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Click here to subscribeGibraltar1925-32 Watermark Script CAImperforate Plate Proofs£5 violet and black block of four on gummed watermarked paper, original gum; upper right stamp with a tiny fault at upper right, otherwise fine and extremely rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1925-32 Watermark Script CAIssued Stamps£5 violet and black block of four, original gum; the lower right stamp with a pulled perf. at right, otherwise fresh and fine. Extremely rare. S.G. 108, £6,000+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1950 New Constitution Issue6d. carmine and grey-violet block of four, variety overprint double (more widely spaced), original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted mint; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 142a, £4,000+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 EssaysMaster essay with blank value tablet, struck in reddish violet on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"2½ pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo Note: In the value tablet there appears to be an "a" deleted under the second "e" of "pence"provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"three pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's script watermark, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"four pence" essay, struck in violet and black, a double impression, on white wove paper; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"five pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's watermark "str" inverted; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo provenance:Colonel Ely, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"sixpence" essay, struck in violet, red and orange, on white wove paper showing part of the papermaker's watermark "xtra"; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1979). Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 Essays"nine pence" essay, struck in red and violet on white wove paper showing part of papermaker's watermark "e" inverted; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo provenance:Colonel Eley, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The First issue½d. on 20p. green and buff, large part original gum; usual full stop puncture; fresh, fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1966). S.G. 1, £6,500. Photo Note: 12 unused examples have been recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The First issue1d. on 10pa. carmine and buff, large part original gum; slightly thinned at top and with the usual full stop puncture. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 2, £7,500. Photo Note: 11 unused examples have been recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The First issue2½d. on 1pi. violet and buff, original gum; fresh colours, fine and rare. Holcombe Certificate (1985). S.G. 3, £6,500. Photo Note: 13 unused examples have been recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper½d. blue, unused, fine and rare. Only ten unused examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 8, £1,400. Photo provenance:R. M. Gibbs, March 1981Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper½d. mauve, Plate 5, block of eight [13-16/17-20], comprising the lower two rows of the sheet with sheet margins at sides and at foot, [14] with variety "7" for "&", [19] and [20] each showing the ampersand underlined; usual creases for a multiple of this size; fine and rare. S.G. 9, 9b, £7,000+. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. black, Plate 9, block of twelve [1-4/5-8/9-12] comprising the top three rows of the sheet, sheet margin at top showing Plate number 9 and margins at left and right, [6] with variety "7" for "&" and "one penny" shifted to left, [2] showing full stop for colon in left frame, [5] with line under "long island" extended to right, [7] and [8] showing "one penny" shifted to left, [10] showing "g.r.i." shifted to left; unused; usual creases for a multiple of this size; rare. S.G. 10, 10a, 10 vars., £7,375++. Photo Note: Only two examples of the "7" for "&" variety have been recorded, the example in the above block and an unused single which was in the Marquess of Bute saleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. black, Plate 9, [15] with variety "L" in frame at right; unused, horizontal paper creases; extremely rare. The only recorded example of this variety. S.G. 10 var. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. black, Plate 11, horizontal strip of four, [5-8], sheet margins at left and right, [8] variety "Postagg" for "Postage", unused, horizontal crease, small scissor cut between the third and fourth stamps; rare. S.G. 10, 10g, £6,125+. Photo Note: The is the only recorded example of the "Postagg" for "Postage" varietyprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. blue, Plate 2, horizontal pair [5-6], [5] showing variety "G.R.I." raised; unused, fine and extremely rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 11, 11 var., £1,000+. Photo Note: Apart from the block of twelve, lot 257, this is the only recorded multiple of S.G. 11; three of the raised "G.R.I." variety were probably produced, one from each of the positions listed under major varieties of this value, but this is the only recorded example of this variety on this stampprovenance:Marquess of Bute, 1959"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. mauve, from the left of the sheet, showing variety "LL" at foot of left frame, unused; crease in the sheet margin at left and the stamp with small wrinkle from hinge; extremely rare. S.G. 12 var. Photo Note: It is thought that two examples of this variety were produced, but this is the only recorded example of this stampprovenance:Marquess of Bute, 1959"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. mauve, Plate 2, horizontal strip of four [9-12], with sheet margins at left and right, [11] with "postage" for "Postage" variety and [9] showing raised "g.r.i." variety, unused; fine and extremely rare. S.G. 12, 12c, 12 var. £5,825+. Photo Note: The is the only recorded example of the "postage" for "Postage" variety, of the raised "g.r.i." four are recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. mauve, Plate 6, sheet of twenty [1-20], with Plate number 6 in top margin and sheet margins all round, [11] with variety "7" for "&" and [13] and [18] each with variety "onr" for "one", unused; creased through the third row which shows the papermaker's watermark, fine and very rare. S.G. 12, 12a, 12f, £12,425++. Photo Note: Of the two recorded examples of the "7" for "&" variety, one is contained in the above sheet and the other, an unused single, shows "one penny" shifted to left. Of the "onr" for "one" variety, it is thought that twelve were produced, including two with the "e" of "penny" doubled, seven have been recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. mauve, Plate 10, horizontal strip of four [1-4] the top row of the sheet with Plate number 10 in margin and sheets margins at left and right, [3] with variety "Rvevue" for "Revenue", unused; small ink stain in margin at top, the stamps fine and the variety extremely rare. S.G. 12, 12a, £5,825. Photo Note: This is the only recorded example of the "Rvevue" for "Revenue" varietyprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. mauve, Plate 11, sheet of twenty [1-20] with Plate number 11 in the top margin and sheet margins all round, [8] with variety "Postagg" for "Postage", unused; creasing through the fourth horizontal row, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 12, 12g, £8,725++. Photo Note: Two examples of the "Postagg" for "Postage" variety were produced, the other example is a single and was included in the Marquess of Bute Saleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. red, Plate 6, [11] with variety "7" for "&" and showing papermaker's watermark, unused, fine and extremely rare. P. Holcombe Certificate (1990). S.G. 13a, £3,500. Photo Note: There are two of the "7" for "&" variety recorded, one contained in a complete sheet which shows the one penny shifted to leftprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1d. red, variety "onr" for "one", unused; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1967). S.G. 13f, £2,750. Photo Note: Six examples of the "onr" for "one" variety were producedprovenance:R. M. Gibbs, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper2½d. black, Plate 1, [19] showing nine stops at both sides, unused; some creasing; extremely rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 14, £2,500. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper2½d. mauve, Plate 1, showing part of papermaker's watermark, unused; minor creasing; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 16, £5,500. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper6d. mauve, Plate 1 unused; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 19, £1,400. Photo provenance:William Frazer, February 2004Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper6d. mauve, Plate 1, variety "l" in frame at foot, unused; some wrinkling from hinge remainder, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 19 var. Photo Note: Three were produced, but this is the only recorded example of this variety on this stampprovenance:Marquess of Bute, 1959"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper6d. mauve, Plate 1, "sixpence" in one word, unused; tiny trace of a stain on the front from hinge on reverse; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 19a, £4,750. Photo provenance:R. M. Gibbs, March 1981Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- black (carbon copy), Plate 4, block of eight [1-4/5-8] comprising the top two rows of the sheet with Plate number 4 at upper left and sheet margins at left and right, [2] with variety "islana" for "isl. and", [1] and [5] showing semicolon(s) for colon(s) at left, unused; usual horizontal creasing in a multiple of this size, mostly along the top frames of the second horizontal row; rare. S.G. 20, 20c., 20 var., £6,925+. Photo Note: This block contains the only recorded example of the "islana" for "island" varietyprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- black (carbon copy), Plate 5, block of eight [1-4/5-8], comprising the top two rows of the sheet, showing Plate number 5 at upper left and sheet margins at left and right, [3] with variety "Postge" for "Postage", [4] with extra colon outside right frame, [5] with semicolons for colons at left, unused; minor creasing in the sheet margins, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 20, 20b, 20 vars. Photo Note: All three examples of the "Postge" for "Postage" variety have been recorded; apart from the example in the above block, there was an unused example in the Marquess of Bute sale and another unused singleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- blue, unused, some staining from hinge on reverse, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 21, £2,750. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- mauve, Plate 4, block of eight [1-4/5-8] comprising the first two rows of the sheet, showing Plate number 4 at upper left and with sheet margins at left and right, [2] variety "islana" for "island", [1] and [5] showing semicolon(s) for colon(s) in left frame, unused, corner crease in sheet margin, otherwise exceptionally fine for a multiple of this size; rare. S.G. 22, 22a, 22 var. Photo Note: This block contains one of the two recorded examples of the "islana" for "island" variety, the other being an unused single which was in the Marquess of Bute sale, 1959provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- mauve, Plate 5, sheet of sixteen [1-16], showing Plate number 5 at upper left, with sheet margins at sides, position [3] with "Postge" for "Postage" variety, [15] with variety "l" of "long" doubled, [4] showing extra colon outside right frame, [5] and [9] showing semicolons for colons at left, unused; crease through third horizontal row and the lower right stamp with corner crease, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 22, 22b, 22 vars. Photo Note: This sheet contains one of only two recorded examples of the "Postge" for "Postage" variety; of the "l" in "long" doubled variety, two examples have been recorded - the one in the above sheet and an unused singleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Third issueOn Thin Horizontally Laid Paper1/- mauve, variety "Rebenue" for "Revenue", unused; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 22c, £5,000. Photo provenance:Colonel Eley, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil½d. black (carbon copy), Plate 6, horizontal strip of three [21-23] from the lower left corner of the sheet. enormous margin at foot, [22] showing "R" over "r" in "Revenue", all three with frames showing 10 colons at both sides, unused; usual horizontal creasing and a vertical crease through the centre stamp; rare. S.G. 23, £1,950+. Photo Note: This is the largest recorded multiple of S.G. 23. Apart from these three examples, only one other example is recorded from the bottom row. The above example of position [22] variety is the only one recordedprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil1d. black, Plate 12, block of four [13-14/17-18] with sheet margin at left, [17] with variety "l" on "long" doubled, unused; fine and extremely rare. S.G. 26, £3,800+. Photo Note: This block of four, one of the two recorded blocks, contains the only recorded example the variety "l" of "long" doubled, of which three were produced provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil1d. red, used on cover addressed to Oxford, "s/9 my/16" in circle cancellation in red pencil and tied by London wavy line arrival postmark, endorsed "H/ Pirie-Gordon/Lieut. Cdr RNVR" at upper left; the stamp with minor wrinkles and the envelope creased at left, fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 27. Photo provenance:Colonel Eley, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil2½d. black (carbon copy), Plate 2, corner block of four [19-20/23-24], from the lower right corner of the sheet, [24] showing extra stop outside the right frame, unused; minute thin some 20mm. clear of the designs at foot; fine and extremely rare. S.G. 32. Photo Note: This is the only recorded multiple of this stamp and accounts for four of the fifteen recorded examplesprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil2½d. blue, Plate 2, block of four [17-18/21-22] with sheet margin at left, [21] showing "long island" shifted to left, unused; insignificant wrinkle, fine and extremely rare. S.G. 33, £12,000+. Photo Note: The block of twelve in the National Postal Museum consists of the top three rows of the sheet, positions [1-12]; the pair in the Royal Collection consists of positions [13-14]; this block is the only other multipleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil2½d. mauve, Plate 2, [20], sheet margin at right, minor wrinkles in the margin and from central hinge remainder; fine and rare. S.G. 33, £3,000. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil6d. black (top impression), Plate 2, [15], showing a question mark at upper right, unused; small wrinkle in top margin, fine and extremely rare. S.G. 35. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil6d. black (carbon copy), block of four [9-10/13-14], sheet margin at left, [13] with "Rvenne &" for "Revenue" variety; creased and stained, most of the latter in the sheet margin; extremely rare. S.G. 35, 35a. Photo Note: This is one of the two recorded examples of the "Rvenne &" for "Revenue" carbon copy, the other being a single which was in the Marquess of Bute saleprovenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil6d. blue, Plate 2, [15], showing a question mark at upper right, unused; faint creasing and hinge thins, otherwise fine and extremely rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 36. Photo provenance:"Mountrobeck", June 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Long Island1916 (7 May), The Fourth issueOn Thin Wove paper, Initialled in Indelible Pencil6d. blue, Plate 2, horizontal strip of three [18-20], [19] the error 2d. se-tenant with 6d. on either side and showing "islnd" for "island", unused; minor thins in the margin between [19] and [20]; extremely rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1967). S.G. 36, 36b. Photo provenance:Colonel Eley, March 1995Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Malta1860-63 Halfpenny StampsDie ProofsComplete in black on glazed card (93x60mm.), dated "21/6/59" in pencil at lower right; fine and extremely rare. One of only two recorded full size proofs. (Smith DP0010) Photo provenance:R.B. Yardley, October 1944Brigadier F.M. Montresor, November 1966L. Frank, October 1972C. Smith, December 2009Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Malta1860-63 Halfpenny StampsSupply 1 - 1860 (Dec.) blued paper, no watermark, perf. 14Imperforate Plate Proof: A single without gum, good to large margins; pressed vertical crease barely affecting fine appearance. Extremely rare, one of three recorded examples. (Smith PP10110) Photo provenance: E.E. Yates, May 19939"Rosemarie", November 1978C. Smith, December 2009Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Malta1860-63 Halfpenny StampsSupply 1 - 1860 (Dec.) blued paper, no watermark, perf. 14Specimen Stamps: Brown-ochre block of six (3x2), each overprinted "specimen" (Samuel Type D2), part to large part original gum, some clipped perfs. at left, fine. An extremely rare multiple, blocks of six being the largest with one other recorded. (Smith S10170) Photo provenance:E.E. Yates, May 1939"Rosemarie", November 1978C. Smith, December 2009Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Malta1860-63 Halfpenny StampsSupply 4 - 1863 (June) white paper, Watermark Crown CC, perf. 14Imperforate plate proof in pale orange, good margins, without gum, fine and rare. Only four examples recorded. B.P.A, Certificate (1978). (Smith 30130) Photo provenance:C. Smith, December 2009Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Malta1885-90Issued Stamps4d. brown, horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, variety imperforate, original gum; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1973). S.G. 27a, £5,000. Photo provenance:Lloyd-Lowles, January 1978Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
A rare pair of painted wax relief portrait busts attributed to the Casella sisters, of a bejewelled Italian lady and gentleman in Renaissance costume, late 19th / early 20th century, 8.1 x 5.9cm, within glazed ebonised frames. (2) Ella (1858-1946) and Nelia (1859-1950) Casella studied under Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Art in the 1880s. They exhibited at the Royal Academy and with the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society in the 1890s. They were both part of the late 19th century Renaissance revival movement and drew inspiration from the medals of Pisanello. The Victoria & Albert Museum have a collection of wax reliefs by the Casella sisters bequeathed by Edward `Teddy` Pyke. Literature: The Studio, Volume XV111 P.260 for leather boxes made by Nelia Casella. Provenance: The Property of Mrs Denzil Ffennell, formerly of Martyr Worthy Place, Martyr Worthy, Nr. Winchester, Hampshire.
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