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1432 |
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1910: Hentschel 3d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (31 x 43 mm.), the
small head design, endorsed "SP/1" (Slater & Palmer), printed in reddish-brown. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1433 |
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1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (36 x 49 mm.), large
head design, endorsed "W/5" (Winstone) in ink manuscript, printed in dark and pale blue. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1434 |
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1911: Hentschel zinc block Colour Essay for proposed 5 d. value, printed on cream wove paper
(47 x 41 mm.), barely noticeable slight crease, with manuscript "Special Ruby Black" notation below in ink. Scarce Gi = £ 900. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1435 |
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1910: Hentschel 7 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (35 x 40 mm.), large
head design, printed in dark and pale drab. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1436 |
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1910: Hentschel 7d. half-tone George V Essay on card (30 x 39 mm.), small head design,
endorsed "W/22" (Winstone), printed in bright emerald green. Scarce and very fine Gi =£ 350+. (Image
1)
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SOLD for CHF160.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1437 |
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1911: George V Die Proof for the ½ d. value without Duty Plates, Die 1A, cut down and
printed on smooth surfaced rose-pink wove paper (31 x 60 mm.) with white reverse; showing reversed "2" also in white at top. An attractive and scarce Proof Gi = £ 2'250. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF300.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1438 |
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1916: Colour Trial for the ½ d. value, wmk. Simple Cypher, perf. 15 x 14, printed in a
cloudy grey-green shade, centred to top, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 24) in black. Fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1983) Spec cat = £ 550. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1439 |
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1913 (Aug): ½ d. bright green, wmk. Multiple Cypher, an unused example, variety "Watermark
Inverted", fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare stamp Gi N15c / 397wi = £ 900. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1440 |
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1912/24: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused example, marginal from right of
sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 12), fresh and fine, superb large part og. Gi N18e = £ 300. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1441 |
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1912/24: 1½ d. chestnut, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal
from right of sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE now repaired, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 29), fresh and fine, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N18h = £ 450+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1442 |
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1924/26: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused horizontal pair, variety
"Tête-Bêche", fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 500. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1443 |
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1913: Waterlow Seahorse 5 s. rose-carmine, an unused example of rich colour, overprinted
"SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, large part og. Scarce Gi N66s = £ 750. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1444 |
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1913: Waterlow Seahorse 10 s. indigo-blue, an unused example of rich deep colour,
overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, fine large part og. Scarce Gi N69(1)t = £ 1'100. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1445 |
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1915: De La Rue Colour Trial for Seahorse 2 s. 6 d., Imperforate and printed in pale
sepia-brown (stamp size 38.7 x 22.1 mm.), on watermarked (W17) gummed paper. Thin in top margin at rightnot touching design, but very rare Gi = £ 900. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1446 |
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1918: Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. dull sepia-brown, an unused example of excellent
centering and colour, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 33) in black, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N65(2)zd = £ 1'500+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1447 |
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1924/26: 10 d. turquoise-blue, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety
"Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N44t = £ 600+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF175.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1448 |
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1924/26: 1 s. bistre-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety
"Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N45t = £ 600+. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF175.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1449 |
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1934: Photogravure Colour Trials for the 1½ d. value, wmk. Block Cypher, three horizontal
imperforate pairs: one in dull grey-green, one in bright scarlet and a third in deep ultramarine, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF320.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1450 |
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Winston Churchill Autograph 1955: Letter written and signed from 10, Downing Strreet,
Whitehall "I am so much obliged to you for your very kind token of goodwill on my birthday. Winston S. Chruchill", with envelope backstamped "Britisdh Embassy / Berne" and sent to Winterthur with 20 r. adhesive. Rare. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
1451 |
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Used Abroad / Crown Circles 1846/77: The selection of Crowned Circles with 1846/49 covers
(3) each with superb "? / PAID AT QUEBEC" struck in red, 1849 entire with "? / PAID AT BAHAMAS" in red (and a Great Britain 1855/57 off cover 4 d. carmine cancelled "A05" - cert. RPSL); 1852 cover from USA to Chile with fine "? / PAID AT PANAMA" in
red, 1853 cover with "? / PAID AT SANTA MATHA" in red, 1854 cover to USA with "? / PAID AT BARBADOES" in red, 1861 entire to Jamaica with superb "? / PAID AT ST. THOMAS" in red, 1863 cover with French Colonies 1859/65 5 c. and strip of thrtee 40 c.
used ex Guadeloupe via British P.O. with "? / PAID AT GUADELOUPE" in red (cert. RPSL), 1859 entire with GB 1855/57 4 d. carmine tied by fine "A59" obliterator of Morant Bay, 1863 entire with superb "? / PAID AT RIO DE JANEIRO" in black, 1877 cover
from Haiti with GB 4 d. sage green tied by Port au Prince "E53" obliterator etc. A generally fine to very fine lot of high catalogue value, with viewing recommended (13 covers and one loose stamp). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)
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SOLD for CHF3,800.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |