Saint Lucia: 1916 (June) “WAR/TAX” Local Overprint 1d., the scarce carmine-red shade in a marginal plate block, fine and fresh mint with two unmounted. Ex J.G.M. Davies. S.G. 89a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
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 #2654 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Lot #2655 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1916 (June) “WAR/TAX” Local Overprint 1d. scarlet lower right corner vertical strip of three used on piece alongside 1912-21 4d., the right margin clearly showing three reversed albino impressions of the overprint, the stamps cancelled by very early use June 9 c.d.s.’s, fine and rare. Believed to be the only example known. See “The War Tax Stamps of the British Empire, First World War, The West Indies” by John G.M. Davis (RPSL,...
Lot #2656 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1921-30 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1/2d. to 5s. set overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel types D12 or D16), mainly fine with gum. (15). S.G. 91-105s, cat. £325. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #2657 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1921-30 Watermark Mult. Script CA 2d. in an unlsted silver-grey shade, in an irregular plate “3” block of 32, unmounted mint, few minor creases, otherwise fine and a scarce early printing with normal slate-grey block of four for comparison. S.G. 95 var.
[Proposed price: £200-300]
Lot #2658 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1921-30 Watermark Mult. Script CA 3d. deep purple on pale yellow in an unmounted mint plate “21” block of six, slightly toned, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 100a.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #2659 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. with ‘diagonal line by turret’ [Pl. 2A, R. 10/1, 10/2] mint, 21/2d. with ‘dot to left of chapel’ [Pl. 2B, R. 8/3] mint, also 1/2d. mint, 2d. and 1s. used with ‘broken flagstaff’, mainly fine.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #2660 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1936 Pictorial 1/2d. pair and single, 1/2d., 1d. and 21/2d., each with small “SPECIMEN” handstamp in violet, Samuel type D15) mainly fine with gum.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #2661 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1936 Pictorial 1/2d. to 10s. set, all perforated “SPECIMEN”, mainly fine with gum. S.G. 113s-124s, cat. £300. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #2662 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1937 Coronation set perforated “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type B9) and backstamped “B.W. ARCHIVES/ IMPRIMATUR”, without gum. Unique. S.G. 125s-127s. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1400-1600]
Lot #2663 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1937 part typed, part handwritten, eighteen page document sent by Edward Baynes (Administrator of the Colony) to Sir Selwyn Grier (Governor of St. Lucia), debating the designs, printing, colour and issue of the 1938-48 definitive series. Included are four large hand-drawn essays (on separate “CROWN AGENTS/STANDARD” paper sheets) of proposed designs for the low values, also 30 pencil sketches of suggested designs on four pages. A...
Lot #2664 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1938-48 1/2d. to £1 set of seventeen perforated “SPECIMEN”, mainly fine with gum. S.G. 128s-141s, cat. £475. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #2665 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: German Propaganda Forgeries of Great Britain 1937-47 1/2d. to 3d., set of six values all marginal, with framed “LIQUIDATION/ OF EMPIRE/ Sta LUCIA” overprint, ‘used’, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #2666 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1946 Victory set in vertical strips of three, all perforated “SPECIMEN”, one 1d. with minor gum bend, otherwise fine with gum. S.G. 142s, 143s. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #2667 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1947 presentation folder for U.P.U. Congress in Paris, containing 1938-47 definitive values to 10s. and 1946 Victory set.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #2668 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1949-50 1c. to 16c. incl. 12c. claret rare perf. 141/2 x 14, fine used on 1950 (Aug. 12) envelope registered to England, very rare on cover, one of two known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-500]
Lot #2669 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1949-50 12c. claret, the scarce perforation 141/2 x 14, fine unmounted mint from the top of the sheet. S.G. 153a, cat. £800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #2670 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1949-50 12c. claret, the scarce perforation 141/2 x 14, fine mint, very lightly hinged. S.G. 153a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #2671 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1949-50 12c. claret, the scarce perforation 141/2 x 14, fine used. S.G. 153a, cat. £550. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #2672 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1960 Stamp Centenary, a progressive die proof of the vignette in carmine on thick wove paper (83 x 85mm), stated only two known, also a selection of the issued stamps. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #2673 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Regular Issues
Saint Lucia: 1970-73 definitive issue, pencil drawings by S. and M. Goaman, similar to issued designs, comprising 5c., 10c., $1 (2), S2.50 (2), also large hand painted coat-of-arms and pencil sketches, with invoice from the Crown Agents for finished drawings.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #2674 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Collections
Saint Lucia: A K.G.VI collection on leaves, incl. 1912-21 set all marginal with plate numbers, 1s. black on green mint block of 18, 5s. plate no. 1 mint block of four, 5s. used on 1912 cover, registered to Germany, used set, 1921-30 set used, 1935 Silver Jubilee set perforated “SPECIMEN”, plate blocks, shades, etc., varied condition. (562)
[Proposed price: £600-700]
Lot #2675 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Collections
Saint Lucia: A Q.V. collection on leaves, incl. 1863 (6d.) emerald-green mint, 1883-86 1d. carmine-rose mint plate no. pair, 1886-87 die I set mint, 1891-92 die I 1/2d. on 3d. mint, die II mint (2, one with misplaced surcharge, other with “ONE” misplaced), 1/2d. on half of 6d. used pair, one with thick “1”, etc., varied condition. (96)
[Proposed price: £550-600]
Lot #2676 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Collections
Saint Lucia: A K.G.VI collection on leaves. incl. 1937 Coronation set perforated “SPECIMEN”, 1938-48 sets mint (3), £1 in an unmounted mint plate block of eight, 1949-50 sets mint (2), perf. 141/2 x 14 scarce 1c. in mint blocks of four (2) and a used block of four, 2c. mint blocks of four (2), etc., varied condition. (295)
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #2677 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Collections
Saint Lucia: A K.E.VII collection on leaves, incl. 1902-03 set overprinted “SPECIMEN”, 1904-10 set mint with extra shades and papers with 1s. green and black plate block of four mint, 5s. green and red on yellow plate pair mint, postal stationery, etc., varied condition. (70)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #2678 - british empire and foreign countries Saint Lucia: The Trevol collection - Postage Dues
Saint Lucia: Postage Dues: 1931 to 1933, a selection of philatelic covers, incl. incoming from Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, New Guinea (2), St. Helena (2). (7 items)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
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