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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5748

Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth II Issues
A comprehensive mint collection in two leather-bound albums with issues to 1970 including 1952-54 Tudor Crown set in singles and blocks of four, 1955-58 St. Edward's Crown set in singles and blocks of four, some varieties including double paper on 1½d. and 1/- blocks, 4d, imperforate between stamp and top margin in a corner block of eight, 1955-58 Waterlow and De la Rue Castle sets, 1958-65 set including 3d. tête-bêche pair, phosphor-graphite set with both 2d., 1959 De la Rue Castle set, commemoratives with phosphor sets including 1966 Landscapers 6d. phosphor inverted watermark, 1966 Birds block of nine with 2.5mm downward shift of reddish brown, Battle of Hastings 4d. strips missing green and missing blue, 1967 British Paintings 4d. gold omitted, 1/6d. missing new blue and missing grey in a block of four, Christmas 3d. and 4d. gold omitted, 1968 Bridges 1/9d. gold omitted, Paintings 4d. gold omitted, Christmas 4d. vermilion omitted and 9d. yellow omitted, 1969 Anniversaries 1/6d. yellow-green omitted, Cathedrals 9d. black omitted, 1970 Rural Architecture 5d. lemon omitted and 1/- new blue omitted, Anniversaries 1/- gold omitted, Christmas 5d. imperforate pair; also some early decimals, Regional stamps and Postage Dues with earlier sets, 1954-55 4d. imperforate pair. Most are lightly mounted with some unmounted mint

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£1,600

Starting price
£1100