Hingeless pages with Fiji Times imitation strip of 5 in black/purple-rose, 1871 'CR' set + extra 1d & 6d shades, 1872 2c on 1d & 6c on 3d, selection of 'VR' Underprints, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x5 & 5/- + CTO x2, page of 1891-93 Surcharges, Pirogues etc including 5d SG 80, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4000 approximately.
(110 approx)
Useful basis for development with 'CR' set x2, 1872 Surcharges plus extra 2c on 1d, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x3 & 5/-, KEVII 1906-12 set + £1 'SPECIMEN', KGV 1912-23 set + extra £1 & 1922-27 Script set, KGVI two sets apparently complete with Dies & Perfs, Victory set punctured 'SPECIMEN', etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1105
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on leaves with KEVII 1903 set to 5/- * & 1904-09 MCA *, KGVI Pictorials *&U both sets with most Dies & Perfs, Victory 3d Man Overboard in corner block of 4 **, later sets to £1 or $2 * &/or U, 1940 Postage Dues *, etc, also a few early unused Postal Cards, condition variable.
(100s)
1875 '2d.' Surcharge on 'V.R.' Overprints in Roman Letters on 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d rose SG 27, rounded corner at L/R, large-part o.g., Cat £3000. Alex Rendon Certificate (1996).
1876-77 Script 'VR' Underprints 1d deep blue imperforate plate proof on Laid Paper upper-left corner block of 4 with Pronounced Double Print, the second impression misplaced 1mm to the right & ½mm down, the third unit with the Major Void Corner as SG 31b, large-part o.g. the lower pair being unmounted. Visually stunning! Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $419.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 1/- brown (deepening shades towards the base) complete imperforate sheet of 16 (4x4) of the Fournier Forgery, a couple of minor faults.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 5/- dull red & black SG 69 upper-left corner block of 8 (4x2), the fourth unit with the recently listed Red Arc above 'FIJI' SG 69a, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat £1000++ (as mounted singles). Superb! An exceptional positional block, and the equal largest recorded unused multiple of the 5/-. Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $1340. [David Alford at page 82 records only two mint blocks of 8: it is unclear if this block is one of them]
1938-55 KGVI Pictorials 3d blue with Spur on Medallion SG 257a, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £750. [This variety was present only on the printing of 26.11.1945]
