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Lot No


7799


7800 7801


7802


Cat No


2


5 2


3


Description Great Britain - QV (Line Engraved) - continued


Estimate


1840 1d black, plate 7, horizontal pair, MC-MD, small to huge margins all around, MD with constant varieties “lower right serif of M extended” and “mark at left of D square”, neat red MC cancels, fresh, f.u. Cat £2000++ US PH Plate 22 .................................................................................. £578


1840 2d blue, HD, 3 margins, light toning at right edge, with scarce 1884- TYPE POSTMARK, v.g.u. Scarce. Cat. £2500 US4 ................................... £187


1840 1d black, plate 3, MI, 4 small to very good margins, vertical and horizontal guide lines in NE corner, crisp red MC, fine used. Cat. £525 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £231


1840 1d grey-black, plate 1a, CB, 4 small to very good margins, with inverted “…ssot…” in black, overstruck by crisp red MC, possibly a type of Scottish undated namestamp (?), f.u. RPS Cert (1979) which does not mention the black cancel (although in photograph on certificate). Most unusual. US4 PH Plate 22 .................................................................£1142


7803 7804


7805 7806 7807 7808 7809 7810


7811


7812 7813 7814 7815 7816 7817


7818 7819 7820 7821 7822


7823 7824 7825 7826 7827 7828


7829 7830 7831 7832 7833 7834


7835 7836 7837


2 2


2 2 2 2


5 2


1840 1d black (unplated), lettered E-I, four margins, mostly large but close at NW corner. Smudgy red MX cancel. Good sound stamp. US2 PH Plate 21 ........................................................................................ £94


1840 1d black, plate 9, IJ, 4 generally small margins, neat red MC, small adherence on reverse of SE corner which has stained badly, v.g.u. Cat. £650 US PH Plate 22 ......................................................................... £120


1840 1d black, plate 6, FC, red MC, tiny surface “cut” in margin at lower right, o/wise fresh and fine used. Cat. £400 US3 PH Plate 22 .............. £96


1840 1d black, plate 7, AC, 4 tiny (just clear at upper left) to huge margins, red MC, fine used. Cat. £425 US PH Plate 22 ........................ £116


1840 1d black, plate 4, B, 4 good margins, heavy central black MC, v.g.u. Cat. £375 US PH Plate 22 .................................................................. £107


1840 1d black, JD, 4 tiny to large margins, guide lines through value and in NE corner, red MC, toning, v.g.u. Cat. £400 PH Plate 21 .................. £90


1840 1d black plate 4 “SC”, four good to large margins and neat red Maltese cross, PH Plate 21 .................................................................. £200


1840 2d blue, plate 1, BK, 4 decent margins, heavyish bright red MC combines with blue to powerful effect, very fresh, f.u. Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £267


1840 1d black plate 10, lettered G-I, four margins - small to good - vertical & corner creases, black MX cancel, very collectable. Cat. £950 US2 PH Plate 21 ................................................................................ £157


1840 1d black plate 4 “NA”, superb wih four good margins and crisp full upright red Maltese cross. PH Plate 21 ................................................ £225


1840 1d black plate 4 “LL”, almost four margins (just shaving at lower left corner), with neat red Maltese cross. PH Plate 21 .......................... £90


1840 1d black, plate 2 “IB”, four margins and red Maltese cross, thinned. PH Plate 21 ........................................................................................ £110


1840 1d black 1b “ME”, four good to large margins, red Maltese cross at lower right corner leaving almost all of the portrait clear. PH Plate 21 .. £200


1840 1d black plate 2 “LG”, four margins and red Maltese cross, heavily thinned ................................................................................................. £55


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1840 2d deep full blue, plate 1, HJ, 4 small to good margins, guide line in NE corner, nice frame notch above ‘H’. Black MC at left, v.g.u. Cat. £1200 US3 PH Plate 22 ................................................................................ £181


1840 1d black plate 10 “TJ”, four good margins and pretty red Maltese cross, small corner crease. PH Plate 21 ................................................ £150


(5)


2 2


5 2 2 5 5


1840 2d bright blue, plate 1, FB, 3½ margins, black MC, good appearance but thinned on reverse, g.u. SG Spec D1(6) Cat. £1300 US .................... £107


1840 1d black plate 8 “IC”, four margins and neat upright black Maltese cross. PH Plate 21 ............................................................................... £180


1840 1d black, plate 7, QD, 4 tiny to large margins all around, red MC, fine used. Cat. £425 US3 PH Plate 22 ................................................ £109


1840 1d black, plate 10, horizontal pair LD-LE, close (at right) to very good margins all around, heavyish black MC cancels, v.g.u. This plate scarce in multiples. Cat. £3500 US3 PH Plate 22 ................................ £681


1840 2d blue, QB, 3 margins, neat red MC, fresh, fine used. Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 22 .................................................................................. £125


1840 1d black, plate 10, JL, 4 tiny (just clear at SW corner) to huge margins, neat black MC, fine used. Cat. £950 US PH Plate 22 ............. £214


1840 1d black, plate 11, QD, 1½ margins only, neat black MC, light toning, good used. Excellent reference. RARE. Cat. £4600 US PH Plate 22 ...... £200


1840 2d blue, plate 2, OG, 3 margins, neat black MC, v.g.u. Cat. £1000 US ....................................................................................................... £107


1840 2d blue, plate 2, HD, 4 small to good margins, light partial black MC, fine used. Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 22 ......................................... £231


1840 1d black, plate 2 “BE”, on a 4th July 1840 piece, three large margins, just into at left, tied by crisp full red Maltese cross, and Fleet St W.O alongside ...................................................................................... £100


5e 6e 3 (6) 2 2


3 2 3


1840 2d blue, QK, 4 good margins, vertical crease at left, lovely neat BLUE MALTESE CROSS cancel, super appearance, v.g.u. RARE. Cat. £15000 US PH Plate 22 ...................................................................£1424


1840 2d pale blue, plate 1, QF, 3 tiny to large margins, with WATERMARK INVERTED, light black MC, very fresh, fine used. Cat. £2500 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £556


1840 1d grey-black, plate 6, AL, just into at bottom right, on piece with COMPLETE STRIKE OF HAWSKEAD PENNY POST (without Maltese Cross), v.g.u. SG Spec AI(3)yb. VERY SCARCE. Cat. £7500 US PH Plate 22 ....£1201


1840 2d milky blue, plate 1, HK, 4 margins except clipped NW corner, slight gum scrapes, h/r, o.g. EXTREMELY RARE. SG Spec D1(4) Cat. £60000 US2 ......................................................................................£4180


1840 1d black, plate 10, LA, 4 neat margins, light partial red MC, very fresh, v.f.u. Scarce with thin colour Cross. SG Spec AS66h. Cat. £1550 US PH Plate 21 ........................................................................................ £556


1840 1d black, plate 1b, 4 tiny to huge margins, good strike of distinctive MANCHESTER (“fish tail”) MALTESE CROSS, trace of faint horizontal crease, slight tones at edge, v.g.u. SG Spec A1(2)ub. Cat. £1400 US PH Plate 21 ........................................................................................ £356


1840 1d grey-black, plate 10, BJ, 4 small to good margins, neat black MC, fresh, f.u. Cat. £950 US PH Plate 21 ................................................... £303


1840 QV 1d black (pl.8, M-L) small thin spot, 4 margins, fu with black MC cancellation. Scarcer plate. Cat. £525 US3 ............................................ £123


1840 1d grey-black, plate 1a, RF, 4 small margins except possible tiny nick at lower right, small part o.g. Very scarce. Cat. £16500 US PH Plate 21 £1246


93 7870 7871 7872 7873 7874 (5) 5 4 1 (4)


7862 7863 7864 7865


7866


7867 7868 7869


2 2 2 4


2e


2 2


(5)


7858 7859 7860 7861


2 2 5


5d


7854 7855 7856


7857


2 2 2


1 7853 5e 7840 7841 7842


7843 7844 7845 7846 7847 7848 7849 7850 7851


7852 5f 4 5


5 5 3 3


(5) 4 2


AS5b 5e


Lot No


7838 7839


Cat No


5h 2e


Description Great Britain - QV (Line Engraved) - continued


1840 2d blue, plate 2, NJ, 4 margins, small NW corner abrasion, neat dated TOWN POSTMARK in black, v.g.u. VERY SCARCE. Cat. £9000 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £845


1840 1d black, plate 1b, MG, 3½ margins, with WATERMARK INVERTED, distinct double frame line at left, suffused red MC, v.g.u. Cat. £2500 US PH Plate 21 ........................................................................................ £423


1840 2d blue, RE, 4 margins except just shaves at lower left, with NUMBER THREE IN CROSS cancel, fresh, fine used. RARE. Cat. £18000 US PH Plate 22 ................................................................................£3782


1840 2d deep full blue, plate 2, horizontal pair JC-JD, good margins all around, neat black MC cancels, very fresh, v.f.u. Cat pro-rata (for pair) approx £2700. Scarce. US PH Plate 22 ................................................ £645


1840 2d blue, plate 1, I, missing right leg to ‘I’, 4 small margins but just rubber (roughly separated) at lower left, a few light gum scrapes, o.g. SCARCE. Cat. £37000 US PH Plate 22 ..............................................£4672


1840 2d blue, plate 1, ME, 3½ margins, light gum toning, m.m. RARE. Cat. £37000 US PH Plate 22 ............................................................£3115


1840 2d blue, plate 1, OK, 4 tiny to huge margins, crisp full black MC, fresh, v.f.u. Cat. £900 US PH Plate 22 ................................................. £356


1840 1d grey-black, plate 1a, JL, 4 good to huge margins, neat partial red MC, v.f.u. Exceptional. US PH Plate 21 ................................................ £534


1840 1d grey-black, plate 1a, MG, 4 very good margins, red MC, very fine used. US PH Plate 21 ......................................................................... £400


1840 2d blue plate I “LI”, four margins and neat black Maltese cross. PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £225


1840 2d steel-blue, plate 1, RF, 4 small margins, lovely crisp black MC, very fresh, v.f.u. SG Spec DS4. Scarce. Cat. £1950 US PH Plate 22 ....... £623


1840 2d deep full blue, plate 2, BL, 4 tiny to huge margins, light black MC, fresh, fine used. Cat pro-rata £1250. US PH Plate 22 ................... £432


1840 1d black, plate 4, GH, 4 margins except just shaves NW corner, very fresh, black MC, fine used. Cat. £375 US PH Plate 22 ......................... £89


1840 1d black pair from plate 1b OI-OJ, showing re-entry on OI (NW corner star & value), the left hand stamp,OJ, has a vertical ironed out light crease, four clear to good margins & fresh colour. Good red MX cancels, a very desirable piece for the specialist. US PH Plate 22 ......................... £356


1840 2d blue, NK, very close all around with margins either touching or just about clear, tied to piece by neat red MC, fresh, v.g.u. Cat. £1000 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £111


1840 2d blue, plate 2, horizontal pair, KK-KL, former with (just) 4 margins, KL into at top right and SE corner, both with neat crisp BLUE MALTESE CROSS cancels, v.g.u. EXTREMELY RARE. Cat. £30000 US PH Plate 22 £4227


1840 1d black, plate 3, DC, 4 good margins, fresh, h/r, fine m.m. Scarce plate thus. Cat. £20000 US PH Plate 21 ...........................................£3337


1840 1d black, plate 9, NE, 4 tiny to very good margins, with neat black/ brown MC, fine used. Cat. £650 US PH Plate 21 ................................. £187


1840 1d black, plate 8, OL, just shaves at SW corner, with faked/phantom SERPENTINE ROULETTES on 3 sides, red MC frames portrait, light toning on reverse, v.g.u. Unusual. Cat. £550 US PH Plate 21 .......................... £236


1840 1d intense black, plate 1b, EJ (recut and enlarged letters), 4 good to large margins, with distinctive (STONEHAVEN) double-lined MALTESE CROSS in red, fresh, fine used. Clear 1989 Brandon Certificate states ‘double lined’ maltese cross is genuine Cat £4500+ US PH Plate 21 ....£1335


1840 QV 1d black (pl.5, T-I), 4 margins, nicked at corner, fu with blurred red MC cancellation. Cat. £375 US3 ..................................................... £85


1840 1d black, plate 6, SI, 4 good margins, heavy red MC, v.g.u. Cat. £400 US PH Plate 22 ......................................................................... £125


1840 2d blue lettered FK 3 good to large margins just touched lower left black MX cancel Cat. £875 US7 ........................................................... £86


1840 2d blue, plate 1, horizontal pair, PA-PB, with WATERMARK INVERTED, black MC cancels, 2-3 margins each, pressed out vertical crease at right, v.g.u. RARE. Cat. £12000 US PH Plate 22 .................£1557


1840 1d black, plate 5, TF, 4 small to enormous margins (part marginal), red MC, very fresh, v.f.u. US PH Plate 21 ............................................. £374


1840 1d black, plate 4, JE, 4 small to very good margins, neat red MC, very fresh, v.f.u. Cat. £400 US PH Plate 21 .......................................... £285


1840 1d black, plate 3, GK, 4 small to very good margins, neat red MC, v.f.u. Cat. £525 US PH Plate 21 .......................................................... £276


1840 2d deep full blue, plate 2, horizontal pair, RA-RB, small to large margins all around, neat black MC cancels, v.f.u. Cat. £2300 US PH Plate 22 ........................................................................................ £601


1840 1d black, plate 1b, DG, 4 tiny (just about clear at upper right) to large margins, with WATERMARK INVERTED, black MC cancel, v.g.u. Cat. £2500 US PH Plate 21 ....................................................................... £467


1840 1d black, plate 1b, TE, ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS MARGINS ALL AROUND, heavy black MC, fine used. US PH Plate 21 ......................... £325


1840 1d black, plate 7, EC, 4 small to very good margins, crisp red MC cancels, very fresh, v.f.u. Cat. £425 US PH Plate 21 ............................. £169


1840 2d steel-blue, plate 1, horizontal pair OA-OB, good margins, showing SHIFTED TRANSFER (upper border) on OA, slightly suffused red MC cancels, very fresh, fine used. Very scarce. Cat pro-rata £4000+. SG Spec DS4d. PH Plate 22 ....................................................................£1400


1840 2d steel-blue, plate 1, AL, with DOUBLE LETTER L, 4 small to enormous margins, indistinct red MC, fresh, fine used. SG Spec DS4j. Cat. £2000 PH Plate 22 ............................................................................. £750


1840 2d blue, plate 1, PJ, on quite a thick paper, 4 tiny to very good margins, with SEPARATE RED AND BLACK CROSS CANCELS, v.g.u. Believed to be only 4 or 5 examples known. RPS Cert (1982). SG Spec DS5ug. Listed but unpriced. RARE. (image available online only) ...£2400


1840 2d deep full blue, plate 1, horizontal pair TD-TE, LARGE MARGINS ALL AROUND, light black MC cancels, v. fine used. Cat pro-rata approx. £2500 for pair. PH Plate 22 ................................................................ £950


1840 1d intense black, plate 2, vertical pair OE-PE, mostly good margins all around but very close at upper right of OE, red MC cancels, fresh, f.u. Cat £1200++. PH Plate 22 ................................................................. £360


1840 2d deep blue, plate 2, horizontal pair SA-SB, good margins all around except very close at top, SA with CONSTANT VARIETY (spur on S), neat black MC cancels, fine used. SG Spec DS7e. Cat pro-rata approx. £3000. PH Plate 22 ............................................................................ £900


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