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Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 31)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109
Date: 22nd March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
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551
£1 Telegraph stamp, imperforate colour trial in dull claret, overprinted "Specimen" type 8, superb mint. S.G. £800. Photo on Page 65. £160-200
552
£1 Telegraph stamp, imperforate colour trial in the issued colour of brown-lilac, overprinted "Specimen" type 8, superb mint. S.G. £800. Photo on Page 65. £160-200
553
£5 Telegraph stamp, imperforate colour trial in grey-green, overprinted "Specimen" type 8, tiny mark at right, otherwise fine mint. S.G. £1,300. Photo on Page 72. £160-200
554
£5 Telegraph stamp, imperforate colour trial in dull mauve, overprinted "Specimen" type 8, superb mint. S.G. £1,300. Photo on Page 72. £250-300
555
£5 Telegraph stamp, imperforate colour trial in gold, overprinted "Specimen" type 11, upper left corner clipped and with a light vertical crease, mint original gum. Just one proof sheet of 56 stamps was printed in gold, one pane of 28 stamps being overprinted Specimen. A block of eight is recorded, the remaining 20 stamps being cut into singles. S.G. £4,250. Photo on Page 72. £300-400
556
5/- and 10/- Telegraph stamps, both plate 1, both overprinted "Specimen" type 8, the 5/- a little soiled, the 10/- very fine. Also £1 imperforate colour trial in the issued colour of brown-lilac overprinted "Specimen" type 8, no gum, minor soiling. S.G. £1,370. (3). Photo on Page 72. £150-200
557
£5 Telegraph stamp overprinted "Specimen" type 11, a little off-centre, otherwise superb mint. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 72. £400-500
558
1/2d - £1 Post Office telegraph stamps, all eleven values and colours used (various watermarks and plate numbers) with some additional mint and used stamps, including 4d mint and used, 1/- brown-orange plate 11 mint and used (2), 5/- plate 1 (3), 10/- (2) and £1 (2, thins) used, mainly fine with c.d.s cancels. S.G. £2,500+. (22). £180-220
559
Various QV postage stamps with telegraphic cancels including concentric rings, circular and rectangular framed numerals. Stamps include 1867 2/- and 5/- plate 1, 1883 3d on 3d pair and 1881 1/- orange-brown plate 13. (15). £100-120
560
1895 Army Telegraphs 1/2d - £5 set of eleven fine mint, the £5 unmounted. (11). Photo on Page 63. £200-250

Postal Fiscals and Revenues

561
Inland Revenue 1d watermark Anchor, imperforate colour trials in brown-purple and rose-carmine, fine mint. S.G. £600. (2). Photo on Page 65. £120-140
562
Postal Fiscals, mint or unused (11) including 1883 Draft 1d ochre (S.G. F2), 1867 6d (S.G. F17) and 1860 imperf 6d pink embossed (die 'u', S.G. F32). Also a few fiscally used stamps. (21). £100-120
563
1881-90 Covers bearing postal fiscals comprising registered covers bearing 1d (S.G. F12) or four examples of 1d blue receipt stamp (S.G. F3), cover with 1d (S.G. F11) tied by Hoster machine cancel, a cover with 1d (S.G. F8) and a cover bearing 1d Foreign Bill stamp. (5). £120-150
564
1887 Cover from Exeter to Merton franked by 1d Draft or Receipt stamp (S.G. F4), initially disallowed and left uncancelled, endorsed "unpaid" with a "2d/285" charge mark and an Exeter 285 duplex applied away from the stamp. The charge mark was subsequently cancelled by a "285" obliterator, the stamp being similarly cancelled, and "unpaid" crossed out with blue crayon, correctly delivered without charge. An unusual cover. Photo on Page 74. £120-150
565
Revenues. 1872 Unappropriated dies, 2/- die proof in black on thick card, reduced nearly to stamp size, 1d imperforate plate proof with Garter watermark, and imperf proofs (various watermarks) overprinted "Cancelled" type 14 (5, comprising 3d lilac block of four and 4/- orange), "Specimen" type 9 (15) or type 11 (4). Seven stamps with faults, the others mainly fine with gum. These unappropriated dies were also used for the Bechuanaland stamp issue of 1888. (26). £250-300
566
Revenues. Bankruptcy, 1873 plate proofs of the inscription used for the shilling and pound value each on thin card, and various 1873-95 issues overprinted "Cancelled" or "Specimen" (5); Land Commission 1884 1/- - £5 set of six overprinted "Specimen"; Land Registry 1895 £5 overprinted "Specimen"; Companies Registration 1867 perf 15 4d - £1 set of five overprinted "Specimen"; also used Customs issues, etc. (40). £150-200
567
Foreign Bill. 1857 Perf 14 1d, 3d - 5/-, 15/- - £1/10/-, £2/5/- and £2/10/- overprinted "Specimen" type 8; 1871 1d - 9d lilac and 1872 1/- - £5 set of 12 all in pairs overprinted "Specimen" type 8, the overprint applied to each stamp on the pound values and once across the pair on the other 12 values, all superb unmounted mint. (48). £350-400
568
1771-1940 Licences and documents showing duty paid including scarce 1797 Hair Powder duty certificate with an embossed £1.10.00 hair powder revenue stamp; 1803 Stamp Office duty receipt; 1807 landlords property receipt; 1771-1831 permits for French or other foreign wines (3); 1836-39 brick duty receipts (2); 1852 horse dealer duty assessment form; 1898-1940 gun licences or certificates to kill game (7); 1844-45 Gamekeepers duty certificates (2), etc. Also three 1908-10 Post Offices notices detailing licences sold at Money Order Offices. (23). £250-300

Postage Due Stamps

569
1914 (Apr 20) Unpaid postcard sent within Evesham, with two 1/2d postage due stamps each tied by First Day c.d.s. An unusual postage due first day cover; nearly all unpaid cards received a single 1d postage due stamp. Photo on Page 74. £250-350
570
1914 (Apr 20) Unpaid cover sent within Evesham with "2" charge mark, a vertical pair of 1d postage due stamps each tied by First Day c.d.s. An unusual postage due first day cover; nearly all unpaid letters received a single 2d postage due stamp. Photo on Page 74. £250-350
571
1914 (April 21) Unpaid cover with "MARLBORO LINES / ALDERSHOT" skeleton c.d.s and a 2d charge mark, a 2d postage due stamp tied by second day of issue c.d.s. Also an 1893 cover sent from Leatherhead to Rotherham franked 1d, readdressed on the reverse and reposted the following year from Rotherham franked 1d with "More To Pay / above 1oz" handstamp and an unusual encircled "1d" charge mark. (2). £60-80
572
1914-82 Postage due stamps, the mint and used collection on pages, with additional inverted watermarks, shades and some multiples, the 1914-63 used issues complete, also some useful mint with KEVIII 1/2d - 1/-, 1955-57 2/6, etc. £200-250

Locals & Cinderellas

573
Keble College, Oxford, 1879 (June) 1/2d, reprinted die proof in black on thick soft cartridge, struck for Professor Napier in March 1897 prior to the plate being defaced. Fine and scarce, just 12 proofs believed to have been printed. S.G. CS9 reprint, £575. Photo on Page 65. £200-250
574
College stamps. Various mint issues including Lincoln, Selwyn and Balliol College, also Lincoln College imperforate plate proof and a Hertford College envelope. (30). £100-120
575
Various railway stamps (12), Air letter stamps (6, including two covers and two proofs) and Circular Delivery Co. stamps (49, many forgeries). Also four State of Victoria railway parcel stamps. (71). £60-80
576
1958 De La Rue exhibition "The Story of Stamps" imperforate sheet of 32 labels in green on gummed paper. £60-70
577
1971 Postal Strike, covers (17, most commercial), also a few stamps. £60-80

G.B POSTAL HISTORY

578
Covers, cards, postal stationery, etc., in three albums including QV stamped to order postal stationery, QEII 1971 17 1/2p + 5 1/2p registration envelope with albino 17 1/2p stamp, F.D.Cs, first flights, etc. An interesting lot. (100s). £200-250
579
1685-1851 Entire letters, covers and a few fronts, including London penny post Dockwra handstamp, frees, Uniform 4d Post entires (3), penny posts, ship letters, 1842 cover to Barbados, etc. (44). £100-120
580
1805-83 Entire letters, covers and cards including 1883 registered bankruptcy act printed letter bearing 1d lilac and 1880 2d rose, undated circles (2), etc. Also 1870 and 1873 covers from Paris to London, one registered. (29). £60-70
581
1868-1962 Covers and cards including 1868 cover from Beauly to Germany bearing 1d + 3d + 4d pair; 1882 1 1/2d postcard to Trinidad; 1916 A.R form bearing KGV 2 1/2d tied by "VICTORIA STATION / L.B & S.C RLY" c.d.s; 1940 cover from Switzerland with boxed "DETAINED IN FRANCE / DURING GERMAN / OCCUPATION"; postage due covers (8, three strangely with dues differing in value from the charge marks), etc. (34). £130-150
582
1936-37 King Edward VIII postal history, the extensive collection in four albums including "ERI/VIII" royal cypher on covers from Sandringham (2); mixed QV-KGVI five reign frankings (2); pictorial envelopes (7); London "Tempy. Office" or "Home District" machines (5); Field Post Office c.d.s from Palestine (2); First Flights (27); airmail test letters (6), Mobile Post Offices (2), H.M Ship duplexs used at the 1937 Coronation review (9); Shanghai A.P.O (2); meter marks (6 covers + 33 pieces + 3 proof pieces, also Neopost advertising leaflets); F.D.Cs; special event cancels (18, including 1937 Royal Show Wolverhampton skeleton); explanatory handstamps; a good range of commercial airmail covers, etc. (169 Covers, also some pieces and stamps). £900-1,200

Early Letters

(Also see lots 225, 263, 264)
583
London. 1459 Entire letter written in Italian from London to Venice. One of the earliest recorded letters from England, sent during the reign of Henry VI, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 74. £1,600-2,000
584
Guild signs. 1585 Entire letters both with the Capponi family guild sign on the address panel, one from Pisa to Bartolomeo Corsini in London, the other from Lyon to his brother Lorenzo Corsini in Florence endorsed "fa". (2). Photo on Page 77. £300-350
585
Norfolk. 1586 Entire letter from Louis Cantin in Norwich to Bartholomy Corsini in London. Written and addressed in French, the letter sent on the barge "Marie Seery" with two barrels of fustians. A fine letter, unusually including details of how it was despatched. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
586
Ireland-Dublin. 1591 Entire letter from Gugliemo Petala in Dublin to Filippo Corsini and Vincento della Barne in London. Written in Italian, Petala explains his difficulties in getting a ship to Ireland, declining to sail on the Pinnacle of Sir Richard Grenville, he tried again to get a ship from Bideford but the sailors feared being pressed into the Royal Navy. A fine letter, the Corsini correspondence containing just eleven letters from Ireland, all written by Petala, eight being sent from Dublin. Photo on Page 77. £1,600-2,000
587
Essex. 1591 Entire letter from David Atkinson in Tilbury, written and addressed in English, "To the Worshipll Mr Phillipp Corsine merchant stranger dwelling over ageynst the condit in grascherche streit in London give this", the letter concerning a visit to Plymouth dealing with business on behalf of Corsini. Atkinson also worked as one of the Queen's messengers. A fine letter, one of just two Corsini correspondence letters from Tilbury. Photo on Page 77. £350-450
588
Kent. 1597 Entire letter concerning the purchase of cloth, from Gilles Ente in Sandwich, written in French, but addressed in English to Bartolomeo Corsini "in grass streate in London". Fine and scarce, one of six Corsini correspondence letters from Sandwich. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
589
London. c.1620 Entire letter from Clement Spelman in Lambeth, finely addressed "To the right worshipful Sr Bassaborne Gawdy Knight at his house in Harlyng, geve this with spead. Leave this letter at Theatford to be sent to hym presently". Photo on Page 77. £200-250
590
Royal Messenger Account. 1621 Receipted quarterly bill for £11.15.00 paid to William Milnes, one of the Kings messengers, including payments for three specific journeys, signed by Milnes and five others including an O. Cromwell. A rare document. £1,000-1,200
591
Civil War. 1644 (Oct 21) Entire letter from Newark signed by Sir Richard Byron, Governor of Newark, addressed "To the Right honble The Lord Fairfax, present these" with a wax seal impressed with Byron's arms. Byron writes that Mr Tompson of Newark was given Fairfax's free licence to buy wine and commodities at Hull and transport them into Newark, but the commanders of the Parliamentarians will not allow him use of the rivers in Lincolnshire, and the forces in Welbeck have taken three butts of sack; he asks for the return of the wine and free passage through Lincolnshire for Tompson. Some staining, largely clear of the address panel. Also a second letter to Fairfax written and signed by Colonel William St. George (who was killed at the storming of Leicester in 1645) relating to his exchange, as a prisoner, for Colonel Forbes, severe staining and without an address panel. Two interesting letters from Royalist Officers to Ferdinand Fairfax, Governor of York and Commander of the Parliamentarian forces in Yorkshire, the first written between the first and second sieges of Newark. Both letters attached at one edge by archival tape within hardbound books, with transcriptions or historical notes. (2). £300-350

Air Mails

592
1911 (Sep. 9) First U.K Aerial Post envelopes in red (2, shades, one with enclosed notepaper), green or purple-brown all with the special London c.d.s codes 2, 3, 4 or 5, three with arrival backstamps of Sep. 11th (2) or 13th. The two red envelopes with a few minor edge faults, the others fine. (4). £130-160
593
1911 (Sep 16) Windsor to London Aerial Post cover franked KEVII 1d and postcard franked KGV 1/2d both tied by the Windsor Aerial Post c.d.s, with arrival datestamps of Cricklewood (Sep 18), both to the same addressee in Bournemouth. Only 408 olive-green covers flown from Windsor, making these the scarcest of all the basic stationery types. A fine pair. (2). £160-200

Cancellations

594
Numerals and other cancels, mainly on 1d reds but with some later QV stamps, mounted in two albums, including a few covers, Brunswick Stars, Scots locals, etc. Also a large quantity of loose stamps in a box and packets, mainly 1d reds with numeral cancels. (1,000s). £250-300
595
QV-KEVII Collection in two albums, mainly duplexs or squared circles, on covers or cards (98), pieces and stamps (100s). £140-160
596
QV-KGV Collection in an album, mainly on stamps and pieces but including some covers, includes 1d blacks (2), imperf 1d red (two margins) tied to piece with two red Maltese Crosses, other imperf reds cancelled in blue with Maltese Crosses (4) or numeral cancels (14), numbers in Maltese Crosses (15, numbers 1-12) and other distinctive Maltese Crosses, machines with Azemars, Rideouts and Pearson Hills, Douglas c.d.s on 1867 1/- green (3, two marginal), "Posted in Advance for Delivery on Xmas Day" cancels for Leicester and Liverpool on piece; etc. An interesting collection. (100s). £300-350
597
1886-1964 Double Circle Datestamps. The Michael Goodman collection of covers and cards (65) or pieces (14) showing various unusual types including 1893 card with unique type "Sunderland 761" c.d.s and subsequent "Sunderland 1" c.d.s, others with blank spaces or straight side bars, Scottish type bars used in England, office initials, wording removed, datestamps used to correct machines where the date die was incorrect or omitted in error, etc. An unusual lot. (79). £180-240
598
1884-1934 Rubber or Single Circle Datestamps. The Michael Goodman collection of covers and cards (24) or pieces (10) showing various unusual type of single ring datestamps (9, all covers and cards, including partly or wholly missing circles, altered dates, etc.) or rubber datestamps, including fine "BARKSTON" rubber on 1886 C.O.P and "BUCKLAND MONACHORUM / PLYMOUTH" rubber on 1894 registered cover, greatly distorted rubbers on postcards (6), etc. (34). £140-160
599
1904-81 Foreign Section Cancels and Handstamps. The Michael Goodman collection of covers and cards (15), pieces and stamps (5) including 1940-41 covers with "LIVERPOOL / FOREIGN 2" c.d.s (2), 1941 cover to Singapore franked 5/- handstamped violet "NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER" and "LIVERPOOL FOREIGN X", Manchester F.S Postage Paid handstamps used on unpaid mail with charges collected by the 'Dutch Scheme', etc. (20). £100-120
600
Ireland - Manuscript Cancellation. 1921 Picture postcard to Rostrevor with KGV 1/2d and 1d cancelled by manuscript "Garronpoint 7/8/21", each cancelled in transit at Belfast the following day. A very scarce manuscript cancellation, probably a result of the Post Office having been raided during the civil war and the datestamp lost or destroyed. Photo on Page 77. £150-200
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 31)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109
Date: 22nd March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
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