King George V Key Plates - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1229 - King George V Key Plates Gold Coast - Regular Issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryGold Coast: 1921-24 Watermark Mult. Script CA 15s. dull purple and green, die II, unmounted mint upper left corner marginal block of four with plate no. 11, from 1925 third printing from plate 11 as indicated by Jubilee lines, mainly very fine, diagonal bend in upper margin barely affects upper pair. S.G. 100a, cat. £560+. Photo. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates Gold Coast - Regular Issues |
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Lot 1256 - King George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryNigeria: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, specialised mainly mint study on leaves and stockbook, with range of printings and shades, incl. over 80 individual plate numbers from 7 to 26 incl. die I reversion, comprising seven values to 10s. overprinted “SPECIMEN” all in scarce horizontal pairs, 1/2d. (20), 1d. (45, incl. scarce plate 22 pair), 11/2d. (7), 2d. grey (17, incl. die II plate no. 17 blocks of four (2), pair and single), 2d. chestnut (4), 2d. chocolate (18), 21/2d. (5), 3d. violet (16), 3d. blue (23), 4d. (53, incl. interpanneau block of 32), 6d. (6), 1s. (22), 2s.6d. (11, incl. plate nos. 11 and 17 blocks of four and two plate no. 23 die I reversion singles), 5s. plate nos. 11, 16 (2) and 23 die I reversion (2) singles, 10s. plate nos. 11 and 23 die I reversion singles, mostly fine mint. (273) Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates nigeria - regular issues |
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 Lot 1208 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryCeylon: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Key and Duty Plates, 30c. yellow-green and violet, die I/die II mint interpanneau block of four from plates 7/12, lightly hinged and folded in gutter between, stamps unmounted, mainly fine and very scarce. S.G. 352b, cat. £1,300. Photo. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues |
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 Lot 1224 - King George V Key Plates Gold Coast - Regular Issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryGold Coast: 1913-21 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 5s. green and red on buff, die I, upper left corner marginal mint block of four with plate no. 8, hinged in margin only, one with a few natural gum bubbles, fine and believed unique. S.G. 82d, unpriced by Gibbons. Photo. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates Gold Coast - Regular Issues |
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 Lot 1240 - King George V Key Plates Leeward Islands - Cancellations and Covers - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryLeeward Islands: King George V Key Plates used in St. Kitts, 1913 to 1934, selection of nine covers and two cards variously addressed, incl. 21/2d. on 1913 registered commercial cover to Chicago (one stamp removed) with scarce registration label, 1/4d. and 1/2d. plate no. 5 singles on 1922 picture postcard, 5d. on 1924 registered O.H.M.S. envelope, 1/2d., 1d. (2) on 2d. registered envelope sent 1928 to violin maker Hermann Todt in Saxony, also three covers sent from the Virgin Islands. (14 items) Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates Leeward Islands - Cancellations and Covers |
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Lot 1251 - King George V Key Plates mauritius - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryMauritius: 1921-34 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Plate 17, 12c. pale grey type A and 50c. dull purple and black upper left corner plate no. blocks of nine, both with horizontal fold through upper margin, the latter with a few minor tones on gum, Plate 26, 12c. grey type B upper right corner block of nine with sheet no. 0769, hinged in margins only, mostly fine. S.G. 232a, 232b, 237, cat. £306+. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates mauritius - regular issues |
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Lot 1219 - King George V Key Plates gilbert and ellice islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryGilbert and Ellice Islands: Selection of sheets and panes incl. many plate flaws (see Fernbank pp. 85-93) comprising 1912-24 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1/2d. green plate no. 1 (sheet no. 0453) and plate no. 2 (sheet no. 472), 6d. dull and bright purple plate no. 1 (with sheet no. 480) and 1918 “WAR TAX” 1d. plate no. 5 (sheet no. 2948), each in a complete sheet of 120, slight toning but mainly fine, 1922-27 Watermark Mult. Script CA 1/2d. green plate no. 10 (sheet no. 0758) and 1d. violet plate no. 16 (sheet no. 0262) complete right panes of 60, some reinforcement but most unmounted. (480) S.G. 12, 19, 26, 27, 28, cat. £810+. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates gilbert and ellice islands - regular issues |
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 Lot 1235 - King George V Key Plates leeward islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryLeeward Islands: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Reversion to Die I, Plate 23, mint selection comprising 1/4d. and 11/2d. plate no. blocks of six, 1/2d. and 1d. coil join pairs, 1d., 21/2d., 6d. and 1s. plate no. blocks of four, odd bend otherwise mainly fine and almost all unmounted. (32) Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates leeward islands - regular issues |
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 Lot 1246 - King George V Key Plates mauritius - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryMauritius: 1913-22 Watermark Mult. Crown CA Plate 10, Die II, 25c. black and red on pale yellow, marginal pair and corner marginal plate no. block of four, 1r. black on emerald (emerald back) corner marginal single and plate no. single, 10r. green and red on emerald (emerald back) unmounted corner plate no. block of four, mint, fine. (12) S.G. 199d, 201b, 204d. Photo. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates mauritius - regular issues |
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 Lot 1214 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryCeylon: Extensive, comprehensive K.G.V Key Plate collection in a stockbook, incl. over 360 individual plate numbers with plate flaws incl. 2c. blocks showing ‘Hollie’ flaw (2) (see Fernbank p. 86) etc., with 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA Single Plates with 6c. carmine, plate no. 1 watermark sideways (crown to right) and plate no. 2 watermark upright blocks of four, Key and Duty Plates with 15c. watermark inverted plate no. 4, 30c. watermark sideways (crown to right) (14, incl. plate no. 5 blocks of four (2) and pair), etc. to 2r. plate nos. 1, 5 and 6 (watermark inverted) blocks of four, 5r. corner block of four, 10r. (7, incl. plate no. 2 pair, plate no. 6 (2) and 11 (2) singles), 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA to 50c. (27, incl. plate no. 23 die reversion single), 1r. (43), 2r. (12, incl. plate no. 10 single and plate no. 11 block of four), 5r. plate no. 13 single, etc. mainly good to fine. (100s) Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues |
