388th Auction

1880/1902 PERFINS: stock of approx. 800-1000 stamps, strongly mixed condition, in five stockbooks

1840, Victoria One Penny black QC with good margins on three sides, closed at bottom right, clear strike of the Maltese cross in red, thin at right, otherwise fine, additional 2 d. blue CG, Maltese cross in black, closed on two sides, tiny faults

1841, QV 1 d. red-brown SL on blued paper with wmk. Small Crown,unused no gum, imperforate with good margins on three sides, closed at left, fine 

1840, QV 2d. blue, plate 2, horizontal pair, lettered EK-EL, four mostly good margins, cancelled with Maltese Cross in black, lovely bold strikes, right stamp tiny vertical crease, otherwise fine and attractive. Certificate P.E. London. (1996)

1918/62, Collection on 17 album leaves including British field post Natal South Africa, Palestine censorship reg. 1918 to Egypt, (Hebrew), Italy, Trieste and Greece, M.E.F. two air mail covers from Egypt to Germany 1948, mostly fine.

1926, König Georg V. mit schwarzem L1 “HOMERIC” auf Luftpost-Vordruckbrief als Versuchs-Vorausflug von der SS Homeric für spätere Katapultpost-Flüge via “NEW YORK NOV.25” mit Freimarke 2 C. nach Milburn mit Ankunftsstempel und vorderseitig eigenhändiger Unterschrift des Piloten. Dazu Vordruckbrief mit Freimarke USA 5 C. und Maschinenstempel “N.Y. AUG.29.1924” sowie L1 “HOMERIC nach Deutschland und kleiner Prospekt ”HOMERIC - THE SHIP OF SPLENDOR"

1969, Anniversaries NATO 1 s. 6 d., one showing variety black omitted, the other with variety yellow-green (flags) omitted, both mint never hinged and very fine, each with cert. BPA (2014)

1882, £5 orange on blued paper, AA, handstamped "SPECIMEN", type 9, very good colour, mostly very good perforations, unused with part original gum with various paper residues, a few shortened perfs at upper right and one short perf at lower right, otherwise in fine and fresh quality. Certificate Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1862/64, 9 d. straw, tied by duplex "545/NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE AP 23 63" to entire letter, endorsed "via Osend" and with Hamburger transit mark, to Copenhagen. A scarce reduced rate franking. Certificate Sismondo (2002)

1878, wm 'Maltese Cross', 10 s. greenish-gray, GF, bright fresh colour, very good perforations, unused with part original gum and various paper residues, central thin on reverse causing internal tear below the Queen's ear, otherwise in fresh quality. The stamp originally from an “antique” printed stamp album where it was stuck on a page with its original gum. According to Mr Louis, only 60 unused stamps of this classic rarity are known to exist, some of which are held in institutional collections, such as postal museums, and are therefore unavailable to private collectors. This stamp was previsouly not recorded. Cert. Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1878, wm 'Maltese Cross', £1 brown-lilac, DI, very good colour, very good perforations, unused without gum, central heavy thin on reverse and minor surface rubbing on the front in the bottom right corner, two light horizontal creases (almost invisible and not further affecting the appearance), otherwise in fresh quality. The stamp originally from an “antique” printed stamp album where it was stuck on a page with its original gum.  According to Mr Louis, only 56 unused stamps of this classic rarity are known to exist, some of which are held in institutional collections, e.g. postal museums, and are therefore unavailable to private collectors. This stamp was previsouly not recorded. Cert. Louis BPP (2025).

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

OFFICIALS: 1840, Unissued "VR" 1 d. black, LL, small but regular margins all around, unused without gum, slightly toned, otherwise in good and fresh quality. According to Mr. Louis, “It is possible that the stamp was used by Rowland Hill for cancellation removal trials carried out in June 1840. The stamps were coated with unknown substances, then cancelled, and finally treated chemically to remove or wash off the obliteration. The chemical process might have caused the toning of the paper. Stamps from the horizontal “L” row are recorded having been used for those trials." Certificate Louis BPP (2025)

Provenance: 2025, re-discovered from a recent find near Frankfurt, Main (Germany) in a printed “All World” stamp album, assembled by a stamp collector around 1900.

1847, Mulready wrapper 1 d. black, stereo A159, cancelled by red Maltese Cross handstamp, on reverse arrival mark BELFAST AU/29 1840, fine red wax seal and dated red marking on reverse, spot on top left, vertical crease, early usage to Ireland

1847, Mulready wrapper 2 d. blue, stereo a201, from Dublin to Kilkenny cancelled by “186” Irish numeral of Dublin, blue Kilkenny OC/12/1847 bs., fine red wax seal and dated red marking on reverse, slightly toned, horizontal fold at top, still a scarce cancel and late usage on the Mulready (SG £ 1.400)

1994/2008, Collection in Album icluding S/S, all mint never hinged

1866, Treaty Ports: Shanghai, United Kingdom entire letter from London to Shanghai, cancelled 'Lombard Street / F.O./ Paid / MAR/10/66' cds. in red, endorsed "via Marseilles" on top left. For Late Fee only 1 d. red cancelled and 1/4 d. prepaid in cash by red crayon. Sent via “Care of Messrs. John Burd & Co., Hong Kong”. File fold at bottom, otherwise fine and an unusual entire. The addressee, John Anderson Esq. Mess. W.R. Adamson Co. Shanghai, formed his firm, exporting tea, silk and general merchandise in 1858 in Shanghai and became Chinas greatest export company for tea and silk. In PROFI archive no other forwarding agent covers John Burd Co. to Shanghai recorded.