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1D BLACKS ON COVER
 

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PLATE 1a

 
BC1(a)cbPlate 1a [CB] superb 4margin, worn plate, tied by red MX to attractive entire from Wakefield to Barnsley, 3rd June 1840. Barnsley cds receiver on front. Superb cover395.00
 BC1(a)giPlate 1a [GI]  superb 4 margins,very worn plate, tied by a crisp black experimental MX to  an equally superb, clean and attractive local London cover of 12th Sepember 1840 - early in the experimental black cross period. TP Drury Lane. The use of a black cross on a plate 1a adhesive is exceptionally rare. The cover has a Brandon certificate of genuineness, adding that the cover has been cleaned and pressed, and the stamp lifted and replaced.1,595.00
BC1(a)te
Plate 1a[TE] - Very fine stamp with large to very large margins - tied by a red-brown MX to a very fine unfolded cover from Preston to St Helens - 26th October 1840 (m/s)325.00
  

PLATE 1b

 
BC1(b)dlPlate 1b[DL] - fine 4 margin place centrally contrary to regulations, and tied by very fine red MX to very fine 2nd June 1840 cover from London to Henly in Arden.Faint 'TP'. Most attractive item.295.00
BC1(b)fjPl 1b [FJ] 4 good to huge margins, showing part of EJ above. Tied by Black MX –scarce on this plate, and very late use for plate 1b. Cover from Newburgh to Edinburgh, 19th October 1841225.00
BC1(b)gdPlate 1b GD, 4 margin, tied by black MX  (scarcer on pl 1b) to 23rd May 1841 cover from Beith via Edinburgh to Dundee.(This cover could be paired with the red RC1gd [qv] to make a superb matched pair)295.00
BC1(b)hd
Plate 1b[HD] - 4 margins tied by red MX to 1 Dec 1840 entire from Taunton (fine receiver cds on face) to Bardon. TOO LATE on reverse225.00
BC1(b)iiPlate 1a II (non-co-incident re-entry), 4 margin,  fine copy tied by red MX to a fine 14th Dec 1840 cover from London (Scarcer Borough MX) to Rye .Spec AS5b 225.00
BC1(b)ki
Plate 1b [KI] -4 magins tied by red MX to exceptionally clean 8th Feb 1841 cover from Glasgow to Greenock.275.00
BC1(b)qgPlate 1b [QG], 4 margin, tied by Red MX to large piece with very fine boxed Enniskillen Penny Post in black.185.00
BC1(b)rb+6ghPlate 1b[RB] (4 margin] and 6[GH] (3 margin) together both tied by red MXs to a very fine (but hugely rambling and cross-written) entire from Manchester to Hindley, 30th Jan 1841. Extremely unusual to find 2 different plates on one letter.335.00
BC1(b)rhPlate 1b [RH] 4 margins, tied by a fine upright black MX to an extremely rare entire : a full letter sheet (of fascinating social commentary) the first half page of which is a fine JH Buckingham engraving of Hemel Hempstead - the original 'notelet'! Fine double-ring Hemel Hempstead receiver  for 1 Mar 1841. Some slight foxing (which does not affect the stamp), but an exceptionally rare - if not unique - item. 1,250.00
BC1(b)scPlate 1b[SC] - 4 margin adhesive on rare Spilsby cover, showing fine example of the extra MX applied by the Spilsby post office (see Rockoff and Jackson pp 250 - 254). This example - being readdressed -is particularly interesting, as it shows no evidence of additional charge on redirection - the authorities in London having perhaps been confused as to the purpose/role of the additional MX. Spilsby to London, 18 Dec 1840, redirected to Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire.795.00
  

PLATE 2

 
BC2ak 
Plate 2[AK] - 4 margins - tied by a bright orange BOXED cancellation - presumably the Dunfermline receiver, used in lieu of a misplaced MX canceller. Dunfermline cds in same colour on the back. Dunfermline to Edinburgh 13th October 1840. Very unusual and attractive.395.00
BC2dgPlate 2[DG] - (Spec AS18c, double 'D'). 4 margin Manchester to Dewsbury 30th October 1840235.00
BC2haPlate 2 [HA] - 4 margin, including large part of left hand sheet margin displaying a tiny part of the marginal inscription. Interesting 25 Jan 1841 entire from Lichfield to Derby. Front Derby cds in red. 325.00
BC2he
Plate 2 [HE ] - A very fine  4-margined stamp tied to an unfolded and very fresh 4th June entire from Waltham Cross to Bolton. Watham Cross TP on front, cds on back.295.00
BC2ikPlate 2 [IK] - 4 good margins. Written in New York on 28th October 1840, hand-carried across the Atlantic, and posted in Liverpool on 27th November , where the 1d black was applied.. Interesting letter from the Kennedy correspondence.."…..we had a conversation about your soup kitchen..."  Rare.795.00
BC2mePlate 2[ME]- (Spec AS18c, double 'M') 4 just clear to good margins, tied by red MX to 16th October 1840 entire from Manchester to Glasgow. Clean and attractive cover.265.00
BC2qa
Plate 2 [QA] - 4 margins, tied by fine upright MX to 14th May 1840 piece. Cat £3,000.00 as a cover495.00
BC2riPlate 2  RI - Good to very large margins, tied by Red MX to 26th Aug 1840 mourning envelope from Maidstone to London. Front Maidstone cds and additional receiving house(?) marm.265.00
BC2pbPlate 2 [PB ] - A very fine cover bearing a 4-margined copy of Spec AS15d, showing both re-cut letter squares, and the 'P' with with faint loop (mentioned by Litchfield, but not by SG). Lightly struck by 2 red MXs , tying it to a Jun 23rd 1840 cover from Greenock to Glasgow. (The addressee, George Burns, was a shipping magnate and one of the founders of the Cunard line. He also made history by being knighted at the age of 94 - one year before his death.)265.00
BC2sdtdPlate 2 [SD-TD] separated vertical pair with 4 margins (SD v.close to touching NW) tied by red MXs to 1 Jan 1841 cover from Edinburgh to Dunfermline.370.00
  

PLATE 3

 
BC3abPlate 3 [AB] Very fine, 4 even margins tied to local London cover - 13th July 1840. Good to fine strike of PRINCES ST receiver on front. 260.00
BC3jcPlate 3 JC. 4 close to good margins, tied by red MX to 5th August 1840 cover from London to Devonport215.00
  

PLATE 4

 
BC4aiafPlate 4 (AI+AF) both 4 margin tied by red MXs . 14th Sept 1840 cover from Southampton to Manchester. Fine Southampton Penny Post on reverse, Four Posts Penny Post on front. 525.00
BC4ddPlate 4 [DD](double "D" - Spec AS23b)  4 margin. Tied by smudged black MX to unfolded entire from Axminster to Chudleigh addressed to Lord Clifford . Axminster cds in red on front , Exeter cds in black on back. 245.00
BC4dkPlate 4 [DK] - 4 margin -tied by fine black MX to 5th May 1841  cover from Kirkcaldy to Cupar,. Fine Kirkcaldy despatch in red on reverse.175.00
BC4ej
Plate 4 [EJ] - 4 close to good margins tied by distinctive orange MX of Liverpool (Spec A1vg), cat £2,200,on 31 July 1840 entire from Liverpol to Edinburgh345.00
BC4jbPlate 4 [JB] 4 large margins tied by crisp black MX to cover from Galashiels 20th March 1841 to London. 215.00
BC4ohPlate 4 EA - 4 margins, tied by unusual - looking MX  to 4 Jun 1841 cover from Dunoon to Greenock.245.00
BC4pe
Plate 4 [PE] - 4 good even margins tied to Jan 2nd 1841 entire from Wragby to Falkingham. WRAGBY 140 mileage mark/receiver in red and Lincoln arrival cds in black .285.00
BC4qiPlate 4 [QI] 4margin , but minor scuff/touched NE red MX. Bonar Bridge (boxed 'ex-mileage' on reverse) to Golspie, 26 Oct 4184085.00
BC4sdPlate 4 [SD] 4 margin (re-entry, Spec AS23a) tied by black MX to entire Newcastle–under-Lyme to Brampton, Cumberland, 9th April 1841225.00
BC4tc
Plate 4 [TC] Very fresh stamp with close to good margins, tied by red MX to 6th July 1840 entire from Manchester to Glasgow.265.00
BC4th
 
Plate 4[TH] Superb 4-margin copy tied by unusual (distinctive?) red Gatehouse MX on 29th Jan 1841cover to Glasgow225.00
  

PLATE 5

 
BC5aj
Plate 5 [AJ] Very fine 4-margin tied to very small 'ladies' 24th July 1840 envelope used locally within London, carrying TP Deptford on face, and addressed to " Miss Hallen, Opposite the Church, Limehouse!"245.00
BC5hkPlate 5 [HK] 4 margin, tied by red MX, entire London (TP Blackheath SF) to Brighton, 26th January 1841.165.00
BC5pcPlate 5 [PC]. Intense black. Very close (just touching NE) to good margins, tied by Black MX to leave superb clear profile. London to Hexham, Northumberland, dated 15th February 1841 - generally taken as the first day of use of the Black MX. Beautiful and undamaged black wax seal verso.425.00
BC5qdPlate 5 QD, 4 close to good margins, tied by superb upright MX to 19 Nov 1840 covr from Marlborough (fine red cds receiver) to Windsor.275.00
BC5qgPlate 5 [QG] 4 margin, tied by black MX , entire London to Warwick, 15th June 1841155.00
BC5sj3Plate 5 SJ3 - 4 margin, tied by red MX to 5th Jan 1841 cover from Kettle to Cupar . Local receiver on rear.185.00
  

PLATE 6

 
BC6tePlate 6 [TE] State 2 – 4 margins – just touched SW, tied to wonderful Quaker entire, Doncaster to Stockton, 2nd March 1841, by black MX. Good Doncaster cds on front165.00
  

PLATE 7

 
BC7fh
Plate 7 [FH] tied to a very fine unfolded entire from Newcastle-on-Tyne to Derby, 16th November 1840. Derby arrival on front - a most attractive cover.325.00
BC7hgPlate 7 HG - 4 margin (just touching SW), tied by crisp, clear black MX  to 22nd February 1841 envelope from Eccleshall to Elgin. Fine unbroken red wax seal.165.00
BC7kj
Plate 7 [KJ] very fine 4 margin tied by a black MX to quite superb unfolded, clean and neat  16 Dec 1842 entire from Bath (The Devon and Cornwall Banking Co) to London. Very late use for 1d black295.00
BC7lc2
Plate 7 [LC2] (no 'O' flaw)- 4 good margins - tied by two strikes of a red MX on a 10th Jan 1841 cover from Glasgow to Greenock.245.00
BC7mi
Plate 7 [MI] 4 close to large margins, tied by red MX to a small 23rrd Nov 1840 (m/s) entire from Wivelscombe to Creech St Michael, Somerset. Black wax seal. Fine WIVELSCOMB undated circle (Willcoicks and Jay SO 1022). Scarce West country private mail.375.00
BC7sjPlate 7 [SJ] 4 good margins, tied to entire by 2 red MXs to 10th Sept 1840 entire from Delph, near Manchester, to the American Consulate in Leeds (OK, hands up anyone who knew there was an American Consulate in Leeds in 1840!). Very faint strike of the Delph Penny Post. Very scarce usage, and an attractive cover.295.00
  

PLATE 8

 
BC8abPlate 8 [AB] 4 large even margins tied by black Dumfries MX to cover to Kirkcudbright, 24th April 1841. Very fine.195.00
BC8bcPlate 8 [BC] 4 margin tied by 2 strikes of black MX to entire, London to Aberdeen, 15th March 1841175.00
BC8efPlate 8 [EF] 4 margin (affixed diagonally inverted) tied by black MX to entire, Glasgow to Edinburgh 12th March 1841175.00
BC8idPlate 8 [ID] 4margins, tied by clear black MX to 19th March 1841 entire from Liverpool to Muckamore  (Antrim)165.00
BC8kk2Plate 8 [KK] 4 margin tied by black MX to cover London to Edinburgh, 12th February 1841. Exceptionally early use of black MX. (Although London offices used black experimentally for Local London letters, the general use of black was not authorized (thus including letters going beyond London) until 10th February 1841)225.00
  

PLATE 9

 
BC9elPlate 9 [EL] 4 good to huge margins, showing part of DL above, on cover from Halifax to Bradford, 24th July 1841. Cancelled by black MX, the adhesive being just tied to the cover by the Bradford cds.240.00
BC9hiPlate 9 [HI] 3 margin tied by 1844 cancellation : 491 of Macclesfield. Entire from Macclesfield to Leek dated 20 March 1845. Extremely late use for 1d Black, the adhesive being affixed by wax seal. Fascinating letter between 2 firms of solicitors, arguing about £4!!  Extremely unusual and rare – Cat £1500.00525.00
BC9jkPlate 9 [JK] 4 margin tied by fine black MX to cover London to Banbury, 2nd March 1841. 185.00
  

PLATE 10

 
BC10ci Plate 10 [CI] State 1. Fine 4-margin copy, just tied to an unfolded entire (and very clean, save the postmaster's fingerprints!) from Hexham to Brampton, 17th July 1841.325.00
BC10kj2Plate 10 KJ2, 4 margins, tied by very good (for plate 10) black MX to London local cover of 18th Feb 1841. (TP Strand L) Red wax seal 395.00
BC10liPlate 10 LI, fine 4 margin, tied by black MX to 3rd May 1841 cover from Winchester to Tenby. Very slight vertical bend passes through the stamp.295.00
BC10ng Plate 10 [NG] Excellent 4-margin copy, tied by clear and lightly struck black MX to small, clean part entire from Bury, 16th July 1841. Holcombe certification in pencil. 275.00
  

PLATE 11

 
BC11eb 

Plate 11 [EB] A very presentable copy with 4 margins, but 2 small nicks out of the lower one.The plate 11 characterisic ray flaw is clear. Faint filing crease, largely disguised by the good MX strike and the fine Stroud cds on the front. Stroud to Edinburgh 10th May 1841. Overall, a very atractive and well-balanced Plate 11 cover,Now catalogued at GBP 7,000, this one is great value!

1,250.00

 

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