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Postal Auction December 2023 - 340

Bids to be received by Thursday 21st of December 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2255)

Lot 1861
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1858 E.L. To Lutterworth with 1 d stars cancel fine 32 in barred obliterator of London with Lutterworth D/Arc/ B/S Ja 12 1858 in Blue & Charing Cross unframed circle in red. Alongside stamp a very good E/N.R in circle H/s in black of Evening Mal Northern Railway. Vertical filing fold overall good condition.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1862
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1858 February 4d Rose-Carmine Horizontal Pair. Entire London to Montova in Italy dated February 26th 1858. The cover has a total postage rate of 9d consisting of a horizontal pair of 4d rose-carmine SG 66a (spec J51(1) or deep rose J51 (3) and a 1d rose red, (GA) perf 16, Large crown watermark SG 36 (spec C11). Each stamp is cancelled with a somewhat blurred London district horizontal oval with 15 in a diamond (CBP 7/1) for Woodford, Highbury. The front of the cover also has a paid hand stamp P-D in red oval mark (CBP 9/63). Backstamped single ring London cancel in blue BE LONDON FE 26-58. There is a single black receiving mark for ?Montova MONTOVA 2/3 and a commercial cachet for the Zizinia Brothers company ZINNIA BROT BS LONDON.

Estimate £ 48.00
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Lot 1863
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1858 P.16 LC 2d dark blue plate 6 (FE) fine used neat 21 numeral cancel well centred & fine, SG 36a Cat £375.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 1864
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1858 (Sep 10) Entire Letter to Salem Massachusetts bearing 1s green left wing margin tied 545 sideways duplex cancel, Liverpool transit and BOSTON 21 BR. PKT. SEP 24 PAID cds in red alongside with 5 CENTS h/s in red. Cat £425 on cover.

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 1865
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1859 February, 4d Rose, Horizontal Pair. Cover London to Paris dated February 9th 1859. The cover has a horizontal pair of 4d rose SG 66a (spec J51 (2) with the right hand stamp having a wing margin. Tied with a duplex with London Inland section LONDON 5 FEB9 59 and SW 15 in the oval. Obverse paid hand stamp PD in red oval mark (CBP 9.63). On the front of the cover this is also a transit mark for Calais ANGL AMP Calais 10 FEVR 59. There are rather indistinct arrival marks for Paris on the back of the cover and an impressive red wax seal.

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 1866
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1859 June, 4d Rose. Cover St. Andrews in Scotland to Paris, France dated June 11th 1859. On the 11th June 1859. Mourning cover with a 1855-77 4d rose stamp SG 66a (specialised cat. J51 (2). Tied Scottish horizontal bars (CBP 7/22) with the numeral 300 for St Andrews. Obverse double ring transit mark for Calais ANGL AMB CALAIS 13 JUN 59 and a red 'PD' mark in a red circle (CBP 9.63). Backstamped St Andrews in black ST ANDRES JU!! 1859 and a London single ring transit mark in red VY LONDON JU13 1859.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 1867
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1859 November 6d Pale Lilac pl.1 envelope sent from Inverness in Scotland to Berlin, then in Prussia, dated November 30th 1859. The env. has an 1856 6d Pale Lilac stamp SG70, Plate 1 (specialised J70(2) and a 1d red perf 14 Die II SG 37-41 (specialised C10) making a total franking of 7d. Both stamps have a duplex cancel with a CDDD with numeral 183 for Inverness and INVERNESS NO3059 (CBP 9/64). Reverse with single ring London transit mark in red NJ LONDON DE1 59 & two receiving marks in black dated 3rd December in Berlin.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 1868
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1859 Queen Victoria entire with two 4d carmine addressed to St Etienne with Calais receiving cancel. faint Paris cds on reverse.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 1869
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1860-70 Original Correspondence mostly to India bearing nice surface printed combinations and good range of postmarks and transit or arrival backstamps, noted Tunbridge Wells 6d & 3d combns (2), 1857 with 4d rose pair and 1d star, 1s pl.4 & 1d pl.122, 6d lilac on three covers then 1881 2½d blue on two covers to Canada, very mixed condition but high cat value all the same. (9).

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 1870
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1862 (1 Aug) Toned cover to India bearing scarce 9d bistre (left edge straight) tied by TUNBRIDGE WELLS / A 1862 cancel and a good array of transit and arrival backstamps in red and black including AGRA, BOMBAY & ALLYGURH, tatty flap and edges otherwise scarce franking, SG 86 Cat £1200 on cover.

Estimate £ 220.00
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Lot 1871
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1862 April, 4d Pale red, Plate 3. Cover Chatham in Kent to Boulogne Sur Mer, France dated April 21st 1862. Bearing 1862-64 4d pale red SG 80 (specialised cat J52(2) lettered JI with no hairlines from Plate 3. Tied circular and horizontal town mark Chatham numeral 173. Single obliterator numeral 12 for Bow London District (CBP 7/7). Obverse has a red paid 'PD' mark in an oval (CBP 9/63) & a receiving mark for Boulogne in red ANGL 22 AVRIL 62 BOULOGNE. Backstamped London in red LONDON.S.E B4 AP21 62. And a second , rather indistinct receiving mark for Boulogne.

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 1872
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1862 Entire Letter Glasgow to Montreal bearing 1s pl.1 (small letters SG 90) tied nice 8Z GLASGOW DE 11 62 159 numeral cancel sent via Londonderry and MONTREAL A.M. DE 29 62 CE arrival backstamp, usual folds, nice example. Cat £450 on cover.

Estimate £ 100.00
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