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ORDER OF SALEFriday 6th March
To be sold at 10.30 a.mGreat Britain
Stamps, Officials, Used Abroad, Locals 1-72
Picture Postcards, Postal History - Mixed Lots & Early Letters 73-91
Air Mails, First UK Aerial Post 92-111
Cancellations, Maltese Crosses, Experimental & Roller Cancels, Mailbag Seals 112-153
Christmas Cancels, Exhibitions, Express Mail 154-182
Instructional Handstamps, Late Fees 183-209
Machines & Slogans, Maritime Mail, Military & Naval 210-253
Mulreadys, Parcel Post, Penny/5th Clause Post, Pictorial Envelopes 254-272
Postage Due Mail, Postal Reform 273-321
Postal Stationery 322-379
Railway Letters/T.P.Os, Registered/Insured, Uniform Penny Post 380-398
London - The Michael Goodman Collection 399-499
Middlesex - The Michael Goodman Collection 500-521
Channel Is., Durham, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Liverpool, Scotland, Suffolk 522-542
Not to be Sold before 1.00 p.m.
Albums, Worldwide Stamps & Covers 543-549
WW1 & WW2 Postal History, War Tax Stamps & Covers 550-583
Antarctic, Antigua, Ascension, Australia & States, Bahamas 584-612
Bahrain, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, 613-622
British Guiana, British Honduras, British Levant 623-627
Bushire - A fine collection featuring 1915 British Occupation Overprints 628-699
Canada, China, Cook Is. 700-716
Cyprus - The William Frew Collection 717-1051
Egypt, Falkland Is., France & Colonies, Germany, Gibraltar 1052-1074
Gilbert &Ellice Is. 1075-1107
Gold Coast, Grenada, Hong Kong, Iceland, India & Persian Gulf 1108-1143
India Air Mails - An exceptional award winning collection 1144-1298
Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan 1299-1344
KUT - featuring a fine KGVI collection 1345-1393
Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaya, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Nauru 1394-1412
Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Palestine & Israel, Pitcairn Is. 1413-1432
Rhodesia, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Samoa, Sierra Leone, South Africa 1433-1452
SWA, Sudan, Switzerland, Transjordan, Trinidad, Tristan, UN, USA, Yugoslavia, Zanzibar 1453-1473
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1840 1d Rainbow Trial, state 3c in red-brown, watermark Small Crown sideways, four good to huge margins, surface results due to having been used in cleaning trials. S.G. £16,000. Photo on Page 6. £4,800-5,500
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1840 1d Grey-black, RB plate 1a, four margins, close at base, red Maltese Cross cancel, an attractive stamp. £100-120
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1840 (June 6) Entire sent within London bearing two plate 1a 1d blacks, FC cut into at upper left, FD superb with four good margins, cancelled by three red Maltese Crosses. Light file folds well away from the stamps, an attractive entire. Photo on Page 12. £300-350
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1840 1d Black, PD plate 1b superb used with red Maltese Cross, large margins. Photo on Page 6. £140-160
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1840 1d Black, LC plate 1b, watermark inverted, four margins, upper right corner clipped and virtually touching, close but clear at upper left, an attractive example of this watermark variety used with a red Maltese Cross. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 6. £500-600
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1840 1d Intense black, TK plate 4, four margins, fine used on piece, tied by a complete impression of the distinctive Manchester "fishtail" Maltese Cross in black. S.G. £1,400. Photo on Page 6. £240-280
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1840 1d Black, RB plate 5, just touched at lower left, otherwise fine with good margins, cancelled by the distinctive Plymouth Maltese Cross in black. S.G. £3,800. Photo on Page 6. £380-450
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1840 1d Black, MA plate 5, good to large margins, fine used on piece, tied by a black Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 6. £140-160
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1840 1d Black, FH plate 5, four margins, close at upper left, otherwise very fine, used with a red Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 6. £130-150
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1840 1d Black, HJ plate 6, large margins, tied to piece by a red Maltese Cross with a red Exeter datestamp (Nov. 4) alongside, very fine. Photo on Page 9. £160-180
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1840 1d Black plate 3 tied to piece by a red Maltese Cross, and a 2d blue, both with four margins, the 1d black with small surface rubs at upper edge, the 1840 2d close at upper right but otherwise fine. (2). £100-120
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1841 (Jan 30) Entire letter from Chichester to Arundel prepaid 1d in cash with red handstruck "1", redirected back to Chichester with a fine four margin 1d black NJ plate 6 applied over the original Chichester c.d.s, tied by a red Maltese Cross with a red Arundel datestamp alongside. An attractive and unusual redirected letter. Photo on Page 12. £600-700
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1840 (Sep 29) Entire from Liverpool to Scotland bearing a superb 1d black, IL plate 7, tied by a red Maltese Cross, backstamped "BERRY-ST / LIVERPOOL" and with datestamps of Liverpool and Edinburgh. Photo on Page 12. £220-260
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1840 1d Black, TE plate 8, cancelled by a red Maltese Cross and black double ring "OS" (Old Stamp), applied to mail bearing re-used stamps and therefore surcharged. Four margins, small repair to lower left corner, still an exceptionally scarce handstamp cancelling a 1d black. With pink 1999 B.P.A Certificate "Black OS Cancel, genuine, repaired at lower left". Photo on Page 6. £1,200-1,500
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1840 1d Grey black and 1d red-brown, RH plate 10 matched pair with "P" converted to "R", both four margins, close but clear in places, used with black Maltese Crosses. S.G. £1,325. (2). Photo on Page 6. £220-260
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1840 2d Blue, LC plate 1, used with 1844 type "131" numeral of Edinburgh, four margins, fine and attractive. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 6. £380-420
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1840 2d Deep blue, HE plate 2, used with No. 12 in Maltese Cross cancel, upper right corner square very close and with a 3mm scissor cut into the stamp, otherwise four good margins, a very scarce cancel on the 1840 2d. (S.G. £18,000 on cover, unpriced on a single stamp). Photo on Page 6. £1,200-1,400
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1840-1965 Used collection in an album including 1d blacks (2, one fine with four margins), 1840 2d (three margins), embossed 6d and 1/-, 1867 5/- (2), 1882 Anchor 5/-, 1880 Spray 1/- orange-brown, 1886 Large Garter 4d vermilion, 1883-84 2/6 - 10/-, 1883 1/- green very fine, KEVII 1902 and 1912 2/6 and 5/-, etc., mixed condition with some faults, a useful collection. (100s). £500-600
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QV-QEII Mainly used collection on pages and in an album including 1883-84 2/6, 5/- (2) and 10/-, KEVII 2/6 (2) and 10/- (2), 1957 Graphite set on F.D.Cs, etc. £200-250
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QV-QEII Mint and used stamps and F.D.Cs with many c.1958-74 mint issues in multiples, presentation packs and F.D.Cs, 1948 £1 mint, a few booklets, Morocco Agencies mint multiples, also some foreign in albums and some pre-war picture postcards, better cards include 1919 real photo of The Street at Alderton showing children and the Crown Inn, 1915 Gretna Green railway disaster (3), etc. £100-150
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1841 2d Blue, RA-RL strip of twelve used, each with "795" numeral cancel of Thirsk, RB-RD cut into at base and RL at right, RA and RJ very close at base, otherwise good to large margins on all sides, an exceptionally scarce use of a complete row of twelve stamps, a very striking item. Photo on Page 6. £900-1,000
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1842 1d Red-brown on piece tied by "TOTNESS" double arc datestamp, four margins, close at right, fine and attractive. S.G. £1,100. Photo on Page 9. £380-420
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1841 1d Red-brown, four margins, an unobtrusive 4mm scissor cut into the left edge of the stamp, tied to piece by a bright orange- red Maltese Cross, very attractive. With Brandon Certificate (1992). S.G. £4,800. Photo on Page 6. £1,200-1,400
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1847 1/- Pale green embossed strip of four used, each cancelled by "466" numeral of Liverpool, the two side stamps both touched at base, otherwise margins on all sides, a small piece out of the left margin clear of the stamp, a scarce multiple. S.G. £4,000. Photo on Page 6. £1,200-1,400
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c.1850 Cover to Berlin bearing a 1d red tied by a London numeral, handstamped 3½ / GROSCHEN" with a "7" charge in manuscript, an unusual use of a single imperf 1d on a cover to Europe, treated as totally unpaid. £70-100
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1852 (Feb 17) Cover to Sir George Grey at the Home Office franked by an imperforate 1d red (3 margins) in combination with an Archer perf 1d both tied by the London District Post numeral "59" (issued to the Unpaid Letter Division). Flap missing, otherwise superb, a rare combination of stamps. Photo Inside Front Cover. £1,200-1,500
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1852 Entire letter from Paris to New York with senders cachet on the front, privately carried to England and posted in London franked by embossed 1/- strip of three and a single, all cut square, the strip with three or four margins. Handstamped red "PAID" and rated "20". Faults to the flap and internal letter, otherwise fine. An unusual and attractive embossed issue 4/- rate franking. Photo on Page 12. £400-500
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1853 Entire letter to Switzerland bearing a 1d red and embossed 10d (cut square, just cut into on two sides) cancelled by "263" numerals of Dudley, red oval framed "P.D", backstamped at Dudley and Geneva. £200-250
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1855 Entire from London to Paris franked by embossed 10d brown, cut square, just touched at the base, just tied by London numeral "8". An attractive example of this 10d on an entire. Photo on Page 12. £220-260
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1855 Entire letter from Currie to Belfast, unusually folded into a triangle, bearing an imperf 1d red (three margins, creased) tied by 131 numeral of Edinburgh with stars at either side, backstamped at Currie, Edinburgh and Belfast. £150-180
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1857 Cover to USA bearing embossed 6d vertical pair, cut square and just cut into on most sides, cancelled by two "SHEFFIELD / 700" sideways duplexs. Red "5 / CENTS" and "BOSTON / PAID" c.d.s on the front, backstamped at Liverpool. Light stain at right, an attractive cover, unusual with a 6d embossed pair. Photo on Page 12. £300-350
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1864 1d Rose-Red plate 88, MA with Large Crown error of watermark, fine used with "120" numeral cancel of Bridgend. With a matching plate 88 MA stamp showing the correct watermark. (2). Photo on Page 6. £350-380
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1856 4d Carmine on blue glazed paper, watermark Medium Garter, margin at right with small part inscription, handstamped type 2 "SPECIMEN" vertically, superb unmounted mint, original gum. S.G. 63t, £1,050. Photo on Page 6. £300-350
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1857 Large Garter watermark paper, piece with two impressions of the Large Garter and part "Postage" inscription in right margin, fine and unusual. £100-120
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1856 1/- Deep green block of four superb used with "173" numeral cancels of Chatham. With R.P.S Certificate (1985). S.G. 71, £2,000. Photo on Page 9. £650-750
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1873 Piece cut from the De La Rue ink recipe book bearing a recipe for olive ink with the note "6d English Postage" and "In February 1873 the yellow brown ink was abandoned for the above Postage and this ink was used instead", bearing a block of four imperf De La Rue dummy stamps. The reverse side has a similar block of four dummy stamps in deep yellow, the adjoining ink recipe headed "New Zealand Postage" with the note "Some of this ink was supplied 27th March 1867". Two unique ink recipes, the yellow ink used for the New Zealand 1864-71 4d, the olive ink used for the Great Britain 1873 6d grey which replaced the pale chestnut stamp. £240-280
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1877 4d Sage-green pair with central retta cancel of dots, applied at Alexandria to mail posted at sea, usually on the service from Cyprus, very attractive and unusual. S.G. 153, £600+. Photo on Page 6. £120-140
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1879 Perkins Bacon tender essays engraved by William Ridgeway, mint sheet of 24 stamps with margins on all sides, comprising twelve ½d stamps, six 1½d stamps and six 2d stamps, printed in pale brown, mounted in the margins only, very fine. £500-600
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1881 1/- Orange-brown plate 14, a block of four fine used with oval Registered Cornhill B.O datestamps. S.G. 163, £850. Photo on Page 9. £280-320
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1880 1½d Venetian red block of four each handstamped type 9 "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 167s, £320. Photo on Page 9. £120-140
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1881 5d Indigo, unmounted mint block of twelve (3x4) with margin at left, each handstamped type 9 "SPECIMEN", superb. S.G. 169s, £1,920. Photo on Page 9. £800-1,000
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1881 1d Lilac printed on both sides, the impression inverted on the gummed side, mounted mint. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 6. £450-500
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1882 £5 Orange on white paper, used with oval Registered Threadneedle St. B.O E.C datestamp, very fine. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo on Page 9. £2,000-2,400
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1884 2d Lilac, 4d, 5d, 6d and 1/- green, all the unissued line perf 12, each handstamped by type 9 "SPECIMEN", mint part gum, the 2d with paper adhering to reverse and perf faults at top, the 5d rather light in colour and with a few perf faults, the 4d, 6d and 1/- largely fine. S.G. £2,975. (5). Photo on Page 6. £350-450
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1884 Issue 2½d and 3d lilac mint; ½d blue, 6d green and the unissued line perf 12 5d and 6d green handstamped type 9 "SPECIMEN", the perf 12 6d with slightly short perfs at left, otherwise largely fine. S.G. £1,935. (6). £300-350
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1884 4d Green unmounted mint, excellent colour and centreing, a superb stamp. S.G. £580+. Photo on Page 6. £380-420
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c.1885 De La Rue QV Head dummy stamps on gummed paper, a block of four in green and an imperf single in blue on glazed paper. Used as colour trials for various G.B and Colonial stamps and stationery and in trials for G.B. booklets. (5). Photo on Pages 6 & 9. £300-350
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1891 £1 Green fine used with two London single ring datestamps. S.G. £800. Photo on Page 6. £260-300
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1902-13 KEVII Issues mint, various printings and shades, mostly different, comprising 2½d, 3d (3), 4d green and brown (2), 4d orange (2), 5d (2), 6d (3), 7d (3), 9d (3), 10d (2) and 1/- (4), all fine. (25). £200-250
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1906 KEVII 10d Slate-purple and carmine on chalk surfaced paper, block of four each cancelled with a Biggleswade M.O&S.B c.d.s, very fine. With R.P.S Certificate (1987). S.G. £450. Photo on Page 9. £130-150
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