TRINIDAD: 1896-1906 Britannia Crown CA Watermark 5/- green & brown, 10/- green & ultramarine and £1 green & carmine Ordinary Paper SG 122-124, the 5/- apparently unmounted, the others with small hinge remainders, Cat £590+ for mounted. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

TRINIDAD: 1896-1906 Britannia Crown CA Watermark 5/- green & brown SG 122 with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' handstamp (11 x 1½ mm; Samuel Type D9a) in black, very lightly mounted with a little light even gum aging. Gibbons do not list non-UPU specimens. Marcus Samuel in 'Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies' (1976) states at pages 41-42 that Type 9 "has always been rather a mystery ... [Type D9a] ... covers a small group of overprints of similar appearance but of different dimensions to Type D9. Some are rubber handstamps on booklet panes and other unique items in the De La Rue collection" [our emphasis]. This handstamp is indeed similar (identical?) to those shown on Trindad 'FEE' overprints at page 8478 of 'The De La Rue Collection' edited by Frank Walton. See also the next lot. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

TRINIDAD: 1896-1906 Britannia Crown CA Watermark £1 green & carmine on Chalk-Surfaced Paper SG 124a with small sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' handstamp (11 x 1½ mm; Samuel Type D9a) in black, quite well-centred, lightly mounted with a few tiny marks on the gum. Gibbons do not list non-UPU specimens. See the previous Lot for further information from Marcus Samuel's 'Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies' and 'The De La Rue Collection' edited by Frank Walton. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1913-23 Britannia Multiple Crown CA Watermark ½d to £1 set SG 149-156 plus 2½d ultramarine, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £338. (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1921-22 Britannia Multiple Script CA Watermark 5/- dull purple & purple SG 213 and 5/- deep purple & purple SG 213a, £1 green & carmine SG 215 plus unlisted shades 'grey-green & carmine' and 'deep green & carmine', also 'SPECIMEN' overprints vertically of both in their normal shades SG 213s & 215s, generally well-centred, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, Cat £750+. (7) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1921-22 Britannia Multiple Script CA Watermark £1 green & carmine SG 215 marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, very well-centred, light gum tropicalisation, unmounted, Cat £720+ for singles. A handsome block. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1938-44 KGVI Pictorials $4.80 rose-carmine SG 256 block of 4, well-centred, postally used with light central Port of Spain cds cancel, Cat £240+ for singles. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200