Collection from 1863 QV Crown CC Wmk (1d) lake *, 1864-76 Perf 12½ (1d) black unused x2 and 1882-84 Surcharges 'FOUR PENCE' yellow used, 1886-87 QV Keyplates Bicolours Die I 3d, 6d & 1/- * and 1d, 6d & 1/- 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1891-91 Keyplates Die II 5/- used & 'SPECIMEN' overprint and 10/- *, used & 'SPECIMEN' overprint, 1902 Columbus 2c Pitons 'SPECIMEN' overprint & block of 8 (4x2) **, 1902-03 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk set *, 1904-10 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set * with extra shades & papers plus 5/- green & red used and both 5/- 'SPECIMEN' overprints, 1912-21 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Wmk set * plus extra shades and 1921-30 Script CA Wmk set * plus 5/- used, 1936 KGV Pictorials set *, used & 'SPECIMEN' punctures used plus blocks of 4 ** most with Plate Numbers the 5/- De La Rue Imprint, 1938-48 KGVI Heads & Pictorials set */** & used/CTO plus blocks of 4 10/- ** & £1 Waterlow Imprint */**, 1949-50 Decimals set **, 1953-63 QEII set used & blocks of 4 **, 1964-69 QEII Pictorials set ** & used, various 'STATEHOOD' overprints including $2.50 blocks of 4 ** in red & in black, Postage Dues 1933-47 Pre-Decimal set *, 4d & 8d used, etc, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £4500+. Ex Jerry Blair.
(few 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2790
Symbol: *
Selection apparently complete from 1902-03 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk set, also 1902 Pitons, 1904-10 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set, 1912-21 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Wmk and War Tax overprints, 1921-30 Script CA Wmk sets and 1936 KGV Pictorials set, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1000+.
(80) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 280.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2791
Symbol: P
1902 Anniversary of Discovery by Christopher Columbus 2d The Pitons imperforate colour trial in blue & brown-red on unwatermarked ungummed paper block of 4 from the upper-right corner of the sheet, a few small pin-holes and two adhesion marks in the margins only where removed from the printer's record book. Ex Jerry Blair. This is the corner block from the half-sheet illustrated by Frank Walton at page 5809 of The De La Rue Collection, where it is annotated as having been "sent to the Crown Agents for the colours to be approved ... [and] returned ... calling for a stamp in green and brown". The 'Besancon' non-marginal single sold in 2022 for SFr435. A gorgeous item, also of great thematic interest. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-25-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 2792
Symbol: C
1967 QEII Pictorials 'STATEHOOD' Overprints $2.50 overprinted in black marginal solo tied to St Lucia Beach Hotel illustrated advertising envelope by 'REGISTERED/9 MR 67/CASTRIES, ST LUCIA' oval datestamp, registered airmail to Switzerland with blue R label on the face, London transit and Cassarate arrival backstamps. Unlisted by Gibbons, who state in a footnote that "... $2.50 also exist[s] with overprint in black, instead of red ...". Merkur Expert Committee Certificate (1980) states [translated from German] ".. black overprint (300 examples issued) ... is genuine and without faults". Ex Jerry Blair. (Image1)
