5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
30
Great Britain
1855-'62 early surface-printed mint/unused group, incl. 1857 4d wmk large garter unused and mint, the latter the thick glazed paper variety (SG.66b), 1855 6d lilac unused (SG.68), 1862 3d pale carmine-rose mint (SG.77), 4d red unused (SG.80), 9d bistre unused (SG.86) and 1/- green mint (SG.90), the latter with rust spots in places at edge. Cat. £22,000. The first of 9 lots constituting a vintage pocket album acquired in the 1940s.
Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 5th Jun, 2024
Highlights of the sale include a series of Penny Blacks (lots 1-39) from a 1940s pocket album of the 240 check-letter combinations, excellent North-East China from a collector living in Manchuria in the 1930s-40s (lots 135-143), an attractive range of mint Hong Kong from SG.1 onwards (lots 153-159), Japanese Occupations of Malaya from a collector who served in the Royal Military Police in the 1950s (lots 171-174), the collection of Switzerland from a President of the Helvetia Society of Great Britain with extensive postal history (lots 180-192) and much more.
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Tuesday 4th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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