5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
44
Great Britain
1840-57 line-engraved used group in appealing quality, with four penny blacks: plate 1b S-K thin or natural paper unevenness yet excellent margins and pale pink cancel, plate 2 O-J and Q-I, plate 4 L-J; 1840 2d blue plate 2; 1d red plate 8 with four margins and very neat cancel; plus a few late 'stars' perf issues with large crown watermarks.
Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £350
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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