SALE 5901 STANLEY GIBBONS LONDON 1856 | THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2018 4TH OCTOBER THURSDAY COLLECTIONS & RANGES 4TH OCTOBER 2018 399 Strand, WC2R 0LX, London Please contact us on 020 7836 8444 | Email: [email protected] www.stanleygibbons.com/auctions Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 1 COLLECTIONS & RANGES SALE 5901 THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2018 To be held at: Stanley Gibbons 399 Strand London WC2R 0LX PUBLIC VIEWING AT 399 STRAND Monday 24th September 09:30 – 16:30 Tuesday 25th September 09:30 – 16:30 Wednesday 26th September 09:30 – 16:30 Thursday 27th September 09:30 – 16:30 Friday 28th September 09:30 – 16:30 Private viewing beforehand may be available at 399 Strand by appointment only. For an appointment to view please telephone 0207 557 4458 or email [email protected] ORDER OF SALE Afternoon Session not starting before 2.00pm Lots 2500 -3134 INDEPENDENT AUCTION AGENTS The below agents attend each of our auctions. These details are provided without recommendation or guarantee. Trevor Chinery BA. PTS: Tel: +44 (0)1205 330026 / Fax: +44 (0)1933 622808 / Mobile: (0)7527 444825 Email: [email protected] Nick Martin (Love Auctions): Tel: +44 (0)1205 460968 / Mobile: +44(0)7703 766477 Email: [email protected] STANLEY GIBBONS LONDON 1856 399 Strand, WC2R 0LX, London Please contact us on 020 7836 8444 | Email: [email protected] www.stanleygibbons.com/auctions Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 2 MEET THE AUCTION TEAM IAIN MURPHY Head of Auctions [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4443 RYAN EPPS Senior Philatelist & Auctioneer [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4416 STEVE MATTHEWS Senior Philatelist & China Specialist [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4423 DICKON POLLARD Senior Philatelist [email protected] | +44 (0) 1934 732511 TOM HAZELL Head of Auction Administration [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4452 PAUL MATHEWS Buying & Valuations [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4411 ANDREW ELLIS Auction Operations Assistant [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4458 DOMINIKA SADKO Scanning Requests [email protected] | +44 (0) 207 557 4465 MIKE KIMBERLEY Specialist Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 3 Item Description Est GREAT BRITAIN 2500 4B Postal History: Collection in 16 volumes from c1800 to 1970s including a good range of pre-stamp markings with some Free Franks and better mileage marks, stamped covers/OLS/entires from 1840s (no 1d blacks) but a few 1d red-browns with numbers in mx (also some on loose stamps), later issues include censored covers, slogans and TPOs, typically mixed condition but would repay viewing (Hundreds) £600-£700 2501 ½B Postal History: Assortment of OLS, entires and covers in small carton from pre- stamp to 1960s, items of interest include 1902 cover from Preston stolen letter bag, 1814 EL from Rome to Bath, 1915 stampless cover from Belgium to London with fine ‘HOPITAL ANGLAIS/DE NEVERS’ cachet, 1857 stampless OLS Cape Town to London with POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON h/s, 1859 part cover with small crowned paid and apparently signed by Rowland Hill, 1879 cover to London from BPO Constantinople f/w 2½d rosy mauve, a fascinating lot which would benefit from viewing (300+) £500-£550 2502 B Collection in 6 albums/stockbooks and loose with a small range of postal history incl 1841 envelope franked with 1840 1d black and 1842 entire with 1840 2d blue also mint 1842 2d Mulready envelope, stamps incl 1840 1d black (3 used in poor cond) and 1913 £1 Seahorse used, then strength in QEII incl 1960s mint phos commem sets, year packs, defins with values to £5, pres packs and fdcs £1000-£1200 2503 1½B Worldwide collection in twelve volumes plus loose, however majority of value in one volume of Great Britain which includes 1840 1d black used (12 including one pair), these all with small faults, good selection of used 1d reds then rather patchy and mostly used to late 1960s, from then to 1988 a basic mint run through (commems only) with some postage content, non GB includes three sparsely filled ‘Ideal’albums (Few Thousands) £450-£500 2504 1½B B 1840-2016 mixed mint and used collection arranged in albums and loose including used 1840 1d. (3), 2d. (2), 1891 £1 green, K.E.VII to 10s., K.G.V ‘Seahorses’ to 10s., 1929 P.U.C. £1, and reasonably complete mint decimal issues to date, Officials and Postage Dues, London 2012 stamps and covers; also three childhood albums. (thousands) £1200-£1400 2505 4½B Collection from 1840 to around 1981 in five cartons, earlier issues a mixture of mint and used (often both), a range of presentation packs and fdcs from late 1960s, these more recent to late 1990s (not comprehensive) but covers include a good selection ‘Benham’ commemorative silks with royalty connections, better stamps include 1840 2d blue used, thinned but fine appearance, QV SP vals to 9d, 10d and 1s used, 1883-84 2s 6d and 5s cds used, KEVII vals to 1s m/mint, also 5s part o.g., 1915 DLR 2s 6d (2) and 5s m/m, 1929 PUC wmk sideways set m/m, 1934-36 photo wmk sideways set m/m, good range of 1952-67 ‘Wildings’ with better graphites, phosphors and wmk vars, 1962-64 better phosphor commems, also useful selection of postage dues from 1914, condition of early issues mixed but later almost all fine (Thousands) £800-£900 2506 E Collection of line engraved on album pages incl 1840 1d black (13 incl one pair - cut into at left) and 2d (5) these in mixed cond and various margins some with four margins, 1841 1d red block of six unused, range of 1864-79 1d reds both mint and used incl plate 225 fine used and 1870-79 ½d selection incl plate 8 block of 4 mint, cond varies but many useful and worth inspection (220+) £1400-£1600 Stanley Gibbons Auctions | Sale 5901 | Collections & Ranges Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 4 Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2507 A Collection in very large ledger, starting with a couple of postal history items incl 1840 1d black on cover, the stamps mostly used incl 1d black two singles and 1840 2d blue (6) these all with mixed margins, a selection of 1d red ‘stars’ one with inverted wmk (4 margins), some postmark interest with ‘1’ to ‘12’ in MC cancels, Town cancel in black and 1844 cancel in blue, 1841-51 2d blues incl numbers ‘1’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘10’ and ‘12’ in MC cancels, S/P incl 1859 entire Kirkcaldy to Amsterdam franked with a horiz pair of 4d rose-carmine and selection of used incl 1867-83 10s (MC) and 1897-1902 Jubilee £1, 1896-01 ARMY OFFICIAL ½d with ‘OFFICIAI’ used, then mostly low values to 1960s, a number of varieties throughout, very mixed cond but interesting lot (Hundreds) £1500-£1700 2508 5B Substantial collection in five cartons from 1840 to around 2012, earlier issues sparse and mostly used but including 1840 1d black (3), majority of value in mint issues from 1971 to 2012 including most commems (including 2012 Olympics/Paralympics booklets), some lightly duplicated, ‘Prestige’ stamp booklets from 1980s to around 2012 (not comprehensive), also several 1972 Wedgwood £1 but these with last pane absent, first day covers from late 1960s to mid 1990s, these lightly duplicated (usually 7 each) to Christmas 1983, also large quantity of loose used stamps sorted in packets and a number of empty stockbooks, modern issues mostly fine, good postage content (Thousands) £600-£700 2509 B 1840-2016 mixed mint and used collection arranged on four albums including used 1840 1d. (2), 2d., later surface-printed values to 5s. and mint to 10d., K.E.VII duplicated mint range to 1s. and used to 2/6d., Q.E.II with high decimal face value including Prestige booklets; condition mixed. (thousands) £500-£600 2510 2B A duplicated early to modern mainly used accumulation housed in twenty-six assorted volumes and loose stockcards including 1840 1d. (12 and a matched pair), 2d. (single and a pair), 1858-79 penny plates, 1870 ½d., plate 5, top left mint corner block of eight (4 x 2) showing plate number, later Surface-printed values to 10s.; also Q.E.II commemoratives mint and Post Office Yearbooks (4); condition mixed in places. (many thousands) £1000-£1200 2511 3B Collection from 1840 to around 1999 in eleven ‘Windsor Sovereign’ albums, QV mostly used including 1840 1d black (8, most with faults) and 2d blue (2), 1854- 57 perf LE incl SC14 2d, LC16 2d, 1864-79 1d red plates 71-225 (ex 77), plate 225 a spacefiller, range of SP to 2s blue, 1883-84 to 1s dull green, 1887-1900 to both 1s m/m, KEVII to 7d and 1s m/m, also to 5s used, KGV incl values to 1s m/m and 10s used, more spaces filled and largely m/m from KGVI to 1960s (1955-59 Castles used), then largely u/m from 1971 with some booklet panes and worthwhile postage content, also two additional volumes with some revenue stamps and other odds, the collection also contains a number of reproductions of QV to KGV better stamps, condition of earlier issues very mixed (Few Thousands) £1200-£1400 2512 A 1840-1953 mint/unused collection arranged in album including QV 1840 1d. black, RG, plate VI, (clear to good margins), 1841 2d.,1847-54 embossed, 6d., 10d., 1855-57 6d., 1858-76 2d.