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£1 imperforate colour trial in deep grey-black, handstamped "specimen" type 9, original gum, large margins, fine and rare. Specialised £2,700. Photo £800-1,000
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5/- rose, Plate 4, GF, original gum, fresh colour, centred just a little to right but a fresh and fine example of this rare stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (2008). S.G. 134, £32,000. Photo £15,000-17,000
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10/- grey-green, GE, oval registered cancellation of 13 Nov. 1883, good colour and well centred; fine. Signed Richter, Buhler. S.G. 135, £4,500. Photo £800-1,000
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£1 brown-lilac, EH, light c.d.s., quite well centred and good colour, repaired but very fine appearance and rare. S.G. 136, £9,000. Photo £800-1,000
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x £5 orange, BH, well centred and cancelled by 1889 London N.W. telegraphic cancellations, fresh. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £700-900
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£5 orange, CF, central Belfast c.d.s. of 7 Nov. 1891; fine and attractive. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £1,200-1,500
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£5 orange, DN, Glasgow c.d.s. of 12 Sept. 1894 and blue crayon strokes, pressed creases and a short perf. at foot. S.G. 137, £4,750. Photo £500-600
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6d. chestnut (shades), Plate 11, two pairs and four singles, mostly with c.d.s. cancellations, three with wing margins, good to fine. S.G. 123/124, £480 £90-100
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6d. grey, Plate 16: BD, part original gum, fine. S.G. 147, £500. Photo £120-150
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1/- green, Plate 13, JA, large part original gum; fine. S.G. 150, £625. Photo £150-200
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1/- orange-brown, Plate 13, HC, London c.d.s. of 17 March 1881; fine. S.G. 151, £700. Photo £220-250
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3d. on 3d. lilac, ID, rounded corner at lower right, tied by "498" barred oval of Manchester, to printed registered envelope, dated 5 March 1883, to Liverpool, wax seal on reverse; attractive. S.G. 159 2 £100-120
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1d. Venetian red, KA-RK, unmounted mint block of eighty-eight; some fox marks, splitting and perforation faults. Fresh appearance. Mostly fair to fine. S.G. 166, £3,080+ £250-300
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1d. Venetian red, block of twenty-three, 1887-92 4 1/2d. green and carmine block of thirty nine, 1900 1/2d. blue-green blocks of sixty and forty eight, 1912-24 1d. block of sixty, chiefly unmounted mint, hinged in margins, a few small faults, some creases and wrinkles, chiefly fine. S.G. 166, 206, 213, 357, £1,867 £300-350
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5d. indigo, fresh rich colour, unmounted mint; superb. S.G. 169, £725. Photo £380-450
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5d. indigo, showing a good portion of the design unprinted, used, most unusual. R.P.S. Certificate (1941). Photo £250-300
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1881 1d. lilac Die I (14 dots), two horizontal pairs, Die II (16 dots), single and strip of three, all handstamped "specimen" type 9 on part of Inland Revenue book, with manuscript notes and signed by T.A. Coles; creases and faults but a unique piece of postal history. R.P.S. Certificate (2012), S.G. 170sm 172s. Photo £250-300
Note: Accompanied by a photocopy of an article from "The G.B. Journal", Volume 52, number 6, describing this item
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x 5/- rose, seven used examples showing varying degrees of blueing, four with dated cancellations, mixed condition and offered on their merits £500-600
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2/6d. lilac, EE-EH, horizontal strip of three, original gum, some bends or light creases. fresh and fine appearance. S.G. 178, £1,800+. Photo £400-500
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x 2/6d. to 10/-. two good used sets, S.G. £1,870 £250-300
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x 2/6d., 5/- and 10/-, four of each value, fair to good used. S.G. £3,740 £400-450
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x 2/6d. and 5/-, eight of each value, used, fair to fine. S.G. 178, 180, £3,280 £300-350
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5/- crimson, DE, fresh unmounted mint; natural wrinkles at lower right. S.G. 181, £975. Photo £500-700
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10/- ultramarine, EC, central "manchester telegraphs" cancellation of 7 May 1889; very fine. S.G. 183, £525. Photo £150-200
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10/- ultramarine, GF, unmounted mint from the foot of the sheet, hinged in the margin; light vertical bend at right, good colour and fine. S.G.183, £2,250. Photo £600-700
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10/- ultramarine, LG, unmounted mint; a few small flat marks on gum at left. S.G. 183, £2,250. Photo £900-1,100
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10/- ultramarine, NC, fresh mint; trace of a mount. Very fine. S.G. 181, £2,250. Photo £900-1,100
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x 10/- pale ultramarine, JH, central "war office/mr 11/86/sw" cancellation, repaired at left but a very rare cancellation. S.G. 183a. Photo £100-150
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10/- ultramarine, KG, large part original gum; corner crease at lower right; fine.
S.G. 183, £2,250. Photo £500-600
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£1 brown-lilac, DD, overprinted "specimen" type 9, brown original gum; fine appearance. S.G. 185s, £2,800. Photo £300-400
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x £1 brown-lilac, FB, hooded London cancellations, a few small perf. faults at foot and a little stained at left; good colour and attractive. S.G. 185, £2,800. Photo £300-400
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x £1 brown lilac, forgery lettered QB, "unused" without gum, also 1883-84 2/6d. unused appearance (cleaned) and 10/- dramatically reperforated £150-200
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£1 brown-lilac, BC, Dublin Sorting office cancellations of 12 Jan. 1889, fresh colour; small trace of a blue mark on reverse, fine and attractive. S.G. 186, £4,250. Photo £800-1,000
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£1 brown-lilac, BD, three octagonal cancellations, creases and a little stained on the reverse, fine appearance. S.G. 186, £4,250. Photo £400-450
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£1 brown-lilac, NA, c.d.s. and framed "g.h.b./g.p.o" cancellations, good colour,
pulled perf. at foot, otherwise fine and attractive. S.G. 186, £4,250. Photo £600-800
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5d. dull green, SG, tied by London duplex cancellation of 26 July 1884, to entire letter to Alabama, transit and arrival markings on reverse; vertical filing fold at left and a little soiled, scarce. S.G. 193 £80-100
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6d. dull green, EG, tied by "537" duplex cancellation of Morpeth, to envelope, dated 21 May 1885, to New South Wales, arrival datestamp on reverse, the adhesive with a corner crease at upper left; scarce. S.G. 194 £80-100
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1/2d. vermilion (Control "Q") and 1900 1/2d. blue-green (Control "R"), each in a complete sheet of 240 (two panes of 120), folded, some creases or wrinkles as would be expected, mostly fine mint. S,G. 197, 213, £1,200+ £300-400
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2 1/2d. purple on blue, block of forty eight (6 x 8) from the lower left corner of the sheet, unmounted mint (hinged in the margins), two affected by a crease and a couple of tiny faults; fresh and chiefly fine. S.G. 201, £2,160 £300-350
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4 1/2d. green and carmine, block of seventy (three panes of twenty and a block of ten), unmounted mint (hinged in the margins), folded and a few minor creases, mostly in the margins; fine and fresh. S.G. 206, £1,190 £300-400
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10d. dull purple and carmine, complete pane of twenty (5x4), unmounted mint (hinged in margins), some minor creases or wrinkles. Fine and fresh. S.G. 210, £1,800+ £500-600
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10d. dull purple and carmine, complete pane of twenty (5 x 4), two lightly hinged,
the others mint, light wrinkles and a few split perfs., fine and fresh. S.G. 210, £1,740+ £450-500
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x GD, overprinted "specimen" type 11, part original gum; somewhat wrinkled, fine. Specialised K17f, from £1,100. Photo £120-150
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x NB, imperforate and overprinted "specimen" type 9, part original gum, good margins all round; a few slight wrinkles and coloured mark on the reverse. Specialised K17s, £6,500. Photo £1,800-2,000
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x FD-ID, vertical strip of four, each with neat Belfast c.d.s. of 7 May 1894; the first with light blue crayon lines at left, fine and a scarce multiple. P.E. (G.B.) Certificate (2002). S.G. 212. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x ID, unmounted mint, two very light traces of staining; fine. S.G. 212, £7,500. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x JC, broken frame variety, large part slightly disturbed original gum, pressed creases, fine appearance and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2013), S.G. 212a, £8,500. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x TA, broken frame variety, circular registered cancellations; a sound example of this variety. S.G. 212a, £2,000. Photo £300-400
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the "wonderland" postage stamp case (1890 reprint) invented by Lewis Carroll containing 1883-84 1d. lilac (2), 1887-91 1/2d. to 9d., 1/- (many mounted mint);
the outer envelope a little distressed, the inner envelope, booklet and stamp case very fine. The stamps Cat. £644. Photo £200-250
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1/2d. pale yellow-green, "G7" Control block of six (3x2) from the lower left corner of the sheet with unrecorded perf. type V2(a), only recorded on the 1d. value; the first three stamps [R19/1-3] lightly hinged, the Control strip unmounted mint. Fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2008). Specialised M2(1) var. £200-250
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