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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Stamps of the World - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Featuring Occupation and Siege Issues The Harry Birkhead Collection | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 12th March 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: 19th to 21st February - Stand 122 at Stampex Exhibition Monday 10th March 10am to 5pm Tuesday 11th March 10am to 5pm Private viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
| 351 | |||
| x 1/2d. green handstamped "vri" and "cancelled" diagonally, both in violet, part original gum. Believed unique. Photo £500-600 |
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| 352 | |||
| x 1/2d. green horizontal pair handstamped "Cancelled/v-r-i." in blue with "Cancelled" in fancy type and the right-hand stamp with "%" after "i", affixed to piece. Believed unique. Photo £800-1,000 |
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| 353 | |||
| x 1/2d. green handstamped "Cancelled" only in black, part original gum; defects though believed unique. Photo £200-250 |
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| 354 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green handstamped "vri" and "cancelled" diagonally, both in violet, part original gum. Believed unique. Photo £800-1,000 |
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| 355 | |||
| x 1d. red (1885-93 issue) previously used with c.d.s. in red on small piece of cheque, overprinted "Cancelled/v-r-i.". One of only two examples recorded. Photo £300-400 |
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| 356 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green handstamped "Cancelled/v-r-i." in black, large part original gum. Believed unique. Photo £500-600 |
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| 357 | |||
x 1d. rose-red and green handstamped "Cancelled/v-r-i." in black, and a further example handstamped in blue (as issued), both affixed to pieces of cheque, the latter dated "9/3/99" and tied by the handstamp to the piece. Photo £200-250Unused |
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| 358 | |||
| x 1/2d. green horizontal pair, affixed to piece; fine. S.G. 1. Photo £150-200 |
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| 359 | |||
| x 1/2d. green, variety overprint inverted, small part original gum with paper adhering to about half of reverse; faults including tear at foot. Very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1939). S.G. 1a, £1,100. Photo £300-400 Provenance: Tommy Allen Maj. Harold Criddle, February 1992 |
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| 360 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green block of sixteen (8x2), large part original gum; one stamp with a diagonal crease, otherwise fine and the largest recorded block of any Wolmaransstad handstamped provisional. A spectacular showpiece multiple. S.G. 2, £3,600. Photo £2,500-3,000 |
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| 361 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green handstamped in blue-green, part original gum; one short perf. at top. S.G. 2 var. Photo £100-120 |
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| 362 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green handstamped in green, part original gum; two short perfs. at foot. Rare. S.G. 2a, £1,800. Photo £400-500 |
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| 363 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green, large part original gum; very fine. S.G. 3, £1,800. Photo £600-800 |
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| 364 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green handstamped in pale blue, unused without gum with the overprint colour possible washed; trace of a thin at top, otherwise sound. S.G. 3, £1,800. Photo £150-200 |
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| 365 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green vertical pair with overprint in black, large part original gum with the lower stamp remaining unmounted; folded between, diagonal crease affecting both stamps and one with a pulled perf., nevertheless an almost certainly unique multiple of this rare stamp. S.G. 3a, £6,000. Photo £1,500-1,800 |
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| 366 | |||
| x 2 1/2d. blue and green vertical pair, the upper stamp additionally handstamped "v-r-i." in deep blue, part original gum with the lower stamp remaining unmounted; folded between and both stamps creased though a very rare and possibly unique multiple. See note after S.G. 8. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). S.G. 4, £5,500+. Photo £2,000-2,500 |
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| 367 | |||
| x 2 1/2d. blue and green, fresh with part original gum; light S.G. "guaranteed" handstamp on reverse. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1992). S.G. 4, £1,800. Photo £600-800 |
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| 368 | |||
| x 2 1/2d. blue and green, part original gum; small crease at lower right corner, otherwise sound. Rare. S.G. 4, £1,800. Photo £300-400 |
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| 369 | |||
| x 3d. purple and green, large part original gum; fresh and fine. Rare. S.G. 5, £3,000. Photo £1,200-1,500 |
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| 370 | |||
| x 3d. purple and green, unused with the merest trace of gum; shortish perfs. and traces of thinning at top though a useful reference example of this rare stamp. S.G. 5, £3,000. Photo £300-350 |
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| 371 | |||
x 4d. sage-green and green lower right corner vertical pair, large part original gum; some perfs. between stamps and right-hand margin severed and strengthened at top, slightly out of place. An exceptional and spectacular multiple of this rare stamp, and almost certainly unique as such. S.G. 6, £9,000. Photo £3,500-4,000Used |
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| 372 | |||
| x 1/2d. green vertical pair affixed to small newspaper piece and cancelled with indistinct parts of Potchefstroom c.d.s., and a single (defective upper right corner) with small part Johannesburg c.d.s.; both possibly late uses. S.G. 1, £1,350. Photo £200-250 |
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| 373 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green, neatly cancelled by double-ring datestamp for 16 July 1900, the only example of this value recorded used on this date; fine. S.G. 2, £350 £100-120 |
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| 374 | |||
| x 2 1/2d. blue and green with part double-ring datestamp for 19 July 1900?; fine and very rare. S.G. 4, £2,750. Photo £500-600 |
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| 375 | |||
| x 4d. sage-green and green cancelled with part double-ring datestamp for an unknown day in July; upper left corner rounded and area of thinning resulting in a small hole though a good reference example of this very rare stamp. S.G. 6, £5,000. Photo £400-500 |
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| 376 | |||
x 6d. lilac and green block of four together with 1d. rose-red on green horizontal pair cancelled by Johannesburg single-ring datestamp (date unclear though possibly 13 March 1902) on brown parcel piece; fine and the only recorded used block of four of any value from the issue. Arguably the most important item of Wolmaransstad philately. S.G. 2, 6, £26,700+. Photo £6,000-8,000This and the following sections are all envelopes with Thomas Leask & Co. imprint on flap |
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| 377 | |||
| x 1/2d. green horizontal pair showing two different spacings of the overprint se-tenant; fine. S.G. 1. Photo £150-200 |
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| 378 | |||
| x 1/2d. green in combination with 1/2d. on 1/- green (defective upper left corner), the envelope lettered "A" in blue crayon in lower left corner; very rare. S.G. 1, 1c. Photo £300-400 Note: This cover was illustrated by J.H. Harvey Pirie in "The South African Philatelist", May 1944 |
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| 379 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green horizontal pair with the left-hand stamp showing overprint set to top; fine. S.G. 2. Photo £150-180 |
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| 380 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green showing "Cancelled" set to left and tying the stamp to the cover; fine. S.G. 2. Photo £100-120 |
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| 381 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green with "Cancelled" set to right tying it to the cover; fine. S.G. 3. Photo £400-500 |
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| 382 | |||
| x 2 1/2d. blue and green; a couple of shortish perfs. at foot. S.G. 4. Photo £300-400 |
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| 383 | |||
| x 4d. sage-green and green; a few shortish perfs. though a rare stamp. S.G. 6. Photo £400-500 |
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| 384 | |||
x 6d. lilac and green; a couple of shortish perfs. though a presentable example of this very rare stamp. S.G. 7. Photo £800-1,000Covers bearing uncancelled stamps and addressed |
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| 385 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green horizontal strip of three with the left-hand stamp showing wide spacing of overprint, to Thomas Leask & Co. at Klerksdorp and marked in pencil by Leask "Keep this to show difference between Cancelled & V.R.I.". S.G. 1. Photo £200-250 |
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| 386 | |||
x 2 1/2d. blue and green (trace of soiling at upper right corner), to R.W. Thornton at Wolmaransstad. S.G. 4. Photo £300-400Covers bearing stamps cancelled at Wolmaransstad and addressed to members of the Leask family and which show no other signs of postal conveyance. All are censored and signed by Lt. Huddleston unless otherwise stated |
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| 387 | |||
| x 1d. rose-red and green dated 19 July 1900 and sent on the last British post out of Wolmaransstad before the Boer re-occupation four weeks later; no censor endorsement. Photo £100-120 |
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| 388 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green dated 24 June in violet; fine. S.G. 3. Photo £400-500 |
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| 389 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green dated 24 June in violet, Huddleston's censor endorsement dated "23/6" and the only example thus dated recorded in the handbook; fine. S.G. 3. Photo £400-500 |
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| 390 | |||
| x 2d. brown and green dated 19 July, no censor endorsement; fine. S.G. 3. Photo £400-500 |
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| 391 | |||
| x 3d. purple and green dated 24 June in violet; fine. S.G. 5. Photo £500-600 |
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| 392 | |||
| x 3d. purple and green dated 24 June in violet; fine. S.G. 5. Photo £500-600 |
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| 393 | |||
| x 3d. purple and green dated 19 July, no censor endorsement. S.G. 5. Photo £500-600 |
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| 394 | |||
| x 4d. sage-green and green dated 24 June in violet. S.G. 6. Photo £600-700 |
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| 395 | |||
x 6d. lilac and green dated 24 June in violet. S.G. 7. Photo £800-1,000Covers that travelled out of Wolmaransstad |
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| 396 | |||
| x 1/2d. green, 1d. rose-red and green, 2d. brown and green and Penny Post 1d. red, twice neatly cancelled and tied on 19 July large part envelope (crease between two stamps and some soiling) to Capt. G.F. MacMann, 37 Howitzer Battery, Warrenton; trace of arrival c.d.s. on reverse. S.G. 1-3, 9, £2,975. Photo £800-1,000 |
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| 397 | |||
| x 1/2d. green horizontal pair on 19 July envelope (small imperfections and flap torn on opening) to Capt. MacMann, Commanding 7th. Battery R.A., Warrenton, Warrenton Station arrival c.d.s. (24.7) on reverse. S.G. 1. Photo £500-600 |
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| 398 | |||
x 2d. brown and green on 19 July envelope to D Eadie, Acting Resident Magistrate, Warrenton, manuscript "Censored/G.R.M.", Warrenton Station arrival c.d.s. (24.7) on reverse. S.G 3. Photo £500-600Postal Stationery Cards |
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| 399 | |||
| x 1/2d. green with "Cancelled" in fancy type, fine unused. Photo £200-250 |
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| 400 | |||
| x 1/2d. green with "Cancelled" in normal type, unused; a couple of light corner mount marks at top. Photo £100-120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Stamps of the World - The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 Featuring Occupation and Siege Issues The Harry Birkhead Collection | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 12th March 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: 19th to 21st February - Stand 122 at Stampex Exhibition Monday 10th March 10am to 5pm Tuesday 11th March 10am to 5pm Private viewing by appointment only |
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