QV: 2½d blue, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Mint with h/r, centred to NW, frame at left cut by perfs. Cat £90 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
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Lot #6917 - Gibraltar 1886
on Bermuda ½d and 1d (no gum), m.m. Cat £108 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #6918 - Gibraltar 1886
1d rose red (of Bermuda) opt'd 'Gibraltar', CA Wmk, fine mint. Cat £85 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £35.20)
Lot #6919 - Gibraltar 1886
2d purple-brown 'QV' (of Bermuda) opt'd 'GIBRALTAR', CA Wmk, P14, fine used. Cat £90 {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £40.00)
Lot #6920 - Gibraltar 1886
4d orange-brown 'QV' (of Bermuda) opt'd 'GIBRALTAR', CA Wmk, P14, fine used. Cat £110 {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.00)
Lot #6921 - Gibraltar 1886
6d deep-lilac 'QV' (of Bermuda) opt'd 'GIBRALTAR', CA Wmk, P14, fine used. Cat £225 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #6922 - Gibraltar 1886
1s yellow-brown 'QV' (of Bermuda) opt'd 'GIBRALTAR', CA Wmk, P14, fine used. Cat £400 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £200.00)
Lot #6923 - Gibraltar 1886
Ovpt on Bermuda 1s yellow brown apparantly fine used with A26 cancel but is a SPERATI FORGERY, signed in pencil Jean de Sperati on reverse. A very clever forgery created by bleaching a lower value of the series and printing the 1s on top. The paper and postmark are genuine, an optical illusion giving the effect that the black postmark is on top of the 1s 'stamp' impression whereas in fact it is the other way round. Sperati considered this to...
Lot #6924 - Gibraltar 1886-1935
Used collection on leaves(93) including 1889-96 1P(both),2P, 1903 CA set to 1s ex 6d, 1931-33 Rock sets, 1935 RSJ set, a fine lot {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £48.00)
Lot #6925 - Gibraltar 1886-87
4d orange-brown, CA Wmk, P14, fine mint Cat £90 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £48.00)
Lot #6926 - Gibraltar 1886-87
6d lilac, CA Wmk, P14, fine mint Cat £140 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)
Lot #6927 - Gibraltar 1886-87
1s bistre, CA Wmk, P14, fine used. Cat £250 (image available) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #6928 - Gibraltar 1886-87
CA ½d dull green top marginal block of four fresh unmounted mint, very fine Cat £80 (image available) {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40)
Lot #6929 - Gibraltar 1886-87
set to 4d, light tone patch on 2½d shows through, h/r, m.m. (5) Cat £285 (image available) {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £76.00)
Lot #6930 - Gibraltar 1886-87
CA set to 1s(7) fine used Cat £450 (image available) {U} [US8] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £55.20)
Lot #6931 - Gibraltar 1886-87
CA set(7) mint, some heavily mounted Cat £600 {MH} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £66.40)
Lot #6932 - Gibraltar 1886-96
Small collection of QV definitives f.u. with small h/r. SG2, 4, 8-11, 17-18, 22-23, 26-28 and 31. (14) Cat £112 {U} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £36.00)
Lot #6933 - Gibraltar 1886-98
Mint and used collection on leaves(149) including 1886 ovpts on Bermuda to 4d used, 1886-87 CA set to 6d mint, 1889 surcharge set mint at least two of each, 1889-96 set to 5P mint and used plus some blocks, 1898 Sterling set mint and used, mixed condition {CC} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £163.20)
Lot #6934 - Gibraltar 1887
QV: ½d dull green, wmk Crown CA, perf 14, UM. Cat £20 (image available) {UM} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.00)
Lot #6935 - Gibraltar 1887
QV: 1d rose, wmk Crown CA, perf 14. Fine mint, hinge traces, large part o.g. Cat £50 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #6936 - Gibraltar 1887-1950
Collection on leaves(36 stamps, 7 covers or cards) including 1938 10s, £1 mint, 1948 RSW set mint {CC} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £28.00)
Lot #6937 - Gibraltar 1889
Surcharged QV definitive set, CA Wmk, P14, VFM (7) Cat £200 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £85.60)
Lot #6938 - Gibraltar 1889
Surcharged in Spanish currency set, CA Wmk, fine mint (7) Cat £200 (image available) {MH} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £88.80)
Lot #6939 - Gibraltar 1889
QV Definitives surcharged 5c on ½d to 25c on 2d, mint small h/r. Bright fresh colours. (3) Cat £34 (image available) {MH} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £10.40)
Lot #6940 - Gibraltar 1889
surcharge 5c (short foot) to 25c on 2½d, h/r, m.m. (4) Cat £64 {MH} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)



















