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Lot No: 535
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"4" Surcharges 1877: "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2a/2c, a fine used example with variety: "Surcharge Double, One Inverted" showing surcharge Type 'a' upright and Type 'c' inverted, lightly cancelled in black. Ironed corner bend mentioned for accuracy, however this is an exceptional example of this extemely rare stamp: just 9 examples being recorded of which two are in the Tapling collection in the British Library, one in the Durell Collection at the Leys School, Cambridge and one in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A rarity. Cert. RPSL (1998), BPA (2020) Gi = £ 3'750.rnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2305. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 250
Lot No: 536
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"1d." Surcharges 1882c.: Second, later Setting, 1 d. on 5 s. green, the remarkable unused pane of 60 from the left pane of the sheet, showing surcharges Type 3b (22 examples), Type 3c (5), Type 3d (30) and Type 3e (3); of outstanding freshness and vivid colour, the top nine stamps in the last column and the penultimate stamp at base all showing the 'break in bar' variety, the block incompletely separated between sixth and seventh rows and minor separation between seventh and eighth rows with precautionary hinges, a few minor imperfections, large part or unmounted og. This multiple represents the unique recorded pane from the left side of the sheet - the Tapling and Durell museum collections each only boast a right pane. A wonderful and extremely rare multiple for the connoisseur Gi = £ 7'045+.rnProvenance: Collection J.H. Abbott, Harmers, London, 17-20 June 1968; Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2312. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Lot No: 537
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"1d Surcharges" 1890 (Dec): First Setting 1 d. on 4 d. ultramarine, surcharge Types 7a, a used horizontal pair re-joined by hinge, showing variety: "Surcharge Triple", lightly cancelled by indistinct numeral obliterator in black. Just 8 examples of this variety have been recorded by Hisey & Bartshe: who record just two used examples, all the 'Triple Surcharge' varieties emanate from the same half sheet. An extremely rare and unique multiple for the connoisseur. Cert. RPSL (1995) and BPA (2020) Gi = £ 5'250+.rnProvenance: Collection 'Tobias', Spink, London, 15 July 2010, lot 2339. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Lot No: 538
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1868/1900: Lot stamps used/unused, multiples and one cover incl. 1868 1 d. red-brown, three horizontal pairs used on 1882 cover to Pentre, Glamorgan all cancelled by oval "1" numeral obliterators with corresopnding BLOEMFONTEIN cds below (Oct 5), reverse with 'Cape Town / Cape Colony' cds (Oct 10) and Pentre arrival cds (Oct 31); 1868/94 6 d. bright carmine, sixth despatch, the exceptional unused blocks (2) of sixty from the upper left pane on the sheet of 240 subjects (split into four panes of 60), with serial number '2' at top, margins on three sides, fresh colour and fine, large part or, primarily unmounted og., together with the lower left pane with Plate number "1" in margin at lower left, large part or unmounted og.; 1877 "4" on 6 d. rose, surcharged Type 2c, a fine used example with variety "Surcharge Inverted", cancelled lightly in black by "17" numeral obliterator; 1896 "Large ½d Surcharges" 1896 on 3 d. ultramarine, the complete upper half of the sheet with two panes of 60 folded through the central interpanneau margin, showing all the Surcharge Types, and the upper left pane showing "Surcharge Double" varieties on positions 1, 6, 13, 19, 49, 50, 55, 56; 'V.R.I.' with level stops 1900 (March 19) 1 d. on 1 d. purple, an unused example, variety "I and stop after R omitted", position 9, fine large part og., with normal for comparison and 1 d. on 1 d. purple, a used vertical pair on small piece, positions 2/8, lower stamp variety "I and stop after R omitted", neatly cancelled by 'Bloemfontein' cds's (March 31, 1900). Two certs. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image)
