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x A24 and A27, unused horizontal pair, creased and a trifle soiled or stained £150-200
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x A27, dated 17 March 1841, to London, black Maltese Cross cancellation, on reverse Whitby d.s. and red arrival; folds and left flap missing. Also another A27 (front only), to London from Leeds with red Maltese Cross cancellation; faults £100-120
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x A34, A44, A64 and A66, forme 3 or 4, first series; unused, fair to fine £200-250
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A57, with blue Smith's Envelope advertisement (Top left No. III, top right Page 1, Specialised MA26d), dated 22 Nov. 1840, from Edinburgh to Surrey, upright red Maltese Cross cancellation, small portion of the top flap missing and other small faults. Attractive. Photo £150-200
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x A64, additionally franked 1840 1d. Plate 1a, EB, ragged and touched at top, good to large margins other sides, brownish black Maltese Cross cancellations, dated 18 May 1840, to Wiltshire; creases (one through the adhesive), stained and other faults. Rare. Specialised ME2, £15,000. Photo £600-700
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x A65, A76 (unallocated stereo), A229 (substituted stereo), A238, A249, unused, some soiling and creases, good to fine £300-350
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x A249 and A251, unused; slight creases, fine £150-200
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x A251, with printed "Family Endowment, Annuity, Life Assurance, & Reversionary Interest Society" advertisement in blue (S.G. MA126a), dated 9 Feb. 1841, to London, red Maltese Cross cancellation, on reverse double ring Rickmansworth c.d.s. (across flap); the lower flap torn and strengthened by hinges, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo £400-500
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x a196 and 198, unused, contrasting shades; one a trifle soiled, fine. Specialised ME4, £900 £150-200
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x a196 and a198, unused; a trifle creased or soiled. Specialised ME4, £900 £120-150
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x a199, unused and unfolded, one or two minute perimeter imperfections; fine. Specialised ME4, £450 £150-200
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x a200, a201 and a202, unused, good to fine. Specialised ME4, £1,350 £220-250
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x a201 and a202, unused, the last a trifle soiled. Specialised ME4, £900 £100-150
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x a202, unused; fine. Specialised ME4, £450 £100-120
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x a203, a208 and a210, unused; good to fine. Specialised ME4, £1,350 £300-350
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x a203, a208 and a210, unused; the first two a little stained. Specialised ME4, £1,350 £150-200
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x a210, unused; small scuff on reverse, otherwise fine. Specialised ME4, £450 £100-120
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x a211, unplaced stereo, unused, cut-down with most of the flaps removed but the stereo intact. Rare. Specialised ME4c, £600. Photo £150-200
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x a92, unused, fine impression and uncreased, a trifle toned and tiny faults on reverse. Specialised ME3, £425 £100-120
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x a94, two unused examples in different shades, one very fine, the other a trifle soiled and creased. Specialised ME3, £850 £150-200
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x a95, two unused examples, one very slightly creased, the other very fine. Specialised ME3, £850 £150-200
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x a96 and a97, unused, the first a little soiled, fresh and fine. Specialised ME3, £850 £200-250
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x a97 and a99, unused, a trifle soiled or creased. Specialised ME3, £850 £200-250
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x a98, used to Haverstock Hill, "WC/7" barred circle cancellation, an adhesive missing from lower right, left and right flaps largely missing; also 2d. envelope a199, dated 5 July 1840, to London, red Maltese Cross cancellation, address crossed through, some ink burning and part of reverse missing. Photo £300-400
| Mulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes | |
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1840 (3 Sept.) envelope from Baltinglass to Lisnaskea with a hand drawn caricature of the Mulready design, manuscript "Prepaid" and red boxed "paid/se 4m/1840" on the front, dated markings on the reverse; fine and believed to be the only contemporary original caricature of a Mulready from Ireland in private hands. Photo £5,000-6,000
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1842 (24 Feb.) printed "going going gone for one/penny" envelope, depicting a rider being thrown by his horse, franked 1841 "Black" Plate 5 1d. red-brown, CK, small to good margins all round and tied by a superb black Maltese Cross cancellation, addressed to Russell Square, London and with Horndean double ring d.s. on reverse; pressed horizontal filing fold at foot, well clear of the adhesive, otherwise very fine and most appealing. An exceptionally rare envelope especially bearing a "Black" Plate 1d. Photo £1,500-1,800
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x Comic envelope, number 1, coloured, Hunting envelope, number 4, two coloured examples, Christmas envelope, number 10, all Deraedemaeker reprints; fine £150-200
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x "Peg Leg Sailor"envelope number 5, unused (Proof ?); fine £120-150
Provenance: R.C. Alcock
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x "Pickpocket" envelope number 1; "Ladies School" envelope number 2; "Peg Leg Sailor" envelope number 3 (on yellow); "Pickwick" envelope number 5, Deraedemaeker reprints, some minor stains, also a forgery of the "Pickpocket" numbered 3 £150-200
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x Envelope number 1, dated 22 Aug. 1840 and used from London to Norwich, endorsed "Prepaid", rated "1" (crossed through) and "2" in manuscript, dated markings on reverse; the envelope, with a variety of humerous notations on the front, roughly opened, ink burning and the right hand flap missing. Nevertheless rare. Photo £600-800
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x Envelope number 4, coloured, unused, a little creased and stained £60-80
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x A print (number 26 of 120) in black on India, from a sketch said to have been made by Thackery on the back of a menu, also a print from the defaced plate; fine £200-250
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x "The Past - The Future", proofs of the front panel in red, in blue and in black, each on card (190x128mm.); fine £150-200
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x Deraedemaeker reprints, selection of eight, unused, mostly different, good to fine £150-200
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x With "12 warwick lane/london/e.c." embossed on flap, dated 8 may 1880. from London to Royston, franked 1880 1d.; a little stained £80-100
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x Two envelopes, each franked 1881 1d., one to London, the other to Canan, a few perimeter faults and one with flap missing £80-100
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x The "Moll-Roony" broadsheet and the smaller envelope, unused, the first a little cut down, the second with manuscript additions to the design; folded and with some faults £300-350
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x Selection of nine items, mostly Deraedemaeker reprints, including Valentine Universal Brotherhood envelope bearing 1d. with "352" cancellation, from Hale to London (stamp may not belong), 1901 Mulready like caricature, etc., mixed condition £300-400
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1859-1906 collection of eighty-three hand illustrated envelopes, including thirteen coloured, many themes with animals, birds, humorous, seaside, sport, etc., good to fine. Photo £10,000-12,000
| 1839 Tender Essays | |
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Charles Whiting: Beaufort House 1d. essay number 6 in blue and red on wove paper, small margins; light soiling on the reverse. Photo £250-300
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Charles Whiting: Beaufort House 1d. essay number 8 in green and red, small margins;
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x Charles Whiting: Beaufort House 1d. essay number 10 with typically small margins. Fine. Photo £600-650
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Charles Whiting: Beaufort House 1d. essay number 12 in black and red on wove paper; small margins; a couple of small thins. Photo £200-250
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x 1d. State 2; in lilac-pink on white paper dipped in prussiate of potash, large even margins all round; fine and showing the distinct ivory head on the reverse. Specialised DP20a, £4,500. Photo £1,100-1,200
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x 1d. state 3, in red-brown on wove paper dipped in prussiate of potash, [1-2] top left corner pair showing extremely large margins with a significant patch of white paper on the edge of the chemical dipping; some light creasing does not detract from this impressive piece. Specialised DP20a. Photo £3,600-4,000
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x 1d. state 3, in Prussian blue, [5-10] in a lower left corner block of four with wide margins; some light paper ageing. A fine and rare block. Specialised DP20b. Photo £6,500-7,000
Provenance: Hassan Shaida, February 1992
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x 1d. state 2, in dark olive-green on thick, bluish laid paper, [1] with manuscript "Plain" written in the top margin; some trivial paper wrinkling in the corner margin does not detract from this stunning proof. Specialised DP20d. Photo £3,200-3,500
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x Late Impression from the One Penny Die II Proof with reversed "new" and "3" in black on thin white paper; some overall soiling and there is thin under the "3". Specialised DP29, £42,000. Photo £7,000-8,000
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x 1d. plate 103, AE-BF top margin block of four in black on soft card showing the marginal inscription, small to large margins; some surface rubbing down the right margin. An attractive positional multiple. Specialised DP38, £12,000. Photo £5,500-6,000
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x 2d. blue, good to large margins and showing the vertical line in the lower right corner of [10]. Specialised DP43, £1,800. Photo £750-800
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