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Lot No:961
Symbol:V
Cat No:1-16 complete

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis ½c to $5 SG 1-16 complete, CTO, Cat £4250. The key QEII set of the entire British Commonwealth. BPA Certificate for the set. This was a very limited provisional issue. Of the denominations between ½c & 25c, no more than 4250 (the 2c) were produced. Of the higher values the numbers were 50c x175, 60c x100, $1 x175, $2.50 x225 & $5 x225. [A very fine unmounted set - Cat £25,000 - sold at our auction of 30.11.2019 for $28,752] (Qty 16)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000



Opening AU$ 5,250.00
Sold...AU$ 6,000.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 6000

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:962
Symbol:**
Cat No:12

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis 50c St George's Church Tower SG 12, unmounted, Cat £6000. [Only 175 were produced, of which many were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000



Opening AU$ 3,400.00
Sold...AU$ 4,800.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 4800

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:963
Symbol:**
Cat No:13

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis 60c Alexander Hamilton SG 13, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £9000. The key value in the key QEII set of the entire British Commonwealth! [Only 100 were produced, of which many were CTO]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000



Opening AU$ 5,250.00
Sold...AU$ 7,250.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 7250

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:964
Symbol:**

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $1 Map of St Christopher & Nevis, unmounted, Cat £4250. [Only 175 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,250



Opening AU$ 2,500.00
Sold...AU$ 3,600.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 3600

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:965
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ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $2.50c Map of Anguilla, unmounted, Cat £3250. [Only 225 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000



Opening AU$ 1,800.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1800

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:966
Symbol:**

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $5 Arms of St Christopher, Nevis & Anguilla, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £3250. [Only 225 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000



Opening AU$ 1,800.00
Sold...AU$ 3,600.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 3600

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:967
Symbol:PS

ANGUILLA: 1967 'INDEPENDENT/ANGUILLA' Overprint on St Christopher Nevis Anguilla QEII 5c blue/blue aerogramme HG FG1, commercially used to "St John's/Antigua" uprated with Anguilla Pictorials 1c Mahogony Tree tied by 'ANGUILLA/25JAN68/VALLEY' cds, full typed message headed "Post Office Department/..." & signed by the Postmaster indicates the 'Independent/Anguilla' stamps sold out by 27.11.1967 and that regarding the aerogrammes "...there is a limited quantity of 5c & 15c...required for local postal use and sales to collectors have been restricted...". Rare postally used. [We have noted a CTO example - also uprated - without message offered online for £450]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:968
Symbol:PS

ANGUILLA: 1967 'INDEPENDENT/ANGUILLA' Overprint on St Christopher Nevis Anguilla QEII 15c green/blue aerogramme HG FG2, unused. Extremely rare: only 100 were issued, of which BWI specialist David Druett states only five unused examples are recorded (he offers one for £850). On that basis, this must be the rarest regular-issue aerogramme of the British Commonwealth, if not the world]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:969
Symbol:*
Cat No:155a

BAHAMAS: 1938-52 KGVI Definitives Thin Striated Paper 1/- brownish grey & crimson (not 'scarlet' as in Gibbons) and 5/- reddish lilac & blue SG 155a & 156a, minor imperfections, very lightly mounted, Cat £6450. A rare duo. [Unlike 'laid' paper which has defined lines within the paper itself, 'striated' paper is characterised by faint lines or ridges on the surface of the paper. This can be seen by inclining the stamps to a good light source] (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 1,200.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:970
Symbol:**
Cat No:156

BAHAMAS: 1938-52 KGVI Definitives Chalk-Surfaced Paper 5/- lilac & bright blue SG 156 U/R corner block of 4 with Sheet Number '221', exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £680++.

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:971
Symbol:F
Cat No:89k

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d range of shades stated to be arranged chronologically, one stated to be "May 1931: rare shade"), also 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/deep blue SG 89k with a light fiscal cancel, well centred, a couple of tiny problems otherwise very fine used, Cat £960+ (plus SG 89k Cat £3000 postally used). (Qty 9)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 900

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:972
Symbol:F
Cat No:89h

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d grey-black & pale orange-vermilion/grey-blue SG 89h, exceptional centring, late usage 8NO46, Cat £2750. A rare stamp, classified by Wilson Wong.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:973
Symbol:F
Cat No:89k

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/deep blue SG 89k, very well centred, light 'ST GEORGES/BERMUDA' postal cds, Cat £3000. A rare shade, classified by Wilson Wong.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250



Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950

image Sale No: 243
Lot No:974
Symbol:**

BRITISH HONDURAS: 1938-47 KGVI Pictorials 1c to $5 marginal blocks of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat £800+. (Qty 12 blocks)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
image Sale No: 243
Lot No:975
Symbol:*
Cat No:157a

GRENADA: 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials 2½d bright blue Perf 12½x13½ SG 157a, well centred, the gum a little yellowed as usual, lightly mounted, Cat £11,000. One of the key mint stamps of the Reign of King George VI & the first mint example we have offered. [Better centred & more attractive than Graham Cooper's unmounted example that sold in 2016 for £7200]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000



Opening AU$ 5,750.00
Sold...AU$ 6,250.00


Closed..Mar-25-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 6250


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