Lot 516
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1855 No Corner Letters Watermark Small Garter 4d Carmine on Blued overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 3, fine without gum. SG Specialised J47s, cat £1150 (normal cat £8000) |
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Lot 517
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1855-57 Watermark Emblems 6d Deep Lilac overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 4, centred lower right, fresh with part original gum. SG Specialised J70s, cat £600 (normal cat £1800) |
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Lot 518
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1855-57 Watermark Emblems 6d Pale Lilac, straight edge at base, unused. SG 70, cat £1350 for M |
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Lot 519
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1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 3d Carmine-rose Plate 2 lettered TD, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 5, straight edge at right, part original gum. SG Specialised J26s, cat £480 |
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Lot 520
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1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 4d Bright Red Plate 3 lettered SB, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 5, centred right and fine without gum. SG Specialised J52t, cat £400 |
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Lot 521
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1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 9d Bistre Plate 2 lettered TH with wing margin, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 2 inverted, regummed and with central stain barely discernible on face. SG Specialised J92s, cat £725 |
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Lot 522
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1862-64 Small Uncoloured letters 9d Bistre Plate 2 lettered OI with wing margin superb used cancelled portion of Scottish numeral. SG 86, cat £1200 for premium stamp |
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Lot 523
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1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 1 lettered DD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 2, fine without gum. SG Specialised J121t, cat £1000 (normal cat £11000) |
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Lot 524
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1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 2 lettered DD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 8, fine with small part original gum. SG Specialised J122s, cat £1600 (normal cat £18000) |
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Lot 525
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1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 2 lettered BD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, centred left, without gum and with two thins. SG Specialised J122s, cat £1600 (normal cat £18000) |
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Lot 526
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1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered AC overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, typical 'short' stamp from 'A' row, somewhat heavily hinged with large part original gum and of fine appearance. SG Specialised J124t, cat £4200 (normal cat £60000) |
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Lot 527
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1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered DH cancelled Glasgow cds, centred left and with missing perf at lower left although of very fine appearance. SG 128, cat £3200 |
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Lot 528
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1867-83 Watermark Anchor 5/- Rose White Paper Plate 4 lettered FA, cancelled Lombard St. T.B. squared circle ds JA 10 84, a premium used example. SG 134. cat £7300 for premium used |
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Lot 529
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1867-83 Watermark Anchor £1 Brown-lilac White Paper lettered BC, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, minor soiling and only small part original gum, but of lovely appearance, with 2015 RPSL certificate. Much rarer than the equivalent Blued Paper stamp and absent from the Marcus Samuel collection. SG Specialised J127u, undercatalogued at £11500 (normal cat £200000!) |
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Lot 530
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1880-83 Watermark Imperial Crown 2½d Blue Plate 21 lettered AC with 'H H/& Co' perfin, crease in right side, with part original gum. SG 157, cat £475 |
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Lot 531
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1880-83 Watermark Imperial Crown 2½d Blue Plate 23 lettered SB overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, fine without gum. SG Specialised J25s, cat £75 |
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Lot 532
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1883-84 Watermark Anchor 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper lettered LC overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, large part original gum. SG Specialised K10s, cat £425 (normal cat £6750) |
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Lot 533
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1883-84 Watermark Anchor 5/- Rose White Paper lettered JF Perf 12 colour standard overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, thinned at top left and without gum, very scarce. SG Specialised K12u, cat £1200 |
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Lot 534
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1883-84 Watermark Anchor 10/- Ultramarine White Paper lettered IH, centred left and shortish perfs at top, neat Manchester/Telegraphs cancellation. SG 183, cat £525 |
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Lot 535
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1884 Watermark Imperial Crowns £1 Brown-lilac lettered LA, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, toned gum with some adhesions and gum thins. SG Specialised K15t, cat £2800 |
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Lot 536
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1884 Watermark Orbs £1 Brown-lilac lettered GB with 'L/C&S' perfin, small area of surface damage at base right of oval and one shortish perf at top, however a scarce stamp. SG 186, cat £4250 |
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Lot 537
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1883-84 1½d to 1/- overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, 9d with 'Watermark Sideways Inverted', most with toned gum but good colour. SG Specialised K18-26s, cat £1740 plus premium for 9d variety (cat £6100 as M normals) (9) |
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Lot 538
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1883-84 2½d Dull Purple lettered GI overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, very lightly mounted with large part original gum. SG Specialised K20t, cat £85 |
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Lot 539
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1883-84 6d Dull Green lettered DO fresh mint and lightly hinged. SG 194, cat £625 |
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Lot 540
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1883-84 1/- Dull Green lettered EK Perf 12 colour standard overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, slightly faded and without gum, scarce. SG Specialised K26t, cat £625 |
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Lot 541
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1887-92 £1 Green lettered SC, cancelled Lombard St. cds, some surface marks. SG 212, cat £800 |
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Lot 542
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1913 Seahorses 10/- Indigo Waterlow Printing, superb lightly mounted mint. SG 402, cat £1200 |
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Lot 543
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1918 Seahorses Bradbury Wilkinson Printings 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- overprinted 'CANCELLED' Type 28. Each stamp is thinned (resulting in a tear at top of the 10/-) probably as a result of removal from some official document, but this is hardly significant considering the set is rated 'RR' by Samuel, and in his 2003 auction sale described as 'two sets recorded'. SG Specialised N65zc, N68x, N71x, cat £8000 (3) |
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Lot 544
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1985-91 Harrison & Sons Ltd presentation folders, each containing a set of commemorative stamps, some minor foxing around the edges of some (44 folders) |
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Lot 545
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Telegraph Stamps: 1877 £5 Orange lettered AD, vertical crease at right and reperforated at top, nevertheless excellent colour, and large part original gum. 'The £5 Orange' by John Horsey records eight mint examples, this is an unrecorded ninth example, and one of the finest of those extant, with 2015 RPSL certificate. The stamp is absent from the R.M. Phillips Collection in BPMA. The lettering AD also has the variety ‘Long Wide Diamond at Left Level with £’. With 2015 RPSL certificate, SG T18, undercatalogued at £30,000 (the much more frequently seen £5 Postage on Blued Paper catalogues £70,000) |
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