REST OF THE WORLD, TRISTAN DA CUNHA

Lot 639		Estimate: $60 1954 Definitives ½d - 10/- on registered first day cover to England
Lot 640		Estimate: $750 Realised Price : $575 1954 Definitives die proof of frame and Queen's head in brown-orange (issued colour of 2d) on thin wove paper, with 3mm margins all round, fine and very rare
Lot 641		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1960 Definitives Die Proof of Queen's Head very similar to that used on the issued stamps, struck in violet on cream folded wove paper (75 x 75mm), and showing reversed die number '19702' at top, fine and rare
Lot 642		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $380 1960 Definitives 2½d Sword Fish Die Proof of Vignette in Black on wove paper, vertical crease but very rare
Lot 643		Estimate: $380 1963 Tristan da Cunha Resettlement Overprints 3d Light Blue, Black, Pink and Deep Blue showing 'Black Printed Double', superb MUH, with normal plate no. block of 4 for comparison. SG 58a Cat £300 (5)
Lot 644		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1965 International Telecommunications Union Centenary 3d Orange-red and Grey showing 'Orange-red Doubly Printed' caused by incorrect tension of the blanket, superb MUH with normal stamp for comparison. 1983 SG Elizabethan Catalogue 85Ea Cat £120 (2)
Lot 645		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $125 1965 Pitcairn Islands 1d Reddish-purple and Turquoise-green International Co-operation Year with blanket offset of 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA' and clasped hands on reverse, unusual and scarce, with only one sheet found (1983 SG Elizabethan Catalogue Pitcairn Islands No. 51Ea, cat £65), with normal Pitcairn Islands and Tristan da Cunha 1d for comparison. Also 6d Deep Bluish-green and Lavender with variety 'Broken Leaves at Left' (R8/4), and same variety on Virgin Islands 1d in pair. All superb MUH (6)
Lot 646		Estimate: $1,500 Realised Price : $1,150 1966 Sir Winston Churchill Commemoration 1d New Blue, Cerise, Black and Gold strip of 5 (severed into a strip of 3 and pair) error 'Gold Misplaced', resulting in the first stamp with 'Value Omitted' and the other four units with 'Value at Left Instead of right', and with '1d' printed in right selvedge. Superb MUH and very rare, only 12 strips can exist. SG 89a Cat £1300 for 'Value Omitted' error
Lot 647		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 1971 Decimal Currency Surcharges 1½p on 4d Black and Orange marginal block of 4 error 'Imperforate, some wrinkling as always for this variety, otherwise fine MUH.
Lot 648		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1972 Definitives 50p Tussock Die Proof in Black of engraved portion of design on wove paper (57 x 70mm), showing guidelines on four sides, and handstamped number '274' at top left, fine and rare, with issued stamp for comparison (2)
Lot 649		Estimate: $600 Realised Price : $460 1972 Definitives £1 Tussac Die Proof in Deep Green of engraved portion of design on wove paper (70 x 57mm), showing guide lines on four sides, and with handstamped number '62' at top right, fine and rare, with issued stamp for comparison (2)
Lot 650		Estimate: $200 1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation artist's pencil roughs by Jennifer Toombs on sheet of tracing paper (285 x 210mm) of 'King's Bull' and 'Crawfish' (x 2) designs, with 25p se-tenant strip of issued stamps for comparison
Lot 651		Estimate: $200 1979 International Year of the Child large size (240 x 155mm) original coloured pencil essay of 'The Padre's House' design endorsed on reverse 'Darren Repetto Age 9 years', subsequently adapted for the 5p stamp
Lot 652		Estimate: $300 1980 London 80 International Stamp Exhibition mounted sheet (375 x 250mm) bearing artist's pen roughs (6) using adopted subjects but in horizontal format, one hand-coloured, and signed by the designer, Clive Abbott, with set of issued stamps for comparison
Lot 653		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 1980 Paintings by Roland Svennson 10p 'Nightingale from the East' showing 'Black Printing double', with normal for comparison. 1983 SG Elizabethan Catalogue No. 273Ea, Cat £140 (2)
Lot 654		Estimate: $400 1986 60th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II 25p Multicoloured error 'Silver Omitted', bottom marginal single, with normal for comparison (2)
Lot 655		Estimate: $200 1987 40th Wedding Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, 65p error 'Overprint Inverted', fine MUH