Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... Great Britain continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 241   1911 (circa), De La Rue & Co. “Minerva Head” undenominated "Dummy" stamps, selection of three, imperforate, comprising olive green Die II without background shading, sage green Die I with lined background and lower sheet margin, and carmine pink Die I with lined background, the green examples with central defacing marks, never hinged, sharp impressions and rich fresh colours, very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 242 O 176 1913, £1 green Seahorse, Waterlow printing, superbly centred, used with unobtrusive centrally-struck c.d.s., particularly elusive with such fresh colour and a pleasing light cancellation, very fine and most attractive. (S.G. 403, £1,600). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 176] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,500 Currently...C$325.00 Will close during Public Auction 243 181 1919, 10s dull grey-blue Seahorse, Bradbury Wilkinson printing, lightly hinged, fresh colour, fine. (S.G. 417, £475). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 181] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 525 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 244 180 1919, 5s rose red Seahorse, Bradbury Wilkinson printing, pleasing deep shade and well centred, never hinged and very fine. (S.G. 416, £475). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 180] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 550 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction 245 O 209 1929, £1 black Postal Union Congress, a well-centred used example, centrally-struck with light c.d.s., lovely colour and detailed impression, a fine-very fine example of this iconic stamp of the British Empire. (S.G. 438, £600). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 209] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 600 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 246 224 1934, 10s indigo Seahorse, re-engraved by Waterlow, a lightly hinged mint example of exceptional centring and fresh colour, very fine (S.G. 452, £375). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 224] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 350 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 247   1936, King Edward VIII, selection of 22 booklet panes, never hinged, comprising ½d dark green (7), 1d crimson (5) and 1½d red-brown (10), with various marginal markings, ideal for further study, overall fine-very fine. (Sc. 230a, 231a, 232a; $485). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 248 289 1948, £1 brown King George VI, lower right corner block of eight, perf 14, rich colour and well centred, never hinged, attractive and very fine (S.G. 478c, £200+). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 289] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 485 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 249 O60 1902 (November 29), Army Official, 1d strip of three on registered cover, postmarked with Registered / Perth oval (29 Nov 1902), with same-day strike on reverse, edge faults and wax seal partially removed from flap, but a scarce franking, having contained the recipient's military enlistment papers. (S.G. O49). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain O60] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction Great Britain (Jersey) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 250 120E-123E 1975 (circa), preliminary ink sketch for the 19th Century Farming set, measuring 203 × 163mm, showing proposed stamp designs and denominations with manuscript titles and annotations, three resembling the adopted designs, two marked “OK” and two crossed out, pencil signed “G. Drummond” at lower left, a unique item for the specialist, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 120E-123E] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction Great Britain Offices (Morocco) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 251 / 219 Morocco Agencies, 5s carmine rose Seahorses, overprinted on 1919 Bradbury Wilkinson printing, left marginal block of four, well-centred and of deep colour, never hinged, elusive as such, catalogued as hinged only, very fine. (S.G. 54, £260 as mounted). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 219] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction Great Britain Offices (Turkey) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 252 A5 British Offices in Beirut, 1875 (September 23), mixed Great Britain - France franking on cover to Paris, bearing Great Britain 2½d claret, Plate 1, lettered K-B, tied by a clear “G06” barred oval, with crisp British Post Office Beyrout c.d.s. alongside (23 Sep), France 80c rose on pinkish affixed and tied by “2240” dotted lozenge on arrival at Marseilles, framed red “PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE” and boxed “PD” handstamps, Marseilles transit and Paris arrival backstamps, apparently prepared for despatch via the French Post Office in Alexandria but instead placed directly aboard a French packet from Beirut and cancelled at Marseilles, central hole and repaired tear on reverse, scarce; ex Dale-Lichtenstein and Peter Stone. (Sc. A5, 63; S.G. Z6). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Great Britain A5] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 2,000 Currently...C$1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction 253 9S-11S Offices in Turkey, 1902/1905, Edward VII 80p, 4pi and 12pi definitives, overprinted “SPECIMEN”, lightly hinged, bright colours and well centred, very fine. (S.G. 9S-11S). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Great Britain 9S-11S] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction Grenada LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 254   1777 (June 8), stampless transatlantic letter from Grenada to the Jamaica Coffee House, London, addressed to James Gordon Esq. of Madeira, landed at Dover on 31 July with a convoy from Grenada, struck with a clear two-line “DOVER / SHIP LRE” handstamp (Robertson Type S3), manuscript “4” rating comprising 1d ship letter fee and 3d inland postage, light filing folds, an attractive early coffee house address from Grenada’s first British period of 1762-1779, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 400 Currently...C$300.00 Will close during Public Auction 255   1789 (April 16), Crowned "GRENADA" handstamp on stampless folded letter to London, from Thomas Townsend requesting insurance for 20 hogsheads of sugar to be shipped aboard the Hope, Captain Richardson, endorsed “p Cotton Planter,” which arrived in the Downs on 2 June, struck with the two-line “DEAL / SHIP-LRE” handstamp (Robertson Type S4), reverse with crowned “GRENADA” handstamp and London arrival, manuscript “9” rating comprising 1d ship letter fee and 8d double inland postage, filing folds, but fine strikes, scarce and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 500 Currently...C$350.00 Will close during Public Auction 256   1808/1826, pair of stampless letters from Grenada to St. Vincent and London, the first dated 1 Aug 1808, addressed to Philip Mann Lucas Esq. in St. Vincent, reverse with “GRENADA / AUG 7” handstamp, manuscript “4d” inter-island rate, the second datelined Charlotte Town, 2 Aug 1826, to Sir Henry FitzHerbert, Bart., in London, with alternative address at Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, reverse with a particularly clear “GRENADA / AUG 11” handstamp, manuscript “2/2” packet rate, filing folds, overall quite fresh and attractive, a useful pair illustrating inter-island and transatlantic mail, fine overall. (Image 1) Estimate C$ 400 Currently...C$280.00 Will close during Public Auction India LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 257   1851 (September 20), stampless folded letter from Calcutta to Philadelphia, concerning the settlement of a colonial estate, addressed to Charles Macalester and endorsed “Overland via Bombay & London,” struck with red octagonal “CALCUTTA / STEAMER LETTER / PAID” handstamp, manuscript “1/-” and “60” markings, subsequently rated “65” cents for collection, red boxed “INDIA,” London transit (31 Oct) and black “BR. PACKET / BOSTON” arrival (14 Nov), carried aboard the Cunard steamer Cambria, significant fold separations with old reinforcements, contents substantially intact and readable. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 258   1852/53, two stampless folded letters from Calcutta to London, the earliest with handstruck boxed INDIA in red, to London, endorsed in manuscript "p. Haddington Steamer via Marseilles", red CALCUTTA GPO and c.d.s. arrival backstamps, the second endorsed internally "per Oriental via Southampton" though on front "per Pottinger via Southampton", rated 1/- in manuscript, lightly-struck boxed INDIA in red, with CALCUTTA G.P.O. and London c.d.s. arrival backstamps, a fine-very fine duo. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 259 624var 1974, 1r Veena, black omitted error, perf 14½ x 14, missing the country name and value inscriptions, unused with original gum and paper adherence on reverse causing toning at upper left, a spectacular and scarce error, with normal issue for comparison. (S.G. 723a; Sc. 624 var.). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [India 624var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction 260   Burma, 1862 (May 18), cover from Akyab to Calcutta, addressed in Persian and English, franked on reverse with India 1856/64 ½a blue tied by a very fine “B-5” Type 7 octagonal cancellation, believed the latest recorded example of this marking, and red Calcutta 21 May arrival c.d.s., with superb “AKYAB / P.O.” double-ring dispatch c.d.s. in bright red alongside, minor cover creasing, else a fine and most attractive example. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 350 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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