Public Auction Altrincham October 2023 - 369

Bids to be received by Tuesday 17th of October 2023 2:00 PM

Lots (643)

Lot 409
Great Britain

Telegraphs: 1876-81 Watermark Shamrocks £5 brown-lilac colour trial with diagonal SPECIMEN overprint along with fine and fresh gum, These were produced imperf but this example has had perfs skillfully added p.14 x 13½. Interesting and attractive. SG Spec. L237 var. Cat £1000 as imperf.

Estimate £ 350.00
Lot 410
Great Britain

Worcester Spoon cancel: 1864 (16 July) 1d plate 80 on cover tied WORCESTER M spoon (full strike, 3rd recut R3) on cvr to Ledbury, fine.

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 411
Great Britain

York Spoon cancel: 1857 (14 Apr) 1d star on cover tied York E spoon (full strike) on cvr to London, few minor faults.

Estimate £ 35.00
Lot 412
GREAT BRITAIN - GUERNSEY

1903 Two postcards of Dumfries sent to Guernsey on the same day with ½d tied nice squared circle cancels, 1941 ½d green pair on local cover and black and white photo of German Troops marching along the seafront taken by Arthur Machon. (4).

Estimate £ 20.00
Lot 413
GREAT BRITAIN - GUERNSEY

1940-41 Bisects covers for 1940 Stamp Centenary 2d orange bisected diagonally (5 covers) plus a nice combination cover with same bisect plus Arms 1d red and GB ½d green tied 18 Feb 1941 cds's. Nice group. (6).

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 414
GREAT BRITAIN - ISLANDS

Shetland Isles: Lerwick, small collection of modern covers and a few QV incl 1841 1d red-brown 223 cancel, 1864 1d red pl. 109 with 223 cancel, 1886/7 two 1d lilacs on paper and 1887 ½d each tied LERWICK 223 CDS. Two Fair Isle modern pmks etc, intr little lot.

Estimate £ 30.00
Lot 415
Greece

Greece - Box of 3 albums and a binder mostly of plain leaves, equal sets unmounted mint and used ranging from 1873-1989. Attractive and tidy lot with some nice covers and key sets including a nice range of early Hermes heads fine used with full margins, small range of P/S cards early sets to 5d, 1913 victory stamps to 25d black SG 252A/257 (Cat £800) and more, well presented. approx. 4000 stamps and 300 FDCs. Heavy lot.

Estimate £ 500.00
Lot 416
Grenada

1861-1948 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive mint & used assembly noted 1863 1d green (3), 6d orange (3), 1873 1d deep green, 1873-4 1d & 6d, 1878 1d & 6d, 1881 incl 4d blue (4), 1883 Revenue stamps ovptd (SG 27, 37, 38, 39), 1888-91 4d on 2s (SG 41/2), 1d on 2s range, 1895-99 set 8 mint (Cat £120), 1902 to 5s m & u, 1904-06 to 5s m & u, 1906 Badge of Colony 10s mint (Cat £160), 1908-11 5s mint (Cat £80), 1913-22 good mint range of shades incl 1s (5), 2s & 5s & 10s, 1921-31 set to 10s mainly mint, 1934 set, 1938-50 set with many extras to 10s m & u (10s x 4 one with 16th March first day CDS cancel, 5s with sail retouch used), etc. Clean collection and high cat value. (c215).

Estimate £ 800.00
Lot 417
Grenada

Useful collection from QV onwards with better early to middle periods all fine used laid out on stockpages in date order many items of note including 1883 to 1s (short corner cat £65), 1904-06 vals to 1s, 1913 to 2s, 1921-31 to 3s & 5s (Cat £250), 1s black on green in plate 2 marginal single on paper (Cat £60), 1934 set 10 (Cat £100), 1935 SJ set, 1938 10s x 4 different examples vfu, 5s blk of 4 vfu, etc, superb lot for an Imperial album. Approx 180.

Estimate £ 285.00
Lot 418
Heligoland

1885-1894 Two postal history items. 1885 Illustrated Helgoland postcard to Switzerland bearing no stamp with double arc HELGOLAND June 1885 cancel, 1894 German Reichpost 10pf on letter card (Grun ist das land illustration inside) to Baden tied HELGOLAND cds cancel, few marks, nice duo. (2).

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 419
Hong Kong

1862-1948 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive mint & used assembly noted 1862 used B62 2c brown, 8c yellow-buff, 12 pale greenish blue, 18c lilac, 24c green (Cat £500), 1863-71 to 96c brownish grey used, 48c rose (3 shades), 30c mauve wmk inverted f.u. (SG 16w cat £160), 1876 16c on 18c used (Cat £160), 28c on 30c, 1877 16c yellow, 1880 5c on 8c, 5c on 18c, 10c on 12c blue (2), 10c on 24c, 1891 10c purple on red mint, 1885 surchs, 1898 10c on 30c mint (SG 55), 1900 12c blue mint, 1904 to $1, 1912 to $10, 1921 to $3 & $5 used, 1938 to $10 plus extras m & u, 1948 RSW set used (Cat £130), etc. Clean collection and enormous cat value. (c300).

Estimate £ 1600.00
Lot 420
Hong Kong

1863-1983 Mint & used sets and ranges on printed Minkus pages (toned) with lots of defins and commems, QV to 30c, GVI to early QEII sets noted GVI to $10 used, 1941 Centenary set mint, 1949 UPU set mint, 1954 to $5, QEII to $20, Year of Cock mint, early QEII mainly fine, approx 320.

Estimate £ 80.00

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