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Plate 1b AK good margins with black MX cancellation. Offset on reverse showing portions of four stamps. Scarce unlisted variety. PHOTO - see page 49. £120
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Plate 1b EF good margins and JC adequate margins. Sound used. (2) PHOTO - see page 49. £120
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Plate 1b O?H with neat crisp cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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Plate 2 MA tied by black MX to EL from Bath to Chippenham dated 26 April 1841, good margins, creased along frame line at right. Plate 8 EE tied by upright black MX to EL from Cirencester to Fairford dated 9 June 1841. Close to good margins, vertical crease. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £180
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Plate 2 RA wide margins, central cancellation, a little toned. PHOTO - see page 49. £120
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Plate 2 QF neatly cancelled. Fine. PHOTO - see page 49. £80
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Plate 3 TC good even margins, central cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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Plate 4 JF light central cancellation. Fine. PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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Plate 5 EH clear central cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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Plate 6 BH light central cancellation. Fine PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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Plate 7 GH mint with part brown gum. Overall toneing, corner bend and surface rub at point of neck. PHOTO - see page 49. £300
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Plate 7 OL a marginal used example, just touched at upper left, huge at right with "ot to remove the Ce" part inscription at right. A rare example. PHOTO - see page 53. £300
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Plate 7 EE with central deep red MX cancellation. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £120
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Plate 8 LI crisp central MX cancellation, wide margins. Fine. Also plate 9 PE good margins, creases, ink mark on reverse. (2) PHOTO - see page 53. £120
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Plate 10 PJ ("J" flaw) with central red MX. Good to wide margins. Fine. SG Spec AS66 £1,500 PHOTO - see page 53. £360
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Plate 11 FK greyish black with black MX cancellation, good to wide margins. Fine. SG Spec. AS72 £4,500 PHOTO - see page 1. £1,000
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FORGERIES AND REPRINTS: Plate 9 GA lithographic forgery toned with faked red MX. Plate 9 BK-BL unused pair of lithographic forgeries on thin card. Plus a selection of facsimiles in various colours being mostly VR examples. (9 items). £75
| THE BETTINI - 1840 2d BLUES | |
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Plate 1 a pair IK-IL clear to wide margins, black MX cancellations contrasting well with the deep blue shade. PHOTO - see page 53. £340
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Plate 1 BH good to wide margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £160
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Plate 1 KK a bright shade, trace of vertical bend, wide margins. PHOTO - see page 53. £160
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Plate 1 CI good margins. Fine PHOTO - see page 53. £140
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Plate 2 PC cancelled in black, adequate to wide margins. Fine PHOTO - see page 53. £120
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Plate 2 AK with magnificent central red MX cancellation. Good margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £240
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Plate 2 KD with black MX cancellation. Good margins. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £180
| THE BETTINI - 1841 1d Reds | |
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Plate 1b SI (touched in places) tied by a fine MX to small EL from Cheadle to Fairford dated 14 April 1841 with another strike of the MX cancelling the Cheadle c.d.s. Plate 5 ND re-entry used on E from Cirencester to Fairford dated 7 Sept 1841. Plate 8 LL tied by two strikes of the MX to E from Bonar to Edinburgh dated 21 Aug 1841. Plate 9 NJ just tied to EL from Bridgewater to Baltonborough dated 20 April 1841. Good examples (4 covers) PHOTO - see page 52. £140
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Plate 1b HK (re-entry) tied by MX to EL from London to Fairford dated 18 March 1841, natural surface pre-printing flaw caused by a hair being on the plate. Four margins. PHOTO - see page 52. £100
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Plates 2 EE, 8 IE & PC, 9 EI, 10 IF (clear profile) & 11 LH.Fair examples (6) £100
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Plate 5 PK tied by a v. fine distinctive Cirencester MX to EL to Fairford dated 7 April 1841 with m/s "2" nearby. A fine four margined example, cover creased clear of adhesive. PHOTO - see page 52. £100
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Plate 9 MB tied by MX to printed "Court of Bankruptcy" form with "T.P/Moorgate St" h.s. alongside used to Baltonsborough dated 21 April 1841. Also TH tied by MX and round wafer seal to EL from Fareham to Baltonborough dated 21 April 1841. Fine (2 covers) £120
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Plate 11 BK tied by distinctive MX to EL from Cirencester to Fairfax dated 21 April 1841. Fine. Also QE (close at top) tied by MX to EL from Oxford to Baltonsborough dated 23 Sept 1841. (2 covers) £100
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Plate 1b EJ, HC, ND, PA, PD & RG plus plate 1a JJ. Good three/four margined examples. (7) £240
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Plate 1a DA four wide margins with red MX and Plate 1b SA four good margins with black MX. The 1a is accompanied by RPS Certificate stating "..stamp is defaced" (tiny pen mark around eye) (2) PHOTO - see page 53. £80
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Plate 5 GB central MX plus with black MX cancellations HE, IA on small piece, JD & PB. Good three/four margined examples. PHOTO - see page 53. £200
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Plates 2 EI, LB, MD, NB (poor) & SK (cancelled in back). 3 LJ (cancelled in black), 4 GG and with black cancellations plate 7 DF & EF, 8 EK, FG (poor), OI & TA, 9 AG, 10 AH, OI & RH. Also unplated BI (cancelled in black), CA, FC, JF, KD, KG (cancelled in black), QL & TB Plus 1840 2d AA (cancelled in black) & ML. Mostly three/four margined with faults. (30) £750
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Plate 2 RF used on part E from Tipton to Stourbridge with readable "TIPTON" h.s. alongside, good margins. Plate 10 HK tied by black MX to EL from Bristol to Cardiff dated 25 March 184, good margins but lightly creased. Unplated KH tied to local London E, clear margins. DG close to wide margins with black MX on part local Norwich E. (4 items) p.52 £260
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Plate 2 AE with red MX on part EL. RPS Certificate states "..is genuine but stamp lifted and replaced". PHOTO - see page 52. £120
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Plate 2 AG four good margins with light red MX. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £80
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Plate 4 RC three margin on letter-sheet invoice from "A. Alexandre, Importer of French Medical & Scientific Works" to Oxford tied by red MX. PHOTO - see page 52. £100
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Plate 4 RK four good margins and light red MX with RPS Certificate. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £100
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Plate 5 AI four good margins, light black MX. Fine. PHOTO - see page 53. £80
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Plate 6 AH three margin tied by red MX on EL to Oxford. Stamp is partly detached. see page 52. £100
| 1840 2d BLUES | |
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Plate 1 BK used on front & part back from London to Marseilles, close to good margins, indistinct cancellation. Also a cut into horizontal strip of four divided into two pairs IF-IG + IH-II tied to small piece. Some faults. PHOTO - see page 52. £140
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OLD CHRISTMAS CARD SAMPLE ALBUM with the cards substituted with small transparent envelopes. The 240 envelopes each containing stamps of a single lettering with numbers ranging on average between 10 & 20+. The first six letterings have been examined and placed on a single card. The stamps which have not been examined in detail for many years are in some cases stuck together but can be easily separated with care. A few have MX cancellations but the majority are later plates, a small number of pairs are noted. Very mixed condition. (Many 100's) £1,240
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An unplated selection inc. 36 with MX cancellations. Poor to fine condition. (226). Also a few (42) LC14 1d reds. £140
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A complete used reconstruction inc. 23 with MX cancellations. Mixed condition, but a good number are fine four margined examples. (240) £300
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AN INTERESTING SELECTION ON COVERS: 1843 (3 June) env to Newcastle upon Tyne bearing a four margined 1d PK with central "8" in MX cancellation. Five covers (three used in Wales) with 1d multiples inc. a strip of four QD-QG with three fine "540" numerals. (7 items) £120
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A complete used reconstruction inc. 81 with MX cancellations. Good average condition. (240) £260
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A complete used reconstruction with numeral cancellations inc. five pairs. Very mixed condition. (240) £160
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A selection on covers (2) or piece (16) inc. a strip of four on front to Funchal Madeira, two strips of three and five pairs. very mixed condition. £140
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1854 SC16 1d red-brown, Die I, Alphabet II, a mounted mint block of four CC-DD with much original gum, some divided perfs. and thinning & soiling on two. Well centred for this. A scarce multiple. SG Spec C1 £2,500 as a block. PHOTO - see page 53. £200
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