Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Philatelic Collector’s Series (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: 10th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
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
1518
1951 (22 May) British K.G.VI 6d. postal order overprinted "poundage/payable in/aden/10 cents" bearing 15c. and 20c. and cancelled by the issuing office, Aden Camp; some creasing and soiling. Rare. Photo £150-180

Anglo-Boer War

1519
An interesting group of documents and memorabilia contained in a carton including Pass dated 18 May 1900 permitting a family to go home to Kimberley and Travel Pass for Lieutenant C. Pollak from Bloemfontein, Viscount Wolseley's Funeral ticket and envelope, Lord Roberts' Proclamation pamphlet, Siege of Ladysmith telegram from Lt. Malan at Buwana (22.1.00), The Daily Mirror newspaper for 7 June 1916 - Lord Kitchener Memorial Number, a range of cigarette cards, photographs and a Victorian scrapbook (no cover); also 1900 (6-11 Apr.) 1d. with small part original gum and 3d. used (2, both shades), fine £400-500
1520
1899-1901 selection of covers/cards (27) including unstamped "Veld dienst" covers from Braamfontein, Dundee (5), Hoofdlager (3), Mount Pleasant and Newcastle (2), three unstamped covers to Pretoria, each taxed 2d. and with boxed "passed by censor" handstamp in blue, other covers from O.F.S. and Transvaal, and one incoming from Holland to Johannesburg and redirected "Veld Dienst Johannesburg lager Glencoe Natal"; also 1899 "paspoort" with Commissaris Department cachet. Condition mixed though a most interesting group £300-400
1521
x 1900 envelopes from O.F.S. to Broad Bottom and Green Point Camps, differing censor cachets, and 1900 front bearing Transvaal V.R.I. values (16) with superb British Army F.P.O. 17 c.d.s. £80-100
1522
1900 (Apr. and May) Veld dienst envelopes ex the same correspondence to Johannesburg, one with Hoofdlager c.d.s. and superb strike of the "johannesburg commando/
veldpostmeester/G.F. Fleischer." "cogwheel" oval cachet in violet, the others from Braamfontein or Dundee with each showing a legible strike of the rare "Veld-Post/g.f. fleischer,/duitsch & johannesburg/commandos." circular datestamp in black; the first generally fine, the other two with defects though a rare group £250-300
1523
1901-02 covers and cards ex the same correspondence from Diyatalawa (3) and Ragama (3, one taxed 1d. and with Railway Post Office c.d.s.) Camps and, from the same correspondence, mail going to Diyatalawa (3, all from Holland) and Ragama (3, one from Holland and two from Transvaal) Camps, all with censor cachets; 1900 envelope bearing Cape and Ceylon values cancelled at Diyatalawa and 1901 envelope from Colombo to The Camp Commandant, Ragama; mixed condition though an interesting group £200-250
1524
1901 envelope to Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon and bearing 1d. (3), re-addressed to Ragama Camp and additionally bearing 2c. and 3c. with Colombo c.d.s., violet Censor handstamp and "opened under martial law" tape; attractive and scarce. Photo £150-200

Antigua

1525
1862 no watermark, rough perf. 14 to 16, 6d. blue-green block of four, part to nearly full original gum with the lower pair appearing to be unmounted; a few minor tone marks in places, barely apparent on face. A rare multiple. S.G. 1, £3,200+. Photo £800-1,000
1526
1863-67 watermark Small Star, rough perf. 14 to 16, 1d. rosy mauve block of four with part to nearly full original gum; fine. S.G. 5, £520+. Photo £200-250
1527
-- 1d. dull rose block of four with part to large part original gum; fine. S.G. 6, £480+. Photo £200-250
1528
1884-87 CA 1d. to 1/- set of six, the 6d. deep green in a block of four, and with additional 1d. carmine-red block of six (2x3), good to fine mint. S.G. 25-30 £150-200
1529
-- 1/- mauve block of four with narrow sheet margin at left, large part original gum; the left-hand vertical pair with light crease, some toning on reverse which shows through to face on the upper pair. A scarce multiple. S.G. 30, £640+. Photo £180-200
Provenance: Frederick Mayer, October 2004

Ascension

1530
1957-2012 largely complete unmounted mint collection arranged in three albums, contained in a carton, including selected watermark varieties, booklets, miniature sheet and sheetlets. Mostly fine. (hundreds) £500-600

Australia

1531
A largely mint accumulation in a small carton, including Specimens with Kangaroo 10/- (5), £1 (6) and £2 (5), presentation sets, booklets, 1928 Exhibition sheet of four mint, 1931 OS 6d. mint corner block of four, 1932 Bridge 5/- mint and used, Navigators in quantity, Officials, B.C.O.F. mint set and some additional multiples, Thursday Island "148" cancellations on Queensland (10), c.d.s. and a few covers, etc. An interesting lot with viewing essential £1,000-1,200
1532
1913-2000 used collection on leaves, including 1913-14 values to 2/-, 1913 6d.,
1914-20 selection, 1915-27 to 5/- (2) and £1 chestnut and bright blue, later KGV Heads to 1/4d., 1929-30 to 10/-, 1931-36 to 10/- and £2, earlier commemoratives with 1932 Bridge 5/-, and a range of later issues; condition mixed in places £400-500
1533
1913-14 first watermark 1d. red Die IIA, a lower right corner block of six with "JBC" monogram, unused with large part original gum; some small gum tones and the left vertical pair severed and rejoined with hinges. BW4Azb, S.G. 2e. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Kevin Nelson, May 2002
1534
-- 2d. grey block of four, fresh and fine unmounted mint. BW5A, S.G. 3 £100-120
1535
1914-20 1d. carmine-rose lower left corner strip of three with "CA" monogram, plate 4, state 1, mounted mint; light diagonal gum bend. BW 71(4)zd, A$1250. Photo £150-180
1536
-- 4d. pale orange-yellow block of four; a fraction gum toned, otherwise fine mint.
S.G. 22c £80-100

1915-27 Third Watermark

1537
2d. grey Die I lower left corner block of twelve (4x3), folded horizontally between first and second rows, fine unmounted mint. BW7B, S.G. 35. Photo £400-500
1538
2d. grey Die IIA block of six (3x2) with margin at foot showing "JBC" monogram, a few split perfs. in selvedge, fresh and fine mint. BW8zb, S.G. 35dba. Photo £400-500
1539
1/- blue-green Die IIB block of twelve (6x2) with margins at sides, variety watermark sideways, unmounted mint though gum a little toned. BW33aa, S.G. 40ba £350-400
1540
£2 purple-black and pale rose, variety "clipped tail", fresh colours, fine mint. S.G. 45b, £4,000. Photo £2,000-2,500
1541
£2 purple-black and pale rose from the foot of the sheet, variety "broken coastline", fresh lightly mounted mint and very fine. S.G. 45b, £4,000. Photo £2,500-2,800
1542
1918-20 1/2d. green block of four with interpanneau margin at right, the top left stamp showing thin "1" in fraction, slightly gum toned otherwise fine unmounted mint, and 1d. red block of sixteen (4x4) with sheet margin at right, folded along some perfs, fresh and fine unmounted mint. S.G. 48/48a, 50 £100-120
1543
1918-23 4d. ultramarine top right corner block of six (2x3), the centre right stamp showing variety "four pence" in thinner letters, a fraction gum toned otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 65/65a. Photo £300-350
1544
-- 4d. pale milky blue block of six (2x3) with sheet margin at right, the centre right stamp showing variety "four pence" in thinner letters, a fraction gum toned otherwise fine unmounted mint. Also 1926-30 perf 13 1/2x12 1/2 2d. red-brown marginal block of four, one showing Emu with medal, ink notation in margin, fine mint. S.G. 65b/65ba, 98 £300-350
1545
1927-63 neatly written-up collection of mint and used issues arranged in one album including later high values to £2, postal history covers with 5/- Kangaroo on censored envelope. Generally good to fine. (hundreds) £200-250
1546
1929-30 2/- maroon block of four with Ash imprint, each stamp perforated "T", some hinge remnants otherwise fine mint. BW39Az, S.G. 110 £140-180
1547
1931-36 Issue 6d. chestnut blocks of four (3) with Ash imprint (two perforated through lower margin), fine mint. BW 23Az, S.G. 132 £200-250
1548
6d. chestnut blocks of four (3) with Ash imprint (two perforated through lower margin); one a little toned though generally fine mint. BW 23Az, S.G. 132 £150-200
1549
9d. violet block of four (two shades) with Ash imprint, the lower pair in each unmounted; one a little toned , otherwise fine mint. BW29Az, S.G. 133 £150-200
1550
5/- grey and yellow block of four from the foot of the sheet with Ash imprint, unmounted mint; small wrinkle in margin at foot. A scarce and very fine multiple.
S.G. 135. Photo £1,500-1,800
1551
x 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 in blocks of four, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 355-360, £480+ £200-250

Parcel Post Labels

1552
1946 Myer 3/7d. and 5/10d. and Department of Agriculture 5/10d., all used from Melbourne to England. A scarce group £200-250

Bahamas

1553
1859-60 thin paper, 1d. dull lake with good to large margins and cancelled by a part strike of "A05" barred oval; small corner crease and tiny paper split in the upper left corner.
A very attractive example of this first issue. Signed Diena and R.P.S. Certificate (2013). S.G. 2, £1500. Photo £250-300
1554
x 1863-77 CC, perf. 14 4d. dull rose, unused with large part original gum which shows some oxidisation marks, fresh and fine appearance. A rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). S.G. 36, £1,500. Photo £350-400
1555
1882 CA, perf. 12, 1d. scarlet-vermilion block of ten (5x2), lovely colour, fresh unused with large part original gum, the lower row remaining unmounted; fine. S.G. 40, £600+ £180-200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
1556
-- 1d. scarlet-vermilion block of nine (3x3) with large part original gum (very slightly aged); one with light brown mark and one with a thin speck. S.G. 40, £540+ £140-180
1557
1882 CA 1/- green corner block of eighteen (6x3), being the lower three rows of the right-hand pane showing Current number "23", unmounted mint; small tone mark in right-hand margin, otherwise fine. S.G. 44, £900+ £350-400
Provenance: "Staircase", April 1999 Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
1558
1884-90 1d. carmine-rose cancelled with a fine and central strike of black "crown" handstamp; minor water stain. Unusual. Photo £50-60
1559
1920 Peace 1d. carmine upper left corner block of four, variety watermark Crown to right of CA and reversed, unmounted mint; some slight gum creases, otherwise fine. S.G. 107y, £1,500+. Photo £400-500
1560
-- 1d. carmine lower left corner block of four, variety watermark Crown to right of
CA and reversed, unmounted mint; some slight gum creases, otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2004). S.G. 107y, £1,500+. Photo £400-500
1561
1942 (12 Oct.) Landfall set of fourteen in corner marginal blocks of six, most with sheet or plate number, 1/- variety broken "OF" and "US" and £1 variety broken "OF" only; 1 1/2d. and 3/- with light overall toning, others fine unmounted mint. S.G. 162-75a, £780+ £250-300

Barbados

1562
1855-58 white paper, (1d.) deep blue block of twenty-four (6x4) with clear to large margins nearly all round, upper right stamp touched at right, large part original gum; some creasing and a couple with other small imperfections though a scarce multiple.
S.G. 10, £2,040+. Photo £350-400
Provenance: "Olive Blossom", November 1981
Peter Jaffé, November 2006

1861-70 Issue

1563
( 1/2d.) blue-green block of six (2x3), fresh with part to full original gum; a few split perfs. between lower block of four, otherwise fine. S.G. 21a, £330+ £150-200
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, November 2006
1564
(4d.) dull rose-red block of four with part original gum; minor crease at lower left, otherwise sound. S.G. 25, £600+ £200-250
1565
(4d.) dull vermilion block of four, part original gum, vertical perforations shifted to left and trimmed, part original gum; scarce. S.G. 28, £1,300+. Photo £300-350
1566
6d. bright orange-vermilion block of four, part original gum; traces of light creasing, otherwise sound. Scarce. S.G. 31, £600+ £200-250
1567
1873 watermark Large Star, clean-cut perf. 14 1/2-15 1/2, 1/- black block of four with part to large part original crackly gum; a few split perforations, otherwise sound. A scarce multiple. S.G. 61, £600+ £200-250
Provenance: Hart, 1978
Nathanson, 1981
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
The Philatelic Collector’s Series (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: 10th July 2014 Time: 10:00AM
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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