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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale - 831

British Commonwealth

**Great Britain**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1	S	U1	1840, Mulready Envelope, 1d black (Scott U1 var.), Stereo A150 with type 2 "SPECIMEN" handstamp; side flaps missing, as always, light central horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine. Very rare, with just eight examples recorded, all are being different stereo numbers and all with side flaps removed. SG ME2s. SG £7,000 ($9,350). (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain U1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,200-1,800 Currently Opening at...$600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2	O	1	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), five fresh, 4-margin singles, plates 1A (corner crease), 1B, 4, and 5 (2, one (ND) with a small thin, otherwise Very Fine. SG 2. Scott $2,150. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3		1	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), plate 1A, T-L; large margins to just clear at the upper right, tied by a red Maltese cross on a folded letter from Castlewellan to Dublin; Castlewellan c.d.s., May 29, 1840 (first month of use) and red Dublin diamond "5M/MY30/40" on the reverse; slightly soiled file fold at the left, otherwise Very Fine. SG 2; £750 ($1,000). Scott $850. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $250-350 Currently Opening at...$130.00 Will close during Public Auction
4	O	1	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), four nice four-margin copies with red Maltese cross cancels: plate 1A, FC & SK; plate 1B, KA; and plate 8, PA, Very Fine. An exceptional group for plating. SG 2. Scott $1,875. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $400-600 Currently Opening at...$200.00 Will close during Public Auction
5		2	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 2d blue (Scott 2), plate I, clear to good margins, F-VF, with a neat Maltese cross (not tied) on a folded letter from Dublin to Borrisakane; red Dublin diamond "GA/ SP29/ 42" on the reverse with a neat Sep 30 Borrisakane c.d.s. on the front, Very Fine. SG 5; £2,750 ($3,670). Scott $3,250. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
6	O	2	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 2d blue (Scott 2), block of 10, plate 2, CA-DE, black Maltese Cross cancels, margins all around except at left and lower left; nick at the top and lower right, the latter where the corner is actually torn; positions CA and DE doubled corner letters. A very rare used large multiple., ex-Dillaway. Scott $54,500 as two blocks & a pair. SG 5. SG £46,500 as two blocks & a pair ($62,080). (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $5,000-7,500 Currently Opening at...$2,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
7	O	2	1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 2d blue (Scott 2), horizontal strip of 3, plate 1, CE-CG, ample to large margins all around, right stamp with a faint trace of a light bend, otherwise Very Fine. SG 5; £3,600 as singles ($4,810). Scott $3,750. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 Currently Opening at...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
8		5	1847, Queen Victoria (embossed), 1s pale green (Scott 5), just touching at the right & bottom, fresh and Fine, tied by barred numeral "11"(?) on a cover from London to New York, N.Y.; red "PAID" and "21/CENTS" handstamps on the front, London and red transit c.d.s.s on the reverse, Nov 20 & 21', Very Fine. SG 54; £1,900 ($2,540). Scott $1,550. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 5] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $350-500 Currently Opening at...$180.00 Will close during Public Auction
9		7	1854, Queen Victoria (embossed), 6d purple (Scott 7), ample to mostly large margins, Very Fine, used with a 2d blue, perf 14 (13), the two tied by "14" barred diamonds on an 1855 folded letter to Paris, with French entry c.d.s. red "PD" in oval on the front and faint Paris receiver and redlon "8M/JY-11/1855" c.d.s. on the reverse; the 2d is missing a small apiece at the lower left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, signed Holcombe, with his 1995 certificate. SG 60; £1,900+ ($2,540). Scott $2,850+. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 7] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
10		28	1856, Queen Victoria, 1s green, Emblems watermark (Scott 28), 1851 folded letter from Liverpool to Valparaiso, Chile franked with a horizontal pair with lower left interpane sheet margin and imprint, "Price! Shilling per Label." tied by two clear Liverpool Feb 1 "466" duplexes; backstamped London, Feb 2; stamps with average centering, cover exceptionally clean and Very Fine. SG 72. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 28] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $250-350 Currently Opening at...$130.00 Will close during Public Auction
11		57	1867, Queen Victoria, 5s rose, Maltese Cross watermark (Scott 57), exceptionally strong color, some virtually unnoticeable "surface disturbances where staining has been reduced" (per the accompanying certificate), regummed, otherwise Fine, with a 2019 R.P.S.L. certificate. SG 126; £9,500 ($12,680). Scott $11,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 57] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
12		98-107	1883-84, Queen Victoria "Lilac & Green" Issue, ½d to 1s complete (Scott 98-107), an unusually fresh set, o.g., Fine to Very Fine. Rarely offered as a complete set. SG 187/196; £5,400 ($7,210). Scott $6,295. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 98-107] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,500-2,000 Currently Opening at...$750.00 Will close during Public Auction
13	S	110 var.	1884, Queen Victoria, £1 brown lilac, type 9 "SPECIMEN" overprint (Scott 110 var.), Imperial Crowns watermark, o.g., lightly hinged, fresh and nicely centered, Fine to Very Fine. SG 185s. SG £2,800 ($3,740). (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 110 var.] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
14	O	123	1888, Queen Victoria, £1 brown lilac, Orbs watermark (Scott 123), reasonably well centered with a faint, centrally struck c.d.s. cancel, Fine to Very Fine. SG 186. Scott $5,250. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 123] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 Currently Opening at...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
15		142	1902, King Edward VII, De La Rue printing, £1 dull blue green (Scott 142), o.g., lightly hinged, exceptionally fresh and clean, Fine to Very Fine. SG 266; £2,000 ($2,670). Scott $2,000. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 142] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $600-800 Currently Opening at...$300.00 Will close during Public Auction
16		176	1913, King George V "Seahorse", Waterlow printing, £1 green (Scott 176), o.g., well centered with rich color on bright paper, Very Fine, with an undated(950s?—R.P.S.L. certificate. SG 403; £2,800 ($3,740). Scott $3,000. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 176] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $800-1,200 Currently Opening at...$400.00 Will close during Public Auction
17		176	1913, King George V "Seahorse", Waterlow printing, £1 green (Scott 176), an exceptional mint example, o.g., very lightly hinged, bright, fresh and very well centered, Very Fine. SG 403; £2,800 ($3,740). Scott $3,000. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 176] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 Currently Opening at...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
18		176a	1913, King George V "Seahorse", Waterlow printing, £1 dull blue green (Scott 176a), a marvelous right sheet margin block of 4, fresh and well centered, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. SG 404; £15,200 as singles ($20,290). Scott $17,800 as singles. A CHOICE AND RARE MULTIPLE OF THE ICONIC £1 SEAHORSE IN THE SCARCER, DULL BLUE GREEN SHADE. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 176a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $6,000-8,000 Currently Opening at...$3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
19		209	1929, £1 P.U.C. (Scott 209), a choice lower left corner margin block of 4, fresh and beautifully centered, Very Fine. SG 438; £4,400 as singles ($5,870). Scott $4,400 as singles. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 209] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,500-2,000 Currently Opening at...$750.00 Will close during Public Auction
20		BK45	1938, 2sh King George VI, complete booklet (Scott BK45), missing 1 stamp from 1½d pane of 4, some cover wear, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,200. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain BK45] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $300-400 Currently Opening at...$150.00 Will close during Public Auction
21		25	1906, King Edward VII, 1pi on 2d (Scott 25), o.g., very lightly hinged, wonderfully fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Very scarce. SG 15; £1,500 ($2,000). Scott $1,750. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 25] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $600-800 Currently Opening at...$300.00 Will close during Public Auction
22		S1/S8	Field Office in Salonica, 1916, King George V, overprinted "Levant", ½d-1s complete (SG S1/S8), a fresh, well centered set, o.g., Very Fine. SG £1,400 ($1,870). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain S1/S8] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
23			*1889 Orient Express* label,** a Turkish formular postcard franked with a black "Express D'Orient" label and a G.B. 1889 1d die II (89)), both tied by British Post Office Constantinople c.d.s., Oct 21, 1889; addressed to Quebec, Canada, Very Fine and very rare. Believed to be one of only two examples franked with a Great Britain adhesive. Includes a 2024 article from the American Philatelist entitled "The Mail Transport with the Orient Express, 1883-1898" by Ute and Elmar Dorr. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 89] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,500-2,000 Currently Opening at...$750.00 Will close during Public Auction
24		1910	Great Britain, Forerunner Mail Flight 1910, C. Grahame-White flew this Advertising card from Blackpool a full year before the UK "First UK Aerial Post"; very seldom encountered, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1910] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
25		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Foreign Destinations 1911, 13 exhibit pages containing two dozen pioneer airmail cards and envelopes sent abroad; includes Madeira, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador, Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, New Hebrides (may be unique), Japan, Ceylon, Burma, India, South Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Austria; Wow! Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $2,000-3,000 Currently Opening at...$1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
26		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Plate Reconstruction 1911, 15 exhibit pages with a remarkable recontruction of the sheets that created the postcards for the flight; 25 of the 30 cards were flown with destinations that included Germany, Australia, and Malta; each card includes an enlargement to show the plate flaw that made plate reconstruction possible, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,200-1,800 Currently Opening at...$600.00 Will close during Public Auction
27		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Identification of Flights 1911, 24 flown cards and envelopes on 15 exhibit pages with a wealth of aerophilatelic information; begins with scarce violet privileged mail only used by the Organizing Committee and what would be the only airmail carried on Sept 9 due to poor weather conditions; includes cover from the 15th Mail Flight in which engine trouble forced the pilot to land at Langley and forward the mail to Windsor by car; attractive, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $2,000-3,000 Currently Opening at...$1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
28		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Posting the Mail 1911, 23 flown cards and envelopes on exhibit pages organized by the special mail boxes found at selected retailers; includes Arding & Hobbs, Harrods Ltd, John Barker & Co (Tasmania), Selfridge & Co (with sales receipt), Wimpole Street Post Office postmarks (four different), Benetfink & Co, A W Gamage & Co, Office of the Aerial Post (three from the Organizing Committee), Army & Navy Stores (New Zealand), D H Evans & Co (United States), Roper & Co, and three from Hendon Aerodrome (including one to India); powerful, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $2,500-3,500 Currently Opening at...$1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
29		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Advertising Cards 1911, 14 Advertising cards sent to clients nicely dovetailed with the first Airmail in Great Britain; includes Brown Brothers, Arding & Hobbs, J & J Colman, Car & General Insurance (with variety), Educational Book, The Financial Outlook, The Gramophone Co., Molassine Dog Food, Remington Typewriter, Royal Aero Club, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, and Shell Petroleum; beautifully presented on exhibit pages, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 Currently Opening at...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
30		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postage Rates 1911, 9 better examples from the first UK Airmail on exhibit pages; basic rate to Ireland, Isle of Wight, Special Use Internal rate to British ship at Gibraltar, British Legation in Peru, Printed Matter to Canada, as well as two underpaid to France, and another to India and Australia; powerful, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $1,000-1,500 Currently Opening at...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
31		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Printings 1911, 12 different mint envelopes and cards with adhesives on exhibit pages; 1st Printing -Public Mail including scarlet, purple-brown, and bright green (the later two with matching note paper); Emergency Printing - Flap Embosed Envelopes in red-brown (flown), and unused envelopes without stamps (elusive) in olive-green and deep brown; 2nd Emergency Printing with matching note paper; 1st Printing cards in olive-green, red-brown, and brown; 2nd Printing card; and 3rd Printing card; very difficult to replicate, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction
32		1911	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Postmark Dates 1911, 10 envelopes and cards on exhibit pages; postmarks from London from Sept 9 through 15, except for Sunday, Sept 10; Sept 9th cancels are elusive, both a postcard and a letter are shown (the envelope is to Belgium); Sept 14th postmark with Sept 13th machine cancel; strong group, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $400-600 Currently Opening at...$200.00 Will close during Public Auction
33		1911x	Great Britain, First UK Aerial Post Exhibit Balance 1911, 18 envelopes and cards (one mailed but not flown) expertly organized on exhibit pages; includes London to Winsor cards flown from Winsor, scarce printing ordered by the Organizing Committee with "Copyright" in left margin, flap embossed envelopes flown from Winsor, foreign destinations (India, Southern Nigeria, Portugal, and Germany), and Advertising cards from J Frenkel & Co as well as the Windor Chronicle; great lot, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 1911x] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 Currently Opening at...$375.00 Will close during Public Auction

**Antigua**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
34			1822, Stampless Folded Letter from Antigua to England, addressed to Sir C. Bethell Codrington in Dodington, Gloucestershire, England; datelined Antigua, Apr 22, 1822 with manuscript "2/2" (2s2d) rate; upon arrival at Falmouth the cover received a clear "LEEWARD ISLANDS, JU 15, 1822, F" rimless c.d.s. and was docketed as received three days later on Jun 18., Very Fine. Includes a transcript and a history of this typical Codrington business letter. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Antigua 2s2d] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $500-750 Currently Opening at...$250.00 Will close during Public Auction

**Australian States**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
35		2 var.	1853, "Van Diemen's Land", 4d pale orange, plate I, 2nd state (Scott 2 var.), unwatermarked, three large margins, just touching at the left; tied by a neat Launceston barred numeral "60" on an exceptionally clean folded letter to Hobart; red Launceston diamond datestamp, "PRE-PAID/24JY24/1855" and a red Hobart truncated circle receiver, "PRE-PAID/25JY25/1855", Very Fine. SG 9; £2,250 ($3,000). (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Australian States 2 var.] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 Currently Opening at...$375.00 Will close during Public Auction
36		AR2	Postal-Fiscal, 1863, St. George and the Dragon, 2s6d carmine, imperf (Scott AR2), o.g., bright color; large margins to just cear at the top, Fine to Very Fine. SG F2; £800 3 ($1,070). Scott $800. (Image) Get Market Data for [Australian States AR2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $350-500 Currently Opening at...$180.00 Will close during Public Auction
37		AR33	Postal-Fiscal, 1900, St. George and the Dragon, 2s6d lake, "REVENUE" overprint (Scott AR33), o.g., rich color, Fine. SG F32; £500 ($670). Scott $450. (Image) Get Market Data for [Australian States AR33] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $200-300 Currently Opening at...$100.00 Will close during Public Auction
38		F2	Registration, 1857, 1s rose-pink & blue (Scott F2), roulette evident on all sides, used with a 4d dull red imperf (Scott 17a, S.G 43) close or touching on all sided, tied by two Melbourne "1" barred numerals on a neat cover to Wymondham, England; London "REGISTERED/G.P.O./DE 9 57" oval and handstamped "d6" for inbound Registered mai; backstamped Melbourne (date not clear) and Wymondham, Dec 10; manuscript instruction, "'Per Simla' [British passenger steamer]and Overland", Very Fine. SG 55. (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Australian States F2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $750-1,000 Currently Opening at...$375.00 Will close during Public Auction

**Australia**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
39		13	1913, Kangaroo and Map, 10s gray & pink (Scott 13), 1st watermark, exceptionally bright, fresh and well centered, o.g., Very Fine. SG 14. Scott $1,600. (Image) Get Market Data for [Australia 13] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $600-800 Currently Opening at...$300.00 Will close during Public Auction
40		14	1913, Kangaroo and Map, £1 brown & ultramarine (Scott 14), 1st watermark, o.g., fresh and bright, Fine to Very Fine. SG 15. Scott $3,250. (Image) Get Market Data for [Australia 14] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Estimate $800-1,200 Currently Opening at...$400.00 Will close during Public Auction