Page of forged overprints from a European collection purported to include '1d.' on 3pf SG 1, '1d.' on 5pf with Inverted 'd' SG 17e & '2½d.' on 2d blue SG 21, plus a set to '8d.' on 80pf with 4mm Spacing! Interesting reference material. (Qty 23)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '2d.' on 10pf with the Overprint Sideways Reading Upwards SG 52i (Gibbs 3e) vertical strip of 4 [Stg 11, Pos 1-4], lightly mounted, signed by David Field, Cat £40,000++. One of the most famous and extraordinary of all GRI errors & the only recorded examples. Ex the Marquess of Bute, Lt-Col JR Danson, Robert Gibbs and 'Besancon' (II): sold for SFr26,620. [Listed by Robert Gibbs at page 115 & illustrated at page 116. Because the stamps are not square, the overprint is in a different position on each unit: on the first unit the 'I.' is omitted, appearing on the second unit which might therefore be considered as having a Double Overprint]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$30,000

1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands High Values with 3½-4mm Spacing '3s.' on 3mk violet-black SG 61, no gum & a trifle aged, two guarantee handstamps, Cat £6500. BPA Certificate (1979).

Grade B C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands High Values with 5½mm Spacing '2s.' on 2mk blue with Double Surcharge One Inverted SG 64ob [Stg 7], very well centred, a little discoloured, two guarantee handstamps, Cat £55,000. Unique! Ex Marquess of Bute. BPA Certificate (2017). [Robert Gibbs states at p127 "One unused example has been recorded..."] The incomparable collection of GRI Overprints formed by the Marquess of Bute was sold in London in 1959. It was noted that some of the albums were damaged as a result of the London Blitz when, on 24-25.9.1940, the bank in which the collection was secured was damaged by a direct hit by a German bomb. The discolouration of this stamp was caused by smoke from the resultant fire.

Grade B A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$35,000