LAUREATES, ONE PENNY WMK 1

Lot 428		Estimate: $2,000 Red-orange, SG 82, horizontal strip of four positions [3-6], clear margins three sides and full sheet margin at top, part o.g. A few reduced creases are not particularly apparent from the front, and a scissor cut impinges into the design of the left hand unit. A rare mint multiple. Ex C.L. Pack and Dale-Lichtenstein. Cat £1200+ [Note: Description revised from that shown in the printed catalogue.]
Lot 429		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Red-orange block of eight pos. [33-36/43-46] clear to small margins all round except [33] touched at left, with indistinct obliteration. Ironed-out vertical crease through [35/45], but a rare multiple in this size. Ex C.L. Pack and ‘Manwood’. SG 82, Cat. £220+
Lot 430		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $190 1d Laureate group of plate varieties in Red-orange and Orange-vermilion shades, comprising pos. [7 variety ‘no leaves right of SOUTH’] (2, one in pair [7-8], pos. [21 variety ‘no leaves right of SOUTH’], and pos. [15, variety ‘two leaves right of SOUTH’] (2, one in strip of three [15-17]. All fine four-margin examples. SG 82-83b/c (8)
Lot 431		Estimate: $900 Realised Price : $675 1d Laureate reconstruction of the engraved plate of 50 in Red-orange and Orange-vermilion shades including six pairs. The condition is much better than that usually seen with the large majority of stamps fine four-margin examples. SG Cat. £1350 (50)