Austria: 1950-53 Air Birds 20s. blackish brown imperforate plate proof with sheet margin at left, fine with gum (unmounted). Photo.
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham, and a full section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the remarkable study of the 1938–50 Issue created by AG Belfield FRPSL
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Lot #175 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Lot #176 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A collection in two printed albums, incl. 1850 2k. used, 1854 1k. used, 1858-59 values to 15kr., 1950-53 3s. Air mint (thin), later largely complete until recent, also strong ranges from Lombardy and Venetia, Austrian P.O’s in the Turkish Empire, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Military Post etc., mixed condition. (1,000s) Stated to cat. £4000+.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #177 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A collection in two hingeless Lighthouse albums, mainly mint with a wide range of 1960 to 1997, issues, some sets duplicated, etc. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #178 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: An accumulation in ten folders, incl. a good range of f.d.c’s from 1967 to 1988, also a United Nations collection, etc. (100s)
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #179 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A mainly unmounted mint selection from 1946 to 1961, incl. 1948-52 Costumes to 5s., 1949 Relief Fund set, etc. (107)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #180 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: Great Britain used in Bahamas: 1858 2d. blue plate 7 pair, lightly cancelled with the “A 05” numeral of Nassau, a fine and rare multiple. R.P.S. certificate (1954). S.G. Z2, cat. £2,600+. Ex Glassco. Photo.
[Proposed price: £900-1000]
Lot #181 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1861-62 Rough perf. 14 to 16 1d. lake, unused large part original gum, fine and fresh appearance. S.G. 4, cat. £650. R.P.S. certificate (1967) Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #182 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1862 perf. 13 6d. lilac, fine used with neat “A 05” cancellation. S.G. 19a, cat. £450. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #183 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1863-77 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 14, 4d. rose-lake, fine and fresh mint. Brandon certificate (1988). S.G. 37, cat. £450. Photo
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #184 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1911 Watermark. Mult. Crown CA 6d. bistre-brown, variety malformed “E” [R. 6/6], mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 74a, cat. £275. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-90]
Lot #185 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1918 (June-July) War Tax 1d. carmine, variety watermark sideways, very fine mint from corner of pane with plate number “2”. S.G. 97a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #186 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1s. with variety ‘dot by flagstaff’ [Pl. 4, R. 8/4], fine mint. S.G. 144h, cat. £325. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Lot #187 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: A K.E.VII to early Q.E.II mint collection on stockcards, incl. 1901-03 set, 1902-10 6d. with malformed “E”, 1911-19 set with shades, 1912-19 to £1 (both), 1918 War Tax set, 1921-29 set (2), 1921-37 set with 6d. malformed “E”, 1930 Tercentenary, 1938-52 set, 2d. scarlet short “T” in corner sheet no. block of six, 1942 Columbus, 1948 Tercentenary and 1954-63 definitive sets in corner blocks of four, chiefly fine, some later material...
Lot #188 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: A mint collection from 1953 to 2012 in two albums, largely complete with many watermark varieties incl. 1964 Shakespeare 6d., 1965 I.T.U. 1d. and 1966 Churchill 1/2d. all with watermark inverted, etc., mostly fine unmounted. (100s)
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #189 - british empire and foreign countries bahrain
Bahrain: 1955-60 2r. on 2s.6d. De La Rue printing with type III surcharge, in a complete sheet of forty (folded), [R. 3/1] with a ‘confetti’ flaw causing a break in the lower bar, fine. S.G S.G. 94b, cat. £1,040+.
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #190 - british empire and foreign countries bangladesh
Bangladesh: Postal Stationery: A large accumulation of unused postal stationery, all overprinted on Pakistan issues, with quantity of airletters incl. Forces, registered envelopes, lettercards, wide range of issues from various post offices incl. different coloured opts., with a list of the types. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #191 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1837 an Admiralty order dated May 3rd, instructing the commander of His Majesty’s Sloop “Comus” in Devonport to put to sea and to proceed “with all convenient expedition” to Barbados, and from thence to join Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty’s ships and vessels on the North America and West Indian station. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #192 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1852-55 blued paper, no watermark. imperforate.(1/2d.) deep green, (1d.) deep blue pair and single, (4d.) brownish red, unissued (no value) slate-blue block of four and a single with paper fold, mainly fine.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #193 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1852-55 (2d.) greyish slate, variety ‘patch on sail’, bisected and tied to large piece tied by barred oval with Barbados datestamp of Aug. 11 1854, fine. Photo
[Proposed price: £450-500]
Lot #194 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1855-58 (1/2d.) green, marginal at right, fine used. S.G. 8, cat. £200. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #195 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1860 Pin-Perf. 121/2 (1/2d.) yellow-green, a used horizontal pair, left stamp has small defect otherwise fine, neatly cancelled by “1” in barred ovals. Ex Hodsell Hurlock. S.G. 16, cat. £1,300. Photo
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #196 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1860 Pin-Perf. 121/2 (1/2d.) yellow-green, a used single showing variety ‘patch on sail’, cancelled by “1” in barred oval. S.G. 16, cat. £650+. Photo
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #197 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1860 Pin-Perf. 121/2 (1/2d.) yellow-green, a used single showing variety ‘gash in throat’, cancelled by “1” in barred oval. S.G. 16, cat. £650+. Photo
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #198 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1873 6d. orange-vermilion variety imperforate, left margin block of four, fresh mint with margins all round. S.G. 60b, cat. £200+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #199 - british empire and foreign countries barbados
Barbados: 1875-80 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 121/2, 4d. deep red, fine mint. S.G. 68, cat. £325. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
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