Live Bidding Auction #85

1855, Queen Victoria, 4p deep blue on wove paper, watermark Large Star, enlarged margins single with frames of adjoined stamps at right and bottom, lightly cancelled, VF, C.v. $145, SG #17, £130

1864-69, Queen Victoria, 2p yellow green, perforation 10, watermark numeral double-lined "2", full OG, LH, fine and scarce, provenance Victoria Stamp Co., C.v. $825, SG #60, £850

CLASSIC COLLECTION ON PAGES: 1853-1912, almost 200 mint and used stamps, actually started with imperforated Queen Victoria engraved by Humphreys, then stamps with various perforation and watermarks, early material is identified by Scott and Stanley Gibbons if necessary, pictorial set with numerous printing varieties (not counted, such as defected stamps), occasional flaws possible as normal for used material, mainly F/VF, C.v. is well over $7...

1942, 450th Anniversary of the Discovery of America by Columbus, black overprint on ½p-£1, complete set of 14, the high value is from the early printing in deep gray green (thick chalk-surfaced paper), which is rather scarce, full OG, NH, mainly VF, SG #162/75, £130

1920, black surcharge 50r on 3k carmine red, full OG, LH, VF, several expert's hs on reverse, guaranteed genuine, SG #39, £550

POSTAL HISTORY GROUP: 1919-20, registered cover to Berne, locally sent stationery postcard 35k/3k red, uprated with two values, a piece bearing four stamps of the first issue, each of these three with S. Sismondo certificate, and two postcards to Baku and Paris, the last one with removed stamps, clean and nice unit, F/VF, Sc. #1/15

1906-10, Dry Dock, ¼p-4p, complete set of nine, watermark Multiple Crown CA, nice and fresh, full OG, NH (at least four stamps, including the "key" value), VF, SG #34/42, £180 as hinged

1948, King George VI, black surcharge "B.M.A. Somalia" 2sh50c on 2s6p yellow green, misplaced dot after "sh" variety (position R4/7), full OG, NH, VF, C.v. £150

1980, Antique Mandora, (17c) multicolored, a single with the striking triple error: printed on gum side, missing gold inscriptions and untagged, beautiful quality and without the usual defects that affected many of the known examples, NH, VF and scarce, a common stamp is included, Unitrade #878i, C.v. C$2,000

1929-30, Commercial Airways Ltd., Air Fee, (10c) orange, complete pane of eight with break in oval variety on position 1, imperforated at three sides, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. C$300

VALUABLE COLLECTION: 1868-1977, about 900 mint stamps, including postage, semi-postal, air post and other back of the book issues, starting with Small Queen and Diamond Jubilee (½c-$1 and $4), then practically complete of Kings and Queen Elizabeth II issues (missing just a few not expensive stamps), in addition six pages of duplicates with several thousand dollars in C.v., vast majority of the material with full or large part of OG, some NH...

1897, Discovery of Newfoundland issue, 1c-60c, complete set of 14 imperforated plate proofs on india paper, all mounted on cards except 12c and 24c, nice margins and very fresh quality, no gum as produced, NH, VF, Unitrade C.v. C$775