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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 16 | |||
| 752 | |||
| 1 1/2d Perf 14, AF in pale orange on Imperial Crown watermarked paper, small part gum, small edge fault at lower right, still an attractive colour trial. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 116. £240-280 |
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| 753 | |||
| 2 1/2d Perf 14, GT in orange-brown on Imperial Crown watermarked paper, no gum and one short perf at the top, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 116. £350-400 |
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| 754 | |||
| 2 1/2d Perf 14, GT in brown on Imperial Crown watermarked paper, part gum and one short perf at the top, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 116. £350-450 |
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| 755 | |||
| 3d Imperforate, IH in lilac on unwatermarked pale blue paper, tiny ink mark above the Queen's head, full original gum, fine. S.G. £550. Photo on Page 116. £140-180 |
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| 756 | |||
| 3d Imperforate, SJ in green on Imperial Crown watermarked paper, no gum, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 116. £350-400 |
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| 757 | |||
3d Perf 14, TC in deep brown on Imperial Crown watermarked paper, no gum, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 116. £350-450Other G.B. Stamps |
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| 758 | |||
| 1840 1d Black, HC plate 4, good to large margins, fine used with a red Maltese Cross. Photo on Page 116. £100-120 |
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| 759 | |||
| 1846 Cover addressed in the Duke of Wellington's hand to his agent at 'Duke of Wellington's, Piccadilly, London' and initialled "W", bearing an 1840 2d blue (horizontal crease, touched at base) tied by "890" numeral of Windsor, the reverse (flap missing) with Windsor and London datestamps and wax seal of the Duke of Wellington. An attractive late use of an 1840 2d blue by the Duke of Wellington. Photo on Page 120. £200-250 |
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| 760 | |||
| 1841 2d Blues, used singles (7) and pairs (2) all fine with good margins, one pair and a single with Ivory Heads, one stamp cancelled with number "12" in Maltese Cross. (11). £200-250 |
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| 761 | |||
| 1841-61 1d Reds, the specialised used collection in an album with studies of perf 14 and 16 stamps watermarked both Small and Large Crowns, white and blue papers, the various dies and alphabets identified. Including extensive studies of Large Crown perf 14 stamps on blued paper, also Large Crown perf 16 issues, alphabet III and IV issues on white paper, various transitional shades, reconstructed sheets (2+), a good range of gothic "K" stamps and identified plate flaws, short stamps from row "A", etc. (1,000s). £3,000-3,500 |
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| 762 | |||
| 1841-64 Line engraved issue all with inverted watermarks with 1841 1d (4) and 2d (creased), various 1854-58 1d issues (35) and a 2d pair, 1864 1d plate numbers (82) and 2d plate 8, 1870 1/2d plate 10 pair and 1 1/2d, mainly fine used. (128). £1,400-1,600 |
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| 763 | |||
| QV-QEII Mint and used accumulation in two stockbooks including 1847 Embossed 1/- used cut square (faults), 1888 £1 brown watermark Orbs with "HSB" perfin used with heavy London duplex cancel, 1891 £1 green vertical pair used (upper stamp with small rub, otherwise fine), etc. Photo on Page 91. £400-500 |
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| 764 | |||
| 1852 Entire letter from Portsmouth to "Brown River, Hobart Town, Vn Dms Land" bearing 1841 2d plate 4 single + strip of three (all four margins; one creased) paying the 8d ship letter rate, with manuscript "5" and Ship Letter handstamps of London and Hobart. Some soiling, scarce. £400-500 |
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| 765 | |||
| 1854 Registered entire letter from London to Edinburgh bearing a 1d red and embossed 6d mauve, cut square (close at right, otherwise very fine with clear margins), an attractive entire. £120-150 |
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| 766 | |||
| 1854 (Apr 8) Entire sent within London bearing 1d red plate 96 LG with Archer perforation, tied by "77" numeral, the stamp crossed by a very light crease, otherwise fine. S.G. £2,100. Photo on Page 120. £350-400 |
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| 767 | |||
| 1869 Printed Liverpool Cotton Brokers Association weekly circular to Paris bearing 2d blue plate 12 pair tied by Liverpool 466 duplexs, a fine use of this scarce plate 12 2d. £100-120 |
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| 768 | |||
| 1870 1 1/2d Rose-red plate 3 mint, large part original gum, fine. S.G. £500. £60-80 |
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| 769 | |||
| 1858-80 Entire letters from London to Italy (many to Sicily) all with surface printed frankings, various issues, rates comprising 1/6, 1/4 (3), 1/- (9), 9d, 7d (4), 6d (23) or 2 1/2d (8), a good lot. (49). £500-600 |
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| 770 | |||
| Constantinople. 1867 5/- Rose plate 1, watermark Maltese Cross, DJ used with central "C" cancel. Photo on Page 122. £100-120 |
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| 771 | |||
| 1887 Jubilee Issue QV small head die proof in black on white glazed card, the head surrounded by a black ring with two white horizontal slots, reduced to stamp size (20x24mm), fine. Wiseman F49a, S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 116. £320-380 |
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| 772 | |||
| 1887 10d Dull purple and deep bright carmine with margin at left showing marginal rules, the stamp showing major damage to the lower triangle, superb unmounted mint. A scarce shade, this variety unlisted by S.G. Photo on Page 116. £400-450 |
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| 773 | |||
| 1910 KEVII 7d Grey-black block of six superb used, each with a Guernsey c.d.s. £60-80 |
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| 774 | |||
| 1924 Block Cypher watermark paper, a complete sheet endorsed "SPECIMEN C" in ink and "17 1/2 - 22 1/2 - 15 1/2" in pencil, central vertical and horizontal folds, otherwise very fine and unusual, 45x57cm. £350-400 |
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| 775 | |||
| 1924 Block Cypher watermark paper overprinted with 70 impressions of type 28 "CANCELLED", horizontal fold between the lower two rows of overprint and two corner creases affecting four overprint impressions, otherwise fine and very unusual, 22x16cm. £300-350 |
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| 776 | |||
| 1924-70 Commemoratives mint in an S.G. album, complete with all phosphor sets, the P.U.C £1 truly awful (staining and no gum), otherwise all very fine, the 1960-70 issues all apparently unmounted. £100-120 |
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| 777 | |||
| 1929 Postal Union Congress 1/2d - £1 set of five fine mint, the £1 well centred and very lightly mounted. S.G. £750. Photo on Page 122. £250-300 |
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| 778 | |||
| 1936-1980s KGV-QEII Mint definitives in a box including various partial or virtually complete coils with coil leaders, many KGVI and QEII unmounted booklet panes, some complete booklets including various KGVI or mixed KGVI/QEII issues, cylinder blocks, also some commemoratives and a few used. Some curling of mint blocks and booklet panes, otherwise fine. (100s). £220-260 |
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| 779 | |||
| 1936 King Edward VIII Issue, an interesting collection in an album mainly relating to the essays for the KEVIII set, containing Williams Brothers stamp size essays comprising 1d in red (with red surround), 4d in black or grey and 10d in blue (2, one on blue card); further stamp size and enlarged (54 x 64mm) 10d blue essays mounted on card signed by M. Williams and dated "7/3/1936"; also a bromide essay of a proposed 3d stamp by H.J. Brown (who designed the four issued stamps) mounted on card and signed by Brown, together with copies of relevant letters sent to or from the Post Office and other essays. Also some related stamps and covers including postmarks used on KEVIII tour as Prince of Wales to India in 1922 (2 covers + block) or South Africa in 1925, and 1936 covers bearing the KEVIII 1d used prior to its issue date, at Glasgow (Sep 7) or Folkestone (Sep 11). The Williams essays were submitted to the Post Office but returned once these designs were rejected; the Brown 3d bromide essay was retained by the designer when he submitted the same stamp sized essay together with his other essays which were chosen for the issued stamps. (8 Essays + other items). Photo on Page 122. £1,200-1,500 |
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| 780 | |||
| 1937 Covers (9) franked by KEVII stamps and 'Poached Egg' testing labels, six with the 'poached egg' labels cancelled, one of these bearing a label "Please return the cover of this letter. It is required for official purposes only", two other covers with the labels left uncancelled, the last with the label ringed to show it was invalid and a 1d postage due charge collected. Also unused labels (19), 1937 articles on these labels and a Regent Stamp Co. flyer advertising them for sale at 5/- each. (28+). £200-250 |
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| 781 | |||
| 1958 De La Rue 2/6 - £1 superb unmounted mint. S.G. 536/9a, £600. £150-180 |
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| 782 | |||
| 1961 Post Office Savings Bank 1/6, photographic proof of the final design, from the Goaman archive, 161x95mm. £100-120 |
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| 783 | |||
| Mint decimal postage, mainly Machin booklets (the covers glued to album pages, the stamps fine and usable), also a few presentation packs, blocks, and six Harrison & Sons presentation cards containing various 1981-85 commemoratives. Face value approx £425. £220-250 |
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| 784 | |||
| 1982 Christmas 15 1/2p vertical pair with blind perforations, giving the appearance of being imperforate, unmounted mint, unusual. Photo on Page 91. £200-250 |
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| 785 | |||
Booklets. 1968-86 Booklets, collection on pages and loose, also FDCs of booklet panes, prestige booklets, mint booklet panes, other mint postage and a few foreign, all fine, estimated face value £220+. £100-120Officials(Also lots 973-975, 1000, 1063-1070) |
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| 786 | |||
| Board of Trade. 1882 Printed receipt to the Danish Royal Statistical Bureau in Copenhagen, bearing 1880 1/2d green perfined "Crown / B.T" tied by a London duplex. An uncommon use of this official Board of Trade perfin on cover. Photo on Page 120. £200-250 |
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| 787 | |||
| O.W Official. 1899 1/2d Vermilion vertical pair used on piece each tied by Leeds c.d.s, lower stamp with fault at lower right corner, otherwise fine. S.G. O31, £130+ £50-60 |
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| 788 | |||
| O.W Official. 1900 H.M Office of Works, Leeds, OHMS cover bearing 1d lilac O.W Official overprint tied by Leeds c.d.s, fine. S.G. £900. £240-280 |
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| 789 | |||
O.W Official. 1904 O.H.M.S mourning envelope bearing KEVII 1d O.W Official overprint tied by Leeds c.d.s, fine. S.G. £400. £150-180Underprints |
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| 790 | |||
| QV Underprints and overprints comprising 1d reds (91) and 2d blues (9), 1870 1/2d (21) and 1 1/2d (10), 1880-81 1d (6) and 1 1/2d (2), 1d lilac, 1863 3d rose plate 5 and 1874 3d rose plate 14 (2), an old-time collection on six pages, very mixed condition with many faults though many others are fine. Includes Copestake Moore (60) with 3d (3, De La Rue underprint type 14), 1/2d (21, many fine, one plate 3 with rare type 16 underprint, not listed by S.G. on this plate), 1 1/2d (7, four fine, one also perfined) and 2d (4, two plate 9 and one plate 12 all fine, one with underprint misplaced); Copestake Hughes (3); J. & C. Boyd (21, many fine, one with scarce type 5 underprint in red); O.U.S (29, most fine); other companies including 1d reds with previously unrecorded "MACFIE / & SONS" overprint, City Bank, J. Barron & Sons, Fore St. Warehouse, J.S & Co, F.P.W & Co, 2d blue with W.H Smith and Son (very fine), 1870 1 1/2d with Vickers or F.P.W & Co (2), 1880 1 1/2d venetian red with Fore St. Warehouse (2), etc., also KEVII 6d pair with "W.H / E&S / LTD" underprints, all used. (145). £1,400-1,600 |
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| 791 | |||
| 1864 1d Reds with underprints reading upwards comprising plate 81 with "Property / of A. & S. Henry & Co / Belfast" (type 30), plate 124 with "HUGH JONES & Co / LONDON." (type 36), and plate 174 with "J. TYLOR & SONS / 2. NEWGATE ST" (type 59) all used, the last with a couple of letters of the underprint a little faint, otherwise all fine and scarce. S.G. £1,375 (3). Photo on Page 116. £400-500 |
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| 792 | |||
| H.H. / Copestake Moore. 1864 1d Reds mint with underprints, comprising plate 111 with Copestake Moore (type 12) in red and plate 198 with "H.H." in black, fine and scarce on mint stamps. S.G. £505+. (2). Photo on Page 116. £180-220 |
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| 793 | |||
| H.H. 1869 2d Blue plate 13 mint pair each with "H.H." underprint, fine and very scarce. S.G. £950+. Photo on Page 116. £300-400 |
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| 794 | |||
| W. Dawbarn. 1864 1d Reds comprising plates 208 and 215 with "W. Dawbarn & Co / LIVERPOOL" type 20 underprints reading upwards (both plate numbers unrecorded by S.G.), and plates 144, 164, 171 and 173 with "Wm. Dawbarn & Co / LIVERPOOL" type 19 overprints reading downwards (unrecorded by S.G. on plate 164), all fine used. S.G. £1,350+. (6). Photo on Page 116. £450-550 |
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| 795 | |||
| F.P.W & Co. 1870 1/2d (Plate 10?) with small inverted underprint, perfs trimmed off at left, both this underprint type and any F.P.W underprint on the 1/2d value previously unrecorded. Also 1870 1 1/2d plate 3 (2) with type 64 underprint reading downwards, both underprints with the "P" very faint, otherwise fine and scarce, all used. S.G. £950 + unlisted 1/2d. (3). Photo on Page 116. £400-500 |
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| 796 | |||
| F.P.W & Co. 1876 (Dec 5) Entire from London to Prince Edward Island bearing 1876 2 1/2d rosy mauve plate 3 with type 64 "F.P.W. & Co." underprint reading upwards, tied by London 39 duplex with Christmas day arrival backstamp of Summerside. A rare underprint on this value, only listed by S.G reading downwards (£525 as a single stamp) and unlisted reading upwards, almost certainly unique on an entire. A few small perf faults at right, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 120. £700-1,000 |
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| 797 | |||
| Samuel Montagu. 1868 (Feb 21) Entire to Genoa bearing 2d blue plate 9 and 1867 1/- plate 4 both with "SAMUEL, / MONTAGU / & Co." underprints (1 1/2mm letters) tied by London numerals, London and Genova backstamps. Both stamps lifted to show the underprints and hinged into place, both stamps very scarce (S.G. £1,325 as single stamps), possibly unique on an entire. Also an 1870 (May 24) entire from Samuel Montagu to Norway with 3d and 6d stamps perfined "SM / &Co", the company having apparently ceased to use underprints by this date. (2). Photo on Page 120. £800-1,200 |
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| 798 | |||
| Samuel Montagu. 1867 (Sep 10) Entire to Vienna bearing 1867 4d plate 9 pair and 6d lilac plate 6 all with "SAMUEL, / MONTAGU / & Co." underprints (1 1/2mm letters) tied by London 48 double numerals, the underprints clearly visible on the front of the stamps, with datestamps of London, Aachen and Wien. Very scarce underprints (S.G. £1,725 as stamps), possibly unique on an entire. Photo on Page 120. £1,000-1,200 |
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| 799 | |||
O.U.S. 1864-76 Covers all with Oxford Union Society embossed flaps, bearing 1d red perf 14 'stars' or 1864 1d red plate 95 with type 45 overprint reading upwards, or 1864 1d red plate 182 with type 46 underprint reading upwards, all tied by Oxford 603 duplex, all fine. (3). £120-150Regionals, Channel Islands & Isle of Man |
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| 800 | |||
| Regionals. 1958 Illustrated First Day Covers of the six 3d stamps and three plain registered F.D.Cs of the three 6d and 1/3 stamps, all fine. (9). £60-70 |
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| 801 | |||
| Isle of Man. 1973-2009 Issues unmounted mint, probably complete, a large quantity in two boxes including booklets, presentation packs and sheetlets, also some Guernsey. £200-250 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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