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Lots (1639)
Isle of Wight: 1830 Entire to London bearing RYDE JY 1830 arc in orange-red, paid 8d, usual folds.
Isle of Wight: 1835 Entire Letter Newport to Portsmouth bearing 4 charge mark and a crisp NEWPORT / ISLE OF WIGHT dated cancel on reverse.
Isle of Wight: 1837 Entire Newport to Norfolk with 8d charge mark crossed out and changed to 11d for double letter rate weighing over 1/4 oz. Newport part b/s and London transit in red.
Isle of Wight: 1840 Entire Newport to Portsmouth bearing 1 charge mark in red crayon and a crisp NEWPORT / DEC 25 / 1840 / ISLE OF WIGHT dated cancel in red, applied on Christmas Day! First Christmas of the uniform penny post. Scarce.
Isle of Wight: 1867-71 NEWPORT 560 numeral cancels on eight covers mainly from the same correspondence bearing 1d plates neatly cancel duplex and NEWPORT D cds. Some mixed. (8).
1840 1d black (AC) four margin example with neatly struck red Maltese Cross cancel, stain from Linseed oil, sound.
1840 1d black (DE) 4 margin example on paper with nice red MX cancel, balanced margins. Tones.
1840 1d black (LC) 4 margin example on paper with black MX, severely torn, closed tear, nice spacefiller.
1840 1d black (LE) fine used part red MX cancel on a superb four margin example, tied to paper.
1840 1d black (TA) fine unused part original gum example, with very close 2 margins, neatly cut on other two sides, taken 'as is'. Cat £7,500.
1840 2d blue (BI) very fine four margin example with neatly struck red Maltese Cross cancel, thinning from hinge removal, fine looker.
1840 2d Blue (GJ) 4 close margins cancelled with black MX no faults.
