Later Line Engraved: 1858-79 Plate Number Issues: 1860 Unissued 11/2d. rosy mauve plate 1 IH used with 1886 (May 25th) London W.C. squared circle cancellation, small tear at left and short perfs. at top nevertheless a good example of this very rare stamp, only two recorded used. S.G. 53a, Spec. G5, cat. £10,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £3000-3500]
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Apr 22, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015 09:00 Europe/London
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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 #1627 - Great Britain 1860 unissued three halfpence
Lot #1628 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 Embossed: A used selection, all cut square, with 1s. (2), 10d. strip of three on piece, and 6d. (3, shades), mixed condition. (8)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1629 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 Embossed: A used selection of cut square examples, with 1s. (2), one with one silk thread, 10d. (3), and 6d. (3), mixed condition, mainly with three margins. (8)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1630 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 embossed used selection comprising 1s., 10d. pair and 6d., also 6d. used on cover to Germany with 1858-79 2d. blue, mixed condition. (4 items)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1631 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 Embossed: 1s., 10d. and 6d. used, each cut square with close to large margins, 10d. with thin at top otherwise fine.
[Proposed price: £400-500]
Lot #1632 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 embossed 1s. right marginal strip of four, stamps cut into at left, used with barred cancellations, horizontal crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 54, cat. £4,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1633 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 embossed 1s. green, just touched at foot otherwise good margins, used together with 1855 LC16 1d. red-brown and 1855-57 wmk. small garter 4d. carmine (2) on 1855 (Sept. 25th) entire from London to Italy, all cancelled with “18” London Inland Section numerals, the 1d. and 1s. also tied by Calais transit, the 1d. partially lifted and cover with some staining, unusual combination of three issues. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]...
Lot #1634 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 embossed 1s. green, a marginal example, just shaved at foot, used on part 1853 (Dec. 9th) cover from London to U.S.A., a little toned. Photo.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1635 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 embossed 1s. green, a single with four margins and a strip of four with mixed margins, paying unusual 5/- rate (4/- postage for letter of 1-2 ozs plus 1/- late fee for posting into the Floating Receiving House) on entire letter to New Orleans, cancelled by “466” numerals, large Boston transit and straight line “PAID”, backstamped with “LIVERPOOL/MR 15/1853/F.R.H.” double ring datestamp, some creasing. S.G. 55. Photo.
[Proposed...
Lot #1636 - Great Britain 1847 - 54 embossed
1847-54 Embossed 10d. brown, fine used on 1849 wrapper to Florence from London, cancelled by “10” London Inland mark, red oval “P F” and “12” rate mark. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #1637 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A later Q.V. collection on leaves, incl. 1880-81 to 5d. used, 1881 1d. control singles mint, 1883 lilac and green set used, 1883-84 2s.6d., 5s. and 10s. used, 1884 £1 used (perfin and faults), 1887-92 sets to both 1s. mint and used with a range of shades and multiples, also few covers, Diamond Jubillee unofficial labels, range of Telegraphs to £1, officials, private delivery companies (mostly reprints), etc., mixed condition...
Lot #1638 - Great Britain surface printed
A selection of mint (chiefly unmounted, some possibly regummed) surface printed Q.V., incl. 1873-80 6d. grey, 1880-83 21/2d. blue, 3d. rose and 3d. on 3d. lilac, 1881 1d. die I (2), etc., slightly mixed condition. (16)
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1639 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A mainly mint or unused selection comprising 1865-67 4d. vermilion plate 12 AA, centered low, 1873-80 4d. grey-brown plate 17 CK overprinted “SPECIMEN”, 1883-84 white paper 5s. overprinted “SPECIMEN”, I.R. Officials comprising 1880-81 6d. grey (plate 18) RC, 1884-88 1s. dull green, used, overprint not guaranteed, mixed condition. (5)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1640 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A selection of unused or mint surface printed issues with 1867-80 6d. plate 9 NI, 1873-80 21/2d. rosy mauve plate 8 OI with wmk. inverted, 21/2d. blue plate 19 KD with wmk. inverted, 3d. plate 18 EE and GA-GB pair, and 1880-83 3d. plate 21 DB and 1s. plate 13 KE, mixed condition, some with redistributed gum. (8)
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1641 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A used collection on leaves, incl. 21/2d. rosy mauve plates 1 to 17 complete, 2/12d. blue plates 17 to 23, 3d. plate 2, 4 to 12 and 14 to 21, 4d. vermillion plates 3, 4 and 7 to 14, 6d. lilac plates 1, 3, 4 to 6, 8 and 9, 8d. orange plate 1, 9d. plates 2 and 4 (2), 10d. plate 1, 1s. green plates 1, 2 and 4 to 13, 2s. blue (3), 2s. brown, 5s. plates 1, 2, and 4, 10s. plate 1, etc., also small selection used abroad, mixed...
Lot #1642 - Great Britain surface printed
1880 to 1901 used collection written up on leaves incl. 1880-81 1/2d. to 5d., 1883-84 2s.6d. to 10s., 1884 £1 brown-lilac DB (central vertical crease), 1883-84 lilac and green set, 1887-1901 Jubilee set to both 1s. incl. 5d. die I, some shades incl. 2d. green and scarlet, 3d. purple on orange (R.P.S. certificate, 2002), light creasing at lower left, 41/2d. green and deep bright carmine, £1 green MA (light crease at left), etc., varied...
Lot #1643 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A collection of used Q.V. surface printed on leaves, incl. 1855-57 4d. (6), 6d. (4) and 1s. (2), 1862-64 to 1s., 1865-67 to 1s., 1867-80 to 2s. blue (2), 1872-73 6d. grey, 1873-80 to 1s. (6) and watermark large garter 4d. and 8d., etc., range of shades, mixed plates, varied condition. (121)
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #1644 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A heavily duplicated used collection in a stockbook, incl. 1855-57 to 1s. (13), 1862-64 to 9d. (5) and 1s. (10), 1865-67 to 9d. (8) and 1s. (4), 1867-80 to 10d. (4), 1s. (39) and 2s. blue (16), 1867-83 5s. (5) and 10s., 1880-83 to 6d. on 6d. lilac (16) and 1s. brown (4), 1880-81 to 5d. (6), 1883-84 2s.6d. (22), 5s. (16) and 10s. (5), etc., very mixed condition. (100s)
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #1645 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A collection of used surface printed 3d. issues on leaves with 1862-64 plate 2 (2), 1865-67 plate 4 HK with inverted watermark, 1867-80 plates 5 to 10 with additional plate 8, 1873-80 plates 11 to 20, 1880-83 plates 20 and 21, also 3d. on 3d. (2), and 6d. on 6d. (3) incl. OI second state with left dot only, mainly fine. (26)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1646 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A collection of used surface printed 21/2d. issues on leaves with 1873-80 wmk. anchor 21/2d. rosy mauve plate 1 on blued paper and plates 2 and 3 on white, wmk. orb rosy mauve plates 3 to 17 complete plus plate 3 OI with inverted watermark, centred right, blue plates 17 to 20, and 1880-83 plates 21 to 23, mainly fine. (26)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1647 - Great Britain surface printed
Surface Printed: A used group comprising 1880-3 6d. on 6d. plate 18 LB, 1880-1 5d. indigo and 1883 1s. dull green, fair to fine. S.G. 162, 169, 196, cat. £625.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1648 - Great Britain 1855 – 57
Surface Printed: 1855-57 watermark small garter 4d. carmine on thick, highly glazed blued paper (4), medium garter on thick, blued highly glazed paper (5), large garter (8 singles and pair), 6d. (5), 1s. (3), all good to very fine used.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
Lot #1649 - Great Britain 1855 – 57
Surface Printed: 1855-57 used selection with 4d. watermark small garter, 4d. watermark medium garter on blued and white paper, 4d. watermark large garter with Malta c.d.s., 6d. and 1s., a few perf. imperfections, mainly fine. (6)
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1650 - Great Britain 1855 – 57
Surface Printed: 1855-57 watermark emblems 6d. lilac used wing margin pair variety watermark inverted, a few short perfs. at top otherwise fine, and 1s. green watermark inverted used, pulled perf. at foot and some others blunted. S.G. 70Wi, 73Wi, cat. £1,350. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #1651 - Great Britain 1862 – 64
Surface Printed: 1862-64 used selection with 3d. with Malta c.d.s., 4d. plates 3 and 4, 6d. plates 3 (some staining) and 4, 9d. and 1s., a few short perfs., mainly fine. (7)
[Proposed price: £150-180]
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