David Feldman Great Britain & British Empire December 13 2019

60 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 50185 C 98var 1865-67 Wmk Emblems 9d straw pl.5 LI, LINE PERF.14 mint part og, line perforated imprimatur produced for inclusion in the “Before and After the Stamp Committee” De La Rue presentation album of which only 36 albums were originally produced, many of which are in institutional collections or simply lost and were the only source of this stamp as plate 5 was never put to press, a little faint gum toning, very fine and extremely rare, cert. BPA (1991) (See Specialised Vol.1 section KD) 4’000 - 5’000 1867-80 Large Uncoloured Corner Letters, Wmk Spray of Rose 50186 50187 50186 C P 103 1867-80 3d Rose pl.6 imperforate imprimatur, mint hr, very fine with fresh colour, rare, one of only 22 possible examples, many of which are in institutionalised collections (SG £2’500) 400 - 600 50187 CC 103 1867-80 Wmk Spray 3d rose pl.4 mint nh left wing marginal, some gum crazing and minor wrinkling, otherwise fine and fresh example of this scarcer plate (SG £1’850 in 2019) 400 - 600 50190 50188 50188 P 109 1867-80 6d (without hyphen) De La Rue die proof printed in black on white matt card (92x 60mm), produced in 1870 by DLR for display at the 1871 London International Exhibition, fine and scarce 500 - 700