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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 8 | |||
| 1080 | |||
| 1916 Perf 14x141/2 21/2d blue unmounted mint block of 48 comprising the lower four rows of the sheet with margins at base and both sides, folded along three vertical lines of perforations, otherwise very fine. S.G. 419a, £456. £120-150 |
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| 1081 | |||
| Covers. 1935-95 Covers with First Day Covers, exhibition and special event cancels, postage due mail, 1940 N.Z-Australia-England First Flight covers to G.B (2) or Australia, World War Two, etc., mainly pre-1967. (274). £150-200 |
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| 1082 | |||
| Booklets. 1962-99 Booklets including Stockholmia 86 overprint, 1991 $4.50 booklet joined pair (S.G. SB59ba, var.), etc., also various 1960-82 issues mint including some booklet panes and coils. S.G. SB24-89 (various). (124 booklets + stamps). £300-350 |
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| 1083 | |||
King Edward VII Land. 1908 1d, Royle printing, fine mint. S.G. A1, £450. Photo on page 149. £150-180KGVI Definitives |
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| 1084 | |||
| 1938-52 KGVI Definitives, imperforate plate proof pairs of the 1d green, 11/2d scarlet, 2d orange, 3d blue, 4d purple and 9d brown in issued colours on gummed watermarked paper, also a similar 3d blue proof block of four (in a slightly deeper shade that the 3d pair), four pairs marginal, three with manuscript dates in the margin, the 3d pair also with manuscript "4209". Creases to one 2d and one 9d proof, otherwise fine unmounted mint and attractive. (16 proofs in 7 multiples). Photo on page 156. £220-250 |
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| 1085 | |||
| 1938-52 KGVI Definitives, imperforate plate proof blocks of four on gummed watermarked paper, in the issued colours, comprising 1d green, 11/2d scarlet, 2d orange, 3d blue, 4d purple, 5d slate and 9d brown, all fine unmounted mint, very attractive. (28 proofs in 7 blocks). Photo on page 156. £420-500 |
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| 1086 | |||
| 1947-52 KGVI Definitives, 8d violet imperforate plate proof block of four apparently on unwatermarked paper laid down on card, and an imperforate proof pair of the 1/- frame only in carmine, printed on unwatermarked red wove paper (pinhole to right proof), unusual. (6 proofs in two multiples). Photo on page 156. £80-100 |
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| 1087 | |||
| 1947-52 KGVI 6d Colour trial in blue on perf 14x131/2 gummed watermarked paper, small natural paper wrinkle, otherwise fine unmounted mint, very scarce. Photo on page 149. £280-350 |
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| 1088 | |||
| 1938-53 KGVI Definitives, mint collection in two F.G Warwick Major albums with all values on all papers and in all listed shades; many plate number and imprint blocks with 1d scarlet plates 25, 26, 1d green on first fine paper plates 29, 30, 31, 32, 1d green on second coarse paper plates 84, 85, 11/2d chocolate plates 20 (3), 21 (2) and an imprint block, 2d orange second coarse paper plate 82, 5d coarse paper plate 91 (3), 96 (3), 6d coarse paper plate 146, 8d plate 110 (3), 1/- upright watermark plate 1-1 without flaw; many positional varieties and re-entries, mostly within blocks including 1d scarlet medallion flaw; booklet panes of six including 1/2d green, 1d scarlet (2, one plate 5) and 11/2d purple-brown all with inverted watermarks; other inverted watermarks including 6d, 9d, 3/- block; coil join pairs; 1/- with major shift of the central vignette, etc. A fine collection, virtually all unmounted. C.P. N.Z $24,000 (approx). (100s). Photo on page 143. £2,000-2,500 |
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| 1089 | |||
| 1938-53 KGVI Definitives, the mainly mint accumulation including 3d blue corner block with partial offset on the corner stamp, 1/- block of eight and 1/3 block of ten with re-entries, other blocks, also First Day Covers (7) with scarce 10 July 1941 1/2d chestnut block of six F.D.C, commercial covers (21) including 8d on 1954 formula airletter with Singapore Crash cachet, 1952 cover with 13 1d green coil stamps, also a few other KGVI issues. £200-250 |
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| 1090 | |||
| 1938-53 KGVI Definitives in mint plate number and/or imprint blocks or strips, many shades and papers with differing plate numbers comprising 1/2d green (14), 1/2d orange-brown (37), 1d scarlet (22, including two plate "5" booklet pane blocks), 1d green (93), 11/2d purple-brown (4), 11/2d scarlet (27), 2d (95), 3d (27), 4d (20), 5d (11), 6d (15), 8d (17), 9d (12), 1/- (20), 1/3 (9), 2/- (5), 3/- (2), 1941 1d on 1/2d (2) and 2d on 11/2d (2), 1952-53 1d on 1/2d (7) and 3d on 1d (32). Also control and/or imprint blocks of the 1937 Coronation 1d (8), 1940 Centenary 1d (5) and 2d (15), 1944 Health pair, 1945 Health pair, 1946 Peace 2d (6) and sheets of the 1943 Health pair. A fine lot, many unmounted. (513 blocks/strips). £1,000-1,200 |
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| 1091 | |||
| 1941 KGVI 1d Green on first coarse paper, imprint plate number 126 strip of four with left margin, a few short perfs at top and lightly mounted mint, otherwise fine, one of the rarest of all the KGVI controls. C.P. M2d. Photo on page 143. £150-200 |
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| 1092 | |||
| 1952 KGVI 1/3 Red-brown and blue with upright watermark, plate 3A 2 corner block of 25 mounted on three stamps only, one of the scarcest of the KGVI controls, a fine block. C.P. M14c. £150-200 |
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| 1093 | |||
| 1938-52 KGVI Definitives with inverted watermarks comprising 1/2d green part booklet pane of five unmounted, 1d scarlet part booklet pane of four with plate number "5" mint (mounted on top two stamps) and pane of six used, 11/2d purple-brown booklet pane of six with selvedge mint (mounted on two stamps), 2d orange mint and 9d block of four mint (mounted on one stamp), a few of the booklet stamps with short perfs or straight edges, otherwise fine. S.G. 603w, 605w, 607w, 680w, 685w, £885+. (26). Photo on page 156. £200-250 |
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| 1094 | |||
| 1947-52 KGVI 1/-, 2/- and 3/- mint blocks of four with sideways inverted watermark (all marginal, the 1/- a corner block), also 1/- mint block of four with scarce inverted watermark. The 1/- inverted and 3/- blocks lightly mounted on the top pair only, the other two blocks mounted in the margins with the stamps unmounted, all very fine. S.G. 686aw, 686cw, 688aw, 689w, £864. (4 blocks). Photo on page 156. £200-250 |
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| 1095 | |||
| 1941 2d Surcharge on 11/2d purple-brown lower marginal block of four mint, the lower right stamp with variety inserted "2", lightly mounted on the upper pair only, the variety unmounted. Very fine and scarce. S.G. 629a, £555+. Photo on page 156. £250-300 |
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| 1096 | |||
| Coils. 1938-53 KGVI Definitives in central gutter coil join pairs or strips all with machine printed or handstamped number on the central gutter comprising 1d green (90), 2d (46), 3d (97), 4d (36), 5d (46), 6d (85), 8d (76), 9d (49), 1/- (45) and 1/3 (26), also 1/2d green (5) and 1d green (4) with coil leaders and a 1/2d green coil join pair. A fine lot with numbers 1-19 in various types, handstruck numbers in both violet and red, various papers, varieties include combinations of shades and papers (coarse + fine), the 1/- stamps with both upright and sideways watermarks, nine 1/- pairs with a combination of sideways + upright watermark stamps. (606 pairs/strips). £1,000-1,200 |
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| 1097 | |||
Booklets. 1938 2/3 Booklet with light blue covers containing three panes of six of the 11/2d purple-brown and five adverts, fine and scarce. S.G. SB19, £375. Photo on page 156. £120-150QEII Definitives |
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| 1098 | |||
| 1955-59 QEII Definitives with large figures of value, three printed Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Ltd. cards (each 114x152mm) bearing imperforate proofs of the 11/2d - 8d values in the issued colours. The first card headed "As submitted, 15-3-55" bearing 11/2d brown-lake, 2d bluish green and 6d purple proofs each with a tick alongside, and 3d vermilion proof marked "A", endorsed "(tick) approved for die 11/2d, 2d, 3d & 6d, 3d no change of colour", three other proofs (marked B, C and D) removed and endorsed "3 3d stamps removed to waste 14/3/56, AJ Mears", the other two cards bearing 4d blue or 8d chestnut proofs, each endorsed "approved A. J. Lucas, Chief Purchasing Officer", the 4d proof card dated "11/2/57", the 8d proof card headed "2nd Proving" and dated "14/11/58". A unique group from the printers archives. (6 proofs on three cards). Photo on page 158. £1,600-2,000 |
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| 1099 | |||
| 1955-59 1d Orange and 2d green QEII definitives with large figures of value, imperforate proof pairs of the two values in the issued colours on both cream and white opaque gummed watermarked papers, one 1d proof creased, otherwise fine. (8 proofs). Photo on page 149. £140-160 |
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| 1100 | |||
| 1953-59 QEII Definitives, mint and used collection mainly on pages including 1/- die II unmounted mint, 2/6 - 10/- mint (six of each), 10/- used (11), 1st March 1954 F.D.C bearing the 14 values issued on that date, covers bearing 3/-, 5/- or 10/- values, etc. (100s). £200-250 |
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| 1101 | |||
| 1953-59 QEII Definitives, mint collection in an F.G. Warwick Major album with many positional varieties and re-entries, plate blocks and/or imprint blocks, sheet value blocks (including altered values), shades, 6d plate 6 block with offset of plate number and part imprint, 2d plate 17 blocks showing cracked plate, 3d pair with sheet margin and a block of six from sheet both with inverted watermark (scarce in sheet format, usually occurring on coil stamps), 1/6 with inverted watermark, 1/- coil join pair with die I + die II, 2/6 - 10/- high values with 5/- and 10/- plate number imprint pairs, 1955-59 large figures issue including 1d block of 12 with preprinting paper crease, etc. A fine lot, virtually all unmounted. C.P. N.Z $9,000 (approx). (100s). Photo on pages 143 and 162. £700-900 |
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| 1102 | |||
| 1953-69 6d Purple, watermark inverted, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 729w, £425. Photo on page 149. £140-160 |
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| 1103 | |||
| 1953-59 9d Brown and bright green, sheet margin at right, with inverted watermark, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 731w, £400. Photo on page 143. £140-160 |
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| 1104 | |||
| 1953-59 Die I 1/- black and carmine-red unmounted mint block of four with two pre-printing paper creases affecting all four stamps. A spectacular variety. Photo on page 156. £100-120 |
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| 1105 | |||
| 1958-59 Die II 1/- black and carmine-red plate 1A 3A corner marginal block of four superb unmounted mint, very scarce. S.G. 732b. Photo on page 160. £500-600 |
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| 1106 | |||
| 1958-59 Die II 1/- black and carmine-red plate 1B 3B corner marginal block of four superb unmounted mint, very scarce. S.G. 732b. Photo on page 160. £500-600 |
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| 1107 | |||
| 1958-59 Die II 1/- black and carmine-red imprint block of four superb unmounted mint, very scarce. S.G. 732b. Photo on page 160. £400-500 |
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| 1108 | |||
| 1953-59 1/2d - 1/9 in unmounted mint imprint and/or plate blocks of four or larger, also some blocks showing altered sheet value, including 1/9 blocks (7), and plate number imprint blocks of the 1955-59 large figures issue including 4d (6), 6d (6) and 8d (2), a fine lot. (264 blocks). £600-800 |
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| 1109 | |||
| 1953-59 2/6 - 10/- Unmounted mint corner imprint plate blocks of four comprising 2/6 plate 4 chocolate-brown (3) and deep brown, 3/- green plate 2 (2), 5/- plate 1 deep carmine, bright carmine (3) and pink carmine, 10/- plate 3 royal blue (2) and deep ultramarine. Also 2/6 deep brown corner block of four with 300/- sheet value, the 10/- ultramarine block with small thins to the upper pair, otherwise all superb. S.G. 733d/736. (15 blocks). Photo on page 158. £500-600 |
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| 1110 | |||
| Coils. 1953-59 QEII Definitives in mint counter coil pairs or strips with central gutter bearing the number "1" to "19", various type numbers reading both upwards and downwards, horizontal and vertical coils, 8d number "16" and "17" pairs with rose-carmine + pale pink stamps, etc. A large lot comprising small figure of value 2d (32), 3d (157), 4d (109), 6d (20), 8d (122), 9d (38), 1/- (164), 1/6 (89), 1/9 (66) and large figure of value 2d (120), 3d (61), 4d (71), 6d (75), 8d (39), also 2d - 1/6 values with coil leaders (28), coil join pairs of the 9d (4), 1/- (7), 1/6 (5) and 1/9 (3), and a few other coil strips. A fine group, some mounted for display on pages. (1,210). £1,600-2,000 |
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| 1111 | |||
| Booklets/Booklet Panes. 1954-57 4/- Booklets comprising SB20 (2), SB20a (fold to back cover), SB21 (2) or SB22 (3, two differing covers), also booklet panes of the small figure 1d (19, five inverted watermark), 3d (16, four inverted watermark), large figure 1d (23, nine inverted watermark), 3d (28, 18 inverted watermark), various papers. (8 booklets + 86 booklet panes). £130-160 |
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| 1112 | |||
| 1958 2d on 11/2d Brown-lake and 1961 21/2d on 3d vermilion surcharges, the mainly mint selection, some on album pages, including 2d error of surcharge on 1953 small figure 11/2d and 21/2d plate blocks (39); 2d wide and narrow setting surcharges in se-tenant pairs (12), plate blocks of the wide setting (6) and the narrow setting (8, two plate 17), narrow setting corner block of four with surcharge offset on reverse, etc. S.G. 763/b, 808. (450+). £160-200 |
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| 1113 | |||
| 1958 2d Error of surcharge on 1953 small figure 11/2d brown-lake, imprint plate number corner block of four, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 763b. Photo on page 162. £260-300 |
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| 1114 | |||
| 1958 2d Error of surcharge on 1953 small figure 11/2d brown-lake, imprint plate number corner block of six, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 763b. Photo on page 162. £400-500 |
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| 1115 | |||
| 1961 21/2d Surcharge on 3d vermilion, wide (51/2mm) surcharge setting, corner imprint plate number 19 block of six, lightly mounted on two of the upper stamps only, otherwise superb mint. One of the scarcest QEII definitive plate blocks. C.P. N.Z $1,250. Photo on page 162. £150-200 |
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| 1116 | |||
1961 21/2d Surcharge on 3d vermilion, wide (51/2mm) surcharge setting, corner imprint plate number 20 block of six, superb unmounted mint. One of the scarcest QEII definitive plate blocks. C.P. N.Z $1,250. Photo on page 162. £200-250Officials |
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| 1117 | |||
| Covers. 1917-37 Covers bearing KGV issues all with vertical "OFFICIAL" overprint, various values to the 4d, including 1936 mourning envelopes, registered and A.R covers, two 3d postal stationery envelopes uprated with 1/2d Official stamps, also three O.H.M.S covers bearing ordinary postage stamps. (23). £300-350 |
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| 1118 | |||
| 1938-51 KGVI Definitives overprinted Official, the fine mint collection in an F.G. Warwick album with many plate and/or imprint blocks including 1/2d green imprint and plate 2 (2); 1/2d chestnut imprint (2), plate 17 (2), 19 (2), 101 (2), 111; 1d scarlet imprint (2), plate 4, 6 (3), 7 (3); 1d green fine paper plate 29 and coarse paper plate 85 (2, creased but very scarce); 11/2d chocolate plate 21; 3d fine paper plate 39, 138, 139; 4d coarse paper plate 90; 6d fine paper plates 92, 98, 146 and coarse paper plate 146; 8d plate 93, 95, 99; 9d plate 97; 1/- die I upright watermark (2) and sideways watermark both with plate 1-1, and die II plates 3A-2 and 4-2; 2/- upright and sideways watermark both with plate 1-1, etc. Also single stamps with 11/2d chocolate, 1/- upright and sideways watermarks with watermark inverted, etc. Very fine, most unmounted. C.P. N.Z $17,000 (approx). (116 blocks + 22 singles). £1,800-2,200 |
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| 1119 | |||
| KGVI Official overprints, mainly mint selection with 1938-51 11/2d chocolate (2), 11/2d scarlet unmounted block of four, 3d plate number strips or blocks (3), 1947-51 2d - 2/- set of seven in singles (3 sets) and unmounted blocks of four, additional 9d and 2/- (sideways watermark) blocks of six, single 1/- (9, sideways and upright watermarks, both dies) and 2/- (5, sideways and upright watermark), 1940 Centennial set of eleven, etc. Also four covers bearing Official overprints to the 1/- value. S.G. £1,500 (approx). (157). £200-250 |
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| 1120 | |||
| 1938-51 KGVI 1/2d Chestnut on coarse paper overprinted Official in a corner imprint plate number 133 block of six, small thin in right margin, the stamps superb unmounted mint, a very scarce plate block. C.P. MO1d, NZ$750. £100-150 |
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| 1121 | |||
| 1941-51 KGVI 1d Green on coarse paper overprinted Official in an imprint plate number 65 block of eight, lightly mounted on two stamps only, a superb and exceptionally scarce block. C.P. MO2d, unpriced. Photo on page 162. £800-1,000 |
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| 1122 | |||
| 1938-51 KGVI 11/2d Chocolate overprinted Official in an unmounted mint imprint block of eight, superb. S.G. O138, £600+, C.P. MO4a, NZ$1,500. Photo on page 162. £200-250 |
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| 1123 | |||
| 1938-51 KGVI 11/2d Chocolate overprinted Official block of four with plate number 21 in left margin, superb unmounted mint. S.G. O138, £300+, C.P. MO4a, NZ$900. Photo on page 156. £150-200 |
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| 1124 | |||
| 1947-51 KGVI 2d Orange overprinted Official in an imprint plate number 68 block of eight, and a corner imprint plate number 141 block of six, both blocks lightly mounted on two stamps only, two very scarce plate blocks. C.P. MO6a, NZ$1,050. (2). £180-220 |
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| 1125 | |||
| 1941-51 KGVI 3d Blue overprinted Official with an exceptionally clear offset of the complete surcharge, superb unmounted mint, very unusual. Photo on page 149. £100-120 |
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| 1126 | |||
| 1947-51 KGVI 9d Grey-sepia on coarse paper overprinted Official in a corner imprint plate number 134 block of six, lightly mounted on two stamps, fine and scarce. C.P. MO12b, NZ$1,000. Photo on page 158. £200-250 |
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| 1127 | |||
| 1951 KGVI Die II 1/- chocolate and claret with inverted watermark, in a corner plate number 3A 2 block of four, superb unmounted mint. Very scarce, this plate block with inverted watermark variety unlisted by Campbell Paterson. S.G. O157bw, £440++. C.P. MO13c(Z). (2). Photo on page 162. £200-250 |
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| 1128 | |||
| 1940 Centennial issue overprinted Official, mint vertical marginal pairs of the 1/2d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 8d and a horizontal strip of the 21/2d all with one stamp having type O4 overprint ("ff" joined in Official), mounted in the margins only, the stamps superb unmounted. Also the same variety included within vertical or horizontal used pairs of the 1/2d 1d, 21/2d, 3d and 6d. A fine lot, this variety only found on these eight values. S.G. O141a/149a, £976. (13 pairs). Photo on page 156. £200-250 |
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| 1129 | |||
| 1940 Centennial issue overprinted Official in imprint plate blocks comprising 11/2d (A1), 2d (six, A9, G9, G10, H9, H10, J8), 21/2d (A1), 3d (two, B1, B2), 4d (A1), 6d (A1) and 9d (A1), the 3d B2 block mounted, otherwise all superb unmounted mint. Also a few mint or used singles including 8d and 1/- mint, 8d used. S.G. O141/151. (13 blocks + 18 singles). £180-220 |
| 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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