Lot 1545
GB 1840 to 1970 mint and used collection
Stamps & Covers of Great Britain | S25019
Auction: 16 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
1840 to 1970 mint and used collection in two albums and a stock book in half-carton, including used 1840 1d blacks (4) two are 4-margin, 1840 2d blue (2) 2-margin, 1864-79 range of 1d plates to 225, range of surface-printed values to 1s, 1867 2s blue, 5s rose, 1883 2s6d (2), 5s (3) 10s (3), £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Imperial Crowns, 1883 lilac and green to 1s, 1891 £1 green, KEVII 2s6d (7), 5s (2) and 10s, 1911 £1 green with central Guernsey cds, another with oval registered cancellation, 1913-19 Seahorses 2s6d (6), 5s (7) and 10s, mint includes KEVII to 1s, KGV 1912, 1924 and 1934 to 1s, 1912 1d no cross on Crown in marginal block of 4, 1929 £1 PUC, 1934 re-engraved to 10s, 1939 to £1 including 10s dark blue, 1951 Festivals to £1, a range of postage dues, QEII commemorative including phosphors to 1970, 1969 5d QEII red (inscription) omitted, plus a stock book with mint and used duplicates. Condition is somewhat mixed, still with many good to fine. (hundreds)