Lockdales Auction 157 14-15 July 2018

87 1849 The 50th Anniversary WW2 Commemorative Covers Collection in special binders x3 plus one small album, by Danbury Mint (approx 290 covers) £35 - £40 1850 USA - a superb and comprehensive collection with FDC's c1930 to 2016, housed in 35x binders, with many Silks noted. (approx 4150 covers) Buyer collects £350 - £400 1851 USA - large box of loose FDC's, many in sets, and other items, good range, VGC (Buyer collects) £30 - £40 1852 USA - several collections of thematic Covers in special binders, good range of subjects (approx 640 covers) (12x albums) Buyer collects £30 - £35 1853 World covers, noted censored, Olympics, space exploration, etc (approx 600 covers) £40 - £50 End of Auction in Room 2, Day 2 Day 2, Room 1, 9.30am GB Stamps 1854 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 1b (C-J) three margins, no creases or thins, Good used cat £375 £25 - £30 1855 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 1b (F-C) three good margins, no thins or creases, Good used cat £375 £25 - £30 1856 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 1b (F-L) four large even margins, lightly cancelled, no faults, VFU cat £375 £40 - £45 1857 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 3 (Q-A) four close to good margins, light horizontal crease, Good used cat £500 £40 - £45 1858 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 3 (S-K) three good margins, just touching N/W corner, no thins or creases, Good Used cat £500 £30 - £35 1859 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 4 (F-B) just four margins, very close at top, no thins or creases, Good/Fine used cat £400 £30 - £35 1860 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 5 (K-C), tiny cover with poor Penny Back tied by black MX, sent within Norwich Apr 1841, cat £775 £30 - £35 1861 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 8 (B-I) with four ragged margins, small cut at top, no thins or creases, good used, cat £500 £30 - £35 1862 GB - 1840 Penny Black Plate 8 (D-I) two margins, no thins or creases, Good used cat £525 £25 - £30 1863 GB - 1840 Two Penny Blue Plate 2 (J-D) var.e. cancelled with red MX, four margins, small cut N/W/ corner, no thins or creases, Good/Fine Used cat £1100 £70 - £75 1864 GB - 1840 Two Penny Blue Plate 2 (M-F) var.e. cancelled by red MX damaged along R/H side. Penny Black Plate 2 (H-G) no margins, Penny Black with no letters, and Penny Black Plate 4 (A-K) three margins filled central thin Fair used. Total cat £1875 (4) space fillers a/f £25 - £30 1865 GB - 1913 KGV £1 Seahorse SG 403 Fine Used cat £1400 (1) £400 - £450 1866 GB - 1913 KGV £1 Seahorse SG 403 VLMM cat £3500 (1) £800 - £850 1867 GB - a large box with just about anything GB noted ! in albums, tins, booklets, etc. SG One Country Albums Vol 1 & 2, much UM material, etc. (Buyer collects) £70 - £75 1868 GB - a very comprehensive collection in a well used green Windsor Album, QV upto early decimal with a high degree of completeness inc different watermarks, perfs, shades, plates and phosphor, etc etc. Noted 1d Mulready sheet used, 2d Mulready unused, Penny Black x2 (one with 4 margins), surface printed approx 95% complete. The odd mm stamp such as SG77, 103 & 113 but many from QV Jubilee issues. A number of 1881 high values inc 10/- (SG183) used, 1901 onwards only very difficult shades & some top values missing. An exceptional number of 1913 Seahorses (all printings) upto 10/-. etc etc. A superb unpicked lot which needs very careful viewing (qty) £2000 - £2500 1869 GB - an accumulation of collections with a wide range of stamps, covers, in albums, small boxes, old stockbook etc. Duplication noted. Also seen Penny Black on cover and a used Mulready front p/m Soho. (qty) Buyer collects £80 - £85 1870 GB - an extensive and valuable collection of Controls from QV 1d lilacs to late GVI definitives and commemoratives in album. QV 17x different controls + one on Cover, ½d 1887 x21 diff + Cover, EDVII ½d & 1d value, well represented with approx 66 examples, showing continuos rule. Coextensive rule, dots, cuts etc. A very good range of KGV profile heads with wmk, printers and perforation variants with values to 1/-, with fair number of blocks. Photogravure single controls to 1/- KEDVIII, many control singles and Blocks. Basic KGVI single and Control Blocks to 1/-. PUC all values (not the £1) and 2 blocks of 4 controls, lovely 1935 Silver Jubilee in strips of 4 controls from all values, 1924 Wembley set in blocks of 4 x 2, 1925 x1 (not controls). Approx 550 Controls plus many Singles and two incomplete booklets (qty) £400 - £450 1871 GB - Battle of Britain 1965 Presentation Pack, cat £70 VGC £20 - £22 1872 GB - Botanical Congress 1964 Presentation Pack, cat £160 VGC £24 - £26 1873 GB - box of Presentation Packs, majority circa 1990's - 2000's (approx 180) £80 - £85