Lot# 1393 - Auction 309-320
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Lot# : 1393 Great Britain
1854/1862, Selection of fifteen Private Telegraph Company stamps, comprising four 1854, The Electric Telegraph Company, under 50 miles, under 100 miles, with gum, 3 d. and 1 s., repaired across top, unused examples, with eleven 1861/1862, London District Telegraph Company stamps, 3 d., 4 d., two 6 d, with "A" control numbers, no gum, and 3 d, 6 d., 8 d (used), 18 d., two 1 s., and 3 s, with numeral control numbers, several with gum, comes with a study on The English & Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company stamps, set-out on four album pages, comprising sixteen unused examples, mainly singles with two strips of three and a pair, a variety of with and without control numbers, range of values from 1 shilling to 5 shilling, some duplication, although a fresh clean array, overall a mixed lot with some fine to very fine, a scarce assembly.rnrnProvenance: Ex. Edward Klempka Collection, Spink, 7-8 December 2022, lots 618-620 & 626-627.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 400 CHF