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 Great Britain 1911 2d Hentschel essay (second proof).
A very fine imperforate colour trial printed in purple (Manders Bros ink No.69) on white unwatermarked paper, endorsed at top "MB/69".
A very scarce specialised philatelic item.
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 GREAT BRITAIN 1911 ½d Hentschel essay.
A very fine unused example printed in pale blue green on white unwatermarked paper, endorsed "SP/93" and "Verdant Green".
A scarce King George V stamp essay.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1911 3d Hentschel essay (second proof).
A very fine imperforate colour trial printed in Dark brown (Winston ink No.17) on white unwatermarked paper, endorsed at top "W/17" and "Dark Brown" at foot.
A very scarce King George V specialised philatelic piece.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1911 Downey Head die proof.
A superb partially cleared example of J.A.C. Harrison's first engraved head in stage 2a, printed in green on fine wove paper (108x165 mm).
A very scarce printer's die proof from the Downey Head issue.
SG catalogue value: £2,500.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1911 Downey Head die proof (Stage 1d).
A very fine cleared transfer roller impression printed in black on glazed white card (85 x 80mm) showing distorted shading around head. Some peripheral soiling, nevertheless a very attractive and rare working proof.
A rare specialised King George V philatelic item.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1911 Downey Head Die Proof (Stage 1c).
A very fine example printed in black on thick white glazed card (65 x 50mm), inked on the central portrait only and part of the inner circle surround.
A scarce specialised King George V philatelic piece.
SG catalogue value: £2,500.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1911 3d Engraver's Sketch (Die 2 Head).
Very fine example printed in red-brown on proof paper.
A very scarce proof of the unissued value for the Downey Head stamp issue.
SG Specialised Catalogue, Fig.23.
SG Catalogue Value: £1,800.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1912 6d reddish-purple variety, SG298a.
A very fine unused with original gum right hand marginal horizontal pair with left hand stamp showing the "No cross on crown variety" from P1.9, R.11/11.
A rarely encountered high quality King Edward VII watermark variety in a pair.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: M33Ad.
Accompanied with a 1956 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £1,200+.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1912 10s blue, SG319.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, top right hand corner marginal block of twelve printed at Somerset House. A few perforation separations and some trivial wrinkling, do not detract from what is an exceptional multiple and undoubtedly
one of the largest surviving pieces of this issue.
A stunning King Edward VII exhibition philatelic piece of the highest order.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: M54(2).
SG catalogue value: £25,200+.
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Starting at £ 3,840
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 Great Britain 1912 1d bright scarlet (No Watermark), SG345var.
A very fine unused, with original gum, left hand marginal example of this difficult to find watermark variety.
A particularly scarce King George V watermark printing variety.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: N12(2)a.
Accompanied with a 2008 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
SG catalogue value: £1,200.
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Starting at £ 95
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 Great Britain 1912 ½d green & 1d scarlet (Watermark Multiple cypher), SG346b/50b.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, set of two in imperforate left hand marginal blocks of four.
Very scarce as blocks.
SG catalogue value: £1,900+.
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Starting at £ 240
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 Great Britain 1912 1½d red brown, SG362.
A very fine used example neatly tied to a “R.C. King" envelope by an International Stamp Exhibition circular date stamp for the first day of issue 'OC.15.1912'.
A scarce King George V first day cover.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1912 2d intense bright orange, SG366var.
A very fine and fresh unmounted mint, with full original gum, example of this rare shade.
Accompanied by a 1976 Royal Philatelic Society (RPS) Certificate of Authenticity.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: N19(9).
SG catalogue value: £1,750.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1912 3d hand drawn essay, SG374var.
A very fine example of the “Pillar†design, beautifully executed in pen and ink on soft white card (80 x 84mm) with a grey wash to add shading the decorative frame touched in with a darker ink which was also used in the central vignette painted
around an outline to create a head.
An extremely attractive and unique essay.
Previously sold by Stanley Gibbons for £3,500.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1912 4d Trial of Eve's Wreath Design (22mm), SG378var.
A very fine example produced by the printex method, printed in bright violet on white gummed unwatermarked paper. Fig 27c.
The Eve's Wreath design had been intended for the 4d stamps, but after the printing trials the Mackennal wreath design was selected.
A scarce specialised piece of King George V philately.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: from £1,500.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1912 4d Eve's Wreath design colour essay, SG379var.
A very fine unused with original gum imperforate essay on gummed white unwatermarked paper in light reddish-purple, produced by Miller & Motley using their Printex machine.
A rare specialised King George V philatelic item.
GB Specialised Catalogue: Fig.27c.
SG catalogue value: £1,500.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1912 2s6d "Seahorses" Plate proof, SG399var.
A very fine unused left hand marginal example taken after the plate had been cleaned, printed in green on thin glazed card.
A scarce specialised philatelic piece from the famous King George V "Seahorses" issue.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £5,500.
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Starting at £ 320
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 Great Britain 1912 4d Bromide proof, SG424var.
A very fine stamp size example (Fig. 26a) of Eve’s Wreath design mounted on card without sunken frame, dated on reverse "16 May 1912".
A very scarce specialised King George V piece.
See GB Specialised Catalogue Vol.2, pg.217.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £875.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1912 (Sept) 2s0d Booklet red cover printed in black (Watermark
Simple cypher), SGBB3.
A very fine and fresh example of this difficult to find early George V booklet.
A very scarce stamp booklet in this fine quality.
SG Catalogue Value: £850.
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Starting at £ 120
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 Great Britain 1912 2s0d Booklet, SGBB3.
A very fine and fresh example of this difficult to find early King George V booklet.
Exceptionally scarce in such fine quality.
SG catalogue value: £850.
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Starting at £ 80
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 Great Britain 1913 9d deep plum & blue, SG307a.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, pane of twenty with full marginal selvedge from the 7th and final Somerset House printing.
A very attractive and scarce King Edward VII multiple.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: M41(5).
SG catalogue value: £2,500+.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1913 7d Eve's Wreath Design Colour Essays, SG387var.
A very fine ungummed imperforate block of four essays (Fig. 30b) in bistre brown on white unwatermarked thin glazed card.
Most attractive and rare philatelic piece.
SG catalogue value: £7,750.
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Starting at £ 560
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 Great Britain 1913 ½d bright green & 1d dull scarlet (Watermark Multiple cypher),
SG397/8.
A very fine unused with original gum set of two in blocks of four. Scarce sheet format.
GB Specialised Catalogue Nos: N15b & N17a.
SG catalogue value: £2,000++.
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Starting at £ 400
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 Great Britain 1913 2s6d deep sepia-brown "Seahorses", SG399.
A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, top right-hand corner marginal horizontal pair printed by Waterlow. Stunning colour and a lovely positional piece in this quality.
GB Specialised Catalogue No: N63(2).
SG catalogue value: £1,500+.
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Starting at £ 160
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 Great Britain 1913 2s6d "Seahorses" colour trial, SG399var.
A superb huge four margin imperforate colour trial in bottle green on ungummed paper watermarked "JAS WRIGLEY LD-219". This example showing part of the watermark which only appeared on a few impressions within the sheet.
A very high quality and important philatelic "Seahorses" rarity.
SG catalogue value: £5,500.
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