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Great Britain Stamps and Postal History (Sale No. 13026)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 5th June 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 3 June 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday 4 June 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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Auction Lots - Page 6
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x KK-KL, horizontal pair from the right of the sheet with full margin and inscription "...wards the RIGHT Ha...", close to large margins other sides, Scottish "7" in bars cancellation of Arbroath, fine £120-150
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x QE, close to large margins all round on entire letter, dated 12 June 1842, addressed to Cognac, "491" barred oval cancellation of Macclesfield and additionally tied by red angl/2/boulogne d.s.; also unplated, RL, good to very large margins all round with greenish "210" barred oval cancellation of Colchester £90-110

Plate 84
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AE-AF horizontal pair in an orange-brown shade, large margins, fine unmounted mint. Rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2011). Photo £1,000-1,200

Plate 89
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AA, imprimatur in red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and inscription, other margins are large to enormous; on blued paper showing a watery ivory head. Fine. Photo £600-650

Plate 115
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AK, imprimatur in dark reddish brown, with complete top margin with inscription, other margins good to very large; blued paper showing a sharp ivory head; fine. Photo £300-350

Plate 140
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AA, imprimatur in red-brown, showing the plate number and part of the marginal inscription at top, large margins on other sides; fresh and fine appearance. Photo £600-650

Plate 153
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PA, Plate 157 IJ and Unplated BE, close to good margins all round, part original gum or unused, a few small faults £100-150

Plate 157
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AA, imprimatur showing the re-entry, in a warm red-brown, with corner margins showing the plate number and inscription, other margins are large to very large; light bluing of the paper showing a faint ivory head; full margin at top (diagonal crease in the corner). A fine and desirable proof. Photo £800-1,000

Plate 160
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AA, imprimatur in red-brown, with corner margins showing the plate number and inscription, other margins are good to large; a cloudy impression with virtually no bluing, defect in the sheet corner. Photo £500-550

Plate 161
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AA, imprimatur in red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and inscription, other margins are very large; virtually no bluing; light wrinkling in the left margin. Photo £600-650

Plate 168
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EA, good to very large margins all round and showing a trace of the marginal ornament at upper left, cancelled by two strikes, one partial, of the left portion of the London District post double stamp, reading "8NT/FE 4/54", fine and a very rare such usage on this stamp. Photo £180-200
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KL, good to large margins all round, part original gum, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1975). Photo £80-100

Cancellations
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HI, close to large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at right, part of clear Town datestamp cancellation; pressed creases, fine. Photo £60-80
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KF, close or touched at top and upper-right, good margins other sides, tied to entire dated 20 March 1844 addressed to Dublin by a light but crisp and clear violet Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Specialised B1se, £40,000. Photo £5,000-5,500
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OJ in red-brown, good to very large margins with a clear and upright strike of the Norwich distinctive Maltese Cross, centred a little towards the upper left corner. Fresh and fine. Cat. £550. Photo £80-100
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SA, good to large margins all round, tied to piece by a good strike of the Hollymount Maltese Cross, fine and rare. Specialised B1tha, £2,800. Photo £400-500
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Number 6 in Maltese Cross: TD-TE, horizontal pair, close to large margins all round; fine. Specialised B1uf, £320+ £60-80
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x Collection in a green album, 323 stamps, including a complete reconstruction, Plated examples with twenty-seven unused (Plate 16 block of six), used with Plate 28 inverted watermark, Plate 8 RG-SH block of four, Plate 102 MB-NE block of eight, etc., mixed condition £4,000-4,500
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A small selection of three and an 1841 1d. pink postal stationery envelope, all with London Maltese cross cancellations, two on covers, markings with "T.P./Grays Inn", red "T.P./Holborn Bars", etc., also 1841 2d. Plate 4, KB, good to enormous margins all round showing good portions of the adjoining stamps at left and right, light vertical crease, but striking appearance £50-70

1841 Two Pence Blue

Plate 3
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x FF, good to large margins all round, large part original crinkly gum, horizontal crease, good appearance. Photo £800-1,000
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GL-HL, vertical pair, very close or just touched at foot to large margins and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, cancelled by two fine partial strikes of the rare Kilmarnock distinctive Maltese Cross in black; GL with pressed crease and HL with a small repair at left, nevertheless a striking pair and very attractive. R.P.S. Certificate (2007). Specialised ES11uf, £7,000. Photo £600-800
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NF-NG horizontal pair in pale blue, just cut into at lower right corner, other margins are close to good, unused and regummed. Photo £800-1,000
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NI-NK, horizontal strip of three, good to large margins all round, three number "12" in Maltese Cross cancellations, fine and scarce. Specialised E1vl, £1,650+ Photo £250-300
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SL imprimatur in deep blue, with full sheet margin at right, other margins close to very large; a few blue paper adherences in the margin. Very fine. Specialised £20,000. Photo £4,000-4,500
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TI-TJ horizontal pair in a deep, full blue shade, cut into bottom of both stamps and
just touched at right, other margins are close to very large, unused and partly regummed; TI with small thin. Fresh appearance. Photo £700-750

Plate 4
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AA-AG, horizontal strip of seven, violet-blue on thicker lavender tinted paper, London Inland section cancellations, close to large margins all round, without creases and very
fine for this scarce shade and to our knowledge the largest recorded multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). Specialised ES16, £12,600 as singles. Photo £3,000-4,000
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x ED-EE, horizontal pair with watermarks inverted, a little close at right, large margins other sides and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at lower left, indistinct Scottish numeral cancellations, fine. S.G. 14wi, £1,700. Photo £250-300
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EE in a deep blue shade, good to very large margins on lightly blued paper, unused and regummed. Attractive. Cat. £6,000. Photo £700-750
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JA-JD, strip of four, large to very large margins all round and cancelled by "383" numerals of Hull on small envelope to Hamburg, manuscript "Via Hull steam", superb strike of red boxed "hull/ship-letter/sp27 1853" with champhered corners sideways. An delightful cover. Photo £500-600
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x Selection of twenty-one used, including Plate 4 SD-SF strip of three, TH re-entry, etc., mixed condition £150-200

1848-50 One Penny Red

Perforation 16 by Henry Archer
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Plate 96: JA-KB block of four in a deep red-brown on blued paper, unused with some gum which has been redistributed and partly soaked into the paper; very well centred.
A scarce block. S.G. 16b, Specialised CE2, £20,000. Photo £2,000-2,500
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Plate 96: NJ-QL block of twelve (3x4) in red-brown on slightly blued paper, with some gum which has been redistributed; folded through central horizontal perfs. with some reinforcement at right; quite well centred and a remarkable block. Very rare. S.G. 16b, Catalogued at £54,000++ as two blocks of four and four singles. Photo £13,000-15,000

1854-57

Watermark Small Crown
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1d. Plate 180, AA, imprimatur in a deep red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and margin inscription, other margins are close to large; some slight bluing of the paper; some marks around the Queen's neck where the ink has not printed properly, otherwise fine. Photo £350-400
Provenance: Leonard H. Clark, May 1946
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1d. Die I, Plate 183, IG in plum, Plate 187, AL, in dark red-brown, Plate 189, AA, in deep red-brown, Plate 193, TA, in dark purple-brown and Plate 196, TA, all imprimaturs, mostly from the corners of the sheet with Plate numbers, faults but a scarce group. Photo £800-1,000
285
1d., Plates 185 and 186, IG imprimaturs, a matching pair in shades of cold and warm red-brown, plate 185 with large margins, plate 186 touched to very large margins, fine. Photo £300-350
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1d. Plate 188, AA imprimatur in a deep red-brown shade with corner margins showing the plate number and margin inscription, other margins are very large, blued paper showing ivory head; some marking on the face where the ink has not taken properly and thinning in the lower left margin. Photo £240-260
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1d. Plate 190, TA imprimatur in deep red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and margin inscription, other margins are good to large; some patched around the Queen's head where the ink has not taken, otherwise fine. Photo £300-350
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1d., Plate 191, TA, imprimatur in brown-red, with corner margins showing the plate number and the margin inscription, other margins are large to very large; some discolouration around the Queen's head and thinning in the lower margins. Photo £240-260
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1d., Plate 204, AL, imprimatur in dark red-brown, from the upper-right corner of the sheet with Plate number and part inscription, close to good margins other sides, showing slight blueing of the paper, margin slightly trimmed at top, fine. Photo £400-500
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1d. plum, Plate 210, perf. 16, AH, London Inland barred oval cancellation, fine. Specialised C1(4), £950. Photo £100-120
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1d. Die II, Plate 3, AA, imprimatur in a rich red-brown, with corner margins showing the plate number and marginal inscription, other margins close to large; thinned in the corner, just affecting the corner square. Photo £480-500
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1d. Die II, Plate 4, AA, imprimatur in deep red-brown, from the upper-left corner of the sheet with plate number and part inscription, good margins other sides and showing very light blueing of the paper, the impression slightly underinked at left, fine. Photo £900-1,000
293
1d. Die II, Plate 6, AA in deep red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and inscription, other margins large to very large; virtually white paper, fragment missing from foot; Watermark Large Crown 1d. Plate 48, TE in lake-brown, imprimaturs, scarce £200-250
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1d. Die II, Plate 10, AG, imprimatur in red-brown with top margin, other margins are large to very large. Fresh and fine. Photo £180-200
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1d. Die II Plate 12, AA, imprimatur in deep red-brown, from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Plate number and part inscription, large margins other sides, showing small traces of blueing, the impression slightly underinked at left, fine. Photo £800-1,000
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1d., Reserve Plates R7 to R14, set of imprimaturs, all except R12 lettered AA from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Plate numbers and part imprint, R12 TL from the lower-right corner of the sheet with Plate number and part imprint, in shades of red-brown to deep red-brown, with good to large margins and showing varying degrees of blueing of the paper, R12 with diagonal crease and some others with tiny, mostly natural faults, fine. A very rare and most desirable set. Photo £8,000-10,000
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1d. Reserve plate R12, TA, imprimatur in red-brown with corner margins showing the plate number and marginal inscription, other margins good to large; some irregular bluing of the paper which has caused some discolouration and some wrinkling of the paper. Photo £500-550
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1d., Reserve Plate 16, AA, imprimatur from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Plate number and part imprint, large margins other sides, fine. Photo £420-480

Watermark Large Crown
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1d. Plate 22, MG in red-brown, variety imperforate, on ungummed paper, good to large margins; horizontal crease towards foot; fresh. From Neale's steam press experiment.
S.G. 29a, Specialised C8h, £4,000. Photo £240-280
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1d. Plate 22, NF-NG, horizontal pair in a pale red-brown shade, variety imperforate, on ungummed paper, large to very large margins; small mark in centre, otherwise fresh and fine. From Neale's steam press experiment. S.G. 29a, Specialised C8h, £8,000. Photo £2,400-2,800
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Great Britain Stamps and Postal History (Sale No. 13026)
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 5th June 2013 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Monday 3 June 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday 4 June 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
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