1841-1952 mint ranges on hagners, with line-engraved ((7, incl 2d LC14), QV surface-printed with 1856 6d (straight edge), 1862-64 3d, 4d, 6d and 9d, 1867-80 3d pl 8, 4d pl 12, 6d pl 8 (straight edge), 10d, 1/- pl 4, 6d chestnut pl 11, 1873-80 2½d rosy-mauve pls 1, 15, 4d sage-green, 6d pl 14, 1/- pl 8, 1880-83 2½d, 3d, and 1/- plus 3d on 3d and 6d on 6d, 1880-81 ½ to 5d, 1884 ½d to 1/-, 1883-84 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- white paper, 1887 Jubilee ½d to 1/- (both), KEVIII ½d to 5/-, KGV simplified with all issues, including 2/6d and 10/- Seahorses, 1929 £1 PUC (heavily toned and small tear), and 1934 re-engraved Seahorses 2/6d, 5/- and 10/-, KGVI including 1939 2/6d to £1 and 1951 2/6d to £1. A number of the QV surface printed are no gum or have small faults, but issues from 1880 are generally part OG and good to fine, with a proportion of 20th century issues MUH. Enormous catalogue value, with many fine stamps included (167)
Lot 778
Estimate: $3,500
1840 1d Black Plate 4 lettered 'F-G' part OG with clear to good margins all round, light soiling on face, and 1840 2d Blue Plate 1 lettered 'H-I' unused without gum, goog colour, margins clear at left and base, touching bottom right and with roughly torn top margin causing small intrusions into design at left end. SG cat for the two stamps is £50500 (2)
Lot 779
Estimate: $75
Realised Price : $60
1855 1d Red-brown (shades) Watermark Large Crown Perf 14 attempted reconstruction of the sheet mounted in a Walter Morley printed booklet, missing the A to F and T rows, plus several stamps from the other rows, condition mixed (150)
Lot 780
1855-57 Watermark Emblems 1/- Green unused overprinted SPECIMEN (Type GB7), trimmed perfs in places and with repaired lower right corner
Lot 781
1856-67 Watermark Emblems 6d Lilac Plate 5 lettered 'C-A' regummed and with rounded lower right corner. SG 97, cat £1200
Lot 782
Estimate: $900
Realised Price : $675
1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered 'DH', centered right and with neat Glasgow cds. Weak corner perf at bottom right, otherwise of fine appearance. SG 128, cat £3200
Lot 783
Estimate: $1,500
Realised Price : $1,150
1867-83 Watermark Anchor White Paper 10/- Greenish-grey lettered 'E-C', cancelled oval 'REGISTERED/CHARING CROSS W.C.' ds, a remarkable 1907 late usage. Few shoer perfs at top left and light toning of perfs. SG 135, cat £4000
Lot 784
1952-54 Wilding Definitives Watermark Tudor Crown 3d, 6d and 7d, 4d, 1/3d and 1/6d, 5d, 8d and 1/-, and 9d, 10d and 11d on four separate addressed first day covers cancelled by Axminster datestamps (4 covers)
Lot 785
1977-83 Machin Definitives £1, £2 and £5 MUH blocks of 4, SG 1026-1028 (12)