STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY
AUCTION
Thursday 24 June 2021, 10 am BST
Royal Over-Seas League, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR
VIEWING
From Monday 14 to Wednesday 23 June 2021, from 10am to 6pm
By appointment only
Harmers of London, 60 St. James's Street, London SW1A 1LE
Lot 1
Royalty - Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861), Mother of Queen Victoria. Autograph letter, headed Buckingham Palace and clearly signed "Victoria" Royalty - Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861), Mother of Queen Victoria. Autograph read all
Starting price: £ 100 | Estimate : £ 150 - 200
Lot 2
Royalty - Prince Albert (1819-1861), autograph letter clearly signed "Albert" on deep mourning letter-sheet from Osborne House, Isle of Wight 1861 - Royalty - Prince Albert (1819-1861), autograph letter clearly signed "Albert" on deep mourning letter-sheet from Osborne read all
Starting price: £ 250 | Estimate : £ 300 - 400
Lot 3
Mulready Postal Stationery - "Free Trade" political propaganda wafer seal on 1d black letter-sheet (stereo obscured) from Bath 22nd May 1840 to Manchester 1840 - Mulready Postal Stationery - "Free Trade" political propaganda wafer seal on 1d black letter-sheet (stereo read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 500 - 800
Lot 4
Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in black. State 1 print with arrow at right 1840 - Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in black. State 1 print with arrow at right - Odd minor read all
Starting price: £ 350 | Estimate : £ 350 - 550
Lot 5
Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in black. State 2 print with arrow at left Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in black. State 2 print with arrow at left 1840 - Mulready read all
Starting price: £ 350 | Estimate : £ 450 - 550
Lot 6
Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in deep dark blue. State 4 print 1840 - Mulready Derivatives - Hume's Comic Envelope No.2 "Balloon Mail", unused, printed in deep dark blue. State 4 print - Very few survive. A rare read all
Starting price: £ 2.500 | Estimate : £ 2.500 - 3.500
Lot 7
Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Pick-Pocket" No.1 caricature used London 11th June 1840. Posted prepaid one penny in cash at the Temple Receiving House of London. Addressed to Upper Tooting, Surrey 1840 - Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Pick-Pocket" No.1 caricature read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 8
Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Blarney Stone" No.4 caricature used London 18th June 1840. Posted prepaid in London Penny Post system with Maddox Street receivers on face. Addressed to Kelvedon, Essex 1840 - Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Blarney Stone" No.4 read all
Starting price: £ 1.500 | Estimate : £ 1.750 - 2.250
Lot 9
Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Pickwick" No.5 caricature used London 24th August 1840. Posted prepaid one penny in cash. Addressed to Clapham Common 1840 - Mulready Derivatives - Southgate "Pickwick" No.5 caricature used London 24th August 1840. Posted prepaid one read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 10
Mulready Derivatives - Caricature by an unknown publisher featuring Queen Victoria "sticking her tongue-out" and the rear-end of a horse. Displays a sign-post to Bodmin (Cornwall) in the design 1840 ca - Mulready Derivatives - Caricature by an unknown publisher read all
Starting price: £ 200 | Estimate : £ 250 - 300
Lot 11
Mulready 1d. Letter sheet used 27th December 1841 1841 - Mulready 1d. Letter sheet used 27th December 1841 - London 2d Post "TP Roehampton" receiver on the front and addressed to "Observatory, Oxford". University and historical scientific interest. Some small faults, read all
Starting price: £ 100 | Estimate : £ 150 - 200
Lot 12
Letter sheet Essay 1841 with a 1d pink stationery die cut-out 1841 - Letter sheet Essay 1841 with a 1d pink stationery die cut-out - Double sheet folded as an entire and alongside the 1d inscribed in manuscript "Look through this and observe how it is watermarked in the read all
Starting price: £ 1.250 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 2.000
Lot 13
Treasury Essays - The "Art Journal" reprint embossed presentation sample page of Whiting stamp essays 1848 - Treasury Essays - The "Art Journal" reprint embossed presentation sample page of Whiting stamp essays - Some faults as usual with this attractive item, but read all
Starting price: £ 250 | Estimate : £ 250 - 400
Lot 14
Telegraph Forms - Group of three unused postal stationery items, including very early large format 1s green embossed form (1869) and two later 6d forms 1869/1894 - Telegraph Forms - Group of three unused postal stationery items, including very early large format 1s read all
Starting price: £ 100 | Estimate : £ 150 - 200
Lot 15
One Penny Black - 9th May 1840 cover with single from Plate 1a (IC) well tied by fine red Maltese Cross. Superb London datestamp "L/MY-9/1840" on reverse. Folds out to display well 1840 - One Penny Black - 9th May 1840 cover with single from Plate 1a (IC) well tied by read all
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 16
One Penny Black - 30th July 1840 cover with single from Plate 1b (LB) in the greyish-black shade. Fine impression with significant plate wear. Well tied by lovely red Maltese Cross of Cambridge. 1840 - One Penny Black - 30th July 1840 cover with single from Plate 1b read all
Starting price: £ 250 | Estimate : £ 300 - 400
Lot 17
One Penny Black - Six singles from Plate 1b on re-folded cover front from Cheam, Surrey to Esher 1840 - One Penny Black - Six singles from Plate 1b on re-folded cover front from Cheam, Surrey to Esher - Some defects from filing folds as usual with high rate frankings of read all
Starting price: £ 2.000 | Estimate : £ 2.500 - 3.000
Lot 18
One Penny Black - Plate (FC) with four even margins and cancelled with a very fine strike of the brown Maltese Cross. 1840 - One Penny Black - Plate (FC) with four even margins and cancelled with a very fine strike of the brown Maltese Cross. (S.G. Spec. n. 2 vi)
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 19
One Penny Black - Plate 6 1840 - One Penny Black - Plate 6 - Very fine original gum and four nice margins. Dealers marks on reverse. (S.G. n. 2)
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 20
One Penny Black - Horizontal strip of four from Plate 6 (KC-KF) on large part cover/front to Leeds, Yorkshire. An attractive and scarce multiple in the intense-black shade, with excellent balanced margins all round 1840 - One Penny Black - Horizontal strip of four from read all
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 21
One Penny Black - 25th December 1840 cover with single from Plate 6 (RA) well tied by Durham Maltese Cross. An extremely scarce Christmas Day local delivery 1840 - One Penny Black - 25th December 1840 cover with single from Plate 6 (RA) well tied by Durham Maltese read all
Starting price: £ 350 | Estimate : £ 450 - 550
Lot 22
One Penny Grey-Black - Cover letter sample from Plate 7 1840 - One Penny Grey-Black - Cover letter sample from Plate 7 (F-L), with four margins white gray-black shade and red Maltese Cross displaying very significant plate wear. Fine. (S.G. n. 3)
Starting price: £ 120 | Estimate : £ 150 - 200
Lot 23
One Penny Black - Plate 8 (RE) Inverted Watermark, 1840 - One Penny Black - Plate 8 (RE) Inverted Watermark, with four margins. Very scarce variety on this particular plate. (S.G. Spec. n. AS49d)
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 24
One Penny Black - Vertical strip of four from Plate 8 (KD-ND) on cover from Camelford, Cornwall to Plymouth, Devon 1840 - One Penny Black - Vertical strip of four from Plate 8 (KD-ND) on cover from Camelford, Cornwall to Plymouth, Devon - All good four margin read all
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 25
One Penny Black - Horizontal pair from Plate 8 (IK-IL) on cover posted Lombard Street, London to Brighton, Sussex 1841 - One Penny Black - Horizontal pair from Plate 8 (IK-IL) on cover posted Lombard Street, London to Brighton, Sussex - Clean entire letter headed read all
Starting price: £ 400 | Estimate : £ 500 - 700
Lot 26
One Penny Black - Single on cover from Plate 10, 1840 - One Penny Black - Single on cover from Plate 10, (H/L) with four margins and cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Scarce on this plate. (S.G. Spec. n. AS66j)
Starting price: £ 350 | Estimate : £ 450 - 550
Lot 27
One Penny Black - Collection of twenty-five covers, part covers and fronts in an album. Three with May dates. Five items with 2d rate frankings. 1840/1841 - One Penny Black - Collection of twenty-five covers, part covers and fronts in an album. Three with May dates. read all
Starting price: £ 6.000 | Estimate : £ 7.500 - 10.000
Lot 28
One Penny Black - Collection of forty-two covers, part covers and fronts in an album. Two with 2d rate frankings. Four later Line-Engraved covers also included 1840/1877 - One Penny Black - Collection of forty-two covers, part covers and fronts in an album. Two with 2d read all
Starting price: £ 6.000 | Estimate : £ 7.500 - 10.000
Lot 29
One Penny black - Group of thirteen unplated used examples 1840/1841 - One Penny black - Group of thirteen unplated used examples - Mostly fine to very fine four margin examples. One with margins just touched. Minor faults noted on two examples. Useful group for the read all
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.250 - 1.750
Lot 30
Line-Engraved issues - Range of 1840 & 1841 imperforate issues, 1840/1850 - Line-Engraved issues - Range of 1840 & 1841 imperforate issues, mostly in an old-time approval booklet. Variable condition. The lot includes an unplated four margin 1840 One Penny Black on read all
Starting price: £ 160 | Estimate : £ 200 - 250
Lot 31
£1 brown-lilac - Watermark Maltese Cross, 1878 - £1 brown-lilac - Watermark Maltese Cross, very fine used with neat single cds cancellation. Most attractive. (S.G. n. 129)
Starting price: £ 800 | Estimate : £ 1.000 - 1.250
Lot 32
£5 Orange, very fine mint, lightly mounted 1867/1883 - £5 Orange, very fine mint, lightly mounted - Very fresh with original gum. Very lightly hinged. Slight surface-rub mentioned for accuracy, otherwise extremely fine. Viewing recommended. (S.G. n. 137)
Starting price: £ 2.500 | Estimate : £ 3.000 - 3.500
Lot 33
£5 orange on white paper, bottom marginal example 1867 - £5 orange on white paper, bottom marginal example - Very fine mint, wonderful colour and centering. A superb example of this classic stamp. (S.G. n. 137)
Starting price: £ 2.000 | Estimate : £ 2.500 - 3.000
Lot 34
£5 orange on white paper 1867 - £5 orange on white paper - Superb unmounted mint and scarce. Dealers marks on reverse. (S.G. n. 137)
Starting price: £ 2.000 | Estimate : £ 2.500 - 3.000
Lot 35
Set of 14 "Jubilee" issues 1887 - Set of 14 "Jubilee" issues - Very fine mint set with superb colours. Very fine. (S.G. n. 197-214)
Starting price: £ 150 | Estimate : £ 200 - 250
Lot 36
Lot including six One Penny Blacks on cover. One Mulready envelope and some modern FDC's 1883/1900 - Lot including six One Penny Blacks on cover. One Mulready envelope and some modern FDC's - A miscellaneous lot with fine items included. Fine 1887 Jubilees to 1/- read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 37
British Mail - Group of five covers to Great Britain with Sardinia (IV issue) combined values 1857 - British Mail - Group of five covers to Great Britain with Sardinia (IV issue) combined values - An excellent selection presented on three original album pages. Some read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 38
British Mail - Naples Prov. Gov. 10gr bistre pair, 5gr lilac and 1gr black on cover from Naples to London 1861 - British Mail - Naples Prov. Gov. 10gr bistre pair, 5gr lilac and 1gr black on cover from Naples to London - A very scarce pair of this 10gr issue on cover. read all
Starting price: £ 500 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 39
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 20c light blue multiple franking on cover from Montiglio to London. Six examples making up an impressive 1, 20l double rate international letter 1861 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 20c light blue multiple franking on cover read all
Starting price: £ 400 | Estimate : £ 600 - 800
Lot 40
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 10c olive-grey in combination with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 5c green pair and 40c carmine. A very scarce and attractive mixed franking 1861 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 10c olive-grey in combination with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 5c read all
Starting price: £ 2.000 | Estimate : £ 2.500 - 3.000
Lot 41
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine in combination with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 20c blue. A very scarce and attractive mixed franking 1861 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine in combination with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 20c blue. A very scarce and read all
Starting price: £ 1.500 | Estimate : £ 1.750 - 2.250
Lot 42
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 20c blue in combinationd with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 40c carmine . A very scarce and attractive mixed franking 1861 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 20c blue in combinationd with Tuscany Prov. Gov. 40c carmine . A very scarce and read all
Starting price: £ 1.500 | Estimate : £ 1.750 - 2.250
Lot 43
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine and Tuscany Prov. Gov. 80c brown-orange on cover to London. A rare combination franking 1862 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine and Tuscany Prov. Gov. 80c brown-orange on cover to London. A rare read all
Starting price: £ 1.500 | Estimate : £ 1.750 - 2.250
Lot 44
British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine and Italian Kingdom 20c indigo on cover from Florence, forwarded at London to Cambridge by addition of Great Britain 1d rose-red 1862 - British mail - Sardinia (IV issue) - 40c carmine and Italian Kingdom 20c indigo on read all
Starting price: £ 800 | Estimate : £ 1.000 - 1.500
Lot 45
British Mail - Group of five covers all with Italian Kingdom Victor Emmanuel II 60c lilac single frankings 1865 - British Mail - Group of five covers all with Italian Kingdom Victor Emmanuel II 60c lilac single frankings - Mostly to London, but one noted to Chichester, read all
Starting price: £ 200 | Estimate : £ 250 - 300
Lot 46
Irish Mail - Group of five covers with Neapolitan Provinces issues. Interesting two, three and four-colour combinations 1861 - Irish Mail - Group of five covers with Neapolitan Provinces issues. Interesting two, three and four-colour combinations - Mostly to London, but read all
Starting price: £ 1.000 | Estimate : £ 1.500 - 2.000
Lot 47
Irish Mail - Neapolitan Provinces three colour franking on cover with 20gr yellow, 5gr rose-carmine and 1gr grey 1861 - Irish Mail - Neapolitan Provinces three colour franking on cover with 20gr yellow, 5gr rose-carmine and 1gr grey - Naples to Leighlinbridge, County read all
Starting price: £ 850 | Estimate : £ 1.000 - 1.250
Lot 48
Irish Mail - Group of eight covers, seven with Papal States, including two pre-stamp items, and one with Tuscany frankings 1844 - Irish Mail - Group of eight covers, seven with Papal States, including two pre-stamp items, and one with Tuscany frankings - Mostly read all
Starting price: £ 600 | Estimate : £ 700 - 900
Lot 49
Irish Mail - Papal States (II issue) registered high rate cover to Dublin. Two 80c rose in three colour mixed franking with 40c yellow and III issue gutter imperforate 10c orange 1868 - Irish Mail - Papal States (II issue) registered high rate cover to Dublin. Two 80c read all
Starting price: £ 250 | Estimate : £ 300 - 400
Lot 50
Irish Mail - Group of three covers with Sardinia and Italian Kingdom issues. Two and three-colour combinations 1858 - Irish Mail - Group of three covers with Sardinia and Italian Kingdom issues. Two and three-colour combinations - All presented on original album pages. read all
Starting price: £ 400 | Estimate : £ 500 - 700