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1000. 1637 Pre Civil War letter from Edw Haylin of Minster , Kent ? to Hollywell, Oxford .  Dated inside June 19 1637 but no postal markings so apparently carried privately – the official Post Office opened in England in 1635.  Very fine condition for such an early item and rare.  £325.00 IMAGE1  IMAGE2  IMAGE3

1001. 1839 Fine entire from Liverpool December 5th 1839 used on the FIRST DAY of the UNIFORM 4d POST, m/s 4 in black. Displays the Liverpool date well when back flap is raised.  Letter dated inside December 4th and so probably held back until the following day for the cheaper postage rate.  Very scarce. £585.00 IMAGE

1002. 1840 Fine printed entire from the Jury Cause Office, Edinburgh, used locally and with a superb strike of the rare Edinburgh unpaid 2d strike, Aukland ED262. Rare especially in such fine condition and the first we have offered for more than 10years. £285.00  IMAGE

1003. 1840 1d Mulready wrapper: fine/very fine example, stereo A6, Bath to London , October 21 1840. Tear to top rear flap but with full wafer seal in red. £195.00  IMAGE

1004. 1840 1d Mulready wrapper: very fine example, stereo A247, Forme 5, from the rare second series.  Gosport, February 10th 1841, to London, with red cross and sent on the first day that the black cross was officially introduced – perhaps the sub postmaster/mistress had not read the GPO’s instructions for the changing of ink colour? A full yellow wafer seal on reverse. Rare combination of features. £425.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1007. 1840 1d black plate 4, ‘FH’, very fine good/large margins three sides and clear to possibly just touching at top right tied by red cross to very clean small neat un-creased entire from Mansfield to Liverpool. Letter dated inside Mansfield May 23 1840 and on the back of the entire is a Mansfield date stamp in the same ink as the cross for SUNDAY MAY 24 1840 – SG spec A1ti – catalogued a minimum of £7,500 for the third Sunday in May 1840. SOLD

The earliest date of use for Plate 4 is Saturday May 23 1840 – this only known such usage is on an envelope used locally in London .  The envelope is age stained as is the stamp which has the NE corner clipped off. This item was sold in the Dr Pichai Buranasombati 2001 sale for £5,500 including the buyers’ premium.

The item offered here is the ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE of plate 4 used on the next day ie SUNDAY May 24 1840.  An exceptional item in superb condition. 

Price:  £5,000.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2  IMAGE3

1009. 1840 1d Mulready wrapper: fine/very fine example, stereo A17, London to Hampton Court , January 15th 1842. Very fine London black cross. £185.00  IMAGE

1010. 1840 1d Mulready wrapper, A30, exceptional mint example in Post Office fresh condition and one of the finest we have seen or handled. Rare item in this condition.  £220.00  IMAGE

1011. 1840 2d Mulready wrapper, a99, very fine mint example. £150.00  IMAGE

1012. 1840 2d Mulready envelope, Deraedemaeker reprint of  the Punch Magazine Anti Graham envelope. Exceptionally fine impression and in superb condition for this. £85.00  IMAGE SOLD

1014. 1840 1d black plate XI: fine 3+ margined example ‘PL’, large margins on three sides and in to part way along the bottom margin.  Black cross clear of NE ray flaw and the distinctive weak looped letter ‘P’, illustrated on page 91 of the QV Specialised Catalogue, characteristic of this rarest of plates and catalogued at £4,000.  A very collectable example of this rarity. £585.00 IMAGE

1017. 1841 1d reds plate 10: Two singles, ‘TH’ and ‘QC’ both from black plate 10, on printed G W Railway report from London to Bath .  On reverse is a London date stamp for February 25 1841. Both stamps with faults but this is believed to be the earliest known multiple usage of any of the 1d red issue. £480.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 SOLD

1019. 1841 1d red plate 21, ‘PE’: 3+ margined with a very fine and almost complete strike of the rare and distinctive Kilmarnock cross, SG spec B1tj. Seldom found with such a clear strike of this cross and catalogued at £1200.  IMAGE £390.00 

1020. 1841 1d red plate 48, ‘SA-TD’, block of 8: very fine/superb used block, Dublin ‘186’, touched or just in to at places but the central block of 4, ‘SB-TC’, is 4-margined with close to clear at NW corner of ‘SB’ to huge. The ‘T’ row all show a degree of double bottom as noted in QV Volume 1 page 121, SG spec BS27h. Rich shade of red brown and with a German, H Richter, Certificate of Authenticity. £195.00  IMAGE

1021. 1842 1d red plate 21, 3-margined, on entire from Coventry to Lutterworth tied by the Coventry distinctive cross, SG spec BS10te, July 8 1842.  This example is 7 months earlier than the earliest date recorded by Alcock - 1996 PEGB Certificate.  Catalogued at £1,600.  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 £570.00

1022. 1843 1d red plate 24, very fine 4-margined, on wrapper from Coventry to London tied by an equally fine Coventry distinctive cross, SG spec BS10te, June 28 1843.  Interestingly the cross appears to be showing signs of wear.  Catalogued at £1,600.  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 £1200.00

1023. 1841 2d blue plate 3, PD, deep full blue, SG15: very fine example cancelled by an almost complete and upright characteristic YORK cross, SG spec ES12ui, catalogued at £700.  Very scarce cross on this stamp and rarely found so complete. £385.00  IMAGE SOLD

1025. 1841 2d SG 14 pair and SG 15 single plate 4: envelope from Bristol to St Columb, Cornwall , November 30 1853. TF single is in a deep blue shade and shows the variety  ‘First Repair SG spec ES15m – only five such on this plate. The pair, PC-PD, in a blue shade with stamp PC showing the only double letter variety on this plate, SG spec ES14f.  Stamps TF and PC are 4-margined and the cancellations are clear of the varieties.  A remarkable and very likely unique combination of shades and varieties on cover.    £325.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 SOLD

1027. 1843 1d pink embossed envelope, December 27 1843, with very fine/superb strike of the characteristic DUBLIN cross – the scarcer type 2 variety.  SG spec B1tf and catalogued at £250 on a 1d red but much scarcer usage on embossed envelopes. £85.00  IMAGE

1028. 1845 1d red plate 54, 4-margined, close to large, tied to piece by THREE Bristol date stamps only for August 8 1845?  Stamp has a red pen cancellation underneath the date stamps. SG spec B1va, catalogued at £500.  Very scarce and the first TRIPLE strike of a date stamp used in this way that we have seen. £135.00  IMAGE SOLD

1029. 1846 1d red plate 69 very fine used example, JI, part Scottish numeral cancellation, INVERTED watermark.  Catalogued from £300 and a very scarce variety in such fine condition. £165.00  IMAGE

1030. 1846 Par.Pro. (Parliamentary Proceedings), front to Evesham, crown paid date stamp May 21 1846 and m/s 1 in red. Scarce even as a front. £70.00  IMAGE

1031. 1848 1d red 3-margined, ‘OH’, plate 80 cancelled indistinct RED numeral, SG spec BS29xd and with PEGB Certificate.  A rarity and catalogued from £7,500. £935.00  IMAGE

1033. 1850 2d blue plate 3, SG14, pair ‘DK-DL’, DL 4-margined and DK 3-margined, scissor cut between not touching the designs, both stamps with faults.  However, each stamp has been cancelled only by strikes of the Liverpool transit mark, (Robertson type 64/65), used on the outside of maritime mail going through Liverpool .  The date is August 31 and the only sailing in the period 1840-1860 on that date was on August 31 1850 when the Cunard packet ‘Asia’ sailed from Liverpool to New York/Boston.  From our researches we can find no other such example of this type of transit mark being used alone as a cancellation on either the 1d red imperf or 2d blue.  An exceptionally rare and probably unique item from the line-engraved period. £550.00  IMAGE

1035. 1855 one shilling embossed, SG 55, cts on entire letter to New Orleans stamp tied by fine Liverpool SPOON type A15, February 13 1855.  Charge marks on the front and a scarce cancellation on this embossed issue.  £75.00  IMAGE

1036. 1855 2d blue plate 5, SG 34: fine/very fine used block of 4, ‘QG-RH’ with Dublin ‘186’ cancels.  Scarce and catalogued at £700.  £285.00  IMAGE

1037. 1856 1d, SG29, plate 28, LATE USE OF MALTESE CROSS: fine example but with a few trimmed perfs at top, cancelled by black cross.  Very scarce/rare usage and with PEGB Certificate of Authenticity.  £225.00 IMAGE SOLD

1038. 1856 1d, SG29, plate 44, LATE USE OF MALTESE CROSS: washed example with tear at base but cancelled by a BLUE cross and with a PEGB Certificate.  £185.00  IMAGE

1039. 1857 1d red SG 40 plate 44, wmk LC perf 14, fine/very fine mint Block of 15, 5 by 3 (10 stamps un-mounted), rich deep shade and impressive appearance.  A mounted mint block of 4 catalogued at £250.  Scarce multiple. £385.00  IMAGE

1040. 1870 1/2d SG 48 plate 9: a fine/very fine used example from this rare plate with the plate number clearly visible on both sides.  Catalogued at £700. £185.00  IMAGE

1041. 1870 First issue of the halfpenny purple large format postcard used locally in London on the DAY of ISSUE, October 1st 1870. Rarer large format and with a written message on the reverse which starts ‘ Partly as a curiosity on the first day of their use I send one of the new postage cards’. Minor faults with some light wrinkling but very scarce when written with a message rather than with an advert.  £525.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1043. 1856 6d SG70 very fine used, Malta cds November 30 1861, watermark displaced and INVERTED and REVERSED.  Unpriced by Gibbons.  £225.00  IMAGE SOLD

1044. 1857 4d SG66 very fine and cancelled only by PD in circle. Rare with just this cancellation but this example is exceedingly rare as it has both red and black PD in circle – the first such usage we have seen.  Remarkable item. £350.00  IMAGE

1045. 1856 1/- SG72: bottom marginal inscriptional used pair, London duplex June 9 1861. Inscription reads ‘ Price 1 Shilling per Label’. Very scarce item.  £200.00  IMAGE

1046. 1858 1d red SG40: clean envelope from Eastbourne to Tenderden , Kent , October 23 1858.  Superb strike of the rare MISSENT to TUNBRIDGE on front, Pevensey village-type thimble name stamp on reverse and Tunbridge and Tenterden cds’s for October 24 and 25 respectively.  This missent strike, County Catalogue KT255, is recorded in use to 1854 hence this example some 4 years later may be an isolated strike.  Superb item. £165.00  IMAGE

1047. 1872 6d deep chestnut SG122 and pale buff SG 123 plate 11: two fine/very fine used examples, both lettered ‘NF’ and showing the catalogued variety ‘damage to figure ‘11’ on the left’, SG spec J79d.  A rare matched pairing – this variety is especially difficult to find in the pale buff printing.  Catalogued at £180 in the commonest shade and at £300 in the pale buff ink. £175.00  IMAGE

1048. 1873 Hand drawn front from Brighton to France . Unusual theme of woman gazing at the moon with dog in attendance.  £90.00  IMAGE

1049. 1876 4d SG 152 plate 15: exceptional cds used example, Saltburn by the Sea, November 1876.  Superb colour.  £235.00  IMAGE

1052. 1880 1d SG166: superb unmounted mint side marginal block of 12. £185.00  IMAGE

1053. 1880 Advertising Envelope, London to Vienna , January 6 1880. Rare printed envelope from The Royal Alhambra Theatre London advertising ‘Rotho Mago, The Magic Watch’ with a golden pocket watch showing the time of the performance. The 3d rate to Austria has been paid by a 3d plate 15 SG143.  Rothomago or The Magic Watch was a grand Christmas musical fairy spectacular in 4 acts and 17 tableaux by H B Farnie.  It opened on December 22 1879.  A superb and rare item.  £235.00  IMAGE

1054. 1881 1d SG166 on neat and uncreased  envelope from London to Newcastle under Lyme which was redirected to Newcastle , Rochdale and finally Manchester . Handstruck 1d and 2d both in black on the front and full wax seal on reverse.  Very attractive and unusual and scarce with such combined surcharges.  The majority of the action is on the front of the envelope so ideal for display.   £85.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1056. 1883 6d on 6d SG162: very fine/superb used with almost full upright cds of Piccadilly Circus , October 29 1883.  £95.00  IMAGE

1057. 1883 SG187,1/2d slate blue, very fine used Block of 12, (re-joined blocks of 8 and 4), cancelled very fine black GPO Depot oval in bars – unusual cancellation. Very attractive and a difficult stamp to fine in used blocks.  £85.00  IMAGE

1058. 1884 Advert card for De Kuypers spirit cancelled by a scarce type of Hoster machine, Stitt Dibden fig 66, 1884-87.   Very fine condition and an attractive advert.  Scarce combination of features.  £95.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1061. 1900 1s SG214, very fine/superb unmounted mint corner block of 4 from the top of the sheet.  £220.00  IMAGE

1065. July 1890 Jubilee Conversazione at South Kensington Museum : very fine insert from the Jubilee Post Office Envelope with all five of the special postmarks used at the event – three on the front and two on the reverse.   Scarce item.  £150.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1067. July 1890: Superb pair of Proof Impressions for the 1d and 3d Tube Post Cancellations for the South Kensington Exhibition on cards.  The card with the 3d postmark is annotated in pencil ‘Question’, ‘Reply’ and ‘Poste Restante’ on the reverse.  Very scarce.  £225.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2 SOLD

1068. July 2 1890: Superb clean and uncreased envelope posted at the Exhibition to a London address with a fine pair of 1/2d blue SG187 tied by a single strike of the special handstamp in blackish violet ink. London WC July 3 1890 cds on reverse. £125.00  IMAGE SOLD

1069. July 2 1890: Superb uncreased envelope posted at the Exhibition to a London address with a 1d Fiscal, SGF12 with small fault at the top, tied by the Exhibition cancel in blackish violet. Ink. London WC July 3 1890 cds on reverse.  Scarce usage.    £68.00  IMAGE

1070. July 2 1890: 3d British Empire card posted at the Exhibition to Australia with an interesting message on the reverse together with a Melbourne receiving cds.  Some wrinkling at right but this is an exceptional item. In The Report of the Controller of the London Postal Service, R C Tombs, for the May 1890 Exhibition, of the 20,508 ordinary postcards sold on its first day, only 1,208 were of a type for the foreign service and only about 12 were addressed to Australia . In The Report of the Controller about the July 2 1890 Exhibition, he mentions that 2,166 postcards were sold there and of these only 311 were sold as were used for the foreign service.  Hence the number of the 3d cards sent to Australia from the Exhibition will have been very small and very possibly less than the dozen sent from the May 1890 event. Hence this item is of exceptional rarity and may well be a unique survivor.  £825.00  IMAGE1  IMAGE2

1071. July 2 1890: Superb clean envelope posted at the Exhibition to a London address with a 1d Fiscal SGF20 from the very scarce Die 2, tied by the Exhibition cancel in blackish violet.  London WC July 3 1890 cds on the reverse.  Rare usage of Die 2.   £170.00  IMAGE

1072. July 1890 Harry Furniss black printing of his caricature of the Post Office Jubilee envelope and insert with each of them signed by him.  Both the envelope and insert are in wonderful condition. Rare item.  £575.00 IMAGE1  IMAGE2 SOLD

1073. July 1890 Harry Furniss mint caricature of the Post Office Jubilee envelope with insert.  Exceptional condition.  £95.00  IMAGE

1074. July 31 1890: Harry Furniss caricature of the Post Office Jubilee envelope. Very fine/superb envelope used locally in London with 1d lilac tied by a superb Lombard Street cds for July 31 1890.  An extremely rare used example with only three or four contemporarily used examples known.  This is the third earliest usage with the earliest recorded just 5 days before this one.  Exceptional and a rare opportunity to acquire such an item.  £750.00  IMAGE SOLD

1075. October 1890: Post Office Jubilee envelope with the July 2 1890 Exhibition cancel and in addition cancelled on the last day of the German Exhibition, October 10 1891, and by the Royal Naval Exhibition cancel for October 19 1891.  Envelope with some peripheral faults and age spots but a good example and scarce.  £135.00  IMAGE

 

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