small internal nick in stamp and opening cut at top affecting design, otherwise Very Fine, an early usage of this Valentine temperance design (second earliest
known), ex-E. Erle & Salzer.
Scott No. 3; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4 |
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8 |
 Great Britain, Intemperance Is the Bane of Society. Allover J. Valentine design (State 6) on cover to London, franked with 1854, 1d red brown tied by "547" bar oval handstamp,
reverse with green "Stoke Upon Trent, De 15, 1854" origin and red London receiving cds's; certificate mentions cover tone, soiled and edge damage all of which are minor, Very Fine, this being unique usage of this State 5 design, with
2018 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Scott No. 8; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 5 |
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20 |
 Great Britain, Intoxicating Drinks Are the Bane & Curse of Society. Allover J. Valentine design (State 5) on cover to London, franked with 1857, 1d red brown tied by "685" bar oval
handstamp, reverse with blue "Wilton, Ja 13, 1861" origin and red "London, Ja 14, 61" receiving cds's; cover with some edge nicks at top, otherwise Very Fine, this being one of two recorded usage of this State 5 design,
ex-"Daisy".
Scott No. 20; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 6 |
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3 |
 Great Britain, Ocean Penny Postage, Britain! Bestow This Boon, and Be in Blessing Blest. Allover Myer's & Co. design (state 3) on cover addressed by social reform activist Elihu Burritt
to Miss Louisa Hill (daughter of Sir Rowland Hill) in Hampstead, franked with 1841, 1d red brown large margins, tied by "74" barred handstamp, reverse with red "London Jy 11, 1853" tombstone origin date stamp; cover with a couple sealed
opening tears not mention on certificate, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Yates, Meroni, Knox, Hahn & Grunin, with 2022 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Scott No. 3; Estimate $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF THREE KNOWN USED EXAMPLES OF THIS "OCEAN PENNY
POSTAGE" STATE 3 DESIGN.
Elihu Burritt was an American diplomat, philanthropist, social activist, and blacksmith. He was also a prolific lecturer, journalist and writer who traveled widely in the United States and Europe. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 7 |
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3 |
 Great Britain, Ocean Postage. Allover J. Valentine propaganda design (State 5A) with added central inscription at bottom, on cover to Bilston franked with 1841, 1d red brown ample to
mostly large margins, tied by barred "131" handstamp, reverse with red Edinburgh "Mar 14, 1850" origin, blue Birmingham transit and "Bilston, Mr 15, 1850" receiving cds's; light cover edge wear at left, Very Fine and choice, the earliest
recorded use of this State 5A design.
Scott No. 3; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 8 |
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3 |
 Great Britain, Peace and Universal Brotherhood. J. Valentine pictorial design (State 6) on cover to Glastonbury, franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by "123" barred oval handstamp,
reverse with "Bridgewater, Sp 5, 1852" origin, Bath transit, "Glastonbury, Sp 6, 1852" receiving and "Street" cds's all in blue, Very Fine, one of five known used examples of this Peace and Universal Brotherhood design from State 6.
Scott
No. 3; Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 9 |
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 Great Britain, Propaganda Cover Balance. Of two unused covers; includes Peace and Universal Brotherhood, American Peace Society version of J. Valentine design showing with American
flag replacing Union Jack (State 2) on buff cover, the only unused examples recorded, and Ocean Postage, One Penny, Would Link in Trade and Peace, the Brotherhood of Man, allover J. Valentine's second design (State 2) on reverse of
cover, one of two unused known with one used recorded, Very Fine, the latter ex-Grunin.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 10 |
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 Great Britain, 1710 Queen Anne's Colonial Postal Law: An Act For Establishing a General Post-Office For All Her Majesties Dominions, and For Settling a Weekly Sum Out of the Revenues Thereo.
28 page printed document (pages numbered 287 to 311) entitled "Anno Regni ANNAE REGINAE, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, NONO. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Twenty fifth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1710. In the
Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of thr Faith &c. being the first Session of this present Parliment", with Royal Crest and printer "Printed by the
Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd; Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1711." imprints; missing cover (as almost always) with binding intact, housed in specially made solander.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
A
RARE AND IMPORTANT "QUEEN ANNE ACT" PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED POST OFFICES IN THE COLONIES AND ALLOTTED ITS WEEKLY REVENUES FOR THE ONGOING WAR AND OTHER USES.
This document, known as The British Post Office Act of 1710, took effect in North
America on June 1, 1711. The postal laws set out in this document remained in effect in North America until 1789. Colonists came to view the postal rates set forth in the act as an excessive and unwelcome form of taxation. The rates were revised by a
later act, which took effect on October 10, 1765. The act, also known as the Queen Anne Act, created a formula that was used to improve the colonial postal system. It created a deputy postmaster general for the colonies and established uniform rates
for carrying letters. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Great Britain, 1898 Hand-Illustrated Covers. Pair of covers featuring skillfully executed pen & ink wash Cartoon Drawings addressed to one Harry Brown of St. Ives, Cornwall; each franked
with a 1d lilac incorporated into the design and tied by a London cds, Very Fine, a gorgeous pair.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Great Britain, 1943-44 Incoming Bletchley Park Covers. Two covers both addressed to "P.O. Box 111, Bletchley"; first an air letter to Mrs Audrey Burns (a decoder in the Japanese section
working from Hut 7) franked with KGVI 3d tied by "Field Post Office 300, Mr 20, 44" cds sent from Italy, with personal enclosure, second is a registered cover from Asuncion, Paraguay sent to M.H. Hill Esq., franked on front and reverse with Sep 1,
1943 cds canceling stamps on front, registry etiquette and censor tape at left; some small flaws, Very Fine, an interesting and historic duo.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
"P.O. Box 111, Bletchley" was the undercover address for
Bletchley Park, the secret decoding center where the German Enigma codes where broken and the first computer developed by Alan Turing.
(Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Mulready Envelopes & Letter Sheets
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 13 |
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U1-U2 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Envelope, 1d black & 2d blue with matched "Poulton Penny Post" markings. 1d (slight soiling and corner faults) to London Bridge, canceled with "Poulton
Penny Post" plus three red Maltese Cross Cancels, Preston and London backstamps, 2d (stereo A197, some soiling and corner restored) with matching origin and address, F.-V.F. appearance, a very rare matched pair, with 1979 R.P.S.L.
certificates.
Scott No. U1-U2; Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 14 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 1d black. With stereo unknown from Exeter to Budleigh Salterton; canceled with red Maltese Cross and matching "Exeter Py. Post JY 31, 1840"
datestamp, boxed No.9 at lower right, backstamped "Exeter JY-31, 1840" cds, Extremely Fine and choice, a very attractive cover with great eye appeal.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 15 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 1d black. Stereo unknown from Burton to Lichfield; canceled with bold red Maltese Cross, forwarded to Newcastle, backstamped with "J OC 28, 1840"
cds; portion of sideflap missing, Very Fine appearing.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 16 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Advertising Letter Sheet, 1d black. Group of two with stereo numbers A5 and A15, both used, the first with red Maltese cross from London to Penryn, Cornwall,
the second canceled with Black Maltese cross and used within London, both with overall advertising on back headed Post Office Covers; sold to the public at 11d. per dozen, 4d under the government price by William Gilling, 193, Strand, London,
opposite St. Clement's Church, where parties wishing insertion may receive full particular, printed in blue (S.G. Spec. 12d, e), one roughly opened and toned, generally Fine the second cover is very fine, a very scarce pair in any
condition.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $400 - 600.
Complete images:
View gallery or Download PDF (16MB). (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 17 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Advertising Letter Sheet, 1d black. With Stereo 244, canceled with black Maltese Cross cancel, from London to Norfolk, back stamped Wells Norfolk Ap 24, 1841
cds, back of letter sheet headed Society: For the Extinction of the Slave Trade, and for the Civilization of Africa (S.G. Spec. MA 480), further explaining the state of Africa at the time, a plan to counteract slavery and the expense; toning on
the back with some light creasing, Fine overall, a very rare example of this advertisement, very few have survived.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $500 - 750.
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and 19th
centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade. It was part of a wider abolitionism movement in Western Europe and the Americas.
It spanned over a century and involved a wide range of activists, politicians, religious groups and former slaves. The trade of slaves was made illegal throughout the British Empire by 1833 with Nigeria and Bahrain being the last British territories
to abolish slavery. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 18 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Advertising Letter Sheet, 1d black. With stereo number A35, canceled with bold red Maltese cross, from London to Ruffelsquare blue "T,P. Charles St West"
cancel at right, overall advertising on back headed TO ADVERTISERS. Guaranteed Circulation 5000 stamped copies,-Total Number of Stamps Issued in June and July. 55,000!!! printed in blue (S.G. Spec. MA5a); small sealed tear at top, otherwise
Very Fine, a very scarce advertisement on reverse.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 19 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Advertising Letter Sheet, 1d black. With stereo number A31, canceled with black Maltese cross, from London addressed to Golsfry, overall advertising on back
headed Dr. Allison's Unparalled Remedy and Certain Cure For the Toothache, Rheumatism of the Gums, &c. (S.G. Spec. MA 403), some edge wear and small tears, Fine overall, a very scarce back very few are known.
Scott No. U3; Estimate
$200 - 300. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 20 |
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U3 |
 Great Britain, 1840, Mulready Letter Sheet, 1d black. With undetermined stereo number due to wax seal removal, canceled with red Maltese cross, from London to Edinburgh, overall advertising
on back headed The New Envelope Select Advertiser, No.1-June 27, 1840, Guaranteed Circulation 5000 Copies (S.G. Spec. MA 21a), sealed tear at upper left, overall Very Fine, a scarce and desirable back.
Scott No. U3; Estimate $200 -
300. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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