Auction #140 - Public Auction

142 (266) 1902 £1 dull blue-green K Edward VII, De La Rue printing, wmkd Three Imperial Crowns, perf 14, very well centered, OG,VLH, SUPERB, with Pinchot certificate

175 (402) 1913 10' indigo-blue K George V Sea Horses, Waterlow printing, wmkd "GvR" Single Cypher, perf 11x12, OG, NH, F-VF

(no lot)

181 (417) 1919 10' dull grey-blue K George V Sea Horses, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, wmkd Single Cypher, perf 11x12, rich color, a perfectly centered example, OG, VLH, SUPERB

222-24 (450-52) 1934 2'6d-10' re-engraved K George V Sea Horses, Waterlow ptg, wmkd "GvR" Single Cypher, perf 11x12, cplt (3), OG, VLH, SUPERB

O29 (O63) 1883 9d dull green Q Victoria Official overprinted GOVT. PARCELS, wmkd Imperial Crown (sideways), used, VF

O44 (O31) 1896 ½d vermilion Q Victoria overprinted O.W. OFFICIAL SG Type 0 3, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, OG, VLH, VF

O83 (O112) 1903 3d dull purple on orange-yellow K Edward VII overprinted ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL SG Type O 11, wmkd Imperial Crown, perf 14, a difficult and seriously undercatalogued stamp, perfectly centered, OG, VLH, SUPERB

14 (15) 1917 $3 green and purple K George V of Hong Kong overprinted "CHINA", wmkd MCA, this is the key mint value, rarer than the $10 as most were used, vastly undercatalogued, fresh, perfectly centered, OG,LH, SUPERB

9 (5f) 1898 40c orange-brown Q Victoria of Gibraltar overprinted "Morocco Agencies" in blue-black (from only a small part of the Second Setting), a rare and seriously undercatalogued stamp (usually found on 99% of all Morocco want lists), OG, LH, F-VF

230-34 (55b, 58a, 59, 60b, 61b) 1936 ½d-1' K George V of Great Britain overprinted "MOROCCO AGENCIES" (15½mm, SG Type 8), cplt (5), the most difficult mint set in Morocco, especially the 2½d (the vast majority of which were used!), rare and undercatalogued, OG, NH, VF

437 var (227a) 1936 ½d green K Edward VIII of Great Britain surcharged in French currency "MOROCCO AGENCIES \ 5 CENTIMES" with ERROR - bar through "POSTAGE", on top stamp of B-strip of three, a striking ERROR of which only twelve examples show "POSTAGE" clearly obliterated with the bar, a copy of the 1936 Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal article explaining and offering the error for #10 is enclosed, OG,LH, SUPERB, with BPA certificate