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