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Lot 136

1865 February 11 envelope to Montreal endorsed at top `Per Cunard via New York`, franked with two vertical pairs of the1863-77 perf 12½ 1d carmine-lake, cancelled by `A 05`, additionally tied by boxed `ADVd NOT CALLED FOR` which is over-struck by Montreal arrival cds dated JU 15 65 also and boxed `ADV` and N.YORK.BR.PKT. cds dated FEB 17 below, on reverse both Bahamas despatch and Montreal arrival date stamps, and m/s `A. Wolf & Co/gone away`, a rare and attractive coverCountry: BAHAMAS

Lot 157

1942 Landing of Columbus 8d ultramarine and scarlet, variety `COIUMBUS` (SG170a) fine used with part cds, a few short perfs but attractive and rare, clear BPA Cert (2002) cat £4,000Country: BAHAMAS

Lot 164

1884-90 Watermark Crown CA, Master die proof of the 1s design with blank value tablet, printed in rose on glazed card (29 x 40mm), with hand painted ``FIVE SHILLINGS`` in pencil frame below, some slight rubbing, otherwise fine and extremely rare. Ex Ludington (1999).Country: BAHAMAS

Lot 166

1902-10 Watermark Crown CA, `Sperati` die proof of the £1 green and black, signed at foot and stamped on reverse ``SPERATI/REPRODUCTION``, fine and rare, Ex Hoey (2004).Country: BAHAMAS

Lot 208

1874 3d on 1d rose-red diagonal surcharge with "P" and "R" in different type (SG 12) fresh part o.g., typical centring and horiz creasing at top still a fine and attractive example of this rare trial surcharge which was not regularly issued, RPS cert (1955), cat £18,000 Ex Ulrich (B&K June 1989, lot 208)Country: BERMUDA

Lot 211

1924-32 2s 6d grey-black and pale orange-vermilion/grey-blue (SG 89h) large part o.g., two small adhesions on reverse still very fine and rare, RPS Cert. (1986) as former SG 89b cat £2,750Country: BERMUDA

Lot 223

1938-53 10s yellowish green and deep carmine-red/green on ordinary paper variety `Broken lower right scroll` (SG 119ce) large part o.g., ink specks on face and missing perf top left corner, rare, cat £2,750Country: BERMUDA

Lot 305

Officials: 1950-51 10c brown-purple with type O5 overprint, vertical strip of three the centre stamp with error `Overprint omitted` (SG O191/a) brilliant o.g. (mounted only on top stamp), rare, cat £950+Country: CANADA

Lot 340

1883-98 4c rose optd "SPECIMEN" (type D12) for UPU distribution in July 1884 (SG 149s) fresh part o.g., gum disturbance as often but fine appearance and rare, only 100 existed, cat £450Country: CEYLON

Lot 343

1887 1r 12c dull rose, variety `Watermark inverted` (SG 201bw) a few imperfections incl short perf at foot, light gum bends and a little heavily hinged but very fresh, large part o.g. (The first unused example of this stamp we have handled, accompanied by a copy of a letter from the editor of Gibbons Stamp Monthly regarding its discovery) a rare and extraordinary discoveryCountry: CEYLON

Lot 454

1912 Die proof of the 3s value in black on thick paper, dated in pencil on reverse `27.3.12`, fine and rareCountry: FALKLAND ISLANDS

Lot 455

1929 Whale and Penguin series of five progressive master die proofs of the un-denominated die, each in blue on thick wove paper, a fine and extremely rare groupCountry: FALKLAND ISLANDS

Lot 456

1929 Whale and Penguin un-denominated Progressive Master Die Proof in black on wove paper (46 x 67mm) the head with the outline only engraved and with partial colour wash surround, guide line at base and m/s 22-10, extremely rareCountry: FALKLAND ISLANDS

Lot 457

1929-37 Harrison & Sons 2½d photographic essay in green on gummed wove paper (41 x 46mm) trivial gum tone, lovely item and very rareCountry: FALKLAND ISLANDS

Lot 594

1852 "Scinde Dawk" ½a white (SG S1) cut-square with good to large margins, crisp embossing and lightly used, a trace of creasing at left but a well above average example of this rare stamp, cat £2,000Country: INDIA

Lot 625

1854-55 4a blue and red 3rd ptg, head die III. frame die I (SG 21) cut-square horiz pair fine used by diamond of dots, left stamp also by m/s, just touched at foot, clear margins elsewhere and attractive, also a single from the same printing, this cut-square, with four clear to good margins, used by light barred diamond, rare as less than 100 pairs from this printing are thought to existCountry: INDIA

Lot 660

1827 (June) entire from a captain of the Bengal Lancers, addressed to Edinburgh and bearing a fine strike of `CALCUTTA/GENERAL POST OFFICE` with m/s date June 30 1827, upon arrival in England the entire received a fair strike of the rare `INDIA SOLDIER & Co/LIVERPOOL` (Willcocks & Jay 650, rarity H+) and a boxed `INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL`, filing crease, extensively soiled and damage and re-enforcement on reverse, rare despite faultsCountry: INDIA

Lot 215

A rare and unusual 19th Century straw work Prisoner of War work box, of book shape, the hinged lid opening to reveal an interior painting of Beaufort Castle, various interior compartments, hinged centre section with a mirrored lid, two short drawers to the outside, 33cm long x 24cm deep x 85cm high

Lot 669

A modern reproduction of the `Lanark Silver Bell` Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1975, the conventionally shaped bell with closed base, with cast foliate decorative suspender and loop suspension, the body engraved with coat of arms of Lanark and to reverse `Replica of Lanark Silver Bell, won by`, the whole suspended from an open work frame with curved supports with trefoil terminals, on a spreading circular base 21.5cm high, 24oz Notes; the original Lanark bell was originally run for circa 1608 - 1611 and was made in Edinburgh by Hugh Lindsay. It now forms part of the rare early survival of Scottish sporting prizes and is the earliest Scottish horse racing trophy known. it now sits on a stand which supports around its rim medals dating from 1628 - 1977.

Lot 84

Bermuda. 1941 (Sept.) 10/- line perf, unmounted mint with right selvedge. Shows FFs #12A and the rare large break 12B, also HPFs #12a broken leaves at left and #12c mashed jewels. Particularly scarce in unmounted condition (hinged on front of selvedge). SG 119b var. (£550+)/CW 20

Lot 111

B.O.I.C. M.E.F. 1943 1/- bistre-brown. An unmounted mint strip of three overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type GB 23. Some browning on reverse presumably from archival storage, a very rare multiple. SG M18s (pro-rata £450)/CW SP18

Lot 128

Burma. Japanese Occupation. 1943 3ct Farmer on laid paper, unused block of 25 (missing corner piece of selvedge by R1/1) remarkably showing the whole watermark ‘HERTFORDSHIRE/LEDGER/ MADE IN ENGLAND’. This is presumably the piece referred to in SG’s Part 1 footnote below J81; ‘… a block of 25 is known… Examples showing parts of these sheet watermarks are rare.’

Lot 164

Hong Kong. 1938-52 set of 23, perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D20 or 21, mint. Generally fine, the 8ct slightly wrinkled and the 50ct heavily hinged. A rare set, really difficult to complete. SG 140s-62s (£2500)/CW SP1-30

Lot 176

IFS. Bijawar. 1937 4a, 6a, 8a and 1r used with a BPA Certificate (2006) covering all four stamps. The 4a with some nibbled perfs at right, otherwise fine and a rare group. SG 11-13, 15 (£625)/CW 11-13, 15

Lot 180

IFS. Idar. 1943 ½a yellow-green (coloured panels) booklet pane of 4 plus a pair on reverse of envelope (slightly reduced at one side, violet cancellations; undoubtedly genuine, a little minor staining in places but rare. SG 2b/CW 2c

Lot 186

IFS.Rajasthan. 1948-9 piece with three examples of the 1a yellow-green handstamped in blue, and a 4a handstamped in violet. Some gum-soaked perf tips and the 4a has a little stray blue ink on the face which matches the ink of the 1a handstamps. Cancels indistinct but a rare piece. SG 3C, 5B (£400)/CW 16, 11

Lot 191

IFS.Rajasthan. Kishangarh 1913-6 2a purple and 1943-7 1a deep violet-blue with red handstamps (the latter issued for revenue purposes) on part native envelope (reduced at right) to Arain, each cancelled by ‘RAJPOST SARUNJ/KISHANGARH’. The 1a is defective at top, as the 2012 BPA Certificate points out, but this is a very rare item. See footnote after SG 65

Lot 208

Kuwait. 1939 15r brown and green, inverted watermark, unmounted mint with second repair to R3/2 (lower left pane) extended ‘T’. KG VI Expertising Certificate (2012). A rare stamp. SG 51wa var./CW 14bc

Lot 230

Leeward Islands. 1938 Plate 1 blocks of four ¼d to 5/- values, unmounted mint from the bottom right corners of the right pane (11 blocks). The 1/- block with R9/6 ‘DI’ flaw, a rare assembly and very fresh. SG between 95-112 (£1421)/CW 1-11

Lot 254

Leeward Islands. 1938 5/- green and red on yellow paper. Mint corner block of 9 from top right of right pane, hinged on selvedge and bottom middle stamp only, very fresh and a rare large multiple. SG 112 (£450)/CW 11

Lot 265

Leeward Islands. 1942 (March) 10/- pale green and pale red on green paper, an unmounted mint block of four with the top right stamp showing the major Frame Plate #44 flaw, damage to ‘TEN SHILLINGS’ and right value tablet. Eric Yendall rates this alongside the Bermuda £1 joined ‘ER’ and ‘White Island’ flaws as the only major frame flaws. Unmounted singles of the basic stamp are scarce, blocks are rare and with the #44 flaw must be very rare. SG 113a (£3200)/CW 12a, H

Lot 270

Leeward Islands. 1942 (March) 10/- pale green and pale red mint Plate block of four, hinged on the selvedge only, HPFs #59 and 60 broken upper and lower right scrolls. Unmounted singles of the basic stamp are very scarce and blocks are rare, with the survival rate of the #59 and 60 flaws being very low. An important block. SG 113a, ad, ae (£14,600)/CW 12, a, b

Lot 271

Leeward Islands. 1943 (Dec.) 10/- green and red on green paper, a mint bottom marginal block of six including FF #44, damage to ‘TEN SHILLINGS’ and right value tablet. The variety has been partially corrected by hand-painting in the right value tablet. A rare positional block. SG 113b/CW 12bH

Lot 307

Mauritius. 1943 2r 50 lightly-hinged mint with R9/3 LP broken frame, a fine stamp with this rare variety; the first example we have been able to offer. SG 261ab (£1100)/CW 10ab

Lot 380

South Africa. 1913-20 set mint, less 3d blue and 10/-, handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ (Samuel SA3), in violet except the £1 in green. The 3d value has the handstamp inverted. All except the 1½d, 1/3d and £1 unlisted by Samuel. A very rare set, ex Koh-i-Noor. SG 3s-8s, 10s-15s, 17s

Lot 381

South Africa. 1913-20 6d and 2/6d values, each overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ in blue and with part strike of ‘COLONIE du GABON et du CONGO FRANCAISE/1er BUREAU/DIRECTION de L’INTERIEUR’ receiving handstamp. Without gum as usual and with small faults, but very rare with no certainty that other examples have survived. This archive was dispersed in 1975. SG 11s, 14s

Lot 395

South Africa. 1913 2½d imperforate Colour Trial pair on gummed watermarked paper in black and orange (a pale shade of the issued 3d value), Jubilee lines at left and base with sheet margin on three sides. Believed to have emanated from a trial sheet of six impressions. Holcombe Certificate (1992); ‘Extremely rare and believed to be unique’. Ex Jeff Fine, Stephan Welz 26.3.03, Lot 723; ‘only copy outside Royal Collection’

Lot 411

South Africa. 1913 10/- imperforate Plate Trial in issued colours of blue and olive-green, fine mint; very rare. For SG 16

Lot 422

South Africa. 1925 3d ultramarine, mint left marginal example imperforate between stamp and margin. Rare. SAH 17v3/SACC 26a (R12000)

Lot 429

South Africa. 1923 Harrison essays. Original artist’s drawings for the frame and the Springbok (without background) in black pencil and ink on white card. The former 83 x 75mm, the latter 58 x 57mm. A rare and most attractive pair

Lot 450

South Africa. 1927 ½d black and green perf 13½ x 14, bottom marginal block of two tête-bêche pairs, pristine unmounted. Rare multiple. SG 30ea (£2600)

Lot 454

South Africa. 1926 1d black and carmine, unmounted mint block of 20 with the first and second columns wholly imperforate and the third column imperforate at left. Original SG sales card included, “A rare and spectacular multiple, in exceptional condition.” SG 31a (£3500)

Lot 455

South Africa. 1927 1d black and carmine perf 13½ x 14, marginal block of two tête-bêche pairs, mint; hinged on selvedge only. One pair with a black mark on reverse which seems to be printer’s ink, notwithstanding this a fine and rare multiple, a fitting companion for the ½d block. SG 31da (£2600)

Lot 463

South Africa. 1927 Bradbury Wilkinson 2d grey and maroon, two imperforate Plate Proof singles in issued colours affixed to card 107 x 77mm, small design beneath in pen and a cut-out rosette. A few marks but a rare item, ex De Villiers. For SG 34

Lot 466

South Africa. 1927 Bradbury Wilkinson 1/- Die Proofs. Vignette in yellow-brown on wove paper 108 x 77mm, a couple of folds; frames in blue, English and Afrikaans, in sunken format (104 x 75mm) on piece overall 118 x 105mm. Both initialled, the latter twice and with m/s date 5/11/26. A lovely pair and very rare. Ex De Villiers. For SG 36

Lot 485

South Africa. 1927 5/- black and green perf 14 block of two pairs, Messina/Transvaal CDSs of 13 AUG 1927, a very rare multiple. Genuine cancellations on the 5/- in this perforation are most elusive. SG 38 (£1600)

Lot 493

South Africa. 1930 10/- perf 14 x 13½ ‘up’ vertical block of 4 pairs with part of four indistinct CDSs, the frame colour slightly diffused, a rare large multiple. SG 39b (£800)

Lot 504

South Africa. 1932 1d Type 2, mint lower left corner block of two pairs showing paper join across bottom pair and side selvedge. Rare. SG 43d/CW X3

Lot 565

South Africa. 1933-6 Voortrekker Memorial Fund set of 4 pairs, each handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet 14½ x 1mm. Affixed to grey card with printed trilingual text; ‘Specimens. These stamps are produced in rolls and sheets on our rotary postage stamp printing machines working on the photogravure printing process in one operation. Goebel A.G Darmstadt’. Also on the card is a pair of ½d Springbok similarly overprinted, and a pair of the ship 1d with an ink line across. Facing paper on front with ink ‘N7- Suid Africa’ in pen. Also a horizontal pair of the ½d and a vertical pair of the 1d Voortrekker with the same violet ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp. Undoubtedly rare. SG 50-3

Lot 582

South Africa. 1914-22 set of 7, each handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ diagonally downwards in black and with a green crayon tick at the top. All without gum and lightly toned, the 3d creased and the 5d damaged at left. Ex Stefan Welz 21.7.04 where they were described as ‘unrecorded’, undoubtedly a very rare set. SG D1-7

Lot 587

South Africa. 1914-22 2d purple and black, mint three right columns of sheet showing an official repair to a paper tear beginning at the top of the central column and transferring into the left column at row 4. A rare item. SG D3a

Lot 592

South Africa. 1914-122 1/- red and black left marginal block of 4 with central Pretoria CDS, some reinforcement, a very rare used multiple. SG D7 (£680)

Lot 600

South Africa. 1930 2d grey and maroon, perf 14 x 13½ up, overprint reading upwards without stops. Unmounted mint imprint block of 15 (5 x 3), the upper left stamp showing R8/8 split ‘d’; a rare positional piece. SG O5ab (£450 as 6 normal pairs)

Lot 89

RARE HILTERYOUNGVOLK COTTON PRINTED ARM BAND (See Davis `B & J of the Third Reich, pl. 32, No. 11) These were re-issued types in 1945 for the boys and girls of the Flackhelferon. Folded, creases, un-mothed, minor grubbiness EST 60-80

Lot 365

DENNIS THE MENACE AND GNASHER, CERAMIC SWEET JAR stamped to underside for `D.C. Thompson 1997`, being the official merchandising for the 50th Anniversary of the eponeymous anti hero. This being the rare large size 34cm high of the three purchase options available. Minor colour losses as with usage

Lot 366

MONEY BOXES - INTERESTING COLLECTION OF FIVE BOXES nineteenth/twentieth century with a fine early Regency circa 1810 rosewood and ormolu mounted example; VICTORIAN BRONZE BEAR/ASHTRAY TYPE, Victorian brass Barrel; Regency mahogany (A.F) AND now rare `home case` Thatcher Poll Tax Riots ceramic/painted example of a cottage with the logo `A £ a day keeps the Poll Tax Away` various sizes EST 100-150

Lot 73

Victoria penny 1843 REG: rare Fair/Fine

Lot 74

Victoria penny 1849 very rare indeed Afine

Lot 89

Edward VII 1903 with open 3 Afine and very rare

Lot 34

Middleton Very Rare Irish Whiskey 1984, in a gilt box and a middleton jug(2)

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