Queen Elizabeth II: 1964 Botanical (ordinary) 3d. variety sage-green omitted, very fine unmounted mint upper left corner marginal example, a very rare error. S.G. 655b, cat. £26,000, EC GBR1310b - circa 6 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £10000-12000]
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Apr 22, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015 09:00 Europe/London
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Wednesday Apr 22, 2015 09:00 Europe/London
A specialised auction of over 1,200 lots, the property of 125 vendors, featuring an award-winning collection of Liverpool Postal History; the collection of Great Britain formed by the late Dennis Clarke; very fine line engraved and Seahorses; an excellent section of QEII commemorative errors including many great rarities; and one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of 1966 ‘Birds’ ever assembled.
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Lot #2002 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Lot #2003 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1964 Botanical (ordinary) 9d. variety green (leaves) omitted, very fine unmounted mint marginal example from the right of the sheet, Worboys hand stamp in selvedge, tiny surface marks, with normal for comparison, a very rare error. S.G. 657a, cat. £24,500 EC GBR1314a - circa 6 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £10000-12000]
Lot #2004 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1964 Forth Road Bridge (ordinary) 6d. variety light blue omitted, very light bend at upper left and tiny wrinkle, otherwise fine unmounted mint, very scarce, with normal for comparison. S.G. 660a, cat. £7,250, EC GBR1320a - 24 mint known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £2500-3000]
Lot #2005 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 Churchill (ordinary) 4d. in a vertical strip of six with a major inking flaw leaving the top stamp half blank, the black shifted with the fifth stamp having the value partially omitted, a few spots of toning, unmounted mint, a dramatic variety. S.G. 661 var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #2006 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 Lister (ordinary) 4d. variety brown-red (tube) omitted, the upper pair in a very fine unmounted mint lower right corner marginal traffic light corner block of eight, the pair below displaying a partial omission, an attractive piece. S.G. 667a, cat. £1,300+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £700-800]
Lot #2007 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 Lister (ordinary) 4d. with sheet margin at left, variety indigo almost completely omitted, a few streaks still present on the body of the apparatus, fine unmounted mint, with normal for comparison. S.G. 667 var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #2008 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 Lister (phosphor) 4d. variety brown-red (tube) omitted, unmounted mint, tiny gum wrinkle, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. 667pa, cat. £7,500, EC GBR1334b - circa 18 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £3000-3200]
Lot #2009 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 Battle of Britain (ordinary) 4d. Hurricanes over wreck of Dornier, variety new blue (sea) omitted, fine used with wavy line cancellation, exceedingly rare, one of only a few examples known. Brandon certificate (1997). S.G. 676a, cat. £6,500, EC GBR1342b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £2000-3000]
Lot #2010 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1965 I.T.U. (ordinary) 1s.6d. variety light pink omitted, fine unmounted mint margnal example from the right of the sheet, with normal for comparison, rare. S.G. 684a, cat. £4,500, EC GBR1368a - 21 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £2000-2500]
Lot #2011 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Landscapes (ordinary) 4d. used example missing blue (sky only), on small piece, toned perfs., unrecorded, with normal for comparison. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #2012 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) set on first day cover from Wembley, signed by Alf Ramsey, very fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #2013 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup 6d. (ordinary) showing red colour shift and 6d. (ordinary) showing black colour shift, with normals for comparison, and 1967 Paintings 4d. showing double perforation, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 694 var and 748 var.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #2014 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) 6d. variety black omitted, fine unmounted mint, with normal for comparison. S.G. 694a, cat. £225, EC GBR1388a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #2015 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) 6d. variety black omitted, with normal for comparison, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 694a, cat. £225, EC GBR1388a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #2016 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) 6d. variety apple-green omitted, the left stamp in a strip of three with the centre stamp also showing almost complete omission and the right stamp normal, fine unmounted mint, rare. S.G. 694b, cat. £6,750+, EC GBR1388c - 24 mint known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £3500-4000]
Lot #2017 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) 6d. variety red omitted, unmounted mint marginal example from the right of the sheet, minor gum imperfections but very fine for this rare stamp. Brandon certificate (1995). S.G. 694c, cat. £12,500, EC GBR1388d - circa 12 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £5000-6000]
Lot #2018 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (phosphor) 6d., a lower left corner cylinder block of nine showing progressive omission of the black, the left column stamps showing complete omission, the centre column partial omission, and the right column small part omission, with the cylinder number “1E” omitted, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 694pa, cat. £9,000+, EC GBR1388b - approx. 24 known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £4500-5000]
Lot #2019 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 World Cup (ordinary) 1s.3d. variety blue omitted, very light surface marks otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 695a, cat. £380, EC GBR1390a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #2020 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds, a fine mint collection mainly in blocks of four or larger multiples phosphor incl. marginal block with crisscross phosphor, cylinder block of eight with greenish yellow shift, non-phosphor incl. upper left corner block with pre printing paper fold resulting in a portion of the gull stamp being printed on the gum side, missing bistre blocks (2), phosphor and ordinary traffic light block of eight with watermark...
Lot #2021 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds, a collection of mint se-tenant blocks of four and larger multiples many with missing colours and shifts, on philatelic album pages incl. four ordinary and one phosphor block with reddish brown omitted, also normal cylinder block of eight signed by the designer John Norris Wood, variety of dramatic shifts etc., mainly good to fine unmounted. (21)
[Proposed price: £200-300]
Lot #2022 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds, an interesting selection of early uses on cover incl. (ordinary) marginal se-tenant traffic light block of four with missing green used on first day cover, two covers bearing single stamps used before the official date of issue and subsequently obliterated with black ink by the post office, block of four used on 1966 (July 18th) registered cover, the date in the c.d.s. subsequently blacked out, also a first day...
Lot #2023 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds (ordinary) 4d. se-tenant block of four, variety four colours, black, blue, bistre and reddish-brown omitted, fine unmounted mint upper left corner example, small gum wrinkle on ‘Gull’ unit, probably the most spectacular British missing colour error. S.G. 696ab, cat. £20,000, EC GBR1392a - 30 blocks known, cat. £20,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £8000-10000]
Lot #2024 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds (ordinary) 4d. se-tenant block of four variety greenish yellow omitted, folded through vertical perfs., light surface mark on lower left stamp otherwise fine unmounted mint, very scarce. S.G. 696d, cat. £4,400, EC GBR1392c - 30 blocks known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1600-1800]
Lot #2025 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds (ordinary) 4d. se-tenant block of four variety red omitted, fine unmounted mint, with normal for comparison, very scarce. S.G. 696e, cat. £2,200, EC GBR1392e - circa 25 blocks known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
Lot #2026 - Great Britain queen elizabeth ii: commemoratives
Queen Elizabeth II: 1966 Birds (ordinary) 4d. se-tenant marginal block of four variety emerald-green omitted, from the right of the sheet, two tiny gum wrinkles, otherwise fine unmounted mint, with normal for comparison. S.G. 696f, cat. £600, EC GBR1392f - circa 90 blocks known. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
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