Universal Philatelic Auctions Sale

1870 1½d rose-red, plate (1), JJ, slightly blunted perfs at bottom, very fresh u.m. Scarce thus. Purchased from Stanley Gibbons for £750. {UM} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £281.60) (Image)

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Estimate £ 352
SG c.v £725

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12070

1870 1½d, plate (1), BL, centred to NW, fine unused no gum. {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £53.60) (Image)

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Estimate £ 67
SG c.v £725

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12071

1870 1½d rose-red, plate 3, GH, centred to SE, light perf toning, probably regummed, unused. {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £39.20) (Image)

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Estimate £ 49
SG c.v £500

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12072

1870 1½d, plates 1 (FE) and 3 (SL), good used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £30.40)

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Estimate £ 38
SG c.v £185

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12073

51/2

1870 1½d, plates (1) and 3, each with clear profile, good used. {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £20.00)

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Estimate £ 25
SG c.v £185

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12074

51/2

1870 1½d, plates (1) and 3 (superb crisp EXCHANGE/LIVERPOOL cds, trimmed perfs at right), g.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £28.00)

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Estimate £ 35
SG c.v £185

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12075

51/2

1870 1½d, plates (1) and 3, fair to good used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £19.20)

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Estimate £ 24
SG c.v £185

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12076

51-2

1870 1½d, plates (1) and 3, good used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £22.40)

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Estimate £ 28
SG c.v £185

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12077

1870-79 ½d rose 'Bantam' plate set (less Pl 9), good to fine used. {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £82.40)

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Estimate £ 103
SG c.v £730

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12078

139,141

1873-80 2½d rosy mauve plate 3(Anchor wmk) & plate (15) (Orb wmk), both very fine used(2) {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £56.80) (Image)

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Estimate £ 71
SG c.v £260

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12079

178

1883-84 2s6d lilac, EA, centred to NE, full HANGING DITCH (?)/MANCHESTER cds, a few short perfs at top, o/wise fine used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £32.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 40
SG c.v £175

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12080

180

1883-84 5s rose, KC, centred to right, crisp socked-on-nose WATERLOO STREET/GLASGOW cds, v.f.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £56.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 70
SG c.v £250

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12081

183

1883-84 10s ultramarine,, HG, socked-on-nose heavyish 'L.C. & D.R./VICTORIA STAN' cds, v.g.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £96.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 120
SG c.v £525

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12082

187-96

1883-84 'lilac and green' set to 1s, 4d and 5d values washed, others fair colour, fair to very good used. (10) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £116.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 145
SG c.v £1720

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12083

1887-92 Jubilee 9d and 10d, fine cds used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £24.00)

Estimate £ 30
SG c.v £93

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12084

207-a

1887-92 Jubilee 5d, Dies 1 and 2, cds cancels, v.g.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £28.80)

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Estimate £ 36
SG c.v £135

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12085

212

1891 £1 green, SB, socked-on-nose upright CHARING CROSS small squared circle pmk, short perf at bottom left, v.g.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £200.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 250
SG c.v £800

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12086

266

1902-10 DLR £1 dull blue-green, slightly smudged JERSEY circular rubber postmark, well centred, v.g.u. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £260.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 325
SG c.v £825

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12087

1941 1d pale red-brown (4 margins), 2d blue (3½ margins), 1854-57 large Crown perf 16 1d, 1856-58 1d rose-red (2), good used. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £40.00)

Estimate £ 50
SG c.v £290

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

Great Britain - QV (line engraved) - Imperforate 1

Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

12088

1841 1d red brown from black Plates x 6, each with faults, Pl 8 CD 3 margin black MX vertical crease. Plate 8 FD black MX trimmed on all sides. Plate 8 BE 3½ margins horiz crease faint black MX. Plate 9 DJ 2 margin black MX. Plate 10 HK 3 margin black MX diagonal crease & edge faults. Plate 11 DD 4 margin black MX vertical crease & toned. (6) {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £32.80)

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Estimate £ 41

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12089

8tz PL34BS23

1841 QV. Slightly blued 1d. Red-Brown deeper shade clear letters I-B and denomination neatly cancelled by large part upright charismatic NORWICH Maltese Cross. Four good margins, no faults. Super (1v.) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £156.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 195
SG c.v £450

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

12090

8-12a BS66a

1847 Plate 77 isn't just host to the UK's most valuable stamp - the perforate 1d. Red plate 77 which even recently realises £400,000 to £500,000, but unbeknown to many collectors the IMPERFORATE Plate 77 1d. Red is also host to the World's FIRST MAJOR STAMP ERROR - the SG listed 'B' BLANK 'A' mentioned in the SG GB Concise below SG12, and catalogued in the revised SG Line-Engraved Specialised Catalogued at £22,000. In 50 years full-time trading we have only handled this stamp three times - the 1st being in 1980 when we sold an example for GBP£2,250= (a lot of money in those days), the 2nd time being some 4 or 5 years ago, we sold a more heavily cancelled four margin example, with a less clear lower half for nearer £15,000. This is hardly surprising when only 28 examples have been recorded. Literally years go by and sometimes decades before we see another. Naturally King Charles holds an example in the Royal Collection, and doubtless institutional collections such as the British Library will hold others. These days part of the passion in philately is the almost universal interest in STAMP ERRORS, and we stand to be corrected but we believe the 'B' BLANK 'A' to be the world's FIRST MAJOR PHILATELIC ERROR, aided and abetted by the fact that most stamp issuing countries had not even issued a stamp until, for example, France two years later in 1849! Imperforate 1d. Reds were 1st issued printed from 1d. Black plates in 1841, and it was not until 1847 when the 1st 1d. Red Plate 77 was produced from which this rare example comes. It is recorded that the error ‘no letter A in right corner’ was due to the omission to insert this letter on stamp B A of Plate 77. The error was discovered some months after the plate was registered and was then corrected. Interestingly SG Specialised Catalogue adds that Plate 77 was registered on 19th April 1847 but probably was not put to press until early December 1847. The plate had a short life: SG Specialised continues … the plate was probably taken from press mid-August 1848 and was destroyed 2nd December 1848. Importantly … on 5 January 1848, Edwin Hill wrote to the printers Perkins, Bacon Ltd noting that the letter A of BA had been omitted and asked for this to be inserted and a fresh Imprimatur sheet to be printed. The letter A was inserted and the plate re-registered on 12 January 1848 – which may account for relatively few B BLANKS issued in the first place and so few survivors extant today. A fine used example for this from Die 1, touched at left, crucially with good clear margins where it counts, with the clearest VOID A corner that a collector could desire. Reverse hinge trace, no faults, plus clear ‘AFTER CONSULTATION’ 2022 Royal Philatelic Society London (RPSL) photo certificate of authenticity signed stating genuine with no observations. ‘Once’ in most philatelic lifetimes. Fine colour, clearest VOID A ‘B’ BLANK we have rarely(!) offered. As you may have determined … one of my favourite stamps, only 28 examples recorded since 1847: how few may exist today (1v. RPSL Certificate 2022) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £9,400.00) (Image)

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Estimate £ 11,750
SG c.v £22000

Closing..Apr-01, 12:00 PM EST.

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