Lot No
9319 9320
Cat No
2 3
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1840 1d black, plate 2, SA, 4 good to large margins, with major re-entry affecting NE and SE corners, tied to 22 July 1840 EL from Axminster to London by neat red MC, vertical filing folds. SG Spec AS14a. Cat. £700 US4 (image available online only) .................................................. £146
1840 1d grey-black (worn plate), plate 1a, LK, 4 small to very good margins, very fresh, tied to JU 12 1840 part Entire from London to Cranbrook by red MC, central filing fold, alongside is d/line ‘T.P./ Leadenhall St’ handstamp. SG Spec AS3. Cat £1000++ on cover. US4 (image available online only) ......................................................... £175
9321 9322 9323 9324 9325 9326
9327 9328
9329 9330
9331 9332
9333 9334 9335
9336 9337 9338
9339 9340 9341
9342 9343 9344 9345 9346
9347 9348
9349 2 1 2 3 8 8
8 7
8 7
8 8
7 8 8
8 8 9
8 8 8
8 2 8 8 8 8 8m 8m
1840 1d black, plate 9, FL, 4 good to very good margins, with Basal Shift, tied to EL from Hartlepool to Busheyford by light smudged RED MC, vertical fold. SG Spec AS56b. Cat. £1200 US4 (image available online only) ................................................................................................... £205
1840 1d intense black, plate 1b, TC, 4 HUGE MARGINS, with recut right side-line, tied to neat 14 NOV 1840 EL from Hexham to Corbridge by red MC, filing fold at left, fine. SG Spec AS4h. US4 (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £234
1840 1d black, plate 2, MK, 4 tiny to huge margins (except just about touches at left), tied to EL (29 June 1840) from Brecon to Newport, horizontal fold at bottom, fine. Cat. £750 PH Plate 61 ......................... £175
1840 1d grey-black, plate 2, BK, 4 small to huge margins on JU 25 1840 wrapper to Leeds, red MC, alongside is boxed ‘Bristol Penny Post’ handstamp, fine and fresh. Brandon Cert (1995). US4 (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £175
1841 1d red-brown, plated 142, a fine horizontal pair, NI-NJ, neat margins all around (very close at lower right), on 1852 EL from London to Bradford (Wilts), horizontal fold. US4 .................................................... £24
1841 1d red-brown, plate 170, EE, 4 very good margins, on 1854 cover (smudged postmark) from Knutsford to Northwich, large repaired tear. US4 ..................................................................................................... £10
1841 1d red-brown, plate 130, HI, 4 good margins, on 1854 mourning envelope from Cheltenham to London, redirected to Hampstead. US4 ... £16
1841 1d red-brown, from ‘black’ plate 1b, EE, 4 small to huge margins, on 19 May 1841 Entire to Inniskillen (not properly tied by black MC). Cat. £650 US4 ............................................................................................ £83
1841 1d red-brown, plate 150, TF, 4 mostly very good margins, on neat 1853 EL used locally in Edinburgh. US4 ................................................ £18
1841 1d red-brown, from ‘black’ plate 10, IJ, 4 margins very close at top right, very light partial MC does not quite tie to 1841 EL from London to Andover, light horizontal fold. Cat. £325 US4 ....................................... £52
1841 1d red-brown, plate 154, NB, 4 small to very good margins, on 1853 envelope from Warwick to Coventry, good colour, fine. US4 .......... £19
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. US4 ......................................... £21
1841 1d red-brown, from ‘black’ plate 10, MH, 4 good to (mostly) large margins, tied to Dec 1841 part EL from Leicester to London by black MC. Cat. £325 US4 ..................................................................................... £56
1841 1d red-brown, plate 122, EK, 4 small to large margins, partial recutting of side frame line, on envelope (torn flap) used from Islington to Strand in London, straight line ‘Canonbury’ handstamp in blue on reverse. Slight soiling. US4 ................................................................................ £12
1841 1d red-brown, plate 56, AL, 4 small to huge margins, prominent ‘E’ flaw, extremely fresh, lightly cancelled on 1845 EL from Stony Stratford to Coventry, vertical fold, fine. US4 ....................................................... £18
1841 1d red-brown, plate 164, NC, 4 small margins, on small 1854 envelope from Malton to Essex. US4 ..................................................... £20
1841 1d red-brown, plate 165, KJ, 4 good to huge margins, on 1854 EL from Dumfries to Edinburgh, vertical fold at left. US4 ............................ £20
1841 1d pale red-brown, the Plates 102-131 group (July 1850 to October 1851), lettered IL, 4 tiny to large margins, on small local Shrewsbury cover, all corners have typically been recut. US ...................................... £18
1841 1d red-brown, plate 112, EH, 4 small to huge margins on 1851 envelope (repaired flap) from Torquay to London. US4 .......................... £14
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. US4 ........ £16
1841 1d red-brown, plate 42, MG, 4 small margins, tied by NORWICH MALTESE CROSS to 1844 (Apr) Entire to Ipswich. Very scarce. SG Spec BS26Ets. Cat. £1800 US4 (image available online only) ................. £293
1841 1d red-brown, plate 133, QH, stated to be on LAVENDER-TINTED PAPER, 4 small margins, with Constant Variety (mark/line in NE square), on 1852 (June) EL from Wolverhampton to Whitehaven, horizontal fold. Cat £275 off-cover. US4 ....................................................................... £43
1841 (17 May) EL from Denny to Falkirk, franked 1d black plate 3, GI, 4 very small to good margins, tied by black MC, on reverse is RARE FANCY ‘TOO LATE’ mark in black, v. fine. US3 PH Plate 63 ............................. £511
1841 1d red-brown, plate 121, OA (blind A), 4 large margins except close at SW corner, on 1850 Entire from Tewkesbury to Thornbury, horizontal fold. US4 .............................................................................................. £15
1841 1d red-brown, plate 43, JD, with Constant Varieties and J flaw, 4 good margins, on 1844 (May) EL from Leeds to Wakefield, ‘447’ numeral cancel, horizontal fold. SG Spec BS26Fd. US4 ........................................ £18
1841 1d red-brown (shades), the plates 76 to 87 Group, an example from each plate (ex. Pl. 82) on cover, ALL WITH 4 MARGINS, noted are Double Letter (pl. 77), scarce inverted S (pl. 78), listed re-entries (pl. 84 JJ, pl. 85 BK), basal shift, malformed letters etc., fine for these. (11 items) US4 .... £162
1841 1d red-brown, plate 27, RC, excellent margins, tied to 1843 (Aug) part EL from Cupar to Edinburgh by neat black MC. Cat. £120 US4 ....... £24
1841 1d red-brown, plate 35, horizontal pair PE-PF, double letter ‘E’, very close at upper left, tied to 1843 (Dec) EL to Warwick by NUMERS 12 IN CROSS cancels, vertical fold through PF. SG Spec BS24c. Scarce. Cat. £1450 US4 .......................................................................................... £214
1841 1d red-brown, plate 30, ID, 4 small to good margins, tied to 1843 (May 2) Entire to Basingstoke by neat NUMBER 11 IN CROSS cancel, fine and scarce. Cat. £1100 US4 (image available online only) .............. £190
134 9373 9374 9375 9376 8p 10 15 8m 9353 9354 9355 9356 9357 9358 9359 9360 9361 9362
9363 9364 9365
9366 9367
9368 9369 9370 9371 9372 8m 8 8m 8m 10 8 8 8m 8 8
8 8 8
10 8
12 8 8b 8 14f
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Lot No
9350 9351
Cat No
9 8m
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1841 1d pale red-brown, plate 112, AJ, 4 tiny to large margins, on 1852 EL from Stranraer, faint indistinct postmark, vertical folds. US4 .............. £12
1841 1d red-brown, plate 30, LE, 4 small to huge margins, tied to 1843 (24 March) Entire to Stony Stratford by crisp NUMBER 4 IN CROSS cancel, horizontal fold. This was the Second Day of Issue, and is possibly the EARLIEST KNOWN DATE OF USE. This is the scarcest numbered cross on cover. Cat. £2000 US4 PH Plate 63 .................................................... £586
9352 8m
1841 1d red-brown, plate 33, DA, with double letter ‘D’, 4 tiny to large margins, on 1843 (June) EL to Filey tied by neat light NUMBER 11 IN CROSS cancel. Interesting contents re. the current ‘fight’ between traditional religious ideas about the age of the earth and the ‘new’ science of geology, Dr. Buckland is mentioned. Scarce. SG Spec BS22a. Cat. £1100 US4 (image available online only) ................................ £200
1841 1d red-brown, plate 28, EC, tiny margin at right, just touches at top left, just tied to 1843 (?) (July) Entire to Manchester by upright NUMBER 8 IN CROSS.450 Cat. £450 US4 ........................................................... £64
1841 1d red-brown, plate 36, ML, 4 small to (mostly) large margins, tied to 1843 (Sept) EL from Preston to Liverpool (Warrington receiver on flap) by neat Maltese Cross, stated to be the scarce GREY-GREEN (really a dirty blue?) variety known from Preston. Some splitting. US4 ........................ £44
1841 1d red-brown, plate 35, CD, 4 very good margins, crisp upright NUMBER 7 IN CROSS ties to 1843 (Aug) EL to Congleton, stain at bottom of cover. Cat. £450 US4 ........................................................................ £83
1841 1d red-brown, plate 34, BI, close at top right o/wise large margins all around, tied to 1843 (Oct) envelope to Basingstoke by upright NUMBER 6 IN CROSS cancel, tear on back flap and hinge remains on reverse. Slight age staining to front. Cat. £450 US4 .............................. £71
1841 1d deep red-brown, plate 43, RL, 4 small to very good margins, on 1844 (May) mourning envelope from DUBLIN to Maryborough, with the distinctive Maltese Cross, diagonal surface bend on corner. SG Spec BS26Ftf. Cat. £300 US4 ........................................................................ £46
1841 1d red-brown, plate 111, DG, 4 small margins (just clear at NW corner), tied to 1851 EL from Chatham to Stratford le Bow, vertical fold. US4 ..................................................................................................... £16
1841 1d red-brown, plate 36, AD, 4 margins, tied to 1844 (Dec) EL by 1844-type cancel, at side is fine Gisburne/Penny Post handstamp, horizontal fold. US4 ............................................................................. £24
1841 1d red-brown, plate 32, SH, 4 good even margins, on 1843 (May) EL to Warrington, tied by upright NUMBER 8 IN CROSS cancel (early use), a couple of stains on cover. Cat. £450 US4 ........................................... £77
1841 1d red-brown, plate 38, JG, 4 small margins, with diagnostic coloured blur in NW corner (almost entirely obliterates the star), tied to 1844 (Jan) mourning EL from Basingstoke by two strikes of black MC. US4 ..................................................................................................... £29
1841 1d red-brown, plate 151, RE, 4 small to huge margins, used on 1843 EL from KELSO to Edinburgh (ochre-yellow despatch cds on reverse), light cancelled. US .................................................................. £24
1841 1d red-brown, plate 13, QA, 4 small to good margins, tied to 1841 (Sept) Entire, light tone patches and light creasing. Cat. £320 US4 ........ £41
1841 1d red-brown, plate 14, GC, 4 small to good margins, on part EL to Worcester. Cat. £200 US4 .................................................................... £35
1841 1d red-brown, plate 173, IA (blind A), 4 tiny to huge margins, on 1854 (Jan) cover from London to I. Batchelor Esq., Cloisters, Windsor, slight water stains on front, Scarce plate. US4 ....................................... £29
1841 1d deep red-brown, plate 97, LD, 4 large margins, on 1851 envelope from Rugeley to Macclesfield, lightly cancelled, fine. US4 ........ £15
1841 1d red-brown (verging on orange-brown), EL (3+ margins), tied to 1842 trimmed Entire by NORWICH MALTESE CROSS, used from Norwich to Ipswich (both backstamps), fresh, v.g.u. SG Spec B1(1)ts. Cat. £1800 US5 ..................................................................................................... £138
1841 1d pale orange-brown, plate 20, horizontal pair GK-GL (‘K’ doubled), tied to 1842 EL from Bridport to London by black MC cancels, vertical fold away from addresses. High Cat. Value. US5 ........................ £100
1841 1d red-brown, plate 16, JE (open top to NE corner), 2½ margins, tied by black MC to 1841 (5 Dec) EL from ANDOVER to PORTSEA, light horizontal filing fold across stamp. Cat. £175 US5 ................................ £15
1841 1d red-brown, plate 61, EJ, 4 good margins, with major listed re- entry, on 1846 small envelope from Birmingham to Mitcham (not tied, but definitely belongs), light central stain. SG Spec BS28b. Cat. £90 US4 ..................................................................................................... £18
1841 1d red-brown, plate 28, KA, 4 tiny to huge margins except just shaves at top right, tied to 1843 (Apr) Entire (used locally in Edinburgh) by crisp distinctive MC (large centre), vertical fold. SG Spec BS17ty. Cat. £220 US4 ............................................................................................ £32
1841 2d blue, plate 3, horizontal pair (partly separated) LI-LJ, both with guide lines through value and LJ with J flaw, just tied to 1843 EL from London to Preston by NUMBER 1 IN CROSS cancels, clear margins all around except extremely close at top right, fine. Very scarce. The various combinations of well over £3000 on cover. US4 PH Plate 63 ............... £586
1841 1d red-brown, plate 109, BA (Blind A), 4 small to large margins, tied to 1851 mourning envelope from Wells to Bridgewater by ‘864’ NUMERAL POSTMARK IN BLUE, nice crisp fresh strike, scarce. Cat £750 on cover. US4 (image available online only) ................................... £152
1841 1d deep red-brown, plate 16, MF, 4 small to good margins, lower basal shift, on 1841 (Nov) part Entire to Dublin, crisp MC but not tied. Cat. £120 US4 ..................................................................................... £16
1841 2d deep full blue, plate 3, TK, 4 small to very good margins, showing plate wear/corrosion at sides and bottom, on 1847 EL to The Lady Montague at Slough. US4 ............................................................ £73
1841 1d red-brown, plate 32, PA, 4 small to good margins, tied to 1843 (July) EL to Dunmow by crisp NUMBER 3 IN CROSS cancel, fine. Cat. £600 US4 ..................................................................................................... £108
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