5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
91
Great Britain
Used collection in two loose-leaf albums 1840-1970s, with range of line-engraved incl. 2d blue four margins and four penny blacks with faults, perf 2d blue and 1d red plates to 222, surface-printed plates mostly bar-cancels, 1880s to 5/-, KEVII to 5/-, Downey head KGV incl. couple of 1d no cross on crowns, seahorses incl. very attractive Bradbury/Wilkinson 10/- cds, 2d orange sideways wmks 1924 and 1935, nice £1 PUC, KGVI comprehensive incl. sideways wmks, similarly QEII incl. Waterlow and 1st De La Rue castles sets, through to back of book with officials, railway parcels (40 different), station and TPO cancels, etc. Please also see from this collector Lots 77, 89, 103, 110, 129, 162-4, 175-7, 202-4 and 240.
Sold for £550
Estimated at £400 - £500
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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