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4649 |
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1880 (Feb 5): 2½ d. blue, Plate 17, wmk. Orb, lettered DH-DK / EH-EK, an unused block of
eight of brilliant colour, overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi J19s = £ 1'280. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4650 |
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1881 (March 23): 2½ d. blue, Plate 22, wmk. Crown, lettered ML, a used example with dramatic
vertical pre-printing paper fold, lightly cancelled in black. Extremely unusual and most appealing variety. Cert. RPSL (2001) Gi J24 var. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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4651 |
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1880 (Dec 8): 4 d. grey-brown, Plate 17, wmk. Crown, lettered KK-KL / LK-LL, an unused block
of four, marginal from right of sheet, of fresh colour, overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black, minor creasing in margin only, superb large part og. Gi J68s = £ 1'000. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4652 |
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1881 (Jan 1): 6 d. grey, Plate 17, wmk. Crown, lettered EE-EG, an unused horizontal strip of
three in a deep shade, slight surface mark on central stamp and gum creases on large part og. Gi J88 = £ 1'275. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4653 |
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1881 (May 24): 1 s. orange-brown, Plate 13, wmk. Crown, lettered IE / JE, an unused vertical
pair with sheet margin at base showing part of the marginal marking, each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black, one short perf. otherwise fresh and fine, minor wrinkle on large part og. A fine and scarce multiple Gi J116s = £
700.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 28 Sept 2005, lot 230. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4654 |
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1881 (May 24): 1 s. orange-brown, Plate 13, wmk. Crown, lettered PI-PL / RI-RL, a used block
of twelve (4 x 3), of rich colour, each stamp cancelled by "Bangor" circular datestamp (Feb 20, 1883) in black. One stamp, RJ, with rounded corner but this is one of the largest used blocks known (this block unrecorded in 'Surface Printed Stamps' by
Galland & Louis), a fine and rare multiple Gi J116 = £ 2'340. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4655 |
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1883 (Jan 1): 3 d. on 3 d. lilac, Plate 21, wmk. Crown, lettered II-IJ, imperforate
Imprimaturs hinged back together, good to large margins all round and of fresh colour, gum wrinkles on part og. Rare, with just 23 stamps removed from the Imprimatur sheet Gi K8A = £ 5'500.rnProvenance: Lettered IJ: Robson Lowe 24 April 1949,
lot 220; Collection Beaumont; Robson Lose Dec. 1965, lot 409;rn Lettered II+IJ: Collection Dr. Douglas Latto, Phillips, London, 22 Oct 1922, lot 521. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4656 |
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1883 (Jan 1): 3 d. on 3 d. lilac, Plate 21, wmk. Crown and 6 d. on 6 d. lilac, Plate 18;
lettered FB-FD / GB-GD, unused blocks of six with matching letterings, both of fresh bright colour, both overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black; fresh and very fine, minor wrinkles on large part or unmounted og. A delightful pairing Gi K8As+K8Bs =
£ 2'400. (Image 1)
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4657 |
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1883 (Jan 1): 3 d. on 3 d. lilac, Plate 21, wmk. Crown, lettered DI-DJ, an unused
hortizontal pair, central rubbed area at top, otherwise fine with large part og., and 6 d. on 6 d. lilac, Plate 18, in a matching horizontal pair lettered IA-IB, fresh and fine with large part og. Gi K8A+K8B = £ 2'500. (Image 1)
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4658 |
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1880 (Oct 14): ½ d. pale green, an unused block of twelve (3 x 4), corner marginal from
upper right of sheet, of fresh true colour, mounted in margin only, stamps unmounted og. Gi K1 = £ 700. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4659 |
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1880: De La Rue Die Proof for 1 d. value in black on glazed white card, completed design,
dated "Sep 1 1879" and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING and "3" (Die Number) in black. Some light scuffs but generally fresh and very fine, a rare and most attractive Proof Gi K3 = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Collection H.W. Fisher, Philipps Auction 22-23
Sept. 1983, lot 1005. (Image 1)
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4660 |
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1880 (Jan 1): 1 d. Venetian red, wmk. Crown, lettered KC, an unused example of good colour,
variety "Watermark Inverted", creased and without gum. Despite faults, a very rare stamp unused, unpriced thus by Stanley Gibbons. Cert. Brandon (2007) Gi K3b = £ 325 (used). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4661 |
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1881 (March 15): 5 d. indigo, wmk. Crown, an unused example of deep colour and full
unmounted og. Scarce thus Gi K6 = £ 725.rnProvenance: Bonhams, London, 19 Dec 2006, lot 349. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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4662 |
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1881 (March 15): 5 d. indigo, wmk. Crown, variety imperforated from registration sheet,
ample to large margins all round, fresh and very fine, superb part og. Rare BPA cert. (2021) Gi K6 = £ 5'500.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe Auction 2 Dec. 1970, lot 1349. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4663 |
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1881: Colour Trials (12) for the 1 d. value on wmk. Crown paper, perf. 14, printed in
bistre, brown, chestnut, lilac, rose, red, carmine, pale green, slate green, dull blue, slate blue and grey-brown on white paper, most with peripheral aging and imperfections but largely fine, unused - some with and some without - gum. Very rare, see
page 253 in the specialised catalogue listing Gi K8 = £ 39'000. (Image 1)
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4664 |
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1881 (July 2): 1 d. lilac, Die I, 14 dots, an unused block of six (3 x 2), of good fresh
colour and very fine, large part og. with four stamps unmounted og. Scarce and attractive multiple Gi K7(1) = £ 1'500. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4665 |
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1881 (Dec 13): 1 d. lilac, Die II, an unused horizontal pair in a deep shade, corner
marginal from lower right of sheet, showing "Inverted X" Control. Scarce and fine, stamps unmounted og. Gi KC53a = £ 220+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4666 |
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1867 (April 18): 5 s. pale rose, Plate 1, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered HA, imperforate,
large margins all round, superb colour, minor wrinkles not affecting the appearance, large part og. slightly soiled but of great scarcity. The imperforate variety of this issue is paler than the imprimatur stamps and the imperforates are gummed,
whilst the imprimaturs are ungummed. SG. No. 127a. = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe Auction 19 Sept. 1956, lot 411 (offered as "variety imperforate"); Robson Lowe Auction 21 Nov. 1972, lot 385 (offered as "Imprimatur"); Phillips Auction 2
Nov. 1989, lot 169 (offered as "variety imperforate"); Collection G. Bloch, Christies 14 June 1995, lot 56 (offered as "Imprimatur"); Grosvenor 11/12 Nov. 2010, lot 870 (offered as "variety imperforate" and said to be "ex. Shaida"). (Image 1) (Image 2)
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4667 |
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1874 (Aug 12): 5 s. carmine-pink, Plate 4 so called "abnormal", wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered
GA, an imperforate Imprimatur, of lovely rich colour, fresh and very fine, trivial wrinkle on superb large part og. A magnificent and extremely rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1990) Gi J121 = £ 28'000.rnProvenance: Collection Laycock, Robson Lowe 18
Mach 1953, lot 436; Robson Lowe Auction 7 May 1958, lot 518; Collection Dr. & Mme Serval of Belgium, lot 305; Phillips 2 Nov. 1989, lot 178. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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4668 |
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1867 (July 1): 5 s. rose, Plate 1, wmk. Maltese Cross, perf. 15½ x 15, lettered AC-AE, an
unused horizontal strip of three, marginal at top with imprint 'FIVE SHILLINGS.', each stamp overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 6) in black with third stamp showing SPECIMEN doubled. Margin splitting at right but the stamps with minor wrinkle on full
unmounted og. Scarce and most appealing multiple Gi J121(1)t = £ 3'000.rnProvenance: Collection T.P. Palmer, Robson Lowe Auction 10-11 Oct. 1978, lot 1209; Phillips 13 April 1989, lot 426; Harmers, 31 Oct 1995, lot 506. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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