King George VI Collectors' Society - Auction No. 27 - Saturday 26th April 2008 at 12.30 p.m.

 

    1.     Literature  Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire Stamps 1940-1952 Catalogue 2007 edition, good condition. £20.00

    2.     do  Stanley Gibbons Priced Catalogue of King George VI Postage Stamps 1950, some spine wear and stained back cover. £2.00

    3.     do  The Printings of King George VI Colonial Stamps by Potter and Shelton 1952 limp-board edition, fairly good condition. £13.00

    4.     do  Antarctic Posts by J.H. Harvey Pirie - a 'Stamp Collecting' Handbook, undated (c1950), staples rusting and some

                  age-staining.                                                                                                                                                            £10.00

    5.     do  Head-Plate Flaws of the King George VI High Values of Bermuda, Leeward Islands, and Nyasaland - Interim Report No. 2

                  by Edwin H. Folk for KGVICS and issued as a Supplement to Geosix in 1970, good condition apart from staple holes. £5.00

    6.     do  Pitcairn Islands Postal History Markings by C. Kitching (1976) - 33pp in stapled blue cover - plus three magazine articles.  £10.00

    7.     do  Pitcairn Islands - The Stamps and Postal History by R.L. Simpson - 33 pages in stapled grey cover - (Australian publication

                  August 1972).                                                                                                                                                         £10.00

    8.     Auction Catalogues  Bermuda - The Henry D. Hicks Collection (23rd September 1975) with prices realised, good condition.     £2.00

    9.     do    Bermuda - The Sir Henry Tucker Collection (October 17, 1978 and April 24, 1979) - no realisations, good condition. £2.00

  10.     G.B. 1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 3 (no dot) block of four with 'Ray flaw corrected' R19/1 SGQCom1b. £2.00

  11.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 7 (no dot) block of four with 'Ray flaw corrected' R19/1 SGQCom1b. £2.00

  12.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 18 (no dot) block of four with 'Ray flaw corrected' R19/1 SGQCom1b. £2.00

  13.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 20 (no dot) block of four with 'Ray flaw corrected' R19/1SGQCom1b. £2.00

  14.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 23 (no dot) block of four with 'Ray flaw corrected' R19/1 SGQCom1b. £2.00

  15.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m LL corner A/37 Cyl 3 (dot) vertical block of eight with 'Pearl in orb flaw' R18/1 SGQCom1i. £2.00

  16.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d u/m positional A/37 Cyl 7 (dot) block of four with 'Pearl in orb flaw' R18/1 SGQCom1i.      £2.00

  17.     do  1937 Coronation 1½d on local souvenir FDC with GLASGOW 13 MAY 1937 wavy-line cancel, flap is damaged and

                  stained by sellotape.                                                                                                                                                  £1.50

  18.     do  1937-47 2d orange and 3d violet on separate plain FDCs to the same addressee in Co. Down with NORWOOD 31 JAN

                  1938 WAVY-LINE CANCEL, good condition.                                                                                                         £6.00

  19.     do  1946 Victory 2½d ultramarine mint (mounted on two and margin) LL corner S/46 Cyl 13 (dot) vertical block of six SG491.                  £3.00

  20.     do  1946 Victory 2½d ultramarine mint (mounted on two - hr) positional S/46 Cyl 4 (no dot) block of four SG491.     £1.00

  21.     do  1946 Victory 3d violet u/m positional block of four with 'Extra berry' R12/5 on Cyl. 4 (no dot) SGQCom9b.          £4.00

  22.     do  1946 Victory 3d violet u/m right margin block of four with 'Extra berry' R12/5 on Cyl.4 (no dot) SGQCom9b.       £4.00

  23.     do  1946 Victory 3d violet mint (mounted on two - hr) positional S/46 Cyl 2 (no dot) block of four with 'Extended tail feather'

                  R19/1 SG492 var.                                                                                                                                                      £2.00

  24.     do  1948 RSW 2½d ultramarine u/m TL corner horizontal block of six with 'Extra pearl in ear-ring' R2/1 SG493 var.    £5.00

  25.     do  1948 RSW 2½d ultramarine u/m LL corner Cylinder 4 (dot) vertical block of six SG493 var.                                     75p

  26.     do  1948 Olympic Games 3d violet u/m LL corner Cyl 1 (no dot) block of six with 'Crown flaw' R20/2, 'Hooked 3' R19/2

                  and 'Boil in ear' R20/1 SGQCom15a/c var.                                                                                                                £8.00

  27.     do  1948 Olympic Games 3d violet vg-f/u single with 'Crown flaw' R20/2 SGQCom15a.                                                £4.00

  28.     do  1948 Olympic Games 3d violet two u/m TR corner vertical blocks of thirty (3x10) SG496.                                     £3.50

  29.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m TL corner block of four with 'Missing dot over I of UNIVERSAL' and 'Dot on head-dress' R1/2

                  SG500 var.                                                                                                                                                                £4.00

  30.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m TL corner horizontal strip of three with 'Missing dot over I of UNIVERSAL' and 'Dot on head-dress'

                  R1/2 SG500 var.                                                                                                                                                        £4.00

  31.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m TR corner block of four with 'Retouch between A and S of UNIVERSAL' R2/6 SG500 var. £3.00

  32.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m positional vertical block of six with 'Dot in orb of crown' R16/5 on Cyl. 2 (dot) SG500 var. £5.00

  33.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m marginal horizontal pair with 'Dot on orb of crown' R16/5 SG500 var.                               £4.00

  34.     do  1949 UPU 3d violet u/m LL corner Cyl. 2 (no dot) block of nine with Sheet No. (160146) with 'Two dots beneath S

                  of UNIVERSAL' R20/1 SG500 var.                                                                                                                           £5.00

  35.     do  1949 UPU 6d bright purple u/m TL corner block of four with 'Jewel in hair' R2/1 on Cyl. 2 (dot) SG501 var.          £5.00

  36.     do  1949 UPU 6d bright purple u/m TL corner block of four with 'Jewel in hair' R2/1 on Cyl. 2 (dot) SG501 var.          £5.00

  37.     do  1950-52 ½d pale orange m/m coil-join strip of four SG503 var.                                                                               £1.00

  38.     do  1950-52 ½d pale orange and 1½d pale green m/m coil-join pairs, blunt perfs on top side SG503, 505 vars.             £2.00

  39.     do  1950-52 2d red-brown with watermark sideways u/m strip of three, middle stamp with 'Swan's head retouch' SGQ12f. £10.00

  40.     do  1950-52 2½d pale scarlet with watermark sideways u/m strip of three, middle stamp with 'Damaged S of POSTAGE'

                  SGQ15ba.                                                                                                                                                                  £8.00

  41.     do  1950-52 2½d pale scarlet with watermark sideways u/m s strip of three, middle stamp with 'Damaged S of

                  POSTAGE' SGQ15ab.                                                                                                                                               £8.00

  42.     do  1950-52 Colour change defins in u/m LL corner cyl blocks of six:  1d light ultramarine 191 (dot), 2d pale brown 72 (no dot),

                  2½d pale scarlet 277 (dot), also 1941 3d pale violet 34 (dot) SG490, 504/6.                                                          £15.00

  43.     do  1951 Festival of Britain 2½d scarlet u/m LL corner vertical Cyl. 5 (dot) bloc of six with 'Spot by eye' R19/1,

                  'Jewel flaw or Broken shaft (early state)' R20/1 and 'Distorted 2 in ½d' R20/2 SG513 vars.                                       £5.00

  44.     do  1951 Festival of Britain 2½d scarlet u/m LR corner vertical strip of seven with 'Shaved scallops in right frame' R16/6 on

                  Cyl. 5 (no dot) SG513 var.                                                                                                                                        £5.00

  45.     do  PS 1945 unused airmail PRISONER OF WAR POST card with 1½d brown imprint for Far East, good condition

                  HugginsCP103.                                                                                                                                                        £10.00

  46.     do  PS 1947 Air Letter 6d unused, folded to shape H&G4.                                                                                             £3.00

  47.     do  Stamp Collecting souvenir cover for the Coronation to Saskatchewan with ½d green and 1d scarlet (SG462/3) with

                  MERE WILTS 12 MY 37 (Coronation Day) d/r cds x2 and LLOYDMINSTER MAY 27 37 b/s.                              £1.00

  48.     do  Registered Barclays Bank airmail cover to Philadelphia at 2/9 rate (SG470, 475 x2, 490) with four smudgy unclear oval

                  REGISTERED 22 JAN 42 cancs with PC90 OPENED BY EXAMINER 720 label, each stamp perf'd OBK (?), good

                  condition.                                                                                                                                                                  £4.00

  49.     do  Cable & Wireless window envelope with red SEND YOUR/ /OVERSEAS TELEGRAMS/(VI)A IMPERIAL LONDON

                  E.C.4 17 XII 42 slogan cancel, contains cable with Christmas greetings to Dunmow, Essex with violet octagonal

                  Crown PASSED BY CENSOR No. 2353 h/s, said to be from Egypt, good condition.                                                £6.00

  50.     do  Illustrated FFC to Cairo B.O.A.C COMET/JETLINER SERVICE/FIRST FLIGHT BETWEEN/LONDON AND CAIRO/BY

                  B.O.A.C. with 4d and 5d defins (SG469, 508) with LONDON F.S. 1 JLY 1952 wavy-line cancel, with blue oval PASSED BY

                  BRITISH PHILATELIC ASSC h/s, encircled Egyptian h/s and 2 JL 52 AEROPORT FAROUK b/s, good condition. £5.00

  51.     do  Picture postcard of Colston Avenue, Bristol to Dulwich with Festival of Britain pair with ½d pale orange and

                  1d light blue with BRISTOL 3 MAY 1951 (First Day for all stamps) with wavy-line cancel.                                     £5.00

  52.     do  PS three KGVI 6d registered envelopes, one with added QEII 2½d red, all with FPO 740 (Korea?) used in August 1953 plus

                  Gibraltar QEII 10np envelope with 7p added FPO 976 26 MAR 71; also airmail ppc of Box Hill to Salisbury, Southern

                  Rhodesia with 8d (SG472) with STREATHAM 21 MAY 1953 wavy-line cancel, Ceylon ppc to Bournemouth with

                  10c KANDY 23 FE 39 d/r cds and Forces Air Mail cover to Barnstaple with BELIZE 4 OCT 1960                        £20.00

  53.     do  P.O. Training Stamps 1937-47 6d, 8d and 9d, 1950 1d u/m singles with overprint black bars.                                 £5.50

  54.     do  Czechoslovak Army Post Office ornate cancel on ½d green (SG462) on illustrated leaflet of 'Good King Wenceslas

                   with 28 SEP 1940 cancel date, unaddressed and some staining, fair condition.                                                        £4.00

  55.     do  Nazi Propaganda: c1944 1½d overprinted EMPIRE'S LIQUIDATION AT TEHERAN 28.11/1.12.1943, unused single. £85.00

  56.     do  Nazi Propaganda: c1944 1½d overprinted WORLD-SLAVERY with star, hammer and sickle, unused single.         £85.00

  57.     do  Guernsey 1941-44 ½d Arms green mint (mounted on one) bottom margin Imprint strip of three of 3rd printing SG1a. £20.00

  58.     do  Guernsey 1941-44 1d red Arms u/m Imprint block of four.                                                                                   £40.00

  59.     do  Jersey 1943-44 1d scarlet Pictorial u/m LR corner horizontal block of six with printing date (1.5.43) SG4.            £20.00

  60.     do  Jersey 1943-44 2½d blue u/m top margin block of four with Jubilee lines on newsprint paper SG7a.                       £1.50

  61.     do  Channel Islands 1948 Liberation 2½d ultramarine mint (mounted on margins) TL corner block of nine with

                  'Crown flaw' R1/1 SGQCom13a.                                                                                                                                £6.00

  62.     do  Channel Islands PS 'Reoccupation of Channel Islands' Official Paid postcard, unused, good condition.                    £2.00

  63.     do  BOFIC MEF 1942 2½d ultramarine u/m strip of three with 'Broken dot after E of MEF' R5/8 and 'Sliced F' R5/7 SGM3 vars.                  £4.00

  64.     do  BOFIC MEF 1941 5d brown irregular u/m block of five with 'Sliced F' R5/7, 'Broken dot after E of MEF' R5/8 and

                  'Sliced M' R10/6 SGM5a vars.                                                                                                                                 £34.00

  65.     do  BOFIC MEF 1942 2d orange and 2½d ultramarine u/m horizontal pairs, both with 'Sliced F' R5/7 and 'Broken dot after

                  E of MEF' R5/8 SGM2/M3 vars.                                                                                                                               £8.00

  66.     do  BOFIC Tripolitania B A 1950 60l on 2/6 yellow-green m/m single with 'Major re-entry', evidence of doubling

                  on most of stamp but especially on unicorn SGT24 var.                                                                                         £20.00

  67.     do  BOFIC Tripolitania PD 1952 BA u/m set of five to 1/- SGTD6/10.                                                                          £24.00

  68.     do  BPEAE 1948 Olympic Games 1r on 1/- brown u/m irregular block of 32 (five rows with margins plus two) SG30. £6.50

  69.     do  Morocco Agencies (French) 1937 Coronation 15c/1½d maroon u/m LL corner A/37 Cyl 6 (dot) vertical strip of three with

                  'Pearl in orb' R18/1, some paper-adhesion on reverse of margin SG 164 var.                                                            £1.00

  70.     do  Morocco Agencies (French) 1937 Coronation 15c/1½d maroon u/m left margin A/37 Cyl 6 (dot) block of four with

                  'Pearl in orb' R18/1 SG164 var.                                                                                                                                 £1.00

  71.     do  Morocco Agencies (Spanish) 1940 Centenary 15c/1½d brown u/m LL corner G/40 Cyl 3 (no dot) vertical block of six

                  SG174 var.                                                                                                                                                                £1.00

  72.     do  Morocco Agencies (Tangier) 1937 Coronation 1½d maroon m/m (hr) left margin A/37 Cyl 6 (no dot) vertical pair

                  with 'Ray flaw' R19/1 SG244 var.                                                                                                                              £1.00

  73.     Omnibus  1946 Victory six u/m singles with identified Goldberg-type varieties.                                                             £5.00

  74.     do  1946 Victory six u/m singles with identified Goldberg-type varieties.                                                                       £5.00

  75.     Aden  1949 UPU issue f/u singles SG32/5.                                                                                                                      £3.00

  76.     do  PS registered 3as envelope (size G), good condition but for slight deterioration of gum H&G1.                              £12.00

  77.     Aden States Shihr & Mukalla  1942-46 1a both blue-green and olive-green shades u/m singles SG1/a.                           £4.00

  78.     do  Seiyun 1946 Victory 1½as u/m Imprint & Plate (1) block of 12 (bottom two rows with full margins) with 'Hand erasure'

                  & 'Tufted J of JUNE' R10/6 and 'Smudged UE of JUNE' R 9/6 SG12 vars.                                                              £10.00

  79.     Antigua  1938-53 ½d to 5/- values vg-f/u on ten separate pieces, ½d to 1/- all dated AP 18 40, 2/6 and 5/- MY 17 41 SG98/107.                  £10.00

  80.     do  1946 Victory 1½d brown m/m LL corner Current No. (37) vertical pair SG110.                                                       £1.00

  81.     do  1951 University College pair on registered plain FDC to Jamaica with ST JOHNS FE 16 51 d/r cds x2, good condition. £1.00

  82.     do  Registered cover to Franklin, New Jersey with Coronation set plus KGV ½d (SG62) each with clear ST. JOHNS JA 18 38

                  d/r cds with registered label (Oliver 9R), good condition.                                                                                          £2.00

  83.     do  Embossed souvenir cover 'US NAVY/FIRST DAY POSTAL SERVICE/U.S.NAVAL-AIR-STATION/ANTIGUA,

                  B.W.I./R.C.D.70 to Pasadena Ca with ½c, 1c and 1½c Presidents with MAR. DET. ISLAND OF ANTIGUA/JUL 30 A.M.

                  1941/LEEWARD ISLANDS cancel, good condition.                                                                                               £10.00

  84.     do  USPS 6c airmail envelope used to Hinsdale, New Hampshire with U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE A.P.O. JUL 9 1942

                  cancel with boxed PASSED BY U.S. ARMY EXAMINER 019, bit roughly opened.                                                 £3.00

  85.     Ascension  1938-53 ½d black and violet perf 13½ m/m (hr) single with 'Doubled right frame-lines' R2/2, toned gum SG38 var. £2.00

  86.     do  1938-53 ½d black and bluish violet perf 13 u/m single with 'Doubled right frame-lines' R2/2 SG38b var.                £2.00

  87.     do  1938-53 1d black and green m/m (hrs) single with 'Doubling of vertical lines in medallion and ink smudges in left margin'

                  SG39d var.                                                                                                                                                                £2.00

  88.     do  1938-53 1½d black and rose-carmine perf 14 m/m single with 'Enlarged davit flaw and extra islands' R5/1 SG40da. £36.00

  89.     do  1938-53 1½d black and carmine perf 14 m/m (hr) single with 'Cut mast and railings' R3/1 SG40eb.                       £40.00

  90.     do  1938-53 2d black & scarlet perf 14 u/m unfolded left half-sheet of thirty with Sheet No. (1330) over R1/3

                  and CP (1) under R10/2 with 'Line on mountain' R10/2 SG41c var.                                                                        £12.00

  91.     do  1938-53 ½d to 10/- perf 13 u/m marginal singles mostly from corners of sheet, one of each value SG38b, 39b,

                  40b, 41a, 42b, 42d, 43a, 44a, 45c, 46a, 47a.                                                                                                           £20.00

  92.     do  1937 Coronation set on registered Selfridge cover with oval REGISTERED 24 MY 37 cancel x3, good condition SG35/7.   £1.50

  93.     do  Coronation issue on cover to Bronx NY with ASCENSION 22 DE 37 s/r cds x3, redirected to Oregon, Washington,

                  and possibly New Jersey with VANCOUVER WASH FEB 11 1938 wavy-line b/s, also 'Forwarded under provisions

                  of/order No 395, March 31, 1901 with-/out additional charge for postage' violet h/s, good condition.                      £5.00

  94.     do  Multi-picture postcard showing King and Queen and four Royal Palaces sent registered to Edmonton, Alberta with

                  with Coronation set and KGV ½d pictorial on front and KGV 1d on address-side with REGISTERED 31 DE 37 cancel x5

                  and WINNIPEG and EDMONTON transit cds, also 'STAMPS VIEW-SIDE/TIMBRES COTE-VUE' h/s in red.        £5.00

  95.     do  Unaddressed Coronation souvenir ppc showing King and Queen and flags with Coronation issue and RSW 3d x2 on

                  view-side with faintish ASCENSION 20 SP 37 s/r cds x5.                                                                                        £4.00

  96.     Australia  1945 Gloucester issue in u/m complete twin-panes of 60 folded down inter-panneau labels SG209/11.         £6.00

  97.     do  1945 Gloucester issue on registered souvenir FDC to Medawar, London with REGISTERED SYDNEY 19 FE 45 cds,

                  good condition SG209/11.                                                                                                                                         £1.00

  98.     do  1947 Princess Elizabeth u/m block of sixteen (four coil-blocks of four) SG222c.                                                    £4.00

  99.     do  1947 Princess Elizabeth u/m top margin coil-block of four SG222c.                                                                         £2.00

100.     do  1951-52 4½d scarlet and 6½d brown u/m LR corner blocks of six SG248/9.                                                               75p

101.     Bahamas  Coronation set on registered plain manilla FDC to J.D. Harris of Birmingham with NASSAU 12 MAY 37 s/r cds x4,

                  good condition.                                                                                                                                                         £1.00

102.     do  1938-52 ½d brown-purple u/m Plate (2) and Sheet No. (2834) block of thirty (top half of left pane with full margins) SG149e.              £8.00

103.     do  1938-52 ½d brown-purple u/m unfolded right pane (Plate 2) of sixty with full margins SG 149e.                          £18.00

104.     do  1938-52 1d scarlet mint (mounted on top margin) TR corner Sheet No. (0009) block of four with 'Broken O' R1/5,

                  'Damaged Y' R1/6 and 'Chipped P' R2/5, lightly toned gum SG150 vars.                                                                 £10.00

105.     do  1938-52 1d olive-grey u/m folded complete right pane of sixty (Plate 1) with full margins SG150a.                       £46.00

106.     do  1938-52 1d +pale slate u/m unfolded complete left pane of sixty (Plate 1 - Sheet No. 01738) with full margins SG150ab.    £18.00

107.     do  1938-51 1½d red-brown u/m block of four SG151.                                                                                                  £2.00

108.     Bahamas  1938-52 2d scarlet u/m marginal single with 'Dot in oval' R1/4 of right pane SG152b var.                              £1.00

109.     do  1938-52 2d scarlet u/m LL corner block of four with 'Repaired LL corner' R10/1 on left pane SG152b var.            £3.00

110.     do  1938-52 2d scarlet u/m LL corner block of four with 'Repaired LL corner' R10/1 on left pane SG152b var.            £3.00

111.     do  1938-52 2d scarlet u/m TL corner Plate (1) block of four from left pane SG152b.                                                   £3.00

112.     do  1938-52 2d scarlet u/m block of twelve (top two rows) from right pane with full margins SG152b.                         £6.00

113.     do  1938-52 2½d violet u/m unfolded complete right pane of sixty with 'Serrated bottom edge of large 2' R3/5, 'Nick in top

                  of large 2' R8/5, 'Flat top to large 2' R8/6, 'Dot in oval' R10/4, 'Large 2 in different style R10/5 SG153a vars.         £20.00

114.     do  1938-52 3d violet u/m TL corner Plate (1) block of four from left pane, toned gum SG154.                                  £10.00

115.     do  1938-52 3d blue mint (mounted on margin) horizontal block of twelve (two rows with both margins) SG154a.       £3.00

116.     do  1938-52 ½d bluish-green, 1d pale slate, 2d scarlet, 3d scarlet u/m Plate (1) singles SG149c, 150ab, 152b, 154b.    £4.00

117.     do  1938-52 ½d to 1½d and 2½d to £1 (original colours) f/u on eight separate pieces which all appear to be from the

                  same cover with 8 AUG 41 part-s/r cds SG149/57 (between).                                                                                 £80.00

118.     do  1938 Pictorials f/u on three separate pieces all with full 8 AUG 41 s/r cds, apparently from same cover as previous lot

                  SG158/60.                                                                                                                                                                 £1.50

119.     do  1942 Landfall 3d ultramarine u/m marginal block of four from right pane with 'Thin foot to C' R8/1 SG167 var.     £2.00

120.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish green m/m single with 'Dot in oval' R10/4 of right pane SG162 var.                                   £1.00

121.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish-green u/m marginal single with 'Dot in oval' and 'Spot on O of OF' R10/4 of right pane SG162 var.                   £2.00

122.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish-green, two used singles with 'Top frame broken over AH' R7/4 and 'Chipped H' R1/3 SG162 vars.                   £2.00

123.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish-green vg/u Sheet No. (2507) block of four with 'Dot in 2 of 1492' SG162 var.                  £2.00

124.     do  1942 Landfall 1d pale slate u/m unfolded complete left pane of sixty (Plate 1 - Sheet No. 2202) with full margins SG163.   £10.00

125.     do  1942 Landfall 1d pale slate u/m complete folded left pane of sixty (Plate 1 - Sheet No. 03971) with full margins SG163. £10.00

126.     do  1942 Landfall 1d grey u/m single with 'Dot in N of LAND' R1/2 SG163 var.                                                            £1.50

127.     do  1942 Landfall 1½d red-brown u/m complete unfolded right pane of sixty (Plate 1 - Sheet No. 09071) with full margins

                  SG164.                                                                                                                                                                    £16.00

128.     do  1942 Landfall 2d scarlet u/m block of four SG165.                                                                                                  £2.00

129.     do  1942 Landfall 2½d ultramarine used single with 'Frame break under BA' R7/5 SG166 var.                                       £1.00

130.     do  1942 Landfall 3d light ultramarine m/m (hr) single with 'Broken inner frame-line under MA of BAHAMAS' and

                  'Malformed left leg and broken cross-bar of A of FALL' R10/5 SG167 vars.                                                            £1.50

131.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish-green u/m marginal block of 24 (four rows with both margins) from left pane with 'Spot in B of

                  COLUMBUS' R6/6, 'Chipped base to C of COLUMBUS' R8/1, 'Thin L' R9/4 and 'Elongated E' R9/6 SG162 vars & 162a.     £34.00

132.     do  1942 Landfall ½d bluish-green, 1d pale slate, 2d scarlet m/m singles from first setting with 'C under L' from R10,

                  2d shows doubling of value by paper flap SG162/3, 165 vars.                                                                                 £3.00

133.     do  1946 Victory 1½d brown u/m LR corner Plate (1B) block of four and LL corner block of four with Current No. (55B)

                  and 3d blue u/m LR corner Plate (1) block of four and LL corner block of four with Current No. (56) SG176/7.     £4.00

134.     do  1949 UPU f/u singles SG196/9.                                                                                                                                 £2.50

135.     do  Airmail cover to Co. Antrim with 6d pictorial with MIAMI FEB 20 1939 wavy-line cancel & PAQUEBOT violet straightline h/s,

                  torn flap & bit grubby.                                                                                                                                              £5.00

136.     do  Columbus Day souvenir postcard with Landfall ½d block of four with central SAN SALVADOR OC 12 (no year plug) with

                  another smudged by glossy card with NASSAU OCT 23 1942 COME TO/NASSAU, BAHAMAS/IDEAL TOURIST

                  RESORT slogan cancel, TL stamp with largish break under A of BAH, good condition.                                           £4.00

137.     do  Plain local FDC with Landfall 1½d brown with SAN SALVADOR OC 12 (no year plug) s/r cds x2 with NASSAU

                  OCT 23 1942 COME TO/NASSAU, BAHAMAS/ IDEAL TOURIST RESORT slogan b/s, good condition.               £4.00

138.     Bahawalpur  1949 Silver Jubilee set of four overprinted SPECIMEN and with hole-punches, u/m light creasing on two

                  SG39/42S.                                                                                                                                                               £14.00

139.     do  1949 U.P.U. 1½as black and orange perf 13 u/m folded complete sheet of 50 SG45.                                                £5.00

140.     do  Official 1949 UPU set of four ex-printer's archives with hole-punch cancels, all except 9p overprinted SPECIMEN, no gum,

                  good condition SGO28/31S.                                                                                                                                    £12.00

141.     do  c1950s Special Presentation booklet containing mint stamps from 3p to 10r, each carefully mounted on its own page

                  with description, good condition but for hinge remainders on rear cover - originally sold for 50/-.                         £16.00

142.     do  Revenue: c1937 1a receipt stamp - same headplate as for 1948 postage high values g/u single.                                £1.50

143.     Bahrain  1938 3a6p blue u/m block of four SG27.                                                                                                          £4.00

144.     Barbados  1938-47 ½d green perf 13½x13 used single with 'Spur on top frame-line' R1/10 SG 248 var.                        £2.00

145.     do  1938-47 ½d yellow-bistre u/m Imprint vertical block of twelve (3x4) with 'Recut line' R10/6 and 'Dot in margin under

                  AD of BARBADOS' R12/6 SG248bc var.                                                                                                                £20.00

146.     do  1938-47 ½d yellow-bistre vg-f/u single with 'Recut line' R10/6 SG248cb.                                                                 £3.00

147.     do  1938-47 ½d yellow-bistre u/m single with 'Doubling at right and base' R8/10 SG248 var.                                         £4.00

148.     do  1938-47 ½d yellow-bistre m/m (hr) single with 'Small bird by horses' heads' SG248 var.                                         £2.00

149.     do  1938-47 ½d yellow-bistre m/m single with 'Bird by trident' SG248 var.                                                                    £2.00

150.     do  1938-47 1d scarlet perf 14 top margin single on plain manilla FDC with G.P.O. 3 JA 38 d/r cds with boxed 'First Day         

                  Cover/BARBADOS, B.W.I./3 JAN 1938 h/s SG249a.                                                                                                £2.00

151.     do  1938-47 1d blue-green perf 13½x13 u/m single with 'Doubling at right and base' R9/7 SG248 var.                          £4.00

152.     do  1938-47 2½d ultramarine m/m single with 'Mark on central ornament' toned gum SG251a.                                    £10.00

153.     do  1938-44 2½d ultramarine vg/u single with 'Doubling of left margin and lettering' R12/6 SG251.                               £2.75

154.     do  1938-47 2½d ultramarine in u/m complete sheet of 120, light brown gum, with 'Mark on central ornament' R1/3, 2/3, 3/3

                  and 'Re-entered left frameline' R12/6 SG251a vars.                                                                                                 £20.00

155.     do  1938-47 2½d ultramarine in u/m complete sheet of 120, light brown gum, with 'Mark on central ornament' R1/3, 2/3, 3/3

                  and 'Re-entered left frameline' R12/6 SG251a vars.                                                                                                 £20.00

156.     do  1938-47 2½d ultramarine in u/m complete sheet of 120, light brown gum, with 'Mark on central ornament' R1/3, 2/3, 3/3

                  and 'Re-entered left frameline' R12/6 SG251a vars.                                                                                                 £20.00

157.     do  1938-47 3d blue u/m TR corner folded vertical block of eight with 'Vertical line over horse's head' R4/10, toned gum

                  SG252ca.                                                                                                                                                                 £26.00

158.     do  1938-47 3d blue u/m single with 'Vertical line over horse's head' R4/10 SG252ca.                                                 £26.00

159.     do  1938-47 3d ultramarine u/m folded right margin block of four with 'Vertical line over horse's head' R4/10 Cw10b var. £26.00

160.     do  1938-47 3d ultramarine m/m right margin single with 'Vertical line over horse's head' R4/10                                  £20.00

161.     do  1938-47 3d blue u/m TL corner horizontal pair with 'Damaged right value tablet' and 'Break in bottom of left hand 3' R1/1,

                  pencilled note on margin SG252c vars.                                                                                                                   £20.00

162.     do  1938-47 ½d to 5/- (original colours) vg-f/u on ten separate pieces SG248/256a.                                                       £5.00

163.     do  1946 Victory 1½d red-orange u/m LR corner Plate (A1) block of four and 3d brown LR corner Plate (A1) block of four

                  and LL corner Current No. (64) block of four SG262/3.                                                                                           £3.00

164.     do  1947 1d/2d carmine perf 14 mint (mounted on margin) LL corner block of four with 'Broken left-hand frame-line

                  frame-line' R12/1, toned gum SG264 var. 264                                                                                                           £6.00

165.     do  GB 1½d brown defin on piece with boxed Posted/on/Board h/s and G.P.O. BARBADOS 18 NO 38 d/r cds away from stamp.                 £2.00

166.     Basutoland  PD 1933-52 2d violet u/m block of 18 (bottom three rows with full margins' with 'Large d' R9/6 & 10/6 SGD2/2ad.                   £12.00

167.     do  PS 1945 Air Letter 3d unused folded to shape H&G4.                                                                                              £4.00

168.     do  Revenue - Agreement document with Basutoland 5/- violet with RESIDENT ? OFFICE/MASERU BASUTOLAND

                  31.7.1939 oval cancel, also South Africa Revenue 1/- with m/s cancel M.A.T. 13-7-39 with relevant Witness and Protocol

                  document with South Africa Revenue 2/- with m/s cancel GG N.P. 13/7/39, good condition.                                  £50.00

169.     Bechuanaland  1945 Victory 1d brown and carmine u/m horizontal pair with 'Barbed wire flaw' R9/6 CwS4a.                £4.00

170.     Belgium  Commercial cover to Cincinnati with 1fr75 defin with BRUXELLES (MIDI) d/r cds with PC90 OPENED BY

                                                                                                                                              EXAMINER 5319 label, good condition.    £5.00

171.     Bermuda  1937 Coronation issue on illustrated FDC to London with HAMILTON 14 MAY 37 s/r cds x3, hrs on reverse and

                  few tiny age-stains.                                                                                                                                                      1.50

172.     do  1938-52 2½d pale blue & sepia-black u/m complete unfolded sheet of 60 SG113b.                                               £36.00

173.     do  1938-52 reg