Queen Victoria

Lot number 2895 Quality: 0

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N° 2 “1p. black”, light red central Maltese cross cancel, very fine (S.G. £375)

Lot number 2896 Quality: 0

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N° 4 "1840 - 2d. deep full blue" in horizontal pair, close four-margin, very fine (S.G. +£2,400)

Lot number 2897 Quality: 0

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N° 5 “1840 – two pence blue”, four-margin stamp, appears almost uncancelled, small black spots, slight scuff, fine/to be checked (S.G. £900)

Lot number 2898 Quality: ✉

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1842 Rare international business letter: Anglo-French commercial correspondence via the London Foreign Office to Lyon, addressed to Garcin Noally & Cote, franked with an 1840 “2d. – plate I”, “lettered RE” with red “Maltese Cross”; the letter is of great postal-historical interest due to this combination; the stamp has four fine margins, very fine (S.G. £2,750 for a standard domestic letter, so this letter is considerably more valuable)

Lot number 2899 Quality: ✉

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1858 and 1870 N° 26 (Yv.), “1P red”, block of four; letter from Colchester, dated 26 December 1858, to Ostend; second letter with 3 individual stamps, from London, dated 9 September 1870, to Le Havre (France), very fine

Lot number 2900 Quality: ✉

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1870 Yv. 26, 1 copy, and Yv. 27, in a pair, letter from Liverpool (466), dated 14 October 1870, to Bordeaux (France), PD cancellation in a red circle, very fine

Lot number 2901 Quality: ✉

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1871 Yv. 27, in a strip of 3, letter from Liverpool (466), dated 17 June 1871, to Bordeaux (France), PD cancellation in a red circle, very fine

Lot number 2902 Quality: ✉

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1872 N° 26 (Yv.) “1P red”, strip of 3, letter from Liverpool (466), dated 4 April 1872, to Bordeaux (France), insufficiently franked, fine cancellation “Insufficiently Stamped” in black, handwritten “2” and “9”, “PD” cancellation in a red circle is cancelled, very fine

Lot number 2903 Quality: ✉

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1878 Yv. 26, in a pair with Yv. 49 (1/2 penny), letter envelope from Liverpool (466), 18 May 1878, to Kralingen (Rotterdam – Netherlands), without PD cancellation, very fine

Lot number 2904 Quality: ✉

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1883 Empty envelope, from Bath (England), Yv. 67 and 73 (2x), to Gironde (France), with additional charge of "50c." (Yv. 17/18 TX), fine cancellation on the front from Calais à Paris 1°, dated 7 May 1883, very fine

Lot number 2905 Quality: ✉

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1899 Yv. 73, “1P violet”, 16 pearls, in a block of four, envelope from “Rotherham”, dated 26 October 1899, to Birmingham, special delivery letter, very fine