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Setting 10, " 1/2" Type 9 on 1/- dull blue, fresh unused without gum; a few short perfs. at foot, nevertheless a presentable example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). S.G. 20a, £12,000. Photo £2,000-2,500
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Settings 11-12, " 1/2" Type 12 on 1d. dull red, fresh unused with part original gum.
S.G. 22, £325. Photo £120-150
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Settings 11-12, " 1/2" Type 12 on 1d. dull red, fresh unused without gum. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 22, £325. Photo £100-120
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Settings 11-12, " 1/2" Type 13 on 1d. dull red, [34] with throat flaw, fresh unused with part original gum. Scarce. S.G. 23a, £1,100. Photo £300-400
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Settings 11-12, " 1/2" Type 14 on 1d. dull red, narrow sheet margin at foot, fresh unused with part original gum. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). S.G. 24, £700. Photo £250-300
Provenance: "Arabella", March 2005
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Setting 2, "2 1/2" on 6d. black, narrow sheet margin at top, part original gum and Setting 4, "2 1/2" on 6d. black, fresh without gum. S.G. 26, 28, £650. Photo £140-180
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Setting 3, "2 1/2" on 1/- lilac, fresh unused without gum, good colour; two tiny light marks on face, otherwise fine and a presentable example of this rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1930). S.G. 27, £4,000. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: C.J.L. Snowden, June 1953
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Setting 5, "2 1/2" on 1/- lilac, two different types, one with small part original gum and horizontal crease, the other without gum and a little toned. B.P.A. Certificates (2007 and 2014 respectively). S.G. 29, £1,100. Photo £200-250
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Setting 6, "2 1/2" Type 20 on 1/- lilac with inking flaw on Queen's neck, well-centred and fresh unused with part original gum; small thin at centre, fine appearance. An attractive example of this very rare stamp. Philatelic Foundation (1962) and B.P.A. (2011) Certificates. S.G. 30, £13,000. Photo £4,000-5,000
Provenance: T. Charlton Henry, April 1961
Keeler Cox, January 1982
"Chartwell", June 2011
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Setting 6, "2 1/2" Type 21 on 1/- lilac, fresh unused with part original gum, straight edges at top and at foot, the latter leaving the perforations intact at base of design; two small light handstamps on reverse. An attractive example of this exceptionally rare stamp, and considered the finest of the few examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 31, £24,000. Photo £12,000-15,000
Provenance: "Chartwell", June 2011
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Setting 7, "2 1/2" on 6d. black, fresh unused with part original gum; small scissor-cut at lower right corner outside of design. An appealing example of this very rare stamp. R.P.S. (1961) and B.P.A. (2011) Certificates. S.G. 32, £9,500. Photo £4,000-5,000
Provenance: T. Charlton Henry, April 1961
"Isleham", March 1987
"Chartwell", June 2011
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Setting 8, "2 1/2" Type 23 on 1d. dull red, fresh unused with small part original gum; small inclusion at upper left, otherwise sound. B.P.A. Certificate (2009). S.G. 34, £750. Photo £150-200
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Setting 8, "2 1/2" Type 24 on 1d. dull red, fresh unused with part original gum.
An attractive example of this scarce stamp. Signed Bloch. B.P.A. Certificate (1997).
S.G. 35, £1,500. Photo £600-700
Provenance: "Arabella", March 2005
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Setting 8, "2 1/2" Type 23 on 1/- lilac, unused with traces of gum; sound. R.P.S. Certificate (1974). S.G. 36, £600. Photo £150-180
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Setting 8, "2 1/2" Type 24 on 1/- lilac, unused with traces of gum. Scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1974). S.G. 37, £1,200. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Caspary 1957
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Setting 9, "2 1/2" Type 25 on 1/- dull blue, fresh unused with part original gum. Scarce. S.G. 38, £1,100. Photo £250-300
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Setting 1, "4" on 6d. black, perforations cut with scissors on three sides, used with only traces of the cancellation. S.G. 42, £350. Photo £100-120
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Settings 2-6, "4" on 6d. black Types 29 and 30, both fresh unused with part original gum. S.G. 43, 44, £510. Photo £150-200
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Settings 2-6, "4" Type 29 on 1/- lilac, fresh unused with part original gum. S.G. 45, £475. Photo £150-200
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Settings 2-6, "4" Type 29 on 1d. dull red, unused without gum; sound. S.G. 47, £750. Photo £200-250
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1881 1d., 6d. and 1/-, 1882-85 set of three with 1/2d. shade, 1887-89 set of three and 6d. overprinted "specimen", 1889 1d. on 2 1/2d., 1889-93 1d. (3) and 2 1/2d. (2, one overprinted "specimen"), 1893 1/2d. on 4d. Settings 2, 3 and 4, and 1893-95 set of three with 4d. and 5d. overprinted "specimen", unused or with part to large part gum; generally good to fine £250-300
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1881 CC, perf. 14, 1d. brown-red block of nine, [4-26], with margins at top and foot, [24] with throat flaw, large part original gum with the upper block of six remaining unmounted mint. S.G. 49/a, £980+ £300-400
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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–– 4d. ultramarine block of four, large part original gum; a fraction toned though a scarce multiple. S.G. 50, £680+. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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1883 (25 Sept.) "Turks Islands Postage Stamps Existing and Proposed Scheme of Colours" sheet (202x278mm. divided in to two pieces), bearing six perforated Keyplate colour trials with black name and duty tablets in carmine, yellow-orange, grey-brown, green, ultramarine and grey, bracketed as "Proposed Colours for surface printed stamps", 1/2d., 1d., 2 1/2d., 4d., 6d. and 1/- issued stamps bracketed as "Existing Colours", three perf. 12 1d. colour trials in crimson-lake, yellow-brown and sepia, together with three existing values and colours, bracketed as "Proposed colours". A magnificent exhibition piece. Photo £12,000-15,000
Provenance: Spink, July 2000
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1887 CA, perf. 12, 1d. crimson-lake horizontal marginal pair from the foot of the sheet, variety imperforate between with the left-hand stamp showing throat flaw, fresh and fine mint. The unique positional item. R.P.S. Certificate (1949). S.G. 58a, £27,000+. Photo £18,000-20,000
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1893 (10 June) " 1/2d." Setting 1 (separate bars) on 4d. grey, unused with part original gum; a little toned, otherwise sound. A very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 66, £3,250. Photo £1,200-1,500
Provenance: C.J.L. Snowden, June 1953
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1893 (29 Dec.) "Appendix" sheet (203-237mm.) bearing three general Keyplate imperforate trials and six Postage Postage imperforate trials, each with handpainted country name and all but two of the Postage Postage trials with handpainted value tablets, the sheet initialled at foot and further dated "1.1.94", two light creases, one crossing three of the trials. A wonderful exhibition item. Photo £12,000-15,000
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In maroon with "turks islands" tooled in gold on spine £50-80
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2/- composite photographic type, stamp-size in black and grey affixed to card (89x114mm., overall soiling) lettered "CC" and dated "Dec. 30th 98", marked at top "2/- 30 set plates / 3 / -" and further at foot "Appd", initialled and dated "25.1.1900". Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: C.J.L. Snowden, 1953
Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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Small format master in black on thin card (41x51mm.) dated "26.2.1900". Photo £800-1,000
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Large format with uncleared value tablet and surround, stamp-size matrix in black on glazed card and affixed to day book piece dated "Jan 28 2 leads" at top. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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"Appendix A" sheet (172x309mm., divided into two parts to fit album pages) dated
"June 27th 1900", bearing eleven 1/2d. and four 2/- colour trials with 1/2d. in blue-green, in carmine, in purple and in greenish brown for the 1/2d., 1d., 6d. and 1/- values crossed through and replaced by the issued colour; the three 1/2d. trials for the 2d., 2 1/2d. and
4d. values in the accepted colours and the 2/- in indigo and in orange for the 2/-
and 3/- values similarly crossed through and replaced by the issued colours, the whole marked "Approved WHM 20.7"; vertical crease affects the accepted 1/2d. and 1d. trials.
A magnificent showpiece. Photo £5,000-6,000
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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"Appendix B" sheet (152x304mm., divided into two parts to fit album pages) dated
"June 27th 1900", bearing six 1/2d. and three 2/- marginal colour trials in alternative colours; a few perforations slightly trimmed, a vertical crease crosses the margin of one trial. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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1d. (13) in a series of colour combinations, ten printed on coloured papers with five on blue or green paper with watermark sideways, all identified by one of three different plate flaws. A fine and colourful group. Photo £3,500-4,000
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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2/- (2) in purple and in lake, the issued colours of the 2/- and 3/- values; both with light creases. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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1/2d. to 3/- set of nine, and 1905-08 3d. purple on yellow, each overprinted "specimen", some red ink offset on reverse of 2/-, fine mint. S.G. 101s-109s, 112s, £300 £100-120
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1/2d. to 3/- set of nine with 2 1/2d. shade in singles and blocks of four, and additional 3/- block of four, 1905-08 1/2d. to 3d., 1909-11 1/4d. to 3/- with additional 1/4d., large part original gum, a couple with some gum toning, otherwise fresh and fine. S.G. 101-126 £100-120
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1/4d. in issued design, surface printed in green, stamp-size and affixed to card (89x114mm.) dated "Febr. 9th 10", fine. Photo £1,000-1,200
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3d. in Venetian red with handpainted background, near to the issued design and affixed to card (89x114mm.) marked "Dupl", dated "March 30th 09" and marked, on reverse, "Submitted 30/3/1909 using our head. Appd 7 Apl 1909. Colours to be advised later", fine. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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1/4d. in deep blue-green on wove paper (35x44mm.) dated "2 may 1910", fine. Photo £600-800
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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1/2d./3/- master, in black on glazed wove paper (33x35mm.) dated "may 11 1909", fine. Photo £600-800
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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Master in black on surfaced wove paper (39x36mm.) showing guide lines at left and right. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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1/2d. to 3/- set of eleven with additional 2/-, and 1921 Script 1/4d. to 1/- set of eight, all overprinted "specimen", fresh and fine mint. S.G. 129s-139s, 138bs, 154s-161s, £405 £100-120
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1913-21 1/2d. to 3/- with all listed shades and papers, 1921 (23 Apr.) 1/4d. to 1/- set of eight, 1922-26 1/4d. to 3/- with additional values (10), 1928 1/2d. to 10/- set of eleven, fine mint. S.G. 129-139, 154-186 £100-120
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1918 "war/tax" essay overprints on two pieces of paper, one in the issued type marked "Approved for Turks Is WHM 25/3/18". Photo £300-400
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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1918 1d. and 3d. pairs with part original gum. Rare with only six examples of each believed to have been prepared. Photo £600-700
Provenance: Morris H. Ludington, November 1999
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A virtually complete collection as per S.G. listing with additional 1917 (Jan) 1d. (2, one with overprint double - R.P.S. Certificate 1967, the other with overprint inverted at top) and 3d. with overprint double, and 1917 (Oct) 1d. with overprint double, one at foot, generally fine mint. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). S.G. 140-153, £400+ £120-150
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1917 (Oct) 1d. red horizontal pair, variety overprint omitted, large part original gum, tone spot at top, otherwise fresh and fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 143c, £650. Photo £180-200
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1917 (Oct) 1d. red horizontal pair, variety one overprint inverted, one normal, large part original gum, fresh and fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 143g, £650. Photo £180-200
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1/2d. brown, composite type in the issued design with handpainted background to head, affixed to card (27x32mm.). Photo £500-600
Provenance: De La Rue Archives, February 1979
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