David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

115 Geneva, December 13, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 50453 50450 50450 A 366 1912 2d Unadopted essay in black on thin soft card (62x75mm), stamp size, showing an unadopted frame design, extremely attractive and rare 400 - 600 50451 C J S 371 1912-24 2 1/2d blue overprinted “CANCELLED” type 24 in mint og lower marginal imperforate control “J 17” block of forty eight, comprising of two horizontal rows taken from the foot of a complete double sheet of 960 stamps (Two panes of 480) with annotations in sheet margin below left hand pane “New plate” and “73 000 impressions taken from this plate” below the right hand pane. This spectacular multiple illustrates perfectly some of the concerns regarding new printing plates produced for this issue, the plate wear is unusually more extreme on the new printing plate than the plate used to print over 73’000 impressions. Minor creasing and folds between impressions as to be expected on multiples of this size nevertheless a remarkable and unique showpiece (SG Spec. N21(1)v) 1’000 - 1’500 50452 C / 114 373a 1912-24 Wmk Royal Cypher 2 1/2d dull prussian blue mint lh lower marginal example, very fine, a difficult shade, cert. RPS (1980) (SG £1’200 in 2019) 240 - 300 50453 A P 378 1912 4d Trial of Eve’s wreath design die proof in black on white glazed card, slight thin at top, fine and scarce (See SG Spec. Vol.2 fig 28) 500 - 700 50455 50454 50454 C A 378 1912 4d Trial of Eve’s Wreath design colour essay in purple on gummed, unwatermakred imperforate paper, mint og with hinge remnant, very fine, produced by Miller & Motley using their Printex machine (SG £1’400) 300 - 400 50455 A 378 1912 4d Eve’s Wreath design colour essay in grey-green on imperforate white unwatermarked ungummed paper, produced by Miller & Motley using their Printex machine, some faint discolouration at lower left, fine 200 - 300