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Lot 1381
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1847 Embossed 1s pale green in a superb block of four fine used incomplete barred numerals neatly cancelled, margins are clear on three sides touching into along the top, extremely scarce multiple, SG 54. Rated £6000+ as block of 4.

Estimate £ 1500.00
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Lot 1382
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1848 Charles Whiting Composite Essay for Beaufort House, embossed and engraved sheet 220mm x 283mm with four designs taken from the Art Union Journal. Reverse with red and green printed panel ' For Protection Against Forgery'. A few bends and creases along the edges otherwise mainly fine, scarce complete page of Whiting's work.

Estimate £ 350.00
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Lot 1383
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1849 2d blue plate 4 attractive block of 4 (OG-PH) with good margins all round cancelled 36 numeral postmark showing recut sideline on PG, and burr on left of PH, scarce multiple, SG ES14h.

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 1384
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 (11 Apr) Printed OHMS - ROWLAND HILL printed form filling re a missing registered letter to America sent from London to Newton Abbot with PAID red CDS and arrival arc d/s, two printed on GPO Secretary orange embossed paper that,a full inquiry has been made in this country for the missing letter addressed to Mr Richd Tothill (part torn) refereed to in your application without success.... The American Post Office has been written to on the subject and as soon as a reply is received a further communication shall be made to you Rowland Hill (printed) and signed Mr Charles Langley, faults but interesting letter. From 1839 a missing letter branch was formed to investigate missing or stolen letters over 500 indexed cases 1854-56 were recorded, hence the form is acknowledged by the Secretary to the GPO Rowland Hill and must be very scarce.

Estimate £ 450.00
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Lot 1385
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 (27 Dec) Small envelope from Newport Pagnell to London bearing 1d red-brown (IC) cancelled nearly full strike of 664 cancel in blue (stamp not tied but blue Newport Pagnall dated arc on reverse), London crowned backstamp in red on arrival, mainly fine, SG Cat from £650.

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 1386
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-57 Four different printings for 4d carmine including Wmk Medium Garter highly glazed (SG 63, cat £575), Wmk Large Garter 4d rose-carmine (wing margin f.u. 75 numeral), 4d rose f.u. N17 cancel, 4d rose-carmine on thick paper 18 numeral cancel (little heavy), nice group, SG 63, 66, 66a & 66b. Cat £1250.

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 1387
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1856-57 1d rose-red (shades) plate reconstruction neatly laid out on four leaves, complete run of 240 stamps AA to TL mostly presentable copies with good range of different numeral cancels including London offices, etc, Cat £2880+.

Estimate £ 240.00
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Lot 1388
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 (4 Mar) London & Westminster Bank embossed 1d pink postal stationery envelope cancelled 27 London postmark and Wallingford arrival b/s.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1389
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 Entire Letter London to Macclesfield bearing 2d blue plate 5 FC (SG 34), fine, accompanied by plating study notes.

Estimate £ 55.00
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Lot 1390
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1858 (4 Jan) STAMFORD sideways 742 C duplex being a very late date, last issued on 25th Janaury 1858 addr to Nottingham. Fine.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1391
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 1392
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1862-64 1s green plate 1 with very small part original gum, paper adherence and hinge remains, few pulled perfs on right side, nice colour, SG 90 Cat £3200.

Estimate £ 100.00
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