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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 74 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 1st October 2021 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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Lot 801 | [ C ] |
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 802 | [ O ] |
1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered 'DH', centered right and with neat Glasgow cds. Weak corner perf at bottom right, otherwise of fine appearance. SG 128, cat £3200  | ||
| Lot 803 | [ CIN ] |
1889 'The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case' published by Emberlin and Son featuring folded stamp case with G.B. 1887 Jubilee issue ½d (both colours) to 1/- in place (part OG and generally fine), the two 1d pockets are empty, plus the accompanying booklet 'Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing' by Lewis Carroll. All fine and containing in original envelope (some creasing). Very scarce  | ||
| Lot 804 | [ ** ] |
1925 British Empire Expedition 1d Scarlet (13) and 1½d Brown (8) in various multiples, also 1924 1d (7) fresh MUH, some perf separation in places. SG432-33, cat £605 (28)  | ||
| Lot 805 | [ C ] |
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 806 | [ C ] |
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  | ||
