Great Britain & British Empire | Autumn Auction Series day 2

1793-1838, Group of 7 stampless covers
1793-1838, Group of seven stampless covers incl. 1793 entire from Norwich to Italy with crisp NORWICH s/l hs and large PAID / SE / 6 / 93 treble-circle ds, 1833 entire from Spain to London with crisp "Gravesend / ShipLetter" on reverse, 1838 lettersheet from France to London with "FOREIGN PAID" arc hs, 1845 Returned Paid Letter wrapper from the Dead Letter Office, mourning entire with ms "Free",...

1840 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A254, with Atlas Assurance Company advertisement inside
1840 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A254, with Atlas Assurance Company advertisement inside (SG Spec. Ma103b), sent to Colebrook Park but redirected several times incl. Canterbury, Maidstone, Newbry and finally Folkstone, faults as to be expected

1841 Mulready lettersheet with printed advertisement for the "English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance"
1841 (Apr 22) Mulready lettersheet, stereo A230, with printed blue advertisement for the "English and Scottish Law Fire
and Life Assurance" with at top right "Directors: Murray, Pigot" and
"Immediate Annuities" at middle left (Specialised MA121), black MC, soiled and some minor faults

1840 May Date cover from Manchester with 1d black
1840 (May 14) Wrapper from Manchester to Kendal with 1d black pl.1a IA, fine to good margins, tied by crisp red MC, reverse with despatch cds (MY and 1840 clearly struck, the 4 of 14 not so clear), fine and scarce May date (SG £3'500)

1840 1d Black pl.1b COMPLETE PLATE RECONSTRUCTION
1840 1d Black pl.1b COMPLETE PLATE RECONSTRUCTION

A complete plate reconstruction of the sheet of 240 stamps from AA to TL, all with four margins, including a strip of six, a block of four (creased), two horizontal pairs and one vertical pair, the rest being fine to very fine singles (incl. two with inverted watermarks), many with clear strikes of the MC and better than average...

1840 1d Black pl.1b DC with fine to good margins t
1840 1d Black pl.1b DC with fine to good margins tied by red MC to 1840 (Sep 14) lettersheet sent from Preston to Manchester with despatch bs, very fine

1840 1d Black pl.1b IA with fine to good margins, neat
1840 1d Black pl.1b IA with fine to good margins, neat red MC, small corner crease at top left otherwise fine

1840 1d Black pl.2 AF with large to very large margins, brown-red MC
1840 1d Black pl.2 AF with large to very large margins, brown-red MC, very fine

1840 1d Black pl.2 IH with close to good margins, clear bright red MC
1840 1d Black pl.2 IH with close to good margins, clear bright red MC, very fine

1840 Entire sent from Glasgow to Edinburgh redirected with penny black to Perth
1840 (Aug 8) Entire sent from Glasgow to Edinburgh by cash with ms "1" and Glasgow PAID boxed ds at top right, then redirected to Perth with 1840 1d black pl.2 NF, clese to good margins, cancelled by crisp red MC, Edinburgh PAID Aug 9 adjacent and despatch Aug 10 ds on reverse, attractive

1840 1d Black pl.3 CH with good to very good margins, crisp red MC
1840 1d Black pl.3 CH with good to very good margins, crisp red MC, very fine

1840 1d Black pl.4 AI with large to huge margins, red MC
1840 1d Black pl.4 AI with large to huge margins, red MC, very fine