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Click here to subscribeMary de Milleville Lindell OBE signed RAF Escapers cover RAFES SC31. Reseau Marie Claire. 1, 60 + 0, 30 French stamp postmarked Paris 11. X. 1983. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Air Vice-marshal Johnnie Johnson, Air Commodore Pete Brothers signed 80th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force cover RAF 805. 40c Tuvalu stamp. Tuvalu, First Day of Issue, 01. 04. 98 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Nancy Wake and Henry Tardivat signed RAF Escapers cover RAFES SC28. Maquis D'Auvergne. 1, 40 France stamp postmarked 03 Cerilly Allier, 29. 5. 1981. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Flt Lt Alan Wilson signed Spitfire RAF FDC. Wilson flew Mk2 Spitfires as a photo reconnaissance pilot and in 1944 took pictures of the Arnhem Bridge, did reconnaissance prior to D-Day. Isle of Man stamp commemorating Gen Dwight Eisenhower Supreme Allied Comm. First Day of Issue, Douglas, Isle of Man, 6th April 2004 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Flt Lt D R Wills DFC signed Watching Station RAF FDC. Wills flew P51s with 19 Squadron, on D-Day he led the bombers in over Normandy. 50p Isle of Man D-Day stamp. 60th Anniversary of D-Day Douglas, Isle of Man, 6th June 2004. A British Heritage Collectables FDC. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway DSO signed Operation Overlord, The silencing of the Merville Battery cover AF15, JSAC88. 25p D-Day GB stamp, postmarked 50th Anniversary D-Day landings, The Silencing of the Merville Battery, BFPS 2420 6. 6. 94 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Pte Harry Tilbury signed Operation Overlord, The silencing of the Merville Battery cover AF15, JSAC88. 25p D-Day GB stamp, postmarked 50th Anniversary D-Day landings, The Silencing of the Merville Battery, BFPS 2420 6. 6. 94 postmark. Harry Tilbury, 6th Airborne Division Pegasus Bridge 6th June 1944. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Pte Ted Noble signed Operation Overlord, The silencing of the Merville Battery cover AF15, JSAC88. 25p D-Day GB stamp, postmarked 50th Anniversary D-Day landings, The Silencing of the Merville Battery, BFPS 2420 6. 6. 94 postmark. Ted Noble, 6th Airborne Ox and Bucks Pegasus Bridge 6th June 1944. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D-Day Sqn Ldr David Brown signed Watching Station RAF FDC. Brown flew spitfires with 92 Squadron, On D-Day he flew fighter sweeps over the beaches. Isle of Man D-Day stamp. 60th Anniversary The D-Day Landings, Douglas, Isle of Man, 6th April 2004 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
D Day Desmond Story signed Spitfire RAF FDC. Story flew with 54F Squadron between 1941-2 and then Typhoons with 257 Squadron and was awarded the DFC, on D-Day he took part in ground attacks. Isle of Man D-Day stamp. 60th Anniversary of D-Day, Douglas, Isle of Man 6th June 2004 postmark. A British Heritage Collection FDC. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
AVM S N Webster, Air Cdre D D'Arcy Greig, AVM F W Long, and Grp Capt L S Snaith signed 50th Anniversary of Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishments cover Royal Air Force Museum SC22. 40th Anniversary of the outright winning of the Schneider Trophy cachet in red. GB QEII stamp. GB First Non-stop Atlantic flight Alcock & Brown stamp. BFPS 1163 50th Anniversary 19th March 1971 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Bonnefons (Jean) Basia, 2 parts in 1, additional engraved pictorial title by Hackius, letterpress title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and ornaments, small marginal tear to fore-margin of G3 (no loss), embossed stamp to front free endpaper, handsome later crushed red morocco, gilt, by Brany, 12mo, Leiden, Nicolas Hercule, 1659.
Bindings.- Almanachs.- Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1774; 1775, 1776, 1788, 1789 & 1793, together 6 vol., printed in red & black, partly interleaved, 1776 volume bound with 'The Court and City Register', most with 2d. duty stamp in red ink, 1775 volume with contemporary manuscript notes & accounts in ink to free endpapers, last three vol. with 4pp. prepared paper for the use of metal point at beginning (one with manuscript recipe for lavender water, one with sketches of man's head, one unused), all attractively-bound in contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with silver metal mounts & clasps or fasteners (not uniform), one with the original pin, another lacking pin, some with cottage roof designs, spines gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, 12mo, for the Company of Stationers, 1774-93.
Bindings.- Treble Almanack (The) for the Year MDCCXCVII, 3 parts in 1 (comprising: Watson Stewart (John) The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack...; Exshaw (John) The English Registry...; Wilson's Dublin Directory), engraved calligraphic general title (slightly shaved at edges), final work with folding engraved map of Dublin tipped to rear pastedown (torn), first work partly interleaved, some leaves with 2d. duty stamp in red ink, bound in attractive red roan with decorative gilt tooled border, spine gilt with horizontal gilt ornamental waves, g.e., slightly rubbed and marked, blue roan label worn, corners bumped, Dublin, 1797 § MDCCCI. Peacock's Polite Repository, or Pocket Companion; containing An Almanack..., engraved frontispiece, title and several blank leaves for diary, accounts etc. with small engraved vignettes or headings, contemporary red roan with onlaid strips of black and cream elaborately decorated in gilt with matching slip-case, both a little rubbed and soiled, W.Peacock, 1801, 8vo & 16mo (2)
Binding.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratiarum institutionum, edited by Raphael Regius, collation: A4 a-x8 y6, title within ornate woodcut floral and foliage border, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, title with a few small repairs and a faded ink stamp, water-stained, some spotting or foxing, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled panelled calf, faded ink ms. title within one panel of upper cover, later cloth ties, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, backstrip worn and with a 20th century ms. paper label, rubbed, rubbed, folio (305 x 207mm.), [Venice], [Bernardino de Viani], July, 1522.⁂ Provenance: Bought from V.A. Heck in May, 1958 for 380 Austrian Schillings (invoice loosely inserted). Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 38523.
Estienne.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII., collation: A8 b-z, A-Y8, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking final blank, water-stained, later limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, small 4to (235 x 163mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1542.⁂ 'Édition estimable' (Renouard). Provenance: Mark Pattison (1813-1884), former Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (small blind-stamp to foot of title); R,G. Austin of Cardiff (invoice from A. Rosenthal, Ltd., 5 Turl Street, Oxford, dated July, 1946, for £4.4s.)Literature: Adams Q64; Renouard, Estiennes, 53:9.
Estienne.- Anacreon. [Odes], editio princeps and the first work printed by Henri Estienne, collation: *4, A-O4, complete with final blank, Greek text and Latin translation, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initial and head-pieces, cropped at head affecting headline and pagination, title a little soiled, later vellum, spine defective, 4to, Paris, Henri Estienne, 1554.⁂ "The Anacreontea became the most influential "ancient" Greek poetic text during the Renaissance, and Estienne's edito princeps virtually caused a poetic revolution, not only in France, but also in Italy and Germany...The book is magnificently printed in all three sizes of the "grecs du roi." (Schreiber).Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (North Library bookplate and small blind-stamp to first 3 leaves).Literature: Adams A1001 ; Schreiber 139; Renouard 115.
Reibisch (Friedrich Martin von) and Dr Franz Kottencamp. Der Rittersaal. Eine Geschichte des Ritterthums, seines Entstehens und Fortgangs, seiner Gebräuche und Sitten, first edition, text double-column, 62 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates of knights, horses, arms and armour, 22 double-page or folding, many heightened with gold or silver, tissue guards, title with contemporary ink signature and ownership stamp, foxing to title and text, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, some spotting to plates but mostly to tissue guards, original printed buff wrappers, a little rubbed and marked, spine defective, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Colas 2525], oblong 4to, Stuttgart, Carl Hoffmann, 1842. ⁂ Depicting the world of the knight and his equipment including arms and armour, armoured horses, siege towers, battering rams etc. Many of the magnificent plates show knights jousting.
Arabic treatise on mathematics.- Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (Egyptian mathematician and astronomer, teacher and timekeeper in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo, d. AH 907/1501CE) Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'ilm al-hisab, manuscript mathematical treatise in Arabic, on cream paper, 28pp., in a cursive informal Naskh script, style and corrections suggesting this manuscript is authorial, text in black and red, browned, some edges and corners chipped with small loss, a few ink marks, new endpapers, modern polished purple roan, round blind-stamp decoration on covers, 183 x 128mm., [Cairo], [AH 896/1491CE].
Martin (John) The Paradise Lost of Milton, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, first issue, half title and title for each vol., with the set of 24 plates and accompanying text, each plate lettered with caption "Proof", mezzotints with touches of drypoint, excellent impressions on cream laid paper, platemarks each c. 255 x 355 mm. (10 x 14 in), or the reverse, sheets c. 565 x 375 mm. (22 1/4 x 14 3/4), some loss, splits and handling creases to endpapers, otherwise with some marginal spotting and surface dirt, 'Eve at the Fountain' browned in blank margins, some others with minor scattered foxing, occasional damp-stains to edges, bound in contemporary half morocco by J. Wright, marbled boards, spine gilt, Imperial folio, published in parts by Septimus Prowett, [circa 1824-1827].⁂ Rare Imperial Folio edition, the largest and most luxurious format of the publication, limited to only 50 copies. This copy is the only known example with the two volumes bound together as one. Nineteen copies of the Imperial Folio edition containing the large plates have now been located, including the present example. One of these copies is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.When first released, these engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim - the critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet. ... we look upon these engravings to belong to the foremost order of true genius: beyond this there is no praise." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].'The illustrations that made Martin's name as an engraver". "They are without doubt one of the most significant series of British book illustrations ever to have been produced.' [Campbell, John Martin, Visionary Printmaker, p. 41]Provenance: Michael J. Campbell (author of John Martin, Visionary Printmaker) [signature and stamp to inside upper cover]Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49
China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, 1 folding engraved map, short tear, 1 map in text, publisher's advertisement at end, 2 small rust holes (M4 & N1), small tear to top edge (S3), ex-library with label to end pastedown and occasional discreet ink stamps, blind stamp to frontispiece corner, occasional marginal soiling, 20th century library buckram, rubbed and worn, [Wing S2490], 4to, E. Taylor for John Crook, 1655.⁂ An important account of China.
A 19th Century Victorian large and impressive slate marble mantel clock of architectural form by J Marti & Co France. The black dial having gilt brass chapter ring and faceted hands. Adorned with gilt brass ormolu plaques and face masks to sides. The movement bearing makers stamp. Measures 44cm x 49cm by 20cm.
A Royal Worcester table salt, the salt in the form of a Carp / Maltese Dolphin raised on naturalistic base surmounted with a shell shaped bowl, hand painted finish with impressed marks to the underside. Together with a miniature tankard decorated with a Blue Tit, green Worcester stamp to base, along with another miniature loving cup with puce stamp to base. Measures: 8cm tall.
A large collection of world stamps dating from the 19th Century onwards to include British stamps, penny red and other Victorian stamps, Indian stamps mostly George V and VI including Victory stamps, United States stamps including Washington and Roosevelt, Southern Rhodesia, a good selection of European stamps, African stamps, Asian stamps including Hong Kong, some in albums and some loose, mostly being stamped but also some mint examples, also including some post decimal stamps and vintage stamp catalogues.
A small collection of world stamps dating from the 19th Century to include Canada, Holland, Italy, Malta, Belgium, Great Britain etc. Housed within four stamp albums, two being The Imperial Postage Stamp Album, one the Strand Stamp Album and the other Senf's Postage Stamp Album. Together with a tin of various postcards.
Great Britain - Covers - QV : 1820s-1950s Just how often does an original archive turn up these days? Looking back, I remember being on the periphery of the discovery of the ‘Corsini’ correspondence – even today when such letters turn up they seem to be avidly snapped up. But, all those tales of Solicitor’s cellars and crate-fulls of penny blacks on cover seem to be flights of fancy don’t they. Well, not any longer; I’d say this is the first original archive we’ve seen in thirty years. That’s remarkable, utterly remarkable. Understandably the vendor wished to keep the entire archive intact, preserving it for posterity. Unfortunately (but fortunate for the owner) the discovery of a 4 margin 1d black rare Plate XI on cover within the archive significantly ‘skewed’ the value of the archive increasing the estimate value by 5 figures upward so that the archive ‘intact’ - valued at £20,000+ was sufficient to deter most buyers. The plate XI cover has now been sold - thereby presenting postal historians and historic wine researchers/ wine aficioandos an unique unparalled opportunity to acquire the entire archive (excluding one cover only for which a scan is available) at a much more affordable collector/researcher’s price. This being the archive of Pulling & Co., Wine merchants of Hereford. The archive includes price lists, advertising cards, invoices dating from the 1820s, many 100s – at first we thought probably high hundreds of items housed in three large tubs, but when the team actually waded through we counted an extraordinary approximately 3,400 items of which in the region of half appear to be philatelic with a substantial balance in documents, receipts, invoices, uncancelled letters, and including hundreds of ‘Pulling’s’ own brand bottle labels, cards/marketing material etc. Highlights include 1d black Plate 10 on entire letter (4 margin but aged) from Worcester MY 11 1841 tied black Maltese Cross, close at top right otherwise four margins. There are a few other 1d black covers and a three margin 1840 2d blue on 1843 cover from Dublin, very late usage. Noted are many imperf and perf 1d red covers including much postmark interest, Irish, Spoons, etc. Invoices to Pulling & Co. postmarked from Cognac, France include four 1851-52 covers bearing Ceres imperf 40c orange pairs and three with Ceres imperf 40c orange horiz strips of four, including one 4 margins and unfolded – SG catalogue £600 - £700 each stamp depending upon shade and excluding premium for strips. An original lot, offered completely intact as received and condition variable throughout, but obviously including ‘plum’ items, excellent lot for a wine enthusiast with huge scope for research. Although perhaps not of pecuniary value what I particularly like about this archive is the social history and the fabulous engraved ‘letterheads’ and designs of invoices and receipts redolent of the period. This archive is the only lot offered in this auction which may be personally viewed at our offices, strictly by appointment only. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS (image available) [US4]
Hong Kong : (SG 54b) 1898 (1st April) 10c on 30c grey-green, SURCHARGE DOUBLE with equal intensity, from position 17 of the third printing showing broken 'EN', very fine mint, and with 2011 BPA photo certificate signed by Schneider, Granger and Taylor, probably the most knowledgeable experts in the field today. To put the rarity of this stamp into perspective, the 10c on 30c with Chinese characters similarly with double surcharge has been recorded incl. within a complete mint pane, and a handful of singles (currently priced at £12,000 by SG). ONLY one row in a single pane became doubly printed, and the row comprised a setting of six subjects (incl. the above variety showing 'EN' broken); Moving on to the same stamp issue without Chinese characters which this is, ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE IS KNOWN and unpriced by SG, and to find one with this combination of broken letters is almost certainly unique. A Hong Kong and indeed Asian philately rarity of the highest calibre. (image available) [US7]
Luxembourg : (SG 6/1875) 1859-2010 A valuable mint & used collection in a 4-ring album, from a very nice range of imperf, rouletted & coloured roulettes(mixed condition), including 1959 4c yellow mint, 37½c vfu, etc. 1882-84 various perfs with vals to 1fr(2 - mint) & 5fr mint & fine used, 1890 Grand Duke mint vals incl 20c orange pair, 37½c, 50c, 1fr, 2/fr & 5fr mint; vals to 2½fr used, 1906 to 1fr used 1914-16Grand Duchess vals to 5fr m & 2½fr u, 1921-34 vals to 5fr(2) mint & 1fr u, 1923 10fr black vfu, Memorial set of 3 opts vfu, 1924 Death of the Grand Duchess set m & u; then a good run of mint and/or used Chilad Welfare sets & other commems to WWII, 1931 Lower Town 20fr vfu, 1938 Abbey Restauration mint set, 1939 Anniversary of Monarchy min sheet mint; a small range of mint German Occupation values then 1944 Grand Duchess definitives mint & used sets to 20fr, good late 1940s issues incl 1946 Stamp Expo sheet u.m., Genarl Patton set of 4 u.m. & vfu, 1947 Echternach Abbey set m, then a good run of National Welfare Fund sets mint, 1948 Grand Duchess defins set mint, UPU mint, War Orphans set mint, United Europe set m & u, 1952 Stamp centenary airmail set of 5 m, Olympic Games mint & u, 1953 Royal Wedding u.m., 1954 International Fair 4fr u.m. 1954 Welfare Fund u.m. & u, 1956 Coal & Steel community trio m, Europa trio v.l.m.m. & vfu, 1957 Europa v.l.m.m. & vfu sets; many other sets in between these. Then a general, scattered run to 2010 with some mint/u.m. & much used. One of the best Luxembourg collections we have had the pleasure of handling (100s). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS [US1]
General - British Empire : 1948 KGVI Silver Wedding Omnibus complete unmounted mint. Housed in an SG printed album not really befitting of the standard of the collection. (Collection supplied and numbered '86' with Director signed certificate of authenticity). Random key high values checked such as Hong King, Falklands, Norther Rhodesia, we have not found a stamp that is less than top quality unmounted mint. Complete Omnobus as listed by SG. Scans available. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS Cat £2250
Australia - States : I've always liked collectors who accumulate classic material with the intention of sorting it out in the future because these are the real collections where there is a good chance of adding value by subsequent collector-owners making real 'finds'. This is one such 'collection' of Australia and Australian States (a great area to work with because the States are so complicated - for anybody prepared to put in the effort - this is where commitment can pay dividends... Presented here, by a collector who is retiring from philately, is an old A4 sized 'Pronto' 32 sides (page) stockbook, with 21 pages well-filled, predominantly tightly arranged used ranges well displayed, commencing Australia 'Roos' arranged by denomination from perhaps a few roos to up to circa 15 duplicated stamps - values from ½d through to 2 shilling, just one x 5s. Completely unchecked by us for wmks/types pmks/c.t.o., odd perfins noted. Similarly unchecked ranges KGV heads thru to 1s 4d, ovpts/perfins etc. The collection rolls out in like fashion for the 'States' - commencing Victoria, well loaded from very mixed condition imperfs, odd Stamp Duty' noted, followed by Queensland, good ranges imperf / perf chalons for Tasmania (usual cleaned fiscals noted - including a plausible imperf 2d green, mint with gum - stc £5,000 but cleaned and certainly re-gummed). South Australia from few 'imperfs' - noted 1 s. red-brown wmk large star perforate cds used ovpt. M.B. Marine Board, well worth checking with apparent 'blind' roulette to righ hand side, New South Wales follows from 'imperfs', then not so 'punchy' Western Australia 'Swans' perf types only - but possible postmark interest. Condition overall very mixed, many hundreds. Great opportunity for specialist - please ask for scans... HEAVY LOT, OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COST (One 'Pronto' Stock-book)
Great Britain : 1840 - An Important 1840-2012 Used Vendors GB Collection housed in set of 7 matching red SG 'Windsor' Loose Leaf Albums (+ TWO additional albums selected GB mint includes Edward 10 s. very fine mint - more about this later, and selection of covers/cards from QV / Edward onwards - some commonwealth/foreign, includes some interesting, but not high value in the scheme of things). The value predicated upon the collector's determination to put together a fine to very fine to superb used collection from high grade GB supplier sources, so that the overall original purchase price over a period of up to the past 10 years exceeds GBP£20,000. With few exceptions (mainly in cheaper stamps which could fairly easily be replaced) the goal has been achieved, but now the time has come for the ball to be passed on to the next collector, so that the collection is offered intact at an attractive fraction of the original outlay. Commencing 4 mgn 1d blacks x 3, these being quality 4 mgn examples, some costing up to several hundreds of pounds each as individually purchased, similar high quality continues from 1840 2d blue, imperf 1d reds, ditto 2d blues - incl stunning hand-picked line engraved postmark examples, similar condition with more line engraved, then the surface printed is a real treat - with values to 5 s. SG126, £1 SG212, virtually (but not always) each stamp following line engraved is CDS quality. The collection presents an extraordinary opportunity for acquisition and continuation, with much of the hard work done, but still plenty of challenge to continue, and not always at ludicrous cost. Occasionally the collector has 'slipped' and allowed heavier cancelled stamps to infiltrate. These are easily improved as these stamps are replaced, some of them inexpensively. Later ranges are thorough and often a good to high degree of completion. Noted a lovely CDS £1 PUC, some seahorse values, officials, dues etc. The modern QEII includes wildings with 605a etc, the more recent decimal appear to have been purchased as mint and certainly some, sympathetically cancelled to order. Includes miniature sheets and defins. The mint collection in two volumes is a bit of a puzzle until the '1d. Drops' - when it is realised that this was most likely the collector's original collection - a sort of 'launchpad' to the used collection, probably after a lovely fine mint Edward 10 s. Ultramarine, (SG265) was purchased. There's still value in the mint collection - but probably 10% +/- of the overall value of the collection. It's easy to imagine the ultimate acquirer disposing of the lower value mint and 're-investing' realisation in continuation of the used. (UPA could assist in this respect). Conclusion: an extraordinary opportunity to continue an extraordinary collection for an initial outlay significantly below original cost. Scans available of earlier material, please ask a describer to call you if you require further informatioon / condition report. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS
Malta : (SG 96) 1919 The Famous SG96. 'Malta 10 shilling shipwreck of St. Paul' - multiple crown CA watermark 10 shilling black. In 40 years we've probably handled several mint overprint 'specimen' (£1,000 catalogue value) examples, but never once a mint example, let alone this fine part NW CDS corner cancelled example. Centred just slightly NW, In our research we only located two examples - both priced at £3,500 - one being, in our opinion, of similar overall standard and not quite such fine appearance, the other example well centred and superior - but up to £1,000 more is a lot to pay for less than 1 m.m. of centring. As most devotees of classic BE will be aware - Malta SG96 is a stamp that must be purchased with certificate from a respected body (due to dextrous manipulation of the more common crown CC wmk stamps to appear to be the rare SG96). An RPS 1993 photo-certificate of authenticity accompanies stating genuine, however the certificate, somewhat harshly also notes that this stamp is toned and stained upon reverse, whereas it actually is'nt - what we note are gum residues which, were we in Germany would soon be removed by an expert paper 'conservator'. Because we do not necessarily believe in conserving where conserving is not necessary, the estimate reflects the certificate. A remarkable stamp in excellent state of preservation. At the time of writing Stanley Gibbons doesn't offer an SG96. 1993 RPSL Certificate. Cat £4750 (image available)
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