tradition and experience in classic philately since 1919

Great Britain

The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection (part 1)
list | gallery
Sort list :

  • Lot# : 5365 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 1d. black, plate 1a, lettered FJ, earliest printing with 4 good to wide margins on letter sheet dated 13. May 1840 from Cambridge to Westminster. The stamp is tied by a beautifully contrasting bright red MC. A Cambridge strike on the reverse confirms the date. The London arrival mark is from the following day. A rare and interesing early May 1840 usage of a Penny Black.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 5366 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1840: 1d. black, very worn plate 1a, lettered GD,  with 4 superb large margins on clean envelope from Runcorn to Bakewell. The front displays a Runcorn straight line, the stamp is tied by red MC. The arrival mark Bakewell is dated 3. August 1840. Certificate Enzo Diena.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 5367 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 1d. black plate 1b, lettered KK, with 4 superb, even margins on very clean envelope dated 6. October 1840 from Omagh to Moy. The stamp is lightly cancelled by red MC. Transit marks on the reverse are Monaghan and Armagh, making this a rare inner Irish transit.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 5368 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1840: 1d. black, plate 4, lettered TF, with 4 good to wide margins on local letter from Oxford  The stamp is tied by a red MC, the despatch mark is dated 21 June 1841. Cert. KA Louis.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 5369 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 1d. black, plate 6, lettered MA, with 4 good to wide margins on letter sheet from Linton to Dunmow, dated 28. October 1840, a Linton despatch mark confirms the date. The stamp is tied by a red MC, the arrival mark is from the following day.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 5370 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1840: 1d. black, plate 7, lettered SH,  with 4 good to wide margins on letter sheet from Poulton to Lytham. The stamp is tied by a Poulton Penny Post two line cachet, as well as a magenta Preston MC. According to Rockoff Jackson the Preston MC was struck in magenta between 12. December 1840 and 19 February 1841. The Preston date stamp is 4 January 1841. This letter is not recorded by Rockoff Jackson. A rare and interesing unusual colour usage of a Penny Black.rnProvenance: Harmer Auction 15 May 1996
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 5371 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 1d. intense black, plate 7, lettered SA/SB, a used pair with 4 good to wide margins on letter from Norwich to East Dereham. The stamps are tied by three beautifully contrasting red Norwich (Type 1) MCs, the despatch mark dates this letter 4. November 1840. A rare usage of a Penny Black pair as double rate letter.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 5372 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1840: 1d. black, plate 11, lettered HH, a used example with 4 good to superb margins on envelope from London to Warwick. The stamp is tied by a black MC, a Sth Audley St SO receiving house handstamp in red is struck next to the stamp.  The Warwick arrival mark is dated 13 March 1841. A very rare cover in very fine condition. Cert. BPA (2002).rnProvenance: Gaunt Collection, Spink July 2002.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 5373 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 2d. blue, plate 1, lettered SA superb marginal copy on envelope from Thurso to Wick, dated 1 May 1841, with indistinct arrival mark from the following day. The Thurso black MC just ties the stamp. Fine and rare Scottish usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 5374 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1840: 2d. blue, plate 1, lettered PB, a used example with very good even margins and of very fresh appearance on letter from Wellington-Somerset to Tiverton. The stamp is tied by a red MC. The Wellington-Somerset despatch mark is missing the date slug and has the year date 1840 inverted, the letter itself is dated 10. November 1840.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 5375 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1854: 6d. purple embossed, wmk VR with left 10mm sheet margin, other margins full and 1d red brown, lettered RK, Alphabet II, wmk small crown, perf 16 on registered inland envelope cancelled 477 in bars from Louth, sent via Hull to Macclesfield. On reverse Hull spoon 333 and Louth despatch, both MR 15 1855. Cert. Holcombe.rnProvenance: Christies Auction 12 Dec. 1989
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 5376 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1854: 6d. dull lilac embossed, wmk VR with good to full margins and 2d pale blue, lettered BA, Alphabet I, wmk small crown, perf. 16 on double rate registered inland envelope, cancelled 700 in bars from Sheffield with cds of Feb. 19, 1855 alongside to Macclesfield. On reverse Macclesfield arrival mark from the following day. Cert. Holcombe.rnProvenance: Collection Major-General Sir Leonard Atkinson, K.B.E. Christies 6 Nov. 1990
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 5377 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1854: 6d. purple embossed, wmk VR with good to full margins on 1d. stationery registered inland envelope, cancelled 890 in bars from Windsor to Macclesfield. On reverse Windsor despatch dated JU 24 1854 and Bristol from the following day and a Macclesfield arrival mark. Very fine and rare letter.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe Auction, 9. Feb. 1982, lot 1146; Collection Major-General Sir Leonard Atkinson, K.B.E. Christies, 6 Nov. 1990
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 5378 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1847: 1s. deep green, Die I, a splendid bottom right hand corner example with magnificent margins all round on cover to Cape Town, Cape of good Hope, tied by 53 in bars of Bath, boxed "TO PAY" and manuscript "8" on arrival. Bath despatch and Plymouth transit markings are on the reverse. An extremely fine and important cover for this issue. Cert. Holcombe.rnProvenance: Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson K.B.E. collection, Christies, 6 Nov. 1990
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 5379 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1864: 1s. green, plate 1, lettered NE/NF, two copies on official letter from London to St. Helena, each tied by a London WC 3 obliterator. The letter to the exeptionally rare destination went on its journey to the US Consul on the island via Devonport. The NE stamp had the wing margin removed before use, which does not detract from the beauty of this extraordinary to a rare destination letter.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 5380 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1862: 1s. green, plate 1, lettered DK with variety "K in circle", tied by duplex Manchester/498 dated 20 DE 64 to cover to Switzerland. The letter was routed via France and bears 5 transit marks as well as a red PP. A very fine and rare cover, just 14 covers recorded with this spectacular variety.rnProvenance: Christies, 3 March 1992, lot 179
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 5381 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1912 (July): 10s blue, Somerset House Printing, Watermark Anchor, sheet margin stamp, there hinge remnant, stamp never hinged but faint gum toning.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 5382 Great Britain

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1918: 2/6s. olive brown - 10s. dull grey blue, Bradbury Wilkinson seahorses very fine unmounted mint.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 5383 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1913 (1.Aug.) £1 dull blue green, watermark single cypher, in unmounted mint condition, of perfect perforation and centering. The perfect copy of this difficult stamp. Cert. Holcombe.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 5384 Great Britain

    1 / 1
    Catalogue# : 186-188
    Download main picture Share
    1934 (Oct 16): 2/6s. olive brown - 10s. dull grey blue, re-engraved seahorses in very fine unmounted mint condition. 5s. and 10s. top left marginals, minor imperfections in margin only.
    Starting bid : 130 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 5385 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1929 (10 May): £1 black, UPU Congress, well centred unmounted mint copy without any markings.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 5386 Great Britain

    1 / 1
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1958: 2/6 black-brown/£1 black, Castles, De la Rue printings in unmounted mint blocks of four from the left sheet margin. Very fine and rare. Cert. Enzo Diena.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 5387 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1840: 1d. intense black, plate 2, lettered SI, a used example on Mulready Envelope A162 from Loughborogh to London. The stamp is tied by a red MC, the Loughborogh despatch mark is dated 17 August 1840. A receiving mark was applied in London the following day. The envelope shows minor strengthening and repair on the left side. Certificate Enzo Diena.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 5388 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1857:  1d. red-brown (Die II), lettered BG on a highly decorative embossed ladies' Valentine envelope, tied by London / 78 duplex in black. The letter and contents would probably have conveyed a romantic message, which was sent locally to Southwark. A straight line cachet Borough is on the reverse. This stunning and very decorative showpiece with only a hint of ageing should attract a wide audience.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 5389 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1873: 1d. lake-red plate 151, lettered BG, tied by London WC duplex to a stunning Newton Wilson & Co envelope advertising sewing Machines. An eye-catching piece to grace any display and one of the very few used locally in London (most of the approx. 12 recorded envelopes in the K.L. Card Index originate from an original find in the 1950's addressed to Hamburg).rnProvenance: Phillips auction 16 Feb. 1989
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 5390 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1 / 1
    1870: 1d. lake-red plate 113, lettered FG, tied by Edinburgh 131 duplex to a J Valentine Dundee Ocean Penny Postage envelope from Strathmiglo 27. April 1870 to Glasgow arriving on the same day. Delightful piece and much rarer with the 1d plate number issue than with the 1841 1d imperforate RPSL certificate (1997).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 5391 Great Britain

    1 / 3
    Download main picture Share
    1864:1d. lake-red, lettered  MA/MB Plate 179 and 1/2d. rose, plate 12, on  highly decorative 1878 advertising envelope Eugene Rimmel from London to Malta. The stamps are tied by London SP 13 Duplex WC 3. Both 1d. stamps show the very unusual fancy perfin E.R.L. with a triangle. On the back part of the flap is missing but a very attractive display item with a good destination.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 5392 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1882: 2 1/2d. blue, plate 22, lettered FA, on beautiful advertising cover from Queenstown to Worcester Massachusetts, bearing Irish type 157 duplex canceller Queenstown, dated 5. April 1882. On the reverse there is a New York transit mark and a Worcester arrival dated 17. April. Envelope slightly trimmed at left, but still a very attractive cover.rnProvenance: Phillips Auction, 31 Oct. 1991
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 5393 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1898: 2 1/2d. purple/blue, Jubilee Issue on a delightful water colour hand painted envelope from Perth/Scotland to Saint Lucia. The image is depicting a young lady straddling a wall, where the address is ingeniously incorporated into the design. This romantic drawing was made by Captain, later Colonel Hugh Rose of the Black Watch. This gem from the famous King-Harman correspondence would grace any collection. A receiving mark St. Lucia is on the back of the envelope.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 5394 Great Britain

    1 / 2
    Download main picture Share
    1902: 1d. bright scarlet, on 1910 hand painted watercolour letter from Richmond to Twickenham tied by Richmond CDS. The drawing depicts a scene from the Richmond flower show with a humourous comment. Highly decorative and desirable.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF
list | gallery
Sort list :