King George V Key Plates - Stamp Auctions

Lot 1267 - King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1267 - King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Seychelles: 1917-22 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 25c. black and red on orange-buff, plate 8, complete left pane of 60, some perf. reinforcement and a few faint tones mainly in selvedge otherwise mainly fine and scarce with 48 unmounted. S.G. 89a, cat. £2,400+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-900]

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King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues
Lot 1262 - King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1262 - King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Saint Lucia: 1912-21 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1d. carmine-red die I, complete unmounted mint right pane of 60 with plate no. 1, diagonal crease through [R. 10/6], 1921-30 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1d. rose-carmine die II, complete left pane with plate nos. 10, unmounted except seven touched by reinforcing hinges in selvedge, mostly fine. (120) S.G. 79, 92, cat. £954+.
[Proposed price: £200-250]

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King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues
Lot 1273 - King George V Key Plates Togo - Regular Issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1273 - King George V Key Plates Togo - Regular Issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Togo: Specialised study on leaves, mint singles and multiples almost all with plate nos. between 1 and 8 incl. 1915 (May) local overprints to 1s. (8), 2s. pair incl. 1/2d. to 2s. small “F” varieties, 1916-20 London overprints to 1s. (7), , 2s., 2s.6d. (2), 5s. (4), 10s. (corner marginal) and 20s. (marginal with plate no. 5), etc. with shades and papers, mainly fine. (103) Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]

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King George V Key Plates Togo - Regular Issues
Lot 1268 - King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1268 - King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Seychelles: 1917-22 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, 2r.25 yellow-green and violet, lower right corner marginal mint block of twenty-four (6 x 4) with plate no. 5, hinged in one and in margin only, mainly fine. S.G. 96, cat. £1,200+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £600-700]

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King George V Key Plates seychelles - regular issues
Lot 1263 - King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1263 - King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Saint Lucia: 1916 “WAR TAX” mint selection comprising (June) local overprint carmine-red rare plate no. 1 single (it is thought that possibly only two or three sheets were printed from plate 1. See “The War Tax Stamps of the British Empire, First World War, The West Indies” by John G.M. Davis (RPSL, 2009), page 285) showing inverted albino impression of “TAX” overprint in lower margin, 1d. scarlet plate no. 3 block of four with inverted albino overprints in upper margin, (Sept.) 1d. scarlet block of eighteen, plate no. 5 blocks of six (2), block of four and single, chiefly fine with most unmounted. (40)
[Proposed price: £200-250]

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King George V Key Plates Saint Lucia: The Property of Other Vendors - Regular Issues
Lot 1258 - King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1258 - King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Nigeria: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, 1/2d. green die I/die II mint interpanneau block of four, hinged on one, light bends in horizontal gutter otherwise fine. S.G. 15c, cat. £950. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-500]

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King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues
Lot 1221 - King George V Key Plates gilbert and ellice islands - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1221 - King George V Key Plates gilbert and ellice islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Gilbert and Ellice Islands: Specialised study on leaves and in a stockbook, mint singles and multiples almost all with plate nos. between 1 and 16, plate flaws incl. 1/2d. and 1d. ’Hollie’ flaws (4, see Fernbank p. 86), etc. incl. 1912-24 Watermark Crown CA values to 2s. (5, plate no. block and single), 2s.6d. plate no. single, 5s. (2, one with plate no.), fine study of “WAR TAX” sheet nos. incl. very scarce (unique?) block with sheet no. on left pane, 1922-27 Watermark Mult. Script CA to 2d. (5), etc. mainly fine.
[Proposed price: £600-700]

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King George V Key Plates gilbert and ellice islands - regular issues
Lot 1237 - King George V Key Plates Leeward Islands - Cancellations and Covers -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1237 - King George V Key Plates Leeward Islands - Cancellations and Covers - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Leeward Islands: King George V Key Plates used in Barbuda, 1925 to 1935 six commercial covers variously franked and addressed incl. 1925 registered to India bearing 5d., also three ‘Iremonger’ covers to Bristol bearing 2s.6d., 3s. and 4s. respectively, and 1922 registered to Kansas bearing “BARBUDA” overprint 6d. (10 items)
[Proposed price: £120-150]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates Leeward Islands - Cancellations and Covers
Lot 1253 - King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1253 - King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Nigeria: 1914-29 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, specialised mainly mint study on leaves and stockleaves, with range of printings and shades, incl. over 90 individual plate numbers and over 40 individual sheet number items forming part of a specialised study, comprising 1/2d. (30), 1d. (80, incl. scarce plate 4/7 combined use die block of twenty-four separated by horizontal gutter, and plate nos. 3 and 4 (2) scarlet blocks of six), 2d. (28), 21/2d. (33), 3d. (52), 4d. (27), 6d. (16), 1s. (51), 2s.6d. plate no. 8 block of four and pair, 5s. plate no. 8 single, 10s. plate nos. 1 pair and single, plate no. 8 pair, £1 corner marginal with sheet no.187 (and another overprinted “SPECIMEN”), chiefly fine. (331)
[Proposed price: £1200-1500]

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King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues
Lot 1216 - King George V Key Plates fiji - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1216 - King George V Key Plates fiji - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Fiji: K.G.V. Key Plate mint selection in a stockbook, singles, blocks and other multiples incl. over 100 individual plate numbers, with 1912-23 Watermark Mult. Crown CA values to £1 die II (corner marginal) incl. 1/4d. complete pane of sixty, plate no. 5 singles to 5s., plate no. 11 singles to 5s. (2), plate no. 13 singles to 2s.6d., £1 die II, “WAR STAMP” and revenue overprints, etc., mainly fine. (approx. 540)
[Proposed price: £1500-2000]

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King George V Key Plates fiji - regular issues