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| 2586 |
cover/bof |
 British Empire Exhibition, 1924/1925: Balance of the consignment comprising 1924 selection of thirteen 1d. upper-right corner sheet-number singles; 1925 1d. and 1½d. coil-join strips of six; 1925 1d. scarlet
complete sheet of sixty; 1d. and 1½d. apparent imperforate examples mounted on card and signed “Harold Nelson”; 1and over fifteen covers and cards, including uprated postal stationery, Wembley Park and Empire Exhibition machine and circular
cancellations, 1925 1d. specimen stationery card handstamped "1925" in black; two 1931 first-flight covers to Cape Town franked with blocks of four, and usages to various foreign destinations; some small imperfections, but chiefly fine, a varied
group with much of interest (Image 1)
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| 2587 |
cover |
 British Empire Exhibition, 1924: an interesting group of ten covers, cards and postal stationery, noting 1924 (April 23) 1½d. letter card cancelled on the first day of issue with the Exhibition cancellation and a
first day cover to London; 1924 registered envelope to Switzerland; first-day airmail cover from London to Paris with Exhibition machine cancellation and Air Post cachet; uprated postal stationery card to Switzerland; 1½d. postal stationery card to
Baghdad, Iraq; 1924 (May) 1d. postal stationery card to the Gold Coast bearing a 1d. Gold Coast postage-due adhesive; and 1930 R.M.S. “Niagara” Marine Post Office packet-boat cover from New Zealand to Croydon; some small faults, an interesting and
varied group (Image 1)
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| 2588 |
cover |
 British Empire Exhibition, 1925: Postal stationery and covers, comprising a set of souvenir stationery including card, letter card, UPU postcard, envelopes in two shades and the elusive wrapper; 1925 (May 9),
first day cancellation on 1d postal stationery card; 1925 (May 12) used telegram; 1925 (June 13) uprated letter card to Germany, an elusive usage to a foreign destination; 1925 (June 16) paquebot cover used from Esbjerg, Denmark; 1925 (June 20) 1½d.
on postcard to Finland; 1925 (July) postcard from London to the U.S.A. bearing a 2c. U.S. postage-due precancel of Worcester, Massachusetts; 1925 (October 31) stationery envelope cancelled on the final day of the exhibition; 1925 (November 6)
stationery card with Wembley Park double-ring exhibition c.d.s., postmarked six days after the official closure; two further 1925 registered covers, one to Edinburgh franked with a 1½d. strip of three and the other from Ipswich to New York; and 1926
(January 9) cover struck with the North Eastern T.P.O. “Going South” c.d.s.; together with various exhibition ephemera and promotional material, including two adhesive labels and two exhibition brochures, one each for 1924 and 1925, some small faults
in places, a desirable group (Image 1)
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| 2589 |
(*) |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Two bromides showing the developing designs for the ½d. and 2½d. values and three die proofs of unapproved designs, alongside small portrait of King George V on black background, the ½d. with minor
typographic variations and a different Crown above the King’s head; one 2½d. with the denomination in a different typeface and positioned higher than on the issued stamp, together with border variations, and the second with the denomination as issued
but with border variations; all affixed to a presentation-album page prepared for Royal Mint engraver H.A. Richardson on the occasion of his retirement and headed “POSTAGE REVENUE / GEO V SERIES / INTERNATIONAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS”, all items,
including the medal-head design and both bromides, handstamped diagonally “CANCELLED," extremely rare. Gi. Spec NCom5/8 Proofs (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 5,000.00
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| 2590 |
(*) |
Postal Union Congress, 1929: Bromide Proof of a large-format ½d. essay employing the frame used for the 1d. and 1½d. values, the design measuring 54 x 66 mm. and printed in deep green on thick textured card (approximately 71 x 84 mm.), fine and most
attractive, a rare exhibition showpiece Gi. Spec NCom5 Essay. Provenance: Collection ‘Monarch’ (Part II), Spink, 8 October 2008, lot 501;
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Currently...CHF 800.00
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| 2591 |
(*) |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Two sheets of preliminary sketches by John Farleigh, the first comprising studies predominantly of ornaments and framelines, together with a more complete ½d. design showing the vignette oval and
“POSTAL UNION / CONGRESS LONDON / 1929” at foot, endorsed in manuscript “First sketches made for Congress Union stamps / John Farleigh 1929”; the second on tracing paper, showing two more developed designs, one boldly executed, together with a
further study of the King’s head within the portrait oval, endorsed “Sketches for Postal Congress Union / stamps – s/s as final drawing / John Farleigh”; the first with a few small edge tears, a remarkable pair Gi Spec NCom5 Essay. Provenance:
Collection L.A. Meadows, Robson Lowe, 20 October 1981, lot 267 & 269 Collection ‘Chartwell’, Spink, 3 May 2012, lot 1171 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,000.00
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| 2592 |
(*) |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: hand-painted Essay by E. Linzell for a ½d. frame in the design used for the 1d. and 1½d. values, executed in black and grey with touches of Chinese white on thin card (175 x 208 mm.), rare and most
attractive Gi. Spec NCom5 Essay. Provenance: Collection Thomas E. Field, Robson Lowe, 22 October 1958, lot 348; Collection ‘Chartwell’, Spink, 3 May 2012, lot 1172 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,000.00
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| 2593 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Die proof of John Farleigh’s ½d. design on white glazed card, handstamped diagonally “CANCELLED” in rose and affixed to a page bearing the manuscript notation “I.P.U. / C.4/”, engraved by C.G.
Lewis at the Royal Mint, very fine and rare, from the presentation album presented to H.A. Richardson upon his retirement Gi. Spec NCom5 Proof (Image
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Currently...CHF 800.00
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| 2594 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: ½d. to 2½d. Imprimatur set of four, imperforate, wmk. upright, unmounted mint examples, each with sheet margin at left and large margins on the remaining sides, with exceptionally fresh colour and
“BPMA” handstamp on reverse, 1d. with upper riGht corner fault, otherwise fresh and very fine, rare. Gi. Spec NCom5/8var = £18'000. These examples were cut from registration sheets held by the British Postal Museum & Archive and released to
the public in 1984/1985, confirmed by the “BPMA” backstamp (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 2,500.00
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| 2595 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: ½d. green, 1d. scarlet and 1½d. purple-brown,, wmk. Block Cypher, perf. 15 x 14, each with sheet margin selvedge at left, part original gum, each handstamped horizontally “CANCELLED” in black (Type
33), the complete set for this overprint type, fine. Gi. Spec. NCom5t/7t = £1'900 Provenance: Collection Akis Christou, Spink, 3 December 2008, lot 315 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 300.00
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| 2596 |
**/* |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: ½d. green, 1d. scarlet and 1½d. purple-brown, variety watermark inverted, mounted set of three handstamped horizontally “CANCELLED” in black (Type 33), the ½d and 1½d extremely lightly mounted,
scarce and fine. Gi. Spec. NCom5at/7at = £1'950+ (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 350.00
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| 2597 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: 1d. scarlet, 1½d. purple-brown, and 2½d. blue, wmk. Block Cypher, perf. 15x14, part o.g., each handstamped SPECIMEN (Samuel Type BEC2a) in black, descending diagonally, by the Bechuanaland
Receiving Authority, the 1d. with minor short perf at upper right, fresh and fine. Cert. BPA (2004) (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 400.00
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| 2598 |
**/* |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: ½d. booklet pane of six with sheet selvedge at left, punched and overprinted “CANCELLED” in black (Type 33P), five stamps unmounted mint and one with hinge remnant, usual vertical gum creases, else
fine and scarce. Gi. Spec. NComB1u = £1'500 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 250.00
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| 2599 |
(*) |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Unaccepted Essay by Ernest Linzell for the ‘Two Hemispheres’ design, hand-painted in black, grey and Chinese white and mounted on thick card (approximately 157 x 112 mm.), together with a
photographically reduced version of the same design at stamp size, mounted in a sunk frame; a scarce and desirable pair Gi. Spec NCom6 Essay. Provenance: Collection Thomas E. Field, Robson Lowe, 22 October 1958, lot 351; Collection L.A. Meadows,
Robson Lowe, 20 October 1981, lot 271 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 500.00
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| 2600 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: enlarged tinted bromide of an unadopted 1d. design by E. Linzell, printed in brown on thin pinkish card (67 x 103 mm.), attractive and fine. Gi. Spec NCom6 Essay. Provenance: Collection L.A.
Meadows, Robson Lowe, 20 October 1981, lot 272 Collection ‘Chartwell’, Spink, 3 May 2012, lot 1173 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 500.00
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| 2601 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Waterlow’s original Die Proof, with the value tablets left blank, the crown and frame surrounds complete, in black on white glazed card and handstamped diagonally “CANCELLED” in rose, affixed to
page from presentation album with manuscript notation "I.P.U. / C.I. / Waterlow's Original," designed by Ernest Linzell and engraved by J.A.C. Harrison; from the personal archive of Royal Mint engraver H.A. Richardson, unique Gi. Spec NCom6 Proof (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,500.00
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| 2602 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Progressive Proof of Linzell’s unfinished, unglazed master die for the 1d. and 1½d. values, printed in grey on thick paper, 21 x 25 mm., imperforate, with four even margins, with the value tablets
blank at top and foot and the Crown unfinished at left, from the archive of the engraver J.A.C. Harrison, very fine and rare (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,500.00
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| 2603 |
(*) |
 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Undenominated progressive Die Proof of Linzell’s design for the 1d. or 1½d. value, printed in black on proof paper (approximately 187 x 127 mm.), with the left side of the Crown incomplete,
inscribed “POSTAGE REVENUE” and “POSTAL UNION CONGRESS LONDON 1929”, very fine and rare Gi. Spec Type (b) = £8'500 (Image 1)
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Currently...CHF 1,500.00
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| 2604 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: Undenominated progressive Die Proof of Linzell’s design for the 1d. or 1½d. value, printed in black on proof paper (approximately 189 x 127 mm.), the frame lines complete but with the Crown and
value tablets black, manuscript "x" and "Jan 18/29" in pencil at right, inscribed “POSTAGE REVENUE” and “POSTAL UNION CONGRESS LONDON 1929”, some very light edge discoloration well clear of design, fine and rare Gi. Spec Type = unlisted (Image 1)
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| 2605 |
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 Postal Union Congress, 1929: 1d. completed Die Proof of Linzell’s design, printed in black on proof paper (approximately 187 x 127 mm.), lovely and very fine Gi. Spec = £8'500 (Image 1)
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