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

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 169 169 1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40) 20847 No Lot 20848 P / 168 1859 Sherwin 1911 reprints made after the plates were presented to the Royal Philatelic Society London and defaced, with the 1d in black mounted on sunken card, 2d in black mounted on sunken card and the 2d in black not mounted, plus the reprints of the back of the plates which show an advert for the Grand Hotel D’Europe, one in English and one in French, fine and very rare, ex Kanai (still mounted on his pages) and “Saint Louis” 5’000-8’000 20849 P / 174 1859 Sherwin unissued 1d “Royal” reprint in black from the defaced plate, some foxing, plus five facsimiles of the 1d & 2d in different colours 300-500 20850 20851 20852 20853 20854 20850 H 40 1859 Sherwin 2d deep blue, pos.6 from the plate, with good to large margins, two light concentric circle cancels, very fine and attractive stamp, signed and cert. Esser (1956) (SG £8’000) 2’000-3’000 20851 H 40 1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.7, with 124 numeral of ADEN, just touched to narrow margins, slight thins and corner crease, very presentable and rare, cert. Sismondo (2002) 500-700 20852 H 40 1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.9, with 124 numeral of ADEN, just touched to narrow margins, tiny slight thins, very presentable and rare, cert. Sismondo (2002) 500-700 20853 H 40 1859 Sherwin 2d deep blue, position 8, used, close but clear even margins, repaired, very rare, cert. Sismondo (2001) (SG £8’000) 500-800 20854 H 40 1859 Sherwin 2d blue, pos.8, with CLEAR 124 numeral of ADEN, cut into, slight thins and corner creases, very presentable and rare 300-500