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SPECIALIST IN FINE GREAT BRITAIN LINE-ENGRAVED |
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| Item No. | SG/Spec | Plate/Letters | Description | Price | Key |
C:B:1237 |
1 * AS4h |
1b
JJ |
1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE even margins, on ENTIRE LETTER of 22 JUNE 1840 (a VERY EARLY USE of this plate - the earliest known use is 12 June), from Manchester to Shifnal (Cheshire), cancelled and tied with an ORANGE-RED Maltese Cross. Dated despatch stamp on obverse. SIDELINES RECUT, HGLs SE and SW, NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, blur NW, and letters misplaced high. Cat.£550++. | 
£295.00 |
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C:B:1124 |
1 * AS14f,A1vg |
2
IG |
1840 1d Intense Black: A FU single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four good-to-LARGE margins, but tiny corner bend SE, on ENTIRE LETTER (interesting personal contents) of 9 DECEMBER 1840, from Liverpool to London, cancelled and tied with a SCARCE LIVERPOOL ORANGE MALTESE CROSS. Double line 'ST JAMES'S LIVERPOOL' at lower left. NO RAY FLAWS this lettering. Cat.£2200+. | £500.00 |
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C:B:1232 |
2 * AS23 |
4
ED |
1840 1d Black: A VFU single, with four well-clear(W)-to-LARGE margins, on ENTIRE LETTER of 21 DECEMBER 1840, from Dundee to London, cancelled and tied with a BROWNISH-ORANGE Maltese Cross. Dated despatch and arrival stamps on obverse. CONSTANT VARIETIES: dots in S margin and on 'D', and dash above NW. Cat.£600+. |
£275.00 |
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C:B:1236 |
1 * AS40 |
6
QH |
1840 1d Intense Black: A FU+ single in the INTENSE BLACK shade, with four well-clear(SW)-to-LARGE margins, on apparently cut-down empty WRAPPER of 4 NOVEMBER 1840, to Battle in Sussex, cancelled and tied with a red Maltese Cross. Dated despatch stamp on obverse. SE corner frame-line extending S, and letters misplaced high left and high right. Cat.£600+. |
£225.00 |
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C:B:1205 |
3 * AS45 |
7
OL |
1840 1d Greyish-Black: A VFU single in the GREYISH-BLACK shade (noticeably worn), with four LARGE even margins, applied inverted on flimsy ENTIRE LETTER of 19 FEBRUARY 1841, from Liverpool to Ballymoney, cancelled and tied with a black Maltese Cross. Dated despatch Liverpool CDS and Irish arrival stamp on obverse. SW corner frame-line extending S, die dot, and letters misplaced left. Cat.£650+. |
£285.00 |
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C:B:1195 |
1 * AS56c |
9
OB |
1840 1d Intense Black: A VFU single from this SCARCER plate, in an INTENSE BLACK shade UNLISTED on Plate 9, with four good-to-LARGE margins, on neat small empty ENVELOPE of 17 APRIL 1841, from MERTHYR TYDFIL to Bristol, cancelled and tied with a black Maltese Cross. Dated despatch CDS 'MERTHYR TYDVIL' alongside, and Bristol arrival stamp on obverse. FINE DOUBLE LETTER 'B', 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and VGL NE. Cat.£875+. |
£395.00 |
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C:B:1073 |
7 * AS6 |
1b
BK |
1841 1d Red-brown: A GU++ single from this VERY SCARCE plate, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins except trimmed just at the SE corner, on ENTIRE LETTER of 15 JULY 1841, a SCARCE ISLAND USE, from PORTREE, SKYE to Dingwall, cancelled and tied with a neat black Maltese Cross. NW 7 and 10 o'clock Ray Flaws, and top of NE weak. Cat.£500+. | £150.00 |
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C:B:1074 |
7 * AS18 |
2
EC |
1841 1d Red-brown: A VFU single from this VERY SCARCE plate, with four good-to-VERY LARGE margins, on ENTIRE LETTER of 17 MAY 1841, a nice EARLY USE, from Inverness to Dingwall, cancelled and tied with a neat black Maltese Cross. CONSTANT VARIETY: dot below full-stop after 'PENNY', and also NW 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, and 'E' weak. Cat.£400+. | £120.00 |
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C:B:1173 |
7 * AS69 |
10
KK |
1841 1d Red-brown: A VFU+ single, with four LARGE-to-HUGE margins, on ENTIRE LETTER of 3 APRIL 1841, from Tain to Dingwall, cancelled low left and tied with a black Maltese Cross, leaving COMPLETE CLEAR PROFILE. Dated boxed 'TAIN' on obverse. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and VGL NE. Cat.£250+. |
£75.00 |
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C:B:1175 |
7 * AS69 |
10
PF |
1841 1d Red-brown: A FU single, with mostly LARGE margins, but just touched centre W, on a London local ENTIRE LETTER of 20 JULY 1842, a LATE USE, cancelled and tied with a LONDON TYPE I Maltese Cross, not separately listed on the 'Black' plates. 'O' Flaw (Stage 2), NE Ray Flaw, and 'P' misplaced low. Cat.£250+. |
£35.00 |
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C:B:1160 |
7 * AS74 |
11
EJ |
1841 1d Red-brown: A FU single, with four well-clear(E)-to-mostly LARGE margins, but small surface scuff SE, on empty ENVELOPE of 3 MARCH 1842, from London to Liverpool, cancelled with a small part black Maltese Cross. 'T.P.Putney St' in red alongside. NE break and 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, 'E' misplaced low, and square-footed 'J' misplaced high. Cat.£225+. |
£35.00 |
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C:B:1174 |
7 * AS74 |
11
MG |
1841 1d Red-brown: A VFU single in a DEEPISH shade, with four well-clear(NW)-to-mostly LARGE margins, on ENTIRE (addressee untidily erased) of 31 JULY 1841, from Liverpool to Redditch, cancelled with a neat black Maltese Cross. Interesting (unidentified) 'P*L' mark alongside. NE 7 o'clock Ray Flaw, E/NE weak, and basal shift. Cat.£225+. |
£55.00 |
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