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Auction: 25027 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2640

(x) Great Britain
Postal Fiscal Stamps
The valuable and comprehensive Collection, well written up on forty double exhibition pages, including Receipt Stamps with Postal Notice "New Penny Receipt Stamp", 1853 Die I 1d. blue imprimaturs from Plates 1, 2 and 4, also a single used on 1882 Liverpool local cover, issued stamps with Thin semi-transparent paper (pair, block of four), Die II blocks of eight and twelve, blued paper used block of four, Draft Stamps, 1853 1d. ochre imprimaturs (2), issued stamps with block of four (2, one on semi-transparent paper), 1855 1d. reddish lilac imprimaturs (3), issued stamps with no watermark variety, 1856 1d. reddish lilac with imprimatur from Plates 11 and 12, 1857 1d. with imprimaturs from plates 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, issued stamps with imperf. single, glazed paper, 1860 overprinted "inland revenue" with three unused, postal and fiscal usage, 1860 1d. lilac, 1860 3d. postally used on Registered covers to Llandaff and Berlin, 1860 6d. reddish lilac unused and postally used on Registered cover to Devon, 1864 3d. overprinted "specimen", 6d. (3 unused and 3 fiscally used), 1867 1d. with imprimaturs (3), 3d. (2 unused), 6d. overprinted "specimen", blocks of four (2 shades), single used in Malta, used on Registered covers to Cardiff and Switzerland, Samuel Allsop & Sons unused pair, block of eight and used pair, 1867 1d. Plate Proof block of sixteen in black, imprimatur from Plate 4, 1868 1d. with Die Proof marked after striking, imprimaturs (40), 1876 1d. with Die Proofs dated Mar. 8, Mar. 16 and Mar. 17, Jul.. 22 and Aug. 4 1876, 1878 1d. Die Proof marked before hardening, colour trials in light brown, rose-carmine (block of four), imprimatur (13), 1881 1d. perforated colour trials (4), imprimatur, (small Anchor) 3d. and 6d. (2) unused, (large Anchor) 3d. and 6d. (4) unused, 6d. Postally used, Embossed Inland Revenue Stamps 1860-71 imperf. 2d., 3d. pair and the famous unique block of 19 containing three tête-bêche pairs, 6d., 9d., 1/- single and pair, 2/6d. (single handstamped "specimen"), 2/6d. single and pair, all unused, 1861-71 perf. 2d., 1/-, 2/6d. unused, 1875-80 2d. (2), 9d., 1/-, 2/6d. (2 singles and block of nine), all unused, 1882 2/6d. (3 used), etc., the condition throughout is good to superb. A marvellous opportunity to purchase intact an award winning collection which still has the possibility of being expanded

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Estimate
£40,000 to £50,000

Starting price
£38000