King George V Key Plates - Stamp Auctions

Lot 1188 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1188 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 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+.
[Proposed price: £150-180]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1204 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1204 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Key and Duty Plates, 25c. orange-yellow and blue, blue, die I, watermark inverted lower right corner marginal block of four with plate no. 9, hinged in margin only, slight bends otherwise fine. S.G. 351aw, cat. £300+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £220-250]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1167 - King George V Key Plates Marginal Dot Imprints - -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1167 - King George V Key Plates Marginal Dot Imprints - - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates, Marginal Dot Imprints, Selection comprising Plate 1a Leeward Is. Watermark Mult. Crown CA Plate 1a. 1/4d., 1/2d., 1d. and 21/2d., Plate 1b Ceylon Watermark Mult. Crown CA 3c., 10c. and 15c., unmounted mint lower left corner marginal examples of each from the right pane showing relative positioning of dots, fine. (7)
[Proposed price: £100-120]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates Marginal Dot Imprints -
Lot 1183 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1183 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, Single Plates, 6c. carmine, two lower left corner marginal mint blocks of four with plate no. 1, one with watermark upright, the other with watermark sideways (crown to right of CA) incl. one with foreign body flaw beside country name, lower pairs unmounted, mainly fine. S.G. 306,a, cat. £296+.
[Proposed price: £160-180]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1199 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1199 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Key and Duty Plates, 15c. green on pale yellow, a reduced format ‘miniature sheet’ of thirty-six (four ‘panes’ of nine) constructed from multiples incl. plate no. 7 (2) and plate no. 12 (2) corner blocks of four and six die I/die II interpanneau blocks and pairs, some creasing etc. but a remarkable item. S.G. 349, a, b. Photo.
[Proposed price: £1500-2000]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1178 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1178 - King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Cayman Islands: 1912-20 Watermark Mult. Crown CA 2s. purple and bright blue on blue, plate no. 1 (from requisition 115/11 printed Mar. 15 1912) upper left corner marginal block of four with central Georgetown “MY 11/14” c.d.s., fine. S.G. 49, cat. £260+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates cayman islands - regular issues
Lot 1194 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1194 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Single Plates, 3c. green block of four with interpanneau margin at right, 3c. slate-grey lower left corner marginal plate no. 1 block of six (3 x 2, small part selvedge missing at side), 6c. carmine-red upper left corner marginal plate no. 1 block of four, all with watermark inverted, unmounted mint, mainly fine. (14) S.G. 339w, 340w, 342w, cat. £408+.
[Proposed price: £250-300]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1173 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1173 - King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

British Virgin Islands: 1916-20 “WAR STAMP” overprint 3d. purple on lemon, plate no. 5 complete right pane of sixty, hinged and with odd bend in margins otherwise mainly fine. S.G. 79a, cat. £300+
[Proposed price: £120-150]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates british virgin islands - regular issues
Lot 1189 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1189 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1912-25 Watermark Mult. Crown CA, Key and Duty Plates, 5r. black on green (emerald back), die II, lower right corner marginal block of four with plate no. 10, fine mint. S.G. 317c, cat. £192+.
[Proposed price: £140-160]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues
Lot 1205 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues -  Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1205 - King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues - Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

Ceylon: 1921-32 Watermark Mult. Script CA, Key and Duty Plates, 25c. orange-yellow and blue, blue, die I, watermark inverted lower left corner marginal block of four, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 351aw, cat. £300+. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]

Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History

King George V Key Plates ceylon - regular issues