Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Postage Stamps of the World - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 13th 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 12
1550
1d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) numbered "8203", dated "Sept. 19, 1865" and initialled; some minor peripheral soiling. Photo £600-800
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
1551
6d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm) marked "before hardening" and dated "Sept. 20, 1865"; some minor peripheral soiling. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Brigadier F.M. Montresor, November 1966
1552
1/- stamp-size in black on glazed card and inset on thick card (37x43mm), fine. Photo £400-500

Specimen Stamps

1553
1d. pale blue, 6d. rose (perfs. cut off at left) and 1/- green, each handstamped "specimen" (Type D1a), each with part original gum and all with some perf. faults (6d. with perfs. cut off at left). A unique set. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Sir Henry Tucker
H. Barnstone, June 1980
1554
1d. pale blue, 6d. rose and 1/- green, each handstamped "specimen" (Type D2), the 6d. and 1/- with small part original gum and the 6d. with some clipped perfs. at top, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: David Melat, November 1985 (1d.)
Eric Creed, October 1982 (1/-)
1555
1d. pale blue, 6d. rose and 1/- green, each handstamped "specimen" (Type D5), all without gum, the 1d. with some clipped perfs. at top left and the 1/- with perfs. virtually cut off at right, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo £500-600

Issued Stamps

1556
1d. pale blue, 1d. blue, 6d. rose with wing-margin at left and 1/- green, all used, both 1d. with minor perf. faults otherwise fine. S.G. 1-4, £440 £100-120
1557
1d. pale blue block of four with wing-margin at right, unused with large part to full original gum, lovely colour, fine. S.G. 1, £280+. Photo £250-300
1558
1d. pale blue horizontal strip of four on large 1869 (10 Mar.) piece tied by "A06" obliterator, showing Belize c.d.s., circular-framed "steamship/10" and New Orleans datestamp (16.3), a few perfs. with some very light staining otherwise fine. A rare multiple. S.G. 1. Photo £250-300
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
Norman Brassler, December 1987
1559
1d. blue vertical strip of five and a single, fine unused with large part original gum.
S.G. 2, £600 £300-400
1560
1d. blue block of four, centred to lower left, fine unused without gum. A rare multiple. S.G. 2, £400+. Photo £150-200
1561
6d. rose block of four, centred to right, fresh unused with large part original gum, a few short perfs. at top right otherwise fine. Very rare. S.G. 3, £1300+. Photo £1,500-1,800
1562
1/- green block of four, centred to upper left, excellent colour, fresh and fine unused with large part original gum. Very rare. S.G. 4, £1600+. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: C.J.L. Snowden, May 1944
G.H. Boucher, November 1949
Maurice Burrus, November 1963
R. Hart, February 1978

Cover

1563
1869 (6 Dec.) envelope to USA, bearing 6d. rose clearly tied by "A06" obliterator (Type K1), showing despatch c.d.s. (Type D4) and unframed "paid" h.s. in red (Type PD4; earliest recorded date), partly overstruck by New Orleans transit datestamp (12.12); the envelope a little soiled. Very rare, only a handful of first issue covers known. Photo £5,000-6,000
Provenance: Max Bass, November 1958
R. Hart, February 1978

1872-79 Watermark Crown CC

Die Proofs

1564
3d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "before hardening and dated "Aug 2, 1872"; slightly soiled. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Galvez, November 1960
1565
4d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked "after hardening" and dated "June 6 1879"; the card with some disturbance at left clear of design. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Sir Henry Tucker
Simon Richards, October 2005
1566
4d. in black on glazed card (92x60mm), unmarked. Photo £400-500
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978

Imperforate Plate Proofs

1567
1d. blue horizontal pair on gummed watermarked paper, outer frameline touched along foot, fine. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Ferrari, November 1922
T.W. Hall
1568
3d. chocolate block of four on gummed watermarked paper, some small stains primarily in the margins between. A unique block. Photo £600-800
Provenance: A. Hind, May 1934
R. Hart, February 1978
1569
3d. chocolate on gummed watermarked paper, fine. Photo £200-250
Provenance: Ferrari, November 1922
1570
3d. chestnut horizontal pair on ungummed unwatermarked paper, light crease not affecting appearance. Rare. Photo £400-500
1571
6d. rose horizontal pair on gummed watermarked paper, the left stamp with small tone on reverse at foot, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo £500-600
1572
1/- green horizontal pair with sheet margin at right on gummed small part watermarked paper, horizontal crease along top and scissor cut between stamp and margin at top, fine. Rare. Photo £500-600
Provenance: A. Hind, May 1934 (from a block of four)
R. Hart, February 1978
1573
1/- green on gummed watermarked paper, fine. Photo £200-250

Cancelled Stamps

1574
Perf. 14 3d. and 4d. (some trimmed perfs. at top and at left), both handstamped "cancelled" (Type D4), fresh without gum. Rare. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Dr. Conrad Latto, September 1983

Perf. 12 1/2

1575
1d. pale blue, 1d. deep blue, 3d. red-brown, 3d. chestnut, 6d. rose, 6d. bright rose-carmine, 1/- green (3 including a pair) and 1/- deep green (2), all used, one 1/- additionally cancelled by circular-framed "pd" in red, generally fine. S.G. 5-10a, £530 £150-180
1576
1d. pale blue, 1d. deep blue, 3d. red-brown (hinge remnants) and 3d. chocolate, all unused with part original gum, fine. S.G. 5-8, £565 £150-180
1577
1d. pale blue block of four, unused with mainly large part original gum, the upper pair with hinge remnant, fine. S.G. 5, £380. Photo £500-600
Provenance: M. Burrus, November 1963
1578
1d. pale blue block of four, unused with part to large part original gum, all with hinge remnants, fine. S.G. 5, £380. Photo £400-500
1579
1d. pale blue with watermark inverted and reversed, unused with part original gum, slight bend, fine. S.G. 5y, unpriced. Photo £120-150
1580
3d. red-brown horizontal pair, unused without gum, the left stamp with a few short perfs. at foot otherwise fine. Rare, one of two multiples recorded. S.G. 7, £340+. Photo £200-250
1581
6d. rose (regummed) and 6d. bright rose-carmine unused without gum, fine. S.G. 9, 9a; £1050. Photo £180-220
1582
1/- green and 1/- deep green, both unused (regummed), the former with two light diagonal creases and the latter with small thin at top. S.G. 10, 10a; £1250. Photo £150-180
1583
1/- green block of six (3x2), each lightly cancelled "A06", one with a pulled perf. at foot otherwise fine. The only used block recorded. S.G. 10. Photo £400-500
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
1584
1/- deep green with watermark inverted, fine unused without gum. S.G. 10w, unpriced. Photo £100-120
Provenance: H. Barnstone, June 1980
1585
1/- deep green with watermark inverted, lightly cancelled, small thin not affecting appearance. S.G. 10w, unpriced. Photo £60-80

Perf. 14

1586
1d. pale blue, 4d. mauve, 6d. rose (rubbed) and 1/- green (regummed?), all unused with part or large part original gum, fine. S.G. 11, 14-16; £1185 £200-250
1587
1d. (2), 3d., 4d. (2), 6d. and 1/- (4 including a marginal strip of three), all used, the single 1/- with small thin at top otherwise generally fine. S.G. 11-16, £348+ £100-120
1588
1d. blue block of four, good colour, fine unused with large part original gum. A rare multiple. S.G. 12, £360+. Photo £500-600
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
1589
3d. chestnut block of four unused with large part original gum, the lower pair with light bend otherwise fine. Rare, one of four recorded blocks. S.G. 13, £680+. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
1590
3d. chestnut and 1/- green tied by "O" obliterator on 1878 (6 Oct.) piece, in combination with Guatemala 1878 4r. (faults) cancelled by large five-pointed Star and showing red despatch c.d.s. A rare combination. Photo £300-350

Covers

1591
1879 (16 Apr.) envelope to London, bearing perf. 14 1d. blue and 3d. chestnut tied by "O" obliterator (Type K3) and showing Belize c.d.s. (Type D4) with red arrival datestamp (13.5) on reverse; some perfs. with staining otherwise fine. Pre 1880 covers are extremely rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: R. Hart, February 1978
N. Brassler, December 1987
1592
1881 (22 Jan.) OHMS envelope (206x97mm.) to France, bearing perf. 14 1d. blue pair and 6d. rose tied by "O" obliterator (Type K3) and "colonial secretary's office/british honduras" c.d.s., showing Belize d.s. (Type D5) at left and, on reverse, London (2.3) and arrival datestamps; the 1d. pair and 6d. with faults. A very rare franking. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Ted Proud
1593
1881 (17 Aug.) envelope registered to Germany, bearing perf. 14 4d. mauve pair cancelled by "O" obliterator (Type K3), showing oval "registered/belize" d.s. (Type R14; earliest recorded date) in red, London transit d.s. (5.9), "Vom Auslande" registration label with arrival c.d.s. on reverse. A rare and most attractive franking. Holcombe Opinion (1995). Photo £1,000-1,200

1882-87 Watermark Crown CA

Imperforate Plate Proofs

1594
4d. mauve on gummed watermarked paper, cut very close to outer frameline at upper left, fine. The only recorded example. Photo £1,000-1,200
1595
6d. yellow on gummed watermarked paper, slight thinning in upper half, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Ferrari

Specimen Stamps

1596
1d. rose and 1/- grey (2) each overprinted "specimen" (Type D12), one 1/- with dot in "m" [23], the 1d, with small part gum and the 1/- with variety with gum disturbed.
S.G. 18s, 22s; £425 £100-120
1597
4d. mauve handstamped "specimen" (Type D11), large part original gum; two tiny gum thins otherwise fine. S.G. 20. Photo £150-180
Provenance: Marcus Samuel

Issued Stamps

1598
1d. blue block of four unused with part original gum, three with hinge remnants, fine. S.G. 17, £300 £120-150
1599
1d. blue block of four cancelled by "O" obliterator (Type K3), some perfs. re-enforced, fine. The only recorded used block. S.G. 17. Photo £150-200
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Postage Stamps of the World - The "Foxley" Collections of British Guiana and British Honduras
Auctioneer: Spink Location: 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET
Contact: Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066
Date: 13th 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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