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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1879

(x) Collections and Ranges
A Great Britain and British Empire collection of errors and plate varieties arranged on Hagners including Ascension 1924-33 2d. with broken mainmast and 1938-53 perf 13 ½d. block of four with long centre bar to "e"; Australia Kangaroo first watermark 1/- emerald with watermark inverted, third watermark 10/- and £1 chestnut and blue (used) with watermark inverted, 1966 Hartog 4c. with gold omitted, 1973-74 Agate 7c. with black omitted, 1975 Wildflower 18c. with black omitted and 1978-80 Grebe 20c. with yellow omitted; Bahamas 1938-52 2d. scarlet with short "t" both mint and used; Barbados 1907 Kingston Relief Fund 1d. used (2) with overprint inverted and no stop after "1d.", 1938-47 ½d. yellow-bistre with recut line used, 2½d. ultramarine used and 2½d. blue with mark on central ornament, 4d. perf 13½x13 with curved line at top used and 1947 1d. on 2d. perf 13½x13 block of twenty with broken "e" [R11/4] and the same variety in a block of thirty-two [R7/4]; Basutoland 1935 Jubilee 6d. with dot by flagstaff; Bermuda 1938-51 £1 with broken lower right scroll; British Honduras 1962 Bird 10c. with blue omitted; British Virgin Islands 1899 ½d. marginal block of nine with "halfpfnny" and inverted "l" in "halfpenny"; Brunei 1924-37 5c. chocolate with "5" retouch; Canada 1893 50c. Prussian blue imperforate pair and 1930-31 Library 10c. imperforate pair; Ceylon 1878 5c. on 4c. with surcharge inverted used; Cyprus 1882-86 ½pi. and 1pi. with top left triangle detached used; Falkland Islands 1933 Centenary 5/- black and orange-yellow (RPS Certificate, 1987); Gambia 1904-06 1d. carmine with dented frame used; Gibraltar 1889 25c. on 2½d. with broken "n" used and 1935 Jubilee 3d. with extra flagstaff; Gold Coast 1935 Jubilee 1d. (2) with extra flagstaff (used) and lightning conductor; Great Britain 1961 Post Office Savings "Timson" 3d. vertical pair, the upper stamp with orange-brown omitted, 1969 Anniversaries 1/6d. with yellow-green omitted, 1970 Anniversaries 1/- with green omitted and Jersey 1941-42 1d. vertical pair imperforate between; Grenada 1918 War Tax 1d. with watermark inverted and 1935 Jubilee 1d. with kite and horizontal log; Indian Feudatory States Travancore imperforate betweens on 1939 Birthday 1ch. vertical pair and 3ch. horizontal pair, 1941 Birthday 6ca. horizontal and vertical pairs, 1943 8ca. on 6ca. horizontal pair, 1946 Birthday 8ca. vertical pair and Official 1941-42 1ch. vertical pair; Malayan States 1965 Orchids Johore 20c. with bright purple omitted, Kedah 20c. with yellow omitted and Selangor 2c. with yellow omitted; Malta 1922 Self-Government 5/- with broken crown and scroll; Mauritius 1937 Coronation 20c. (2) with line through sword and line by sceptre; Nauru 1916-23 Waterlow 10/- indigo-blue with overprint double, one albino; New South Wales 1882-97 3d. yellow-green horizontal pair imperforate vertically and with watermark inverted; Queensland 1890 1d. vermilion marginal imperforate pair; Northern Rhodesia 1935 Jubilee 2d. with dot to left of chapel; Nyasaland 1935 Jubilee 1d., 3d. and 1/- all with kite and vertical log; St. Helena 1922-37 8d. with torn flag and 1/- with cleft rock; Sarawak 1892 1c. on 3c. with surcharge double used; South Australia 1868-79 9d. bright mauve printed both sides used (BPA Certificate, 2007) and Official 1868-79 1d. with overprint double used (Ceremuga Certificate, 2018 for a pair of which this is th right-hand stamp); Tonga Official 1973 Air 1.50p Games with overprint double; and Western Australia 1854 4d. with "t" of "postage" shaved to a point. A most interesting lot, chiefly fine and well worth viewing. Cat. £48,000+. Photo for selection

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Estimate
£16,000 to £20,000

Starting price
£13000