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Lot# : 1952 Great Britain
Peninsular Campaign 1810/11: Three entire letters to England (two to Harlow, Essex and one to London), the earliest (Oct 1810) written from Lisbon with interesting content regarding the surrender of Almeida and the arrest of a French Colonel taken by 'peasants' and handed over to the writer's charge; mailed to Harlow at a charge of 2/4 d. with Foreign Office datestamp of arrival (Nov 13); a similar entire to London written from Lisbon in June 1811 and the thrid entire (July 1811) written at Camp near Orontes similarly charged.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1953 Great Britain
1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered CD, an attractive example just clear at top, ample margin at left and with large margins on two sides including portion of adjoining stamp at base, neatly tied to 1840 cover to Newport Pagnell by red Maltese Cross with London despatch cds (May 25) on reverse. A fine first month of issue cover. Cert. Merkur (Proschold) 1971 Gi = £ 700.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 1954 Great Britain
1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered PA, a fine large margined used example on cover to Lincoln's Inn Fields, London tied by neat Maltese Cross in red, with London backstamp (May 25) in red on reverse. Slight file folds away from the adhesive, an attractive usage. Signed Goebel.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 1955 Great Britain
Lot# : 1956 Great Britain
Lot# : 1957 Great Britain
Lot# : 1958 Great Britain
Lot# : 1959 Great Britain
Lot# : 1960 Great Britain
Lot# : 1961 Great Britain
Lot# : 1962 Great Britain
Lot# : 1963 Great Britain
1 d. black, plate 4, lettered EJ, a fine large margined used example on 1840 entire letter from Chester to Dolgelly tied by neat Maltese Cross in red, with Chester backstamp (June 27) in red on reverse. Slight file folds away from the adhesive, an attractive usage. Signed Goebel.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 250 CHFLot# : 1964 Great Britain
Lot# : 1965 Great Britain
Lot# : 1966 Great Britain
Lot# : 1967 Great Britain
Lot# : 1968 Great Britain
Lot# : 1969 Great Britain
Lot# : 1970 Great Britain
1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, plate 118, lettered CH, a fresh mint example with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at left, of good rich colour and fine, slight black mark on reverse but with large part og. Cert. RPS (1989) Gi = £ 700.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1971 Great Britain
Lot# : 1972 Great Britain
Lot# : 1973 Great Britain
2 d. blue, plate 3, a fine used horizontal strip of three, lettered SA-SC, showing continuation of the outer base line to right on first two stamps, huge margins all round and portions of six adjoining stamps, all cancelled by London '3' obliterators in black. Scarce and extremely fine.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 1974 Great Britain
Lot# : 1975 Great Britain
1840/41: Small group with 1 d. black used with good margins all round lettered ML, a fine horizontal pair on small piece lettered PA-PB cancelled in red, usages on covers (2) with one cancelled in red and the other in black, also an 1841 2 d. blue strip of three used.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1976 Great Britain
1854: 1d. red-brown, Die I, Alphabet II, part perf. 16 at base only, imperforate on the other three sides with large regular margins, cancelled by large part Hull '383' Spoon. Very rare and unusual perforation error - to date only 8 similar examples and four pairs are recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index Register, most of which are badly damaged or torn in on the imperforate sides. This is the first recorded copy used in Hull. For similar partially perforated varieties see Lady Mairi Bury (2010, lot 1039) and Chartwell (2011, lot 1307). Rare.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 1,300 CHFLot# : 1977 Great Britain
1856 (Aug 10): Entire letter bearing 1854/57 perf. 14 1 d. red brown on blued paper in a fine horizontal strip of four, lettered GC-GF, all tied by 466 obliterators of Liverpool. Reverse with 'Posted Since Late Last Night' Liverpool despatch (Aug 13) cds. Scarce and particularly fine entire.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 100 CHFLot# : 1978 Great Britain
Lot# : 1979 Great Britain
Lot# : 1980 Great Britain
1854: Small group on leaves with dramatically mis-perforated 1 d. red vertical pair on piece with vertical line of perforations running through the centre of both stamps, 1 d. red brown star cancelled in green, 1854 1 d. red brown, Large Crown perf. 16, lettered SD with inverted 'S', 1 d. red pl. 106 with 'pli d'accordion flaw, 1 s. green pl. 5 two examples with circular Telegraphic cancel, 1 s. green pl. 6 with framed '10' Telegraphs cancel, 1 d. star with 'Azemar' cancel etc.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 1981 Great Britain
Lot# : 1982 Great Britain
Lot# : 1983 Great Britain
Lot# : 1984 Great Britain
Lot# : 1985 Great Britain
Lot# : 1986 Great Britain
1865/73: Covers (3) all to Mexico with 1865 1 s. green used on June 1865 entire by French Packet and charged with '4' reales due mark on receipt, 1872 double rate cover to Vera Cruz franked by fine pair of 1867/80 1 s. green pl. 6 via Southampton and taxed '2' reales due and 1873 cover at single rate franked by 1 s. green pl. 7 to Vera Cruz.. A fine and appealing trio.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 150 CHFLot# : 1987 Great Britain
Lot# : 1988 Great Britain
Lot# : 1989 Great Britain
1886 (May 26): Postage-free envelope of the 'Royal Commission for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886', postmarked with "London Official Paid" datestamp in red on front and black thimble "Windsor MY 25 86" in black on reverse. Some edge wear but a rare item.
Note: The Colonial and Indian Exhibition opened on May 4, 1886, lasted six months, and accommodated 5.5 million visitors.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1990 Great Britain
Lot# : 1991 Great Britain
Lot# : 1993 Great Britain
Lot# : 1994 Great Britain
Lot# : 1995 Great Britain
1855: Crimean War cover endorsed 'via Marseilles' from member of the 77th Regiment, Crimea to Dublin, Ireland; franked by 1854/57 strip of three 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, perf. 16, lettered ID-IF, tied in transit by London '42' numerals. London cds on reverse (March 22) and arrival. The adhesives just grazed on surface but a scarce usage.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1996 Great Britain
1854/1885: Selection with Queen Victoria adhesives (4), a front and a cover; with 1858 cover to London franked by 1856 6 d. lilac tied 'AI5' of Grenada, unfortunate 1 d. pink stationery front with 1 d. red and 4 d. vermilion from Gibraltar, loose stamps showing A25 of Malta, A26 of Gibraltar, 9 d. straw used in Valparaiso, 10 d. red brown cancelled in blue, 1 s. green with 'B32', delightul 1 s. green cancelled 'La Guayra' cds etc. Condition varies.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 190 CHFLot# : 1997 Great Britain
Lot# : 1998 Great Britain
1856: 4 d. carmine on white paper, Large Garter, used on 1860 cover to Villeneuve Sur Lot, France endorsed 'via Southampton Packet', tied by dotted 1495 petit chiffres in black of Le Havre with corresponding ANGL. B.M./LE HAVRE Mobile Box marking in red (June 26). Reverse with Paris cds and arrival (June 28). The adhesive trimmed prior to application at top but scarce.Starting bid : 180 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 1999 Great Britain
1971: Wales 2½ p. bright magenta imperforate between stamp and top margin. This being the top left corner marginal stamp, some tiny spots on gummed side (presumably from previous Hawid mount) not affecting the appearance in any way. Pierron: just 5 mint examples recorded Pierron = £ 500.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2001 Great Britain
1840/1980: Lot with several thousand stamps used/unused from GB and the British Colonies all over the world, incl. some better values, full sets, souvenir sheets etc. but mainly low values in heavy duplication, good to mixed quality and housed in nine stockbooks, on album pages and stockcards.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 2002 Great Britain
1840/2004: Collection several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, the early years rather sparsely filled resp. with gaps for the high values, also some officials, postage dues and entires, from the fifties onward nearly compl. with souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, booklets etc., maily in good condition and housed in four Leuchtturm-albums.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,700 CHFLot# : 2003 Great Britain
1840/1980c.: Collection with Mulready 1 d. used (2), 1840 1 d. black used (19 with all plates from 1a to plate 10) used, 2 d. blue (4 & pair) used, 1847/54 Embossed 6 d. (5 including a cover to Germany), 10 d. (2) and 1 s. (5 incl a pair on cover) used, 1 d and 2 d. stars, 1858/79 1 d. red set of plates to 225 used, extensive range of Surface Printed incl. a few covers, 1867/83 5 s. rose pl. 1 (2) and pl. 4 used, Anchor wmk. 10 s. grey-green (2) used, £ 1 brown-lilac (2) used, 2 s. brown optd. SPECIMEN, 1883 2 s. 6 d. lilac fresh mint and used (2), 5 s. carmine mint and used (2), 10 s. ultramarine unused and used (2) and SPECIMEN mint, £ 5 orange on blued paper optd SPECIMEN unused without gum and on white paper used, 1884 £ 1 brown lilac used, 1888 £ 1 brown lilac used, 1891 £ 1 green used, Officials incl. 1891 £ 1 green used, superb Govt. Parcels 9 d. purple & blue mint from corner of pane, Edward VII with mint shades and 2 s. 6 d., 5 s. and 10 s. mint (both printings) and optd. SPECIMEN, £ 1 green used, George V with Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. Seahorse shades mint (3), 5 s. mint (2) and 10 s. (4) incl. two in deep indigo shade mint, 1929 PUC £ 1 mint unmounted, Re-engraved Seahorses mint, George VI complete mint, QEII with small varieties noted, Channel Islands etc., a generally fresh and fine lot with much of interest to dealer and collector alike, viewing is recommended.Starting bid : 7,500 CHFHammer price : 28,000 CHFLot# : 2004 Great Britain
1857/1902: Experimental and Early Machine Postmarks of England 1857-1902, the magnificent International Gold Medal awarded specialised collection (IBRA 2009) of the early Machine Postmarks in four volumes (approx. 130 well written up album pages), starting with the Experimental period (Hill, Rideout, Azema, Sloper) followed by the later machines (e.g. Hoster, Ethridge, Hey-Dophin, Bickerdike, Boston, Columbia, Krag and others). The collection opens with the Pearson Hill Second Trial code «A» (five singles incl. earliest and latest recorded usages 21 Sept. 1857 and 17 Febr. 1858, two pieces and two covers including an exceedingly rare 2d.blue on cover to Macclesfield of which only three are known), Pearson Hill code «2» (earliest known usage 19 Dec. 1857), code «M» (single and piece), Pearson Hill «Opera Glass» postmark (three singles and two on pieces including the earliest known usage 24 March 1858), Pearson Hill Parallel Motion machine incl. Earliest recorded usage 14 May 1858 on piece, various types and codes, Charles Rideout No «1» and «2» experimental including two on covers to France. Azema including the fascinating 1868 entire with senders cachet «J.C.Azema/ 42 St Maryaxe/ London» in red on front addressed to Wilhelm Ree in Hamburg with full content relating to negotiations with the GPO about planned cancellation trials (which finally started about 1 year later; Wilhelm Ree was the owner/manufacturer of the cancellation machine, Azema was his agent in Britain), followed by many covers bearing various strikes and types of the «Azema» cancellations, including the Second trial on Postal Stationery Postcards with a rectangular dater and a «89» in the centre (only 12 postcards recorded), Slooper with a good range of «Standing Orb & Cross» and other types (incl. mis-placed and inverted), Hoster incl. a Postal Stationery cut out bearing the very rare «SP 3 1883» experimental type (recorded to be used on that day only), later types incl. many covers, Postcards and wrappers including the rare «N.P.B.»(3 covers), «BEDFORD ST. B.O.W.C.»(cover plus 1/2d. Postal Stat. cut out) , «CHARING CROSS W.C.»(cover plus Postcard), «Dotted diamond» (piece, Postal Stat. cut out and cover), the exceedingly rare «Malin» postmark on Postal Stat. Postcard 1d.(only four recorded, this being the earliest date 10 Dec. 1890). Later Machines: Hey Dolphin, Ethridge, Bickerdike and Boston incl. many rare types. A fantastic «untouched» collection formed over a period of 40 years, beside the International Gold on IBRA 2009 additionally awarded with the «Golden Posthorn» (German Championship of Postal History, Sindelfingen 2006).Starting bid : 16,000 CHFHammer price : 15,000 CHFLot# : 2005 Great Britain
1860/1980: Lot with some hundred cards, covers, picture postcards and postal stationery items from GB and it's Colonies all over the world, mainly ordinary or daily mail bearing frankings with small values, modern FDC's as well as a few album pages with stamps, in good to mixed condition and housed in seven albums.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2006 Great Britain
1846/1905c.: Covers/cards (57), mainly Queen Victorian issues used to overseas destinations, primarily Europe, with 1864 entire from Jersey with four 1 d. reds, 1865 'Insufficiently Prepaid' cover from Mallow to Switzerland franked by 1856 6 d., Late Fee usages, registered covers, Express cover etc., condition varies but generally fine.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 200 CHFLot# : 2007 Great Britain
1890/1965c: Covers/cards, the used collection (300+) with much of interest with Registered Mail, Prisoner of War mail, Censored Mail, Express mail, Paquebots, Perfins, Empire Exhibition usages, mainly commercial mail but with one or two FDC's etc.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2008 Great Britain
1890/1960c.: Box with huge selection of used postal stationery (290 items), many up-rated Registration envelopes, 'AR' usages, 1893 registered 'Sample Mail' cover to Switzerland, QV Jubilee Issue 4½ d. on cover, Jubilee 10 d. on cover, Newspaper wrappers, illustrated advertising envelopes, some interesting destinations, Express mail, Censored mail, Morocco Agencies cards optd. 'Specimen' etc. Condition generally fine, an excellent basis for expansion.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 2009 Great Britain
1840/1980: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused from GB, Gibraltar, Malta, Australia and Antarctica, Dominions in Africa, Caribbean Islands etc., with better single values up to £ 1 as well as full sets incl. Omnibus issues, mainly in good condition and housed in seven small stockbooks and on album pages.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 2,800 CHFLot# : 2010 Great Britain
1840/54: Lot four covers with 1 d. black, plate 1a, a large margined example on 1840 entire letter from London cancelled by red Maltese Cross, 1 d. red-brown from black plate 11, a four margined example on 1841 cover from Stamford, 1852 franco envelope from Bern, Switzerland prepaid in cash to London, redirected and franked with two examples of 1 d. red-brown, as well as 1854 stampless outer porto letter from Geneva Switzerland to London where taxed 11 d., re-directed to Cowbridge, Wales and franked with 1 d. red-brown. Some faults but an interesting group.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 2011 Great Britain
Literature: Five books related primarily to UK postmarks, incl. Westley Postal Cancellations of London 1840-1890, Brumell British P.O. numbers 1844-1906, Alcock & Holland British Postmarks as well as Maltese Cross cancellations of the UK.Starting bid : BidHammer price : 60 CHF
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