Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1 d. red-brown, plate 9, lettered JC, clear to large margins, affixed upside-down and tied to folded entire to Abingdon, Berkshire, by black Maltese Cross, reverse with Lombard Street datestamp (26 February, 1841). Central horizontal fold, adhesive with light surface abraision, else a fresh and fine cover Gi. AS59 = £ 375.

1 d. black, plate 10, lettered NL, four mostly very large margins, well clear at upper right, cancelled with crisp strike of Maltese Cross in black, barest trace of small mark adhesion at base of Queen`s neck, a most impressive stamp Gi. AS66 = £ 950.

1 d. black, plate 10, nine used singles, lettered IC, KF, ML, NL, OH, OL, QK, SJ, and SL, all but one a four-margin example, cancelled with Maltese Crosses in black (7) or red (2), a few with small flaws, but a chiefly good to fine group from this difficult plate Gi. AS66 = £8'550.

1 d. black, plate 10, lettered LH, good to large margins, tied to partial folded cover by red Maltese Cross, reverse with black boxed Glasgow datestamp (28 January, 1841) and same-day c.d.s. in red, fine Gi. AS66 = £ 950.

1 d. red-brown, plate 10, lettered AK, three large margins, clear to ample at right, unused and regummed, showing Stage 3 of the "O" Flaw, a fresh unused example Gi. AS68 = £ 2'500.

1 d. red-brown, two singles and one pair, lettered GL, LJ, and FK-FL, mostly good to large margins all around, the singles with particularly rich colour, each cancelled with black Maltese Cross, the pair with slight central bend, a lovely group Gi. AS74 = £ 560.

1 d. red-brown, plate 10, re-joined block of nine from three strips, GA-GC, HA-HC, and IA-IC, all showing the State 2 "O" Flaw, cancelled with multiple strikes of black Maltese Cross, variously creased, repairs tears, staining at lower right, but quite scarce, and as a reconstituted block of nine, it becomes the largest recorded used multiple of this plate Gi. AS68 = £ 2'190+

1d. black, plate 11, horitzontal pair, lettered HG-HH, chiefly good margins all around, clear at lower left, unused, without gum, a lovely and rare multiple, the adjoining block to which (FG-GI) may be found in the Royal Philatelic Collection. Cert. RPSL (2023) Gi. AS73 =  £48,000.
Provenance: de Phillip Collection, Robson Lowe, 4 November 1959, lot 56

1 d. greyish-black, plate 11, lettered EB, good to large margins on three sides, close at upper right, tied to small piece by Maltese Cross in black, trace of straight-line cancellation in red adjacent, fine. Cert. RPSL (1948) Gi. AS72 = £ 4'600.
Provenance: Pattison Collection, Harmer, 18-20 Nov. 1940, lot 110; Harmer, 12-13 Nov. 1945, lot 77; Robson Lowe, 25-6 September, 1968, lot 1096; Heinz Reck Collection, Phillips 2 Nov. 1994, lot...

1 d. black, plate 11, lettered KL, ample to large margins with sheet margin at right, showing partial "..wards the RIGHT HA..." inscription, neatly-cancelled with two strikes of red Maltese Cross, trace of small repair at lower left, but a stamp of tremendous beauty, and a great rarity, being the unique recorded marginal example from this plate with a red Maltese Cross Gi. AS73e = £25'000.

1 d. greyish-black, plate 11, five singles, lettered EI, TH, GA, GE, and PK, most with four margins, touching in places, all cancelled with black Maltese Crosses, a few with creases or other small imperfections, overall very good examples of the rarest plate Gi. AS72 = £23'000.

1 d. greyish-black, plate 11, horizontal pair, lettered GE-GF, mostly good to large margins, cancelled with black Maltese Cross, GF with vertical crease, else a fine and scarce multiple Gi. AS72 = £ 12'000.

Provenance: Harmers, 23-4 September, 1935, lot 174.