1840 1d Rainbow Trial, state 3c in red-brown, watermark Small Crown sideways, four good to huge margins, surface results due to having been used in cleaning trials. S.G. £16,000. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 4,800-5,500
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Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
We are delighted to announce our Spring Auction which includes:
INDIA exceptional AIR MAILS
BUSHIRE a fine collection of stamps & covers.
CYPRUS the important William Frew collection.
GB the Michael Goodman collections of London & Middlesex plus other fine stamps & postal history.
KUT George VI; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Italy; GB Postal Stationery featuring Registration Envelopes; China 1894 set on cover; India KGV 1 anna collection and Antarctic.
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Lot #1 - Great Britain
Lot #2 - Great Britain
1840 1d Grey-black, RB plate 1a, four margins, close at base, red Maltese Cross cancel, an attractive stamp.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #3 - Great Britain
airport Cancels. 1925-84 Covers (49, some flown on first flights), pieces (11) and certificates of posting (22) with various airport cancels including Croydon, Waddon, Prestwick, Feltham, Hemswell, Gatwick, Digby, etc., all on album pages. (82).
Suggested price: £ 300-350
Lot #4 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, PD plate 1b superb used with red Maltese Cross, large margins. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 140-160
Lot #5 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, LC plate 1b, watermark inverted, four margins, upper right corner clipped and virtually touching, close but clear at upper left, an attractive example of this watermark variety used with a red Maltese Cross. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 500-600
Lot #6 - Great Britain
1840 1d Intense black, TK plate 4, four margins, fine used on piece, tied by a complete impression of the distinctive Manchester "fishtail" Maltese Cross in black. S.G. £1,400. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 240-280
Lot #7 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, RB plate 5, just touched at lower left, otherwise fine with good margins, cancelled by the distinctive Plymouth Maltese Cross in black. S.G. £3,800. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 380-450
Lot #8 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, MA plate 5, good to large margins, fine used on piece, tied by a black Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 140-160
Lot #9 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, FH plate 5, four margins, close at upper left, otherwise very fine, used with a red Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 130-150
Lot #10 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, HJ plate 6, large margins, tied to piece by a red Maltese Cross with a red Exeter datestamp (Nov. 4) alongside, very fine. Photo on Page 9.
Suggested price: £ 160-180
Lot #11 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black plate 3 tied to piece by a red Maltese Cross, and a 2d blue, both with four margins, the 1d black with small surface rubs at upper edge, the 1840 2d close at upper right but otherwise fine. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #12 - Great Britain
1841 (Jan 30) Entire letter from Chichester to Arundel prepaid 1d in cash with red handstruck "1", redirected back to Chichester with a fine four margin 1d black NJ plate 6 applied over the original Chichester c.d.s, tied by a red Maltese Cross with a red Arundel datestamp alongside. An attractive and unusual redirected letter. Photo on Page 12.
Suggested price: £ 600-700
Lot #13 - Great Britain
1840 (Sep 29) Entire from Liverpool to Scotland bearing a superb 1d black, IL plate 7, tied by a red Maltese Cross, backstamped "BERRY-ST / LIVERPOOL" and with datestamps of Liverpool and Edinburgh. Photo on Page 12.
Suggested price: £ 220-260
Lot #14 - Great Britain
1840 1d Black, TE plate 8, cancelled by a red Maltese Cross and black double ring "OS" (Old Stamp), applied to mail bearing re-used stamps and therefore surcharged. Four margins, small repair to lower left corner, still an exceptionally scarce handstamp cancelling a 1d black. With pink 1999 B.P.A Certificate "Black OS Cancel, genuine, repaired at lower left". Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 1,200-1,500
Lot #15 - Great Britain
1840 1d Grey black and 1d red-brown, RH plate 10 matched pair with "P" converted to "R", both four margins, close but clear in places, used with black Maltese Crosses. S.G. £1,325. (2). Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 220-260
Lot #16 - Great Britain
1840 2d Blue, LC plate 1, used with 1844 type "131" numeral of Edinburgh, four margins, fine and attractive. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 380-420
Lot #17 - Great Britain
1840 2d Deep blue, HE plate 2, used with No. 12 in Maltese Cross cancel, upper right corner square very close and with a 3mm scissor cut into the stamp, otherwise four good margins, a very scarce cancel on the 1840 2d. (S.G. £18,000 on cover, unpriced on a single stamp). Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 1,200-1,400
Lot #18 - Great Britain
1840-1965 Used collection in an album including 1d blacks (2, one fine with four margins), 1840 2d (three margins), embossed 6d and 1/-, 1867 5/- (2), 1882 Anchor 5/-, 1880 Spray 1/- orange-brown, 1886 Large Garter 4d vermilion, 1883-84 2/6 - 10/-, 1883 1/- green very fine, KEVII 1902 and 1912 2/6 and 5/-, etc., mixed condition with some faults, a useful collection. (100s).
Suggested price: £ 500-600
Lot #19 - Great Britain
QV-QEII Mainly used collection on pages and in an album including 1883-84 2/6, 5/- (2) and 10/-, KEVII 2/6 (2) and 10/- (2), 1957 Graphite set on F.D.Cs, etc.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #20 - Great Britain
QV-QEII Mint and used stamps and F.D.Cs with many c.1958-74 mint issues in multiples, presentation packs and F.D.Cs, 1948 £1 mint, a few booklets, Morocco Agencies mint multiples, also some foreign in albums and some pre-war picture postcards, better cards include 1919 real Photo of The Street at Alderton showing children and the Crown Inn, 1915 Gretna Green railway disaster (3), etc.
Suggested price: £ 100-150
Lot #21 - Great Britain
1841 2d Blue, RA-RL strip of twelve used, each with "795" numeral cancel of Thirsk, RB-RD cut into at base and RL at right, RA and RJ very close at base, otherwise good to large margins on all sides, an exceptionally scarce use of a complete row of twelve stamps, a very striking item. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 900-1,000
Lot #22 - Great Britain
1842 1d Red-brown on piece tied by "TOTNESS" double arc datestamp, four margins, close at right, fine and attractive. S.G. £1,100. Photo on Page 9.
Suggested price: £ 380-420
Lot #23 - Great Britain
1841 1d Red-brown, four margins, an unobtrusive 4mm scissor cut into the left edge of the stamp, tied to piece by a bright orange- red Maltese Cross, very attractive. With Brandon Certificate (1992). S.G. £4,800. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 1,200-1,400
Lot #24 - Great Britain
1847 1/- Pale green embossed strip of four used, each cancelled by "466" numeral of Liverpool, the two side stamps both touched at base, otherwise margins on all sides, a small piece out of the left margin clear of the stamp, a scarce multiple. S.G. £4,000. Photo on Page 6.
Suggested price: £ 1,200-1,400
Lot #25 - Great Britain
c.1850 Cover to Berlin bearing a 1d red tied by a London numeral, handstamped 31/2 / GROSCHEN" with a "7" charge in manuscript, an unusual use of a single imperf 1d on a cover to Europe, treated as totally unpaid.
Suggested price: £ 70-100
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