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THE DR SIMON KELLY COLLECTION OF THE 1879-80 TENDE
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Head and frame essays in red on thick glazed card, the adjacent essays with QV head very similar to that used for the issued Perkins Bacon 1d stamps, both with frame and corner squares, the right essay with turned side panels virtually identical to those in the dummy stamps printed by Charles Skippe
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Charles Skipper & East. 1d "Inland Revenue" dummy stamps, complete sheets of 48 with wide sheet margins on thin card (223x200mm), three imperforate sheets printed in green, lilac or salmon. Also single stamps in green (3, shades), pale lilac, salmon or blue on thin card, and a block of four in pale
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Waterlow & Sons. 1876 QV Head progressive die proof in black, die sunk on white wove paper, 99x65mm, "R.C.B.S" handstamped on reverse. Also plate proof in black of the 1860 Nova Scotia 1c (and issued South Australia 1867 4d, 2/- in the same design), upon which this QV head proof was based. This QV h
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Waterlow & Sons. 1876 QV Head progressive die proof in black, die sunk on thin white card, 75x97mm, "R.C.B.S" handstamped on reverse, endorsed and dated in pencil "touched for the ear and jaw 5/2/76". This head was later used for the Queensland 2d essay submitted by Waterlows for the 1879 tender. A
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Waterlow & Sons. Queensland 2d essay, cut down progressive die proof with incomplete areas on the right, in black on wove paper. This essay was submitted for the 1879 tender in support of a recommendation to use line-engraved printing, but quickly ruled out of the competition as surface printing had
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1d Dummy stamp in blue on wove paper, GL in the lower corner, imperforate, attributed to Carmichael and reputedly printed by Charles Skipper & East, very scarce. Photo on Page 6.
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Unadopted QV Head die proofs with circular background of horizontal lines, in blue on wove paper, 83x60mm, or in violet on glazed wove paper, 100x75mm, probably by Perkins Bacon & Co. (2).
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Essay Die Proof in black on thick card, the QV head and frame very similar to other essays known to have been produced in February 1879 (see Line Engraved Stamps of G.B by E.D Bacon, plate XIII, figs 94/5), 50x51mm; and a proof of an engine turned background die sunk on wove pape
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Proofs of engine turned backgrounds in black produced during the attempt to hold onto the G.B 1d stamp printing contract, a proof of the background used for the 1861 Bahamas stamps (and Grenada revenues) numbered "246", 140x36mm; and two die sunk proofs each with two separate bac
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Perkins Bacon & Co. QV Head die proof with a background of horizontal lines within a 17mm circular frame, printed in pink on watermarked wove paper, 43x46mm. This head (very similar to that used for South Australia and Nova Scotia) was amongst the surface printed essays submitted to the Board of Inl
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Sheetlet of four dummy stamps inscribed "Postage No Pence" and two impressions of the 17mm circular framed QV Head, printed in pink on watermarked gummed wove paper, 67x87mm, both of these designs amongst the surface printed essays submitted to the Inland Revenue in February 1879
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Perkins Bacon & Co. 1d Large Head Essay by Ridgway, stamp size proof with blank corners in reddish purple, mounted in thick card, 68x52mm, very scarce. Photo on Page 16.
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate 1d Large Head Essays by Ridgway, in green (11), rose (17, shades), blue (4) or orange (2), including RK-TL corner block of six in rose and FO-FP vertical pair in green both with lower margin showing two differing plate sizes were used (probably 240 & 192), various pap
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Perkins Bacon & Co. 1d Rose Large Head Essay, KA-NJ imperforate block of forty with reattached MK-NL block of four on thin wove paper, margin at left, a scarce large block. (44).
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Perkins Bacon & Co. 1881 Grenada postcards with 1d stamp in blue or 1½d stamp in brown, the stamps adapted from the 1879 tender essay 1d stamp type D by Ridgway, the two unused cards both endorsed "No 328 / 13 du 13 Juin 1881" believed to be from a Berne U.P.U archive, and a card with two tete-
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1908 Cover bearing Grenada 1½d postcard stamp, cut-out and perforated, posted from Kingston-on-Thames to East Molesey, very unusual, ex Beaumont Collection.
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Perkins Bacon & Co. QV Head die proof, state 1 within a vertical oval of horizontal lines, a differing defaced head die struck lightly above, in black on card, vertical folds clear of the printed proofs, otherwise fine and scarce, 114x106mm. This head was used for the strip of six small head 1d essa
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate proof sheet of 36 1d small head essays in black on white wove paper, plate IV lettered "WW", 147x177mm, some creasing but a scarce sheet.
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate sheet of 36 1d small head essays in green, plate IV lettered "WW" on star watermarked paper with "POSTAGE" within the lined margins, very large margins at base and left side, 277x246mm. Very rare, three sheets of this watermarked paper used for the submitted tender, m
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate 1d small head essay strip showing all six types, in green with margin at left, on star watermarked paper. Very scarce, watermarked paper used for the submitted tender, ex Young Collection. Photo on Page 6.
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate 1d small head plate IV essays lettered "WW" showing solvent tests on the stability of the inks, archival page (146x200mm) bearing 1d green pair and 1d chestnut-brown block of six (2x3), the block of six endorsed "Printed from Transfers June 1879" in right margin, the
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate 1d small head essay proof block of 36 with blank corners in green, from the new plate V (120 stamps) made in May or June 1879, on white wove paper, lower row with part paper makers watermark "L POSTAGE PAPER".
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Perkins Bacon & Co. Imperforate 1d small head essays with corner letters "WW", from plate IV (13) or blank corners from plate V (75), also 1d large head essay, ½d (2), 1½d (2) and 2d (4) essays, and 1914 1d reprints in brighter colours (10). An interesting lot, various colours with blocks,
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McCorquodale & Co. First type dummy stamp by W.H Hooper, plate I consisting of three stamps with 7-8mm gutters between, printed in red on wove paper, 98x54mm. Photo on Page 16.
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate first type dummy stamp from plate II (120 stamps) printed in black (15), brown (7) or carmine-red (23), some blocks, various shades and papers including scarce black on blue paper stamps (4), also second Hooper type block of four. (49). Photo on Page 6.
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate first type dummy stamp, plate II block of forty (rows 1-4) in pale carmine on wove paper, large upper margins with inverted paper makers watermark "J. WHATMAN / 1874", minor creases, an unusually large block.
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate first type dummy stamp, plate II block of twenty (rows 11-12) in carmine on wove paper, large lower margin with paper makers watermark "J. WHATMAN / 1874", small paper slits to the four left stamps, otherwise fine and attractive.
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate second type dummy stamps by Hooper in various shades of red (53) including venetian red block of 24, various papers, one with variety upper right "J" inserted by hand (within a pair), also a scarce stamp size proof in black. (54). Photo on Page 6.
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McCorquodale & Co. Postcard in venetian red with second type dummy stamp and "SPECIMEN" overprint, on thick card, 121x72mm, reverse numbered "2". Minor toning but scarce, four examples apparently recorded, ex Gilbert Collection. Photo on Page 8.
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McCorquodale & Co. 1881 (Nov 22) Front bearing second type dummy stamp in venetian red, addressed to Leytonstone, cancelled by London E.C Squared circle. Glue stains and minor stamp faults but a unique postal use of this dummy stamp.
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McCorquodale & Co. West India Postage Four Annas dummy stamp, die proof with raised printing in black, on white card, 100x131mm, fine and rare. Photo on Page 26.
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate "West India Postage / Four Annas" dummy stamps based on the 1866 De La Rue East India 4a stamp, in shades of green (3), blue (5), brown (9) or carmine-rose (25) on various gummed or ungummed papers, including blocks of four (8) and strips of four (2); also a block of s
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McCorquodale & Co. Imperforate West India Postage Four Annas dummy stamps in carmine-rose, marginal blocks of four (2) and six and a vertical strip of six all used for ink trials, the blocks of four with manuscript "B" or "E", block of six with manuscript "C" and "2/m", the strip of six with manuscr
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1879 1d Essay (frame D) in black and 1880 1½d essay (frame K) in pale violet, both with Ridgeway's South Australia QV head cut out and posted over the Corbould head, attached to thick card, 48x92mm. A rare paste-up essay pair; similar essays are illustrated in "Line Engraved Stamps of G.B" by E
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Small Head die proof by Ridgeway, state I with weak diadem details in lilac, vertical oval background of horizontal bars and uncleared surround, die sunk on wove paper, 68x74mm. Photo on Page 114.
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Small Head die proof by Ridgeway, state II with strengthened diadem details, vertical oval background of horizontal lines and uncleared background in black on card, 61x81mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 26.
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Small head die proofs on wove paper, in green (62x50mm) or mauve (67x75mm), both with partly inked uncleared backgrounds, fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 18.
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Imperforate ½d Brown, 1½d brown, 2d pink (frame K) and 2d blue (frame A) essays each perfined "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type P2, recorded "from c.1900", these examples over 20 years earlier), on wove paper, each endorsed on reverse "surface ptd" and numbered "6" (1½d), "7" (½d), "8" (2d
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1½d Die proof in brown, frame G, partly cleared background around the stamp, on wove paper, 67x70mm, fine and unusual. Ex Fisher and O'Connor Collections. Photo on Page 15.
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½d - 2d Essays, die proofs (8), perforated and imperforate essays (79), the selection showing all types and various colours with some se-tenant multiples, including die proofs of ½d frame I in violet or green, frame B in violet or green, 1½d frame G in green or chestnut, 1½d fram
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1½d Chestnut frame G, ½d green and ½d pale chestnut both frame I, die proofs on wove paper, all with solvents applied for testing of the ink fugacity, scarce. (3). Photo on Page 16.
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½d-2d Essays, imperforate proof sheet from plate VI printed in blue on gummed wove paper, comprising the original 1879 1d plate IV (6x6, frames A-F) with a vertical strip of five essays added at the left comprising ½d type B, 2d type C, 1½d type G, 2d type H and 2d type A, the two sec
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½d-2d Essays, imperforate proof sheet from plate VI printed in red on gummed wove paper, comprising the original 1879 1d plate IV (6x6, frames A-F) with a vertical strip of five essays added at the left comprising ½d type B, 2d type C, 1½d type G, 2d type H and 2d type A, the two sect
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1d Essays from Plate VI printed in red with the vertical strip of five ½d - 2d essays removed from the left, a line perforated block of 36 with margins on all sides, and block of thirty (rows 1-5 with row 6 removed) perforated vertically and imperforate horizontally. Due to the misalignment of
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Plate VI Essays, perforated vertical se-tenant ½d+2d+1½d+2d+2d strips of five from the left of the sheet in red, green or purple, and 1d proofs (121) including four vertical strips of four and two singles in red perforated vertically and imperforate horizontally, others imperforate (79) or
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1d Essays from plate VII, imperforate sheets of eighteen (three rows of six with frames A-F, original head plate I) with frame damage to 2/6, sheets in rose-pink, chrome yellow, pale ochre or deep ochre on wove paper, all with large margins (150x92mm or larger), two with part "SPECIAL POSTAGE PAPER
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Plate VIII Perforated essay sheets of 24 (6x4) comprising ½d frame I (12), 1½d frame K (6) and 2d frame J (6), printed in blue, reddish purple or dull purple on gummed wove paper, the dull purple sheet still with the very wide right margin (the sheet 246x141mm), the other sheets with this
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Plate IX Imperforate part essay sheet, block of 21 (7x3, the final column removed from the original sheet of 24) comprising ½d frame I (9), 1½d frame K (6) and 2d frame J (6), in bright rose on wove paper, also single essays of the three values in maroon. A scarce plate, only known imperfo
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Plate X Imperforate essay proof sheetlet of eight in pink, two rows of four with 6mm horizontal and 3mm vertical gutters, row 1 comprising 2d frame J + 2d frame H + 2d frame C + 1½d frame K, row 2 comprising 1½d frame G + 2d frame A + ½d frame I + ½d frame B, on watermarked wove
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Plate XI Imperforate essay proof sheet of nine comprising three sideways 1½d frame G essays with six upright 2d essays (three frame H and three frame A) to the right, in plate purple-brown on wove paper with part "SPECIAL POSTAGE PAPER / LONDON" watermark, 125x158mm. The only recorded plate XI
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Plate XIa Imperforate 2d essay proof sheet of nine, similar to the plate XI sheet but the three sideways 1½d essays replaced by three upright 2d frame C essays, in pale purple-brown on wove paper, 115x122mm. Minor marginal toning, otherwise fine and the only recorded plate X1a sheet, ex Young C
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Plate XII Imperforate "die proof" sheet in vermilion, comprising a plate of three printed twice in tete-beche form, ½d frame I and 2d frame H upright (or inverted) and 1½d frame G sideways, on chalky gummed wove paper. Rare, only one other similar tete-beche sheet recorded, ex Fisher and O
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Inland Revenue 1d, imperforate proofs on gummed Anchor watermarked paper, upper marginal pair in green, upper marginal singles in blue (2, previously a pair) or brown, and singles in red or green, partial "W.H Stephenson" and "Inland Revenue" watermarks in upper margins. Specimens for ink fugacity w
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Head die A by William Theed, Die Proof in carmine with circular lined background (for frame B) within an uncleared circular band, on white glazed card, 92x60mm. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die A by William Theed, Die Proof in black with rectangular lined background (for frame D) within an uncleared border, on white glazed card, 92x60mm. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die B by Joubert, Die Proof in black with circular lined background (for frame B) within an uncleared band, on white glazed card dated "May 20 1878", 92x60mm. This head die was adopted for the issued stamps. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die B by Joubert, Die Proof in black with rectangular lined background modified at the corners (for frame F) within an uncleared border, on white glazed card, 92x60mm. This head die was adopted for the issued stamps. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die C (Empress head) by William Theed, Die Proof in black with rectangular lined background (for frame D) within an uncleared border, on white glazed card, 92x60mm. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die D (Empress head) by Joubert, Die Proof in black with rectangular lined background (for frame D) within an uncleared circle, on white glazed card dated "Apr 16 1879", 92x60mm. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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Head die D (Empress head) by Joubert, Die Proof in black with rectangular lined background (for frame D) within an uncleared border, on white glazed card, 92x60mm. S.G. £2,000. Photo on Page 22.
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1d Essay die proof, frame C with the Empress head type D by Joubert, in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 22.
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1d Essay die proof, frame D (which was adopted for the issued 1d stamps) with Empress head type C by William Theed, in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Ex Gilbert Collection. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 24.
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1d Essay die proof, frame E with head type A by William Theed, in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 24.
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1d Essay die proof, frame F with Empress head type D by Joubert, in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 24.
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1½d Essay die proof, frame A with head type B by Joubert (which was adopted for the issued stamps), in venetian red (similar but lighter than the chosen colour) on white glazed card, 92x60mm. A fine and very scarce coloured proof, ex. Sir Gawaine Baillie. S.G. £2,400+. Photo on Page 24.
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1½d Essay die proof, frame C with head type B by Joubert (which was adopted for the issued stamps), in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 24.
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2d Essay die proof, frame G (used in 1880) with head type B by Joubert (which was adopted for the issued stamps), in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 24.
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½d Essay die proof, frame B with head type B by Joubert (which was adopted for the issued stamps), in green on white glazed card, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 24.
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½d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 24.
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½d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE HARDENING" in red and dated "16 JUL 80" in blue, 92x60mm. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 25.
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1d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "AFTER STRIKING" and dated "14 AUG 79" (not listed by S.G.), a card surround applied around the central proof obscuring the date and inscription, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 25.
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1d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, dated "24 NOV 79" with manuscript "after striking, 34 Forms" and initialled "AJW", 92x60mm, fine and very scarce, from the De La Rue archives. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 25.
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2d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE HARDENING" in red and dated "27 JUL 80" in blue, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £1,600. Photo on Page 25.
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5d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, dated "5 AUG 80" in blue, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. S.G. £1,600. Photo on Page 25.
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1d Plate proof in black on thick unwatermarked wove paper. S.G. £700. Photo on Page 6.
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1d Venetian red, right marginal block of twelve (IJ-LL) with large black circles printed within the central gutter (four to each stamp size gutter, two in the margin) and a black vertical line in the right margin, probably a trial for the Indian stamps of 1882 which had similar punched holes in the
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1½d Venetian red, lower left corner marginal block of eight (4x2), each handstamped "SPECIMEN" type 9, fine unmounted mint, an uncommon block. S.G. £640+. Photo on Page 15.
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1880 ½d - 5d Collection written up on pages including the set of five handstamped "SPECIMEN", 2d and 5d blocks of four with "SPECIMEN" handstamps, ½d green imperforate marginal Imprimatur unused, 1d imperforate Imprimaturs mint (4), ½d green (2), 1d (25), 2d and ½d blue (6) mint,
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1882 Advertising envelopes for H. Renton Gibbs, Hot Water Heating Apparatus Manufacturer, posted from Liverpool to "Le Comte du Chastel, Chateau de la Havette, Spa, Belgium", franked 1d + 1½d venetian red or ½d green + 2d rose, minor opening faults at upper edge, otherwise fine and an attr
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