Ceylon: Postal History: 1843 (Sept. 19), 1845 (Apr. 16) cover and entire to London with very fine strikes of crowned “COLOMBO/POST PAID” oval handstamps in black, fine.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
By: Grosvenor Auctions
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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 #353 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Postal History - Postal History
Lot #354 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Postal History - Postal History
Ceylon: Postal History: 1843 (Oct. 23) entire to London rated at 2s.8d. with crowned “COLOMBO/POSTPAID” with reversed “S” handstamp in red-brown, endorsed “Overland” alongside, filing fold at left otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #355 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Postal History - Postal History
Ceylon: Postal History: 1845 (Apr. 14) entire to Aberdeen with manuscript “2/-” and “1/1d.” alongside “KANDY/SHIPLETTER” c.d.s., central filing fold, otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-150]
Lot #356 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Postal History - Postal History
Ceylon: Postal History: 1847 (July 10), 1848 (Feb. 14) entires to London and Edinburgh with fine strikes of “COLOMBO/STEAMER-LETTER” and “KANDY/STEAMER-LETTER” c.d.s., light filing folds, fine.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #357 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Postal History - Postal History
Ceylon: Postal History: 1848 (July 8), 1848 (Aug. 2) entires with “KANDY/POST-FREE” and “COLOMBO/POST-FREE” c.d.s., fine.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #358 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857 (Apr.) Blued paper, 6d. purple-brown, close to good margins, lightly cancelled and very fine. S.G. 1, cat. £450. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #359 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857-59 White paper, 1d. turquoise-blue unused, 1d. blue (cleaned ms. cancellation, slight faults), 2d. green (2 shades, showing value tablet re-entry) unused, 2d. yellowish green with large part original gum), mainly four-margined examples with good colours. S.G. 2, 2a, 3, 3a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #360 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857-59 White paper, 1d. blue shades, one apparently unused and thirteen used examples incl. a pair and horizontal strip of three, mainly three to four-margined examples, chiefly good to fine. (14) S.G. 2, 2a.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #361 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857-59 White paper, 4d. dull rose, good to large margins just clear at right, used with oval of bars and Bank of India security cancellation, some pressed creasing but good colour. S.G. 4, cat. £4,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £800-1000]
Lot #362 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857-59 White paper, 5d. chestnut, 6d. purple-brown, unused, 10d. dull vermilion part original gum, 1s. slate-violet, apparently unused (surface marks) each with good margins just touched on one side except 6d. clear, 1s.9d. with large margins and part original gum, 1858 white paper imperf. 1/2d. dull mauve with close to good margins unused and perf. 121/2 1/2d. dull mauve unused (regummed, small stain at right). (6) S.G. 5, 6, 9-11,...
Lot #363 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857-59 no watermark 6d. imperforate plate proof lower marginal strip of four in purple brown, just touching or slightly cut into at top, imperfections, scarce multiple. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #364 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1857 to 1859 used selection incl. 1857-59 1d. (2 shades), 2d. (3 shades incl. yellowish green with value tablet re-entry), 5d. (2), 6d. (3 shades), 8d., 9d., 10d.(2), 1s. (2), 2s. (2), 1857 (Oct.) blued paper 1/2d., and Receipt Draft revenue overprint 1862 1d. on 1/2d. and and 1d., both with ms. cancellations, margins and condition vary. (22)
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #365 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1861-64 Watermark Star, Rough perf. 14 to 151/2 1d. dull blue, 4d. rose-red, 4d. deep rose-red, 6d. deep brown and 10d. unused (regummed) or part original gum, good to fine appearance. S.G. 28, 30, a, 31, 34, cat. £3,060. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #366 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1861-64 Watermark Star, Rough perf. 14 to 151/2 1d. dull blue on lightly blued paper, imperforate on three sides and perf. at foot, unused with small part original gum, filled pinhole at left otherwise fresh and unusual. S.G. 28 var. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #367 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1861-64 Watermark Star, Rough perf. 14 to 151/2 9d., the three shades, comprising deep brown fine used, light brown (light corner crease) and olive-sepia with large part original gum, the latter with light overall gum toning. S.G. 33, a, b, cat. £2,270. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #368 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1861-64 Watermark Star, Rough perf. 14 to 151/2 10d. dull vermilion, mint, fine. S.G. 34, cat. £300. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #369 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1861-64 Watermark Star, a used selection comprising clean-cut/intermediate Perf. 14 to 151/2 1d. (2, one with straight edges two sides), 2d., 4d., 5d. (3), 6d., 8d. (2), 9d. (2), 1s. (2), 2s., rough perf. 14 to 151/2 1d. (2), 2d., 4d., 6d. (2 shades), 8d., 10d., 1s. and 2s. (both shades), some faults, mainly good to fine appearance. (26)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #370 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1862 No watermark, Smooth paper, Perf. 13 1d., 5d. (pressed creases), 6d. brown (pulled perf. at foot), 9d. and 1s., used, 6d. deep brown mint, most fine. (6) S.G. 39-43, 41a, cat. £601.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #371 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1863-66 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 121/2 1/2d. (3 shades), 1d., 2d. grey-green, 2d. emerald (watermark reversed), 4d. rose-carmine watermark reversed, 5d. red-brown, 5d. yellow-olive watermark reversed, 2s., part original gum or unused, odd perf, imperfection or other minor fault. (10) S.G. 48, b, c, 49, 50e, 52ax, 53, 54bx, 59, cat. £3,545.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #372 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1863-66 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 121/2 1d. used pair and singles (2), also strip of three paying 1/2oz. rate on 1866 cover to Madura, India; 1867-70 1d. dull blue, two used pairs, 1d. deep blue used pair and singles (2, one on 1868 local rate ‘Templar’ mourning envelope to Colombo with red Nowara-Eliya Paid c.d.s. below. (10 + 2 covers)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #373 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1863-66 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 121/2 used selection comprising 6d. shades (4, two with additional ms.), 8d., 9d., 10d., also 1864 entire to Edinburgh and 1865 entire to Wiltshire “via Southampton” both franked by 6d. blackish brown paying 1/2oz. rate via all-sea route and ‘overland’, some faults. S.G. 55-58.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #374 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1866-68 New Designs, selection comprising perf. 121/2 3d. part original gum, perf. 14 1d. wing-margined mint block of eighteen (6 x 3) with most unmounted, used (4) and 3d. (3), some straight edges and other small faults, 1867-70 2d. olive-bistre and yellow used singles, also 1868 (June 28) envelope to Calcutta (name excised) franked at 5d. 1/2oz. rate (June-July 1869) to India by scarce combination of perf. 14 3d. and 1867-70 2d....
Lot #375 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: Watermark varieties, a used selection incl. 1863-66 perf. 121/2, watermark inverted 1d., watermark inverted and reversed 1d., 2d., 6d., also 1d. (2), 2d. and 9d. showing Crown Agents watermark initials, and watermark reversed 5d. grey-olive, 1867-70 1d., 2d. ochre, 2d. yellow, 4d. rose (2), 5d. olive-green, 9d. (2) and 10d. red-orange (2), some faults. (19)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #376 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: 1867-70 Watermark Crown CC, mint or unused selection comprising 1d. (2 shades), 2d. olive-bistre, 2d. yellow (thinned), 4d. (3, incl. rose), 5d. (3 shades), 6d. (3 shades), 8d., 9d., 10d., 1s. (2 shades), 2s., mostly good to fine. (19) Btwn. S.G. 63 and 72b, cat. £3,340. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #377 - british empire and foreign countries Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues - Regular Issues
Ceylon: Queen Victoria Pence Issues: 1867-70 6d. red-brown in a mint block of four, a few bends and slight perf. separation, otherwise fine and fresh. S.G. 67c, cat. £240+. The property of another vendor. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
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