5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
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Literature
Penny Black Nissen Plates
'The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840' by Charles Nissen, republished by Stanley Gibbons (1998). Handsome hardcover volume in immaculate condition. A vital work for the line-engraved specialist with photographs of the 2,880 plate positions and detailed plating information.
Sold for £190
Estimated at £70 - £100
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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