Postal Stationery: 1913 colour standard for K.G.V 1/2d. and 1d., K.E.VII 11/2d. to 1s. embossed die for S.T.O. postal stationery overprinted “SPECIMEN” type PS17, fine and attractive, one of two examples recorded. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,200 lots, the property of 125 vendors, featuring an award-winning collection of Liverpool Postal History; the collection of Great Britain formed by the late Dennis Clarke; very fine line engraved and Seahorses; an excellent section of QEII commemorative errors including many great rarities; and one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of 1966 ‘Birds’ ever assembled.
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Lot #1252 - Great Britain Postal stationery
Lot #1253 - Great Britain Postal stationery
Postal Stationery: 1924-25 Wembley Exhibition stationery complete set, EP66, EP67, CP85, CP86-CP88, LCP10, LCP11, unused.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1254 - Great Britain Postal stationery
Postal Stationery: National Blood Transfusion Service: 1961-66 selection of S.T.O. reply paid postcards 2d.+1/2d.+2d.+1/2d. C5157 outward and reply halves used, 21/2d.+21/2d. C5176B (2), 2d.+1/2d.+2d.+1/2d. C5181 (2), 3d.+3d. C5188 (2), also ten additional items.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1255 - Great Britain postal stationery - telegraph forms
Postal Stationery: Telegraph Forms: 1870 Q.V. 1s. TP1/2 overprinted “SPECIMEN”, very fine.
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Lot #1256 - Great Britain postal stationery - telegraph forms
Postal Stationery: Telegraph Forms: 1877-1919 comprising Q.V. 6d. TP11aa, TP11b, TP14b, TP15a, TP16b, 10d. TP85a, 1s. TP6b, K.E.VII 6d. TP18a, K.G.V 1s. TP23A. mainly good to fine. (9)
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1257 - Great Britain postal stationery - telegraph forms
Postal Stationery: Telegraph Forms: 1940 K.G.VI 9d. olive Telegraph form TP27, complete with selvedge and interleaving, very fine.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1258 - Great Britain postal stationery - telegraph forms
Postal Stationery: Telegraph Forms: 1951 K.G.VI 1s.6d. Telegraph form TP31a, complete with selvedge and interleaving, fine.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1259 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready: An unused selection comprising 1d. letter sheet A77, 2d. letter sheet a90, 1d. envelope a154 and 2d. envelope a203, mixed condition. (4)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1260 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet, contemporarily hand drawn in pen and ink, beautifully executed on thin green paper, with address but no postal markings, some minor stains, unique. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1261 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
A group of Q.V. covers comprising 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A1 (forme 1) used, 2d. letter sheet a91 (forme 1) unused, 1893 illustrated cover to Saltburn showing six Coat of Arms and 1896 illustrated cover to Saltburn showing natives catching and cooking a pig, also three other illustrated items, mixed condition.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1262 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A16 (forme 2) used 1840 (June 29th) to St. Croix, Switzerland, Britannia cancelled by French “MARINES/29/JUIN/1840/(72)” datestamp in black, with another indistinct strike at left, minor creasing to cover otherwise fine, a very rare exhibition item. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1200-1500]
Lot #1263 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A19 (forme 2) used 1840 (May 10th), the first Sunday, from Benson to London, cancelled with a crisp red Maltese Cross, faint “Benson/Penny Post” on front, some faults incl. reduced staining and reinforcement but an attractive example of this rare early date. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £16,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-500]
Lot #1264 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A19 (forme 2) used 1840 (June 4th) to Southampton with a superb scarlet-vermilion Maltese Cross, message inside referring to an enclosure “...I send you a comic envelope which I think very funny particularly “the Rights of Postage”...”, with a circular “PLEASE DONT” seal depicting a cat and mouse. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1265 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A34 (forme 3) used 1841 (Feb. 12th) within Newcastle on Tyne, cancelled red Maltese Cross, inside is written a six-line Valentine poem, most unusual. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1266 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo obscured by seal) fine used 1842 (Oct. 5) from Roehampton to Croydon with neat black Maltese Cross and with “T.P/Roehampton” on front, fine. S.G. ME1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1267 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A147 (forme 2) unused, A150 (forme 2) used to Manchester with red Maltese Cross and “T.P./CharlesStWest” handstamp and 2d. a104 lettersheet used to Newlands with black Maltese Cross, the latter with vertical crease, very mixed condition. (3)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1268 - Great Britain 1840 mulready envelopes and letter sheets
1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A148 (forme 2) used 1840 (Aug. 4th) from Mildenhall to Great Barton, Suffolk, cancelled by a fine strike of an orange-vermilion Maltese Cross, the envelope lightly toned but a scarce shade of Cross. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1269 - Great Britain 1840 mulready and caricatures and later printed envelopes
1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: Three caricature envelopes comprising Fores’s no. 4 Hunting, Spooner no. 3 and John Menzies reprint, mostly fine.
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #1270 - Great Britain 1840 mulready and caricatures and later printed envelopes
1840 Mulready Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Doyle: A lithographic illustration (440 x 300mm) showing Palmeston on the central pedestal, Lord Monteagle being read the poor figures of his last financial scheme and Mr O’Connell shouting “Hurrah for Repeal”, inscription at base reads “Published May 26th 1840 by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket”, tone spots and some peripheral creasing and tears, very scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price...
Lot #1271 - Great Britain 1840 mulready and caricatures and later printed envelopes
1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores’s dancing envelope (no. 3), fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1272 - Great Britain 1840 mulready and caricatures and later printed envelopes
1840 Mulready Caricatures: J.W. Southgate envelope number 1 “The Pickpocket”, hand-coloured, used 1840 (Oct. 22nd) from Nottingham to Worksop, at top right 1d. black plate 4 NB affixed, which may not belong, cancelled by red Maltese Cross, slight edge imperfections otherwise a fine example of a rare hand-coloured caricature. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1273 - Great Britain 1840 mulready and caricatures and later printed envelopes
1840 Mulready and Caricatures and later printed envelopes: Spooner Dickens caricature printed front used 1840 from Liverpool to London, attached to backing paper, creases, otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1274 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1864 (Sept. 9th) “THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL” printed envelope, sent within London and franked 1864-79 1d. plate 92, with “M/W/D/A” in circle inspector’s mark in red below, envelope with a little creasing, scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1275 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1868 (June 9th) “THE/NEW OIL TESTER/J. BAILEY & Co./ALBION WORKS/SALFORD”blue printed advertising envelope, used from Manchester to Finland franked 1865-67 3d. plate 4 CH and 1867-80 6d. plate 6 SK cancelled Manchester duplexes, with “AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN//10/6” transit c.d.s. below and boxed red “Franco.”, envelope with crease at right otherwise fine and scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price...
Lot #1276 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1876 two printed envelopes, one depicting Cupid in a glass jar, other with male and female figures, both used to the same addressee in Hythe from Lewes and franked by 1864-79 1d., 1896 hand painted envelope depicting a carriage crash used from Bath to Wells and bearing 1881 die II 1d. lilac, good to fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
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