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| 4159 |
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 1883 (Feb): 10 s. grey-green on slightly blued paper, Plate 1, wmk. Anchor, lettered AD, an
imperforate Imprimatur, of good rich colour, two small unobtrusive creases at base otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. An extremely rare Imprimatur with just 18 stamps removed from the registration sheet Gi J125 = £
44'000.rnProvenance: Per Gjerding collection, Harmers, London 16 - 17 Jan. 1956, lot 232. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF7,500.00
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| 4160 |
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 1883: 10 s. deep blackish-green, Plate 1, the "Official Reproduction / Official Forgery", a
sheetlet of four imperforate on thin toned ungummed wove paper, with 'impossible' lettering FD-FH / BE-EC. Fine and rare, the sheetlet with a vertical crease in the wide right margin well away from the designs.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Douglas
Latto, Phillips, London, 22 Oct 1992, lot 328. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF900.00
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| 4161 |
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 1882 (Nov 25): 5 s. rose on white paper, Plate 4, wmk. Anchor, lettered AA, a used example,
well centred and of bright colour, neatly cancelled by "Worcester" circular datestamp (Jan 16, 1884) in black. Corner bend at upper right but an attractive example of a rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1978) Gi J123a = £ 4'200. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4162 |
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 1882 (Dec): £ 1 brown-lilac on white paper, wmk. Anchor, perf. 14, lettered AD, a used
example of excellent rich colour, neatly cancelled by central "London / Northern Office" circular datestamp (July 5, 1883) in black. The certificate states 'discolouration at lower right under UV lamp', this invisible to the naked eye, a stamp of
wonderful appearance and rare so fine. Cert. BPA (2021) Gi J127a = £ 9'000.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 80, Zurich, 24-31 March 1990, lot 4960. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF3,000.00
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| 4163 |
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 1882 (March 21): £ 5 orange on white paper, wmk. Anchor, lettered CG, an unused
example, of brilliant fresh colour, overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 11) in black. Fresh and fine, superb large part og. Gi J128t = £ 4'500.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 6-7 Dec 2005, lot 904. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF900.00
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| 4164 |
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 1882 (March 21): £ 5 orange on white paper, wmk. Anchor, lettered DF, an unused example
of brilliant fresh colour, marginal from right of sheet, superb unmounted og. Gi J128a = £ 14'500.rnProvenance: Ex the Max Guggenheim pane of 28, broken up by this describer at Stanley Gibbons, London. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4165 |
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 1875; De La Rue Die Proof for 2½ d. value in black on glazed white card, the Master Die
Proof showing the near complete design with just the Plate Number area and Corner Letters left blank, handstamped "Feb. 10 1875" and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Fresh and very fine, an extremely scarce Proof Gi J1 = £ 2'000.rnProvenance:
Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 29 Sept 2004, lot 215. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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| 4166 |
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 1875 (July 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve on white paper, Plate 1, wmk. Anchor, lettered OK-OL /
PK-PL, an unused block of four, interpanneau marginal with imprint '2½d.' and Current Number "465" below, fresh colour and with typical gum bends, the stamps unmounted og. A rare and most attractive multiple Gi J1 = £ 3'800.rnProvenance: ex J.B.
Seymaur collection (as part of a half sheet of 96, IA/PL which has been split after 1960). (Image
1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF2,200.00
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| 4167 |
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 1875 (July 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve on white paper, Plate 1, wmk. Anchor, lettered AH-AI /
BH-BI, an unused block of four of fresh bright colour and appearance, vertical crease and some central perforation repair to protect the multiple, part og. Gi J1 = £ 3'800.rnProvenance: ex Gerald Wellburn collection, Robson Lowe 14/15 Feb. 1976,
lot 576. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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| 4168 |
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 1876 (May 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve, Plate 15, wmk. Orb, lettered CJ, an unused example of fine
fresh colour, typical gum wrinkle on large part og. Gi J16 = £ 500.rnProvenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby's, London, 28 Sept 2005, lot 131. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
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| 4169 |
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 1876 (May 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve, Plate 4, wmk. Orb, lettered HK-HL, an unused horizontal pair
in a deep shade, typical gum wrinkle on large part og. Gi J5 = £ 1'000.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 9-10 March 2005, lot 90. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
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| 4170 |
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 1876 (May 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve, Plate 10, wmk. Orb, lettered PA-PB, an unused horizontal
pair, marginal from base of sheet and showing '2½d.' imprint and Plate Number "10", of fresh vibrant colour, minor wrinkle on large part og. A most attractive and scarce pair Gi J11 = £ 1'100. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
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| 4171 |
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 1876 (May 1): 2½ d. rosy-mauve, Plate 14, wmk. Orb, lettered OD, a used example on 1879
mourning cover to Norway tied by "Moreton-In-Marsh / 534" duplex (Aug 20). Readdressed on arrival in Christiania (Aug 25) to Molde (Aug 31). Reverse with 'Blockley' sub P.O. despatch cds. Envelope tear at top, cover addressed to a relation of Winston
Churchill, Lady Edward Spencer Churchill (1854-1941). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF300.00
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| 4172 |
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 1880 (Feb 5): 2½ d. blue, Plate 17, wmk. Orb, lettered AA-AF / HA-HF, the unused block of
forty-eight, with sheet margin at top showing imprint '2½d.' and 'POSTAGE' with Current Number "581", interpanneau margin at base under four stamps with imprint '(POS)TAGE TWO P(ENCE)', all stamps overprinted SPECIMEN (Type 9) in black, AD-AE and
HC-HD overprinted double. Some peripheral faults in margins and HF with fault but a dramatic and extraordinary block, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Gi J19s = £ 7'680.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Douglas Latto, Phillips, London, 22
Oct 1992, lot 387. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF2,600.00
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| 4173 |
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 1872: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the 3 d. value printed in black, completed design
without Corner Letters or Plate Numbers, dated "Oct 3, 1872" and endorsed BEFORE HARDENING in black. Slight stain at right but superb and rare with just 5 examples recorded by Galland & Louis in 'Surface Printed Stamps' Gi = £ 2'000.
rnProvenance: Spink, London, 24 April 2003, lot 760. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF950.00
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| 4174 |
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 1873/80: 3 d. rose, Plate 20, wmk. Spray, lettered DL, an unused example of fresh colour,
large part og. A scarce stamp unused Gi J39 = £ 800. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF270.00
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| 4175 |
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 1873/80: 3 d. rose, Plate 15, wmk. Spray, lettered QB, a used example on 1874 cover to Paris
tied by fine strike of circular CALEDONIAN T.P.O. / DAY UP datestamp (Oct 15) in black; with oval red 'PD' below and Calais transit (Oct 17). Further strike of the TPO cds on reverse with Paris arrival. Slight tear in envelope not affecting the
appearance or adhesive, a fine and rare cover - addressed to Sir Francis Knollys, the secretary to the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
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| 4176 |
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 Abnormal 1873 (March 15): 6 d. pale buff, Plate 13, wmk. Spray, lettered HL, a fine used
example clearly showing the Plate number at left, cancelled by large part 'Leeds / 447' duplex in black. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2005) Gi J82 = £ 25'000.rnNote: The 1873, 6d. pale buff from plate 13 is not simply an „Abnormal Plate“.
It is much more: It is in fact an „Abnormal Stamp Issue“ for the following reasons:rnA new design compared to the preceding 6d. plate 12 showing the plate number ‚13‘ on the right and on the left placed in the middle of the hexagon (instead at the
bottom above the corner letters) and with large coloured corner letters (instead of white corner letters)rnThis new design was never issued in pale buff colour!rnTherefore the importance of the 6d. plate 13 pale buff is much higher than any of the
other „Abnormal plates“. All the other „Abnormal Plates“ were one plate in a series of ‚normal‘ plates which were issued in the same design and colour.rnThe existance of the 6d. altered design plate 13 in pale buff was not known until June when
Philatelic Record reported on page 104: „A used specimen of pülate 13 of the Sixpence type of 1st. April 1873, has been found in light yellow-brown, the colour of the Issue of June 1872……“.rnFive years later, in the February 1895 issue of Philatelic
Record, more details were published: „This variety was first disinterred by the late Mr. Firth, who sent the specimen to Mr. A.H.Wilson, for examination. It was duly perforated and post marked, and bore the letters AF/FA being printed in light buff
(….). Mr. W.E.Jeff shewed the specimen at the exhibition of the London Philatelic Society, in 1890, to many who were present.“rnIn the same year, Mr. O. Firth wrote to The London Philatelist in regard of the 6d. plate 13 in pale buff: “The stamp
(…..) passed into the possession of Herr von Ferrary in 1891“. It remained in the Ferrary collection until his death in 1917 and was then sold in part 9 of the Ferrary sales on 10 April 1924 , lot 200.rnIn an display given by the Earl of Crawford on
7 January 1909 to the Royal Philatelic Society, the Earl stated of „….one other copy“, which might have been the first 6d. pale buff offered on a public auction. This stamp was offered in the 63rd. Ventom, Bull & Cooper auction on 12 November 1895,
lot 131, an auction that offered the F. West collection.rnNearly all specimens of the 6d.pale buff plate 13 known to date were used in „447“ LEEDS. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF13,500.00
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| 4177 |
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 1873: De La Rue Die Proof for the 6 d. value, printed in burnt umber (numbered 10) on white
glazed card inscribed thus in pencil on reverse, the completed Die without Corner Letters and Plate Number. Slight peripheral aging but beautiful and extremely rare Gi J83 = £ 7'500.rnProvenance: Collection Beaumont; Collection Dr. Douglas
Latto, Phillips, London, 22 Oct 1992, lot 417. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF2,500.00
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| 4178 |
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 1874 (Oct 16): 6 d. deep grey, Plate 14, wmk. Spray, lettered AI, an imperforate Imprimatur,
with good to large margins all round, fresh and very fine, large part og. Rare, with just 22 stamps removed from the Imprimatur sheet Gi J84 = £ 2'750.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, 25/26 July 1979, lot 1558; Harmers, London 8. Dec. 1983, lot 1723.
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SOLD for CHF800.00
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