SUDAN 1897 Provisional 'SOUDAN' Overprints on Egypt
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2681
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: 1-9
1m to 10pi SG 1-9 mint set plus a few shades, 2m to 10pi vertical strips of the six distinctive types (1pi to 10pi are each singles x6), used set plus a few shades, and further used examples to 10pi with part- to large-part cds including 'CHALLAL-WADI-HALFA' (TPO), 'TRAVELLING POST OFFICE' (Desert Railway), 'ABU FAT[MAH]', 'BERBER', 'DONGOLA', '[K]ORTI' & 'MERAWI' etc, Cat £1600+. [NB: these stamps were issued before the British occupied Khartoum so they are found only with cancels of northern towns & Suakin]
(79) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2682
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 1-9
1m (both shades) to 10pi SG 1-9 blocks of 4, large-part original gum with many units including the 5pi & 10pi lower pairs being unmounted, Cat £800+, for mounted singles. The similar Besancon' set of blocks sold for SFr793.
(9 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2683
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 1-9
1m to 10pi SG 1-9 vertical strips of 6 comprising the six distinctive types, a couple of units with reinforced perfs & the last unit on the 10pi strip has been rejoined, large-part original gum with many units being unmounted, Cat £1200+, for mounted singles. Very scarce & desirable multiples from the authorised printings, not the later & lighter unauthorised emissions. [The illustration is above lot 2681]
(8 strips) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2684
Symbol: #*/**
Cat No: 1-3
1m brown (with Current Number '1') to 3m orange SG 1-3 half-sheets of 60 (10x6) each comprising ten vertical strips of the six distinctive types, the 1m with interleaving adhering to most units and some wrinkling & toning at the base, the 2m & 3m are mostly very fine with large-part original gum and most units unmounted, Cat £420+, for mounted singles. Important specialist pieces, from the authorised printings, not the later & lighter unauthorised emissions: see Lot 2690. The 'Besancon' very fine 1m block of 30 only sold for SFr670. [The lot also includes a 3m block of 12 (2x6) with annotations of the six sub-types]
(4 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2685
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1a
1m pale brown with the Overprint Inverted SG 1a, large-part original gum, Cat £225. The 'Besancon' single sold for SFr195. BPA Certificate (1949). (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2686
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1a
1m pale brown (minor blemishes) & 5m rose-carmine (very fresh) both with the Overprint Inverted SG 1a & 5a blocks of 4, large-part original gum, Cat £1900+, for singles. Rare multiples. BPA Certificate #12312 (now lost) for the 5m block. The 'Besancon' singles (the 5m creased) sold for SFr463. (2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,600
Opening AU$ 1,200.00
Sold...AU$ 1,700.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2687
Symbol: PS
1898 (Jan 15) usage of Overprinted 5m Envelope to Kent uprated with 2m green & 3m orange tied by bilingual 'HALFA/...' cds, superb 'CAIRE/...' transit & 'WOOLWICH/FE1/98' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & opened a bit roughly at the top. A late in-period usage: the first Camel Postman issue was released 1.3.1898. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2688
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1-6
1898 (Feb 4) philatelic cover with 1m to 1pi SG 1-6 tied by superb bilingual 'HALFA/...' cds, to "Head Quarters/Army of Occupation/Cairo" with Cairo & 'MILITARY POST OFFICE/CAIRO' backstamps both of 15.II.98. Delightful. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2689
Symbol: F
WADI HALFA PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE: '4 Milliemes' Handstamp in Blue on 5m rose-carmine, exceptional centring, small-part '[WADI HA]LFA' cds. Unlisted by Gibbons. John Gibson states that only ten examples have been recorded, all used at Wadi Halfa, indicating that this was a provisional issue at that town only. Ex Charles Hass (2007): sold for £399. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2690
Symbol: *
UNAUTHORISED REPRINTS: Misplaced Overprints on 1m x2 & on 2m pair & block of 4, and Overprint Inverted on 1m deep brown. Produced by the Egyptian civil servant Henri Cantel.
(9) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
1898 Camel Postman on Rosette Watermark
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2691
Symbol: E
ESSAYS: 1897 small piece (46x32mm) with Arabic value inscriptions & numerals affixed to a larger piece of card (104x90mm), the first inscription crossed through & re-written to the left both in red, then "do" in black for each of the next three lines & at the base "only one pair of dots in millieme, not two", the card further endorsed "C" at upper-left & "July 2nd 97" at upper-right. The notations are in the hand of WE O'Leary, the Financial Secretary in Cairo. O'Leary placed the order for printing the eight denominations with Lord Kitchener's instruction that they be "slightly larger than the stamps of Egypt". Ex De La Rue Archives - illustrated by Frank Walton at page 6147 - Colonel JR Danson and Graham Cooper. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2692
Symbol: E
ESSAYS: 1897 (June) stamp-size photographic composite essay of the unadopted 2m frame in a delicate shade of blue superimposed on the Arab Postman design with Chinese white highlights including the unadopted inscription 'SOUDAN POSTAGE' & the central cartouche at the base. Superb. An exceptional introductory item for this and the subsequent issues. Ex De La Rue Archives - illustrated by Frank Walton at page 6147 - Colonel John Raymond Danson. This design was further developed as Proposal 'A', also illustrated at page 6147. The similar essay, ex 'Besancon', sold for SFr2400. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 4,200.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 4200
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2693
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 progressive die proof for the unadopted vignette in black with uncleared borders & tablets and with white ellipses at the sides, on highly glazed card a little larger than stamp-size (25x30mm), miniscule white imperfections towards the top that appear to be on the die. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - & William Hinde. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2694
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 progressive die proof for the unadopted vignette in black with uncleared borders & tablets and with white ellipses at the sides, on highly glazed card (92x60mm), handstamped '21SEP97' in blue & 'BEFORE/HARDENING' at the upper corners, a couple of very minor blemishes hardly detract from the very fine facial appearance. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - Colonel JR Danson and William Frazer: sold in 2004 for £402. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2695
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 progressive die proof for the vignette with uncleared borders & tablets and with white ellipses at the sides, on highly glazed card (92x60mm), handstamped '21SEP97' in blue and 'BEFORE/ STRIKING' at the upper corners. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 700.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2696
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 die proof for the vignette with uncleared borders & tablets, the white ellipses now removed, on highly glazed card reduced to a bit larger than stamp-size. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2697
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 die proof for the vignette with cleared borders & completed tablets, on highly glazed card (58x65mm), endorsed "658/12" at lower-right. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2698
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 die proofs for the adopted vignette in black on highly glazed cards (92x60mm), successively handstamped '27OCT97 - BEFORE/HARDENING' (amended), '29OCT97 - AFTER/ HARDENING' (the date amended), '29OCT97 - BEFORE/STRIKING' and '1NOV97 - AFTER/STRIKING' with the dates in blue. Superb: not even hinged on the reverse, and a very desirable 'set'. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - and William Hinde (all but the first). (4 proofs) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,800.00
Sold...AU$ 2,200.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2200
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2699
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 die proof for the adopted 3m frame in black on highly glazed card (92x60mm), undated. Superb: not even hinged on the reverse. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2700
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: 1897 die proof for the adopted 5m frame in black on highly glazed card (92x60mm), undated. Superb: not even hinged on the reverse. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2701
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1897 1m imperforate colour trial singles for the 1m in all-different colour combinations on gummed unwatermarked paper, large even margins, mostly with large-part original gum. Most are superb. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - and three are ex Colonel Danson, Colin Boston and Sir Gawaine Baillie. The twelve similar 'Besancon' trials sold for SFr3415.
(11) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 1,900.00
Sold...AU$ 1,900.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2702
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1897 imperforate colour trial singles for the 1m in brown & carmine-pink & 3m in violet & blue-green (small clear adhesion on the face) - both close to the issued colours - on Rosette Wmk paper, good even margins, with faint strikes of a small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' handstamp applied centrally, disturbed gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2703
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1897 imperforate colour trial single for the 5m in carmine & black on ungummed Rosette Wmk paper, margins good to large, with large seriffed 'SPECIMEN' handstamp applied centrally. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2704
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1-8
1898 1m to 10pi SG 1-8 blocks of 4, mostly well centred, a few split/reinforced perfs, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £600+, for singles. Scarce multiples.
(8 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2705
Symbol: F
Cat No: 7-8
1898 5pi & 10pi SG 7-8 blocks of 10 (2x5), multiple 'WADI HALFA/SPS/17 I 99/...' cds, Cat £250+, for singles. Scarce multiples. Ex King Farouk.
(2 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2706
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1-8 (ex 1pi
1898 1m to 10pi SG 1-8 (ex 1pi) all from [Pos R2/6] with the so-called White Cloud between Camel's Neck & Postman's Legs, plus 2m 3m 1pi & 10pi each with the Significant Retouch, Cat £320+, for normal singles. The variety looks more like a Setting Sun than any sort of cloud.
(11) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
1902-21 Camel Postman on Star & Crescent Watermark
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2707
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1902 1m imperforate colour trial in ultramarine & violet on gummed unwatermarked paper, lower-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '3' in ultramarine, margins large to enormous, large-part original gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. Although unwatermarked, this must have been prepared for the second issue because Plate 3 was not used for the first issue. The 'Besancon' 2pi Plate '2' corner block of 4 - wrinkles & one unit defective - sold for SFr300. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2708
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1902 imperforate colour trial singles for the 2pi (no gum) 5pi & 10pi in issued colours on gummed Star & Crescent Watermark Paper, large margins the 5pi & 10pi being marginal examples, large-part original gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. The last with EPH Harpenden owner's mark in the margin. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2709
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1902 10pi imperforate colour trial single in black & bright purple on Star & Crescent Watermark Paper with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp diagonally at lower-right, large even margins, no gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2710
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1907 (Oct) New Colours 4m series of imperf colour trial singles in all-different unissued colour combinations on gummed Star & Crescent Watermarked Paper, a few small imperfections, mostly with good even margins & large-part gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. Printings on Star & Crescent paper were introduced progressively as the Rosette Watermark printings were exhausted.
(9) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2711
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1m series of Perf 14 colour trial singles in all-different unissued colour combinations on unwatermarked paper all with with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp horizontally at the base, a few minor blemishes and one with a repaired corner, no gum. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. Believed to have been produced circa 1921 as business promotion samples.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2712
Symbol: *
SPECIMEN STAMPS: 2m 3m & 4m each with fine seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, large-part original gum. Rare. (3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2713
Symbol: F/V
Cat No: 18-25
1m to 2pi black & ultramarine SG 18-25 blocks of 4 or 6 (5m) plus 5pi impressive block of 20 (5x4), 10pi SG 28 block of 4 & SG 128a block of 6 (3x2), mostly well centred, various cds cancels. Very scarce group that belies their lowly catalogue value.
(11 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2714
Symbol: */**O
Mint set including Chalk-Surfaced Papers, used set including both 10pi, 5m block of 30 (6x4) with margins on three sides, varieties with 1m block of 10 (2x5) with varieties noted on six units, Gun Barrel [Pos 120] on 5m & 5pi both used & in 5m corner block of 9, and Crescent Moon [Pos 28] in 4m corner block of 12 (4x3), various Plate Number singles to both 10pi, etc, generally very fine.
(150 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2715
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 18-28 (ex
1m to 10pi SG 18-28 (ex the 1921 2pi) all but the first 4m (from Plate 1, with no markings) with Plate Number '2', plus the 10pi on Chalk-Surfaced Paper SG 28a with Plate Number '3', generally very fine with lightly mounted large-part original gum, a few units are unmounted, Cat £780+, for singles. [The illustration is above Lot 2707]
(11 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2716
Symbol: O
FORGERIES: 1m 3m 2pi & 10pi all in close-to-issued colours plus 1pi in ultramarine & ochre, all Perf 11 on ungummed unwatermarked porous paper, various fake cancels. Not previously seen by us. (5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
1903 '5 Milliemes' Surcharge on 1898 5pi
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2717
Symbol: *
Cat No: 29
SPECIMEN STAMPS: 5m on 5pi SG 29 with fancy-italics 'Specimen' Handstamp below the surcharge, large-part origin gum. Believed to be ex Rhodesian Post Office Archives. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2718
Symbol: *
Cat No: 29a
VARIETIES: 5m on 5pi with the Surcharge Inverted SG 29a, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £350. RPSL Certificate (1953). (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2719
Symbol: V
Cat No: 29a
VARIETIES: 5m on 5pi with the Surcharge Inverted SG 29a, well centred, very minor blemishes, tied to piece by Khartoum cds of 17.XII.903, Cat £300+. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2720
Symbol: *
Cat No: 29b;
VARIETIES: 5m on 5pi blocks of 4 all [Pos 5-6/11-12] comprising the original state; the second state with Major Scratch across Pos 11 & 12 on the Overprint Forme SG 29b; and the third state with the clichés repaired & Pos 12 with Space between 'm e' of 'Milliemes'; Cat £465+. The 'Besancon' block of 4 with the damaged clichés sold for SFr146.
(3 blocks) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2721
Symbol: **
Cat No: 29b
VARIETIES: 5m on 5pi with Major Scratch across Pos 11 & 12 on the Overprint Forme SG 29b in a block of 15 (3x5), well centred, most units including the varieties are superb unmounted, Cat £275+, for mounted. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
1921-23 Camel Postman New Colours & Denominations
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2722
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Progressive proof of the master vignette die with incomplete tablets & uncleared surrounds on highly-surfaced card (90x60mm), minor rubbing at left well clear of the impression. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - and EFH Harpenden (handstamp on the reverse). The similar 'Besancon' proof with completed tablets & cleared surrounds sold for SFr390. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2723
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Progressive proof of the master vignette die with complete tablets & cleared surrounds and of the 1m frame die, on a single piece of highly-surfaced card (122x88mm) also showing screw-heads and earlier states of the dies largely burnished-off. A most unusual and technically significant artefact. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 2,600.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2724
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Master vignette die with complete tablets & cleared surrounds on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), stamped 'AFTER/HARDENING' at lower-left & manuscript date "21.9.21" at lower-right. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2725
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Frames only of the 2m & 3m on highly-surfaced card (91x60mm), both stamped 'AFTER/STRIKING' at lower-left & manuscript date "26.8.21" or "20.8.21" at lower-right, the first with light surface-rubbing. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton.
(2 proofs) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2726
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Frame only for the 10m on highly glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed "147/29" at lower- right. Superb. Ex De La Rue Archives: not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2727
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Monochrome proofs of the finished 1m 2m 3m & 15m designs in grey or grey-black on separate pieces of highly-surfaced card each reduced to stamp-size with close even margins. Very unusual. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2728
Symbol: P
DIE PROOFS: Typographed monochrome proof of the finished 15m design in black on gummed unwatermarked wove paper (77x77mm), a couple of minor blemishes, lightly mounted well away from the impression which is unmounted. A very unusual proof that we expect was for postal stationery. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton - and William Frazer, where it was not identified as being typographed. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2729
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1m in unissued colours of brown & carmine imperforate block of 6 (3x2) from the upper-right of the sheet with Plate Number '1' with Damage at the Base, margins good to enormous, full unmounted original gum. Gorgeous and superb. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Dec-11-2024, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 258
Lot No: 2730
Symbol: P
COLOUR TRIALS: 1m four different in unissued colour combinations Perf 14 on unwatermarked paper each with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' Overprint at the base, one with large-part original gum, the others without gum. Believed to be printer's samples. Ex De La Rue Archives - not illustrated in Walton. (4) (Image1)
