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Lots (1386)
1876 (18 Jul) ½d plate 12 tied to advertising card for the Lucknow Garden Tent from Lincoln. And The Tixy Garden Chair at 7s9d. Very fine.
1876 2½d rosy-mauve Plates assembly of 10 different plate numbers mainly fine used London duplex cancels incl plates 4-5, 7-9, 11-15. Cat £850.
1876-80 Wmk Orb 2½d rosy-mauve complete run of plate numbers 3 to 16 mainly sound fine used, odd perf fault, tone or heavier cancel, all sound SG 141 Cat £1255. (14).
1877 ½d Pink Embossed Certificate of Posting form unused in very fine condition, punch hole from form binding and imprint G & S [404] 15,000 10/77. Superb & scarce in such good condition. H & G W1.
1877 Wmk Large Garter 4d sage-green plate 15 sound used part newspaper branch cancel, well centered with good perfs, sound, SG 153 Cat £325.
1880 1d Venetian red mint example affixed to a illustrated pen ink cover unused of two capped gentleman pushing and pulling trolleys with a rabbit and a large basket of goods, and wine jug. Some light foxing bottom otherwise very attractive.
1880 2½d rosy-mauve plate 17 on cover Shewsbury to Geneva tied numeral cancel, scarce plate on cover.
1881 2½d blue plate 21 to 23, set of three plates mainly sound fine used, SG 157 Cat £125.
1887 5d dull purple and blue very fine used Die I example with part numeral duplex, very fine, SG 207 Cat £120.
1890 (2nd July) Jubilee Penny Postage handstamps (two different) in blue or violet on unposted 1d brown Postal stationery card for the first day of the South Kensington exhibition, few tone spots otherwise good strikes.
1890 Penny Postage Jubilee printed card unused bearing a cancel for the special handstamp of Post Office / South Kensington / 2nd July / 1990 ornate GR cancel in purple-brown, few light tone marks otherwise fine strike.
1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee - (2 Jul) One Penny envelope printed in blue cancelled by 2nd July special VR illustrated postmark addressed locally in London West. Toning across the cover otherwise sound.
