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  • Lot# : 1349 Great Britain

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    1799: Cover from Vienna to Westminster, London via Switzerland and the Thurn & Taxis post, rated at '60 xrs' in manuscript, with large red wax seal intact on reverse, oval framed "S T" applied in London in black, apparently a routing handstamp (Swiss Transit) - unrecorded by Van Der Linden - with fine circular "FOREIGN OFFICE" datestamp on reverse (July 1). Side flaps missing but an unusual cover.rnProvenance: Collection Fred Goatcher.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1350 Great Britain

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    1837, 18th Birthday of Princess Victoria, Silver Medal by William Wyon, bust left, rev. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS VICTOIRA BORN XXIV MAY MDCCCXIX, 36 mm, Princess wearing flower crown and earrings, extremely fine preserved.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1351 Great Britain

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    1837, 9 November, LORD MAYOR'S DAY, "Admit" for "Mr. William Christie in his Mazarine Gown; and a Lady" to the Guildhall of the City of London on the occasion of Her Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA honoring the Corporation with her presence at Dinner, extremely decoratively deeply embossed Card numbered "202" and signed by "Henry Woodthorpe", Town Clerk, beautifully preserved.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1352 Great Britain

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    1856c. "Carte de Visite" real sepia photograph of Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), inscribed on reverse by the photographer "Mayall / 224 Regent Street, London / 90 King's Road, Brighton". This being the trimmed photograph of Hill at his desk with quill frequently encountered in text books etc. A remarkable survivor in superb fresh condition.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1353 Great Britain

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    1837: "Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability" by Rowland Hill, published by Charles Knight & Co., 22 Ludgate Street, London; complete with 104 pages including the appendix; with black on white ex libris label adhered to reverse of first page "Florence M. Davenport Hill". The book rebound with spine in gold tooled red Morocco. Of immense philatelic importance, exquisite and of great rarity so fine.rnNote: Florence Margaret Davenport Hill (1829-1919). Niece of Rowland Hill, she lived with her sister Rosamund. The two sisters  were both involved in prison reform, especially the treatment of juvenile delinquents and the children of the poor. Florence was also involved in the fight for women's suffrage.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1354 Great Britain

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    1840 (March): Charles Whiting Essay for proposed "½ Ounce / 1 d." adhesive, printed with outstanding engine turning in black and red, cut square from page of the Westminster Review of March 1840, fresh and fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1355 Great Britain

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    1840 (March): Charles Whiting Essay for proposed postal stationery envelope, embossed oval engine turned design with "PAID" above Victoria's head facing right, the 1862/63 reprint in vermilion. Scarce and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1356 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered TI, an Imprimatur with large margins all round, an superb impression, slightest of pale blue ink stains in margin at top right, unused without gum. Just 44 Imprimaturs were removed from the registration sheets. Rare and most attractive. Cert. BPA (1996) as the issued stamp Gi = £ 12'500 / Cert. PEGB (1996) Gi = £ 15'000 as an Imprimatur.rnProvenance: Ex Board of Inland Revenue.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1357 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered HC, an unused example with good to large margins all round, trace of thin spot in top margin and vertical gum creasing on part og. A rare and most appealing stamp. Cert. RPSL (2001) Gi AS56 = £ 24'000 / Gi 2 = £ 20'000.rnProvenance: The Royal Philatelic Collection, Spink, London, 17 May 2001, lot 14.
    Starting bid : 6,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1358 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered GB, a used example with large margins all round, cancelled by near complete upright strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Magnificent stamp Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1359 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered GJ, a used example with good to large margins all round, showing portion of adjoining stamp at top, cancelled by crisp near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in bright red. Superb Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1360 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered HD, a used example with good to very large margins all round, with re-entry prominent on PENNY at base, cancelled by near complete upright strike of the Maltese Cross in red, leaving the re-entry clear Gi AS2B = £ 550.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1361 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered HH, a used example with good to large margins all round, cancelled by near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in bright red. Superb Gi = £ 450.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1362 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1a, lettered DF, a used example with large even margins all round, tied to 1840 cover from Chester to Macclesfield, by light strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Reverse with "CHESTER" double arc cds in black clearly dated "MY 8 / 1840" - the third Official day of issue. Internal docketing "Dixons & Wardell, Chester, 8 May 1840". Opens well for Exhibit display, a famous and very rare cover Gi 2tc = £ 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection "D.S." Philipps 18 June 1987, lot 57.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1363 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered BG, a used example with good to large margins all round, showing "Pli d'accordeon" pre-printing paper fold running diagonally down to the B square, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. A fine and most unusual stamp Gi = £ 400+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1364 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered FC, a used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by crisp near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in black, unusual on this plate. A very fine stamp Gi = £ 400+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1365 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered GC, a used example with large even margins all round, showing slight signs of the re-entry at lower left, cancelled by crisp strike of the Maltese Cross in bright red. Superb Gi AS5b = £ 475.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1366 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered GH, a used example on thin paper with good to large margins all round, cancelled by crisp near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in a pale orange shade. A fine stamp GI AS5m = £ 550 / Gi = £ 400.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1367 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 1b, lettered MC, a used example with variety "Watermark Inverted", good to large margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. Trivial thin spot on Queen's nose mentioned for complete accuracy, nevertheless a very fine example of a rare stamp AS5hl = £ 2'000 /Gi = £ 2'500. rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 14 July 1985, lot 608.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1368 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered CA, a used example with part sheet margin at left, large margins on the other three sides, cancelled by near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in orange-red. A fine and most attractive stamp Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1369 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered DF, a used example with good to large margins all round, cancelled by a strike of the Maltese Cross in red and a further strike of the Maltese Cross in mixed red and black ink. A rare and most unusual stamp. Cert. BPA (1974) Gi AS14vk = £ 1'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1370 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered ML, a used example with part sheet marginal imprint at right, large margins on the other three sides, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. A fine and most attractive stamp Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1371 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered QF, a used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by a crisp strike of the Maltese Cross in red. A fine and most attractive stamp Gi = £ 375.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1372 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 2, lettered RL, a fine used example with large margins all round, neatly cancelled solely by "HAYLE" undated circular handstamp in black. Exceptionally rare: unique strike on a 1 d. black. Cert. RPSL (2016) Gi AS14xa = £ 15'000 / Gi 2j = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 29 Nov 1948, lot 129; Christies, London, 14 Sept 1994, lot 2306.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1373 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 3, lettered JI, a used example with large margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at top, cancelled by crisp near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in red. A fine stamp Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1374 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 4, lettered HB, a used example with with ample to large margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in a ruby shade as utilised in Aberdeen. A fine and most attractive stamp. Cert. RPSL (1991) Gi AS23ve = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1375 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 5, lettered LE, a used example with ample to large margins all round, cancelled by part "DORCHESTER" double arc circular datestamp in red and small part cancellation in black. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1970) Gi 2j / 2xb = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Collection Grant, Spink 25 Sept. 2003, lot 2052.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1376 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 6, lettered EG, a used example with clear to large margins all round, cancelled by a strike of the Maltese Cross in red and a further strike of the Maltese Cross in black. A rare and most unusual stamp. Cert. BPA (1971) Gi AS41vk = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Collection Wills, Harmer of London 7 Nov. 1989, lot 276.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1377 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered JL, a used with fair to good margins all round, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in red Gi = £ 525.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1378 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 8, lettered TB, a used example with ample to large margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red Gi = £ 525.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1379 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 9, lettered MI, a used example with large even margins all round, cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. Scarce plate, a fine and most attractive stamp Gi = £ 625.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1380 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, pl. 9, lettered ID, a used example with good to large margins all round and showing portions of two adjoining stamps, used on 1841 cover to Barford, Salisbury cancelled, but not tied, by black Maltese Cross. Reverse with two strikes of Cowbridge despatch cds (March 2) and Salisbury arrival (March 4) in black Gi = £ 625 off cover.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 15 April 1975, lot 76.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1381 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 10, lettered BE, a used with large even margins all round, small portion of adjoining stamp at base, neatly cancelled by Maltese Cross in black. Exceptional Gi = £ 950.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 1382 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 10, lettered QG, a used example with ample to large margins all round, unusually cancelled by Maltese Cross in red. A fine and most attractive stamp Gi = £ 1500.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1383 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. grey-black, pl. 11, lettered KA, a used example with large even margins all round showing double letter A, trivial internal bend mentioned for full accuracy only, lightly cancelled by Maltese Cross in black. A superb example of a very rare stamp Gi AS72b = £ 5'250.rnProvenance: Christie's, London, 17 Sept 1991, lot 630.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1384 Great Britain

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    1840: 1 d. black, plate 11, lettered FG, large even margins all round, used on 1841 cover to Newport Pagnell endorsed "Stamped" tied by neat strike of the Maltese Cross in black. Reverse with London Lombard Street despatch (Feb 27). The cover without side flaps (although the position of the black wax seal on reverse suggests this could have been used as a wrapper) and pressed file fold well away from the superb adhesive, an oustanding and most attractive usage of the rarest plate on letter. Certs. RPSL (1955), BPA (1996) Gi = £ 16'000.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1385 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered CD, a used example with good margins all round, of lovely fresh colour, showing slight doubling of the letter "D", cancelled by near complete strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Scarce so fine Gi DS2j = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1386 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, pl. 1, lettered HC, a used example in a deep shade with good to large margins all round showing portion of adjoining stamp at right, cancelled by Maltese Cross in black. A choice example Gi = £ 975.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, Basel, 25 Oct 1979, lot 1177.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1387 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. pale blue, plate 1, lettered RC, a used example with good margins all round, of lovely fresh colour, cancelled by neat strike of the Maltese Cross in red. Scarce. Signed Georg Bühler Gi = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1388 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 1, lettered TD-TE, a used horizontal pair, margin close but clear at base, good to large on three sides, neatly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1389 Great Britain

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    "The James Moore Correspondence" 1840: Three entire letters addressed to James Moore, 73 George Street, Edinburgh with October 31st, 1840 cover from Glasgow bearing the phenomenal franking of 1840 2 d. blue, plate 1, with three horizontal strips of three, lettered LA-LC, LD-LF and EJ-EL, margins just touched but mostly fine to large all round with EJ-EL crossed by file fold, all cancelled by Maltese Crosses in red, the franking of 1 s. 6 d. paying the rate for a letter of nine ounces; reverse with Glasgow cds (Oct 31) and Edinburgh arrival of the following day both in red. Sold together with Oct 23 1840 cover at quadruple rate from Greenock bearing 2 d. blue plate 1, two fine single examples lettered EK and HF, each tied by neat Maltese Cross in red and Nov 15 1840 entire at double rate franked by a pair of 1 d. intense black, plate 5, lettered SE-SF, just touched at left and tied by Maltese Crosses in red. A sensational new find.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1390 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, lettered KG, a used example with clear margin at right and fine margins on the other three sides, showing portion of adjoininmg stamp at base, cancelled by fine strike of "London No. 6 in Maltese Cross" in black. The stamp also shows the letter "K" with slight doubling. Rare. Cert. PEGB (2000) Gi DS8dwf = £ 14'000 / Gi 5f= £ 14'000.rnProvenance: Phillips, London, 20 April 2000, lot 277.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1391 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. blue, plate 2, lettered SK, a used a used example, good margins all round, lightly cancelled by Maltese Cross in black Gi = £ 975.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1392 Great Britain

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    1840: 2 d. deep full blue, plate 2, lettered IG-IH, a used horizontal pair, margins ample to large with portion of adjoining stamp at right, of fine rich colour, neatly cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black. A most attractive pair Gi = £ 2'500.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1393 Great Britain

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    1840: Rainbow Trial 1 d. in dull rose-red, State 2c, large margins all round on thin wove paper. A superb Trial in the foremost quality Gi DP20 = £ 2'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1394 Great Britain

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    1841 (April): Trial Printing 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 11, lettered EH, on unwatermarked Dickinson silk-thread paper, an unused example with clear to large margins on three sides, fresh appearance and of good strong colour, unused without gum. A very rare stamp Gi = £ 4'750.rnProvenance: Rowland Hill Estate (1881) Collection "Chartwell", Spink 5 July 2012, lot 48.rnNote: All known copies originate from one sheet which was found in 1881 in the estate of Rowland Hill and exhibited in London in the same year.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1395 Great Britain

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    1841; 1 d. red-brown, plate 73, lettered QB, a used example on small piece, close at lower right otherwise large margins all round, tied by "LUDLOW" circular datestamp (15 July 1845) in blue. Exceptional and scarce, the sole example noted in the Karl Louis card Index in blue.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1396 Great Britain

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    1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, plate 91, lettered SI-SJ / TI-TJ, a used block of four, good to large margins all round, sheet marginal at base with imprint "Letter in Wetting the Back be", cancelled by somewhat blurred irish numeral obliterators in black, tiny thin spot on SI, otherwise fine and highly attractive.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 350 CHF

    Lot# : 1397 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, an unused horizontal pair lettered HH-HI, large margins on three sides and just shaved at right, each overprinted SPECIMEN in black, the right hand stamp with the overprint slightly doubled, large part og. Rare Gi E1s = £ 5'500 for a single example.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1398 Great Britain

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    1841 (March 13): 2 d. blue, plate 3, lettered TA-TK, the wonderful horizontal strip of eleven, corner marginal from lower left corner of the sheet showing Plate Number "3" and near full imprint at base "PRICE 2d. Per Label. 2/- Per Row of 12. £2...Per Sheet. Place the Labels ABOVE the Address and towards the RIGHT HAND SIDE of the Letter. In Wetting the Back be careful not to remove (the cement)". Some vertical creasing to be expected, stain in margin between TC and TD, six stamps exhibiting full margins and balance shaved at top, full unmounted original gum (a tear in the margin far outside design backed for protection by hinge). A stunning and outstandingly rare multiple for the connoisseur of classic philately Gi E1(2) = £ 55'000+.
    Starting bid : 12,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1399 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, lettered MH-ML / NH-NL, a used block of ten (5 x 2), generally good margins all round and of excellent appearance; imperfections (including thins, light corner crease and scissor cut between MJ-MK in margin only), individually cancelled by Maltese Crosses in black. A most attractive multiple Gi = £ 3'000+ (for two blocks of four).
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1400 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, lettered EG, a fine used example with large margins all round and portions of adjoining stamps at right and at base, on 1843 entire letter from Barge Yard Chambers, London to Wymondham, Suffolk tied by London "No. 3 in Maltese Cross" in black. Reverse with despatch cds and Wymondham double arc arrival cds in black. Superb and rare entire Gi ES11vc = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1401 Great Britain

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    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 4, imperforate, used on covers (2) and a front, and 2 d. blue pl. 4, perf. 16 covers (5), all fair to very fine Gi = £ 1'750+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1402 Great Britain

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    1864/79: 1 d. red, plate 109, lettered QH, variety "Imperforate", a fine used example with good margins cancelled by Irish "142" numeral obliterator of Clonmel in black. Merest trace of diagonal bend but an exceptionally rare and seldom seen stamp. Just two covers and four single examples from this plate recorded in the Karl Louis card Index. Cert. BPA (1988) Gi = £ 3'200.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 5-6 March 1973, lot 161; Collection "K.M.", Spink, 6 June 2007, lot 456.
    Starting bid : 1,750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1403 Great Britain

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    1867: Paris Exhibition Proof for the 2 d. value, Imperforate example from plate 9, lettered BH, printed on soft white card paper, ample margins all round, slight rub on 'B' square mentioned for accuracy and not detracting from the appearance. A fine and scarce Proof Gi DP49 = £ 4'000.rnProvenance: Collection Sugden, Robson Lowe, London, 27 July 1951, lot 220; Collection "Yorkshire", Christies, London, 27 Jan 1981, lot 149; Collection "Windsor", Harmeers, London, 24 Feb 2003, lot 2619.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1404 Great Britain

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    1867: Paris Exhibition Proof for the 2 d. value, an Imperforate horizontal strip of four from plate 9 (State II following the 1866 repair), lettered DI-DL with sheet margin at right, printed on soft white card paper, the first three Proofs with large margins all round, DL touched at base. A fine and extremely rare multiple Gi DP49 = £ 12'000+.rnProvenance: This strip adjoins the corner marginal block of nine (AJ-AL / CJ-CL) in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. The Royal multiple first appeared in a Puttick & Simpson sale of October 1907.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1405 Great Britain

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    1870 (Oct 1): Bantam ½ d. rose-red, plate 9, lettered BL, a fine unused example of this, the rarest plate; fresh colour, fine large part og. Gi = £ 5'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1406 Great Britain

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    1870: 1½ d. rose-red, plate 1, lettered CK-CL / DK-DL, a used block of four, lightly cancelled by "Peterborough" circular datestamps (16 August 1872) in black. Charming and scarce Gi = £ 750+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1407 Great Britain

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    1847/54: Embossed 6 d. purple, a used example with large margins all round, lightly cancelled by London numeral obliterator in black . Small corner crease at upper right not touching design, an attractive stamp. Gi = £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1408 Great Britain

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    RMSP 1866: Registered entire letter from Manchester to Montevideo at double rate endorsed "per Southampton Mail Reg'd", franked by 1858/76 2 d. blue pl. 9 in a horizontal pair, 1865/67 3 d. rose pl. 4 pair, 6 d. lilac pl. 5 single and pair all cancelled by "498" obliterators with oval framed "Registered / Manchester" and London in red (Aug 8 and 9) below. One or two faults to the adhesives but a fine and most unusual registered three colour franking. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 123.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 1409 Great Britain

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    1867/80: 6 d. mauve, wmk. Spray, plate 9, lettered QC-QD / SC-SD, a used block of six, neatly cancelled by "Manchester / York St." cds's (6 Feb 1872) in black. A scarce and most attractive multiple Gi J77 = £ 750.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1410 Great Britain

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    1867: 9 d. straw, wmk. Spray, plate 4, lettered EB, an unused example of rich colour, marginal from base of sheet with "Ninepence / per Label" imprint, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 9) in black, unmounted og. Choice and scarce Gi J96t = £ 425.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1411 Great Britain

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    1867: 9 d. straw, plate 4, lettered CF/EF, a vertical strip of three with part marginal inscription at base, all cancelled by "Seething Lane" cds's (21 June 1872) in black. Scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 975+.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1412 Great Britain

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    1867/80: 1 s. green, wmk. Spray, plate 5, lettered AA-AB / BA-BB, a used block of four, variety "Watermark Inverted", neatly cancelled by "Dundee" cds's (5 Jan 1872) in black. Extremely rare as a multiple - the first and only multiple recorded in the Karl Louis card Index with the watermark variety Gi J104c = £ 720+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1413 Great Britain

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    1872: Stock Exchange Forgery, 1 s. green, plate 5, lettered KK, used on small piece cancelled "STOCK EXCHANGE" cds (July 26) in black. Rare Gi = £ 850.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1414 Great Britain

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    1872: 6 d. chestnut, wmk. Spray, plate 11, lettered NC-ND / OC-OD, a used block of four of fine fresh colour, neatly but somewhat heavily cancelled by "The Exchange / Sunderland" circular datestamps (10 Aug 1872) in black. Scarce Gi J79 = £ 425
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1415 Great Britain

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    1867 (July 1): 5 s. pale rose, plate 1, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered CB-CC / DB-DC, a used block of four, well centred, each cancelled by "Fenchurch St. / E.C." cds's (Jan 1, 1872) in black, protective hinge at top otherwise very fine, a rare and most appealing multiple of great scarcity Gi J121(2) = £ 4'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1416 Great Britain

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    1878 (Sept 26): 10 s. greenish-grey on white paper, wmk. Maltese Cross, plate 1, lettered EC-EE, a used horizontal strip of three, cancelled by unclear but possibly "Manchester / Market" datestamps (18 October 1882) in black. Small imperfections including first stamp with horizontal crease at top not detracting from the appearance of an extremely rare multiple - one of just two used strips of three recorded in the Karl Louis card Index. Signed Bartels Gi = £ 9'600+.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 8 Feb 1972, lot 237; Phillips, London, 13 Dec 1991, lot 832.rn                   
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1417 Great Britain

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    1876: Abnormal 4 d. vermilion, wmk. Garter, plate 16, lettered BF, an Imperforate Imprimatur of the "abnormal" plate 16, of excellent fresh colour, large even margins all round, gum wrinkles on reverse not affecting the frontal appearance, large part og. Extremely rare. Cert. RPSL (2008) Gi J63= £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Ex collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Spink, London, 3 Dec 2008, lot 269.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1418 Great Britain

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    1876: De La Rue Die Proof for the 8 d. value, printed in black on glazed white card in vertical format, without Plate Number and Corner letters. Fine and very rare Gi = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1419 Great Britain

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    1876: 8 d. brown-orange, wmk. Large Garter, plate 1, lettered AG, an Imperforate Colour Trial from the corner of the pane, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (Type 11), of fine colour, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 425.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 5-6 May 1971, ex lot 2186.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1420 Great Britain

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    1876: 8 d. yellow, wmk. Large Garter, plate 1, lettered MG-MH / NG-NH, an Imperforate Colour Trial block of four, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (Type 11), of fine colour, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og., the Specimen overprint heavy on the "S" of the lower left stamp. Rare Gi = £ 1'300+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1421 Great Britain

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    1880 (Oct 14): 1 s. orange-brown, wmk. Spray of Rose, plate 13, lettered QC, an unused example of good colour, variety "Watermark Inverted", some gum disturbance at top with pencil mark and rub on reverse, part og. An exceedingly rare stamp - just four unused examples are recorded with this variety in the Karl Louis card Index, three from the same multiple (QB, QC and RB) Gi = £ 11'000.rnProvenance: Cavendish, Derby, 10 Sept 2008, lot 858.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1422 Great Britain

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    1883: 3 d. on 3 d. lilac and 6 d- on 6 d. lilac, used on registered 1883 double rate cover to Cöln, Germany (+ 2 d. Late Fee) lightly tied by London numeral obliterators with oval "R" in black at left and private REGISTERED handstamp in violet. Lombard Street despatch at lower left (April 24) and reverse, seal removed, with Cöln arrival cds of the following day. The Karl Louis card Index records just two covers with this unusual franking and one Parcel Post receipt. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection "Severn", DF, Geneva, 13 April 2010, lot 20296.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1423 Great Britain

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    1880: 4 d. grey-brown, wmk. Crown, plate 18, lettered MG-MI / NG-NI, an unused block of six of good centering and colour, lower right stamp with corner fault, large part og. with one stamp (NH) unmounted og. Scarce Gi J69 = £ 3'000 for a block of four and a single.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1424 Great Britain

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    1883: Lilac & Green - the set of nine Imperforate Imprimaturs on watermarked paper from 1½ d. lilac to 1 s. green, with Plate 1 examples of 1½ d., 2 d., 3 d., 4 d. and 6 d.; plate 2 examples of 2½ d. and 1 s., and plate 3 examples of the 5 d. and 9 d.values; all of superb fresh colour, the 5 d. with minor aging not affecting appearance, large part or unmounted og. Rare and splendid set Gi = £ 8'875.
    Starting bid : 3,250 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,250 CHF

    Lot# : 1425 Great Britain

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    1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered JC, a well centred used example from platze 2 showing "Frame Broken" variety lightly cancelled in black leaving the three of the breaks clear. Small imperfections with ironed vertical crease not affecting the appearance, a fine example of a very rare stamp Gi K15a = £ 5'000.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1426 Great Britain

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    1887: Jubilee Essay for the 1½ d. value, imperforate Frame and head-plate only Essay, marginal from left of sheet, without wreath and Duty Plate, printed in bright ultramarine on watermarked white wove paper. Fresh and fine appearance, some wrinkles on unmounted og. Rare.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1427 Great Britain

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    1911: Somerset House 1 s. green & scarlet, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet, variety "Watermark Inverted", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 240.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1428 Great Britain

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    1911: Somerset House 5 s. carmine, a used block of four of fine colour, individually cancelled by "Guernsey" cds's (3 Sept 1912) in black. A choice and scarce multiple Gi M52(2)= £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1429 Great Britain

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    1911 (Sept 3): Somerset House £ 1 deep green, a used example of fine colour, centrally cancelled by "ALDERNEY / CHANNEL ISLANDS" circular handstamp in black faint age toning at lower left, but a very unusual channel Island usage on ALDERNEY. Rare thus Gi = £ 750+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1430 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (37 x 41 mm.), small head design, endorsed "W/2" (Winstone) in ink manuscript, printed in dark and pale pink. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1431 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (37 x 39 mm.), large head design, printed in dark and pale violet. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1432 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 3d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (31 x 43 mm.), the small head design, endorsed "SP/1" (Slater & Palmer), printed in reddish-brown. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1433 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (36 x 49 mm.), large head design, endorsed "W/5" (Winstone) in ink manuscript, printed in dark and pale blue. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1434 Great Britain

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    1911: Hentschel zinc block Colour Essay for proposed 5 d. value, printed on cream wove paper (47 x 41 mm.), barely noticeable slight crease, with manuscript "Special Ruby Black" notation below in ink. Scarce Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1435 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 7 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (35 x 40 mm.), large head design, printed in dark and pale drab. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1436 Great Britain

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    1910: Hentschel 7d. half-tone George V Essay on card (30 x 39 mm.), small head design, endorsed "W/22" (Winstone), printed in bright emerald green. Scarce and very fine Gi =£ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1437 Great Britain

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    1911: George V Die Proof for the ½ d. value without Duty Plates, Die 1A, cut down and printed on smooth surfaced rose-pink wove paper (31 x 60 mm.) with white reverse; showing reversed "2" also in white at top. An attractive and scarce Proof Gi = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1438 Great Britain

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    1916: Colour Trial for the ½ d. value, wmk. Simple Cypher, perf. 15 x 14, printed in a cloudy grey-green shade, centred to top, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 24) in black. Fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1983) Spec cat = £ 550.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1439 Great Britain

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    1913 (Aug): ½ d. bright green, wmk. Multiple Cypher, an unused example, variety "Watermark Inverted", fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare stamp Gi N15c / 397wi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1440 Great Britain

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    1912/24: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 12), fresh and fine, superb large part og. Gi N18e = £ 300.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1441 Great Britain

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    1912/24: 1½ d. chestnut, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal from right of sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE now repaired, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 29), fresh and fine, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N18h = £ 450+.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1442 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused horizontal pair, variety "Tête-Bêche", fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1443 Great Britain

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    1913: Waterlow Seahorse 5 s. rose-carmine, an unused example of rich colour, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, large part og. Scarce Gi N66s = £ 750.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1444 Great Britain

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    1913: Waterlow Seahorse 10 s. indigo-blue, an unused example of rich deep colour, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, fine large part og. Scarce Gi N69(1)t = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1445 Great Britain

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    1915: De La Rue Colour Trial for Seahorse 2 s. 6 d., Imperforate and printed in pale sepia-brown (stamp size 38.7 x 22.1 mm.), on watermarked (W17) gummed paper. Thin in top margin at rightnot touching design, but very rare Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1446 Great Britain

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    1918: Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. dull sepia-brown, an unused example of excellent centering and colour, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 33) in black, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N65(2)zd = £ 1'500+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1447 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 10 d. turquoise-blue, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety "Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N44t = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 175 CHF

    Lot# : 1448 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 1 s. bistre-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety "Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N45t = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 175 CHF
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