384. Auction

1929, UPU 1£ black, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, with left sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, hinge in the margin only, very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, with upper sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine, signed in the margin

1929, UPU 1£ black, with bottom sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with almost central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with almost central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with almost central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, used with central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, with left sheet margin, used with almost central cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, from the lower left sheet corner, used with oval cds., very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, from the upper right sheet corner, used with oval cds. “REGISTERED GUERNSEY 10 DEC 30”, very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, tied by oval cds. “REGISTERED” to piece, very fine

1929, UPU 1£ black, tied by oval cancel “REGISTERED” to small piece, very fine

I.R. OFFICIAL 1 £ green, BC, fresh deep colour, unused with large part original gum, light corner crease and some gum bends, violet handstamp shining through slightly. An overall fine copy of this rare stamp. Certificate BPA (2024)

BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1902, Edward 5 d., neatly cancelled "KIRKHILL SP 24 03". Colour of value tablets slightly faded, still very fine. Certificate BPA (2024)

1840, "Mulready" postal stationery letter sheet 1 pence with red MC and date stamp "PD JY.3.1840" to Barnes with arrival mark, inside with printed advertisement "The Envelope Select Advertiser", i.a. for musical instruments and composers. Due to opening inside right with small missing part, otherwise fine

“C51” St. Thomas on  three 1870, 1/2d rose, plate 11, and 1875 1sh green, plate 12, 1876, on folded letter datelined Mayaguez, Porto Rico, 22 September, to Genova, Italy, blue commercial datestamp of Farbe & Co, postmarked with Mayaguez / Porto Rico / Paid c.d.s. (23 Sep), endorsed “via Inglesa” in manuscript, with red London PAID transit (16 Oct), c.d.s. arrival backstamp (18 Oct), pressed filing folds, a most attractive and scarce usage from the British Post Office in Puerto Rico via the Danish West Indies.

Provenance:

Collection Glassco, Robson Lowe, 25-7 November, 1969, lot 774

“C51” St. Thomas on 1864 1d rose red , plate 125, an horizontal strip of four 3d rose, plate 5, on 1870 folded letter, datelined St. Thomas, July 28, to Hamburg, Germany with London transit, Hamburg machine arrival backstamp (8 Aug), horizontal fold clear of adhesives, an impressive double rate letter, fine.

Provenance: André Bollen (Heinrich Köhler1983)

1846 (8 Jan.), letter sheet from Sydney to London and re-addressed to Bonn (Prussia), marked "p. William Metcalfe", rated "3" in red and "8" and showing "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY". Upon arrival in London, forwarded by Coutts & Co (cachet at left), marked "via Ostende" and re-rated "20" (decimes) and "5½" (groschen). This is the second earliest recorded cover from the Australian Colonies to Germany. 
 

1855, Queen Victoria 6d. deep blue, horizontal pair with wide margins all around and four adjoining neighbours, fresh colours, used, extremely fine

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, Ham Printings, 3d. blue, unused, without gum, well-centered within four balanced margins, delicate pale shade, small thins not detracting from the fine and fresh appearance of this extremely scarce unused stamp.

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, Ham Printing, 1d. dull rose, vertical pair, showing frameline at top, cut into on other sides, without gum, crease through lower stamp, yet with good colour, and a rare multiple, one of only a small number recorded.

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, 1d. bright pinky red, Ham Printing, unused, with part original gum, showing cut transfer at foot, repaired tear at top and other small faults as often seen, but a presentable example of this scarce variety.

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, 1d. bright pinky red, Ham Printing, three unused examples, displaying slight shade variances, two without gum, each showing the so-called “white veils” characteristic of this printing, margins close to into design in places as typical, small flaws and/or repairs, but a fine-appearing trio.

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, 1d. bright pinky red, Ham Printing, unused, without gum, portion of frameline at top and bottom, and clearly showing the so-called “white veils” distinctive of this printing, touching or into design at left and right, fresh colour, a pleasing example.

1851, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, Ham Printing, 1d. pale drab, unused, without gum, heavy hinge remnant, margins good to slightly into design in places, small faults, surface abraison at lower left, light crease near hinge, despite its flaws, of good colour, and a presentable example of this difficult stamp.

1855, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, Campbell & Fergusson printings, 1d. pink, unused, without gum, good margins on three sides, barely touching at left, trivial small thins, yet of pleasing deep colour and fine appearance. 

1854-7, Queen Victoria “Half Lengths”, Campbell & Fergusson printings, three 1d. singles, unused, without gum, in shades of pink to rose, one a particularly deep shade,  one showing short transfer most noticeable at lower left, each with some degree of fault, rose shade with corner crease, but a useful reference group of chiefly fine appearance, showing the characteristic poorer quality impressions of this printing.

1856-8, Queen Victoria on Throne, 1d. yellow green, block of four, large part original gum, clear to good margins all around, the upper left stamp with traces of extraneous red ink, vertical folded through centre margin, small spots of gum toning, but a scarce multiple; handstamped Gilbert.

1856/58, Queen Victoria on Throne, 1d. yellow green, imperforate, two singles with part original gum, chiefly clear to good margins and fresh colour, and 6d. bright blue, rouletted, three unused singles, one with part original gum, typical centering, some small flaws, chiefly fine.

1898, 2-1/2d rose, lower right corner block of thirty six, hinged in places, leaving the majority of stamps never hinged, three stamps showing the “damaged N” to first N of PENNY variety, bright colour, a fresh and desirable positional block.

1899, 2s. turquoise-green, watermark “Crown Over Q”, Type II, perforated 13, left margin block of eighteen on Cowan paper, showing the “flaw on ball of lower 2” variety, and left margin strip of seven on whiter De La Rue paper, most examples on the Cowan paper block never hinged, a fine comparison of these two paper types.

1897-8, 1d. vermilion, upper left sheet corner block of thirty six, showing the  zigzag roulette, with perforation 13 superimposed, watermark Crown Over Q (Type II), hinged in places, leaving most stamps never hinged, bright fresh colour, an impressive multiple of this experimental perforation.

1913, 5s. grey and yellow, Die II, hinge remnant, a superbly-centered stamp with fresh bright colour, Senf handstamp signature, very fine. 

1913, 10s. grey and pink, Die II, hinge remnant, bright colour, centered slightly to foot, Senf handstamp signature, fine.