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10162

1d. red-brown, plate 9, horizontal strip of six, lettered OA-OF, cancelled with multiple strikes of black Maltese Cross, small imperfections, OA with crease and OC with small tear at top, attractive bright shade, a rare and fine-appearing multiple, being the second largest used strip from this plate recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index. Gi. AS59 = £1,425+ (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10163

1d. black, plate 10, lettered BC, second state with "O" flaw removed, margins close to large, small part original gum, small creases, but an extremely rare unused example; the only recorded unused second state from the 1d black plate 10 recorded in the Karl Louis Card Index. Cert RPSL (1976). AS68. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF1,800.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10164

1d. black, plate 10, lettered ML, mostly large margins including portion of sheet margin at right, showing ..."In Wetting the..." inscription, cancelled with black Maltese Cross, a few small marks not detracting from this appealing stamp. Gi. AS66 = £950+ (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF280.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10165

1d. black, plate 10, lettered QE, four good to large margins all around, cancelled with neatly-struck Maltese Cross in black, fine. Gi. AS66 = £950. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF420.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10166

1d. black, plate 10, five used singles, lettered FE, IF, IG, LB, and QE, each with four mostly good or better margins, FE just touching at right, and cancelled with Maltese Cross in black (2) or red (3), a chiefly fine and desirable group. Gi. AS66 = £4,750 (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10167

1d. black, plate 10, horizontal pair, lettered LD-LE, four good to large margins, close but clear at lower right, cancelled with indistinct Maltese Cross in black, light diagonal crease at upper right does not detract from its otherwise fine appearance, with pairs of this plate being quite scarce. Gi. AS66 = £3,500. (Image 1) (Image 2)

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10168

1d. black, plate 10, block of four, lettered EG-FH, large to very large margins all around, including portion of adjoining stamps at right, cancelled with Maltese Crosses in red, a scarce colour on examples from this plate, barest trace of pressed crease, of no consequence for this rare multiple, an important exhibition piece. Gi. AS66.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 24 January, 1945, as the original EJ-FL block of five; Collection "Victoria", Robson Lowe, 14 May, 1975, lot 37, as a block of five "...removed from a cover from Brecon."; Phillips, 7-8 May, 1987, lot 835, as the EG-FH block of four; Collection Shaida, Harmers of Switzerland, 13 February, 1992, lot 319; Collection "Tes", Christies Robson Lowe, 5 October, 1995, lot 274; Collection Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 15 March, 2001, lot 146; Collection Sayeed, Spink, May 2002, lot 2299.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF4,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10169

1d. black, plate 10, horizontal strip of six,lettered OA-OF, margins mostly ample to large, touching in places, tied to large part folded cover from Swansea to Cardiff by black Maltese Crosses, with Cardiff double-arc receiver (1 April, 1841) on front, OA and OD creased, other small flaws as expected with such a franking, rare, believed to be one of only three strips of six on cover extant from this plate of which this is by far the finest. Cert RPSL (2000). Gi. AS66.rnProvenance: Collection Seymour, Robson Lowe, 11 April, 1951, lot 285; Robson Lowe, 20 February, 1957, lot 139; Collection Ernest Hunt, Stanley Gibbons, 21-3 February, 1968; Collection "Daisy", Christies Robson Lowe, 8 October, 1996, lot 32; Collection Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 15 March, 2001, lot 149. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for CHF4,600.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10170

1d. red-brown, plate 10, lettered AB, large margins on three sides, close at right, unused, without gum, with distinctive Stage 3 of the "O" Flaw, a few small tone spots in margin, originally from the AA-AB pair ex-Griffiths. Gi. AS68 = £2,500.rnProvenance: John O. Griffiths Collection, Christies, 27 June 1985, lot 4242. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10171

1d. red-brown, plate 10, upper left corner marginal block of four, lettered AA-BB, showing plate "10" and inscription "PRICE 1d Per Label, 1/- Per Row...", good margins on other sides, unused, remarkably warm rich colour, an exceptional and rare block of tremendous beauty, and an important exhibition piece. Gi. AS68.rnProvenance: E.H. Williams Collection, as part of the famous "Williams Sheet", Harmers, 3-4 February 1938, lot 802; Phillips, 4 February, 1982, lot 235; Phillips, 17 February, 1994, lot 322a.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF8,500.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10172

1d. red-brown, plate 10, lettered SA, four large to very large margins, including sheet margin at left, showing Stage 2 of the "O" Flaw, cancelled with full strike of Maltese Cross in black, very fine. Cert RPSL (2003). Gi. AS68 = £190+ (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10173

1d. red-brown, plate 10, twelve singles and a pair, lettered AG, BE, BF (2), CI, FL, GD, GI, JJ, LL, OH, PL, and IL-JL, used, most with four good margins, cancelled with Maltese Crosses in black, showing the progression of the "O" Flaw, with examples from Stage 1, 2, and 3, ranges of shades, the odd small flaw, but an ideal and quite attractive group for study of this printing. Gi. AS68 = £2,780. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10174

1d. red-brown, plate 10, strip of six, lettered QA-QF, margins chiefly good to large, close but clear at places, cancelled with six clear strikes of Maltese Cross in black, rich colour, minor imperfections as can be expected, a scarce multiple from this difficult plate. Gi. AS66 = £1,500+rnProvenance: Collection Seymour, Robson Lowe, 6 July, 1951, lot 745. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF460.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10175

1d. black and 1d red-brown, both plate 10 and lettered JL, chiefly good margins, the black touching at lower left, incredibly showing identical portion of "...the Address and tow..." in right sheet margin, the red trimmed slightly but clear of inscription, the 1d. black with light creases, but a remarkable matched pair. Cert BPA (2008) for the 1d. red. Gi. AS66 = £1,140+rnrnProvenance (for the 1d. black):rnrnCollection Sayeed, Spink, May 2022, lot 2302. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10176

1d. black, plate 11, horizontal strip of five, lettered MG-MK, mostly good to large margins, cut into at upper right unused, with large part original gum, various creases, and scissor cut at foot between MG and MH but a most rare multiple from this challenging plate. Cert BPA (1988). Gi. AS73 = £120,000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 12 April, 1967, lot 647; 264. Heinrich Köhler auction, February 1989; Spink, 9-10 March 2005, lot 26.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10177

1d. greyish-black, plate 11, lettered AH, four large margins all around, cancelled with crisp Maltese Cross in black, an exceptional example of this rare plate, very fine. Cert. RPSL (2023). Gi. AS72 = £4,600.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF1,800.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10178

1d. greyish-black, plate 11, lettered DK, four good to large margins all around, cancelled with Maltese Cross in black, a fine example. Gi. AS72 = £4,600. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10179

1d. grey-black, plate 11, lettered HA, good to large margins all around, showing signs of plate wear, lightly-cancelled with Maltese Cross in black, a fine example of this scarce plate. Gi. AS72 = £4,600. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,100.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10180

1d. greyish-black, lettered HI, mostly large margins all around, clear at upper left, cancelled with black Maltese Cross, fine and scarce. Gi. AS72 = £4,600. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM

10181

1d. greyish-black, plate 11, lettered LC, four good to very large margins, showing portion of adjoining stamp at left and top right, centrally-struck crisp Maltese Cross in black, repaired lower margin and right corner, but most impressive appearance. Cert. RPSL (2023) states "...cleaning has resulted in staining the stamp . Gi. AS72 = £4,600.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..Nov-28, 11:59 PM