Lockdales Auction 175 28-29 March 2020

2872 GB collection of mint ½d value official postcards 1870 to c1915. (30) £30 - £35 2873 GB grossly misplaced perforation error QV 1d Star blued paper stamp, vertical shift variety so that ONE PENNY is at the top. £28 - £30 2874 GB Inland Revenue IR Official 5s stamp, used, SG.O9, with Edinburgh CDS postmark, cat £2500. Accompanied by Royal Philatelic Society London certificate 2019 with Genuine opinion. Attractive appearance and well-centred, but certificate rather harshly states toned, repaired tear top right corner and creased top left corner. £300 - £320 2875 GB Official Government Parcels 9d stamp, average used, SG.O63, cat £1200 £40 - £45 2876 GB Postal History - 1868 cover London to Madrid with 2x 3d rose stamps Plate 5, SG103, London EC Duplex cancel dated 'MR 20 68' and 'PD' in circle in red and Madrid 23 Mar 68 arrival postmark. Clean cover with neat cancels. £30 - £35 2877 GB Postal History - an important study of 1840's and 50's mail sent to Guisborough from many locations and a few sent overseas. Inc three Mulready letter sheets, one posted from London No 4 Maltese Cross in black. Stereo A54, one locally posted with black MC. Stereo A2, one posted London, red MC, dated JU27 1840. All three with 2 vertical creases. 2x 1d Black on Cover, both 4 margins. Plus a further 40x Covers / entires with 1d Red imperf. 17 of which bearing MC inc London No5 x2 and 1x No7. Various other markings noted. Varied number of duplex cancels. 3x Covers to Wurtenburg Germany, one bearing SG92 3d rose Plate 4 with York duplex (cat £500+). Contents of some items transcribed into legible form. A valuable lot. (Approx 53 items) £500 - £550 2878 GB postal history 1874 cover to Peru franked 6d grey Plate 13 SG.147 and 1s green Plate 9 SG.150 with York duplex postmark, backstamped Grosmont Yorkshire and Lima, some loss and tear to top of envelope. £24 - £26 2879 GB postal history 1879 cover to Brazil franked 1877 4d sage-green Plate 16, SG.153, with Cardigan duplex postmark, backstamped Pernabuco, some loss at top-right of envelope and some small tears at edges. £26 - £28 2880 GB postal history, c1841-1870s QV 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) £350 - £400 2881 GB Postal History: A small cachet of pre stamp postal history going back to 1810 - 1839 plus 2d Blue Pair on 1861 piece. Also 10 or more various QV stamps on envelopes. (Qty) £20 - £25 2882 GB presentation packs 1990-93 group inc the £10 pack, face value of stamps c£72 (28 packs) £45 - £50 2883 GB presentation packs 1994-2000 group, face value of stamps c£72 (31 packs) £45 - £50 2884 GB presentation packs 2001-06 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£243 (63 packs) £150 - £160 2885 GB presentation packs 2007 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£66 (13 packs) £40 - £50 2886 GB presentation packs 2008 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£80 (15 packs) £55 - £60 2887 GB presentation packs 2009 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£74 (14 packs) £50 - £55 2888 GB presentation packs 2010 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£92 (15 packs) £55 - £60 2889 GB presentation packs 2011 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£90 (15 packs) £55 - £60 2890 GB presentation packs 2012 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£88 (15 packs) £55 - £60 2891 GB presentation packs 2013 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£79 (13 packs) £50 - £55 2892 GB presentation packs 2014 group inc miniature sheets, face value of stamps c£82 (12 packs) £50 - £55