350 / September 2012

1840, Mulready letter sheet 1d black, stereo lost with seal, cancelled red MC, neat "Southport Penny Post" handstamp alongside, "OMSKIRK JU 13 1840" c.d.s in red on reverse to Liverpool, fine,  and Mulready envelope 1d. black, stereo A182, cancelled by black MC,  neat "T.P. ACTON" handstamp alongside, small tear backed by age-toned tape remnants., otherwise fine. A nice pair of covers showing Penny Post and Two Penny Post markings

Mulready letter sheet 1d. black, stereo A27, cancelled by experimental black Maltese cross of the London Two Penny Post, faint "T.P./ Leadenhall St." in red on front, "JA 16 / 1841" datestamp in red struck at St.Martins-le-Grand Chief Office, to East Acton. Small tear at top backed by paper, otherwise very fresh and fine.  

1 d. intense black, plate 6, 2 single copies BI/BJ, both with clear to large margins and cancelled by orange-red MC on letter sheet of "DEC 1 1840" to Dunfermline; light filing creases not effecting the stamps, fine, sign. Alberto Diena

1 d. black, plate 4, TD, good to wide margins all around, used with red MC, fine

1 d. black, plate 7, SE, good to large margins, tied by light red MC to entire letter with adjacent light straight line "T.P./Old Broad Street" 10.10.1948 to Weymouth, very fine

1854/58, 1 d. rose-red and 2. d. blue with 1855/57, 1 sh. green, each with clear barred square numeral "309" to letter sheet from "STONEHAVEN OC 25 1862" to Java, Dutch East Indies, with adjacent manuscript "25" for the internal postage at Java; a small part of the letter sheet backed to stabilize ink corrosion in the tax mark, otherwise very fine and highly attractive

1858/79, 1 d. rose-red, plate 160, tied by duplex "CROYDON FE 13 73" to large size embossed Valentine's cover (opened at two sides) with orignal contents to Pesham, unusual and attractive

1847/57, embossed issue 1 sh. deep-green, die 2, vertical strip of 3 with clear to good margins together with 1 d. red-brown and 2 d. blue, all with diamond-framed "17" on triple rate small ladie's envelope from London to Florence, Italy with transit and arrival marks; the 1 d. slightly defective where affixed originally around the edge of the cover; an attractive and rare franking, sign. Enzo Diena with certificate

1880, 2 s. brown, Sperati forgeries, four different types, all used, fine, signed in pencil

1882, 5 £ orange, good colour, two slightly blunted perfs, otherwise good perforations, used with "LOMBARD STREET JU 96", fine, certificate Louis BPP, ex collection Severin

1883/84, 2½ d. lilac, tied by superb strike of trial Hoster machine cancel "LONDON EC 5 JA 30 86" to entire letter to Italy, showing on reverse transit and arrival marks incl. "AMBTE CHIASSO-MILANO", sign. Jamet

1887/92, ½ d. orange and vertical pair 6 d. purple, tied by cds. "STRAND W.O. MY 19 99" to register envelope 2 d. blue with adjacent boxed register mark to the Isle of Tonga with arrival mark of Vavau, a fine letter with unusual destination

MILITARY TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1895-1900 Army Telegraphs 1d. to £5 set, unused o.g., the £5 minute thin (cert. RPS), mainly fine

1840/1960, vorwiegend gestempelte Sammlung mit vielen guten Ausgaben, dabei Mi.-Nr. 1(3), 2 im Paar und als Dreierstreifen, Mi.-Nr.  5, 6, 7(2), 85 und 174, außerdem Mi.-Nr. 6 ungebraucht, des Weiteren ein sehr guter Teil Dienstmarken mit vielen I.R. OFFICIAL and O.W. OFFICIAL-Aufdrucken, Erhaltung wie üblich von fehlerhaft bis Kabinett, ex Slg. Severin

1840/1967, ungebrauchte und überwiegend gestempelte Partie mit Doubletten, teils Mängel

1850/1920 (ca.), fast ausschließlich gestempelter Lagerbestand von über 8000 Werten, dabei auch diverse Shilling-Werte, riesiger Katalogwert

1860/1910, gestempelter Lagerbestand von knapp 8000 gestempelten Werten, dabei viele bessere, auch hohe Shillingwerte

1860/1930 (ca.), gestempelter Bestand von rund 11.000 Werten, dabei auch viele Shillingwerte und 'used abroad'

1860/1920 (ca.), über 10.000 gestempelte Marken, auch hohe Wertstufen bis bis 10 Shilling, enormer Katalogwert

1883/1913, SG-Nr. 180, 212, 402 und 403 ungebraucht, teils kleine Beanstandungen, 4 Fotoatteste BPA

1958/70, postfrischer Bestand, dabei 4er-Blocks, Bogenteile, Regionalmarken etc.

1690/1900, hochinteressante und spezialisierte Sammlung von 58 Briefen, meist Vorphila, dabei u.a. Bishop mark auf einem Brief von 1690 in die Niederlande, Inlandspost mit "Penny Post"  und "Too Late" Stempeln, 'Forwarding Agent' Brief von 1834 nach Italien, außerdem etwas Incoming Mail u.a. Brief von 1846 aus Neapel and den berühmten Politiker Robert Peel M.P. in London, ausgehende Post mit guten Destinationen u.a. Bayern, Frankfurt, Baden, Frankreich, alles sauber auf Blättern aufgezogen, meist gute Erhaltung

1846/1953 (ca.), interessanter Posten Briefe, Karten und Ganzsachen, dabei Reco, Paquebot, Luftpost, Zeppelin etc.