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Auction: 25014 - British Solomon Islands - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 207

British Solomon Islands
The mint and used balance of the collection in a stockbook with much duplication in places; the mint include 1907 Large Canoe ½d. block of four with central vertical perforations double (R.P.S. Certificate, 1965), 2½d. (5), 1908-11 Small Canoe to 2/6d. mint and used (2) including 2d. with parts of S.S. Upolu h.s., 1913 11d. blocks of four (3, one used), 1914-23 issue including 3d. mint block of twelve and used block of four, 5d. mint block of six, 6d. used block of four, 1/- with olive back used block of four, 2/- (12 including mint block of four and five used), 2/6d. (7 including mint pair with plate number and one used), 5/- (11 including two overprinted "specimen", mint block of four and two used), 10/- (10 including three overprinted "specimen", mint block of four and three used) and £1 (10 including three overprinted "specimen", three mint and four used including one with plate number), 1922-31 including 2/- mint block of four and singles (2, one used), 2/6d. mint and used, 5/- mint plate number block of four plus mint and used singles, and 10/- mint (2, one with plate number) and used block of four and single, 1935 Jubilee set in top right corner blocks of four, 1937 Coronation set perforated "specimen" and additionally handstamped "specimen" in red by a receiving authority, 1939-51 1d., 1½d., 3d. blocks of four and 2½d. single each with a small punch hole from the Waterlow Sample sheets, 2/- mint corner plate number block of four, 2/6d. mint blocks of six and four with imprint plus a block of ten and corner block of six and used block of four, 5/- mint and used blocks of four and 10/- mint blocks of nine and four, 1948 Wedding mint corner plate block of four and used imprint pair, and 1954-63 ½d. to £1 in mint blocks of four with additional multiples to £1; a few interesting cancellations in the earlier issues, condition generally fine. Cat. £8,500

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