Hong Kong: 1891 Jubilee 2c. carmine showing short “U” in “JUBILEE” [R. 1/1], mint, a few faintly toned perfs. S.G. 51b, cat. £800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Jun 03, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015 08:30 Europe/London
Last date for bids:
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015 07:00 Europe/London
A specialised auction of nearly 1,500 lots, including the fine collection formed by the late Dennis Clarke, the balance of the collection formed by the late Michael Ensor, the Graham Winters FRPSL collection of Queen Victoria period Ceylon with scarce covers from the decimal period 1872–1904, the fascinating collection of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 formed by Dr Guy Leroux, the W.E.J. ‘John’ Major collection of Hong Kong, and rarities from Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha and other countries
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Lot #753 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Lot #754 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) With Chinese characters $1 on 96c. black mint (3), one with double Chinese characters at left, another with Chinese characters double on both sides, a few perfs. lightly toned on reverse, $1 on 96c. grey-black mint, rather heavily mounted and one perf. split at top. S.G. 52, vars, 52a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #755 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) With Chinese characters $1 on 96c. grey-black, lower right corner marginal horizontal pair with current no. “14”, mint, a few faintly toned perfs. S.G. 52a, cat. £400+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #756 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) Without Chinese characters $1 on 96c. black, mint, corner creasing at upper right and some toning but rare. S.G. 53, cat. £3,250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #757 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) Without Chinese characters $1 on 96c. grey-black overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type D12), trivial surface mark otherwise fine with gum. S.G. 53as, cat. £600. Photo.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #758 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) Without Chinese characters $1 on 96c. grey-black, mint, some tone spotting mainly on upper perfs. S.G. 53a, cat. £2,750. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #759 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) With Chinese characters 10c. on 30c. grey-green, mint block of eighteen, being three rows of the sheet with side margins, some reinforcement and toning, mainly on reverse. S.G. 55, cat. £990+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #760 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) with Chinese characters 10c. on 30c. grey-green, variety figures “10” widely spaced, mint, some lightly toned perfs. S.G. 55b, cat. £700. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #761 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1898 (Apr.) With Chinese characters 10c. on 30c. grey-green, variety Chinese character large, lightly hinged, some toning mainly on reverse. Ex Morton Evans. S.G. 55c, cat. £900. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #762 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1900-01 2c. to 30c. set in mint blocks of four, the 4c. with slight toning, one 5c. with bend, lower pair of 8c. with bend and slight toning, right pair of 12c. with bend and one 30c. with surface faults. (24) S.G. 56-61, cat. £800+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #763 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1903 Watermark Crown CA 1c. to $10 overprinted “SPECIMEN” (Samuel type D12), stuck down, $3 damaged at right and $5 with a few toned perfs., otherwise fine. S.G. 62s-76s, cat. £2,000. (15) Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #764 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1903 Watermark Crown CA 1c. to $10 with additional shades of 4c. and 12c. (surface scrapes) mint, some values with tone spotting on gum and perfs. (17) S.G. 62-76, cat. $3,036.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #765 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: King Edward VII used selection with some shades, fiscal or treaty port cancellations, company handstamp or perfins, with 1903 to $3, $10, 1904-06 to $5, 1907-11 to 50c. (3), poor to fine. (78)
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #766 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1903 (Nov. 28) two Chinese Imperial Post stationery 1c. cards each with handpainting of courtiers riding horse and tiger respectively, I. P.O. tie-print omitted, to England “via Siberia” with K.E.VII 4c. affixed over imprinted stamp and tied by Shanghai c.d.s. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #767 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1904-06 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1c. to $10 set with chalky papers, mint, some tone spots or other small imperfections on lower values but mainly fine. (24) S.G. 77-90b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1500-1800]
Lot #768 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1907-11 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1c. to $2 less 6c., mint, some tone spotting on gum otherwise mainly fine. (8) S.G. 91-93, 95-99. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #769 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1912-21 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1c. to $10 set mint with additional shades of 1c., 2c., 4c., 6c. (2), 8c., 10c. (2), 12c. (2), 25c. (type B), 30c., 50c. (6, incl. white back overprinted “SPECIMEN” and a plate no. pair) and $5 (2, one olive back, white back with slight thin), some toned perfs. (36) S.G. 100-116. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1000-1200]
Lot #770 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1921-37 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1c. to $5 set mint with additional shades of 1c., 2c. (both), 3c. (2), 4c., 8c. orange (2), 12c., 30c. (2), 50c. (thinned) and $1, a few toned perfs., also 25c. broken flower variety [Upper left pane, R. 1/3] in unmounted mint (gum toned) and c.t.o. plate no. 2 marginal pairs. S.G. 117-132. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #771 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1954-62 to both $5 and $10, with a range of minor varieties incl. 20c. and 65c. (2) showing ‘broken character’ (Yang 172b, 177a and 177b), $1 showing short leg to “R”, $1.30 showing ‘joined stroke on character’ (Yang 179b), $10 showing ‘two extra dots inside of character’ (Yang 182b), etc., range of shades, a few multiples with 30c. grey and pale grey matching top right corner blocks of 20 (4 x 5), mostly fine. (112)
[Proposed...
Lot #772 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1962-71 and 1966-72 issues, a duplicated collection with a range of shades to $20 (5), with missing colours incl. $1.30 and $10 missing pale yellow and ochre, $10 and $20 missing ochre, colour shifts, inverted watermarks to $5, multiples, etc., fine. (approx. 175)
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #773 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1962-73 $10 on glazed paper, fine unmounted mint, scarce. B.P.A. certificate (2001). S.G. 209d, cat. £2,250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #774 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1962-73 $20 variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint lower marginal, small gum imperfection, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 210w, cat. £800. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-280]
Lot #775 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - regular issues
Hong Kong: 1976 no watermark $5 pink and royal blue in a marginal vertical strip of five, the top stamp with double horizontal and vertical perforations and the remainder with misplaced horizontal perfs. through the Queen’s head, fine unmounted mint, unusual. S.G. 351 var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #776 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - collections
Hong Kong: A K.G.VI unmounted mint selection on leaves, incl. 1938-52 to $5 dull lilac and scarlet, $5 green and violet (4), $10 green and violet (2, usual brown gum) and £10 pale bright lilac and blue (2), with 15c. showing variety ‘broken character’, perf. 14 30c., 1941 Occupation set, 1946 Victory $1 showing variety ‘extra stroke’, etc., range of shades, mostly fine. (88)
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #777 - british empire and foreign countries hong kong - collections
Hong Kong: An unmounted mint collection in a boxed album, mostly definitive issues, incl. 1973-74, 1975-82 and 1976 to $20 with $2 grossly misperforated, 1982 and 1985-87 to $50 with some missing or misplaced embossings, 1987-88 both sets to $50, 1989-91 to $50, 1992 to $50, later with issues to 2000s, with a range of watermark varieties, coil strips, minor varieties, f.d.c’s, etc., also some commemoratives and postage dues, mostly fine. (...
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