Lockdales Auction 167 13-14 July 2019

129 2539 GB - Waterlow & Sons Ltd Printers collection of 'Sample' stamps, all different and UM (one with gum damage). (36) Scarce selection £300 - £350 2540 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (A-E) identified as likely Plate 8, 2 margins, no tears thins or creases, vivid red MX £45 - £55 2541 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (B-B) identified as likely Plate 5, virtually 4 margins with small part of adjoining stamp (two margins good, two very close, affixed to entire written letter to Horsham, backstamped Steyning, no tears thins or creases, red MX £65 - £75 2542 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (C-A) identified as likely Plate 6, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £50 - £60 2543 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (C-D) identified as likely Plate 8, 3 margins with a part of adjoining stamp, affixed inverted - contrary to regulations - to entire letter Neath to Cardiff between solicitors, no tears thins or creases, red MX £70 - £90 2544 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (D-J) identified as likely Plate 2, almost 4 margins but close lower-right, no tears thins or creases, red MX £55 - £65 2545 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (E-K) identified as likely Plate 6, 2 good margins, others close, no tears thins or creases, red MX £40 - £45 2546 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (G-A) identified as likely Plate 1b, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £45 - £50 2547 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (L-H) identified as likely Plate 1b, 4 margins but cut into design at upper-left, no tears thins or creases, red MX £45 - £50 2548 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (M-L) identified as likely Plate 6, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £40 - £50 2549 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (N-E) identified as likely Plate 2, 3.5 margin but design cut into at top-right, no tears thins or creases, red MX £40 - £50 2550 GB 1840 1d Penny Black (S-A) identified as likely Plate 4, 3 margins, no tears thins or creases, red MX £55 - £65 2551 GB 1847 Embossed 1s green stamp, SG.55, cut square, defect at base. £30 - £40 2552 GB 1848 Embossed 10d stamp, SG.57, cut square, neat pin-prick through queen’s hair. £30 - £40 2553 GB 1863 4d bright red hair lines stamp, SG.81, unused no gum, blunt corner. £30 - £40 2554 GB 1869 6d mauve Plate 8 stamp, SG.109, light creasing, unused. £30 - £35 2555 GB 1879 wrapper to Buenos Aires Argentina franked 4d sage-green SG.153, London EC postmark. £30 - £35 2556 GB 1881 1s orange-brown Plate 13 stamp, SG.163, unused no gum. £30 - £40 2557 GB 1883 10s ultramarine stamp SG.183, cat £525 £50 - £60 2558 GB 1902 £1 dull blue-green stamp, SG.266, Guernsey postmark, light toning spots. £30 - £40 2559 GB 1929 UPU £1, SG.438, very lightly mounted mint example of this iconic stamp. £150 - £170 2560 GB Board of Education Official EVII ½d & 1d stamps, very lightly mounted mint, light creasing. £35 - £40 2561 GB booklet 1936 King Edward VIII 2s complete with all stamps and airmail labels, the 1d pane has inverted watermark. £30 - £40 2562 GB booklets selection 1935-70 incl KGV 1935 Silver Jubilee SG BB16 (missing ½d stamp pane) but 1d & 1½d panes with inv. wmk., 1955 2/6d SG F33, 34, 44 & 49 £195, 1962 & 64 3/- SG M49 & M71 £80, 1968-70 4/6d set of 14 SG LP46-59, etc (qty) £100 - £120 2563 GB collection in red SG stamp album 1840 to 1970, E7 to 5s, Seahorses to 10s(2), G6 to £1 (3), 1960s phosphor commemoratives apparently complete mint. £140 - £160 2564 GB kiloware, noted high values to £5, much commemoratives sorted (2 cartons) £30 - £35 2565 GB postal history, c1841-70s line-engraved group, inc 1847 EL with red London 'sunburst' mark on front; 1841 1d pairs (2) & 1846 EL with two pairs; 1852 much redirected env with London, Brighton, Drem (2), Edinburgh (2), Noblehouse & Atholstoneford marks on back; 1854 env with strip of 3 1d red perf (1 stamp missing), with encl. hand-drawn diagram re railway incline; 1863 legal env (creased) with block of 8 1857 1d red; 1844-74 2d blue cover range (7); 1865 much- redirected EL with small circular 'L&E/R.P.O.' etc (approx 100 items) £400 - £500 2566 GB Postal History: Large box with Victorian covers, earlier to later. Useful lot with a wide range of cancellations, a few Irish noted £60 - £80 2567 GB pre-stamp 1796-1846 extensive and valuable collection of London Penny, Two Penny and Three Penny entire / entire letters presented in a modern album, including 1801 with "Gt Rufsel St.B / Unpaid / Penny Poft" (2), 1801 with "Theobald’s Road / Unpaid / Penny Poft", 1802 "Two-Penny / POST / Lamb’s Cdt St.", 1807 "Two-Penny / POST / Pimlico", 1819 with red "Two Py Poft / Unpaid / May-Fair", etc. An amazing specialised postal history study of the London postal experiments prior to the universal 1d postage introduction with many rare usages (approx 81 entires) £800 - £1000 2568 GB. Victorian wooden box (key missing, but it opens) plastered with actual 1d blacks, 2d blues, 1d reds laid down on the lid and to the four sides (total approx 112 stamps) and a Mulready lettersheet inside, unusual, could be cleaned with care which would render it spectacular. £85 - £95