David Feldman - Great Britain & British Empire Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 10:00 CET

90 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 30368 30372 30368 C / www 1b 1885-87 1/2d Grey-Black wmk Crown CC with double overprint (one in lake and one in black), mint large part og, fine, cert. Brandon (1979) (SG £750) 200 - 300 30369 30370 30371 30369 C 4a 1885-87 1/2d Grey-Black wmk Anchor with “ritish” variety, mint large hr, slightly toned gum, fine and rare, cert. Holcombe (1990) (SG £2’750) 800 - 1’000 30370 C 5a 1885-87 1d Rose-Red wmk Anchor with “ritish” variety, mint hr, slightly toned gum, fine and very rare, cert. Holcombe (1988) and BPA (1990) (SG £4’250) 1’500 - 2’000 30371 C 6c 1885-87 2d Bistre wmk Anchor with double overprint variety, partial BONC leaving variety clear, very fine and rare, cert. Holcombe (1988) and BPA (1975) (SG £2’250) 800 - 1’200 30372 C / www 6w 1885-87 2d Bistre wmk Anchor inverted, barred oval cancel, slightly toned and closed tear at right, currently the only known example, cert. Brandon (1985) (SG £800) Note: Reported in the Runner Post No. 73, pp. 1820-1823 100 - 150 30373 C J / www 9 1888 (Jan) 1/2d Vermilion group on 2 pages incl. marginal pair with “L” control, left marginal vertical block of 14, right marginal block of 6, three blocks of four, etc. 70 - 100 30374ex 30375ex 30374 C P S / www 1888 Unappropriated Die (without British Bechuanaland ovpt) 1d to £5 gummed imperf. plate proofs set of 13 values with SPECIMEN ovpts (all type 9 ovpt except for £1), £1 with a vert. gum crease otherwise fine to very fine and rare 300 - 400 30375 C S 9s-21s 1888 (Jan) Unappropriated Die 1d to £5 and 1/2d vermilion with SPECIMEN ovtps (type BEC2) plus 1/2d vermilion with type 9 ovpt, the 5s and £5 with some tone spots otherwise fine to very fine (SG £1’170) 300 - 400