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Auction: 12021 - The Chartwell Collection - GB Line-Engraved Essays, Proofs, Stamps and Covers - Part IV
Lot: 430

1841-53 One Penny Red-Brown
Issued Stamps
Collections
An extensive and specialised collection in three albums, most are plated and includes plate 12 (17), plate 13 (12) plus two singles on cover to Oxford, plate 14 (15) plus entire from Bristol, plate 15 (18) plus strip of eight and on fine Scottish wrapper, plate 16 (10) plus covers from Ireland and Norwich, plate 17 (21), plate 18 (14) plus cover, (23) including a pair, plate 20 (20) plus cover; plate 31 (15) including grey-blue Maltese Cross (cut into one side), plate 32 (16), plate 33 (14) including PA state 2 re-entry, another example on cover, plate 34 (23) including number "6" in cross, distinctive crosses and horizontal pair, also1843 London cover with small "1" in centre of the cross, plate 35 (13), plate 38 (18) including pair and "9" in cross, plate 37 (11) with "6" in cross and cover from Ireland, plate 38 (11), plate 39 (11); an attractive selection of later plates which includes plate 48 block of four, plate 57 strip of four, plate 58 pair with faint blue cancellation, plate 67 strip of three with blue Irish numeral, plate 76 block of twelve and strip of six, plate 81 block of four with blue numeral, strip of ten, plate 86 block of six, plate 92 strip of four, plate 98 strip of ten on cover from Kelso, plate 100 strip of four, strip of three on very blued paper with inverted watermark and block of four on cover, plate 105 pair on cover, plate 112 block of ten on cover (creased), some later plates plus several additional varieties and ranges of ivory heads, a wide selection of the different shades and others. The majority are fine to very fine making a most attractive and valuable collection

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£6,500