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10/- die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) without markings; hinge remainders on the reverse, fresh and fine. Cat. £3800. Photo £2,000
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10/- ultramarine overprinted "specimen" type 16, large part original gum. Fine appearance. S.G. 265s, £480. Photo £200
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10/- ultramarine, two shades, part to large part original gum; hinge remainders, one with gum creasing. S.G. 265, £2000. Photo £400
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£1 die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) dated "19 DEC. 01" in blue and stamped "after/hardening" plus manuscript "AC, 19 Dec 01"; hinge remainders on the reverse, fresh and fine. Cat. £4000. Photo £2,200
Provenance: "Pearch", June 1983
Chartwell, December 2011
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£1 dull blue-green overprinted "specimen" type 16, part to large part original gum; short corner perf. and vertical gum wrinkle. S.G. M55s, £1400. Photo £300
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£1 dull blue-green, large part original gum; quite well centred and generally free from the usual gum wrinkles, a couple of slightly short perfs. S.G. 266, £2000. Photo £500
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£1 dull blue-green in a left margin block of four, large part original gum; a couple of trivial perf. tones at foot, very well centred and with only minor gum wrinkling, most unusual on a block of this nature. A fine and very desirable block. Exceptional. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Cat. £10,000. Photo £3,000
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4d. bright orange in a block of four, lightly mounted mint with three stamps unmounted. S.G. 278. Photo £250
| 1911 Harrison Perf.15x14 | |
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3d. grey on lemon, large part original gum; small hinge remnants and some pencil marks on reverse. A good example of this rare shade. R.P.S. Certificate (1961). S.G. 285a, £3250. Photo £1,500
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6d. bright magenta, large part original gum with tiny hinge remainders; well centred, fresh and fine. Pencil guarantee on reverse. A very good example of this elusive shade. R.P.S. Certificate (1972). S.G. 296, £12,500. Photo £6,000
Provenance: Chartwell, December 2011
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9d. deep plum and blue in a corner block of four, unmounted mint; there is a light tone spot in the side margin and a light horizontal gum bend. Fresh and attractive. S.G. 307a, £600. Photo £150
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10d. dull reddish purple and aniline pink in a lower right corner block of four showing the 1911 date cuts of pane Z, large part original gum with some hinge remainders in the margins; light horizontal crease in the lower margin and a few gum bends and a black arrow drawn in the lower margin indicating the date cuts. S.G. M44 (5). Photo £250
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2/6d. dull greyish purple, large part original gum; internal gum wrinkle. S.G. 315, £950. Photo £200
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2/6d. shades with dull purple, dull reddish purple and pale dull reddish purple, part to large part original gum; a couple of gum wrinkles. (3). Photo £200
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5/- carmine, large part original gum; fresh and fine. S.G. 318, £425. Photo £120
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5/- carmine-red and carmine shades, part to large part original gum. S.G. M52 (1-2). Photo £180
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10/- bright blue, large part original gum; strong colour, a fresh and well centred stamp with brilliant colour. S.G. M54 (1), £1100. Photo £300
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10/- blue lower right corner stamp showing the date cuts and dot of plate 1b, from the upper pane, large part original gum with hinge remainders. A good positional stamp.
S.G. 319. Photo £600
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10/- deep blue, large part original gum. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). S.G. M54 (3), £1100. Photo £300
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£1 deep green, large part original gum; horizontal bend; fresh. S.G. 320, £2000. Photo £500
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£1 deep green in a dark shade, part original gum; hinge remainders and some gum wrinkling. Rich, vibrant colour. S.G. 320, £2000. Photo £500
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A selection of low values in blocks of four with 1/2d. (5), 1d. (5) including Harrison perf.15x14, 1 1/2d. (5) including a corner block, 2d. (3), 2 1/2d. (3) including Harrison corner block showing 1911 date cut, 3d. (7) including purple on orange (unmounted), 4d. green and brown (2), 4d. orange (2), 5d. (3) plus corner pair showing 1912 date cuts (H4d/D5), 6d. (4), 7d. (2) and 1/- (2); generally large part original gum to unmounted mint (including both 1/- blocks). Attractive £1,500
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A specialised collection of low value shades with 1/2d. including Harrison bright green, fine impression, lightly mounted mint, perf.15x14 (3) and with St. Andrew's cross (3),
1d. rose-carmine, Harrison 1d. aniline rose and perf.15x14 (5), 1d. variety no watermark in singles (3) and blocks of four (2); 1 1/2d. (12) including Somerset House deep plum and deep green; 2d. (12) including De la Rue pale greyish green and scarlet-vermilion;
2 1/2d. (10); 3d. (12) with better shades; 4d. green and brown (5) and 4d. orange (8) including Harrison perf.14 (2); 5d. (8); 6d. (16) including Dickinson paper (2) and
no cross on crown variety; 7d. (5); 9d. (12); 10d. (12) including Somerset House dull reddish purple and scarlet, dull purple and deep scarlet, dull purple and aniline pink plus 1/- (11). Generally clean and fine. A very good collection, ideal for further development. (173) £2,000
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Die 1a, Watermark Crown: 1/2d. bluish green, control "A 11" single, mounted in the margin only. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). S.G. 323, £400. Photo £120
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–– 1/2d. green variety white blob to right of left " 1/2", control singles with imperf. or perf. (2) lower margin, large part original gum; one stamp with gum wrinkles. S.G. N1d, £750. (3). Photo £250
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–– 1d. rose-pink, with lower margin, unmounted mint. Fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1984). S.G. N7 (6), £200. Photo £60
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Die 1b, Watermark Crown: 1/2d. very deep green, large part original gum. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). S.G. N2 (7), £450. Photo £180
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–– 1/2d. green variety cracked plate (Pl.3 R.20/2) in corner control strips of three, in three varying shades, large part original gum. S.G. N2c, £900+. (9). Photo £300
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Die 1b, Watermark Royal Cypher: 1/2d. green, imperforate plate proof trial on multiple cypher watermarked paper in a right margin block of four, large part original gum.
From plate 8; fresh. Cat. £9600. Photo £2,500
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–– 1/2d. booklet panes of six in green and deep green shades plus two panes showing variety cracked frame below "PE" (two panes), large part original gum; mixed perfs., fair to fine. (4 panes) £400
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Die 2, Watermark Crown: 1/2d. green, a small group with no cross on crown, broken "E" in "REVENUE" and coil join with a fragment of one of the stamps, large part original gum £100
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–– 1d. very deep bright scarlet in a left margin block of four, unmounted mint; a couple of minor gum bends. A splendid block. S.G. N11 (4), £1100+. Photo £300
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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–– 1d. aniline scarlet in a block of four, one stamp with variety no cross on crown, unmounted mint. R.P.S. Certificate (1972). S.G. N11 (5)b. Photo £500
Provenance: R.C. Alcock, 1974
Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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Die 2, Watermark Royal Cypher: 1/2d. green overprinted "specimen" type 22, fine and lightly mounted. S.G. N5s, £550. Photo £180
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–– 1/2d. green overprinted "cancelled" type 24, large part original gum. S.G. N5t, £300. Photo £100
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Die 2, Watermark Multiple Royal Cypher: 1/2d. green imperforate, large part original gum; fine. S.G. 346b, £175. Photo £70
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–– 1/2d. green coil join pair in a vertical strip of six, large part original gum; also 1/2d. Royal Cypher coil join (top stamp reduced to a fraction). S.G. N6i £100
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Collection: A specialised collection on leaves which includes die 1a 1/2d. and 1d. shades, 1d. corner control pair, die 1b with 1/2d. bluish green, inverted watermark, control pairs showing close and wide figures with different perf. types, 1d. shades and corner control pairs (3); Royal cypher 1/2d. (3) and 1d. (4). Die 2 with watermark Crown 1/2d. shades with myrtle-green and bluish green, corner strip without control and corner control pairs (4), 1d. with corner control pairs (6) showing different perforations; Royal cypher 1/2d. inverted watermark and corner control pairs (6), 1d. no cross on crown and corner control pairs (4); multiple Royal cypher with 1/2d. watermark inverted and watermark reversed in control multiples and corner control pairs of 1/2d. (4) and 1d. (2). A clean and attractive collection £600
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Brass watermark cypher from the dandy roll. Unusual and makes a fine frontispiece. Photo £150
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Paper trial of multiple Royal cypher watermarked paper handstamped "specimen" type 23 on gummed paper, a block of nine from the foot of the "sheet"; a couple of gum bends. Photo £150
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1/2d. very yellow (Cyprus) green, lightly mounted mint; centred a fraction low, which is normal for this shade. Exceptional colour. A fresh and fine example of this much sought-after shade. B.P.A. Certificate (1956). S.G. 355, £9000. Photo £4,000
Provenance: R.C. Alcock, 1974
Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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2d. die 1, intense bright orange in a lower left corner control "N 19" pair, lightly mounted mint; a few gum creases and wrinkles and there is a tiny thin in the margin. Shows cut under PE of R.20/1. A fine and rare positional multiple of this scarce and dramatic shade. R.P.S. Certificate (1974). S.G. N19 (9), £2200+. Photo £1,200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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2 1/2d. deep bright blue in a corner control "G 15" block of six, large part original gum;
a couple of light gum bends. Fine and a striking control block. Photo £700
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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2 1/2d. Royal blue, lower margin control "O 20" single, unmounted mint; light gum bends. Showing the half dot in margin of plate 9b. Copy of R.P.S. Certificate (1974) for a strip of three. S.G. N21 (16), £425. Photo £200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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2 1/2d. dull Prussian blue, large part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1980). S.G. 373a, £1000. Photo £350
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1/- deep bronze-brown, unmounted mint with right margin, missing tail to "R" in the watermark with pencil note in the margin. A fine example of this dramatic shade. R.P.S. Certificate (1977). S.G. N32 (10), £1200+. Photo £500
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, October 2004
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1/2d. to 1/-, less 9d. green, variety inverted watermark, lightly mounted or unmounted mint; the 10d. is fresh and fine. A scarce and desirable set. Photo £1,000
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A specialised collection of shades on leaves which includes 1/2d. olive-green, blue-green and cobalt-green shades; 1d. deep carmine-red, pink, scarlet-vermilion, orange-vermilion and deep orange-vermilion; 1 1/2d. deep chocolate-brown, brown and pale brown;
2d. brown-orange; 2 1/2d. shades; 3d. very pale violet, very deep violet; 4d. deep slate-green; 5d. ochre-brown and bistre-brown; 6d. slate-purple; 9d. very deep agate; 9d. green shades (3); 1/- fawn-brown. Generally good to fine, large part original gum to lightly mounted. (130) £1,000
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1/2d. green shades (2) and 1d. red shades (2) large part original gum to lightly mounted mint; one 1d. with slightly clipped perfs. S.G. 397-398, £750. Photo £150
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Die Proof; Stage 4 in sepia-brown on card (100x74mm), the colour of the 2/6d. Fine and rare. Photo £20,000
In stage 4, all of the circle in the upper margins are complete except the first, further shading to Britannia and the first horse, though the hoof is still incomplete
Provenance: H. Shaida, April 1993
Chartwell, May 2012
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