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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Rhodesia Featuring Arms and Admiral Issues from The Vestey 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: | 17th June 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details: Monday 16 June 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Auction Lots - Page 6 | |||
| 251 | |||
| Black and yellow-brown Die IIIA, fresh lightly mounted mint; one nibbed perf. at foot, otherwise fine. A very rare stamp accompanied by two other singles in the brown/chocolate group. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 273a, £4,000. Photo £1,500-2,000 Provenance: Gerald Simpson, December 1982 "Shiloh", November 1984 Two Shillings and Sixpence |
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| 252 | |||
| Deep ultramarine and grey-black, deep indigo and sepia (2, one with printer's mark), and pale blue and bistre-brown (7, one with printer's mark at foot), good to fine mint. S.G. 274-274a group £250-300 |
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| 253 | |||
| Deep ultramarine and grey-brown block of four, fine mint. S.G. 274. Photo £200-250 Provenance: "County", November 2003 |
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| 254 | |||
| Deep indigo and sepia block of four, fresh lightly mounted mint. S.G. 274 shade. Photo £200-250 Provenance: "Shiloh", November 1984 |
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| 255 | |||
| Pale blue and grey Die IIIA, mint; one faintly toned perf. at top. S.G. 274a shade. Photo £100-120 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 Three Shillings |
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| 256 | |||
| Chestnut and light blue Die IIIA, fine mint. S.G. 274b, £225 £80-100 |
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| 257 | |||
| Chestnut and light blue Die IIIA block of four, fresh lightly mounted mint. A rare multiple. S.G. 274b. Photo £800-1,000 Provenance: "Shiloh", November 1984 |
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| 258 | |||
Yellow-brown and light blue (not Die IIIA), fine mint. Rare. S.G. 274b shade. Photo £600-700Five Shillings |
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| 259 | |||
| Deep blue and blue-green (3) and blue and pale yellow-green (4), one with printer's mark at upper right and one with flaw above "de" of "rhodesia", good to fine mint. S.G. 275-276 group £250-300 |
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| 260 | |||
| Deep blue and blue-green block of four, fine unmounted mint. A scarce multiple. S.G. 275. Photo £500-600 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 |
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| 261 | |||
| Deep blue and blue-green upper right corner block of four with manuscript "Salisbury 10.5.20" in top margin, fresh mint; tiny tone mark at top of upper right stamp and small thin in top margin. A scarce multiple. S.G. 275. Photo £500-600 Provenance: "Shiloh", November 1984 |
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| 262 | |||
| Blue and pale yellow-green upper right corner block of four, fresh and lightly mounted mint. A fine and scarce multiple. S.G. 276. Photo £700-800 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 |
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| 263 | |||
| Blue and deep yellow-green, fine mint. A scarce shade. S.G. 276 shade. Photo £250-300 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 "County", November 2003 |
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| 264 | |||
| Bright blue and sage-green, fresh mint with a small hinge remainder. A rare shade. S.G. 276 shade. Photo £800-1,000 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 |
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| 265 | |||
| Bright blue and sage-green with printer's mark at lower right, fine mint. A rare shade. S.G. 276 shade. Photo £800-1,000 Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006 |
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| 266 | |||
Bright blue and pale sage-green block of four, fresh unmounted mint. Exceptionally rare and almost certainly the only block extant. S.G. 276 shade. Photo £3,000-4,000Seven Shillings and Sixpence |
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| 267 | |||
| Maroon and slate-black Die IIIA with small plate scratch at lower left, fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 276a. Photo £300-350 |
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| 268 | |||
| Maroon and slate-black Die IIIA lower left corner block of six (3x2), unmounted mint. A superb positional multiple of this rare stamp and almost certainly the largest block extant. Brandon (1988) and B.P.A. (2007) Certificates. S.G. 276a. Photo £4,000-5,000 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 "County", November 2003 Ten Shillings |
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| 269 | |||
| Carmine-lake and yellow-green Die IIIA, fresh unmounted mint. S.G. 277. Photo £180-200 |
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| 270 | |||
| Carmine-lake and yellow-green Die IIIA with printer's inking flaw by King's lapel. fine unmounted mint. S.G. 277. Photo £200-250 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 |
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| 271 | |||
Carmine-lake and yellow-green Die IIIA upper right corner block of four, unmounted mint; a few flat patches of gum in margin. A fine and scarce multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 277. Photo £1,000-1,200One Pound |
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| 272 | |||
| Black and bright purple, marginal from the right of the sheet, fresh lightly mounted mint. S.G. 278. Photo £250-300 |
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| 273 | |||
| Black and bright purple with printer's mark at upper right, lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 278. Photo £250-300 |
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| 274 | |||
| Black and deep purple, fine mint. S.G. 279. Photo £250-300 |
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| 275 | |||
| Black and deep purple, fine mint. S.G. 279. Photo £250-300 |
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| 276 | |||
| Black and violet-indigo Die IIIA, lightly mounted mint; very fine. S.G. 279a. Photo £350-400 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 |
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| 277 | |||
| Black and violet-indigo Die IIIA, frame towards deep violet, lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 279a. Photo £300-350 |
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| 278 | |||
| Black and violet-indigo Die IIIA, frame towards deep violet, mint; hinge remainder with a little gum loss. S.G. 279a. Photo £200-250 |
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| 279 | |||
| Black and deep violet Die IIIA, fresh mint. S.G. 279b. Photo £250-300 |
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| 280 | |||
| Black and deep violet Die IIIA, bright frame colour, unmounted mint. S.G. 279b. Photo £300-350 @Heading 10pt U&LC:Head Die IIIA "White Shoulder" and IIIB, Perforated 15 Two Pence |
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| 281 | |||
| Black and brownish grey lower right corner block of four with sheet number "354", unmounted mint. A great rarity and considered to be unique. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). S.G. 279c. Photo £25,000-30,000 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006 1917 Livingstone ProvisionalCollection |
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| 282 | |||
"Half/Penny" on 1d. pane of sixty, block of four, pair and singles (23) including varieties "n n" (7) and "n y" spaced (12), and "Half-/Penny." on 1d. pane of sixty, blocks of four and singles (7), mint and generally fine. S.G. 280, 281 £150-200Cover |
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| 283 | |||
1917 (11 Sept.) envelope from Livingstone to Durban, bearing "Half/Penny" on 1d. rose-carmine in combination with 1d. rose-red sharing two c.d.s., no other postal markings; envelope with a central horizontal fold. A rare stamp on commercial envelope in date period £150-200Inverted SurchargesTwo panes, 120 stamps in all, with inverted surcharge, were discovered, having been purchased at the Livingstone Post Office. These panes differed in colour. One pane was rose-scarlet and this was photographed mint and intact in 1919. The other pane was rose-carmine and this was broken up in Livingstone |
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| 284 | |||
| Rose-scarlet block of four, [9-20] of the setting, surcharge inverted, [19] with spaced "n y", overprint positions [30-29/20-19] and stamp positions [31-32/41-42], fresh lightly mounted mint. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1980). S.G. 280, a, c. Photo £4,500-5,000 Note: In all eighteen examples with the spaced "n y" variety inverted can exist @Provenance:provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006 |
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| 285 | |||
| Rose-scarlet horizontal strip of three, [18-20] of the setting, surcharge inverted, [18-19] with spaced "n y", overprint positions [38-40] and stamp positions [21-23], mint; a couple on tiny light tone marks. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 280, a, c. Photo £2,500-3,000 Provenance: Shapland, Christie's Robson Lowe, June 1993 |
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| 286 | |||
| Rose-scarlet horizontal pair, [15-16] of the setting, surcharge inverted, [15] with spaced "n n", overprint positions [55-56] and stamp positions [5-6], fresh unmounted mint. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1980). S.G. 280, a, b. Photo £3,500-4,000 Note: In all six examples with the spaced "n n" variety inverted can exist @Provenance:provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, September 2006 |
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| 287 | |||
Rose-scarlet, [15] of the setting, surcharge inverted and with spaced "n n", overprint position [15] and stamp position [46], mint with hinge remainder at lower right. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). S.G. 280, a, b. Photo £1,000-1,2001922-24 New Printings on White Paper@Heading 10pt U&LC:Single Plates, Perforated 14 |
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| 288 | |||
| 1/2d. dull green (13 with four imperforate between stamp and interpanneau margin), 1/2d. deep blue-green (8), 1d. bright rose (2), 1d. bright rose-scarlet, 1d. aniline red (2) and 1 1/2d. brown-ochre (2), fine mint; also 1923 envelope from Chatsworth to England bearing 1/2d. dull green (4) twice cancelled by double-ring datestamp. S.G. 282-287 group £120-150 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 for cover |
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| 289 | |||
| 1/2d. dull green blocks of four (2) and sixteen (4x4), 1/2d. deep blue-green blocks of six (2), 1d. bright rose block of four, 1d. bright rose-scarlet upper left corner block of four, 1d. aniline red and 1 1/2d. brown-ochre blocks of four, fine mint and largely unmounted £150-200 |
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| 290 | |||
| 1/2d. dull green vertical pair, variety imperforate between, fine mint. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 282a, £2,750. Photo £1,200-1,500 Provenance: Gerald Simpson, December 1982 "Shiloh", November 1984 |
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| 291 | |||
| 1 1/2d. brown-ochre vertical pair, variety imperforate between, mint with a hinge remainder; minute tone mark at foot, otherwise fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1982). S.G. 287a, £2,750. Photo £800-1,000 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 @Heading 10pt U&LC:Single Plates, Perforated 15 |
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| 292 | |||
| 1/2d. dull green (4), 1d. bright rose-scarlet and 1 1/2d. brown-ochre, fine mint. S.G. 288-290 £100-120 |
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| 293 | |||
| 1/2d. dull green, 1d. bright rose-scarlet and 1 1/2d. brown-ochre blocks of four, fine unmounted mint. An attractive group with the 1/2d. scarce. S.G. 288-290 £300-400 Provenance: "County", November 2003 |
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| 294 | |||
| 1d. bright rose-scarlet and 1 1/2d. brown-ochre blocks of four, the 1 1/2d. from the lower right corner of sheet (vertical crease in margin), fresh unmounted mint. S.G. 289, 290 £200-250 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 @Heading 10pt U&LC:Double Plates, Perforated 14 |
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| 295 | |||
| 2d. black and grey-purple (4), 2d. black and slate-purple, 3d. black and yellow (5), 4d. black and orange-vermilion (3, one with printer's mark), 4d. bluish black and orange-vermilion (3), 4d. black and bright orange-vermilion, 5d. jet-black and lilac, 6d. jet-black and dull reddish lilac with large "rhodesia", 8d. mauve and pale blue-green, 8d. violet and grey-green, 10d. ultramarine and red (2), 10d. bright ultramarine and carmine-red with "collar" flaw, 2/- black and brown (2, one with printer's mark), 2/6d. ultramarine and sepia, 2/6d. deep ultramarine and deep sepia with printer's mark, 2/6d. violet-blue and grey-brown (2), 3/- red-brown and turquoise-blue (4, one marginal with part imprint, one with printer's mark), 3/- grey-brown and grey-blue, 5/- bright ultramarine and emerald, 5/- blue and yellow-green, 5/- deep blue and bright green, 7/6d. brown-purple and slate (2), 10/- crimson and bright yellow-green, 10/- pale crimson and pale yellow-green, 10/- carmine and yellow-green, £1 black and magenta and £1 black and deep magenta, mint and generally fine. S.G. 291-311a group. Photo £1,200-1,500 |
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| 296 | |||
| 2d. black and grey-purple, 2d. black and slate-purple, 3d. black and yellow, 4d. black and orange-vermilion, 6d. jet-black and lilac and 1/- black and dull blue blocks of four, the 6d. with printer's mark at left, fresh mint and largely unmounted; one 1/- with a small crease, otherwise fine and an attractive group £200-250 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 for 6d. |
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| 297 | |||
| 2d. black and grey-purple (3), 2d. black and slate-purple (2), 3d. black and yellow (2), 4d. black and orange-vermilion and 1/- black and dull greyish blue (marginal) blocks of four, two stamps in one 2d. black and slate-purple block with "collar" flaws, fine mint with most unmounted £200-250 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 for 1/- |
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| 298 | |||
| 2d. black and grey-purple, 6d. jet-black and reddish lilac and 1/- black and dull blue marginal blocks of four from top or foot (2d.) of the sheet, all with complete imprint, fine mint £120-150 |
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| 299 | |||
| 2d. black and slate-purple, 6d. jet-black and dull reddish lilac and 10d. ultramarine and red corner blocks of four, the 2d. with sheet number "449", fresh mint with the 6d. (diagonal gum crease) and 10d. unmounted £120-150 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 for 2d. and 6d. |
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| 300 | |||
| 6d. jet-black and reddish lilac, 1/- black and dull blue and 2/- black and brown blocks of four, all with printer's marks horizontally at centre, fresh unmounted mint. A most attractive trio £250-300 Provenance: R.M. Gibbs, September 1988 Three Pence |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Rhodesia Featuring Arms and Admiral Issues from The Vestey 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: | 17th June 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details: Monday 16 June 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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