334 / September 2008

1900, 1 sh. green and carmine, used with 1881/82, 1 d. lilac (16 dots), 1900, 1/2 d. blue-green and 1887, 2 1/2 d. as 4-colour mixed franking neatly cancelled "HARWICH OC. 18. 01" squared circle d.s. on Express-Delivery envelope (few age-spots) marked in m.s. "Must be at Wetherden as early Saturday, as possible or tonight". The 1 sh. green and carmine is by far the rarest denomination of the Jubilee Issues on cover. Listed and illustrated by Theo Brauers in "Rare Victorian Stamps on cover"

1902, 1 d. scarlet, tied by duplex cancel "WORCESTER JA14 03" to cover to Rangoon than readressed several times, front showing several postage dues marks and reverse with transit marks of e.g. Sinagore and Yokohama, opened on two sides and some usual imperfections, but still good quality for this cover

1 d. tied on arrival by cds. "GRANVILLE MANCHE 23-7 03" to postcard to Paris, mailed on board of steamer with scarce "ANGL. B.M. - GRANVILLE" octagonal datestamp (Salles 379) in black, card was underpaid and taxed with Postage Due 30 c. pale carmine on receipt, an unusual usage

1 £ dull blue-green with oval "REGISTERED CHARING CROSS W.C." cds., very fine, signed Gebr. Senf (SG £ 650,-)

1 d. scarlet, tied by machine cancel to cover to Berhampur, there readressed to Genua and franked with 5 and 10 c. postage due, tied by cds. "GENOVA 15.NOV.15" and blue straightline "ANNULLATO", than again readressed to Eden Hotel in Montreux, there 15 c. postage due applied, reverse showing oval violet "FORWARDED BY GRIND.... CALCUTTA", despite some imperfections a very interesting cover

1929, 1 £ black, unmounted mint, very fine (SG £ 750,-)

1 £ black, used, fine, sign. Bühler (SG £ 550,-)

1977, Silver Jubilee 8 1/2 p. and 13 p., both imperforated from the bottom sheet margin, unhinged mint, very fine

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1878, 1 d. Postcard from London to Riga and there readressed to Dorpat, front showing transit marks, reverse with blue oval forwarding mark "Forwarded by the Russian Consulate General in London", small corner crease at upper left, otherwise a fine and scarce item

1890, Jubilee envelope (inside corresponding card), additionally franked with 1½ d. and 2 d. tied by "REGISTERED GRACE CHURCH 28 NO 90" as register envelope to Amsterdam, somewhat stained, but still an attractive item

1905, postal stationery envelope 3½ d. yellow, additionally franked with cut out 3 d. brown and Edward ½ d. green, each tied by squared circle cds. "COLCHESTER JU 7 05", to Luxemburg, fine

CUT OUTS: 1909, ½ d. green, light-green and red-orange, two postal stationery cut outs each on cover, additionally franked with Edward 2d. red/green, all tied by "MANCHSTER DE 2 09" to cover to the "S.S. MATIANA" Madras, reverse with "MADRAS 10 DE 09" arrival mark, despite some flaws an interesting and very unusual franking

CHILE: 6 d. chestnut, tied by duplex cancel 'VALPARAISO AU 9 73' to entire letter to Maine with steam ship mark on front, good condition (SG-no.122)

EGYPT: 'B01' ALEXANDRIA, 3 clear strikes on 1862/64, 1 sh. green in horizontal strip of 4, the 4th stamp cancelled unclearly; the strip almost completely separated in the middle and reinforced by hinge, fine

POST OFFICE IN PERU: 1867, 5 A. pale rose, CE, plate 2, cancelled with "C36" ARICA barred tall oval in blue, slight tropical toning, otherwise fine. Very rare, a maximum of only 4 copies recorded with the blue 'C36' (all from plate 2), K.Louis BPP certificate

PORTO RICO: 'F85' on 1 d. rose-red in horizontal pair and 2 d. blue on cover front with adjacent 'MAYAGUEZ PORTO RICO MY 81 75' (date error) to Porto Plata; horizontal crease through the pair, otherwise fine

URUGUAY: 'PAID AT MONTEVIDEO', crowned handstamp on letter sheet with reverse side 'MONTEVIDEO JY 5 1857' to Bilbao with front side inland tax '4.R.' in red, on reverse several transit marks including 'CANARIAS'; fine and scarce

1841/64, plate reconstructions, used: 1841, 1 d red (238 incl. 60 with MC's), 1841, 2 d blue (43 singles, 2 pairs, 2 strips of 3), 1854, 1 d red brown die I (SG C1, app. 180), 1857/63, 1 d rose-red pl. 27 (many with "Gothic K") (C8 and C10, app. 180), 1864, 1 d plate 177 (230); very mixed condition

1841/63, mint and used specialised selection in a stockbook, including 1841, 1 d imperforated late use with "JERSEY JU. 24 1891" squared circle (cut into but rare!); 1841, 1 d pl. 31 strip of 3; 1841, 1 d black plate 9 on cover, later plates with strips and blocks; 1856/63 1 d red brown/rose red (C8, C10) mint selection with/without gum; 1855, 1 d red brown die I, Alphabet II, perforation 14 (!) re-joined block of 8 (!), coloured cancellations etc.

1841/63, used accumulation in two stockbooks, incl. few 1841, 1 d black plates, perforated 1 d's with many shades, mostly plated by the owner (not garanteed, but "Black plates" confirmed); very mixed condition, few hundred stamps

1841/79, Line engraved issues, accumulation in small stockbooks and album pages, few thousand stamps incl. attempted reconstructions (SG C10), also a few later issues; very mixed condition, ideal for the plater

1841/1911, mint and used accumulation in two stockbooks with a few thousand stamps, incl. 1876, 2 1/2 d rose mauve (app. 100 copies, various plates); 1880/81, 2 1/2 d blue (pl. 17-23, app. 110); 1881, 1 d lilac in mint multiples (incl. block of 15); 1887/1900 1/2 d in multiples; mixed condition

1854/63, 1 d red brown & rose red die II (SG ex C3-C13), more than 200 covers incl. few better, mostly plated by the owner incl. 1 d transitional pair pl. 34, MH-MI on May 1857 cover (SG C9)

1841/63, app. 100 covers with 1 d imperforated (70 incl. 10 with MC obliteration) and perforated (mostly SG Spec. C1-C8), few better, very mixed condition

1841/1980, app. 150 covers, fronts, postal stationery, very mixed condition incl. a few better: HÖSTER machine cancellations (14), 1881, 1 d venetian red late usage on 1909 cover (!)

1855/63, used plating study arranged on the original illustrations in the Wiggins plating books "THE PLATING OF ALPHABET II" and Wiggins/Tonna "THE PLATING OF ALPHABET III", few hundred stamps in total, unusual, mixed condition

1857/63, 1 d rose red stars (SG Spec. Cat.: C10), thousands (app. 10000) in 4 stockbooks, mostly arranged for letterings, some plated incl. few hundred pl. R15/R16 and pl. 50/51 (SG Spec. C12, C13); mixed condition, ideal lot for the plater

1864, 1 d plate numbers, a few thousand used, mostly arranged in plate order in a stockbook, some on pieces, few pairs, strip of 4, two blocks of 6, plus app. 100 covers, mixed condition

SCOTTISH CANCELLATIONS: 1841/1960, specialised selection of mostly pieces, arranged on app. 150 album pages, all from EDINBURGH and GLASGOW, in total app. 1500-2000 pieces; many fine

1840/41, IMPRIMATURE SHEET PHOTOS (from the N.P M.), 1 d black pl. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, VR 1 d black plate A, 1 d red pl. 13, some wear/damage

1840/64, IMPRIMATURE SHEETS (photocopies format A3), 1 d die I starting from pl. 1-177 and later plates die II, pl. 1-21, few original N.P.M. photos from die II pl. 23-28, pl. 53 (!), 56 and 65; 1864, 1 d pl. 79 and pl. 177, 2 d Imprimature sheet photocopies pl. 3-15; valuable tool for the serious plater

1862, IMPRIMATURE SHEET PHOTOS (from the N.P.M.) 3 d plate 3 (secret dots) and 9 d plate 3 (hair lines), some wear/damage

LITERATURE: "THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN" vol. 1-3, "THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH EMPIRE STAMPS; GB & THE EMPIRE IN EUROPE" by R. Lowe vol. 1 & 2, "PENNY RED STARS" part 2 by TONNA/MADDEN, "BRITISH P.O. NUMBERS 1844-1906" by Brumell, "THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE 1841 PENNY RED" by Danzig/Goldsmith and a few other publications on postmarks, some wear

1840/1910, gestempelter Sammlungsbestand ab Nr. 1 (19), meist nach Platten sortiert in über 200 großen Auwahlheften, dabei sehr viele Werte Mi.-Nr. 16, dazu aber auch viele mittlere und bessere Werte mehrfach, u.a. Mi.-Nr. 4, 18-20, 25, 31-34, 35 (11), 45, 64,70, 71, 77, 78 (15), 82 (20) sowie Nr. 98 und 99, unterschiedliche Erhaltung und zum Teil auch stockig, aber das Objekt überzeugt schon durch die riesige Menge!

1840/1976, gestempelte, teils etwas nach Platten spezialisierte Sammlung auf Vordruckblättern, vielfach in sehr guter Erhaltung mit ausgesucht klaren Stempeln, dabei Mi.-Nr. 1(2), 2, 4 (Buchstaben BH von Platte 4 mit seltener Variante "early printing without 'Spectacle' variety"; Stanley Gibbons Special Nr. ES14n), 5, 7 (jeweils viereckiger Schnitt), 18 (Stempel "A25"-MALTA), 19-22, 32-35, Ausgabe 1884, 2 sh.6d. bis 10 sh. (Nr. 82-84x) sehr sauber gestempelt, Nr.144, 230 auf FDC etc., dabei auch einige Dienstmarken, Britische Post in der Türkei, Zypern, Gibraltar, Malta, Michel-Katalogwert nach Angabe des Einlieferers ca. 12.830,- Euro, eine vollständige Auflistung mit Kopieauszügen liegt der Sammlung bei und kann in Kopie angefordert werden, Auszüge auch unter w.w.w.

1840/2000, gestempelte und ungebrauchte/postfrische Sammlung mit vielen guten Ausgaben ab Mi.-Nr. 1 mit u.a. 49, 50, 66, 67, 68, 85, 98 und 99, über weite Strecken kpl. inkl. Portomarken, dazu weitere Teilsammlungen und meist postfrische Sammlung Kanalinseln, Anfangsausgaben in unterschiedlicher Erhaltung, zusammen in 11 Vordruckalben