1861 Watermark Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1d Rose part OG, few tone spots on reverse barely visible on face. SG 33, cat £750
Lot 495
Estimate: $900
1861 Perkins Bacon Printings Watermark Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1/- Yellow-green, small part OG with some toning on perf tips. SG 0037, cat £2000
Lot 496
Estimate: $650
1861 Watermark Swan Clean-cut Perf 14-16 2d Blue(2), 6d Purple-brown and 1/- Yellow-green unused (no gum), 6d with some perfs trimmed at left, plus 6d Purple-brown used, also a 6d forgery. Fine appearance for this scarce group. SG 41-43, cat £1820 (6)
Lot 497
Estimate: $1,200
1861 Watermark Swan (Upright) Clean-cut Perfs 14-16 1/- Yellow-green, toned area in lower right corner, and a few perfs toned at top, both visible only from reverse, otherwise fine with part OG and rare in this condition. SG 43a, cat £1400
Lot 498
Estimate: $220
1864-79 Watermark Crown CC Perf 12½ 6d Lilac part OG and fine. SG 59, cat £300
Lot 499
Estimate: $750
Realised Price : $675
1882-95 Watermark Crown CA (sideways) 3d Imperforate Plate Proof marginal block of 4 in Red-brown, superb MUH
Lot 500
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $260
1885-93 Watermark Crown CA (Sideways) Perf 14 largely mint selection with ½d (2), 1d, 2d (2), 2½d (3), 4d, 5d, 6d and 1/- (both shades), mostly fine and with large part OG. Also 2½d and 5d overprinted SPECIMEN, and 6d and 1/- CTO with concentric circles obliterator. SG 94-102, cat £300+ (17)
Lot 501
Estimate: $40
1885-93 Watermark Crown CA (sideways) 1d Carmine (with surface scrape at top) and 2d Grey (ironed out crease), both with variety 'Watermark Sideways Inverted' (Crown to Right of CA). SG 95w,96w, cat £155 (2)
Lot 502
Estimate: $400
1885-93 De La Rue 2d stamp-size Die Proof in Black on glazed card, very fine
Lot 503
Estimate: $80T
Realised Price : $60
1885-93 Watermark Crown CA 1/- Pale Olive-green block of 8 (bottom right unit with defective corner), and 1/- Olive-green block of 9 (perfs trimmed at right, and a few tone spots on reverse), both cancelled 'R' in circle. Unusual and scarce multiples in the two catalogued shades (17)
Lot 504
Estimate: $400
1898-1907 1d Carmine (3) and 2d Bright Yellow (2) variety 'Watermark Inverted', also 1905-12 Watermark V over Crown Perf 12½ 3d Brown variety 'Watermark Reversed' mint and used (9), mostly fine, the latter not catalogued by SG. The 1d and 2d SG cat £720 (15)
Lot 505
Estimate: $1,750
1902-11 Watermark V over Crown 1d, 2d, 4d, 8d, 9d, 10d, 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- and £1 CTO with concentric circles obliterator, affixed to large part of ledger page and additionally struck with triple-circle 'POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES/COLLECTION/DE BERNE/MADAGASCAR' handstamp in red. Very fine and one of three possible sets
Lot 506
Estimate: $1,200
1905-12 Watermark Crown over Double Lined A largely mint range on hagners with Perf 12 x 12½ or 12½ x 12 ½d (2), 1d (4, two wmk upright), 2d (2), 3d (2, one U), 4d (5, one U), 5d (3), 8d (2), 9d (8, four U, incl wmk upright M and U (2)), 10d (2), 5/- (5, cat £190 each); Perf 11 1d (2, one wmk upright), 2d (2), 3d (2), 5d (5, three U). Also 1912 Wmk W Crown A 6d (2) and 1/- (2), 1912 Thin Paper 3d (2, one wmk upright, cat £200), and 1912 1d on 2d Surcharge (6, plus used on picture postcard). Most listed shades are represented, a few stamps with faults but mostly very fine and large part OG. SG cat £2400+ (50 M and 8 U)
Lot 507
1905-12 Watermark Crown over double-lined A Perf 11 1d rose-pink fresh block of 6, four units MUH. SG 151, cat £300
Lot 508
Estimate: $1,000
Realised Price : $950
Punctured WA: Good used range on leaves annotated in German, with 1882-83 3d Wmk Crown CA (4), 1885-93 Wmk Crown CA 4d (2), 5d, 6d (2), 1/- (2), 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 1d, 2d (2, one faked), 1902-11 Wmk V over Crown 1d (7), 2d (4), 4d (2), 8d (3), 9d (4), 10d, 2/- (3), 2/6d (2), 5/- (3), 10/- Deep Mauve (3), £1 Orange-brown. Very fine, the 10/- and £1 are rare stamps (48)