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1896-97 8d. green and mauve on off-white paper essay perforated colour trial; fine and scarce. Photo £400-500
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x 1897 £2 rosy red, nine fiscally used examples, two perfined "used" and seven perfined with dates, two of these remaining otherwise uncancelled, and £20 yellow-brown (2) with perfin date or "used" and oval datestamps in violet, fine £100-120
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1/- deep olive-bistre marginal pair from the top of the sheet, variety imperforate, fresh mint and mounted in the margin only; very fine and rare. Brandon Certificate (2007). SACC cat. R170,000; S.G. 84bc. Photo £5,500-7,500
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£5 deep blue, marginal from the top of the sheet, mounted in the margin only with the stamp remaining brilliant unmounted mint. A superb example of this rare high value. B.P.A. Certificate (1996). SACC cat. R130,000; S.G. 92. Photo £4,000-5,000
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x 3d. purple and ochre, perf. 14x15, neatly cancelled with small part double-ring datestamp at upper right corner, fine. S.G. 180, £300. Photo £80-100
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5d. reddish brown and ochre, the so-called "Roman ochre", RSC "B" fine mint. Also 3d. and 5d. shades used. Photo £300-350
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£1 bright carmine and bluish slate, RSC "E", fresh mint. Scarce. PFSA Certificate (2014). Photo £1,000-1,200
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£1 black and red perf. 15 vertical pair, the lower stamp with plate scratches, used with 1898-1908 3/- horizontal pair on document with violet oval "the master of the high court/southern rhodesia, salisbury" cancellations and each perfined "27/11/16"; fine £300-400
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1966 litho, perf. 12 1/2 6d. black and red block of six, variety imperforate except at left and right-hand sides, fresh unmounted mint; one with small thin at foot, otherwise. Most unusual. Photo £500-600
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1978 11c. marginal strip of three, variety imperforate, fine unmounted mint. Scarce with one sheet of fifty recorded. Photo £180-200
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1966 1c. on 1d. imperforate top margin pair, 1970 handstamped 1c. in violet on 1d. with imperforate top margin, 1971 1c. marginal block of four and a vertical pair (missing perf. between), 1973 1c. pair and 1976 2c. pair, mint or unmounted mint. Also 1968 3/6d. Air Letter Service label pair and 1976 (Nov.) 1 Unit Petrol Ration Coupon strip of three £100-120
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1954-56 1/2d., 1d., 2d., 2 1/2d. and 3d. Post Office Training stamps, each in a marginal block of fourteen (7x2) with two horizontal ruled bars, fine unmounted mint. An unusual group £200-250
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1956 2 1/2d. ochre lower right corner block of eight (4x2), variety offset affecting three stamps and corners of two others, fine unmounted mint; visually appealing and previously unrecorded by us. S.G. 3a var. Photo £2,200-2,500
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1958 (5 Mar.) Royal Rhodesian Air Force Aden-Rhodesia via Vampire jet plane of No. 1 Squadron, return flight envelope from Salisbury bearing 2/6d. with c.d.s. and with flight details at left; most unusual £80-100
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1959 1d. blue handstamped "postage due" diagonally in violet, a marginal block of six from the foot of the sheet, [43-55], the centre stamp in the lower row variety "postage due" omitted, fresh unmounted mint. Exceptionally rare with only two such missing handstamps recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). Photo £5,000-6,000
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1889-1990 postal stationery selection (55), mostly modern commemorative envelopes, unused and used, chiefly fine £50-70
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x St. Petersburg numeral cancellations 1881-1904 covers or cards (117) comprising "1" (31), "2" (6), "3" (8), "4" (14), "5" (10), "6" (10), "7" (2), "8" (8), "9" (11), "XI" (6), "13" (2), "14" (4), "XV" (4) and "XXXI", various types, some coloured, multiple frankings with registered, etc., mostly good to fine £1,000-1,200
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"History of the Russo-Japanese War", Cassell and Company 1905 (c.) special edition (by subscription), the complete set of five volumes; some light toning of the inside covers, volume 1 with some spinal splitting at sides, otherwise a good set £60-80
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1920-59 mint and used collection in a black Lighthouse album, hundreds including 1920 overprints on Germany 1m. (26x17 perf. holes) with original gum (signed Burger), 1920 overprints on Bavaria 1m. to 10m. used (signed Dub or Burger), unissued 2pf. (signed Dub), 1921 5pf. to 25m., 1921 French currency surcharges, 1922 French currency, imperforate set and various colour trials,1928 Christmas Charity set (10f. (+10f.) unmounted), 1929 and 1931 (Jan.) Christmas Charity sets, 1933 (Dec.) Christmas Charity set used, 1932 and 1934 Christmas Charity sets, 1948 Flood Relief miniature sheet (unmounted mint), 1950 Stamp Day, 1950 Council of Europe 200f. used, later issues, etc., chiefly fine £1,500-2,000
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1856 G.B. 1/- green cancelled with superb near complete "A12"; very fine and difficult to surpass on this rare value. S.G. Z5, £2,250. Photo £1,200-1,500
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1882-90 CA 1/2d. (2, one with watermark sideways - heavy hinge remainder at top), 1d. carmine-rose, 2 1/2 red-brown (2, shades), 2 1/2d. ultramarine, 4d. blue (small thin and a few short perfs at right), 4d. grey, 6d. and 1/- (both), mounted mint. S.G. 11-21 £300-400
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x A mint collection on stock leaves with 1884-94 values to 1/-, 1890-97 set to 10d.,
1903 1/- and 2/-, 1908-11 10/- (2), 1912-16 set to 3/- with additional 2/- and 3/-, 1922-37 with values to 10/- and £1, torn flag variety on 1/2d., 1d., 1 1/2d. and 1/6d. (positional block of four), 1934 Centenary set plus values to 5/- perforated "specimen", 1938-44 set to 10/- and some Q.E. sets to top value. A fresh and attractive collection generally lightly mounted or unmounted mint £700-800
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1856-94 collection (41) including 1856 6d., 1863 1d. (2, both unused), 1864-80 and 1884-94 selections to 1/-; mixed condition though of generally good to fine appearance £150-200
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1863 (July) CC 4d. carmine, part original gum, close to large margins for this issue; fine. S.G. 5, £500. Photo £60-80
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1888-1953 envelopes (11, eight registered), front and a piece, variously addressed and franked, including 1913 (4 Oct.) Wilson envelope registered to England bearing 1912 4d. and 6d; 1914 (1 Apr.) envelope registered to New York bearing 1913 4d. and 6d.; 1914 (17 Apr.) Kiderlen envelope registered to Germany bearing 1912 3d. and 1/- and 1913 4d. and 6d.; 1933 (1 Oct.) envelope to Toronto bearing 1922-37 1/2d. (4) and 1d.; and 1937 Openshaw envelopes registered to British Columbia bearing various 1922-37 values to 3d. £300-400
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x A mint collection in stockbook with St. Christopher 1870-80 1d., 1880-90 values to 1/- including 6d. overprinted Specimen; Nevis including 1866-76 1/- yellow-green, superb, large part original gum (B.P.A. Cert.); St. Kitts-Nevis from 1903 to 5/-, 1920-22 values to £1, Tercentenary to 1/-. 1938-50 to £1, later issues to 1963-69 to $5. A good lot, generally lightly mounted or unmounted mint £300-400
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1857 G.B. 1d. rose-red cancelled by superb, complete, slightly doubled "A11". Fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2011). S.G. Z1, £1,300. Photo £500-600
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1860 reprinted engine-turned background showing outline of oval and frame, in black on wove paper (74x113mm.); some faults at foot clear of design £100-120
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, March 2007
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1864 CC perf 12 1/2 (1d.) intense black rejoined marginal imperforate block of four with watermark reversed, both with part original gum; the lower pair slightly soiled otherwise fine. Brandon (1979) and B.P.A. (1985) Certificates. Photo £200-250
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1872 (July) entire (faults in places) "p. W.I. Mail" to London, bearing 1876 perf. 14 1/- (2, one with defective corner) cancelled "A11" and with despatch c.d.s. alongside and arrival c.d.s. (12.8) at foot £100-120
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1872 (26 Sept.) entire to London, bearing 1864 (1/-) pale orange tied by messy "A11", showing red crayon "11" and despatch double-arc d.s. overstruck by red arrival Paid c.d.s. (14.10). S.G. 14c. Photo £120-150
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, March 2007
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1877 (28 June) entire to Paris and redirected locally, bearing 1876 (1/-) orange indistinctly cancelled, showing red crayon "1/0 1/2", despatch d.s. overstruck by red London Paid transit d.s., red Calais entry d.s. and, on reverse, various transit and arrival datestamps; the odd minor stain otherwise fine. S.G. 18 £80-100
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, March 2007
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1883-86 Die I 1/2d. (5 mint; 5 used), 1d. (2 mint; 8 used), 2 1/2d. (4 mint, one with plate number; 17 used), 4d. (5 mint; 18 used including a pen-cancelled strip of four), 6d. (1 mint; 4 used) and 1/- (1 mint; 4 used); condition generally good to fine. S.G. 31-36 £300-400
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x A mint collection on stockleaves with issues from 1875-78 4d. watermark star, other first issues to 1890-93 1/- (5) and 5/-, 1899 to 1/-, 1904-11 5/- and £1, 1913-17 £1, 1921-32 £1, 1938-47 set to £1 perforated "specimen" and unmounted mint, later issues to 1955-63. First issues with mixed gum, later generally fine, lightly mounted or unmounted mint £160-200
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1858-60 G.B. 1d. rose-red pair and wing-margin 4d. rose, all lightly cancelled "A10" and tied on small piece; one 1d. defective in one corner, otherwise sound. S.G. Z1, 3, £1,825. Photo £600-700
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1866 (24 Jan.) entire ex the "Polignac" correspondence to Paris, bearing 1861 1d. rose-red pair and 1862 (Sept.) 6d. deep green, all tied by oily "A10" obliterator, showing red crayon "7", oval-framed "PD", black St. Vincent c.d.s. (slightly oily), London Paid transit c.d.s. (14.2) and Calais entry d.s. Attractive. S.G. 1, 4. Photo £300-400
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, January 2007
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1870 (8 Jan.) entire to Glasgow, bearing 1869 1/- indigo tied by "A10" obliterator, showing red crayon "11", light St. Vincent c.d.s. in red with arrival datestamp on reverse; the address was originally expunged in black ink and this has now been large part removed. R.P.S. Certificate (1970). S.G. 13. Photo £180-220
Provenance: H.D. Bessemer, May 1970
Peter Jaffé, January 2007
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1873 (27 June) envelope to Paris, bearing 1872 1/- deep rose-red with central "A10" obliterator, showing red crayon "11", circular-framed "pd", St. Vincent and London Paid (14.7) datestamps, all in red, and faint Calais entry datestamp; the envelope with part of top torn away through opening and tear at foot. S.G. 17. Photo £400-500
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, January 2007
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1875 (28 Nov.) double rate entire to Glasgow, bearing 1872-75 6d. deep blue-green vertical strip of four placed sideways and cancelled "A10" in red, showing St. Vincent c.d.s. alongside with arrival d.s. on reverse; the addressee's name heavily expunged with black ink and two filing folds, one of which crosses a 6d. S.G. 19b. Photo £300-400
Provenance: E.K. Lickfold, November 1974
H.D. Bessemer, May 1970
Peter Jaffé, January 2007
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1880 1d. on 6d. bright green, six examples with one showing surcharge misplaced to foot, unused or with part original gum. S.G. 34, £2700 £300-400
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x 1899 (14 Dec.) envelope registered from Kingstown to England, bearing 1897 3d. on 1d. red-mauve strip of four all neatly cancelled by c.d.s., registration handstamp at left, label and arrival datestamp (5.1) on reverse. Photo £200-250
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A selection comprising 1871 6d. cancelled "A10" and with pen strokes, 1872 6d., 1872 1d., 1873 6d. and 1873 1/- lilac-rose, all three cancelled with Abbreviated "CO" in red, "A10" and with pen strokes, 1872 1d. and1880 1d. (2) all showing portions of two different Abbreviated datestamps, 1872 1d. with Abbreviated datestamp and Accountancy handstamp; fair to fine strikes £120-150
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x A collection of mint issues with 1914 "G.R.I." values to 9d. on 80pf., 1925-28 values to £1, 1932 Arms to £1, 1945-53 values to £5, 1955 set to £2 plus a few others.
Generally lightly mounted or unmounted mint £240-280
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x An attractive and valuable collection of mint issues in stockbook which includes 1888-97 16c., 32c. and 50c., 1889-92 5c. on 12c., 1895 set of four in blocks of six, 1899-1908 set to $1 with unissued 5c. (5), 1918 unissued 1c. (3), 1928-29 set to $1, 1932 set to $1, 1934-41 set to $10 plus the set perforated "specimen", 1945 BMA set to $10, 1947 Crown Colony set perforated "specimen" plus $5 in a corner block of twelve, K.g.vi and Q.E. sets to $5. Fresh and fine, either lightly mounted or unmounted mint £700-800
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1893 3c. on 4c. carmine and green, variety surcharge inverted, centrally cancelled "B64", a little toned. S.G. 15a, £375. Photo £80-100
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x A general mint collection in stockbook which includes 1876 1/-, 1884-91 values to
1/-, 1897 2 1/2d. on 6d., 1896-97 set to 5/- plus £1 overprinted Specimen, 1903 set to £1 overprinted "specimen" plus values to £1, 1907-12 values to 5/- (2), 1912-21 values to 10/- and £1 (3) plus £1 Specimen, 1921-27 values to 10/- plus values to 10/- overprinted Specimen, 1933 Wilberforce set to £1 with additional values to 5/-,
1938-44 set to £1 and some Q.E. to top value. A fresh and attractive collection, generally lightly mounted or unmounted mint £700-800
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1859-1963 mint and used selection (280) on stockpages, including 1872-73 watermark upright 3d., 1/-, 1896-97 5/- pair and £1 fiscally cancelled, 1932 to 2/-, 1933 Wilberforce 2/-, 1938-44 to £1, 1948 Wedding £1, 1956-61 sets mint and used, 1961 Independence, etc., mixed condition £120-150
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1877 (14 Aug.) blue envelope to Sherbro, bearing 1876 1d. rose-red tied by "B31" obliterator, showing red ink "1d" with, on reverse, "paid at sierra leone" datestamp. Photo £100-120
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1886 Stamp Duty master die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm.), dated "18 oct 84"; very fine. Photo £200-250
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1895 (4 Oct.) 1d. stationery card to the Isle of Wight, headed "HMS Thrush Sierra Leone", cancelled "B31" and showing Freetown c.d.s. alongside £50-60
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1897 2 1/2d. on 3d. purple and green, Types 11 and 12, used; the second with small thin at lower left, otherwise fine. S.G. 57-58, £750. Photo £200-250
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