Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
32 | Great Britain & British Empire
50031
H / 31
1840 1d black pl. 9 DH with 3 good to large margins (just touched upper right) with light strike of red
MC, matched pair with red from “black plate”, a fine four-margin example with neat strike of Scottish
MC in black.
70 - 90
50032
F
1841 (18 Jul) Solicitor’s entire to London, bearing two horizontal strips of five 1840 1d grey-black
(very worn impression) pl.1a HA-HE and IG-IK paying the 10d rate for up to 5 ounces, each cancelled
by black Maltese Crosses (very rare on this plate), backstamped Stone (18. 7.41) double-arc cds, and
London 19. 7.41 arrival cds, the adhesives lifted, creasing reduced and hinged back in place, and the
name and address partially re-written, none the less a magnificent and highly important franking, A
superb Exhibition showpiece.
Expertise: Cert BPA (2010).
Provenance: “Victoria” 1974; Robson Lowe Sale 1992; “Mayflower”.
15’000 - 17’000
50033
50036
50034
50033
H
1840 1d black pl.1a HL, huge margins all round, watermark inverted, neatly cancelled by a fine strike of the
red Maltese cross. one of the finest examples extant of this very rare watermark variety; cert BPA (1951).
850 - 950
50034
C
1840 1d black pl.1a TC mint marginal example from the foot of the sheet with full deckle edge, having
a pre printing paper crease and showing part Inscription “of 12. £1... Per”, large part original gum, a
fine and very rare example.
4’200 - 4’400