David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 162 162 Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 20814 C DCE S / www 26/31 1858-62 Britannia mint/unused group incl. 1858 4d green unused (good to large margins, cert. BPA “natural surface defect at foot”), 1858-62 (4d) green pair (horiz. crease) and single, (6d) vermilion (2 + ng block of 6 w/ crease + strip of 4), (9d) dull magenta (fine margins), (no value) red-brown and (no value) blue (2 + ng block of 4), useful group (SG £4’600+) 600-900 20815 H / www 26/55 1858-62 Britannia used group incl. 1858 4d green (small corner crease, cert. BPA 1965), a fantasy 8d purple (see Ibbotson p.154), 1858-62 (4d) green (3, one on piece with “SIP LETTER” in oval adjacent & one with washed colour), (6d) vermilion (creases), (9d) magenta (one with “1” target numeral and one later used as 1d with “B53”), (no value) blue with presumably forged cancel (3 margins), 1859-61 6d (6 incl. one with “FREE” hs, pair with “PENNY POST”), 6d, 1s vermilion (3, one oxidised), 1s yellow-green, 1862 perf. 6d and 1s (2, one with only perfs at top with cert. RPS stating “not possible to certify as imperforate vertically), mostly fine, nearly all with four margins 300-400 20816 C DCE S / www 30/31 1858-62 London Philatelic Exhibition / 1890 overprint on remainder Britannia (no value) red-brown (3, incl. one with double overprint) and (no value) blue, perforated at the show (some perfs trimmed), unusual 100-150 20817 P 32 1858 Britannia 6d die proof reprint made in 1868 in violet on thick paper, paper adhesion and minor wrinkle at lower left, fine and scarce, ex Kanai 600-800 You may bid LIVE by Internet at www.davidfeldman.com