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LOT 2634
Group of Forty [40] Mainly GB First Day Stamp Covers Each with UNC Coin.
20TH-21ST CENTURY A.D.
7 1/2 x 4 3/8 - 8 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. (1.92 kg total including box, 19 x 11 - 22 x 11 cm).
Covers comprising: George Washington 2 Cents stamp with 22ct gold replica; 1996 £1 coin for Northern Ireland; Elizabeth II 70th birthday commemorative crown; a celebration of football £2 (2); a century of British motoring; Decus et Tutamen 1997 £1 (2); Hong Kong 5 dollar coin; Flights of Genius £2; 50th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip £5 (20); Royal beasts £1; NHS 1948-1998 50 pence; The Notting Hill Carnival 50 pence; The National Botanic Garden of Wales £1; The Archers 1951-2001; Northern Ireland £1 (2); extreme endeavours £1; collecting for posterity, 250 years of the British Museum; DNA discoveries £2; exploring the Menai Strairs £1; London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sports Cover Collection, athletics 50 pence; The City of London £1; a fine day out on the Firth of Fourth, Scotland definitive coin cover £1; Royal Horticultural Society Bicentenary 1804-2004; Spanning the Oceans, From Steamships to Ocean Liners cunard; Classic Locomotives, 200years of British Steam Engines £2; William Wyon Bicentenary Medal; United Nations 1945-1995 £2; 50th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War £2; Commemorating the Centenary of the birth of R.J. Mitchell 1895-1995; True I am to my country £1 coin for Wales; The London 1908 Olympic Games, 100th Anniversary Celebration £2; A Celebration of Aviation Farnborough, from ballooning to the supersonic age; 50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings 1944-1994 50 pence; The Bank of England 300 Years 1694-1994 £2; No-one Provokes Me with Impunity £1 for Scotland; supplied in a lidded storage box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2634
Group of Forty [40] Mainly GB First Day Stamp Covers Each with UNC Coin.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Victorian Penny Black with 'Charing Cross' Cancellation
1840 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Great Britain (GB), QV, 1d, check letters FL, plate 1b black, with 'Charing Cross' variety Maltese Cross cancellation stamp in red, with 'rush' stamped in black. SG 2. Cat. £375.00+. 13 grams total, 15 x 10.2 including card
Acquired on the UK philately market. From a private UK collection. -
Great Britain (GB) Postal History, Early 19th Century Pre-Stamp Covers
King George IV-King William IV, 1826-1834 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Letter on cover sent from Andover, Hampshire to George Lamb Esq. of Basingstoke, Hampshire on 5th April 1826, black ANDOVER 66 type 176 stamp, 10d postal rate; letter on cover sent from Basingstoke, Hampshire to Coles & Earle of Andover, Hampshire on 22nd November 1827, black BASINGSTOKE mileage mark type 176, 5d postal rate; letter on cover local postage sent to B Coles of Andover, Hampshire on 8th December 1830, black ANDOVER date stamp type 179, 1d postal rate; letter on cover sent from Loncolns Inn to Mr Earle Esq. of Andover, Hampshire on 20th February 1834, black date stamp type 6, 8d postal rate. 87 grams total, album page: 28.2 x 25 cm
Acquired on the UK philately market. From a private UK collection. -
Victorian Penny Black Re-entry with Red Maltese Cross
1840 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Great Britain (GB), Queen Victoria (QV), 1d black, check letters JJ, plate 1b re-entry, with 'Red Maltese Cross' cancellation stamp, with re-entry shown on card in red. SG 2f. £450.00. 15 grams total, 21.5 x 11.5 including card
Acquired on the UK philately market. From a private UK collection.