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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Day 2 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 11th November 2011 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited: Until Wednesday 2nd November - By Appointment Monday 7th November - Wednesday 9th November - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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| Auction Lots - Page 1 | |||
BAHAMAS | |||
| 730 | |||
| 1860-1853 Collection in a rather sparsely filled S.G. Bahamas & Bermuda album, also some loose and on pages, a few reasonable stamps noted including 1883 4d on 6d violet used (S.G. 45, with Brandon Certificate stating 'creased, small thin'), War Tax issues in mint plate blocks and other multiples, and a few Bermuda issues. Also various 1881-1975 covers, cards and a few fronts (170+) including postal stationery, WW2 censors, etc. (100s). £150-200 |
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| 731 | |||
| 1902 KEVII Master Die Proof with blank value tablet in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, stamped "AFTER / HARDENING" and dated "23 JUL 02", initialled "G.C.G" in ink, very fine and scarce. Photo on page 131. £500-700 |
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| 732 | |||
| 1902-10 KEVII Crown CA set with additional shades mint, comprising 1d (10, two with plate number), 21/2d (4), 4d (9), 6d (8, one with plate number, also damaged "S" or dot in "S" varieties), 1/- (8), 5/- (2, both with plate number) and £1, and a few used stamps including 4d and 5/-. Also 1906-11 Multiple Crown CA 1/2d (4), 1d (4), 21/2d (4) and 6d (3, two with plate number) all mint. S.G. 62/74, £1,000+. (71). £280-350 |
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| 733 | |||
| 1902-10 KEVII Crown CA 1d, 4d, 6d and 1/- in mint corner marginal plate number "1" blocks of four. S.G. £168++. (4 blocks). £80-100 |
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| 734 | |||
| 1902-10 KEVII Crown CA £1 green and black fine mint. S.G. 70, £250. Photo on page 140. £80-100 |
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| 735 | |||
| 1912-19 KGV Issue, 6d duty plate Die Proofs in black on white glazed card (2, each 92x60mm), the first stamped "BEFORE / STRIKING", initialled and dated "AHC, 5.10.18" in ink, the second stamped "AFTER / STRIKING" and endorsed "Bahamas" in pencil. A unique pair, taken during the preparation of an additional 6d duty plate in 1918 to enable De La Rue to print in double panes of 60. (2). Photo on page 131. £500-700 |
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| 736 | |||
| 1912-19 KGV Multiple Crown CA 1/2d - £1 set of nine overprinted "SPECIMEN" (with additional 2d), fine mint. S.G. 81/9s, £300. (10). £100-120 |
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| 737 | |||
| 1912-19 KGV Multiple Crown CA 1/2d - 5/- in corner plate number blocks of four or larger, many unmounted, comprising 1/2d (4, plates "1" and "2"), 1d (5), 2d (2), 21/2d (2), 4d (5, plates "1" and "2"), 6d (4, one with damaged "N") and 5/-, some also with sheet numbers. S.G. 81/8. (23 blocks). £500-600 |
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| 738 | |||
| 1912-19 KGV Multiple Crown CA £1 dull green and black lower left corner marginal single with plate number "1", unmounted mint. S.G. 89, £170++. £90-110 |
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| 739 | |||
| 1912-19 KGV Multiple Crown CA £1 green and black, top marginal single with plate number "1" and sheet number "25", lightly mounted mint. S.G. 89a, £225+. £90-110 |
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| 740 | |||
| 1918 (Feb - July) War Tax overprints, 1/2d, 1d carmine (2) and 1/- upper left corner marginal blocks of four all with plate number "1", mounted in the margins only, the stamps fine unmounted. S.G. 91/2, 95, £484+. (4 blocks). Photo on page 131. £180-200 |
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| 741 | |||
| 1918 (July) 1d Carmine overprinted War Tax, variety watermark sideways, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 97a, £300. Photo on page 140 £100-120 |
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| 742 | |||
| 1920 Peace sets mint (2), the set in unmounted mint corner marginal sheet number blocks of four (with additional 1/2d block), 1d mint marginal blocks of four (3, two with marginal number "2") or 12, used 1/2d corner block, and a few additional mint or used singles. S.G. 106/10, £240+. £60-70 |
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| 743 | |||
| 1920 Peace 1d carmine mint, variety watermark sideways and reversed, scarce. S.G. 107x, £375. Photo on page 140. £130-150 |
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| 744 | |||
| 1920 Peace 1d carmine mint, variety watermark with Crown to right of CA and reversed, scarce. S.G. 107y, £375. Photo on page 140. £130-150 |
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| 745 | |||
| 1920 Peace 3d deep brown mint, variety watermark with Crown to right of CA, scarce. S.G. 109w, £275. Photo on page 140. £100-120 |
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| 746 | |||
| 1921-37 KGV Issue, 3d duty plate Die Proofs on white glazed card (2, each 92x60mm), the first with "appd JLS 2/4", "BAHAMAS 1189" and "1·4·31" all in ink, the second stamped "AFTER / STRIKING" and dated "8/4/31" in ink, a unique pair produced for the additional 3d value issued in 1931. (2). Photo on page 131. £500-700 |
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| 747 | |||
| 1921-37 KGV Multiple Script CA 1/2d - 5/- overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", with additional 11/2d (2), 3d (2) and 6d, also 11/2d and 3d with forged perfins. S.G. 115/124s. (17). £80-100 |
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| 748 | |||
| 1921-37 KGV Multiple Script CA 1/2d - 5/- in mint corner plate blocks of four or larger, many unmounted, some with sheet numbers, several blocks of 12 having two plate numbers, the 1/2d - 1/- values all with both plate number "1" and "2". The fine lot comprising blocks of the 1/2d (11), 1d (7), 11/2d (7), 2d (6), 21/2d (7), 3d (6, both papers), 4d (7), 6d (6), 1/- (7) and 5/-. (65 blocks). £500-600 |
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| 749 | |||
| 1938-52 KGVI 1/2d Brown-purple lower left corner marginal block of 12, one stamp with the watermark error St. Edwards Crown, a few minor tone marks mainly on the margin and not affecting the watermark error, otherwise fine unmounted mint and very scarce. S.G. 149e, eb, £3,750+. Photo on page 123. £1,200-1,500 |
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| 750 | |||
| 1938-52 KGVI 1/- Brownish grey and scarlet on thin striated paper, mounted mint, fine and scarce. Also unmounted mint plate number "1" corner blocks of the 3d blue (block of six) or 3d scarlet. S.G. 154a/b, 155a, £563+. (3). Photo on page 140 £130-150 |
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| 751 | |||
1942 Landing of Columbus mint collection on pages including 1/2d elongated "E" variety within a block of 12; plate number "1" corner blocks of four of the 1/2d - 3d, 1/-, 5/- and £1; sheet number corner blocks of four of the 1d - 2d and 3d (2); corner blocks of four of the 4d - 8d, 2/- and 3/-; imprint blocks of eight of the 2/- and 3/-; singles in various shades with 5/- (6), £1 (2), etc., also imprint corner blocks of four of the 1948 Tercentenary 11/2d and 2d. S.G. 162/75, 180/1. (153). £180-200BARBADOS |
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| 752 | |||
1938-47 Set (less 2d carmine) perfined "SPECIMEN", 1/2d - 5/- sets mint (with at least three of each value) including scarce perf 131/2x13 1d scarlet (small fault to one perf at right) and all additional perf 14 values, 1947 One Penny overprints (both perfs), also unmounted imprint blocks of eight of the perf 14 2d (2), 3d and One Penny overprint (including broken "E" variety) and perf 131/2x13 1/2d green, 11/2d, 2d carmine, 21/2d, 3d brown, 3d blue (2), and plate blocks of six or four of the 21/2d (3) or 3d blue. Also 1921-24 1/4d - 3/- set of 12 (both watermarks) unmounted mint, and postage dues with 1934-47 1/2d and 1d perfined "SPECIMEN", the 1d with boxed handstamp of Spanish Morocco on the reverse. S.G. £1,000+. (263). £250-300BECHUANALAND |
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| 753 | |||
| 1888 Protectorate 2d with virtually complete "SHOSHONG / BECHUANALAND" c.d.s dated "AU 21 88", the first recorded date of use. Datestamps were supplied to five Bechuanaland Post Offices on this date, all on the route of the runner post service established by John Moffat, between Mafeking and Bulawayo. Photo on page 140. £100-120 |
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| 754 | |||
1898 (Sep 22) Cape 1/2d postal stationery postcard bearing a 1d stamp each tied by Mafeking squared circle, addressed to "Capt. Lugard, British West Charterland, Lake N'gami" with violet cachet "BRITISH WEST CHARTERLAND LTD / EXPEDITIONARY OFFICE / RECD 23 OCT 1898". A scarce item to the British West Charterland Expedition, carried by runner from Palapye to Ngamiland. Photo on page 110. £100-120BERMUDA |
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| 755 | |||
| 1884-1984 Covers, cards and a few fronts, the principal interest in World War Two censored mail with circular censor cachets numbered "3", "4", "9", "13" (on O.H.M.S cover to England "via Transatlantic Ferry Service" with London Paid machine), "20" (2) and "23" (3), censor seals in black, red or blue on mail from or via Bermuda (10, one on a forces air letter from "Head W/T Stn, c/o FMO"), also earlier covers with 1884 cover from St. Georges to London via New York franked 4d, etc. A good lot, the number "13" and "20" censors very scarce. (68). £250-300 |
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| 756 | |||
| 1918-22 KGV Multiple Crown CA 2/- purple and blue on blue paper, corner marginal single with plate number "1", lightly mounted mint, and 1924-32 Multiple Script CA 2/- purple and bright blue on pale blue paper vertical pair with varieties break in scroll and broken crown and scroll, mounted mint, minor gum disturbance and each with a red collectors handstamp on reverse. S.G. 51b, 88a/b, £520. (3). £150-180 |
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| 757 | |||
| 1924-32 KGV Multiple Script CA 2/6 black and scarlet-vermilion on deep blue paper, mint block of four with margin at top, one with Head Plate flaw 5, lightly mounted. A fine block, ex Tucker. S.G. 89j, £360+. £150-180 |
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| 758 | |||
| 1936-52 Unmounted mint imprint blocks of four comprising 1936-47 KGV 1/2d - 11/2d, 1938-52 KGVI 2d light blue and sepia and 21/2d bright blue and deep sepia-black (also in an imprint block of 12), also the 21/2d light blue and sepia-black or pale blue and sepia-black shades in corner marginal blocks. S.G. 98/100, 112, 113a/c, £321+. (8 blocks). £100-120 |
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| 759 | |||
| 1936-66 Covers and cards, mainly KGVI frankings, including censor cachets (numbers 3, 4 and 9, the last sent to the USA on the last day of the 9d airmail rate), Parcel Post Customs declaration tag (exhibits for examination, from the Commissioner of Police at Hamilton to New Scotland Yard), handstamped Hamilton registration label, Bermuda Red Cross label, etc., also a 1940 registered cover from Greenland to Denmark censored and detained in Bermuda with "Released by / Prize Court" cachet. (38). £200-2501938-53 2/- - £1 KGVI Keyplate Definitives, S.G. 116/121 Head Plate Flaw (HPF) and Frame Flaw references are taken from "The King George VI Large Key Type, Revenue and Postage High Value Stamps 1937-1953" by Eric Yendall, published by The Royal Philatelic Society London in 2008. |
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| 760 | |||
| 2/-, 10/- and £1 (also 5/- and 12/6 with faults) all perforated "SPECIMEN". (5). £70-80 |
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| 761 | |||
| 2/- Mint, examples of all fourteen printings including 1938 light purple and ultramarine (S.G. 116), 1940 deep reddish purple and light ultramarine or red-purple and ultramarine (S.G. 116a), and 1941 line perf printing (S.G. 116b). S.G. £1,250 (approx). (14). £160-200 |
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| 762 | |||
| 2/- Mint selection with examples of all fourteen printings, various shades, several marginal with some unmounted and two pairs. A useful lot, including 1938 first printing (2, S.G. 116), 1940 second and third printings (S.G. 116a), and line perf fourth printing (S.G. 116b), etc. (38). £300-350 |
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| 763 | |||
| 2/- Deep purple and ultramarine on grey-blue, first printing, lower left corner marginal block of four unmounted mint, reverse with occasional tiny tone mark, otherwise fine and a scarce block. S.G. 116, £440. £150-180 |
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| 764 | |||
| 2/- Purple and deep blue on pale blue, ordinary paper, variety gash in chin, row 2 number 5 from the fifth printing of March 1943, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 116df, £750. Photo on page 117. £240-280 |
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| 765 | |||
| 2/- Sixth to eleventh printings, mint selection with various shades and flaws including HPF 4 (5), 8c, 12b, 17b, 22b, 36ii, 37, 47, 49a, 49c, 52 and 56, many unmounted, with three pairs. (25). £120-150 |
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| 766 | |||
| 2/- Perf 13 Twelfth to fourteenth printings, mint selection with various shades and flaws including HPF 7b, 7c, 9i (2), 10b, 12b (2), 14b, 21b, 21c, 24b, 33a, 40b, 52 (4), 54, 56, 60b and 60c, many unmounted, three pairs. (36). £100-130 |
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| 767 | |||
| 2/- Mint blocks comprising seventh printing marginal block of nine unmounted, fifth printing corner block of four unmounted (crease to one stamp), tenth printing corner block of four (with HPF 37, 49a, 49c, 50), perf 13 twelfth printing block of four, twelfth to fourteenth printing corner plate blocks of four unmounted. (7 blocks). £200-240 |
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| 768 | |||
| 2/- Mint study including pairs (4), blocks of four (5, one with plate number) or blocks of six (2) all with Head Plate flaws including 1a, 2, 3, 4 (4), 7b, 8a, 8c, 9 (2), 11 (2), 12, 12b (3), etc., also frame flaws 43 or 45 (2). A fine lot well written up on pages, several corner marginal stamps or blocks, some unmounted, various printings (one line perf, S.G. 116b), perfs and shades. (71). £400-500 |
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| 769 | |||
| 2/6 Mint, examples of the first to sixth and eighth to eleventh printings, including first and second printings in black and deep red or deep black and carmine-red (S.G. 117), and the scarce line perf third printing (S.G. 117a). S.G. £820 (approx). (10). Photo on page 117. £150-180 |
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| 770 | |||
| 2/6 Mint selection with examples of most printings including the scarce line perf third printing (S.G. 117a, with 1953 B.P.A Certificate), various shades, some unmounted, with one pair and block of four. (29). £240-280 |
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| 771 | |||
| 2/6 Black and deep red on grey-blue, line perf 14, the scarce third printing of May 1941, fine mint. S.G. 117a, £550. Photo on page 117. £120-140 |
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| 772 | |||
| 2/6 Mint study including a pair and blocks of four (2) all with Head Plate flaws including 1a, 2(a-d), 3, 4 (2), 7b/c, 8a/b, 9, 9i, 10a, 11 (2), 12b (2), 16a/b, 17b, 21(b-e), 24c/d, 25 (2), 31, 36i, 37, 47 (3), 49a/c, 50, 52, 54 (3) and 56, also frame flaws 1 and 25, some unmounted, various printings, perfs and shades, all well written up on pages. (40). £280-320 |
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| 773 | |||
| 5/- Mint, examples of the first to third and fifth to eleventh printings including the first printing in deep green and red (S.G. 118), second printing in pale green and red (S.G. 118a), line perf third printing in dark green and red (S.G. 118b), fifth printing in pale bluish-green and carmine-red on pale yellow (S.G. 118d), etc. S.G. £1,130 (approx). (10). £200-250 |
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| 774 | |||
| 5/- Mint selection, most printings including the first printing (S.G. 118), second printing (2, S.G. 118a), third line perf printing (S.G. 118b), some unmounted, varieties include Head Plate flaws 2a (2), 20b, 28a and an unlisted value tablet frame break. (24). £450-500 |
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| 775 | |||
| 5/- First printing in deep green and red (marginal) and second printing in pale green and red both superb unmounted mint. S.G. 118/a, £490. (2). £120-150 |
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| 776 | |||
| 5/- Olive-green (bronze-green) and carmine-red on pale yellow, ordinary paper, the scarce fourth printing of November 1941, mounted mint, fine. S.G. 118c, £1,100. Photo on page 117. £200-250 |
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| 777 | |||
| 5/- Unmounted mint marginal block of four from the fifth printing of March 1943 in plate bluish-green and carmine-red, includes Head Plate flaw 20a, very fine. S.G. 118d, £400+. £130-160 |
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| 778 | |||
| 5/- Pale bluish green and carmine-red on pale yellow, ordinary paper, variety gash in chin, row 2 number 5 from the fifth printing of March 1943, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 118df, £1,100. Photo on page 117. £320-380 |
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| 779 | |||
| 5/- Mint blocks of four comprising seventh printing in yellow-green and pale red, perf 13 ninth printing in green and carmine-red (unmounted, with HPF 29a, 29b, 41) or tenth printing in deep green and bright red (plate block, unmounted with HPF 47, 48, 59b and 60b). (3 blocks). £150-200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Day 2 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 11th November 2011 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited: Until Wednesday 2nd November - By Appointment Monday 7th November - Wednesday 9th November - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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