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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 30) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 26th October 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Stampex: Wednesday 26th September 11.30am to 7pm Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 10am to 6pm Saturday 29th September 10am to 5pm Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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| Auction Lots - Page 17 | |||
| 801 | |||
The magnificent mint and used collection written up on 62 pages with sheets and blocks, varieties and reconstructions, including specimen overprints; registered cover bearing imperf 1/2d - 6d (another stamp cut out); 'Tamsen' covers bearing single 1d values (2 covers); studies of all values showing the various varieties and printings with 1/2d blocks of 12 (2), 1d bocks of 12 (8) and sheets of 24 (2), 2d blocks of 12 (5) and sheets of 24 (4, one from the very rare third printing), 4d blocks of 12 and 18 and a sheet of 24, 6d sheet of 24 and 1/- block of 12; perforation varieties; cancellations; forgeries; rarer plate varieties including 2d third printing with "4" in lower left corner used on piece (R.P.S Certificate), etc. A valuable lot. Photo on Pages 135 and 149. £14,000-18,000Cape of Good Hope |
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| 802 | |||
| 1860 Stampless entire headed "From Private James Watherly No 2310. No 6 Company 85 Regt", posted from Queenstown "To the Post Master General, Cape Town", accepted as official mail because of the address and delivered free of charge, backstamped at Queenstown and Cape Town. A very unusual free entire from a soldier. Photo on Page 139. £400-450 |
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| 803 | |||
| 1861 4d Pale milky blue woodblock used, three margins, close at base with a small thin at top edge and closed tear at lower centre, a good looking example, with B.P.A Certificate (1980). Also 1863-64 6d mauve used, cut into at base. S.G. 14, 20, £2,250. (2). Photo on Page 109. £150-180 |
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| 804 | |||
| 1862 Land Grant (trimmed to the left margin) in the Fingo Location, Victoria East, signed by Cape Governor Sir Philip Wodehouse and countersigned by Charles Bell, Surveyor General and designer of the Cape woodblock issue. £100-120 |
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| 805 | |||
| 1878 Land Grant with annexed diagram, in the Division of Oudtshoorn, boldly signed by the Governor and High commissioner, Sir Henry Bartle Frere, and countersigned by A. de Smidt, Surveyor General. £150-180 |
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| 806 | |||
| 1887 5/- Orange unmounted mint and 1903 5/- brown-orange mint. S.G. 54, 78, £260. (2). £70-80 |
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| 807 | |||
| 1888 Cover from Johannesburg franked 2d (faults) addressed to "Millwood Gold Fields, Knysna, Cape Colony", backstamped by "MILLWOOD" c.d.s. The Millwood Post Office was open from 1886 until 1888 and reopened again in 1895. Putzel shows this postmark as 'extremely rare' from this initial two year period. £130-160 |
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| 808 | |||
1902-04 KEVII 1/2d - 1/- Set of nine in mint blocks of four, most lightly mounted on the upper pair only, light crease to one 5/- stamp, otherwise all fine and scarce. Also Transvaal 1905-09 1d and 2d in mint blocks of four. S.G. 70/8, £819+. (11 blocks). Photo on Page 99. £300-400Griqualand |
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| 809 | |||
Revenues. Cape revenues overprinted "G" in various types, some inverted (66) and 1879 revenue issue (16) including the scarce £5 blue (Barefoot 71, £350), a few faults. (82). Photo on Page 110. £200-250Natal |
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| 810 | |||
| 1902-03 KEVII Crown CA 1/-, 2/-, 4/- and Crown CC 5/-, 10/- and £1.10 mint, the 10/- with some gum loss and the 5/- with a couple of tiny tone marks, the scarce £1.10 very fine. Also a fiscally used 5/- and mint Multiple Crown 5d. S.G. 136/7, 139/41, 143, £748. (8). Photo on Page 110. £200-250 |
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| 811 | |||
| 1902 KEVII £5 Mauve and black mint, vertical crease, still a very reasonable looking example of this scarce stamp. S.G. 144, £3,750. Photo on Page 110. £400-500 |
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| 812 | |||
Postal Stationery. 1884-1912 Specimen, unused and used postcards (167), reply cards (38), lettercards (22), wrappers (74), envelopes (47) and registration envelopes (39), the well written up display collection showing the uses, rates and regulations applicable to the QV and KEVII stationery, with every issued item of stationery included, and various types of specimen overprint. Noted are a good range of printed messages and adverts on postcards and lettercards; scarce "Gibraltar" overprints on Natal postcards and wrappers; various cancels including "P.O.A" and other numeral, newspaper cancels, coloured datestamps, "Rail" datestamps, "Ladysmith Siege Post Office", maritime cancels, etc.; uprated stationery and underpaid surcharged mail; interprovincial uses; an unusual 1898 postcard to Surinam redirected to Belgium with three Surinam stamps added; a hand illustrated envelope; registered wrappers; a good range of pictorial view postcards; large size envelopes and registration envelopes; scarce local handstruck "SPECIMEN" overprints in violet (13) as well as the more usual De La Rue specimen overprints; several specimens from a U.P.U archive with pencil endorsements. Also four Ladysmith Siege postcards, and the book "The Postal Stationery of Natal" by J. Dickson and K. Hanman, much of which is based on this collection. A fine and interesting lot. (391 + book). Photo on Page 137. £4,500-5,500Orange Free State |
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| 813 | |||
| 1900 V.R.I Overprints, the magnificent reference collection, incorporating the "Buckley" collection, written up in three albums, arranged by setting with the different printings for each value shown within each of the five settings. Most printings are represented by complete panes or panes fully or partially reconstructed from large blocks, the majority mint but a few used, with some sheets or half sheets; positions of constant varieties are noted on the album pages including various missing stop varieties. The collection includes first setting 1/2d first printing blocks of 18 and 23 (the only recorded pane in the Royal Collection), second printing with blocks of 38 and 48, third printing pane and interpanneau block of 108 (both very rare); 1d first printing varieties with "I" omitted (6, two used) and second printing pane of 60; 2 1/2d pane; 3d pane and a single with double overprint; 4d block of 36; 6d blue pane: 1/- large part reconstructed pane. Second settings include 1/2d sheet, panes (3) and other blocks from the first and second states; 1d half sheet and part pane; 2d pane and various smaller blocks; 3d panes (2) and block of 38; 4d pane; 6d blue pane; 1/- partial reconstruction of 44 stamps. Third settings comprising 1/2d panes (2, first and second state) and half sheet (third state); 1d panes (3, first, second and third state); 2d panes (3, first, second and third states) and a sheet (first/second states); 3d first state reconstructed pane and second state half sheet; 6d blue panes (2, first and second state) and blocks; 1/- lower right pane (probably unique) and blocks; 5/- blocks of 12 and 18; and fourth settings comprising 1/2d sheets (2, second and third printing), panes of sixty (9, various states and printings, one stamp with surface damage resulting in the "V" appearing as an offset on the reverse) and a large part sheet (fourth printing); 1d panes (4, one used, first, fourth and fifth printings) and a sheet (fourth printing). Fifth settings comprise 1d sheets (2), half sheets (2), panes (10) and other blocks showing first to fifth printings with various states, and varieties with a rare half sheet showing variety thick "V" and no stops after "R" and "I" (probably unique in a pane); 2d panes (2, first and second states), blocks and a single with value partly omitted; 3d upper left pane (believed to be one of only two recorded panes, with most stamps from this printing being overprinted "B.D" for Bank Draft) and smaller blocks and pairs. Also photographs of various other panes throughout. A superb reference lot, probably the most complete study of these overprint types to have been formed. (1,000s). £3,000-4,000 |
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| 814 | |||
| Postal Fiscals/Revenues. 1877 6d Revenue with the value "ZES PENCE" printed twice, the impression at the top of the stamp inverted, fiscally used with manuscript cancellation. These stamps were authorised for postal use in 1882 and are therefore listed by Stanley Gibbons, who mention this remarkable stamp as a footnote to the issue. The value was printed in a second operation in half sheets of sixty, and it is highly probable that just one half sheet of sixty was printed with this error. This stamp remains the sole example to have been discovered to date. An exceptional and unique variety, with R.P.S Certificate (1994). Photo on Back Cover. £2,500-3,000 |
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| 815 | |||
Postal Stationery. 1893 Formula postal stationery postcard with a 2d stamp applied and surcharged 1 1/2d and tied by arms overprint, error surcharge inverted due to the stamp being applied upside down, posted from Jacobsdal to Germany. Scarce. S.G. P5a, unpriced. Photo on Page 139. £150-200Transvaal |
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| 816 | |||
Revenues. 1875-1906 Mint, used and proof selection mainly on old album pages including 1875 1/- and 2/- imperf proof blocks of four in black, "V.R Transvaal" overprints (12), 1878-84 issue mint (8) and used (22), 1886 set to £20 in mint singles and pairs, 1881 embossed 1d on pink paper in a tete-beche (one reversed) block of six, 1902 Cape issues overprinted Transvaal comprising 6d mint, 1/- lilac and blue mint and used (2) and 1/- purple-brown mint and used, etc. (172). £200-250Union of South Africa |
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| 817 | |||
| 1910 2 1/2d Mint and used selection including First Day Cover from Wolmaransstad; other covers (2, one registered bearing a 2 1/2d pair); singles used with first day cancels (2); mint blocks of 40, 10, 9 and 4 (4), used block of four, etc. S.G. 1. £150-180 |
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| 818 | |||
| 1910-13 Covers and cards all bearing 1910 2 1/2d blue including registered cover from King Williams Town franked by two 2 1/2d stamps, etc. (7). £70-90 |
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| 819 | |||
| 1913-24 2/6 - £1 Mint, the £1 with a tiny ink mark, otherwise fine. S.G. 14/17, £945. (4). £160-200 |
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| 820 | |||
| 1913-24 KGV Head issue 1/2d - 1/3 in mint blocks of four and 1 1/2d - 10/- used blocks of four, 1/2d - 2d in mint control blocks and coil pairs, £1 green and red fine used, etc. Photo on Page 109. £100-150 |
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| 821 | |||
| 1913-24 Kings Head issue, varieties comprising 3d (both colours), 4d, 6d, 5/- and 10/- used all with misplaced central vignette (the 'new moon' variety); 6d mint with missing "Z" in "ZUID" (2); and 6d block of four with interpanneau margin at right, used, the right marginal jubilee line missing alongside the lower pair. (9). £250-300 |
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| 822 | |||
| 1925 1d - 9d Air set of four in unmounted mint blocks of four, the 3d, 6d and 9d blocks marginal, superb. S.G. 26/9, £176+. £70-80 |
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| 823 | |||
| Various mainly KGV postal stationery and other covers (36), reply coupons (3) and mainly mint stamps with many blocks. (100s). £100-120 |
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| 824 | |||
| Postage Due Mail. 1919-42 Covers and cards all bearing South Africa postage due stamps including 1924 picture postcard from England with 1d due and 1/2d postage stamp applied in lieu of a due stamp both tied by "S.A.R / SWEETWATERS" c.d.s; 1929 postcard with violet "DUPLICATE / 15 JAN 1929 / DUPLIKAAT" cachet; 1942 cover from a US soldier in Gold Coast franked 1/3 with "CENSORED / By The Commanding Officer / For ...... A.C, U.S.A" cachet and charged 2/6, collected by 6d postage due block of five tied by "BOX COUNTER / DURBAN" c.d.s, etc. (13). £180-220 |
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| 825 | |||
Booklets. 1921-41 Booklets, most incomplete with some stamps removed, including 1921 3/- booklet (S.G. SB3), four examples of 1922 3/6 on 3/- surcharged booklets (S.G. SB4), 1935 2/6 booklet (S.G. SB9), etc., the covers mainly fine. (12). £150-180The 1926 4d Triangular (S.G. 33)The fine award winning exhibition collection with rare proofs, colour trials, specimens, and postal history. See lot 865 for the overprinted issues for South West Africa. |
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| 826 | |||
| Die Proof with English inscription in grey-blue on white wove paper (100x140mm), superb condition and very rare. Photo on Page 141. £3,500-4,000 |
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| 827 | |||
| Proofs with English and Afrikaans inscriptions, printed in grey-blue, affixed to thick card (116x163mm) with "ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY / BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co LIMITED. LONDON" affixed at the base, manuscript "ES, P.M.G, 10/10/25" alongside each proof, the card then further initialled and endorsed "OK, letter Hig Com. dated 12/10/25". A unique and important proof card from the printers archives. Photo on Page 141. £3,500-4,000 |
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| 828 | |||
| Colour trial with English inscription in brown, no gum, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 109. £400-450 |
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| 829 | |||
| 830 | |||
| 4d Grey-blue, Afrikaans inscription, handstamped "SPECIMEN" (Samuel type BEC 2), applied in Bechuanaland to specimen stamps received from the U.P.U. No gum and a little stained but a unique specimen stamp. Photo on Page 109. £300-350 |
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| 831 | |||
| 4d Grey-blue, Afrikaans inscription, handstamped "COLONIAS" in blue, applied in Lisbon to specimen stamps received from the U.P.U for distribution to the Portuguese Colonies. Affixed to small piece, believed to be from the specimen archive of Portuguese India. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 149. £600-650 |
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| 832 | |||
| Piece cut from the specimen ledger of the Madagascar Post Office, dated 27 Fevrier 1926, bearing three examples of the 4d grey-blue with Afrikaans inscription and strips of three of the 1926 1/2d and 1d (all three stamps issued on the same day), the nine stamps tied to the page by six strikes of red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR". A unique specimen piece. Photo on Page 141. £1,200-1,400 |
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| 833 | |||
| Mint half sheet of 120 with Afrikaans inscription, wide margins, original card backing board used to protect the sheet in transit with the cachet "CONTROLLER OF STORES / 4 MAY 1926". Fine and scarce. £200-240 |
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| 834 | |||
| Six examples of empty packets inscribed "60 / 4<+H>d |
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| 835 | |||
| The issued stamps, collection on 15 pages (with a few additional loose stamps) with narrow and wide margin stamps mint and used with both English and Afrikaans inscriptions in a wide variety of shades; privately perforated or rouletted stamps; mint and used multiples; upright and inverted watermarks; various constant plate varieties including missing eyebrow; etc. A good lot. (219). £550-650 |
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| 836 | |||
| 1926 (Jan 1) First Day Cover bearing all three stamps issued on this day, with pairs of the 1/2d and 1d and 4d singles with both English and Afrikaans inscriptions all cancelled by Benoni c.d.s, a very scarce F.D.C with pairs of all stamps. Photo on Page 139. £300-350 |
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| 837 | |||
| 1926 (Jan 1) First Day Cover bearing both English and Afrikaans 4d stamps each tied by Thomas River c.d.s. Scarce, most F.D.Cs only bear a single 4d stamp. £180-200 |
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| 838 | |||
| 1926 (Jan 1) First Day Cover bearing both English and Afrikaans 4d stamps each tied by Durban Machine cancel. Scarce, most F.D.Cs only bear a single 4d stamp. Photo on Page 139. £150-180 |
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| 839 | |||
| 1926 (Jan 1) First Day Cover bearing all three stamps issued on this day, with two 1/2d pairs, two 1d pairs and 4d singles with both English and Afrikaans inscriptions, all ten stamps cancelled to order by "WESTERN /T.P.O 2" datestamps, two vertical folds not affecting any of the stamps, otherwise fine and scarce. £160-180 |
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| 840 | |||
| 1926 (Jan 1) Two First Day Covers registered within Durban bearing wide margin pairs with English or Afrikaans inscription, fine and very scarce. The wide margin 4d was placed on sale at the South African High Commission in London on January 2nd but was not officially sold in South Africa until April 12th; these covers prove that a few wide margin sheets were available in south Africa on January 1st, the date of issue of the narrow margin stamps. The only January 1st wide margin F.D.Cs we have seen. (2 covers). Photo on Page 143. £300-350 |
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| 841 | |||
| 1926 (April 10/12) Registered covers posted within Johannesburg both bearing English and Afrikaans inscription wide margin pairs, the April 12th cover (with C.O.P) posted on the official First Day of Issue of the wide margin sheet stamps, the April 10th cover used two days before the First Day of Issue. A scarce pair, the April 12th F.D.C the only one we have seen. (2). Photo on Page 143. £350-400 |
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| 842 | |||
| 1927 Cover bearing both English and Afrikaans narrow margin stamps, sent registered within Pretoria handstamped "AVIS DE RECEPTION" and boxed triangular "UNKNOWN", an unusual use of both stamps on a single cover. £100-120 |
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| 843 | |||
| 1926 Commercial cover to Baghdad inscribed "overland mail, Haifa - Baghdad" bearing Afrikaans 4d (2) and English inscription 4d each tied by Springfontein c.d.s. An uncommon combination of both stamps to an unusual destination. £80-100 |
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| 844 | |||
| 1926-29 Registered covers to Germany both with a combination of narrow and wide margin 4d stamps, the first from Brandfort with narrow margin English inscription 4d + wide margin Afrikaans pair; the second cover with 1910 2 1/2d + narrow margin English 4d + wide margin privately perforated English 4d with two Christmas seals on the reverse. Two scarce combination frankings. (2). £150-180 |
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| 845 | |||
| 1927-31 Registered covers all bearing privately perforated wide margin 4d stamps including 1927 cover from Yeoville to England bearing a 4d pair, damaged in transit with officially sealed labels cancelled upon arrival in Manchester. Private perforations rarely seen on cover. (5). £350-400 |
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| 846 | |||
| Parcel Post address panels (3) including 1931 piece with Parcel Post label bearing 1/2d block + 6d + privately perforated 4d, also 4d stamps mainly in blocks with various parcel post cancels. (3 pieces + 38 stamps). £150-200 |
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| 847 | |||
| Postage Dues. 1926 Registered covers to England franked 4d pair or 4d + 1d pair, both handstamped "POSTED OUT OF COURSE" with G.B 2d or 3d dues applied, and 1931 air mail cover from Pilgrims Rest to Strand handstamped "T/4D" and "UNPAID ONBETAAL" with four 1d dues on the reverse. (3). £80-100 |
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| 848 | |||
| 1926 Covers and cards including registered mail, "S.A.R / JOHANNESBURG" c.d.s and registration handstamp, official mail, undelivered and returned covers, A.R mail, unusual blue-violet shade of the 4d, 1927 East London stamp exhibition c.d.s., late uses of the 4d, 1941 forces cover from Egypt, slogan cancels, 1934 Royal Train cancel, 1926 Durban Philatelic Exhibition c.d.s., bisected 4d on cover, 1926 cover with both English and Afrikaans stamps, also a few pieces and 1926 stamp exhibition triangular labels (9, one on cover). An interesting lot. (42 covers + 14 labels/pieces). £500-600 |
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| 849 | |||
| Paquebot mail. 1927 1 1/2d Pictorial postal stationery postcard registered to Germany, bearing wide margin English inscription 4d pair, all cancelled at Point, Natal with Point registration handstamp and scarce "PAQUEBOT" handstamp. Very unusual. Photo on Page 143. £120-150 |
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| 850 | |||
| Shipping Postmaster. 1927 Marconi Ltd. Ocean Letter registration envelope to England bearing English inscription 4d and 1927 2d cancelled by violet triple ring "SHIPPING POSTMASTER / 28 NOV 1927 / POINT, DURBAN", further strikes on the front and reverse. Very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 143. £800-1,000 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 30) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 26th October 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Stampex: Wednesday 26th September 11.30am to 7pm Thursday 27th and Friday 28th September 10am to 6pm Saturday 29th September 10am to 5pm Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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