1840, Hume's Tourist Envelope No. 1 "50 Miles Round Edinburgh & Leith", marvelous allover illustrated envelope franked with a three-margin Penny Black (plate 5) tied by a neat red Maltese Cross cancel, sent from Edinburgh to Dublin and postmarked on reverse 20 & 22 Nov 1840 with nearly intact small gold paper seal inscribed "Such is Life"; remarkably well preserved and opened out for display. Truly spectacular., with 1990 B.P.A...
Auction #682 - Flagship US, British and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions
Closed Auction
Apr 19, 2016 America/New_York
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Auction #682 - Flagship US, British and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016 10:00 to Thursday Apr 21, 2016 18:00 America/New_York
Last date for bids:
Tuesday Apr 19, 2016 08:00 America/New_York
Flagship sale with over 2300 lots of U.S., British and Worldwide stamps and postal history. Featuring:
U.S. postal history including fancy cancels and the William R. Weiss, Jr. Collection of New York Foreign Mail Postal Cards
U.S. stamps including the "Hampshire" Collection of U.S. singles and plate blocks and the "Preserve" Collection of quality U.S.
British Empire including extensive Great Britain and Canada, with an important selection of Canadian classic imperforates
General Foreign including Iceland and the "Schmaltz" Collection of Russia
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Lot #2 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1841, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1d red brown & 2d blue, "white lines" (SG 8, 14), group of 23 1d and two 2d stamps canceled with numbered Maltese Crosses, comprises (1d red-brown unless noted) numbers 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (2), 5 (1), 6 (3, one a 2d), 7 (3), 8 (4), 9 (2), 10 (1), 11 (1) and 12 (3, one a 2d); both strikes and stamps range from Good to Very Fine, most somewhere in between, with a few faults scattered throughout...
Lot #3 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1841, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1d red brown (SG 8), plate 11, DF, o.g., exceptionally fresh with four nice, even margins; lightly corner crease at lower left and small, nearly invisible sealed scissor cut at upper right, Very Fine appearance, with 2015 R.P.S. certificate.
Scott 3. S.G. Spec. AS74; £6,000 (2008) ($9,300).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
A gorgeous example of the 1d red printed from a 1d black plate...
Lot #4 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1841, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1d red brown (SG 8 var.), plate 70, with what appear to private experimental pin-perforations on three sides (scissor cut margin at left), uncanceled on a small envelope addressed simply to "Ward Esq"; the holes appear to be quite regularly spaced (about gauge 7) but, owing to the tough nature of the gummed paper, separation along the perforations proved difficult (stationers of the time frequently...
Lot #5 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1841, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 2d blue, "white lines" (SG 14), large part o.g., large margins to barely shaved at lower left; small, barely noticeable scuff on cheek, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 4; $4,800.
SG £6,250 ($9,690).
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #6 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1857, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1d rose red, Large Crown watermark, perf 14 (SG 40), two pairs and two singles tied by London "W.C/12" ellipses on 1859 cover to Halifax, Nova Scotia, postmarked Dec 14 London-W.C circular datestamp and Dec 15 Liverpool transit, backstamped Halifax, Dec 31; horizontal file fold affecting lowest stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott 20.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #7 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1864, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1d rose red, letters in all four corners (SG 43), impressive mint group of 71 different plate numbers (also Indian Convention States plate 118 with a lightened pen cancel), nearly all have o.g. (at least three are never hinged) and, while there are a few small faults here and there, the vast majority are Fine. A nice start on the road to acquiring all 152 plate numbers, a task that is not often...
Lot #8 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1870, Queen Victoria line-engraved, ½d rose (SG 49), plate 20, o.g., fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 58; $350.
SG £350 ($540).
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #9 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1870, Queen Victoria line-engraved, 1½d lake red (SG 52), plate 3, large part o.g.; light natural gum crease, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 32a; $600.
SG £600 ($930).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #10 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1856, Queen Victoria, 6d pale lilac, Emblems watermark (SG 70), o.g., paper hinge remnant, fresh; cut from sheet with scissors resulting in clipped perfs at left and a few at lower right, otherwise Fine.
Scott 27; $1,400.
SG £1,350 ($2,090).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #11 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1856-62, Queen Victoria, 1s green (SG 72, 90), four covers, 1858-65, from England to the U.S.; all addressed to "Miss D[orothea] L. Dix" in Trenton N.J., three franked with the 1856 1/-, the fourth with the 1862; nice markings, all with top flap missing, otherwise Fine.
Scott 28, 42; $1,750.
Estimate $300 - 400
Dorothea Dix was the Union Army's Superintendent of Nurses during the American Civil War, who...
Lot #12 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1856, Queen Victoria, 1s green, Emblems watermark (SG 72), tied by Stourbridge "750" duplex, Aug 14, 1857, on small cover to Corpus Christi Texas, red "Boston 21 Br. Pkt./ Paid/ Aug 27" exchange office circular datestamp with red "5/Cents" credit handstamp, Fine and attractive.
Scott 28; $425.
SG £425 ($660).
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #13 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1865, Queen Victoria, 3d rose, Emblems watermark (SG 92), unused without gum, incredibly well centered with lovely pastel color, wing margin at left, Extremely Fine.
Scott 44; $2,350.
SG £2,300 ($3,560).
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #14 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1880, Queen Victoria, 2s brown, Spray of Rose watermark (SG 121), canceled clear (inverted) "C4(?)" — either C40 of Coquimbo, Chile (SG Z52, £2250) or C41 of Guayaquil, Ecuador (SG Z30, £2500), fresh; tiny thin spot, Fine appearance.
Scott 56.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #15 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1877, Queen Victoria, 4d sage green, Large Garter watermark (SG 153), plate 18, unused without gum, bright color, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 70; $1,350.
SG £1,400 ($2,170).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #16 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1881, Queen Victoria, 2½d blue, Imperial Crown watermark (SG 157), plate 23, o.g., paper hinge remnant, bright color, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 82; $425.
SG £425 ($660).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #17 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1883, Queen Victoria, 3d on 3d lilac, Imperial Crown watermark (SG 159), o.g. with just the barest trace of hinging, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 94; $625.
SG £625 ($970).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #18 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1881, Queen Victoria, 1s orange brown, Imperial Crown watermark (SG 163), plate 14, unused without gum, beautifully centered with fresh, rich color, Very Fine.
Scott 87; $700.
SG £700 ($1,080).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #19 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1880, Queen Victoria, 1d Venetian red, Imperial Crown watermark (SG 166), plate reconstruction: reconstructed sheet from "A" to "T", missing nine positions, a tough plating to complete, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 79; $2,800.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #20 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1881, Queen Victoria, 1d mauve, Die II (16 dots), imperf (SG 174a), o.g., exceptionally fresh, three ample margins, close to barely shaved at right, Fine.
Scott 89b; $7,250 for a pair.
SG £7,250 for a pair ($11,240).
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #21 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1884, Queen Victoria, 10s ultramarine on white paper, Anchor watermark (SG 183), socked-on-the-nose neat bold undated "Ipswich" double circle, fresh and nicely centered, Very Fine, very scarce this neatly canceled.
Scott 109; $550.
SG £525 ($810).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #22 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1884, Queen Victoria, £1 brown lilac, Imperial Crowns watermark (SG 185), canceled light London "105" duplex, Apr 29, 1887, completely sound, Very Fine.
Scott 110; $3,000.
SG £2,800 ($4,340).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #23 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1884, Queen Victoria, 6d dull green (SG 194), o.g., Fine.
Scott 105; $600.
SG £625 ($970).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #24 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1884, Queen Victoria, 1s dull green (SG 196), regummed, nicely centered, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott 107; $1,450.
SG £1,600 ($2,480).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #25 - British Commonwealth Great Britain
1884, Queen Victoria, hand painted essay for the 1s "Jubilee" (SG 211E), by G.R. Smith, stamp size in green and China white on buff card, mounted on small piece of white card, Very Fine.
Scott 122E. S.G. Spec. £7,000 ($10,850).
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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