King George V Key Plates - Stamp Auctions
 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 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 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 |
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 Lot 1230 - 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 £2 green and orange, upper right corner marginal mint block of four with sheet no. “190”, hinged in margin only, fine and scarce. Ex Steinberg. S.G. 102, cat. £2,200+. 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 1177 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryCayman Islands: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 1/4d. brown plate no. 1B, two complete unmounted mint sheets of 120, 1919 “WAR STAMP” 1/2d. green plate no. 5, two complete mint sheets of 120 incl. plate flaws [Left pane, R. 9/3, 9/5] (see Fernbank p. 86) and short overprint [Right pane, R. 10/1], one sheet with some reinforcement, the other with slight toning. (480) S.G. 40, 57, cat. £434+. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues |
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Lot 1193 - 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, Single Plates, 3c. green and 6c. carmine-red complete right panes of sixty with margins two sides and plate nos. 1 and 2 respectively, unmounted mint, mainly fine. S.G. 339, 342, cat. £525+. 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 1172 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryBritish Virgin Islands: 1916-20 “WAR STAMP” overprint 1d. scarlet, plate no. 6 unmounted mint block of thirty (6 x 5) from the upper right corner of the right pane, the fourth stamp in the upper row showing the rare and recently discovered watermark error “A” in “CA” sideways, superb and rare. One of just two recorded examples. Mentioned but unpriced by Gibbons. B.P.A. certificate (2004) S.G. 78c, var. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues |
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 Lot 1188 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryCeylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, Key and Duty Plates, 2r. black and red on orange-buff with watermark inverted, lower right corner marginal block of four with plate no. 6, unmounted mint, vertical fold through centre perfs. otherwise fine. S.G. 316cw, cat. £260+. Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal HistoryKing George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues |
