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  • Lot# : 4298 Great Britain

    First World Jamboree Olympia London 1907 (June 19): Original handwritten and signed letter from Lieutenant-General Baden Powell on the 'Horse Guards Whitehall S.W.' stationery lettersheet writing: "I'm thinking of having a small camp of boys for a week in Dorsetshire early in August, 1st to 8th. I should be glad to include six boys from the Boy's Brigade if you cand send them. I should not charge them anything - unless you think it is polite to do so. ..... I propose to teach them my new form of Scouting for Boys". The first recorded letter, the genesis of the idea and the beginning of the Scout Movement, of great historical importance.rnProvenance: London Stamp Exchange, Sale No. 84, 30 Nov. 1965 Lot 1.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF

    Lot# : 4299 Great Britain

    1908: Four early Scouts' photo-cards, incl. 'B.P. 1st CN Troop' (Ambulance) postcard unused, 'Baden Powell Scouts Line-Up for inspection' used photocard from "Manchester Oc. 3 (19)08", photocard 'Scaling the Heights' with interesting text on reverse, used photocard 'The Queen & Boy Scouts Aldershot' from "Aldershot AU 2 (19)10" as well original photograph of civilian Baden Powell (not in Uniform) with his wife Olave.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 4300 Great Britain

    1909: 'Girl's Scout Encampment' - fine and very early photo postcard (unused) and used photo card showing a Girl's Scout parade (1913), further a large postcard: German Girl's Scouts at their friendship visit in London (Deutsche Pfadfinderinnen in London zu einem Freundschaftsbesuche des Mädchencorps der Miss Powells (engl. Pfadfinderinnen) as well as photocard (later reprint) of 'A Girl Scout Comrade' in front of Boy Scout's at  their meeting at Cristal palace 1909.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 4301 Great Britain

    1908: Group of 28 Scouts' cards, all unused and issued by the Editor of 'The Scout' (The Best Penny Weekly for Boys), depicting the Boy Scouts' skills, incl. complete sets of six cards, original wrapper of Series I with a part set of four (No. 1-4) and a compl. set of Serie II (Nos. 7-12), further a complete set of six cards from No. 1: 'Wheeling an old man's barrow' up to No. 6: 'Carrying a baby for a tired mother'. All fine as issued.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 4302 Great Britain

    1909: The complete set of six used Scouts' cards depicting the diff. skills as there are: 'Camp Fire', 'Standing at Ease', 'An Attack', 'The Ambulance at Work' (two diff.) and 'Weaving a Straw Bed', all issued by 'National Series' and used in 1909 from Alton, Ipswich, Paddington West, Poole and Surbiton. Fine and very early cards.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4303 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): THE BOY SCOUTS' INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE OLYMPIA Programm on a four page leaflet with Message from the Chief Scout Robert Baden Powell and the complete Programme plus the Competitions open to Rovers, Sea Scouts and Wolf Cubs. In beautiful condition and rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 4304 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): 'THE SCOUTS INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE CAMP 1920 OLD DEER PARK RICHMOND SURREY', the two different types of the Special Handstamp applied on two picture post cards, clear strike on unused card depicting Dutch, Norwegian and British Scouts, the other used, dispatched Aug 4th to Belfast. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 4305 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): Dispatch at West Kensington "WEST KENS W 14": Two cards to France, each franked with 1 d. and showing different Vignettes: 'I AM OFF TO THE BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE HAPPY HEALTH AND ENERGY'  (Aug. 5) in yellow / black and 'SCOUTING FOR THE BOY SCOUT JAMBOREE' multicoloured, with 'Boy and Indian Chief' dersign,dated Aug. 3. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 4309 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): Two original photocards, unused, depicting Baden-Powell at 'Lovell Smith Richmond' at the Olympia Jamboree, first numbered '146' showing Baden Powell together with the Earl of Meath and Lord Holmpatrick on an inspection tour, second numbered '181' together with his son and 'Cub Scout' Peter, aged six years and nine months. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4310 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): Group of three picture postcards, with unused photocard of the Richmond Camp with applied label 'Boy and Indian Chief' tied by rectangular special cachet 'THE SCOUTS INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE CAMP 1920 OLD DEER PARK, RICHMOND SURREY' in violet as well as unused photocard of 'Carpentering' Workshop and a 'Punch' - card: "War-Weary World (at the Jamboree): 'I was nearly losing hope, but the sight of all you boys gives it back to me". Further 'The Times' press photograph of Baden-Powell. A fine assembly.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 4311 Great Britain

    1920 (July 30th to August 7th): INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE card set of six unused souvernir postcards, including wrapper (some wear at back and top) printed and published  by Gale & Polden Ltd. London depicting the six skills as there are: Saving Life, Tracking, Wrestling, Seamanship, Woodcraft and to be a Perfect Scout. Fine and rare complete set, including the original wrapper.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 4314 Great Britain

    III. World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead England 1929 (July 31 to Aug. 13): Large part of Daily Mail Newspaper front page of Aug. 3,1929 with the headline: "THE PRINCE OF WALES AT THE BOY SCOUT'S WORLD JAMBOREE" with two photographs 'A Snapshot of the Prince' and 'After Spending the Night under Canvas', franked with 4 d. and ½ d. tied by Liverpool cds's (Aug 6) and sent by Airmail to South-Africa. A fine and rare document.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 4315 Great Britain

    III. World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead England 1929 (July 31 to Aug. 13): Registered envelope from Birkenhead franked with 2½ d. and 2 d. tied by Camp cds. "ARROWE PK CAMP 1 AU 29" and backstamped "Broomsgrove / Worcs. / 1 AU 29 10PM" on reverse, together with rare CAMP POSTCARD sent by AIRMAIL from 'Birkenhead 6 AU 29" to South Africa with Durban arrival on reverse.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 4316 Great Britain

    III. World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead England 1929 (July 31 to Aug. 13): Picture postcard franked with 1½ d. with fine strike of three line "SCOUTS DE FRANCE / JAMBOREE  de la MAJORITÉ / BIRKENHEAD" in violet from the Auxiliary Camp cancelled in 'UPTON / WIRRAL Cheshire' together with another photocard with a 'View from an aeroplane of the opening of the great international Jamboree' with interesting text message about the daily life in the camp, both to France as well as a third card depicting Baden-Powell and written by a member of the Swiss delegation dispatched in "Liverpool Aug. 8 1929" to Geneva. A fine and scarce trio.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 4317 Great Britain

    III. World Jamboree, Arrowe Park, Birkenhead England 1929 (July 31 to Aug. 13): Group of eight picture postcards, all unused, depicting different Camp entrances as from 'Hampshire', 'Malta', 'Czechoslovakia' and 'Boys Scouts of America' as well as card with the complete text of the Jamboree Song.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 4400 Great Britain

    1827 (Feb 3): Entire letter, unclear as to quite where from, possibly Pte. de S. Bernardino, Sardinia or Mexico, endorsed "via France" to Gibraltar, with manuscript Forwarding Agent "encaminada par...Lubbock & Ca., Londres, 27 April 1827" on reverse and prepaid at high '4/4d.' in red manuscript at left, with ANGLETERRE in red of transit and charged '16' reales due. Some acid ink faults but an interesting entire.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4401 Great Britain

    1844, entire from London 24 Oct.1844 to Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, unusually routed via France (until 1846 Hamburgh was the normal route) and paid 10d. (british and french postage) to the egress of France, then taxed 4 1/2 sgr. prussian postage upon delivery in Cologne, with AUS ENGLAND/PORTO v. GIVET (Van der Linden fig. 256), very fresh.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 4402 Great Britain

    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered CG, a used example with good margins all round, lightly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. Very fine. Opinion Eichele (2020) Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 4403 Great Britain

    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered KH, a used example with good margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. A fine and attractive stamp. Opinion Eichele (2020) Gi = £ 975.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 4404 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate IV, horizontal strip of six, lettered LC/LH paying the 1/- rate on 1852 transatlantic letter from "PAISLEY" to "TOPSHAM", "VERMONT". Three left stamps trimmed at bottom. The US charge of 5 Cents is struck with red "LIVERPOOL" rate mark "5 CENTS" on the front. Very fine and rare letter, RPSL certificate (2019).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 4405 Great Britain

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    1849: Letter from "MADRAS" to "LONDON" per steamer 'Bentinck' to "SUEZ" then overland to "ALEXANDRIA" and per "HINDUSTAN" to "SOUTHAMPTON", then to London. There the letter was redirected within London and an additional 1 d. was due. This was paid by 1841 1d. red. A very fine and attractive letter. Certificate K.-A. Louis (2000).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 4406 Great Britain

    1857/63: 1 d. rose-red, die II, alph. III, KJ, tied by '183' numeral to a compl. issue of 'THE LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS' from "JOHNSTONE FE 13 1858" to New York. The newspaper bears the red tax stamp which was only valid for Inland postage, but not for foreign destination, so it had to be prepaid with a postage adhesive stamp. Very fresh condition and an unusual destination for a newspaper. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 4407 Great Britain

    1857: 1d deep rose-red, lettered OE cancelled NW, on decorative large cut out from "WINE LEAVES" Hungarian Wine Trade circular dated August 1858, showing the stages of the wine making process. Insignificant aging, stunning piece.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4408 Great Britain

    Combination franking Russia - United Kingdom 1872 (Sept 25): Large part cover front from Odessa to London, forwarded within the United Kingdom bearing Russia 1866 Arms 1 kop. black & yellow (3), 5 kop. black & lilac and 10 kop. brown & blue (2), all on horizontally laid paper (Mi 18y+20y+21y), tied by ODESSA despatch cds and framed "AUS RUSSLAND FRANCO" handstamp in black with boxed "P.D." handstamp and "LONDON PAID OC 1." arrival cds, both in red alongside. The cover was redirected, a 1 d. red, plate 155, lettered QL was added and tied by "LONDON W OC 14 72 / W 33" duplex datestamp. Surface rub on four of the Russian adhesives, damaged at top, nevertheless an extremely rare and desirable combination franking.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 4409 Great Britain

    1847: 1/- pale-green upper marginal copy with wide margins all round, neatly tied 14, minor scuffing in upper margin well outside the design. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 4410 Great Britain

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    1847, 1s. green used with 1841 2d. blue, plate 3, GK and GL, used on lettersheet from LONDON 12 Oct. 1849 to Paris, unusual combined postage rate showing different british and french weight steps: 5d. british 1st weight step plus 2 x 5d. = 10d. french 2nd. weight step plus 1d. Late fee = 1s.4d.(16d.), margins in places and age toned on reverse, but very interesting and a rare mixed franking, cert K. Louis BPP (2016), plus 1848, 10d. brown, cut to shape, used on much travelled entire with printed content from London 15 Febr. 1853 to Paris, variously re-addressed to Bordeaux, Castelnau-de-Medoc, Margaux, Bordeaux and Sainte-Foy-La-Grande, full of character!
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 4411 Great Britain

    1854/57: 1 d. red-brown, 240 examples plated and showing all 240 possible letter combinations in the lower corners, mounted accordingly on sheets .
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 4412 Great Britain

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    1857/58: 1 s. green on thin blued (azure) paper, a horizontal pair used with 1858 1d. rose-red, plate 60, letterd CB and 2d. blue plate 5, EI, cancelled with '50' London Chief Office barred numeral on 16 April 1858 cover endorsed "via Grey Town" to the Postmaster General Francisco Echeverria in San Jose, Costa Rica with ms. docketing 'Recibo Mayo 23/58' on reverse. Despite the rare destination, the 1 s. on azure paper is a great rarity, as only a very small print run of the 1s. was carried out on the azure paper. The Karl Louis Card Index records one similar cover with the same franking from the same correspondence and just eight more covers, threreof six single frankings, a pair (N.P.M.London). Typical tropicalisation slightly toning adhesives and envelope (cleaned staining) due to destination, but a great rarity in regard of Postal History (destination) and Traditional Philately of the Surface Printed Issues (Azure Paper). Cert. RPSL (2020) Gi = £ 4'000+ for two single 1s. off cover.rnRemarks: Intensive research has been undertaken with regard to the chemical paper ingredients responsible for the blueing of the 1s. azure paper by X-ray flourescence spectroscopy by comparing the blueing of 4d. and 6d. adhesives from the 1855/58 issue with the 1s. The results show very similar diagram results of the chemical contents of the blued paper (copies of the diagrams attached with the lot).  rn 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 4413 Great Britain

    1862, 3d. rose, plate 2, IG, used on much travelled lettersheet from GLASGOW FE 22 1865 to Weesp in the Netherlands, hence re-addressed to Wesepe onder Olst, Zweelo Drente, Oostermeer/Friesland, Uithuizen, filing crease through stamp, otherwise fine and full of character, plus 1864, 1d. red, plate 78, vertical strip of three on cover from HULL JU 20 1867 to Amsterdam, very fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 4414 Great Britain

    1865/67: 6 d. lilac, pl. 6, a used example on 1868 cover to Melbourne, Victoria endorsed "via Panama", tied by "Glasgow / 159" duplex (April 29) in black. Held at Post Office on arrival with Melbourne datestamps (July 2 and 12) in blue on reverse; struck on obverse with "UNCLAIMED / AT / MELBOURNE" and oval "6D / MORE TO PAY" in blue. A scarce routing and a fine cover.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 4415 Great Britain

    1865: 9 d. straw, plate 4, wmk. Large Garter, lettered FD, a used example on 1866 entire letter to Jacobstad, Finland tied by HULL / 383 duplex (Sept 3) in black. Unusually mailed via Ostende, Belgium and Prussian route with "Aus England Per Aachen / Franco" in blue (Sept 5) with ANK arrival on front. Reverse with London transit in red and Cyrillic 'Paid' arrival cds (Aug 28j) in black. A scarce route (9 d. rate to Finland via Belgium was introduced on Jan 29, 1866) and single franking Gi = £ 1'400.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 4416 Great Britain

    1871: Unpaid letter from "FALMOUTH" to "FIUME", taxed in transit with 25 kr., the equivalent of 5 gr. which was double the rate for unpaid mail. Due to the increased charge unpaid mail was unpopular and thus such tax marks are increasingly rarer the later they are (Van der Linden fig. 3175). In 1871 any such markings, applied in transit from "OSTEND" to "AACHEN" are very rare indeed. 
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 4417 Great Britain

    1873 (8. Jul.): 1 d. red, letterd "RG" plate 138 on newspaper wrapper with complete price list as printed matter from "LONDON" to "MONCORVO"/Portugal via "LISBON". The wrapper bears the boxed "P.BRIT.o" "Paquette Britannico" from Lisbon and an oval "FRANCA" mark. A "LISBON" transit and an arrival mark are on the reverse. Interesting and very attractive. 
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 4418 Great Britain

    1865: 1/- green plate 4, lettered 'RI' as single franking on highly attractive advertising cover from "MANCHESTER" via "BOSTON" to "CAMBRIDGE" Mass. The stamp is cancelled by duplex '498' the large print on the front is advertising 'safe sheep dip'. Attractive letter with the 1/- transatlantic rate.  
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 4419 Great Britain

    1867/80: 2 s. dull blue, a fine single example used on 1867 entire letter to Valparaiso, Chile endorsed "via Southampton" tied by "Dundee / 114" duplex in black (Nov 1). Reverse with London cds in red (Nov 2) and obverse with single ring PANAMA transit cds (Nov 26). A fine and attractive entire Gi = £ 700.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 4420 Great Britain

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    1878: 10 s. greenish-grey, plate 1, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered AG, cancelled by Glasgow cds (June 13, 1882), minor staining. Cert. Cilio (2020) Gi = £ 3'200. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 4421 Great Britain

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    1878: £1 brown-lilac, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered 'EC' used with indistinct cancellation, little soiled and with one short perf. at bottom right. Cert. Brandon (2020) Gi. = £ 4'500.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 4422 Great Britain

    1882: 5 s. pale rose on blued paper with wmk Anchor, plate 4, EE, cancelled with "CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE 29 AP 84" cds, minor corner perf. repair at top right and two slight horizontal bends. Gi = £ 4'000.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 4423 Great Britain

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    1882: 5 s. rose, plate 4, wmk Large Anchor, lettered AD on white paper, a well centred used example cancelled by hooded London cds (Nov 2, 1882) in black. Cert. Cilio (2020) Gi = £ 3'800.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4424 Great Britain

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    1882: £ 5 orange, wmk. Large Anchor, lettered CA, used example with central Edinburgh circular datestamp (Feb 12, 1896), re-perforated at lower right but attractive. Cert. Brandon (2020) not mentioning the fault Gi = £ 3'500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF

    Lot# : 4425 Great Britain

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    1877: 4 d. sage-green, wmk Large Garter, plate 15, lettered "FH" very fine unused with large part og. Cert. Brandon (2020) Gi = £ 1'400.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 4426 Great Britain

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    1883/84: High Values on white paper, the album page with 2 s. 6 d. lilac (2), one cancelled by "Hull" cds and the other by neat "Doncaster" cds, 5 s. rose (5) with cds usages from "Manchester Telegraphs", "Bradford / Yorks", "Jersey", "Dock St. B.O. / Dundee" and "Maryport"; 10 s. ultramarine in a single (cancelled "Huddersfield P.B.") and a horizontal pair cancelled "Broad Sanctuary" cds's. Condition fine to very fine, a scarce group Gi = £ 3'100+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 4427 Great Britain

    1884 (April): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Imperial Crowns, lettered BA, a fine used example, of deep colour, cancelled by "Quayside / Newcastle-On-Tyne" circular datestamp (May 21, 1889) in black. A scarce stamp. Signed Georg Bühler Gi = £ 3'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 4428 Great Britain

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    1884: £1 brown-lilac, wmk. Imperial Crown lettered "PB", used with indistinct cancel and slight rub and minor bend Gi = £ 3'000.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4429 Great Britain

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    1888: £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk Orbs, lettered EB used example with heavy cancellations in black. Cert. Brandon (2020) Gi = £ 4'500.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 4430 Great Britain

    1888 (Feb): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Three Orbs, lettered AA, a used example of good colour, cancelled by "Eastbourne" circular datestamp (May 3, 1889) in black. Slight internal wrinkle and a blunted perf. at base not affecting the appearance of a very scarce stamp Gi = £ 4'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 4431 Great Britain

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    1883/1884: 'Lilac & Green' ½ d. to 1 s. dull green, the complete set of ten values unused with large part og. 6d slightly rough perfs. otherwise a fine set Gi = £ 5'000. 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 4432 Great Britain

    1887: Jubilee issue, 9 d. dull purple & blue, a block of six (3 x 2) and 10 d. dull purple & carmine in an irregular block of seven and 1 s. dull green in a vertical pair, all fine unmounted og. A fine and fresh group Gi = £ 1'495+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 4433 Great Britain

    1902: £ 1 green, wmk. Crowns, an unused example overprinted SPECIMEN, fine, part og. Gi = £ 1'400.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 4434 Great Britain

    1913: Seahorses 2 s. 6 d. deep sepia to £ 1 green, the set of four values, all overprinted "SPECIMEN", fresh and fine, large part og. Rare Gi = £ 5'800.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4435 Great Britain

    1912 (Sept): 2 s. Booklet with red covers, with two panes of Downey ½ d. green wmk crown and three panes of 1 d. red, wmk cypher with advertisements for Boots the Chemist, Tyres, Typewriters, Pears Soap etc., some wear at edges otherwise fine and very rare Gi = £ 1'650.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 4436 Great Britain

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    1892: I.R. OFFICIAL £ 1 green, wmk. Crowns, lettered FC, a used example cancelled by oval 'Accounts Branch Glasgow' datestamp, some aging otherwise sound. Cert. Brandon (2020) Gi = £ 2'500.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 4437 Great Britain

    1776/1976: Two volume collection of Newspaper Stamps with early Crown oval framed 1 d. types in red on pieces of Newspapers, 1780's ½ d. impressions struck in red with imprinted numbers below and a study of the re-cuts, early 1800's banners (4) from the Corwall Gazette, many 1 d. Dies in red with Newspapers indicated at left these displayed alphabetically, 1856 'Book Post' cover franked by 2 d. blue tied by Manchester sideways duplex, range of off cover Line Engraved and Surface Printed with Newspaper Branch cancellations and covers from 1870 bantam ½ d. onwards, Foreign Branch usages, study of the triangular lettered handstamps largely on Printed Matter, postal stationery and pieces abound; re-mounting this collection could prove beneficial and interesting.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 4438 Great Britain

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    1877: Telegraph 5 s. rose, wmk. Large Anchor sideways, plate 3, lettered AG, central 'Cheltenham' cds in blue (Jan 13, 1882). Cancellation dated  JA 13 82 in blue, slight wrinkle but most attractive. Signed E. Diena Gi = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 4439 Great Britain

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    1877: Telegraphs £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Shamrocks, plate 1, lettered CO, lightly used example cancelled by Glasgow cds (July 11, 1891). Slight bend but a most attractive stamp Gi = £ 950.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 4440 Great Britain

    British Post Office Abroad: Colombia 1857, entire written in Baranquilla 19 Dec.1857 forwarded by 'DRUCE, ECKHARD & Co.', on reverse British P.O. 'CARTHAGENA DE 25 1857' cds. for dispatch to Liverpool bearing rare 'dotted circle' LIVERPOOL JA 21 1858 datestamp for arrival on front.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4442 Great Britain

    1840/1860c.: "LONDON", fantastic collection primarily made up of 1844 numeral marks on 1 d. red beginning with a four margin 1840 1 d. black, lettered 'EL' unplated on slightly incomplete cover. Wonderfully clean 1840 Mulready (stereo A189) with red MC and clear 'TP BLACKHEATH SQ ' also in red, cover slightly trimmed on the reverse. Also 1844 usage of Mulready (A81) cancelled with number 18, making for a rare combination letter to "GRAVESEND". An 1845 letter from Naples forwarded upon arrival in "LONDON" with 1841 1 d. red, struck with a clean "66" for cancellation. There are approximately one hundred-sixty entires, many with very fine to exceptional strikes and a large number of pieces and singles with London markings including some in blue. Condition varies between exceptional and poor, albeit the majority of items in fine condition.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 4443 Great Britain

    1840/2000: Dealer's stockbook beginning with an 1840 1d black. The stock is strong in surface printed, with many fine copies of the 1864 issue, 1867 5/- pale rose Plate 1, 1884 rose, Edward to 10/-,  1951 Jubilee unmounted, 1955 £1 Windsor Castle unmounted, Graphites and Wildings. In addition postage in excess of £400. 
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 4444 Great Britain

    1727/1834 : Collection of ninety-three entires of early British postal history, beginning with a 17?7 condolence letter sent by "PENNY POST" with a fine triangular strike lettered P/TV from East Barnet to London. Further letters with "W/TH" and"K/FR" are also included. In all there are many letters documenting the early stages of the mail in London, with many "BISHOP MARKS", "FREE MARKS", including a "FREE" letter from 1795, with the original signature of Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, after whom even today a lot of horse races are named "DERBY".  Also noteworthy is a 1780 letter to "MADEIRA".   
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 4445 Great Britain

    1787/1943: Collection of twenty-nine stampless entires, mainly to foreign destinations including: "FRANCE", "THE NETHERLANDS", "CALIFORNIA" dated 1852, "ITALY", "HAMBURG", SWITZERLAND", "MAURITIUS", on the reverse very clean strike "PACKET LETTER MAURITIUS" from 1851, "FINLAND" with two letters to Jacobstad and "SPAIN". There are also some official letters included in this lot. Very fine and clean lot in an album. 
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 4446 Great Britain

    1799/1854c: Collection of about two hundred unfranked mainly prephilatelic letters with few exceptions all originating from "LONDON".  There is a great coverage of the 2 d. post in London with very little duplication, covering not only city and other central areas but "STOKE NEWINGTON" in 1836, "BRIXTON" in 1837, timed cachets such as Lombard St "7 o' Clock Night Two Penny PPaid" in red and other similar cachets. Further there are letters to foreign destinations including a letter from London to "COGNAC" missent via Prussia. Rewarding Lot.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4447 Great Britain

    1840/45: Four covers incl. Sept. 1840 with a vivid Penny Black tied by red MC, two additional Penny black covers as well as Penny Blue in a horizontal pair on September 1845 cover from Milnthorpe to Lancaster.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 4448 Great Britain

    1842/51, two stampless covers, unpaid and rated '1s.' from London to Montreal (1851) bearing "1s.4d." circular tax handstamp in black on arrival, and paid to Quebec (1852) rated '1s.2d'. nice pair of covers
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4449 Great Britain

    1843/65: Small group (4) with 1843 entire from Buenos Ayres to Rio de Janeiro struck on obverse with fine RIO-JANEIRO British P.O. cds (Aug 5) in black; 1859 cover from Nassau, Bahamas with Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac tied by bold "A05" obliterator and mailed to Scotland, the envelope with closed tear at left; Canada 1860 entire to USA from Montreal with CANADA / PAID 10 Cts.' in red and 1865 cover with Great Britain 4 d. vermilion pl. 7 tied by "C51" obliterator of St. Thomas paying the inter-island rate to Barbados. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4450 Great Britain

    1848/67: Small group with April 1848 prepaid entire on Cunard Steamer "America" to New York (Maiden Voyage), 1861 entire to Chile bearing 1855/57 1 s. green pair tied by "Jersey / 409" duplexes with "Panama" transit cds, 1863 cover with 1862 4 d. red and 1855/57 1 s. green pair used to Vancouver Island via Panama and San Francisco, 1867 cover with 1865/67 6 d. pl. 6 used from Stirling to New Zealand "via Panama". faults but a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 4451 Great Britain

    1850/1930: Lot of 70 covers/postcards of which many are directed to Austria, including a number of stationery items. There are also a handful  items from Morocco and Cyprus, as well as a pre-stamp letter from "MALTA" to "ALEXANDRIA" with British PO arrival. In addition there is a correspondence with numerous design sketches between De La Rue and Hubert Woyty-Wimmer an artist and designer, about a stamp planned for their 150th anniversary. Insightful lot. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 4452 Great Britain

    1852/1875: 'Transatlantic letters' collection of nineteen entires, documenting the postal rates between the "UNITED KINGDOM" and the "UNITED STATES", with eleven franked letters and eight unfranked items. The earliest letter included is a 1852 letter from "MANCHESTER" to "BOSTON" at double weight rate, with a rare '38 Cents' due to the UK marking and a US 48 Cents. Another letter going the other way is taxed 24 c and on arrival forwarded from "LIVERPOOL" to "LONDON".  Condition mainly very fresh and fine.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 4453 Great Britain

    1855/1861: Batch of three 'transatlantic' letters to NEW YORK and New York State respectively, with a very beautiful 1858 registered letter franked 1/- pale green SG 72 and 6 d. lilac from "ARBROATH", an 1861 letter franked three copies 4 d. rose wmk "LARGE GARTER" from "LONDON" and a further letter bearing a cut into on one side 1/- pale green. Very fine assembly.
    Starting bid : 280 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 4454 Great Britain

    1859/1875: Collection of forty-seven 'insufficiently prepaid' letters from Great-Briatin to France originating from all parts of Britain written up on self made pages.. The collection contains both a correctly franked item erroneously treated as "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID", as well as underfranked letters. This collection demonstrates the postal practices of cancelling erroneous markings, mainly with barred "50" in black or red ink, later with other cachets. Due to the French weight progressions being different than in the UK, errors happened quite frequently. In cases of doubt items were reweighed and the underpayment markings were already applied before mail left London for the continent. Letters in this collection bear frankings of up to 9 d. in total, the majority being 4 d., made up of line-engraved and surface printed stamps. The condition is mixed as could be expected. An instructive and varied lot with much interest. 
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 4811 Great Britain

    1874/1937: Great Britain and Commonwealth 23 covers mostly from The UK to Italy but also from Barbados and a GB to Ireland letter forwarded to "MADRID" with Irish onward franking. Interesting lot.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF
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