Early mint or unused selection incl 1862 2c, 4c, 19c, 1r, 1864 19c (slight crease), 1865 perf 2c (straight edge), 1870 100m, also 2e forgery, 1876-77 20c, 50c, high cat (17)
Worldwide Public Auction No 47
By: Essex Stamp Auctions
Essex Stamp Auctions Worldwide Public Auction No 47
Welcome to our 47th sale with standout sections of USA with singles and sets of the Classics and plenty of collections with early material. There is also good France, Germany including Colonies and States, Italian Colonies and good worldwide collections.
The British Commonwealth begins with a quarter million pound catalogue value stock of King George VI, then a large GVI collection with varieties and a valuable collection with many KGV sets and high values. There are plenty of one country collections with lots of high values and good stamps, and hundreds of lots of individual singles and sets to choose from. Our Great Britain section includes a number of Estates with penny blacks both on and off cover.
Lot #1228 - Spain
1850 6r blue good used with four ever margins, heavish cancel, signed Block, SG 5 (photo)
Lot #1229 - Spain
1850 10r blue-green, fine used, margins touching outer frame line, a very scarce stamp. SG 6, cat £2500 (photo)
Lot #1230 - Spain
1850 12c pale lilac unused, four margins, part o.g., but toned and stained. Nevertheless a good spacefiller of this rarity. SG 3, cat £2750 (photo)
Lot #1231 - Spain
1850-1993 very extensive colln in 5 volumes, beginning with valuable 19th century issues. Noted 1862 12c & 5r used, 1853 5r used, 1856 (Jan) 2r mint, 1860-61 12c & 19c both unused, good range of later Heads unused and used, 1905 Don Quixote set unused, 1920 UPU unused val to 10p, 1930 Railway fine m, other good 1930s sets, then farily complete incl Franco sets, then Semi Postals & Airs, the good 1927 ovpts mint, mini sheets, 1940...
Lot #1235 - Spain
1852 12c grey-lilac, SG 17b, very fine used with four large margins. Cat £275 (photo)
Lot #1236 - Spain
1852 6d greenish blue, good used with 4 margins, signed Block, SG 20a, cat £550 (photo)
Lot #1237 - Spain
1853 6r deep blue, SG 26a, attractively used with mostly good to large margins though shaved at lower right, lightly cancelled. Cat £500 (1)
Lot #1240 - Spain
1854 2c green, fine used with four margins, on thin paper. SG 32, cat £550 (photo)
Lot #1241 - Spain
1854 2r orange-vermilion 5r green and 6r blue, all fine used. An attractive trio. SG 36-38 (photo)
Lot #1242 - Spain
1856 4c carmine in a complete sheet of 100 with top marginal inscription, never hinged (12 stamps hinged), a very fine intact sheet, Mi 1000+
Lot #1243 - Spain
1865 Imperf 19c rose and brown, very fine used, a genuine example of this scarce stamp. SG 83, cat £850 (photo)
Lot #1244 - Spain
1865 perf 19c rose and brown, fine used, extremely scarce. SG 89, cat £2750 (photo)
Lot #1245 - Spain
1866 19c brown, SG 95, nicely used, few short or uneven perfs, therwise fine with strong colour and unobtrusively cancelled, expertised reverse. Cat £475 (1)
Lot #1246 - Spain
1873-1975 used on stockleaves incl 1874 20c to 1p, 1875 25c to 1p, 1889 10p, 1909-22 to 10p, 1922-29 to 10p, 1926 Red Cross 50c, 1930s commems scarce used incl Columbus postage set, Monsterrat 30c, 40c and Express 20c, 1936 Press Air set (less 5c), later incl 1952 Xavier cat stated over £1300 (2011) (few 100s)
Lot #1247 - Spain
1873 10p brown-purple fine unused, off centre as usual. A rare stamp. SG 216, cat £2500 (photo)
Lot #1248 - Spain
1936-37 fine mint collection on printed Lighthouse leaves with hingeless mounts of Nationalist (Franco) issues o'printed for various regions inc Burgos, Baena, San Sebastian, Ponte Vedra, Malaga, etc. Inc complete sets 60+ fresh and seldom seen material
Lot #1249 - Spain
1938 Submarine set very fine mint, several vals u/m, the 15p very lightly hinged. Cat £600 (photo 15p)
Lot #1250 - Spain
1950-1999 mainly u/m colln in 5 hingeless albums, some 1950s are hinged, good degree of completion, fine throughout
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