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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Sale number: 42 Parliamentary Envelopes: House of Commons: ''ONE PENNY'' envelope printed in black on unwatermarked wove paper, used from London to Southwell, Notts., with red crowned ''PAID/13MR13/1840'' circular datestamp, exceptional exhibition quality. S.G. Spec. PE5, cat. from £2,750 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £2700 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready, a die proof of the stereotype without the value inscription or side-panels, state 1 with fainter lines, in black on India paper, folded to letter sheet format, minor imperfections but much above average and fine for this. S.G. Spec. vol 1., page 13, cat. £2,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo removed on opening), a very fine crisp impression, exceptionally fine used 1840 (Jan. 5th) from London to Spilsby with neat red Maltese Cross, most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A8 (forme 1) used 1843 (Sept. 27th) from London to Jersey with a clear large part strike of the number ''3'' in Maltese Cross with ''T•P/Piccadilly'' alongside, fine red ''JERSEY/OC 1/1843'' receiving circular datestamp on reverse, a very scarce use and destination. S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £580 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A16 (forme 2) uprated to 2d. with very fine full margined 1840 1d. grey-black plate 1a IA placed on right side-flap and tied by neat red Maltese Cross, Britannia left uncancelled, sent 1840 (June 7th) from Stockport to London, the letter mentions an enclosure and was still underpaid and endorsed '2d. more to pay', folds well clear of adhesive and not detracting from appearance. S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £8,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A18 (forme 2) used 1841 (Feb. 15th) from Arundel to Kingston, Surrey, with a very fine strike of a black Maltese Cross (an early provincial use) contrary to regulations well clear of Britannia, ''ARUNDEL/FE 15/1841'' circular datestamps on both front and reverse and framed ''Arundel/Penny Post'' in black on reverse, some slight creases and soiling but opens out well for display. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A21 (forme 2) very fine used 1840 (May 27th) from London to Newcastle, Staffs., neat bright red Maltese Cross and with fine ''D/MY–27/1840'' London Chief Office evening duty circular datestamp on reverse, most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £280 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A23 (forme 2) used 1842 (May 4th) from Edinburgh to Melrose with a superb strike of the Edinburgh Special type 1 Maltese Cross (see Rockoff & Jackson) in black, central vertical filing fold, otherwise exceptionally fine and clean. S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £1,000 (2006, as Scots Maltese Cross). Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A23 (forme 2) with 'Westminster Review' advert (S.G. Spec. MA489c), used 1840 (June 17th) from London to Oxford with neat red Maltese Cross largely clear of Britannia, some cover imperfections but a scarce advert. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A26 (forme 2) used 1841 (May 16th) locally in Oxford, addressed simply to 'Edgell Esq, Oriel Coll' with black Maltese Cross, fine ''OXFORD/MY 16/1841'' circular datestamp on reverse, usual minor cover imperfections, very fine appearance. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A30 (forme 2) used 1840 (Nov. 26th) within London with a superb strike of the experimental black Maltese Cross, red ''8 NT 8/NO26/1840'' shield datestamp and black ''T•P/Chief Office'' handstamp on reverse, a few minor edge splits, otherwise fine and most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A47 (forme 1, substitued stereo) used 1844 (Aug. 26th) from London to Guernsey with London Inland Section ''17'' numeral almost completely clear of Britannia, endorsed 'Per Private Steamer, via Southampton' and with oval ''PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON/26 AU 26/1844'' datestamp in red on front, ''GUERNSEY/AU28/1844'' arrival circular datestamp on reverse, some imperfections but a very scarce useage. S.G. Spec. ME1e. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A47 (forme 1, substitued stereo) attractive used 1840 (May 30th) from Croft to North Shields with light neat red Maltese Cross and ''Croft/Penny Post'' in black on front and superb ''DARLINGTON/MY30/1840'' double arc circular datestamp on reverse, small cover faults mainly on reverse, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. ME1e. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A57 (forme 3) used 1840 (July 29th) from Gloucester to London with red Maltese Cross, addressed 'To the Editor of the Globe, 127 Strand, London' with message signed simply 'Nad' extolling the editor of The Globe to convey 'thro' your medium to the Chancellor of the Exchequer' the disparity between the fact that advertisements appearing inside Mulreadys were not taxed whilst those appearing those appearing in newspaper were - 'It is true perhaps no genteel person could use these covers thus printed on but second rate traders & inferior persons will on account of their cheapness'. Ex the 'Northbrook Papers'. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A131 (forme 1) used 1840 (June 2nd) from Newick to Hamsey via Uckfield with neat red-brown Maltese Cross and light clear ''Newick/Penny Post'' in black on front and ''UCKFIELD'' circular datestamp on reverse with faint but legible date ''JU 2/1840'', attractive. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A132 (forme 1) used 1840 (Sept. 24th) from London to Weymouth with fine red Maltese Cross, redirected from Weymouth to Bath on Oct. 6th with 1840 1d. plate 5 EE in a lovely intense shade with full margins and complete centrally struck neat red Maltese Cross, most attractive. Brandon certificate (2001). S.G. Spec. ME2, cat. £8,000. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A141 (forme 1) used 1840 (May 8th, the third day of official use) from London with neat red Maltese Cross and clear ''G/MY–8/1840'' London Chief Office evening duty circular datestamp on reverse, a little soiled, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. ME2, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £500 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A141 (forme 1) used 1840 (June 23rd) from London to Eastbourne, cancelled contrary to regulations with neat upright strike of a red Maltese Cross clear of Britannia, some thinning on reverse, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A143 (forme 2) fine used 1840 (July 28th) from Bakewell to Kingsbridge with a clear neat Maltese Cross in a distinct pinkish-red shade and a ''BAKEWELL/JY 28/1840'' circular datestamp in the same colour on front, most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A14_ (partly obscured by wax seal) used 1840 (May 9th, the fourth day of official use) from London to Balliol College, Oxford with red Maltese Cross and clear ''J/MY–8/1840'' London Chief Office evening duty circular datestamp on reverse, minor opening damage on reverse, otherwise good to fine. S.G. Spec. ME2, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 2d. envelope a198 addressed to 'T.C. Gratton, Her B. Majesty's Consul, at Boston', it is virtually certain that this was posted at Finmarken, in the very far north of Norway, in the Diplomatic Bag, via London. Manuscript endorsement on side flap at right 'E. E. Crowe, Oct. 10th, 1841, Recd. Feby 19, 1842', indicates that this letter was 19 weeks in transit to the U.S.A. Most unusual. Ex Willcocks and Compton. R.P.S. certificate (2005) states ' the envelope is genuine and seems to have been used to convey a letter but there is no means of identifying whether it passed through the postal system.' Photo. Mail sent by Diplomatic Bag had to prepay the Inland Postage only. E. E. Crowe was the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, 1832-44. If sent from Paris, transit would not have taken more than three weeks. Sir J. R. Crowe, his brother, was Vice Consul at Hammerfest, 400 miles inside the Arctic Circle. In midwinter it would have had to be transported by dogsleigh when the weather was good enough to travel. It is about one thousand miles down to Hamburg, from where it would have been sent by ship to London. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready 2d. envelope a203 used 1840 (Dec. 15th) from Reading to Bath with red Maltese Cross , redirected on Dec. 27th from Bath to Brighton with neat upright ''BATH/DE 27/1840'' circular datestamp datestamp in black and red manuscript '2' on front, some soiling and edge faults but full of character. Clear R.P.S. certificate (2005). Photo. Price Realised £550 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Mulready Caricatures: Thomas White: Letter sheet format ''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'' used 1842 (June 4th) from from Dublin to Fort William, initially accepted as a prepaid Mulready with Britannia cancelled by a neat black Maltese Cross but then handstruck ''2'' postage due applied, small splits at edges repaired with hinges, otherwise fine and rare, attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2005). Photo. Price Realised £2000 |
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| Sale number: 42 Essays and Trials: Perkins Fairman and Heath: A proof in purple on wove paper (140 x 216mm) of the design, made for covering the reverse side of a specimen banknote, submitted to the Bank of England in 1822, the centre band shows the engine-turned background finally selected for the 1840 1d. and 2d., very fine. S.G. Spec. DP 9, cat. from £3,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
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| Sale number: 42 Essays and Trials: Perkins Fairman and Heath: A proof in green on wove paper (140 x 216mm) of the design, made for covering the reverse side of a specimen banknote, submitted to the Bank of England in 1822, the centre band shows the engine-turned background finally selected for the 1840 1d. and 2d., very fine. S.G. Spec. DP 9, cat. from £3,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 Essays and Trials: Perkins Fairman and Heath: A proof in red on wove paper (140 x 216mm) of the design, made for covering the reverse side of a specimen banknote, submitted to the Bank of England in 1822, the centre band shows the engine-turned background finally selected for the 1840 1d. and 2d., very fine. S.G. Spec. DP 9, cat. from £3,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
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| Sale number: 42 Essays and Trials: Perkins Fairman and Heath: A proof in blue on wove paper (140 x 216mm) of the design, made for covering the reverse side of a specimen banknote, submitted to the Bank of England in 1822, the centre band shows the engine-turned background finally selected for the 1840 1d. and 2d., very fine. S.G. Spec. DP 9, cat. from £3,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Rainbow Colour Trials: Second trial plate, state 2 single in lilac-rose on unwatermarked, ungummed, wove paper, deeply blued by prussiate of potash, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP20(2)a, cat. £4,000+. Photo. Price Realised £1550 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 Rainbow Colour Trials: Second trial plate, state 2 [R2/4] marginal single in lilac-rose on unwatermarked, ungummed, wove paper, deeply blued by prussiate of potash (slightly lighter than the previous lot), very fine. S.G. Spec. DP20(2)a, cat. £4,000. Photo. Price Realised £1750 |
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| Sale number: 42 1865 (Sept.) Royal Reprint: Die II, alphabet III, LC 1d. plate 66 DG in black with watermark inverted, very fine and fresh with part original gum, good to large margins. S.G. Spec. DP35(a), cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
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| Sale number: 42 1865 (Sept.) Royal Reprint: Die II, alphabet III, LC 1d. plate 66 DL in black with watermark inverted, a very fine and fresh marginal example large to very large margins other sides, almost full original gum, small gum blemish and slight thinning at edge of sheet margin at right. S.G. Spec. DP35(a), cat. £2,000+ (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1300 |
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| Sale number: 42 1865 (Sept.) Royal Reprint: Die II, alphabet III, LC 1d. plate 66 SK in carmine-rose, very fine and fresh with part original gum. S.G. Spec. DP35(b), cat. £1,600 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £980 |
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| Sale number: 42 1872 South Kensington Exhibition Proof: Die II, alphabet III, 1d. plate 27 FF imperforate plate proof in black on thick white card, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP36, cat. £800 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £720 |
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| Sale number: 42 1867 Paris Exhbition Proofs: 1864–79 1d. plate 103 JE imperforate plate proof in rose on soft white card, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP38, cat. £1,600 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £750 |
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| Sale number: 42 1867 Paris Exhbition Proofs: 1864–79 1d. plate 103 JE imperforate plate proof in black on soft white card, slight imperfections on reverse, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. DP38, cat. £1,600 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £600 |
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| Sale number: 42 1867 Paris Exhbition Proofs: 1858–76 2d. plate 9 GJ imperforate plate proof in black on thick white card, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP49a, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £920 |
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| Sale number: 42 1867 Paris Exhbition Proofs: 1858–76 2d. plate 9 PJ imperforate plate proof in black on thick white card, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP49a, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £720 |
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| Sale number: 42 1867 Paris Exhbition Proofs: 1858–76 2d. plate 9 IK imperforate plate proof in blue on thick white card, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP49a, cat. £2,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1450 |
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| Sale number: 42 1841 2d. blue proof from small trial plate of 12 without corner letters, [R1/2] top marginal single, very fine. S.G. Spec. DP43, cat. £1,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £800 |
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| Sale number: 42 1841 2d. blue proof from small trial plate of 12 without corner letters, a pair [R2/3–4], just a slight trace of soiling, otherwise fine with good margins. S.G. Spec. DP43, cat. £3,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £950 |
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| Sale number: 42 1850 Prince Consort 1d. essay FJ imperforate finished example in black, very fine without gum. S.G. Spec. DP71(b), cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1050 |
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| Sale number: 42 1850 Prince Consort 1d. essay FJ imperforate finished example in brown, tiny natural paper inclusion, otherwise fine without gum. S.G. Spec. DP71(b), cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £920 |
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| Sale number: 42 1850 Prince Consort 1d. essay FJ imperforate finished example in red-brown, tiny imperfection on reverse, otherwise fine without gum. S.G. Spec. DP71(b), cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1150 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plates 1a to 11, the mainly fresh unused or mint set, all with full margins except plates 9 KL and 10 LG each just clipped at one corner, some small faults or repairs/cleaning but mostly of fine appearance, plate 1a CI has R.P.S. certificate (2006) stating 'paper whitened'. (12). S.G. cat. £144,500 (as mint). Photo. Price Realised £6800 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plates 1a to 11 set very fine to superb used, all with full margins and clear profiles, comprising plates 1a SK, 2 GI, 3 MB, 4 LI, 5 EL, 6 KB, 7 PB and 8 ME with red Maltese Crosses and plates 1b KG, 9 FG, 10 FA and 11 AI with black Maltese Crosses, an exceptional lot, plates 1a and 11 with R.P.S. certificates (2006 & 2005 respectively). (12). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plates 1a to 10 set in horizontal pairs with red Maltese Crosses, mainly of fine to very fine appearance with full margins, a few imperfections or small repairs not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine and a remarkable assembly. S.G. Spec. cat. £16,350 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £2600 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black, a selection of six most attractive marginal examples with part top full sheet margins showing inscription, comprising plates 1b LA, 2 IA, 3 AH (with 2004 R.P.S. certificate stating 'horizontal crease'), 7 AD and 8 JA with red Maltese Crosses, and plate 6 AK with black Maltese Cross, all of fine to very fine appearance, some imperfections or repairs. Photo. Price Realised £4800 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black, an unusual selection comprising plates 2 FH, 5 OL and 9 CK of exceptional to superb appearance with large to very large margins and red Maltese Crosses, plate 1b OF-OG pair with watermark inverted (small repair but with clear 2006 R.P.S. certificate), plate 8 QL on thin paper with full margins and a clear deep blue Maltese Cross but R.P.S. certificate (2004) states 'mixed inks' and Brandon certificate (2006) states 'thinned down', and plate 11 LK of superb appearance but margin added at left and sold with original 1841 (March 5th) piece from which it has been lifted. Sold 'as is'. (7). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (moderate wear) plate 1a AE-AF pair (AE double ''E''), very fine used with good to huge margins and light red Maltese Crosses, part sheet margin at top showing portion of inscription. R.P.S. certificate (2004). S.G. Spec. AS2/d. Photo. Price Realised £1450 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black plate 1a BB showing slight wear, very fine used with good to large margins and light neat red Maltese Cross on 1840 (May 21st) entire letter to London with superb ''Yealand Conyers/Penny Post'' in black and ''LANCASTER/MY 21/1840'' c.d.s. in magenta on reverse, part London arrival c.d.s. for May 22nd in red, filing folds well clear of adhesive. S.G. Spec. AS2th. Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black plate 1a BG-BH scarce vertical pair, very fine used with good margins and neat separate strikes of red-brown shade Maltese Crosses. R.P.S. certificate ((2005). S.G. Spec. AS2. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (moderate wear) plate 1a CL (no ray flaw, intruding impression), an exceptionally fine used marginal example from the right of the sheet with full 'deckle edge' sheet margin and good to large margins other sides, light neat red Maltese Cross, most attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2004). S.G. Spec. AS2aa. Photo. Price Realised £3000 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black plate 1a EG-EH pair, a quite intense impression, fine used with good to large margins and neat red-brown shade Maltese Crosses. R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS2. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (quite worn) plate 1a GA (constant smudge in ''A'' square) very fine used with good to large margins and red Maltese Cross on clean and uncreased 1840 (June 19th) entire letter from Yapton to Storington with fine upriight strike of ''ARUNDEL/JU 20/1840'' c.d.s. on front. S.G. Spec. AS3e. Photo. Price Realised £280 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (very worn) plate 1a HB (re-entry) very fine used with good to large margins and a virtually complete central strike of a red Maltese Cross leaving corner squares completely clear and an excellent example of the re-entry. S.G. Spec. AS3b. Photo. Price Realised £700 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (moderate wear) plate 1a MF (double ''M'') exceptionally fine used with good to large margins and an almost complete strike of a vivid red Maltese Cross, most attractive. S.G. Spec. AS2d. Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (very worn) plate 1a NG on bleuté paper, exceptionally fine used with large margins and neat red-brown shade Maltese Cross, an outstanding example of bleuté paper, very scarce. S.G. Spec. AS3h. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (quite worn) plate 1a SA very fine used with good to huge margins (part sheet margin at left) and a neat almost complete strike of a slightly oily bright red Maltese Cross, most attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. AS2. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. intense black plate 1a SD, a crisp early impression with good to large margins and neat red-brown shade Maltese Cross on 1840 (May 8th) entire letter from London to Warwick, fine London Chief Office evening duty ''G/MY–8/1840'' on reverse which displays perfectly, light ''T•P/High Holborn EO'' in red on front, very light fold crosses adhesive but not readily apparent and not affecting appearance, an exceptional May 8th cover. S.G. Spec. AS1tc, cat. from £6,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. grey-black (moderate wear) plate 1a SD with ample to large margins and red Maltese Cross on 1840 (Oct. 17th) entire letter sent within London, redirected with red tombstone ''PAID/21 OC 21/1840'' datestamp, the cover thus showing both methods of prepayment available, pressed filing folds well clear of adhesive which is crossed by a light bend. S.G. Spec. AS2. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1a SJ, a crisp early impression showing just slight traces of wear, exceptionally fine used with good to wide margins and a superb virtually complete centrally struck red Maltese Cross. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. intense black plate 1a SJ an exceptionally fine used early impression, with good to large margins and a neat upright strike of a most attractive red Maltese Cross. R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS1. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. intense black plate 1a TC, early impression, exceptionally fine used with good to huge margins (part sheet margin at foot), tied by neat red-brown shade Maltese Cross to 1840 (May 13th) local London entire letter, clear London Chief Office octagonal ''PD/MY 13/1840/8 NT'' datestamp on reverse, minor cover imperfections well clear of adhesive. S.G. Spec. AS1tf, cat. from £2,500 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £1200 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b KA (showing strong guide-line in ''A'' square), a greyish shade showing slight plate wear, very fine and fresh mint with good to large margins and large part original gum. Brandon certificate (2002). S.G. 2, Spec. AS5, cat. £8,500. Photo. Price Realised £3000 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b TE, a fine mint example with good to very large margins and part original gum. R.P.S. certificate (1981). S.G. 2, Spec. AS5, cat. £8,500. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b BD very fine used with good to large margins, tied to 1840 (Aug. 7th) letter from Hailsham to London by ''HAILSHAM'' undated circle in black, presumably used as primary cancellation and with a further fine strike at lower left of cover, the adhesive additionally tied by red Maltese Cross probably applied in London, cover folds and minor staining well clear, London arrival c.d.s. for Aug. 8th on reverse. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. AS5va/xa. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b CA, a greyish shade, exceptionally fine used with good to huge margins (part sheet margin at left) and light neat almost complete orange-red shade Maltese Cross. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. AS5. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b DL, a most attractive marginal example with full sheet margin at right and superb red Maltese Cross, small marginal reapir at top otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. AS5. Photo. Price Realised £700 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b EC exceptionally fine used and most attractive with good to very large margins and red Maltese Cross leaving profile clear. R.P.S. certificate ((2005). S.G. Spec. AS5. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b FE, an intense shade, exceptionally fine used with good to large margins and light neat red Maltese Cross on clean and uncreased 1840 (Dec. 9th) envelope to London with fine ''MATLOCK BATH/1840/DE 9'' circular datestamp (dates inverted) on front, most attractive. S.G. Spec. AS5. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b IL (non coincident re-entry showing recut and enlarged letters), of superb appearance with very large margins and neat upright strike of a red Maltese Cross, shows marginal watermark line at right, faintest trace of a pressed crease not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. AS5c. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. intense black plate 1b JC (non coincident re-entry showing recut and enlarged letters), exceptionally fine used with good to very large margins and neat upright strike of a bright red Maltese Cross, very fresh and most attractive. S.G. Spec. AS4c. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b KA-KD strip of four (KA with strong guide-line in ''A'' square and KD with recut left side-line) fine used with good even margins and neat non-overlapping strikes of a red Maltese Cross, slight trace of folds in margins between clear of stamps and KD with minor stain, a most attractive multiple. Clear R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS5/h. Photo. Price Realised £2000 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b PH-PI pair on thin paper, most attractive with full margins and neat non-overlapping red Maltese Crosses, PI with light creasing not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. Clear R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. AS5. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 1b QI-QL strip of four (QL non-coincident re-entry), most attractive with good to huge margins and red Maltese Crosses, QK with small fault at top and pressed vertical crease, not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS5/b. Photo. Price Realised £1750 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 CB-CC unused pair of fine appearance with ample to good margins. R.P.S. certificate (2006) states 'Cleaned of staining', otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. AS15, cat. £30,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 GF, a fine unused example with good to large margins, fresh. S.G. 2, Spec. AS15, cat. £8,500. Photo. Price Realised £850 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 DD on bleuté paper, exceptionally fine used with good to huge margins and neat black Maltese Cross leaving profile clear, very scarce. S.G. Spec. AS15m,n. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 HK fine used with good margins and light red Maltese Cross on neat uncreased cover to Crewkerne, the adhesive unusually placed contrary to regulations at lower left corner, ''No. 11'' Receiving House handstamp in black where the stamp would normally be placed and with framed ''Dorchester/Py Post'' in red alongside, minor cover imperfections on reverse. S.G. Spec. AS15. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 JA (constant variety in ''A'' square), exceptionally fine used with good to huge margins and a stunning complete strike of a Maltese Cross in a bright orange-vermilion shade, on small neat and uncreased 1840 (Sept. 22nd) envelope from Beaumaris to Chester with matching ''BEAUMARIS/SP 22/1840'' circular datestamp on reverse, most attractive. Brandon certificate (2002). S.G. Spec. AS15k. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 JF exceptionally fine used with good margins and light red Maltese Cross leaving profile clear on 1840 (May 18th) cover from Edinburgh to Dunfermline with part Edinburgh ''MAY/18/1840'' c.d.s. on reverse, most attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS15th, cat. £2,000 (2006). Photo. Price Realised £520 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 LK-LL pair very fine used with good to huge margins (part sheet margin at right) and three neat strikes of a red Maltese Cross, exceptional. R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS15. Photo. Price Realised £920 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 PB-PC pair (PB recut letter squares) most attractive with ample to good margins and neat non-overlapping strikes of a red Maltese Cross, PC with faint trace of a light vertical crease not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine. Clear R.P.S. certificate (2005). S.G. Spec. AS15/d. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 QD (non constant burr rubs at right), very fine used with ample to good margins and a superb large part strike of a red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. AS15. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 2 TB state 2 (first repair) showing strong recut frame-line at right, an exceptionally fine used example of this scarce stamp with good to huge margins and neat red Maltese Cross. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. AS17. Photo. Price Realised £650 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 3 IJ, an exceptionally fine and fresh unused example with ample to large margins and traces of gum which may or may not be original, crisp impression and most attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2006) states 'Regummed' S.G. 2, Spec. AS20, cat. £15,000. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 3 AG exceptionally fine used with good to very large margins and neat upright large part strike of a red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. AS20. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
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| Sale number: 42 1840 1d. black plate 3 FB superb used with good even margins and lovely strike of a red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. AS20. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
