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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1904 1/2d Die Proof in black on glazed card dated '18 JUN 05' and endorsed 'Before Hardening'. Fine and scarce. (SG 47 Var) £250-300
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Folder 1904 5/- green and red on Registered cover to Germany tied 'Valetta 4 MR 14' double ring cancel, 'R' and 'Registered' oval cancels, 'Apolda' backstamp and unusually, ''Posted at Leipzig under cover to the Postmaster General' boxed in red on front. Most attractive and scarce. (SG 63) £150-175
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Folder (Photo) (plate 16) 1914 MCA set of 12v to 5/- plus shades of 1/4d, 1/2d, 1d and 1/- each in fine mint block of 4, some incl 5/- u/m. Scarce. Cat £1250+ (SG 69/88) £450-550
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA set of 12v to 5/- fine mint complete, plus 9 listed shades incl the 2/- and 2/6d. Cat £500 (SG 69/88) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA set of 11v to 5/- fine mint complete, o/pt Specimen. Scarce. Cat £550 (SG 69/88s) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA 1d carmine-red with inverted wmk fine used. Cat £450 (SG 73w) £90-110
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 2 1/2d Die Proof for name and duty tablets only in black on glazed card. Scarce. (SG 77 Var) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA 3d purple on yellow, white back fine mint o/ pt Specimen, distributed to UPU members and unissued. Cat £375 (SG 78bs) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA 1/- black on green used with sideways wmk, indistinct 'Valetta' cancel, slightly rubbed, extremely scarce with very few examples recorded. Holcombe Cert. Cat £2500 (SG 81ab) £800-950
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1914 MCA 2/- purple and bright blue in corner marginal Plate 1 block of 4 u/m. Cat £200+ (SG 86) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (Front Cover) 1919 MCA 10/- black lower marginal u/m. Superb. Cat £3250+ (SG 96) £1800-2250
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1921 2d Plate Proof in blue imperforate on gummed paper o/pt Specimen. (SG 101 Var) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1921 Script 2/- purple and blue in very fine u/m block of 4. Cat £280+ (SG 103) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (Back Cover) 1921 Script 10/- black in upper right corner marginal block of 4 u/m, a superb multiple, very scarce. Cat £1400+ (SG 104) £700-850
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1921 Script 10/- black mint, fine and fresh. Cat £350 (SG 104) £125-150
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1921 Script 10/- black mint, a fine, lightly mounted example. Cat £350 (SG 104) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1921 Script set of 8v to 10/- fine mint o/pt Specimen, lovely quality. Cat £475 (SG 97/104s) £200-250
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Folder (Photo) (plate 37) 1922 CC o/pt 10/- blue black on Express cover to Switzerland tied fine 'Valetta FE 28 22' double ring cancel with 'Basel' backstamp, most attractive and scarce. (SG 105) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 CC o/pt 10/- blue black in marginal block of 4 fine mint, lower pair u/m, fresh and scarce. Cat £1000+ (SG 105) £450-550
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Folder (Photo) (plate 37) 1922 Script o/pt 10/- black with MCA 5/- green and red on Registered front to UK each tied 'Valetta' double ring cancel. Attractive and scarce. (SG 121) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1922 Master Die Proof for the Melita 1/4d to 6d and £1 values with blank name and value tablets, printed in brown on thick card. Scarce. (SG 123 Var) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 set of 17v to £1 fine mint complete, o/pt Specimen, odd gum tone on lower vals, the higher vals very fine. Scarce set. Cat £550 (SG 123/39s) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 1/2d Printer's sample in brown and blue on unwatermarked paper o/pt Specimen. Fine. (SG 124 Var) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 2d bistre brown and turquoise in upper right corner marginal block of 4 u/m with the rare Plate 2 [most from this plate were used for the 'Postage' issue]. Tiny tone spot on upper perf. Scarce. (SG 128) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 £1 black and bright carmine on Registered cover to USA tied 'Malta Airmail' cancel, 'Chicago' transit and 'Devils lake N Dakota' arrival strikes. Attractive and scarce. (SG 140) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1922 £1 Printer's sample in blue and brown imperforate on thick paper, attractive and scarce. (SG 140 Var) £120-140
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1926 Postage o/pt 3d black and yellow in mint block of 4 with inverted wmk, perfs separated horizontally between right vertical pair. Scarce. RPS Cert. Cat £680+ (SG 149a) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1926 Die Proof of Head only with uncleared surround, printed in red on surfaced paper with reversed '10690' and dated in m/ script '9/10'25', used for the 1/4d to 6d values. Scarce. (SG 157 Var) £300-350
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Folder (Photo) (plate 37) 1928 o/pt 10/- black and carmine upper marginal on philatelic 'Toledo Stamp Co USA' Registered cover, tied 'GPO MR 2 29' cds with 'New York' and 'Toledo' backstamps. Attractive. (SG 192) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1930 set of 17v to 10/- fine mint complete, perforated Specimen. Scarce. Cat £400 (SG 193/209s) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/- in corner marginal block of 4 fine mint, one with 'Extra flagstaff'. Cat £450+ (SG 213a) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1937 Coronation 1 1/2d brown-lake fine mint, a scarce shade [with normal to compare]. Cat £650 (SG 215a) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1938 set of 21v to 10/- mint complete, perforated Specimen, gum toning, fine appearance, scarce. Cat £700 (SG 217/31s) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1950 Nursing Society 3 x 5/- Proofs from the Waterlow Archives in black on thick white paper, each with the Die, roller and proof numbers, also a printer's sample in blue. Scarce [realised £500 plus premium in 1991 Camillery sale]. £300-350
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1964 Congress 2d corner marginal u/m with 'Black [microscope etc]' omitted. Cat £450 (SG 316a) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1965 2d in lower marginal horizontal imperf pair u/m. Cat £275 (SG 333b) £80-100
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1965 3d in upper right corner marginal block of 4 imperforate u/m. Scarce. Cat £600 (SG 335e) £175-225
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1965 1/3d in lower marginal block of 4 imperforate u/ m, very scarce [only 30 pairs exist]. Cat £800+ (SG 341c) £250-300
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1925 Postage Due set of 10v to 1/6d fine mint complete, o/pt Specimen. Cat £275 (SG D11/20s) £100-125
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Folder 1925 Postage Due set of 10v in fine mint 'tete-beche' blocks of 4. Cat £400 (SG D1a/0a) £100-125
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1925 Postage Due 2 1/2d in mint block of 4 [without gum], the upper right stamp with '2' omitted. Scarce. Cat £900 (SG D5a) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 38) 1903 CA set of 7v to 2p fine mint o/pt Specimen. Cat £225 (SG 17/23s) £80-100
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1907 o/pt 2/6d pale dull purple used with fine 'Registered British P.O Tangier 23 DE 08' oval. Cat £160 (SG 38) £60-75
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1898 Mount Cook 1/2d purple brown in imperf between left hand horizontal pair mint, fine and scarce. Brandon Cert. Cat £1700 (SG 246a) £500-600
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1931 Air 3d chocolate P14 x 15 fine used. Scarce. Cat £425 (SG 548a) £150-175
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1894 Surch '1/2' [type 16 in blue] on bisected 1d vermilion in combination with 1d vermilion on large part front tied 'Opobo SP 9 94' squared circle cancels, addressed to May Tanner [daughter of the Opobo Postmaster]. Most attractive and scarce. (SG 64) £400-475
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1900 CA set of 9v to 20/- fine mint complete. Cat £550 (SG 1/9) £200-250
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Single (Photo) (plate 39) 1900 CA set of 9v to 20/- fine used complete. Scarce. Cat £1600 (SG 1/9) £650-800
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1910 MCA set of 11v to 10/- fine mint, complete. Cat £120 (SG 28/39) £50-60
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Single (Photo) (plate 40) 1910 MCA set of 11v to 10/- o/pt Specimen, complete. Cat £350 (SG 28/39s) £110-140
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