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Inventory on this page last updated on 21 July 2008
1D BLACKS ON COVER
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| Item | IMAGE | Description | Price (Ł) |
PLATE 1a | |||
| BC1cb |  | Plate 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 cover | 395.00 |
| BC1gi |  | Plate 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 |
 |  | Plate 1a [HA] very fine 4margin, worn plate, tied by 2 strikes of a red MX to cover 4th June 1840 (without side flaps) | 245.00 |
|  | Plate 1a [NI] - 4 margin (close to touching centre right) tied by Red MX to fine 23 May 1840 entire from London to Cheltenham. Clean and attractive May Date cover. (Spec A1[th] - Cat GBP 2,000.00) | 675.00 |
PLATE 1b | |||
| BC1al |  | Plate 1b [AL] (Spec AS5j, constant variety) fine 4 margin tied to advertising entire (10 Dec 1840) by both London Experimental Black MX and Strand EO receiving office. Fascinating historical item. This late printing shows the constant variety (diagonal line through the 'L' square) very clearly | 295.00 |
| BC1di |  | Plate 1b [DI] 4 large margin, tied by light red MX to cover from Glasgow to Irvine 25th Nov 1840 | 195.00 |
| BC1ek |  | Pl 1b [EK] (Twisted re-entry, Spec AS 5d) 4 margins, tied by black MX, used within London to Chelsea, 22nd August 1841. Late use of Plate 1b. Straight line Pall Mall | 195.00 |
| BC1fj |  | Pl 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 1841 | 225.00 |
BC1fl |  | Plate 1b[FL] - 4 margin tied by red MX to very fine 18th Aug 1840 entire from the Earl of Zetland, whose fine black wax crested seal ('Essayez') is unbroken on the reverse. Braemar to Edinburgh , with Ballater boxed receiver/transit on the front. A fair strike of the BRAEMAR 171-E mileage mark (Auckland rarity D) on the reverse. [Auckland makes the note here that this huge error (it should be 571!) was nonetheless in use for thirty years - a suitable comment on the futility of the concept!] | 345.00 |
| BC1gd |  | Plate 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 |
| BC1hd |  | 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 reverse | 225.00 |
| BC1ii |  | Plate 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 |
| BC1kf |  | Plate 1b [KF] (Spec AS 5h, re-cut side lines) tied by indistinct black MX to unfolded entire from Ayr (13th April 1841) via Glasgow to Dalmillington. | 165.00 |
| BC1ki |  | Plate 1b [KI] -4 magins tied by red MX to exceptionally clean 8th Feb 1841 cover from Glasgow to Greenock. | 275.00 |
|  | Plate 1b [MF] (Spec AS5f, double 'M') tied by red MX to small unfolded cover from Manchester to Stourbridge - 23rd (?) Aug 1840 | 175.00 |
| BC1mh |  | Plate 1b [MH] , very fine 4-margin copy of the re-entry(Spec AS5b, original non-coincident re-entry), tied by red Dumfries MX to entire from Dumfries to Wigtown | 245.00 |
| BC1qg |  | Plate 1b [QG], 4 margin, tied by Red MX to large piece with very fine boxed Enniskillen Penny Post in black. | 185.00 |
| BC1rh |  | Plate 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 |
PLATE 2 | |||
| BC2bd |  | Plate 2 [BD] - 4 margin, tied by red MX to attractive entire (28th November 1840) from Birmingham to Stow on the Wold | 175.00 |
| BC2ha |  | Plate 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 |
| BC2jk |  | Plate 2 [JK] 4 margin, tied by fine red MX to cover from Barnet ( red receiving cds for 9 Aug 1840) to Limehouse. Addressed to George Byng MP, a JP and the MP for Middlesex from 1790 until his death in 1847 - an astonishing term. Short history attached. | 245.00 |
| BC2kd |  | Plate 2 KD 4 margin, tied by clear red MX to a letter written in Hamburg on 9th June 1840, hand carried to London, and posted at Lombard St on 12th June to Sidbury, Devon | 795.00 |
| BC2ob |  | Plate 2 [OB] - 4 margin tied by orange-red MX of Liverpool to 9th Sep 1840 entire to Hawkshead | 145.00 |
| BC2ph |  | Plate 2 [PH] - 4 margin - just tied at top by indistinct MX to a small folded entire from Liverpool to Cheltenham ( a sad letter from a daughter to her sick mother, who has obviously been sent to sunny Cheltenham from the industrial grime of Liverpool for recuperation) | 150.00 |
| BC2rj |  | Plate 2 [RJ] 4 margin tied by red MX to 26th May 1840 entire from Alford to Louth. Front 'ALFORD 146' mileage mark. The cover bears no date stamps, but the letter and the manuscript filing note are clearly dated 26th May 1840. (Spec AS 1tg) Fine May Date Cover | 345.00 |
PLATE 3 | |||
| BC3bb |  | Plate 3 [BB] 4 margins tied by black MX to mourning cover, Peebles to St Boswells via Edinburgh, 25th February 1841. Fine boxed ‘MISSENT TO MELROSE (Auckland scarcity F). (The paper of this cover having become exceptionally fragile, it has had to be mounted on a clean piece of contemporary paper. No markings or text have been obscured) | 245.00 |
| BC3db |  | Plate 3 [DB] 4 margin tied by red MX to 10th Nov 1840 envelope from Newcastle -under- Lyne to Stafford. The item is extremely unusual in that the envelope has been opened up and used for writing the letter, then folded up again and sent normally - a sort of "DIY - Mulready" ! | 425.00 |
| BC3pe |  | Plate 3 [PE] 4 close to good margins tied to clean cover from Stony Stratford to Winslow, July 1840 | 175.00 |
| BC3rc |  | Plate 3 (RC) 4 margin tied by indistinct red MX to 10th Jan 1841 attractive small cover from Kettle to St. Andrews . Kettle receiver on back. No side flaps . | 165.00 |
PLATE 4 | |||
| BC4aiaf |  | Plate 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 |
| BC4db |  | Plate 4 DB - 4 margin - (close but clear at top) -tied by red MX to clean entire from Glasgow to Dalry, 3rd July 1840 | 225.00 |
| BC4dd |  | Plate 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 |
| BC4dk |  | Plate 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 |
| BC4ea |  | Plate 4 EA - just clear to huge margins, tied by good red MX to superb unfolded local Blandford entire. Fine no.1 receiving house strike on face, and BLANDFORD PENNY POST in orange on reverse. Dated 18th June 1840 | 295.00 |
| BC4fa |  | Plate 4 [FA] 4 margin tied by Aberdeen Ruby MX to unfolded entire from Aberdeen (m/s) 4th August 1840 to Towcester.Fine straight line HUNTLY on reverse. London transit 7th August 1840 | 325.00 |
| BC4jb |  | Plate 4 [JB] 4 large margins tied by crisp black MX to cover from Galashiels 20th March 1841 to London. | 215.00 |
| BC4lg |  | Plate 4 [LG] - 4 margin (just touched below 'N' of PENNY). Fascinating 2-page entire WRITTEN IN NEW YORK 30th June 1840, privately carried across the Atlantic, and posted in London 16th July 1840, delivered in Edinburgh 18th July. A very rare and attractive item of postal history.A transcript of the letter is included. | 895.00 |
| BC4og |  | Plate 4 [OG] 4 margin tied by red MX to entire London (TP Kensington Park St) to Tewkesbury, 14th November 1840 | 175.00 |
| BC4oh |  | Plate 4 EA - 4 margins, tied by unusual - looking MX to 4 Jun 1841 cover from Dunoon to Greenock. | 245.00 |
| BC4qi |  | Plate 4 [QI] 4margin , but minor scuff/touched NE red MX. Bonar Bridge (boxed 'ex-mileage' on reverse) to Golspie, 26 Oct 41840 | 85.00 |
| BC4sd |  | Plate 4 [SD] 4 margin (re-entry, Spec AS23a) tied by black MX to entire Newcastle–under-Lyme to Brampton, Cumberland, 9th April 1841 | 225.00 |
| BC4th |  | Plate 4[TH] Superb 4-margin copy tied by unusual (distinctive?) red Gatehouse MX on 29th Jan 1841cover to Glasgow | 225.00 |
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 |
| BC5hk |  | Plate 5 [HK] 4 margin, tied by red MX, entire London (TP Blackheath SF) to Brighton, 26th January 1841. | 165.00 |
| BC5ja |  | Pl 5 [JA] 4 enormous to just clear margins, tied by Black MX to extremely fine unfolded entire from Penistone to Ferrybridge, 8th April 1841 | 165.00 |
| BC5lj |  | Plate 5 [LJ] 4 margin (close NW) tied by Black MX to large piece, Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy, 17th May 1841 | 90.00 |
| BC5qg |  | Plate 5 [QG] 4 margin, tied by black MX , entire London to Warwick, 15th June 1841 | 155.00 |
|  | Plate 5 [NK] 4 margins, tied by red MX - Exeter to Shaftesbury 21 Nov 1840 - exceptionally fine Exeter receiver cds. An imposing cover. (The marginal nick at the SE corner does not appear to affect the frame). | 195.00 |
| BC5sj3 |  | Plate 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 | |||
| BC6ak |  | Plate 6 [AK] 4 margin (small nick NW ) tied by 3 strikes of Red MX to entire from Greenlaw (Dunse) to Edinburgh, 6th Feb 1841. Fine red straight line GREENLAW on reverse (Auckland BK172b, rarity C) | 125.00 |
| BC6cgch |  | Plate 6 CG-CH -exceptional 4 margin pair, tied by red MXs to superb entire from Liverpool (1st Oct 1840) to Berbeth, Ayrshire | 525.00 |
| BC6cj |  | Plate 6 [CJ] 4 good to huge margins tied by black MX to interesting entire from Bradninch to Sherborne via Cullompton, 4th March 1841. Superb BRADNINCH udc [Willcocks DN125, Scarcity D]. Fine and scarce West Country usage. | 225.00 |
| BC6ec |  | Plate 6 [EC] Superb 4-margin tied by red MX leaving beautiful clear profile. Chippenham to London 23rd Dec 1840, with fine London Chrismas Eve arrival in red. Exceptional item. | 450.00 |
| BC6ed |  | Plate 6[ED] cut into at top, but with a clear profile cancelled/tied by the orange MX of Bristol to a 21st October 1840 entire to Stourton Castle | 65.00 |
|  | Plate 6 [EL] 3˝ margin tied by black MX to cover from Looe to London. LOOE 246 mileage mark. | 75.00 |
| BC6fffg |  | Plate 6 [FF-FG pair] Extremely fine pair with 4 good even margins, well tied to neat cover from Newastle -upon-Tyne to Carlisle, 17th November 1840. | 575.00 |
| BC6hh |  | Plate 6 [HH] 4 good to large margins tied (contrary to regulations) by two clear strikes of a red MX. Dated 13 Feb 1841 - very late in the transition from the red to the black MX, and regarded by many as the last day of the red MX . Fine cover from Stockton (13 Feb 1841) to Liverpool-Liverpool diamond arrival 14 Feb . | 225.00 |
| BC6ka |  | Plate 6 [KA] 4 good to large margins on 29th Jan 1841 part cover from Liverpool to Preston. |
