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Lot 065
Late unpaid entire sent from Barbados to Aberdeen on 11 Sep 1857 (fair to good strike of the Barbadoes double arc) it arrived via RMSP vessels Conway and Parana on 2 October, 6d charged, the packet rate at the time – ex Booth - Est: £30Lot 066
Four margin copy of ½d deep green on blued paper SG2 mtd m. cat. £150 - Est: £50Lot 067
Four margin used copies of the 1d blue and 4d brownish red (SG3 and 5) with it we offer a near four margin copy of SG4 in a deep blue shade cat. £465 for the first two - Est: £90Lot 068
The same selection unused, all with four margins (SG3-5) and an example of the unissued slate blue SG5a – cat. £263 - Est: £50Lot 069
Unused pair of 1d pale blue on white paper (SG9), slightly uneven scissor trimming just touches NW corner, but mgns otherwise full, cat. £360 - Est: £60Lot 070
Eight used singles cover the shades from SG7-12a, both the ½d and 1s examples are four mgns, the rest have some faults cat. £880 but we base our valuation just on the four mgn stamps - Est: £90Lot 071
Barred oval ‘7’ sits at 3 o’clock on imperf 1d deep blue on white, whose mgns move gently from clear of the design to full and generous in smooth expansion. Alongside is 1d deep blue SG48, 10 o’clock orientation with Bootheel ‘7’ – they blend together as siblings - Est: £30Lot 072
The no wmk, rough perf 1s in brown-black and black shades, unused SG34-35, with three examples of the ½d green unused from the SG20-22 group cat. £230+ - Est: £40Lot 073
Three unused stamps with star wmk, ½d (SG43), 1d (SG48) 1s (SG61) cat. £530 - Est: £75Lot 074
Two pages with a used selection of 19 perforated Perkins Bacon stamps SG20-64 and including 2 examples of the 5s, condn mixed but all presentable and at least five have clear date stamps from the early 1870’s - Est: £120Lot 075
6d orange-vermilion imperf pair on wmk large star paper, full margins but toned gum – SG60b, cat. £100 - Est: £40Lot 076
The 3d brown-purple unused and used. The unused example centring to top left, the used example clearly dated June 75 SG63 cat. £505 - Est: £80Lot 077
5s Britannia rather off centre but part o/g and hand stamped SPECIMEN SG64s, cat. £375 - Est: £40Lot 078
The 5s used centred up and little left but neat d/stamp of NO 9 81 SG64, cat. £300 - Est: £50Lot 079
Nine unused later Britannias which our vendor identifies as SG65, 66, 67, 67x, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 79, all visually appealing. The 3d a particularly lovely shade; cat. £1,000+ - Est: £120Lot 080
The 6d chrome-yellow hand stamped SPECIMEN SG79s, cat. £150 - Est: £50Lot 081
16 later used Britannias SG65-79 range with some shade interest on half a page - Est: £20Lot 082
Page featuring the QV keyplates: the set to 1s used, with shades; the mint set lacks the 2½d, but you get both shades of the 3d (incl SG95) the example of the 4d grey lacks gum; 1d bisect with St Peter’s date stamp adds interest and there are mint and used blocks of four of SG104, the used block includes the ‘no-hyphen’ variety SG104a cat. £400+ + - Est: £100Lot 083
Imperforate, colour trial in olive grey of the 1892 issue on card 92mm x 60mm with 3d value tablet - Est: £60Lot 084
Half page of small seals seems to represent the mint set of 11 (SG105-115), the MCA set mint (SG135-144) and the 1909 set of five (SG163-169) if so cat. £590 - Est: £100Lot 085
The used small seals offering, includes the first and last of the three sets (SG105-115) and SG163-169), the middle set has the five to 6d; cat. £520 - Est: £120Lot 086
The small seals opt SPECIMEN, five values (1d, 2d, 2½d, 5d and second 2s 6d) of the 1892 set and then three values of the 1909 set (¼d, 6d, 1s – of course this is the way you used to have to collect them - Est: £50Lot 087
The Diamond Jubilee set of 9 mint and used on page, nice condition, all on white paper SG116-124, cat. £470 - Est: £90Lot 088
The Diamond Jubilee stamps optd SPECIMEN part set of six (½d, 1d, 6d, 8d, 10d, 2s 6d) - Est: £40Lot 089
The 1906 Nelson set mint and used (SG145-151) on page, along with the three MCA values of 1907 also mint and used (SG158-162); an additional 2½d has been placed on the page optimistically as a possible example of SG162a. If you share the optimism then this is a bargain, but we ignore in our cat. est. of £292 - Est: £60Lot 090
Page with Tercentenary mint and used and block of four mint, also includes a study of the Kingston Relief Fund issue, with inverted block of four and ‘thick’ printing - Est: £12Lot 091
Die proof of 3d value tablet on card 92 x 60mm dated 4 Jun (19)12 - Est: £60Lot 092
The 1912 set used and unused on page with additional shades SG170-180) cat. £500+ - Est: £120Lot 093a
The large seal (SG181-191) plus War Tax plus the two colour changes (SG199-200) unused and used on four pages with additional examples of many cat: £550+ - Est: £120Lot 093b
The large seal (SG181-191) plus War Tax plus the two colour changes (SG199-200) unused and used on four pages with additional examples of many cat: £550+ - Est: £120Lot 093c
The large seal (SG181-191) plus War Tax plus the two colour changes (SG199-200) unused and used on four pages with additional examples of many cat: £550+ - Est: £120Lot 094
The Peace set on page used and unused, the used set with addnl 3s cat. £500+ - Est: £90Lot 095
The 1921 set mint and used plus some shades and 1s and 2s optd SPECIMEN, cat. £400+ - Est: £80Lot 096
Two pages with the 1925 set mint and used with addnl blocks of four of 3d and 1s (SG229-239) cat. £150+ - Est: £40Lot 097
S/card with 1927 Tercentenary SG240 used, unused, corner block of four and optd SPECIMEN, cat. £65 - Est: £20Lot 098
The Silver Jubilee set unused, used and perforated SPECIMEN, cat £217 - Est: £45Lot 099
Similar page featuring the 1937 coronation issue used, unused and perf SPECIMEN, cat. £90+ - Est: £30Lot 100a
The 1938 King George VI definitive set used, unused with shades and perf varieties incl 248b and 249a, also the 1947 ONE PENNY in imprint block of eight featuring broken ‘E’ with additional broken ‘E’ single; cat. £300+ - Est: £60Lot 100b
The 1938 King George VI definitive set used, unused with shades and perf varieties incl 248b and 249a, also the 1947 ONE PENNY in imprint block of eight featuring broken ‘E’ with additional broken ‘E’ single; cat. £300+ - Est: £60Lot 101
KG6 ½d green mtd m. with the 1942 perf.14 SG248b, cat. £70 - Est: £15Lot 102
The 4d mint showing very clearly the scratched plate variety SG253de cat. £150 - Est: £30Lot 103
For the 1947 ONE PENNY surcharge we offer the ‘broken E’ variety with both perfs – SG264d & 264ed – cat. £210 - Est: £40Lot 104
Block of 18 (3 x 6) of the ONE PENNY surcharge showing the ‘broken E’ variety in column 4 in both rows 7 and 11 and with partial positional imprint, perf 14. SG264d x2 cat. £140+ - Est: £50Lot 105
Top left hand corner block of 9 (3 x 3) of the 2½d ultramarine, which means you get three examples of the ‘mark on ornament’ variety from column 3 – SG251a, cat £265+ - Est: £40Lot 106
Tercentenary of general assembly SG257-261, mint set all from btm left corner, used set and perforated SPECIMEN set, cat. £212 - Est: £60Lot 107a
Five pages with the balance of the KG6 collection, seems complete with Victory, Silver Wedding, UPU, stamp centenary, BWI Uni and the 1950 definitives mint and used and the ‘two flags on tug’ variety on the Victory 1½d (SG262a) cat. c£180 - Est: £45Lot 107b
Five pages with the balance of the KG6 collection, seems complete with Victory, Silver Wedding, UPU, stamp centenary, BWI Uni and the 1950 definitives mint and used and the ‘two flags on tug’ variety on the Victory 1½d (SG262a) cat. c£180 - Est: £45Lot 107c
Five pages with the balance of the KG6 collection, seems complete with Victory, Silver Wedding, UPU, stamp centenary, BWI Uni and the 1950 definitives mint and used and the ‘two flags on tug’ variety on the Victory 1½d (SG262a) cat. c£180 - Est: £45Lot 107d
Five pages with the balance of the KG6 collection, seems complete with Victory, Silver Wedding, UPU, stamp centenary, BWI Uni and the 1950 definitives mint and used and the ‘two flags on tug’ variety on the Victory 1½d (SG262a) cat. c£180 - Est: £45Lot 108
Pleasing, clean envelope to Charlottenburg, Germany, sent “per RMS Tagus” on 5 June 1903 with 2½d seal (SG109) paying the way and showing the standard UPU foreign rate – ex Booth - Est: £10Lot 109
Incoming cover from St Kitts sent by airmail 19 MR 43 for 1s 1½d, censored on arrival and resealed with L10 label on pale green paper of censor H25 - Est: £12Lot 110a
17 items of unused QV postal stationery, above average condition and including the formular card (H&G2), envelopes (H&G2), Postcards H&G6,7 (with PFNNY var), H&G9,10, Wrappers H&G1,2,3 and reg env H&G5, 7, 7d, 9 - Est: £60Lot 110b
17 items of unused QV postal stationery, above average condition and including the formular card (H&G2), envelopes (H&G2), Postcards H&G6,7 (with PFNNY var), H&G9,10, Wrappers H&G1,2,3 and reg env H&G5, 7, 7d, 9 - Est: £60Lot 110c
17 items of unused QV postal stationery, above average condition and including the formular card (H&G2), envelopes (H&G2), Postcards H&G6,7 (with PFNNY var), H&G9,10, Wrappers H&G1,2,3 and reg env H&G5, 7, 7d, 9 - Est: £60Lot 111
The size H PSRE with 2d seal indicum sent on 19 November 1912 to London’s Forest Hill with a 4d KGV adhesive (SG176) to pay the 4oz Imperial rate. This is ex-Booth and went via New York - Est: £30Lot 112
The KGV size I 2d PSRE unused in good to very good condition is quite a scarce item, only 2,100 were ever printed HG11e - Est: £20Lot 113
The 3d PSRE in size H2 with 1d postage added used commercially to New Jersey 15 October 1927, via New York, 24 Oct., one of the wax seals still intact, but at the expense of a tear through the indicum - Est: £20Lot 114
Three unused QEII PSRE envelopes. Size H2 with 8c Schooner indicum and sizes F and H2 with 12c Flying fish indicia - Est: £20Lot 115
RMSP Postcard of mail Steamers in Bridgetown Harbour, message in French on the picture side, the undivided back is addressed to Brussels and has a British KEVII 1d stamp paying the postage on board and cancelled with an RMSP cachet in purple, also Belgian postman’s numeral 450 – also ex Booth - Est: £10