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| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 39 |
T6 |
 1869 4a Die
Proof in black on glazed card (40 x 82mm) in the finished state with handstamp 'Nov 8, 1866' and 'AFTER STRIKING'. Not trimmed to stamp size and very rare as such; small surface abrasions affecting the upper half of the design. Ex Koh-i-Nor (CRL
25/2/1986, lot 410). SG T6 (Image)
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Starting at £ 280
SOLD for £800.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 40 |
T7 |
 1869 8a
progress Die Proof in black on glazed card, Type A, trimmed to stamp size. SG T7
Note: The differences between the two Types are small, but distinct, and were pointed out by Crofton as early as 1908. We may cite (as typical) differences in the 'G' of EIGHT, where the base of the serif is square in Type A but pointed in Type B;
and the line under 'T' of 'GOVt' long in Type A, but shorter in Type B (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £250.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 41 |
T7 |
 1869 8a
progress Die Proof in black on glazed card, Type B, trimmed to stamp size. Minor surface smears and flaking. SG T7
Note: Type B was the version eventually used for the printed stamps (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 42 |
T7 |
 1869 8a
progress Die Proof in greyish black on glazed card, a hybrid of Types A and B, trimmed to stamp size. SG T7 (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 43 |
T8 |
 1869 1r Die
Proof in black on glazed card in the finished state (Die I), 40 x 75mm. Ex Koh-i-Nor (CRL 25/2/1986, lot 411). SG T8 (Image)
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Starting at £ 280
SOLD for £700.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 44 |
T9 |
 1869 1r Die
II Die Proof in black on glazed card, cut to stamp size. SG T9
Note: Pencilled on the back is the date '1876', and "ex Leslie Newman's Vol. 23". Die Proofs of the later values and second dies are considerably scarcer than for the original 1869 issue (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 45 |
T9 |
 1869 1r Die
II Die Proof in black on glazed card, cut to stamp size. Deeper black than the preceding proof. SG T9 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 46 |
T10 |
 1869 2r8a
progress stamp-sized Die Proof in black on glazed card, unfinished, with the wording inserted but the spandrels barely sketched in; apparently the same state of the Die as Hausburg's #218. SG T10 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 47 |
T12 |
 1869 5r
progress stamp-size Die Proof in black on glazed card in a near complete state, some minor surface blemishes. SG T12 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 48 |
T13 |
 1869 10r
progress stamp-sized Die Proof in black on glazed card, immediately before the finished state, intermediate between Hausburg's 227 and 228. Some burnishing at right, still fine. SG T13 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £250.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 49 |
T14 |
 1878 10r
Die II Die Proof in black on glazed card, cut to stamp size. SG T14
Note: No Die Proof of the 2r8a Die II is recorded. This proof has pencilled notes on the reverse; "Hausburg 229 Type 2. Used for Plate II 1878. Ex Leslie Newman's Vol. 23"
(Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 50 |
T16 |
 1869 25r
progress stamp-sized Die Proof in black on glazed card, showing head and surround too dark, filled lines below the lower portrait and stop after '25' in both upper and lower panels. Hausburg #231. SG T16 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 51 |
T16 |
 1869 25r
progress Die Proof stamp-sized in black on glazed card, showing head and surround now lighter, the filled lines below the lower portrait removed, but still with the stop after '25' in both upper and lower panels. Hausburg #232 (or very close to it);
ex Sturton. SG T16 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 52 |
T17 |
 1878 25r
Die II Die Proof in black on glazed card, cut to stamp size. SG T17
Note: Pencilled notes on the reverse; "Hausburg 234 Die II. 156 ex Leslie Newman's Vol. 23" (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 53 |
T19 |
 1869 50r
progress Die Proof in black on glazed card, trimmed to stamp size. A state of the die which was not taken further (not represented in Hausburg), with black line on chin and down throat and other differences. SG T19 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 54 |
T20 |
 1874 50r
Die II Die Proof in black on glazed card, cut to stamp size. Some minor soiling. SG T20
Note: Pencilled note on the reverse; "ex Leslie Newman's Vol. 23" (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £520.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 55 |
|
 1869 Die
Proofs in colour of the 'original' eight values (4a to 50r), each overprinted SPECIMEN as Type T10 twice, reading down. Executed on highly-glazed card (probably on or just after 22nd November 1866), larger than stamp-sized, heavily scored around the
impressions to approximate stamp sizes (touching or into in places). Further mounted on heavy card stock with some glue-staining. The 25r and 50r are discoloured, nevertheless a unique and striking set.
Note: Samuel regarded the type T10 overprint as a local handstamp. Its presence on these die proofs indicates that it was actually applied by De La Rue. (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,000
SOLD for £4,000.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 56 |
|
 1869
stamp-sized Die Proofs in close to issued colours on highly-glazed card; 4a, 8a, 1r, 2r8a, 5r, 10r, 25r and 50r. Most are affected by some smearing, due to the nature of the card, but a highly attractive set. There is a further set in the Royal
Collection, this one unique in private hands (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,000
SOLD for £4,000.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 57 |
|
 1869 Colour
Trials. Strip of card on which are mounted eight imperforate trials, in the colours of the 50r to the 4a (in order from left to right). The 25r, 2r8a, 1r and 4a have the correct denominations, since the Dies for these values were completed at the
time (probably late November 1866); the 4a Die stands in for the other uncompleted values. A unique and wonderful strip
Note: Apart from a single 4a in the 8a colour, duplicating the example in this strip, it appears that the only other Colour Trials for the issue emanate from examples presented by Warren De La Rue to Col. Robinson, later purchased for the Royal
Collection (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,200
SOLD for £5,200.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
| 58 |
T6, 8, 10, 16 |
 1869 4a, 1r
Die I, 2r8a Die I and 25r Die I imperforate imprimaturs on thin watermarked paper, without gum, each overprinted SPECIMEN Type 7. Rare, the complete set in this state. SG T6, 8, 10, 16
Note: These were the only four values fully engraved at the time these proofs were taken (Image)
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Starting at £ 480
SOLD for £1,100.00
Closing..Sep-27, 11:59 PM EST. |
