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Lot 4124 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4124 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Provisional Surcharges 1886 (April): "½ PENNY" on 2½ d. dull blue, an unused example showing variety "Surcharge Double", of vibrant depth of colour, fresh and fine appearance, slightly browned part og. A very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2021) Gi = £ 2'750.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 7-9 May 1934, lot 371.

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Lot 4119 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4119 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

1882/84: 6 d. stone, wmk. Crown CA, an unused corner block of four with sheet margin below showing Plate Number '1', of glorious fresh colour, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. A splendid and famous multiple Gi = £ 2'100+.rnProvenance: Collection Charlton-Henry; Collection Lars Amundsen, SG, London, 6-8 Dec 1967, lot 497.

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Lot 4114 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4114 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

1880 (Dec 20): 1 s. yellow-bistre, wmk. Crown CC, an Imperforate Imprimatur, large margins all round and of fresh colour, large part og. Rare.

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Lot 4130 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4130 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Provisional Surcharges 1886 (Jan): "½ PENNY" on 6 d. stone, an unused example showing variety "Surcharge Double", of fine fresh colour and superb large part og. Particularly fine and very rare. Signed Herbert Bloch. Cert. BPA (2020) Gi = £ 3'750.

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Lot 4133 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4133 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Provisional Surcharges 1891 (Aug): "2½ PENCE" on 4 d. grey, an unused pane of sixty (6 x 10) with Plate Numbers '1' in upper and lower margins, position 60 showing variety "Malformed "CE" of PENCE", fresh and very fine, large part og., mostly unmounted og. Superb and rare Gi = £ 1'730+.

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Lot 4109 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4109 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

1880 (Nov): '1d.' on vertically bisected 6 d. orange, left half, an unused example of fine colour with the manuscript '1d.' ink surcharge, large part og. Extremely fine and extremely rare. Cert. BPA (1980) Gi = £ 6'000.rnProvenance: Tommy Allen.rn        

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Lot 4125 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4125 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Provisional Surcharges 1886 (April): "½ PENNY" on 2½ d. dull blue, an unused vertical pair, lower stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted", of fine depth of colour, fresh and of marvellous appearance, slightly browned large part og. Exceptionally rare and in the foremost quality: just five pairs are thought to exist, with one being housed in the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (1964) Gi = £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Collection Arthur Hind, Harmers, London, 7-9 May 1934, lot 374; Collection Charlton-Henry; Collection Arthur Beach (1972);  Collection F.W. Doolittle, Sotheby's, London, 2 Oct 1980, lot 73.

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Lot 4120 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4120 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

1885: Appendix sheet from the De La Rue record book headed "Scheme for Printing the Stamps in Doubly Fugitive inks" with seven perforated Colour Trials of the 1 d. value, with annotated proposed values in manuscript alongside showing 1 d. in lilac ('1d.'), 1 d. in black & lilac ('3d.'), 1 d. in red & lilac ('4d.'), 1 d. in blue & lilac ('6d.'), 1 d. dull green ('1s.'), 1 d. in red & dull green ('5s.') and 1 d. in blue & dull green ('£1'). A magnificent page, not illustrated in "The De La Rue Colllection". Extraordinary and very rare.rnProvenance: Collection Urwick; Collection F.W. Doolittle, Sotheby's, London, 2 Oct 1980, lot 95.rnThis piece was loaned to Arthur Beach for his display before the Royal Philatelic Society on 16 November 1961.

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Lot 4115 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4115 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

1880 (Dec 20): ½ d. purple-brown, 1 d. Venetian red, 4 d. yellow-green, 6 d. stone and 1 s. yellow-ochre; the set of five values unused, all of fresh colour, the 6 d. thinned at top otherwise fine, large part og. Four values signed A. Diena Gi = £ 1'025.

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Lot 4134 - brit. colonies tobago -  Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Lot 4134 - brit. colonies tobago - Corinphila Auction AG Corinphila Auction 284-290 - Day 1

Provisional Surcharges 1886: ½ d. on 2½ d. dull blue, 1891/92 ½ d. on 4 d. grey, 2½ d. on 4 d. grey and 1896  ½ d. on 4 d. lilac & carmine, all used on petite 1897 envelope to Roseau, Dominica tied by 'Tobago' datestamps (July 13) in black with Dominica arrival cds adjacent. Slight aging but a most attractive and scarce usage.

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