GREAT BRITAIN continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 1321 |
E |
|
 John
Dickinson 1837 London District Post Envelope essay, One Penny design in yellow-buff on silk thread paper, a fine example of this attractive design. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1322 |
E |
|
 John Dickinson 1837 London District Post Lettersheet essay, two penny design in green on silk thread paper, some minor soiling and small split where folded, fine. (Image) |
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1323 |
E |
|
 Robert W. Sievier engined-turned essay in pink and dark blue with embossed center, on complete page from the Westminster Gazette, the page with some slight soiling and paper splitting where
folded, fine and quite rare. (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1324 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Beaufort House composite sheet of seven essays, two in blue, two embossed without color and three in red & black (Nos. 10, 12 and 18),
exceptionally fresh, a couple trivial folding creases between designs, very fine; an impressive example of this rare composite essay sheet. (Image) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1325 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve composite essay sheet, from the 1848 Arts Journal, with four different essays, one embossed in very pale pink, two
Beaufort House designs and Royal Cypher in fancy engine-turned background, the whole page in a fancy embossed design within a green frame, the reverse panel with "For Protection Against Forgery", a very fine and beautiful composite essay. (Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1326 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve composite essay sheet, similar to the above lot except the embossed head is in a deep carmine rose, very fine and most attractive.
(imagea)
(Image) |
Est. $400-500
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1327 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve 1p Blue and red essay number 6, large even margins all around, small paper adherence on reverse, a very fine and especially attractive essay.
(Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1328 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Beaufort House Congreve 1p Green and red essay number 8, huge margins all around, brilliant colors, extremely fine; a marvelously choice example of this scarce essay.
(Image) |
Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1329 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting composite sheet No. 1 in black on wove paper, showing two designs of engine-turned concentric circles, one with the head of Mercury in the center, small thin at bottom between designs,
fine. (Image) |
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1330 |
E |
|
 Charles Whiting Post Office Permit blue essay on wove paper, 119x89mm, light horizontal crease and some trivial soiling in the corners from old mounts, overall of
very fine appearance; this design was first shown in The Post Circular of 1839. (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1331 |
E |
|
 James Wyld lettersheet essay
in gray blue, 139x106mm, quite fresh except for a small bleached spot near the top, very fine appearance. (Image) |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1332 |
E |
S.G. Spec. #DP4 |
 S.G. Spec. #DP4, 1841 2p Deep blue first stage die essay, top right corner margin block of four, with the top right stamp showing the broken corner at bottom left,
marvelously bright and fresh, very fine; a rare and highly desirable multiple. (Image) |
£6,800+
SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1333 |
P |
S.G. Spec. #DP36 |
 S.G. Spec. #DP36, 1872 1p Black South Kensington Exhibition plate proof on thick white card, full to large margins all around, fresh and very fine; only one such sheet was made.
(Image) |
£2,000
SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1334 |
P |
S.G. Spec. #DP38 |
 S.G. Spec. #DP38, 1867 1p Black Paris Exhibition plate proof on soft white card, from plate 103, close to full margins, a bit of trivial edge soiling, fine; a rarely seen proof.
(Image) |
£2,500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1335 |
E |
S.G. Spec. #DP71b |
 S.G.
Spec., #DP71b, 1850 1p Black Prince Consort essay, full margins around, fresh color, a very fine example of this rarely offered essay; 1983 BPA certificate. (Image) |
£4,500
SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1336 |
E |
S.G. Spec. #DP71b |
 S.G. Spec., #DP71b, 1850 1p Red brown Prince Consort essay, top sheet-margin single, with ms. "Essays." in the margin, large margins, attractive rich color, very fine and rare.
(Image) |
£4,500
SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1337 |
E |
|
 James Chalmers 1838 Reprinted essay in se-tenant strip of five of the 1p (four) and 2p (one) in red, 283x138mm and folded for display, the impression at right cancelled
"Dundee 10th February 1838.", very fine and seldom offered; also accompanied by a 1970 reprint on yellow paper. (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1338 |
|
|
 1837 Wyon City Medal, in bronze, in 1839 Rowland Hill ordered Perkins, Bacon and Petch to produce a die for the new adhesive label stating "the Queen's head to be drawn from the City
Medal", fine; only 350 were struck in bronze. (Image) |
Est. $500-750
SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1339 |
|
|
 1890
Penny Post Jubilee Medal, struck in bronze featuring Rowland Hill and the Mulready envelope, the reverse with Queen Victoria and the Jubilee card, fine. (Image) |
Est. $100-150
SOLD for $95.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1340 |
 |
|
 May 9, 1840 Stampless folded letter from John Reed, Stamp Office Newcastle, to Messrs. Thorp & Dickson Stamp Office Alnwick, the letter reads "Having received
instructions from the Board to grant Stamp Licenses to all respectable applicants I will thank you to send me the names of the parties who have applied to you for such Licenses together with your opinion of their respectability and
circumstances", the lot also contains a page from a ledger book dated July 14, 1840 titled "Stock of Postage Stamps in the hands of Thorp & Dickson" giving details of Mulready 1p and 2p envelopes, as well as Penny and Twopenny labels,
fine; a rare and important pair of documents pertaining to the world's first postage stamp. (imagea)
(Image) |
Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
