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

Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 170 170 Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 1859 Dardenne Issue (SG 41-44) 20855 20856 20857 20858 20855 H 41 1d deep red, used with oval bars, clear to good margins, thin spots, scarce (SG £2’500), cert. PF (1994) 300-400 20856 H 42 1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion, good to huge margins, barred oval cancel, fine (SG £1’400) 300-400 20857 H / www 42 1d dull vermilion, used with “PAID” in circle, touched at right, three adequate to very large margins, repaired, scarce (SG £1’400), cert. Sismondo (2001) 150-200 20858 43 1859 Dardenne 2d slate-blue, pos.50, with “feather” transfer flaw variety at foot, good to huge margins, neat PAID circular hs, very fine and attractive stamp with deep colour, ex Dale-Lichtenstein & Kanai, cert. BPA (1994) (SG £1’300+) 400-600 20859 20860 20861 20862 20859 DCE 43a 1859 Dardenne 2d blue unused vertical pair, pos.2/8, just touched to close margins on three sides, lower margin large showing characteristic scratch for pos.8, extensively thinned, still a presentable and very rare multiple with only three know pairs recorded by Rudge (listed as no.1 is Rudge’s list of unused 2d Dardenne), ex Hind and Dale-Lichtenstein 1’000-1’500 20860 H 43a 1859 Dardenne 2d blue pair, pos.61-62, with both stamps showing the “minor retouch” variety, fine to large margins, viod barred oval cancels, a unique pair with only 6 examples known, ex Dale-Lichtenstein & Kanai, cert. BPA (1994) (SG £1’900+) 700-1’000 20861 H 43a 1859 Dardenne 2d blue pair, pos.63-64, with right stamp showing “cut transfer” at lower left corner, good to huge margins, void barred oval cancels, very fine, ex Hind & Caspary, cert. BPA (1998) and Mohrmann (1963) (SG £1’900+) 600-800 20862 H 43a 1859 Dardenne 2d blue vertical pair, pos.41/47, with fine to good margins, void barred oval cancels, creasing in between stamps, fine appearance 300-400