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**Great Britain: Postal History continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1061		Scott No. 17 var	Great Britain, 1855, 2d blue (Scott 17 var), two pairs used on an 1858 cover from Sandgate (backstamped) to Paris, marked "Stamped Insufficient" with additional French due mark, F.-V.F. SG 34. Estimate $500 - 750. (Image)	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1062			Great Britain, 1857, Shrewsbury spoon postmarks, used on 2 covers: type A on a cover with 1d orange brown and type C on a cover with 1d rose red, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1063			Great Britain, 1859-72, Edinburgh "Dotted Circle" cancels, group of 3 neat covers, all franked with 1d red, generally Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1064			Great Britain, 1864-70, Edinburgh "Brunswick Star" cancels, group of 4 covers and 1 front with these interesting and scarcer cancels, all franked with 1d red, generally Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $90.00 Will close during Public Auction
1065			Great Britain, 1894, illustrated cover from London to Samoa, franked with Queen Victoria 1d lilac, no backstamp, F.-V.F., unusual. Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image)	Est. $750-1,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1066			Great Britain, 1914-18, British Army and Field Post Offices in World War I, composed of 61 different military post offices, except of 3 out of Egypt and one out of Turkey, all are Western Front post offices shown on about 160 covers and cards with a number of better items including a double circle APO 3 on field service post card, a couple scarce type 1C round censor marks and early uses. A F-VF group of mostly picture post cards ready and waiting for expansion. Viewing strongly suggested. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.	Est. $3,000-4,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction

**Great Britain: Maritime Mail**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1067			Great Britain, 1857, GB to Buenos Ayres, Argentina, HMS Medway, one shilling (28) tied by grid to folded letter sheet with Leeds NO 8 1857 cancel, manuscript "p Medway via Southampton", to Buenos Aires Argentina, red London transit on verso, stamp has perf toning, F.-V.F. stamp straight edge at right. Scott 28; $375. SG 72. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1068			Great Britain, 1858, GB to Buenos Ayres, Argentina, RMS Tyne, 1s green tied by grid to folded letter sheet, ms "per Tyne Sh via Southampton" with Leeds AP 8 1858 duplex cancel, to Buenos Aires Argentina, red London transit on verso, stamp is a margin single at bottom (straight edge) F.-V.F. attractive single franking use. Scott 28; $375. SG 72; £350 ($550). Estimate $100 - 150 The second Tyne, 1826 was another 28-gun sixth-rate vessel . (Image)	Est. $100-150 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1069		Scott No. 39	Great Britain, 1864, GB to Argentina, SS Ilna (Scott 39), 6d lilac, on flimsy pre-printed bill letter sheet with barred oval cancel, ms "Ilna" with Liverpool 5 NO 64 transit on verso, to Buenos Aires Argentina, light foxing specks, F.-V.F. Scott $175. SG 84; £170 ($267). Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1070			Great Britain, 1866, GB to Buenos Ayres, Argentina, RMS Rhone, tied by grid to folded letter sheet, ms "p Rhone Str via Southampton", with Leeds 7 AP 66 cancel, to Buenos Aires Argentina, red London transit on verso, Extremely Fine. Scott 48; $375. SG 101; £350 ($550). Estimate $300 - 400 The RMS Rhone was a British packet ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on 29 October 1867 during a hurricane with the loss of approximately 123 lives. It is now a leading Caribbean wreck dive site . (Image)	Est. $300-400 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1071		Scott No. 45	Great Britain, 1867, GB to Uruguay, SS Cordova (Scott 45), 6 pence (45) plate 6 tied by Liverpool 11 MR 67 duplex to outer folded letter sheet, ms "per S.S. Cordova", F.-V.F. Scott $275 Plate 6. SG 97. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1072			Great Britain, 1869, GB to Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Maiden Voyage of Pascal, 1sh (48 Plate 4) tied by grid to folded letter sheet, ms "p Pascal" with Liverpool 19 AP 69 cancel to Buenos Aires Argentina, F.-V.F. attractive single franking usage. Scott 48; $375. SG 101; £350 ($550). Estimate $400 - 600 PASCAL 1869 1,876 gross tons, length 300ft x beam 33.4ft (91.44m x 10.18m), one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron hull, single screw, speed 10 knots. There was accommodation for 80 passengers. Launched on 13th Dec.1869 by Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn-on-Tyne for the Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Co (Lamport & Holt), she started her maiden voyage on 20th Apr.1870 from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. She continued Liverpool - South America services until 1878 when she was transferred to the Belgian flagged subsidiary company Societe de Navigation Royale Belge Sud-Americaine. This company operated weekly mail services between Antwerp, Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine. In 1887 the ship reverted to her original owners and route and in 1897 was scrapped at Genoa. [Merchant Fleets, vol.34 by Duncan Haws . (Image)	Est. $400-600 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1073			Great Britain, 1870, GB to Uruguay, RMS Douro, 1s green tied by grid to 1870 folded letter sheet, ms "pr Douro via Southampton", with Leeds OC 1870 cancel, Buenos Aires NOV 7 1870 transit on Face to Monte Video Uruguay, light almost imperceptible discoloration, still Very Fine. Scott 54; $115. SG 117; £75 ($118). Estimate $100 - 150 Built in 1864, she was run down and sunk in 1882 by Spanish steamer Yruruc Bat off Cape Finisterre; loss of 17 lives . (Image)	Est. $100-150 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1074			Great Britain, 1871, GB to Uruguay, Tycho Brahe, 6d dull violet tied by grid to folded letter sheet, ms "per Tycho Brahe via Liverpool", red 30 NO 71 Manchester cancel to Monte Video Uruguay, file fold thu stamp otherwise fresh and F.-V.F. Scott 51; $130 Plate 9. SG 108; £90 ($141). Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1075			Great Britain, 1872, GB to Uruguay, per SS Olbers, three 4d vermilion tied by grids to folded letter sheet, ms "Per Private Str Olbers from Liverpool", red JY 1872 Manchester cancel & blue crayon "20" credit, red Liverpool August 1872 transit, to Monte Video Uraguay, Very Fine quite a colorful franking. Scott 43; $260 Plate 12. SG 94; £235 ($369). Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)	Est. $200-300 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1076			Great Britain, 1872, GB to Uruguay, SS Copernicus, 1s green pair & single tied by barred ovals to folded letter sheet, ms "Per Copernicus via Liverpool" with red 19 AU 72 Manchester cancel to Monte Video Uraguay, blue crayon "60" credit, light overall trace of a touch of toning F.-V.F. Scott 54; $155 Plate 6. SG 117; £145 ($228). Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $60.00 Will close during Public Auction
1077			Great Britain, 1873, GB to Uruguay, RMS Hipporchus, strip of three 4 p (43) tied by grids to 1873 folded letter sheet, ms "Via Liverpool pr R.M.S. Hipporchus", red 19 DEC 73 Manchester Paid, boxed "10 cent" credit, to Monte Video Uraguay, Liverpool transit on verso, Very Fine light foxing which does not detract from the overall beauty. Scott 43. SG 94. Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)	Est. $300-400 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1078			Great Britain, 1873, GB to Uruguay, RMS Menelaus, pair one shilling (54 Plate 7) tied by grids on 1873 outer folded letter sheet, ms "per Menelaus-Via Liverpool", red Manchester 19 FE 73 cancel, blue Manchester (lightly struck) forwarder oval, red crayon "40" credit,to Monte Video Uraguay, Liverpool transit on verso, light soiling at left, F.-V.F. Scott 54. SG 117. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)	Est. $200-300 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1079			Great Britain, 1876, GB to Uruguay, per RMS Britannia via Bordeaux, 1s green pair tied by grids to folded letter sheet, manuscript "per R.M.S. Britannia via Bordeaux", Manchester DE 28 1876 cancels, manuscript credit and Manchester blue forwarding agent oval, to Monte Video Uraguay, small stain mostly at top, not affecting stamps F.-V.F. Scott 64; $305 Plate 12. SG 150; £290 ($455). Estimate $200 - 300 Part of the Pacific Steamship Navagation Company, Commisioned in 1873, in 1895 she was grounded Rio de Janeiro, salvaged and sold to Camuyrano y Cia, Buenos Aires. (Image)	Est. $200-300 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1080			Great Britain, 1876, GB to Uruguay, per Tycho Brahe, 1s pale green tied by grid to pre-printed Bill of Lading, folded letter sheet, ms "Tycho, Brahe", Liverpool 18 AP 76 cancel with "20" in circle credit to Monte Video Uraguay, missing flap and opened unevenly along top F.-V.F. Scott 64; $200 Plate 12. SG 150; £190 ($298). Estimate $100 - 150 Part of the Laport and Holt Line . (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $60.00 Will close during Public Auction

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