5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
83
Great Britain
High-quality collection of the line-engraved issues, 225 stamps in mounts on pages, with 15 penny blacks of all plates except pl.11, all with full margins save just touching corner on plates 1a and 10. 1840 2d blue plates/shades all with full margins, 1d red imperf mint, 1854-57 stars issues SG.17-35 highly complete (used and a couple of mint), 1864-79 1d red plates (148 different) with about half mint, through to ½d 'bantams' with a few mint incl. plate 19. An excellent array.
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
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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