1974 - Stamp Auctions

Lot 14945 - Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Great Britons - set of 4v on official Tournament cover, special handstamp 'ROYAL TOURNAMENT BRITISH FORCES 1974 POSTAL SERVICES' on FDI 10th July 1974. Unaddressed. Cover specialist cat value £70. {C} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £21.60)

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Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974
Lot 14940 - Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14940 - Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

50p deep ultramarine printed on contractor's paper (Bradbury's), on unaddressed Cotswold cover with a 'MARSHFIELD, CHIPPENHAM, WILTS' c.d.s. for FDI, 20th February 1974. This is the date officially announced but the earliest recorded appearance in commercial use of this paper was March 1974. Retail price c£750. (image available) {C} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £313.60)

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Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974
Lot 14946 - Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14946 - Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

First GB self adhesive labels, first series, 3p+5p, ½p+5p, ½p, 1d 1½p, by Derek Warboys on plain cover with cds 'WIMBLEDON SDO W20' for fdi 10th February 1974. Very scarce to find these self adhesive labels used on First Day of Issue. Typed address, excellent condition with cachets. Retail price c£380. (image available) {C} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £140.80)

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Great Britain - Covers - QEII 1974
Lot 14483 - Great Britain - QEII (decimal) 1974 -  UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Lot 14483 - Great Britain - QEII (decimal) 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

First Self Adhesives on a pair of matching covers, each cancelled with a London WC cds postmark (10th February 1974). The smaller cover has the three single values (½p, 1p & 1½p) on it with the larger one with pairs on two labels, both with neatly typed addresses. These were issued in the UK to mark the 10th Anniv of the Sierra Leone stamps from 1964. Mr Derek Worboys and Mr John Daynes both submitted orders for these Machin octagonal diestamped designs to Her Majesty’s Stationery Office to be produced on self-adhesive paper. These self-adhesives are officially approved by the Post Office and remain fully postally valid and are an important part of British postal history. Retail price c£250. (image available) {C} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £109.60)

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Great Britain - QEII (decimal) 1974

Lot 12165 - Gibraltar 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

QEII: Christmas in top right corner TRAFFIC LIGHT blocks of 4. UMM Cat £24 {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.80)

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Gibraltar 1974

Lot 12166 - Gibraltar 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

QEII: Churchill in bottom right corner PLATE blocks of 4. UMM Cat £30 {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £10.40)

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Gibraltar 1974

Lot 10456 - France - Colonies - Southern and Antarctic Territories 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Alfred Faure Base set in strip of 3, superb UM. (1 strip) Cat £55 {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £18.40)

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France - Colonies - Southern and Antarctic Territories 1974

Lot 10196 - France 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

Collection of superb u.m. issues on 2 stock cards - SG2026-2060. (35) Cat £38 {CC} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.80)

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France 1974

Lot 9172 - falkland islands 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

QEII: Flowers - set of 3v, ½p & 2p with upright wmks, 6p with sideways wmk, UM. Cat £40 {UM} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)

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falkland islands 1974

Lot 9178 - falkland islands 1974 - UPA UPA Auction UPA 93

QEII: 35th Anniv of Battle of the River Plate - set of 4v to 16p, superb used. Cat £22 {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.80)

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falkland islands 1974