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10131 8
10132 8 10133 8
10134 8
10135 8 10136 8
10137 8 10138 10 10139 8
10140 8 10141 8
10142 8 10143 8 10144 8 10145 8 10146 8
10147 8 10148 9 10149 8 10150 8 10151 8
10152 8 10153 8 10154
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1841 1d red-brown, plate 148, AH, 4 huge margins, on 1852 Bill of Loading from Ballachulish (‘Balachelish’) to Glasgow, boxed GLENCOE handstamp, and lightly cancelled (in green) at Bonaw for delivery to Glasgow, vertical fold. (image available online only) ....................... £40
1841 1d red-brown, plate 151, RE, 4 small to huge margins, used on 1843 EL from Killin to Edinburgh, lightly cancelled ................................. £30
1841 1d red-brown, plate 152, IG, 4 small to large margins, on 1853 EL (flap removed) from Ixworth to Bury St. Edmunds, scarce ‘101’ numeral cancel ................................................................................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 154, MI, 4 small to good margins, with Constant Flaw, on 1853 envelope from Lincoln to Macclesfield, lightly cancelled .............................................................................................. £30
1841 1d red-brown, plate 155, AK, 4 good margins, with State 2 First Repair, on 1854 envelope from London to Worthing .............................. £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 157, CC, 4 tiny to very good margins, on 1852 small envelope from Leamington to Warwick, alongside is small TOO LATE handstamp ................................................................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 158, SB, 4 small to mostly large margins, on 1853 printed EL, straight line BROUGHTON namestamp in blue on obverse, and used to London, fine ......................................................... £32
1841 1d deep red-brown, plate 159, QG, 4 tiny to good margins, with Constant Flaw (horizontal line below ‘Q’), on 1853 envelope from Ramsey to Windsor Castle, fine. (image available online only) ......... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 160, examples SH (small to large margins) and SL (2½ margins) on 1853 Entire from London to Ludlow, light horizontal fold ...................................................................................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 161, KC, 4 very large margins, except close at upper left, on 1853 EL from Liverpool to London, horizontal fold ........... £34
1841 1d red-brown, plate 162, RK, tiny margin at right, others huge, with listed Constant Variety in K square, on small 1853 (July) envelope from Farringdon to London, small tear at bottom ........................................... £34
1841 1d red-brown, plate 171, NE, 4 large margins, on 1853 (Oct) EL from Fenchurch St. to Grays Inn, horizontal fold ..................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 43, BH, 4 tiny to huge margins, on 1844 (Sept) EL from Liverpool to Salcombe, tied by ‘466’ numeral cancel. Cat. £70 ... £25
1841 1d red-brown, plate 165, KJ, 4 good to huge margins, on 1854 EL from Dumfries to Edinburgh, vertical fold at left ..................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 166, KA, 4 very good margins, on 1853 (Oct) envelope from Barnstaple to South Molton ............................................ £34
1841 1d red-brown, plate 167, AJ, 4 large margins, with strongly recut corners, on 1853 (Sept) small envelope from Thropstone to Stoney Stratford, light tone patches .................................................................. £30
1841 1d red-brown, plate 167, LB, 4 small to good margins, used locally in Kenmore in Perthshire on 26th April 1853, just one week after being Put to Press on 18th April. Very early used ............................................. £40
1841 1d pale red-brown, plate 168, MB, 4 small to huge margins, on 1853 (Sept) envelope to Brighton, tone spotting, contemporary manuscript at top of obverse ................................................................. £20
1841 1d red-brown, plate 169, CA, 4 good to very large margins, cancelled by London District Office duplex No. 72 (Lower Norwood) and used to Grays Inn, light horizontal fold .................................................. £36
1841 1d red-brown, plate 170, TL, tiny margin at left, others very good, tied to 1854 envelope from Plymouth to Stadebridge in Cornwall by crisp strike of Plymouth Spoon, very light tone spots. (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £45
1841 1d red-brown, plate 146, ED, 4 tiny to good margins, on 1852 mourning envelope to Airdrie, with Cumnoch and Ochiltree marks in blue on reverse, light tone patches ................................................................ £28
1841 1d red-brown, plate 170, EE, 4 very good margins, on 1854 cover (smudged postmark) from Knutsford to Northwich, large repaired tear ... £18
1841 1d red-brown, plate 164, NC, 4 small margins, on small 1854 envelope from Malton to Essex ............................................................. £35
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10155 8 10156
1841 1d red-brown, plate 171, ML, 4 very good to huge margins (tiny trace of marginal inscription at right), with WATERMARK INVERTED, on cover to Spalding, some light tone patches, hinge remains and smudging on reverse. Very scarce. Cat. £350 (image available online only) ...... £90
1841 1d red-brown, plate 151, separated pair QC and QD on large piece from London to Birmingham, small margins all around, v.g.u ................. £28
1843 1d red (no margins) on Bank of Scotland Widows’ Fund Form from Kilmarnock to Edinburgh (distinctive large dots in MC cancel), then turned an re-used to sender with fine 1d red-brown, plate 29, BF (double letter B), tied by neat distinctive Edinburgh MC, on flap other marks include fancy curved TOO LATE. (image available online only) ......... £70
10157 10158
1847 cover to London, red PAID cds, undated double arc BUCKFASTLEIGH postmark, partial ASHBURTON town cds, large manuscript “I” at right ... £24
14
1848 2d blue imperf on cover to HOLY ISLAND from London, London numeral cancel & rarer HOLY ISLAND udc in blue-green on back (fair strike). Red ‘TP/---- ‘ mark of London Office on front & faint Berwick cds with fine London ds on back, cover folds, away from adhesive, which has 4 clear to large margins. A very fine piece of Northumberland postal history. US7 ......................................................................................... £139
10159 10160 10161 10162 16b 16b 16b 54
1850 HENRY ARCHER trial perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 97, KD, used on 19th Sept 1853 cover from Leeds to London, slight ink smudging, very scarce indeed. Cat. £2600 (image available online only) ...............£1200
1850 HENRY ARCHER trial perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 101, PJ, centred to SW, tied to 1851 cover by blue BURY ST. EDMUNDS numeral, postmarks smudged, very scarce on cover. Cat. £2000 US (image available online only) .....................................................................................£1157
1850 HENRY ARCHER trial perf 1d red-brown, plate 99, DJ, used locally in London on 1853 mourning cove, just tied, with RPS Cert (1951). Cat. £2000 US (image available online only) .......................................£1246
1851 small cover from Oxford to a Captain in the 60th Royal Rifles in Cape of Good Hope, franked embossed 1d pale green, just shaves at top o/wise huge margins, not tied (but correct numeral ‘603’) large manuscript ‘8’ (?) on obverse, some toning, scarce. Cat. £1900 (image available online only) ....................................................................... £550
10185 10186 10187
10188 10189
10190 10191
10192 10193
10194 10195 121 34 C6 C6
C6 C6
C6 C6
C6 34
C6 C6
10181 10182 10183
10184
33 17 C6
21 10174
10175 10176
10177 10178 10179 10180 17
17 17
24 21 24 29 10164 10165 10166
10167 10168
10169
10170 10171 10172 10173
24 21 17
17 18
17
29 C6 29 17
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Lot No
10163
Cat No
55
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1851 cover from Liverpool to Rhodes Island, USA, franked embosses 1s green, Die 1, endorsed for Steamer ‘Canada’ and with fine large BR. PACKET/PAID cds in red on obverse, handstamped ‘5/CENTS’ charge mark applied on arrival, roughly opened and hinge stains on reverse, very fine appearance. Very scarce. Cat. £1900 (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £675
1854 small Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 9, horizontal strip of 6, SB-SG, toned, on 1855 cover from London to Selby, soiled. Scarce franking. Cat. £460 ............................................................................... £75
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 7, EL, with Constant Variety, centred to SE, on 1855 (June) Entire from Shrewsbury to Machynllith. Cat. £120 ...................................................................... £38
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 173, six examples on 1854 cover from London to Dresden, markings include large red circular ‘Per Aachen’ cds, smudging on reverse. (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £70
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 164, MB, on 1854 EL from Sheffield to Manchester. Cat. £60 .................................................. £22
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 11d yellow-brown, plate 164, CD, on 1854 (April) EL to Aberystwyth tied by neat Birmingham spoon cancel, horizontal fold ...................................................................................... £35
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown (worn plate, oxidised colour?), plate 174, CA (blind A), on 1855 mourning cover to Thurso, cancelled by boxed CASTLE STREET namestamp of Edinburgh, vertical fold affects edge of stamp ..................................................................... £18
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, plate 30, HD, on small EL from Penrith to Kirkby Lonsdale, vertical fold. Cat. £40 .......................... £20
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 1, JA (blind A), on 1856 cover from Limerick to Mussenden ....................... £30
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, plate 23, NI, on tiny 1856 cover from Deal to London. Cat. £50 ..................................................... £30
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, off-centre to SE, tied to 1855 cover to Huddersfield by GREEN sideways (town and numeral) duplex of Nottingham, slight ink smudging on front. Very scarce. SG Spec CI (1) vc. Cat. £1300 (image available online only) ......................... £375
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 174, KE, tied to 1855 cover to London by scarce Warrington Spoon cancel, smudging to front and reinforced/rebacked flap ................................................................. £45
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 178, LB, on 1854 EL from Bradford to Leeds, horizontal fold .................................................. £25
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 187, BH, centred to NE, on small envelope to Stranraer, poor smudged boxed DALEY handstamp on reverse, fold at bottom ................................................... £26
1854-57 small Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 9, IC, centred to bottom, on June 1855 cover to Harlech tied by Gloucester Spoon cancel, soiling and flap rebacked. Cat. £110 ..................................................... £30
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 5, block of 4 KA-LB, centred to bottom, on 1855 EL from Stonehaven to Aberdeen, lightly cancelled, vertical fold at left. Scarce. Cat £600 off-cover. (image available online only) ....................................................................... £200
1854-57 small Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 16, strip of 3, CH-CJ, on 1856 cover from London to the 20th Regiment, 4th Division Camp, Crimea, some slight perf tones, generally fine. A RARE PLATE. Cat. £2700 (image available online only) ............................................£1200
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, plate 46, OE, nicely tied to lettersheet from Edinburgh to Ireland by 1857 duplex in blue. This is a scarcer plate (Cat £80). RPS Cert. (2014). US (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £89
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d pale orange-brown, plate 27, SJ, on 1856 cover (staining) from Fareham to Rochdale ................................... £22
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, plate 189, CJ, on 1855 cover from Broughton to London ........................................................... £25
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 6, DD, with listed Constant Variety, on 1855 (June) EL from Norwich to Yarmouth, horizontal fold. SG Spec C6(1)g ............................................ £35
1854-57 small Crown perf 16 1d red-brown, Die 2, plate 7, strip of 4, HG-HJ, on 1855 (May) small cover from Manchester to Paris, red P. D. in circle and A.M.B. Calais markings, back flap removed ............................ £75
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 2d blue, plate 5, JI, on 1856 EL from London to Newcastle, Staffs, horizontal fold. Cat. £200 (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £55
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 13, MD, a Chester Spoon cancel ties to 1855 (Dec) cover to Nairn. (image available online only) ....................................................................... £45
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 8, FD, centred to NE, slight ageing, on 1856 cover from Birmingham to South Shields. Cat. £75 ......................................................................... £24
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 7, HE, on 1855 EL to Malton tied by HULL SPOON cancel (TYPE B), fine ..... £35
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 16, MA, centred to NW, on slightly soiled cover to Dublin tied by Gloucester Spoon cancel ........................................................................................ £36
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d brown-rose, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 4, HA, with Double Letter A, lightly cancelled on 1856 EL from London to Carlisle, horizontal fold. SG Spec C6(4)f ................................................. £35
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d plum, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 10, CK, on toned cover used locally in London. SG Spec C6(3). Very scarce on cover. Cat. £1000 (image available online only) .............................. £225
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 2, GB, on 1856 EL from Bath to Bruton, vertical fold, crisply cancelled ....... £30
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 2d blue, plate 5, EB, on 1856 (5 Dec) Entire from London to Manchester, slight inner split, o/wise fine for this. Cat. £200 .................................................................................................... £35
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 16, strip of 6, HD-HI, from DALE, cancelled at Milford, addressed to Singapore and re-addressed to Hong Kong, a scarce item. (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £70
1854-57 large Crown perf 14 1d red-brown, Die 2, Alphabet 2, plate 17, JG, on 1856 cover from Wakefield to Huddersfield ................................. £28
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