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4d. in black on blue paper, Virgin with twelve lamps, no aureole, lower corners void; minor faults. Rare. Photo £300-400
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in purple-black on card, Virgin with twelve lamps and aureole on lined background, lower corners completed; small faint stain on front with a few more on reverse. Rare. Photo £400-500
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in deep grey-violet, Virgin with twelve lamps and aureole on lined background, the lamps deleted in manuscript, stamp-size on pinkish surfaced card. Very rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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1/- in orange-red on gummed paper, without Virgin. Very rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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1/- in orange-red on gummed paper, without Virgin. Very rare. Photo £800-1,000
Provenance: "Ursula", January 1981
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1/- purple-black and orange-red on ungummed paper, with Virgin, twelve lamps, aureole and plants. Small wrinkle at foot. Very rare. Photo £1,200-1,500
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in blue-green (44x47mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. in deep blue-green (45x47mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. in green (36x42mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in green, slightly paler shade (36x38mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in pale green (47x48mm.), minor surface marks clear of design. Photo £200-250
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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4d. in orange (38x42mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. in deep orange (35x38mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. in brown-lilac (31x36mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. in deep brown-lilac (31x36mm.). Photo £200-250
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. red block of fifteen (5x3), being the complete top three rows of the sheet with large sheet margins. A rare and impressive multiple. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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4d. (6) two in red, two in deep red, one in lake-red and one in lake-red on pink, all imperforate, fine £300-400
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1d. (2) and 1/- on white wove paper, 1d. (2), 6d. and 1/- on greyish or toned paper, 4d. on pale rose paper and 4d. (2) on buff paper; some without gum, a little gum toning, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 8-17, £1,635 £300-400
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6d. pale rose on white wove paper, large part original gum, a few toned perfs at foot, otherwise fine. S.G. 10, £600 £180-200
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1878 (12 Dec.) envelope to the Lord Bishop of Antigua, bearing 1d. yellow-green on white paper (2) and 4d. lake-red on pale rose paper, each clearly cancelled "A91" and with manuscript "4" in red crayon at lower left corner, the reverse with Tortola, St Thomas Danish P.O. and Antigua c.d.s.; the envelope with a few small fox marks at foot, nevertheless an attractive and very rare cover to an unusual destination. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: Maurice Burrus, 1962
William Frazer, May 2004
| 1867 1/- Black and Rose-Carmine with Frames Superimposed | |
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A mint selection (8) including variety long-tailed "s" (2) and long sleeve, fresh and fine. S.G. 18, 18a, £1,140+ £300-400
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A complete sheet of twenty with margins all round, [11] showing variety long-tailed "s" and [19] showing variety long sleeve, fine mint. S.G. 18, 18a. Photo £500-600
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Variety long-tailed "s", part original gum, fine. S.G. 18a, £300. Photo £120-150
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Unused (5), one showing variety long-tailed "s", a little gum toning, otherwise fine.
S.G. 19, 19a, £525. Photo £150-180
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A single unused without gum, centred to upper right, fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007).
S.G. 20, £750. Photo £150-180
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A single unused with large part original gum showing variety long-tailed "s", fine.
S.G. 20a, £2,000. Photo £500-700
| 1868 1/- Black and Rose-Carmine with Single Frame | |
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Imperforate on vertically laid paper, no gum. Scarce. Photo £150-200
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White paper horizontal pair showing variety long-tailed "s", large part original gum, right stamp with small thin spot, otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 21, 21a, £660. Photo £120-150
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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White paper unused (2) and toned paper (2, one (thin) with variety long-tailed "s"); generally fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007) for what. S.G. 21, 21b, 21ba, £955 £250-300
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A complete sheet of twenty-four on white glazed card, dated "19 jan 77" in red at foot. A very rare and possibly unique multiple mentioned in the Migliavacca catalogue. Photo £4,000-5,000
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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1d. yellow-green block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet on thin yellowish wove paper, each with "19 jan 77" dated handstamp diagonally in red ink and with diagonal pen stroke in purple ink. Photo £200-250
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An example in green showing horizontal and vertical register marks, overprinted "cancelled" (D6) and affixed to piece marked "Lithographed printed stamp"; perfs. at foot partially trimmed. Rare. Photo £600-800
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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An example handstamped "cancelled" (D7), affixed to small piece, fine. Scarce. Photo £180-200
Provenance: Jaffé, October 2006
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1d. yellow-green block of four and 1d. green (2, one without gum), all with watermark sideways, and 1d. green (2, one with colour offset on reverse) with watermark upright, large part original gum, some trimmed perfs. at right of block, otherwise fine. S.G. 22, 22a, 22b, £1,050 £200-300
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2 1/2d. CC, red-brown marginal block of four with plate number "1", large part original gum, fresh and fine. Very rare. Photo £4,000-5,000
Note: This block is illustrated on pages 23 and 98 of the Migliavacca handbook
Provenance:
J. Charlton Henry, 1961
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1d. emerald-green marginal block of four with plate number "1", fresh and fine mint.
A scarce multiple of this attractive stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 24, £300+. Photo £300-400
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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1d. emerald-green horizontal pair, the left stamp showing variety first "S" in "islands" omitted, the normal with minor gum crease; also 1d. emerald-green (faded) and 2 1/2d. red-brown, the latter fresh and fine mint. Very Rare. S.G. 24-25. Photo £250-300
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2 1/2d. red-brown block of four, fine mint. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 25, £480. Photo £300-400
Provenance: H. Douglas Bessemer, February 1963
J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
| 1883-84 Keyplate Issue | |
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Antigua 4d. chestnut, overprinted in black with bar through name and "virgin islands" below, affixed to small card. Very rare, being one of only three thought to exist. Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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1/2d. in dull green with sheet margin at right, large part original gum; trace of pink marks on face, otherwise fresh and fine. Photo £500-700
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1/2d. in dull green overprinted "specimen" (D5) in red, affixed to small piece. Very rare. Photo £500-700
Provenance: William Frazer, May 2004
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1883 (28 Feb.) "Appendix" sheet bearing 1/2d. (3) in blue, in red and in green, together with 1879-80 CC 1d. and 2 1/2d., each handstamped "cancelled" (D7). Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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1883 (12 Mar.) card (75x28mm.) bearing 1/2d. (3) in purple, in slate and in yellow-orange, each handstamped "cancelled" (D7); the date in manuscript on reverse. A beautiful trio. Photo £1,000-1,200
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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1/2d. yellow-buff, 1/2d. dull green (2), 1d. pale rose (2, one with plate number) and 2 1/2d. ultramarine in blocks of four, 1/2d. yellow-buff (4, including corner pair with plate number), 1/2d. dull green (3), 1d. pale rose (3), 2 1/2d. ultramarine (2, one showing variety top left triangle detached), fresh and fine mint. Two B.P.A. Certificates (2007).
S.G. 26-31b, £1,500+ £400-500
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6d. in dull claret, fine. Photo £120-150
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1/- in deep red, fine. Photo £300-400
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1d. rose to 1/- sepia each overprinted "specimen" (D12), large part original gum; 6d. with vertical gum crease, otherwise fresh and fine. S.G. 34s-40s, £300 £100-120
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1d. (4), 4d. (5), 6d. (5) and 1/- (4), part to large part original gum, fine. S.G. 32-41 £120-150
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[4] with flaw on "e" of "one", variety surcharge double and widely spaced vertically, unused with part original gum. A fine and attractive example of this rare surcharge variety. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). S.G. 42a, £8,500. Photo £3,000-4,000
Provenance: Charlton Henry, April 1961
Chartwell, June 2011
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[6] and [17], part to large part original gum, gum toned, otherwise fine appearance.
S.G. 42, £280. Photo £80-100
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