The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XIX
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
Lot | Cyprus | Estimate | |
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101 | Cayman Islands. 1907 Provisional Surcharges. ½d. on 5/- salmon and green and 1d. on 5/- salmon and green, both fine and fresh with large part original gum. Sismondo Certificates (2017) for both. S.G. 18-19, £600 | €200 | |
102 | Cayman Islands. 1907 Provisional Surcharges. ½d. on 5/- salmon and green, variety surcharge double, well-centred and with large part original gum; a fine and fresh example of this rare variety. B.P.A. Certificate (1957). S.G. 18b, £12,000 | €3,500 | |
103 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 2d. yellowing green horizontal pair with clear to good margins showing small portion of the adjoining stamp to the right, large part original gum, bright colour, fine. S.G. 3a £1,000 | €400 | |
104 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 9d. purple-brown with large margins all round heavily cancelled by black barred obliterator, fine colour. R.P.S. Certificate (1974) S.G. 8 £1,800 | €300 | |
105 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 10d. dull vermilion with four clear margins and showing a small portion of adjoining stamp to the left, large part original gum, fresh colour and fine. S.G. 9 £950 | €300 | |
106 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 1/-9d. green with good margins all round, lightly cancelled by oval barred cancellation, a good used example. S.G. 11 £800 | €250 | |
107 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 1/9d. yellow-green with four clear margins, unused without gum, small tone spot at bottom otherwise fresh colour and fine. BPA Certificate (2021) and R.P.S. Certificate (1940) S.G. 11a £6,000 | €2,000 | |
108 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 2/- dull blue with good to large margins, unused without gum, tiny scissor cut at top left and small thin spot at upper right otherwise with fresh colour, a good example of this difficult stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1961) S.G. 12 £6,500 | €2,000 | |
109 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Imperforate. Watermark Star. 2/- dull blue with good to large margins used by barred cancellation, slight vertical crease not affecting the appearance. S.G. 12 £1,300 | €400 | |
110 | Ceylon. 1863-66 perf 12½ 2d. grey-green (2), both unused with large part original gum, one example showing watermark inverted both with some short perfs nevertheless a useful and scarce duo. S.G. 50, 50ba £500 | €150 | |
111 | Ceylon. 1866-68 perf. 14 3d. carmine rose block of six with large part original gum, fresh and scarce multiple, fine. S.G. 62, £540 | €150 | |
112 | Ceylon. 1867-70 2/- deep blue horizontal strip of three, the first stamp showing re-entry lines in "O" of Postage, large part original gum, fine and attractive multiple. S.G. 72b £510 | €250 | |
113 | Ceylon. 1885 10c. on 64c. red-brown vertical pair showing variety imperforate between and at base, unused without gum and unmounted, good colour and fine appearance. S.G. 174a £7,500 | €2,500 | |
114 | Ceylon. 1890 5c. on 15c. showing variety overprint inverted and 'F1ve' for 'Five', a couple shorter perforations and small ink dot on a bottom perforation otherwise fine and with large part original gum, a scarce stamp. S.G. 233d., unpriced mint | €500 | |
115 | Ceylon. 1912-25 100r. grey-black, showing bottom margin, large part original gum, a fine and fresh example. BPA Certificate (2021), S.G. 321 £3,500 | €1,500 | |
116 | Ceylon. 1912-25 500r. dull green overprinted specimen, large part original gum, fine and fresh. S.G. 322s £800 | €300 | |
117 | Ceylon. 1912-25 500r. dull green, well centred and fresh with large part original gum, expert signature on reverse, fine and rare. BPA certificate (2021) and Diena certificate (1973) S.G. 322 £8,500 | €2,500 | |
118 | Ceylon. 1921-32 100r. brownish grey, showing variety broken crown and scroll, large part original gum, fine example of this scarce high value variety. S.G. 359b. £6,000 | €2,500 | |
119 | Ceylon. Official. 1869 Watermark CC (small), 4d. rose-carmine with essay overprint Service and variety inverted watermark, horizontal gum crease, large part original gum, fine and very rare with only a few known examples to exist | €350 | |
120 | Cyprus. 1880 (1 Apr.) 1d. red group of blocks of four (5) comprising Pl. 215 with part inscription at top, 216, 217 (2, one corner plate number block) and 218; good to fine, some ageing. S.G. 2 group | €250 | |
Lot | India | Estimate | |
121 | Falkland Islands. 1912-20 MCA ½d. to £1 set of eleven overprinted "specimen", large part original gum; fine and a scarce Specimen set. S.G. 60s-69s, £1,900+ | €400 | |
122 | Fiji. 1903 CA set to £1, 1904-09 MCA ½d. to 1/- set of three and 1906-12 set of seven to £1; fine mint. S.G. 104-118, £915 | €200 | |
123 | Gambia. 1912-22 MCA set of seventeen to 5/-, all overprinted "specimen"; fine mint. S.G. 86s-102s, £425 | €150 | |
124 | Gibraltar. 1889-96 Spanish Currency Issue. A mint group on a Hagner page (62) with at least four of each value, 5c. including a block of four, and one single with watermark inverted, one 25c. with plate number '1' and one 5p. value additionally used; a good to fine group. S.G. cat. value in excess of £1,600 | €150 | |
125 | Gibraltar. 1889-96 Spanish Currency Issue. 10c. carmine, variety value omitted, small hinge remnant at top, large part original gum; very fine mint. S.G. 23a, £7,000 | €2,500 | |
126 | Gibraltar. 1925-32 Watermark Script CA. £5 black and violet upper left corner block of four with plate number, very fresh mint with the stamps remaining unmounted; one stamp with a small gum crease, otherwise very fine. A great rarity and the finest of the three such recorded blocks. S.G. 108Provenance: Spink Collectors' Series Sale, January 2015. | €15,000 | |
127 | Gibraltar. 1925-32 Watermark Script CA. £5 violet and black, lightly mounted mint; signed E.D(iena) and Raybaudi and with the latter's Certificate (1982). S.G. 108, £1,600 | €400 | |
128 | Gibraltar. 1925-32 Watermark Script CA. £5 violet and black, lightly mounted mint; very lightly mounted mint. Signed H. Bloch and with Friedl Certificate (1980). S.G. 108, £1,600 | €400 | |
129 | Grenada. 1921-31 Script ½d. to10/- set of twenty-two each overprinted or perforated "specimen", large part original gum; fine. S.G. 112s-134s, £425 | €120 | |
130 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 1916 (Sept.) ½a. black on white wove paper in complete pane of twenty-four se-tenant with 1a. black part pane of sixteen, new impression taken from the 1894 stone in three rows of eight just prior to the defacement of the stone; large hinge remnants along top and bottom on reverse, fine and very rare, with only five made before the defacement and this being the only still in private hands. Spence 59 and 113Provenance: Wilmot Corfield. | €3,500 | |
131 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. ½a. black from the 1890 die proofs printed in a row of eight types showing the backgrounds of engraved lines, on yellowish card (20 x 60mm.), [4], with full plate margins at top and bottom, very fine (Spence 81)R | €100 | |
132 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. ½a. blue, horizontal strip of eight [17-24] with margins on both sides on thin yellowish unwatermarked paper, from the 1894 lithographic transfer, reverse showing "specimen", very fine. Spence 99R | €250 | |
133 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. ½a. deep blue, block of six from the upper-left corner of the sheet with part inscription, on thin yellowish paper, taken from the 1894 lithographic transfer; fine and scarce. Spence 116R | €600 | |
134 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 1916 (Sept.) 1a. black on white wove paper in complete sheet of fourteen with reverse showing faint impression of the 4a. head only defaced sheet, new impression taken just prior to the defacement of the stone; very fine and extremely rare of which this is the only example in private hands, the other four being in institutional collections. Spence 59Provenance: Wilmot Corfield. | €2,000 | |
135 | India. 1854 Issue. One Anna 1891 Reprints. Proof strip of eight impressions in black on thin yellowish card (220 x 60mm.), vertical crease at right not affecting the stamp impressions. Spence?R | €800 | |
136A | India. 1854 Issue. Two Anna 1891 Reprints. A group of reprinted essays of unappropriated designs (5) in vermilion (2, differing designs), dark green, dark blue and vermilion and dark blue; also one of the issued design in green; fine. Spence ?R | €400 | |
136B | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 2a. vermilion on yellowish wove paper in row of four se-tenant with 1a. block of thirty-two, each with "specimen" on reverse, endorsed on reverse "Given to me by Sir Sydney Burrard, Surveyor General", very fine and rare. Spence 21 | €1,000 | |
136 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 1894 (?) 1a orange-red on white to yellowish pelure paper in pane of 14, lithographic impressions printed in two rows of seven; margins reduced, slight hinge stains on two stamps, fine. Spence 54 | €500 | |
137 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. aniline red and blue on yellowish wove paper in complete sheet of twenty-four, with [24] showing inverted head, with "reprint, s.i.o., calcutta, march 1891' inscription at lower left, several small worm holes mainly in the margins, otherwise fine and rare. Spence 25 and 26 | €1,000 | |
138 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. vermilion and pale blue on thin yellowish (almost pelure) paper, a complete sheet of twenty-four, [10] with pin hole, fine and rare. Spence 39 | €1,000 | |
139 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. vermilion and pale blue on thin yellowish (almost pelure) paper, a complete sheet of twenty-four, margins reduced on all four sides, showing near complete "j. whatman (1874)" watermark, vertical fold; fine and scarce. Spence 39 | €600 | |
140 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. heads only in black from the 1916 reprint lithographic transfer on white wove paper in complete sheet of twenty-four with each horizontal row deface with a 150mm. line, vertical and horizontal folds, fine and very rare. Spence 48 var. | €2,500 | |
141 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. vermilion and pale blue on yellowish wove unwatermarked paper in a complete sheet of twelve from the 1894 Lithographic transfer using the essay head in three rows of four, with outer frames of wavy lines and rosettes, and with 'facsimile copy- 1894' at foot; horizontal and vertical folds, still fine and scarce (Spence 64) | €800 | |
142 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. vermilion and pale blue on thin yellowish (almost pelure) paper in a complete sheet of twelve, from the 1894 lithographic transfer using the essay head in three rows of four, with outer frames of wavy lines and rosette; thin strip of tape along top edge, very fine and scarce (Spence 67) | €800 | |
143 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 4a. brown-red and dark blue on thin yellowish (almost pelure) paper complete sheet of twelve, 1894 Lithographic transfer using the essay head in three rows of four, with outer frames of wavy lines and rosettes, with “facsimile copy-1894”, folded at left and right with one showing large part “(j.) whatman (1874)” watermark, fine and rare. (Spence 69)Provenance. E. A. Smythies. | €1,000 | |
144 | India. 1854 Issue. Four Anna 1891 Reprints. A group on an album page (15) including blocks of four (2) and a pair; three examples with "specimen" on reverse; fineR | €500 | |
145 | India. 1854 Issue. Four Anna 1891 Reprints. A small group written up on an album page comprising two single examples showing the issued head on watermark paper cut-square, and a pair from the lower-left corner of the sheet showing the essay head with blue wavy lines on watermark paper; fineR | €150 | |
146 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 1890 (Dec.) die proof in lake on white parchment paper (225 x 78 mm.) taken from the copper plate during Tapling's visit to India, before the plate was defaced; comprising 2a. square design, 2a. octagonal design, 4a. head die III with surround of wavy lines and rosettes and head only se-tenant; some light toning, fine and extremely rare, an exhibition showpiece of the 1854 essays and reprints. Spence 3, 7, 8 and 50cR | €3,000 | |
147 | India. 1854 Issue. 1891 Reprints. 1890 (Dec.) die proof in black on white parchment paper taken from the copper plate during Tapling's visit to India, before the plate was defaced comprising 2a. square design, 2a. octagonal design, 4a. head die III with surround of wavy lines and rosettes and head only se-tenant, light vertical fold; very fine and rare, an exhibition showpiece. Spence 4, 5, 7, 50dR | €2,500 | |
150 | India. 1854 Issue. 4a., second printing, (2, one cut-into at top and foot) used in combination with 1a., die II and tied to piece by '25' diamond of bars obliterations; a little toned. S.G. 14, 19 | €300 |