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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Philatelic Collector's Series (Sale 14021 Day 2 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th April 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 25 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday 28 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 4 | |||
| 870 | |||
| 2d. grey-green and carmine in a lower left corner block of twenty-five, with full original gum; vertical crease through central column and some pink paper adherences in the lower margin, fresh colour and attractive. S.G. 3, £875 £200-250 |
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| 871 | |||
A miscellaneous selection with 1d. to 1/- handstamped "specimen", each with sheet margin, mint with values to 1/- (2) including 1/2d. block of eleven, and 5d. blocks of four (2); most are fresh. (55) £200-2501894 (Jan.) Issue |
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| 872 | |||
| A specialised collection of unused on leaves with the different papers and perfs. including 2d. perf.12x13 1/2, a good range of shades, many in blocks of four and some with re-entries. A good lot. (107). S.G. 45-50 £250-300 |
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| 873 | |||
A selection on leaves and on cards with some better perf. types, a few multiples; mostly mint with a few fine used. (83) £150-2001894 (May) Issue |
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| 874 | |||
| A specialised collection in album with values to 1/- mint (11) and used (19), with many different perf. types and papers, blocks of four, the used include several red cancellations. A clean lot. (266) £300-350 |
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| 875 | |||
| A small mint collection on leaves with values to 1/- (8), sorted by different perf types; generally good to fine. (57) £150-200 |
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| 876 | |||
A miscellaneous selection on pages and stockleaves with some multiples and includes mint values to 1/- (4), 2 1/2d. variety imperforate between stamp and side margin used, some better perfs. and others. Rather haphazard arrangement. (84) £120-1501897-98 Issue |
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| 877 | |||
| A specialised collection in album, mostly mint, with shades and perf. types including 1/2d. watermark reversed (2), 2d. watermark reversed, 2/6d. mint (12) and 10/- mint (30) including compound perfs.; a selection of used with 2d. watermark reversed and 2 1/2d. watermark inverted, values to 2/6d. (4) and 10/- (5) plus 10/- on envelope registered to Germany. A clean and attractive lot £700-800 |
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| 878 | |||
| A miscellaneous selection of items on leaves and on cards, which includes values to 10/- unused (7) and used (7), some compound perfs. and others. A rather haphazard lot but worthy of inspection £350-400 |
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| 879 | |||
| 2d. lake, perf.13 1/2 to 14, variety watermark reversed in a left margin block of four, large part original gum showing typical backing adhesion, fresh and fine. S.G. 68x, £520 £200-250 |
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| 880 | |||
| 2 1/2d. slate-blue, perf.14 1/2 to 15, variety watermark reversed, large part original gum; fresh. S.G. 69x, unpriced mint. Photo £120-150 |
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| 881 | |||
| 6d. yellow-brown, perf.14 1/2 to 15, variety watermark reversed in a block of four, unmounted mint; a couple of gum bends; fresh. S.G. 71x, £1000. Photo £500-600 |
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| 882 | |||
10/- deep violet, compound perf., corner block of four, large part original gum, heavily mounted in the top margin. S.G. 74c, £1100. Photo £400-500Collections and Ranges |
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| 883 | |||
A miscellaneous selection in stockbooks and on leaves which includes a used range of 1892-94 Oil Rivers with several multiples and blocks of four with some better postmarks, Niger Coast Protectorate issues unused and used with some covers and stationery including 1d. Falkland Islands stationery card to Lagos with straight-line "insufficiently addressed" and some Northern Nigeria on leaves. Somewhat mixed but worth inspecting £300-400Postal Stationery |
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| 884 | |||
| A specialised Oil Rivers Protectorate collection in album with registered envelopes 1892 size F specimen, unused and used (3); size G specimen, unused and used with superb Old Calabar wax seal; size H2 first printing specimen (2) one with variety double "british protectorate/oil rivers", unused, size H2 second printing unused and used; 1893 third printing size F unused and used; size G unused (2) and used (2); size H2 unused and used. Post Cards with 1/2d. and 1d. specimen, various unused and used including early use in 1892, manuscript cancellation from the Eket Factory, Qua-Eboe River. Condition is a little mixed in places as to be expected, a very attractive and useful collection. (45 covers) £600-700 |
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| 885 | |||
| A duplicated Oil Rivers Protectorate collection of registered envelopes and cards in stockbook which includes the four different types of 1892 registered envelope unused, 1893 with the three different types unused and size F used to England; post cards include 1d. in the original wrapper of twelve cards, plus several used with some better postmarks. Also a selection of Niger Coast Protectorate. (47 covers) £300-350 |
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| 886 | |||
| A specialised Niger Coast Protectorate collection in album with 1894 registered envelopes, first printing size F specimen, unused and used (4), size G specimen, unused (2) and used, size H2 unused (2) and used: second printing size F unused (2) and used (2), size G unused (2) and used, size H2 specimen, unused (2) and used; 1897 size G specimen, unused and used (9), size H2 used (4) and size K unused and used; a selection of 1895 1d. postcard with various usages including undelivered and a G.B. reply card cancelled Forcados River. A very good lot for the specialist. (55 covers) £800-1,000 |
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| 887 | |||
1892 unissued 1d. stationery card with handpainted stamp impression in red and Chinese white, inscribed "oil rivers protectorate", and printed legend, dated "dec 21 92". Delightful. Photo £1,200-1,500Covers and Cancellations |
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| 888 | |||
| A small group of "Oil Rivers" oval d.s. on 1892 issue comprising eight in violet including one from Benin and two from Old Calabar, and three in black including one from Old Calabar and one from Sombreiro River, generally fine £80-100 |
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| 889 | |||
| The superb collection of single-ring d.s. on 1892 issue, on loose adhesives/pieces, most neatly mounted and written-up, comprising single-ring d.s. for Bakana (3), Benin River (22 items, seventeen in red including 2d. block of six on 1894 front registered to Lagos), Bonny River (24 items including 2 1/2d. block of six, and 2 1/2d. on cover to Liverpool with addressee's name excised), Brass River (9 items, one in red), Buguma (20 items), Forcados River (5 items), Old Calabar River (20 items), Old Calabar (10 items including 1d., 2 1/2d. and 5d. blocks of four, three in violet and three 1/2d and 1/- on cover to England with name and address excised), Opobo River (15 items, one in violet and one in brown and including 2d. and 2 1/2d. blocks of four, and a 1/- on cover with another stamp removed), Qua Iboe River (1 item) and Sombreiro River (11 items), mostly fine or superb strikes. Photo for selection £800-1,000 |
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| 890 | |||
| The extensive collection of single-ring datestamps on Waterlow issues loose adhesives/pieces, all neatly mounted and written-up, comprising datestamps for Bakana (7 items), Benin River (30 items, eighteen in red), Bonny River (55, three with rare code "C", eleven in blue and one in violet), Brass River (31 items, five in violet), Buguma (9 items), Forcados River (17 items), Old Calabar River (69 items, three in violet and five in red), Old Calabar (36 items, one in red and four in violet), Opobo River (36 items, nine in magenta, four in brown and nine in violet), Qua Iboe River (12 items, eight in violet), Sapele (21 items, five in violet and one in brown), Sombreiro River (33 items), mostly fine to superb strikes. (356 items). Photo for selection £500-600 |
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| 891 | |||
| A collection squared-circle d.s. on 1892 issue, on loose adhesives/pieces, mostly neatly mounted and written-up on pages, comprising Benin (1 item), Brass (3 items), Old Calabar (11 items, four in violet), Opobo (2 items) and Warri (4 items), also Registered c.d.s. (1 item), Registered Old Calabar oval d.s. (3 items) and red "R" on 1d., mostly good to fine strikes. Photo for selection £100-120 |
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| 892 | |||
| The collection of squared-circle d.s. on Waterlow issues loose stamps/pieces, all neatly mounted and written-up, comprising Benin (9 items, three in violet), Bonny (19 items), Brass (12 items, five in violet), Old Calabar (27 items, three in violet), Opobo (4 items), Sapele (13 items) and Warri (26 items, nine in red), mostly fine to superb strikes. (108 items). Photo for selection £200-250 |
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| 893 | |||
| The fine collection of double-ring parcel post h.s. on 1892 issue loose adhesives/pieces, mostly neatly mounted and written-up, comprising Benin (6 items in red), Bonny (5 items, three in red), Brass (19 items, one small part strike in red and nine in violet), New Calabar (1 item), Old Calabar (7 items), Opobo (8 items), Qua Iboe (1 item) and Warri (4 items). Mostly fine to very fine strikes. Photo for selection £500-600 |
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| 894 | |||
| The range of double-ring parcel post handstamps on Waterlow issues comprising Benin in violet, Bonny, New Calabar, Old Calabar (5, one in red and one in violet), Opobo (2) and Warri (4, three in red), good to fine strikes. Photo for selection £80-100 |
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| 895 | |||
| The small group (7) of boxed Royal Niger Company datestamps on Waterlow issues loose stamps/pieces comprising Akassa Type 4, and Burutu Types 4 (3) and 7 (very rare), good to fine strikes. Photo £80-100 |
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| 896 | |||
| The range of Registered cancellations on Waterlow issues loose stamps/pieces, comprising "registered" c.d.s. of Old Calabar (11 items) and oval datestamps of Bonny (3), Brass (2), Forcados (2), New Calabar 9$; very rare), Old Calabar (18, two in violet), Opobo (3), Sapele (3) and Warri (3), mostly good to fine part to large part strikes. Photo for selection £120-150 |
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| 897 | |||
| A collection of cancellations on loose Niger Coast, Lagos and Southern Nigeria stamps showing a good range of types on Akassa (4), Asaba (6), Bakana (4), Benin (7), Benin River (23), Buguma (11), Calabar (10), Forcados (8), Forcados River (15), Old Calabar River (27), Sombreiro River (10), Warri (13) and cancelled in transit or arrival (23), mostly good to fine strikes with some coloured. Photo for selection £70-90 |
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| 898 | |||
1893 envelope ex the "Gunn" correspondence to Sheffield, marked "Per S.S. Oil Rivers", bearing uncancelled 1892 2 1/2d., carried privately to England where it was put in the post with an 1881 1d. lilac affixed over the 2 1/2d. and tied by Newton Heath "748" duplex and showing, on reverse, arrival datestamp (28.6); the envelope a little soiled. Most unusual £60-80Bakana |
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| 899 | |||
| 1894 (21 Oct.) envelope to Birmingham, bearing 1894 (May) 1/2d. to 1/- set of six, each clearly cancelled by "bakana" c.d.s. (Type D2) with year inverted and reversed, showing "paquebot" h.s. and Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (29.11) in red. Most attractive and a scarce cancellation. Photo £150-200 |
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| 900 | |||
1895 (28 June) envelope to Birmingham, bearing 1894 (May) 1/2d. to 5d., each cancelled by "bakana" c.d.s. (Type D2) with the 1/2d. additionally tied by "paquebot/liverpool" c.d.s., some light discolouration around perfs; also piece of the same date bearing 1/2d. similarly cancelled and showing the Paquebot d.s. £100-120Benin |
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| 901 | |||
| 1893 (21 Aug.) 1d. stationery card addressed and registered to a passenger on S.S. "Axim" at Warri, uprated with 1892 2 1/2d., both cancelled by "benin" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing "R" in circle (Type R9; nearly seven years earlier than recorded) in opposite corner. Photo £200-250 |
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| 902 | |||
1893 (9 Nov.) 1d. stationery card to London, clearly cancelled by "benin" double-ring parcel post h.s. (Type PP1) and showing, in opposite corner, "benin river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "C" partly overstruck by Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s., all in red. Attractive. Photo £300-400Benin River |
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| 903 | |||
1894 (15 Jan.) envelope to West Hartlepool, bearing 1892 2 1/2d, tied by "benin river" c.d.s. with code "C" in red (Type D2), showing another strike in opposite corner and Paid Liverpool Br. Packet d.s., neat and attractive; also 1893 (21 July) registered envelope front to London, bearing 1892 1/2d. and 2d. pairs tied by "benin river" c.d.s. with code "C" in red and showing another clearer strike in opposite corner. Photo £200-250Bonny |
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| 904 | |||
| 1892 1/2d. (2) and 2 1/2d., each cancelled by part straight-line of sloping rectangles (Type K1), fine. A rare cancellation £60-80 |
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| 905 | |||
| 1892 (24 Sept.) 1d. stationery card to Capt. Taylor of the 27th Regiment at Belgaum, India, the message side with a good impression of the "h.b.m.'s vice-consulate/bonny" triple-oval d.s. with manuscript date at centre, the stamp impression neatly cancelled with "bonny river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with a further strike at foot and showing, at lower left, "oil rivers protectorate/bonny" oval d.s. in violet (Type D1), Paid Liverpool Br. Packet (24.10), Sea Post Office (8.11) and arrival (14.11) datestamps, all overlapping. Most attractive. Photo £500-600 Provenance: John Sacher, November 2009 |
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| 906 | |||
| 1892 (22 Nov.) 1d. stationery card from "New Calabar" to Glasgow, clearly cancelled by line of sloping bars (Type K1), showing legible "bonny river" c.d.s. and red "paid/liverpool/br packet" d.s. (20.12); the card a little soiled and with corner crease. The only recorded example. Photo £300-400 |
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| 907 | |||
| 1893 (19 July) 1d. stationery card to London, cancelled by "bonny river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "B", showing another strike at left, violet firm's oval cachet, "paid/liverpool/br packet" (18.8) and arrival datestamps in red and, on reverse, very fine "oil rivers protectorate/bonny" oval d.s. in violet (Type D1). Photo £400-500 |
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| 908 | |||
| 1893 (10 Aug.) envelope to Cheshire, bearing 1892 1/2d. strip of three and 1d., all tied by "bonny river" c.d.s. with code "B" (Type D2), showing another strike and Freetown Sierra Leone datestamp alongside, Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (10.9) in red and, on reverse, unframed "missent to/sierra leone" h.s. overstruck by arrival datestamp. Photo £400-500 |
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| 909 | |||
| 1894 (26 Apr.) envelope (embossed seal of Opobo Vice Consulate on flap) to Surrey, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2d. strip of five tied by "bonny" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4; four days earlier than recorded) and showing another fine strike at lower left. Photo £150-180 |
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| 910 | |||
| 1894 (26 Apr.) OHMS envelope (embossed seal of Opobo Vice Consulate on flap) to Surrey, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 5d. marginal vertical pair clearly tied by "bonny" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing another clear strike alongside. Photo £150-180 |
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| 911 | |||
| 1894 (17 May) triple rate envelope ex the "Dundas" correspondence to London, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2 1/2d. pair and single cancelled by "bonny" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4), showing another very fine strike alongside and Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (12.6) in red with arrival datestamp on reverse. Scarce. Photo £100-120 |
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| 912 | |||
| 1894 (15 Aug.) double weight envelope to Cheshire, bearing 1892 5d. tied by "bonny river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing another strike alongside and red Paid Liverpool Br. Packet" d.s. (16.9). Neat and attractive. Photo £120-150 |
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| 913 | |||
| 1894 (Oct.) envelope registered to Luton, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1/2d., 1d., 2d. and 2 1/2d., all tied by "bonny" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4), showing "R" h.s. (Type R6), Liverpool transit d.s. and, on reverse, arrival c.d.s. (15.11). Photo £100-120 |
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| 914 | |||
| 1896 (23 July) 1d. stationery card to Yorkshire, re-addressed to Liverpool, cancelled by "bonny river" c.d.s. (Type R2) and showing Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. in red; and 1898 (5 Jan.) envelope to Germany, marked "per S.S. Accra", bearing 1897-98 2 1/2d. clearly tied by "bonny river" c.d.s. (Type D2) and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet in opposite corner with arrival d.s. on reverse; also an unused 1d. stationery card £120-150 |
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| 915 | |||
| 1897 envelope addressed to "J. Hart, Bonny", bearing 1894 2 1/2d. tied by oval of bars applied at Lagos and showing, on reverse, "bonny river" arrival d.s. (Type D2); the envelope with part of flap missing £80-100 Note: The rate of 2 1/2d. would indicate a telegram, from other known examples. |
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| 916 | |||
| 1897 (27 July) envelope to Germany and redirected internally, bearing 1894 (May) 5d. and 1/- tied by "bonny river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) and red London transit d.s., showing blue-black "R" h.s. (Type R6) with arrival datestamp (21.8) on reverse. Photo £120-150 |
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| 917 | |||
1899 (28 Oct.) envelope to Banbury, bearing 1897-98 1/2d. (2) tied by "bonny river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) in blue, showing another fine strike alongside with arrival d.s. (22.11) on reverse. Photo £100-120Brass River |
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| 918 | |||
| 1893 (5 July) envelope to Scotland, marked "Per R.M.S. Angola", bearing 1892 2 1/2d. tied by "brass" double-ring parcel post h.s. (Type PP1) and showing, in opposite corner, "brass river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "C", both superb in violet, the latter partly overstruck by red Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s.; the envelope with central vertical fold. B.P.A. Certificate (1991). Photo £600-800 |
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| 919 | |||
| 1894 (10 May) OHMS envelope ex the "Dundas" correspondence to Portsmouth, bearing 1894 Jan.) 2 1/2d. tied by "brass" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing Paid Liverpool US Packet c.d.s. (12.6) in opposite corner. Photo £60-80 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Philatelic Collector's Series (Sale 14021 Day 2 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th April 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 25 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday 28 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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