Auction #140 - Public Auction

1L19-33 (G26-40) 1954-62 ½2d-£1 Q Elizabeth II Ships, wmkd MCA, perf 12½, cplt (15), OG, VLH, VF

8 (7) 1871 6d black on rose Fiji Times Express on laid Bâtonné paper (thin, vertically ribbed), imperf, only 2400 printed, position 1 (of 24) from the first setting of the plate, correct "#" manuscript cancel, VF, with Sismondo certificate

59-69 (104-14) 1903 ½d-£1 K Edward VII, wmkd CA, perf 14, cplt (11), OG, LH, F-VF

91 (137) 1914 £1 purple and black on red K George V, Die I, wmkd MCA, perf 14, a rare perfectly centered example!, OG, NH, SUPERB

1 (2) 1871 4d pale brown Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four full to large margins, OG, LH, F-VF

2 (3a) 1869 6d blue Q Victoria embossed, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, signed Thier, OG, VLH, VF, with APS certificate

3 (5) 1874 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, wmkd CC, imperf, full to close margins, unused, F-VF

3 var (5x) 1874 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, VARIETY - wmkd CC reversed, imperf, small margins, red cancel, fine

4 (8) 1874 6d blue Q Victoria embossed, wmk CC, imperf, four margins (close at left), light red cds, signed, F-VF

4a var (7w) 1874 6d deep blue Q Victoria embossed, VARIETY - wmk CC inverted, very scarce, imperf, four large margins, OG, VLH, VF

9a var footnoted (15Aw) 1880-81 4d brown Q Victoria embossed, VARIETY - wmkd CC sideways, VARIETY - Crown to left of CC, perf 14, perfectly centered, rare, signed, OG, VLH, SUPERB

23 var (40a"s" var) 1898-1902 2½d ultramarine Q Victoria, wmkd CA, perf 14, VARIETY - malformed "S in right side "POSTAGE" (row 7, pos 3 on left-hand pane of Keyplate 2), further overprinted "SPECIMEN" (de la Rue), probably unique, OG, VLH, VF