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Auction: 11027 - The Chartwell Collection - Great Britain Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps & Covers Part 1
Lot: 1183

1840 Two Pence Blue Plate 1 Covers 1841 (13 May) G(H) vertically bisected and with close to very large margins, tied by two strikes of the black Maltese Cross on entire to Beverley, the reverse with a very fine strike of open-top Hull despatch c.d.s. An outstanding use of this bisect on entire which is considered the finest of the three known, all of which are from the same correspondence. An exceptionally rare cover of exhibition quality. R.P.S. Certificate (1977) Estimate £ 100,000-120,000 In 1936, a solicitor in Hull discovered three bisected 1840 Two Pence Blue stamps in his office correspondence. He tore them of the letters and they were later sold at auction in February 1937, the pieces bore Hull or Lincoln postmarks. A few years later, a solicitor in Beverley turned out some old papers and threw into the bin some old stamps on letters. A friend called round later the same day and reminded him that another solicitor had found some old stamps cut in half a few years earlier, so the letters were retrieved and one example was found, then a search among old files produced another. Both entires were postmarked at hull, the first on March 27 1841, (this example is in the collection of Lord Vestey along with the other half on piece as displayed at the R.P.S.L in 2009), the latter on May 13 1841 which is the entire being sold here. Note: The right half of this stamp is on a very similar cover which is dated 14 May 1841

Estimate
£100,000 to £120,000