Great Britain Specialised
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Lot 2001
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL "THE POST CIRCULAR" 4-PAGE NEWSPAPER, ISSUE "No.2": Very fine and complete 21 Mar. 1838 issue of "The Post Circular" (folded neatly to fit on an album page - ex binding) which was the pivotal weapon in Henry Cole's arsenal of 'Mercantile Papers' propaganda. Cole even managed to register this as a 'real' newspaper and so it had to be carried for free by the P.O.(!), so there is a fine red "POST/CIRCULAR/NEWSPAPER" 1d Tax Stampon the back page (folded neatly to display it beside the mast-head). The contents start with a 1½-page report on Wallace's important 9 May 1837 motion in the Commons "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report what alterations and reductions may be made in the present [postal] rates, and under the present mode of charging postage, or by the adoption of the principle and mode proposed in a pamphlet by Mr. Rowland Hill...". That is followed by lists of recent "PETITIONS FOR REDUCTION OF POSTAGE" from around the country inc. the City of London, news of sittings of the Select Committee on Postage, a letter about crazy high local rates in Somerset, and news of the P.O. wrongly charging some 600 'Post Circulars' (correctly posted free). There is also a small amount of non-postal news (to justify it being a newspaper), and a full back-page advert for various school books and publications of "F. de Porquet". This is MCP2/02b (see JG-T's 'International Postal Reforms', p.338); only three other examples are recorded in private hands. Highly Important Exhibition Item. [Ex the George Moffatt set of Mercantile Papers, 1988.] [The similar Post Circulars, Nos. 5 & 11, sold in Cavendish's Mar. 2024 auction, lots 1245 & 1248, for £1,736 & £1,984 inc. BP respectively.]
Estimate: £2000Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2001
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL "THE POST CIRCULAR" 4-PAGE NEWSPAPER, ISSUE "No.2": Very fine and complete 21 Mar. 1838 issue of "The Post Circular" (folded neatly to fit on an album page - ex binding) which was the pivotal weapon in Henry Cole's arsenal of 'Mercantile Papers' propaganda. Cole even managed to register this as a 'real' newspaper and so it had to be carried for free by the P.O.(!), so there is a fine red "POST/CIRCULAR/NEWSPAPER" 1d Tax Stampon the back page (folded neatly to display it beside the mast-head). The contents start with a 1½-page report on Wallace's important 9 May 1837 motion in the Commons "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report what alterations and reductions may be made in the present [postal] rates, and under the present mode of charging postage, or by the adoption of the principle and mode proposed in a pamphlet by Mr. Rowland Hill...". That is followed by lists of recent "PETITIONS FOR REDUCTION OF POSTAGE" from around the country inc. the City of London, news of sittings of the Select Committee on Postage, a letter about crazy high local rates in Somerset, and news of the P.O. wrongly charging some 600 'Post Circulars' (correctly posted free). There is also a small amount of non-postal news (to justify it being a newspaper), and a full back-page advert for various school books and publications of "F. de Porquet". This is MCP2/02b (see JG-T's 'International Postal Reforms', p.338); only three other examples are recorded in private hands. Highly Important Exhibition Item. [Ex the George Moffatt set of Mercantile Papers, 1988.] [The similar Post Circulars, Nos. 5 & 11, sold in Cavendish's Mar. 2024 auction, lots 1245 & 1248, for £1,736 & £1,984 inc. BP respectively.]
Estimate: £2000 ×
Lot 2002
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL "THE POST CIRCULAR" NEWSPAPER "No. 6" - THE 8-PAGE "DOUBLE NUMBER": Very fine and complete 4 May 1838 issue of "The Post Circular" (with Henry Cole's pencil number "9" at top of first page; folded neatly to fit on an album page - ex binding so LH margin slightly rough, but neatly folded under) with a fine red "POST/CIRCULAR/NEWSPAPER" 1d Tax Stampon an inside page. The contents start with a short summary of "The plan proposed by Mr. Hill" ending with an advert for his pamphlet. There are then 1½-pages of reports of pro-Cheap Postage public & other meetings held in Manchester, Greenock, Edinburgh & Gateshead, a page of extracts from the Select Committee on Postage's verbal evidence (ref. projected increases in Insurance Co. and Institution of Civil Engineers mailings if a 1d rate started), and a summary of "ancient rates of postage" (1635-1711). That is followed by lists of recent "PETITIONS FOR REDUCTION OF POSTAGE" from around the country, a summary of an article of the London & Wmr. Review, regional reactions to the Posta Circular itself, an open letter from Rowland Hill to the Chancellor about transport costs for increased mail sizes and ref. the growing support for (and number of petitions in favour of) "Post-office Reform", varied letters and comments on a whole host of other Postal Reform topics. There is also a full back-page advert for an Insurance Co. This is MCP2/06 (see JG-T's 'International Postal Reforms', p.338); only three other examples are recorded in private hands. Highly Important Exhibition Item. [Ex the John Dillon set of Mercantile Papers, 1998.] [The similar Post Circulars, Nos. 5 & 11, sold in Cavendish's Mar. 2024 auction, lots 1245 & 1248, for £1,736 & £1,984 inc. BP respectively.] Cross Reference : NEWSPAPER MAIL
Estimate: £2000Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2002
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL "THE POST CIRCULAR" NEWSPAPER "No. 6" - THE 8-PAGE "DOUBLE NUMBER": Very fine and complete 4 May 1838 issue of "The Post Circular" (with Henry Cole's pencil number "9" at top of first page; folded neatly to fit on an album page - ex binding so LH margin slightly rough, but neatly folded under) with a fine red "POST/CIRCULAR/NEWSPAPER" 1d Tax Stampon an inside page. The contents start with a short summary of "The plan proposed by Mr. Hill" ending with an advert for his pamphlet. There are then 1½-pages of reports of pro-Cheap Postage public & other meetings held in Manchester, Greenock, Edinburgh & Gateshead, a page of extracts from the Select Committee on Postage's verbal evidence (ref. projected increases in Insurance Co. and Institution of Civil Engineers mailings if a 1d rate started), and a summary of "ancient rates of postage" (1635-1711). That is followed by lists of recent "PETITIONS FOR REDUCTION OF POSTAGE" from around the country, a summary of an article of the London & Wmr. Review, regional reactions to the Posta Circular itself, an open letter from Rowland Hill to the Chancellor about transport costs for increased mail sizes and ref. the growing support for (and number of petitions in favour of) "Post-office Reform", varied letters and comments on a whole host of other Postal Reform topics. There is also a full back-page advert for an Insurance Co. This is MCP2/06 (see JG-T's 'International Postal Reforms', p.338); only three other examples are recorded in private hands. Highly Important Exhibition Item. [Ex the John Dillon set of Mercantile Papers, 1998.] [The similar Post Circulars, Nos. 5 & 11, sold in Cavendish's Mar. 2024 auction, lots 1245 & 1248, for £1,736 & £1,984 inc. BP respectively.] Cross Reference : NEWSPAPER MAIL
Estimate: £2000 ×
Lot 2003
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - RARE "HENRY COLE" CIRCULAR SEEKING SUPPORT FOR "UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE": 24 May 1839 printed circular in the handwriting of and "signed" by Henry Cole himself; ideal size (126 x 206mm) for mounting on an album page and with Henry Cole's own pencil "31" in the top right corner; also exceptionally having a few words inked over in Cole's own manuscript ("13" & "London" in the heading, plus part of "successful" in the body of the text). It was sent to most British Chambers of Commerce (identified as such in Cole's own printed MCP listing) just as the campaign for Cheap postage reached the critical stage; "The London Mercantile Committee on Postage have directed me to request you to call the attention of your association to the Subscription for promoting the Uniform Penny Postage... to enable them to bring their labours hitherto successful to a triumphant issue...". Highly significant and rare Cheap Postage Committee circular from the man who was to become Rowland Hill's right-hand man in 1839/40 to oversee the introduction of postage stamps and Cheap Postage (JG-T's MPI/04). Attractive and highly significant Exhibition 'Page One' Item. One of only two examples recorded in private hands. [Ex George Moffatt's 'Mercantile Papers' set, Harmers Oct. 1988.] [The similar Mar. 1839 "Henry Hooper" 'signed' circular in Cavendish's Dec. 2022 auction, lot 891, realised £2,200+BP.]
Estimate: £2000Realised: £1400
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2003
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - RARE "HENRY COLE" CIRCULAR SEEKING SUPPORT FOR "UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE": 24 May 1839 printed circular in the handwriting of and "signed" by Henry Cole himself; ideal size (126 x 206mm) for mounting on an album page and with Henry Cole's own pencil "31" in the top right corner; also exceptionally having a few words inked over in Cole's own manuscript ("13" & "London" in the heading, plus part of "successful" in the body of the text). It was sent to most British Chambers of Commerce (identified as such in Cole's own printed MCP listing) just as the campaign for Cheap postage reached the critical stage; "The London Mercantile Committee on Postage have directed me to request you to call the attention of your association to the Subscription for promoting the Uniform Penny Postage... to enable them to bring their labours hitherto successful to a triumphant issue...". Highly significant and rare Cheap Postage Committee circular from the man who was to become Rowland Hill's right-hand man in 1839/40 to oversee the introduction of postage stamps and Cheap Postage (JG-T's MPI/04). Attractive and highly significant Exhibition 'Page One' Item. One of only two examples recorded in private hands. [Ex George Moffatt's 'Mercantile Papers' set, Harmers Oct. 1988.] [The similar Mar. 1839 "Henry Hooper" 'signed' circular in Cavendish's Dec. 2022 auction, lot 891, realised £2,200+BP.]
Estimate: £2000 Realised: £1400 ×
Lot 2004
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - RARE HENRY COLE "FRESH...POWERS" CIRCULAR REF. NEED "TO PROVIDE STAMPS", ETC.: c.10 July 1839 folded printed double-sheet (foolscap size; neatly folded to fit an album page) by Henry Cole entitled "WHAT FRESH LEGISLATIVE POWERS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PENNY POSTAGE PLAN" designed to reassure people that existing laws were almost all that was needed, but identifying just three new powers were needed; "1st To provide Stamps, and make the issue of them legal; and the abuse, penal. 2nd To abolish Franking. 3rd And to clear up doubts about charging by weight." Fascinating and important document showing that there was very little remaining to be organised before Cheap Postage (and Postage Stamps) could come into being. One of the very last Mercantile Papers to be issued; the Act came into effect on 17 August 1839. (JG-T's MP8/18). Attractive and highly significant Exhibition 'Page One' Item. One of only three examples recorded in private hands. [Ex John Dillon's 'Mercantile Papers' set, Spink 1998.]
Estimate: £1500Realised: £1100
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2004
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - RARE HENRY COLE "FRESH...POWERS" CIRCULAR REF. NEED "TO PROVIDE STAMPS", ETC.: c.10 July 1839 folded printed double-sheet (foolscap size; neatly folded to fit an album page) by Henry Cole entitled "WHAT FRESH LEGISLATIVE POWERS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE PENNY POSTAGE PLAN" designed to reassure people that existing laws were almost all that was needed, but identifying just three new powers were needed; "1st To provide Stamps, and make the issue of them legal; and the abuse, penal. 2nd To abolish Franking. 3rd And to clear up doubts about charging by weight." Fascinating and important document showing that there was very little remaining to be organised before Cheap Postage (and Postage Stamps) could come into being. One of the very last Mercantile Papers to be issued; the Act came into effect on 17 August 1839. (JG-T's MP8/18). Attractive and highly significant Exhibition 'Page One' Item. One of only three examples recorded in private hands. [Ex John Dillon's 'Mercantile Papers' set, Spink 1998.]
Estimate: £1500 Realised: £1100 ×
Lot 2005
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL GIANT "UNIFORM Penny Postage... A PETITION Lies here...ONLY ONE DAY" POSTER: [c.4] July 1839 wall poster (c.24 inches wide by 19½ inches high) produced by the 'Mercantile Committee on Postage' for the final stage of their campaign for Cheap Postage, encouraging Londoners to sign Petitions in favour of Uniform Penny Postage, just before the final crucial votes in Parliament. This is MP3/12 of which only two other examples have been recorded, and this is in much the best condition of the three. It has been carefully professionally rebacked with only two main folds; only small parts of a few letters of the text have been retouched in pencil. [See JG-T's 2020 "International Postal Reforms", pp.338-341, for listings of all recorded Mercantile Papers.] [Ex the John Dillon set of Mercantile Papers, 1998.]
Estimate: £750Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2005
POSTAL REFORMS - MERCANTILE PAPERS - ORIGINAL GIANT "UNIFORM Penny Postage... A PETITION Lies here...ONLY ONE DAY" POSTER: [c.4] July 1839 wall poster (c.24 inches wide by 19½ inches high) produced by the 'Mercantile Committee on Postage' for the final stage of their campaign for Cheap Postage, encouraging Londoners to sign Petitions in favour of Uniform Penny Postage, just before the final crucial votes in Parliament. This is MP3/12 of which only two other examples have been recorded, and this is in much the best condition of the three. It has been carefully professionally rebacked with only two main folds; only small parts of a few letters of the text have been retouched in pencil. [See JG-T's 2020 "International Postal Reforms", pp.338-341, for listings of all recorded Mercantile Papers.] [Ex the John Dillon set of Mercantile Papers, 1998.]
Estimate: £750 ×
Lot 2006
POSTAL REFORMS - 10 JAN. 1840 - VERY RARE FIRST DAY BLACK EDINBURGH HANDSTRUCK "2" MARK ON UNPAID COVER: 10 Jan. 1840 local E sent unpaid within Edinburgh with a mainly very fine strike of Edinburgh's Handstruck "2" in black on the front - a First Day Usage on unpaid Uniform Penny Postage mail with a mainly fine Edinr. red "JAN/+ 1[0] F/1840" cds (light fold) nicely placed on the top flap. Fortunately the filing note is very clear - "10 January 1840, John Morrison SSC Ans[were]d. 10th" - which proves the date of the cover. If posted on Jan. 9th, the rate would have been 1d (the 2d rate had then been for unpaid Edinburgh country POs' mail). "SSC" stands for 'Solicitor to the Supreme Court' in Scotland. Arguably the most difficult U.P.P. First Day Cover to find; the Handstruck "2" in black used on this date is very seldom seen. [The similar Edinburgh FDC hs "2" cover in Cavendish's Jan. 2005 auction, lot 726, realised £1,300 + BP. We have not sold any other hs 10 Jan. FDCs in the last 25 years, except for two Catterick "2" fronts.] Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SCOTLAND, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD
Estimate: £750Realised: £550
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2006
POSTAL REFORMS - 10 JAN. 1840 - VERY RARE FIRST DAY BLACK EDINBURGH HANDSTRUCK "2" MARK ON UNPAID COVER: 10 Jan. 1840 local E sent unpaid within Edinburgh with a mainly very fine strike of Edinburgh's Handstruck "2" in black on the front - a First Day Usage on unpaid Uniform Penny Postage mail with a mainly fine Edinr. red "JAN/+ 1[0] F/1840" cds (light fold) nicely placed on the top flap. Fortunately the filing note is very clear - "10 January 1840, John Morrison SSC Ans[were]d. 10th" - which proves the date of the cover. If posted on Jan. 9th, the rate would have been 1d (the 2d rate had then been for unpaid Edinburgh country POs' mail). "SSC" stands for 'Solicitor to the Supreme Court' in Scotland. Arguably the most difficult U.P.P. First Day Cover to find; the Handstruck "2" in black used on this date is very seldom seen. [The similar Edinburgh FDC hs "2" cover in Cavendish's Jan. 2005 auction, lot 726, realised £1,300 + BP. We have not sold any other hs 10 Jan. FDCs in the last 25 years, except for two Catterick "2" fronts.] Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SCOTLAND, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD
Estimate: £750 Realised: £550 ×
Lot 2007
POSTAL REFORMS - JAMES CHALMERS - POSTAL REFORMER & TREASURY COMPETITION ENTRANT - CIRCULAR REF. MAIL COACHES: 1 June 1841 privately printed Anti-Sabbatarian circular entitled "REMARKS ON THE EFFECTS OF MAIL-COACH STOPPAGE ON THE SABBATH-DAY" (folds to fit album page) giving the texts of a 26 Mar. 1841 letter from Chalmers that appeared in the Aberdeen & Perthshire papers (being taken up by the London 'Sun' and other papers soon after). He added extra paragraphs for this circular version. This circular – the only example in private hands– was found in 1966, in the personal papers of Chalmers' friend George Duncan (1791-1878; an M.P. and wealthy Dundee merchant) with some original Chalmers Treasury Essays. He outlines his opinion that by stopping mail coaches on Sundays would hamper both trade and communications. An unusual pro-Sunday Working Propaganda item. [Ex 'Duncan Papers', Harmers 1966.] Cross Reference : SCOTLAND, TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC.
Estimate: £200Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2007
POSTAL REFORMS - JAMES CHALMERS - POSTAL REFORMER & TREASURY COMPETITION ENTRANT - CIRCULAR REF. MAIL COACHES: 1 June 1841 privately printed Anti-Sabbatarian circular entitled "REMARKS ON THE EFFECTS OF MAIL-COACH STOPPAGE ON THE SABBATH-DAY" (folds to fit album page) giving the texts of a 26 Mar. 1841 letter from Chalmers that appeared in the Aberdeen & Perthshire papers (being taken up by the London 'Sun' and other papers soon after). He added extra paragraphs for this circular version. This circular – the only example in private hands– was found in 1966, in the personal papers of Chalmers' friend George Duncan (1791-1878; an M.P. and wealthy Dundee merchant) with some original Chalmers Treasury Essays. He outlines his opinion that by stopping mail coaches on Sundays would hamper both trade and communications. An unusual pro-Sunday Working Propaganda item. [Ex 'Duncan Papers', Harmers 1966.] Cross Reference : SCOTLAND, TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC.
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 2008
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT FROM THE ORIGINAL BRASS ENGRAVING: An unused proof of the front design without value, on thin India paper (260 x 208 mm). Small tear well clear of the design at lower left.
Estimate: £750Realised: £1500
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2008
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT FROM THE ORIGINAL BRASS ENGRAVING: An unused proof of the front design without value, on thin India paper (260 x 208 mm). Small tear well clear of the design at lower left.
Estimate: £750 Realised: £1500 ×
Lot 2009
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT FROM THE ORIGINAL BRASS ENGRAVING: A fine example on green wove paper (223 x 141 mm). Very presentable and scarce. SG Spec. MP6 £4,000.
Estimate: £750Realised: £3000
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2009
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT FROM THE ORIGINAL BRASS ENGRAVING: A fine example on green wove paper (223 x 141 mm). Very presentable and scarce. SG Spec. MP6 £4,000.
Estimate: £750 Realised: £3000 ×
Lot 2010
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT WITHOUT VALUE TAKEN FROM THE BRASS ENGRAVING: A fine proof on wove paper (238 x 202 mm) folded down to 166 x 113 mm. Small faults.
Estimate: £400Realised: £1100
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2010
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - c.1839 PROOF OF THE MULREADY FRONT WITHOUT VALUE TAKEN FROM THE BRASS ENGRAVING: A fine proof on wove paper (238 x 202 mm) folded down to 166 x 113 mm. Small faults.
Estimate: £400 Realised: £1100 ×
Lot 2011
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - THOMPSON'S STEREOTYPE PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER: Three proofs of the front on India paper with the value tablet cut away from Thompson's State I (3) with various degrees of shading and one from State II. All mounted on thin card. Fine and scarce.
Estimate: £500Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2011
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - THOMPSON'S STEREOTYPE PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER: Three proofs of the front on India paper with the value tablet cut away from Thompson's State I (3) with various degrees of shading and one from State II. All mounted on thin card. Fine and scarce.
Estimate: £500 ×
Lot 2012
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - THOMPSON STEREOTYPE PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER: Two proofs of Thompson's State II & State III on thin paper Both without face values. One with small faults, one fine.
Estimate: £240Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2012
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - THOMPSON STEREOTYPE PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER: Two proofs of Thompson's State II & State III on thin paper Both without face values. One with small faults, one fine.
Estimate: £240 ×
Lot 2013
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 20 Mar. 1840 ESSAY PROOF ON WOVE PAPER OF THOMPSON'S PLATE - WHITING'S ENGINE TURNED FRAME & UNADOPTED INFORMATION PANELS: Some folds which is normal on such essays. The inscriptions for "Thompson" and "Mulready at the foot of the design have not been engraved and there are distinctive marks both on the left and right of the design. An important Mulready proof. SG Spec. MP7 £25,000.
Estimate: £5000Realised: £7000
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2013
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 20 Mar. 1840 ESSAY PROOF ON WOVE PAPER OF THOMPSON'S PLATE - WHITING'S ENGINE TURNED FRAME & UNADOPTED INFORMATION PANELS: Some folds which is normal on such essays. The inscriptions for "Thompson" and "Mulready at the foot of the design have not been engraved and there are distinctive marks both on the left and right of the design. An important Mulready proof. SG Spec. MP7 £25,000.
Estimate: £5000 Realised: £7000 ×
Lot 2014
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY ENVELOPE PROOF OF THE COMPLETED DESIGN: A complete proof of Stereo A133 with ms "PROOF" in ink over the value tablet. Also has portions of two further proofs inc. Stereo A132 which are attached but almost completely torn away. Some faults but scarce.
Estimate: £300Realised: £700
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2014
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY ENVELOPE PROOF OF THE COMPLETED DESIGN: A complete proof of Stereo A133 with ms "PROOF" in ink over the value tablet. Also has portions of two further proofs inc. Stereo A132 which are attached but almost completely torn away. Some faults but scarce.
Estimate: £300 Realised: £700 ×
Lot 2015
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY ON GRANITE PAPER: An unused example on granite paper with unallocated Stereo A183. Small faults but scarce.
Estimate: £140Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2015
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY ON GRANITE PAPER: An unused example on granite paper with unallocated Stereo A183. Small faults but scarce.
Estimate: £140 ×
Lot 2016
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET- "SPECIMEN": A front and part back Forme 1, Stereo A10 with ink ms "Specimen"over the value tablet. Fine.
Estimate: £120Realised: £800
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2016
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET- "SPECIMEN": A front and part back Forme 1, Stereo A10 with ink ms "Specimen"over the value tablet. Fine.
Estimate: £120 Realised: £800 ×
Lot 2017
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 2d MULREADY "Cancelled": 1840 2d env. Forme 1, Stereo a209 with vertical ms "Cancelled". Fine.
Estimate: £120Realised: £460
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2017
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1840 2d MULREADY "Cancelled": 1840 2d env. Forme 1, Stereo a209 with vertical ms "Cancelled". Fine.
Estimate: £120 Realised: £460 ×
Lot 2018
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - ** 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET SENT AT THE QUADRUPLE RATE: 5 Apr. 1841 1d letter sheet with number covered by a wax seal used from Beverley to York with black MX cancellation and ms "P 3". Usual folds.
Estimate: £140Realised: £260
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2018
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - ** 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET SENT AT THE QUADRUPLE RATE: 5 Apr. 1841 1d letter sheet with number covered by a wax seal used from Beverley to York with black MX cancellation and ms "P 3". Usual folds.
Estimate: £140 Realised: £260 ×
Lot 2019
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - RARE 1d MULREADY FRONT TO INDIA: 1 July 1840 1d Mulready front used from London with a very smudged red MX and "PAID" tombstone ds "via Marseilles" with ms "Paid 3/6½d" to "Robert N Campbell/Commanding Naer Brigade/Travancore/By Bombay". Displays well.
Estimate: £100Realised: £900
Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2019
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - RARE 1d MULREADY FRONT TO INDIA: 1 July 1840 1d Mulready front used from London with a very smudged red MX and "PAID" tombstone ds "via Marseilles" with ms "Paid 3/6½d" to "Robert N Campbell/Commanding Naer Brigade/Travancore/By Bombay". Displays well.
Estimate: £100 Realised: £900 ×
Lot 2020
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET BEARING 1d BLACK: 3 Aug. 1840 with Stereo number removed used from Chippenham to The Strand, London (horizontal crease) bearing a centrally cancelled but untied 1d plate 2 KL (cut along frameline at top). A fine matching red MX cancelling Britannia.
Estimate: £1500Great Britain Specialised, Lot 2020
THE GEORGE LANE COLLECTION OF MULREADY STATIONERY - 1d MULREADY LETTER SHEET BEARING 1d BLACK: 3 Aug. 1840 with Stereo number removed used from Chippenham to The Strand, London (horizontal crease) bearing a centrally cancelled but untied 1d plate 2 KL (cut along frameline at top). A fine matching red MX cancelling Britannia.
Estimate: £1500 ×