CEYLON continued...
| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
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| 263 |
T125 |
 1892 5r
on 25r carmine surcharge Type T120 used group of 39 including a pair, condition a little mixed but mostly good, plus a fine example of the small 's', with pencilled 'Hiscocks' on reverse. 5200 printed. SG T125, a (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
CLOSED
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 264 |
T126 |
 1894 5r on
50r brown-lilac surcharge Type T121, watermark CA in narrow letters, used upper and lower halves each with with part Colombo cancel, joined as a reconstructed whole stamp. Upper half thinned, lower half with a stain at right but undoubtedly a scarce
item. SG T126 (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £210.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 265 |
T126 |
 1894 5r on
50r brown-lilac surcharge Type T121, watermark CA in narrow letters, fine used with part Colombo cancel. SG T126 (2500 printed together with SG T149), £250 (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 266 |
T126 |
 1894 5r on
50r brown-lilac surcharge Type T121, watermark CA in narrow letters, used with Slave Island CDS of 18 AU 94 (five days after issue). Very attractive, but with a violet collector's mark on reverse which has run, and just shows through on the front.
SG T126 (2500 printed together with SG T149), £250 (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 267 |
T126 |
 1894 5r on
50r brown-lilac surcharge Type T121, watermark CA in narrow letters, used with part Colombo cancel, colour a little faded. SG T126 (2500 printed together with SG T149), £250
(Image)
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Starting at £ 50
CLOSED
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 268 |
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 1891 De La
Rue artist's essay, stamp-sized and denominated TWENTY CENTS, executed in rosine and green on card, with lettering in Chinese white and perforations simulated in pencil. A very attractive essay, of fine appearance, with some unobtrusive creasing due
to careless removal from the printers' record book (Image)
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Starting at £ 950
SOLD for £1,300.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 269 |
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 1891 De La
Rue artist's essays for a projected issue that never took place. Each stamp-sized and denominated TWENTY CENTS, executed in rosine and green on tracing paper, with lettering in Chinese white and perforations simulated in pencil. Alternative value
panels for 40ct, 60ct and 80ct denominations are alongside each, on coloured or uncoloured backgrounds. One dated JULY 22/91 at top in ink. A lovely pair (Image)
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Starting at £ 2,000
SOLD for £2,800.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 270 |
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 1891 De La
Rue artist's essays (four), each stamp-sized and executed on card. TWENTY CENTS in sage-green and light sage-green, FORTY CENTS in dark and light red-brown, SIXTY CENTS in deep blue and blue, and EIGHTY CENTS in dark and light lilac. Each with
some lettering in Chinese white, and with simulated perforations in pencil; some blemishes on reverse from removal from the printer's record book. A unique and very beautiful group of essays (Image)
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Starting at £ 4,000
SOLD for £6,000.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 271 |
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 1891 De La
Rue artist's essays (four), each stamp-sized and executed on tracing paper, affixed at top to non-contemporary white card. TWENTY CENTS in sage-green and light sage-green, FORTY CENTS in dark and light red-brown, SIXTY CENTS in deep blue and blue,
and EIGHTY CENTS in dark and light lilac. Each with some lettering in Chinese white, the Queen's heads and simulated perforations in pencil, each dated JULY 29/91 in ink at top right. A unique and important group (Image)
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Starting at £ 3,200
SOLD for £4,500.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 272 |
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 1891
'Appendix' part sheet (in two pieces) from De La Rue's record book headed 'Ceylon Telegraph Stamps' and dated 'Sept. 2nd 1891'. Bears imperforate DLR dummy stamps in myrtle-green, carmine, blue and purple-violet with manuscript annotations alongside
each, respectively: '20 Cents Overprint red', '40 Cents Overprint blue'; '60 Cents Overprint orange', and '80 Cents Overprint green'. A unique group (Image)
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Starting at £ 320
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 273 |
T127 |
 1892 20ct
imperforate proof block of ten impressions of the frame in black on greyish paper, from the base of the sheet, printed 'Aquamarina' at base. Creasing, two marginal tears almost into the designs and minor marks and ageing, a rare and important piece.
For SG T127 (Image)
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Starting at £ 400
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 274 |
T127-30 |
 1892
imperforate proofs of the frames in black on greyish paper. The 20ct and 40ct in lower left corner pairs (each without colour descriptor on lower margin), and two singles each of the 60ct and 80ct. Minor bends and ageing, still fine. For SG
T127-30 (Image)
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Starting at £ 240
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 275 |
T128 |
 1892
imperforate proofs of the 40ct frame in blue on gummed paper, with trial impressions of numerals '1' and '2' in brown in the otherwise blank upper and lower spaces. Three singles in different fonts, and a fourth variant se-tenant with an impression
with the spaces blank. All with blemishes; one single and the pair quite seriously toned, and the pair with crease at base and thinned. Extremely rare in private hands. For SG T128 (Image)
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Starting at £ 800
SOLD for £1,300.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 276 |
T128 |
 1892 40ct
imperforate proof block of ten impressions of the frame in black on greyish paper, from the base of the sheet, printed 'Chinese Blue' at base. Creasing, minor marks and ageing, a rare and important piece. For SG T128 (Image)
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Starting at £ 400
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 277 |
T128 |
 1892
imperforate proofs of the 40ct frame in blue, on greyish gummed paper. Three singles and a pair, one of the singles being heavily creased and the pair damaged and repaired at top. For SG T128 (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 278 |
T128 |
 1892
imperforate proof of the 40ct frame in blue, on greyish gummed paper. A top left corner pair, some very light ageing on reverse, fine. SG T128 (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £90.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 279 |
T129 |
 1892
imperforate proof of the 60ct brown frame on ungummed wove paper, strip of five impressions, the bottom row of the sheet, showing large blue numerals '1' and '2' in the blank spaces. Faults including the centre stamp largely split vertically
(heavily reinforced) and a little spotting, a remarkable and very rare multiple. For SG T129 (Image)
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Starting at £ 850
SOLD for £850.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 280 |
T129 |
 1892
imperforate proof of the 60ct brown frame on ungummed wove paper, showing large blue numerals '1' and '2' in the blank spaces. A single example affixed to a piece of (creased) paper, fine. For SG T129 (Image)
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Starting at £ 170
SOLD for £210.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 281 |
T129 |
 1892
imperforate proof of the 60ct brown frame on ungummed wove paper, showing large blue numerals '1' and '2' in the blank spaces. A single marginal example, gummed, with faults including soiling and a heavy crease, causing a split at right. For SG
T129 (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
| 282 |
T127/30a |
 1892 'set'
of four Typeset values, the 20ct and 60ct with large Control figures and the 40ct and 80ct with small. Each with two diagonal SPECIMEN overprints in red, Type CE4, o.g. The 40ct with a crease and the 60ct with damaged top left corner, otherwise
fine and rare. SG T127, 128a, 129, 130a (Image)
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Starting at £ 480
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Oct-06, 03:00 AM EST. |
