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Auction: 18043 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1435

(x) Virgin Islands
1866-99 award-winning Downing exhibition collection neatly mounted and written-up on sixty-four pages; commencing with 1806-28 pre-stamp covers (4) with "tortola" datestamps; Great Britain Used in Tortola 1d. (2) and 6d. each cancelled "A91"; 1866 1d. die proofs in blue-green, deep blue and lilac, 6d. die proofs in pale green (2), 6d. plate proof in bright blue (2) and rose (2); 1866 issued stamps with 1d. mint blocks of four (3), fifteen and twenty-five and a range of plated singles (55, a few used), 1d. perf. 15x12 unused and used, 6d. complete sheets (2), both showing A. Cowan & Sons papermakers watermark, and singles (24, a few used); 1867-70 1d. (83 with unused complete sheet and two blocks of four), 6d. (9) and 1/- (19 with a vertical strip of three and a two used); 1867 4d. die proof in lilac, plate proofs (7) in various colours with a marginal block of four in vermilion, and issued stamps with sheet and blocks of four (3) mint and used (5), 1867 1/- with frames superimposed white paper mint sheet and used (6), and greyish paper unused (12) and used (5); 1868 single frameline 1/- (28 with a few used); 1878 1d. watermark upright (57 with a mint sheet and a block of four) and watermark sideways (28) with one imperforate, two handstamped "cancelled" and a complete mint sheet; 1879-80 1d. and 2½d. selection, the latter with one handstamped "cancelled"; 1883-84 issue range with a few mint multiples; 1887-89 issue with 1d. (5), 4d. (4), 6d. (5) and 1/- (6) each overprinted "specimen", one of each on pieces ex the De La Rue collection, 1d. (4), 4d., 6d. and 1/- mint sheets and a range of used with 1/- on 1889 envelope registered to London; 1888 "4d" on 1/- unused/mint (17) and used (14), and 1899 Virgin and Lilies issue with Specimen, mint and used sets, a few mint multiples, ½d. imperforate between stamp and margin, ½d. corner block of nine with both spelling errors, 2½d. and 4d. on covers and concluding with the famous 4d. "fourpencf" error unused and used; condition varies throughout though of generally good to fine appearance and a fine lot for further study or expansion. Photo

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Estimate
£35,000 to £40,000