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

94 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 30397 30396 30396 H 32a 1891-1904 2d Bistre (reading upwards) with “no stop after Bechuanaland” variety, “GABERONES / BBP” cds, very fine (SG £350) 120 - 180 30397 H 32b 1891 2d Bistre (reading upwards) with variety inverted “u” for second “n” in “Bechuanaland”, mint og, very fine Note: See Runner Post No.57 pp.1396-1397 for more info on this variety 80 - 100 30398 CC C H J / www 33-37 1891-1904 1d Lilac & Jubilee issue group written up on album pages incl. 1d to 6d SPECIMENS type BEC2 and 4d type 9, mint set in blocks of four, 1d “R” control block of 18, a range of used, varieties noted incl. a page with “BRITISH.”, broken letters, confetti flaws, etc., a great little lot for the specialist 300 - 500 30399 C S 33s-37s 1891-1904 1d to 1s SPECIMEN (type GB9) set of 5, mint hr, very fine, much scarcer than the usual type BEC2 Specimen 300 - 400 30400 CC C J / 96 35 1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown mint pane of 20, setting 4B, some creasing at top affecting one stamp, a little perf. separation and vertical fold after 2nd stamp, scarce 300 - 400 30401 F / 96 35a 1891-1904 4d Green & Purple-Brown bisect on cover, initialled “RM / PM” by the Postmaster, tied by Palapaye Station MR 12 00 cds with further strike adjacent, reverse with Mochudi transit, fine and scarce (SG £2’500) 500 - 700 30402 CC C J / www 38 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) mint nh left pane of 60 (missing margins at left), three stamps at lower left with creasing, great for the overprint specialist Note: See Runner Post No.79 p.1973 for more info on the positional varieties 80 - 100 30403 30405ex 30403 H 38 var 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with overprint error reading upwards, showing the distinctive broken “ch” indicating that it comes from the 1893 printing and not the 1891 printing, with normal with this same variety to match, no gum with some minor traces of ink, very rare 600 - 800 Regular stamp