TWO PENCE: 2d brown-black/pale red SG 15, good margin at right & elsewhere just touched/shaved, good colour, unused, Cat £9000. A very attractive example of this rare stamp. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $4310. The similar 'Eureka' example sold at our auction of 31.8.2019 for $4075.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2405
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Cat No: Collection
TWO PENCE: 2d brown-black/pale red Printed on Both Sides SG 15a with the original printing on the 'reverse' upright relative to the 'face' & with Red Background Printing on Both Sides, an unusually large example with margins just clear to good - except at left, where just touched - and with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, minor ironed-out diagonal crease at lower-left, unused, Cat £12,000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2015) states "Great rarity in unusued condition with only...several recorded. This is the only example known to me [with red colouring on both sides]". [Absent from Lord Vestey's collection. His three unused examples of SG 15 - Cat £9500 - sold for an average of £4230. The Mogens Juhl/Michael Lewin/'Besancon' (I) example of SG 15 sold for SFr7200]
TWO PENCE: 2d brown-black/red Printed on Both Sides SG 15a with the impression on the 'reverse' upright relative to the face, cut very close, Pre-Printing Paper Fold despite which the design is complete, void-grid cancel, Cat £900+. RPSofV Certificate (2003).
TWO PENCE: 2d brown-black on Indian red Printed on Both Sides SG 16a, a remarkable stamp with vivid red background & unusually strong impression of the design with Inscriptions Largely Absent leaving only 'TERN...STA...TWO PENCE' and the original impression on the 'reverse' inverted relative to the 'face' & misplaced, a little cut-into at the top otherwise with margins just touching to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit at left demonstrating how close-together the transfers were laid-down, fine void grid cancel, Cat £950+. From a technical perspective, a highly significant item.
SIX PENCE: 6d golden bronze SG 17 with Defective Transfer at Lower-Right [Type 12; Pos 176], margins just shaved (at top) to large, untidy void-grid cancel, Cat £2500. Ex Michael Haden: sold at our auction of 30.4.2011 for $1690.
This is one of the more obvious examples of the "golden" bronze that we have offered. Under illuminated magnification the gilding metal particles are quite obvious. However, our experience is that most examples of these shades are extremely difficult to positively characterise as "golden-" or "black-"bronze.
SIX PENCE: 6d golden bronze SG 17, margins just clear to good, light void-grid cancel, 'Georg Buhler' guarantee handstamp on the reverse, Cat £2500. Superb.
SIX PENCE: 6d golden bronze SG 17, margins just touched - at lower-right - to huge with fragments of the adjoining units at left & base, tiny defect at upper-left otherwise superb, void-grid cancel, Cat £2500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2011). One of the largest & finest examples we have offered.
SIX PENCE: 6d grey-black SG 19, strong impression with margins just touching to good, unused, Cat £14,000. Rare. Ex John Dibiase: sold for $7485. The slightly larger 'Besancon' (II) example sold for SFr9075. Lord Vestey's two similar examples - both with Void at Upper-Right Corner - sold for £5400 & £4200 respectively.
TWO PENCE: Rouletted 2d brown-black/red SG 20, an unusually large example with rouletting on all sides & misplaced at base with a chunk of the adjoining unit below, 15-bar '1' of Perth, Cat £2000.
SIX PENCE: Rouletted 6d black-bronze SG 22, an unusually large example with rouletting at top & otherwise cut from the sheet clear of the design with a fragment of the adjoining unit below, 15-bar '2' of Perth, Cat £1400. Superb.
