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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 328° |  |
 1859, 1sh9p Green (12, SG 11). Three ample margins to touching, slightly in at left, tied by oval grid on blue folded cover to London via Marseilles, red "Colombo Post-Paid My 10 1860" backstamp, red
London Paid receiving cds, fresh and Fine, very scarce single use of the 1sh9p for the -3/4 ounce rate, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, Stanley Gibbons value £3,200 on cover (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 10,500.00 |
| 329° | |
 1863-68, 1p Blue, 6p Chocolate Brown, 1sh Purple, Perf 12-1/2 (53, 57, 61, SG 61, 67, 71). 6p two pairs and single, used with 1p and 1sh, tied by oval grids on blue registered folded cover to
Scotland via Marseilles, 3sh rate plus 7p registration fee, red "Colombo Paid Ju 11 70" cds and matching "Colombo=Registered" oval hs, oval "Registered London" transit ds, receipt docketing, receipt docketing, minor wear, Fine, unusual and colorful
franking (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 2,300.00 |
| 330° |  |
 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1919, 10k Violet Brown & Violet, Semi-Postal (B90, Michel 137). Fresh colors, h.r., Very Fine centering for this difficult stamp, signed Rendon, with Morgen backstamps and 1996 P.F.
certificate, very scarce, only 235 were issued, Michel DM5,500 (Image Magnifier) |
1,500.00 | 0.00 |
| 331° | |
 DOMINICA, 1801, Stampless Letter. Well-struck "DOMINICA/AUG 5, 1801" two-line handstamp on folded letter to Edinburgh, ms. "2/2" rating, transit and receiving datestamps, very interesting contents which state in part
"I have buried nine officers since we arrived here, seven of them since the 20th of July...men women and children dying faster than I can get them buried, think of thirty one in two days and at this instance eight lying dead - to describe the
wretched scenes in the Hospital, and the poor helpless women in the Barracks - would be a task for a more able pen than mine... address somewhat faded, a Very Fine and fascinating letter, accompanied by a full transcript (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 0.00 |
| 332° |
 DOMINICA (Great Britain Used In), 1856, 1sh Green, "A07" Cancel. Neat strike of the "A07" cancel on Great Britain 1sh Green (28, SG 72), fresh color, Fine and rare, only two known examples of the G.B. 1sh
stamp cancelled by "A07" grid of Dominica, with 1960 R.P.S. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 500.00 | |
| 333° | S |
 DOMINICA, 1879, -1/2p Bister, 4p Blue
Plate Proofs, SPECIMEN Overprint (4S, 7S, SG 4S, 7S). Large margins, bright and fresh colors, original gum, h.r., Very Fine, rare (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 0.00 |
| 334° |
 DOMINICA, 1886, 1p on 4p Green (14, SG 18). No. 6 of the setting, tied on small piece by part of numeral cancel, the piece also shows part of oval "Registered" handstamp, sound in every respectVERY FINE AND EXTREMELY SCARCE. APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN USED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN (AND TWO UNUSED). THIS IS THE ONLY ONE ON A PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. Accompanied by a photocopy of a large part of the original envelope on which they were used, showing the placement of seven of the stamps. Ex Isleham, Dallas. With 1952 R.P.S. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
15,000.00 | 7,500.00 | |
| 335° |  |
 EAST GERMANY, 1984, 5pf-25pf Unissued Olympic Set (Michel I-III). Mint N.H. set of the three unissued stamps, Very Fine, no more than 50 sets are believed to exist. The set was originally issued for
the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. However, due to the boycott of the Games by the Eastern European Bloc, the stamps were never issued. Curiously, the same design was used by East Germany for their stamps for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul (a
set of these accompanies). Each is signed and with 1990 Zierer certificate. Unlisted in Scott, Michel catalogue value (Image Magnifier) |
25,000.00 | 11,000.00 |
| 336° |  |
 EGYPT, Suez Canal, 1868, 20c Blue (Yvert 3). Two complete sheets of 120 each, each showing papermaker's watermark, full original gum, Mint N.H., usual gum creases, few trivial natural inclusions, Very Fine and
extremely rare set of sheets (Image Magnifier) |
E. 7,500-10,000 | 5,000.00 |
| 337° | |
 FALKLAND ISLANDS, 1964, 6p "Glasgow" Error of Vignette (151a, SG 216a). Well-centered, Mint N.H., fresh and bright colors and paper, Extremely Fine, one of the most famous and fascinating of modern
British Commonwealth errors, of which only 17 are reported. The Gibbons catalogue states that it is believed that this error occurred when a sheet with the center showing the "Glasgow" was accidentally included among the supply of the 6p value, where
it received the wrong frame. Gibbons also states that there have been seventeen reported, although this number may include some duplication in reporting. Stanley Gibbons value £16,000 (Image Magnifier) |
15,000.00 | 12,500.00 |
| 338° | |
FINLAND, 1856, 10k Dark Carmine (2). Clear to ample margins, deep shade, tied by slightly blurred Wiborg framed datestamp on blue Nov. 1856 folded cover to Uleaborg, blue merchant's corner card handstamp, fresh and Fine, scarce with handstamped town marking only, E. Diena and Gummeson certificates | E. 1,000-1,500 | 500.00 |