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1912-19 £1 dull green and black and £1 green and black, fresh unmounted mint.
S.G. 89, 89a, £475 £180-200
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1942 Columbus, 4d. light blue and red-orange, variety "coiumbus" (R.5/2), fresh lightly mounted mint. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). S.G. 168a, £1,200. Photo £400-500
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6d. olive-green and light blue, variety "coiumbus" (R.5/2), fresh lightly mounted mint. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). S.G. 169a, £1,200. Photo £400-500
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1976 Telephone 16c., variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 457w, unpriced. Photo £500-600
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1948 (July) Olympic Games 2 1/2a. on 2 1/2d. ultramarine, marginal from the top of the sheet with part arrow (some perf. separation), variety surcharge double, fresh unmounted mint. Rare. S.G. 63a, £3,500. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x 1816 (11 Feb.) entire "per the Blucher Packet" to London, rated "4/4" and "8/8" and showing, on reverse across join, fine "barbadoes" fleuron datestamp; the flap cut and rejoined for display purposes. Photo £200-250
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x 1840 entire to London, marked "8" at the newly introduced all inclusive rate and showing, on reverse, "liverpool/ship letter" handstamp and arrival c.d.s., one of four examples of this rare rate apparently recorded; 1845 entire letter to Trinidad rated "4" and 1857 entire letter to London rated "2/-", both showing "barbadoes" double-arc datestamp on reverse £150-200
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1852-1947 mint and used collection on leaves including a range of Britannias (36), 1882-86 values to 5/-, 1892-1905 values to 2/6d, 1906-10 Nelson values to 1/- mint and used, George V to 3/- and 1938-47 mint selection (26) with a set of sixteen and 1d. scarlet coil join pair; generally good to fine. Cat. £3,000+ £600-700
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x 1866 (9 Apr.) envelope from St. Peter to England, bearing 1861-70 1/- black (one corner defective) clearly cancelled by bootheel "10" and with London Paid c.d.s. (20.4) on face, the reverse with "10", Barbados and Ashbourne (30.4) c.d.s.; despite the defect scarce used on cover with only six examples recorded by Roett. Photo £120-150
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x 1868 (5 Sept.) small mourning envelope from Bridgetown to St. Lucy, bearing 1861-70 1d. blue cancelled by bootheel "1" and showing, on reverse, indistinct despatch c.d.s. and arrival c.d.s. (5.9); scarce £100-120
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x 1870 watermark Large Star as used for Barbados and many other colonies, a complete sheet of two hundred and forty; minor ageing at edges of paper, otherwise fine £100-120
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x 1872 (2 Aug.) small envelope from Bridgetown to St. Peter's, bearing 1872 watermark Small Star 1d. blue cancelled by "1" c.d.s. with a further strike alongside, superb "10" arrival c.d.s. (2.8) on reverse; the earliest recorded date of use of this stamp and with only five such local rate covers recorded by Roett. Photo £150-200
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x 1876 (3 July) blue envelope from Bridgetown to St. Michael, bearing 1875-80 1d. grey-blue cancelled by bootheel duplex, no other postal markings; the envelope with traces of foxing though rare, being one of five covers recorded by Roett bearing this stamp. Photo £150-200
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1933 1/2d. to 10/- set of ten, fine mint. S.G. 1-10, £275 £100-120
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1933 1/2d. to 10/-, the 4d. to 10/- marginal with left half of imprint, fine mint.
S.G. 1-10, £275 £80-100
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1933 1/2d. to 10/- and 1938 1/2d. to 10/-, mint with hinge remainders; generally fine.
S.G. 1-10, 18-28, £385 £140-160
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1888 1/- green and black, variety first "o" of "Protectorate" omitted, large part original gum, small coloured mark on the face and coloured mark on perf. at top. Brandon Certificate (1991). S.G. 46a, £6,500. Photo £3,000-3,500
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1913-24 Waterlow 2/6d and Bradbury, Wilkinson 5/-, fine mint. S.G. 83, 89, £250 £80-100
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1932 1/2d. to 10/- set of twelve, fresh mint with hinge remainders. S.G. 99-110, £450 £180-200
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1932 1/2d. to 10/-, fresh mint with a few hinge remainders. S.G. 99-110, £450 £140-180
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1932 1/2d. to 10/- set of twelve, unmounted mint; gum a fraction toned. S.G. 99-110, £450 £120-150
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1932 2d. violet, variety serif on "d" (R.1/6), fine unmounted mint. S.G. D6b, £250 £120-150
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1573 (9 Feb.) entire letter from Anvers to Fillipo Corsini in London; without postal markings; fine. A rare Merchant Strangers Post letter. Van Der Linden Certificate (2002). Photo £280-300
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1861-1944 predominantly mint collection housed in a Philac printed album, many hundreds, including 1861 imperf. 1c., 10c., 1863-65 1c., 10c., 1865-66 10c., 20c., 30c., 40c. and 1f., 1883 10c. to 50c., 1884-91 10c. to 2f., 1893-1900 with values to 2f. (both), 1905-06 set, 1910 and 1911 Exhibition sets, 1912 1c. to 5f., 1915-22 5d. "franken", 1919-20 Helmet set, 1922-27 1c. to 10f., 1928 Stamp Anniversary set, 1929 Montenez 10f. to 100f., 1931-32 1f. to 10f., 1931 Anti T-B, 1932 Infantry Memorial, 1932 Mercier, 1932, 1933 and 1934 Anti T-B, Miniature sheets with 1924 Brussels Exhibition, 1930 Anvers, 1931 Disabled Soldiers, Advertising labels, Newspaper stamps 1928 set, 1929-31 set, Air Mails, Tête-bêche, Postage Dues, Telegraphs, Parcel Post 1879 25c., 50c., 1f., 1882-94 with values to 2f., 1895-1902 set, 1915-19 set, 1920 set, 1920-21 changed colours set, 1921 2f. to 20f., German Occupation, etc., part original gum, chiefly fine. A valuable lot £1,500-2,000
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1955 selection of four air crash covers, comprising (13 Feb.) Brussels-Leopoldville flight, crashed near Rome, cover from Brussels and Air letter from Kent, both with special three line cachet, another from Brussels with violet "Corrispondenza recuperata in seguito/incidente aereo del 13 FEB 1955" cachet, and (27 July) London-Istambul flight, believed to have been shot down by the Bulgarians at Tsirbanova, cover from Germany to Tel Aviv with framed three line Hebrew cachet, fine £200-250
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Fiscals: 1922-29 selection of eighty-six used on twenty-three documents, including first issue with twenty-nine used on nine documents; mixed condition though a most unusual group £400-450
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1930 (23 Mar.) Brazzaville-Brussels flight, delayed at Niamey undergoing repairs, envelope registered to Belgium franked at 15f.35, and another cover from the same flight registered to Paris and franked 13f.50; fine. Nierinck 300324 £100-120
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1865-1980 mint collection (140) on stockpages, including 1865-1903 perf. 14 1d., 1/-, 1883-1904 with values to 1/-, 1920 and 1921 Tercentenary sets, 1938-53 2/- (3), 2/6d. (5), 5/- (3), 10/- (3), 12/6d. (5) and £1 (2) with shades and perfs., etc., chiefly good to fine £380-400
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1883 (1 Feb.) soldier's envelope from Hamilton to London, unusually endorsed "Via New York" and franked at the 2d. concessionary rate for the American transfer charge, endorsed by the Commanding Officer at left; some stains around the adhesive and other small faults though attractive and extremely rare. Believed to be one of only two known. R.P.S. Certificate (1970). Photo £2,800-3,200
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1889-1953 mint collection (218) on pages, including 1883-1904 set, 1906-10 set, 1910-25 1/4d. to 1/- (2), 1918-22 2/- to £1 (2), 1920 and 1921 Tercentenary sets, 1924-32 2/- (2), 2/6d. (2), 10/-, 12/6d., 1938-53 2/- (6), 2/6d. (6), 5/- (6), 10/- (6), 12/6d. (7 with the grey and yellow shade, B.P.A. Certificate, 1969), £1 (6) with shades and perfs., etc., chiefly good to fine £1,400-1,600
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1902 Dry Dock 1d. colour trial in grey and maroon with margin and "Jubilee" line at foot from the small plate of six impressions, on gummed CA watermarked paper, fine. Rare. Photo £850-950
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1922-34 2d. grey marginal block of four, variety watermark reversed, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 80x, £300 £100-120
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1938-53 line perf. 14 10/- plate block of four from the lower right corner of the sheet showing the "Broken top right Scroll" [5/11] and "Broken lower right Scroll" [5/12] varieties, large part original gum, the varieties unmounted mint, the upper pair with some split perfs.; a fine and scarce block. S.G. 119b, 119bd, 119be. Photo £300-3,500
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x perf. 14 12/6d. grey and pale orange, perforation 13 12/6d. grey and pale orange, both in blocks of four, unmounted mint except one in the first block; fine. S.G. 120b, 120e, £840+ £400-500
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1938-53 mint range comprising perf. 14 2/- (7 with two early printings, one with plate number), 2/6d. (3, one 1938), 5/- (5, one 1938), 10/- (3), 12/6d. (one an earlier printing) and £1 (3, one 1938 printing), and perf. 13 2/-, 2/6d. (2), 5/- (2), 10/- (2), 12/6d. and £1 (2), some marginal; fine mint. Stated to catalogue £5,000+ £1,600-1,800
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1937 "revenue" 12/6d. grey and orange, St. Georges c.d.s. cancellation; fine. S.G. F1. Photo £500-600
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1971 Decimal Currency 10p. on 2/-, variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint from the left of the sheet; fine and scarce. S.G. 3w, £750. Photo £450-550
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x 1905-08 2pi. on 5d. dull purple and ultramarine (ordinary paper) block of fifteen (3x5) from the foot of the sheet, unmounted mint, a few minor gum wrinkles, fine. S.G. 14, £720+ £150-200
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1942-51 overprints on M.E.F., Eritrea, Somaliland and Tripolitania Postage and Postage Dues, fine mint. Cat. £1,000+ £200-250
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1950 Postage and Postage Due sets, fine mint, the Postage Dues unmounted. Cat. £545 £150-180
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x 1951 (Feb.) telegram form bearing, on reverse, 1950 40c. on 5d., 1/- on 1/-, 5/- on 5/- and 10/- on 10/- vertical strip of three, all cancelled by Asmara Central c.d.s. and additionally tied by perfins £100-150
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x 1908 (12 May) envelope registered to Switzerland, bearing 1907 Large Canoe 1/2d. to 1/- set of seven all neatly cancelled by Tulagi c.d.s. and showing oval-framed "r" and "registered" handstamps at foot, the reverse with Sydney (25.5) and Berne (27.6) c.d.s.; 1/- with small surface abrasion, otherwise fine and colourful. Photo £800-1,000
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1968 Quatercentenary of Discovery set of four values, imperforate and affixed to parts of Harrison and Sons presentation cards; fine. S.G. 162-165 £400-500
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1968-71 1c. to $2, set (except 8c.) imperforate and affixed to fourteen Harrison and Sons presentation cards; some light staining, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 166-170, 172-180. Photo £1,100-1,300
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1975 Birds set of five, imperforate and affixed to individual Questa presentation cards; fine. S.G. 267-271 £400-500
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1979 Rowland Hill set, imperforate and affixed to individual Format International presentation cards; fine. S.G. 384-386 £250-280
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1979 Rowland Hill miniature sheet, imperforate in the issued colours and affixed to card; fine. S.G. MS387 £130-150
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1906 (1 Oct.) on Labuan, 1c. to $1 on 8c. set of twelve with additional 2c. on 3c. pair, 3c., 4c. on 12c. block of four, pair and single, 5c. on 16c. and 10c. on 16c. on piece and 8c. pair, fine. S.G. 11-22, £921 £300-400
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1907 MCA 1c. to $1 with both shades of 4c. plus additional 4c. black and mauve marginal single, 4c. black and reddish purple marginal block of four and 10c. top right corner block of eight (4x2), the scarce 4c. with some black specks on reverse and the $1 a little gum toned, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 23-33, £493 £100-120
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1908-22 MCA 1c. to $25 set of thirteen with both 1c., 3c., 10c. and 50c., plus 1916 colour changes 5c. (2) and 8c. marginal block of four, fine mint. S.G. 34-50, £1150+. Photo for $25 £300-400
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