David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

50 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 50137 50134 50134 DCE P 17 1854-57 1d Red-Brown pl.184 AJ imperforate imprimatur, top marginal showing part inscription, very fine and rare as only 21 examples have been removed from the imprimatur sheet, several of which are in institutional collections 200 - 300 50135 G 23a 1855 2d Blue pl.5 on top half of a wrapper, tied by GREEN “186” numeral of Dublin, reverse showing partial matching green despatch, fine and scarce 80 - 100 50136 50138 50136 DCE 29a 1855 1d Red Brown pl.25. from Neale’s steam press experimental printing, ungummed imperforate, very fine with no heavy creasing as normally associated with this failed experimental printing and very scarce as such particularly for examples from plate 25., cert. RPS (2007) (SG £3’000 in 2019) 600 - 800 50137 DCE P 29 1855 1d Red-Brown pl.37 AA imperforate imprimatur from the top left hand corner of the sheet showing part marginal inscription and plate number, a superb stamp and very rare, believed to be one of only two corner examples in private hands 1’000 - 1’500 50138 C 36 1857 1d Rose pl.47 wmk Large Crown perf.16, mint og, very fine and scarce (SG £2’800 in 2019) 400 - 700 50139 C J 38 var 1857 1d Red-Orange pl.46 transitional issue on cream paper in mint og block of four, very fine and scarce multiple, cert. BPA (1952) (SG Spec. C9(2)) 600 - 800