GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS continued...
| Lot |
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Descrip |
Opening |
| 126 |
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 1887 1/- Green, block of twenty (4x5) each with a neat St. Andrews, Bath c.d.s (JY 11 93), very fine colour, a scarce large multiple. Photo on Page 20. (Image1)
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Est. £500-600
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 127 |
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 1887-1970 QV-QEII Mint collection in an S.G album including 1887-1900 set to 1/- (both), 1902 KEVII ½d - 10/-, 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 - 10/-, 1913 Multiple Cypher ½d and 1d, 1929 PUC £1 (marginal,
apparently unmounted, gum a little toned), 1934 2/6 - 10/- re-engraved set, basic KGVI and QEII apparently complete unmounted with KGVI 1939-48 2/6 - £1 set of six and other 1948-51 high values, 1955-58 2/6 - £1, 1958-59 Graphite set of
eight, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 18. (Image1)
(Image2)
(All Images)
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Est. £700-900
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 128 |
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 1890 (Oct 2) 2/6 Lilac pair each with superb "WEST PIER B.O / BRIGHTON" c.d.s, an unusual cancel and scarce so fine. Also a fine coloured card of the pier. (2). Photo on Page 16. (Image1)
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Est. £150-200
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 129 |
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 1891 £1 Green, JC with frame break, 1895-99 mid to late printing occurring after the second repair, superb unmounted mint original gum, rare so fine. S.G. 212a, £10,000. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £3,000-3,500
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 130 |
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 1891 £1 Green, PD used with oval Registered datestamps, fine. S.G. 212, £800. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £100-120
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 131 |
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 1900 1/- Green and carmine, lower left corner marginal block of twenty (4x5), used with seven strikes of Guernsey parcel handstamp, superb colour, fine and rare. Believed to be the largest known used multiple of this stamp
(three other blocks of twenty recorded). Photo on Page 28. (Image1)
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Est. £500-600
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 132 |
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 1901 KEVII ½d Die Proof in black on white card, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "21 AUG. 01", 92x60mm, fine. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 22. (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 133 |
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1901 (Dec 31) Sheet of paper with embossed royal arms, bearing KEVII marginal ½d and 1d (both affixed by the stamp margin) cancelled by Birmingham datestamps on the day before issue, handwritten message below "Dear Fred, I thought that you would
like to have these which will no doubt be valuable on account of being datestamped before date. Wishing you a happy new year. E. Spencer, 1 Jan. 02", very unusual.
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Est. £100-120
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 134 |
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 1906 KEVII 1d Dull rose imperforate colour trial on Crown watermarked paper, superb mint. Printed from a special plate of 20 electros, these 1906 trial produced for a suggested change of colour, scarce. S.G. £1,500.
Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 135 |
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 1902 KEVII 1d Scarlet, lower margin with Control D4, variety "4" virtually omitted, mounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 18. (Image1)
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Est. £500-600
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 136 |
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 1901 KEVII 2½d Ultramarine, imperforate upper right corner marginal colour trial on watermarked gummed paper, upper margin reduced, fine and scarce. S.G. £1,800. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £400-500
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 137 |
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 1902 KEVII £1 Dull blue green with "SPECIMEN" overprint type 17, unmounted mint, original gum, well centred and superb colour, very scarce so fine. S.G. £1,400 as mounted mint. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £700-800
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 138 |
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 1911 KEVII ½d Green imperforate colour trial on unwatermarked ungummed paper (approx 72x55mm), printed at Somerset House for comparison with the new KGV colours. S.G. £5,500. Photo on Page 32. (Image1)
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Est. £900-1,200
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 139 |
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 1911 KEVII 4d Imperforate sage-green colour trial, in the colour proposed for the KGV issue, on gummed unwatermarked paper, 24x33mm. Superb and rare, only two or three examples believed to exist. Photo on Page 16. (Image1)
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Est. £1,500-1,800
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 140 |
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 1911 (Sep 15) KEVII Somerset House 2/6 dull reddish purple, used on the First Day of Issue with London E.C hooded circle datestamp, the only recorded first day use of a KEVII high value stamp. Photo on Page 16. (Image1)
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Est. £1,000-1,200
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 141 |
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 c.1911 De la Rue dummy stamps, imperforate se-tenant vertical pair in scarlet, upper stamp with KGV Downey Head and lower stamp with Minerva Head, lower margin with bars, unmounted mint (mounted in margin). A rare Downey Head
trial from the sheet of 48, twelve of which had the KGV Head, which was made from a new die supplied by the Royal Mint to the Crown Agents and then sent on to De la Rue. The head on this dummy stamp is similar to the die 2 die proof with uncleared
surround, reduced to fit into the dummy stamp frame. Photo on Page 22. (Image1)
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Est. £600-700
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 142 |
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1911 Page from the Madagascar Post Office specimen stamp ledger, bearing the first KGV Downey Head ½d and 1d, three examples of each stamp tied to the page by red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR", the page
with signature and cachet of the Director of the Madagascar Post Office, inscription showing the stamps were received in Madagascar on 15 July. A unique archival page, folded to fit onto an album page displaying all six stamps and cachets.
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Est. £300-400
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 143 |
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 1912 Downey Head ½d green, watermark Simple Cypher die 2, Control strip of three, Control "B12" with variety "12" omitted, mint original gum. A remarkable variety, unlisted by S.G. S.G. 344var. Photo on Page 18. (Image1)
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Est. £700-800
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 144 |
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 1912 Downey Head 1d Scarlet, die 2 mint, vertical pair with margin at right, variety Cypher watermark omitted, watermarked with two vertical lines 27mm apart which occurs in the centre of mill sheet papers usually occurring in
the gutter between sheets. An exceptional variety caused by a major displacement of the watermark, with Mike Jackson Certificate (2023). S.G. N12a, var. Photo on Page 18. (Image1)
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Est. £700-800
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 145 |
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1911-24 KGV Downey and Mackennal Heads, ½d - 1/- mint reference collection on pages, neatly mounted in order of S.G. number and shade, all fine, a very useful reference. (194).
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Est. £300-400
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 146 |
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 1913 Bromide of the medal head by J.A.C Harrison from his 1912 sketch, dated "4.4.13" in ink, reverse with "no. 39, £50, 3.4.13" in pencil, 82x107mm, very scarce. S.G. £2,500. Photo on Page 30. (Image1)
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Est. £600-700
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 147 |
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 1912 1d Stage 5 colour trials, in blue on thick card or in scarlet on gummed paper with sideways Crown watermark, both cut close, scarlet trial with small thin, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £5,250. (2). Photo on
Page 12. (Image1) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Est. £800-1,000
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 148 |
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 c.1916 ½d Bright green imperforate wartime colour trial pair on gummed Royal Cypher watermarked paper, margin at left, light creasing and right stamp with upper right corner fault, still very scarce. With B.P.A
Certificate (1993). S.G. £5,600. Photo on Page 12. (Image1)
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Est. £400-500
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 149 |
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 1912 2½d Blue, watermark Royal Cypher, imperforate interpanneau lower marginal block of twelve, each overprinted "CANCELLED" type 24, mint, the lower row unmounted, vertical fold in central margin and horizontal crease in
lower margin, the stamps fine. A scarce positional block. S.G. £2,400+. Photo on Page 22. (Image1)
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Est. £600-700
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 150 |
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 1913 5d Die Proof in black on white glazed card overprinted "CANCELLED" (19½x2½mm) in red, 21x26mm, affixed to card dated "26/5/13" and endorsed "5.N, From Roller 1.2.3 & 4". A unique proof with this Cancelled
overprint, from the personal archives of Royal Mint engraver H.A Richardson, presented to him upon his retirement. Photo on Page 32. (Image1)
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Est. £800-1,000
Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. |
