Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS continued... Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening 781   1893 12c ON 16c, DIE I WITH SURCH MISPLACED & CENTS OMITTED: A mint mounted example from the top row of the upper forme, surcharge misplaced downwards, leaving just the smallest trace of the top of the word. Fine and rare. SG 16 var. (Image) Starting at £ 46 Currently...£46.00 Currently...USD 60.72 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 782   1893 15c ON 16c, DIE II WITH 'SURCHARGE INVERTED' & MISPLACED: A superb mint pair of this dramatic error. Small patch of toned gum at the top of one stamp, not visible from the front. Brandon cert. (1985). SG 19a £1800 as standard inverts. (Image) Starting at £ 240 Currently...£240.00 Currently...USD 316.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 783   1893 15c ON 16c, DIE II WITH 'SURCHARGE DOUBLE': A fine fresh mint example. SG 19b £700. (Image) Starting at £ 120 Currently...£120.00 Currently...USD 158.40 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 784   1893 45c ON 48c WITH GROSS MISPLACEMENT OF SURCHARGE: A very fine mint vert pair, the lower stamp being umm. Only one sheet known. SG 20var. (Image) Starting at £ 120 Currently...£120.00 Currently...USD 158.40 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 785   1893 90c ON 96c BLOCK OF 12 MINT: A wonderful very fine mint lower marginal block of 12, mainly umm. SG 21 £960. (Image) Starting at £ 180 Currently...£180.00 Currently...USD 237.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 786   1893 90c ON 96c WITH 'WIDE O' MINT: A fine fresh mounted mint example. SG 21a £400. (Image) Starting at £ 65 Currently...£65.00 Currently...USD 85.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 787   1893 LOCAL SURCH ISSUE: Range with set of 7 mint, 3c on 4c mint block of 60 showing the two formes of 30, 15c on 16c, Die II, irregular block of 51 showing portions of the four applications of the surcharge forme, Die I 12c on 16c (£500) and 15c on 16c (£350), both showing 'ovpt inv' errors, both mint but with a little toning (15c with RPSL cert., 1954), plus 1893 env. to Shipley with 15c on 16c, Die I, cancelled by unclear B64 cancel. Good to fine. (120 plus cover) (Image) Starting at £ 240 Currently...£240.00 Currently...USD 316.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 788   1896 18c ON 45c WITH ERROR 'SURCH DOUBLE': Mint with o.g., signed in pencil on reverse. A fine example of this rare stamp. BPA cert. (1934). SG 26a £1500. (Image) Starting at £ 200 Currently...£200.00 Currently...USD 264.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 789   1896 18c ON 45c 'SURCH TRIPLE' ERROR: Mint with part o.g., signed in pencil. A very rare stamp with RPSL Cert. (1967) which states 'Genuine, believed to be an unissued variety'. SG 26b £2500. (Image) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 790   1896 PROVISIONAL 36c ON 45c MINT BLOCK OF 60: Left pane, plate 2, with margin all round, fine mint and showing the various minor constant flaws. SG 27 £1200. (60) (Image) Starting at £ 130 Currently...£130.00 Currently...USD 171.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 791   1896 36c ON 45c WITH ERROR 'SURCH DOUBLE' MINT: A very fine and fresh example, mounted mint. Regarded by many to be one of the rarest Seychelles stamps, with perhaps only one half pane of thirty so treated. RPSL cert (1950). SG 27a £1700. [Ex Farmer.] (Image) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 792   1896 (AUG.) LOCAL SURCHARGE STUDY: With the two surch stamps mint, plus additional range, some in blocks and pairs, some marginal, with 18c (10) and 36c (14) showing misplaced surches, minor faults to the ovpt inc. 'short N', 'NTS broken', 'Short T', raised 'S', narrow 'E' and broken 'C & S', one 18c misplaced left resulting in '8 CENTS', also ovpt 'SPECIMEN' set x 3, some showing the minor varieties. Generally fine. (32)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image) Starting at £ 95 Currently...£95.00 Currently...USD 125.40 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 793   1896 LOCAL SURCHARGE 36c ON 45c PAIR, ONE WITH SURCHARGE DOUBLE: A fine mounted mint interpanneau pair, the right hand stamp clearly showing the error. Very rare. RPSL Cert. (1954) SG 27/a £1720. Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image) Starting at £ 340 Currently...£340.00 Currently...USD 448.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 794   1896 LOCAL SURCHARGE 18c ON 45c WITH '8' INVERTED: Optd 'SPECIMEN' type SY2, fine with good colour and large part o.g. Only recorded on the Specimen stamp and exceptionally rare. See footnote in SG. SG 26var £950. [Ex Winchester.]Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image) Starting at £ 160 Currently...£160.00 Currently...USD 211.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 795   1897-1900 ISSUE STUDY ON LEAVES: With mint set of 9; 1898 env. to Manchester bearing 18c (foreign 15g rate) and 1902 env. to Germany bearing 6c (this was the Empire rate and not the correct 15c Foreign rate), both with Seychelles cds's and transit marks on reverse; full set optd 'SPECIMEN' type D12 fine with gum, together with additional set (less 2c) all showing the scarce constant variety 'Broken M', with gum, also 36c that shows 'Sliced final S in Seychelles', 6c ovpt, showing 'repaired S' and 1R diagonally optd with local hs (DY1). Generally fine. (29 and two covers) Cross Reference: SPECIMENS (Image) Starting at £ 200 Currently...£200.00 Currently...USD 264.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 796   1897 2c DIE II COLOUR TRIAL: In orange brown and orange, imperf. on unwatermarked paper, fine mounted. Shows a plate flaw 'Break in frame line by S of left-hand Postage'. Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image) Starting at £ 80 Currently...£80.00 Currently...USD 105.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 797   1897 1R DUTY PLATE PROOF: On glazed card, 92 x 60mm, endorsed '12 NOV. 96', together with a mint example of the issued stamp. Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image) Starting at £ 80 Currently...£80.00 Currently...USD 105.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 798   1897 1R ESSAY: Being a proof on unwatermarked gummed paper of the 13c Die II in blue and black, with a hand painted '1R' value tablet stuck on. Interesting and unusual. Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image) Starting at £ 100 Currently...£100.00 Currently...USD 132.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 799   1897 KEY PLATE 1R COLOUR TRIALS RANGE: Superb range of 10 different colour trials, all for the 1r, three affixed to small piece, six fine mtd, being on gummed unwatermarked paper, one with part gum but with paper adhered to reverse. Difficult and seldom offered thus. (10) Cross Reference: ESSAYS & PROOFS (Image) Starting at £ 800 Currently...£800.00 Currently...USD 1,056.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 800   1897-1900 2c WITH 'REPAIRED S' MINT: A fine mounted mint example. SG 28a £350. (Image) Starting at £ 50 Currently...£50.00 Currently...USD 66.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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