1840 - Stamp Auctions

Lot 15804 - Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 15804 - Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

2d Mulready letter sheet unused, a couple of tiny faults but very fine appearance Cat £425 (image available) {PS} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840
Lot 15801 - Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 15801 - Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Mulready letter sheet (Forme 2) A17, used from Tonbridge Wells to London, red town & arrival datestamps, very clean Cat £350 (image available) {PS} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £144.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Postal Stationery 1840
Lot 15696 - Great Britain - Officials 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 15696 - Great Britain - Officials 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

OFFICAL VR 1d black, GE, 4 small to very good margins, central black MC which shows an attempt to remove the obliteration as part of the Official Cancellation Removal Trials of June 1840, v.f.u. RARE. BPA Cert. (1997). Cat £22500 (image available) {U} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £10,680.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Officials 1840
Lot 14514 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14514 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

1d grey-black, plate 1a, PH, 4 small to large margins, tied to 9th MAY 1840 EL from LONDON to DOVER by neat red MC, fine. RARE. SG Spec. A1 (2) td. Cat £4800 (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £1,210.40)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14509 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14509 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

1d black, plate 1b, horizontal strip of 4, NI-NL, tied to March 1841 EL (Additional large page enclosed) from GREENOCK to INVERARY by black MC cancels, red boxed Greenock datestamp on reverse, light vertical filing creases through NI and NL, latter 4 margins others into at top, attractive and scarce. Cat. pro rata as 2 pairs and on cover at almost £3000. (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £783.20)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14504 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14504 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

MULREADY CARICATURE by Menzies, number 1a, used from EDINBURGH to LONDON, with datestamp of July 9 1840 and handstruck 'I', arrival mark also on obverse, reverse seal intact, some minor splitting along folds, but quite fine for this. RARE. RPS Cert. (2022) (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £3,524.80)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14515 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14515 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

1d grey-black, plate 11, DJ, 4 tiny margins (just), tied to 1841 cover from GRANTHAM to NEWARK, seal on reverse is intact, slight soiling, very scarce. Cat £16000 (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £3,310.40)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14510 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14510 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

1d black, plate 2, DD, 4 small to large margins on MAY 24th EL (3rd Sunday of use) from EDINBURGH to STRANRAER, neat datestamp on reverse, light vertical fold, fresh and fine. SG Spec. A1 (2) ti. RARE. Cat £6500 (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £2,492.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14505 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14505 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

1d grey-black, plate 1a, NA, 4 good to huge margins, tied to June 15 1840 EL from ATTLEBOROUGH (superb cds on reverse) to GARFORTH, light horizontal fold, but fresh and superb. (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £800.80)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Lot 14516 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14516 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Mulready 1d Letter Sheet, Forme 2, Stereo A21, used from LIVERPOOL to WHITEHAVEN on May 7th 1840 (2nd day of use), tied by distinctive ORANGE MALTESE CROSS (also similar datestamp on reverse), back flap torn where seal removed, also (strangely) the silk threads have been removed. This item recorded Rockoff and Jackson's 'Encyclopaedia', but not in Jackson's 'May Dates'. Fine appearance. RARE. SG Spec. ME1f/vh. Cat £2200 (image available) {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £996.80)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840