USED GREAT BRITAIN #33 VICTORIAN ERA POSTMARKS BY LETTERS & PLATES - - You are bidding on quite a comprehensive collection of Great Britain #33 Penny Reds, the 1p Rose Red Queen Victoria mounted on 80 gridlined pages in a Byron springback album. There are a total 1270 stamps arranged by letter A-A, A-B, A-C on through to T-J, T-K, T-L. Includes notations of plate numbers as well as identification of towns by numeral cancellation marks. Virtually all plate numbers are represented except for #77 and #225. And all letter combinations are included with one to over 8 copies for each letter combination.
There are 1063 stamps with catalogue values between $3.00 and $9.00. Then there are another 212 stamps with catalogue values above $9.00 as follows:
Plate Quantity
Number
88 3
101 2
105 6
110 9
113 6
114 6
116 4
121 6
129 8
131 3
132 1
133 2
135 2
136 3
139 12
141 2
142 7
143 8
144 7
151 8
153 6
168 5
188 2
189 3
194 6
195 7
196 5 (one with inverted watermark)
197 6
202 5
203 7
206 3
207 4
208 6 (one with inverted watermark)
209 2
210 8
211 2
212 2
213 4
214 3
215 4
216 4
217 3
218 2
219 1
220 2
221 2
222 1
223 1
224 1
Most of the stamps are sound with a few on piece as well as a few pairs and inverted watermarks noted above. Obviously damaged stamps were not counted in the catalogue value, although you can expect some with cut or short perfs and an occasional thin. Some are on piece.
A very nice collection in a pristine album with dust cover and includes a Linn's Stamp News article on Collect Victorian-era Cancels on Penny Reds. See scans.
Catalogue value is 6723.75.
Scans at 1.5X and photos show samplings from the collection. The first two are scans showing the page with A-A, A-B, A-C and the page with T-J, T-K, T-L. The next three scans show the Linn's article and then the next several show samplings of the pages as well as album and dust cover condition. Scans of other pages or specifically for higher value catalgue plate numbers will be made available upon request.
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