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Lots (1630)
1888-93 Mint assembly of seven different values ½d vermilion to 1s dull green all hinged mint, few with gum faults, 1s has few toned perfs but good colour, SG 1/5, 7 & 10 Cat £396.
1893 5d dull purple and blue fine used ESHOWE CDS cancel, sound and fine color, SG 7 Cat £120.
1836 (April) Entire Oldham to London bearing faint Oldham P.P. boxed in red with PAID AT MANCHESTER part circle in red and London 'tombstone' E PAID h/s alongside, damaged from opening and horiz. fold with some soiling.
1840 1d black (BA) Two margin example showing very rare Number 3 in Maltese Cross postmark. Cut into along the top and left side but very neat cancel showing bottom 2/3rds of the cancel and clear No.3. Sound and rare! SG Cat £15,000 for four margins.
1840 1d black (BB) neatly cut example with four close to large margins and crisp red MX cancel, fine.
1840 1d black (DE) attractive four margin example with black MX, fine.
1840 2d blue (GC) no margin example with neat black MX cancel, torn corner and faults otherwise neatly cut round, nice spacefiller. Cat £975.
1840 2d blue OK with three large margins and black MX cancel, neatly cut and close to touching on fourth margin. Nice sound example.
1840 2d blue (PC) 3½ margin example with incomplete smudged black MX cancel, showing part of right stamp, small thin and almost full gum retained, sound. SG 5.
1840 2d blue plate 2 (HJ) with three good margins, part black MX Maltese Cross cancel, touching into along the bottom , small rub otherwise fine, SG 5. Cat £975.
1840 2d blue plate 2 in a superb vertical strip of three (AJ-CJ) with good margins all round and three neat black Maltese Cross cancels, fine, SG 5. Cat £2925.
1840 2d blue plate 2 (TA) with four enormous to gigantic margins, part black MX Maltese Cross cancel, small rub otherwise fine, SG 5. Cat £975.
