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Auction: 11025 - Dr. Robert Towers Collection of British Empire
Lot: 584

Sierra Leone 1859-1962 collection including 1859-74 no wmk. perf 14 6d. (4) and perf. 12 1/2 6d. (4), 1872 CC perf. 12 1/2 wmk. sideways 1d. to 1/- and wmk. upright 1d. to 1/- with additional 1d. showing watermark inverted, 1876 CC 1/2d. to 1/-, 1883 CA 1/2d. to 4d. with additional 1d. showing earliest known postmark date, 1884-91 CA 1/2d. to 1/- with additional 1/- block of six, 1885-96 CC 6d. (6, shades), 1893 CA 1/2d. on 1 1/2d. with surcharge inverted, 1897 2 1/2d on 3d. Type 8 (2, one with comma for stop), 2 1/2d. on 6d. Type 8 and 2 1/2d. on 1/- Types 10+8 (washed), 8 and 11 (a little soiled), 1904-05 MCA 1/2d. to £1 (dubious cancellation) with additional mint 3d. showing watermark inverted, 1907-10 MCA 1/2d. to £1, 1912-21 MCA 1/2d. to £1 and £2 (a little discoloured on reverse) with many additional shades, 1921-28 Script 2/- with watermark inverted, 1932 1/2d. to £1 and 1938-44 1/2d. to £1, all used, and 1956-61 1/2d. to £1 mint; condition generally fine. Cat. £5,800+. Photo Estimate £ 800-1,000

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