Hotel Posts. 1868-94 Hotel Post stamps from Belalp (6), Kurort Stoos (6), Maderanerthal (14), Rigi Kaltbad (5), Rigi Kulm (8) or Rigi Scheideck (11), a few faults but the majority fine, also a red imperforate 2c stamp dated 20-3-71 used with an 1877 Zurich c.d.s, of unknown status. (51). £180-220
TONGA |
1894 (Sep 29) Stampless cover with "ON HIS TONGAN MAJESTY'S SERVICE" printed heading, to New Zealand, handstamped "TONGA GOVERNMENT / (crown) / FRANK" with a Nukualofa c.d.s alongside, Auckland arrival backstamp, very fine. £100-120
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
(Also See Lot 485) |
1851-1977 Mainly mint collection including Tobago 1883 2½d on 6d, 1896 ½d on 4d lilac, Trinidad Britannia issues, Trinidad & Tobago 1938-44 set, 1967-77 issues unmounted. (100s). £150-200
TRISTAN DA CUNHA |
11971 1½p on 4p Imperforate plate proof block of four, stain on the lower right stamp, horizontal and vertical creases affecting the other three stamps, good appearance and a scarce block. Photo on Page 144. £300-350
USA
(Also See Lots 80, 115, 361, 385, 391, 420, 459-465, 501/3, 537, 564/5, 602, 611, 635, 998, 1087-1111) |
1799-1860 Entire letters, entires and covers, mostly from or to Philadelphia, including circular "PHI" datestamps (7), red octagonal framed "PHILA / 5 Cts / PAID" on letters to Europe (2) and other transatlantic letters (5), cover with "Bloods One Cent Despatch" local stamp, etc. (45). £200-250
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1847-1960 Used collection in a Schaubek album including 1847 5c (three margins) and a reasonable range of other classic issues to the 90c, condition very mixed but including fine 1893 Columbus 50c, 1895 50c and $1, 1902-03 set to $5, also Columbus $2 with small thin but good appearance, etc. (100s). £250-350
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Railway Post Offices. 1876-1947 Covers and cards all with R.P.O cancels including street car and steamer services, all fine selected strikes. (83). £120-150
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Machine Cancels. 1892-1938 (mainly pre 1920) Covers and cards (440) with various machine cancels including many flag types, also many pieces and a few fronts, and a few more recent covers damaged by the cancelling or sorting machine, some advertising envelopes noted. (450+). £300-350
ZANZIBAR |
Postal Stationery. 1895-1938 Collection written up on pages including blue or black overprints on India (14) and issues from 1897 comprising postcards and reply cards "Specimen" (21) or unused (14), envelopes "Specimen" (7) or unused (5) and registration envelopes "Specimen" (3), unused (11) or used. Unused items include 1897 2a and 1926 31c size J registration envelopes, 1918 20c on 12c registration envelope, 1936 30c size H and 1938 50c size G registration envelopes, etc., virtually all different, mainly very fine. (69). £260-300
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Postal Stationery. 1908 Archive page headed "Zanzibare", bearing three 3c green and three 6c carmine newspaper wrappers, the six wrappers all overprinted "SPECIMEN", the overlapping wrappers applied to the page and handstamped by three strikes of circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR". A unique page from the Madagascar Post Office book of U.P.U specimen stamps and stationery. £200-250
GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS |
1840 1d Black, TB plate 2, four good margins, cancelled by a Maltese Cross in Magenta. Ex "Daisy" collection. With B.P.A Certificate (1996). S.G. £3,000. Photo on Page 152. £250-300
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1840 1d Black, TB-TC plate 5 pair, small to large margins, TC a little close at base, each with a red Maltese Cross cancel. An attractive pair, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Page 152. £200-250
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1840 1d Black, TB plate 6, small to huge margins, part margin at base with inscription "bel. 1s/- Per Row o", red Maltese Cross cancel, pressed crease or wrinkle at right, a very attractive stamp, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Page 152. £350-400
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1840 1d Black, JA-JB plate 6 pair, good to large margins with part margin at left, each with a superb Maltese Cross in black. A very attractive pair, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Page 152. £300-350
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1840 1d Black, TA-TB plate 8 pair, good to huge margins each with a superb black Maltese Cross, a fine and extremely attractive pair, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Back Cover. £300-350
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1840 1d Black, TB plate 9, good to large margins, tied to piece by Leeds first type distinctive Maltese Cross in black. S.G. £2,800. Photo on Page 152. £200-250
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1840 1d Greyish black, ID plate 11, large margins, with a neat black Maltese Cross, a fine and attractive stamp, ex "Daisy" collection. With B.P.A Certificate (1996). S.G. £4,500. Photo on Front Cover. £800-1,000
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1840 1d Blacks, BE plate 4 and SI plate 6 with four good margins, both fine used with red Maltese Cross cancels; and 1841 1d red HI from black plate 8, four margins, used with 1841 (Oct 17) town datestamp (possibly Plymouth). (3). Photo on Page 152. £180-220
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1841 (May 17) Printed entire letter (notice of a final dividend to be paid from a trust deed) posted from Wakefield to Clapham & Sons in Batley franked by a 1d black IG plate 1b (four margins, close at right) tied by a black Maltese Cross. Endorsed "Not found at Batley" and redirected several times in an attempt to locate the addressee, further endorsed "Try Birstal, Leeds" and "Try Armley", "Not J.E Clapham & Son", "not Clapham Bros" and "Not found at Leeds May 21st", backstamped at Wakefield, Leeds and Dewsbury (both May 18), another Leeds datestamp (June 13) applied nearly a month later on the front. An unusual 1d black letter, presumably returned to the sender (enclosed within a Post Office "Returned letter" wrapper). Photo on Page 160. £160-180
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1840 2d Blue, JJ-JK pair in a deep shade, good to large margins, each with a black Maltese Cross, fine and very attractive, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Page 152. £300-350
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1840 2d Blue, OE-OF pair, good to large margins with a portion of the adjoining stamp at left, each with a neat black Maltese Cross, very fine and attractive, ex "Daisy" collection. Photo on Page 152. £350-400
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1840 2d Blue, QD-QE pair, QE just touched at lower right corner, otherwise margins on all sides, centrally cancelled (contrary to regulations) by a single 1844 type "859" numeral at Wellington, QE thinned and with two tears at upper edge, QD with tiny nick at upper edge, pressed horizontal crease, still a most attractive and unusual pair, ex "Daisy" collection. With B.P.A Certificate (1996). S.G. £5,000. Photo on Page 152. £250-300
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1840 2d Blue, SA-SC strip of three with good to very large margins on all sides, small scissor cut between SB and SC, used on piece, each with a black Maltese Cross, an unusually fine strip, ex "Daisy" collection. With B.P.A Certificate. (1996). Photo on Front Cover. £600-800
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1840-1959 Small mint and used selection with 1d black (faults), 1948 £1 unmounted, 1959 Graphite line 1½d booklet pane of six with Multiple Crowns watermark inverted, unmounted (S.G. 589wi, £450, trimmed perfs at base), etc. (12). £80-100
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1841-1983 G.B, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man Collection in five S.G. Devon albums with some QV surface printed used, QEII unmounted including decimal issues, also many Presentation Packs, F.D.Cs and some duplicates and mint decimal issues in a stockbook and packets. (1,000s). £250-350
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1850-92 Entire letters and covers including 1850 entire to USA franked 2d + embossed 10d (cut to shape); 1858 entire bearing perf 16 Large Crown 2d blue pair (S.G. 26a, £550+); 1859 entire from Gibraltar to Algeria with 1858 2d plate 7 cancelled "A26"; 1884 cover franked 2½d to "Captain Gordon, Royal Marines, Souakim, Egypt"; also covers to Algeria (2), Malta or Cape Colony; and an 1874 (Dec 2) 1d red cover with the scarce Glasgow experimental duplex with distinctive Glasgow datestamp and A2 code. (9). £250-300
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1856 Emblems watermark paper, quarter sheet (304x166mm) with three watermark panes (each comprising twenty stamp size watermarks) and "Postage Stamps" at the four sides, endorsed "Specimen Sheet sized with starch and resin to obtain opacity, March 1862. Does not belong to any stock". Several light folds and minor staining at upper edge, unique with this endorsement and the largest recorded piece of Emblems watermark paper. £500-600
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1857 (Jan 12) Entire from London to Bordeaux bearing Large Garter 4d rose, a fine and very early use in the month of issue. £120-150
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1862 (January) Rowland Hill "Circular to Postmasters who obliterate stamps" (155x240mm), entitled "New Postage Stamps of the value of Ninepence, and Alterations in the colour of The Fourpenny stamp", bearing 1862 4d with type 5 "SPECIMEN" overprint and 9d bistre (straight edge at left) with type 6 "SPECIMEN" handstamp. Very minor staining at left edge and folded prior to posting to a Postmaster, otherwise fine and rare. 800 Circulars were printed and despatched to all Postmasters in England and Wales (except London & District); only about five examples are now recorded. Ex Samuel collection. Photo on Page 154. £800-1,000
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1862 (April) Francis Abbot circular (155x235mm) sent to Postmasters in Scotland, headed "New Postage Stamps of the value of Threepence", bearing 1862 3d with type 5 "SPECIMEN" overprint (small tear at left). The notice with various small edge tears and a couple of spike holes repaired on reverse by several small pieces of paper, missing the second blank page, folded prior to posting to a Postmaster. 400 Circulars were printed and distributed in Scotland but this is believed to be the sole surviving example. A unique item. Ex Samuel collection. Photo on Page 154. £500-600
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1862 3d Rose LE plate 2, state 2 with cleared spandrels, imperforate, mint with large part original gum, wing margin at left reduced and a little light soiling, with 2017 R.P.S Certificate ("variety imperf - unused - is genuine") which rather harshly notes "toned and surface abrasions", which are very hard to see even under a strong magnifying glass. The certificate also has the added memo in pencil "Stamp LE wing margin position remains on imprimatur sheet". 24 Imprimaturs were removed from the sheet, and this stamp was sold as an imprimatur in a 1979 Robson Lowe sale; however as LE remains on the imprimatur sheet this must be an issued imperforate variety as stated on the R.P.S Certificate, this variety unlisted by Gibbons, possibly unique. An intriguing stamp. Photo on Front Cover. £600-800
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1862-96 Entire letters and covers from Scotland to France (19) or Germany (11), various surface printed frankings and rates including 8d (2), 6d (5), 4d (2), 3d (8), etc. (30). £200-250
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1864 Cover from Burford to France franked 1d red plate 72 and 3d deep carmine-rose plate 2 each cancelled by Faringdon 293 duplex, a Burford single arc datestamp on the front. An attractive example of this uncommon 3d shade on cover. £100-120
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1864-84 Entire letters and covers (11) and a front from Scotland to Australia (3) or New Zealand (9), various surface printed frankings and rates including 1869 letter to Tasmania franked 2d pair + 6d, 1873 cover to Victoria franked 9d straw plate 4 and 1877 cover from Lerwick to Victoria franked 4d sage-green pair, covers to New Zealand with 1865 cover bearing 4d strip of three, 1882 cover with 6d grey plate 18 pair, 1864 cover franked 6d + 4d, 1876 cover franked 6d + 3d, etc. (12). £260-320
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1865 Cover from Doncaster to the USA franked 6d, carried by Allan Line steamer "Belgian", with "DETROIT AM. PKT / 24" entry datestamp and circular "IN U.S NOTES / 34" depreciated currency handstamp, reverse with oval "HAVE YOUR / LETTERS DIRECTED / TO YOUR / STREET & NUMBER". Small part flap missing, otherwise fine, a very scarce depreciated currency handstamp of Detroit. Photo on Page 160. £160-180
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1867-88 High values, used selection comprising 1865 Maltese Cross 5/- plate 1, trace of a light crease but otherwise fine; 1883-84 2/6 (2), 5/- (3, one thinned) and 10/- (2); and 1888 Orbs watermark £1 brown-lilac, small repaired fault with several short or pulled perforations at upper left, tiny surface marks. A useful group. S.G. 126, 178/83, 186, £7,300. (9). Photo on Pages 152 & 158. £400-500
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1867-83 £5 Orange used with central Bradford c.d.s, trace of a tiny crease at upper edge and one soiled corner perf, otherwise fine and an attractive stamp. S.G. 137, £3,500. Photo on Page 158. £600-800
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1869-80 Stamps with inverted watermarks comprising 1869 Large Garter 4d deep vermilion plate 11, 1875 Small Anchor 2½d rosy mauve plate 1 and 1880 Orb 2½d rosy mauve plate 17, all used, the scarce 2½d plate 17 with one short perf at right, otherwise fine. S.G. 95, 139, 141(17)wi, £,1075. (3). Photo on Page 152. £200-240
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1876 Entire registered from Southampton to Denmark franked 2½d plate 9 and 4d vermilion plate 15 each cancelled "723" vertical numeral, Oxford St. Southampton, Southampton and London datestamps on the front. Two vertical file folds (clear of the stamps), otherwise fine, the Large Garter 4d vermilion a very uncommon stamp on cover. S.G. 152, £1,100 on cover. Photo on Page 160. £200-250
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1879-1902 Proofs and essays in a 1938 Stanley Gibbons approval book, comprising 1879-80 Tender Essays (5), 1881 1d lilac die II plate proofs on buff or green paper, 1900 ½d green plate proof on buff paper, 1902 KEVII ½d blue-green, 1d and 5d plate proofs on buff or yellowish paper. (11). Photo on Page 152. £350-400
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1877-1904 Stamps with "SPECIMEN" overprints comprising 1880 1½d venetian red block of four (S.G. £320) and 1887 1/- green both mint, 1881 1d lilac and 1887 1½d, 3d, 6d and 1/- green all unused without gum (all type 9 overprint), telegraph stamps comprising 1d plate 2, 3d plate 1 (straight edge at top) and plate 2 mint, 1d plate 2 (type 10 overprint) and 1/- plate 8 (straight edge at base) unused without gum, and various embossed 1875-1904 General Duty embossed revenue stamps (15, nine with blank date plugs, six with faults). (30). Photo on Page 158. £200-250
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1881 1d Lilacs used, a huge quantity, the majority on pieces, apparently unchecked for varieties or cancellations. Also a Post Office Savings Bank deposit slip bearing three 1d lilacs and nine 1d venetian-red stamps, and the books "The Penny Lilac" parts 1 and 2 by R.A.G Lee. (1,000s). £300-400
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1884 £1 Brown-lilac, RB lithographic forgery with impressed Crowns watermark, forged London cancel, probably by Oneglia, minor staining and faults, unusual. £70-80
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1886 Cover to Calcutta bearing a 1d lilac and 1884 1/- dull green pair cancelled by "GLASGOW - CARLISLE / SORTING TENDER / 159" duplexs, code 3, the cover a little reduced at left and base, otherwise fine with the complete address and Sea Post Office backstamp, a very scarce use of this 1/- value on cover. £100-120
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1887 ½d Vermilion with "PEARS / SOAP" printed on the reverse in orange, unmounted mint, a little colour loss on the face due to the removal of a stamp hinge and trace of a light crease, an attractive example, reverse with good appearance and full gum. S.G. £525. Photo on Page 152. £100-120
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1887 4d Green and deep brown in an unmounted mint pane of twenty, lower right pane from setting 5A, small scorch mark to extreme lower right corner of the margin, otherwise very fine. S.G. 205a, £1,200+. £180-220
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1887-1900 ½d - 1/- (both colours) Set of fourteen mint, and £1 green used with oval Registered, Threadneedle St. datestamp, all fine. Also 1d lilac control "W" mint block of nine, and 1d postal fiscal watermark Orbs mint block of four. S.G. 197/214, £1,450. (28). Photo on Page 152. £200-250
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1887-92 £1 Green NA-OB block of four superb unmounted mint, the finest of three remaining blocks of four (the other two both with gum creases) from the sheet of forty that was broken up into singles, pairs and three blocks in the 1990s (with a photocopy of the 1993 B.P.A Certificate issued for the complete sheet). S.G. 212. Photo on Back Cover. £30,000-35,000
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1887-1937 Mint selection with KEVII issues to the 1/- (18), KGV Seahorses comprising 1913 Waterlow 2/6 deep sepia-brown, 2/6 sepia-brown and 5/- rose-carmine, 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 chocolate-brown, 2/6 reddish brown (corner marginal, unmounted), 2/6 pale brown, 5/- and 10/-, 1934 re-engraved set of three (5/- unmounted), 1939-48 KGVI 2/6 (both colours), 5/- and 10/- (both colours, both unmounted), etc. S.G. £3,500 (approx). (52). £300-400
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1902-13 King Edward VII fine used collection, all carefully selected stamps with c.d.s cancels, identified by printings and shades, chalk-surfaced papers also included, virtually complete from S.G. 215 to S.G. 320 (just missing S.G. 243a, 275, 277a, 285a, 296, 315), with De La Rue 4d brown-orange, 2/6 (3, S.G. 261 stained), 5/-, 10/-, £1 with Jersey c.d.s; Harrison perf 14 ½d bright green (with 1991 R.P.S Certificate), 1d aniline rose, 3d purple on lemon; Somerset House 6d dull purple on Dickinson coated paper, 10d dull reddish purple and aniline pink (with copy of B.P.A Certificate for a pair, from which this stamp has been removed), 2/6 (2), 5/-, 10/- and £1 (both with Guernsey c.d.s), all appear to be the correctly identified shades, an unusually fine lot. S.G. £8,700 (approx). (111). Photo on Page 144. £1,000-1,200
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