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;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 12c grey-lilac (wide spacing), a fine used corner marginal horiz. strip of four litho forgeries. £60 |
;) | BRITISH HONDURAS stamps:
"TWO" in red on "5 CENTS" on bisected QV 50c grey (SG.35a) piece pmk'd "O" obliterator. £48 |
;) | NEW ZEALAND stamps: 1909 "work-in-progress" stamp size DIE PROOF in black for the 1d Universal Postal Union issue (SG.386). £85 |
;) | NEVIS stamps: 6d sheet of twelve reprinted in black from the engraved plate by the Royal Philatelic Society in 1931, only 50 set produced, numbered "15" on reverse. £115 |
;) | NEVIS stamps: 4d sheet of twelve reprinted in black from the (defaced) engraved plate by the Royal Philatelic Society in 1931, only 50 set produced, numbered "15" on reverse. £115 |
;) | NEVIS stamps: 1/- sheet of twelve (showing "cross on hill") reprinted in black from the engraved plate by the Royal Philatelic Society in 1931, only 50 set produced, numbered "15" on reverse. £115 |
;) | NEVIS stamps: 1d sheet of twelve reprinted in black from the engraved plate by the Royal Philatelic Society in 1931, only 50 set produced, numbered "15" on reverse. £115 |
;) ;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps forgeries of the 1856 1c black/magenta (world's rarest stamp) and 1856 4c black/blue tied to piece by forged DEMERARA FE 22 1856 dbl-arcs on piece addressed The Lord Bishop of Guiana, Georgetown. The DEMERARA dbl-arc with the same FE 22 1856 date cancels the Barlow 1c vermilion strip of four cover Townsend (1969 sale) lot 26, and Great (1970 sale) lot 38 £225 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: scarce Panelli forgery of the 1882 2c orange printed in the wrong colour of the 8c rose with impressed Crown CA wmk used with date 1897. £30 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860 1c black (wide spacing), a fine used corner marginal horiz. strip of four litho forgeries. £60 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1876 96c olive-bistre, scarce used Panelli forgery with impressed Crown CC wmk (SG.134, genuine used Cat.£250). In February 1878 a large number of the 96c bistre stamps disappeared from the Stamp Commissioner's custody, and from that date they were withdrawn from circulation (see T+H Page 109). Only one printing of 30,000 less 21,132 surcharged less "large number" lost equals those used for postage £70 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1860-63 24c green, a corner marginal horiz. strip of four pmk'd forgeries showing DOUBLE PERFORATIONS along top, all stamps affected by diagonal crease. £60 |
;) ;) | Trinidad CRACKED SHIELD constant plate flaw on 1876 6d bright yellow-green CC wmk P.14 (SG.77), fine used with full perfs dated TRINIDAD dbl-arc AP 27 1880. £125 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1882 DLR QV 1d drab ovp'd "Revenue" with OVERPRINT INVERTED (PML.9), the only example showing clear date of "31/12/83", minor blemish one perf. tip. Only four examples from a single sheet of 60 stamps are currently known to have survived. The three other examples dated "15/12/83" (faults, Peter Jaffe lot 537), "15/12/83" (fine), and "29/12/83" (illus. PML handbook Page 147). £2400 |
;) | ST. LUCIA stamps: 1881 QV "One Penny Stamp" black (SG.F7, Cat.£55), pmk'd "A11". £18 |
;) | ST. LUCIA stamps: 1884 QV 1d slate ovp'd REVENUE (SG.F27, Cat.£25), fine used pmk'd "A11". £14 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA stamps: 1850 forgery of the 8c Cotton Reel in green (SG.4) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel. £36 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1850 forgery of the 12c Cotton Reel in blue (SG.7) tied to piece by forged "A03" cancel, centrally thinned. £20 |
;) | British Guiana stamps: 1856 4c Type-set PRINTED IN REVERSE on thin greyish-pink paper (nothing on reverse). £40 |
;) | 29 used SENEKAL, Orange Free State postmark (11 bar) in red on 1d (SG.2), minor corner crease. £15 |