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Auction: 19029 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 246

Ceylon
1857-68 mint and used Pence collection in an album; the mint include 1857-59 6d. purple-brown (no gum and cut-into), 1858 white paper ½d., 1861-64 clean-cut perf 1/-, rough perf 9d. block of four and 2/- (regummed), 1863-66 perf 12½d. 2d. grey-green pair (toned gum), 4d., 5d. red-brown block of four without gum and 5d. grey-olive, 1866-68 1d. and 3d. (2) blocks of four (all gum toned), 1867-70 2d. olive-bistre pair with watermark inverted, 4d. with watermark reversed (lightly gum toned) and 2/- and Official 1899 unissued 2d. to 2/- (1/- thinned) and perf 14 1d. and 3d. blocks of four and singles; the used include 1857 blued paper 6d. (faded), 1857-59 1d. (4), 2d. (6 including two pairs), 5d., 6d. (3 including a pair on piece), 9d., 10d., 1/- and 2/-, 1861-64 clean-cut/intermediate perf 1d. (4), 2d. (2), 4d., 5d. (3 including a pair), 6d., 8d., 9d. (on small piece) and 1/- (3) rough perf 1d. (3 including a pair|), 4d. (2), 6d. (3), 9d. (3), 10d., 1/- and 2/-, perf 12½ 10d. (2), 1862 smooth paper perf 13 1d., 5d., 6d. (2) and 9d. 1863-65 ½d. pairs (3), 1d. (2), 2d. (3, one ochre), 4d. (2, one with watermark reversed), 5d. red-brown with watermark reversed, 5d. yellow-olive, 6d. (3, one with watermark reversed), 8d., 9d. 10d. (2, one with watermark reversed) and 1867-70 1d. (10 including two blocks of four), 2d. (3), 4d. (3, two with watermark reversed), 5d. (3, one with watermark reversed), 6d. (3, one with watermark reversed), 8d., 9d. (2, one with watermark reversed), 10d. (2), 1/- (2) and 2/- (3). Condition a little mixed therefore viewing recommended

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Estimate
£6,000 to £7,000