Lockdales Auction 160 17-18 November 2018

101 2138 GB 1853 entire with written letter to Vera Cruz Mexico franked 1/- Embossed (2), 2d Blue & 1d Red ex London, ironed-out horizontal crease through stamps. £150 - £160 2139 GB 1855 1d red-brown watermark inverted, SG.21Wi, slightly misperforated through stamp design, fine used, cat £260. £40 - £45 2140 GB 1856 1s pale green stamp, with duplex 405 postmark allocated to Ipswich, SG.73, cat £350. £25 - £30 2141 GB 1862 entire to Lima Peru franked pair 1/- green SG.72 ex Glasgow, transit pmk of Panama and back stamp of Lima. £50 - £55 2142 GB 1867 5s pale rose stamp, SG.127, with scarce R1 duplex postmark, cat £675. £45 - £50 2143 GB 1867 5s rose stamp SG.126, with duplex 166 postmark allocated to Haltwhistle Northumberland, cat £675. £45 - £50 2144 GB 1883 10s ultramarine stamp SG.183, with Belfast postmark, cat £525. £60 - £65 2145 GB 1924 2d stamp with inverted watermark, SG.421Wi, very lightly mounted mint, cat £55. £20 - £25 2146 GB 1934 re-engraved Seahorses high value stamps 2s6d, 5s,10s, SG.450-2, cat £190 set. £25 - £30 2147 GB 1959 Phosphor-Graphite 2d with watermark error St Edwards Crown, SG.605a, top marginal mounted only in margin so that the stamp is UM, cat £200. £65 - £70 2148 GB 1968 Machin 5d deep blue, imperforate stamp variety, SG.735c, unmounted mint (cat £275 as a pair) £30 - £35 2149 GB 1981 Butterflies 18p variety misplaced Queen’s head, unmounted mint gutter block of 8 stamps with marginal colour bars, additional normal stamp for comparison. £35 - £40 2150 GB Aerial Steam Carriage c1843 superb unused double-page engraved letterhead. Scarce survivor of the earliest Aviation postal history. This monoplane was patented in 1843 "to convey letters, goods and passengers from place to place through the air" marking a transition from glider experimentation to powered flight experimentation. Despite a publicity campaign using images of the Aerial in flight over London, the company failed to gain the needed investment and the trials with models were unsuccessful. £1200 - £1400 2151 GB Christmas Card 1880 produced for GPO London (includes picture of GPO), tone spotting to reverse. £30 - £35 2152 GB Christmas Card 1881 produced for GPO London (includes picture of pillar box and Embankment scene with Cleopatra’s Needle and St Paul’s), tone spotting to reverse. £30 - £35