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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
21	P		1d. red-brown on thick white wove paper (S.G. Spec. DP20F State 1), an example from the top left corner of the sheet with two vertical surface scratches/abrasions resulting in central pin hole as part of an official attempt to remove a cancellation; 1974 RPS certificate. (Image)	Est. £250-300 Closed or SOLD for £600.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
22	P		1d. dull lilac-rose on white wove unwatermarked paper dipped in Prussiate of Potash (S.G. Spec. DP20F State 2a), pair from the lower left corner of the sheet on double width paper, pen marked with a chemical and an acid, pencil notation "New Colour June 1st" (the first date on which experiments were conducted) and in ink "4 Dipt P" both in the hand of Joshua Bacon, second stamp just trimmed at right and some marginal creasing nevertheless a most remarkable piece; ex-Major Allen and "Tes".	Est. £10,000-12,000 Closed or SOLD for £12,500.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
23	P		1d. black on white wove unwatermarked paper dipped in Prussiate of Potash (S.G. Spec. DP20F State 2a), a remarkable strip of four from the foot of the sheet on double width paper, the first handstamped "3860" and all with pen cancellations treated with various chemicals, manuscript notation "Old Colour black / dipt P" in the hand of Joshua Bacon, creased in places; ex-Major Allen and "Tes".	Est. £10,000-12,000 Closed or SOLD for £10,500.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
24	P		1d. blue on white wove paper (S.G. Spec. DP20 State 3b), a sheet complete except for the top left corner pair, nine stamps handstamped "No 712" and tested with Prussic acid (misspelled), potash, tartaric acid, turps, and creosote, manuscript notations of Joshua Bacon "E5" (order of goodness, i.e. very poor), "No 3 plain" (the ink proposed for the 2d. blue by Rowland Hill in his "Report on the Obliteration of Postage Stamps" to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14.9.40) and identification of the various chemical agents; this important sheet emanates from the Perkins, Bacon archives and was found in the famous wrapper of "Specimens of the Postage Stamps sent to Mr. R. Hill, Mr. R. Phillips and experimented on by ourselves. September 1st 1840" by Major G.W.G. Allen and Charles Nissen in 1935; illustrated in "Rainbow Trials", p. 116; ex-Major Allen and "Tes". (Image)	Est. £10,000-12,000 Closed or SOLD for £30,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
25	P		1d. red on watermarked Small Crown upright paper (S.G. Spec. DP20F State 3c), Prussiate of Potash in the ink, excellent appearance with good even margins, vertical crease, centrally cancelled by bold Maltese Cross in black (11 Sept. 1840) and apparently treated as well to test cancellation ink for removal:, illustrated in "Rainbow Trials", p. 121; ex-Griffiths and "Tes". (Image)	Est. £800-1,000 Closed or SOLD for £1,250.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
26	P		1d. rosy mauve on watermarked Small Crown upright paper (S.G. Spec. DP20F State 3c), strong Prussiate of Potash in the ink, large to ample margins and gummed, vertical crease in margin at left, centrally cancelled by Maltese Cross in black (probably Oct. 1840), attempt made to reduce the cancellation as part of the experiments, illustrated in "Rainbow Trials", p. 141; ex-"Tes". (Image)	Est. £500-600 Closed or SOLD for £1,050.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
27	P		1840 1d. black with cancellation removed and a second cancellation apparently applied as part of official cancellation ink trial removal purposes, practically complete margins; 1952 BPA certificate; ex-"Tes". (Image)	Est. £1,000-1,200 Closed or SOLD for £600.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
28	P		1840 "VR" Official 1d. black OA with large even margins, cancelled by concentric circles obliterator and showing official attempt at removal, extremely fine and choice example of this cancellation trial, very rare on this stamp (the Seymour sale 11.4.51, lot 80 contained the adjoining stamp PA); 2000 RPS certificate; ex-Shaida and Atkinson. (Image)	Est. £1,000-1,200 Closed or SOLD for £3,750.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
29	P		1840 1d. black Plate 2 JF on envelope for trial removal of Maltese Cross in red, large even margins, contemporary manuscript endorsement on inside flap "The label on this envelope has passed through the Post Office, & received the red stamp, which has afterwards been obliterated by an easy chemical process" repeated on front, with Treasury Registration No. "989/40" indicating that it had been used in the 1840 trials for the removal of cancellations by chemical processes; a unique and historically significant artifact of the trial cancellation period, as this is believed to be the only example of a cancellation removal trial on a cover in private hands, with the other institutionalized in the British Library as part of the Tapling Collection; 1991 BPA certificate and 2000 RPS certificate. (Image)	Est. £15,000-20,000 Closed or SOLD for £15,000.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM
30	P		TC black imprimatur from the first registration sheet before hardening, strong colour, large to very large margins all around, barely perceptible horizontal crease at top, nevertheless very fine and fresh; 1985 RPS certificate. (Image)	Est. £2,000-3,000 Closed or SOLD for £2,300.00 Closing..Mar-15, 08:00 AM

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