Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postage Dues
Sale No: 237
Lot No:1386
Symbol:*/V
Selection including Blank Tablet to 5/- plus Vertical 'SPECIMEN' Overprint ½d 3d 4d & 6d, Filled Tablet 1/- & 2/- plus 'SPECIMEN' Overprints to 20/- x2 (no 2/-), all mint, then CTO with Blank Tablet 3d & 6d plus Filled Tablet ½d 1d 2d 4d & 5d all with concentric-circles of Perth, 1908 1/- & 5/- with Perth cds, 1909-10 Thick Paper set to £1 and a few later issues, generally very fresh with large-part o.g. with some hinge remainders, Cat $8000+.
(79)
Handy selection of mostly Bicolour issues with some blocks including CofA Perf 11 4d imprint block of 4, some mostly minor varieties noted, generally clean & fresh.
(200 approx)
Sale No: 237
Lot No:1389
Symbol:*
Cat No:Collection
1902-60 Issues on Scott pages virtually complete on a simplified basis missing only the 1902-04 Filled Tablet 20/- & the 1908 with Stroke 20/-, the 1902-04 10/- & 1907 Crown/Doube-Lined A are a bit aged otherwise the collection is very fine, Cat £10,000+.
(91)
1902 Blank Tablet ½d to 8d each with Vertical 'SPECIMEN' overprint reading Upwards (1d 4d & 8d) or Downwards, some minor aging/blemishes still very fresh, Cat $700 (£350). [The 5/- was not overprinted]
(7)
1902 Blank Tablet ½d 1d 2d 4d & 5/- each with Vertical 'SPECIMEN' overprint and seriffed 'SPECIMEN' handstamp of the receiving authority, toned but still presentable, Cat $1450. Ex Bechuanaland Postal Archives.
(5)
1902 Blank Tablet ½d 2d & 3d with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Overprint Reading Downwards plus 'ULTRAMAR' h/s in blue applied by the receiving authority ACSC #D1xa D5xa & D7xa, no gum, Cat $750. Ex Portuguese Colonies Archive.
(3)
1902-04 Completed Design 10/- dull green ACSC #D44 (SG D43), as fresh as a daisy & very lightly mounted, Cat $3750 (£2000). David Brandon Certificate (1999).
1907 Victorian Paper with Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A ½d to 6d ACSC #D56-60 (SG D53-57), the ½d from the lower-left corner of the sheet, the other values with some minor aging evident on the gum-side, Cat $1800 (£900). An underrated set. Ex John Williams (UK). [Sir Gawaine Baillie's fine set sold for $632 at auction in July 2005]
(5)
1913-21 Victorian Design Thin Paper Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Thin Paper £1 scarlet & pale green ACSC D104 (SG D87), unmounted, Cat $2000 (£950 mounted). [The "Chartwell" lightly mounted example sold for £480]