REST OF THE WORLD, GREAT BRITAIN

Lot 516		Estimate: $550 1855 No Corner Letters Watermark Small Garter 4d Carmine on Blued overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 3, fine without gum. SG Specialised J47s, cat £1150 (normal cat £8000)
Lot 517		Estimate: $550 1855-57 Watermark Emblems 6d Deep Lilac overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 4, centred lower right, fresh with part original gum. SG Specialised J70s, cat £600 (normal cat £1800)
Lot 518		Estimate: $100 1855-57 Watermark Emblems 6d Pale Lilac, straight edge at base, unused. SG 70, cat £1350 for M
Lot 519		Estimate: $240 1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 3d Carmine-rose Plate 2 lettered TD, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 5, straight edge at right, part original gum. SG Specialised J26s, cat £480
Lot 520		Estimate: $375 1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 4d Bright Red Plate 3 lettered SB, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 5, centred right and fine without gum. SG Specialised J52t, cat £400
Lot 521		Estimate: $475 1862-64 Small Uncoloured Letters 9d Bistre Plate 2 lettered TH with wing margin, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 2 inverted, regummed and with central stain barely discernible on face. SG Specialised J92s, cat £725
Lot 522		Estimate: $550 1862-64 Small Uncoloured letters 9d Bistre Plate 2 lettered OI with wing margin superb used cancelled portion of Scottish numeral. SG 86, cat £1200 for premium stamp
Lot 523		Estimate: $700 1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 1 lettered DD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 2, fine without gum. SG Specialised J121t, cat £1000 (normal cat £11000)
Lot 524		Estimate: $1,000 1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 2 lettered DD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 8, fine with small part original gum. SG Specialised J122s, cat £1600 (normal cat £18000)
Lot 525		Estimate: $400 1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 5/- Rose Plate 2 lettered BD overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, centred left, without gum and with two thins. SG Specialised J122s, cat £1600 (normal cat £18000)
Lot 526		Estimate: $4,500 1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered AC overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, typical 'short' stamp from 'A' row, somewhat heavily hinged with large part original gum and of fine appearance. SG Specialised J124t, cat £4200 (normal cat £60000)
Lot 527		Estimate: $1,100 1867-83 Watermark Maltese Cross 10/- Greenish-grey lettered DH cancelled Glasgow cds, centred left and with missing perf at lower left although of very fine appearance. SG 128, cat £3200
Lot 528		Estimate: $1,200 1867-83 Watermark Anchor 5/- Rose White Paper Plate 4 lettered FA, cancelled Lombard St. T.B. squared circle ds JA 10 84, a premium used example. SG 134. cat £7300 for premium used
Lot 529		Estimate: $37,500 1867-83 Watermark Anchor £1 Brown-lilac White Paper lettered BC, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, minor soiling and only small part original gum, but of lovely appearance, with 2015 RPSL certificate. Much rarer than the equivalent Blued Paper stamp and absent from the Marcus Samuel collection. SG Specialised J127u, undercatalogued at £11500 (normal cat £200000!)
Lot 530		Estimate: $100 1880-83 Watermark Imperial Crown 2½d Blue Plate 21 lettered AC with 'H H/& Co' perfin, crease in right side, with part original gum. SG 157, cat £475
Lot 531		Estimate: $100 1880-83 Watermark Imperial Crown 2½d Blue Plate 23 lettered SB overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, fine without gum. SG Specialised J25s, cat £75
Lot 532		Estimate: $550 1883-84 Watermark Anchor 2/6d Lilac on Blued Paper lettered LC overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, large part original gum. SG Specialised K10s, cat £425 (normal cat £6750)
Lot 533		Estimate: $650 1883-84 Watermark Anchor 5/- Rose White Paper lettered JF Perf 12 colour standard overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, thinned at top left and without gum, very scarce. SG Specialised K12u, cat £1200
Lot 534		Estimate: $100 1883-84 Watermark Anchor 10/- Ultramarine White Paper lettered IH, centred left and shortish perfs at top, neat Manchester/Telegraphs cancellation. SG 183, cat £525
Lot 535		Estimate: $800 1884 Watermark Imperial Crowns £1 Brown-lilac lettered LA, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, toned gum with some adhesions and gum thins. SG Specialised K15t, cat £2800
Lot 536		Estimate: $1,000 1884 Watermark Orbs £1 Brown-lilac lettered GB with 'L/C&S' perfin, small area of surface damage at base right of oval and one shortish perf at top, however a scarce stamp. SG 186, cat £4250
Lot 537		Estimate: $1,100 1883-84 1½d to 1/- overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, 9d with 'Watermark Sideways Inverted', most with toned gum but good colour. SG Specialised K18-26s, cat £1740 plus premium for 9d variety (cat £6100 as M normals) (9)
Lot 538		Estimate: $100 1883-84 2½d Dull Purple lettered GI overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, very lightly mounted with large part original gum. SG Specialised K20t, cat £85
Lot 539		Estimate: $350 1883-84 6d Dull Green lettered DO fresh mint and lightly hinged. SG 194, cat £625
Lot 540		Estimate: $450 1883-84 1/- Dull Green lettered EK Perf 12 colour standard overprinted 'SPECIMEN' Type 9, slightly faded and without gum, scarce. SG Specialised K26t, cat £625
Lot 541		Estimate: $400 1887-92 £1 Green lettered SC, cancelled Lombard St. cds, some surface marks. SG 212, cat £800
Lot 542		Estimate: $1,000 1913 Seahorses 10/- Indigo Waterlow Printing, superb lightly mounted mint. SG 402, cat £1200
Lot 543		Estimate: $6,500 1918 Seahorses Bradbury Wilkinson Printings 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- overprinted 'CANCELLED' Type 28. Each stamp is thinned (resulting in a tear at top of the 10/-) probably as a result of removal from some official document, but this is hardly significant considering the set is rated 'RR' by Samuel, and in his 2003 auction sale described as 'two sets recorded'. SG Specialised N65zc, N68x, N71x, cat £8000 (3)
Lot 544		Estimate: $200 1985-91 Harrison & Sons Ltd presentation folders, each containing a set of commemorative stamps, some minor foxing around the edges of some (44 folders)
Lot 545		Estimate: $23,000 Telegraph Stamps: 1877 £5 Orange lettered AD, vertical crease at right and reperforated at top, nevertheless excellent colour, and large part original gum. 'The £5 Orange' by John Horsey records eight mint examples, this is an unrecorded ninth example, and one of the finest of those extant, with 2015 RPSL certificate. The stamp is absent from the R.M. Phillips Collection in BPMA. The lettering AD also has the variety ‘Long Wide Diamond at Left Level with £’. With 2015 RPSL certificate, SG T18, undercatalogued at £30,000 (the much more frequently seen £5 Postage on Blued Paper catalogues £70,000)