1840 1d Black Plate 8 lettered 'SD' (good margins three sides, close to just touching at left) used on 1841 (7 Jan) outer (lower flap missing) from Leeds to London, cancelled indistinct Maltese Cross. Few marks on back flap, and slight overall Soiling
Lot 1105
Estimate: $250
1925 British Empire Expedition 1d Scarlet (20) and 1½d Brown (8) in various multiples, fresh MUH, some perf separation in places. SG432-33, cat £620 (28)
Lot 1106
Estimate: $50
Realised Price : $44
Stamp Booklets: small range of QEII Wilding Booklets, with 1/- vending machine booklets (4), 2/- salmon cover, 2/- yellow cover Apr 1961 (4), 2/- Holiday booklet, 3/- Jan 1959 and Aug 1959 (2), 4/6d Apr 1959 (2), Jun 1959 (3), 5/- Jan 1959, Jul 1959, and 10/- undated (1961), all fine (20)
Lot 1107
Estimate: $120
Interesting range of 1950s-1980s covers, with group of British European Airways Letter Service covers, 1971 Postal Strike (incl a few mint stamps) and other postal 'go slow' covers, express delivery, various instructional and tax markings, paquebot covers, etc. Generally very fine (24)
Lot 1108
Estimate: $150T
1799 (2 Feb) entire written from H.M. Sloop "Trinkamaly" in Bombay Harbour addressed to Admiral John Duckworth, Captain of H.M.S. "Leviathan" at Plymouth Dock, Devon. Apparently carried by hand and put in the post in London (AU ?? 99 datestamp), rated '8' in black. The "Leviathan" took part on the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and from 1916 until 1844 served as a convict hulk at Portsmouth housing convicts awaiting deportation to Botany Bay
