Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
42 | Great Britain & British Empire
50064
H
1841 1d pl. 10, red printing from “black plate” in vertical pair DG-EG (margin just touched upper right
corner), also a fine four-margin single FG.
50 - 70
50065
50062
50065
H
1840 1d black pl. 10 KH with 4 clear margins and red MC (scarcer on this plate). (S.G. Spec. AS66h, £1’500).
100 - 150
50066
F
1841 (Jun 21) envelope from Sherborne (Dorset) to Andover bearing 1840 1d black pl.11 DE, with
huge margins showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at left (horizontal crease through postage), just
tied by black Maltese cross, and showing corresponding ds at front; a fine example of this rare plate;
cert. BPA (2008) and Brandon (2022).
850 - 950
50067
H F
1841 1d pl. 11, red printing from “black plate” group of 3 on page with four margins lettered KF,
comprising 2 fine singles and an example on cover tied black MC from Sunderland to Edinburgh (with
nice B Palin Druggist wax seal).
60 - 80
50068
F
1840 1d black pl.11 PL, good to very large margins neatly tied to entire letter dated 13th March 1841
by a good strike of the black Maltese cross; plus a matching 1d red pl.11 PL used on entire, cert. RPS
(1975) for the 1d black.
1’000 - 1’200