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LOT 2893
2/6d SG 261 VARIETY, (OCP) 'DULL-PURPLE' VFU
'1905' CDS (Listed by Hendon, Spec.M49.var, seldom seen used). With Hendon Cert.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK philatelic market.
From the property of an English gentleman.
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LOT 2893
2/6d SG 261 VARIETY, (OCP) 'DULL-PURPLE' VFU
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£63 (EUR 73; USD 84) +BP*
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Great Britain Loose Leaf Stamp Collection
20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Approximately 80 pages of over 1,000 stamps, with three pages of postage paid, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II, including mint and used; plus over 40 blocks (of 2 to 8 stamps) of mint commemoratives and diffinatives at the end of the album. 1.5 kg total, 31.5 x 26.5 cm
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Early Stamps from India
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Victorian (QV) stamps from india, mostly used with some mint hinged. 33 grams total, 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain (GB) Postal History, Early 19th Century Pre-Stamp Covers
King George IV-King William IV, 1829-1837 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Letter on cover sent from Droxford, Hampshire via Alton to Henry B Coles Esq. of Andover, Hampshire on 3rd July 1829, black ALTON stamp, 9d postal rate; letter on cover sent from Vere Street, London to B Coles Esq. of Andover, Hampshire on 10th August 1835, red cross date stamp, with red FREEPOST double ring type 40 stamp signifying EVENING POSTING; letter on cover sent from Andover, Hampshire to Fooks & Goodden of Sherborne, Dorset on 17th December 1835, red ANDOVER date stamp, 8d postal rate; letter on coverabout payment of goods sent from Andover, Hampshire to Chute (local) on 5th August 1837, red ANDOVER date stamp type 179, 1d postal rate. 88 grams total, album page: 28.2 x 25 cm
Acquired on the UK philately market. From a private UK collection.