1840 1p black, lettered H-F, light red distinctive Maltese Cross (possibly Stonehaven) cancel, fresh and v.f. A beautiful stamp
Estimate: $250
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Lot #644 - Great Britain
Lot #645 - Great Britain
1840 1p black, lettered R-H, light red distinctive Maltese Cross (possibly Greencock) cancel, fresh and v.f. and splendid example of Penny Black
Estimate: $250
Lot #646 - Great Britain
1840 2p deep full blue, blue, two distinct shades, each with a black MC cancel, each with margins all around, good colors, v.f. (SG 4,5)
Cat. Val. £2,050
Estimate: $500
Lot #647 - Great Britain
1841 1p red, 2p blue and 10p Embossed, each with margins all around, distinct numeral cancels, fresh colors and v.f. (SG 8,14,57)
Cat. Val. £1,625
Estimate: $500
Lot #648 - Great Britain
1847 Embossed, 1sh pale green, horizontal pair, ample margins showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, little close at top and right, used in combination with 1841 1p red brown, blue paper, on 1851 (Feb 1) FL from Liverpool to St. John's N.B., endorsed "P. Africa", with blue St. Andrews NB and St. John's arrival pmks on back
Estimate: $300
Lot #649 - Great Britain
1847 Embossed, 1sh green, horizontal pair, reasonable margins to just in or touching at left, tied by "466" duplex pmks on outer FL from Liverpool (Dec 11, 1852) to Philadelphia, endorsed "Canada" , with "5 Cents" and "Boston Packet Dec 26" arrival pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine
Estimate: $300
Lot #650 - Great Britain
1847 Embossed, 1sh pale green and 10p red brown, the former right sheet margin example, large margins other sides, the latter just in at top, with portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, duplex cancels on outer FL from Liverpool (7 March 1853) to Calcutta, 15th April docketing, transit and arrival markings on back, fine usage (catalogue value for 10p on cover, SG 57)
Cat. Val. £3,200
Estimate: $750
Lot #651 - Great Britain
1847 Embossed, 1sh green, large margins all around, duplex cancel on small mourning cover to Philadelphia, with red FEB 2 Br.Packet "5 Cents" on arrival, endorsed "By Steamer Liverpool" at bottom, Jan 17 and "Ja 18" departure datestamps, fine and extraordinary cover (SG 54)
Cat. Val. £1,900
Estimate: $400
Lot #652 - Great Britain
1854 Embossed, 6d dull purple, bottom sheet margin single, ample at top, with small scissor cut at upper left, well outside design, portion of adjoining stamp at right, duplex cancel and circular "D", used in 1855 (2 May) on small cover (with letter of contents) from Knotsford to Bombay, India, with departure pmk, along with red August 5 arrival datestamps on back, fine (SG 59)
Cat. Val. £1,900
Estimate: $250
Lot #653 - Great Britain
1854 Embossed, 6p red violet, large margins all around, including portion of adjoining stamp at left, tied by "583" and Nottingham March 12, 1855 pmk on outer FL to "Portland Canada", endorsed "Via Liverpool by Canadian Mail Packet", red "Paid" and Portland, Maine 11 April arrival pmk
Estimate: $500
Lot #654 - Great Britain
1856 1p rose red, 2p blue and pair of 1sh green, tied by numeral "159" and Glasgow 31.12.57 duplex pmks on FL sent via London to Mexico, with "2" (reales) due marking, filing fold well away from the stamps, fresh and attractive three-color franking to Mexico, with 2007 BPA certificate (SG 35,40,72)
Estimate: $500
Lot #655 - Great Britain
1856 4d rose horizontal pair and single 1d rose red, tied by "171" barred numerals on cover used in 1857 from Haddington (24 Aug) to Colombo, sent "via Marseilles" and Suez, per "Valetta" and "Bentinct" steamers (arriving on 25th September), some backflap mending, otherwise a fine cover to Ceylon
Estimate: $150
Lot #656 - Great Britain
1856 4p rose, tied by "80" duplex and London July 8, 61 departure pmk on FL to France, red "Insufficiently Prepaid" and barred "50" (amount paid) handstamps, also "Calais a Paris", Paris, Marseilles transit and Millau arrival pmks, charged "19" (decimes), filing fold and cover tears away from the stamp, fine
Estimate: $150
Lot #657 - Great Britain
1856 1sh green, horizontal pair (right stamp with wing margin), tied by "159" and Glasgow departure March 5, 1862 cds on complete FL sent via London, Marseilles and Smyrna to Beirut, Syria, endorsed "pr French Packet", some filing folds, fine cover to uncommon destination
Estimate: $200
Lot #658 - Great Britain
1856 1sh green, single tied by "12" numeral cancel on outer FL from London, November 8, 1860 to Buenos Aires, charged "2" in red crayon, endorsed "p. Magdalena", fine usage to Argentina (SG 72)
Estimate: $200
Lot #659 - Great Britain
1856 1sh green, tied by "S 21" duplex and London Mar 18, 61 departure cds alongside, on printed "British Association for the Advancement of Science" FL, via Belgium to their correspondent, Dr. N. Nordenskjold in Finland, Russia, charged 7 1/2d with red Prussian transit markings below, boxed "ANK 29/3" (Finnish) and Cyrillic "Polucheno 14 Mar Utro" (received 14 March morning) arrival pmks on back (note difference between Julian and Gregorian...
Lot #660 - Great Britain
1856 1sh green, single tied by barred oval "10" on cover from London, via Marseille to Calcutta, with Charing Cross departure and red arrival pmks on back, fine cover to India (routed via Channel Packet to Calais and Express Train to Marseilles, from there via Packet to Alexandria, then by train to Suez and another Packet to Bombay, from there by train to destination)
Estimate: $250
Lot #661 - Great Britain
1859 (30 Aug) FL from Glasgow to Mexico, paid 2sh3p with pair of 1sh green and single 1p and 2p, tied by cds, routed via Panama to St. Thomas and from there by "Teriot" to Vera Cruz, charged "2" Reales due in Mexico, filing fold away from the stamps, incredibly fresh, signed Holcombe
Estimate: $250
Lot #662 - Great Britain
1862 1sh green, Plate 1, horizontal pair (JB, JC), tied by "159" numeral and Glasgow Sep 16, 64 cds on outer FL, via London to Lima, with "Panama Oct 9" and Lima arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine cover to Peru (SG 90)
Estimate: $200
Lot #663 - Great Britain
1865 1sh green, Plate 4, used in combination with 1p (plate 94) and 6p (plate 5), on complete FL from London (October 17, 65) to Madrid, with departure and arrival pmks on back, fine three-color franking to Spain (SG 44,97,101)
Estimate: $200
Lot #664 - Great Britain
1865 9p straw, Plate 4, tied by "E.C. 73" duplex, with London June 1, 67 cds alongside, on cover "via Belgium" to St. Petersburg, "Aus England Per Aachen" on front and "Eydtkuhnen" transit on back, various charge markings and endorsements, filing folds away from the stamp, scarce single franking to Russia, with arrival pmk (SG 98)
Estimate: $300
Lot #665 - Great Britain
1865 1sh green, Plate 4 (JL), tied by "28 W.C." duplex, with Charing Cross, London cds alongside on May 9, 66 complete FL to Cape of Good Hope, with Cape Town arrival cds alongside, "Per Steamer Norseman" endorsement, fine and clean cover to Cape Town (SG 101)
Estimate: $150
Lot #666 - Great Britain
1867 6p red violet, horizontal pair Plate 9 (GK, GL), tied by London 14 Dec, 1870 duplex cancels on complete FL to Udderwalla, Sweden, charged "6" in red crayon, with 18 December arrival pmk on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine cover to uncommon destination
Estimate: $150
Lot #667 - Great Britain
1867 5sh pale rose, plate 1, Maltese Cross watermark, well centered, h.r., natural inclusion on back, fine, with small handstamped "RR" guarantee mark (SG 127)
Cat. Val. £11,000
Estimate: $3000
Lot #668 - Great Britain
1867 5sh rose, plate 1, watermarked Maltese Cross, unused (regummed), nicely centered, v.f. (SG 127)
Cat. Val. £11,000
Estimate: $1500
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