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Auction: 13036 - The "Lionheart" Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part I.
Lot: 2143

Ceylon
1857-1965 mint and used collection on leaves, including a used range of imperf Pence values (mixed condition), 1861-64 clean-cut and intermediate perfs with used values to 1/-, 1863-66 and 1867-70 CC issues with used values to 2/-, 1866-68 CC perf 14 1d. and 3d. mint marginal pairs, 1872-80 CC perf 14 2c. with watermark inverted unused, 16c., 36c., 48c. and 64c. mint, perf 14x12½ 2c. and 4c. used, 8c. mint and perf 12½ 4c. used, 1885 CC and CA surcharge used range with some inverted (not all guaranted), 1890 5c. on 15c.with surcharge double, "revenue" omitted and inverted "s" in "cents" used, and "Flve" for "Five" mint, 1893-99 2r.50 mint and used, 1898-99 1r.50 on 2r. 50 and 2r.25 on 2r.50 mint and used, 1903-05 CA 2c. to 2r.25 mint and 1r.50 and 2r.25 used, 1904-05 MCA 2c. to 2r.25 mint, 1910-11 2c. to 10r. mint, 1912-25 MCA 1c. to 10r. Die I (2) mint, 1935-36 2c. to 1r. mint, 1938-49 2c. to 5r. with some perf changes mint and 1951-54 to 10r. mint. Condition generally good to fine

Sold for
£1,700