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

95 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) 30404 CC C J / www 38, 38d, 38e 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) complete sheet (missing margins at left and right side only), with right pane R1/3 showing inverted “u” for n” variety and R1/4 showing no stops on “British” variety, fine for such a multiple, great for the overprint specialist Note: See Runner Post No.57 pp.1396- 1397 for more info on the “u” for n” variety, and Runner Post No.79 p.1973 for more info on the positional varieties 200 - 300 30405 C H J / 94 38-39 1893-95 1d & 2d (reading downwards) collection written up on 12 pages with specialisation in overprint varieties with listed and minor varieties on mint and used stamps incl. multiples, with “no dots on i in British” on mint 1d, used 2d and in 1d mint rejoined pair with “inverted u for second n”, unlisted but constant “broken ch” (see Runner Post No.88 p.2194) incl. example on cover to Germany, 2d used with “inverted u for n”, 2d used with “Bechuanaland. / British” transposed overprint (ex County, minor toning), mint multiples with 2d block of 48, 1d plate block of 24, etc., a great lot for the specialist 400 - 600 30406 30407 30406 C 38b 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with “BRITISH” omitted, mint part og, thin at right side, fine appearance and very rare variety (SG £4’250) 600 - 800 30407 C 38c 1893-95 1d Carmine-Red (reading downwards) with “BECHUANALAND. / BRITISH” transposed overprint, mint part og, fine and scarce variety, ex County, cert. BPA (1976) (SG £1’500) 400 - 500 30408 CC C J / www 39, 39e, 39f 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) right pane of 60 (missing two pieces of margins at lower left only and some margin reinforced), with R1/3 showing inverted “u” for n” variety and R1/4 showing no stops on “British” variety, slight creasing through row 3, fine for such a multiple, great for the overprint specialist Note: See Runner Post No.57 pp.1396-1397 for more info on the “u” for n” variety, and Runner Post No.79 p.1973 for more info on the positional varieties 200 - 300 30409 C J / 96 39, 39e, 39f 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) mint block of six showing both no dots on “i” of “British” and inverted “u” for second “n” in “Bechuanaland”, hinge reinforcement between them in the top row, the bottom row with light horizontal gum crease, still a fine looking multiple (SG £550+) Note: See Runner Post No.57 pp.1396-1397 for more info on the “u” for n” variety 120 - 180 30410 30411 30412 30414 30410 H 39a 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint, the second being weaker as all the examples are from Gaberones, with light cds, one toned perf., fine variety (SG £700) 180 - 240 30411 H 39a 1893-95 2d Bistre (reading downwards) with double overprint, Kanye cds, fine variety (SG £700) 180 - 240