| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 858 | *4+ | Watermarked Paper: Small star, sheet of 240 impressions (12 x 20) on ungummed paper with "POSTAGE" repeated six times in the margins, folded and a little soiled along the folds, fine |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 859 | e | Indian stamps used in Aden: 1854-55 4a. blue and red, second printing, head Die II, Frame Die I, cut-to-shape and tied to the reverse of envelope January 19 1857 addressed to Bombay, "124" in lozenge of bars cancellation with Aden datestamp alongside; some faults as usual but nevertheless a very rare cover (Photo Plate 66) |
£400.00 |
| 860 | e | 1937 Dhow set used on seven envelopes (six are Registered) addressed to Shrewsbury dated July 28 or 29, a few small stains on some adhesives, otherwise fine (1-12) A rare set (Photo Plate 66) |
£500.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 861 | e | Postal Stationery: 1967 St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla 5c. Aerogramme ovpt. "INDEPENDENT/ANGUILLA" in red, unused, fine and rare, also two used 5c. cut outs and one used cut out of the 15c., plus unused large piece (top portion) of the 5c. with 10c. adhesive affixed alongside, fine and scarce (Photo Plate 66) |
£150.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 862 | *4 | 1923-24 6d. chestnut, block of four containing the "Leg of Kangaroo broken" variety [1/6], the variety u.m., the remainder o.g. or part o.g. fine. Cat. £147+ (73/73a) |
£70.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 863 | * | 1918 (Feb. 21 - July 10) War Tax 3d. purple on yellow, variety "Overprint inverted", large part o.g., some natural gum bends or creasing and a few pulled perfs., otherwise fine. A rare stamp. Cat. £1,100. With B.P.A. certificate (2008) (94b) (Photo Plate C) |
£550.00 |
| 864 | ** | 1938-52 ½d. brown-purple, variety "Elongated E", u.m., fine. Cat. £150 (149ec) (Photo Plate 67) |
£60.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 865 | P | 1974 Centenary of the Universal Postal Union, set of four imperforate Proofs affixed to Harrison and Sons presentation cards, fine and rare (205-208 P) (Photo Plate 66) |
£750.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 866 | e | 1903 (Sept. 8), envelope addressed to England sent Registered and franked Cape of Good Hope 1d. block of six (3 x 2) with Teyateyaneng c.d.s. cancellations, Cape Town oval transit handstamp on reverse, London and Charlton arrival handstamps of Oct. 3 on front, a few small peripheral tears and the envelope opened a little roughly, otherwise fine and scarce (Photo Plate 66) |
£100.00 |
| * 867 | * | 1935 Silver Jubilee 6d. slate and purple, variety "Dot by flagstaff", large part o.g., fine. Cat. £277 (14h) (Photo Plate 67) |
£120.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 868 | e | 1863-76 perf. 10 2c. pair and strip of three, 12c. and 24c., tied by "A03" barred oval cancellations to envelope dated Dec. 1872 addressed to New Brunswick, a variety of transit and arrival markings on reverse, the envelope slightly soiled and the adhesives separated by scissors resulting in a few clipped perfs., otherwise fine and a rare three colour franking to a very unusual destination (88, 97, 101) (Photo Plate 66) |
£1,500.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 869 | * | Official Stamps: 1937 10r. green and scarlet, large part o.g., fine. Cat. £375 (O14) (Photo Plate 67) |
£120.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | O4 | 1863-64 De La Rue 1d. deep carmine-red, a used block of four with large to just touching margins all round, bright colour, fine and attractive. Signed Calves and with Martinaud certificate (2007) Cat. £900+ (18) (Photo Plate C) |
£400.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 871 | ** | 1935 Silver Jubilee 50c. slate and purple, variety "Dot by flagstaff", u.m., fine. Cat. £400 (382h) (Photo Plate 67) |
£200.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 872 | * | 1943-54 £5 indigo-blue (wmk. upright), o.g., fine. Cat. £300 (136) (Photo Plate 67) |
£80.00 |
| 873 | **4+ | Aitutaki: 1911-16 6d. carmine, u.m. block of eight (4 x 2) from the upper-right corner of the sheet with current number, hinged and some notations in margin; fine. Cat. £360++ (11) |
£95.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 874 | e | 1735 (Dec. 2), EL from Larnaca to Madrid, carried privately by the Franciscan Monks postal network, without postal markings, fine and very rare (Photo Plate 66) |
£500.00 |
| 875 | e | 1823 (June 28), EL from a Franciscan Monk in Jerusalem addressed to Livorno, sent via Cyprus and endorsed in manuscript "RACCOMANDATTA AL MTO. PR. P. GUARD. DE CIPRO"; fine and rare (Photo Plate 66) |
£500.00 |
| 876 | e | 1826 EL from Larnaca to France with disinfection slits, handstamped "MARSEILLE" and "COLONIES PAR MARSEILLE", rate markings, transit and arrival datestamps of Sept. 1826 on reverse; fine. A rare early item of Mail from Cyprus (Photo Plate 68) |
£1,000.00 |
| 877 | e | 1876 (Nov. 2), EL to Ciotat, France, datelined "a Chypre" and with rare "VOYE DE MER/PAR MARSELLA" handstamp on the front, rated "8" in manuscript; a little soiled but very rare (Photo Plate 68) |
£1,500.00 |
| 878 | * | 1938-51 1pi. orange Perf. 13½ x 12½, large part o.g., two small black spots on reverse and small patch of gum missing, otherwise fine. A scarce stamp. Cat. £500 (154a) (Photo Plate C) |
£200.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 879 | e | 1905 1d. postal stationery envelope, dated November 1905, additionally franked 1d. and 2d. and addressed to Switzerland; 1d. postal stationery envelope, dated Dec. 1906 and addressed to England; 1928 (ca.) p.p.c. (Greetings from Dominica) bearing 1923-33 ½d. (2) and cancelled by violet "MAILED AT SEA"; fine |
£50.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 880 | * | 1885-91 4d. pale grey-black, variety "Wmk. Crown to right of CA and reversed", part o.g., fine and scarce. Cat. £650 (9y) (Photo Plate 67) |
£250.00 |
| * 881 | * | 1891-1902 9d. pale reddish orange, variety "Wmk. reversed", part o.g., fine. Cat. £375 (35x) (Photo Plate 67) |
£150.00 |
| * 882 | O | --- 1/- brown, used with part Parcel cancellation, fine and scarce. (Andrews type 33, Heijtz type PSO.2) (Photo Plate 67) |
£100.00 |
| 883 | **4+ | 1960-66 De La Rue 2d. black and deep blue "Gentoo Penguins", a complete sheet of sixty (5 x 12), [Row 12 No. 5] showing the variety "Weak entry under FA", u.m., folded through central perfs. and light crease in bottom margin, otherwise fine. Cat. £1,196 (195a) |
£300.00 |
Falkland Islands Dependencies |
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| 884 | **4+ | 1946-49 Thick Map set, all in sheets of sixty (10 x 6) with imprints and Plate number and all showing the "Gap in 80th. parallel" variety on positions [R1/4, 1/9, 3/9, 5/4 and 5/9], the 6d. additionally showing the "Missing "I" on [R1/2] and "Extra dot by oval" [R4/6], the 1/- with "Extra dot by oval" [R4/6] varieties, u.m., some bends and wrinkles, fine. Cat. £1,614+ (G1-8) |
£400.00 |
| 885 | t | South Shetlands: Deception Island: 1927, single sheet of paper embossed with "Coat of Arms" at top and with very good "DECEPTION ISLAND/21 JAN 1927/SOUTH SHETLANDS" handstamp in purple alongside, contents chiefly relate to birds and whales, some folds, otherwise fine and unusual. (Heijtz B1) |
£40.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 886 | *4 | 1938-55 3d. blue "Canoe and Arms", marginal block of four from the left of the sheet, the second stamp showing variety "Spur on arms medallion", large part o.g., fine and scarce. Cat. £350+ (257a) (Photo Plate C) |
£100.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 887 | * | 1904-06 10d. olive and carmine, variety "Dented Frame", lightly hinged, very slight trace of toning at lower-right, otherwise fine. Cat. £350 (66a) (Photo Plate 67) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 888 | *O | 1889 Spanish currency surcharge 25c. on 2d. brown-purple, variety "Small I", part o.g. and used examples, a horizontal strip of three, the centre stamp with variety "Broken N", the third with small stain, part o.g., fine, also 25c. on 2½d. bright blue, variety "Small I", used, fine. Cat. £460+ (17ab, 17b, 18ab) (Photo Plate 67) |
£120.00 |
| 889 | * | --- 25c. on 2½d. bright blue, variety "Broken N", o.g., fine. Cat. £325 (18b) (Photo Plate 67) |
£80.00 |
| 890 | S | 1889-96 Spanish currency set of eleven overprinted "SPECIMEN", part o.g., (the 5p. without gum), a few with pulled perfs, otherwise fine. Cat. £400 (22s-24s, 26-33s) (Photo Plate 67) |
£120.00 |
| 891 | O | 1903 Wmk. Crown CA 2½d. dull purple and black on blue, variety "Large 2 in ½", used, fine. Cat. £130 (49a) (Photo Plate 67) |
£50.00 |
| 892 | *O | Collection in small green stockbook, over 400 stamps, issues to 1969, incl. some Queen issues, 1904-08 4/- part o.g., George VI with values to 5/- (5), 10/- (4) and £1(2), 1953-59 set, 1967 Ships sets (less 5d.) u.m. and used, etc., u.m., part o.g. and used, chiefly fine |
£300.00 |
| 893 | e | Selection of fourteen covers or cards, incl. 1818 EL to Madrid, 1868 (Jan.) envelope to Newport franked Great Britain 6d., 1872 (April) E to London franked Great Britain 6d., 1891 (Jan) 20c. Registered envelope (size G) to London additionally franked 25c. (2), 1891 (May) 20c. Registered envelope (size H) to Amsterdam additionally franked 25c. (5), 1935 (July) U.S.S. Wyoming visit envelope, 1948 (Dec. 1) Silver Wedding set on Registered FDC, etc., chiefly fine |
£160.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 894 | e | 1893-1902, selection of six 2d. Registered Envelopes (size G), all used to Liverpool, and with additional adhesives attached, origins incl. Accra (4), Adjuah and Axim, strikes and condition generally fine (Higgins & Gage 3a (1), 5a (5)) (Photo Plate 68) |
£150.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 895 | e | 1792 (July 3), EL from Conference to London, rated 1/- in manuscript and with "GRENADA/(Crown)" and script arrival datestamp on the reverse; filing fold and a trifle soiled, fine and scarce (Photo Plate 68) |
£250.00 |
| 896 | **4+ | 1883 ½d. dull green, complete pane of sixty (6 x 10) comprising thirty tete-beche pairs, u.m., hinged in margin, fine (30a) |
£65.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 897 | e | 1879 overprinted with small capital "G" 1/- green, variety overprint double, tied by Cape Town c.d.s. of March 7 1882 to envelope endorsed "Per R.M.S. Conway Caste" addressed to Manchester and with arrival c.d.s. of March 31 on the reverse; a few perimeter faults, otherwise fine. Despite being used after Griqualand merged with Cape Colony this comes from the redistributed stock returned to Cape Town for use in the Cape Colony (28a) (Photo Plate 68) |
£500.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 898 | O | 1863-71 30c. vermilion, misperforated with "THIRTY CENTS" at top, indistinct blue cancellation, light diagonal crease, otherwise fine. A stunning classic variety (15 var.) (Photo Plate 67) |
£500.00 |
| 899 | e | 1891, with additional Chinese handstamp 20c. on 30c. grey-green (pair) and 50c. on 48c., tied by Shanghai datestamps to envelope addressed to Germany; the envelope slightly crumpled and with flap missing from the reverse, otherwise fine and scarce (48a, 49) (Photo Plate 68) |
£300.00 |
| 900 | O | 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine, variety "Short U in JUBILEE", used, creased perf. at left, otherwise fine. Cat. £180 (51b) |
£50.00 |
| 901 | * | 1912-21 25c. purple and magenta, type B, lightly hinged, centred to left, fine. Cat. £180 (109) |
£60.00 |
| 902 | e | Postal Fiscals: 1938 5c. green, 112 examples used on individual envelopes and with Victoria c.d.s.'s dated between the 14th. and 15th. January 1938, all addressed to Canton, many with arrival datestamps on reverse, a few a little roughly opened, also 28 local envelopes sent Registered each franked with six examples (mostly in blocks), dated between the 17th. and 20th. January 1938, all with red seals on reverse and showing stain marks on front, otherwise fine. (F8) An extremely highly catalogued lot (Photo Plate 68) |
£3,000.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 903 | e | 1854-55 ½a. blue Die I, large margins, tied by lozenge of dots cancellation to large part of EL dated Oct. 2 1854 (the second day of issue) used from Mangalore to Bombay with arrival datestamp of 2 a.m. Oct. 10 alongside, fine and an extremely rare early usage (2) (Photo Plate 68) |
£750.00 |
| 904 | e | Fift printing, Head Die III, Frame Die II, a cut square horizontal pair with good to large margins all round, tied by "B/1" and red boxed "INDIA/PAID" to EL addressed to Genes with arrival marking of Feb. 15 1856 on reverse, fine (25) (Photo Plate 69) |
£2,000.00 |
| 905 | * | Official stamps: 1866 "SERVICE/TWO ANNAS" purple, horizontal strip of six, large part o.g., fresh colour, very fine. A rare and attractive multiple. Cat. £1,650++ (O15) (Photo Plate C) |
£1,200.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Patiala |
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| 906 | e | Patiala: The protection of the British Legation during the Italo-Ethiopian War: 1936 (Feb.), envelope from Patiala (India) to the "Abyssinia Contingent, Addis Ababa, Africa" franked 1a. 3p., 2a. on reverse and with arrival datestamp; filing fold at left well clear of the adhesives; fine. An extremely rare cover to an Indian soldier of the detachment, most of the soldiers at this time would have been illiterate. Illustrated on page 40 of "Ethiopia 1867 to 1936" (addendum) by R. Sciaky (Photo Plate 69) |
£600.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Kishangarh |
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| 907 | P | Kishangarh: 1904-10 1a. Perkins Bacon business samples, five examples in different colours, all perforated 13½, u.m., or large part o.g., fine. See footnote after S.G. 50 |
£70.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 908 | * | 1922-23 Thom 4d. grey-green, variety "no accent", in vertical pair with normal from the right of the sheet, u.m. (hinged in margin), lightly toned perf. at right, fine. Cat. £174++ (58a) |
£55.00 |
| 909 | POSTAL ORDERS: 1922 Great Britain 6d. with green "Saorstat/eireann/1922"ovpt. over the King's portrait, the English heading ovpt. "POST ORDU EIREANN" also in green, Tipperary issue date of April 4 1927, the ovpt. counterfoil still attached, also similar 1/- example with green "RIALTAS/SEALADACH/NA/H-EIREANN" ovpt. over the King's portrait and with Tipperary issue date of Sept. 5 1922, this without the counterfoil, both with a few small stains otherwise fine and rare (Photo Plate 69) |
£200.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 910 | * | 1938-52 5/- slate-blue and yellow-orange, the rare "Perf. 14, line" printing of 1941, large part o.g., fine. Cat. £4,500 (132a) An extremely scarce stamp (Photo Plate C) |
£2,000.00 |
| * 911 | e | Revenues: 1939 (June 16), envelope franked George V 3d. purple on yellow "JUDICIAL" issue and George VI 1½d. definitive, both tied by Half-Way-Tree c.d.s. cancellations, addressed to Canada", "1st. day Cover" in m.s. at top, fine and unusual (Photo Plate 69) |
£100.00 |
| 912 | L | Literature: "Jamaica" by Collett, Buckland Edwards, Morton and Nicholson (1928), copy number 4 from 120 of the special autographed subscribers edition, offered with contemporary papers relating to its production, a few pencil annotations throughout and the spine a little scuffed, otherwise fine. Also "The Jamaica Post Towns 1840-1875" by Morton (circa 1921), cover a little worn otherwise fine |
£60.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ** 913 | S | 1922-27 KGV Definitives to £100 with various Specimen ovpts., no gum, 26 diff. incl. Shilling and Pound values complete (lacks 12c. and 1927 5c. & 10c.), £2 diffused colour else fine (SG 76s//105s, ca. £5,750) (Photo Plate C) |
£750.00 |
| 914 | **4 | 1938-54 1/- black and brown "Lake Naivasha", u.m., marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, the second stamp showing variety "Mountain retouch", a few gum wrinkles otherwise fine. Cat. £1,000+ (145ac) A rare block (Photo Plate C) |
£300.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 915 | P | 1985 World Health Day 30f., oversize handpainted Essay (175mm. x 240mm.), mounted on board with acetate overlay showing inscriptions in pencil and manuscript notations in red ink, also nine black and white inscriptions (titles, values etc.), relating to this issue mounted on one large card, small tear at top of the overlay, otherwise fine. A rare assembly (Photo Plate 70) |
£3,000.00 |
| 916 | **4+ | 1996 "Hands Supporting Ear of Wheat", the set of three values in complete imperforate sheets of twenty (4 x 5), also with missing gold (Ear of Wheat), a few trivial bends in the margins and vertical fold in the left margin of the 150f. otherwise fine, also five issued sets. (1451-1453 var.) A rare group, only one complete set of imperforate sheets are believed to exist (Photo Plate 71) |
£5,000.00 |
| 917 | e | OFFICIALS: 1931 (Oct. 29), long (28cm. x 12cm.) "O.H.M.S." envelope addressed to London (the remainder of the address excised), franked 3a. blue and tied by Donaldson and Jones type 5 c.d.s., Basrah transit c.d.s. of Oct. 31 on reverse, the envelope with two vertical folds, otherwise fine. (O19) A scarce cover (Photo Plate 69) |
£150.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 918 | e | 1893 (Feb. 4), envelope with embossed Government Coat of Arms on flap, addressed to Jersey and franked 1892 6c. surcharge on 16c. grey tied by oval of bars cancellation, Labuan c.d.s. alongside, on reverse Jersey arrival c.d.s. of March 9, the cover with some staining, this mainly around the adhesive and with central horizontal bend, a scarce and rare cover (50) (Photo Plate 69) |
£1,500.00 |
| 919 | e | 1896 Jubilee set of six, tied to Kiderlen envelope dated Feb. 10 1898 addressed to Germany, handstruck Registration marking completed by hand, transit and arrival markings on reverse, some faintly stained perfs., fine (83-88) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 920 | e | 1869 (Nov. 21), EL written in French, addressed to London and with a superb strike of the large blue "POST OFFICE LAGOS/WEST COAST OF AFRICA/22 NOV 69" datestamp, manuscript "6" rate marking and blue "1" (indicating share due to the Colony), on reverse red London arrival of Dec. 18. Extremely fine and very rare. Believed to be the earliest recorded use of the datestamp. Illustrated on page 45 as figure 64 in "The Postal History and Handstamps of British West Africa" by Colin McCaig (Photo Plate 72) |
£3,500.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
Kedah |
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| 921 | * | Kedah: 1937 Sultan Hamlimshah set, part o.g., the $1 value with a few short perfs, otherwise fine. Cat. £225 (60-68) (Photo Plate 67) |
£60.00 |
| 922 | *O | --- Another set, part o.g., fresh colours, fine; also a set used, the $5 with slight fault. Cat. £475 (60-68) |
£160.00 |
Perak |
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| 923 | * | Perak: 1900 One Cent on 2c., two horizontal strips of three, the first with centre stamp variety Antique "e" in "One", the other with centre stamp variety Antique "e" in "Cent", unused, fine. Cat. £120 (81a, 81b) (Photo Plate 67) |
£40.00 |
| 924 | * | --- 1938-41 Sultan Iskandar set of seventeen, part o.g., a few of the lower values with tropicalised gum, otherwise fine. Cat. £750 (103-121) (Photo Plate 67) |
£200.00 |
| 925 | * | --- OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1899 4c. brown, the varieties "Wide space between G and S" unused and "No stop after S" part o.g., fine. Cat. £255 (O2a, O2b) (Photo Plate 67) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 926 | * | General issues: 1942 "DAI NIPPON 2602 MALAYA" on Perak 2c. to $5, set of eight, u.m. or o.g., the rare $1 with slight gum toning as usual; fine. Cat. £500 (J246-J253) (Photo Plate 67) |
£160.00 |
| 927 | e | --- 1944 surcharged set of seven intended for use on Red Cross letters, tied to local Syonan Registered philatelic cover, fine and scarce (J311-J317) (Photo Plate 72) |
£160.00 |
| 928 | e | -- A very similar cover (J311-J317) (Photo Plate 72) |
£160.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 929 | * | 1921-22 2/- purple and blue on blue, variety "Lines omitted from scroll", part o.g., fine. Cat. £475 (103d) (Photo Plate 67) |
£125.00 |
| 930 | e | Incoming Mail: Selection of five covers all in the same hand addressed to Major McCracken, 1st. Royal Berkshire Regt., Pembroke Camp, from Great Britain (July 30 1886) franked 1883 or 1884 2½d. (2), India (3 dated between Dec. 1886 to Jan. 1887) and Italy (March 1887), all with receiving datestamps on reverse, fine |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 931 | O | 1859 Intermediate print, 2d. blue, good to large margins all round, very fine used. Cat. £900 (38) A scarce stamp (Photo Plate C) |
£500.00 |
| 932 | e | Selection of three items, all addressed to Madagascar, comprising of 1886 (Aug. 11) long envelope franked 25c. horizontal strip of four with interpanneau margin at centre, 1886 (Oct. 8) wrapper from England franked 1881 1d. violet tied by Sevenoaks c.d,s., Mauritius 4c. applied in transit, also undated piece franked Great Britain 1881 1d. violet (damaged), 1884 4d. green (both with perfins) and Mauritius 4c. horizontal strip of five (one damaged), all with faults but scarce and unusual |
£150.00 |
| 933 | * | 1935 Silver Jubilee 20c. brown and deep blue, variety "Dot to left of chapel", part o.g., fine. Cat. £250 (247g) (Photo Plate 67) |
£80.00 |
| 934 | ** | Booklets: 1953 5r. black on white cover, slightly rusty staples and the pane of four airmail labels attached to interleaving, otherwise fine. Cat. £180 (SB1) |
£30.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 935 | O4+ | 1874-99 5/- carmine, block of six (2 x 3) with Richmond cancellations of Nov. 17 1902, a little creased and a few coloured marks on the reverse; fine (73) |
£60.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 936 | e | 1895 (Oct. 14), small attractive envelope with embossed Tasmania ½d. impressions in red and in orange, alongside ½d. and 1d. (horizontal pair) tied by Sydney duplex cancellations, addressed to Walthamstow and with, on reverse receiving c.d.s. of Nov. 16, fine. A scarce and unusual combination envelope, Inter-Colonial usage was not accepted until October 1910. Tasmanian envelopes with double embossings are rare (Photo Plate 72) |
£300.00 |
| * 937 | e | 1911 (Dec. 7), envelope sent Registered to Waihi New Zealand, franked Western Australia 2d. (2, 1 in grey and 1 in yellow) together with Victoria 1d., all tied by Sydney c.d.s. cancellations, on reverse Auckland transit c.d.s. of Dec. 15 and Waihi arrival c.d.s. of the same date, fine and rare. An attractive and colourful example of Inter-State usage permitted from October 1910 (Photo Plate 72) |
£300.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 938 | e | Incoming Mail: 1899 (May 31), Postage Paid envelope from the "Tattersall" correspondence in Hobart Tasmania addressed to Wellington, red "UNCLAIMED", green "GONE NO ADDRESS" and red Wellington arrival c.d.s. of Sept. 19 all on front, also two similar envelopes dated Aug. 1 (top left corner removed) and Aug. 2 both addressed to Auckland and with red "UNDELIVERABLE" markings, all three have various original enclosures, the envelopes with some perimeter faults and bends, otherwise fine and unusual (Photo Plate 72) |
£75.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 939 | * | 1920 3c. on 15c. wide and narrow bars, 3c. on 35c., o.g. or large part o.g., fine. Cat. £261 (145-147) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 940 | * | 1916 surcharge set of three overprinted "SPECIMEN", the 10c. on 12c. with the inverted "S" variety and the 2c. on 3c. with full stop after "SPECIMEN" variety, also 2c. on 3c. inverted "S" variety in pair with normal, large part o.g., hinge remainders, good to fine (186s-188s, 186, 186a) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 941 | * | 1912 £1 purple and black on red, part o.g., fine. Cat. £170 (52) (Photo Plate 67) |
£55.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 942 | * | 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d. green and indigo, variety "Dot to left of chapel", large part o.g., fine. Cat. £150 (19g), also Trinidad and Tobago 2c. in a marginal vertical pair, the top stamp with variety "Extra flagstaff", slightly toned o.g., fine (239a) (Photo Plate 67) |
£75.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 943 | t | 1897-1900 3/- black and sea-green, central Blantyre c.d.s. of June 1 1898, some paper adhering to the reverse, fine. Cat. £250 (49) |
£65.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 944 | S4 | 1918 (Feb. 16), Rouletted 20, 5m. on 1p. cobalt-blue, block of four from the top of the sheet, overprinted "SPECIMEN", unused without gum as issued, fine and rare. Cat. £1,200+ (2s) (Photo Plate C) |
£400.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 945 | ** | 1959-62 1d. carmine-red and black, variety carmine-red (V.H.F. mast) omitted, u.m. vertical coil strip of eight, fine. Cat. £2,000++ S.A.S.C.C. R36,000 (19c) (Photo Plate C) |
£650.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 946 | * | 1903 set overprinted "SPECIMEN" and another set handstamped "SPECIMEN" in violet, part o.g., a few small faults but fine appearance and scarce (55s-60s) |
£120.00 |
| 947 | * | 1922-37 5d., horizontal pair from the lower left corner of the sheet showing Plate. No. "1", the first stamp with variety "Cleft rock", large part o.g., fine. Cat. £153+ (103c) (Photo Plate 75) |
£75.00 |
| 948 | * | --- 1/- grey and brown, variety "Broken mainmast", large part o.g., a few tiny spots on reverse and faint natural gum bend, otherwise fine. Cat. £275 (106a) (Photo Plate 75) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 949 | * | 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/- slate and purple, variety "Kite and horizontal log", large part o.g., fine and scarce. Cat. £325 (64l) (Photo Plate 75) |
£120.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 950 | O | 1912-16 2c. chestnut and green, variety "Split A", fine used, a few small stained spots on reverse, otherwise fine. Cat. £225 (71a) (Photo Plate 75) |
£80.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 951 | P | 1872-73 wmk. Crown CC sideways 4d. blue, imperf. imprimatur with the value tablet in deep blue, small part o.g., fine (9 P) (Photo Plate 75) |
£200.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 952 | P4 | 1973 Flowers and Fruits, the set of thirteen values in a total of seventy-eight different imperforate progressive proof blocks of four, mainly six of each value, all with gum and chiefly fine (212P-224P) (Photo Plate 75) |
£250.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 953 | e | 1929 (April 28), small window envelope franked 2/- tied by Vanikoro c.d.s., Sydney c.d.s. and registration etiquette applied in transit, on reverse July 8 Birmingham and Bromsgrove datestamps, fine and unusual (Photo Plate 72) |
£100.00 |
| 954 | *e | Postage Dues: 1940 set (less 2d.) in blocks of four used on envelope (the 3d. and 4d. values on reverse) with light cancellations, the same seven values in u.m. blocks of four all with gum stains, otherwise fine. (D1, D3-D8) (Photo Plate 73) |
£120.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| * 955 | * | 1903 (Sept. - Nov.) 2r. carmine and yellow-brown, variety "Curved overprint", part toned o.g. and with hinge remains, scarce. Cat. £700. With "Royal" certificate (2008) (22a) (Photo Plate 75) |
£200.00 |
| * 956 | * | --- 5r. ultramarine and violet, variety "O broken at left in SOMALILAND", part toned o.g., creased, and with heavy hinge remains, scarce. With "Royal" certificate (2008) (24 var.) (Photo Plate 75) |
£150.00 |
| Lot | Symbol | Description | Est Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 957 | t | Revenues: 1918 "DEED OF TRANSFER" document, bearing £1 red and green and £25 green and orange (2), all tied by oval Deeds Registry Cape Town cancellations of Oct. 26, fine and scarce (Photo Plate 73) |
£150.00 |