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Lot Description |
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| 4007 |
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 1855 (July 20): 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 5, an unused example lettered
HF, well centred and of fine fresh colour, part og. Gi F6 = £ 2'800.rnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, Mail Order, June 1999. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 4008 |
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 1857 (July 2): 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 6, an unused example lettered
GD, with variety letter "D" doubled, of brilliantly fresh colour, large part og. A most attractive example of a very scarce stamp. Photocopy of cert. RPSL (2014) Gi F7e = £ 3'000 (plate variety unpriced unused).rnProvenance: Spink, London, 10
June 1998, lot 1374 (as a block of four FC-FD / GC-GD); Collection Lord Steinberg, Sotheby's, London, 21 Sept 2011, lot 56 (as a block of four); Block split: RPSL cert (2014) as a pair GC-GD. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4009 |
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 1857 (July 2): 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 6, an unused example lettered
LE, fine deep rich colour, unmounted og. An exceptionally attractive example of a very scarce stamp showing the prominent re-entry Gi 35d/F7 = £ 3'000.rnProvenance: Christies, London, 18 June 1996, lot 188 (as a block of twelve KC-KF / MC-MF);
Collection Lord Steinberg, Sotheby's, London, 21 Sept 2011, lot 57 (as a block of twelve KC-KF / MC-MF).rn (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4010 |
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 1864/79: 1 d. rose-red, plate 225, lettered HB, a fine unused example, centred slightly to
left, of excellent colour, large part og. Rare Gi G1(1) = £ 3'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF800.00
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| 4011 |
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 1864/79: 1 d. rose-red, plate 225, lettered MB, a fine unused example, centred slightly to
top, of excellent colour, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi G1(1) = £ 3'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4012 |
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 1864/79: 1 d. rose-red, plate 225, lettered QD, a fine unused example, centred slightly to
right, of excellent colour, superb large part og. Rare Gi G1(1) = £ 3'000.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 12-13 Dec 1979, lot 1622. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 4013 |
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 1858 (July): 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 8, an unused example lettered CD,
fresh colour, fine large part og. Scarce Gi G2 = £ 1'850. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4014 |
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 1868: 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 12, an unused example lettered HJ, fresh
colour, full unmounted og. An extremely fine example from this, the rarest plate. Cert. PTS (2012) Gi G2 = £ 3'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4015 |
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 1868: 2 d. blue, wmk. Large Crown, perf. 14, plate 15, an unused example lettered JB, well
centred and of vibrant fresh colour, full unmounted og. Scarce so fine Gi G3 = £ 525. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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| 4016 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): Bantam ½ d. rose-red, plate 14, an unused block of eighteen (6 x 3), marginal
from base of sheet with imprint "PRICE ½ d. Per Label. 1/- Per Row of 24. £ 1 ...Per Sheet", of rich deep colour, one or two hinges to protect the multiple, fine large part or unmounted og. A most impressive and attractive block Gi G4 = £
2'150+.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 15-16 April 2010. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 4017 |
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 1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused
example, lettered LD, fresh and very fine, vibrant rich colour, large part og. A very fine example of this rarity. Cert. RPSL (1972) Gi G5 = £ 8'500.rnProvenance: Mike Holt list number 29, March 2003, lot 180. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4018 |
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 1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused
example, lettered EA, with small part of "(Ce)ment" imprint in sheet margin at left. A stamp of brilliant freshness and vibrant colour, superb large part og. A magnificent example of this rarity. Signed Sorani Gi G5 = £ 8'500.rnProvenance:
Collection "Magnificent", Harmers, London, 24-25 April 1950, lot 204 (as a pair lettered EA-EB); Collection "Alford", Ivy, Shreve & Mader, New York, 21 June 1999, lot 2224; Harmers, London, 16 June 2012, lot 80. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF3,200.00
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| 4019 |
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 1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy mauve on blued paper, lettered QF-QG, an
unused horizontal pair of exquisite colour, fresh and very fine, showing more 'Ivory Head' than normal, large part og. An extremely rare stamp, especially so in a multiple. Certs. PEGB (1994), BPA (2020) Gi = £ 17'000+.rnProvenance: Collection
Sir Ernest Hunt, Stanley Gibbons, London, 10 Nov 1966, lot 113; Phillips, London, 2 Sept 1993, lot 288; Harmers, London, 28 July 1995, lot 130; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 251, Zurich, 7 Sept 2020, lot 3101. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4020 |
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 1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused
corner marginal block of four from the loweer right corner of the sheet, lettered SK-SL / TK-TL, showing part marginal inscription "(Care)ful not to remove the Cement" at base and Plate Number '1' obscured by the perforations; of fabulous rich
colour, the stamps brilliantly fresh and fine, merest hint of vertical gum bend at right on superb large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A magnificent multiple of great rarity. Cert. BPA (2021) Gi G5 = £ 34'000+.rnProvenance: Collection
Lady Joan Joicey, Spink, London, 18 Nov 2021.rnrnThe earliest record of unissued 1½d rosy mauves was to the best of our knowledge in the 1894 Royal Philatelic Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition in the Avery collection. As far as one can determine
this block was sold in a Puttick & Simpson sale of 29-30 October 1901 in London; still as a block of six SJ-SL / Tj-TL. The 'missing' vertical pair SJ/TJ has not been recorded since. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 4021 |
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 1860: Prepared for use but not issued: 1½ d. rosy-mauve on blued paper, plate 1, an unused
block of six (3 x 2), lettered LG-LI / MG-MI, of fabulous colour, the stamps brilliantly fresh and fine, superb large part og. with lower three stamps unmounted og. A magnificent multiple of consummate beauty and great rarity. A block of six is the
largest recorded multiple of this stamp. Certs. BPA (2005), BPA (2019) Gi G5 = £ 51'000+.rnProvenance: Collection H.C.V. Adams, Robson Lowe, Feb 1956, lot 421. Described as "Brilliant Mint"; Mercury Stamp Auction number 128, New York, 12 April
1957, lot 1272. Probably property of Rothschild; Collection Josiah K. Lilly, Siegel, New York, 15 March 1967, lot 23; Christies, London, 9 May 1990; Spink, London, 17 Dec 1997, lot 1526; Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept-1
Oct 2004, lot 196; Collection Dimitris Bertsimas, Siegel, New York, 19 March 2019, lot 3023.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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| 4022 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): 1½ d. rose-red, plate 1, an unused example, lettered GG, of fine resonant
fresh colour, unmounted og. Superb Gi G6 = £ 725+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 4023 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): 1½ d. rose-red, plate 1, an unused horizontal pair, lettered KF-KG, of fine
fresh colour, large part og. Superb Gi G6 = £ 1'450+.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 28-30 Sept 2005, lot 106. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF350.00
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| 4024 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): 1½ d. rose-red, plate 3, an unused example, lettered HD, of fine resonant
fresh colour, unmounted og. Gi G6 = £ 500+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4025 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): 1½ d. rose-red, plate 3, an unused example, lettered FD, of fine resonant
fresh colour, superb large part og. Superb Gi G6 = £ 500+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4026 |
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 1870 (Oct 1): 1½ d. rose-red, plate 3, an unused block of four lettered LK-LL / MK-ML, sheet
marginal at right with imprint "SIDE of the Letter. In Wetting the..", of fine colour, part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Signed Mondolfo RDP. Cert. RPSL (2003) states "Heavy hinge remainders", an opinion which this describer finds rather harsh
Gi G6 = £ 2'300.rnProvenance: Christies, London, 4 June 1992, lot 4115; Spink, London, 11 May 2006, lot 445; Collection "Besançon", Corinphila sale 251, Zurich, 7 Sept 2020, lot 3096. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF850.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
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