VALENTINE OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE ENVELOPE. A fine unused example of the Deraedemaeker reprint in blue with image of Mercury at upper left & inscription 'BRITAIN! FROM THEE THE WORLD EXPECTS AN OCEAN AND PENNY POSTAGE'. (PT) (image available) {C} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £29.60)
Auction UPA 98
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Jul 01, 2025 Europe/London
UPA UPA Auction UPA 98
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025 15:00 Europe/London
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Lot #10071 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1840
1840 ORIGINAL SPOONER CARICATURE NO.13, THE 'NAPIER' ENVELOPE/HAND COLOURED. A very fine unused original example of the 1840 Spooner Caricature No.13 with references to the war in Syria and Britannia replaced by Sir Charles Napier. Also images of Turkish and Egyptian soldiers. Superbly hand coloured and rare. (Ref 116937). (image available) {C} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £498.40)
Lot #10072 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1851
Albert Smith's Overland Mail Advertising Env. 1851 1d Newcastle-Durham. A v.f.u. example of this tricky Printed Illustrated Advertising Envelope 'Mr ALBERT SMITH'S OVERLAND MAIL' franked with a four margin SG8 Die I Alphabet I tied by a fine strike of the Newcastle 545 sent to The College, Durham with fine dispatch and arrival marks MR 18th 1851. Rare. Part cut down (reduced) RPSL Cert of authenticity (Number 129045) status genuine...
Lot #10073 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1851
1851 OCEAN PENNY POST Bradshaw & Blacklock's - London to Luton, Illustrated & Pictorial Envelopes: 1852 Ocean Penny Post Envelopes Bradshaw & Blacklock's Design: FEB 2, envelope from State 1 on buff paper with imprint at left, addressed to Luton franked SG8 Plate 126 (RJ) tied by indistinct London numeral with arrival datestamp of February 3 in blue alongside, on reverse 'Tottenham S.O' handstamp also in blue and despatch cds in...
Lot #10074 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1854
OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE ENVELOPE STATE 2 BY BRADSHAW AND BLACKLOCK USED LONDON TO HASTINGS. A superb used example of this most attractive envelope from London to St. Leonard's on Sea, Hastings, Sussex with 1854 die 1 1d S.C.16 (SG17) lettered TC tied London Inland office numeral. On reverse London date stamp 15 JY 1854 and ST. LEONARDS ON SEA date stamp JY 15 1854. One of only 13 known recorded used examples. Ex Hobbs exhibition collection. (...
Lot #10075 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1858
GENERAL TOM THUMB OF P.T. BARNUM'S CIRCUS ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE. A fine used example from Carlisle to London with die 2 1d rose-red on white paper (SG40) lettered IC tied neat CARLISLE/165 duplex JY 2 58. Very slight soiling but a most attractive envelope in blue promoting General Tom Thumb who ws trained by Barnum for his circus. Very rare. (image available) {C} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £697.60)
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