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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| British Europe including Long Island 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: | 9th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details: Monday 7 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Tuesday 8 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 201 | |||
| Set in blocks of four from the lower left corners of the sheets, the upper-left stamp in each with Extra Flagstaff variety [Plate 1, R9/1], original gum; fine. S.G. 114a-117a, £990+. Photo £400-500 |
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| 202 | |||
| Set in blocks of four from the upper left corners of the sheets, the lower-left stamp in each with Short Extra Flagstaff variety [Plate 2; R2/1], original gum and hinged in the margins, fine and scarce. S.G. 114b-117b, £1625+. Photo £800-1,000 |
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| 203 | |||
| Set in blocks of four from the upper right corners of the sheet with current numbers, the lower-left stamp in each with Lightning Conductor variety [Plate 3; R2/1], original gum, mostly unmounted mint, hinges in the margins, fine. S.G. 114c-117c, £1,100+. Photo £350-400 |
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| 204 | |||
| 1937-50 mint collection (127), including 1946 Victory set perforated "specimen", 1948 Wedding set in blocks of four, etc., part original gum or mint; fine £150-200 |
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| 205 | |||
1937 Coronation set in vertical strips of three perforated "specimen", unmounted mint, a few faintly toned perfs. and one 3d. with rounded corner. S.G. 118s-120s, £570. Photo £150-2001938-51 IssuePlate Proofs |
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| 206 | |||
Frame used for the 3d. to 10/- values, a block of six (3x2) in blue on ungummed, lined paper endorsed "Plate 2" and dated "27/12/51"; creases, scarce £200-250Specimen Stamps |
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| 207 | |||
1/2d. to £1 set of fourteen perforated "specimen", large part original gum, a few wrinkles, chiefly fresh and fine. S.G. 121s-131s, £850. Photo £400-500Issued Stamps |
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| 208 | |||
| 1/2d. imprint block of twelve, 1d. perf. 14, perf. 13 sideways and upright watermarks, 1 1/2d. carmine perf. 14. 1 1/2d, slate-violet, 2d. grey perf. 14, perf. 13 sideways watermark, 2d. carmine, 3d. perf. 14, 5d., all in imprint blocks of four, £1 block of four and imprint block of eight (4x2), part original gum, chiefly fine £600-800 |
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| 209 | |||
| 2d. grey, perf. 13 1/2, watermark sideways, horizontal coil join pair, original gum, fine and rare. 124ab, £1,500. Photo £500-600 |
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| 210 | |||
| 6d., 1/-, 2/-, 5/- and 10/- perf. 14 imprint and plate number blocks of eight (4x2) from the foot of the sheet, part original gum, the lower rows remaining unmounted mint; fine. S.G. 126a, 127-130, £3,020. Photo £1,500-2,000 |
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| 211 | |||
| Collection (40) including values to £1 (2), perf. 14 1d. to 10/-, perf. 13 1/2 1d. to 5/-, perf. 13 1/2, watermark sideways 2d. grey, perf. 13 1d. to 10/- (3), etc., original gum, chiefly fine £600-800 |
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| 212 | |||
1946 Victory set in vertical strips of three, perforated "specimen", original gum, faint wrinkles, fine and scarce multiples. S.G. 132s-133s, £480. Photo £200-2501950 New Constitution Issue |
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| 213 | |||
| 6d. carmine and grey-violet block of four, variety overprint double (closely spaced), original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted mint; fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 142a, £4,000+. Photo £1,500-2,000 |
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| 214 | |||
6d. carmine and grey-violet block of four, variety overprint double (more widely spaced), original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted mint; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 142a, £4,000+. Photo £1,500-2,000Godden De Luxe Albums |
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| 215 | |||
Three in maroon, each with "gibraltar" tooled on the spine, fine £150-200Ionian Islands |
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| 216 | |||
1859 ( 1/2d.) orange, (1d.) blue and (2d.) carmine, part original gum, mostly large margins and all with sheet margin at right, ( 1/2d.) a little oxidised as usual, fine. S.G. 1-3, £203 £50-60Long IslandThe Long Island Gazette |
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| 217 | |||
| 1916 account of the typewritten stamps by Lieutenant-Commander H. Pirie-Gordon, a carbon copy consisting of two pages typed on the same typewriter as used for the issued stamps, and on the same thin horizontally laid paper with Silver Linen papermaker's watermark as used for the issued stamps. £700-800 Note: This article appeared in the "Long Island Gazette" for May and is quoted by Fred J. Melville in "War Stamps of Salonika and Long Island", pages 31, 32 and 34. The article gives details of plates, sheets and quantities. The watermark, largely because of this article, has always been recorded as "SILVER LINEN" but is clearly "Silver Linen" in double lined letters 1916 Essays |
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| 218 | |||
| Master essay with blank value tablet, struck in reddish violet on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 219 | |||
| "half penny" essay, struck in mauve and red on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 220 | |||
| "one penny" essay, struck in red on white wove paper; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 221 | |||
| "two pence" essay, struck in violet and red on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 222 | |||
| "2 1/2 pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Note: In the value tablet there appears to be an "a" deleted under the second "e" of "pence" Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 223 | |||
| "three pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's script watermark, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 224 | |||
| "four pence" essay, struck in violet and black, a double impression, on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 225 | |||
| "five pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's watermark "str" inverted; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo £600-800 Provenance: Colonel Ely, March 1995 |
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| 226 | |||
| "sixpence" essay, struck in violet, red and orange, on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's watermark "xtra"; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 227 | |||
| "nine pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of papermaker's watermark "e" inverted; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo £600-800 Provenance: Colonel Eley, March 1995 |
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| 228 | |||
| "one shilling" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo £600-800 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 1916 (7 May), The First IssueAccording to Lieutenant-Commander H. Pirie-Gordon, R.N.V.R., these were "overprinted on Turkish Fiscals captured by a landing party from H.M.S. "Doris" at Deurt Yol near Alexandretta in Northern Syria on December 21st 1914 – overprinted with typewriter at Government House, Long Island, May" |
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| 229 | |||
| 1/2d. on 20p. green and buff, large part original gum; usual full stop puncture; fresh, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1966). S.G. 1, £6,500. Photo £2,000-2,500 Note: 12 unused examples have been recorded Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 230 | |||
| 1d. on 10pa. carmine and buff, large part original gum; slightly thinned at top and with the usual full stop puncture. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 2, £7,500. Photo £1,400-1,600 Note: 11 unused examples have been recorded Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 231 | |||
| 2 1/2d. on 1pi. violet and buff, original gum; fresh colours, fine and rare. Holcombe Certificate (1985). S.G. 3, £6,500. Photo £2,000-2,500 Note: 13 unused examples have been recorded Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 1916 (7 May), The Second IssueThis issue was typewritten on unwatermarked pale green paper with horizontal grey lines; each stamp was initialled in red ink. Three plates were produced: Plate 1, sheet of 12 stamps; Plate 2, sheet of 16 stamps; Plate 2a, sheet of 12 stamps.The major varieties were as follows: a)"G.R.I." doublePlate 2a, Pos. 10, 11 and 12 b)"7" for "&"Plate 1, Pos. unknown c)"L" in frame at upper leftPlate 2a, Pos. 9 On the typewriter, "7" and the ampersand shared a key, while the "L" key was next to the colon key. A total of 140 stamps in all were made up of 1/2d. stamps in black, in blue and in mauve. However, it is understood that a large quantity of both this issue and of the third and fourth issues in a stockbook was part of a stock stored in the Chancery Lane Deposit which received a direct hit during the Second World War. Although one or two were rebacked, almost all of the stamps on thin paper were beyond salvage and they are considered to have been destroyed On pale green paper with horizontal grey lines |
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| 232 | |||
| 1/2d. black, unused; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1971). S.G. 4, £2,750. Photo £1,000-1,200 |
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| 233 | |||
| 1/2d. black, variety "g.r.i." double, unused from the right of the sheet; fine. Holcombe Certificate (1990). S.G. 4a, £5,000. Photo £2,000-2,500 Note: This is one of two recorded examples Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 234 | |||
| 1/2d. blue, block of four [1-2/5-6] from the top left corner of the sheet with Plate number 2a at upper left, [1] with variety semicolon at top of left frame; unused; fine and unique. S.G. 5, £9,000+. Photo £4,000-4,500 Note: This is the only recorded multiple of S.G. 5 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 235 | |||
| 1/2d. blue, Plate 2a, [10] with variety "g.r.i." double and showing line under "long island" extended at left; fine. Initialled on the reverse by Lieutenant Commander H. Pirie-Gordon. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 5a, var., £5,000+. Photo. £2,000-2,500 Note: This is one of the three recorded examples of S.G. 5a, though with the line extension it is unique Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 236 | |||
| 1/2d. blue, variety "7" for "&", unused; fine and unique. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 5b, £7,500. Photo £3,000-4,000 Provenance: Marquess of Bute, 1959 "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 237 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, variety full stop after "long" and "e" for "i" in island; unused, tiny trace of staining around hinge mark on reverse; fine. Only 2 examples of the variety can exist. B.P.A. Certificate (1978). S.G. 6 var., £950. Photo £700-800 Provenance: R. Gibbs, March 1981 |
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| 238 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, variety "7" for "&", unused; corner crease at upper right just clear of the design; fine. One of only two examples printed and the only recorded example. B.P.A. Certificate (1989). S.G. 6b, £6,000 £3,000-4,000 |
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| 239 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, Plate 2a, block of eight [5-8/9-12] with sheet margins at each side, [10, 11, 12] each with variety "g.r.i." double, the first showing line under "long island" extended at left, [9] with variety "l" at top of left frame; unused, horizontal creases; unique. S.G. 6, 6a, vars. Photo £6,000-8,000 Note: This is the only recorded multiple of S.G. 6; the block contains three of the eight recorded examples of S.G. 6a; of the variety "l" at top left frame, three were produced and the example in this block is one of the two which have been recorded Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 1916 (7 May), The Third IssueThis issue was typewritten on thick horizontally laid paper watermarked "Silver Linen" in double-lined letters across the middle of each sheet; each stamp was initialled in red ink Half Penny Value. Three plates were produced: Plate 3, sheet of 20 stamps; Plate 4, sheet of 20 stamps; Plate 5, sheet of 20 stamps.The major varieties were as follows: a)"postage" for "Postage"Plate 4, Pos. 10 b)"7" for "&"Plate 5, Pos. 14 c)"LL" in frame at lower leftPlate 4, Pos. 13 d)"LONG ISLAND" shifted to leftPlate 4, Pos. 17 A total of 300 stamps in all were produced made up of 1/2d. stamps in black, in blue and in mauve. Of the 1/2d. mauve, 43 remainders were destroyed On Thin Horizontally Laid Paper |
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| 240 | |||
| 1/2d. black; unused, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 7, £1,000. Photo £250-300 |
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| 241 | |||
| 1/2d. black, Plate 4, [13], with variety "ll" at foot of left frame, showing partial papermaker's watermark at top; unused, small corner crease well clear of the design at lower right; fine and unique. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 7 var. Photo £400-450 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 242 | |||
| 1/2d. black, Plate 5, [14] with variety "7" for "&"; unused, fine and unique. Holcombe Certificate (1990). S.G. 7b, £5,500. Photo £2,500-3,000 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 243 | |||
| 1/2d. black, Plate 5, [20], corner example with variety ampersand underlined; unused, minor wrinkles; fine and one of the two stamps produced with this variety. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 7 var. Photo £500-600 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 244 | |||
| 1/2d. blue, unused, fine and rare. Only ten unused examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 8, £1,400. Photo £300-400 Provenance: R. M. Gibbs, March 1981 |
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| 245 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, unused, fine. S.G. 9, £500. Photo £200-250 Provenance: R. M. Gibbs, March 1981 |
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| 246 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, Plate 4, block of twelve [9-12, 13-16, 17-20], comprising the lower three rows of the sheet with margins at sides and at foot, [10] variety "postage" for "Postage", position [13] showing variety "LL" at foot of left frame, [17] showing variety "long island" shifted to left; usual creases in a multiple of this size; fine and very scarce. S.G. 9, 9a, £8,250+. Photo £4,000-4,500 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 247 | |||
| 1/2d. mauve, Plate 5, block of eight [13-16/17-20], comprising the lower two rows of the sheet with sheet margins at sides and at foot, [14] with variety "7" for "&", [19] and [20] each showing the ampersand underlined; usual creases for a multiple of this size; fine and rare. S.G. 9, 9b, £7,000+. Photo £3,000-3,500 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 One Penny ValueEleven plates were produced. Plate numbers 1-11 each consisted of a sheet of 20 stamps. The major varieties were as follows:a) "7" for "&"Plate 6, Pos. 11 aa)"7" for "&" and ONE PENNY shifted to leftPlate 9, Pos. 6 b)"Rvevue" for "Revenue"Plate 10, Pos. 3 c)"postage" for "Postage"Plate 2, Pos. 11 d)Raised "G.R.I."Plate 2, Pos. 5 Plate 2, Pos. 9 Plate 3?, Pos. 5 e)"G.R?I?" for "G.R.I."Not known f)"ONR" for "ONE"Plate 2, Pos. 17 Plate 4, Pos. 18 Plate 4, Pos. 20 Plate 5, Pos. 13 Plate 6, Pos. 18 fa)"ONR" for "ONE" and "E" in PENNY doubledNot known g)"Postagg" for "Postage"Plate 11, Pos. 8 h)"G.R.I." shifted to leftPlate 9, Pos. 10 i)"L" of LONG doubled and "LONG" shifted to leftPlate ?, Pos. 17 j)"P" in frame at rightPlate 2, Pos. 16 Plate 2, Pos. 20 k)"L" in frame at rightPlate 9, Pos. 15 l)"L" in frame at bottomNot known m)"LL" in frame at leftNot known A total of 1068 stamps in all were produced, 12 stamps having been spoiled. These 1068 stamps were made up of 1d. stamps in black, in blue, in mauve and in red. The remainders which were destroyed consisted of 55 1d. in black, 129 1d. in mauve and 3 1d. in red |
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| 248 | |||
| 1d. black, unused; fine. S.G. 10, £375. Photo £120-150 Provenance: R. M. Gibbs, March 1981 |
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| 249 | |||
| 1d. black, Plate 9, block of twelve [1-4/5-8/9-12] comprising the top three rows of the sheet, sheet margin at top showing Plate number 9 and margins at left and right, [6] with variety "7" for "&" and "one penny" shifted to left, [2] showing full stop for colon in left frame, [5] with line under "long island" extended to right, [7] and [8] showing "one penny" shifted to left, [10] showing "g.r.i." shifted to left; unused; usual creases for a multiple of this size; rare. S.G. 10, 10a, 10 vars., £7,375++. Photo £4,000-4,500 Note: Only two examples of the "7" for "&" variety have been recorded, the example in the above block and an unused single which was in the Marquess of Bute sale Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
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| 250 | |||
| 1d. black, Plate 9, [15] with variety "L" in frame at right; unused, horizontal paper creases; extremely rare. The only recorded example of this variety. S.G. 10 var. Photo £200-250 Provenance: "Mountrobeck", June 1994 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| British Europe including Long Island 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: | 9th July 2014 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details: Monday 7 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Tuesday 8 July 2014, 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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