Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire – Part I
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 17th April 2013 Time: 2:30PM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 12th April 10am to 5pm
Monday 15th April 10am to 5pm
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Auction Lots - Page 2
2051
x –– 4d. green and purple-brown in block of four each overprinted "specimen", fresh and fine with large part original gum. S.G. 205s £100-120
2052
x –– 4 1/2d. green and carmine, corner marginal block of four, each overprinted "specimen", light marginal crease, fresh and very fine unmounted mint. S.G. 206s. Photo £600-700
2053
x –– 6d. purple on rose-red block of four overprinted "specimen", some light creases, fresh and fine with large part original gum. S.G. 208s £100-150
2054
x –– 1/- dull green block of four overprinted "specimen", fresh and fine with large part original gum. S.G. 211s £100-150
2055
x –– £1 green overprinted "specimen", some light creases, otherwise fresh and fine with large part original gum. S.G. 212s. Photo £250-300
2056
x –– £1 green, JB, fine mint; well centred and rich colour, has been sweated, otherwise very fine. S.G. 212, £4000. Photo £1,200-1,500
2057
x –– £1 green QD-SD in a vertical strip of three cancelled by 1896 Gresham House registered ovals; good to fine, exceptional for a multiple. S.G. 212. Photo £600-800
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2058
x 1902-10 10/- ultramarine, unmounted mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2002). S.G. 265, £2000. Photo £450-550
2059
x 1902-10 £1 dull blue-green, large part original gum, small hinge remainder; well centred and fresh. S.G. 266, £2000. Photo £500-600
2060
x 1913 Seahorse, Waterlow 10/- indigo-blue, lightly mounted mint; centred fractionally left. A fresh and fine example of this stamp. S.G. 402, £950. Photo £400-500
2061
x –– £1 dull blue-green, part original gum; improved perforations at top; fresh. S.G. 403, £3000. Photo £800-1,000
2062
x 1915 Seahorse, De La Rue 2/6d. yellow-brown and 5/- pale carmine with full original gum; good to fine. S.G. 406, 410. Photo £400-500
2063
x 1929 P.U.C. £1 black, cancelled by a neat strike of Sutton Coldfield c.d.s.; fresh and fine. S.G. 438, £550. Photo £250-300
2064
x 1936 K.E.VIII 1d. scarlet in a left margin, horizontal pair with control "A/36" and cylinder "7 dot" with single extension perforation of perforation type 5, part to large part original gum with hinge remainders. A singular example of exceptional rarity. R.P.S. Certificate (2008). Photo £1,000-1,500
Note: The S.G. specialised catalogue records only one example from this cylinder, that example being from cylinder 7 no dot from perforation type 2; no examples are recorded from cylinder 7 dot.
2065
x 1939-48 2/6d. brown horizontal pair both overprinted "specimen", fresh and very fine unmounted mint. S.G. 476s, £550. Photo £250-300
2066
x Q.E. selection on cards which includes 1957 graphite set in singles and corner pairs, 1959 phosphor-graphite set of eight (2) plus additional 4 1/2d. (2), 1959 D.L.R. 10/- and £1, some early commemoratives with phosphor sets including Red Cross, some blocks of four including F.F.H. phosphor, later definitive sets in singles and blocks of four with values to £1 (13) and £5 (6) and a few others; most are unmounted mint £120-150

Official Stamps

2067
x inland revenue: 1880-81 1/2d. to 6d. set of three, part to large part original gum; a couple of perf. tones. S.G. O1-O5. (5) £100-120
2068
x –– 1887-92 1/- grey-green, part original gum; pencil signatures on the reverse, fresh. S.G. O15, £900. Photo £250-300
2069
x army: 1896-1901 6d. purple of rose-red, a block of four, mint; a few split perfs. at foot. Fresh and fine. S.G. O45, £525 £200-250
2070
x government parcels: 1883-86 1/- orange-brown, GD overprinted "specimen" type 9, part to large part original gum. S.G. Spec. L21s, £325. Photo £100-120
2071
x royal household: 1902 1/2d. and 1d. part original gum; a couple of light age marks. S.G. O91-O92, £375. Photo £150-180
2072
x admiralty: 1903 1/2d. to 3d. set of six ( 1/2d. is 1903-04 issue), part to large part original gum. S.G. O101-O106, £1500+. Photo £350-400

Postage Dues

2073
x A mint collection on leaves, apparently complete 1914-75, which includes 1936-37 K.E.VIII set to 2/6d. and unmounted mint from K.G.VI; fine. (100) £400-500

Military Telegraphs

2074
x 1884 1d. to £1 set of eight, 1886 (July) 0.1pi. on 1d. to 25pi. on 5/- and 100pi. on £1, and 1887 (Feb.) 1 dime on 1d. to 100pi. on £1 set of ten, fresh and fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (1954) for each set. Hiscocks 1-8, 15-20, 22-32. Yvert cat. €8295. Photo £1,500-1,800

Telegraph Stamp

2075
x 1876 £5 orange, CH, large part original gum; a good example. S.G. T18, £25,000. Photo £2,000-2,500

Collections and Ranges

2076
x A small selection on stock page with 1840 1d. and 2d. (2, defective), a few Surface Printed including 1891 £1 good used, 1902 £1 fine used, mint K.g.vi with 1939-48 10/- corner block of four and £1 plus 1948 Silver Wedding £1. A good lot. (22) £350-400
2077
x A selection of better or higher values on Hagner sheet which includes Q.V. Embossed 6d. good used, unused Surface Printed including 1865-67 4d. plate 7, 1873-80 6d. (2) and 4d. sage-green plus others, 1867-83 5/- plate 1 fine used with telegraphic target cancellation, 1883-84 2/6d. mint, to 10/- used, 1884 £1 brown-lilac used, 1891 £1 green used, K.E.VII 2/6d. to 10/- mint and £1 used, K.G.V with 1913 £1 blue-green used, 1918 10/- dull grey-blue mint and 1929 P.U.C. £1 mint and used (parcel cancellation); a few faults but generally good to fine making an exciting and valuable selection. (36) £2,500-3,000
2078
x A collection of unused Q.V. Surface Printed on album pages with a few later Line Engraved, 1855-57 1/-, 1862-64 4d. to 9d., 1865-67 values to 1/-, 1867-80 values to 10d. and 1/-, 1872-73 6d., 1873-80 values to 1/- with 4d. vermilion and 4d. sage-green, 1880-83 Crown set of seven, 1880-81 to 5d. (perfin), 1883-84 2/6d. to 10/-, 1883-84 Lilac and Green set with some additional values to 9d. and 1/- and 1887-1900 Jubilee set; condition is a little mixed in places, especially on the earlier issues. An appealing lot with high catalogue value £3,200-3,500
2079
x A valuable, early to middle period collection in small stockbook which includes unused 1841 1d. with small to good margin (small nick into right side), 1840 2d. with margins on three sides, 1841 1d. and 2d., 1d. and 2d. (4) Stars, 1/2d. (8); used Line Engraved with 1840 1d. plate 6 pair with good to large margins and 1858-79 1d. plate 225; Embossed 10d. good used; unused Surface Printed including 1855-57 4d. Small Garter, Large Garter and 6d. (2), 1862-64 3d., 9d. and 1/-, 1867-80 9d. and 2/-, 1872-73 6d. grey, 1881 1d. 14 dots in a block of four; used with 1867-83 Watermark Anchor £1 brown-lilac with registered cancellations (some tone spots), 1884 £1 brown-lilac good used; some Officials including I.R. 1892 £1 green fine used plus 1918 10/- fine used block of four and 1929 P.U.C. £1 mint. A clean and desirable lot £7,000-9,000

Ireland

2080
x A mint collection on Lighthouse leaves with a fine degree of completeness to 1966 including 1922 Dollard to 10/-, Thom overprints with the different inks with 2/6d. to 10/- with blue-black, shiny ink, 1922-23 Irish Free State set to 10/-, 1925-28 2/6d. to 10/- with wide and narrow dates in singles and se-tenant pairs, 1935 re-engraved 2/6d. to 10/-, 1937 to 10/-, 1940-68 to 10/- and later issues to 1966; mostly lightly mounted or unmounted mint (from 1929). A fresh and valuable lot £1,800-2,200
2081
x An attractive and valuable, mostly K.G.V, collection/accumulation in stockbooks with many positional multiples and others including 1922 Dollard 1/2d. and 1d. overprint inverted, Thom 2d. overprint inverted on die I unused (2) plus die II unused (2), misplaced overprints, 1/2d. overprint in red, single and block of four, shifted characters, 1 1/2d. "pencf" variety and this variety corrected, coil joins and control blocks, 10/-;
1922-23 with missing accent on 2 1/2d. (2), 3d., 4d. (2), 9d. and 5/-, long "1", shifted characters, broken "o" in strips of 2 1/2d., 6d., 9d. and 1/- and several other varieties of the overprint, high values in singles and pairs plus 2/6d. and 10/- in corner blocks of four 1948-53 2/6d. booklets (2), 1922-34 coil stamps and 1940-68 1d. coil stamp (3), 1935 2/6d. to 10/- in horizontal pairs. A very good lot for the specialist of these overprints £2,800-3,500
2082
x 1922-35 a mainly mint selection of high values with 1922 Dollard 2/6d. lower corner pair, 1922-23 Thom 5/- mint marginal pair showing "s" over "t", 1935-28 2/6d. (2), 5/- vertical pair and 10/- block, wide date 5/- in a lower right corner block and used vertical pair, 1935 2/6d. block; a few tone spots or lightly toned gum, otherwise good to fine. (32) £500-600

Aden

Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut

2083
x 1942-46 1r. green with "A" of "CA" missing from watermark, some slightly disturbed gum otherwise fine mint. Very rare. S.G. 9a, £1200. Photo £500-600

Anguilla

2084
x 1967 (Sept.) 1/2c. to $5 set of sixteen, fine used. Very rare. S.G. 1-16, £3500. Photo £1,500-1,800

Antigua

2085
x 1884-87 CA 6d. deep green block of four, unused with large part original gum, some light creasing otherwise fresh and fine. S.G. 29, £240 £100-120
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, October 2006
Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2086
x 1921-29 MCA 3d. to 5/- set of six, each in a lower left or lower right corner block of four with plate number "1", a few light creases, fine mint. S.G. 55-60 £250-300
Provenance: Frederick Mayer, October 2004
Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2087
x 1938-51 1/2d. to £1 set of twelve in imprint blocks of four, the 1/2d. and 6d. blocks with a minute gum tone, otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 98-109 £400-500
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011

Ascension

2088
x 1922 1/2d. to 3/- set of nine overprinted "specimen", fine with large part original gum. S.G. 1s-9s, £750 £200-250
2089
x 1963 (May) 1d. to £1 set of fourteen and 1971 1/2p. to £1 set of fourteen, each in a marginal block of four, fresh and fine unmounted mint. S.G. 70-83 £300-400
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011

Bahamas

2090
x 1942 Columbus 1/2d. to £1 set of fourteen in marginal blocks of four, plus 2/- brownish black and indigo and 3/- slate-purple and myrtle-green in top right corner blocks of four showing sheet numbers "239" and "359" respectively, and 2/- brownish black and indigo imprint block of eight (4x2), fine mint, some unmounted. S.G. 162-175 £250-300
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2091
x 1948 Tercentenary 1/2d. to £1 set of sixteen in corner blocks of four, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 178-193 £250-300
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2092
x 1965 1/2d. to £1 less 2 1/2d. and 9d. on 8d., each in a block of four and all except the 2/6d. from the top right corner with sheet number, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 247-261, 264 £250-300
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011

Barbados

2093
x 1852-55 prepared for use but not issued, (no value) slate-blue, a top right corner block of thirty-six (6x6), good colour, fine with large part or full original gum. S.G. 5a, £1008 £300-400
Provenance: Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2094
x 1897-98 1/4d. to 2/6d. set of nine, each overprinted "specimen", some very lightly hinged with large part original gum, fine. S.G. 116s-24s, £225 £80-100

Bechuanaland

British Bechuanaland

2095
x 1888 (Jan.) 1d. to £5 set of twelve, all unused with large part original gum, the 4d. and 6d. a fraction gum toned and the 5/- a little faded, otherwise fine mint. E.Diena Certificate (1982) for £1 and £5. S.G. 10-21, £5584. Photo £2,000-2,500
2096
x 1891-94 1/2d. to 1/- with additional 4d. and 6d., each in a block of four, generally fine and fresh mint. S.G. 33-37 £300-400
Provenance: The "County" collection, September 2003
Lord Steinberg, September 2011

Tati Concessions

2097
x 1/- to £5 set of six unmounted mint, the 10/- and £5 with natural paper crease, the £1 with some trimmed perfs at left and the £5 with some shortish perfs at left and with a touch of oxidisation at edges £150-180

Bermuda

2098
x 1865-1938 predominantly mint collection including 1865-1903 CC perf 14 1d. (3), 2d. (3 used), 3d. (3, two used), 6d. dull purple used, 1/- (3, two used) and perf 14x12 1/2 3d. (2, one used), 6d. (5, two used) and 1/- (2, one used), 1874 3d. (Type 7) on 1/- used, 1875 1d. on 2d. mint (light stain) and used, 1d. on 3d. mint and used and 1d. on 1/- used, 1884-1904 CA 1/2d. to 1/- mint and used range of shades, 1902-10 Dock issues mint and used, 1910-25 MCA 1/4d. to 1/- with shades, 1918-22 MCA 2/- to £1 mint and used, 1920-21 Tercentenary issues, 1922-34 Script 1/4d. to 1/- with shades (one 2d. with watermark reversed), 1924-32 Script 2/- (3, one used), 2/6d. (6, three used), 10/- (5, one from lower right corner with plate number and two used) and 12/6d. (2, one used). Condition generally fine £2,000-2,500
2099
x 1865-1903 CC, perf 14 1d. rose-red block of four, unused with large part original gum, a few minor gum creases otherwise fine. S.G. 1, £400. Photo £150-180
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
Lord Steinberg, September 2011
2100
x 1874 "three pence" (Type 6a) on 1/- green, fine unused with large part original gum. S.G. 13b, £2000. Photo £400-500
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire – Part I
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 17th April 2013 Time: 2:30PM
Details: Viewing:
Friday 12th April 10am to 5pm
Monday 15th April 10am to 5pm
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