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Auction: 20037 - The Charles Freeland Collection of Three Islands: St Lucia, Nevis & St Vincent
Lot: 551

(x) St. Vincent
The De La Rue Plates
Issued Stamps
The mainly mint collection of the De La Rue issues including 1882-83 perf 14 1d. mint, 2½d. mint block of thirty from left of sheet, 4d. ultramarine mint and used with watermark reversed, 1883-84 perf 12 4d. ultramarine-blue pair and 4d. grey-blue with watermark reversed, 6d. mint and used and 1/- mint with watermark reversed and used (3, two with watermark reversed), 1885 (Mar.) 1d. on 2½d. on 1d. mint strip of four and single, 1885-93 2½d. on 1d. overprinted "specimen", 4d. chocolate mint (some clipped perfs), used strip of three on piece, vertical pair on piece and a single with watermark reversed, 4d. purple-brown overprinted "specimen" (2), 4d. chocolate used with watermark inverted, 6d. pair and singles (2, one with watermark inverted) overprinted "specimen", mint (2) and a used single with watermark inverted and 5/- mint block of six and singles (2) and a used block of four on piece, 1890 (Aug.) 2½d. on 4d. mint block of four and used singles (2), 1890-93 4d. strip of four and single overprinted "specimen", 1892 (Nov.) 5d. on 4d. strip of four and single overprinted "specimen", and mint blocks of four (2) and single, 1893-94 5d. on 6d. strip of four and singles (2) overprinted "specimen" and mint and used singles showing short "f" and 1897 (July) 2½d. and 5d. overprinted "specimen"; condition generally fine

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£700