Lot 596
NZ SG 603/689 Plate blocks mint



The Academic Collection | Part 3 | S24012
Auction: 9 August 2024 at 10:00 BST
Estimate: £600 - £800
Description
1938-52 King's Head Plate (and imprint) blocks on Hagner sheets, o.g. with many unmounted, a few toned or foxed but generally fine. ½d green 15; ½d orange-brown 13; 1d scarlet 21; 1d green 57; 1½d chocolate 5; 1½d scarlet 13; 2d 27; 3d 13; 4d 4; 5d 4; 6d 5; 9d 4; 1/- 4; 1/3d 3; 2/- and 3/- 2 each, also provisionals. Arranged in CP order with a good number of better blocks, such as 1d scarlet Plates 25 and 26, 1d green first fine paper Plates 29, 30 and 31, second coarse paper Plates 84 and 85 and 3d first fine paper Plates 39, 138 and 139. SG 603/689



