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Stamp auction - 4 May 2017
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This auction took place on 4 May 2017. Estimates and realised prices are shown below for information only.
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1402
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1910-74 remaindered M & U collection housed in a Lighthouse hingeless album incl. 1910 Parliament 2½d M & U, 1913 FU values to 10s, 1929 Air set M, 1914-21 Coil set M, 1926 ½d & 1d booklet stamps UM pairs, M or UM bilingual pairs to 2/6d (2), 1933 Voortrekker set M, 1938 Voortrekker sets M (2), 1954 Defin set M, 1961 Defin set M, later to 1974 Defin set UM, also incl. a few covers etc.
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£80 to 120 |
N/S
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1403
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1913-24 KGV Defin set M, SG.3/17. (15) Cat. £950
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£300 to 350 |
N/S
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1404
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1923 1d carmine Harrison Essay in springbok design on ungummed paper, fine lower portion of sheet - the bottom five rows, 10 x 5 (50 stamps), minor tones affecting the odd stamp & margins.
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£200 to 250 |
N/S
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1405
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1925 Air stamps 1d to 9d set of four in M blocks of four from the foot of the sheet with figures of value in circle in the margin, at least two in each block UM, fine. SG.26/29, SACC 25-28.
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£150 to 200 |
£150.00
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1406
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1925 March 2nd S.A.A.F Govt first experimental flight Cape Town - Durban attractive PPC of Victoria Falls, special printed first flight card with airmail pmk, another 1925 March 2nd first flight for Port Elizabeth - East London then East London - Cape Town 6.3.25 scarce double flight cover, another first flight for Durban - Cape Town 5.3.25, franked 2d defin + 6d Air then on to GB by sea, 1925 March 9th second flight Oudtshoorn - Durban (scarce Oudtshoorn despatch), sixth flight Cape Town - Mossel Bay via Oudtshoorn 6.4.25 (only 1lb of mail flown on this leg), another for last flight Durban - Cape Town 11.6.25, scarcer metal die cancel.
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£85 to 120 |
N/S
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1407
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1926 triangular 4d 'SOUTH AFRICA' h/stamped 'Specimen' in violet & another perforated 'SPECIMEN,' the first with gum, the second a little stained, SG.33var.
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£400 to 500 |
£400.00
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1408
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1926-27 ½d black & green, variety centre omitted in pair with normal, M (the normal showing part of centre omitted), fine & rare. BPA Cert. 1997, SG.30b, Cat. £3,500, SACC 29P.
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£1000 to 1250 |
£1000.00
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1409
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1926-27 ½d black & green, M block of four containing two tête-bêche pairs, one stamp with area of glazed gum; fine and extremely rare. SG.30ea, Cat. £3,000+ SACC 29Pd.
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£800 to 1000 |
£800.00
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1410
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1926-27 ½d black & green, M block of four from the left of the sheet, variety imperforate between stamps & margin, toned gum; light ageing & centred to left as usual. Fine. SG.30var. SACC 29P.
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£200 to 250 |
N/S
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1411
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1926-27 ½d black & green, block of fifteen from the lower right corner of the sheet, showing five complete & two partial off sets of the Springbok's head on the reverse, UM, light vertical bend affects most of the varieties; fine. SG.30var.
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£300 to 400 |
N/S
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1412
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1926-27 1d black & carmine, block of four containing a vertical pair variety imperforate on three sides, M with small mark on reverse of one variety; fine. SG.31b, Cat. £1,100.
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£500 to 650 |
£500.00
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1413
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1927 Bradbury Wilkinson London Pictorials 2d to 10s set of seven in bi-lingual pairs h/stamped 'SPECIMEN' in violet, M (toned gum), 2d with rounded lower left corner o/w fine. A scarce set. SG.34s/30s, Cat. £1,100.
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£250 to 300 |
£250.00
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1414
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1927 Bradbury Wilkinson London Pictorials 2d to 10s (aniline ink printing), P.14 x 13½, the set of seven in horizontal pairs from the foot of the sheet with imprints, large part original gum - 4d is toned o/w fine. SG.34b/39b, Cat. £1,400+
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£500 to 650 |
£650.00
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1415
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1927 Bradbury Wilkinson London Pictorials 4d brown, 1s brown & deep blue, 5s black & green, Perf.14 x 13½ pairs from the foot of the sheet with imprint, original gum; fine. SG.35c, 36a, 38a, Cat. £635.
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£350 to 400 |
£420.00
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1416
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1927 Bradbury Wilkinson London Pictorials 10s bright blue & brown, aniline printing, P.14 x 13½ pair from the foot of the sheet with imprint, fine M, SG.39b, Cat. £650+
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£150 to 200 |
£160.00
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1417
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1927-30 5s & 10s pairs, fine M, SG.38/9. (4) Cat. £500
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£65 to 90 |
£82.00
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1418
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1930-44 ½d Springbok black & green, interpanneau pair, variety tête-bêche, M (gum wrinkles & fingerprint in margin), SG.42b var.
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£250 to 300 |
N/S
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1419
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1930-44 1d black & carmine, 'Ship' interpanneau strip of five containing tête-bêche pair, fine M, SG.43a var.
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£300 to 400 |
£360.00
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1420
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1930-44 2d pairs, M, SG.44 & 44e. (4) Cat. £378.
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£50 to 60 |
N/S
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1421
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1930-44 2d slate-grey & violet, block of six (three bilingual pairs) from the foot of the sheet, variety wmk inverted & with paper join variety affecting the lower block of four, (top two hinged others UM), SG.44var.
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£100 to 120 |
£100.00
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1422
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1932 Imperial Airways first regular service to South Africa 20th Jan - six first flight covers written up on leaves incl. reg cover London - Tsumba S.W.A fully b/stamped, franking incl. GB (SG.428), official springbok cover Croydon Aerodrome - Kimberley, franked KGV 1s tied aerodrome c.d.s. (only 30 flown), official speedbird cover Croydon aerodrome - Salisbury (only 24 flown), another three to Bulawayo, Mpika & Broken Hill.
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£100 to 125 |
£130.00
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1423
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1932-34 first flight covers, Imperial Airways 1932 Jan 27th Cape Town - London registered cover with pair of Air stamps, another on Speedbird cover (only 200 flown to all destinations), another for Pietersburg - Salisbury leg 1d stationery envelope + 4d Air, 1932 March 27th ninth flight Johannesburg - Cape Town then flown Union Airways back to Johannesburg first round route flight (multiple franked), 1933 Jan 2nd Union Airways first flight Durban - Johannesburg and on to India by Imperial Airways, 1934 March 9th acceptance for R.A.N.A first flight Salisbury - Blantyre with cachets. (6)
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£60 to 80 |
£140.00
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1424
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1933-48 1½d green & bright gold, block of four, three with variety shading from mine dump practically omitted, M & with the lower pair remaining UM, fine. SG.57a var.
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£120 to 150 |
£120.00
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1425
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1933-48 6d green & vermilion, Die I with 'falling ladder' variety [R.5/10] contained in a horizontal strip of three & 'molehill' variety [R.20/1] contained in a horizontal pair, UM (the first with light horizontal bend), fine. SG.61a, 61b Cat. £760+
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£150 to 200 |
N/S
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1426
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1933-48 6d green & vermilion, Die I with 'falling ladder' variety [R.5/10] contained in a block of six from the right of the sheet and 'molehill' variety [R.20/1] contained in a block of four from the lower right corner of the sheet, fine M, SG.61a, 61b, Cat. £1,100+
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£200 to 250 |
N/S
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1427
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1934-35 first flight covers (5) from 1934 July 31st Imperial Airways/SNA Madagascar Johannesburg - Majunga, another for Johannesburg - Mozambique (total mail to Mozambique only 197 items), 1934 Dec 4th Cape Town - Longreach, Australia official cover, Davis States (about 6 flown this stage), 1935 Aug 6th S.A.A Kimberley - Beaufort West (27 flown), another for Cape Town - Beaufort West 9.8.35 176 flown).
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£100 to 120 |
£100.00
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1428
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1936-39 first flight covers (8) from S.A.A/Imperial Airways first airmail 3.4.36 Bloemfontein - London bears Imperial Airways clock cachet, 1937 June 9th S.A.A Johannesburg - Lusaka, 1945 May 21st censored cover Cape Town - New York onward Air Transmission cachet Type 4 in red, 1945 Sept 25th Air letter Cape Town - Ontario with red O.A.T cachet Type 7, 1947 Oct 2nd P.A Airways first acceptance Johannesburg - New York (18 flown), three further flights covers. (8)
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£100 to 120 |
£100.00
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1429
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1938 Voortrekker Commemoration 1d 'SOUTH AFRICA' & 1½d 'SUID-AFRIKA' composite oversize essays of the issues designs in black touched in with Chinese white and 1d.+½d Wagon Crossing Drakensberg stamp-size photo essay; fine. SG.80-81.
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£300 to 400 |
£300.00
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1430
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1939 Huguenot Landing 1½d composite photographic essay of an unissued design inscribed 'Le Pays Hospitalier' affixed to piece of perforated selvedge, attached to card, also 'SUID-AFRIKA' & 'SOUTH AFRICA' photographic proofs of the same design.
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£150 to 200 |
£150.00
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1431
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1941-48 Gold Mine 1½d blue-green & yellow-buff, block of ten, the right hand block of four with yellow-buff partly omitted, UM. Rare. SG.87var.
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£500 to 650 |
£500.00
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1432
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1942-44 War Effort 3d, stamp size sepia photographic essay; fine.
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£50 to 65 |
£50.00
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1433
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1947 UPU Congress, Paris, green presentation book (18 x 22½ cm)) containing the 1947 Royal Visit set & eleven definitive vals to 10s, also the South West Africa 1947 Royal Visit & 1931 Pictorial Defins to 20s, all are hinged in place on printed pages. Attractive lot.
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£180 to 220 |
N/S
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1434
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1950-60 collection of Xmas seal booklets. Nice lot, not often offered. (29)
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£100 to 120 |
N/S
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1435
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1952 Van Riebeeck 2d photographic Proof, 4½d photographic mock up pasted over two pieces of perforated selvedge; fine. SG.138P, 139P.
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£75 to 100 |
N/S
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1436
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1961-63 2½c Groot Constantia, Type II block of six from the lower right corner of the sheet with additional rows of horizontal perfs affecting the right hand strip of three, UM; fine. SG.202b var.
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£120 to 160 |
N/S
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1437
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COLLECTION of photographs & photocopies of the 1913-27 Essays & Proofs etc. held in the Union Post Office Archives neatly mounted & presented in two four-ring binders & offered with a red calf-bound index book listing the holding. A most attractive & fine record of these fascinating items.
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£120 to 160 |
£120.00
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1438
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DEFINITIVES specialised collection of good to VFU housed in a spring back album (over 1200 stamps) incl. 6d Orange Tree postage & officials, 3d Groot Schuur, 4d Native Kraal, 1s Wildebeest postage & officials, 1948 1½d Gold Mine postage & officials, 1947 2d Union Buildings postage & officials, 1950 2d Union Buildings postage & officials. Duplicated ranges with identified plates & some plate varieties.
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£40 to 50 |
N/S
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1439
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RAILWAY STAMPS 1950 souvenir page with twenty four impressions of the T.P.O d/stamp then in use, with some used on the last day of the T.P.O Service (July 30 1950). Scarce & unusual item.
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£100 to 150 |
£170.00
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1440
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SOUTH AFRICA & HOMELANDS, BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, MALAWI, SWAZILAND, ZANZIBAR & ZIMBABWE 1950's-2000 M & U collections housed in eleven albums - fills two cartons.
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£350 to 450 |
£350.00
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1441
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SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCES postal history incl. Boer War Censored, Transvaal, Natal, Cape of Good Hope, used & unused stationery, early Cradock/Crown mark, early Uitenhagen/Crown mark. (44 items priced to sell at £530).
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£100 to 120 |
£170.00
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1442
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WWI & WWII censored mail collection written up on leaves in protectors within a ring binder with a wide range of censor marks, F.P.O's/A.P.O's transit marks, various rates & frankings. Interesting lot & ideal for further development. (24 WWI & 91 WWII).
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£500 to 600 |
£540.00
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1443
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OFFICIALS 1926 6d green & orange, bilingual pair, fine M, scarce. RPS Cert. 1988, SG.O4, Cat. £650.
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£150 to 200 |
£200.00
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1444
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OFFICIALS 1926-54 mainly M stock neatly laid in denomination order in a Lindner black page stock book, items are tagged & identified with SA & SG reference numbers (not guaranteed) but appear to be correct incl. upright & inverted wmks from SG.O2-O51. Highlights incl. 10s SG.O51 (10 pairs), SG.O27, 5s SG.O50a (7 pairs), SG.O50 (5 pairs), SG.O49 (6 pairs), SG.O26 (2 pairs), SG.O28 (2 pairs), 2/6d SG.O48 (5 pairs), SG.O19 (3 pairs), SG.O18a (9 pairs), SG.O18, SG.O11, 1s SG.O47a (2), SG.O47 (12 pairs), SG.O38 (5 pairs), SG.O25 (14 pairs), SG.O17b (4 pairs), SG.O17bw (3 pairs), SG.O17, SG.O10 (3 pairs) then extensive range of vals from ½d to 6d incl. SG.O34 (5 pairs), SG.O15, SG.O23 (6 pairs) etc. A very useful lot, inspection recommended. ST.Cat. £11,000++
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£1200 to 1500 |
£1000.00
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1445
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OFFICIALS 1944-50 1½d blue-green & yellow-buff, variety 'diaeresis over second E of OFFISIEEL' fine M (very slightly toned), SG.O33a, Cat. £800.
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£130 to 180 |
£170.00
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