Lot 345 Great Britain - Dubus Type 1, 2 & 28 Vertical Numeral London Duplex Cancels SC#20/79 1857-1863 1d Red Stars, Large Crown, White Paper, Perf. 14 Issue, All Very Scarce to Very Rare, 10 Good, VG, & Fine Used Singles, Estimated Value $100

10 good, VG, & fine used singles from the 1857-1863 1d Red Stars, Large Crown, White Paper, Perf. 14 Issue. W #1-2, 6, EC #60, 64, WC #5, 8, SW #4, NW #3 & 7, all very scarce to very rare. The Scott numbers range from 20 to 79, and include 20, 79. EC is east central district. #60 is Dubus type 28A. It is rated as scarce. #64 is also Dubus type 28A, but is only rated as not common. NW is the northwest district. #3 is Dubus type 1, and is rated as very scarce to extremely rare. This is also supposedly a plate 58, according to the pencil notation on the back. We have not verified it though. This is also the only fine stamp in the group. #7 is Dubus type 1 and is rated as extremely scarce to extremely rare. SW is southwest district. #4 is Dubus type 1 and is extremely rare. This stamp is also a cream paper, possible Savoy St. printing, as listed in Gibbons Specialized as C10(3) at 80 GBP. W is western district. #1 is Dubus type 1A, and is rated as extremely scarce. #2 is Dubus type 1B and is rated as scarce. Both of these stamps are cream paper printings. #6 is Dubus type 1B and is rated as rare. This also appears to be a printing on cream paper. WC is west central district. #5 is Dubus type 2 and is rated as very scarce. Two pencil notations identify this stamp as either plate 58 or 63.#8 is Dubus type 1 and is extremely rare. 2022 Scott Classic Cat $115. Our estimate of the value based on the condition is $100.

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.