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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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| Auction Lots - Page 2 | |||
| 1060 | |||
| COLOURED MALTESE CROSSES ON 1d BLACKS - BLUE, BLACK (LEEDS) & ?VIOLET; Plate 5 1d Black (BB State 2; good to wide margins but very close at lower right) with light strike of the Maltese Cross in BLUE (very rare), Plate 1b 1d Black (OE; almost 4m - slight faults - SG cat. £11,000!) with large part fine distinctive Leeds MX, and Plate 5 1d Black (KG; 4m, slight faults) with unclear orange/violet MX (with RPS 2006 cert. stating that the cancel's colour is not clear). (3) PHOTO - see page 67. £300 |
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| 1061 | |||
| RARE INVERTED WATERMARK 1d BLACK ON COVER WITH "THORNBURY" UDC; 17 Sept. 1840 EL (one flap reduced; minor wear and slight toning) from "Thornbury" to "Dursley" franked by an attractive lightly cancelled 4 margin 1d Black (Plate 1b; NJ; close at left, wide margins on the other three sides) just tied by a very light orange-red Maltese Cross; the stamp has an inverted watermark (visible with bright light through the cover which is fortuitously made of very thin paper). Rare. [SG Spec.51; £2,500 off cover!] PHOTO - see page 17. £300 |
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| 1062 | |||
| 1840 2d BLUE COVER + 1d BLACK COVERS WITH RED OR BLACK MALTESE CROSSES; Jan. 1842 E from Worcester with 1840 2d Blue (AH; margins in places) affixed with red wax, Nov. 1840 EL ex Honiton with 4m Plate 1b 1d Black (TG) tied by light orange-red MX, and Mar. 1841 EL ex Tadcaster with 3m Plate 5 1d Black (AA). (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 64. £200 |
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| 1063 | |||
| PLATE 5 1d BLACK COVERS WITH RED MXs INC. ONE WITH RARE "Bournmouth/Penny Post" MARK; 11 Dec. 1840 E (toning and closed seal tear clear of tape & marks) to Bruton franked by Plate 5 1d Black (IE; 3m, huge at top) tied by fair red MX and by part of a very fine "POOLE" transit c.d.s., also having a very fine rare "Bournmouth/Penny Post" on the top flap; plus 27 Jan. 1841 EL to London franked by Plate 5 1d Black (DI; almost 4m) tied by red MX and part of the fine red "EXETER" c.d.s. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 68. £200 |
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| 1064 | |||
| CHRISTMAS DAY USAGE OF THE 1d BLACK, ETC.; Large 25 Dec. 1840 piece with a fine 4-margin Plate 9 1d Black (MB; huge margin at right, tiny scuff at top left) tied by a lovely blood-red Maltese Cross with supporting "CAMBRIDGE" c.d.s. on the flap; plus 23 Dec. 1840 EL from "TAUNTON" (fine c.d.s. on the front; looks like 25 Dec., but in our opinion is 23 Dec.) to Wiveliscombe franked by a very near 4m 1d Black (just touched at bottom left) tied by a red Maltese Cross. 1d Blacks used on Xmas Day are rare. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 66. £150 |
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| 1065 | |||
1d BLACK PIECE WITH RARE "MISSENT TO/INVERKEITHING", ETC.; Large 4 Sept. 1840 piece with a fine 4-margin 1d Black (BA) tied by a fine red Stirling Maltese Cross having a mainly fine red rare "MISSENT TO/INVERKEITHING" alongside; plus an off-cover nearly 3m 1d Black (OL) with red MX. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 68. £1001840 2d BLUES |
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| 1066 | |||
| Unplated AC cancelled in black, BA and TF cancelled in black. Fair three & four margined examples £100 |
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| 1067 | |||
| Plate 1 II with INVERTED WATERMARK variety, neatly cancelled in black, small surface abrasion on lower left tip, clear to good margins. A rarity. SG Spec D58a £6,000 PHOTO - see page 67. £400 |
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| 1068 | |||
| Plate 1 PB cancelled in black. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1069 | |||
| Plate 1 GE with almost complete central black MC cancellation. Fine. PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1070 | |||
Plate 2 SE tied by an almost complete Scottish numeral to small piece, just shaved to good margins. Also 1841 2d plate 4 MA (creased) with large part blue numeral cancellation, shaved at top. £1501841 1d REDS |
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| 1071 | |||
| An unplated used selection of shades with numeral cancellations, a few pairs are included. Poor to fine. (404) £280 |
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| 1072 | |||
| 1d red-brown (shades) BF, HK, ID, MD (horizontal bend) & QB. Alphabet II II (light bend). Fresh mint examples. SG £3,600 (6) PHOTO - see page 67. £300 |
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| 1073 | |||
| 1d red-brown, a mounted mint pair BE-BF. Fine and fresh. SG £1,200 PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1074 | |||
| 1d red brown FF-FG a fine mounted mint pair. SG £1,200 PHOTO - see page 67. £160 |
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| 1075 | |||
| 1d red-brown QH-QI. A fine lightly mounted mint pair, wide margins showing small portions of adjoining stamps on two sides. SG £1,200 PHOTO - see page 67. £160 |
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| 1076 | |||
| Two unplated examples DA wide to huge sheet margin at left, vertical crease and TG just shaved at top with "wards the RIGHT h" part inscription at foot. Fair used. £70 |
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| 1077 | |||
| PLATE 1 & PLATE 5 (STATE 2) 1d REDS ON COVERS WITH MALTESE CROSSES; 1841 env. with rare Plate 1b 1d Red (2 large margins, shaved on the other sides) tied very a superb black London MX; plus 1842 E ex Sheffield to "Directors of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway" (!) franked by Plate 5 (State 2) 1d Red (FE; 4 good to very wide margins) cancelled by a light MX. (2 covers) £100 |
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| 1078 | |||
| Plates 2 (8, inc one on piece), 5 (5, inc one on piece), 9 (10) and 11 (9, inc a strip of three OD-OF). Poor to fine. (32) £200 |
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| 1079 | |||
| RARE PLATE 10 BLOCK OF FOUR ON COVER WITH MALTESE CROSSES; 5 Apr. 1841 long env. env. (neatly closed tear across address well clear of stamps) from Bridgewater to Chudleigh attractively franked by a rare Block of Four Plate 10 Reds (LD-ME; touched to good margins) neatly tied by four black Bridgwater Maltese Crosses. Used Blocks of 1d Reds from Black Plates are very rare off cover, and almost impossible to find on cover. [Plate 10 Blocks are unpriced in SG even off cover!] Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 19. £400 |
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| 1080 | |||
Plate 21 LL with L over K re-entry, 23 QC, 37 SA-SC & SE-SG. Plus ten unplated examples. Includes eighteen with MC cancellations inc distinctive types of Dublin, Edinburgh & Kilmarnock plus a fine "6" in MC. 1841 2d plate 3 OD with ivory head. mostly fine. £1401841 2d BLUES |
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| 1081 | |||
| Plate 3 AL, PB with ivory head, RA clear profile and a pair TA-TB. All with MC cancellations. Plate 4 GF, HG-HI and NE-NF. Fine (11) £100 |
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| 1082 | |||
| Plate 4 BF with central blue numeral cancellation. Fine. SG Spec E1wb £1,000 PHOTO - see page 67. £140 |
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| 1083 | |||
No. IN M.X., BELFAST M.X. & BLUE NUMERAL ON COVERS, ETC.; 1843 pair of Es with single 1841 2d Blue (mainly fine Belfast MX or fine "10" in MX; four margins or 2 margins), 1853 E with 4m Pair (close to huge margins; both affected by light folds) tied by light but clearly blue "186" Numeral of Irvine (matching the backstamp), large [piece with pair - one showing spectacles variety; both near 4m) and loose 1841 2d on Lavender coloured paper (3m). (3 covers, 1 piece & 1 stamp) PHOTO - see page 68. £140TREASURY ROULETTES & ARCHER PERFS. |
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| 1084 | |||
EARLY ARCHER PERFORATED 1d RED (PLATE 100; TL) ON 1850 COVER; 14 Nov. 1850 EL (toned) from "HONITON" (v. fine blue c.d.s. on reverse) to "EXETER" (fine blue c.d.s. across join on reverse) franked by a Plate 100 1d Red 'Stars' (TL; belongs to this cover but has been taken off and put back at some time) with Archer perforations tied by a very fine Honiton "376" Numeral. Good example of the first year of official use of perforations in Britain. PHOTO - see page 19. £3001854-65 1d REDS |
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| 1085 | |||
| 1854 SC16 Die I, Alphabet I 1d red-brown AC centred to foot, FG, GG & PA (greatly misplaced perfs) and yellow brown TA (no gum) SC14 1d red-brown LG. Also 1856 LC14 Die II, Alphabet III 1d red-brown pair MC-MD centred to foot. Mounted mint with varying degrees of gum. (8) PHOTO - see page 69. £200 |
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| 1086 | |||
| 1855 envs (3) with Die I, Alph II SC16 1d's with S/ways duplex of Derby , Norwich (reversed "3" in date) & Stamford. 1856-57 covers (7) bearing LC14 on blued Die II, Alphabet III 1d shades inc plates 32 KF, 37 ME, 52 QR & 57 DG with sideways duplex of Durham, Great Malvern, Hereford with red ETON ST" UDC on reverse. Gloucester, Hull, Leeds & Stafford. Also 1d pink envs (4) with S/ways duplex of Brighton (2), Canterbury with m/s "Not Known" and Hereford. Mostly fine. (14 covers) £100 |
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| 1087 | |||
| 1856 (Jan) LC 14 Die II, Alphabet III 1d red-brown on blued, a mounted mint pair HH-HI with almost full gum, some natural bends but well centred and fresh. SG 29 £450 PHOTO - see page 67. £120 |
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| 1088 | |||
| 1856 Die, Alphabet III on blued, LC14 1d red brown pairs EE-ED & NA-NB. 1862 LC14 Die II, Alphabet provisional printing 1d rose red plate 15 GC & OB. Good mounted mint examples. (6). £120 |
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| 1089 | |||
1857-63 Die II, Alphabet III 1d red-brown, selection of twenty four shades inc two pairs and plate 61 PK. Alphabet IV plate 51 CK. Also 1d plates 148 PK (unmounted), 174 NA and a pair OA-PA. 2d blues plate 15 EG & RJ Mostly fine mounted mint and plate 7 CD-CJ a fine used strip of three. (34) £1201854-61 2d BLUES |
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| 1090 | |||
1855 (20 July) LC14 2d blue plate 5 AJ Centred a little high. Fresh mounted mint. SG 34 £2,500 PHOTO - see page 69. £1201858-69 2d PLATES |
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| 1091 | |||
1855 (20 July) Die I, Alphabet II LC14 2d blue plate 5 NJ-OK used block of four, well centred for this. Tiny faults. SG Spec F6 £1,000 as a block. Also 1856 1/- green overprinted "SPECIMEN" A few short perfs. Fair. SG Spec J100s £925. PHOTO - see page 69. £1601870 1/2d PLATES |
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| 1092 | |||
Plates 4 FS& IU, 12 KO, KQ, LM, LO, LU-MU pair, MS, 15 LI and 19 RT. Fresh mounted mint examples. (11) £1001855 1d DIE II ALPHABET II |
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| 1093 | |||
| Plate 1 SC14 GC on env. to Macclesfield tied by Carlisle sideways duplex with a v fine "ASPATRIA" UDC on reverse. SC16 KJ (centred to lower right) used on E to Staleybridge with Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. Plate 12 DI used on E to Manchester with Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. Plate 7 ML on E from Liverpool to Manchester. \ LC14 PI used on E to Staleybridge with Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. LC16 plate 11 QK on EL from Horsham to London. LC14 QL one env. used within London. (8 covers) £140 |
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| 1094 | |||
| Plates 2 DE, 6 AL, 8 KG (with m/s "Cannot be found"), NI & 11 CA. All SC16 used on covers, inc. one with a v. fine Liverpool "spoon". (5 covers). £140 |
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| 1095 | |||
| Plates 2 OD, 3 PC, 7 AE & BI plus DF (clipped at top), 10 EJ & 11 GG and five unplated with sideways duplex cancellations of Bristol with "KINGSDOWN" UDC, Cirencester, Derby, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newport Mon (2), Nottingham (front), Worcester, Ramsgate & Bradford All are SC14. Mostly fine. (12 covers) £140 |
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| 1096 | |||
| Plate 3 LC14 IF red-brown on E to Manchester with a fine Liverpool "spoon" dated 15 Feb 1856. Damaged at upper right corner but rare. SG £1,700 off cover. PHOTO - see page 68. £240 |
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| 1097 | |||
| Plate 3 SC14 GB used on E from Liverpool to Stalebridge with fine "spoon" cancellation. SC16 Plate 8 HC tied by fine Nottingham duplex to cover to Manchester. Plate 12 DC HB, IG, OD & QE. LC14 plate 11 KK on cover from Liverpool to Stalebridge with ""spoon" cancellation and plate 20 FI & NH used together on E with Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. Some with sideways duplex cancellations inc Nottingham, Bungay and Plymouth. (9 covers). £140 |
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| 1098 | |||
| Plate 3 SC16 IE used on E to Stalybridge with a fine Liverpool "spoon" cancellation, centred to foot. ED used on local Stourbridge EL with m/s "Left not known where" and "Cannot be found". SC14 NI used on E to Stalybridge with fine Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. SG used on E to Leeds with part chamfered corner too late duplex of London. (4 covers) £140 |
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| 1099 | |||
| Plates 4 OE, 5 SJ (inverted "S"), 6 FK & GK, 7 DI, LE & TF, 8 SK, 12 ND & 16 PG. AK LC14 used on covers, cancellations inc sideways duplex of Abingdon, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Colchester, Darlington, Devonport, Gosport (faults), Hereford, Lancaster, Sunderland (blue "BROCKHAM-GREEN UDC),Windsor and York (2). Mostly fine. SG Spec. C6. (13 covers), £160 |
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| 1100 | |||
| Plate 4 SC14 HA used on EL from Manchester tied by a good Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. Plate 9 NG used on E from Blackburn. SC16 plate 4 CG used on env. from Manchester to Macclesfield. plate 12 LA used on E to Staleybridge tied by a v fine Liverpool "spoon". LC16 plate 7 OF used on EL from Derby to Coventry. LC14 plate 4 GH used on E to Manchester, tied by a v. fine Liverpool "spoon" duplex. Plate 7 LE on mourning env. to "H.M.S. Horatio, Sheerness or Elsewhere. (7 covers) £120 |
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| 1101 | |||
| Plates 4 PE, 8 BB & PG, 9 DG & EB, 14 EJ & KJ All SC14 used on covers, three with Liverpool "spoon" cancellations. (7 covers). £120 |
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| 1102 | |||
| Plate 5 OD used on E from Tewksbury to London. Plate 11 PI used on E L from Liverpool ("spoon" cancellation) to Manchester. KJ & KK used together on E from London to Stalybridge. All being SC14. Plates 6 EH used on local Stourbridge EL with m/s "left" and "left not known where". AH used on E from Stourbridge to Ironbridge with m/s "Left the town many years" and "Left many years". Both SC16. Plate 12 LC16 IG used on printed insurance proposal within London. Also LC14 plate 8 NG yellow-brown used on E to Staleybridge with a v fine Liverpool "spoon" cancellation. (7 covers). £200 |
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| 1103 | |||
| Plate 5 SC14 HA-HC a strip of three used on EL from London to Blackburn dated 2nd Aug 1855. QA on E from London to Manchester. SC16 OB used on local printed Stourbridge demand for payment with m/s "left no known" and "not known where"LC14 AG (minute "G") used on E dated 11 March 1856 with a fine "MISSENT-TO-WORCESTER" h.s. LC16 TD (clear profile) used on env. to London. Plate 6 SC16 HC used on Stourbridge printed payment demand with m/s Not Known" and "Cannot be found" dated 15 Nov 1855. LC14 LH used on E to Staley Bridge with a v fine Liverpool "spoon" cancellation dated 25 Jan 1856. LC16 SI on printed local london EL dated 25 Oct 1855. (8 covers) £160 |
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| 1104 | |||
| PLATE 17 - RARE TRANSITIONAL USE: Plate 17 LC14 OC used on E (no flaps) to Edinburgh dated 27 April 1857, tied by boxed "SAUCHIHALL" h.s. Fine. A very small quantity of this adhesive were used on toned paper in the Spring of 1857. PHOTO - see page 19. £340 |
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| 1105 | |||
Plate 18 SE used on E from Liverpool ("spoon" cancellation) to Manchester. Plate 19 PI used on EL from Liverpool ("spoon" cancellation) to Manchester. Plate 20 AD-AE-AF, CC-CE &DC-DE in a deep shade on deeply blued paper used together on a front from London to Leipzig. plate 21 EC used on E from London to Manchester and JJ used on mourning env. from London to Bath. All are LC14. (5 covers) £140EMBOSSED ISSUES |
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| 1106 | |||
| 1/- green, five good examples and 6d dull lilac, three collectable examples. Some faults but collectable SG £9,250 (8) PHOTO - see page 69. £500 |
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| 1107 | |||
| 1/- (2), 10d (2) and 6d dull lilac (2, one with part Liverpool "spoon" cancellation). Fine three margined examples. SG £6,900 (6) PHOTO - see page 69. £400 |
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| 1108 | |||
| 1/- green Die 2 with central "131" (Edinburgh) cancellation. 10d brown Die 2 with central "11" cancellation of the London inland office. 6d lilac with "700" duplex cancellation of Sheffield and another with "387" cancellation of Huddersfield. Mostly fine. SG £4,450 PHOTO - see page 69. £340 |
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| 1109 | |||
| 1/- green Die 1 close to wide margins with central cancellation. 10d brown, just shaved to wide margins, "5" in bars cancellation and 6d dull lilac, good colour, cut along frame lines. SG 3,450 (3) PHOTO - see page 70. £200 |
| 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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