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Auction: 5026 - The Edward Gilbert Collection of Important British Empire
Lot: 964

xNew Republic 1886-87 comprehensive and valuable collection neatly arranged in a stockbook, generally unused/mint though with a few used throughout; including 1886-87 without Arms, yellow paper range with a wide range of dates and comprising 1d. black used with with small part oval canceller and Transvaal target numeral (very rare — partially reperforated, B.P.A. Certificate, 1999), 1d. violet (14), 2d. (15 with a block of four), 3d. (7), 6d. (7 with "2 jul 86"), 9d. (6), 1/- (3), 1/6d. (5), 1s.6d. (2, one "6 sep 86" and one with "d" omitted), 2/- (3), 2/6d. (4), 2s.6d. (4), 4/- "17 jan 87", 5/- (8), 5/6d. (2), 5s.6d., 7/6d (2), 7s.6d. (3, two dated "6 sep 86"), 10/- (4, one "24 nov 86"), 10/6d. (3 with "jan 86" and "7 jan 86" with "d" omitted), £1 (3) and 30/- (2); blue granite paper 1d. (11), 2d. (16 with a block of four), 3d. (2), 4d. (6, one "24 may 86"), 6d. (3), 9d. (2), 1/- (6, one "24 may 86"), 1/6d. (2), 1s.6d. (2), 2/- (5 with two "21 may 86"), 2/6d., 2s.6d. (2), 5/6d., 5s.6d. "13 jan 87", 7/6d. (2), 10/- (2, one "jan 86"), 10/6d. "13 jan 86", 12/- and 30/- "13 jan 86"; 1886-87 with Arms, yellow paper 1d. (27 with "26 may 86" (3, two with Arms inverted) and horizontal and vertical pairs with Arms tête-bêche), 2d. (5), 4d. (5 with a vertical pair with Arms tête-bêche) and 6d. (2); blue granite paper (22, eight with Arms inverted) and 2d. (5, two with Arms inverted); 1887 without Date, blue granite paper selection with 4d. horizontal pair with Arms tête-bêche and yellow paper selection with 3d. horizontal pair with Arms tête-bêche, 2/- and 10/- with Arms omitted, and a few values to £1 with Arms inverted; condition varies throughout with some defects in places, nevertheless a good basis upon which to build. Cat. c. £22,000+ Estimate £ 3,000-4,000

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