Great Britain 1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown Mixed Plates Plate 12: GJ

Great Britain 1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown Mixed Plates Plate 12: GJ, on entire letter from Portsea to the Stamp Office Winchester, dated 18 Nov. 1841 and contents including .."Please send me 25 sheets Postage Lab. 1d."; IB-IC horizontal pair, tied to entire letter to Wigan with London "S" (Sunday) datestamp of 31 Aug. 1841 on the reverse; BG, HA, and QH-QI horizontal pair on three entires or entire letters; Plate 13: NA on entire (no side flaps) to Waterloo Bridge with black Maltese Cross cancellation and "T.P./Cheapside" alongside; Plate 14: DJ, deep, near plum shade, tied by Maltese Cross to entire from Glasgow to Hamilton dated 14 Feb. 1842; Plate 15: OH, double letter H, Maltese Cross cancellation; Plate 18: NA, tied to 1d. pink envelope to Trafalgar Square, redirected to Edinburgh by Maltese Cross and red cornhill; LK, tied by black Maltese Cross cancellation to large part entire letter with "No. 26" on the front, orange "bristol/30 no 1841/py post" on reverse (a very early usage); Plate 32: NE, tied to entire letter to Oxford by number "2" in Maltese Cross unusually struck upside down; Plate 161: FE, and showing a portion of the adjoining stamp at right, tied by London Inland Office octagonal "38" duplex of 27 July 1854. A fine group, the majority of the adhesives with good to large margins all round, close in one or two places. (12 items). Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Estimate:£500

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