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  • Lot# : 575 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, pl. 6, lettered AI, a fine four margined used example cancelled by red Maltese Cross Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 576 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, pl. 6, lettered PC, a fine four margined used example cancelled by red Maltese Cross Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 577 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, pl. 7, lettered MH, a fine four margined example tied to 1840 cover to Tewkesbury by red Maltese Cross, with Chester despatch cds (Oct 13) in red on reverse. A fresh and fine cover Gi = £ 750.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 578 Great Britain

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    1840: Entire letter from Paris dated 31 May 1840 (Sunday!) to Newcastle On Tyne cancelled on despatch with 'Bureau Centrale / (60)' datestamp (June 1) cds in red with manuscript rate '25' (decimes) on reverse and framed red PD on obverse. Mailed via London with cds in red (June 3) to Newcastle (June 5) with blue cds on reverse. Readdressed to the Post Office in Darlington with 1840 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered NJ, a four margined example tied by red Maltese Crosses. A rare and most unusual entire: one of the earliest entires from France bearing an adhesive stamp. Note: William Sample was the first member of the Sample family to take up the profession of a land agent in 1829. After six generations the company joined with another company in 2013. Cert. Holcombe (1999).
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 579 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, Plate 4, lettered NK, touched at base, used on 1840 cover from Newcastle Under Lyme (Oct 23) to the Ship Hotel in Dover, tied by red-brown Maltese Cross. On arrival in Dover, the cover was re-addressed to "Poste Restante, Naples" and carried privately to Naples. Held at the Poste Restante for six months (May, 1841) and returned (note 'T.S.' handstamp, Transit Sarde, in red) to the 'Clarendon Hotel' in Piccadilly, with red London cds (May 19) and struck with framed LCO POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON handstamp in red. Forwarded again to Stone, Staffordshire with arrival cds (May 21) in black and charged there at 1/7d. due to pay. Cleaned and stamp removed and replaced, but a remarkable cover that opens well for Exhibition display. Cert. BPA (2013).rnrnNote: The cover is addressed to the 'Ship Inn' in Dover - the owner of this establishment was an illegal Forwarding Agent. The reference for this comes from an 1840 1d. Mulready privately forwarded to France with the notation inside "send your letter to me under cover to the Master of the Ship Inn, Dover, with a request that he will put it into the French Post and I will get it for 3d...". The Ship Inn was located in Worthington's celebrated Hotel & Ship Inn, once known as the Royal Ship Hotel, on Customs House Quay in Dover. From 1823 onwards Mail Coaches left here every evening for London.rnrnNote: This is, in all probability, the earliest cover known bearing a Postage Stamp on a letter from Italy.
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 580 Great Britain

    1840: 2 d. blue, pl. 1, lettered QI, a fine four margined example of good colour, used on 1840 cover to St. Austell, cancelled by red Maltese Crosses, with Launceston despatch cds (Oct 21) in black on reverse. Two file folds away from adhesive but a fine entire Gi = £ 2'500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 510 CHF

    Lot# : 581 Great Britain

    1841: 1 d. red-brown from black plate 10, lettered KG, a fine four margined example used locally on 1841 cover within Edinburgh, with red cds (Aug 6) on reverse. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 582 Great Britain

    1841: 1 d. red brown blued paper, plate 17, block of six lettered LJ-LL/MJ-ML, with margins clear to superb all round, MJ showing the re-entry (Spec BS6a) used on 1842 cover from Northallerton to Manchester cancelled by neat black Maltese Crosses. Refolded slightly for Exhibit display with despatch cds in red (Jan 27) and arrival in black. An exceptional and attractive multiple of this rarer plate on letter, with 'no cover with a large franking from Plate 17 recorded' by the Karl Louis Card Index Register to date Gi = £ 975 for a block of four off cover. rnNote: Mess. Bagshaw & Stevenson were the solicitors of the then privately owned "Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company". The opening of the first section of line from Manchester to Godley was in 1841.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 583 Great Britain

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    1841: 1 d. red-brown, BA from the corrected Plate 77b (with check letter 'A' inserted), good to large margins, neatly cancelled with London Chief Office Numeral "11" clear of the inserted check letter 'A', very fresh and attractive example of this prominent "2nd state" of the original 'B Blank' error. Cert. RPSL (2011) Gi. BS29b = £ 1'900.rnrnProvenance: Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson (1990); Chartwell (2011).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 584 Great Britain

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    1841/53: Treasury Roulette 1 d. red-brown, plate 161, BB, showing the 4/3 waves leaving characteristic small 'paper bridges' within the waves clearly visible, slight thin in bottom right corner, otherwise very fine and neatly cancelled with barred numeral. Certs. BPA (1967) not mentioning the slight thin, and RPS (2005) Gi. B2(1)aa = £ 7'200.rnrnProvenance: Robson Lowe Bournemouth auction (July 1963).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 585 Great Britain

    Baltic Expedition via Danzig 1855: Small envelope from the Baltic fleet to Dawlish Devon during the siege of the Bomarsund fortress on the Aland Islands, endorsed "Via Danzig", franked with 1 d. red-brown, die I in a horizontal strip of three, cancelled by single horizontal numeral '49' cancellation at the Inland Section of the London Chief Office with "DANZIG 6 / 7 3-4" cds at left, reverse with "A L JY - 10 1855" transit cds in red. On stamp with fault otherwise a desirable and scarce Field Post usage during the Crimean war from the Baltic theatre of war via the German seaport of Danzig.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 586 Great Britain

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    1858/59: 1 d. rose-red, BH, tied by a superb impression of the Salisbury Trial code E numeral '683' cancellation with four pins in black to unaddressed blue envelope thought to be of proof status. Only two such blue 'proof' envelopes (unaddressed) franked with a 1 d. rose-red are recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index Register, the other 'proof' envelope was offered in the J.B. Seymour collection 1951 (together with an unaddressed Penny pink envelope) and again by Stanley Gibbons in 1974 (stating in error "to be the only example extant"). The Salisbury Trial obliteration was in use for short periods only in 1859 and 1871/72. In addition 1864: 1 d. rose-red, plate 131, block of four GB/HC cancelled with Salisbury Trial code E numeral '683' with the pins in the centre removed, some split perfs re-enforced, otherwise fine and scarce, especially so cancelling a multiple. It is assumed that the pins were removed in order to leave the letter contents undamaged. Cert. BPA (2005) for the unaddressed envelope.rnrnProvenance (for the envelope): Robson Lowe auction (May 27, 1981); Spink (May 11, 2006); Lady Mairi Bury (2010).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 587 Great Britain

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    1864: 1 d. lake-red, plate 109, OD, variety: imperf. with large to very large margins all round, neatly cancelled with Irish barred numeral. The Karl Louis Card Index Register has recorded only four used imperforate examples from plate 109, all are used in Ireland, incl. Clonmel (142) and Pallasgreen (369) plus one defective single on a cover from Windsor (photocopies attached). Cert. RPSL (2006) Gi. = £ 3'000.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 588 Great Britain

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    1860: 1 ½ d. rosy mauve, lettered ML, prepared for use in anticipation of a change of postal rates which fdid not take place and therefore unissued in this colour, the colour a little suffused and affected by age, few short perforations, part og. A fine and presentable example of this rare "unissued" adhesive. Cert. BPA (2011) Gi. = £ 8'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 589 Great Britain

    1855: Entire letter written from East India House to Dr. Albrecht Weber in Berlin, franked by 1854 2 d. blue pl. 4, perf. 16 in combination with 1854 Embossed 6d purple with good margins and colour, small contemporary scissor cut outside of design, neatly cancelled by London '19' obliterators in black. Oval 'P.' in red alongside and partial Aachen transit in red with manuscript '4' (pence credit. Reverse with London despatch cds (Jan 10) and complete East India Co. wax seal. Couple of file folds well away from the adhesives, a scarce franking. Signed Ernst Stock.rnNote: Dr. Albrecht Weber (1825-1901) was a german Indologist and historian. In 1856 he became an anjunct professor of the language and literature of ancient India.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 590 Great Britain

    1856: 1 s. green, unused, part o.g. overprinted SPECIMEN and perfinned P.O.E. A highly interesting perfin. variety applied on a SPECIMEN overprinted early Surface Printed issue. The historic background of this perfin. is unknown and much discussed in the GBPS newsletters in 2006. The example offered here is unique as a single with only one marginal block of four (ex Maximus 1970, ex Samuel 2003) otherwise recorded. Very rare: the theories discussed vary from an early Joseph Sloper perfin. experiment to the assumption of P.O.E standing for "Post Office Experiment".rnrnProvenance: John Keegan collection (2006).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 591 Great Britain

    1862: 4 d. pale red, pl. 3 lettered KG-KI/LG-LI, a used block of six, reperforated down left wing margin, cancelled by Edinburgh / 131 duplexes (Aug 15) in black. Despite a few bklunted perforations and minor corner bend on sixth stamp, a remarkable multiple, being the largest used block according to the Karl Louis Card Index Register recorded to date.rnReferences: mentioned in Galland/Louis, "Surface printed stamps 1855-1883", page 55.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 592 Great Britain

    1862/64: 4 d. red pl. 4, with hairlines, horizontal pair and vertical strip of three used with 1858 2 d. blue pl. 9 on 1865 cover to Rome, Italy endorsed 'via France' tied by 'Nottingham / 583' duplexes in black (Jan 13). Rome (Vapore) arrival on reverse. Faults to the adhesives and the cover, nevertheless a scarce and unusual 1/10d. rate for a ½ letter, with only one larger franking bearing the 4d. hairlines existing.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 593 Great Britain

    1862/64: 6 d. lilac pl. 3, the remarkable usage of four examples in a single and strip of three lettered EA-EC, used on 1863 cover to Paris (La Chambre correspondence), with additional 1 d. star for the Late Fee, neatly tied by London '12' obliterators in black. Oval 'PD' in red and Calais transit cds (Feb 8) at left and reverse with London and Paris cds's. A most unusual cover carried at six times rate: The Karl Louis  Card Index Register records just one cover with a larger franking of the 1862 6d. Rare and most appealing cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 594 Great Britain

    1862 (Jan 15): 9 d. straw, wmk. Emblems, the remarkable used block of eight, lettered FI-FL/GI-GL, all cancelled by London 'WC/9' obliterators in black. One or two short perforations at right of the block otherwise in fine condition for such an extremely rare multiple. The largest recorded used block with only one other used block of eight existing on cover. Exceptional and very rare Gi = £ 3'600.rnProvenance: Collection Howard O. Fraser (2001).rnReference: mentioned in Galland/Louis, "Surface printed stamps 1855-1883", page 62.
    Starting bid : 900 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 595 Great Britain

    1862/64: 1 s. green, a fine vertical pair used on 1864 cover to Lima, Peru, applied slightly over the top of the cover but of excellent colour tied by 'Glasgow / 159' duplexes (June 1). PANAMA cds of transit and oval Lima 'Conduccion / Del Cartero / Gratis' in black on obverse. Lima arrival (July 8) on reverse; also a similar 1863 cover, not as fine, tied by 'Halifax / 330' sideways duplex from the same correspondence.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 596 Great Britain

    1867: 2 s. dull blue, pl. 1, the remarkable block of twelve, lettered FE-FH/HE-HH, with full imprint in top margin 'Postage Two Shillings', all cancelled by "BO1" obliterator handstamps of Alexandria, Egypt in black. A couple of blunted perforations on wing margin and minor central bend of no significance, a superb multiple of great scarcity. The third largest block recorded in used condition recorded by the Karl Louis Card Index Register to date, an Exhibition item Gi = £ 2'700+.rnrnProvenance: Collection 'Chartwell' (Oct 2011), lot 436.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 597 Great Britain

    1867: 2 s. dull blue, a very fine used vertical pair, used in third week of issue, tied to 1867 cover to Piura, Peru by Liverpool / 466 duplexes in black (July 16) with single ring 'Panama' cds of transit (Aug 7) in black and straight line PAITA handstamp in black on reverse. A fine and scarce entire.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 598 Great Britain

    1872/73: 6 d. chestnut, pl. 11, the extraordinary usage of a block of six, two horizontal pairs and a single example on 1872 cover to Oporto, Portugal endorsed 'via France & Spain' all tied by 'Lombard St.' duplexes in black. Oval 'PD' in red alongside and oval framed FRANCA applied on arrival, with Porto cds of receipt on reverse. A sensational 2¾ ounce (11 times normal) rate cover and in excellent condition for such a franking and most appealing. The largest franking of this stamp on cover according the Karl Louis Card Index Register recorded to date Gi = £ 700+ off cover.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 599 Great Britain

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    1867/83: 10 s. greenish grey, wmk. Maltese Cross, a used example of excellent colour cancelled by bold 'Dublin Sorting Office' datestamp (Feb 10, 1879) in black. Minor perforation thin at top, otherwise a fine example of this very scarce stamp. Cert. K. Louis (2016) Gi = £ 3'200+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 600 Great Britain

    1873/80: 1 s. green pl. 13, a marvellous block of 16 (4 x 4) used on large 1880 piece in conjunction with pair of 2½ d. blue pl. 19, all tied by 'Lynedoch Pl. B. O. / Edinb. / 396 duplexes in black (June 2). Some peripheral edge wear in the wing margins at left but a wonderful piece of great charm. According to the Karl Louis Card Index Register the 1 s. being the largest recorded used multiple from this plate known to date. Rare Gi = £ 2'500+.rnReference: mentioned in Galland/Louis, "Surface printed stamps 1855-1883", page 165.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 601 Great Britain

    1882: 1 s. purple, plate 13, ED, intended for surcharge but never issued, overprinted SPECIMEN type 9, part o.g., one of the rarest unissued Victorian stamp issues with just 16 examples recorded according to Galland/Louis in "Surface printed stamps 1855-1883", page 184, plus this specimen ED which is not mentioned  in the handbook, all of which originate from an upper left pane of 20, lettered AA - ED. Exceedingly rare Gi. K8Cs = £ 8'250.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF

    Lot# : 602 Great Britain

    1902: Edward VII 1 d. Plate Proofs / Colour Trials, with imperforate horizontal pair in grey-green on card paper, another in red on rough buff paper, delightful imperforate horizontal pair on card paper showing the pillars below, printed in bright green and showing a slight double impression, creased in margin, and a single example showing a triple impression. A scarce group Gi = £ 480.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 603 Great Britain

    1906: 2 d. pale green & scarlet on chalk surfaced paper, a fine used example clearly showing "Deformed Tablet" variety, cancelled by 'Jersey' cds (March 3, 1911) in black. Scarce and most attractive Gi. M12D = £ 875 unused/unpriced used.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 604 Great Britain

    1840/1953ca.: Interesting collection hundreds used/unused stamps incl. 1840 1 d. black and 2 d. blue, 1847 Embossed definitives, compl. used set of cut-square examples, later Victoria surface printed issues such as 1867 5 sh. lilac, 1878 10 sh. green-grey, £ 1 brown-violet, 1882 £ 5 orange, 1884 £ 1 brown-lilac, four Specimen stamps, 1902 Edward £1 green, 1913 Seahorses up to £ 1, in addition official stamps, usage abroad, British Post Offices in the Levant, German Occupation Channel Islands, German Propaganda issues, and Ionian Islands.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,600 CHF

    Lot# : 605 Great Britain

    1840/1990: Important collection several hundred mainly used stamps, starting with one Mulready envelope unused, ten Penny Blacks (one on cover), six two pence blue, twelve embossed values, other values specialized by plate numbers, colour shades and cancellations, QV high values up to £ 1.- violet (2) and green (4), KE VIII high values up to £ 1.- green (2), Sea Horses incl. £ 1.- (2) in various colour shades, Postal Congress 1929 £ 1.- black (2 - one mint) etc., at the end a section with local issues of Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ile of Man, Guernsey and Jersey, housed in two BIELLA albums.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 11,500 CHF

    Lot# : 606 Great Britain

    1841/2000c.: Collection from 1841 1 d. red imperf., with range of 1858 1 d. reds used (170+), 1870 bantam ½ d. lake used (80), Surface Printed issues with values to 5 s., some useful stamps and cancellations noted but condition very variable.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 607 Great Britain

    1840/42: Small classic group with 1 d. black, pl. 2, lettered DK used on large piece tied by red MC with 'Manchester / May 27 / 1840' cds in red, a fine 'Maydate' usage, 1 d. black pl. 7, lettered MJ fine used cancelled in black, 1840 2 d. blue used on cleaned entire to Ramsgate cancelled in red, 1841 1 d. red-brown (plate 14) used on cover from Newbury to London, 1841 2 d. blue with fine single used and a pair on cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 608 Great Britain

    1945/55: The famous 'Harris' correspondence between the amateur but talented artist A. J. G. Clayton to his friend Albert T. Harris of 192 London Road, Kingston On Thames, with 43 cards and one cover, all with watercolour sketches and sent to arrange the friends' regular monthly meetings on the last wedenesday of each month. The cards utilised (all are illustrated on our website) are the George VI 2 d. orange stationery card with signed and frequently dated paintings on the reverse of each and some with limerick messages to meet at 'U.T.' (Usual Time) and 'U.P.' (Usual Place). A rare and beautiful group.rnrnProvenance: Collection Hassan Shaida (May 2005), lot 40167.rnrnrn 
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 609 Great Britain

    1900/60: Lot 710 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, incl. some eraly lithographs, street scenes, Royal family, various piers, architecture and traffic jam in London, Hotels and Restaurants, Heraldry, Exhibitions, Castles, life at the beach and others, some cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise in average to good condition and every item in it's own plastic sleeve, housed in a box.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 610 Great Britain

    1900/60: Lot picture 690 postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, incl. some early lithographs, street scenes, Castles, Bridges, Royal family, life at the beach, ships, traffic jam in London, Heraldry, rural life and some others, some cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, the whole arranged in a small box.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 611 Great Britain

    Nissen, Charles, The Plating of the 1840 Penny Black, London 1922; the book with a description of each individual stamp of the eleven different plates, plus the 40 original photographic plates, first photo plate with AA-AF; two volumes with defects at corners and edges, otherwise good condition and superb individual leather bound.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 612 Great Britain

    'The Royal Philatelic Collection' by Sir John Wilson, Dropmore Press Ltd., London 1952, a superb example of this excellent book complete with slip case.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 614 Great Britain

    1867/1990: Small collection some hundred stamps used/unused of Jersey, incl. two early taxed envelopes to Sweden franked with 6d violet, stationery envelope of 1911 cancelled at 'St. Aubin'. postcards, modern FDC's and stationery items used/unused as well as souvenir and miniature sheets, in addition a small selection of Gibraltar, in one album, on album pages and in a small box.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 615 Great Britain

    Channel Islands 1902/85c.: Collection of covers/cards (164), with 1904 postcard of the Grand Lodge of Jersey, 1949/41 2 d. bisect usages, 1914 3 d. reg'ds stationery envelope up-rated with ½ d. and 1 d. to Lucerne cancelled by ST. MARTINS / GUERNSEY datestamps, Isle of Man 1905 taxed card to USA cancelled at Port Erin Sorting Office, Isle of Wight, all with further FDC's, postal stationery unused and used, Reply Coupons etc.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 626 Great Britain

    British Occupation of Italian Colonies 1947: Overprinted EAF 3 d. registered stationery envelope used to Genova, up-rated with 1943 EAF 2½ d. light ultramarine, strip of three 3 d. pale violet and 1 s. bistre-brown (3) all tied by 'Mogadishu / Somalia' datestamps (Feb 11) in black. A scarce and attractive usage.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF
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