Lot 411
GB 1840-2017 valuable mainly mint collection housed in five Lighthouse albums
Stamps & Covers of Great Britain including the Brendan Read Collection | S26025
Auction: 3 November 10:00 GMT
Description
1840-2017 valuable mainly mint collection housed in five Lighthouse albums including 1840 1d black (2), 2d blue, 1867-79 1d reds (13) and blocks of 4, 8 (marginal), 9, 10, 18, and 45, 1870-79 ½d block of four, 1867-83 £5 orange on white paper, 1880-81 set to 5d plus 1d Venetian red blocks of 24 (2), 1½d block of 4 and 6, 1883-84 10s ultramarine and example optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1883-84 lilac and green set to 1s plus ½d block of 10 and 48, 1½d and 2d blocks of 4, 1887-1900 values to 1s (both) plus 1½d block of 24, 2d and 2½d block of 4, 4d block of 12, and 4½d lower left complete pane of 20, and 6d block of four optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1902-10 KEVII mint values to £1 and 10d block of 8, 1911 perf 15x14 2½d and 4d interpane block of 4, 1911-13 6d mini sheet ‘reconstruction’ block of 16, 1913 ‘Seahorses’ 2s6d (3), 5s (2), 10s, £1, 1912-24 set to 1s, 1929 PUC £1 black, 1939-48 ‘Square’ set to £1, QEII Castles sets, and commemoratives to 2017 plus a few post and go's and 1867-81 postal fiscal 1d purple Die IV block of 24. Also some Commonwealth with Gambia 1898-1902 set to 1s, Gibraltar 1886-87 set to 1s. Condition mainly good to fine. A clean lot. (1000s).