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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 11 | |||
| 1220 | |||
| 1907 picture postcard to Bolton, datelined on picture side "Churchill Ginnery, Argo, Lagos 30/11/07" and showing two strikes of scarce "aro lagos/w. africa" c.d.s. (Type D2) dated 2 December (earliest recorded date) and bearing, on address side, Southern Nigeria 1/2d. tied by Lagos c.d.s. (2.12). Photo £120-150 |
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| 1221 | |||
| 1909 (26 Mar.) envelope to London, bearing Southern Nigeria 1d. tied by "olokemeji. lagos/w africa" c.d.s. (Type D2) with another strike alongside and showing, on reverse, Lagos (26.3) and arrival datestamps; the envelope with light overall discolouration. Photo £100-120 |
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| 1222 | |||
1912 (17 Feb.) picture postcard to London, from Resident Engineer, Lagos Railway N. Extension, bearing Northern Nigeria 1d. tied by "jebba northern nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D3). Photo £80-100Branch Line, Aro to Abeokuta |
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| 1223 | |||
| 1906 (12 July) picture postcard (some damage to picture side) to Cheshire, bearing Lagos 1d. tied by legible strike of rare "abeokuta station lagos/w. africa" c.d.s. (Type D2) and showing Lagos transit c.d.s. (14.7) in opposite corner; also 1911 (10 Aug.) Southern Nigeria 1d. stationery card written from Abeokuta to Germany (additional stamps missing), cancelled by "travelling post office/southern nigeria" double-ring d.s. Photo £150-180 |
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| 1224 | |||
| 1907 (22 July) envelope to USA, bearing Southern Nigeria 1/2d. and 1d. (2) tied by "abeokuta/w.c.a." c.d.s. (Type D3) with code "A" and showing, on reverse, Lagos and arrival datestamps; the envelope slightly soiled. Photo £120-150 |
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| 1225 | |||
| 1906 (Sept.) picture postcard (Aro Station L.G.R.) to Lokoja, bearing Lagos 1/2d. vertical pair tied by "branch post office/lagos" c.d.s. and showing "post office/lagos w.c.a." c.d.s. (15.9) in opposite corner with arrival d.s. (22.9) on reverse £60-80 |
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| 1226 | |||
1911 (6 Mar.) picture postcard from Vienna to Abeokuta, franked at 10h., showing Lagos (2.4) and "abeokuta/w.c.a." arrival c.d.s. (3.4) £70-90Cancellations |
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| 1227 | |||
A group of rare cancellations on loose adhesives/pieces including straight-line "ibadan" in violet (Type D1) on Lagos QV 1/2d. and 1d. (2) and KE 1/2d. and 1d. (2), "ipo" in violet (unrecorded by Proud) on Lagos QV 1/2d. with date in red ink and "itori" in violet (unrecorded by Proud) on Lagos KE 1d. with manuscript date, "l.g.r./iddo" double-ring d.s. (Type D2) on Lagos KE 1d., manuscript "Aro" on Lagos KE 1d., "eruwa. lagos/w. africa" c.d.s. (Type D2) on Lagos KE 1/2d. and manuscript "Abeokuta Station" on Lagos QV 1d. strip of three. A good lot. Photo £500-600Picture Postcards |
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| 1228 | |||
A small group (78, one used) comprising View of Iddo Wharf, Terminus Lagos Railway (creases), Lagos Government Railway Station Wasimi, Ibadan Gate, On the Lagos Railway, Ido Station (coloured), Iddo Station Yard and Opening of New Station Oshogbo, fine £120-150Nigerian RailwaysEastern Line |
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| 1229 | |||
| 1912 (21 Sept.) picture postcard to Bournemouth, bearing Northern Nigeria 1d. tied by scarce "baro/northern nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D3) and showing Minna Type D2 transit d.s. (25.9) alongside; and 1915 (16 Oct.) envelope registered to England, bearing 1d. (3) tied by "baro/northern nigeria" double-ring d.s. and showing Minna transit d.s. (18.10) on reverse. A fine pair of covers £120-150 |
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| 1230 | |||
| 1919-38 envelopes (9, two registered) and stationery registered envelopes (4), mostly addressed to UK, from Aba, Afikpo (2), Bukuru, Enugu (2), Gudi, Imo River, Kafanchan, Makurdi (3) and Ovim, all carried on the Eastern Line but only two with TPO datestamps £400-500 |
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| 1231 | |||
| 1922 (27 July) and (28 Dec.) envelopes from the same correspondence from Aba to England bearing 1d. pair and 2d. respectively and both showing, on reverse, "t p o 1/eastern" c.d.s. (Type D1) with Port Harcourt transit d.s. alongside; and 1923 (8 Oct.) 2d. registered envelope to Huddersfield, uprated with 1d. (2) and 2d., all cancelled by "t p o 1/eastern" c.d.s. (Type D1) and showing blank registration label with manuscript "ETPO" £200-250 |
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| 1232 | |||
| 1922 (30 Oct.) envelope to Romford, bearing 2d. tied by fine "t p o 1/eastern" c.d.s. (Type D1) with another fine strike alongside; 1923 (27 Feb.) envelope to Northampton bearing 1d. pair similarly cancelled; and 1924 (2 Feb.) "Montgomery Ward" envelope (a little soiled) registered to Chicago, bearing 1d. and 6d. similarly tied and showing manuscript registration marking; also seven pieces with stamps similarly cancelled £150-180 |
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| 1233 | |||
| 1924 (10 May) "Montgomery Ward" envelope registered from Awgu to Chicago, bearing 1d. (5) and showing manuscript "More to pay - Taxed 3d" and, on reverse, "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2); 1926 (11 May) envelope from Umuahia to Leicester, bearing 1d., showing blue crayon "T", "2d/to pay/76" h.s. and with Postage Due 2d.; similarly backstamped; 1926 (21 June) envelope registered to Bristol, bearing 1/2d. (10) cancelled by "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type 2) and showing blank registration with similar datestamp; 1928 (31 Mar.) envelope from Uzuakoli to Darlington, bearing 1d. and showing, on reverse, "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s.; 1929 (30 Nov.) 3d. registered envelope to Newcastle, uprated with 1d. (2) cancelled by "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2; over a month later than recorded) and showing blank registration label with manuscript "ETPO"; also six loose adhesives with part strikes of the double-ring d.s. and another with manuscript "Uzuakoli 17/2/19" overstruck with Port Harcourt c.d.s. £200-250 |
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| 1234 | |||
| 1924 (12 July) 3d. registered envelope from Okigwi to Manchester, uprated with 1d. (2), showing provisional registration label and, on reverse, "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2)1924 (14 July) envelope registered from Awgu to Manchester, bearing 1d. (5) and showing red ink registration marking and with similar backstamp; 1929 (3 Aug.) 3d. registered envelope from Agbiam to Huddersfield, uprated with 2d., cancelled by "agbiam/nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2; very scarce) in blue and "eastern t.p.o./nigeria" double-ring d.s.; also 1931 (21 Sept.) 1 1/2d. stationery envelope from Umuahia to London and showing Port Harcourt transit d.s. on reverse which means this cover travelled on the railway £150-180 |
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| 1235 | |||
| 1928 (29 Aug.) 1d. stationery envelope registered to London uprated with 4d., the envelope was handed in Kafanchan where a blank registration label was applied and tied by manuscript "kafanchan", from hence it was carried on the railway to Kaduna where it was put on the Western line down to Lagos, the stamps cancelled by "kaduna/nigeria" double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Kaduna c.d.s. and oval Registered datestamps and Lagos transit c.d.s. A neat and attractive franking. Photo £80-100 |
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| 1236 | |||
| 1929 (27 Apr.) 3d. registered envelope to Bristol, uprated with 1d. (2), all cancelled by "t.p.o./baro-minna-zaria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2), showing blank registration label with manuscript "T.P.O." and Minna transit d.s. (27.4). Rare. Photo £250-300 |
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| 1237 | |||
| 1931 (21 July) envelope to England, bearing 1 1/2d. tied by "nigerian railway/gudi" double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, Kaduna Junction (21.7) and Lagos (23.7) transit datestamps. Rare. Photo £120-150 |
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| 1238 | |||
| 1940-62 envelopes (23, four registered) and loose stamps/pieces (11), variously addressed and franked, and showing a range of cancellations including Aba, Afikpo Road, Bukuru, Eha Amufu, Gudi, Igumale, Kagora, Mada, Old Umuahia Halt, Otobi, Taraku, Udei Umuahia, Zonkwa and six, from Enugu, Jos, Kano, Lagos, Minna and Zaria, with straight-line "posted on train" h.s. An interesting lot £200-250 |
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| 1239 | |||
A small range of cancellations on loose adhesives/pieces (17) including manuscript "Badeggi" (2) on Northern Nigeria 1/2d. pair and 1d., "t p o/baro minna zaria" single-ring d.s. (2), "t.p.o./baro-minna-zaria" double-ring d.s. (3), "t.p.o./minna - baro" double-ring d.s. (4), "landing stage/lagos/nigeria" c.d.s. (2) and "landing stage/lagos nigeria" c.d.s. (2). A scarce lot £100-120Western Line |
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| 1240 | |||
| 1911-36 envelopes (5, one registered and one Official), stationery envelopes (3, two registered and one incoming from Transvaal) and registered envelopes (4), picture postcard and loose adhesives/pieces (10), all carried on the Western Line with the covers showing cancellations of Abeokuta, Ebute Metta, Ife, Ilaro (2), Kaduna Junction S.O., Kaduna North, Kaura Namoda, Kano, Offa, Ringim and Zungeru. An interesting lot worth viewing £400-500 |
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| 1241 | |||
| 1911 (11 Sept.) picture postcard from Ebute Metta to Liverpool bearing, on picture side, Southern Nigeria 1d. tied by "travelling post office/southern nigeria" double-ring d.s. in blue (Type D1) and showing, on message side, Ebute Metta and Lagos datestamps. Rare. Photo £150-180 |
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| 1242 | |||
| 1912 (15 Feb.) Southern Nigeria 1d. stationery card to Germany, cancelled by "travelling post office/southern nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D1) with code "B" sideways and showing Lagos transit d.s. on reverse. Photo £60-80 |
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| 1243 | |||
| 1912 (Nov.) 2d. registered envelope to Newcastle uprated with 1d. and cancelled by "zana. northern nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D2), and 1920 (26 Mar.) picture postcard from Ilorin to Ibadan, bearing 1d. tied by "travelling post office/nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D6) and showing arrival d.s. (27.3) on picture side £100-120 |
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| 1244 | |||
| 1913 (23 Mar.) envelope from Rahama to Birmingham, bearing 1d. and carried on the Zaria-Jos branch line; 1915-30 envelopes (5) from Duchi-N-Wai (2), Maiduguri, Rahama and Yola and carried on the Zaria-Jos-Bukuru branch line. A good lot £200-250 |
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| 1245 | |||
| 1917 (10 Sept.) envelope from Ilorin to London bearing Southern Nigeria 1/2d. pair and showing, on reverse, fine "jebba ibadan/ t p o" c.d.s. (Type D3) and Lagos transit d.s.; also photographic postcard (3, two coloured) of Jebba including South Station and North Channel railway bridge, and four small pieces with part strikes of the datestamp £60-80 |
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| 1246 | |||
| 1919 (2 Apr.) envelope from Ilorin to USA bearing 1/2d. and 1d. and showing, on reverse, "jebba ibadan/t p o" c.d.s. (Type D3) and Lagos transit d.s.; and 1916 (July) Military postcard from the Western front to Lokoja and redirected to Zaria, showing Abeokuta (13 and 14.8), Ibadan (14.8), "ibandan jebba/up/t p o" c.d.s. (Type D7; 15.8) and Zaria (17.8) datestamps; also picture postcard of Jebba and seven loose stamps showing part strikes of the datestamps £100-120 |
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| 1247 | |||
| 1919 (10 May) "Montgomery Ward" envelope registered from Olumo to Chicago, bearing 1d. (4) clearly tied by "travelling post office/nigeria" double-ring d.s. (Type D6; nearly five months earlier than recorded), showing manuscript registration marking and recipient's arrival d.s. in violet. Mail from Olumo at this date is very rare. Photo £200-250 |
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| 1248 | |||
| 1920 (22 Jan.) "Montgomery Ward" envelope to Chicago bearing 1d. (3) clearly tied by "lagos ibadan t.p.o./down" c.d.s. (Type D5), and 1920 (2 Dec.) 2d. registered envelope to Huddersfield uprated with 1d. (2), cancelled by fine "lagos ibadan t.p.o./down" c.d.s. and showing blue crayon registration marking £100-120 |
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| 1249 | |||
| 1920 (3 Dec.) 2d. registered envelope to Huddersfield uprated with 1d. (3, one defective), cancelled by fine "lagos ibadan t.p.o./up" c.d.s. (Type D5, showing blue crayon registration marking) and, on reverse, Ibadan transit d.s.; also picture postcard of Iddo Landing Stage and four adhesives showing part strikes of the datestamp £60-80 |
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| 1250 | |||
| 1923 (18 Apr.) envelope registered from Offa to Oxford bearing 1/2d. (10) tied by oval Registered d.s. and showing, on reverse, legible "ibadan jebba t.p.o./down" c.d.s. (Type D7); and 1923 (13 June) envelope registered to Huddersfield, bearing 1d. (5) tied by light "ibadan jebba t.p.o." c.d.s. without direction with blank registration label with manuscript "TPO North" and showing, on reverse, another strike of datestamp showing "down" in manuscript over "up" in manuscript; also four loose stamps/pieces with part strikes of the datestamp £120-150 |
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| 1251 | |||
| 1923 (16 Aug.) envelope to Northampton bearing 1d. pair tied by "lagos ibadan t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D5) without direction; and 1932 (12 Feb.) 3d. registered envelope to England uprated with 1d. (2), cancelled by "lagos ibadan t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D5) without direction and showing manuscript "T.P.O. South" registration marking. A fine pair £100-120 |
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| 1252 | |||
| 1924 (12 Aug.) envelope registered to England, bearing 1d. (5) tied by "lagos ibadan t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D5) without direction and showing blank registration label with manuscript "T.P.O. South"; and 1926 (21 Apr.) 3d. registered envelope to Leicester, uprated with 1d. (5) tied by legible "lago ibadan t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D5) without direction and showing violet crayon "T.P.O. South" registration marking. A fine pair £100-120 |
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| 1253 | |||
| 1925 (21 Aug.) envelope to Leicester bearing, on reverse, 1d. tied by clear "ibadan jebba t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D7) without direction and showing, on face, another strike of datestamp, "T" in circle, "2d/to pay" h.s. and with Postage Due 2d.; 1925 (28 Oct.) 3d. registered envelope to Leicester, uprated with 1d. (2), cancelled by "ibadan jebba t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D7) without direction and showing blue crayon "TPO North" registration marking £100-120 |
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| 1254 | |||
| 1927 (23 Aug.) envelope registered from Ife to Birmingham, bearing 1/2d. (10) and showing, on reverse, "ibadan jebba t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D7) without direction; and 1929 (Jan.) 3d. registered envelope to Newcastle, uprated with 1d. pair tied by "ibadan jebba t.p.o." c.d.s. (Type D7) without direction, and showing manuscript "TPO North" registration marking £80-100 |
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| 1255 | |||
| 1934 (15 Oct.) 3d. registered envelope to Bristol, uprated with 1d. and 1 1/2d., cancelled by "t p o iddo ibadan" c.d.s. (Type D6) with another clearer strike on reverse, and showing blank registration label with manuscript "T.P.O. South"; also two pieces with complete strikes of the datestamp and a picture postcard of Ibadan Station and Kano Train. Photo £100-120 |
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| 1256 | |||
| 1935 (19 Dec.) 3d. registered envelope (soiled) to Chicago, uprated with 1 1/2d. (2), cancelled by "t.p.o./iddo-ibadan" double-ring d.s. (Type D7) and showing blank registration label with manuscript "TPO South"; 1936 (13 Mar.) envelope (soiled) from Itori to Liverpool, franked at 2d. and backstamped with "t.p.o./iddo-ibadan" double-ring d.s. (Type D7); 1937 (27 Oct.) envelope to Ibadan, bearing Coronation 3d. cancelled by "t.p.o./iddo-ibadan" double-ring d.s.; and 1939 (7 June) envelope from Bida to Ilorin, bearing 1d. and showing similar backstamp. An interesting group £120-150 |
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| 1257 | |||
1939-60 envelopes (35, seven registered), stationery registered envelopes (2) and loose stamps/pieces, all carried on the Western Line and showing a good range of offices, three with Censor markings and one with straight-line "posted on train". A good lot £400-500Telegraph Cancels |
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| 1258 | |||
A small group comprising "the african direct telegraph co ld/lagos" c.d.s. part or large part strikes on Southern Nigeria KE 1d. (3); unframed "lagos government/telegraph" h.s. part strikes on Lagos QE 1/2d. (2), 2 1/2d. and 1/- (3); "southern nigeria/telegraphs" c.d.s. part strike on Lagos 6d.; "lagos government/telegraphs" c.d.s., two fair to fine strikes on Nigeria 1d. (3) on piece; and "govt tels/egwanga" c.d.s. large part strike on Southern Nigeria 4d.; also two unused picture postcards of "A.D. Telegraph Station Lagos" and "The Cable Office, Marina, Lagos". A good lot £250-300North Borneo |
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| 1259 | |||
| 1886-1974 mint collection including 1886 1/2c. to 10c., 1894 (Feb.) 1c. to 24c., 1895 4c. on $1 to 40c. on $1, 1911 25c. to $2, 1918 Red Cross sets to 24c., 1922 Exhibition set, 1925-28 set to $5, 1931 set, 1945 BMA set, 1948-64 complete, some Postage Dues with 1939 set, and Japanese Occupation with 1942 $1 (not guaranteed) and 1944 (Sept.) set to 50c.; generally good to fine £800-1,000 |
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| 1260 | |||
| x 1888-1939 selection (132) including 1895 surcharges, 1897-1902 1c. to 24c., 1899 surcharges, values to $2 affixed to three pieces, 1909-23 1c. to 24c., 1939 1c. to $5 and Postage Dues 1939 2c. to 10c., each overprinted or perforated "specimen", part to large part original gum, some minor imperfections, generally good to fine. S.G. between 45s and D89s, £1,930+ £300-400 |
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| 1261 | |||
| 1888-92 6c. perforated colour trial in black, perf 14, a block of six (3x2) on ungummed unwatermarked paper; the top left stamp with some perf defects in corner, otherwise fine. Rare £150-200 |
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| 1262 | |||
| 1892 1c. on 4c. rose-pink, variety surcharge on back and on front, neatly cancelled with Sandakan c.d.s.; small perf. defect at upper left, otherwise fine. Scarce. Holcombe Opinion (1989). S.G. 63b, £600. Photo £100-120 |
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| 1263 | |||
| 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 1c. black and brown with red overprint, perf. 14 1/2-15, a horizontal pair with the right-hand stamp showing variety "borheo", unused with part original gum; a fraction soiled and perfs. concertina'd between, otherwise sound. Scarce. S.G. 253fa, £500. Photo £100-120 |
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| 1264 | |||
| 1939 (Jan.) 1c. to $5, fine mint. S.G. 303-317, £1,300 £300-350 |
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| 1265 | |||
1947 (Sept.-Dec.) 1c. to $5 set of fifteen (2, one perforated "specimen"), 1c. corner block of twenty-five and 50c. block of four, both showing both lower bar break varieties, fine mint. S.G. 335-349, £600+ £200-250Postage Dues |
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| 1266 | |||
1895-97 12c. black and ultramarine block of four, unused with large part original gum, two hinge remnants and two with light diagonal crease, none of which affects fine appearance, and 18c. black and deep green, perf 13 1/2-14 block of four with margin at left, variety overprint vertical, reading upwards, fine unused without gum. S.G. D9, D10c, £620 £60-80Postal Fiscal Stamps |
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| 1267 | |||
1886 10c. on 50c. violet, variety no stop after "Cents" and stop after "Revenue", fresh with part original gum, natural horizontal crease; also a "used" example with reduced pen mark and forged Sandakan c.d.s. S.G. F3b, £550+. Photo £120-150Northern Rhodesia1925-29 Issue |
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| 1268 | |||
| Pencil sketch essay showing the King facing left with Crown, " 1/2" and "10" value tablets and with a second part drawn sketch below showing an alternative design for the lower ribbon, the whole on tracing paper (83x102mm., creases) marked "Green ( 1/2)" and "First rough". Unique. Photo £800-1,000 |
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| 1269 | |||
| 1/2d. to 20/- set of seventeen overprinted or perforated "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 1-17, £1,000 £500-600 |
| 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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