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| 4709 |
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 1886/87: 4 d. green & deep brown, an unused example, marginal from base of sheet,
overprinted CANCELLED (Type 14) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. Rare Gi K33t = £ 1'250.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, Christies 17 Dec. 1996, lot 141. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4710 |
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 1887 (Jan 1): 4 d. green & purple-brown, Plate 4A, an unused block of four showing the
alternating thin coloured horizontal lines in the right margin, of fresh colour and superb unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi K33(1) = £ 240+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4711 |
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 1892: Colour Trial for the 4½ d. value, printed on watermark Crown paper, perf. 14, with
Head-plate in grey-green and Duty plate in rose, fresh and fine, large part og., with block of four of the issued stamp for comparison. Rare Gi K34 = £ 4'500.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 8 Oct 1997, lot 121. (Image 1)
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| 4712 |
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 1888: 5 d. dull blue & purple, Die II, an imperforate Imprimatur, good to large margins all
round and with sheet margin at right, of rich colour, fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Exceedingly rare with just 6 examples removed from the Imprimatur sheet and probably the finest known Gi K36 = £ 10'000.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K.
Weiss, RL, London, 17 Dec 1996, lot 157. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4713 |
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 1887 (Jan 1): 5 d. dull blue & purple, Die I, an unused example of good colour, overprinted
CANCELLED (Type 14) in black, fresh and very fine, unused with merest trace of gum. Extremely rare, believed to be just two examples in private hands Gi K35t = unpriced.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, RL, London, 17 Dec 1996, lot 154. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4714 |
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 1887 (Jan 1): 6 d. purple on rose-red, an imperforate Imprimatur, good to large margins all
round and sheet marginal at left, fresh and very fine, large part og. Rare, just 47 stamps removed from the registration sheets Gi K37 = £ 850.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, RL, London, 17 Dec 1996, lot 168.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4715 |
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 1887 (Jan 1): 9 d. dull purple & bright blue, a used block of twelve (3 x 4) of good colour,
neatly cancelled by "Shotton Common" circular datestamps (Nov 28, 1889) in black. Couple of slightly blunted perfs. but a choice and fine multiple Gi K38(2) = £ 650+.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4716 |
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 1890 (Jan 14): Colour Trial for 10 d. value, with Head-plate printed in purple and Duty
plate in brown, on watermarked Crown paper, perf. 14, applied to small piece and cancelled by (Alexandria, Egypt) "BO1" obliterator in black. Exceptional example of lovely appearance. Rare and most attractive Gi K39 = £ 7'000.rnProvenance:
Collection 'Maximus' (R.A.G. Lee), Stanley Gibbons 5-6 Feb. 1970, lot 665. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4717 |
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 1890 (Feb 24): 10 d. dull purple & carmine, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from left of
Pane D, Row 4, stamp 1-2, first stamp showing variety "Clipped SW corner to right Value Tablet and Plate Crack below", fresh and fine but for thin in margin, stamps unmounted og. Scarce Gi K39e = £ 230+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4718 |
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 1899 (Oct 27): Colour Trial for the 1 s. value, printed in sky-blue on watermarked Crown
paper, perf. 14, fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare and charming Trial Gi K40 = £ 2'400.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 20 Oct 1993, lot 342. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4719 |
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 1899 (Oct 27): Colour Trial for the 1 s. value, printed in violet on watermarked Crown
paper, perf. 14, fresh and very fine, part og. A rare and charming Trial Gi K40 = £ 2'400.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, Spink, London, 17 Dec 1996, lot 202. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4720 |
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 1887 (Jan 1): 1 s. dull green, a used example on 1888 cover addressed to an Army Major in
Cape Town, neatly tied by "Winchfield / 963" duplex in black (Aug 15). Reverse with Hartford Bridge cds (Aug 15), squared circle Cape Town datestamp and forwarded to Winberg (Sept 6). An extremely scarce single franking Gi K40 = £ 190. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4721 |
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 1900 (July 11): 1 s. green & carmine, an imperforate Imprimatur, good to large margins all
round, minute closed scissor cut in margin at base barely detracting from appearance, otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. An extremely rare stamp - just 2 examples were removed from the Imprimatur sheet which makes this the rares of all the
Queen Victoria imprimaturs! Certs. BPA (1986) and BPA (1997) Gi K41 = £ 38'000.rnProvenance: Collection Jeffrey K. Weiss, RL, London, 17 Dec 1996, lot 224. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4722 |
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 Jackson - Harmsworth Arctic Expedition 1881: 1 d. lilac (2), Jubilee 1887/92 ½ d. vermilion
and 2 d. green & carmine tied to registered 1896 cover with complete contents, mailed by Reginald Koettlitz from "Elmwood, Cape Flora, North Brook Island, Franz Josef Land", tied by "West Strand / London" cds's (Sept 8) in black. The enclosed letter
(full transcript with the lot) was written on July 31, 1896 and describes the famous meeting with the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his sole companion, Lieutenant Hjalmar Johansen, who had been living entirely on walrus and polar bear for
over sixteen months in the Arctic circle; and also thanks the British Vice-Consul in Archangel, Henry Cooke for his letter and assistance. Mailed from the UK (possibly by the returning zoologist Harry Fisher) and received in Archangel on Sept 18 with
red manuscript docketing of receipt and Archangel cds on reverse (Sept 5, julian = Sept 17 gregorian). A rare and extraordinary cover.rnrnNote: The Jackson–Harmsworth expedition of 1894–1897 to Franz Josef Land was led by British Arctic explorer
Frederick George Jackson and financed by the newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth. Jackson had been misled by false maps into believing that Franz Joseph Land was a land mass that extended to the North Pole. The survey, which was the main work of
the expedition eventually proved that the land was in fact an archipelago, whose northernmost island stretched no further than 81° N. The expedition party consisted of astronomer and meteorologist Albert Armitage, physician and geologist Reginald
Koettlitz, mineralogist J.F. Child, and botanist and zoologist Harry Fisher—who in 1896 was replaced by William S. Bruce.rnrn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)
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| 4723 |
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 De La Rue 1904 (Nov 26): ½ d. yellowish green, wmk. upright, complete Booklet pane with five
stamps and adjoining Andrew's Cross, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi M2(2)c = £ 700. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4724 |
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 De La Rue 1902 (March 21): 1½ d. slate-purple & green, ordinary paper, an unused example
overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 15) in black, fresh and fine, large part og Gi M8(1)s = £ 250. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 4725 |
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 De La Rue 1905 (July): 1½ d. deep slate-purple & bluish green on chalk surfaced paper,
unused blocks of four and of six, the former from lower right corner of the sheet, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og., and a block of six marginal from left of the sheet, fresh and fine, unmounted og. A scarce pairing from the 7th and 8th
printings Gi M9(2) = £ 700+. (Image 1)
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| 4726 |
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 De La Rue 1906 (March): 3 d. dull purple on lemon on chalk surfaced paper, an unused block
of thirty-two (4 x 8), marginal from lower left corner of the sheet, fresh and very fine, of superb appearance, reverse with some aging on unmounted og. A remarkable and scarce multiple Gi M20(5).rnProvenance: Collection 'Aurelius', Grosvenor,
London, 8 Oct 2009, lot 2551. (Image 1)
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| 4727 |
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 De La Rue 1906 (January): 4 d. deep green & chocolate brown on chalk surfaced paper, an
unused block of four, marginal from top of sheet, of fine rich colour, superb unmounted og. Scarce Gi M24(2). (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4728 |
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 1901: De La Rue Die Proof for the 5 d. value, printed in black on glazed white card, Head
Plate only, without the Duty Plate, fresh and very fine. A rare and splendid Proof Gi M28 = £ 2'800. (Image 1)
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