Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
December 8 & 9, 2025 | 39
50054
50052
50054
C
1840 1d intense black pl.6 FI, mint with large part original gum, good margins all round, fine; cert.
BPA (1977).
2’000 - 2’400
50055
C
1840 1d black pl.6 IA and 1840 2d blue pl.1 AD, two stunning mint examples of the world’s first two
postage stamps, each with large part original gum and record margins all round, displaying rich fresh
colour, which would make a magnificent frontis piece to a line engraved exhibit.
Expertise: Cert. BPA (1996) for the 1d black and Karl Louis Provenance Cert. (2012).
Provenance: 2d is ex Baron Anthony de Worms and Alan Holyoake.
16’000 - 18’000
50056
F
1840 1d black pl.6 RI-RL horizontal strip of four, margins just touched at top, additionally with 1840 2d
blue KA, three margins, on entire from York to Kirkby Stephen, tied red MCs, reinforced filing creases,
an exceptional rare mixed franking; cert. Brandon (2003).
2’200 - 2’600