5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
87
Great Britain
Interesting 19th century range, the eclectic balance of a collection, on album pages in a binder, incl. embossed 1/- strip tied on piece by Castle Street box postmarks, 10d on cover, SG.43 1d red mint inscription multiples incl. pl.174 plate block, 1867 5/- rose SG.127 cds and without fault, 1880 ½d green specimen ovpt pair, very decent quality 'lilac and green' set used along with 4d mint (thin) and I.R. Official 2½d unused, 1883 10/- ultramarine sound used, 1888 £1 brown-lilac wmk orbs (SG.186, cat. £4,500) with fault at top centre, a magnificent space-filler, plus a few genuine 1860s circular delivery issues. Please inspect.
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £350 - £400
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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