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| 6198 |
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 Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-March): 5 c. on 32 c. slate, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x 12½, an
unused example of strong colour and appearance, slight bend on part og. A very scarce stamp Gi = £ 850.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 5 April 2005, lot 943. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6199 |
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 Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-Mar): TEN CENTS on 64 c. red-brown, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 x
12½, the unused pair showing variety "Imperforate Horizontally Between" and at base, of good colour, fresh and very fine appearance, unused without gum. A magnificent example of this variety, six pairs possible and recorded, with one housed in the
collection of His Majesty King Charles III. A famous rarity. Signed Senf Gi = £ 7'000.rnProvenance: Collection Baron Anthony de Worms, Harmers, London , 20-23 June 1938, lot 795; Collection Sir Ernest de Silva, Harmers, London, 12 Jan 1959;
Collection G.P. Bailey, May 1962; Collection 'Fernland', Spink, London, 15-16 April 2010, lot 281. (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 6200 |
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 Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-March): 1 r. 25 c. in black on 2 r. 50 c. dull rose, wmk. Crown
CC, perf. 12½, an unused example with two perfs. at top improved and slight scuff at upper left, otherwise of fine appearance, large part og. A very scarce stamp together with the r. 25 c. in black on 2 r. 50 c. dull rose, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 12½ x
14, fresh and fine, large part og. Gi = £ 800+.rnProvenance: Collection Alexander Reid, Spink, London, 11 March 2010, lot 164 (Gi. 175). (Image 1)
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| 6201 |
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 Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-March): 5 c. on 8 c. orange-yellow, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, a
used example with variety "Surcharge Double" and "E" of CENTS in surcharge almost missing; lightly cancelled in black. A fine example of an extremely rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (1953) Gi = £ 3'750.rnProvenance: Collection Rear Admiral Frederic
Harris, Harmer Rooke, New York, Feb 1953; Collection William Frazer, Spink, London, Oct 2003; Collection 'Fernland', Spink, London, 15-16 April 2010, lot 288. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 6202 |
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 Local Surcharges 1885 (Jan-March): TEN CENTS on 16 c. pale violet, wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14,
an unused example of fine delicate colour, small surface spot before Queen's forehead, otherwise superb, part og. An immensely rare stamp. Certs. BPA (1950c), BPA (1985), RPSL (1991) Gi = £ 13'000.rnProvenance: Rear Admiral Frederic Harris,
Harmer Rooke, New York, 13-15 Feb 1951, lot 774; Collection 'Fernland', Spink, London, 15-16 April 2010, lot 167. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 6203 |
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 De La Rue surcharges 1885: De La Rue surcharge Essay with "Revenue And Postage / 5 Cents"
Trial on 8 c. orange-yellow, an unused example marginal from base of sheet, minor diagonal bends unapparent on face, with large part og., signed at base in red ink; together with the issued set of seven values, fair to fine, large part og.rnNote:
This Essay is illustrated in the De La Rue Collection edited by Frank Walton RDP on page 2520. (Image
1)
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| 6204 |
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 1885: De La Rue Die Proof for the 5 c. value printed in black on glazed white card,
handstamped "5 AUG 85" and BEFORE / HARDENING. Slightest of soiling, scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6205 |
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 1886/87:5 c. dull purple, 15 c. safe-green, 25 c. yellow-brown, 28 c. slate and 1887 1 r. 12
c. dull rose; unused examples all overprinted locally with diagonal SPECIMEN handstamp (Samuel type CE4) in black; fair to fine, large part og. Scarce.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 8 July 2003, lot 409. (Image 1)
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| 6206 |
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 1886: De La Rue Colour Trials, Imperforate on unwatermarked paper (3) for the 15 c. value,
with 15 c. in pale blue-green & purple, 15 c. in pale chalky blue and 15 c. in magenta & crimson; slight rubs and some adherence on part og. but a rare trio. (Image 1)
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| 6207 |
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 1886 (Feb 22): De La Rue Appendix sheet headed "Ceylon Postage Stamps, proposed scheme for
the three duties to be printed from the Key Plate", with Imperforate Colour Trials (3) without value tablets: 15 c. in sage-green (accepted), 25 c. in magenta witrh pencil "use the brown" alongside (yellow-brown was utilised), and 28 c. in pale
chalky blue with manuscript "use the blue-black" (slate was utilised). Not illustrated in the De La Rue Collection. Charming and of great scarcity. rnProvenance: De La Rue archives, Robson Lowe, June 1976; Collection Henry Fotheringham, 2003;
Collection D.J. Norris, Spink, London, 11-13 July 2006. lot 115. (Image 1)
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| 6208 |
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 1884 (Nov 28): De La Rue handpainted Essay for proposed 1 r. 12 c. value as issued in 1887,
hand-painted on thick card (70 x 81 mm.) with design much as issued entirely hand-painted in dull rose, claret and lilac, with 24 c. brown-purple imperforate Colour Trial at lower left and manuscript annotation "actual colour proposed" alongside and
signed in red ink. File hole at top, a splendid and unique working Essay. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6209 |
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 1887: 1 r. 12 c. dull rose, wmk. Crown CC, perf. 14 on white paper, an unused example (Gi
201) together with a further example with local SPECIMEN overprint diagonally struck in black (Samuel type CE4) and an unused block of four with wmk. Crown CC upright, in a bright shade, large part og. An appealing group Gi = £ 315+. (Image 1)
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| 6210 |
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 1888/90: 2 c. on 4 c. rosy mauve (type 35), wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused block of six,
variety "Surcharge Double, One Inverted", fresh and fine appearance, browned large part og., lower strip unmounted og. A rare multiple but two upper stamps stained. Cert. RPSL (1962) Gi = £ 450+ (for a strip of three). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 6211 |
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 1888/90: 2 c. on 4 c. rose (type 35), wmk. Crown CA, perf. 14, an unused horizontal strip of
three, central stamp (Row 3, stamp 5) showing variety "s of Cents Inverted", fresh and fine, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 650+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6212 |
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 Local surcharge 1890: 5 c. on 15 c. olive-green, an unused block of four of fine fresh
colour, variety "Surcharge Inverted", unmounted og. Scarce in a multiple Gi = £ 260+. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 6213 |
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 Local surcharge 1890: 5 c. on 15 c. olive-green, a small group (4 items) with an unused
block of four from upper right of pane showing variety "POST AGE spaced" on first stamp but with crease not greatly affecting appearance, an unused with "Inverted "s" in Cents" variety, an unused example with whole "Surcharge Inverted" variety, and
an unused example with variety "REVENUE omitted", generally fine, large part og. Gi = £ 520+. (Image
1)
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| 6214 |
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 Local surcharge 1890: 5 c. on 15 c. olive-green, an unused horizontal pair, variety "REVENUE
omitted" on both, right hand stamp with slight rub at lower right, large part og. Scarce. Cert. RPSL missing (#54,256 of 1962) Gi = £ 450. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6215 |
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 Local surcharge 1890: 5 c. on 15 c. olive-green, an unused pane of sixty (6 x 10) of fresh
colour, showing at lower left (Row 10, stamp 2), variety "Inverted "s" in Cents", large part or unmounted og. A fine and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 400+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 6216 |
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 Local surcharge 1890: 5 c. on 15 c. olive-green, a used example showing varieties "Inverted
"s" in Cents and whole Surcharge Inverted" (Row 10, stamp 2), lightly cancelled in black leaving the varieties clear. Rare, unpriced in used condition by Stanley Gibbons. Cert. Brandon (2006) Gi = £ 2'500 (for unused).rnProvenance: Mark Harvey,
March 2011. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 6217 |
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 Local surcharge 1891: 15 c. surcharge on 25 c. yellow-brown, the collection on leaves with
unused examples (35) and used (3) including blocks of four (2), nine and twelve (these last being corner blocks) and showing small surcharge varieties; and 15 c. on 28 c. slate with unused (15) and used (2) including strip of three, block of four and
block of six; condition generally superb, a charming group Gi = £ 1'000+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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