5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
1865-'70, large uncoloured corner letters mint/unused group (9) to 2/- incl. 9d straw plate 4 mint (SG.110), 10d red-brown plate 1 mint (SG.112) and 2/- dull blue mint possibly regummed (SG.118). Min. cat. £21,000.
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £600 - £800
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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