1840 2d. blue selection comprising plate 1 ED, KA, KG, KH and KK, plate 2 JA, KD-KE pair, FK, KI, KJ and KL, also plate 1 CA and plate 2 SH-SI pair on separate covers, all used with black Maltese Cross, mixed condition. (13 items)
[Proposed price: £650-700]
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,200 lots, the property of 125 vendors, featuring an award-winning collection of Liverpool Postal History; the collection of Great Britain formed by the late Dennis Clarke; very fine line engraved and Seahorses; an excellent section of QEII commemorative errors including many great rarities; and one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of 1966 ‘Birds’ ever assembled.
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Lot #1477 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
Lot #1478 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue group incl. plate 2 vertical strip of three used on piece with red Maltese Crosses, mixed condition. (11). Photo.
[Proposed price: £550-600]
Lot #1479 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. pale blue plate 1 AC with good margins used on 1840 (July 8th) entire letter from London to Essex, cancelled by two bright red Maltese Crosses, “Bridge St. West” in black alongside, fine. S.G. Spec. DS6. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1480 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 AK (shifted transfer) with good margins, used with almost complete red Maltese Cross, tiny top right corner fault, and 2d. pale blue plate 1 CJ with good to large margins used with red Maltese Cross, a little thinning at foot, both of fine appearance. S.G. Spec. DS5c, DS6. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1481 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 DC with good to large margins, very fine used on 1841 (July 7th) entire letter from Aylesbury to London, tied by neat black Maltese Cross, filing fold well clear of adhesive. R.P.S. certificate (1979). S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #1482 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 ED (re-entry) with close to good margins, used with red Maltese Cross, light vertical crease at right, and LJ with good even margins, cancelled black Maltese Cross, slight surface imperfection at foot, both of fine appearance. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #1483 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 EI with good to large margins, used with Scottish 1844-type numeral cancellation in black, small ink mark at top and bent top right corner. S.G. 5i, Spec. DS5xc, cat. £2,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1484 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 FG with close to good margins, with large part of adjoining impression at left, used on 1841 (May 22nd) entire letter from London to Newcastle, Staffordshire, cancelled by neat black Maltese Cross, fine. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1485 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 GG with good even margins, fine used with red Maltese Crosses. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1486 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. steel-blue plate 1 LH-LI pair with clear to large margins all round, used with neat black Maltese Crosses, LH with small corner crease at foot otherwise fine with good colour, most attractive. B.P.A. certificate (2014). S.G. Spec. DS4, cat. £3,800+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #1487 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 MF with good margins, a little ragged at left, fine used with red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #1488 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. deep full blue plate 1 NA with clear to good margins, used with black Maltese Cross, a few tone spots on reverse, fine appearance. S.G. DS1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #1489 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 NB-NC (re-entry, creased) on piece with good to large margins, cancelled by black Maltese Crosses. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1490 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 NG-NH pair, small to large margins, fine used with neat red Maltese Crosses, most attractive. B.P.A. certificate (1970). S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1491 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 OB with close to good margins, ragged at top, used on 1845 (Mar. 11th) entire letter from Dublin to London, well tied by a fine strike of the “186” Dublin numeral cancellation, filing fold well clear of adhesive, a very late usage of the 2d. plate 1 and very rare from Ireland. S.G. Spec. DS5xc, cat. £5,500+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
Lot #1492 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 OK (shifted transfer) with good to large even margins, fine used on small piece with a neat complete red Maltese Cross and by small part c.d.s., most attractive. S.G. Spec. DS5d. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #1493 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. pale blue plate 1 PB with good to large margins, very large at left showing part of adjoining impression, used with black Maltese Cross. S. G. DS6. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1494 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 QC, close at right to good margins, used with black Maltese Cross. S.G. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1495 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 QI with good margins, fine used with red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1496 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. deep full blue plate 1 RA with good even margins, fine used with light black Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. DS1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £220-250]
Lot #1497 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 1 SC, good to large margins, very fine used with neat red Maltese Cross. R.P.S. certificate (1990). S.G. Spec. DS5. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1498 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. pale blue plate 1 TG with large margins, fine used with an orange shade red Maltese Cross, most attractive. S.G. Spec. DS6. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #1499 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 2 EB with good to large margins, fine used with black Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. DS8. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1500 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 2 JD, good to large even margins showing part of adjoining impression at left, used with a neat London “W/16” numeral cancellation, some thinning but of very fine appearance. S.G. Spec. DS8xc, cat. £2,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1501 - Great Britain 1840 one penny black and two pence blue
1840 2d. blue plate 2 ML with good to large margins, used with black Maltese Cross, small top left corner crease, and QA (double “Q”) with good even margins, slight thinning, each with neat black Maltese Cross, fine appearance. S.G. Spec. DS8, d. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
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