5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
55
Great Britain
1875 1/- green, plate 9 (SG.150var) top margin imprimatur lettered A-F, showing part sheet inscription. Extremely scarce, being one of only 22 possible examples, many of which are in institutional collections. The appearance of gum on the upper surface of the margin corresponds to the only other example (non-inscription) we could find online. Cat. £3,500+.
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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