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RA5467
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½d pale green (aniline), block of four positions 19-20 / 29-30, position 29 with DOUBLE DOT variety. Hinge trace or unmounted. Lovely. RJL 4 and var.

£750

1d bright carmine, right marginal block of four, superb unmounted. SG 123

£150


2d black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Block of four, position 1-2 / 6-7, 2 with long gash in Queen’s ear. Fine used, cancelled ‘GATOOMA 27 APR 1911’ datestamps. A rare multiple with the variety. SG 128 and var.

£250

Sets : ½d : 1d : 2d 2½d  :  3d  :  4d 5d  :  6d  :  8d
10d  :  1/-  :  2/- 2/6  :  3/-  :  5/- 7/6  :  10/-  :  £1
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Last updated: 1st January, 2010

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RA3627 Complete set of 18 values overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (Samuel type R7). Generally very fine and fresh mint, odd small tone on 2/6 and 3/- values. SG between 119s and 185s £2000 PHOTO
RA4338 Complete set of 18 values overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, (Samuel type R7). Very fine fresh mint, the 1/- with small blemish lower right. SG between 119s and 185s £2500 PHOTO
RA6078
½d to 6d, each on piece cancelled ‘SALISBURY’ on the first day of issue. Only the 2d, 3d, 4d and 6d with date visible, others by association. An uncommon group of early long gash printings. SG 119, 125, 126, 131, 134, 140, 141, 144

Note: many years ago, an elderly lady brought this group of stamps into the offices of the Salisbury Stamp Company for sale. When noticed that the cancels were from the first day of issue, Derrick Pollard asked her more about them, to be told that she had, only the previous day, cut all the stamps from an envelope! Attempts to salvage the remains of the envelope failed.
£350 PHOTO
RA511
1d, 5d and 6d values, all long gash headplate and each cancelled with the same crisp ‘ODZI 30 DEC 10’ datestamps. A most attractive group. SG 123, 141a, 144
£100 PHOTO
RA5280
3/-, 7/6 and 10/-, green and violet, carmine and light blue and blue-green and orange, all long gash headplate. Each position 47 lower marginal with trace imprint. Superb fresh mint. A remarkable trio. SG 158, 161, 164 £1450 PHOTO
RA4339 Complete basic set of 18 values ½d to £1, fine and fresh mint. SG between 119-185 basic
£2200 PHOTO
D683 Complete basic set of 18 values ½d to £1, very fine used. SG 119-166 basic £1400 PHOTO
RA3699 Roulette, complete set of seven values, 2½d, 3d, 6d, 3/-, 5/-, 10/- and £1. An exceptionally fine and fresh set of these, the rare 6d unmounted. £2200 PHOTO

½d
RA6377
a complete set of the nine printings; yellow-green, light green, olive-green, pale green, dull blue-green, apple green, bronze-green, emerald-green and deep dull green. A selected set for both clarity of shade and condition. A very difficult assembly. RJL 1-9 £700 PHOTO
D684
yellow-green, very fine mint. SG 119 / RJL 1
£7
PHOTO
D685
yellow-green, superb unmounted. SG 119 / RJL 1
£10 PHOTO
D689
yellow-green, block of four the horizontal and vertical perforations weak / parted, very fine unmounted. SG 119 / RJL 1
£40
PHOTO
RA6378
yellow-green, block of four with right sheet margin, very fine or superb fresh mint or unmounted. SG 119 / RJL 1 SOLD PHOTO
RA3630 yellow-green, vertical lower marginal strip of nine from the sixth vertical row, the margin cut wide to show the full imprint. Very fine or superb unmounted. SG 119 / RJL 1 £150 PHOTO
RA1329
yellow-green, vertical pair with violet straight line cancel, fine. SG 119 / RJL 1 fiscal use
£8
PHOTO
D696
olive-green, very fine mint. SG 121 / RJL 3
£20
PHOTO
RA2490
olive-green, horizontal pair, very fine mint or unmounted. SG 120 / RJL 3
£50
PHOTO
D699
(worn) olive-green, a very weak and pale impression. Very fine mint. SG 121 / RJL 3 shade
£20
PHOTO
D702
olive-green, fine used with prominent printing smear across lower right scroll. Most unusual. SG 121 / RJL 3 var.
£25
PHOTO
D704
pale green (aniline), in a vivid shade. Centred right otherwise superb unmounted. RJL 4
£55
PHOTO
RA5459
pale green (aniline), block of four positions 19-20 / 29-30, position 29 with DOUBLE DOT variety. Hinge trace or unmounted. Lovely. RJL 4 and var. £750 PHOTO
RA5642
pale green (aniline), top right corner block of six, positions 9-10 / 19-20 / 29-30, 29 with ‘DOUBLE DOT’ flaw. Flaw hinged, otherwise very fine and fresh mint or unmounted. A lovely and very scarce positional block. RJL 4 and var. £900 PHOTO
RA5460
pale green, position 29 with DOUBLE DOT variety. Superb used cancelled with crisp ‘LONELY MINE / 15 MAY 1914’ datestamp. RJL 4 var. £250 PHOTO
RA6081
Perf. 13½, yellow-green. Very fine mint. SG 182 / RJL 1
£240 PHOTO
D705
Perf. 13½, pale green, very fine used light 'BULAWAYO 2 MAY 13' datestamp. SG 182a / RJL 4
£30
PHOTO
RA4347 Perf. 13½, pale green, position 29 with ‘DOUBLE DOT’ variety, very fine mint. Uncommon. SG 182a / RJL 4 var. £500 PHOTO
RA6383
dull blue-green group. Hinge remains, fine mint. SG 120 / RJL 5 £60 PHOTO
D706
dull blue-green, characteristic perf. 14 ¼. Hinge remainders and blunt perf. at top, otherwise fine mint. Scarce. SG 120 / RJL 5
£75
PHOTO
RA5049
dull blue-green, very fine mint. SG 120 / RJL 5
£110 PHOTO
RA3302 dull blue-green, position 6 with wedge flaw and dots in lower margin. Superb unmounted. SG 120 / RJL 5 var. £110 PHOTO
RA6384
dull blue-green group. Position 82 showing ‘bomb’ flaw upper right. Hinge remains and crease upper right, fresh mint and scarce. SG 120 / RJL 5 var. £75 PHOTO
RA6385
dull blue-green group. Vertical pair, superb and fresh unmounted. SG 120 / RJL 5 £250 PHOTO
RA3639 dull blue-green, horizontal strip of three, left stamp with diagonal crease, otherwise very fine unmounted. SG 120 / RJL 5 £200 PHOTO
RA6386
dull blue-green group, block of four, hinged on upper pair lower unmounted, top left stamp with some short perfs. at left. A lovely and fresh block, scarce. SG 120 / RJL 5 £400 PHOTO
RA2492
dull blue-green, block of six, few light faults otherwise very fine and fresh unmounted. Very scarce. SG 120 / RJL 5
£550
PHOTO
RA3641 dull blue-green, left marginal block of nine, positions 41-43 / 51-53 / 61-63. Very fine or superb unmounted. SG 120 / RJL 5 £750 PHOTO
D709
dull blue-green, position 29 with 'double dot' variety. Fine used postmark leaving the variety clear. SG 120 / RJL 5 var.
£150
PHOTO
RA3643 Perf. 15, (dull) blue-green group, very fine mint. SG 167 / RJL 5 £200 PHOTO
D712
Perf. 15, (dull) blue-green group, position 29 'retouched double dot' variety. Very fine used 'SALISBURY JAN 1917' datestamp leaving variety clear. Scarce. SG 167 / RJL 5 var.
£90
PHOTO
RA4795
apple-green group, very fine mint, scarce. RJL 6
£250 PHOTO
RA6387
Perf. 15, apple green group, very fine mint, R.P.S. certificate (1993). SG 169 / RJL 6 £350 PHOTO
D715
Perf. 15, apple green, superb fresh mint, scarce. SG 169 / RJL 6
£450
PHOTO
RA5825
Perf. 15, apple green group. Superb unmounted, an exceptional stamp. SG 169 / RJL 6
£500 PHOTO
RA5051
Perf. 15, apple-green, pristine unmounted, very scarce as such. SG 169 / RJL 6
£550 PHOTO
RA5052
Perf. 15, apple-green, top marginal block of four, both top stamps with 'wedge' flaws. Top left stamp with diagonal crease, otherwise pristine unmounted. Lovely and RARE. SG 169 / RJL 6
£1850 PHOTO
D716
bronze-green, very fine mint. RJL 7
£30
PHOTO
RA4342 bronze-green group, very fine mint, lovely subtle shade. RJL 7 £40 PHOTO
RA6083
bronze-green, two examples first with ‘wedge’ flaw and second with ‘retouched wedge’ flaw. Very fine mint, a scarce pair. RJL 7 vars.
£100 PHOTO
RA4344 emerald group, very fine used, intact colour, neat corner datestamp. RJL 8 £30 PHOTO
RA1332
deep dull green, very fine mint. SG 122 / RJL 9 £45 PHOTO
RA5822 deep dull green, lower marginal block of four, part imprint. Superb unmounted, wonderfully fresh. PFSA certificate (2008). Lovely. SG 122 / RJL 9 £350
PHOTO

1d
Note on colour classification of the 1d value. The 1d remains the last value of the Double Head issue to have published a comprehensive printing / shade classification. As a result there is some confusion as to how to allocate specific examples to the three listed in Gibbons. The following are the parameters used here:

SG 123 bright carmine. This group is characterised firstly by the shade, which although is the most 'pink' and therefore closest to 'rose-red' as per SG 125, is grouped under SG 123. The shade is subtle and suffuse in impression. Secondly it typically has a pink blothchy appearance on the reverse. It is the most common encountered mint perf. 14.

SG 124 carmine-lake. A large variance in shade is grouped under this SG number, from light to very intense. The shade is more of a scarlet nuance, and is often accompanied with a browning of the gum as the shade becomes more intense.

SG 125 rose-red. Although the classification 'rose' implies a more pink shade, the colour is quite bright and also towards scarlet. The impression is quite distinctly different from the bright carmine family, with none of the suffusion and in comparison there is a lot of white or contrast overall. The gum is a clear cream with none of the pink blotchyness as seen in SG 123. It could well be that this is the most difficult of the three SG listed shades, despite the relative SG value indications.

D722
bright carmine, very fine mint. SG 123
£14
PHOTO
D723
(pale) bright carmine, a light impression, very fine mint. SG 123 shade
£14
PHOTO
RA5647
bright carmine, an exceptionally pale shade, very fine fresh mint. SG 123 shade £30 PHOTO
RA4800
bright carmine, block of four, very fine mint. SG 123
SOLD PHOTO
RA5463
bright carmine, right marginal block of four, superb unmounted. SG 123 £150 PHOTO
RA6085
bright carmine, block of four, CTO ‘GWELO 24 DEC 1912’. SG 123
£40 PHOTO
RA4801
bright carmine, block of four, superb CTO ‘GWELO 24 DEC 1912’. SG 125
£40 PHOTO
D733
bright carmine, irregular block of eight positions 56-57 / 66-68 / 76-78, 56 with flaw on Queen's right shoulder. Very fine CTO 'GWELO 24 DEC 1912'. SG 123
£60
PHOTO
D737
bright carmine, violet oval 'SANITARY BOARD' cancel. SG 123 fiscal use
£18
PHOTO
RA4349 carmine-lake group, position 63 with Queen’s neck re-entry. Very fine used, light datestamp. SG 124 var. £15 PHOTO
RA2234
carmine-lake, position 87 with original flaw repaired. Very fine used 'GOLDEN VALLEY / 6 JUN 1912' (?) datestamp. Very scarce. SG 124 var.
£125
PHOTO
D742
carmine-lake, on piece pen cancelled. Lovely strong colour, uncommon. SG 124 fiscal use
£18
PHOTO
D743
rose-red, very fine mint. SG 125
SOLD
PHOTO
RA6393
rosine shade. A very fine fresh mint example, on thin transparent paper. Lovely. SG unlisted £100 PHOTO
RA2942
three copies in differing shades, either date perfined or pen cancelled, two on piece.
£12
PHOTO
RA5223
Perf. 13½, (intense) bright carmine. An extraordinary fine used example, intense shade with little colour suffusion. A lovely stamp. SG 183 £65 PHOTO
RA6396
Perf. 13½, bright carmine. Off centre and minor patch of gum loss at base, otherwise very fresh mint, hinge trace. Still an exceptional example of this remarkably difficult stamp. SG 183 £1500 PHOTO

2d
RA850
black and grey, long gash headplate. Very fine mint. SG 126
£40
PHOTO
RA5828
black and grey, long gash headplate. Very fine and fresh mint. SG 126
£40 PHOTO
RA3649 black and grey, long gash headplate. Position 25 with lines by King's cheek. Very fine mint. SG 126 var. £65 PHOTO
RA3942 black and grey, long gash headplate. Position 25 with lines by King's cheek. Fine mint. SG 126 var. £75 PHOTO
RA6086
black and silvery-grey variant, long gash headplate. Very fine mint and distinct. SG 126 variant i
£75 PHOTO
RA6397
black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Few soiled perfs. at top, large part gum. SG 127 £65 PHOTO
RA6398
black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Hinge remain, fine mint. SG 127 £75 PHOTO
RA6399
black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Disturbed gum, fresh from front. SG 127 £75 PHOTO
RA3310 black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Intermediate heads, very fine mint. SG 127 £100 PHOTO
RA3943 black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Intermediate heads, fine mint. SG 127 £90 PHOTO
RA3311 black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 8 with printer's mark lower left, intermediate heads, hinge remains, fine mint. SG 127 £100 PHOTO
RA4359 black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 44 with printer’s mark upper left, deep heads. Very fine mint. SG 127 £120 PHOTO
RA6400
black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Exceptional deep shades, very fine mint. SG 127 £150 PHOTO
RA3944 black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 46 with King's extra curl. Very fine mint, uncommon. SG 127 var. £225 PHOTO
RA6087
black-purple and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Very fine used cancelled with part ‘ENKELDOORN’ datestamp at top. Very scarce. SG 127

Note: this printing is thought not to have been issued. A number of examples cancelled, presumably by favour, are known.
£675 PHOTO
D763
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Very fine mint. SG 128
£45
PHOTO
RA6401
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Horizontal pair, without gum. Attractive. SG 128 SOLD PHOTO
RA5224
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Vertical pair, superb unmounted. SG 128 SOLD PHOTO
RA5829
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Left marginal block of four, creased through left pair, fresh unmounted. Uncommon. SG 128
£300 PHOTO
RA6402
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 2 with long gash in Queen’s ear. Very fine mint. SG 128 var. £100 PHOTO
RA2507
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 2-7 vertical pair, 2 with long gash in Queen’s ear. Superb and fresh mint or unmounted. SG 128 and var.
£180
PHOTO
D764
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 25 with lines by King's cheek. Very fine mint. SG 128 var.
£65
PHOTO
RA2508
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Position 25 with lines by King’s cheek. Very fine mint. SG 128 var.
£75
PHOTO
RA5055
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Fine used, the canceller dated '11 NOV 1910', the FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. Very scarce. SG 128
£140
PHOTO
RA5467
black and slate-grey, long gash headplate. Block of four positions 1-2 / 6-7, 2 with long gash in Queen’s ear. Fine used cancelled several ‘GATOOMA 27 APR 1911’ datestamps. A rare multiple with the variety. SG 128 and var. £250 PHOTO
RA6404
black and slate, hook headplate. A worn impression, very fine mint. SG 129 £60 PHOTO
D770
black and grey-black, long gash headplate. Very fine mint. SG 130
£55
PHOTO
RA2512
black and grey-black, long gash headplate. Position 2 with long gash in Queen's ear. Very fine mint. SG 130 var. £135 PHOTO
RA3314 black and grey-black, long gash headplate. Positions 28-33 vertical pair, very fine mint. SG 130 £130 PHOTO
RA6088
black and grey-black, long gash headplate. Position 25 with lines by King’s cheek. Very fine mint. SG 130 var.
£80 PHOTO
RA5654
black and grey-black, long gash headplate. Position 46 with King’s extra curl. Very fine mint. SG 130 var. £80 PHOTO
D771
black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Very fine mint. RSC A
£35 PHOTO
D772
black and brownish-grey, thick ear headplate. Heads very deep, centred down otherwise very fine mint. RSC A
£40
PHOTO
RA6408
black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Position 4 with Queen’s cheek and King’s temple flaws (state TE3). Very fine mint. RSC A var. £65 PHOTO
RA6409
black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Position 28 with two dots over King’s head. Very fine mint. RSC A var. £65 PHOTO
RA4360 black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Very fine used cancelled with light datestamp. Scarce. RSC A £40 PHOTO
RA4803
black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Superb used cancelled with part ’MINE’ datestamp. Scarce. RSC A
£45 PHOTO
RA5468
black and brownish grey, thick ear headplate. Vertical pair superb used cancelled with crisp ‘SALISBURY 17 JAN 13’ datestamp. Scarce. RSC A £50 PHOTO
RA6410
black and grey-black (ghostly heads), short gash headplate. Hinge trace, and a superb fresh example of this vary scarce printing. RSC B £750 PHOTO
RA1760
black and grey-black, (clean) thick ear headplate. Typical brownish gum, centred left otherwise very fine mint. RSC D
£85
PHOTO
RA5225
black and grey-black, (clean) thick ear headplate. Very fine fresh mint, typical slightly brownish gum. RSC D £95 PHOTO
RA6411
black and grey-black, thick ear headplate. A lovely light impression, very fine mint. RSC D £110 PHOTO
D775
black and grey-black, (clean) thick ear headplate. Very fine used. RSC D
£14
PHOTO
RA4805
black and grey-black, (clean) thick ear headplate. Positions 3-8 vertical pair, 8 with printer’s mark lower left. Very fine used cancelled ‘SALISBURY / 30 NOV 12’. RSC D
£40 PHOTO
RA3658 black and grey-black, (flawed) thick ear headplate. Position 2 with Queen's thick ear. Unused without gum. RSC E var. £25 PHOTO
RA1339
Perf. 15, black and grey-black, (flawed) thick ear headplate. Very fine used with crisp datestamp. SG 171a / RSC E
£25
PHOTO
RA5469
Perf. 15, black and grey-black, (flawed) thick ear headplate. Very fine used cancelled ‘GATOOMA 21 OCT 1913’. SG 171a / RSC E £30 PHOTO
RA5473
Perf. 15, black and grey-black, (flawed) thick ear headplate. Block of six, positions 13-14 / 18-19 / 23-24, 13 with printer’s mark upper left and 14 with two white lines in Queen’s hair. Fine used cancelled ‘GWELO’ date unclear. Blue crayon line through central pair, otherwise most attractive and a scarce large used multiple. SG 171a / RSC E £250 PHOTO
RA5659
deep black and grey-black, no gash headplate. Right marginal, very fine mint. Uncommon. RSC F I
£140 PHOTO
RA5660
deep black and grey-black, no gash headplate. Very fine used. RSC F £20 PHOTO
D778
deep black and slate-green, no gash headplate. Very fine mint. RSC H
£120
PHOTO
RA6414
black and slate-green, no gash headplate. Positions 45-50 vertical corner pair, lower stamp with a thin, upper very fine mint. Most attractive and uncommon multiple. RSC H £250 PHOTO
RA5662
deep black and slate-green, no gash headplate. Very fine used cancelled ‘SALISBURY MAY 17’ RSC H £20 PHOTO
RA4807
deep black and slate-green, no gash headplate. Very fine used cancelled ‘MASHABA’. RSC H
SOLD
PHOTO
RA6415
Perf. 15, black and slate-green, no gash headplate. Very fine fresh mint. RARE. SG 171a group / RSC H £900 PHOTO
RA4808
black and grey-black, thick ear headplate. Position 49, fine mint with the characteristic brownish hue and gum. RSC I
£160 PHOTO
RA3319 black and grey-black, thick ear headplate. Characteristic brownish gum, design clearly showing through to reverse. Very fine unmounted. Scarce. RSC I £180 PHOTO
RA2947
black and grey-black, thick ear headplate. Characteristic brownish gum, design clearly showing through to reverse. Very fine unmounted. Scarce. RSC I
£220
PHOTO
RA5663
deep black and deep black, thick ear headplate. Very fine mint. Uncommon. RSC J £120 PHOTO
RA3949 deep black and slate-black, thick ear headplate. Few short perfs. at base, fine mint. RSC J £120 PHOTO
RA5830
black and slate-black, thick ear headplate. Position 35, very fine mint. RSC J
£170 PHOTO
RA6416
black and slate-black, thick ear headplate. Very fine fresh mint. RSC J £250 PHOTO
RA5471
Perf. 15, black and slate-black, thick ear headplate. Very fine used cancelled ‘GWELO 10 JUL 13’. SG 171 / RSC J £30 PHOTO
RA5472
Perf. 15, black and slate-black, no gash headplate. Very fine used. SG 171 / RSC K £35 PHOTO




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