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One Penny envelope, printed in vermilion, addressed to Middlesex, dated 30 March 1840; some strengthened tears on the front and reverse but good for this and extremely rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). S.G. PE3, £45,000. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance:
"Royal" Philatelic Collection
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One Penny envelope, printed in black, with original contents, dated 31 March 1840; seal removed from the reverse, tear at top extending into the top flap which has been repaired with tape resulting in some staining, good for this and rare. S.G. PE5, £25,000. Photo £800-1,000
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Charles Whiting Essay using the Congreve method, in red and black, inscribed "post office permit/ 1/2/ounce/1d.", on thick paper in the form of a letter sheet; vertical filing fold, fine and scarce. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x Charles Whiting Beaufort House: Essay number 25 and 26, se-tenant, 1847 reprint cut from the Arts Journal sheet, on thick card, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2013) £80-100
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1840 Wyon Embossed Essay inscribed "postage 1d: half oz:" in black; fine and rare. Huggins type E 11. Photo £400-500
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1840 Wyon Embossed Essay inscribed "postage 1d: half oz:" in pale blue; a little soiled. Rare. Huggins type E11. Photo £400-500
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1d. letter sheet A21, folded to shape and with manuscript "Proof" in ink at foot over "POSTAGE ONE PENNY"; a wonderfully fresh and sharp impression, fine and rare. Photo £1,200-1,500
Note: This lot and the following two lots are accompanied by Royal Philatelic Society certificates (2003) stating "Cannot be certified as a contemporary endorsement without evidence of provenance". In our opinion these three lots are entirely genuine but in view of the certificates they must necessarily be offered on their merits.
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2d. blue, letter sheet a96, folded to shape and with manuscript "Proof" in ink at foot over "POSTAGE TWO PENCE"; two light vertical bends, fine and rare. Photo £1,500-2,000
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2d. letter sheet, a105, folded to shape and endorsed "Proof" in ink on reverse; a little soiled and creased, small portion of flap torn away, otherwise fine and rare. Photo £800-1,000
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Stereo obscured, with "Edinburgh Envelope Advertiser", No. 1 (August 12 1840, "To Authors, Publishers" at top left), advertisement, S.G. MA7b, addressed to Bristol, dated 26 Aug. 1840, red Maltese Cross cancellation, light vertical filing fold and soiled on the reverse £150-200
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Stereo obscured: Dated 22 Sept. 1843, addressed to Maidstone and cancelled by a fine strike of the number "10" in Maltese Cross; fine and scarce. Photo £650-700
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x A15, used from Dublin to London, dated 25 July 1840, red Maltese Cross cancellation, with Dublin "more/to/pay", "2" and red double ring London "more/to/pay" handstamps, dated markings on reverse; horizontal filing fold, otherwise fine and rare. Photo £700-900
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A15, dated 3 Feb. 1844, addressed to Aberdeen and cancelled by a crisp and upright strike of the number "7" in Maltese Cross, dated markings on reverse; light vertical filing folds, fine and scarce. Photo £650-700
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A16, dated 7 May 1840 (second official day of use), addressed to St. Pauls Churchyard, misfolded (with "postage" panel at top) and address upside down, red Maltese Cross cancellation on the base of Britannia at foot and with another cancelling the rest of Britannia on reverse, "t.p/s.o. islington" on the front and clear red d.s. on reverse; fine and exceptionally unusual usage. Photo £2,000-2,500
Provenance: E.E. Yates, February 1949
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A16, dated 29 June 1840 and used from Marines, France to St. Croix, Vaud, Switzerland, to "Mme Kitty Bovet", black Marines c.d.s., just to the right of Britannia and a second, indistinct d.s. at left, silver Dove and Olive Branch seal on reverse; fine and a unique letter sheet of exhibition quality. Photo £3,000-4,000
Note: Either the French and Swiss Post Offices did not know how to handle this item, or it was cancelled by favour.
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A22, unused, folded to shape and small rubs on the reverse, 1d. Envelope, A158, dated 21 May 1840, addressed to Eton College, red Maltese Cross cancellation, a little soiled; also 1869 "Impression from the original Brass block" and four Deraedemaeker reprints of caricature envelopes £100-150
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x A25, dated 14 May 1840 and addressed to Birmingham, brownish-red Maltese Cross cancellation and with "lane-delph" double ring undated handstamp on the front, Newcastle under Line d.s. on reverse; vertical filing fold and a little stained. A scarce May date. Photo £300-400
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A34, dated 12 Feb. 1841, addressed to Newcastle, central red Maltese Cross cancellation, on reverse (across flap) blue "newcastle on tyne" ds., on the interior there is a charming six line romantic verse; fine and an exceptionally rare use of a Mulready as a Valentine. Photo £400-500
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x A47, substituted Stereo, printed stationery of Samuel Hanson & Son, London, dated
20 Nov. 1843, addressed to Leith, black Maltese Cross cancellation, dated markings on reverse; vertical filing fold, scarce. Photo £150-200
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A64, dated 22 June 1840 and addressed to Bedford Row, Holborn, very fine red Maltese Cross cancellation and with matching "T.P./Cornhill" alongside; filing folds, fine.
A striking local London letter sheet. Photo £200-220
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x A68, with "the economic life assurance society" advertisement (S.G. MA113a), dated 16 Aug. 1841 from Canterbury to London, black Maltese Cross cancellation, dated markings on reverse; vertical filing fold at right and part of flap around the seal replaced, a trifle soiled, fine. Photo £200-250
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x A77, printed Ashworth School stationery, dated 16 June 1843 and used from Leeds to Pontefract, black Maltese Cross cancellation, dated markings on front and reverse; small portion of lower flap missing and slightly scuffed on the reverse. Photo £200-250
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A220, dated 25 Jan. 1844, addressed to Northampton, uncancelled, contrary to regulations, on reverse Lombard Street Maltese Cross in red and Northampton arrival dated markings; vertical filing folds, fine and scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). Photo £500-600
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x A235, with printed "shaw and sons" advertisement with "remarks" at lower right
(S.G. MA476m) and showing a striking pre-printing paper crease (pli accordian) at right, dated 26 Dec. 1840 and addressed to Berkshire, red Maltese Cross cancellation, dated marking on reverse; light horizontal fold, fine. Photo £700-900
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x A240, cut down and folded to make a smaller envelope, dated 26 June 1840, from Penryth to Edinburgh, red Maltese Cross cancellation, re-addressed to Balerno and additionally franked 1840 1d. black, Plate Ib, TI, with good to large margins all round and tied by another red Maltese Cross, dated markings on reverse; a trifle stained but otherwise very fine. A most unusual uprated wrapper. Photo £4,000-4,500
Provenance: R.C. Alcock
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Front, unused, signed by "John Thompson" and with a piece bearing the signature "W. Mulready" pasted on. Also a letter to the Artist W. Etty. R.A, dated 16 July 1844 signed W. Mulready discussing his famous drawing "Choosing the Wedding Gown", a print of Mulready and another piece bearing his signature £200-250
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A148, dated 4 Aug. 1840, addressed to Suffolk, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an unusual carmine-vermilion shade, Mildenhall c.d.s. on reverse; light toning but clean and uncreased, seal removed from the reverse and some staining from the seal on the flap. Photo £250-350
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A174, dated 27 Aug. 1840, addressed to Eaton Square, stunning red Maltese Cross cancellation and with superb "T.P./Cornhill" in a matching shade alongside, red timed datestamp on reverse; tiny stain spot at foot, otherwise very clean and uncreased. Photo £300-400
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A174, dated 24 March 1841, addressed Skipton and cancelled by a crisp black distinctive Maltese Cross of Manchester, struck to the lower right of Britannia, dated markings on reverse; a few small faults but attractive and scarce. Photo £900-1,000
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x a97, dated 22 Nov. 1844, addressed to Newport Pagnall, "749" barred oval cancellation and corresponding stoney stratford d.s. on reverse, two Newport Pagnall arrival datestamps on the face; small stains on the reverse, fine and scarce. Photo £600-800
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a201, dated April 29 1841, addressed to Exeter and with crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine red wax seal and dated markings on reverse; clean and uncreased. Superb and rare in this fine condition. Photo £800-1,000
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a202, additionally franked 1840 1d. black, Plate 6, QK (re-entry), large margins, dated
8 Sept. 1840, with red Maltese Cross cancellations, and red Vere St. Maltese Cross datestamp below, manuscript "1" to make up the 4d. rate; the envelope with two tiny imperfectons at base but extremely rare and believed to be the finest recorded use of a Penny Black on a 2d. Mulready Caricature envelope. Of tremendous visual appeal. R.P.S. Certificate (1974). Specialised £48,000. Photo £20,000-25,000
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J.W. Southgate: Caricature No. 1 "The Pickpocket", contemporaneously hand coloured and addressed to Worksop, "nottingham/oc 20/1840" c.d.s. on reverse, bearing an 1840 1d. Black, NB, which in our opinion is not the original franking. An extremely rare used hand coloured Mulready Caricature, necessarily offered on its merits and not subject to return. Photo £2,000-2,500
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J.W. Southgate: Caricature No. 2 "Ladies School", addressed to Walsall, endorsed "Prepaid", with red manuscript "1" and red Shiffnal double ring c.d.s.; a trifle soiled at right, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2010). Photo £750-850
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Thomas White's "the new post office envelope" letter sheet, a beautiful example, dated 9 June 1840 from London to Cork, red "1" and "paid/9 ju 1840" c.d.s. in the same colour, arrival datestamp of 10 June on reverse (across flap); the letter sheet has been folded for presentation purposes to display "the new post office envelope" at right; fine and extremely rare. Only three used examples are recorded in "British Pictorial Envelopes" by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn; the example offered here is not one of these. Photo £6,000-7,000
Note: The designer's initials "cjg" appear at the lower left, the letter sheet is inscribed "Mollrooney R.A,M." and "Jack Thomson". At the upper right of the design the words
"You are" in the speech bubble are repeated outside. The only recorded Mulready caricature with a printing error.
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1879 (5 Oct.) printed illustrated envelope "The Fishermen", addressed to London and franked 1858-79 1d. Plate 215, "286" duplex cancellation of Exmouth; the envelope with part of flap from reverse missing and the adhesive with faults. Rare. £100-150
Note: The above and the following two lots comprise a recent find of these rare printed envelopes, addressed to Miss Claughton, all are previously unrecorded.
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1879 (12 Oct.), printed envelope "The Stage Coach Crash", franked 1858-70 1d. Plate 209, "286" duplex cancellation, part of flap missing from reverse; fine and rare. Photo £300-350
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1879 (29 Oct.), printed envelope "The Foxhunt", franked 1858-79 1d. Plate 204, "286" barred oval cancellation; fine and rare. Photo £350-400
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State 2: in a deep red-brown shade on white paper; fine. Photo £800-1,000
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State 2: in deep red-brown with Maltese Cross cancellation partly removed; fine. Photo £2,500-3,000
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State 2: in red-brown on white paper with pen cancellation partly removed; fine. Photo £1,000-1,100
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State 3: on white wove paper dipped in prussiate of potash, horizontal pair from the upper left corner of the sheet in rose-red; unused without gum, fine and rare. Photo £2,400-3,000
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1865 so-called "Royal" reprint 1d. Black, Plate 66: EH-FK, block of eight (4 x 2) with inverted watermark as usual, original gum, close to large margins all round, creased but a rare and impressive block. S.G. DP35a, £28,000 as eight singles. Photo £9,000-10,000
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1841 2d. with blank corner letters from the small Proof sheet of twelve, from the foot of the sheet and postally used with crisp balck Maltese Cross cancellation; a few insignificant faults. Extremely rare. S.G. DP43, £26,000. Photo £4,000-5,000
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AJ, small part of sheet margin at top, close to good margins other sides but tiny faults at left, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire, dated 21 May 1840, from London to Preston, redirected to London, dated markings on reverse; fine. A scarce May date cover. Photo £250-300
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DD, large margins all round, tied by crisp red Maltese Cross cancellation to large piece with Lombard St. Maltese Cross datestamp of 12 May 1840 on reverse; fine. Photo £300-350
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DE, grey-black, very worn impression, crisp and complete red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; superb. Photo £550-600
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EC, grey-black shade showing moderate Plate wear, crisp and practically complete red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; very fine and most attractive. Photo £400-450
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EJ, grey-black shade showing moderate Plate wear, crisp, complete and central red Maltese Cross cancellation, large balanced margins; superb. A flawless example of Exhibition quality. Photo £700-750
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FE, grey-black shade showing considerable Plate wear, crisp and complete red Maltese Cross cancellation, good to very large margins all round; superb. A stunning example. Photo £700-800
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