Great Britain and British Commonwealth St. Kitts & Nevis St. Christopher
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 1660
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St. Christopher. 1870-88 Mint and used collection including G.B 6d cancelled "A12", bogus QV essays (2), stamp issues largely complete with 1870 perf 12½ 1d watermark inverted unused no gum and watermark sideways mint and used, perf 14 1d watermark inverted mint, 2½d red-brown used (2), 4d blue mint, 1882-90 Crown CA 1d dull magenta mint, 2½d red-brown mint, 4d blue unused no gum, 6d used, 1/- watermark inverted used, 1884-88 surcharges with 1885 ½d on half 1d surcharge inverted mint and used, 1886 4d on 6d no stop after "d" unused no gum and used, 1887 front to USA with 1d on ½d strip of three, Antigua 1d cancelled "A12" (3), a few forgeries, etc. A useful collection, a few unused stamps without gum, otherwise largely fine. S.G. £7,000 (approx). (97). Photo on Page 226. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image1)
Opening GBP 600.00
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 1661
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1875 1d Magenta, watermark Crown CC, with "SPECIMEN" overprint type D10, fine mint, possibly unique. This type D10 overprint only recorded by Samuel on the St. Christopher 1870 perf 12½ 1d rose and 6d, unlisted on this stamp with no example in the Brookes collection. Probably from the De la Rue archives. Photo on Page 226 (Image1)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 850.00
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Lot No: 1662
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1885 Halfpenny on half 1d, a block of four (comprising four unsevered pairs) superb mint, lightly mounted on the upper pair only, the lower pair unmounted. S.G. 23a, £480+. Photo on Page 188. (Image1)
Opening GBP 150.00
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Lot No: 1663
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1886 1d on 6d Green and 4d on 6d green surcharges, 1886-90 6d olive-brown and 1/- mauve overprinted "SPECIMEN", affixed with part own gum to a printed album page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection. S.G. £205 as stamps. (4).
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Lot No: 1664
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1883 (Mar. 12) 1d Postal Stationery postcard to England bearing a vertically bisected 1d dull magenta cancelled by three horizontal bars, the card with a few minor stains and tiny tear at base. This 1d bisect was authorised during a shortage of ½d stamps in February and March 1883; the Brookes collection contained one other example with this unusual three bar dumb cancel. Ex. Urwick and Brookes. S.G. 12a, £1,500. Photo on Page 230 (Image1)
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Sold...GBP 550.00
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Lot No: 1665
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Manuscript Cancellations. 1871-90 QV Stamps comprising 1d magenta (22), ½d green (4), 1d rose (10, one with distorted "E" variety), 6d green or 1d on 6d (4) all cancelled with a manuscript date, as used at various village offices, two additionally with manuscript "D.B" (Dieppe Bay) or "O.R" (Old Road). A scarce group. (41). Photo on Page 226. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
Opening GBP 250.00
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Lot No: 1666
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Revenues/Postal Fiscals. 1883-86 Mint and used selection, Nevis stamps handstamps violet "Saint / Christopher" (19) with 1d, 6d (2) and 1/- (cross on hill variety) apparently used with "A09" or "A12" cancels, 4d (3) and 6d mint; Nevis stamps handstamped violet "Saint Chris / topher" (6) with 6d cancelled "A09", 1/- mint; Nevis stamps overprinted black "Saint / Christopher" (9) with 1/- cancelled "A12", 4d and 1/- (2) mint; St Kitts 6d revenue overprinted small Saint Kitts Nevis; St. Kitts revenue stamps overprinted large Saint Kitts Nevis (79) with 1d, 3d, 6d (2), 1/- (2), 5/- apparently postally used, 1d (14), 3d (5), 6d (6), 1/- (8), 5/- (7) mint, one of each value with plate number "1". (114). Photo on Page 226. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
