Auction 258 March 2024
Some highlights:
- 'Ramones' Collection of Great Britain
- Field post WWII, Legion issues and Propaganda forgeries (including Dr. Keizer collection)
- Extensive collection of Turkey
- Postal Stationery Netherlands (including change of address cards Verhoeven collection)
- Many original country collections including British Commonwealth
Auction order
Thursday 14 March
09:00 1-314 Netherlands and Colonies, collections & stock
350-420 Netherlands and Colonies, collections & stock in large boxes
13:00 450-953 Coins
Friday 15 March
10:00 1000-1064 Picture Postcards
10:30 1100-1611 Foreign countries, collections & stock
1800-1936 Foreign countries, collections & stock in large boxes
Saturday 16 March
09:00 2000-2367 Netherlands and colonies single lots
11:00 2500-2633 Foreign countries single lots
13:00 3000-3261 Ramones Collection of Great Britain
15:00 3500-3588 WWII Collection of Dr. Keizer
1841 2d. plate 4 JL with the constant variety under O of Postage, four large to very large margins - a big stamp - with a light indistinct numeral cancellation cat. £ 130+
1841 2d. plate 4 PB four large to very large margins with parts of six neighbouring stamps, a light indistinct numeral cancellation cat. £ 90++
1841 2d. plate 4 specialised collection AA - TL including shades, multiples, postmarks, guide lines, double letters and 1 cover in mostly good to very good condition, totally 149 singles, 40 pairs, 22 strips of three, 2 strips of four, block of four and a block of six, all neatly described on album leaves in safe album
1854 2d. plate 4 (small crown perf 16) BH - the Spectacles variety - within a strip of four (BG-BJ), a fine to very fine strip with four Edinburgh numeral cancellations on fragment, cat. £ 850+
1854 2d. plate 4 (small crown perf 16) FG-FJ strip of four with the error watermark inverted, a fine to very fine strip with four Oxford 603 numeral cancellations, cat. £ 1300
1854 2d. plate 4 (small crown perf 16) TA-TD strip of four with a very clear example of the TC worn plate (extreme wear) and the first repair of the TD (Spec F1 j and k), a fine to very fine strip with four Oxford 603 numeral cancellations, cat. £ 655+
1854 2d. plate 4 (Spec. F1, F1g small crown perf 16) a fine to very fine block of four SH-TI (SH, TH small crease) with the re-entry second state variety on TH, cancelled with the 441 Stratton numeral on refolded lettersheet to Taunton 1854 - scarce multiple on cover - with 2000 RPS certificate, cat. £ 1750
1854 2d. plate 4 (small crown perf 16) specialised collection with pairs, strip of three, strips of four and five, block of four, scots local cancellations, inverted watermark (HJ), re-entry (CE), worn plate (AB,AC,AD), repaired impression (TF) etc. mostly good to very good condition, cat. £ 5800+
1854-1858 2d. plates 4,5 and 6. Fine group of covers (22 ex.) including Spec. F1r (JF) constant variety, F1h (TB-TD) state 2, F6d (DB) re-entry, several spoon, scottish local and Madeleine Smith cancellations
1855 2d. plate 5 (small crown perf 16) AB-AF a fine to very fine strip of five all cancelled with the 583 sideways duplex numeral of Nottingham in blue including 2013 Mike Jackson certificate, cat. £ 1750++
1855 2d. plate 5 (Spec. F4 small crown perf 16) collection with 13 singles, 1 pair, strip of three and a single on cover with the Waterford Spoon cancellation (1855) mostly good to very good condition, cat. £ 6800
1855 2d. plate 4 and plate 5 (Spec. F2-F3 small crown perf 14) specialised collection with pairs, strip of four, block of four, scots local cancellations, re-entries (CB-CD) etc. mostly good to very good condition, cat. £ 12.000+