14 Jun 2021 – 19 Jun 2021
811 lots
Lot 70400 | 1883 5d die 2 De La Rue die proof printed in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883 5d die 2 De La Rue die proof printed in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 15 AUG 83 », fine and rare
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70401 | 1883 9d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1883-84 Lilac & Green Issue
1883 9d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, showing plugs in place of corner letters, endorsed « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 18…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70402 | 1890 1d « Postage Stamp Jubilee » handpainted essay for the proposed and subsequently abandoned issue
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 1d « Postage Stamp Jubilee » handpainted essay for the proposed and subsequently abandoned issue, painted in lilac with details of the design highlighted…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70403 | 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1/2d vermilion on a fantastic illustrated newspaper type wrapper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1/2d vermilion on a fantastic illustrated newspaper type wrapper with the inscription « WHAT THE…. IS THIS » with an image of Charles…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 70404 | 1885 1½d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1885 1½d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay, an exquisite example executed on buff paper in dull-lilac and green with highlights in Chinese white mounted on…
Estimation: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 70405 | 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 2d colour trial with the head plate printed in green and the duty plate in brown
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 2d colour trial with the head plate printed in green and the duty plate in brown on gummed unwatermarked paper, light hinge, fine
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70406 | 1886 2d Rejected duty plate De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1886 2d Rejected duty plate De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, showing die 2a value tablet with « speckled » engine turned background,…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70407 | 1887-1900 Jubilee issue 4d De La Rue duty plate die proof of the unnadopted die 1a design
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee issue 4d De La Rue duty plate die proof of the unnadopted die 1a design with speckled background and value figures inverted, printed…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70408 | 1892 4½d. « Jubilee » Essay
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1892 4½d. « Jubilee » Essay, An exquisitely executed hand painted essay in red and green with details highlighted in Chinese White Ex the De La Rue Archives…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 70409 | 1885 5d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1885 5d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay, an exquisite example executed on buff paper in purple and green with highlights in Chinese white mounted on small…
Estimation: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 70410 | 1885 5d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay, an exquisite
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1885 5d « Jubilee » Hand painted essay, an exquisite example executed on buff paper in brown grey-green with highlights in Chinese white mounted on small…
Estimation: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 70411 | 1889 10d. « Jubilee » Essay,
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1889 10d. « Jubilee » Essay, An exquisitely executed hand painted essay in red and green with details highlighted in Chinese White Ex the De La Rue Archives…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 70412 | 1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece excised from the De La Rue Archive books affixed with four examples of the 10d. colour trial on…
Estimation: 7’000 – 9’000 GBP
Lot 70413 | 1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece excised from the De La Rue Archive books affixed with two examples of the 10d. colour trial on White…
Estimation: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 70414 | 1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece excised from the De La Rue Archive books affixed with a single example of the 10d. colour trial…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70415 | 1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 10d. « Jubilee » Colour Trials, A magnificent piece excised from the De La Rue Archive books affixed with a single example of the 10d. colour trial…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70416 | 1890 10d Colour trial on crown watermarked paper in purple and blue
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1890 Jubilee 10d Colour trial on crown watermarked paper in purple and blue (selected colour for the 9d value), tied to a small piece by a trial « B01″…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70417 | 1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1s colour trial in olive-green
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1s colour trial in olive-green on watermarked paper, mint og, light tone spot by « H », fine and scarce (SG £2’400)
Estimation: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70418 | 1891 £1 Green mint nh, well centred and very fresh colour
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green mint nh, well centred and very fresh colour
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70419 | 1891 £1 Green DD, mint nh, very fine
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green DD, mint nh, very fine, rare (SG £5’000)
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70420 | 1891 £1 Green IA-JA vertical pair from the lower left corner of the sheet, each neatly cancelled by a fine strike of « Guernsey M.O.O » cds
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 Green IA-JA vertical pair from the lower left corner of the sheet, each neatly cancelled by a fine strike of « Guernsey M.O.O » (money order office)…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70421 | 1900 1/2d Blue-Green colour trial in the issued colour
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1900 1/2d Blue-Green colour trial in the issued colour on gummed unwatermarked paper, fine and scarce
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70422 | 1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper, mint o.g., light crease at lower right, fine appearance and scarce…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70423 | 1887-1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in dull blue-green on unwatermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in dull blue-green on unwatermarked paper, mint hr with faint gum bend, couple of pulled perfs at foot, scarce, ex…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70424 | 1865 (Feb 23) Envelope from Birmingham to Brazil with 1862-64 9d bistre pl.2 pair with French maritime marking
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1865 (Feb 23) Envelope from Birmingham to Brazil with 1862-64 9d bistre pl.2 right wing marginal pair tied by « 75 » duplexes, sent by French steamer with…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 70425 | 1868 (Jun 18) Envelope to New Zealand with printed address, franked with 1867-80 10d deep red-brown
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1868 (Jun 18) Envelope to New Zealand with printed address, franked with 1867-80 10d deep red-brown tied by Bolton « 87 » duplex, reverse with London and…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70426 | 1875 (Dec 22) Envelope with 1875 2 1/2d rosy mauve pl.2 on blued paper GH-GI pair
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1875 (Dec 22) Envelope with 1875 2 1/2d rosy mauve pl.2 on blued paper GH-GI pair, plus 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.14, on envelope sent registered from Dublin…
Estimation: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 70427 | 1881 (Mar 2) 2d Registered envelope used in British Levant and uprated with 1880 2 1/2d blue pl.20, 1/2d pale green (3) and 1d Venetian red
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1881 (Mar 2) 2d Registered envelope used in British Levant and uprated with 1880 2 1/2d blue pl.20, 1/2d pale green (3) and 1d Venetian red tied by neat…
Estimation: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 70428 | 1903 1d « Canada Head » essay (die 2) in pale green on
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1903 1d « Canada Head » essay (die 2) in pale green on thick proof card, 90x108mm, very fine and scarce (SG from £2’800)
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70429 | 1901 3d Composite “paste-up” essay of the Victorian Jubilee 4d with a lithographed quarter portrait of King Edward VII mounted inserted
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 4d Composite “paste-up” essay of the Victorian Jubilee 4d with a lithographed quarter portrait of King Edward VII mounted inserted, affixed to small…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70430 | 1901 Composite « Paste Up » essay of the Victorian Jubilee
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 Composite « Paste Up » essay of the Victorian Jubilee 1/2d with Lithographed portrait of King Edward VII mounted inserted, affixed to a small piece…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 70431 | 1902-10 De La Rue head plate die proof in black on glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue head plate die proof in black on glazed card, 92x60mm, marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 8 JAN. 02 » (SG £3’000).
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70432 | 1902-10 De La Rue 1/2d die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 1/2d die proof in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), dated « 21 FEB 06 », endorsed « AFTER STRIKING » additionally showing signature in…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70433 | 1902 (Aug 9th) Balloon Post card to celebrate Coronation day, flown from Beckenham on the first public airmail flight and dropped over Leeds Castle
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902 (Aug 9th) Balloon Post card to celebrate Coronation day, flown from Beckenham on the first public airmail flight and dropped over Leeds Castle, put…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70434 | 1911 1d Colour trial in rose red for the proposed colour of the Georgian issue, imperforate
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1911 1d Colour trial in rose red for the proposed colour of the Georgian issue, imperforate example printed on gummed unwatermarked paper (25x35mm), very…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70435 | 1906 1d Perforated colour trial in carmine on gummed, crown watermarked paper
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d Perforated colour trial in carmine on gummed, crown watermarked paper, large part original gum, fine and rare, made from a special plate of 20…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70436 | 1902-10 De La Rue 1 1/2d die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 1 1/2d die proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated « 21 NOV 01 », endorsed « AFTER HARDENING » fine and rare (SG £3’250).
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70437 | 1902-10 De La Rue 2d head plate die proof in black on glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 2d head plate die proof in black on glazed card, 92x60mm, marked « AFTER HARDENING » and dated « 27 Dec 01 » in manuscript (SG £3’250).
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70438 | 1902 De La Rue stamp size Die Proofs of the head and
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902 De La Rue 2d stamp-size die proofs of the head and duty plates, the duty plate initialled at base, scarce.
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70439 | 1911 2 1/2d Imperforate colour trial in Indigo
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1911 2 1/2d Imperforate colour trial in Indigo (proposed Georgian colour) on gummed unwatermarked paper (24x32mm), slightly heavy hinge, a very rare and…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 70440 | 1902-10 De La Rue 4d head plate die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 4d head plate die proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated « 28 NOV 01 », endorsed « AFTER HARDENING » additionally marked at…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70441 | 1902 6d Grey-Black mint og colour trial on unwatermarked chalky paper selvedge of the 1/2d Colonial issue
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902 6d Grey-Black mint og colour trial on unwatermarked chalky paper selvedge of the 1/2d
Colonial issue, perforated at foot with green marginal rule,…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70442 | 1902-10 De La Rue 9d slate purple & pale ultramarine, chalk surfaced paper, in complete mint nh pane of 20
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 9d slate purple & pale ultramarine, chalk surfaced paper, in complete mint nh pane of 20 (mounted in the margins only), from plates H2/D2,…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70443 | 1902-10 9d Slate Purple & Ultramarine (chalky paper), mint nh interpanneau marginal block of 6
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 9d Slate Purple & Ultramarine (chalky paper), mint nh interpanneau marginal block of 6 from the left of the pane, very fresh and fine. a rare multiple.
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70444 | 1902-10 De La Rue 10d head plate die proof black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 10d head plate die proof black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated « 28 NOV 01 », endorsed « AFTER HARDENING » and marked « 10d. » in manuscript…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70445 | 1902-10 De La Rue 10d Slate-purple and carmine-pink, superb mint nh block of six
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 10d Slate-purple and carmine-pink, superb mint nh block of six, a wonderfully fresh and attractive multiple rarely seen so fine, cert….
Estimation: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70446 | 1902-10 De La Rue 1s head plate die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 1s head plate die proof in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, dated « 10 DEC 01 », endorsed « AFTER HARDENING », fine and rare (SG £3’600).
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70447 | 1902-10 De La Rue 2s6d lilac mint nh
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 2s6d lilac mint nh, fresh and fine
Estimation: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 70448 | 1902-10 2s6d Lilac with variety « watermark inverted » neatly cancelled
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 2s6d Lilac with variety « watermark inverted » neatly cancelled by oval registered Gracechurch St. 2. Aug. 02 ds; a very fine used example (SG £3’500).
Estimation: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70449 | 1902-10 De La Rue 2/6d. purple, variety watermark inverted overprinted « Specimen » type 16
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 2s6d purple, variety watermark inverted overprinted « Specimen » type 16, large part original gum. fine and very rare, cert. BPA (1989).
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP