6th Jul, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
11
Great Britain
Mint 'Bantam' Group
1870-79 ½d rose or rose-red, the set of plates mint/unused excepting plate 9. The best original gum are plates 1, 6, 8, 10 and 11. Others dull/disturbed gum or unused. Plate 20 naturally imperf at right. Plate 8 with natural splinter inclusion in the paper at top. Plate 19 somewhat shabby. Otherwise very few if any faults. Cat. £2,990.
Sold for £200
Estimated at £250 - £300
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 6th Jul, 2022
261 lots including several exciting original collections fresh to the market. Highlights include a specialised collection of St. Helena stamps and postal history, and a very extensive and impressive holding of Russian postal history with a particular focus on the Post Offices Abroad. The latter collector’s interests also extended through the Baltics to excellent Scandinavian Locals, as well as around the Eastern Mediterranean from the Balkans to Palestine and Egypt.
Amongst the postcards offered in the sale are fantastic albums from a dedicated collector, of high-quality and comprehensively assembled, which include transport related cards of Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Teesside and Middlesbrough as well as excellent general Yorkshire cards.
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Tuesday 5 July 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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