Great Britain and British Commonwealth Great Britain
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1154
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Selection including two grotty Penny Blacks, 1841 2d strip of 5 (the 4th unit cut-into), Surface Printed QV to 10/- including 9d & 10d pairs, then mostly mint with KGV to 1/-, Wembleys *&U, well centred PUC £1 with parcel cancel, Re-Engraved Seahorses (yellowed gum), KGVI High Values, Wedding £1 ** corner blocks of 4 x2, Festival set, 1963 Phosphor Red Cross 1/6d & Cable control number blocks of 6 or 4 (**), etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(140+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1155
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Cat No:Collection
Collection in two albums with 1840 1d Black Plate 6 (four clear margins with light Maltese Cross cancel in red) then pedestrian KGVI-QEII mint and used, some presentation packs plus Isle of Man 1968-89 mint collection in Lindner hingeless album. Weighs 9kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1156
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Cat No:Collection
Old-time collection with Penny Blacks x3 (one is very fine) & Tuppence Blue with 3 margins, group of Imperf Penny Reds, lots of Penny Plates, Embossed 6d & 10d - defective - + 2d on 1850s covers to South Australia, useful Surface Printed including 1/- brown x2 & 2/- blue x2, QV 10/- with 'P&O/Co' perfin, KEVII to 10/- x2, then a duplicated array to the 1970s, condition variable. Close inspection is likely to be rewarded.
(many 100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1157
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Cat No:Collection
Carton with accumulation of mainly modern First Day Covers plus a few plain FDCs including 1935 Silver Jubilee, 1940 Stamp Centenary set all with G/40 controls plus others of mixed frankings; plus a small collection of Nigeria to 1953-58 Definitive set SG many both mint & used. Weighs 11kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1158
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Cat No:Collection
Collection in four volumes with Line Engraved including three very fine Penny Blacks, later QV to 10/- x2, KEVII to 10/-, a few Seahorses, etc, condition variable; then the post-WWII period is largely complete to 2000 & mostly unmounted mint plus 'prestige' booklets, 'Smilers', Regionals etc & an array of Machins, lots of pickings throughout.
(Qty)
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1159
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Cat No:Collection
Accumulation of 1967-73 commemorative issues mostly in blocks of 4 or larger including se-tenant pairs & strips, marginal inscriptions, etc, noted 1970 Anniversaries 1/6d Mayflower & 1971 Christmas 7½d singles each with Queen's Head Omitted **, 1970 Philympia 5d Penny Black complete sheet (120), then 1977-86 commemoratives apparently complete mostly in blocks of 6 plus some extra gutter pairs & different formats, also 1986-95 Yearbooks (10), substantial face value.
(Qty)
1840 "Penny Black" 1d black Plate 10 four singles - one with margins just clear to large - plus two covers, one with a huge stamp but it has a fault at upper-right, Cat £10,800.
(6 items)
1841 Penny Red-Brown from Black Plates 1d Plate 12 [F-H] Wmk Small Crown Die I Alphabet I SG 8, lightly blued paper, margins close to good, virtually full original gum, Cat £600.
Sale No: 240
Lot No:1166
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Cat No:Collection
OVERPRINTS ON SEAHORSES: Attractive group with Bechuanaland Waterlow 5/- mint & used, 2/6d & 5/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, etc; British Levant mint & used sets; Morocco Agencies including 2/6d blocks of 4 x3 & Waterlow 12pta on 10/-, etc; Nauru mint set + 5/- & 10/- very well centred blocks of 4 (yellowed gum but three units on each are unmounted); generally fine to very fine, Cat £5300+.
(66)