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 ( £ ) 177 177 20883 C DCE 54-55 1862 1s Deep Green perf. 14-16 unused, trimmed perfs at left otherwise a fine space filler, plus 6d slate unused singles (2) and mint strip of three 100-200 20884 F / 174 56+62+64 1863-72 Crown CC 1d purple brown used with 4d rose and 6d yellow green on folded cover to Saigon “via Aden”, stamps cancelled small B53 numerals, red “11d” accountancy on face, Mauritius despatch for SP 18 68 and Saigon arrival 1 OCT on reverse, a fine and rare tricolour franking to an unusual destination 600-900 20885 C DCE / 180 56-72 1863-72 De La Rue wmk Crown CC mint/unused group incl. 6d & 1s imperf. plate proofs, 2d imperf. single (cert. RPS 1949), 1d and 1s with inverted watermarks, normal set plus. shades, slightly mixed condition 600-800 20886 DCE S 57/72 1863-72 Crown CC 1d brown, 2d pale blue, 3d dull red, 4d rose, 6d dull violet, 9d yellow-green, 1s yellow and 5s bright mauve all with manuscript “Specimen” from the De La Rue archives, no gum and perfs trimmed from being cut from the sheet, scarce 1’000-1’500 20887 DCE / 174 57/68 1863-72 Imperf. proofs with CANCELLED overprint in marginal horizontal blocks of 12, with the 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, ungummed, some faint toning on the reverses, fine and attractive 600-800 20888 P / 174 57/70 1863-72 De La Rue imperforate Plate Proofs on glazed paper, no watermark, 1d brown, 2d bright blue, 4d deep rose, 6d deep blue green, 10d deep maroon, 1s orange, in interpane gutter blocks of 12, each stamp with overprint CANCELLED in black, folded in margin between, lovely fresh colours (72) 700-1’000 20889 P / 174 58/70 1863-72 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d and 1s, imperforate on glazed paper in near-issued colours ovpt CANCELLED, special printing by De La Rue for the 1872 South Kensington Exhibition, marginal strips of six, all but 10d with marginal inscription, very fresh and fine, small rub on one, one sheet of each printed thus. 500-600 The currency for this auction is the British pound La monnaie utilisée pour cette vente est la livre sterling Die Währung für diese Versteigerung ist britische Pfund