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10264 10265
10266 10267 10268 10269
10270 10271
10272 10273 10274
10275
10276 10277 10278 10279 10280 10281 10282
10283 10284
Cat No
40 41
40 40 40 38
40 41
40 39 40
41
41 41 40 40 40 40 40
41 40
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 52, three examples (one, TE, with corrosion dots in E square) plus 1855 6d pale lilac, on neat cover from Exeter (crisp light cancels) to India, fine. (image available online only) ................ £100
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 52, strip of 3 and single part Entire from Edinburgh to Peebles, cancelled by fine “POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT/131” cds cancels, filing folds ...................................................... £24
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 56, KD, with Constant Varieties in letter squares, on neat 1858 Entire from London to Kendal, fine ...................... £13
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 46, strip of 4, TF-TI, oxidised colour, on 1859 cover from London to Boulogne, toning ................................................. £16
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 55, BB, showing re-entry, on 1861 Entire from Edinburgh to London, vertical folds ....................................................... £14
1856-58 1d pale red, plate 34, strip of 4, PA-PD, centred to top, crisply cancelled on 1860 EL from Liverpool to Paris (next day delivery!), horizontal fold, fine ............................................................................... £42
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 55, separated vertical strip of 4 AL-DL, on 1862 cover to Haute Saone in France, some soiling ink on stamps ......... £20
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 55, LF, centred to SW, tied to 1857 cover (with contents) to Ulverston by earlier sideways Liverpool Spoon cancel, torn flap ............................................................................................... £18
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 56, KE, on neat cover from London to Leeds, showing Constant Varieties ................................................................... £14
1856-58 1d pale rose, plate 52, JD, with Constant Variety, centred to NE, on 1862 Entire from Dublin to Greenock ............................................... £18
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 58, strip of 4, DG-DJ, and pair OK-OL, on 1860 cover from Strangford to Frankfurt, usual markings, toning on stamps, two 1d adhesives have been carefully removed at right, displays some Constant Varieties ........................................................................ £30
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 60, a horizontal pair (IK-IL) and a vertical pair (GJ-HJ) on 1862 EL from Manchester to Rouen, horizontal fold, a scarcer plate. (image available online only) .......................... £50
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 59, strip of 4, KG-KJ, oxidised, on 1858 EL from London to Cognac, horizontal fold ............................................ £20
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 36, BB, on 1858 part Entire used locally in London, crisp cancel, vertical fold ....................................................... £12
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 58, pair and two singles on 1860 EL from London to Paris, torn on reverse ............................................................ £22
1856-58 1d rose-red (slightly toned), plate 47, CH, tied to 1859 cover to Larne by fine Belfast Spoon cancel (Irish type) ....................................... £20
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 59, separated block of 4, EF-FG, on neat 1861 cover from London to Paris .................................................................... £24
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 59, FF, centred to NE, on 1859 cover from Cork to Sheffield, overall tone speckling ................................................ £12
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 60, II, on 1857 (Sept) Entire to Manchester, tied by Hull Spoon cancel, early use put to press (14th July) of this scarcer plate, nice crisp strike, ........................................................................... £30
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 58, IF, on neat small 1859 cover from Nairn to Invergordon via Inverness, all with excellent cds cancels on reverse ................................................................................................. £13
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 60, OI, centred to top, on 1859 cover to Penistone, tied by circular Manchester Spoon cancel, fine ....................... £28
10285 40,66a 1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 62, three examples plus 1855-57 4d rose on 1860 Entire from London to Frankfurt, horizontal fold. Scarce. (image available online only) ....................................................................... £75
10286 10287 10288
10289 10290
10291 39 40 39 40 (40) 40
1856-58 1d pale rose, plate 62, SJ, toned, centred to NW, on 1861 mourning cover from Liverpool to Haverfod West, showing listed Major Re-entry, cover with central tear and piece missing ................................ £16
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 63, two pairs and block of 6 (one stamp defective) on 1860 (Sept) registered cover from London to Glasgow, scruffy and damaged, but a scarce plate. SG Spec. Cat pro-rata approx £700 off-cover. (image available online only) .................................. £125
1856-58 1d pale rose, plate 64 (very scarce), JH, centred to bottom, tied to 1863 cover by Peebles cds, horizontal fold at bottom and slight tone spotting. SG Spec. Cat £400 off-cover. (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £120
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 36, OL, on 1858 EL to Ballymoney by neat Derry Spoon cancel (Irish type), horizontal fold ...................................... £30
1856-58 1d rose-red, Alphabet 2, plate R16, CA, centred to NW, on 1863 cover from Hawick to Huddersfield, the envelope has been opened and written on the inside. SG Spec C13 (3). Cat. £70 .................................... £28
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 59, seven examples incl. a couple of pairs, on Registered cover from Whitchurch to Ironbridge, partial ‘Crewe station’ cds on reverse, then incorrectly forwarded to Wellington, returned to Whitchurch, manuscript ‘at Wixhall’ added after ‘Registered’, a redirection fee (?) of 3d charged made up of 1d plate 37 (damaged) and 2d blue plate 9, poor Ironbridge receiving cds on reverse. Intriguing item. (image available online only) ......................................................... £52
10292 10293 10294 10295 10296
10297 10298
39 40 40 56 40
40 41
1856-58 1d pale rose, plate 39, strip of 5, TC-TG (latter with contemporary torn NE corner), on 1862 Registered Entire from Liverpool to Lancaster. Cat. £175 (image available online only) ......................................... £50
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 37, strip of 4, DI-DL (centred low) on 1857 Entire to Marseille, tied by light Birmingham Spoon cancels, horizontal fold, fine. (image available online only) ........................................... £50
1856-58 perf 14 1d rose-red, plate 27, strip of 4, TC-TF, on 1858 cover addressed to wine merchants in Rhenish Russia, underfranked and with INSUFFICIENTLY STAMPED mark in red, good ENGLAND PER AACHEN cds on reverse, the stamps are toned ..................................................... £20
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 66, block of 6, GD-HF split into two horizontal strips, on 1861 cover from Belthurst (Ireland) to Melbourne, lightly cancelled, slight soiling ......................................................................... £40
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 27, two strips of 3, OI-OK and PF-PH plus single PO, on EL from London to Paris, vertical fold. Assuming a double- rate letter of 8d then one stamp has been removed, but traces cannot be detected ............................................................................................... £25
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 47, strip of 4, RD-RG, on small neat cover from Cheltenham to Ostend, some toning on RF and RG ....................... £18
1856-58 1d deep rose-red, plate 46, strip of 4, SC-SF, on 1858 EL from Bristol to Usk (nice cds on reverse), with Newport transit, vertical fold ... £28
123 10330
10323 10324
45 47
10325 43/44 10326
43/7
10318 10319 10320 10321
45 45 45
43/4
10312 10313 10314
10315 10316 10317
45 45 45
47 45 45
10307 C9 10305 10306 C9 C9
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10299
10300 10301 10302 10303 10304
Cat No
40
40 40 40 40 C9
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 58, vertical pair BF-CF and horizontal pair FE- FF on small 1860 cover from London to Edinburgh (TPO cds on reverse), some perfs overlap and have been blunted ............................................ £24
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 59, block of 4, PC-QD, on 1861 cover from London to South Molton, slight soiling .................................................. £40
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 68, RG, on 1864 cover from Sheffield to Penistone, torn flap, some age stains. A scarcer plate ............................. £14
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 66, KI, on 1863 cover (some damage) from Edinburgh to London, with POSTED SINCE 10 LAST NIGHT cds .............. £13
1856-58 1d rose-red, plate 59, CJ, on 1859 cover to London, tied by Oswestry Spoon cancel, scarce .............................................................. £45
1857 (March) Transitional Issue on cream paper 1d pale rose, plate 37, three examples on 1857 EL from Swansea to Newport, faded along horizontal fold. SG Spec C9 (4). Cat. £280 (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £75
1857 (March) Transitional Issue on cream paper 1d pale red, plate 42, FJ, centred to SW, on cover from Tottenham to Kings Cross, horizontal fold. SG Spec C9 (3). Cat. £140 .................................................................... £40
1857 (March) Transitional Issue on cream paper 1d pale rose, plate 52, centred to SW, on EL to Kilmarnock tied by boxed ARGYLE STREET local namestamp of Glasgow, horizontal fold. SG Spec C9 (4). A very scarce plate. Cat £425 off-cover. (image available online only) .................. £160
1857 (March) Transitional Issue on cream paper 1d orange-brown, plate 43, JG, small rub at right, tied to 1857 (Jan) EL to Lanark by ‘159’ numeral in BLUE, Glasgow cds alongside, vertical folds. SG Spec C9 (1). Cat pro- rata £340++ (image available online only) ..................................... £100
10308 45, 94 1858 2d blue plate 9 (GC) and 1865 4d vermilion plate 8 single (EA) and strip of 3 (FA-FC) on 1867 part Entire from Dundee to Palermo, lightly cancelled. Cat. £325 (image available online only) ......................... £90
10309
10310 10311
44/5
45 47
1858-69 1d red, plate 96 (?) plus 2d blue plate 9, single (KB) and strip of four (KC-KF) on 1867 cover from London to Agra, India, cover torn at bottom, o/wise attractive ...................................................................... £35
1858-79 2d blue, plate 9, strip of 3, AA-AC, plus BC, on Registered cover from London to Ellesmere, via Shrewsbury, full set of backstamps .......... £35
1858-79 2d blue, plate 13, three examples on cover from Dover to Canada, usual markings on reverse inc. fair red Packet Letter mark, transit time of 17 days. (image available online only) ................................ £35
1858-79 2d blue, plate 7, horizontal pair, EE-EF, on 1859 (Feb) Entire from London to Paris, horizontal fold. (image available online only) £60
1858-79 2d blue, plate 7, CE, with recut left hand frame line, on 1859 (Jan) Entire from London to Hull ............................................................ £35
1858-79 2d blue, plate 7, MH, with possible doubling of upper letter M, on 1859 (Feb) Entire from London to Ashburton (Devon), vertical folds. SG Spec G2h .............................................................................................. £40
1858-79 2d deep blue, plate 12, single and pair on 1871 EL from London to Chemmitz (Germany) ........................................................................ £32
1858-79 2d blue, plate 8, BD, on 1861 Entire from London Chief Office ‘I’ to Manchester, horizontal fold ............................................................... £25
1858-79 2d blue, plate 12, LG, off-centre to bottom, used locally in London on small cover in 1869, smudging on front. Scarce. (image available online only) ....................................................................... £60
1858-79 2d blue, plate 9, strip of 3, GA-GC, on 1861 Entire from London to Genoa, light horizontal fold, toned perfs ............................................ £20
1858-79 2d blue, plate 9, horizontal pair, EK-EL, on 1863 cover from London to Paris ..................................................................................... £24
1858-79 2d blue, plate 8, GJ (off-centre to right), on 1861 Entire from Liverpool to Glasgow, lightly cancelled .................................................. £24
1858-79 1d red, plates 92 to 101 (ex pl. 100) complete on separate 1865 to 1868 covers, mostly to Europe and thus franked 3d (Holland), 4d (France), 5d (Switzerland) and 6d (Germany), mostly strips, the internal covers include a single from DUNOONS with double arc cds and TO Pay cover from Hull to London franked 5d (block of 5 separated into pair and strip), individually mounted on cards and well-written up, generally fine. (9) ........................................................................................................ £50
10322 44
1858-79 1d red, plate 157, strips of 5 and 3 plus single, on 1876 cover to Portsea, franked by nameless double circular cancels with numbers (?) or letters (?) in centre, apparently used on letter brought ashore from Royal Navy vessels in port. (image available online only) .......................... £50
1858-79 2d blue, plate 8, EC (centred to SW), on 1860 mourning cover used locally in London SW, torn flap, a few toned perfs .......................... £18
1858-79 2d blue, plate 14, RA, on 1873 Entire from London to Preston, small surface tear on obverse ................................................................ £18
1858-79 1d red, plate 125, IL (centred to SE) on 1873 cover used locally in PEEBLES with neat thimble cds, horizontal fold at bottom .................. £12
1858-79 1d red plate 170 (TK) and 2d blue plate 14 (pair, IA-IB) on Registered Ottms EL (Jury Service Summons) from Kilmarnock to Fenwick, vertical fold, attractive ........................................................................... £35
10327 44,48 1858-79 1d lake-red, plate 206, horizontal pair QA-QB, and 1870 ½d rose plate 12, SK, on neat 1880 mourning cover from Gainsborough to Geneva ................................................................................................. £28
10328 10329 43/4 43/4
1858-79 1d red plates 206 and 207 separate 1879 covers, cancelled by (fair only) POOLEWE and DIDSBURY cds cancels respectively, a few slight tones .................................................................................................... £25
1858-79 1d red, plates 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 118 (2), 119, 120, 123 and 124 on separate 1868 to 1872 covers, mostly to Europe and thus franked 3d (Holland and 1872 France), 4d (France), 5d (Switzerland) and 6d (Germany and Spain), mostly in strips but incl a couple of blocks of 4, two of the three UK usages are Registered and franked 5d, usual slightly varied condition. Individually mounted on card and well written- up. (11) ................................................................................................ £60
43/4 1858-79 1d red, plates 76, 79, 80, 94, 96, 97, 119 and 120 on separate covers/Entire/EL to France, all franked 4d (nearly all in strips) except latter (1871) with strip of 3, spanning the years 1865-1871, usual markings, incl circular ‘TOO LATE/G.P.O., generally fine. Individually mounted on cards and well written-up. (8) ................................................................ £50
10331 44
1858-79 1d lake-red, plate 89, strip of 6, RG-RL, on 1868 cover to Notting Hill, cancelled by London District Office ‘70’ numeral handstamp, good upright PAID/LONDON SHIP LETTER cds in red .............................. £12
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