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 | Lot #516 GREAT BRITAIN 1840 2p blue, lettered "RI", black Maltese Cross cancel, full to clear margins all around, fine (SG 5) O Catalog #2 Catalog Value £675 | Price Realized $220.00
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 | Lot #517 GREAT BRITAIN 1857 (July 2) cover from "The Nautilus Submarine Company" (backflap embossing) to New York, also same company's letterhead dated September 4th, plus a FL from Liverpool to the company at its London address. In addition, there is another letter from Liverpool to the builder of Nautilus offering congratulations for the successful trials of his submarine in London (1857). "The Nautilus" was designed between 1793 and 1797 by the American inventor Robert Fulton, then living in the French First Republic. He proposed to the Directory that they subsidize its construction as a means to balance British sea power, but he was turned down. His second proposal to them was that he be paid nothing until the Nautilus had sunk British shipping, and then only a small percentage of the prize money. Again, the design was rejected. Fulton directed his next proposal to the Minister of Marine, who finally granted him permission to build. While it is believed that Jules Verne based his Nautilus on Fulton's invention, it is possible
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 | Lot #518 GREAT BRITAIN 1879 3p rose, plate 20, beautiful color, small h.r., fresh and fine (SG 144) * Catalog #61 Catalog Value £650 | Price Realized $625.00
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 | Lot #519 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 1p violet brown, three different Perkins, Bacons essays, including one imperf. in mauve, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f. E
| Price Realized $300.00
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 | Lot #520 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 1p red, three different Perkins, Bacons essays, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f. E
| Price Realized $350.00
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 | Lot #521 GREAT BRITAIN 1880 1 1/2p purple, Perkins, Bacons essay, plus two different 2p purple essays, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f. E
| Price Realized $300.00
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 | Lot #522 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 6p gray, plate 17, h.r., fine (SG 161) * Catalog #86 Catalog Value £400 | Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #523 GREAT BRITAIN 1880-81 1sh salmon, plate 14, fresh color, small h.r., fine (SG 163) * Catalog #87 Catalog Value £550 | Price Realized $325.00
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 | Lot #524 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 5sh rose, bluish paper, well centered, neat duplex postmark, tiny corner perf. creases, v.f. (SG 137) O Catalog #90 Catalog Value £3,200 | Unsold
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 | Lot #525 GREAT BRITAIN 1882 £5 orange, lettered C-F, perfectly centered, neat Edinburgh "Ju 29, 93" postmark (little oily), small perf. repairs, v.f. appearance, signed Diena (SG 137) O Catalog #93 Catalog Value £4,500 | Price Realized $1,700.00
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 | Lot #526 GREAT BRITAIN 1883 2sh6p lilac, white paper, well centered, l.h., fresh and v.f., signed Raybaudi (SG 178) * Catalog #96 Catalog Value £500 | Price Realized $230.00
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 | Lot #527 GREAT BRITAIN 1888 Victoria, £1 brown violet, watermarked Three Orbs, black London postmarks, well centered, crayon cancels removed and cleaned, fine appearance (SG 186) O Catalog #123 Catalog Value £3,800 | Price Realized $450.00
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 | Lot #528 GREAT BRITAIN 1891 Victoria, £1 green, unused with full original gum, h.r., natural gum creases, some pencil notations on back, v.f. (SG 212) * Catalog #124 Catalog Value £3,500 | Price Realized $2,700.00
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 | Lot #529 GREAT BRITAIN 1891 Victoria, £1 green, heavy Lombard cancels, fairly well centered, fine (SG 212) O Catalog #124 Catalog Value £700 | Price Realized $130.00
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 | Lot #530 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 Edward, 2sh6p lilac and 5sh carmine rose, well centered, small h.r., fresh and v.f. (SG 260,263) * Catalog #139-140 Catalog Value £575 | Price Realized $270.00
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 | Lot #531 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 Edward, 10sh ultramarine, heavy cancel, well centered, creases, v.f. appearance (SG 265) O Catalog #140 Catalog Value £450 | Price Realized $120.00
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 | Lot #532 GREAT BRITAIN 1902-11 Edward, £1 blue green, bright color, disturbed gum, fine, signed Kneitschel (SG 266) * Catalog #141 Catalog Value £2,000 | Price Realized $850.00
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 | Lot #533 GREAT BRITAIN 1913 £1 green, oval "Registered" cancel, v.f. (SG 403) O Catalog #176 Catalog Value £1,250 | Price Realized $700.00
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 | Lot #534 GREAT BRITAIN 1919 5sh carmine rose, Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., h.r., v.f. (SG 416) * Catalog #180 Catalog Value £250 | Price Realized $120.00
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 | Lot #535 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 PUC £1 black, right sheet margin single, stamp l.h., v.f. (SG 438) * Catalog #209 Catalog Value £750 | Price Realized $475.00
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 | Lot #536 GREAT BRITAIN 1929 PUC £1 black, light postmark, v.f. (SG 438) O Catalog #209 Catalog Value £550 | Price Realized $350.00
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 | Lot #537 GREAT BRITAIN 1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-52) * Catalog #222-24 Catalog Value £575 | Price Realized $260.00
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 | Lot #538 GREAT BRITAIN 1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-52) * Catalog #222-24 Catalog Value £575 | Price Realized $290.00
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 | Lot #539 GREAT BRITAIN 1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-52) * Catalog #222-24 Catalog Value £575 | Price Realized $290.00
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 | Lot #540 GREAT BRITAIN 1969 Christmas, 5p and 1sh6p, each gold (Queen's head) omitted, n.h., v.f. (SG 813c,814a) ** Catalog #606,607var Catalog Value £1,060 | Price Realized $475.00
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