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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
11	P		1840 (Apr.) master die proof of the completed 2d. in black with upper corner stars added and lower squares blank (S.G. Spec. DP41) on India paper (25 x 28 mm.), another wonderful example of the superlative craftsmanship of the Victorian engravers Charles and Frederick Heath for the world's second postage stamp, light unobtrusive wrinkling of no consequence, a highly important proof rarity; 1995 BPA certificate. (Image)	Est. £20,000-30,000 Closed or SOLD for £27,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
12	E		Gum and paper trials: Strips of paper (2) one showing papermaker's watermark "1838" and the other with partial offset of Rainbow trial in red-brown, part to much original gum, endorsed on front "dg (dark gum) 17 lb Ca (Calcium) Po (Potassium)" and "og (ordinary or original gum) 17 lb Ca Po" respectively, each one time in the hand of Joshua Bacon and repeated four times in L. de Nicola's hand, an interesting contrasting pair displaying the effects on the paper of using two different types of gum; 2000 RPS certificates. (Image)	Est. £2,000-2,500 Closed or SOLD for £2,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
13	P		Gum and paper trials: 1840 (June) experimental printings of 1d. black Plate 7 (S.G. Spec. DP20G) on lighter weight papers - 24 lbs., 26 lbs., and 28 lbs. (the normal paper being 30 lbs. per ream) - six examples (two of each weight) mounted on sheet of paper (245 x 207 mm.), the stamps variously mistreated as a result of having been partially affixed in a manner so as to allow examination of the reverse, each cancelled by trial concentric circles obliterator, and with manuscript endorsements by L. de Nicolas identifying the three relevant weights of paper employed in their printing, in addition to which at the top there are three portions of selvedge applied with different types of gum over which these are identified as "present gum", "New dark No. 1", and "New light No. 2" in the hand of Joshua Bacon; these experimental printings were executed on 16 and 29 June 1840 following the completion of the plate but prior to its having been put to press; a fascinating historical document of which there is only one other complete example to be found in the National Postal Museum; ex-Seymour, Griffiths, and "Daisy". (Image)	Est. £15,000-20,000 Closed or SOLD for £25,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
14	P		Complete sheet of three in blue-black on thin yellowish wove paper (115 x 87 mm.), with experimental small crown watermark (S.G. Spec. DP19a), manuscript notation in margin "Hoper CW" (Common Wetting) in the hand of Joshua Bacon, extremely fine and desirable; one of two examples recorded in this colour on this paper, the other being in the National Postal Museum; in all, there are eight complete sheets known in blue-black on various papers and three of these are in institutional collections; ex-Stothert and "Daisy". (Image)	Est. £15,000-20,000 Closed or SOLD for £28,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
15	P		Complete sheet of twelve in reddish brown (S.G. Spec. DP20 State 1) on thick white wove unwatermarked paper, extremely fine; six complete sheets recorded, two of which are in institutional collections; ex-"Tes". (Image)	Est. £5,000-6,000 Closed or SOLD for £9,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
16	P		Complete sheet of twelve in lilac-rose (S.G. Spec. DP20 State 2c) on thin white wove paper, a few small black marks or negligible surface irregularities just affect top row of stamps, in overall fine condition for this delicate colour; ex-"Tes". (Image)	Est. £2,500-3,000 Closed or SOLD for £5,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
17	P		Complete sheet of twelve in lilac-pink on white wove unwatermarked paper, dipped in Prussiate of Potash (S.G. Spec. DP20 State 2a), very fine in spite of light central horizontal bend. (Image)	Est. £2,500-3,000 Closed or SOLD for £4,250.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
18	P		Complete sheet of twelve in deep blue on white wove paper (S.G. Spec. DP20 State 3b) showing prominent ivory heads from Prussiate Potash in the ink, plate also shows spotted state, endorsed "C Colour plain" in the hand of J.D. Bacon, extremely fine and rare; a similar sheet is to be found in the Royal Collection with the manuscript endorsements in the hand of Edwin Hill; ex-"Tes". (Image)	Est. £3,000-4,000 Closed or SOLD for £9,500.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
19	P		Presentation sheet on laid paper with papermaker's watermark ("J Moreby & Co. / 1840"), folded as letter sheet and bearing twenty examples of 1d. in fugitive red colours, endorsed above top row of four stamps "Fugitive ink printed without oil", all stamps with manuscript cross probably denoting their undesirability for use, and above lower four rows of sixteen stamps "Fugitive ink printed without oil" with seven stamps having the ink crosses indicating that these, too, were also unacceptible, "A" through "E" colours represented with permutations of plain paper, plain paper with magnesia, Prussiate in paper, and Tartrate in paper, all in the neat hand of Joshua Bacon, with Treasury reference number "1205" at top left and on reverse dated filing note of Perkins, Bacon & Co.; of the five such recorded sheets, only two or three have stamps with the ink crosses which leads one to surmise that those with manuscript crosses were the only ones presented to Rowland Hill and his other colleagues for consideration. ex-"Tes." (Image)	Est. £15,000-20,000 Closed or SOLD for £16,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
20	P		Large part of the sheet (horseshoe shape) containing the third impression in blue on white wove paper (S.G. Spec. DP 20F), with handstamp "No. 712", the stamp and cancellation treated with Prussic acid to determine if either can be removed (resulting in the usual damage to paper and partial split at left to the stamp as this acidic solution tended to burn the paper), endorsed in manuscript "C3" (the order of goodness meaning that the cancellation has not been removed, having been altered from "A1") and "A. dipt H H Co Prussic Acid" in the hand of Joshua Bacon, a very rare example from the small trial plate; ex-Seymour. (Image)	Est. £4,000-5,000 Closed or SOLD for £10,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM

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