Just how often does an original archive turn up these days? Looking back, I remember being on the periphery of the discovery of the ‘Corsini’ correspondence – even today when such letters turn up they seem to be avidly snapped up. But, all those tales of Solicitor’s cellars and crate-fulls of penny blacks on cover seem to be flights of fancy don’t they. Well, not any longer; I’d say this is the first original archive we’ve seen in thirty...
Sale #73
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Universal Philatelic Auctions Sale #73
UPA73 - Sale Description
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Continuing 18 years tradition of their Unique Reducing Estimate Auctions PLUS No Buyer’s Premium Universal Philatelic Auctions (UPA) presents one of their most valuable ever mail-bid sales closing at 5pm (UK Time) Tuesday 9th April 2019. In keeping with previous auctions ALL lots estimated at £1,000+ GBP will be offered LIVE online at the-saleroom.com 5pm (UK time) Wednesday 10th April 2019. Live bidders for £1,000+ GBP estimate lots now benefit by no charge for bidding live online.
The auction offers 21,315 lots to the value of £1,971,301 GBP comprising worldwide Collections, Sets, Singles, Covers, Proofs, High Values, Rarities, Topicals, FEO etc ... from the broadest range of regions including high quality classic Great Britain, British Empire, British Africa, British North America, India, Europe, British Asia, Asia with China, US and much more. Highlights once again include remarkable particularly strong in GB with High Values, British Empire (with amazing British Africa, KGV, KGVI, Australia, Malaya, India and Hong Kong) plus exceptional Europe and overseas, with very good USA and many other countries too numerous to mention...
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Bidding stops at 5pm (UK time) Tuesday 9th April 2019
NB: the UK moves on to British Summer Time (GMT +1) on 31st March 2019
Please Note : Bids below 80% of the estimate will be respectfully declined. Bidders wishing to purchase such lots for less may have the opportunity to do so in subsequent auction(s).
LIVE auction of 177 of the most valuable lots from estimate £1,000 GBP upwards – Wednesday 10th April 2019, 5pm (UK time) via www.the-saleroom.com. Bidders wishing to participate in the LIVE auction must register with www.the-saleroom.com by 2pm (UK time) Wednesday 10th April 2019.
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Lot #10202 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
Mulready 1d Envelope, Stereo A138, used from SKIPTON to YORK on JY 27 1840, light crease at bottom. Cat £550 (image available) (Start Price = £148.00)
Lot #10203 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
MULREADY CARICATURE 'Blarney Stone', by Southgate, No. 4, very good unused. (Start Price = £32.00)
Lot #10204 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
1d black, plate 5, DB, 4 tiny (just clear at lower left) to good margins, tied to December 1840 Entire from Coupar to Dundee by neat red MC, light vertical folds. Cat £775 [US2] (Start Price = £171.20)
Lot #10205 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1840
1d black, plate 4, GL, 4 huge margins, tied to 1840 (Oct) Entire from Dunoon to Inveraray by light red MC, vertical folds, very fine. Exceptional. [US2] (Start Price = £493.60)
Lot #10206 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1841
part Entire from Horncastle to Oakham, franked 1d plate 5, KG, 4 good margins, guide lines in NE corner and through value, horizontal and vertical guide lines in SE corner, nicely tied by crisp black MC, vertical fold, very fine. Cat £775 (image available) [US2] (Start Price = £328.80)
Lot #10207 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1841
1d red-brown, IC, 4 very good margins, on 1841 Entire to Tipperary, just tied by black MC. Cat £65 [US2] (Start Price = £20.00)
Lot #10208 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1841
1d red-brown (verging on orange-brown), EL (3+ margins), tied to 1842 trimmed Entire by NORWICH MALTESE CROSS, used from Norwich to Ipswich (both backstamps), fresh, v.g.u. SG Spec B1(1)ts. Cat £1800 [US14] (Start Price = £79.20)
Lot #10209 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1841
1d deep red-brown, partially separated block of 4, LG-MH, on 1845 EL from Ludlow to Shrewsbury, horizontal filing crease, good colour. Cat. pro rata for block of 4 on cover approx. £400++ (image available) [US2] (Start Price = £72.80)
Lot #10210 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1841
1d pale red-brown, plate 16, CJ, 4 small margins except just touches at bottom left, tied to part EL by black MC, used from Cambridge to Brighton. Cat £120 [US2] (Start Price = £15.20)
Lot #10211 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1843
EL from New Zealand House in London, used locally, franked 1d red-brown, RB, 2 margins only (large portion of stamp at right), tied by NUMBER 7 IN CROSS cancel, fine. Cat £450 (image available) [US5] (Start Price = £35.20)
Lot #10212 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1847
1s green, Die 2, 4 JUMBO MARGINS, tied to 1855 cover from Worksop to Melbourne by light cancel and handstamped (?)/manuscript (?) '7' in red, slight ageing at edges, still attractive. Cat £1900 (image available) [US2] (Start Price = £395.20)
Lot #10213 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1855
embossed 1s green, Die 2 (good margin except just shades at top) and 1856 1d Star on small Entire from BRIGHTON to LIVORNO, reinforced flap on reverse. Cat £1900 (image available) (Start Price = £196.00)
Lot #10214 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1877
2½d rosy mauve, plate 5, on cover to Marseille, and 2½d blue, plate 20, on 1880 cover to Rome, both from London, roughly opened. Cat £215 [US2] (Start Price = £20.80)
Lot #10215 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1878
Entire from LONDON to MARSEILLE, franked 2½d rosy mauve plate 11, BF, perfin HR/&Co., one stamp removed, usual folds. Cat £125 [US3] (Start Price = £8.00)
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