Great Britain and British Commonwealth BRITISH WEST INDIES
Sale No: 245
Lot No: 873
Symbol: **
Cat No: 89jg
BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Script 2/6d black & scarlet-vermilion/deep blue with Gash in Fruit & Leaf at Right SG 89jg, unusually well centred for these issues, unmounted, Cat £550+ for mounted. Superb!
BERMUDA: 1938-53 KGVI Definitives including Keyplates 2/- x4 (two **), 2/6d x5 (one **), 5/- x3 (one with toned perfs, one **), 10/- x3 (two **), 12/6d x3 (two **) & £1 x3 (one **), most are well centred, lightly to very lightly mounted or unmounted, STC £2800+ for unmounted. We highly recommend personal assessment of the shades.
(Qty 37)
CAYMAN ISLANDS: 1917 'WAR STAMP/1½d' Overprint Type 16 SG 55, excellent centring, the faintest trace of having been mounted, Cat £750. Superb! BPA Certificate (2010).
ST VINCENT: 1880 Small Star 5/- 'PAX ET JUSTITIA' Perf 12 plate proof in the issued colour on Crown/CA paper, no gum. Rare. [The issued stamps were Perf 11-12½. The 1885 Crown/CA issue SG 53 was Perf 14]
ST VINCENT: 1897 cover to Germany with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 1885-93 5/- deep lake SG 53/a, 'R'-in-oval h/s & black/white 'Saint Vincent./R...' label on the reverse, London transit d/s in red & 'NUERNBERG B U' arrival b/s.