Europe continued... Great Britain King George V continued... Lot Symbol Lot Description CV or Estimate 2566 (*) British Empire Exhibition 1924: Harold Nelson’s design for the British Empire Exhibition stamp, executed in pen and blue ink (approximately 123 x 115 mm.), omitting the King's portrait, mounted on a larger watercolour board, signed “Harold Nelson” in pencil, the background of the adopted design subsequently changed from dolphins to rolling countryside, otherwise very close to the accepted design; accompanied by a 1924 (February 19) letter to Harold Nelson from D.O. Lumley, Private Secretary to Sir Evelyn Murray, on embossed General Post Office letterhead, informing him that his submission had been selected for the 1924 Wembley stamp issue, “with one or two very slight modifications” and requesting that he contact Professor R. Anning Bell of the Royal College of Art; light filing fold, important and very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430 Essay] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2567 (*) British Empire Exhibition, 1924: Pencil sketch by Harold Nelson on thin card (approximately 101 x 87 mm.), closely resembling the accepted design, the design measuring 90 x 75 mm, without the King’s head and inscribed “First rough sketch” at lower right; an exceptional and unique exhibit piece of tremendous visual appeal. Provenance: Collection Alan Sabey, Grosvenor, 26 January 2007, lot 1806. Collection Klempka, Spink, London, 21 June 2022, lot 517 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430 Essay] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 2,000.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2568 (*) British Empire Exhibition 1924: 1½d. die proof in black (87 x 73 mm.), on white wove paper, showing full die sinkage, endorsed “Mar 24/24” in pencil, with trivial staple holes at upper left and a light partial offset on reverse, scarce and fine. Gi Spec. = £10,000. Provenance: Collection Sir Gawaine Baillie, Sotheby’s, 29 September–1 October 2004, lot 1044 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 431 Essay] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,400.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2569 (*) British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d. Die Proof of the completed design in black on wove paper (210 x 138 mm), the paper folded in two prior to printing, resulting in an albino impression on the folded portion beneath, with the impressed die number “10290” appearing albino and reversed above the design on the printed upper portion, the paper full-size and showing complete Die sinkage, trivial wrinkles, fine and extremely rare Gi Spec = £12'000. Provenance: Collection Alan Sabey, Grosvenor, 26 January 2007, lot 1808. Collection ‘Monarch’ (Part II), Spink, 8 October 2008, lot 495 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430 Proof] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 2,500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2570 * British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d. scarlet overprinted “CANCELLED” (Type 28) in black, showing the “closed tail on N” variety, lightly mounted mint, well-centred and fresh, fine and rare, likely unique. Cert. RPSL (1999) SG Spec. NCom1cv = unpriced (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430Svar] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2572 * 1924 (April 23): 1d. scarlet, wmk. Block Cypher, line perforated coil join vertical pair overprinted “CANCELLED” (Type 24), the top stamp with part original gum, the lower unmounted, trace of toned perfs in places, else fine. Gi Spec NCom1fv = unpriced Provenance: Collection Alan Sabey, Grosvenor, 26 January 2007, lot 1817 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2573 ** 1924 (April 23): 1½d. brown, wmk. Block Cypher, perf. 14, overprinted “CANCELLED” (Type 24), unmounted, trivial perf flaw at top, else scarce and very fine. Gi Spec NCom2u = £900 as mounted (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 431var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 250.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2574 * British Empire Exhibition, 1924 (April 23): 1d. scarlet and 1½d. brown, wmk. Block Cypher, perf. 14, each overprinted “CANCELLED” (Type 28) in black, unused sheet marginal examples with full original gum, extremely lightly mounted, scarce and fine; cert. Brandon (2017). Gi Spec NCom1v, NCom2v = £1'800 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430/431var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2575 * British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d. scarlet, lightly mounted lower sheet margin single, variety bottom margin imperforate, well-centred and fresh, fine and extremely scarce. S.G. Spec Ncom1a = £4'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 800.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2576 ** British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d. scarlet, unmounted left marginal single, variety left side margin imperforate, well-centred and of bright colour, trivial spot on King's forehead and light gum crease noted for strict accuracy, of little importance given the exeptional scarcity of this variety, else fresh and fine. S.G. Spec. Ncom1aa = £3'500 as mounted. Provenance: Collection ‘Monarch’ (Part II), Spink, 8 October 2008, lot 496 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2577 cover British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d and 1½d. singles, paying the overseas rate, tied by Empire Exhibition machine cancel (26 May) to cover to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, struck by straight-line DAMAGED BY FIRE, scarce, one of only three covers reported from this railway disaster per Hoggarth & Gwynn. The wagon containing the mail on the train from Cape Town to Johannesburg caught fire at Luttig, South Africa; the mail was damaged by fire and water (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430/431] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2578 (*) British Empire Exhibition 1924: 1½d. master die proof in pale brown on proof paper (92 x 77 mm.), showing full Die sinkage, dated “Mar. 21/24” in pencil and endorsed “Colour trial”, staple holes at upper left, a striking and rare proof, very fine SG Spec. = £11'000. Provenance: Harmers, London, 20-21 Jan 1981, lot 978; Stanley GIbbons Auctions, London, Feb 1983, lot 1371; Collection Alan Sabey, Grosvenor, 27 January 2007, lot 1810 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 431 Proof] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 2,000.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2579 cover British Empire Exhibition, 1924: 1d. scarlet and 1-1/2d. brown, tied to first day cover by Empire Exhibition / Wembley Park machine cancel (23 April), the 1d. additionally showing the variety "tail on the N" of Exhibition, a few trivial edge tears, else fine and rare. S.G. Spec NCom1c/NCom2 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 431var/432] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 200.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2580 **/* British Empire Exhibition, 1924: small group mounted on exhibit pages comprising 1924 (April 23) Post Office Circular announcing the Wembley Exhibition stamps and stationery; 1d. scarlet, a nicely-centred example overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Type 30) but with small imperfections (cert. B.P.A); 1d. and 1½d. upper-left corner blocks of eight; 1d. and 1½d. comb-perforated upper-right corner blocks of four; 1d. comb-perforated coil-join strip of four; five sheet-corner singles or multiples, including a 1d. upper-right corner pair showing the ‘tail on N’ variety, two 1d. upper-right corner singles with 566 in selvedge, both from the right-hand pane without the small dot, and a 1½d. upper-right corner block of four showing the constant variety ‘small mark below X of EXHIBITION’ from position R1/6; two British Stamp Ticket Automatic Delivery Co. Ltd. coil wrappers, one with intact wax seal, scarce; and a set of four items of souvenir stationery printed by McCorquodales; some small imperfections in places, otherwise mostly fine, with many scarce items (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430/431] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2581 (*) British Empire Exhibition, 1924: Souvenir Telegram forms, one printed in black and another in red, both unused, available at the exhibition from the Post Office Telegraph exhibit, but valid for use throughout the country, fresh and very fine (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2582 cover British Empire Exhibition, 1925: 1d. hand-painted rejected essay depicting Britannia and a sailing ship in green, with detailing in China white and pencil, by Waterlow staff artist L.P. Fryer, painted on paper and mounted on thick white card (42 x 34 mm), exceptional and unique (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 432Essay] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 500.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2583 (*) British Empire Exhibition, 1925: 1½d. imperforate imprimatur, position R7/1 from registration sheet no. 35545, with part inscription on reverse, cut from the sheet before it was passed into the Royal Collection; affixed to thick card, accompanied by research notes including a colour photograph of the sheet indicating the position from which it was removed; an exceptional and unique rarity; cert. R.P.S. (1996). Gi. Spec NCom3var Provenance: Collection Alan Sabey, Grosvenor, 26 January 2007, lot 1842 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 433 Proof] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 5,000.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2583A * British Empire Exhibition, 1925 (May 9): 1d. scarlet and 1½d. brown, wmk. Block Cypher, perf. 14, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Type 30), unused with large part original gum, scarce and very fine. Gi. Spec NCom3/4s = £2'000 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430/431var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 300.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2584 **/* British Empire Exhibition, 1925: 1d. scarlet and 1½d. brown, small group comprising upper-right corner blocks of four, the 1d. with slight gum bends, together with coil-join pairs, the 1d. extremely lightly mounted on the upper stamp and the 1½d. mounted on the upper stamp only, otherwise fine. Gi. Spec. NCom3/4 (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 432/433] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 150.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM 2585 **/* British Empire Exhibition, 1924: an interesting mint group of varieties, comprising an unmounted 1d. scarlet line-perforated upper right corner block of six showing “Scratch on the Lion’s nose” at position R1/4 and “Trail on the N of EXHIBITION” at R1/5; mounted comb-perforated 1d. block of four showing both varieties; 1d. upper right numbered corner pair showing the “Tail on the N” variety, mounted in the selvedge only; mounted 1d. single with an unusual inking flaw caused by a hair on the plate; and unmounted 1½d. single with an inking smudge on the King’s nose; a fine group. S.G. Spec NCom1/2vars (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 430/431var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...CHF 100.00 Closing..Nov-22, 11:59 PM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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