Sale #63

1912-24 - Royal Cypher, fresh mint collection (occasionaly unmounted) with a wide range of shades of ½d (9), 1d (12, incl. two controls), 1½d (8), 2d (9), 2½d (8), 3d (8, incl. a control), 4d (4, two are controls), 5d (3), 6d (3), 7d, 8d (2, one with control), 9d agate, 10d and 1s (3), a lovely lot. (72 stamps) (Start Price = £144.00) [Estimate price: £180.00]

1913 - Waterlow 2s6d, an IMPERF COLOUR TRIAL IN SCARLET on thin wove paper, just into at NE corner, o/wise fine unused. RARE. Brandon Cert. (2007) Cat £5500 (image available) (Start Price = £1,760.00) [Estimate price: £2,200.00]

1913 - Waterlow £1 green, centred to SW, marginal, fresh u.m. VERY SCARCE THUS. Cat £4800 (image available) (Start Price = £2,400.00) [Estimate price: £3,000.00]

1915 - DLR 5s bright-carmine, WATERMARK INVERTED, some shortish perfs at bottom, fresh l.m.m. RARE. Cat £4750 (image available) (Start Price = £2,360.00) [Estimate price: £2,950.00]

1916 - DLR 10s blue, centred to SW, small gum wrinkle, fresh, fine m.m. Cat £3250 (image available) (Start Price = £1,080.00) [Estimate price: £1,350.00]

1924-26 - Block Cypher fine mint (some unmounted) range of shades with ½d (6), 1d (5, incl. experimental paper), 1½d (12), 2d (5), 2½d (4, incl. two controls), 3d (6, incl. one control), 4d (3, incl. two controls), 5d (4), 6d (9), 9d (3), 10d and 1s (2), a lovely lot with several marginal examples. (60 stamps) (Start Price = £176.00) [Estimate price: £220.00]

19391 - 10s dark blue, fine mint with tiny hinge thin. (Start Price = £44.00) [Estimate price: £55.00]

1948 - RSW 2½d, a vertical IMPERF IMPRIMATUR pair, each handstamped on reverse N/P/IMPRIMATUR, fine u.m. EXTREMELY RARE. SG Specialised prices only the 2½d and £1 as a pair - at £25,000! (image available) (Start Price = £4,800.00) [Estimate price: £6,000.00]

1948 - RSW £1 unmounted mint left hand part sheet of 12 inc Plate number 1, two stamps have a light crease, also 2½d u.m. block of 24 Cat £488 (Start Price = £96.00) [Estimate price: £120.00]

1867-83 - blued paper £5 orange, AD, ovptd. SPECIMEN, type 9, light horizontal gum crease, tiny surface 'dent' beneath 'M' of SPECIMEN appears to have caused thin spot, attractive, still fine, m.m. Cat £3500 (image available) (Start Price = £880.00) [Estimate price: £1,100.00]

1883-86 - GOVT. PARCELS 1s orange-brown, plate 13, OB, centred to right, fresh part o.g. Signed on reverse. BPA Cert. (2013) rather harshly mentions 'corner perf crease'. Cat £1750 (image available) (Start Price = £740.00) [Estimate price: £925.00]