Lockdales Auction 155 19-20 May 2018

95 2220 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (E-E) identified as likely Plate 1b, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £50 - £55 2221 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (H-E) identified as likely Plate 5, 3 margins, tied to piece, Wolverhampton postmark in red dated JA 6 1841. Var.AS25b double letter “H”, no tears thins or creases, red MX £80 - £85 2222 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (H-E) identified as likely Plate 8, 2 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £30 - £35 2223 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (J-H) identified as likely Plate 1b, 4 margins, tied to wrapper to Little Haywood Staffordshire, backstamped Lichfield postmark in red SE 29 1840, horizontal crease across entire also affects stamp, red MX; £65 - £75 2224 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (L-G) identified as likely Plate 7, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, black MX £50 - £60 2225 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (O-H) identified as likely Plate 4, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £60 - £70 2226 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (R-C) identified as likely Plate 8, 3 margins, red MX tied to original piece, no tears thins or creases £40 - £50 2227 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (S-F) identified as likely Plate 2, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £40 - £50 2228 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (S-L) identified as likely Plate 3, near 4 margins, just touching in a couple of places, no tears thins or creases, red MX £80 - £90 2229 GB 1840 2d Blue (H-G), 3.5 margins, no tears thins or creases, black MX £70 - £80 2230 GB 1840 2d Blue (O-F + O-G), two stamps in pair, 4 margins but small surface fault, on scarce quadruple-rate written part entire to Edinburgh, black MC, backstamped Dunbar NO 25 1841 (single stamp on cover is cat £2,750) £130 - £150 2231 GB 1841 1d pale red-brown worn plate (G-I), mint with large part original gum, SG.9, ironed-out crease lower- right, cat £675 £20 - £25 2232 GB 1841 1d red-brown (J-K), mint with large part gum (possibly regummed), 4 margins except clipped corner S/E, SG.8, cat £600, identified by E flaw as likely Plate 53 £20 - £25 2233 GB 1862 6d and 1858 2d Blue Plate 9 on distressed and partially repaired 1863 written entire Glasgow to Montreal £20 - £25 2234 GB 1862 6d lilac extreme misperf variety (insufficiently spaced – possibly arising from a double perforation - resulting in no SIX PENCE on stamp), with Malta A25 postmark, SG.84 variety £34 - £36 2235 GB 1867 5s pale rose, SG.127, cat £675, well-centred with numeral 29 postmark £50 - £55 2236 GB 1876 8d orange with large trimmed wing margin, good used with numeral 95 postmark of Alfreton Derbyshire, SG.156, stamp cat £350 £24 - £26 2237 GB 1878 £1 brown-lilac, SG.129, fair spacefiller with some close perfs, cat £4500 £250 - £280 2238 GB 1883 3d-on-3d, SG.159, very fine used, cat £160 £22 - £25 2239 GB 1888 Government Parcels official 9d SG.O67, good colour, used Swansea, cat £1,200 £90 - £100 2240 GB 1892 Government Parcels Official 4½d SG.O71 used, cat £275 £20 - £25 2241 GB 1902 £1 green very fine used with light circular postmark, SG.266, cat £825 £220 - £240 2242 GB 1918 Bradbury Wilkinson 5s rose-red, fresh mint but gum a little mottled, SG.416, cat £325 £85 - £90 2243 GB 1934 re-engraved 10s indigo, fresh mint lightly toned, SG.452, cat £350 £110 - £120 2244 GB 1981 Butterflies 18p variety misplaced Queen’s head unmounted mint strip of three including gutter pair, very light creasing, additional normal stamp for comparison £20 - £25 2245 GB booklet pair Edward V11 ½d with St Andrew’s Cross attached, upright watermark, unmounted mint, with selvedge, good perfs, SG Specialised M2c £80 - £85 2246 GB Booklets - Duplicated lot of Prestige booklets in box, excellent stock Face (postage) value is over £1000 (qty) £500 - £550 2247 GB collection in Windsor from Line Engraved & surface printed to later. (qty) £50 - £60 2248 GB decimal and earlier, range of yearbooks, gift and year packs, high FV (qty) £55 - £60 2249 GB decimal yearbooks 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1993, complete UM stamps with high FV (8 books) £50 - £60 2250 GB Postal History and Postal Stationary, worth closer inspection (approx 90 items) £35 - £40 2251 GB Postal History collection of covers from c1825 - 1887, inc 1825 Circular dated mileage type, 1828 New type with full date double rim, London double framed squared hexagon, etc etc Nice lot (approx 21) £40 - £45 2252 GB Postal History, mostly c1850's - 1890's, plus some later Censor Covers. Good mixture (approx 96 items) £40 - £45 2253 GB pre-stamp entires from early 19th century, interesting postal history group (50 items) £30 - £35 2254 GB pre-stamp entires from early 19th century, interesting postal history group (60 items) £40 - £45 2255 GB presentation packs 1960s pre-decimal selection, varied condition with much duplication, noted Botanical, Churchill, 700th Parliament, Battle of Britain, Burns, Abbey, World Cup, EFTA etc (approx 155 packs) £250 - £280 2256 GB & Br Commonwealth c1970-90s mostly unmounted mint some in New issue envelopes. GB very high face value, a few varieties of Br Comm. 2x Large stockbooks. £60 - £65 2257 GB & British Commonwealth QV & EDVII selection in small blue stockbook, inc several more interesting items, British Army Field P.O.'s - S.Africa (2), British Inland Mail Madagascar (2) (qty) £30 - £35 2258 GB & Foreign perfins in a stockbook. Worth careful examination. (qty) £30 - £35