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Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1265
Symbol: F
Cat No: 2 [J-E]
1840 Penny Black 1d black SG 2 [J-E], margins close to good, Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £375. A very attractive example of the World's First Stamp!
1841 White Lines Added 2d pale blue SG 13 ['AB'] Plate 3 with Ivory Head, margins close to good, a couple of thins, stain/smudging at top right, unused, Cat £5000.
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1272
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: 178 180 & 183
1883-84 High Values with Anchor Wmk White Paper 2/6d 5/- & 10/- SG 178 180 & 183, well centred, steel cancels, SG £900+. [NB: the 2/6d & 5/- are both lettered N-F]
(Qty 3)
1887-92 Jubilee Issue ½d 1½d 2d 2½d 3d 4d 6d (marginal, very fine unmounted) & 9d, fine to very fine with large-part o.g., plus 1/- green & carmine (minor blemishes); Cat £330.
(Qty 10)
1902 KEVII De La Rue two imperf plate proof blocks of 4 in green on thin white card, one block with Double Impression SG Spec M6, Cat £640+.
(Qty 2 blocks)
1912-24 Simple Cypher Wmk 1½d brown with Repaired 'PENCE' SG 362av (Specialised #N18h) being the second unit in a marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, light bend just impinges on the L/L corner of the variety, unmounted, Spec Cat £490++ (mounted).
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 1279
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 439-449
1934-36 Photogravure ½d to 1/- SG 439-449 blocks of 6 (3x2; except for the 10d which is a block of 4 & two singles), a few bends & perf faults but generally very fine with four sets being unmounted, Cat £200+ as mounted singles.
(Qty 66)
1967-70 Pre-Decimal Machins 5d Royal blue tête-bêche pair, one unit with a gum blemish. Unlisted by Gibbons, but in their Specialised Catalogue, it is mentioned in a footnote "tête-bêche pairs were not issued".
OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'I. R./OFFICIAL' on ½d green SG O2 horizontal strip of 3, minor defects & a little aged, superb 'BANDON/SE20/95 - 59' duplex cancel, Cat £120++. Officials used from smaller Irish towns are very scarce.
OFFICIALS - OFFICE OF WORKS: 1902-03 KEVII ½d blue-green, 1d scarlet, 2d green & carmine and 2½d ultramarine SG O36-39, all but the 2d with steel cancels, Cat £1500. Ex 'Bacchus'.
(Qty 4)
