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

1 d. black, plate 5, lettered TF, good to large balanced margins, lighly-struck red Maltese Cross, fresh colour and pleasing impression, fine Gi. AS25 = £375.

1 d. black, plate 6, horizontal pair, lettered LB-LC, margins good to large, cancelled with red Maltese Crosses, some light discolouration along top, else a fine pair Gi. AS41 = £ 1'250.

1 d. black, plate 5, horizontal strip of five, lettered LH-LL, margins clear to mostly very good, cancelled with multiple strikes of Maltese Cross in black, relatively strong corner stars and check letters indicative of the first state, pin hole on forehead of LK, else fine and attractive. Cert. RPSL (2023) Gi. AS25 = £ 2'875+

1 d. black, plate 5, four singles, lettered HJ, BA, AI, and FI, affixed to small piece in combination with 2d blues, plate 1, single lettered CA and DA-DB pair, several four-margin examples, all cancelled with red Maltese Crosses, some flaws, a few adhesives faulty, yet a striking mixed usage, paying the 10d rate for up to five ounces Gi. AS25, DS56 = £4'500.

1 d. red-brown, plate 5, nine used singles and a horizontal pair, lettered ED, EG, JA, LG, ML, OD, PF, SC, SD, and IA-IB, most being four margin examples, ML showing partial "In Wetting the..." inscription in right margin, all cancelled with black Maltese Cross, selected as an examination of the first, second, and third states of this plate, ED is ex-Wheeler, the occasional flaw as expected, but a chiefly fine and useful assembly for further...

1 d. black, plate 6, lettered GB, four good to large margins, cancelled with bold centrally-struck Maltese Cross in black, fine Gi. AS41 = £ 375.

1 d. black, plate 6, lettered JL, good to large margins including sheet margin at right, showing partial "...he Address and co..." inscription, neatly struck Maltese Cross in red, a most attractive example Gi. AS41 = £ 375.

Provenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 8-9 November, 1973, lot 151.
 

1 d. black, plate 6, lettered TL, four large margins including sheet margin at right, cancelled with full strike of Maltese Cross in red, light crease confined to sheet margin, trace of thin at lower left, otherwise fine Gi. AS41 = £ 375+

1 d. black, plate 6, horizontal pair, lettered LD-LE, margins ample to large, bold strikes of black Maltese Cross cancellations, attractive and fine Gi. AS41 = £1'250

1 d. black, plate 6, block of four, lettered GK-HL, good to large margins all around, cancelled with multiple strikes of Maltese Cross in red, horizontal crease at top of HK-HL, other small imperfections, but a scarce multiple of fine appearance Gi. AS41 = £ 18'000.

1 d. black, plate 6, horizontal strip of four, lettered OA-OD, OB showing the major re-entry, four very good margins all around just tied to folded cover by black Maltese Cross cancellations, reverse with Kirkcaldy three-line despatch datestamp in red (19 March, 1842), to Edinburgh, with same-day arrival c.d.s. backstamp, vertical fold through OD, yet an overall fresh and attractive example of this rare quadruple franking, paying the 4d. rate...

1 d. black, plate 7, lettered KK, four clear to ample margins, tied to small piece by crisp Maltese Cross in red, leaving signs of re-entry clear, partial September 13, 1840 datestamp alongside, fine Gi. AS46a = £ 500.