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
1876 4d. vermillion plate 15, a very fine example cancelled with a very good crisp strike of the Dundee cds 1877, - this stamp is illustrated in a SG advertisement (Victoria specialised catalogue 16th edition page 184) cat. £ 475+
1877 4d. sage-green plate 16, a very fine example cancelled with a very good crisp strike of the Blyth cds 1879, cat. £ 300+
1877 4d. grey-brown plate 17, a very fine example cancelled with a good crisp strike of the Banbury cds 1880, including 2006 RPS certificate, cat. £ 500+
1876-1880 4d. vermillion (plate 15), sage-green (plates 15 and 16) and grey-brown watermarks Garter and Crown (plates 17-18) a fine group of 14 ex., including postmarks (many cds with good to superb strikes)
1881 1s. orange-brown (Watermark Crown) plate 14, a very fine example cancelled with a superb strike of the Guernsey Channel Islands cds 1883, cat. £ 170+
1883-1884 2s.6d. lilac, 5s. rose and 10s. ultramarine, a very fine set cancelled with Continental (night mail) 1900, Hull 1891 and Dumbarton 1897 cds, cat. £ 900+
1884 £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Imperial Crowns (DA), a superb example, cancelled with a very good strike of the Lymington cds 1889, signed A.D. (Alberto Diena) in manuscript and Mohrmann including 2008 Karl-Albert Louis certificate cat. £ 3000+
1884 £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Imperial Crowns (OA), a fine to very fine example, cancelled with two strikes of the Gracechurch registered oval, cat. £ 3000
1884 £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Imperial Crowns (BD and QB), two fine examples (imperfections, nevertheless presentable copies) cat. £ 6000
1888 £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Orbs (AA), a fine to very fine example cancelled with two strikes of the Threadneedle St. E.C. 1889, cat. £ 4500
1888 £1 brown-lilac watermark Three Orbs (OD), a fine example (imperfections, nevertheless very presentable) cancelled with a good strike of the St. James street cds 1888 and boxed G.P.O. cancel, cat. £ 4500
1883-1884 ½d. - 1s. - Lilac and Green - a fine to very fine set nearly all with good deep green shades (9d. two short perfs), cat. £ 1700