Great Britain - Stamp Auctions

In 1661 British Royal Mail, created the world's first stamped-mail service by adopting the “Bishop marks" so that no letter Carrier may delay a letter from post to post. In 1680 William Dockwra opened an independent postal service for local delivery in London using “Penny Post Paid” for payment marking. Within two years British post shut down Dockwra’s service, but continued operating a local “Penny Post” using a remarkably similar triangular stamp. Letters marked with Dockwra’s original stamps are extremely rare and bring high prices in stamp auctions.

The next big innovation in postal services was when Rowland Hill proposal for prepaid letters and suggested that postage be uniformly charged by weight, rather than destination. To ensure payment he proposed the use of adhesive stamps and in May 1840, Britain’s first adhesive stamps were on sale to the public. These first two stamps, known as the Penny Black and Two Pence Blue, featured the portrait of Queen Victoria, “Postage” along the top and the price along the bottom, the name "Great Britain" were not included and this tradition continues as of today. The stamps were cancelled by canceller shaped like a Maltese cross and required colored ink.For the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 held in London the first commemorative sets were issued showing the bust of King George V and a symbolic roaring lion. Only in 1953 after the crowing of QE II set was issued GB adopted the trend of issuing set of stamps commemorating national event.

Collecting GB stamps is very popular as being the innovators of postage stamps and therefor our great hobby of stamp collecting. King George IV was a great collector and his collections are kept by British Crown.

Lot 12539 - Great Britain 1948 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

£1 blue GVI 'Silver Wedding' issue, a fine unmounted mint top marginal copy. Cat £40 (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1948
Price: £ 20.00

Lot 12535 - Great Britain 1840-1935 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

A fine used collection on printed leaves. From a clean 4-margined 1d black, 3 x 1d red imperfs(two are 4 margined), later line engraved with ½d plate 10 & a small range of 1d red perfs & a 2d . Surface printed vals to 9d & 1/-, 1883 3d on 3d & 6d on 6d, 2/6 & 5/-, 1884 vals to 4d plus 6d, Jubilee set to 1/-(both). KEVII to 5/-(this very fine), KGV with vals to 2/6 & 5/- Seahorses, later re-engraved Seahorses 5/- & 10/-, 1924 Wembley mint.,1934 photogravure set, Silver Jubilee set of 4 m or u. A really sound base for development into a serious GB collection. A fe heavy cancels but mainly very fine (98) {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £353.60)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1840-1935
Price: £ 442.00

Lot 12538 - Great Britain 1948 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

£1 blue GVI 'Silver Wedding' issue, a fine used copy with light cds cancel. Cat £40 {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1948
Price: £ 20.00

Lot 12537 - Great Britain 1854-1935 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Collection of specialised mainly used on album pages. With some QV from perf 1d reds and 2d blues, but strength in KEVII used definitives, identified by shades and printings. Condition varies, but many fine. Also a small but useful collection of 1935 Jubilee with varieties and inverted wmks. These both mint and used. Cat £1250 {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £140.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1854-1935
Price: £ 175.00

Lot 12536 - Great Britain 1840-1991 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

A mainly used collection on 25 double sided Hagner sheets, from poor 1840 1d black & fair 3 margined 2d blue, QV duplicated defins to 1/-, KEVII to 1/-(2), KGV defins to 1/-, Wembleys, PUC low vals, 1934 to 1/-, re-engraved Seahorses set of 3(V.Fine), KEVIII, KGVI defins to 10/- ultramarine(6) 10/- dark blue & £1, RSW pair mint(£1 unmounted), KGVI commems sets & Festival High Vals to £1(2), then good QEII range of a few defins & most commems of the period . A really useful lot ideal fro breaking for club packet/approvals, Etc. (c1300). Cat £4950 {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £376.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1840-1991
Price: £ 470.00

Lot 12540 - Great Britain 1952-78 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Balance collection on Lighthouse hingeless album pages generally very fine l.m.m or mainly u.m. Wildings incl Tudor wmk set (excl 3d) 11d & key stamp m.m. Ewd wmk part set the 7d & 1/6d both very fine u.m. Wmk s/ways & inverted Tudor & Ewd. First graphite lines set u.m. Wmk Crown values with wmk varieties. Wilding Phosphor issues. No wmk Castle H/V's set. Excls the 1962-64 phos commems otherwise complete to 1970 pre dec. Decimal Machins & commems to Christmas 1978 mainly u.m. (680) HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS SHIPPING SURCHARGE APPLIES. {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)

UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britain 1952-78
Price: £ 100.00

Lot 6331 - Great Britain Great Britain - Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

Great Britain


/Malta/Gibraltar/Kanalinseln, 2 gr. Steckb. mit reichhaltigem $0-Bestand, dazu auch mod. Griechenland, hoher Nominalwert, günstig!

Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

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Lot 6329 - Great Britain Great Britain - Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

Great Britain


Ab 1940, 2 gr. Steckb. mit $0-Aboware, alleine Dezimalwährg. ca.115.- Pfund Nominale, hoher Kat.Wert

Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

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Lot 6326 - Great Britain Great Britain - Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

Great Britain


$0-Slg. ab 1975 im Steckb., meist nur Gutterpairs, Nominale 130.- Pfund

Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

Great Britain Great Britain

Lot 6327 - Great Britain Great Britain - Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

Great Britain


1986-95, in den Hauptnr. nahezu kpl. $0-Slg. im Schaubek-SF-Album mit Porto 101-09 u. div. Regionalmarken, feines Kab.Objekt

Georg Bühler Briefmarken Auktionen GmbH Georg Bühler 338 auction

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