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1902, 1905-08 and 1907-11 sets, fine mint. S.G. 20-45, £450 £150-200
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1902 2 1/2d. dull purple and ultramarine, variety wide "a" in "leeward", fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 23a, £275. Photo £120-150
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1902 1/- green and carmine, variety wide "a" in "leeward", fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 26a, £550. Photo £200-250
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1905-08 2 1/2d. dull purple and ultramarine, variety wide "a" in "leeward", fresh mint; a little rubbed. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 32a, £800. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1907-11 2 1/2d. bright blue, variety wide "a" in "leeward", fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 40a, £300. Photo £100-120
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1/4d. to 5/- set of eleven with additional 1/4d., 1/2d., 1d., 2 1/2d., 3d. (4), 1/- (2) and 5/- (3), representing most of the listed shades, and 3d. and 1/- on white backs, both overprinted "specimen", good to fine mint. S.G. 46-57 group £100-120
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1/4d. to £1 set of twenty-three, each overprinted or perforated "specimen", fresh mint with hinge remainders. S.G. 58s-80s, £650 £300-350
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1/4d. to £1 (marginal) set of twenty-three with additional 3d. deep ultramarine and 2/- purple and blue on blue, and Die I set of seven, fine mint with the £1 mounted in margin only. S.G. 58-87 group, £678 £200-250
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10/- green and red on green, variety broken crown and scroll, fresh mint; light gum bend, otherwise fine. S.G. 79b, £300. Photo £150-180
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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£1 purple and black on red upper right corner example with plate number, variety break in scroll, fresh mint with the stamp remaining unmounted. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 80a, £550. Photo £300-350
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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£1 black and purple on red, variety broken crown and scroll, fresh unmounted mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 80b, £550. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
| 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue | |
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1d. to 1/- set of four, each perforated "specimen", and the set in lower right corner blocks of four, fine mint. S.G. 88-91, £258 £120-150
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1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory sets, both perforated "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 92-94, 115-116, £210 £100-120
| 1938-51 Issue | |
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1/4d. to £1 (1942) set of nineteen with additional 1/4d., 1d. red Die A, 1d. green, 1/- grey and black and £1 (perf. 13), all in corner plate blocks of four and offered with 1937 Coronation set in corner blocks of four, 1946 Victory set in corner plate blocks of four, 1949 Wedding set in plate/imprint blocks of four, 1949 UPU set in marginal plate/imprint blocks of four and 1951 University set in marginal imprint blocks of four, fresh mint. A fine and impressive group. S.G. 92-124 group, £1,100+ £1,000-1,200
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1/4d. to £1 (1938) with a range of additional shades (54) including 1/- (6), 2/- (3),
5/- (2), 10/- (3) and £1 (6 with two perf. 13), all neatly mounted and written-up with dates of printing written under each (not guaranteed), fine mint. A most attractive lot. S.G. 95-114 £500-600
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1/2d. green marginal pair from the top of the sheet, the right-hand stamp variety "isi.ands", fine unmounted mint. S.G. 96/a, £140+ £80-100
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1d. scarlet Die B, variety "di" flaw, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 98a, £200. Photo £100-120
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1d. blue-green, variety "di" flaw, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 100a, £200. Photo £100-120
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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6d. deep dull purple and bright purple on ordinary paper, variety broken "e", fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 109ab, £550. Photo £180-200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1/- black and grey on emerald, variety "di" flaw, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 110a, £650. Photo £200-250
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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5/- green and red on yellow ordinary paper, variety broken "e", (R.4/3 of left pane), fine mint. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 112ba., £1,200. Photo £400-500
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£1 purple and black on carmine lower right corner example, variety broken lower right scroll, fresh mint; tiny gum skip, otherwise unmounted. Fine and rare. S.G. 114ae, £2,000. Photo £1,000-1,200
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Two in maroon with "leeward islands" embossed in gold on spine and numbered 1
and 2 £100-120
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1d. red handstamped "cancelled" (D7) in red, trace of gum, thinned at top. Rare.
S.G. 1. Photo £400-500
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1d. red handstamped "cancelled" (D7) in black, traces of gum, perfs. slightly trimmed at foot, otherwise fine. Rare. S.G. 1. Photo £700-800
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, October 2006
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6d. green handstamped "cancelled" (D7) in black, fine with much original gum. Rare. S.G. 2. Photo £700-800
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, October 2006
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1d. red block of four; some reinforced perfs. at top, minor gum bend at lower left, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 1. Photo £50-60
| 1876 (Aug)-83 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 14 | |
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1d. red, variety inverted "S", part original gum, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1975). S.G. 1b, £1,000. Photo £300-400
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1d. red block of four, variety misplaced overprint, some hinge remnants, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 1. Photo £200-250
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6d. green block of nine, centre stamp in top row with variety inverted 'S', large part original gum, fine. Rare, being one of two recorded multiples with this variety. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 2/2b, £2,460+. Photo £2,000-2,500
Provenance: Mrs N. E. Thompson, March 1977
Sotheby's, April 1986
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6d. green block of four, upper left stamp variety inverted 'S', the lower left stamp showing re-entry and "Malburin" flaw, large part original gum; some foxing on reverse, otherwise fine. Rare, being one of only two recorded multiples with this variety. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 2/2b, £2,010+. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: Sotheby's, April 1986
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6d. blue-green horizontal pair, part original gum, fresh and fine. An exceptionally rare multiple of this scarce stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 3, £2,600+. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: Sotheby's, April 1986
Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1d. red bisected vertically tied by "A08" obliterator on 1883 (15 July) envelope to St Kitts, marked "B/Post" and showing "montserrat/paid" and St Kitts datestamps.
S.G. 1a, £1,400. Photo £500-700
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1d. red (3, one bisected vertically), all lightly cancelled "A08" on 1883 (10 Sept.) to St Kitts, showing "montserrat/paid" and St Kitts datestamps. B.P.A. Certificate (1966). S.G. 1/1a, £1,400+. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: Sotheby's, April 1986
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1d. red bisected vertically and surcharged " 1/2" in red, neatly tied by "A08" obliterator on 1884 (18 May) envelope to Dominica, marked "B/Post" and showing "montserrat/paid" and Dominica datestamps. B.P.A. Certificate (1989). Photo £500-700
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6d. green trisected vertically, two examples tied by barred oval "A08" cancellation on 1883 (12 Dec.) envelope to St Kitts, showing "montserrat/paid" and St Kitts datestamps. A unique franking. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 2a, £13,000. Photo £5,000-6,000
Provenance: Sotheby's, April 1986
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4d. blue overprinted "specimen" (D11), part original gum, fine. Rare. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Jaffe, October 2006
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2 1/2d. and 4d., part original gum; some gum creases, fine appearance. S.G. 4, 5, £400 £100-120
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4d. blue block of four, fine mint. Rare in a multiple. S.G. 5, £600. Photo £400-500
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Sheet (205x218 mm.) entitled "Existing and Proposed Schemes of Colours" bearing 1876 1d. and 6d., 1880 2 1/2d. (imperf.) and 4d. marked "Existing Colours", Keytype stamps in carmine perf. 14 (marked "1d" alongside) and in brown perf. 12 ("6d"), both without duty marked "Proposed colours for surface printed stamps" and with overlap piece bearing stamp in blue, perf. 14, in red-brown, perf. 14 (with "X" across face) and 1d. (apparently oxidised) the first two without duty marked "2 1/2d Proposed colour, being that established by the International Postal Convention for this duty", "4d." and "6d" respectively, the last two bracketed as "Proposed colours". Alongside these is a unique stamp in mauve perf. 12 overprinted "cancelled" (D4) with note above "Colour agreed to in CA's letter of 4 Dec 83". See Samuel page 168 for further notes on this last item. A wonderful showpiece. Photo £8,000-10,000
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1d. red block of four, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 6, £320. Photo £150-200
Provenance: Sotheby's, April 1986
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1d. red, variety inverted 'S', large part original gum, fine. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1976). S.G. 6a, £2,000. Photo £700-800
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1/2d., 1d., 2 1/2d. (both) and 4d. mauve in blocks of four; 1/2d. and 2 1/2d. ultramarine with a few toned perfs, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 7-10, 12; £1346 £300-400
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1/2d., 1d. (2), 2 1/2d. red-brown horizontal pair, 2 1/2d. ultramarine, 4d. mauve; a few minor imperfections, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 7-10, 12; £639 £200-300
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1d. red block of four, upper left stamp with variety inverted 'S', hinge remnants at top, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (1981). S.G. 8, 8a, £1,000+. Photo £300-400
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2 1/2d. red-brown horizontal corner pair with plate number, mounted in the margin only; a few slight gum creases, otherwise fine. S.G. 9, £550. Photo £250-300
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4d. blue, large part original gum, fresh and fine. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1979).
S.G. 11, £1,800. Photo £500-600
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4d. mauve, variety top left triangle detached, large part original gum, fresh and fine. S.G. 12a, £375. Photo £100-120
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1/2d. frame in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), marked "before hardening" and dated "09 mar 03", very fine. Photo £200-250
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1d. frame in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), dated "31 mar 03", very fine. Photo £200-250
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