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Auction: 25019 - The Lionheart Collection of British Empire Part XXII
Lot: 224

(x) Rhodesia
1892-1922, a mint and used group including 1892-93 1d. to £5 set used, 1d. and 2/6d. mint blocks of four, 10/- marginal block of four used, £2 unused with part 'WOV' watermark, £5 used (2), 1892 surcharge set unused, 1892-94 ½d., 2d., 8d. and 3/- each in mint blocks of four, a large range of Admirals including 1912-24 ½d. to 5/- simplified set mint, 1913-19 Head Die I 6d. black and mauve mint, 2/- black and light brown used, 4d. black and orange mint, Head Die II, perf. 14 3/- chocolate and deep turquoise blue, 7/6d. purple and slate-black, purple and blue-black (2), one with printer's hand painting around lower-left scroll, 10/- deep rose-red and light green, aniline carmine-lake and intense yellowish green, £1 black and purple, all mint, Die II, perf. 15 8d. violet and green, 3/- chocolate and turquoise-blue, 5/- blue and yellow-green, 10/- aniline lake and light green, all mint, Die IIIA, perf. 14 3/- reddish brown and deep turquoise-blue and 10/- carmine-lake and pale yellow-green, both used, £1 black and violet-indigo mint, Die IIIB, perf. 14 5/- deep blue and blue-green, blue and yellow-green, 3/- red-brown and grey-blue, 5/- bright ultramarine and emerald, 7/6d. brown-purple and slate, red-brown and slate, 10/- crimson and bright- yellow, pale crimson and pale yellow-green and carmine and yello-green, all mint, also single plate perf. 15 ½d. green, 1d. brown-red, 1½d. brown-ochre, 2½d. blue, all in mint blocks of four. One or two minor faults though mostly fine and an attractive group.

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000

Starting price
£2000