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Lot# : 5399 Great Britain
1841/65c.: 1 d. pink postal stationery envelopes, the collection (49 covers) specialising in the pink seals on the reverse flap, with 1851 cover with albino example, 1841 early examples with sealing wax or coloured wafer seal usages, 1841 cover with 1841 1 d. red imperf. tied by Maltese Cross with embossed seal on reverse showing Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1841 seals with legends "Time is the soul of business" and "Prenez Garda", thereafter with outstanding display of the pink seals on unused and used 1 d. pink examples and further private seals incl. "E.E. Emanuel, Goldsmiths to the Queen" used on cover cancelled by Portsmouth sideways duplex,Starting bid : 250.00 CHFHammer price : 260.00 CHFLot# : 5400 Great Britain
Lot# : 5401 Great Britain
1841/1901c.: 1 d. pink postal stationery envelopes, the collection on leaves, unused and used (200+), many with Die numbers noted, 1846 usage of albino impression from Alloa, unused examples overprinted SPECIMEN in red or in black, some up-rated usages noted, used examples with many from the Maltese Cross period, Leamington distinctive Maltese Cross used in October 1841, covers with London No. 3 and No. 7 in Maltese Cross usages, another cancelled by Wessex type "Poole" cds, envelope with "Machine Folded and Gummed by Thomas De La Rue & Co. / at the Great Exhibition 1851" on flap in blue (2 examples) and an unusual embossed example prepared by Waterlow's for the same Exhibition unused and used; two hand-illustrated usages and a fine study of the papers employed. A fine collection.rnStarting bid : 1,200.00 CHFHammer price : 1,400.00 CHFLot# : 5402 Great Britain
1843/76: Collection of 1 d. pink or 2 d. blue postal stationery envelopes (25), with 1 d. pink postal stationery envelopes sent at double rate with additional adhesives with seven showing 1841 1 d. red imperforate usages, another up-rated with imperf. strip of three; later usages with perf. 1 d. red stars (10) incl. one redirected with "Missent to / Worcester" handstamp, 1 d. pink envelopes up-rated with perf. 2 d. blue (2) and covers (2) up-rated with 1864 1 d. reds. Majority fair to very fine, a scarce assembly.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 500.00 CHFLot# : 5403 Great Britain
1843/1901c.: 1 d. pink postal stationery envelopes (300+) plus a plehtora of pieces, many with Die numbers noted, some up-rated usages, housed in green shoebox with predominantly used examples from Maltese Cross period onwards with cancellation interest especially in the duplex period.Starting bid : 250.00 CHFHammer price : 250.00 CHFLot# : 5404 Great Britain
1843/1901c.: 1 d. pink postal stationery envelopes, unused and used (90+) from EP3b to EP31b (excluding a mint copy of EP14) with all different formats, seal devices and die numbers (see Alan Huggins Postal Stationery Catalogue 1971 edition for full details), predominantly used examples from Maltese Cross period onwards with cancellation interest especially in the duplex period. "Heart" of Michael Lockton's Postal Stationery collection which has taken over 50 years to accumulate and would be impossible to replicate to-day.Starting bid : 750.00 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 5435 Great Britain
Used abroad Porto Rico: 1873/76, 3 d. rose, plate 16, lettered BI, cancelled by neat 582 NAGUABO numeral, minor corner perf. crease at upper right and faint toned spot, otherwise fine, one of the rarest P.O.'s abroad, plate 16 not yet listed in Stanley Gibbons catalogue. Gi = £ 1'100.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 300.00 CHFLot# : 5451 Great Britain
Lot# : 5467 Great Britain
Crimean War 1854: 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, wmk. Small Crown, perf. 16, a single example and a horizontal pair used on 1854 cover, sensibly opened for display to Dover, tied by bold strike of "✵♚✵" obliterator in black. Reverse with "POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY" despatch datestamp in blue (Aug. 16), London transit and Dover arrival (Aug. 28) in black. At this date the British Forces were gathered at Varna, Bulgaria, leaving for the Crimea in September 1854. A fine and attractive cover.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 300.00 CHFLot# : 5473 Great Britain
Used abroad, 1850/93: Written up collection of mainly covers / fronts on 27 pages, incl. Crowned Circle handstamps ANTIGUA, GUADELOUPE, DOMINICA, some later usages (1890s or even 20th century) from BAHAMAS, BARBADOES, TORTOLA, barred numeral cancellations incl. A05 BAHAMAS on 6 d. pair on 1859 cover, very mixed condition, but some interesting items.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 1,800.00 CHFLot# : 5474 Great Britain
Used abroad, 1858/82: Small collection of stamps off cover in very mixed condition from places all over the world, incl. C57 GREY TOWN, A02 ANTIGUA, F88 PONCE on 1876, 4 d. vermilion, "CIUDAD BOLIVAR" cds in red on 4 d. olive, A12 ST. CHRISTOPHER (2), A06 BRIT. HONDURAS, A03 DEMERARA, A10 ST. VINCENT, B32 BUENOS AIRES on 5 s. rose (small stamp from 'A' row), in total 84 singles, three pairs plus one Crimean War cover.Starting bid : 750.00 CHFHammer price : 3,600.00 CHFLot# : 5475 Great Britain
Used abroad, 1863/1920: Small collection of stamps off and on cover incl. A26 GIBRALTAR, BRIT. LEVANT, BRIT. ARMY P.O. CONSTANTINOPLE, A25 MALTA, B01 ALEXANDRIA, also PAID AT QUEBEC Crowned circles, MAURITIUS G.P.O. crowned date stamp, plus small selection of GB FREE Franks crowned datestamps.Starting bid : 300.00 CHFHammer price : 420.00 CHF
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