5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
1589 lots
Lot 70895 | 1915 C.E.F. 5s on 5M with “s” broken at top variety, mint n.h.
Cameroon
1915 C.E.F. 5s on 5M with “s” broken at top variety (row3/1), mint n.h. with full margin at left, very fine and scarce, cert. Brandon (2015) (S.G. £1’200+).
Estimate: 900 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70896 | 1855, 6d slate gray on wove paper, unused
Canada
1855, 6d slate gray on wove paper, unused (no gum), full to large margins all around, crisp impression, only the right side margin and parts of the bottom…
Estimate: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 70897 | 1857 (Sep 21) envelope from Montreal to England with 1852-57 10d blue
Canada
1857 (Sep 21) envelope from Montreal to England with 1852-57 10d blue, good to very good margins, tied by light concentric circle cancel, with “PKT. LETTER”…
Estimate: 900 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70898 | 1897 Jubilee 50c. ultramarine, mint NH; fresh and fine.
Canada
1897 Jubilee 50c. ultramarine, mint n.h., fresh and fine.
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70899 | 1897, Jubilee, $1 lake, mint with original gum, well
Canada
1897, Jubilee, $1 lake, mint with original gum, well centered, fresh printing with strong colour, fine example (SG £550).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70900 | 1897, Jubilee, $2 deep violet, mint with original gum,
Canada
1897, Jubilee, $2 deep violet, mint with original gum, good centering, crisp impression, hinge remains to reverse, fine example (SG £1’000).
Estimate: 350 – 500 GBP
Lot 70901 | 1897 Jubilee $3 bistre; fine mint OG. Scarce.
Canada
1897 Jubilee $3 bistre; fine mint OG. Scarce.
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70902 | 1897, Jubilee, $5 olive-green, mint with original gum,
Canada
1897, Jubilee, $5 olive-green, mint with original gum, good centering, strong colour, very fine example (SG £1’400).
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 70903 | 1897 Jubilee $5 olive-green, neatly cancelled by c.d.s.
Canada
1897 Jubilee $5 olive-green, neatly cancelled by c.d.s. at upper left; fine.
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70904 | 1897-98 6c. brown mint block of six, the middle pair
Canada
1897-98, 6c brown mint block of six, the middle pair mint n.h., fine fresh colour. scarce.
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70905 | 1897-98 8c. Orange mint block of six the central pair
Canada
1897-98, 8c orange mint block of six the central pair mint n.h, lovely fresh colour; a scarce multiple.
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70906 | 1897-98, 10c brownish purple mint block of six
Canada
1897-98, 10c brownish purple mint block of six, middle pair mint n.h., top left stamp with gum bend and gum thin, others very fine (Unitrade C$2’400 for…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70907 | 908 20c. dull brown, mint n.h. fine. Unitrade cat. $1200
Canada
1908, 20c dull brown, mint n.h., fine (Unitrade C$1’200).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70908 | 1933 KGV $1 Inland Revenue War Tax stamps booklet
Canada
1933 KGV $1 Inland Revenue War Tax stamps booklet, complete and unexploded, very fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70909 | 1937 Coronation 3c carmine IMPERFORATE horizontal pair
Canada
1937 Coronation 3c carmine IMPERFORATE horizontal pair with sheet margin at right very fine unmounted o.g. Only 75 pairs existed and now rare unmounted….
Estimate: 440 – 500 GBP
Lot 70910 | 1c Green IMPERF PAIR Superb mint (S.G. £375)
Canada
1942-48 War Effort 1c Green imperf. pair mint n.h., superb (S.G. £375).
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 70911 | 1942-48 War Effort set of 14 to $1 in imperforate pairs,
Canada
1942-48 War Effort set of 14 to $1 in imperforate pairs, very fine o.g., a rare and most attractive set (only 150 existed of the 5c, 100 of the 1c to 4c…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70912 | 1906-28 4c. mInt NH block of four;
Canada
Postage Dues: 1906-28 4c mint n.h. block of four, scarce (Unitrade C$800+).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70913 | 1930-32 10c. bright violet, mint block of four
Canada
Postage Dues: 1930-32 10c. bright violet, mint block of four, two stamps mint n.h., fresh and fine (Unitrade C$1’280+).
Estimate: 170 – 200 GBP
Lot 70914 | 1875-92 8c. dull blue “Registered” Stamp, mint NH,
Canada
1875-92 8c. dull blue “Registered” stamp, mint n.h., fine.
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70915 | 1851-60 3d. dull red, unused without gum;
Canada » New Brunswick
1851-60 3d. dull red, unused without gum; light thin not affecting the fine appearance. Scarce.
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70916 | 1c Purple Block of 6 mint Cat 420++ pounds
Canada » New Brunswick
1860-64, 1c purple block of 6, fine mint o.g., a scarce multiple.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70917 | 1862-64 5d. chocolate brown, mint imperf. block of
Canada » Newfoundland
1862-64, 5d chocolate brown, mint imperf. block of four from the foot of the sheet, fine; cert. RPS (2022).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70918 | 3c Blue PAIR Rouletted mint SCARCE Cat 650++ Pounds
Canada » Newfoundland
1876-79 3c. blue pair, rouletted, mint, scarce.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70919 | 1894 12c. deep brown, the top 2 stamps showing re-entries
Canada » Newfoundland
1894 12c deep brown mint block of four, the top 2 stamps showing re-entries positions 24 and 25 listed in Unitrade, the lower pair mint n.h., fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70920 | 1932-38 24c bright blue Bell Island IMPERFORATE horizontal pair very fine o.g. Scarce.
Canada » Newfoundland
1932-38 24c bright blue mint imperf. horizontal pair, very fine (S.G. £350).
Estimate: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 70921 | 1853 1d red-brown, fine to good margins, neat ms cancel
Canada » Nova Scotia
1853 1d red-brown, fine to good margins, neat ms cancel, fine (S.G. £475).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70922 | 1860-63 1c. black (white paper) and 8 1/2d. green (yellowish
Canada » Nova Scotia
1860-63 1c black (white paper) and 8 1/2d green (yellowish paper) in complete sheets of 100, generally fine and fresh.
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70923 | 1824 (Oct 13) Entire (with full letter) from Lord Napier, Captain of HMS Diamond off Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
1824 (Oct 13) Entire (with full letter) from Lord Napier, from the Captain of “HMS Diamond off the Island of Grand Cayman” (endorsed on cover at lower…
Estimate: 1’400 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 70924 | 1902 Die Proof of the name and 2 1/2d duty plate in
Cayman Islands
1902 Die Proof of the name and 2 1/2d duty plate in black on glazed card 92 x 60mm dated 7 OCT 01 in blue at upper left. Ex De La Rue archives. Cert. B.P.A…
Estimate: 360 – 400 GBP
Lot 70925 | 1907 5s salmon and green with dented frame variety
Cayman Islands
1907 5s salmon and green with dented frame variety with partial Georgetown cds, a superb example and very rare with only 19 examples printed (many of which…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70926 | 1991 30c. blowholes, variety silver omitted, mint NH,
Cayman Islands
1991 30c. blowholes, variety silver omitted, mint NH, rare with only thirty stamps affected by the missing silver and not all are in perfect condition….
Estimate: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 70927 | Revenues.1974 $4 yellow-orange complete unmounted o.g.
Cayman Islands
Revenues: 1974 $4 yellow-orange complete unmounted o.g. sheet of fifty with Plate 2A and Walsall Security Printers imprint, with each pair of stamps showing…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70928 | 1827-1857 Selection of eighteen pre-stamp entires,
Ceylon
1827-1857 Selection of 19 pre-stamp entires, envelopes and wrapper including rare marks and origin offices in Ceylon, noted rare 1828 Jaffna ‘Post Paid’…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70929 | 1857-59, 4d Perkins Bacon die proof
Ceylon
1857-59, 4d Perkins Bacon die proof in black of the most iconic stamp of the set, very fine and fresh, extremely rare, according to Kimmel only five such…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 70930 | 1857-59 8d. brown, a four margined used example; some
Ceylon
1857-59 8d brown, a four margined used example, some overall thinning, scarce, cert. RPS (2022).
Estimate: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 70931 | 1867-70 wmk CC (type 6) 1d deep blue mint o.g. imperf. pair
Ceylon
1867-70 wmk CC (type 6) 1d deep blue mint o.g. imperf. pair, very close to fine margins, very fine variety (see footnote after S.G. 72).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70932 | 1872-80 4c. grey IMPERF PAIR of proof status on gummed,
Ceylon
1872-80, 4c grey imperf. proof pair on gummed watermarked paper from the left of the sheet, a rarity as a pair with even single imperf. examples seldom…
Estimate: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 70933 | 1883 48c pale-brown, wmk crown CA, “Trial Perforation 12” two known examples exist
Ceylon
1883 48c pale-brown, wmk crown CA, “Trial Perforation 12”, mint, part original gum, nicely centred, vibrant colour, slight trimming across base, fine…
Estimate: 3’200 – 3’500 GBP
Lot 70934 | 1897-1945 Group of five covers including redirected
Ceylon
1897-1945 Group of 16 covers including 1897 redirected and well travelled envelope sent from Colombo to Belfast and forwarded on several times with an…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70936 | 1938 2c. black and carmine, Perf. 13.5 x 13, mint NH
Ceylon
1938, 2c black and carmine, perf.13.5×13, mint n.h. marginal block of 10 from the lower right corner showing 2B over 1B in the selvedge, fine.
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70937 | 1912 KGV keyplate master die proof by De La Rue
Cyprus
1912 KGV keyplate master die proof by De La Rue (used for the 1912-15 and 1921-23 issues) in black on glazed card (92x60mm), a very rare and important…
Estimate: 1’600 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70938 | 1924-28 £5 black on yellow mint n.h.
Cyprus
1924-28 £5 black on yellow mint n.h., very fine and fresh example of this key stamp of Cyprus (S.G. £3’750).
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70939 | 1819 entire to London, rated “15/10” and endorsed “2 1/2oz”, paying ten times the 6d ship letter rate
Dominica
1819 entire to London, rated “15/10” and endorsed “2 1/2oz”, paying ten times the 6d ship letter rate and ten times the 13d UK inland rate, with accounts…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70940 | 1812 (May 23) entire from Dominica to London, carried by warship “Pitt”
Dominica
1812 (May 23) entire from Dominica to London, carried by warship “Pitt” (endorsed at lower left), with ms “2/4” rate mark and re-rated “2/4” in London,…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70941 | 1814 entire from Roseau to Scotland with large undated
Dominica
1814 entire from Roseau to Scotland with large undated “DOMINICA” flueron on reverse, rated “2/5” then corrected to “4/10”, with Edinburgh arrival ds and…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70942 | 1948 KGVI Royal Silver Wedding 10s with “SPECIMEN” perfin
Dominica
1948 KGVI Royal Silver Wedding 10s with “SPECIMEN” perforation from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives (hs on reverse), without gum as produced, unique showpiece,…
Estimate: 3’400 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 70943 | 1951 $1.20 marginal imprint mint NH block of twenty
Dominica
1951 $1.20 marginal imprint mint n.h. block of twenty from the lower right corner of the sheet, R8/4 with C of CA in watermark omitted (this stamp with…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70944 | 1905-38 Selection of two covers and one postcard, illustrating mail between the islands
Falkland Islands
1905-38, Two covers and one postcard sent to Patagonia (Argentina) including two items sent to Rio Gallegos, one a 1905 postcard franked with KEVII 1d,…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP