QV: 2½d blue, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Mint with h/r, centred to NW, frame at left cut by perfs. Cat £90 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £21.60)
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Lot #6925 - Gibraltar 1886
QV: 2½d blue, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Lightly MM with small h/r and trace. Light unobtrusive bend at SW corner, centred W where frame cut by perfs. Cat £90 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #6926 - Gibraltar 1886
QV: 2½d ultramarine, wmk Crown CA, perf 14 with 'GIBRALTAR' ovpt in blue-black. Very fine used. Cat £160 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)
Lot #6927 - Gibraltar 1886
Ovpt on Bermuda 6d deep lilac good used Cat £225 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £44.00)
Lot #6928 - Gibraltar 1886
Ovpt on Bermuda 1s yellow brown apparantly fine used with A26 cancel but is a SPERATI FORGERY, signed in pencil Jean de Sperati on reverse. A very clever forgery created by bleaching a lower value of the series and printing the 1s on top. The paper and postmark are genuine, an optical illusion giving the effect that the black postmark is on top of the 1s 'stamp' impression whereas in fact it is the other way round. Sperati considered this to...
Lot #6929 - Gibraltar 1886
Ovpt on Bermuda 1s yellow brown good used Cat £400 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £70.40)
Lot #6930 - Gibraltar 1886-1937
Used collection on Davo leaves(102) including 1886 ovpts on Bermuda to 4d inc 2½d blue black ovpt, 1886-87 CA set, 1889 surcharge set, 1889-96 Spanish Currency set, 1898 Sterling set, 1903 CA set to 1s, 1904-08 MCA set to 2s ex 2½d, 1912-19 MCA set to 4s, 1921-27 Script set to 4s, 1935 RSJ set, mainly fine Cat £2450 {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £352.00)
Lot #6931 - Gibraltar 1886-1950
Balance collection on Prinz stock pages, spanning 1886 to 1950. Mixed, (mainly) mint and used, note QV with values to 4d & 2p and KEVII ranges to 1s; KGV ranges to 2/6d, War Tax, 1930 3d, Silver Jubilee set; KGVI Coronation, Victory, UPU, New Constitution. Mixed condition, generally above average including fine. Estimated catalogue value £375. 54 stamps, useful to develop, fill gaps / runs. {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £92.00)
Lot #6932 - Gibraltar 1886-1977
Mint and used duplicated accumulation on Prinz sheet(few 100s) including a few early issues, GV to 2/6d mint, GVI to £1 mint, mixed condition {CC} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £51.20)
Lot #6933 - Gibraltar 1886-87
CA ½d dull green top marginal block of four fresh unmounted mint, very fine Cat £80 (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #6934 - Gibraltar 1886-87
CA set to 1s(7) fine used Cat £450 (image available) {U} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £67.20)
Lot #6935 - Gibraltar 1886-96
Small collection of QV definitives f.u. with small h/r. SG2, 4, 8-11, 17-18, 22-23, 26-28 and 31. (14) Cat £112 {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £41.60)
Lot #6936 - Gibraltar 1886-98
Mint and used collection on leaves(149) including 1886 ovpts on Bermuda to 4d used, 1886-87 CA set to 6d mint, 1889 surcharge set mint at least two of each, 1889-96 set to 5P mint and used plus some blocks, 1898 Sterling set mint and used, mixed condition {CC} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £188.00)
Lot #6937 - Gibraltar 1887
QV: ½d dull green, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Lightly MM with small h/r. Cat £20 (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #6938 - Gibraltar 1887
QV: ½d dull green, wmk Crown CA, perf 14, UM. Cat £20 (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.80)
Lot #6939 - Gibraltar 1887
QV: 1d rose, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Fine mint, hinge traces, large part o.g. Cat £50 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)
Lot #6940 - Gibraltar 1887-1950
Collection on leaves(36 stamps, 7 covers or cards) including 1938 10s, £1 mint, 1948 RSW set mint {CC} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £32.80)
Lot #6941 - Gibraltar 1889
Surcharged QV definitive set, CA Wmk, P14, VFM (7) Cat £200 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £96.00)
Lot #6942 - Gibraltar 1889
QV Definitives surcharged 5c on ½d to 25c on 2d, mint small h/r. Bright fresh colours. (3) Cat £34 (image available) {MH} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.00)
Lot #6943 - Gibraltar 1889
Surch in Spanish currency set fine looking m.m. with some h/r. The 75c v.f.l.m.m. 5c & 25c bright blue with short foot to 5. (7) Cat £200 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #6944 - Gibraltar 1889
25c on 2d brown purple fresh u.m. block of four Cat £20 (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £6.40)
Lot #6945 - Gibraltar 1889
25c on 2d brown purple lower left corner Plate 1 block of 12, R.10/5 with broken 'N', mint, some tone spots on gum but of good appearance Cat £165 (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #6946 - Gibraltar 1889
25c on 2d brown purple with broken 'N' fresh mint, minor gum crease Cat £110 (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #6947 - Gibraltar 1889
QV: 25c on 2½d bright blue, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Mint with light hinge trace. Cat £30 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.80)
Lot #6948 - Gibraltar 1889
25c on 2½d bright blue with broken 'N' fresh mint, part original gum, signed in pencil on reverse Cat £300 (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £62.40)



















