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Lot# : 1103 Great Britain
1670: Entire letter, toasted for disinfection, mailed from London to Livorno (Venturini correspondence) with manuscript "3" on front panel and fine strike of the extremely rare circular "FRANCHES" in brown at right (Van Der Linden fig. 1406) applied at the Foreign Branch in London. A magnificent and early entire in fine condition.
Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1104 Great Britain
1678 (Nov 16): Entire letter mailed from London to Livorno (Venturini correspondence) with manuscript "3e" on front panel and fine strike of the extremely rare large circular "DE CROS FRANCHES" in brown at right (Van Der Linden fig. 1407) applied at the Foreign Branch in London. A very fine and early entire.
Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1105 Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures1840: Southgate No. 1, "Scarborough 19 JU 1840" in blue on front, addressed to Fulford, cleaned and adhesive fallen off. Ex Yates collection (1949) lot 222 (description in 1949 stating in error: "no postage was paid or collected").Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 1106 Great Britain
Lot# : 1107 Great Britain
1846 (June 19): Letter and envelope addressed to The King of the Two Sicilies, written from Buckingham Palace thanking Ferdinand for bestowing the Order of Merit on Prince Albert of England; letter written by a secretary but fully signed at base: "Sir, my brother, Your Majesty's good sister, Victoria". Extraordinary and very rare document.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 1108 Great Britain
1860: Entire letter from Manchester via Ostend to Genova, Italy struck in transit at Aachen in red (30/5), thence via Susa-Torino Travelling Post Office with scarce "Diritto / Sardo 20 / Estero 90" handstamp with rates filled in manuscript (Van Der Linden fig. 976A) in black. A fine and unusual entire; also an entire from New Orleans mailed as Newspaper from London to Innsbruck via Aachen.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1109 Great Britain
Lot# : 1110 Great Britain
1 d. black, Royal Reprint struck from Plate 66 of the 1 d. red, the superb mint imperforate block of four lettered MC-MD/NC-ND, with inverted crown watermark, fresh and very fine with large part original gum, mounted on top pair only. Rare - just one sheet of 240 stamps printed. Cert. Matl (2003) Gi spec. cat. DP 35 = £ 12'000.Starting bid : 2,500 CHFHammer price : 2,800 CHFLot# : 1111 Great Britain
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Lot# : 1118 Great Britain
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Lot# : 1122 Great Britain
Lot# : 1123 Great Britain
1 d. black, pl. 6, lettered RJ, four margin example used on January 1841 cover, side flaps removed, within London cancelled by experimental usage of the black Maltese Cross, also a 1 d. black, pl. 1b., lettered OE used on Septrember 1840 cover from Glasgow to Greenock cancelled by red MC.Starting bid : 280 CHFHammer price : 320 CHFLot# : 1124 Great Britain
Lot# : 1125 Great Britain
1 d. black, watermark small crown, plate eight, horizontal strip of four lettered TC-TF, margins narrow at right but containing large parts of TB stamp, with red Maltese crosses, TC & TD with surface abrasions, TF vert. crease. Cert. BPA (2011) Gi = £ 4'200+.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 1126 Great Britain
Lot# : 1127 Great Britain
Lot# : 1128 Great Britain
Lot# : 1129 Great Britain
Lot# : 1130 Great Britain
Lot# : 1131 Great Britain
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Lot# : 1133 Great Britain
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Lot# : 1135 Great Britain
Lot# : 1136 Great Britain
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Lot# : 1139 Great Britain
Lot# : 1140 Great Britain
Lot# : 1141 Great Britain
Lot# : 1142 Great Britain
Lot# : 1143 Great Britain
1 d. black, used examples (10) from plates 1A (lettered GG), 3 (HJ), 4 (PG), 5 (MK), 6 (JJ), 8 (three examples lettered DA, DL and SE), 9 (on thin paper lettered OH) and plate 10 (OA) together with an 1841 1 d. red brown from black plate 11 lettered TD and showing the re-entry, a generally fine selection, all with four margins and neatly cancelled in red or black Gi = £ 4'000+.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1144 Great Britain
Lot# : 1145 Great Britain
London Numbers in Cross 1841: The superb collection on leaves showing all the 12 numbers in Maltese Crosses applied on 1841 1 d. red-brown or 2 d. blue; with covers of #1 (two), #2, 3, 4, 5 (two), 6 (two), 7, 8 (three), 9, 10 and 11; with many splendid strikes on loose stamps throughout with 1841 1 d. complete sets of 12 numbers and 1841 2 d. also complete. A delightful collection Gi = £ 16'000+.Starting bid : 4,000 CHFHammer price : 4,000 CHFLot# : 1146 Great Britain
1877 (Feb 19): Hand-painted illustrated envelope mailed to Taunton and franked by 1858 1 d. red pl. 181, with delightful illustration of lady pouring tea for a little girl, endorsed on reverse "Taking tea on the lawn, then disappearing into the Schoolroom window" with Taunton arrival cds alongside. Minor imperfections but an attractive and scarce cover.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 1147 Great Britain
1878: Cover front franked by 1858 1 d. red pl. 174, used from Blackpool (Aug 29) to Nottingham, with superb hand-painted election scene: 'Vote for Frank-he's up to Snuff' and 'Vote for Spybey ye Cricket Historian' with potential MP's being assaulted by crowd. A superb and scarce piece.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1148 Great Britain
1854/57: Ebossed 6 d. dull lilac, Wmk "VR" reversed, in an unused vertical strip of three with large margin at left and good to clear on the other three sides, minor spots and a repaired tear at left, regummed and slight creases. Despite faults, a scarce multiple. Gibbons = £ 39'000.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 1149 Great Britain
1862 (Sept 13): Cover from London to Moscow endorsed "Via Ostend" franked by 1 d. red stars (2), 1862/64 9 d. deep bistre (blunted perfs but of extraordinarily rich colour) and 1856/57 1 sh. green all tied by London-71 duplexes in black. Red "Aus England Per Aachen-Franco" on front and Moscow arrival on reverse. A few minor imperfections but an attractive and unusual 1/11 d. rate cover.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1150 Great Britain
1867/80: 6 d. mauve pl. 9 and 1 s. green pl. 4, used on 1870 entire letter from London "via Marseilles" to Yokohama/Japan, adhesives tied by London duplexes. Fine "HONG KONG" transit (Aug 23) in black and British P.O. "YOKOHAMA" arrival datestamp (Aug 30) in blue on reverse. Slight ageing at top of cover but an attractive and scarce usage to an unusual destination, that opens well for Exhibit display.Starting bid : 220 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1151 Great Britain
1867/83: 5 s. rose, Plate 1 wmk Maltese Cross, two used examples cancelled by "C38" (Callao, Peru) and "C51" (St. Thomas, Danish West Indies) obliterators in black and a creased example from Plate 2 cancelled by "C30" (Valparaiso, Chile) obliterator. Imperfections but a scarce group Gi = £ 2'400.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1152 Great Britain
1876: 4 d. plate 15, watermarked large garter, imperforate Colour Trials in superb mint horizontal pairs in sage green (as issued), grey-lilac, pale olive-bistre, turquoise-blue and chestnut, all fresh and extremely fine, with large part original gum. A very rare and seldom offered assembly Gi spec. cat = £ 2'250.Starting bid : 800 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1153 Great Britain
Lot# : 1154 Great Britain
1885 (Dec 4): Postal Stationery ½ d. brown newspaper wrapper used from London to Prague, with intact and complete copy of the "Londoner Journal" inside, taxed on arrival with Austria Newspaper 2 kr. red brown tied by Prague cds in red at left. Scarce and most unusual.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1155 Great Britain
Lot# : 1156 Great Britain
Lot# : 1157 Great Britain
Lot# : 1158 Great Britain
Lot# : 1159 Great Britain
/ /1935: Silver Jubilee, the extensive collection with set in multiples, booklet panes with inverted watermark, Types I-III in booklet panes showing shading varieties, and both Booklets: in red (#295) and in blue (#304).Starting bid : 160 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1160 Great Britain
1973/75. Explorers 3 p. + 3 p. se-tenant pair (one minor bend), 5 p. and 9 p. values all with variety "Missing Gold" (Queen's head) omitted and 1975 Sailing 8 p. with variety, missing black, fresh and fine, unmounted og. with normals for comparison. Certs. BPA (2011).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 1161 Great Britain
Lot# : 1162 Great Britain
Lot# : 1163 Great Britain
Lot# : 1164 Great Britain
1911 (Sept. 9): London-Windsor Coronation Mail, redbrown card franked with 1/2 d. green and 1½ d. dull purple and green, tied by special cachet in black and addressed to Wengen/Bern/Switzerland with arrival mark Sept. 12th, fine. Scarce usage abroad.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 1165 Great Britain
1900/2000: Remainder with several thousand stamps used/unused from GB, Alderney and the Isle of Man., incl. full sets, booklet panes, blocks of four and duplicates, housed in ten albums and stockbooks as well as on album pages.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 1166 Great Britain
/1924/29: Wembley sets fresh mint, 1929 PUC set in Control strips and blocks with 1 d. value showing varieities from Plate II and Plate IV, set of threee with watermark sideways and a fine mint £ 1 black. A fresh and attractive study Gi = £ 1'000+.Starting bid : 320 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 1167 Great Britain
1840/1952: Used collection on leaves with 1 d. black, 1858/64 1 d. red with pl. 78 showing "OUS" overprint and a fine pl. 225; 1858 2 d. blue pl. 7-15 complete, 1865 4 d. vermilion with pl. 7-14 complete (one used in Gibraltar), 1867 3 d. rose with pl. 4-10 complete, 1867 5 s. on blued paper, 1875 2½ d. mauve pl. 1-16 (one used in Malta), 1883 lilac & green set complete, 1883 5 s. and 10 s., 1902 with values to 10 s., 1951 set to £1 mint, also a complete reconstruction of 240 stamps of 1858 1 d. red plate 140 and a reconstruction of 1 d. red stars.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 1168 Great Britain
1840/1960: Collection with several hundred stamps used from Penny Black up to £-values, also showing various colour-shades and cancellations, mainly selected copies and housed in one stockbook.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 1169 Great Britain
1867/1929: The used selection of High Values with 1867 5 s. rose pl. 2 (2 examples), £ 1 brown lilac, wmk. Anchor 10 s. grey-green, £ 5 orange on white paper cds used, 1883 white paper 2 s. 6 d. lilac, 5 s. rose and 10 s. ultramarine, 1891 £ 1 green; Edward VII set of four high values from 2 s. 6 d. to £ 1; 1913 Seahorse set of four values to £ 1; and marginal 1929 PUC £ 1; condition obviously variable but a highly catalogued selection of scarce stamps Gi = £ 18'000+.Starting bid : 1,800 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 1170 Great Britain
/ /1951: Festival high values, mint collection with single set, 2 s. 6 d. block of eight from top of sheet, 5 s., 10 s., and £ 1 in marginal or corner blocks of four, £ 1 with three further examples showing plate flaws etc., fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi = £ 625+.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 1171 Great Britain
1960/80: Lot with a few hundred FDC's franked with full sets, incl. some presentation packets as well as some covers from other countries, in one album and loose, the whole housed in a box.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1172 Great Britain
1860/1950: Lot 105 covers, mainly a business correspondance to Frankfurt/Germany 1860/80, mixed condition as usual, furthermore some other items showing various cancellations etc., in addition a bunch of new material from QE onwards, housed in one album and in a small box.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 1173 Great Britain
1969/82: Collection with several hundred stamps in mint blocs of four from Guernsey and Jersey, incl. postage dues, part sheets, souvenir sheets and booklets, housed in two albums (owner's cat = appr. CHF 4'100).Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 1455 Great Britain
1870/1970: Remainder with several hundred covers, cards and postal stationery items, mostly daily mail and partly showing interesting frankings, cancellations and destinations, in good to mixed condition and housed in five albums and in glassines.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 1456 Great Britain
1896/1983: Remainer with some hundred postal stationery items from GB, an unused collection of Channel Islands with Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey as well as a bunch of Ceylon covers, housed in three volumes, in a small box and in an envelope.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHF
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