Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1926 first flight cover to Quiche, plane crashed while landing at Quiche, with “PRIMER CORREO AEREO/GUATEMALA-QUICHE” cachet in violet (Nierinck 261119A) and 1928 cover from Costa Rica to Cuba, plane crashed on the second attempt to take off, with special cachet in violet (281231). (2 items)
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Mar 11, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015 09:00 to Thursday Mar 12, 2015 12:00 Europe/London
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Wednesday Mar 11, 2015 06:00 Europe/London
A specialised auction of over 1,900 lots, with special sections presenting the Robert De Keyser Collection of King George V Key Plates and the Nick Rand Collection of the 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, together with several important country offerings including the exceptional ‘Trevol’ Collection of Saint Lucia.
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Lot #1158 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Lot #1159 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1948, two covers to London carried on Sabena flight crashed on landing at Heathrow on (Mar.) 2, one with handwritten “Damaged by Fire” in red and one with three line handwritten note. Nierinck 480302b+f. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1160 - miscellaneous and mixed lots Postal stationery
Postal Stationery: A British West Indies selection, incl. Antigua, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands, mainly unused, etc. (67 items)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1161 - miscellaneous and mixed lots Postal stationery
Postal Stationery: An all World collection of mint and used postal stationery in an album, mostly from the 1870s to 1900s, incl. Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia, U.S.A., etc., also additional later material loose, mixed condition. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1162 - miscellaneous and mixed lots thematics
Thematics: Commonwealth Games: A collection of Commonwealth games material in two cartons, written up on leaves and loose, from the 1930 Hamilton to the 2002 Manchester Games, incl. stamps, covers, cinderellas, special handstamps, postcards, ephemera, etc., mixed condition. (100s)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1163 - miscellaneous and mixed lots thematics
Thematics: Music: An extensive written up collection, arranged by subject in forty seven albums (ten are FG Warwick) contained in five cartons with mint and used issues, miniature sheets and sheetlets, proofs and imperfs, covers with some signed, also various other ephemera and some literature. (many 100s)
[Proposed price: £2500-3000]
Lot #1164 - miscellaneous and mixed lots Watermarked Paper
Watermarked Paper: A large piece of wove paper (82 x 82) showing watermark Mult. Script CA, fine and rare. Photo.
[Proposed price: £600-700]
Lot #1165 - King George V Key Plates Colonial Proofs - Regular Issues
Imperium Proofs: 1890-91 De La Rue Trials, “POSTAGE/& REVENUE” imperf. 6d. solid and white numeral vertical pair in grey and violet on paper showing “AGE(NTS)” watermark. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #1166 - King George V Key Plates Colonial Proofs - Regular Issues
Imperium Proofs: 1907-11 De La Rue Universal Colour Scheme, “POSTAGE & REVENUE” Imperium trial, 6d. solid numeral, in green and red on watermarked paper, as selected for the 5s. value of a number of colonies. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1167 - King George V Key Plates Marginal Dot Imprints -
King George V Key Plates, Marginal Dot Imprints, Selection comprising Plate 1a Leeward Is. Watermark Mult. Crown CA Plate 1a. 1/4d., 1/2d., 1d. and 21/2d., Plate 1b Ceylon Watermark Mult. Crown CA 3c., 10c. and 15c., unmounted mint lower left corner marginal examples of each from the right pane showing relative positioning of dots, fine. (7)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1168 - King George V Key Plates antigua: barbuda - regular issues
Antigua: Barbuda: 1922 “BARBUDA” overprint, 1/2d. to 5s. set overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type D12), with additional 2d. showing broken “M” in “SPECIMEN”, fine with gum. (12) Ex Sussex. S.G. 1s-11s, 6s var.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1169 - King George V Key Plates antigua: barbuda - regular issues
Antigua: Barbuda: 1922 “BARBUDA” overprint, first printing set of eleven, 2d. watermark reversed and 21/2d. watermark inverted varieties, second printing 1/2d., 21/2d. and 3d., mint examples of each showing plate no. 10 in lower margin, the 6d., 3s. and 4s. with minor toning on reverse otherwise mainly fine. (16) S.G. 1-11, vars., 3x, 4w. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1170 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
British Virgin Islands: Study on leaves, with multiples, shades, printings and flaws, incl. 31 individual plate numbers and eleven positional items, comprising 1913-19 watermark Mult. Crown CA 1/2d. (64) incl. plate no. 8 blocks of twenty from left and right of the sheet showing letter flaws, 1d. (8), 2d. (9), 21/2d. (8), 3d. (11), 6d. (5), 1s. (9), 2s.6d., 5s. (2, one marginal with plate no.), 1921 watermark Mult. Script. CA 1/2d. block of...
Lot #1171 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
British Virgin Islands: A selection of K.G.V. Key Plate mint multiples and singles, incl. fourteen individual plate numbers, with 1916-19 “WAR STAMP” 3d. watermark upright and watermark inverted plate blocks of four, 1921 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1/2d. and 1d., lower left and lower right plate no. blocks of each, etc., most fine. (49)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1172 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
British Virgin Islands: 1916-20 “WAR STAMP” overprint 1d. scarlet, plate no. 6 unmounted mint block of thirty (6 x 5) from the upper right corner of the right pane, the fourth stamp in the upper row showing the rare and recently discovered watermark error “A” in “CA” sideways, superb and rare. One of just two recorded examples. Mentioned but unpriced by Gibbons. B.P.A. certificate (2004) S.G. 78c, var.
[Proposed price: £500-700]
Lot #1173 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
British Virgin Islands: 1916-20 “WAR STAMP” overprint 3d. purple on lemon, plate no. 5 complete right pane of sixty, hinged and with odd bend in margins otherwise mainly fine. S.G. 79a, cat. £300+
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1174 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
British Virgin Islands: 1916-20 “WAR STAMP” overprint 3d. purple on buff-yellow, variety watermark inverted, plate no. 6 complete unmounted mint left pane of sixty incl. flaw broken “A” in “ISLANDS” [R. 8/1], very minor perf. separations otherwise mainly fine and very scarce. S.G. 79bw, var., cat. £600+.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #1175 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues
Cayman Islands: A K.G.V. Key Plate mint selection, mainly of blocks and larger multiples, many with plate nos., incl. 1912-20 1/2d. blocks of twelve, eighteen and thirty-six, 1s. and 3s. plate blocks (latter with slight toning on reverse), 10s. white back plate no. 1B single (only 84 possible), 1917 “WAR STAMP” overprint type 15 11/2d. on 21/2d. plate no. 5 block of four incl. missing fraction bar, block of six with two missing fraction bar,...
Lot #1176 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues
Cayman Islands: Study on leaves and one stockcard, with shades, printings, multiples and flaws, incl. 40 individual plate numbers comprising 1912-20 1/4d. (2), 1/2d. (10), 1d. (14), 2d. (14), 21/2d. (8), 3d. (34, incl. plate no. 8 block of four on orange-buff), 4d. (8), 6d. (8), 1s. (4), 2s. and 3s. plate no. blocks of four, 5s., 10s. white back plate no. 1B single (only 84 possible), 10s. olive back plate no. pair, 1917-20 “WAR STAMP”...
Lot #1177 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues
Cayman Islands: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1/4d. brown plate no. 1B, two complete unmounted mint sheets of 120, 1919 “WAR STAMP” 1/2d. green plate no. 5, two complete mint sheets of 120 incl. plate flaws [Left pane, R. 9/3, 9/5] (see Fernbank p. 86) and short overprint [Right pane, R. 10/1], one sheet with some reinforcement, the other with slight toning. (480) S.G. 40, 57, cat. £434+.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1178 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues
Cayman Islands: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 2s. purple and bright blue on blue, plate no. 1 (from requisition 115/11 printed Mar. 15 1912) upper left corner marginal block of four with central Georgetown “MY 11/14” c.d.s., fine. S.G. 49, cat. £260+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1179 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Ceylon: 1912, Die proof of country name and 30c. value tablet in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm), dated “21 MAY. 12”. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1180 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Ceylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, specialised mint selection on leaves, incl. 59 individual plate numbers and five additional positional items, comprehensive range of printings and shades, comprising 2c. (27), 3c. (19), 6c. (11), 10c. (10), 15c. (12), 25c. (8), 30c. (22), 50c. (8), 1r. (13, incl. orange-buff block of four), 2r. (9), 5r. plate no. 1, 2 and 3 blocks of four, plate no. 6 block of four and pair, 10r. plate no. 11 block of...
Lot #1181 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Ceylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, Single Plates, 1c. brown, upper marginal plate no. 1 block of four clearly showing ‘substituted crown’ watermark variety in upper selvedge, some light toning otherwise fine and scarce, hinged in margin only. S.G 301 var. Believed unique - see note after S.G. 323. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1182 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Ceylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, Single Plates, 3c. blue-green variety watermark inverted, upper left corner marginal block of six (3 x 2) and upper left corner marginal block of four, both with plate no. 1, hinged in margin only, fine. S.G. 302w, cat. £210+.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
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