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x 1932-46 "postage" 1/4a., 1/2a., 1a. and 3a., four values in unmounted mint blocks of sixty (10 x 6), light gum toning, fine. S.G. 58-60, 63, £2,280+ £450-500
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x Official: 1936-46 3/4a., 2a., 2 1/2a., 4a. and 8a., each in unmounted mint blocks of sixty
(5 x 12), lightly gum toned, fine. S.G. O24, 26-29, £2,145 £400-450
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x 1950 2p. rose-carmine and 4p. ultramarine, eighty of each in unmounted mint blocks, lightly gum toned as usual, fine. S.G. 12-13, £640+ £300-350
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A collection of Convention and Feudatoty States in two albums, the Convention States wih a few earlier stamps including Nabha 1885 8a. mint, later issues mint with a few sets, and Officials, the Feudaory States with mint and used throughout. Viewing essential £300-400
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1885 (c) envelope (slightly truncated) bearing Turkey 1880-84 1pi. black and blue diagonally bisected and tied by clear "postahane-i hanekin 95" (Isfila 1) negative seal cancellation; slight stains around the perfs. though and a rarity of Iraqi and Turkish postal history £120-150
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x 1918 (26 Dec.) envelope registered to a prisoner of war in Ballary, India, franked on reverse 1918-21 1a. on 20pa. and 2 1/2a. on 1p., Amara cancellations and handstamped registration etiquette (on the front); flap missing, scarce £100-120
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x 1923-58 mint selection (50), including 1923-25 2r. black, 2r, olive-bistre, 10r.,
1923 Official 1r., 1924-25 Official 1r., 2r., 1927 1r., 1931 1/2a. to 10r., 1958-60 1d., 1973 Official leaf motif on stamps of 1955-58 3f. to 100f., etc., chiefly fine £150-200
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x 1957 unissued King Faisal II 14f. green and 35f. orange-red aerogrammes, each overprinted "specimen" and numbered "51"; fresh and unfolded. Ex Bradbury, Wilkinson archives £200-250
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Mint and used selection on pages, including Tuscany 1851-52 9c. vertical pair. touched to large margins on piece to the United States, Italy 1863-66 5c. part original gum, 40c. part original gum, 40c. on piece with boxed "piroscafi/postali/italiani" cancellation and "Tunisi" alongside, 1878 2c. on Official 30c., 5. and 10L. part original gum,
1879-82 10c., 20c., 25c., 1924 Trade Propaganda set, Dodecanese Islands 1912 "egeo" 50c. inverted overprint, Italian Post Offices in China 1917 2c. on 5c., etc., mixed condition but an interesting lot £300-350
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1859, collection (290+) partly mounted on pages, including original 1b., 2b., 4b., 5b., 6b., 20b., cancellations mostly forged, also an interesting selection of forgeries.
Offered on its merits and not subject to return £100-120
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A mint and used collection on pages and in stockbook, hundreds, including 1945-48 30L., 100L. (2, one unmounted mint from the corner of the sheet), 1948 Risorgimento set with Express, 1949 Exhibition, 1949 Republic 100L. (used), 1949 Volta, 1950 UNESCO, 1950 Holy Year (2 sets), 1950 Tobacco, 1950 Workers, 1951 Milan Fair, 1951 Gymnastics, 1951 Montecasino, later issues, etc., chiefly fine and with many unmounted mint £200-300
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1870 (1 April) entire letter from Montevideo to Genoa, posted unpaid with octagonal "montevideo/paq.fr.j. no.1" and taxed on arrival by 2L. Postage Due with Genoa c.d.s. (1.5); horizontal filing fold clear of the stamp and markings; (14 Aug.) from Odessa to Genoa, posted unpaid and taxed on arrival by 1L. Postage Due with Genoa cancellation; the adhesive crossed by light filing fold; fine £100-120
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The valuable mint and used collection on leaves, contained in a carton, many thousands, including Allied Military Government, Campione, Austrian Territories Acquired by Italy, Castelrosso, Cephalonia and Ithica, Corfu and Paxos, Dodecanese Islands 1933 Zeppelin, 1933 Balbo strips, 1934 Football, 1934 Military Medal, 1943 Relief 25c. + 25c. inverted overprint (mint and on cover), Trieste Zone A 1947-48 Air set, 1947-48 Parcel Post set, 1949 100L., 1949-54 Parcel Post 1000L., Zone B 1948 Postage Due 2L. on 50p. green and red, 1950 Railway miniature sheets, 1953 Esperanto 300d., Venezia Giulia and Istria Eritrea 1893 25c., 5L., 1916-21 10L, 1924 Manzoni, Italian Colonies General Issues 1934 Football, Italian Post Offices in Crete 1906 5L. mint and used, Italian Post Offices in the Turkish Empire General Issues 1874 10c., 2L., 1878-79 10c., Constantinople 1922 90pi. on 19L., Durazzo 1909-11 20pi. on 5L., Salonika 1909-11 20pi. on 5L., Smyrna 1909-11 20pi. on 5L. (2), Libya Benghazi 1901 1pi. on 25c, 1911 1pi. on 25c., Tripoli 1909 1L., Italian Colony 1921 perf. 14 1/4 x13 1/4 10L. (2), 1924-40 perf. 11 15c., 1L., Cyrenaica 1933 Balbo 19L. 75 and 44L. 75, Tripolitania 1924 Manzoni set, 1933 Balbo 19L. 75 and 44L. 75, 1934 Rome Mogadiscio set, Somalia 1906-08 Postage Due 2L., 5L., 1909-11 Postage Due set (overprint at top), 1923 surcharge set, 1924 Manzoni 3r. on 5L., Jubaland Italian Occupation of Yugoslavia with Croatia, Lubiana, German Occupation of Zara, etc., unmounted mint, part original gum, used and on cover, condition mixed with forgeries and forged cancellations included. A good lot £10,000-12,000
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x 1938-52 4d. brown and green, variety upper part of one "A" (legs remaining) missing from watermark, neatly cancelled by Kingston 1951 c.d.s.; a most unusual watermark variety. R.P.S. Certificate (2015). S.G. 127 var. Photo £400-500
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1952 1f. on 1m. red-brown lower left corner block of thirty (6x5) variety surcharge and sheet number inverted. Fine unmounted. Rare multiple. S.G. 313a, £390+. £120-150
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1964 Air Birds 150f., 500f. and 1000f., perf. and imperf. (marginal) sets, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 627-627, vars. £200-250
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1903-04 1/2a. to 50r. set of sixteen, each overprinted "specimen" and additionally handstamped "ultramar" in violet, all without gum and some colour loss (mainly vignettes) in places as is fairly usual, nevertheless a very rare set. S.G. 1s-16s £300-400
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1903-04 2a. to 50r., each overprinted "specimen" and handstamped "ultramar", the latter being carefully overstruck by part "telegrafo/central" octagonal h.s., all without gum and some minor colour loss in places, nevertheless a rare group. S.G. 3s-16s £300-400
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1904-27 selection of mint issues to 2r. with large blocks of lower values some with plate and requisition numbers. Generally fair to fine. Cat. £6,570+ £300-400
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1912-21 1r. black on green and 3r. violet and green imperforate colour proofs on gummed watermarked paper; 3r. with horizontal crease and small tear at lower right. Photo £400-500
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5s. stamp-size composite photographic essay in a design similar to that issued, showing vignette in red and the frame in yellow-green with the borders handpainted in blue, affixed to small piece, fine. Delightful. Photo £1,000-1,200
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High value working master die proof in green with uncleared vignette, value tablets and surround, the last large part painted out with Chinese white, on glazed card (92x60mm) dated "22.4.22" in pencil, fine. Photo £400-500
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High value master with uncleared vignette, value tablets and surround, in black on glazed card (60x92mm.), unmarked. Photo £400-500
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1s. imperforate sheet of six (3x2) on thick gummed paper, marginal tears and the lower left stamp with some creases, otherwise fine. Very rare. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: Stuart Rossiter, June 1983
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1s. complete imperforate sheet of six (3x2) in reddish purple and orange-yellow on thick paper, some very slight creasing otherwise fine. Very rare and most attractive. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: Stuart Rossiter, June 1983
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x £3 purple and yellow, original gum, fine. S.G. 97, £2,800. Photo £800-900
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1935-37 5c. black and green, perf 13x12, showing rope joined to sail, regummed otherwise fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 111ba, £800. Photo £100-120
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1923-24 1/2a. to 10r. set of fifteen, original gum (some hinge remainders), also 1/2a. and 1a. vertical pairs with inverted overprints, fine. S.G. 1-15, £550+. Photo £300-350
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1948-49 1/2a. on 1/2d. to 10r. on 10/- in marginal blocks of four, unmounted mint (some hinged in the margins), fine. S.G. 64-73a, £400+ £200-250
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Cancellations: 1890-1991 collection of 330+ covers/cards and Post Office forms and a quantity of stamps, housed in two albums and on leaves, contained in a carton, including Travelling Post offices, German Occupation, Soviet Republic, Registered, Air Mails, Feldpost, etc., mixed condition £300-400
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x 1890-1954, mint selection (87) on stockpages, including 1890 set with additional 5/-, 1921-32 10/- and £1, 1938-51 10/- (2), £1 single and block of four, 1954 set in Plate number corner pairs, etc., chiefly fine and many unmounted £300-400
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1897 Jubilee 1d. dull mauve and rose, variety overprint partially double, large part original, slightly toned, gum; trace of a thin at centre. B.P.A. Certificate (1984). S.G. 10a, £1,000. Photo £250-300
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1897 (27 July) underfranked envelope to Guadeloupe bearing 1897 Jubilee 1/2d. tied by Dominica c.d.s., upon arrival showing manuscript "1/15" alongside "T" and bearing French Postage Due 30c. red with arrival c.d.s. (28.7) with a further strike on reverse.
A rare postage due cover bearing this issue. Photo £400-500
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1921-32 10/- green and red on green, variety broken crown and scroll, fresh mint;
light gum bend, otherwise fine. S.G. 79b, £300 £100-120
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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1/4d. to £1 (1938) with a range of additional shades (54) including 1/- (6), 2/- (3),
5/- (2), 10/- (3) and £1 (6 with two perf. 13), all neatly mounted and written-up with dates of printing written under each (not guaranteed), fine mint. A most attractive lot. S.G. 95-114 £300-400
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1d. scarlet Die B and 1d. blue-green, both variety "di" flaw, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007) for both. S.G. 99a, 100a, £400 £150-200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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6d. deep dull purple and bright purple on ordinary paper, variety broken "e", fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 109ab, £550. Photo £120-150
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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x 1/-, 2/- (2, one marginal), 5/- and 10/-, all on ordinary paper, and £1 shades (3, one perf. 13), good to fine mint. Cat. £300+ £100-120
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1/- black and grey on emerald, variety "di" flaw, fine mint. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 110a, £650. Photo £150-200
Provenance: Sir Gawaine Baillie, February 2005
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5/- green and red on yellow ordinary paper, variety broken "e", (R.4/3 of left pane), fine mint. Scarce. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 112ba., £1,200. Photo £300-400
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£1 purple and black on carmine lower right corner example, variety broken lower right scroll, fresh mint; tiny gum skip, otherwise unmounted. Fine and rare. S.G. 114ae, £2,000. Photo £600-800
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1987 World Wildlife Fund Gazelles 100dh. variety WWF logo omitted; fine unmounted mint. Normal for comparison. S.G. 1920 var.; Michel 1753 var £100-120
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1852-2010 predominantly mint collection arranged in two printed albums and a stockbook, contained in a carton, including 1852-53 1sgr. used, 1859-63 unused to 40c., 1865-71 rouletted 4c. orange, 1906-19 to 5f. (unmounted), 1923 Birthday 10f. miniature sheet and apparently complete unmounted mint from 1924 to date, including 1935 Intellectuals, Charity, Officials, miniature sheets and Postage Dues; also a small selection of Belgium sheetlets. Generally fine. A valuable lot worthy of closer inspection. (thousands) £1,000-1,200
@:END OF AFTERNOON SESSION
THURSDAY 28 JANUARY 2016
Morning session commencing at 10.30 a.m. (Lots 696-1012)
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x 1879-1941 mint collection (130) on stockpages, including 1879 5c. on 8c. orange, 1892-99 $5, 1902-03 1c. to $5 overprinted "specimen", issued $5, 1904-10 $5, $25 overprinted "specimen", 1906-12 $25 overprinted "specimen", 1937-41 set, etc.,
chiefly fine £1,000-1,200
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x 1921-33 $500 purple and orange-brown overprinted "specimen", original gum, fine and rare. S.G. 240ds, £4,750. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition $5 green and red on blue-green, original gum, fine.
S.G. 249, £450. Photo £200-250
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1938 $25 and $100 used with Postage 50c. and $2 on part 1939 (8 Sept.) Indenture, each neatly tied by Penang red individual embossing seal, fine. Photo £400-600
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x A collection housed in two stockbooks contained in a carton, including Johore 1891-94 set, 1896-99 set, 1904-10 1c. to $50, 1940 8c. perforated "specimen", 1949-55 set, Postage Due 1938 set, Kedah 1937 set with additional $5 (2 blocks of four), Kelantan 1911 $25, 1937-40 set (some oxidised), Malacca 1949 set, Negri Sembilan 1949-55 set, Pahang 1935-41 set, 195_56 set, Penang 1949 and 1954 sets, Perak 1895-99 $25 overprinted "specimen", 1935-37 set (except 6c.) perforated "specimen", 1950-56 set, Perlis 1951-55 set, Selangor 1895-99 $1, 1935-41 $1-$5, $5 block of four, 1961 Coronation 10c. "double headed Sultan" variety, Trengganu 1949-55 set, Postage Due 1937 set (2), etc., chiefly fine and with many remaining unmounted mint £1,500-2,000
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Malacca 1965 Orchids 10c. lower left corner block of four with colour bars (lightly toned) showing a major shift of the black, green and red upwards; Pahang 1965 Orchids 20c. lower right corner block of four with plate numbers (lightly toned) showing a major downward shift of the green; Perak 1979 Orchids 15c. block of ten (2x5) showing 5mm. shift of vertical perforations to right; and Selangor 1971 Butterflies 10c. with black (country name outline, denomination and parts of butterfly) omitted, two small light tone spots on reverse not affecting fine appearance. All are unmounted £120-150
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x 1900-34 mint selection (124) on stockpage, including 1900 on Negri Sembilan 5c. block of six, on Perak $25 overprinted "specimen", Postage Due 1924 set in blocks of four, etc., chiefly fine £250-300
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