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

1861/1912: Stockbook with collection balance incl. 1861 2 d. blue unused, large part og., 1861/64 6 d. purple used on covers (2) to London and Bristol; 1871/73 3 d. brown unused (2), 1879 Telegraphs 1 d. bistre both perfs. fine used, 1881 4 d. carmine unused and used (Gi = £ 790), 6 d. lilac unused (Gi 75 = £ 225), 1885 2 d. grey unused (4), 4 d., 5 d. and 6 d. unused, 1898 2 d. yellow unused (2), 1906 6 d. bright violet unused (2) and 1907 1...

1840: 1 d. black, lettered GG, four margins, used on a printed letteresheet, from England (corresponder 'Thomas Bates, Kirkleavington, Yarm, Nort Yorkshire') to Arbroath, Scotland, dated 23 May 1841, tied by fine black Maltese Cross, with red Edinburgh transit cds to reverse. Cover has been turned and addressed to Perth and franked with an 1841 1 d. red, lettered -G, cut into, tied by black Maltese Cross. To the back is an Arbroath boxed...

1852: 1 d. red, lettered AI, alphabet II, cut into right side, large margin below and part of BI, used on registered envelope with 1854 6 d. violet, embossed, just touching top, otherwise good margins all round which is unusual on this value, sent from Burton-on-Trent to Macclesfield, dated 15 November 1854, tied by a heavy single strike of the English '152' oval in black, with a green Burton-on-Trent datestamp alongside. To the reverse a...

Crimean War 1849: 2 d. blue, plate 4, imperf., lettered AB, first repair, two margins, cut into and irregular left side margin, used in combination with 1854 1 d. red, perf. 16, wmk. small crown, die I, tied to mourning envelope, sent from Worthing, West Sussex, via London to 'Captain Frere, Mediterranean Fleet, HMS Bellerophon, Constantinople', dated 11 August 1854, tied by indistinct numeral in black, endorsed "By French Packet aug 12 /...

1854: 2 d. blue, plate 4, lettered FB, perf.16, wmk. small crown, used on a registered cover with, 1857 1 d. red, lettered GG, perf. 14, wmk. large crown and 1857 4 d. rose surface printed issue, perf. 14, from Forres to Edinburgh, Scotland, dated 11 November 1858, tied by the Scottish '145' numeral in black, with Forres cds alongside in blue. To reverse an Edinburgh datestamp (12 November 1858) in black-green. Heavy central vertical filing...

1847: 1 s. green, embossed, top corner marginal, touching along base otherwise large to huge margins, used on a registered cover in combination with 1855 2 d. blue, plate 5, lettered NI, perf. 16, wmk. large crown, fault lower right corner, together with horizontal pair 1855 4 d. carmine, perf. 14, wmk. small garter, highly glazed and deeply blued paper, sent from London to Derby, dated 4 January 1856, cancelled by the London inland '24'...

1857: 1 d. red, perf. 14, wmk. large crown, in combination with 1870 1 d. red, plate 143, perfs trimmed in places, 1884 ½ d. slate-blue, 'N' perfin, and 1900 ½ blue-green, used on a registered cover, from London to Wigan, dated 20 March 1901, tied by a London registered oval in black. To the reverse a Bishopsgate dispatch cds in black. There is a tear into envelope on right side towards top, not affecting stamps. Unique mixed franking....

1871: 1 d. red, plate 146, two singles and a single bisected diagonally, used on a cover, from London to Paris, dated 30 December 1876, tied by a London E.C. '79' duplex in black. Flap is missing and one of the 1 d. reds has a corner clipped south east. Otherwise minor soiling. Rare. Just four covers recorded in the Karl Louis card index showing the 2½ d. UPU foreign destination rate made up by the 1864/79 1 d. penny plates in a 1+1+½ stamps...

1862: 3 d. rose, plate 2, without dots, clear spandrels, in combination with a horizontal pair 1864 1 d. red, plate 76 and 1865 6 d. deep lilac, plate 5, used on cover, from Liverpool to Albano, Italy, dated 26 May 1865, tied by the '466' Liverpool duplex in black, with single circle 'PD' in red and Calais transit cds alongside in black (27 May). To reverse a London circular cds in red (27 May) and a faint arrival cds in black (31 May). Also...

1871: 1 d. red, plate 152, used on a registered cover in combination with 1873 3 d. rose, plate 12, 6 d. grey, plate 12 and 1 s. green, plate 8, sent from London to Madrid, Spain, dated 23 February 1874, cancelled by London registered 'R' in upright oval in black, with Lombard Street registered single circle datestamp in red alongside and an oval 'PD' in red. Endorsed 'via France'. The 1 s. has lower corner of Wing margin clipped and cover...

1856: 6 d. lilac, plate 1, has fault top right, in combination with 1858: 2 d. blue, plate 9 and 1862 9 d. bistre, plate 2, used on cover, from London to Amsterdam, dated 11 February 1862, tied by London '12' upright barred oval, with 'England/Franco' itallic handstamp in blue-green alongside. To the reverse a London small cds in blue (11 February) and an arrival single circle in red (13 February 1862). A fine and scarce example. Fewer than...

1876: ½ d. rose, plate 13, in combination with 1880 ½ d. pale green, fault top, used on a printed Erasmus Smith school fees letter sheet, sent locally within Dublin, Ireland, dated 30 October 1889, tied by a '186' Dublin duplex in black. Inside the letter sheet has a 1 d. lilac revenue stamp affixed and cancelled by a manuscript pen cancel. Soiled. A unique combination of ½ d. values.
Reference: Great Britain Victorian Mixed Franking...