Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
60 | Great Britain & British Empire
50141
CC C J
S.G. 34
1854-57 2d blue pl.5 OG/SL mint marginal block of 30 from the right of the sheet with part inscription,
very fresh, large part o.g., a couple of tone spots and SG defective at lower right, not detracting from the
fine appearance of this superb and very scarce multiple; cert BPA (1983); ex Sir Gawaine Baillie (S.G.
£112’000+ as 6 blocks of 4 and 6 singles).
13’000 - 15’000
50142
H / 59
S.G. 40a
1856-58 1d rose-red die II alphabet III pl. 57, variety imperforate used with neat “79” barred oval,
3 large margins (cut into upper right), repaired. R.P.S. Cert (1960) states: “genuine but repaired” (S.G.
Concise 2025 £2’000).
150 - 200
50143
C
S.G. 43
1864-79 1d red pl. 82 lower marginal with part inscription mint (a little oxidised) and 1d pl. 145 in mint
upper right corner marginal vertical pair with inscription (incl. plate number), lower stamp creased.
50 - 60
50144
CC C
S.G. 43
1864-79 1d red pl. 86 in upper right corner marginal strip of 3 AJ-AL with large part o.g., deckled edge
and marginal inscription including plate number. Fine and attractive.
60 - 80
50145
F / 66
S.G. 43
1877 Incoming envelope from the USA with 6c Lincoln tied by cork cancel, redirected from Oldham with
1864-79 1d red, redirected again to Nottingham with further 1864-79 1d red, and finally redirected
to Papplewick with no further franking, an attractive mixed franking; ex David Feldman “Combination
Covers of the World”, Nov 1997.
300 - 400