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Lot# 1437 - 173-176 Auction

  • Lot# : 1437 Great Britain

    1868/1901: The surface printed cover collection (84), with plentiful array of 1875 2½ d. rosy mauve usages incl. rare pl. 17, 1880 2½ d. blue usages, 1868 cover from Malta bearing 4 d. vermilion, 1876 cover from Constantinople, 1876 ¼ d. card used from Smyrna, 1880 cover from Constantinople with rare "Too Late" in red,1880 registered cover with 4 d. grey-brown to Peru, 1878 cover with 2½ d. cancelled "942" of Larnaca, 1880 cover with 1 d. venetian red and 6 d. grey to Montevideo, 1880 cover from 'Passage West' at 4½ d. rate, 1877/1881 covers (3) from Gibraltar, Jubilee 1 s. green single franking. Rates of ¼ d., ½ d.,1 d.,  2½ d.,  3½ d., 4 d., 4½ d., 5 d., 6 d., 8 d., 9½ d., 1s. noted with unusual destinations etc.    
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF