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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 759 Lots 1010-1754) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 31st May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS (See Also 1697-1740) | |||
| 1010 | |||
| STOCKBOOK AND ADDITIONAL LEAVES with the mainly used 1855-c1960 accumulation inc 1857 6d embossed cut square, representative selections of most surface printed issues with values to 5/-. 1902-13 KEVII values to 2/6d. 1911-35 KGV values to 2/6d (7) & 5/-. 1937-51 KGVI issues inc, 1948 RSW £1 mint & used. Plus some officials and QEII high values. Very mixed condition with some very collectable examples. Some duplication. Very high catalogue value. (Some 100's). £850 |
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| 1011 | |||
| ALBUM with a used collection inc. 1840 2d (poor), 1864-79 1d plates almost complete to 224. 870 1/2d plates to 20. 1856-1900 surface printed issues inc values to 5/-. 1902-13 values to 10/- inc 2/6d, 5/- (3) & 10/-. Seahorses (various printings) with values to 10/-. 1929 PUC £1 (faults). 1935 re-engraved 2/6d to 10/-. A good range of KGVI. Very mixed condition but high catalogue value. (Few 100's). PHOTO - see page 67. £340 |
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| 1012 | |||
| ALBUM with the mint and used collection inc used 1840 1d(2, one heavily creased example on cover from Glasgow) & 2d (poor). 1855-84 values to 5/-, 1891 £1 green (small thin), 1902-10 £1. Also mint 1887 Jubilee 1/2d to 1/-, 1902-13 1/2d to 1/-, 1912-22 1/2d to 1/-. 1934 re-engraved 1/2d to 1/- (rounded corner), 1918 2/6d. 1948 RSW £1 and 1937 1/2d to 1/-. 1951 2/6d to £1 and a god range of QEII commemorative issues. (Some 100's). £300 |
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| 1013 | |||
LIGHTHOUSE ALBUM with QV-QEII mint & used collection from a four margined 1840 1d used inc. useful Line Engraved & surface printed, seahorses to 10/- used & much QEII with good ranges of wildings inc. graphite's & phosphor-graphite's, etc. (Qty). £300COLLECTIONS |
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| 1014 | |||
1857-1971 The mint & used selection inc. mint 1902-13 1/2d to 1/-, 1924 & 1925 Wembley sets, 1924-26 values to 1/-, 1934-36 Photogravure set, 1952-54 1/2d to 1/6d and 1936-37 p. dues 1/2d to 2/6d. Mostly fine. (Few 100's). £240POSTAL REFORMS |
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| 1015 | |||
| GOVERNMENT PAMPHLET REPORTING ON HENRY BURGESS' "EXTRA POST" PLAN FOR FAST MAILS BETWEEN CITIES; 31 May 1821 Government 50-page (foolscap; folds to fit album-page) Report on the "EXTRA POST" of one of Rowland Hill's predecessors, another independent critic of the P.O.; with copies of official correspondence to and from Henry Burgess and outlining his remarkable plan to introduce an up-market (First Class-like) speedy mail service between Britain's major cities (Manchester, Liverpool etc.) with London using the fastest coaches with no passengers, for which he was confident that merchants would pay extra postage. The Plan was not introduced. Very few examples of this publication have survived. £120 |
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| 1016 | |||
| MERCANTILE PAPERS - THE RARE FIRST PRO-ROWLAND HILL CIRCULAR - "REDUCTION OF POSTAGE"; [c.20th] Feb. 1838 Mercantile Committee on Postage 17-page leaflet entitled "REDUCTION OF POSTAGE" written by M.C.P. Treasurer Henry Ashurst (2nd edition; 130 x 205mm - ideal for fitting on an album-page; separated from modern binding with Frank Staff's book-plate; minor faults at edge of first page does not detract) with numerous "SUGGESTIONS" about how & why Cheap Postage should be introduced; in essence a summary of much of "the 3rd Edition of Mr. Hill's pamphlet". The first - and one of the most influential - of the 'Mercantile Papers' produced by Hill's supporters. We are only aware of two other examples of this important first M.C.P. circular having survived in private hands. Fine Exhibition Item. [A similar example - but with an accompanying printed letter - sold for £1,265 in Cavendish's Nov. 2009 auction.] PHOTO - see page 18. £400 |
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| 1017 | |||
| RARE 'MERCANTILE PAPERS' PRO-POSTAL REFORMS PROPAGANDA "HENRY COLE" CIRCULAR; Very fine 27 April 1839 printed single-sided hand-writing-style letter (no wrapper as usual for these) headed from "13 Pall Mall East" (the Office of the Mercantile Committee on Postage) and 'signed' by "Henry Cole, Sec[retar]y", asking Printing firms to allow "the members of your establishment to sign the accompanying Petitions" to support the "Select Committee of the House of Commons having recommended the Plan of An Uniform Penny Post", showing that the Mercantile Committee were targeting their distribution of pro-Postal Reform Petition documents to specific industries; listed as No. "33" in Cole's index to the sets of Mercantile Papers (and with the matching Cole pencil number "33" at top right). Fine album-page size (c.5x8 ins. folded single sheet) pro-Rowland Hill Propaganda item. Only three or four examples of this letter remain in private hands. [Ex the George Moffatt set of M.C.P. Papers.] [Similar to the matching March 1838 Cole M.C.P. circular sold in Cavendish's 'London 2010' auction, lot 730; realised £920.] PHOTO - see page 17. £500 |
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| 1018 | |||
| RARE 'MERCANTILE PAPERS' PRO-POSTAL REFORMS PROPAGANDA CIRCULAR; Very fine [Apr.] 1839 printed single-sided hand-writing-style letter (no wrapper as usual for these) from "13 Pall Mall East" (Office of the Mercantile Committee on Postage) in the printed handwriting of Henry Cole (Secretary of the Mercantile Committee on Postage); an invitation to attend an imminent meeting of the "Committee for Promoting the adoption of the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Postage" which was chaired by Robert Wallace and had voted in favour of the introduction of Rowland Hill's plans and Cheap Postage. Fine album-page size (c.5x8 ins.; single folded sheet) Propaganda item; listed as No.38 in Henry Cole's index of the Mercantile Paper as "Summons for West End Committee". Only three or four examples of this letter remain in private hands. [Ex the John Dillon set of M.C.P. Papers.] PHOTO - see page 17. £300 |
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| 1019 | |||
| LAST DAY OF HIGH MILEAGE-BASED RATES COVER CHARGED "10[d]" IN ERROR FOR 1s-8d BEING DOUBLE; Attractive and fine 4 Dec. 1839 EL (mourning paper; contents mention an enclosure) from "Sutton Rectory" with very fine red "BIGGLESWADE" UDC on the top flap to "Chipping Norton" charged "10" (single rate!) via London (v. fine red 2-ring c.d.s. on the top flap). Very few letters were sent on this last day of high mileage-based postal rates (the next day postage was a Uniform rate of 4d per half ounce), but this letter should have been charged even more - 1s-8d - as it was a double-sheet letter! Rare thus. PHOTO - see page 16. £150 |
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| 1020 | |||
| LITTLE-KNOWN LATER POSTAL REFORMERS' LETTER & PAMPHLETS; 13 Mar. 1848 letter (no address sheet; minor repair at top left) from "8 Annandale Street, Edinr." to the Bank of Scotland signed by "W[illiam]. Gallaway" (1772-1851) seeking a gratuity for his attempts at Postal Reform; "...my exertions in procuring the acceleration of the Mails and more particularly betwixt London and this City...". The bank has endorsed it "20 March £10-10s-0d Allowed.". Rare item from a Scottish Postal Reformer. [Recorded in 1952 PHS Bulletin, pp.71/72.] [Ex Bruce Auckland.]; 1852 15-page printed pamphlet (124 x 196mm) "NOTE ON...REPEALING THE NEWSPAPER STAMPS DUTY...& THE EXCISE DUTY ON PAPER" by William Edwin Baxter from "LEWES" with 1d Red tied by Numeral; it argues that the newspaper tax stamp is a great boon as it includes free postage! The only example of this eccentric pamphlet that we have seen; 1886 PO Circular notice ref. the newly established "Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund" (est. 1879); rare small 1889 pamphlet "LETTER CARRIERS LAMP" by J.M. West of Plymouth (sellotape faults) seeking cash for a lamp invention; and rare 1897 PO form (unused) for listing "PLACES WHICH HAVE NO FREE DELIVERY". Rare group. (5 items) £240 |
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| 1021 | |||
LETTER FROM "MR. ROWLAND HILL" (IN THIRD PERSON) ON P.O. PAPER, ETC.; 29 Nov. 1859 letter (no env.) on paper with embossed "POST OFFICE" arms at top from the "General Post Office" written in third person - not in Hill's own hand - thanking "the Secretary of the Athenaeum [Club]" for "his note"; Hill was in the middle of his term as Secretary of the P.O. at this date and was not knighted until the following year; it is unusual to find a letter written on his behalf on what appears to be a personal matter. Plus an unrelated c.1833 front (no postal marks) addressed to "Lord Stanley" in "Downing Street" signed by "B[aro]n Al[exander von] Humboldt" and "[Lord] Westmorland". (2 items) PHOTO - see page 64. £120MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS |
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| 1022 | |||
| EARLY USAGE - 13th MAY 1840 - 1d MULREADY LETTER-SHEET WITH ORANGE-RED LIVERPOOL MALTESE CROSS; 13 May 1840 usage of the Stereo A65 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet (some edge wear etc., but attractive) to Hastings correctly cancelled b a very fine Maltese Cross in the distinctive Liverpool orange-red shade matching the very fine "LIVERPOOL/MY 13/1840/K" c.d.s. on the top flap. Very good third week usage of Mulready and MX. PHOTO - see page 17. £300 |
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| 1023 | |||
| PRINTED CONTENTS ENCLOSED IN MULREADY ENVELOPE & LETTER-SHEET; 11 July 1840 usage of the Stereo A167 1d Black Mulready env. from London to Leeds with very fine orange-red MX having the original unusual printed enclosure - a religious dream story! - plus a 4 Sept. 1840 usage of the Stereo A16 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet to Scotland with red MX and having a small newspaper cutting glued inside referred to in the letter. Rare and fine pair; Mulreadies with separate printed contents are seldom seen. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 66. £240 |
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| 1024 | |||
| ADVERTISING DESIGNS - SCARCE BLUE TYPES FOR INSURANCE (2) & MULTI-ADVERTS; 6 June/6 July 1840 pair of 1d Black Mulready letter-sheets (latter with faults, former with reinforced folds) with adverts inside printed in blue for "FAMILY ENDOWMENT" Insurance Co. or "THE ENVELOPE SELECT ADVERTISER No.2" with orange-red London Maltese Crosses; rare pair in spite of faults - the insurance co. design is an unusually early example; plus unused 1842 blue "English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance" advert inside Stereo A230 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet (flap fault). (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 66. £240 |
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| 1025 | |||
| 2nd SUNDAY 1d MULREADY ENVELOPE + UNCANCELLED 2d MULREADY TO ANTWERP; 17 May 1840 usage of the Stereo A181 Mulready 1d Black env. (closed tear affects c.d.s. on front) to London cancelled by a very fine orange-red MX (crease) with a fine "TORQUAY" c.d.s. (closed tear) on the front; plus fine unsealed Stereo "a99" 2d Blue Mulready letter-sheet addressed to "John Lewis Newnham, Antwerp". Rare and unusual pair. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 17. £240 |
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| 1026 | |||
| ADVERTISING DESIGNS - BLACK TYPES FOR INSURANCE COS. (2) & WATER-CLOSET FIRM; 1842/43 pair of usages of 1d Black Mulready letter-sheets (some faults; both with black MXs - ex London & Canterbury) with adverts inside printed in black for ""Atlas Assurance Co." or "ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE CO."; plus front and flaps only of 3 Sept. 1840 usage of the Stereo A50 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet with red London MX having the rare Freeman Roe pictorial advert on the reverse showing a fine garden fountain and mentioning "Patent WATER CLOSETS", etc. Good trio. (3 items) PHOTO - see page 64. £200 |
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| 1027 | |||
| FINE UNUSED 1d & 2d PAIR PLUS GERMAN 1d/2d FACSIMILES, ETC.; Unused letter-sheets pair - Stereo a69 2d Blue + Stereo A35 1d Black - plus fine 2d Blue Mulready front with red MX, and 1888 pair of unused German (Senf) "Facsimile" 1d Black (fine) & 2d Blue (poor) Mulready "Facsimiles". PHOTO - see page 66. £200 |
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| 1028 | |||
| 1d Letter sheet used from Christchurch to Malmsbury dated 6 May 1842 with black MC cancellation. 1d env. Stereo A151 used from Rotherham to Newcastle dated ?? Dec 1840, oily red MC cancellation. Also an unused Menzies caricature. Some creasing and a little soiled. (3 items) £120 |
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| 1029 | |||
| VEGETARIAN PROPAGANDA WAFER SEAL ON COVER; 25 Aug. 1850 env. (some wrinkling and edge wear barely detracts) from "VORM" in Germany to Newcastle on Tyne (charged "2/1" on arrival) via "FRANKFURT" and "FORBACH" (French entry-mark) sealed by a fine English 7-line printed pro-Vegetarianism propaganda wafer seal label (neatly cut on opening; tied by London transit c.d.s.) quoting the Swiss doctor "HALLER"; "The food in which flesh/has no share is salutary,/fully nourishes the body,/protracts life, and pre-/vents or cur es disorders/produced by grossness of/the blood. HALLER". This is the only recorded example of a pro-Vegetarian wafer seal on cover as far as we are aware. The British Vegetarian Society was founded in 1847. PHOTO - see page 17. £240 |
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| 1030 | |||
| ORIGINAL UNUSED VALENTINE OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE ENV., PEACE DESIGN PROOF IN RED, ETC.; Fine unused c.1850 Valentine "OCEAN POSTAGE" design env. (small stain mark at foot; on watermarked "ROYAL EXTRA" laid paper), pair of original (or unidentified reprint) unused Valentines Industry/Brotherhood design envs. (not Deraedemaekers) and a very fine red 'Proof' on card of the unissued "THE PAST THE FUTURE" design. (4 items) PHOTO - see page 66. £200 |
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| 1031 | |||
| ALL-DIFFERENT GROUP OF MULREADY CARICATURE/PROPAGANDA DESIGN DERAEDEMAEKER REPRINTS; c.1870s group of fine unused reprints of the Punch Anti-Graham (blue) and Fores (Xmas, Civic & Hunting - latter yellow & white paper), and Ocean Penny Postage (3; Valentines/Myer) designs. Attractive and fine group. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 66. £240 |
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| 1032 | |||
ALL-DIFFERENT GROUP OF VALENTINE PROPAGANDA DESIGN DERAEDEMAEKER REPRINTS; c.1870s group of fine unused reprints of the Peace (2), Anti-Slavery, Maine Law , Onwhyn pictorial, and Temperance (2) envelope designs. Attractive and fine group. Plus rather basic c.1970 (stained photocopy?) quartet of folded A4 'reprint' letter-sheets. (11 covers) PHOTO - see page 66. £200MULREADY CARICATURES |
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| 1033 | |||
| UNUSED RARE CARICATURE BROADSHEET - THOMAS WHITE "MOLL-ROONY, R.A.M." DESIGN, ETC.; May 1840 unused Thomas White 'broadsheet' larger design (margins reduced?; crease and usual stains for this) with fine cartoon design with most characters with speech-bubbles; seldom seen. Plus unidentified (non-Deraedemaeker) reprint of the Southgate June 1840 "No. 4" "BLARNEY STONE" Caricature. (2 items) PHOTO - see below. £200 |
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| 1034 | |||
| RARE ORIGINAL SPOONER "WRITE, WRITE, WRITING" No.4 UNUSED CARICATURE ENVELOPE; 1840 unused rare Original Spooner No.4 "For we'r all writing, write, write, writing" Mulready Caricature env. (the four flaps slightly trimmed) depicting all and sundry writing letters (as a result of cheap postage). Only around 6 undamaged used examples of this design have been recorded. PHOTO - see below £140 |
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| 1035 | |||
ALL-DIFFERENT GROUP OF MULREADY CARICATURE DERAEDEMAEKER REPRINTS; c.1870s group of fine unused reprints of the Menzies, Southgate (Nos. 1, 2, 3 - white & yellow paper types - 5 and 6), and John Leech designs. Attractive and fine group. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 66. £240TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC. |
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| 1036 | |||
EARLY EXPERIMENTAL CANCELLATION - THE 13-BAR CIRCLE - IN RED ON PLATE 1a 1d BLACK; c.May/June 1840 off-cover 1d Black (LH; 3 wide margins, clear to just shaved at foot - some minor faults) cancelled by a very fine strike of the very rare Experimental barred circle cancellation in a red ink identical to that of the Maltese Cross along with two very small marks in black ink (which may also be contemporary). We have traced only two other examples of this rare Experimental Cancellation - akin to the well-known concentric rings type - one in black on a single 1d Black (also Plate 1a and from the same row as this stamp; LC) in the National Postal Museum's 'Phillips' Collection (see Robson Lowe's "The British Postage Stamp", p.119), and the other on a sheet of vellum in the Royal Philatelic Collection (three strikes in black along with several matching black Maltese Crosses, concentric rings cancels and the fancy Charles Whiting "POST/GO FREE/OFFICE" type) - which is illustrated in David Rowse's Rainbow Trials book, p.142.This stamp was illustrated in the July/Sept. 1955 issue of the 'Philatelic Journal of Great Britain', and it is accompanied by relevant letters about it from P.L. Pemberton (1956; a copy), R.C. Alcock Ltd. (1973) and Robson Lowe Ltd. (1973), all of which emphasize this cancellation's rarity, and one of which refers to the N.P.M. 1d Black (which came from the papers of Rowland Hill's nephew, Ormond Hill). Important item that can only now be fully understood in the light of the publication of the page in the Rainbow Trials book; it is known that cancellation experiments were carried out in May/June 1840 with red and black inks being used on similar 1d Black/1d 'VR' Black stamps. Unique in private hands as far as we are aware. Important Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see back cover. £3,000LINE ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS |
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| 1037 | |||
1841-57 An untidy mainly used selection inc 1841 1d (55, inc three unused, examples with numbers "2", "7" & "8" x 2 in MC). 2d (11, inc a cut into pair with "7" in MC). A good group of 1d & 2d perforated issues. 1870 1/2d and 11/2d plates. Very mixed condition (220+) £120IMPORTANT LINE ENGRAVED COVERS |
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| 1038 | |||
| AN EXCEPTIONAL 1840 1d BLACK PLATE 6 BLOCK OF FOUR USED ON COVER FROM LONDON TO NORTHAMPTON:1840 (4 Feb) E from London to Northampton bearing a BLOCK OF FOUR 1d PLATE 6 BA-CB tied by four crisp strikes of a London MC. Cut along frame line at left and just shaved at lower right. Very fresh and a lovely impression. Displays well and would enhance any collection. SG £25,000 as a block off cover. RPSL Cert (1989) PHOTO - see back cover. £10,000 |
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| 1039 | |||
MAY 8th 1840 (3rd DAY OF USE) 1d BLACK COVER WITH LIVERPOOL "PxL" (LATE FEE PAID) MARK AND PRINTED CONTENTS; Remarkable and attractive 8 May 1840 EL (purely printed contents; a Liverpool cotton brokers Prices Current dated 8 May 1840) to Scotland franked by an attractive Plate 1a 1d Black (AA; 4 good to huge margins - slight gum toning around edges) tied (by indentation in two places) by a light orange-red Liverpool Maltese Cross matching the slightly blurred "PxL" mark (Paid extra [in cash] for the Late Fee) alongside and the very fine "LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. nicely placed on the top flap. Possibly the earliest known stamped Late Fee cover and perhaps the earliest known Printed Matter cover franked by a 1d Black. Excellent Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 6. £2,0001840 1d BLACKS |
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| 1040 | |||
| An unplated group with AE cancelled in black), BI (poor), BK cancelled in black, DD, EG cancelled in black, FL cancelled in black, GF, IA, RF, OH cancelled in black, QA & RC cancelled in black. Also 1840 2d EJ, GK with numeral cancellation but poor, OC cancelled in black, PB (poor), QF cancelled in black and QK with numeral cancellations. Mostly three margined with faults. (18) £440 |
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| 1041 | |||
| UNPLATED: Nine used examples, all with some faults but mostly of reasonable appearance. (9) £400 |
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| 1042 | |||
| Plate 1a TF neat cancellation, three wide margins, clear at top. PHOTO - see page 67. £70 |
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| 1043 | |||
| Plate 1b CA with INVERTED WATERMARK, a fine lightly cancelled example of this rarity. SG Spec AS51 £2,500 PHOTO - see page 67. £340 |
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| 1044 | |||
| Plate 1b LJ lightly cancelled, cut into at top and shaved at right, horizontal crease and 1840 2d plate 1 QJ, three wide margins, cut into at foot, almost complete black MC cancellation. Both with INVERTED WATERMARKS. SG Spec AS4l &DS1a £8,500. PHOTO - see page 67. £300 |
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| 1045 | |||
| Plate 1b DE with central MC cancellation leaving corner letters clear. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1046 | |||
| Plate 2 RH lightly cancelled. A fine four margined example. PHOTO - see page 67. £100 |
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| 1047 | |||
| Plate 3 PE(small loop to "P"), wide even margins and an exceptional central MC leaving corner letters clear. Top quality. PHOTO - see page 67. £150 |
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| 1048 | |||
| Plate 3 DB neatly cancelled to leave corner letters clear. Wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1049 | |||
| Plate 4 QL good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1050 | |||
| Plate 5 AA State 2 cancelled in black. Three wide margins, shaved at top right. Plate 7 BD with a very central bright red MC, clear to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1051 | |||
| Plate 5 CH good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £100 |
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| 1052 | |||
| Plate 6 LD with central MC leaving corner letters clear. Wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1053 | |||
| Plate 6 GL with almost complete central MC. Wide margins, fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1054 | |||
| Plate 6 FB cancelled to leave corner letters clear. Good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £100 |
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| 1055 | |||
| Plate 8 FK a wide margined example with central MC. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1056 | |||
| Plate 9 GH a wide margined example with almost complete black MC cancellation. Exceptional. PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1057 | |||
| Plate 9 MH tied by black MC to EL from Liverpool to Stafford dated 3 April 1841, inspectors red "star" h.s. on reverse. Also ?K tied by black MC to EL from Warrington to Stafford dated 19 March 1841. Good four margined examples, but some cover faults. PHOTO - see page 68. £140 |
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| 1058 | |||
| VIOLET MALTESE CROSS OF LENNOXTOWN - 1d BLACK COVER WITH FINE STRIKE MATCHING BOXED "18" R.H. MARK; Remarkable 16 Sept. 1840 EL to Linlithgow franked by a Plate 1a 1d Black (AG; good margins on three sides - crease) tied by a large part very fine Violet Maltese Cross matching the Glasgow Penny Post boxed "18" Receiving House mark (of Lennoxtown, as identified in W.P. Cochrane's book) on the top flap. Very few 1d Black covers with purple/violet MXs are known. (SG Cat. £12,000 OFF COVER!) [With 2006 RPS Certificate of Genuineness.] PHOTO - see page 6. £500 |
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| 1059 | |||
| JOHN GADSBY YELLOW & PINK FREE TRADE PROPAGANDA WAFERS ON PIECE WITH 1d BLACK; Spectacular long piece from a cover (part contents signed "[John] Gadsby" on reverse) franked by 1d Black (BB; good to wide margins all round, only just touched at top right - initialled "J.G." either side of the stamp, presumably by Gadsby himself) tied by a red Maltese Cross having a large yellow wafer and a strip of three small pink ones (apparently tied by red backstamp offset ink) alongside all produced by John Gadsby himself; "Let Free Trade Advocates disseminate Free Trade principles. 12 successive numbers of the Anti Corn-Law Circular will be sent by Post, free, on forwarding 2s. to JOHN GADSBY, Manchester" (yellow) and one of the 3 pink wafers with "Send 1s. to J. Gadsby, Manchester, for Anti Corn-Law Wafers, & put them on your letters.". Very rare example of Gadsby promoting his own wafers. PHOTO - see page 5. £300 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 759 Lots 1010-1754) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 31st May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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