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Lots (565)
1867 Wmk Spray of Rose 9d straw pl.4 bottom right marginal example very fine used with CHELTENHAM sock on the nose cancel with bottom imprint 15 Shillings, pulled perfs on right wing margin. SG 110.
1869 (20 Oct) Early use of reused stamp 6d plate 8 (no hyphen) cut from another envelope and pasted onto this cover tied by clear FROME numeral cancel addr to Italy. Creases. Unusual use.
1870 1½d rose-red plate 3. A scarce horizontal strip of 3 (AT-TC) mint part original gum, tones front and back and various creases but does not detract too much, SG 51. Scarce multiple.
1878 Wmk MX White Paper 10s greenish grey very fine used incomplete duplex cancel with good colour, expertised twice on reverse, fine for these, SG 128. Cat £3000.
1879 unadopted pencil drawing on thick paper (114mm x 160mm) submitted for approval by Thomas De La Rue on 15th July 1879. One Penny QV head design (left facing portrait) in pencil 46mm x 54mm, with pencil annotation purchased from the collection of Maurice Burrus Feb 1959. Just after Burrus's death. Attractive unadopted essay.
1879 unadopted pencil drawing on thick paper (114mm x 160mm) submitted for approval by Thomas De La Rue on 2nd August 1879. One Penny QV head design (right facing portrait) in pencil 46mm x 54mm, with pencil annotation purchased from the collection of Maurice Burrus Feb 1959. Just after Burrus's death. Attractive unadopted essay.
1880 2½d rosy-mauve plate 17 on cover Shewsbury to Geneva tied numeral cancel, scarce plate on cover.
1880-83 1s orange-brown pl.13 heavily used with NPB newspaper cancel, short SE corner. SG 163. Cat £170.
1883 10s pale ultramarine used example two incomplete strikes of 1891 cds, well centred, SG 183a. Cat £550.
1883-84 10s ultramarine with a oval registered cancel small closed tear at top right and a few nibbled perfs SG (183).
1883-84 5s crimson used white paper with a Camborne CDS well centered with a horiz crease SG (181).
1883-84 5s crimson with a crisp Melton Mowbray cancel slight toning on the perfs otherwise nice stamp SG (181).
