5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
1873-'83, coloured corner letters mint/unused, 11 different (6d on 6d with faint trace of pen so not counted), including 1/- orange-brown plate 13 mint (SG.151, cat. £4,750) a few spots to reverse, bends and a short perf but highly presentable. 8d orange (SG.156) possibly regummed, etc. Cat. £16,400.
Sold for £600
Estimated at £400 - £500
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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