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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3012		GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 2p Blue (2; SG 5). Plate 1, horizontal pair, lettered D-E to D-F, full and balanced margins, deep rich color, neat black Maltese Cross cancels, Very Fine and handsome, SG Specialised £2,000 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,100.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
3013		GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 2p Blue (2; SG 4). Plate 2, horizontal pair, lettered B-E to B-F, full to large margins, deep color, slightly oily Maltese Cross cancel, minor natural paper wrinkle at top left of right stamp, otherwise Very Fine, SG Specialised £2,500 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 2,100.00 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
3014°		GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 2p Pale Blue (2a; SG 6). Plate 1, lettered B-A to B-L, complete row of twelve stamps divided into two horizontal strips of six (paying the 2sh double rate up to one ounce), strips with varying margins, tied by bold Maltese Crosses on 1841 (18 June) folded cover from Liverpool to New York, red "Boston/SHIP/July 3/Ms." circular datestamp adjacent, manuscript U.S. internal rate of 77” cents for distance of 151 to 400 miles plus 2 cents landing fee, origin double-ring datestamp on reverse, endorsed "Britannia Steamer 12 June 1841", lower strip lifted and re-affixed to its original position VERY FINE AND STUNNING. A SPECTACULAR 2-SHILLING DOUBLE RATE TRANS-ATLANTIC COVER BEARING TWELVE EXAMPLES OF THE 1840 2-PENCE PALE BLUE. THOUGHT TO BE THE HIGHEST RECORDED 1840 TWO PENCE FRANKING FOR A COVER SENT ABROAD. A COVER PERFECT FOR EXHIBITION. Ex Hunt, Shaida, Pichai and Gross. Signed Enzo Diena. With 1998 RPS certificate. (Image) View PDF of certificate Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 40,000-50,000 SOLD for $30,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3015		GREAT BRITAIN, 1840, 2p Blue (2; SG 6). Plate 1, lettered B-H, large balanced margins, fresh color and strong impression, tied by two vivid strikes of vermilion Maltese Cross cancels on 1840 folded cover to Dublin, London transit and Dublin Aug. 20 arrival backstamps, file folds well clear of stamp, Extremely Fine and striking (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,500-2,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
3016		GREAT BRITAIN, 1841, 2p Blue (4; SG 14). Horizontal strip of six, lettered I-A to I-F, ample to mostly large margins all around, bright color, "131" in grid cancel of Edinburgh, owner's signature on reverse, faint vertical crease on fourth stamp, otherwise Very Fine, an unusually large multiple, Scott Retail as two strips of three (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 550.00 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
3017		GREAT BRITAIN, 1844 Denbigh to London Postage Due. Folded cover with large bold and well-struck "2" postage due handstamp on 1844 (Feb. 19 docketing) from Denbigh to London, Denbigh Feb. 19 departure and London Feb. 20 arrival backstamps, file fold clear of marking, Extremely Fine, believed to be unique and unrecorded by Robson Lowe, Willcocks, Gibbons and Walker (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction
3018		GREAT BRITAIN, 1847, 1sh Pale Green (5; SG 54). Large margins all around incl. wide sheet margin at right, cancelled by "309" in oval grid and tied by red "Boston Paid 24 Jun. 13" credit circular datestamp on 1855 folded letter to Salem Mass., manuscript "U.S. Mail Steamer via Liverpool", red "21 Cents" credit handstamp, Gateshead origination and Liverpool transit backstamps, vertical file fold thru the adhesive, otherwise quite fresh and Extremely Fine, a cover with tremendous visual appeal, SG £1,900 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,275.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
3019		GREAT BRITAIN, 1854, 6p Red Violet (7; SG 60). Large margins all around including part of the adjoining stamp at bottom where the designs overlap, bold strike of "186" postmark of Irvine, Scotland, deep rich color and detailed embossing, Extremely Fine, signed Ressel and with 2008 Sismondo certificate, SG £1,000 (Image) View PDF of certificate Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,000.00 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
3020°		GREAT BRITAIN, 1864, 1p Rose Red (33; SG 44). Plate 225, lettered R-K, full original gum, rich color, Fine, the rarest regularly issued plate of the 1864 1p stamp, the key to completing an unused collection of all the plates, SG £3,200 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,300.00 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
3021		GREAT BRITAIN, Anti-Slavery Cover. Overall design showing "Britannia" and Lion protecting a slave with ill-treated slaves in the background, inscription reads "God Hath made of one blood all nations of men", engraved and printed by J. Valentine in Dundee, used with "Helensburgh JY 19, 1850" boxed datestamp at top right to New York, "Paid 5" and curved "5 cents" handstamps, Liverpool transit backstamp, cover with light peripheral toning, otherwise Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
3022		GREAT BRITAIN, 1864, 1p Rose Red (33; SG 43). Tied on 1864 humorous Valentine's cover to Kent, stamp creased prior to use (cancel originally partly beneath and on the back of the stamp), with Valentine's enclosure, a "Copy of Writ" demanding £1,000,000 for stealing the sender's heart, envelope with small flaws, enclosure with two strengthened splits, Fine appearance and a most unusual Valentine's item (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction

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