Lot 608
GB: Mainly QEII mint with used 1840 1d blacks (2) 4-margin, then mint with strength in face value, from 1953 including
Stamps & Covers of Great Britain | S25007
Auction: 30 April 2025 at 10:30 BST
Description
Mainly QEII mint collection, in three albums in half-carton, with strength in errors and varieties, with used 1840 1d blacks (2) 4-margin, then mint from 1953 including 1955 Waterlows to £1, 1958 De La Rues to £1, the £1 with RPS certificate (1982), 1963 Bradbury's to £1, then commemoratives and some definitives with the odd booklet to 2000. A good range of errors and varieties including 1959 5s major downward shift, 1966 6d World Cup ordinary black omitted, Hastings phosphor 4d grey omitted, 1967 1/6d EFTA phosphor blue-grey omitted, 1969 5d QEII black (Queens head, value and hull) omitted, 5d red omitted plus shifts, 1969 5d Christmas green omitted, 1970 Christmas 5d imperforate pair, 1s6d salmon omitted, 1972 3p (2 bands) imperforate pair, 1971 2½p Christmas imperforate pair, 3p lemon omitted, 1973 3½p Christmas bright rose-red omitted, 1977 Silver Jubilee 11p imperf between bottom stamps and bottom margin, 8½p imperforate gutter pair (crease), 1985 19p Christmas imperforate pair, 1990 22p Christmas imperforate pair and 1991 22p Scientific imperforate pair etc. Careful viewing recommended. Mainly good to fine. (hundreds)