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Recent acquisitions are numbered in blue. Last update: 27th November, 2011
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POSTAGE STAMPS
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1910 2½d Opening of Union Parliament, SG 1-2
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1913-24 King's Heads, SG 3-21
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| SA2539 |
½d to 10/-, complete set of 14 original values overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (Samuel SA3). Small blemish on 1/- otherwise very fine fresh mint. SG 3s-4s, 6s-8s, 10s-12s, 14s-16s |
£600 |
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½d, SG 3
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| SA2021 |
blue-green group, showing white circular area above King's head. Fine used. SG 3b var. |
£20 |
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| SA804 |
green group, plate 5 matched pairs from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted. Attractive group. SG 3 |
£70 |
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| SA805 |
green group, plate 5 matched blocks of four from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted. Attractive group. SG 3 |
£120 |
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| SA2022 |
green group, plate '5' strips of three from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted. Attractive group. SG 3 |
£80 |
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| SA807 |
blue-green group, plate 5 matched blocks of six from all four corners of the sheet. Scarce and attractive group. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3b |
£160 |
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| SA2560 |
pale green shade, upper marginal plate '5' block of four. Hinged on margin, stamps very fine unmounted. SG 3 shade |
£20 |
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| SA808 |
green group, plate 5 top left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA1520 |
green group, plate '5' top right corner pair. Superb unmounted. SG 3 |
£12 |
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| SA811 |
blue-green group, plate 5 top right corner pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3b |
£12 |
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| SA1127 |
green group, plate '5' top right corner strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£20 |
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| SA2561 |
green group, plate 5 top right corner block of four. Few marginal split perfs., hinged on margin stamps very fine unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA812 |
green group, plate 5 top right corner block of six. Very fine unmounted. SG 3 |
£40 |
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| SA1128 |
blue-green group, plate '5' top right corner pair. Stamps very fine unmounted. SG 3b |
£20 |
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| SA1129 |
blue-green group, plate '5' top right corner strip of three. Very fine unmounted. SG 3b |
£25 |
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| SA1521 |
pale green shade, lower marginal plate '5' block of four. Superb mint or unmounted. SG 3 shade |
£20 |
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| SA1133 |
green group, plate '5' lower left corner strip of three. Very fine unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA1135 |
blue-green group, plate 5 lower left corner block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3b |
£50 |
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| SA2562 |
green group, plate 5 lower left corner block of six. Lower right stamp with corner fault, fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£35 |
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| SA815 |
(pale) green group, plate 5 lower left corner block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£45 |
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| SA816 |
green group, plate 5 lower right corner pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£12 |
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| SA1136 |
green group, plate '5' lower right corner strip of three. Very fine unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA1137 |
blue-green group, plate '5' lower right corner strip of three. Stamps very fine unmounted. SG 3b |
£25 |
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| SA2563 |
(pale) green group, plate 5 lower right corner block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£45 |
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| SA818 |
blue-green group, wmk. inverted, plate 5 lower right corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 3(b)w |
£60 |
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| SA819 |
green group, plate 6 matched blocks of four from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£120 |
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| SA821 |
blue-green group, plate 6 top marginal block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3b |
£10 |
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| SA822 |
green group, plate 6 top left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA823 |
green group, plate 6 lower left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA2173 |
green group, plate 6 lower right corner strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£20 |
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| SA825 |
green group, plate 6 lower right corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA2564 |
green group, plate 7 matching corner blocks of nine from each corner of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted, a lovely and uncommon group. SG 3 |
£180 |
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| SA828 |
green group, plate 7 top left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA830 |
green group, plate 7 lower left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£25 |
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| SA2566 |
green group, plate 7 lower right corner block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£35 |
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| SA2567 |
green group, plate 7 lower right corner block of nine. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 |
£45 |
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| SA832 |
green group, plates 4, 5, 6 and 7 top or lower marginal control singles. Very fine mint. SG 3 £10 ea. |
£10 |
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1d, SG 4
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| SA1213 |
rose-red group, left marginal block of four showing considerable overinking affecting top pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. Striking and scarce. SG 4 var (UHB 3 V19) |
£80 |
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| SA1523 |
carmine-red group, upper marginal plate '3' block of six, printed on thinner transparent paper, with the watermark clearly showing through. Hinged on one stamp otherwise superb unmounted. SG 4a var. |
£60 |
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| SA2193 |
scarlet group, plate '3' upper right corner pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4b |
£20 |
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| SA1151 |
rose-red group, plate '3' lower left corner block of six. Fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£40 |
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| SA1524 |
scarlet group, top marginal plate '4' block of four. Superb unmounted. SG 4b |
£40 |
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| SA2543 |
scarlet group, upper right corner plate '4' strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 4b |
£60 |
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| SA1155 |
rose-red group, plate 6 matched corner strips of three from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine unmounted. Attractive group. SG 4 |
£100 |
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| SA853 |
rose-red group, plate 6 matched corner blocks of six from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon and attractive group. SG 4 |
£160 |
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| SA1218 |
scarlet group, inverted wmk., plate '6' matched corner blocks of four from all four corners of the sheet. Apparently from the same sheet as all in an unusual pale / weak impression. Very fine mint or unmounted. Scarce group. SG 4(c)w |
£250 |
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| SA1156 |
rose-red group, plate 6 top left corner strip of three. Very fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£20 |
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| SA2568 |
rose-red group, plate 6 upper right corner block of six. Hinged on margin, stamps very fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£40 |
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| SA859 |
rose-red group, plate 6 lower left corner pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£15 |
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| SA2194 |
rose-red group, plate 6 lower left corner strip of three. Fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£25 |
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| SA862 |
rose-red group, plate 6 lower right corner pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£15 |
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| SA867 |
rose-red group, plate 7 top left corner block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£40 |
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| SA2570 |
scarlet group, plate 7 upper left corner block of six. Hinged on margin, stamps Very fine unmounted. SG 4b |
£45 |
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| SA2569 |
rose-red group, plate 7 upper left corner block of nine. Unobtrusive mark on reverse of one, hinged on margin stamps very fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£45 |
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| SA868 |
rose-red group, plate 7 top right corner strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£25 |
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| SA2571 |
rose-red group, plate 7 upper right corner block of nine. Hinged on margin stamps very fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£50 |
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| SA871 |
rose-red group, plate 7 lower left corner pair. Very fine unmounted. SG 4 |
£15 |
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| SA872 |
rose-red group, plate 7 lower left corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 4 |
£30 |
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1½d, SG 5
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| SA875 |
both light and deep chestnut shades, each in a horizontal tete-beche pair across vertical interpanneau margin. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 5a |
£30 |
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| SA1517 |
chestnut, tete-beche block of four across the vertical interpanneau margin. Superb unmounted. SG 5 var. |
£30 |
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| SA886 |
chestnut, plate '1' lower left corner block of six. Very fine unmounted. SG 5 |
£35 |
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| SA2572 |
chestnut, plate '2' lower right corner block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 5 |
£30 |
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2d, SG 6
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| SA899 |
dull purple group, top marginal plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 6 |
£15 |
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| SA2573 |
reddish mauve group, plate '1' matching corner blocks of nine from each corner of the sheet. Each lower block one stamp having a rounded corner otherwise very fine mint or unmounted. An attractive and uncommon group. SG 6 shade |
£165 |
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| SA1169 |
deep purple group, top right corner plate '1' strip of three. Stamps fine unmounted. SG 6a |
£18 |
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| SA907 |
reddish mauve group, top right corner plate 1 block of four. Very fine unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£20 |
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| SA2575 |
reddish mauve group, lower left corner plate 1 block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£45 |
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| SA913 |
reddish mauve group, lower right corner plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£20 |
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| SA916 |
deep purple group, wmk. inverted, top right corner plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 6(a)w |
£60 |
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| SA917 |
deep purple group, wmk. inverted, lower left corner plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 6(a)w |
£60 |
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| SA918 |
deep purple group, wmk. inverted, lower right corner plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 6(a)w |
£60 |
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| SA2576 |
dull purple group, upper left plate 2 pair. Very fine unmounted. SG 6 |
£15 |
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| SA2577 |
dull purple group, upper right plate 2 block of six. Crease in margin, very unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£40 |
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| SA2578 |
dull purple group, lower marginal plate 2 pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£12 |
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| SA1172 |
dull purple group, lower right plate 1 strip of three. Superb unmounted. SG 6 |
£18 |
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| SA2579 |
dull purple group, lower right plate 2 block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 6 shade |
£45 |
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2½d, SG 7
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| SA934 |
blue group, lower marginal plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 7 |
£20 |
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| SA2024 |
blue group, plate '1' pairs from all four corners of the sheet. Hinged on margins, stamps fresh unmounted. SG 7 |
SOLD |
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| SA2544 |
blue group, upper right corner plate 1 strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 7 |
£30 |
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| SA942 |
blue group, lower right plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 7 |
£30 |
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| SA943 |
blue group, lower right plate 1 strip of six. Stamps very fine unmounted. SG 7 |
£50 |
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3d black and orange, SG 8
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| SA948 |
black and orange-red group, lower marginal plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 8 |
£40 |
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3d ultramarine, SG 9
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| SA958 |
ultramarine group, top marginal plate 1 block of four. Stamps very fine unmounted. SG 9 |
£20 |
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| SA2580 |
ultramarine group, upper left corner plate 1 block of six. Hinged on margin, stamps superb unmounted. SG 9 |
£45 |
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| SA1177 |
(pale) ultramarine group, top right corner plate 1 block of six. Stamps very fine unmounted. SG 9 |
SOLD |
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| SA1179 |
ultramarine group, lower left corner plate 1 block of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 9 |
SOLD |
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4d, SG 10
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| SA969 |
orange-yellow and sage-green group, top marginal plate 1 single. Stamp very fine unmounted. SG 10a |
£10 |
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| SA2029 |
orange-yellow and sage-green group, plate '1' pairs from all four corners of the sheet. Very fine and fresh mint or unmounted. SG 10a |
SOLD |
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| SA2581 |
orange-yellow and olive-green group, upper right plate 1 strip of three. Hinged on margin stamps very fine unmounted. SG 10 |
£25 |
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| SA2546 |
orange-yellow and olive-green group, upper right plate 1 block of four. Hinged on margin stamps very fine unmounted. SG 10 |
£35 |
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| SA976 |
orange-yellow and sage-green group, lower right plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 10a |
£35 |
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| SA981 |
orange-yellow and sage-green group, wmk. inverted. Lower right plate 1 block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 10w(a) |
SOLD |
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6d, SG 11
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| SA983 |
black and bright violet, wmk. inverted. Block of four, very fine mint or unmounted. SG 11aw |
£50 |
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| SA2583 |
black and violet, partial missing Z of ZUID variety, centre stamp in a horizontal strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 11 var. (UHB 9 V1) |
£45 |
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| SA995 |
black and violet, wholly missing Z of ZUID and part of frame missing variety. Very fine mint. SG 11 var. (UHB 9 V2) |
£65 |
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| SA2584 |
black and violet, wholly missing Z of ZUID and part of frame missing variety. Centre stamp in a horizontal strip of three. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 11 var. (UHB 9 V2) |
£80 |
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| SA2585 |
black and violet, wholly missing Z of ZUID and part of frame missing variety. Lower left stamp in a block of four. Very fine mint or unmounted. Uncommon. SG 11 var. (UHB 9 V2) |
£85 |
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| SA997 |
black and violet, top marginal plate 1 single. Stamp very fine unmounted. SG 11 |
£15 |
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| SA999 |
black and bright violet, lower marginal plate 1 pair. Very fine mint. SG 11a |
£20 |
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| SA2588 |
black and bright violet, upper right corner plate 1 block of four. Light stain between lower pair, fine mint or unmounted. SG 11a |
£40 |
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| SA1007 |
black and violet, lower right corner plate 1 pair. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 11 |
£25 |
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| SA1185 |
black and bright violet, wmk. inverted. Lower left corner plate 1 pair. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 11aw |
£80 |
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1/-, SG 12
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| SA1011 |
orange-yellow group, top marginal plate 1 single. Very fine mint. SG 12a |
£25 |
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| SA2196 |
orange-yellow group, wmk. inverted, top marginal plate 1 single. Very fine mint. SG 12w |
SOLD |
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1/3, SG 13
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| SA2031 |
violet group, upper marginal block of four. Very fine unmounted. SG 13 |
£60 |
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| SA2591 |
violet group, block of nine. One hinged otherwise very fine unmounted. SG 13 |
£120 |
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| SA2590 |
violet group, wmk. inverted. Block of four, top two hinged, lower unmounted. A scarce block. SG 13w
Note: one sheet known with this variety, resulting in 480 possible. |
£450 |
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| SA2592 |
violet group, upper left corner plate 1 block of nine. Hinged on margin and one stamp otherwise very fine unmounted. Attractive and uncommon. SG 13 |
£150 |
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| SA2593 |
violet group, lower right corner plate 1 block of six. Superb mint or unmounted. SG 13 |
SOLD |
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2/6, SG 14
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| SA2033 |
purple and green, off-centre, fine mint. SG 14 |
£30 |
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| SA2197 |
purple and green, very fine fresh mint. SG 14 |
£40 |
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| SA2594 |
purple and green, top marginal plate '1' single. Hinged on margin, stamp superb unmounted. SG 14 |
£85 |
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| SA2034 |
purple and green, lower marginal plate '1' single. Hinged on margin, stamp fresh unmounted. SG 14 |
£80 |
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| SA1529 |
purple and green, lower left corner plate '1' pair. Very fine unmounted. SG 14 |
£175 |
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| SA2596 |
purple and green. Block of six, superb used with crisp DUIVELSKLOOF (27 AUG 1927) datestamps. SG 14
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£30 |
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5/-, SG 15
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| SA2198 |
reddish purple and blue, fine mint. SG 15 |
£65 |
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| SA1200 |
reddish purple and light blue, block of four. Light tones affect right stamps, otherwise very fine mint. SG 15a |
£300 |
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10/-, SG 16
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| SA2199 |
deep blue and yellow-olive shade, fine mint. SG 16 shade |
£90 |
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| SA2036 |
deep blue and olive-green, left marginal, yellowish gum very fine unmounted. SG 16 |
£240 |
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£1, SG 17 / 17a
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| SA1602 |
pale olive-green and red. Superb fresh mint with barest hinge trace. SG 17a |
£625 |
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| SA2675 |
green and red, block of four very fine used cancelled 'PRETORIA 22 NOV 23' datestamp. RARE. SG 17Note: four or five blocks of four of this duty are known |
£2,250 |
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| SA1417 |
pale olive-green and red, superb used cancelled with light crisp part dated '27' datestamp. Exceptional. PFSA certificate (2009). SG 17a |
£1,100 |
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King's Head booklets and booklet panes
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| SA1046 |
½d blue-green group, wmk. inverted. Booklet pane of six. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 3 booklet pane |
£50 |
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| SA2200 |
½d blue-green group, wmk. inverted. Booklet pane of six with binding margin at left. Fine unmounted. SG 3 booklet pane |
£60 |
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| SA1047 |
1d rose-red group, wmk. inverted. Booklet pane of six, binding margin at left. Very fine unmounted. SG 4 booklet pane |
£80 |
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| SA1049 |
1921 3/- booklet, black on salmon-pink. Very fine and complete. SG SB3 |
£350 |
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| SA1050 |
1921 3/- booklet, black on salmon-pink. Superb and complete, scarce in this condition. SG SB3 |
£425 |
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| AS110 |
1922 3/6 on 3/- booklet, black on salmon-pink. The surcharge 3/6 with rounded ends to 3, and containing 12 each of the Kings Head ½d, 1d and 2d (the ½d and 1d all with inverted watermark). Very fine and complete. Rare. SG SB4
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£850 |
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King's Head coil stamps, SG 18-21
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| SA1058 |
½d blue-green group. Pair with join. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 18 join |
£10 |
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| SA1059 |
½d yellow-green group. Pair with join, this from the interpanneau margin with pillar design. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 18 join |
£12 |
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| SA1060 |
½d yellow-green group. Pair with join, showing part control 5. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 18 join var. (UHB R1 V9) |
£40 |
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| SA1066 |
½d yellow-green group. Showing part isolated perf. hole at left. Very fine mint. SG 18 var. (UHB R1 V3) |
£6 |
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| SA1068 |
½d blue-green group. Pair showing part isolated perf. hole top and lower stamps. Superb mint or unmounted. SG 18 var. (UHB R1 V3) |
£12 |
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| SA1069 |
½d yellow-green group. Pair showing join and part isolated perf. holes at right. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 18 join var. (UHB R1 V3) |
£25 |
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| SA1071 |
½d yellow-green group. Showing complete isolated perf. hole at left. Very fine mint. Very scarce. SG 18 var. (UHB R1 V4) |
£40 |
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| SA1534 |
½d yellow-green group. Pair showing complete isolated perf. holes at right. Very fine mint or unmounted. Very scarce. SG 18 var. (UHB R1 V4) |
£80 |
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| SA1082 |
1d scarlet group. Considerably miscut showing trace of adjoining stamp at right. Very fine mint. SG 19a var. |
£20 |
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| SA1083 |
1d rose-red group. With coil join, stamp above wider that stamp below. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 19 join var. (UHB R2 V7) |
£30 |
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| SA1084 |
1d scarlet group. With coil join, stamp below wider that stamp above. Very fine mint. SG 19a join var. (UHB R2 V7) |
£30 |
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| SA1086 |
1d rose-red group. Pair showing blank attached at base, in white. Very fine mint or unmounted. Scarce. SG 19 var. (UHB R2 V5) |
£50 |
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| SA1087 |
1d (pale) scarlet group. Showing blank attached at base, in white, part control 2 visible. Very fine mint. Very scarce. SG 19 var. (UHB R2 V9) |
£50 |
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| SA1088 |
1d rose-red group. Showing large part isolated perf. hole at left. Very fine mint. SG 19 var. (UHB R2 V3) |
£15 |
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| SA1089 |
1d rose-red group. Pair showing large part isolated perf. holes at left. Very fine mint or unmounted. SG 19 var. (UHB R2 V3) |
£30 |
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| SA1096 |
1½d chestnut. Pair with coil join, showing part control 2. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 20 join var. (UHB R3 V9) |
£40 |
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| SA1103 |
1½d chestnut. Showing part isolated perf. hole at right. Very fine unmounted. SG 20 var. (UHB R3 V3) |
£20 |
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| SA1106 |
2d dull purple. Pair with coil join, showing part control 1. Very fine mint or unmounted. Scarce. SG 21 join var. (UHB R4 V7) |
£50 |
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| SA1109 |
2d dull purple. Considerably miscut showing trace of stamp at left. Very fine mint. Uncommon this strong. SG 21 var. |
£20 |
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| SA1112 |
2d dull purple. Single showing blank attached at base, unusually in buff. Very fine mint. Scarce. SG 21 var. (UHB R4 V4) |
£55 |
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| SA1114 |
2d dull purple. Strip of three showing blank attached at base, unusually in buff. Very fine mint or unmounted. Scarce. SG 21 var. (UHB R4 V4) |
£65 |
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| SA1115 |
2d dull purple. Pair showing part isolated perf. holes at left. Very fine mint. SG 21 var. (UHB R4 V3) |
£25 |
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| SA1117 |
2d dull purple. Pair with join and showing complete isolated perf. holes at left. Very fine mint or unmounted. Very scarce. SG 21 join var. (UHB R4 V4) |
£175 |
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| SA1537 |
1925 9d Airmail, showing 'extra strut' variety (row 5/1). Left marginal, very fine mint. SG 29 var. |
£35 |
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| SA2038 |
1925 Airmail, FORGERIES of the complete set of four, 'unmounted mint'. SG 25-29 FORGERIES |
£20 |
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