Bermuda: 1924-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA 12s.6d. perforated “SPECIMEN” fine and fresh with full gum. S.G. 93s.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham, and a full section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the remarkable study of the 1938–50 Issue created by AG Belfield FRPSL
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Lot #225 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Lot #226 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1924-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA 12s.6d. grey and orange mint with HPF 54 damaged leaf at bottom right, fine and scarce. S.G. 93f, cat. £800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £320-350]
Lot #227 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1935 Silver Jubilee 11/2d. showing variety “bird by turret” [Pl. “7”, R. 1/5], fine. mint S.G. 95m, cat. £200. Photo
[Proposed price: £90-100]
Lot #228 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 selection comprising 2s., 2s.6d., 5s., 10s. (5), 12s.6d. (5), and £1, mainly fine mint. (14). Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #229 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 mint range comprising 2s. (4), 2s.6d. (4), 5s. (3), 10s. (3), 12s.6d. (2) and £1 (2), fine.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #230 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 2s. purple and blue on deep blue (fifth printing), an unmounted mint lower right corner example (mounted in margin) with HPF 60 variety broken lower right scroll, small adhesion in margin, fine. S.G. 116ce, cat. £225. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #231 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 2s.6d. black and red on grey-blue line perf. 141/4 (third printing) with HPF 59 variety broken top right scroll, very fine mint, very rare. S.G. 117ad, cat. £2,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £750-800]
Lot #232 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 12s.6d. grey and yellow (seventh printing), fine and fresh mint. S.G. 120d, cat. £700. Photo.
[Proposed price: £220-250]
Lot #233 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 £1 pale purple and black on red, tied by Hamilton “4 DEC 53” c.d.s. to registered cover to California. Ex Dickgiesser. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #234 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1938-53 £1 deep reddish purple and black on pale red (fifth printing), a lower marginal unmounted mint block of four [46-47, 58-59] (mounted in margin) showing plate number, showing HPF 47a and 59b, fine and fresh. S.G. 121c. Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #235 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1962 to 1970 selection mainly in unmounted mint multiples of between 30 and 50, incl. 1962-68 definitive set, 1968 Olympics, 1970 Decimal currency, etc., mainly fine. (approx. 2500) Stated to cat £2,100+.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #236 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1971 Golfing in Bermuda 4c. variety watermark Crown to right of CA, in a complete pane of 25 with “1B” plate numbers, fine unmounted mint, rare multiple. S.G. 279w, cat. £1,375+.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #237 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: 1986 World Wildlife Fund 90c. on $3 variety surcharge double, in an unmounted mint plate block of four with interpanneau margin at foot, fine, a rare multiple. S.G. 534a, cat. £440+, EC BMU1068a, cat. £1,000+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #238 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: A Q.V. to K.G.V mainly used collection on leaves incl. 1865-1903 perf. 14 x 121/2 1s., 1875 1d. on 1s., range of Ship issues, 1920-21 Tercentenary 1st. set, etc., varied condition. (124)
[Proposed price: £450-500]
Lot #239 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: A Q.V. to K.G.V selection of “SPECIMEN” stamps, incl. 1920-21 and 1921 Tercentenary sets, 1922-34 set, 1924-32 set, etc., varied condition. (51)
[Proposed price: £400-450]
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Lot #240 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: A Q.V. to early Q.E.II mint collection on stock cards, incl. 1883-1904 set with shades, 1906-10 and 1920-21 sets, 1938-53 to £1 (3), 1962-68 set in unmounted blocks of four etc., chiefly fine. (170)
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #241 - british empire and foreign countries Bermuda
Bermuda: A mint collection in an album, apparently complete from 1953 to 2013 with many watermark varieties incl. 1965 Scouts 2s., 1970 New Currency 1c. on 1d. and 1974-76 Flower 12c., all with watermark inverted, 1971 Golfing 4c. watermark crown to right of CA, etc., mostly fine unmounted. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #242 - british empire and foreign countries british guiana
British Guiana: 1934-51 1c. to $1 perforated “SPECIMEN”, good to fine with gum. S.G. 288s-300s, cat. £225.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #243 - british empire and foreign countries british guiana
British Guiana: Q.V. to early Q.E.II mint collection on stock cards, incl. 1889 96c. (both), 1898 Jubilee, 1912-21 and 1921-27 sets, 1938-52 set (2) with perf 14 x 13 $1 (S.G. 317a), 1954-63 set, good to fine. (112)
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #244 - british empire and foreign countries british honduras
British Honduras: 1935 Silver Jubilee 25c. slate and purple showing ‘extra flagstaff’ variety [Pl. “1”, R. 9/1], fine mint S.G. 146a, cat. £250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £90-100]
Lot #245 - british empire and foreign countries british honduras
British Honduras: Small Q.V. to early Q.E.II mint collection, incl. 1891-1901 values to $2, 1904-07 and 1938-47 sets etc., mainly fine. (66)
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #246 - british empire and foreign countries british honduras: belize
British Honduras: Belize: 1984 ‘Ausipex’, the original artwork by the designer G. Vasarhelyi for the miniature sheet, with the surround featuring Sir Rowland Hill handpainted in the colours as issued (the centre stamp blank), plus tracing overlays for the black detail and wording, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #247 - british empire and foreign countries british indian ocean territory
British Indian Ocean Territory: 1968 5c. (3), 10c. (3), 25c. (3), 40c., 1r., 3r. 50 and 5r. (3) all in unmounted mint blocks of four, showing positional varieties of no stop after “I” and no stop after “O”, mainly fine. Cat. £450+.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #248 - british empire and foreign countries british indian ocean territory
British Indian Ocean Territory: 1968-70 10r. Lion Fish variety imperforate in a fine unmounted mint horizontal pair with sheet margin at left. S.G. 30a, cat. £1,100, EC IOT60a - 25 pairs known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £450-500]
Lot #249 - british empire and foreign countries british indian ocean territory
British Indian Ocean Territory: A mainly fine unounted mint collection in an album, incl. 1968 definitive sets (both) and later largely complete to 2005. (100s)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
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