5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
35
Great Britain
1883-'84 high values mostly mint group, with shades on the 2/6, the pale shade cited as blued paper but we aren't so sure and have not counted it as such. Shades also on the 5/- and 10/-, one of the latter with suggestion of the dullness of cobalt (not picked up by scan) though presumably still a shade of ultramarine (vertical crease at right). Also a cds used 10/- with rusting at edges otherwise superb. Slight toning on some top perf tips on the mint examples. Min. cat. £8,300.
Sold for £550
Estimated at £350 - £450
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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