367th. Auction

1815, Lettersheet with part of contents 9.5.1815 during the short time of Napoléon's return addressed to Bordeaux, transported by private ship to Bremen, here handed over to the Hannoveranian PO and transported via Switzerland with transit mark "SWISS PAR HUNINGUE" and "BASEL 4 Juny", receipt notation of Juni 12, 1815 (3 days before the battle of Waterloo); an interesting and scarce cover, certificate Van der Linden BPP (2001)

1839, Entire letter from "GLASGOW DE 5 1839" to Ayr with arrival mark of the next day, showing on front good strike of handstamp "4"; a fine and rare letter of the first day of 4 d. uniform postage

1840, Entire letter from "LUTON JA 9 1840" to Herts with frontside manuscript "4"; a fine letter from the last day of uniform 4 d. postage

Lettersheet from "DUNFERMLINE 10 JA 1840" with frontside red manuscript "P" and handstamp "1"; light creasing, a nice cover from the first day of uniform 1 d. postage

1 d. black, plate 4, MD, ample to large margins, used with central clear and bright red MC on entire letter from "ANDOVER AU 7 1840" to Newbury, very fine

1 d. black, plate 5, EF, used with crisp black MC to lettersheet from "BEDFORD FE 19 1841"; light break in the upper paper fold, otherwise fine and attractive, certificate Pröschold BPP (1984)

2 d. blue, GA, ample to large margins, neatly cancelled by red MC, very fine, sign. Drahn (very slightly shining throughI

1 d. black and 2 d. blue, both with ample to large margins, neatly cancelled by central red resp. black MC, very fine

1841, 1 d. red-brown, TG, clear to large margins, tied by numeral Maltese Cross "6" to entire letter 1843 to Torquay with arrival mark on front

1 d. red-brown, slightly touched at right, otherwise large margins, tied by numeral MC "8" with adjacent "Moorgate St." to entire letter to Wellington

1878, Victoria 1£. brown-lilac, from short A-row, used with clear cds. "GLASGOW JU 7 82", fine, certificate BPA (1966) (SG 4.500£)

1870, ½d. rose imperforated, Plate 1, fresh colour, unused, fine, certificate RPSL (1982) (SG. 4.500£)

1867/80, wm. spray of rose 3 d. plate 9 and 6 d. pale-buff, plate 11, each in block of 4 with clear cds.; 6 d. one pulled perf at top, otherwise fine

1867, 5 s. pale-rose, fresh colour and very good perforation, neatly cancelled by 2 clear strikes of small "NEWRY JU 21 72", extremely fine, certificate Louis BPP (2008)

1880/83, 3 d. on 3 d. lilac, 2 copies with 3 copies 1 s. orange-brown, plate 14, 1½ d. venetian-red and 2 copies 2 d. deep-rose, tied by "REGISTERED 43 FLEET ST. BO. 3 MY 83" to piece; 1½ d. lower right corner missing, otherwise fine

1883, Victoria 2s.6d. lilac on blued paper, perfect perforation and fresh color showing the characteristic blued Revenue paper, unused, one corner tip slightly toned, a fine and attractive copy of this rare stamp, signed A. Diena and Holcombe (1988) with certificate and certificate Louis BPP (2018) (SG. 6.750,- £)

1 s. green and carmine, with 2 d. and 6 d., tied to parcel label, fine and scarce

1900, Victoria 1 s. green and carmine with 4½ d., tied to registered book post address label to the US with American register numerator mark tying the 4½ d. additionally, a fine and scarce franking

1902/10, Edward ½ d.-1 sh. (without 7 d.), 12 values tied to registered envelope from "COLWYN BAY AU 18 10" to Germany, 4 small values with some creasing, otherwise fine

1929, UPU 1 £ black, unused o.g., very fine (SG £ 750,-)

1935, Silver Jubilee ½ d.-2½ d. on 3 private first-day-covers from "NEWPORT 7 MAY 1935", sent locally, 1½ d. with control no.

1840, Unissued "VR" 1 d. black, LG, clear at top, otherwise good to large margins, unused without gum, some minor thins mostly in the right margin, top left corner thinned (partly re-backed), the outer framelines of "V"-square are slightly rubbed, otherwise fine and fresh; a rare stamp, most likely originating from a postal notice. Certificate K.-A. Louis AIEP (2018)

1892, Victoria 1£. green with clear cancel "ACCOUNTING BRANCH P.O. GLASGOW 23 00 94", small ink spot, fine, signed Pfenninger

CRIMEAN WAR: 1955,  Victoria 1 d. red-brown, horizontal pair and single stamp tied by number "47" to envelope with adjacent cds. "DANZIG 21.9." via London to Portsmouth with arrival mark, tiny spots, otherwise fine cover from the baltic fleet

1840/91, vorwiegend gestempelte Sammlung mit Mi.-Nr. 2, 5-7, 49, 66, 85 und 98-99  gestempelt sowie Telegraphenmarken Mi.-Nr. 10 gestempelt, leicht unterschiedliche Erhaltung

1840/1929, vorwiegend gestempelte ab Mi.-Nr. 1-2, außerdem Mi.-Nr. 49-50, 66 und 85, außerdem Dienstmarken, stark unterschiedliche Erhaltung

1840/2005, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie, Klassik unterschiedlich, im Karton

1841/70 (ca.), ungebrauchte und gestempelte kleine Partie mit einigen Einheiten, Besonderheiten und Stempeln, 2 Fotoatteste Davind Brandon

1952/83, postfrische, weitgehend kpl. Sammlung, dazu verschiedene Wz.-Stellungen, Naphthadag und Phosphor-Aufdrucke, verschiedene Drucke, Portomarken, Regionalausgaben, Kanalinseln Guernsey, Isle of Man und Jersey

1967/90, Machin issues, pre-decimal and decimal issues, the wonderful and highly specialised mint collection in ten stockbooks and one sheet book, carefully sorted and structured according to types, phosphor bands, gum, heads, sheet cylinders, coils, se-tenants stamps, cpl. sheets, coated & uncoated papers, cylinder blocks and perforation varieties. The lifework of an enthusiastic "Machin" collector, untouched since more than twenty years. A challenge for a collector to continue and complete! Also two small books containing maximum cards plus five Royal Mail Special Stamps books 1984-1986 (For the second part of this collection see the following lot). Face value for decimal issues approx. GBP 1.300,- but present cat. value many thousands SG-Sterling! For extracts see www.

1976/90, Machin issues, the extremely specialised collection of Booklets and Booklet Panes, mint never hinged, in five stockbooks, two larger and two smaller boxes with a huge variety of gum, paper, se-tenant panes, phosphor bands, stitched or stapled booklet panes. The lifework of an ethusiastic collector and untouched since more than twenty years. Face value approx. GBP 1.550,- but present cat. value many thousands SG-Sterling. A wonderful collection to continue and complete this highly interesting modern field in GB philately (For the first part of this collection see previous lot)

1843/1911 (ca.), 14 Briefe und 1 Paketaufkleber, dabei 3 Briefe mit Nr.-Malteserkreuz, 3 Briefe nach Schweden etc.