King George VI: 1941–42 21/2d. light ultramarine complete and partial tête-bêche pairs due to a paper fold in a very fine mint part booklet pane, very rare. Brandon certificate (2003). S.G. 489b, cat. £18,000 Photo.
[Proposed price: £4000-4500]
The Golden Collection of Great Britain Part One
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Grosvenor Auctions The Golden Collection of Great Britain Part One
A specialised auction of over 700 lots, the first offering from this exceptional collection presenting the issues from King George V to Queen Elizabeth II
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Lot #226 - Great Britain king george vi
Lot #227 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1941–42 21/2d. light ultramarine, striking mint pair with under inked impression resulting in the omission of the value, a few imperfections, large part original gum. S.G. 489 var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-200]
Lot #228 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1948 Wedding £1 overprinted “CANCELLED” type 34 with large punch holes in three corners, with part original gum due to some paper adherence, scarce. S.G. Spec. QCom11t, cat. £650. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #229 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1950-52 1/2d. to 4d. colour changes, a collection of cylinder blocks of six on leaves, with a good percentage of blocks issued incl. different perf. types, varied condition, a few with gum bends, many unmounted. (75 blocks)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #230 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1950–52 1/2d. pale orange, imperforate vertical pair, fine mint, lightly toned, large part original gum. Brandon certificate (2004). S.G. 503a, cat. £6,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1500]
Lot #231 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1950–52 1d. light ultramarine, imperforate imprimatur with “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” handstamp on gum, very fine unmounted mint with margin at right. S.G. 504b, cat. £4,800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1200-1500]
Lot #232 - Great Britain king george vi
King George VI: 1950–52 1d. light ultramarine, imperforate pair, unmounted mint with irregular toned gum. Brandon certificate (1999). S.G. 504b, cat. £4,800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #233 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. to 21/2d. dark colours selection of panes of six overprinted type 33P “CANCELLED” with punch holes, comprising 1/2d. wmk. upright and wmk. inverted, 11/2d. wmk. upright (2, one with toned gum), 2d. wmk. inverted and 21/2d. wmk. inverted, also 1d. pane wmk. upright with the right hand pair separated, varied condition, one 1/2d. pane mounted, the others unmounted, mainly with good perfs. (7)
[Proposed...
Lot #234 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. to 21/2d. dark colours collection of panes of six, less 11/2d. advert panes, with inverted wmk. panes complete, comprehensive range of cylinder panes, mostly all different incl. perf. types, with 1/2d. (24), 1d. (14), 11/2d. (27), 2d. (6, complete), and 21/2d. (5, complete, one duplicate), varied condition with a few toned, many unmounted, mixed perfs. but many good. (85)
[Proposed price: £800-1000]...
Lot #235 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. and 1d. dark colours sideways wmk. panes of four, each with selvedge at top and foot, plus each with cylinder numbers at row 1 and at row 2, mixed perfs. but some good, the cylinder panes unmounted. (8)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #236 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. to 11/2d. dark colours selection of panes of two, with upright and inverted wmk. panes (less 1/2d. upright), and cylinder panes with 1/2d. (3), 1d. (2) and 11/2d. (2), varied condition with mixed perfs., all the cylinder panes unmounted. (12)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #237 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 11/2d. red-brown advert panes, a collection with a good range of different types, upright and inverted wmks., cylinder panes (32), etc., varied condition with a few toned, occasional pane with pencil note on label, mixed perfs., some unmounted. (46)
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #238 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. to 21/2d. pale colours collection with panes of six incl. inverted watermarks, wide range of cylinder panes incl. perf. types with 1/2d. (19) incl. “E65” dot perf. type B6(Ie) and “E66” dot perf. type B5(BP) (both unpriced in S.G.), 2d. (25), 21/2d. (33), 21/2d. pane watermark inverted miscut by 3mm, also 1/2d. and 11/2d. panes of two, varied condition with mixed perfs. but some good, many unmounted. (90)...
Lot #239 - Great Britain King George VI: Booklet Panes
King George VI: Booklet Panes: 1/2d. to 21/2d. colour change collection with panes of six, four and two incl. inverted watermarks, range of cylinder panes, 1d. label panes incl. constant varieties, etc., varied condition with mixed perfs. but some good, many unmounted. (63)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #240 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: A comprehensive specialised mint collection on leaves with basic sets complete, inverted watermarks, sideways watermarks both left and right, cream and whiter papers, graphites, phosphor-graphites, green, blue and violet phosphors, typo and photo bands, many coil joins in pairs or strips, selection of cylinder blocks, errors and varieties incl. wmk. Crowns 1s. double impression (small gum fault), misplaced...
Lot #241 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1955-58 watermark St. Edward’s Crown 21/2d. carmine-red type I variety imperforate between stamp and top margin, tiny surface spot in margin otherwise fine unmounted mint, scarce. S.G. Spec. S52a, cat. £850, EC GBR1097a - 12 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-380]
Lot #242 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1957 watermark St. Edward’s Crown graphite 2d. light red-brown variety line at left (as seen from back), fine unmounted mint. R.P.S. certificate (1988). S.G. 564a, cat. £675, EC GBR1126a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-320]
Lot #243 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 1/2d. orange-red whiter paper in a vertical tete-beche pair (lightly folded through perfs.). one with very light bend otherwise fine unmounted mint. B.P.A. certificate (1969). S.G. Spec. S5, see footnote, cat. £2,250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #244 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 2d. light red-brown cream paper variety imperforate between stamp and top margin, light overall gum toning otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. S40a, cat. £600, EC GBR1153a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Lot #245 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 3d. deep lilac cream paper variety imperforate between stamp and top margin, two examples in a block of four, fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. S70c, cat. £1,000, EC GBR1159a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £450-500]
Lot #246 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 4d. deep ultramarine whiter paper variety double impression, a few light gum wrinkles otherwise fine unmounted mint, very scarce. Brandon certificate (2003) for a pair. S.G. 576ae, cat. £3,000, EC GBR1164b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
Lot #247 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 4d. deep ultramarine whiter paper variety imperforate between stamp and top margin, in a vertical pair with normal, lower stamp with gum wrinkle, variety stamp fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. S85c, cat. £350, EC GBR1164a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #248 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-65 watermark Multiple Crowns 4d. deep ultramarine whiter paper variety imperforate between stamp and top margin, in a vertical pair with normal, light gum bend otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. S85c, cat. £350, EC GBR1164a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £130-150]
Lot #249 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1958-61 watermark Multiple Crowns graphite 2d. light red-brown variety line at left (as seen from back), fine mint, scarce. S.G. 590a, cat. £950, EC GBR1182a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Lot #250 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: wildings
Queen Elizabeth II: Wildings: 1959 phosphor-graphite 41/2d. chestnut variety broad phosphor band at right clear of perfs., with sheet margin at top (folded through perfs.), with vertical line of offset ‘perforations’ on reverse, unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. S96b, unpriced. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
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