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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal History | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 14th May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details in London Monday 12 May 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Tuesday 13 May 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 19 | |||
| 901 | |||
1903 1/2d. blue-green postal stationery card overprinted "admiralty/official" type I, used locally in London and cancelled by a neat strike of Willesden S.O. N.W. c.d.s. dated 1904 (20 Feb.) and sent by the Admiralty Engineer Overseer. Fine and rare. Photo £200-250Regionals |
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| 902 | |||
| England: 2003, 1st., E and 68, three colour trials of each value in deep reddish lilac and silver (1st with shortish perfs. at top), slate-green and silver and pale lake-brown and silver. Fine unmounted mint. A rare group. Photo £400-500 |
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| 903 | |||
| Scotland: 2003, (2nd.) two colour trials, vertical pairs, in vermilion and silver and red and silver. Fine unmounted mint. Rare. Photo £300-400 |
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| 904 | |||
| –– (1st.) two colour trials in purple, reddish-orange and silver (vertical strip of three) and new blue, blue and silver (horizontal pair); also similar possible trial in deep rose-red, pale reddish-orange and silver (vertical strip of three). Fine unmounted mint. Rare. Photo £300-400 |
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| 905 | |||
–– (E) three colour trials, horizontal pairs, in rose-red, carmine-red and new blue all showing value (placed at top right) and head in white. Fine unmounted mint. A rare group. Photo £300-400Guernsey |
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| 906 | |||
| 1941-44 1d. scarlet, imperforate vertical pair, unmounted mint; some tiny bends, fine. S.G. 2e, £875. Photo £200-250 |
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| 907 | |||
| 1969-70 3d. Arms gold, pale greenish yellow, orange-red and black, variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint from the right of the sheet; fine and rare. S.G. 17ai, £1,200. Photo £300-400 |
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| 908 | |||
| –– Guernsey Lily 4d., variety emerald (stem) omitted, contained in the 4/- booklet (cover creased for display); unmounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 18ac, £750. Photo £250-300 |
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| 909 | |||
–– Guernsey Lily 1/9d. variety emerald (stem) omitted, unmounted mint from the upper left corner of the sheet; fine. S.G. 24a, £850. Photo £300-350Jersey |
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| 910 | |||
| 1940 "(Swastika)/1940" on 1d, scarlet, block of four from the lower right corner of the sheet, unused without gum, a heavy horizontal crease affects the lower pair and terminates in a tear in the margin, a little waterstained. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1999). S.G. J20, £12,000. Photo £1,000-1,500 |
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| 911 | |||
| 1941-43 1/2d. green, imperforate block of six (3x2) from the lower right corner of the sheet, unmounted mint; to horizontal creases affects all the stamps; fine appearance and scarce. S.G. 1e, £825 £100-150 |
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| 912 | |||
1958-71, neatly displayed and written-up collection of Wilding regional issues housed on four Devon albums, contained in a carton, with cylinder blocks, varieties, unusual covers with better postmarks, frankings registered/recorded delivery, and including Harrison and Sons presentation cards/folder (3, one cancelled by Torquay Congress commemorative h.s.), hand-illustrated first day envelope with all six regional 3d. stamps, Guernsey 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. used on day of issue signed on reverse by the designer E. A. Piprell, Isle of Man 1963 (17 May) 3d. chalky paper cylinder block of six, 1969 (26 Feb.) 4d. vermilion left marginal block of six (2 x 3) with sheet number misperforated affecting the left four stamps, Jersey 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. used on day of issue signed on front by the designer W. M. Gardener, left marginal vertical block of twelve (2 x 6) with spectacular "missing colour" printing error resulting from inclusion of foreign body on the web, affecting vertical rows 1,2 stamps 5 to 9, top left corner strip of four with pre-perforating paper fold affecting the first stamp, Scotland 1958 (29 Sep.) 6d. misperforated due to misfeed, 1968 (12 Dec.) 1/6d. top marginal vertical strip of four with progressive dry print affecting top two stamps, Wales 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. vertical strip of five progressive dry print affecting lower two stamps, a range of Talyllyn/Ffestiniog railway covers (18); also a stockbook of cylinder blocks and three further albums of mainly covers, some commercial. An interesting lot well worth closer inspection. (thousands) £1,000-1,200Postage Dues |
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| 913 | |||
x 1914-22 set (except 4d.) in blocks of four overprinted "specimen" unmounted mint (3) or part original gum, one 1/2d. with rounded corner, otherwise fine. S.G. D1s-5s, 7s-8s, £1,360+. Photo £450-500Booklets |
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| 914 | |||
| 1909 2/- booklet, edition number 6 (Brimsdown lamps), complete; 1d. panes with clipped perfs at right, 1/2d. panes with perfs. at foot just clipped, some surface scuffing at left of the front cover and the staples are rusted. S.G. BA5, £2,200. Photo £500-600 |
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| 915 | |||
| x 1913-25, selection comprising exploded 1913 (April) 2/- booklet, edition no. 32, all panes precancelled (type I) and punched and 1925 (February) 3/-, edition 69, all panes precancelled (type J in violet); also selection of various precancelled booklet panes with Royal Cypher (6) and Block Cypher (5, one with advert) and mostly with selvedge missing. Generally good to fine £300-350 |
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| 916 | |||
| x 1913-26, selection arranged on album leaves comprising panes with 1913 Harrison and 1924-26 1/2d.-1 1/2d. (2 of each value, one with inverted watermark), 1 1/2d. advertising (watermark inverted) and exploded booklets with 1918 3/- (Edition 1), 1924 3/- (Edition 166). Generally fine. (33 items) £600-700 |
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| 917 | |||
| x 1920 (July) 3/6d., edition 29, exploded, all panes watermark Royal Cypher upright and precancelled "london e.c./27aug/20" in black. Fine and rare. S.G. BB30, unlisted as a advertiser voucher booklet £300-350 |
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| 918 | |||
| 1929 P.U.C. 3/- edition 168; two 1 1/2d. panes clipped at foot and 1/2d. pane clipped at right, otherwise the perfs. are good; trivial soiling. S.G. BB25, £450. Photo £150-180 |
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| 919 | |||
| x –– selection comprising 3/-, edition 172, exploded booklet, all panes with inverted watermarks; also booklets panes of six stamps (4) and 1 1/2d. handstamped "cancelled" (type 33) and punched with inverted watermark. Mostly fine £600-700 |
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| 920 | |||
| x 1935 (July) Photogravure exploded booklet selection comprising 3/-, edition no. 306 and 318 (2, one stapled), 5/-, edition no. 14 and 15; also booklets panes 1/2d. (2, one cylinder no. "E1") and 1d. (3, one cylinder "F1"). Mostly good to fine £500-600 |
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| 921 | |||
| 1943 (Jan.) 5/- (27), 2d. and 1/2d. panes with perfs. clipped at right, 2 1/2d. panes with good perfs. and inverted watermark; some ink notation on cover. S.G. BD26, £1,800. Photo £300-350 |
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| 922 | |||
| x 1971- 2009, a duplicated selection of prestige booklets, contained in a carton, and two albums with exploded booklets and first day covers. Face value £747+ £400-450 |
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| 923 | |||
x 1971-2009 (c.), a comprehensive collection of folded booklets 10p. to £2 neatly arranged in five albums, two booklet albums and loose, contained in a carton, including left and right margins; also a large quantity of Barcode booklets with some duplication. Face value £4,000+. (hundreds) £2,500-3,000The Crimean WarMail to the Crimea |
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| 924 | |||
| x 1855 (31 March) envelope to Ireland, inscribed "O.B.M., 77th Regt. Crimea" at lower left, franked watermark Small Crown, perf. 16 1d. strip of three cancelled on arrivalin London, on reverse "post office/british army" datestamp type 2 (code B) for 31 March; also 1855 (26 June) envelope from the same correspondence, similarly franked and endorsed with on reverse "post office/british army" type 2 (code B) datestamps; a few small faults £120-150 Note: The manuscript initials on the address panels are those of Assistant Surgeon O.B. Miller |
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| 925 | |||
| x 1855 (2 April) envelope to Scotland inscribed "Coolalie April 2nd." at lower left, bearing watermark Small Crown, perf. 14 1d. pair and single cancelled by faint strikes of the Crown between Stars obliterations in black, the reverse showing "post office/british army" datestamp type 2 (Code A) in blue-green for 2 April; the envelope perimeter and one adhesive a little defective. Photo £200-250 Note: The "Coolalie" inscription refers to Kulali. A convalescent Hospital was set up there, against the advice of Florence Nightingale, and the patients admitted were ill rather than convalescing. The staff of nuns running the Hospital were unable to cope and it was closed within a few months |
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| 926 | |||
| x 1855 (29 July) envelope addressed to Lt. Col. Cocks British Army in the Crimea, franked watermark Small Crown perf. 16 1d. strip of three with "252" barred oval cancellations of Davenport; fine. Photo £120-150 |
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| 927 | |||
x 1856 (12 April) stampless envelope to Ireland, rated "3" in manuscript and inscribed "O.B.M., XI Hussars, Crimea" at lower left, the reverse showing a good strike of the "post office/british army" datestamp type 2 (code B) for 12 April; minor perimeter faults and a short filing note on front at right but otherwise fine. Also 1855 (28 Aug.) envelope to the 77th. Regt. Sanatorium Balaclava franked watermark Small Crown perf. 16 1d. pair and single, indistinctly cancelled and 1855 (1 Dec.) envelope addressed to Constantinople franked 1847-54 1/- green, cut square, faults, tied by London barred oval cancellation £150-200Baltic Sea Fleet |
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| 928 | |||
| 1855 (April-August) eleven envelopes, all with enclosures, ex the same correspondence to Regents Park, London, written from Landscrona, Elsinore, "Off the Island of Dago", Tolboukin Lighthouse, Nangen, etc., three franked 1d. on arrival in London, a variety of markings including Hamburg Fleuron, Copenhagen clock, Danzig c.d.s., red boxed "escadre de la baltique", etc., some fascinating contents; mixed condition. Photo £1,000-1,500 |
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| 929 | |||
1855 (May-Oct.) fifteen envelopes (nine ex the same correspondence to Portsmouth) to England, mostly franked 1d. strip of three cancelled in London and all with Danzig datestamps, including envelope with a detailed sketch of a primative hand grenade on the interior, also three other envelopes, etc., mixed condition £1,200-1,500Literature |
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| 930 | |||
Illustrations of the Site and Neighbourhood of the New Post Office of St. Martin's-le-Grand, 1830; published in London by Smalles and Tuck, 138 Aldersgate Street. A fascinating account of the history of the area and includes a steel engraving of Williams' New Post Office and Coffee House Tavern & Hotel (on the site of the old Mourning Bush Tavern), showing the new Post Office in the background, a hand-coloured plan of the new building showing the streets and land which were formerly on the site. There is also an appendix concerning the Mourning Bust Tavern with further illustrations and plans. The book is with the original, card cover which exhibits some soiling but still in a very good state of preservation. A remarkable source of information and a valuable reference for the postal historian £400-500Postal Stationery |
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| 931 | |||
| A small selection, mostly Queen Victoria cards bearing better postmarks including 1900-01 Bickerdike "VR" and "ER", 1900 Boston machine, six lines with numbers "1" and "4" plys four lines (2), London S.M.P. c.d.s. plus a few others including 1932 "buy/british/made/goods" slogan £100-120 See also lot 901 Picture Postcards |
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| 932 | |||
1914 (c.), a group of thirteen real photographic, all relating to aircraft, comprising Avro Biplane, Bleriot Monoplane, Bristol Monoplane and Tractor Biplane (3), Maurice Farman Biplane plus four others, and Farnborough Aeroplane sheds and British Army aircraft workshops. A very interesting group £100-120Railway Newspaper and Parcel Stamps |
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| 933 | |||
x Selection of eighteen, including Somerset & Dorset joint line, London & North Western, Rhymney, North Eastern, Great Western, Lancashire & Yorkshire, London & South Western, Great Eastern, etc., mixed condition £80-100Used Abroad |
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| 934 | |||
Malta: 1882 (14 Feb,) entire letter, registered to Rome, franked 1880-81 1/2d., 2d. (2 pairs), 1881 1d. with "A25" barred oval cancellations with red oval registered d.s. below, Rome arrival (18.2) on reverse. light vertical filing fold between the stamps, a few tiny stained perfs., fine. Photo £250-300Ireland |
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| 935 | |||
1841-1997 (c.), mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in five volumes, contained in a carton, including Great Britain used in Ireland selection, Saorstat overprints to 2/6d. used, Sinn Fein labels (4); also first day covers. Condition mixed. (hundreds) £150-200Collections and Ranges |
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| 936 | |||
| Mint and used collection on pages, hundreds, including Channel Islands with Occupation issues, Guernsey 1969 set, Postage Due set, later with values to £5, Jersey 1969 set and Postage Due set, Isle of Man with values to £2, Regionals, etc., chiefly large part original gum and fine £60-80 |
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| 937 | |||
| 1840-1967 small mint and used selection (60), including 1840 1d., 1925 Wembley set unmounted mint, 1948 Wedding £1 (2), 1951 2/6d. to £1, etc., many fine £80-100 |
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| 938 | |||
| Collections of mint and used Regionals, Channel Islands and Isle of Man housed in six albums and loose contained in a carton, including values to £2, miniature sheets, covers, first day covers, presentation packs, etc., chiefly fine. (many hundreds) £100-120 |
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| 939 | |||
| A much duplicated mint and used Queen Elizabeth II selection housed in seven stockbooks and loose contained in two cartons, including some mint decimal issues, booklet se-tenant combinations on covers, etc., mixed condition £100-150 |
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| 940 | |||
| x A used accumulation in small and large stockbooks, including 1840 1d. black (2), later Queen Victoria to 5/-, Edward VII to 5/- (2), George V to Seahorse 10/- (6) and a range of later issues; mixed condition with viewing essential £200-250 |
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| 941 | |||
| 1924-66 mint collection of commemorative issues in special S.G. album, including 1924 and 1925 Wembley, 1929 P.U.C. 1/2d., 1d. and 1 1/2d. watermark sideways, 1948 Wedding set, the early phosphor sets, etc., unmounted mint, fine. (hundreds) £200-250 |
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| 942 | |||
| A much duplicated, predominantly mint selection housed in four volumes, a box file and loose, contained in two cartons, including 1939-48 10/- dark blue used block of 12, 1960-67 phosphor set in blocks of 60, 1965 Churchill 1/3d. watermark inverted, 1967-68 no watermark 2/6d. to £1 blocks of 20, 1969 2/6d. to £1 in cylinder blocks of 12, 5/- corner block of eight, one with "confetti" flaw, commemorative sets and part sets, Regionals, Post office training stamps; also a selection of modern first day covers, etc. Chiefly fine. (thousands) £300-350 |
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| 943 | |||
| An early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in ten volumes and loose, contained in two cartons, including mint 1924 Wembley blocks of four, 1934 re-engraved Seahorses, 1951 Festival high values (2), booklets with 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- (2), 3/- (3), 1936 K.E.VIII 2/-, 3/-; also first day covers and presentation packs, etc. generally fine with careful inspection essential. (thousands) £300-400 |
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| 944 | |||
| x 1856-1887 selection of thirty-eight overprinted "specimen", including 1856-58 1d., 1872-73 6d. deep chestnut, 1873-80 4d. sage-green, 1880-83 4d., 1880-81 1d. (pair), 1884 watermark Crowns £1 brown-lilac (stuck on album page), 1883-84 1 1/2d. to 1/- an additional values to 1/-, 1887 £1 green (stuck on album page), etc., also a piece bearing postal stationery 1d., 6d. and 1/-; mixed condition £400-500 |
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| 945 | |||
| 1840-1934, selection of stockpages, thirty four stamps, including 1840 2d. blue Plate 2 LG-LH horizontal pair on entire from Cuparangus, 1841 2d. block of six (3x2) and adjoining single used on piece, 1847-54 embossed 6d. (2) on cover to New South Wales, 1/- and 6d. on piece, 1897 envelope to Philadelphia franked postal fiscal 1d. (3), 1934 re-engraved 10/- used block of four, etc., mixed condition £400-500 |
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| 946 | |||
| A mixed mint and used early to modern accumulation arranged on album leaves, stockcards and loose, etc., contained in a carton, including used later Queen Victoria to 5/-, George VI mint with 1939-48 set with additional 2/6d. brown (2), 10/- dark blue, 1948 Silver Wedding £1 cylinder block of four (lower stamps unmounted), Q.E.II mint in large blocks with decimal issues; also earlier exhibition labels in sheets; condition mixed. (thousands) £500-600 |
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| 947 | |||
| Mint and used collection housed in three albums and loose contained in a carton, including 1840 1d. (2, one poor), 2d., 1867-80 9d., 1867-83 5/- Plate 1, 1887 £1 green, 1934 re-engraved 10/-, 1939-48 10/- dark blue, 1948 Wedding £1 (2), 1951 £1, etc., mixed condition £600-700 |
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| 948 | |||
| 1841-2003 mint and used collection housed in eight albums and loose contained in a carton, including 1858-79 1d. plate 78 unused block of four, 1887 10d., Edwards with values to 1/-, 1924 and 1925 Wembley, 1934-36 to 1/-, extensive later issues, Postage Dues, Officials, etc., mixed condition. (thousands) £600-700 |
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| 949 | |||
| 1913-22 collection of Military mail, seventy-one covers or cards contained in a black "Concertina" binder, including much from the Dardanelles Campaign, largely stampless and showing a range of British Army and Field Post Office single and double-ring datestamps including D54, DY, NL1, SWY2, SX2, SX3, SX4, SX5, SX8, SX11, SZ5 and W2, Indian Army Telegraph datestamps with codes MW, YD and YDH, Indian F.P.O. 409 (2), 1912 envelope with Salonika Greek P.O. intaglio seal Arms h.s., British Army Post Office at Constantinople d.s. (8, two registered), French Tresor et Postes 505 cover apparently recovered from mail torpedoed in the Mediterranean, one from Pera to a P.O.W. at Alexandria, censor marks throughout. An interesting lot £600-800 |
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| 950 | |||
| 1840-1997 collection of mostly covers and cards housed in twenty-eight albums contained in three cartons, including 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet unused, 1d. envelope used, 1890-91 Post Office Christmas card, Edward 3d. on envelope registered to London, first day covers with 1951 2/6d. and 5/- on separate covers, booklet panes, postal stationery, Air letters, experimental cancellations with Colombia, Hoster, Channel Islands, etc., chiefly fine. (thousands) £800-1,000 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal History | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 14th May 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details in London Monday 12 May 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Tuesday 13 May 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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