Number of results: 53
605
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. no. 6) in red and blue on wove paper, small imperfections. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
606
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. no. 7) in blue and red on wove paper, fine. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
607
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. no. 8) in green and red on wove paper, trace of ageing on reverse not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
608
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essays (P.P.C. numbers 10, 12 and 17) printed together in black and red on wove paper (125 x 149mm), some peripheral creasing and traces of slight staining mainly well clear of essays, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £1350 |
609
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay in black and red (P.P.C. no. 10) on wove paper, a large margined example, fine. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
610
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. no. 10) in black and red on wove paper, cut close and affixed to small piece, fine. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
611
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. no.12), two examples with faults. Price Realised £160 |
612
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. oblong 'bookmark' or 'panel' essay (P.P.C. no.18) printed in black and red on wove paper, some age staining on reverse and slight creasing not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
613
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: Square essays P.P.C. numbers 25 in red and blue, 26 in blue, together with the larger ''VR'' design in blue, printed together on soft wove paper (125 x 158mm), crease through the larger design and some slight ageing, otherwise fine. These three essays were later reprinted in different colours as the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
614
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: Square essay (P.P.C. number 25) in red and blue on soft wove paper, some slight ageing, otherwise fine. This essay was later reprinted on the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
615
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: Square essay (P.P.C. number 26) in blue on soft wove paper, some slight ageing, otherwise fine. This essay was later reprinted on the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
616
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: Embossed oval ''V R'' 1d. essay (P.P.C. type G) in rose and colourless relief on wove paper, fine. Huggins E10. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
617
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: Embossed essay in green inscribed ''POSTAGE 1D: HALF OZ'', few small thin spots. otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £980 |
618
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''PAID'' essay in yellow-green (Huggins E8) at upper left corner of envelope, ''THE IMPROVED SAFETY ENVELOPE/No. 483/.–Registered Nov.18, 1840, by/MITCHELL AND SON, 39 CHARING CROSS'' imprint in black on the inside of the flap, very fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £1800 |
619
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''PAID'' essay in pale blue (Huggins E8) at upper left corner of envelope, ''THE IMPROVED SAFETY ENVELOPE/No. 483/.–Registered Nov.18, 1840, by/MITCHELL AND SON, 39 CHARING CROSS'' imprint in black on the inside of the flap, very fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £2500 |
620
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''PAID'' essay in carmine, cut to shape and affixed to piece, some staining and other imperfections. Photo. Price Realised £80 |
621
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''PAID'' essay in carmine-lake (Huggins E8), the 1862–63 reprint, two impressions struck on single piece, upper essay with crease at top, some slight staining, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
622
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E18) in pale red on wove paper, cut to shape and affixed to piece, slight staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
623
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E18) in pale red on wove paper, cut to shape, some staining and other imperfections, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £70 |
624
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E19) in deep blue on wove paper (35 x 39mm), some staining, otherwise fine, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
625
| Sale number: 38 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E19) in pale blue on card paper (29 x 32mm), very fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £720 |
3179
| Sale number: 41 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: Charles Whiting's Essay for a Prepaid Uniform Penny Letter Sheet inscribed''POST OFFICE PERMIT/VR/PRICE 1D. MATTER NOT TO EXCEED IN WEIGHT 1/2 OUNCE'', printed in blue on wove paper, some imperfections but good appearance and very scarce. S.G. Spec. vol. 1, page 6, fig. 8, see also pages 51–54 of 'The Invention of Stamps' edited by Andreas Hahn. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
3180
| Sale number: 41 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: The 'James Wyld' essay for an envelope, in blue on white wove paper (132 x 107mm) without inscriptions in the upper and lower panels and with the central address panel blank, vertical fold at right and slight imperfections on reverse, otherwise fine and scarce. See 'Penny Post Centenary' by Samuel Graveson, page 108, and 'Postal Reform & The Penny Black' by Douglas Muir, pages 82 & 83, and pages 62–65 of 'The Invention of Stamps' edited by Andreas Hahn. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 1d. envelope essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, very fine and much above average for this. Huggins E1a. Photo. These essays were recommended by The Commissioners of The Post Office in 1837 and resubmitted for the Treasury Competition in 1839. Price Realised £200 |
2
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 1d. letter sheet essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, slight splitting at folds and minor thin on reverse, otherwise fine and of excellent appearance. Huggins E1a. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
3
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 1d. letter sheet essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, an unfolded example, traces of somes slight tones spots and light horizontal fold lines, otherwise fine and much above average for this. Huggins E1a. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
4
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 2d. letter sheet essay in green on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, some imperfections but fine appearance. Huggins E1b. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
5
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essays (P.P.C. nos. 6 and 8) in red and blue and in green and red with small to good margins, black and red (no. 10) cut close or touching, and 1d. essay (no. 12) in black and red (outer frame line touched or cut into), each affixed to small piece, attractive. (4). Photo. Examples of the above and the following four lots were submitted as part of Treasury entry No. 22,864 by Charles Whiting Price Realised £1250 |
6
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. number 7) printed in blue and red on wove paper, exceptionally fine. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
7
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. number 10) printed in black and red on wove paper, very fine. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
8
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: 1d. essay (P.P.C. number 12) printed in black and red on wove paper, fine with clear to good margins, the black printing a little overinked, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
9
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: Square essays P.P.C. numbers 25 in red and blue and 26 in blue, printed together on soft wove paper, very fine. These essays together with the larger ''VR'' design, were later reprinted in different colours as the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page. Photo. Price Realised £950 |
10
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Congreve Method Essays: Square essays P.P.C. number 25 in red and blue, exceptionally fine. This essay was later reprinted on the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
11
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 undenominated embossed oval essay (Huggins E7, P.P.C. type D) with a blank tablet above the head, in black on white wove paper, trivial thin spots otherwise very fine. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
12
| Sale number: 42 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: Embossed oval ''V R'' 1d. essay (Huggins E10, P.P.C. type G) in blue and colourless relief on wove paper, possible tiny (natural?) thin spots otherwise very fine. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
2323
| Sale number: 45 James Chalmers: 1839 Treasury Competition 1d. type-set circular essay inscribed ''GENERAL POSTAGE/ONE PENNY'' within the outer frames, and ''Not ex. half an oz./1d'' in the centre, printed in black on greyish laid paper watermarked ''1'' (of ''18''), cut octagonally and uncancelled. A great rarity and exhibition item. R.P.S. certificate (2008). Photo. We know of an uncancelled 1d. essay type J in red and an uncancelled pair of 2d. type L also in red, which were discovered in 1966. The example offered here is the only uncancelled 1d. essay in black that we have seen. Colonel Bates in his article in the August 1917 edition of the London Philatelist (vol. 26, pages 183-185) refers to a an uncancelled 1d. type H1 which we believe may be the same item. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2324
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 1d. envelope essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, trivial imperfections, fine for this. Huggins E1a. Photo. These essays were recommended by The Commissioners of The Post Office in 1837 and resubmitted for the Treasury Competition in 1839. Price Realised £120 |
2325
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 1d. letter sheet essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, a little worn at folds and a trifle soiled, otherwise fine. Huggins E1a. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2326
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 2d. letter sheet essay in green on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, fine for this Huggins E1b. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
2327
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post essay 2d. letter sheet essay in green on Dickinson's special silk thread paper, some imperfections but fine appearance. Huggins E1b. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
2328
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: 1840(c.), ''PRINTED BY/CHARLES WHITING/BEAUFORT HOUSE/STRAND, LONDON/FOR PROTECTION AGAINST/FORGERY'' panel, essay for printing on a wrapper, printed by the Congreve method in deep red-brown and blue on wove paper, this panel was used as the reverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page (which was printed in red and green). Rare. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
2329
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: 1840 (c.), the ''VR'' design in blue (later reprinted as part of the obverse side of the 1848 Art Union Journal page) on soft wove paper, some soiling and other imperfections mainly clear of the essay, inscribed on reverse, 'Issued six years before the Mulready Stamped Envelope but not approved by Government'. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
2330
| Sale number: 45 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: The page of reprinted essays from the 1848 Art Union Journal, usual peripheral imperfections clear of the essays. Price Realised £140 |
278
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''PAID'' essay in pink (Huggins E8) at upper left corner of envelope, ''THE IMPROVED SAFETY ENVELOPE/No. 483/.–Registered Nov.18, 1840, by/MITCHELL AND SON, 39 CHARING CROSS'' imprint in black on the inside of the flap, the envelope has been opened out for display as it shows an albino impression of the essay on the reverse flap, a few tiny surface marks, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
279
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: Embossed oval ''V R'' 1d. essay (Huggins E10, P.P.C. type G), albino impression, slight thinning otherwise fine. Price Realised UNSOLD |
280
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval essay without inscription (Huggins E15) in deep blue on thick soft card (40 x 41mm), some staining, otherwise fine, rare. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
281
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay with lettering outined with fine white line (Huggins E17) in rose on wove paper (37 x 39mm), some staining and embossing a little spilt at top of Queen's head, otherwise fine, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
282
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E19) with ''W. W'' engraved at base of the neck, in deep blue on thick soft card (40 x 43mm), some staining, otherwise fine, rare. Photo. Note, although Robson Lowe stated that the quality of production places this essay before E20, it would seem more closely related to E15 (lot 4622). Price Realised £250 |
283
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E20) with uncleared surround, in Vandyke brown on thick soft card (44 x 45mm), some staining, otherwise fine, rare. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
284
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting Embossed Essays: 1840 embossed oval ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' essay (Huggins E21) with cleared surround, in rose on thick soft card (38 x 40mm), some staining, otherwise fine, rare. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
285
| Sale number: 54 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: Charles Whiting: The page of reprinted essays from the 1848 Art Union Journal, some rusting mainly clear of the essays, otherwise mainly fine. Price Realised UNSOLD |
286
| Sale number: 54 Essays, Proofs and Trials: 1860(c.) envelope bearing an embossed Minerva head in pink in the normal position for the stamp, and with embossed Royal coat-of-arms on flap, addressed to John Furze in Kensington, the Minerva head apparently cancelled by an oval barred device and the reverse bears a two line ''REGENT/STREET'' in double circle, the envelope opened out for display and a little soiled but a most unusual item of unknown status or purpose. R.P.S. certificate (2009) states 'privately produced..., not sent through the post and the markings are not postal'. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
414
| Sale number: 71 Treasury Competition and Later Essays: John Dickinson: 1837 London District Post 1d. letter sheet essay in yellow-buff on Dickinson’s special silk thread paper, folded, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
