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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1870S TRANSATLANTIC COVERS TO FRANCE (10c+6c WITH INTAGLIO "A" CORKS) OR SWITZERLAND; 22 Nov. 1872 env. (minor faults; flap lost) from "WASHINGTON/D.C." (fine cds beside stamps) to Paris with 6c+10c tied by very fine intaglio "A" in circle corks with NY, London & French transits i=on the front; plus 23 Aug. 1873 env. ex NY to Zurich with 10c Brown Vertical Pair tied by Star in Circle cork with v. fine "NEW YORK PAID ALL/VIA ENG. & OSTD." cds on the front. (2 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL £200
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INDIA - RARE UNDERPAID 22c FOR 24c-RATE COVER WITH "INSUFFY. STAMPED/VIA-BRINDISI" MARKS; 12 Dec. 1873 yellow-paper env. (slightly reduced with small closed tears at left well clear of stamp) from "MUNCY/PA." (v. fine cds on front) to "Shahjahanpore, N.W.P., India" and routed "via Brindisi" but with 10c Brown & 112c Lilac only (the Brindisi route rate was 28 cents) and so re-routed via the slower Southampton route with two mainly very fine rare "INSUFFY. STAMPED/VIA-BRINDISI" marks (of London?) on the front with red NY (17 Dec.) and London (30 Dec.) cds's; there are fine "[ADEN TO BOMBAY] SEA/POST OFFICE" (16 Jan.) and "SHAHJEHANPORE" (31 Jan.) backstamps. Rare thus. Cross Reference: INDIA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERSFALSE £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - WRECK OF THE S.S. OREGON - COVER EX BRISTOL (G.B.) WITH NY P.O. "RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK" LABEL; 6 Mar. 1886 env. (damp-affected and stamps washed off, but complete and with original contents) from Bristol (firm's cachet on front and headed paper for contents) to Iowa but with 6 July NY P.O. "HENRY G. PEARSON, Postmaster" label on reverse ref. this cover having been recovered from the wreck "off Fire Island" (off New York). Unusual to have the contents with a wreck cover. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, BRISTOLFALSE £150
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1930 AIRSHIP 'GRAF ZEPPELIN' $2.60 blue unmounted mint. SG A689 £800 £120
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U.S.A. POSSESSIONS - US 1901 2c BLACK & RED USED IN SAMOA ON COVER TO USA - 1901 env. to Albany with 2c train tied by v fine PAGO PAGO cds, Albany mark on back. PF Cert (2013). Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SAMOA £200
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CARTONS AND BOXES - FOUR CARTONS with the accumulation of Presentation Packs & Year Packs inc. many pre-decimal types from Shakespeare onwards. Also general early to modern, mint & used GB collections on leaves, plus a range of decimal & pre-decimal booklets. Also some interest in modern NZ. (Large Qty.) £150
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CARTONS AND BOXES - TWO CARTONS with a number of stockbooks etc. inc. useful mint Wildings, postage dues, booklets, Jersey/Guernsey etc. Also The Plating of the 1d Black by Nissen, 1922 (poor copy, no photos) & Slogan Postmarks of UK (12, 1960s/70s). (Qty.) Cross Reference: CHANNEL ISLANDS STAMPS, LITERATURE, BOOKLETS AND BOOKLET PANESFALSE £200
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CARTONS AND BOXES - TWO CARTONS with main interest being in two 'Lindner' hingeless albums with the predominantly mint collection of QV to 1970 issues. Sparse before KGV but noting solid range of QEII phosphors, graphites, etc. Lot also incl. a range of GB FDCs and qty. loose Channel Islands issues. (Many 100s) £120
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CARTONS AND BOXES - TWO CARTONS - with the accumulation of bundleware & loose stamps, box of perfins mostly on machins and a group of modern affixed to & cancelled on otherwise blank white cards (200+). (Qty.) Cross Reference: PERFINS £90
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CARTONS AND BOXES - CARTON housing 7 albums/stock books with the all periods, mint & used collection. We note two 1d blacks (3/4 margin), 1840 2d blue, comprehensive 1d red plate collection (less 225), QV surface printed range to 10/- through to early QEII inc good ranges of phosphors, graphites, 2d brown Wilding wmk error (SG 605a) both mint & used, 1955 Castles, etc. Inspection will repay. (Very many 100s) £240
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ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS - SG GREAT BRITAIN "SPECIAL ISSUES" PRINTED ALBUMS: Two cartons with eight of these SG printed albums with spaces for the special issues from 1924-1972. Each album in various stages of completion. Lot also includes many packs of spare pages and supplements for years 1969-74. £50
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ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS - TWO BINDERS with the c.1840-2010 mainly used collection. We note 3-margin 1840 1d, representative range of SP issues inc. QV to 5/- & KEVII to 10/-, etc. (Few 100s) £75
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ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS - ALBUM with the predominantly used QV-QEII collection from a poor 1840 1d black, inc. useful surface-printed ranges to 10/-, KEVII 5/- &10/-, Sea Horse 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- mint (some pulled/ragged perfs.), 1924/25 Wembleys mint & used, KGVI high-value 1939-48 set of 6 mint & used, 1951 Festival of Britain high value set mint & used, etc. Condition a trifle mixed but a useful lot with a very high catalogue value. (Some 100s) £360
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ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS - STOCKBOOK with the mainly KGV unmounted or mounted mint 1911 & 1912 ½d green and 1d red shades group inc. pairs (13), strips of 3 (4) & blocks of 4 (3) & 6 (7). Also small selection of all other reigns. (c150) Cross Reference: KGV ISSUES £75
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COLLECTIONS - QV MISCELLANY - all used, inc. set of the three embossed values, sound cut-into examples; 1884 lilac & green set & 1887 jubilee set, etc. Plus 1883 white paper 2/6 lilac, 5/- rose (crease) & 10/- ultramarine. (40) Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, 1883-84 LILAC AND GREEN ISSUE, 1887-1892 JUBILEE ISSUES, SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES £120
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COLLECTIONS - KEVIII-QEII MINT RANGES ON LEAVES - inc. KEVIII 1½d booklet pane with G7. cylinder, 1948 £1 wedding; much unmounted. (c90 items) £120
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LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS - MINT 1d RED GROUP - 1841 1d red imperf (2 - 4 & 3 margins), 1854 SG17/C1 HA plate 167, 1855 SG24/C3 QI plate 8, 1855 C6, and 1857 SG40/C10 (3). Generally good appearance, some creased. (8) £300
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LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS - 1840 2d BLUE & 1841 1d RED WITH BLUE MX + BLOCK OF 6 - 1840 2d blue BF plate 1 four good to v close margins, cancelled with red MX; 1841 1d PF plate 22 cancelled with blue MX, four margins plus vertical block of six IK-KL plate 102, four margins, torn and creased, RPS Cert. (1974). (3 items) Cross Reference: 1840 2d BLUES, 1841 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONSFALSE £200
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LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS - MISCELLANY ON LEAVES/CARDS - strength in 1841 1d imperfs though useful ranges of all 1d periods, small group of 1870 ½d plus some surface printed, etc. Also, two cards with the 1857 1d rose-red plate recon of 240, some stuck down. (Qty.) £200
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LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS - 2d BLUE SELECTION - 1841-58 range, very mixed condition, but inc. 1841 imperf plate 4 HG with inv. wmk. (four margins, surface fault & crease, SG £850) and 1855 perf 16 large crown pl.5 BL (1 short perf, else fine, SG £450), etc. (24) Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES, 1854-61 2d BLUES, 1858-69 2d PLATESFALSE £120
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LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS - 1841-64 USED SELECTION ON PAGES - 1841 1d red (2), 1854 1d red (7) & 2d blue, 1855 1d red SG22, later 1d reds inc. mounted mint or unused or with OUS ovpt & 2d blue (2), 1858 2d blue plates (6), 1864 1d red almost full run of plates, 1870 ½d & 1½d ranges. (100+) £100
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IMPORTANT LINE ENGRAVED COVERS - THE UNIQUE CIRCULAR "QV WHITING EMBOSSED CAMEO" POSTCARD WITH 1d BLACK POSTED FROM TOTNES; 23 Nov. 1840 circular Embossed Charles Whiting green & red Queen Victoria Cameo (some minor dusting and understandable slight scuffing to the raised parts) used with Plate 3 1d Black (CD; close to huge margins on 3 sides, shaved along left and with small corner fault at top right where overlapping the edge of the card) tied by a light orange-red Totnes Maltese Cross with mainly very fine "TOTNESS" cds alongside, addressed to "Mifs Jane Cole, 2, Orchard Terrace, Torquay". [Our research has shown that the addressee was born in Devon in 1821, was of independent means in 1841, and was probably not - as one might have assumed - related to Sir Henry Cole, Rowland Hill's assistant during the Treasury Competition.] Only a handful of examples of this spectacular Charles Whiting Embossed QV Cameo have been recorded; one in red a gold background (Royal Collection), a similar blue/gold example (NPM) and two in this circular format (both in green & red - this example, plus another ex Marcus Samuel). This is the only recorded postally used Whiting Embossed Cameo, one of only 4 known with the head of QV, and the second earliest recorded Picture Postcard in the World. [The only other recorded postcard with a 1d Black - a coloured cartoon - sold in a London Stamp Exchange auction in March 2002 for £31,750.] [Provenance of this Cameo with the 1d Black: Sothebys Postage Stamp auction, 4 Sept. 1981, lot 143.] Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, PICTURE POSTCARDS, DEVONFALSE £5,000
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1840 1d BLACKS - FIVE AVERAGE EXAMPLES - CJ plate 6, FF plate 9 & RE plate 10 (PtoR & tiny thin) all cut into; IL plate 7 & LA plate 8 with four margins. (5) £360
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1840 1d BLACKS - RARE USAGE OF THE "POST MAGAZINE" WITH EARLY USAGE BLACK MALTESE CROSS; 12 Nov. 1840 edition of the 'Post Magazine addressed to Dumbarton, (probably posted at sea) and endorsed "Containing Bill of Lading and passage money on the Thames". The paper bears a 3-margin (trimmed at top edge) 1840 1d IE with black MX. The stated Bill of Lading' is no longer enclosed. Most unusual. Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS £500
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 1a ON SCARCE MAY DATE COVER - 26 May 1840 EL used within London franked with JG plate 1a having four small to good margins, well tied by v fine red MX leaving almost a clear profile & with mostly v fine black "STRAND D" receiving house mark alongside (Willcocks & Jay record such a mark only in 1845 in red) and clearly dated both with London ds on back and on dateline. SG £2000. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY £400
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 1b, AD WITH INVERTED WATERMARK - four small margins, possibly touched at lower right. SG £2500. £360
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1840 1d BLACKS - UNUSED PLATE 1b, IF - unused example with three good margins & just shaved along the left, constant marks in right star. £240
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 1b, FI (DOUBLE LETTER F) - 5 Nov. 1840 EL London to Glasgow with 3 large margin adhesive just barely tied by red MX. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SCOTLAND £150
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 1b, CJ - fine used, four good to large margins. £120
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 1b, LL - 4 margin example with light red MX. £90
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1840 1d BLACKS - MINT PLATE 2, LB - fine with four small to good margins & small part og, guide line through upper corners. SG £12000. £1,200
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1840 1d BLACKS - MINT PLATE 2, QE - part og example with four margins; light overall toning, crease and repaired tear at right. SG £12500. £450
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2 - BE & DJ on piece, each just touched at one place; SD four margins, toned. (3) £240
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2, II - fine used 4 mostly good margins. Also plate 5, TC, 4 margins, toned. (2) £200
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2, HF - 4 margins, just clipped NW corner tied by red MX to 6 Sep.1840 cover ex Dover to Gt. Yarmouth. The stamp has been attached by red wax (as used to seal reverse flap). £100
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2, PF - 4 margins with light black MX. £90
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 2, JG - 4 margin example with fine red MX £90
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 3 - FA four good to tiny margins, tear & crease; KE fine four margins; LI slightly ragged at base, else fine. (3) £360
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 3 - EA, four close to good margins, close but clear at top right, tied to piece by red MX as well as light 'Penny Post' mark. Also PLATE 1b - PJ, three margins. (2) £200
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 4, JI MINT - almost 4 margins, just touched at top left, almost full og (toned) & filled pin hole, still attractive. RPS Cert. (2017). SG £12500. £750
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATES 4, 5 & 6 - RG plate & DB plate 6 both fine four margins; TE plate 5 fine three margins. (3) £300
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 4, AB-AC PAIR - four good to close margins. SG Spec £1250. £280
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 5, GG - 1 Apr. 1841 EL to Inverary, stamp with 3 good to v small margins, removed and hinged back in place, boxed TARBERT ds on back. Also 26 Jan. 1841 EL Old Meldrum to Aberdeen, with 1d black just 4 margins that doesn't belong. (2) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £150
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 5, QL - matched pair in black and red, each with 3 margins, the red with smudged distinctive MX of Greenock. (2) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS £120
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 5, GG matched pair, 1d black with 4 good margins & light corner red MX, 1d red with complete MX and 3 good margins. £120
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 5, OC - 4 good margins. Red MX. £100
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1840 1d BLACKS - MINT PLATE 6, IG - large part og example with four small to v close margins. SG £13000. Plus ML Plate 10 apparently unused, but appears to have been chemically treated resulting in extensive thinning on reverse. (2) £900
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 6, DC - four very large margins, lightly toned. £240
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 6 - SD on dated piece & TJ, both with four small to good margins. (2) £240
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1840 1d BLACKS - PLATE 6 - FD & OF each with four margins and red MX. (2) £180
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