1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1911-12 comprehensive mint collection of 1/2d. and 1d. incl. 1911 die 1a 1/2d. bluish-green, unmounted marginal example, copy of B.P.A. certificate for block (1982), die 1b very deep green, R.P.S certificate (1986), 1912 die 1b 1/2d. with watermark inverted and reversed, perfs. cut close at top, 1912 (Aug.) die 2 1/2d. green without watermark, B.P.A. certificate (1975), 1911 die 1a 1d. pale carmine, no cross on crown,...
The Golden Collection of Great Britain Part One
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Mar 10, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions The Golden Collection of Great Britain Part One
Tuesday Mar 10, 2015 11:00 Europe/London
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A specialised auction of over 700 lots, the first offering from this exceptional collection presenting the issues from King George V to Queen Elizabeth II
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Lot #2 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 1b watermark cypher 1/2d. green, unmounted mint with watermark reversed, fine. S.G. Spec. N3(1)c, cat. £1,250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #3 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 2 watermark crown 1/2d. with watermark inverted, unmounted mint, light diagonal crease, otherwise fine. S.G. 340wi, Spec. N4a, cat. £1,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #4 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 2 1d. paper trials incl. John Dickinson trial in carmine on very white paper, seven examples of John Allen trials on a variety of papers, mainly fine. S.G. Spec. cat. £1,120.
[Proposed price: £200-300]
Lot #5 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 2 watermark crown 1d. scarlet-vermilion, unmounted mint lower marginal example, folded between stamp and margin, very fine. R.P.S. certificate (1991). S.G. Spec. N11(6). Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #6 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 2 watermark cypher 1d. scarlet, variety no watermark, unmounted mint marginal (mounted in selvedge), portion of adjoining stamp at right, light tone spots, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. N12(1)a, cat. £1,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #7 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: 1912 die 2 watermark cypher 1d. deep bright scarlet, unmounted mint, without watermark, fine. R.P.S. certificate (1980). S.G. Spec. N12(3), cat. £1,500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #8 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: Booklet Panes: die 1b watermark crown 1/2d. and 1d. (3), four mint booklet panes, perf. type “E” with watermarks inverted, mixed perfs., mainly good. (3)
[Proposed price: £100-150]
Lot #9 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: Booklet Panes: die 1b watermark cypher 1/2d. watermark upright pane, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 22, perfs. trimmed close at base and right, otherwise fine with virtually full original gum, all but two unmounted. S.G. Spec. NB2s, cat. £2,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #10 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: Booklet Panes: die 1b watermark cypher 1d. watermark upright pane, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 22, perfs. trimmed close at base, otherwise fine with large part original gum. S.G. Spec. NB5s, cat. £2,250. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]
Lot #11 - Great Britain 1911 - 12 downey heads
1911 - 12 Downey Heads: Booklet Panes: die 1b watermark cypher 1/2d. and 1d., four mint booklet panes, perf. type “E”, watermark upright and inverted examples, mixed perfs., fair to good. (4)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #12 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. mint collection of shades incl. very pale green, unmounted, R.P.S. certificate (1989) for a pair, very deep green, R.P.S. certificate (1981), examples displaying “mark on dolphins eye” and deformed “E”, booklet pane with [R.1/1] displaying broken frame at left (perfs. close at base), specimen and cancelled overprints, etc., good to fine, some unmounted. (28)
[Proposed price: £250-300]...
Lot #13 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. green, selection of mint controls incl. “I 16” (Imperf.) block of six, [R. 20/1] shows variety “Ruffled Hair”, “G 15” (perfd.) block of six, [R. 19/3] with stop after halfpenny, etc., some toning, otherwise mainly good. (5 items)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #14 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. green, mint example displaying “New Moon” flaw, bent upper corner perfs., otherwise fine. S.G. 351, Spec. N14(1)f, cat. £450. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #15 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. green, unmounted mint marginal example displaying “Cracked plate” flaw, folded through perfs. and selvedge, otherwise fine. S.G. 351, Spec. N14(1)g, cat. £300 (for mounted). Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-150]
Lot #16 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. very yellow- (“Cyprus”) green, tone spots on gum, otherwise a very fine and fresh mint example with near complete original gum. B.P.A. certificate (1957). S.G. 355, Spec. N14(10), cat. £8,000. Photo.
[Proposed price: £2000-2500]
Lot #17 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. deep blue-(”Myrtle”) green, two unmounted mint examples, one with light bend, otherwise fine. S.G. Spec. N14(15), cat. £600. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #18 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1/2d. deep cobalt-green, mint “T22” control single, light bends and tone spot on gum, perfs. folded between stamp and selvedge, otherwise fine. R.P.S. certificate (1991) for strip. S.G. Spec. N14(18), cat. £300. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-150]
Lot #19 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. set of colour trials A-H on gummed watermarked paper, with red handstamps on reverse identifying each by code letter, good to fine. (8). Photo.
[Proposed price: £650-700]
Lot #20 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. colour trial in carmine-lake (“blue geranium” ) on gummed watermarked paper, fine with large part gum. R.P.S. certificate (1976). S.G. Spec. vol. 2, page 105, cat. £500. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #21 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. set of three prepared trials with advertisements in red on the reverse of the issued stamps, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 23, “Route Cablegrams” with diagonal crease, others fine. S.G. Spec. vol. 2, page 105, cat. £1,100. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #22 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. mint shades incl. deep carmine-red, R.P.S certificate (1988), orange-vermilion, R.P.S. certificate (1976) for a strip, etc., good to fine, mainly unmounted. (17)
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #23 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. mint collection of varieties incl. watermark reversed, two examples displaying “Q” for “O” [R. 1/4] and [R. 4/11], Pl. 43 [R. 19/10] with “broken corner”, “T22” control block of four with [R. 19/12] displaying broken frame, broken dandy rolls varieties (3 pairs), perf. and inperf. examples “SPECIMEN” type 26 and “CANCELLED” type 24 overprints, etc., some toning, otherwise mainly good to fine...
Lot #24 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. variety printed on the back, fine unmounted mint. R.P.S. certificate (1969). S.G. Spec. N16f, cat. £450. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #25 - Great Britain 1912 - 24 watermark royal cypher issue
King George V: 1912-24 watermark Royal cypher 1d. scarlet, [R. 1/12] displaying variety ragged beard, a fine unmounted mint upper right corner marginal example, faults in selvedge. S.G. Spec. N16o, cat. £350. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-120]
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