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 ( £ ) 215 215 21083 21084 21085 21086 21088 21089 21083 C 7 1855-63 6d Pale Rose Lilac on white paper mint part og, fine to good margins, small corner crease at right, fine (SG £1’200) 500-600 21084 H 7c 1855-63 6d Slate-Lilac on blued paper, fine to large margins, a late usage with “1” barred oval, tone spot at top and lower left, fine (SG £500) 140-160 21085 H 7c 1855-63 6d Slate-Lilac on blued paper, good to very good margins, faint cancel with a splodge of ink, very fine (SG £500) 120-150 21086 DCE 8b 1855-63 1s Deep Dark Green unused small part og, close to very good margins, fine (SG £450) 100-120 21087 H 1855-63 Perkins Bacon 4d black, die A, showing part of the marginal watermark at left, used with faint CGH triangular cancel in black at right, margins all around, trace of shallow thin and scissor cut in lower margin (SG £35’000) Literature: Williams listing no.II in the “Encyclopaedia of Rare & Famous Stamps”, see footnote in SG under SG8 Provenance: Field, Riesco, Dale-Lichtenstein and “Lady Hope” A British Empire rarity, and one of the finest examples of the twelve recorded 10’000-15’000 21088 H 13a 1861 “Woodblock” 1d carmine, close to good margins, barred cancel, two small corner creases, fine appearance, cert. RPS (1972) (SG £3’500) 700-1’000 21089 H 14a 1861 “Woodblock” 4d Pale Grey-Blue, just cut into at foot, CGH barred triangle cancel, fine, cert. Sismondo (2001) (SG £2’000) 200-300