5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
51
Great Britain
1869 6d mauve, plate 9, overprinted Specimen type 6A. Believed to be unique in private hands, having been part of an 1872 presentation set. This stamp is illustrated on page 24 of 'Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain' by Samuel and Huggins. Ex. Beaumont.
Sold for £450
Estimated at £400 - £600
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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