Great Britain, 1840, 1d Mulready Envelope. Stereo A175, addressed but unused; some edge wear, Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
We are pleased to announce our Winter 2014 auction with over 3,500 lots offered over four days. The sale is highlighted by:
- The Richard Graham Collection of Naval Covers
- Transatlantic Mail including the Ken Clark Collection of Liverpool Postal History.
- The John Cunningham Collection of United States Expositions.
- Hawaii including Specialized Hawaiian Numerals
- The Charles F. Meroni Jr. Collection of Panama Registered Mail (Part II)
- Worldwide Collections and Accumulations
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Auction scedule
December 8, Lots 1 - 975 - Western Postal History - U.S. Postal History
December 9, Lots 976 - 2053 - U.S. Postal History - U.S. Possessions
December 10, Lots 2054 - 2736 - Great Britain - General Foreign
December 11, Lots 2737 - 3544 - U.S. Cover Collections - Philatelic Literature
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Lot #2079 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Lot #2080 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1840, 1d Mulready Lettersheet. Stereo A11, addressed to London with red Maltese cross canceling, reverse with blue "Northshields, JU 15, 1840" origin and red receiving cds, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #2081 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1840, 2d Mulready Lettersheet. Stereo a201, bright and fresh, Very Fine, ex Tospern. Scott No. U2.
S.G. Spec. No. ME4; £450 ($720).
Lot #2082 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1840, 2d Mulready Lettersheet. Stereo a99, entire, bright and fresh, Very Fine.
SG; £425 ($680).
Lot #2083 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1841, 2d blue, "white lines". Plate 4, numeral "21" barred oval cancel, huge margins showing significant portions of adjacent stamps at sides and bottom, rich color, an Extremely Fine jumbo gem, an enormous stamp, with 2002 German certificate. Scott No. 4.
SG No. 14; £85 ($140).
Lot #2084 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1853 (Jun. 4) Liverpool, England to London. Datelined folded letter bearing G.B. 1d red, large margins to barely touched at left, tied by "466" grid cancel, black "London - New York & Liverpool, Forwarded by Edwards, Sanford & Co." oval handstamp showing ship, letter advising of consignment to Ohio on the Cunard Line Asia, green Liverpool (6.4) and red London (6.6) backstamps, Very Fine...
Lot #2085 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1856 Great Britain Post Office in Crimea. Cover to Ireland sent at the military concessionary rate of 3d (Asst Surgeon O B Miller of the 11th Hussars to his wife) with blue "Post Office British Army" cds of Balaklava, sent by French Packet, Very Fine.
Estimate; $50 - 75.
Lot #2086 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1881-1924 G.B. Registered Envelopes. Group of 11 used envelopes from Liverpool destined abroad to Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, various frankings, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #2087 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1884, Queen Victoria, 10s ultramarine. Anchor watermark, town and blue crayon cancels, choice centering, rich color, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. 109 $500.
SG No. 183; £475 ($760).
Lot #2088 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1884-1914, G.B. Used Stationery. Group of 12 covers including entires and wrappers, includes ½d brown wrapper to Norway, Spain and Chile, ½d green wrapper to Austria, ½d red entire to Canada, 1897 Niger Coast 1d postal card used Liverpool to Scotland, ½d green to Germany; etc, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lot #2089 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1887, Queen Victoria Jubilee, 9d dull purple & blue. Bottom margin single, o.g., never hinged, strong vibrant colors, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 120 $78 for hinged.
SG No. 209; £75 for hinged ($120).
Lot #2090 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1902, King Edward VII, De La Rue printing, 1½d dull purple & green. Bottom right corner margin block of 4, o.g., never hinged, rich colors, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 129.
SG No. 221; £180 for o.g. ($290).
Lot #2091 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1902, King Edward VII, De La Rue printing, £1 dull blue green. Central Jersey town cancel, bold color, Fine. Scott No. 142 $825.
SG No. 266; £800 ($1,280).
Lot #2092 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1913, King George V "Seahorse", Waterlow printing, 5s rose carmine. Town cancel, wide margins, bright color, Very Fine. Scott No. 174.
SG No. 401; £300 ($480).
Lot #2093 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, 1968, 5d royal blue, imperf. Horizontal pair, o.g., never hinged, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. 500 var.
SG No. 735c; £250 ($400).
Lot #2094 - British Commonwealth great britain - regular and official issues
Great Britain, Royal Household Official, 1902, King Edward VII, ½d blue green. O.g., lightly hinged, rich color, fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. O63 $400.
SG No. O91; £375 ($600).
Lot #2095 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
New South Wales, 1897, Arms of the Colony, 1d rose carmine, perf 12, diagonal bisect. Lower right portion of stamp tied on locally addressed cover by bold "Sydney, Ju 3, 03" duplex postmark, Very Fine and unusual. SG No. 290b var.
Scott No. 98 var.; Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #2096 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
New South Wales, 1897 Consumptives Home complete. O.g., never hinged (light toning), rich colors, a Very Fine set, scarce in never hinged condition. Scott No. B1-B2.
SG No. 280-281; £273 for o.g. ($440).
Lot #2097 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
South Australia, Convict Department, 1868-74, 2d orange red, "C.D." overprint. Long narrow star watermark, perf 11½ with an aberrant vertical row of roulette, circular bar cancel, Fine and very rare, from a sheet that was originally poorly rouletted & subsequently perforated, Butler rates both rouletted & perf x rouletted stamps at RRRRR.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Lot #2098 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Victoria, 1857 (April 27) Geelong, Victoria to Emmelsbühl, North Schleswig, Denmark. Blue folded letter at the 1/4½ d. rate bearing 1854 Throne 2d brown lilac and 1s blue tied by Gewelong "2" numeral obliterator; underpaid 2½ d. but not noted and mailed via Southampton with red London Paid (8.24) transit cds and manuscript "8" pence credit to G.B., Danish P.O. (8.26) transit, italic "franco" handstamp applied in Hamburg (Van...
Lot #2099 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Victoria, Postage Due, 1906, ½d aniline rose & pale yellow green. Tied by manuscript on 1911 postcard to Melbourne redirected to Maffra, franked with Russia 1909, 3k carmine tied by Pori (Finland) cds, Melbourne receiving cds and "T ½" in oval handstamp with manuscript rate, Very Fine, an extremely rare single and quite possibly unique solo Victoria ½d Postage Due usage. SG No. D34.
Estimate; $400...
Lot #2100 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Australia, 1913, Kangaroo and Map, 10s gray & pink. 1st watermark, neat town cancel, very well centered, rich vibrant colors, Extremely Fine, a choice used first issue. SG No. 14.
Scott No. 13; $800.
Lot #2101 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Australia, 1915, Kangaroo and Map, 1s blue green. 2nd watermark, o.g., lightly hinged, precision centering amid wide margins, strong bright color, very fresh, Extremely Fine and choice. Scott No. 42 $275.
SG No. 28; £170 ($270).
Lot #2102 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Australia, 1915, Kangaroo and Map, 2s brown. 2nd watermark, full o.g., well centered, fresh with strong bright color, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. 43 $1,050.
SG No. 29; £650 ($1,040).
Lot #2103 - British Commonwealth australian states and australia regular issues
Australia, 1917, Kangaroo and Map, 10s gray & pink. 3rd watermark, o.g., lightly hinged, rich vibrant colors, choice centering, Extremely Fine, a beautiful mint high value. Scott No. 55 $1,050.
SG No. 43; £550 ($880).
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