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x PA (double letter A), close to very large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation on envelope, dated 30 June 1841, to Blandford; some stains and the envelope with the addressees name excised. also red printing LL, part of sheet margin at right and huge margins other sides, tied to entire (side flaps missing) by two black Maltese Cross cancellations (contrary to regulations) £150-200
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OB, typical greyish shade, close to good margins three sides, just touched at lower
right, placed at the upper left (contrary to regulations) of entire mourning letter,
dated 13 March 1841, to Beauly, "T.P/Holborn Hill" handstamp and framed "beauly/mr 16/1841" on the front, London dated markings on and superb complete and intact black "hoc majorum virtus" seal on reverse; fine and a most attractive entire bearing this rare plate. Photo £1,200-1,500
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Set of Plate numbers 1a, 1b-11 (Plates 1b and 9 matched in red), Plates 8-11 with black, the others with red Maltese Cross cancellations, good to very large margins all round.
An exceptional set. Photo £3,000-3,500
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HJ, margins all round, tied to wrapper with letter of enclosure, dated 6 August 1841, from Gainsborough to Basingstoke, dated markings on front and reverse, small cover tear at foot, otherwise fine. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010
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† IA, close but clear at foot, large margins other sides, tied to small piece by complete and upright black Maltese Cross cancellation, fine. Photo £100-150
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IA, close to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross to entire letter, from Liverpool to Ireland, redirected to London, faint "Crosby/Penny Post" marking alongside, a variety of transit and arrival markings on reverse, fine and attractive. Photo £150-200
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x KF-KH, horizontal strip of three, black Maltese Cross cancellations, KH touched at top, otherwise close to large margins all round, fine. Photo £250-300
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QC-QD, horizontal pair in a bright blue shade, with good to large margins and cancelled by two red Maltese Crosses. A superb multiple of outstanding colour and of exhibition quality. Photo £2,200-2,600
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SB and SC, both with good to large margins all round, tied by two upright red Maltese Cross cancellations, to large part entire letter from Norbury to London, internally dated 29 May 1840; fine. A rare 2d. blue May date cover. R.P.S. Certificate (1998). Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, March 2001
Lady Mairi Bury, November 2010
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x AA-BB block of four in a deep or dark blue shade, good to enormous margins all round and each stamp with a central strike of a black Maltese Cross cancellation; there is a very light bend in the paper, mentioned for accuracy only. A magnificent and stunning block. Cat. £32,000. Photo £11,000-12,000
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x SJ in a lovely deep blue shade, good to very large margins, showing a trace of the stamp to the right, a full strike of black Maltese Cross cancellation. Fresh and very fine, a stamp with great visual appeal. Photo £360-400
| 1840 "V R" Official 1d. Black | |
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x FF, bearing trial cancellation of concentric circles which has been partially removed by official attempts to remove the cancellation; mixed margins. R.P.S. Certificate (1981). S.G. V1, £35,000. Photo £4,500-5,500
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x Plate 1b: FK, good to large margins, tied by two black Maltese Cross cancellations,
to entire letter, dated 8 May 1841, to St. Austle; Plate 9 KC (cut into), on entire letter, dated 6 Aprl 1841, from Manchester to Preston and Plate 10, OF, margins all round,
tied by black Maltese Cross to entire letter, dated 2 May 1841 from Leicester to London; a few small faults £100-150
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x Plate 9: OA-OD horizontal strip of four, OA and OB each with double letter, good to large margins all round, black Maltese Cross cancellations, OB with pin hole, otherwise fine and a scarce multiple, Also TA, margins all round, tied to piece £150-200
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x Plate 9: TE, in a deep shade with large margins all round and a full and neat strike of black Maltese Cross cancellation. Also 2d. blue, plate 3, DG on evenly blued paper, good to large, even margins and a light and part strike of 1844-type numeral cancellation.
Both very fine and attractive £100-120
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Plates 22-68, full size photographs of forty-six imprimatur or registration part sheets (no Plate 54 but with additional Plate 35), fine and invaluable reference for the specialist in this issue. Also "The Stamps and Postal History of the Gambia" published by the
West Indies Study Circle (1985) £250-300
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Plate 22: SL, placed sideways on entire letter from Cambridge, dated 29 Sept. 1842;
Plate 25: IC, on entire from Pwllhely, dated 5 April 1844; Plate 34: JG, on entire from Pwllhely, dated 24 Feb. 1844, all with good to large margins and tied by black Maltese Cross cancellations, all to the same address in Oswestry; fine £80-100
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Plate 34: SB, state 2, good to very large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by "658" barred oval cancellation of Royston to entire letter, dated 5 Aug. 1844, to Potton and with red "Potton/Penny Post" marking alongside,
dated marking on reverse; light vertical filing fold at left, fine and most attractive. Photo £150-200
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Plate 37: ND-NE horizontal pair, large margins all round, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 28 May 1844, from Wrexham to Oswestry, dated marking on reverse; filing folds clear of the adhesives and refolded, fine and late use of the Maltese Cross £50-70
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Plate 38: BK, good to large margins all round, tied by a good strike of the number "9" in Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 10 Jan. 1844, to Oswestry,
dated markings on reverse; horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine. Specialised BS26A, £450 £80-100
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Plate 38: KJ, "J" flaw, good to large margins and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation, on entire letter, dated 15 Feb. 1841,
from Corwen (Wales) to Oswestry, dated markings on front and reverse; horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine and scarce Welsh usage £50-60
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Plate 40: CF and PC, both with margins all round, on separate entire letters ex the same correspondence, dated March 1844, from Denbigh to Oswestry, black Maltese Cross cancellations, dated markings on reverse; fine £80-100
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Plate 40 (?): OG, close to large margins all round, unusually placed sideways, on entire letter, dated 18 April 1844, addressed to Oswestry, upright number "7" in Maltese Cross cancellation, dated markings on reverse; light horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine. Specialised £450 £80-100
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Plate 41: NE, margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by a fine upright black Maltese Cross cancellation with "Maddox St." handstamp alongside, on entire letter, dated 9 April 1844, to Oswestry; horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesive, fine £50-60
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Plate 46: SA-TC block of six (3 x 2), good to huge margins all round, tied by superb "29" barred oval cancellations of Ashburton, to entire letter (no side flaps), dated 4 Dec. 1844, to Dawlish, dated markings on front and reverse; a trifle soiled, fine and with interesting contents regarding poor law relief. Rare and spectacular. Photo £1,200-1,400
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AF, close to large margins all round, tied by blue "665" barred oval cancellation of Ruthin, to elegantly penned entire letter, dated 15 Aug. 1849, addressed to Oswestry, dated markings of Ruthin, Rhyl and Oswestry, all in blue, on reverse; vertical filing fold, fine and rare. The blue "655" cancellation not recorded by Danzig. Photo £300-400
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DK, small to large margins all round, placed sideways on 1850 (c.) envelope addressed to Berlin, London District "12" cancellation, "3 1/2/groschen" handstamp alongside, rated "7" in blue; a little wrinkled and somewhat stained on the reverse. Rare usage to Prussia. Photo £200-250
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Eight fine examples on separate entire letters, four with London district numeral cancellations and the others with English barred oval cancellations (one with double cancellation), margins all round, including three with parts of sheet margins, very fine included £60-80
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A group of five fine examples on separate entire letters to the same address in Oswestry, all with Welsh numeral cancellations, including "108" of Carnarvon, dated 21 May 1844 (first Month of use), "222" of Dolgelly, "241" of Denbigh, "632" of Pwllhely, etc.,
close to large margins, fine £60-80
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BA-CB, block of four, touched at places, tied by unclear numeral cancellations to long entire letter, dated 11 Nov. 1845 from Leicester to Stourbridge, dated markings on reverse; vertical filing folds, one affecting the block £80-100
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EL (shifted transfer), large to enormous margins all round and showing portions of adjoining stamps on three sides, tied to entire letter, dated 2 Nov. 1843, to Devon, by number in Maltese Cross cancellation (the numeral unclear, presumably "3" which is the only numbered Cross with no Cross at the top), South Molton d.s. on reverse. Attractive. Specialised £2,250. Photo £250-300
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MG and ML both with good to large margins all round, tied by number "8" in Maltese Cross cancellations, to entire letter, ex the Horrocks Miller correspondence, dated 16 Oct. 1843, to Preston; fine and uncreased, ML with clear profile. Photo £500-600
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MD-MF horizontal strip of three, close to large margins all round and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by barred oval cancellations, to envelope, dated November 1850, addressed to Gibraltar, red Ship Letter London on the front, red undated double ring "eton" and black Ship Letter Liverpool d.s. on reverse; a few small faults but attractive and scarce. Photo £200-250
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BH, tied by London Inland section barred oval cancellation on entire dated 28 Nov. 1853, to Manchester, dated markings on reverse, addressee's name crossed through, light horizontal filing folds (one affecting the adhesive), fine and early use. Specialised CE2, £2,700. Photo £200-250
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x PE, well tied by London numeral cancellation, on 1854 (25 Feb.) envelope to Daventry, the reverse with clear despatch c.d.s., straight-line "Gt.Coram.St." in blue and part green c.d.s. An unusually fine cover. B.P.A. Certificate (1969). S.G. 16b, £2,200. Photo £900-1,000
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OA, centred to top and with slightly rounded corners at top, tied by "286" barred oval cancellation of Exmouth to envelope dated 27 Dec. 1850, to Plymouth and with dated markings on reverse; attractive and exceptionally early use. Specialised CE2, £2,600. Photo £400-500
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TD, tied by "250" barred oval cancellation of Devonport on wrapper (side flaps missing) dated 13 Nov. 1850, to Plymouth with dated markings on reverse, some short perfs. at left, filing fold clear of the adhesive and a little soiled. Extremely early use. Specialised. CE2, £2,600. Photo £200-250
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QG, traces of staining around the perfs., tied by London Inland "26" in barred oval cancellation to mourning envelope dated 9 April 1852, to Motherwell, red "cr" (Caledonian Railway) handstamp on front, short filing note and some small faults but otherwise fine and most attractive and a scarce early date. Specialised CE2, £2,600. Photo £250-300
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HE, small part dried gum, centred to upper-left; fine. S.G. 16a, £3,500. Photo £500-600
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AE, centred to lower-right, tied by "286" barred oval cancellation of Exmouth on entire letter dated 24 Nov. 1850, to London, dated markings on reverse, filing folds well clear of the adhesive and a little soiled, fine. A rare early date. Brandon Certificate (2001).
S.G. CE2, £2,600. Photo £200-250
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JI (?) placed sideways and tied by "202" barred oval cancellation of Chudleigh on entire letter dated 26 Dec. 1850, to Warminster, dated markings on reverse, vertical filing folds, one affecting the adhesive, fine and an attractive early date. Specialised CE2, £2,600. Photo £200-250
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1d., tied to envelope, dated 13 Aug. 1855, to Co. Mayo by green "186" in diamond of bars cancellation of Dublin, on reverse matching d.s.; very fine and uncreased. Rare. Specialised £1,500. Photo £300-400
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1d., HG, tied by fine Liverpool "466" spoon cancellation of 23 March 1855, to entire letter to Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Oswestry datestamps in green on reverse, also watermark small Crown, perforation 14 1d., LH, tied by very scarce Leamington "444" spoon cancellation of 16 Oct. 1856, to envelope to Carnarvon; fine £80-100
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2d. blue, Plate 5, EK, profile clear cancellation, centred to right, fine. S.G. 27, £450. Photo £100-150
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1d., HH, tied by a very fine strike of the Charles Rideout experimental London duplex, "2" coded CR of 25 June 1859, to envelope to Staffordshire, fine and scarce. Also a fine strike of the Pearson Hill Parallel Motion "89" cancellation on 1d. on envelope, dated 1 April 1861, ex the same correspondence £50-60
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x 1d. rose-red, plate 52: KD-KF imperforate strip of three, close or just touched to very large margins all round and well tied by Liverpool roller "466" on local Liverpool wrapper being a printed "Notice of Objection" (of the recipient remaining on the list of voters) and with Liverpool 1858 (23 Aug.) backstamp; the wrapper with some creasing and age faults, nevertheless, a major rarity from this period. S.G. 40a. Photo £7,500-8,000
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Plates 71-221, partial used reconstructions housed in two large albums, over 16,700 stamps, including Plates 101 (97), 110 (175), 113 (110), 114 (64), 116 (107), 121 (145), 131 (69), 132 (3), 133 (19), 135 (42), 136 (72), 139 (156), 142 (96), 144 (82), 203 (60), 211 (22), 214 (32), 215 (17), 216 (29), 221 (16), etc., mixed condition £3,000-5,000
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Plates 71-225, collection of 155 entires or envelopes, housed in two albums contained in a carton, including Plates 101 (3 on envelope to Bordeaux), 131, 132, 135, 136 (4 on envelope to Prussia), 139, 142 (2), 143 (strip of three on envelope to Germany), 143 (vertical strip of three on envelope to Saxony), 145 (strip of four on envelope to France, marked "insufficiently/prepaid"), 151 (vertical strip of three on envelope to Bordeaux), 203, 211, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224 and 225 (on envelope from London to Maidstone), etc., mixed condition £1,500-2,000
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Plates 71-225, collection of 153 entires or envelopes, housed in two albums, contained in a carton, including Plates 82 (5 on envelope registered from Plymouth to Liskeard), 120 (on embossed envelope dated 13 Feb. 1869), 131, 132, 136, 139, 142, 144, 203, 207 (pair with 1/2d. on envelope to Paris), 211, 214, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 (on mourning envelope from London dated 14 Jan. 1880). etc., mixed condition £1,200-1,500
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Plate 177: NC-OF, block of sixteen (4x4), original gum with most being unmounted, mostly fine; also a further twelve examples with one being mint and badly miss-perforated. Photo for block £200-250
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