15th Mar, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postal History & Postcards
6
Great Britain
The so-called white (or oxidised pink) Maltese cross of Cirencester, tying three-margins plate 8 penny black to a large part of cover incorporating clearly struck Cirencester Feb. 3rd 1841 datestamp. A good example of this interesting curiosity, accompanied by 1949 Philatelic Adviser with short article arguing for the authenticity of the white cross based on the Cirencester origin, and 1987 RPS certificate with the opposite opinion.
Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 15th Mar, 2023
This is once more an exciting sale with several family estate sections which include Irish and Great Britain new issues of the 1920s carefully stored for a century, a series of specialized Eastern Europe collections with excellent Batum and German local occupations of Poland, as well as extensive Great Britain singles with much line-engraved, and through to a very solid finale of postcard collections including a wonderful subject collection with forty Louis Wain, a strong aviation collection with 300 from the 1920s onwards, a large collection of Southern counties topography and much more.
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Tuesday 14 March 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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