Lot 418
GB 1840-1948 mint and used valuable and eclectic range on stockcards
Stamps & Covers of Great Britain including the Brendan Read Collection | S26025
Auction: 3 November 10:00 GMT
Description
1840-1948 mint and used eclectic range on stockcards including 1840 1d black (strip of three and two singles), 2d blue, 1847-54 Embossed 6d (2), 10d, 1s (all four margins), 1862-64 9d straw (regummed), 1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 5s rose, 10s greenish grey (SG 128, cat £2,250), £1 brown-lilac on blued paper (Brandon cert, SG 132, cat £7,000), 1883-84 2s6d lilac (2, one possibly blued), 1883-84 2d colour trial in lilac on yellow gummed, unwatermarked paper, 1887-92 1s dull green, 1902-10 1s dull green and carmine optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 5s bright carmine optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 10s ultramarine, £1 dull blue-green, 1939-48 set in blocks of four less 10s (both), Telegraphs 1876-81 £1 brown-lilac, and a selection of departmental officials. A valuable lot worthy of examination. (Dozens).
