"Paters'n Roads" 1778, 1779 endorsed "given me by Colonel Paterson, Horse Guards 26 Sept 1799 Wm Eden", and 1808. A fine trio in unusually fine condition. (3). £80-100
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"Whittle and Lauries New Travellers Companion", 1814, Quarto. with 25 maps, double page maps in early outline colour. Fine condition £200-250
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Books on G.B stamps and postal history including "Postage Stamps in the Making" by Melville, "College Stamps" by Cummings, "Guide Lines to the Penny Black" (reprint) by Litchfield, "The Postage Stamps of Great Britain" published by the R.P.S.L in three volumes, etc., also "Early Portraits of Queen Victoria" containing 24 prints (one other missing), number 819 of 1,000 published. (23). £100-120
1883-84 Lilac & Green IssueColour TrialsAll colour trials were produced by De La Rue in 1884 as part of their experiments into colours, inks and papers to be used for the next stamp issue, the "Jubilee" issue of 1887. Initial trials were on coloured unwatermarked paper, later trials on white paper with Imperial Crown watermark. Trials exist both perf 14 and imperforate. S.G. do not differentiate between these, simply stating "imperforate trials are incomplete and not distinguished", although imperforate trials are probably scarcer than the perforated trials. Details of the production of these colour trials, and of later proofs and colour trials for the "Jubilee" issue, are given in "The De La Rue Years, 1878-1910", Volume 2, by W.A Wiseman, published in 1990.
Imperforate on Coloured Unwatermarked Paper |
1 1/2d, TA, Lilac on thick greyish paper, no gum, with small part experimental cancellation, small thin and crease to upper right corner, very unusual. S.G. £550+. Photo on Page 77. £180-220
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1 1/2d, TB, Green on orange paper, margin at base, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 55. £220-260
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2d, EA, Lilac on yellow paper, full original gum, light staining at upper right. S.G. £575. Photo on Page 77. £150-180
Perforated 14 on Coloured Unwatermarked Paper |
1 1/2d, GK, Lilac on thick greyish paper, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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1 1/2d, TJ, Green on orange paper, original gum, hinge remnants, fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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2 1/2d, CE, Green on buff paper, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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2 1/2d, KF, Purple on pink paper, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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3d, BL, Purple on deep blue paper, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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3d, DG, Purple on deep blue paper, part gum, fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £160-200
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3d, AE, Lilac on pale blue paper, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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3d, IH, Lilac on pale blue paper, tiny ink mark above the Queen's head, full original gum, fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 77. £180-220
Imperforate on White Paper, Watermark Imperial Crown |
1 1/2d, AC, Pale blue, original gum, upper margin folded over and adhering to upper half of the reverse, otherwise very fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £500-600
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3d, SJ, Green, no gum, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £500-600
Perforated 14 on White Paper, Watermark Imperial Crown |
1 1/2d, AF, Pale orange, small part gum, small edge fault at lower right, still an attractive colour trial. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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2 1/2d, GT, Orange-brown, no gum and one short perf at the top, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £450-550
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2 1/2d, GT, Brown, part gum and one short perf at the top, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £450-550
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3d, TC, Deep brown, no gum, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 77. £500-600
1887 "Jubilee" Issue"Dummy Stamp" Essays & Proofs |
"De La Rue London, Two Pence", "Dummy stamp" hand-painted essay, the head a die proof printed on white glazed card, 92x60mm, the remainder of the essay (including the inscription, value and corner letters "BH/HB") entirely hand-painted in shades of mauve, the card dated "6 AUG 84". Essays and die proofs of dummy stamps in various designs were laid before the 1884 stamp committee, all with the inscription "De La Rue London" and corner letters "HB". Wiseman records seven handpainted essays (see table 50, page 196) including one other 2d essay in green dated 6. Aug 84, but not this essay. Small tear at right edge and light crease well away from the essay, the painted design with central pin hole and a few small pin scrapes at the base, otherwise fine. An important and unique essay, superbly hand-painted. S.G. £8,500. Photo on Back Cover. £3,000-3,500
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1884 Piece cut from the De La Rue striking book, now separated into two pieces, one bearing cut down Dummy Stamp Essay Two Pence and 3d Die Proofs inscribed "De La Rue London" and lettered "HB", the other with two similar cut down Essay Die Proofs for a Bicoloured 4d dummy stamp, one proof with the head and 4d duty plate and corner letters "HB", the other with the remainder of the stamp including the inscription "De La Rue London" and value "Four Pence". The two complete pieces endorsed "Sept 27 30 leads". Essays and Essay Die Proofs of dummy stamps in various monocolour and bicolour designs were submitted to the 1884 Stamp Committee, some being listed by Wiseman (page 193 and page 196, table 50). The two 4d proofs are listed by Wiseman as item F9f, with the note "F9f was in the De La Rue archives attached to a piece which also had Die Proofs of the 2d and 3d dummy stamps corner letters HB and all heads including one large one on solid background. The last (head die) was never used for British stamps. F9f was not offered at any De La Rue archive sale, nor has it been seen at any other sale to date. It is an important artefact". A unique archival piece, the 2d proof in the design of the hand-painted essay offered in the previous lot, the 4d proofs amongst the first designs produced for a bicoloured stamp. (4 Proofs on two pieces). Photo on Back Cover. £6,000-7,000
QV Small Head Die Proof |
Head Die Proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated "2 JUL 85" and stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING", the head surrounded by a black ring with two white horizontal slots, a thin white surround to the head and some of the detailed engraving incomplete. A fine proof, Wiseman F49a. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 79. £600-700
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Head Die Proof cut down to stamp size, the white surround to the head now removed and further detail added to the base of the neck. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 77. £400-500
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Head Die Proof cut down to stamp size, further detail added, especially to the hair, ear and base of the neck. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 77. £400-500
Other Die Proofs |
3d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated "5 MAR. 86" and stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING", very fine. S.G. £1,550. Photo on Page 79. £600-700
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4d Head Plate Die Proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated "16 FEB. 86" and stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING", small "4d" in ink at upper left, very fine. S.G. £1,600. Photo on Page 79. £600-700
2d Rejected Duty Die |
2d Green and scarlet, the duty die with a speckled engine-turned background, full original gum, superb and exceptionally rare. 2d Stamps were printed with the duty die having lined, solid and speckled (engine-turned) backgrounds, the former being adopted after various trials, with the speckled background being almost immediately rejected and virtually all the printed stamps destroyed. Wiseman describes the experiments (pages 309-310) and states "only the tablet with solid colour was involved in the relevant trials, formal examples of the trials with the engine turned tablet were never sent to Purcell and it is believed that this is why the engine turned essays are so much rarer than the solid colour ones. No engine turned example exists in the Royal Collection or in the Phillips Collection - nor indeed in the N.P.M at all". S.G. list both the solid and speckled duty plate 2d at the same price (£12,500) despite the fact that the speckled duty plate stamp is much rarer. One of the rarest of all "Jubilee" issue stamps. Wiseman FFa-4. S.G. £12,500. Photo on Back Cover. £7,000-8,000
Colour Trials2d Colour Trials, Perforated 14 on Unwatermarked Gummed PaperThese trials were prepared in 1899 for the 1/- Green & Carmine of 1900.
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Head plate in green and duty plate in olive, full original gum, superb, apparently unmounted. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £350-400
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Head plate in green and duty plate in purple, large part original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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Head plate in green and duty plate in blue, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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Head plate in green and duty plate in blue-green, full original gum, a few short perfs at base. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £150-200
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Head plate in green and duty plate in black, original gum, rounded corner at lower left. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £150-180
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Head plate in green and duty plate in pale brown, full original gum, light corner crease, otherwise very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £240-300
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Head plate in green and duty plate in violet, full original gum, a few slightly clipped upper perfs, otherwise fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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Head plate in green and duty plate in violet, full original gum, rounded corner at lower left. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £150-180
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Head plate in green and duty plate in grey-green, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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Head plate in green and duty plate in orange-yellow, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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Head plate in green and duty plate in deep brown, full original gum, a few clipped perfs at base, otherwise fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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Head plate in green and duty plate in brown, full original gum, light corner crease, otherwise fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £200-250
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Head plate in purple and duty plate in orange, full original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
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Head plate in purple and duty plate in scarlet, original gum, very fine. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 77. £300-350
3d Colour Trial, Perforated 14 on Watermarked Gummed Paper |
Colour trial in green on yellow paper, full original gum, a couple of short perfs at lower right, otherwise fine and very scarce. S.G. £6,800. Photo on Back Cover. £1,800-2,200
41⁄2d Colour Trials, Perforated 14 on Watermarked Gummed Paper |
Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in orange-red, margin at top, original gum, very fine. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Back Cover. £1,300-1,500
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Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in orange, full original gum, apparently unmounted, superb. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Back Cover. £1,300-1,500
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Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in dark brown, original gum, very fine. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Back Cover. £1,200-1,400
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Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in orange, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 13), margin at left, full original gum, the stamp unmounted, superb. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Back Cover. £1,400-1,600
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Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in mauve, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 13), margin at left, full original gum, the stamp unmounted, trace of light gum crease, otherwise superb. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Back Cover. £1,300-1,500
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Head plate in grey-green and duty plate in carmine, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (type 13), full original gum, light horizontal crease, otherwise very fine. Although similar to the issued stamp this type 13 overprint was only used on the colour trials, the issued 4 1/2d stamp only known with the type 9 specimen overprint. S.G. £4,500. Photo on Page 77. £800-1,000
10d Colour Trials, Perforated 14 on White Watermarked Gummed Paper |
Head Plate in purple and duty plate in blue, large part original gum, unfortunately thinned where a hinge has been removed. Very scarce. S.G. £7,000. Photo on Page 77. £500-600
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