Lot 338 Great Britain - Dubus Type 2-4 & 7 Vertical Numeral London Duplex Cancels SC#20 1d Rose Red 1857-1863 1d Red Stars, Large Crown, White Paper, Perf. 14, Various Districts, Different From Lot 337, 15 VG & Below Used Singles, Estimated Value $25

15 VG & Below used examples of the 1d rose red from the 1857-1863 1d Red Stars, Large Crown, White Paper, Perf. 14 Issue, W #11-12, SE #9 & 11, E #14, W #23 & 29, N #17-18, S #11, 17 & 19, and WC #11-13. N is Northern district. Both are Dubus type 2. #17 is rated as common, while #18 is rated as scarce, but has a visible pinhole. S is Southern district. All three are Dubus type 2, and are rated as either common or not common. #17 is on cream tinted paper and may be a Saville St. printing, as the later Fleet St. printings are on white paper. This lists in Gibbons specialized as C9A(3), with a value of 80 GBP. However, it is not dated. SE is Southeast District. #9 is Dubus type 3, and is rated as common, while #11 is Dubus type 4 and is rated as difficult. Again, this stamp is on cream tinted, rather than white paper. W is Western district. #11 and #12 are both Dubus type 2, and are rated as common. #12 is noted in pencil on the back as being plate 58, but we have not verified this. #23 and #29 are both Dubus type 4, with #23 being rated as common and #29 being rated as scarce. WC is West Central district. All three are Dubus type 7, and are rated as common. #12 is noted on the back as plate 60 and #13 is noted as plate 59, which may or may not be correct. E is eastern district. #14 is Dubus type 3, and is rated as difficult. That stamp is also on cream tinted, rather than white paper. 2022 Scott Classic Cat $172.5. Our estimate of the value based on the condition is $25.

The information about the cancellations for this week's auction is taken from two sources, both of which are available on the Royal Philatelic Society of London's website. The first publication is titled: Barred Numeral Cancellations of London, by John Parmenter. The second is titled: Inland Office Cancellations 1844-1868, The Horizontal Diamonds, by Brian Smith. Because the emphasis this week is on the cancellations, rather than the stamps, some stamps may have faults that are not specifically identified where we give the overall grade of the lot as either "ungraded" or "VG and below" or any grade below fine. Where we are grading stamps as fine or better, and in many cases VG, we will try to mention specific condition issues. It was common practice in the late 1800's to make streamers out of penny reds, so pinholes are a common occurrence with the used stamps. Corner or diagonal creases are the next most common fault. Our estimates reflect these issues though, with most of our estimates being in the $1 range for common cancels, $2 for uncommon cancels, $3 for difficult cancels, $4 for scarce cancels and $5-$10 for very scarce to very rare. For posterity we do mention the Scott and Gibbons catalogue values, but these generally only apply in instances where the stamps grade at least VG, and in most cases fine. So, most of the values we state are estimates based either on the cancellations, the condition, or both. For fine stamps we use 50% of the Scott or Gibbons values in our estimates, and 25% for VG, and 12% for good.