Second Session Lots Thursday November 20th at 1.30 pm

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1 Second Session Lots Thursday November 20th at 1.30 pm The Falkland Islands, Dependencies and Antarctica including the second part of the fine collection formed by Malcolm Barton See also lots for Madame Joseph Cancellations Miscellaneous 301 Maps: CARTE/DE MAIDENLAND OU DE LA/VIRGINIE DE HAWKINS,/Découverte par Sir Richard/Hawkins en 1574,/ET DU CANAL FALKLAND/ainsi appellé par le Capne. Jean Strong/qui le traversa en 1689/sur le FAREWELL Vaisseau de Londres (1774) by Benard of Paris, hand-coloured outline (320 x 254mm.); also FALKLAND ISLANDS/AND/PATAGONIA (1840) coloured map by Tallis & Co. with attractive vignettes (275 x 375mm.), binding punctures in left margin; and print M. BOUGAINVILLE hoisting French Colours/on a Small Rock, in MAGHELLAN STREIGHTS (1785), engraved by Royce, publ. Alexr. Hogg London, repaired tear at right (202 x 303mm.). Ex Marsden hand-coloured map of the ISLES MAIDENLAND,/DE HAWKINS,/ET LE DÉTROIT/DE FAKLAND./Ces Isles sont nommées/malouines,/par LES FRANÇOIS also including ISLE DE GÉORGIE and the TERRE DE SANDWICH and with coastal soundings, (446 x 310mm.) from Raynal s Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissements & du Commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, engraved by the cartographer Rigobert Bonne ( ), Ingénieur Hydrographe de la Marine Française, Paris, attractive. Ex Barton L Literature: The Falkland Islands, South America booklet by the Rev. McDonald Hobley published by the Cathedral Press at Port Stanley (1917) with author s ms. dedication to A.G. Bennett, good condition. A scarce and well illustrated World War I publication also containing an account of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, written by the father of the well-known television presenter Official Seals: The first Official Seal used during the reign of Queen Victoria, an impression in red wax on piece (80 x 84mm.) with paper overlay. In addition to the Royal Arms and inscription VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR. REG. F.D./FALKLAND ISLANDS, the design depicts a wild bull and other cattle with H.M.S. Hebe in the background. Rare. Ex Barton. Photo The Official Seal for the reign of King George V by Governor Allardyce, an albino impression with grey background (78 x 81mm.) on card. The inscription reads GEORGIVS V D: G BRITT: ET TERRARVM TRANSMAR: QVAE IN DIT: SVNT BRIT: REX F: D: IND: IMP:/FALKLAND ISLANDS with the wild bull (alone) and H.M.S. Hebe. Rare. Ex Barton. Photo Paper Money: , 50p. (1974), 1 (1974), 1 (1982), 5 (1960), 10 (1975) banknotes, fine uncirculated. (5) SH 15b, 16b, 16d, 17b, 18a. Ex Marsden

2 The Franks 307 THE BLACK FRANK: 1874 (Feb. 16) double rate official envelope sent by the Postmaster, George Travis to his daughter in Lincolnshire, with the Frank and ms. 1/- at right, despatch datestamp and red Liverpool Packet transit of Apr. 1 at lower left and next day arrival backstamp, carried first on the Black Hawk and from Montevideo on the Cotopaxi. Barnes 3/74. Photo. 3,500-4, THE RED FRANK: 1877 (May 15) blue envelope to F. Coleman, Secretary of the Falkland Islands Company in London, with the Frank at right unusually overstruck by despatch datestamp, ms. rating 6 and Paid, and with red arrival backstamp of June 18, having been carried on the Black Hawk to Montevideo and thence on the Sorata. The manuscript note Coffin s 14 May 77 added at upper left by Coleman indicates that the sender was Lieutenant Coffin, in command of the detachment of Royal Marines which was shortly after replaced by a police force, Coffin leaving the islands on July 2nd. Barnes 4/77. Photo. 6,000-7,000 44

3 Other Early Mail envelope to Hampshire bearing Great Britain 6d. grey Pl. 15 KF cancelled on arrival in London by F.B. in bars Foreign Branch obliterator, endorsed at lower left Apl. 4/Falkland Isds. having been written and sent by Lieutenant Commander Frederick Metaxa, officer on board H.M.S. Volage, carried on the Black Hawk to Montevideo and thence on the Tagus, with London transit and Portsmouth May 15 arrival backstamps, also a reproduction photograph of the Volage. A unique item, the earliest recorded use of an adhesive stamp from the Falkland Islands. Ex Barton. Photo. 2,000-2, Early Incoming Mail: 1897 (Jan. 11) envelope from Cury Cross Lanes (Cornwall) addressed to Colonel Lewis of the Royal Engineers, endorsed Via Tilbury and franked at the 2½d. rate, with Mullion transit backstamp and Feb. 11 arrival datestamp, having been carried on the Abydos, some peripheral tears and minor stains. Colonel Lewis was staying at Government House, having arrived in the islands on Dec. 10, 1896 to report on whether Port Stanley or Port Edgar might serve as a naval coaling station. Ex Barton. See also lot 438. Photo on page Queen Victoria Issues: Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Colour Trials P 1d. imperf. colour trial in brown on unwatermarked wove paper, an example from the foot of the sheet, fine. Photo P 1d. imperf. colour trial in brown on unwatermarked wove paper, a horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, fine. Photo P 6d. imperf. colour trial in blue on unwatermarked wove paper, an example from the top of the sheet, fine. Photo P 1s. imperf. colour trial in olive-black on unwatermarked wove paper, fine. Photo P 1s. imperf. colour trial in green on unwatermarked wove paper, an example from the foot of the sheet, fine. Photo

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5 Issues Without Watermark 316 1d. claret, mint (2, slight faults), 6d. blue-green mint and used matching examples with imperf. margin at foot, the former with slight bend, 1s. bistre-brown mint (gum toned). and used. (5) S.G. 1, 3, 4, cat. 1, A mint selection comprising 1d. (wide at right), 6d. (3, one from the left of the sheet, another (small stain) from the lower left corner), 1s. (2, from the left and foot of the sheet respectively, slight imperfections). (6) A selection, comprising 1d. (2, faults), 6d. (4, one imperf. lower margin), 1s. (5, one left marginal, two imperf. lower margin), some creases and other imperfections. (11) S.G. 1, 3, 4, cat. 2, d. claret, mint block of four from the foot of the sheet with imperf. lower margin, some perf. faults at top and left but rare. One of only three known mint blocks. S.G. 1, cat. 3,000+. Photo. 1,000-1, d. claret, an unused vertical pair with just slight traces of original gum and the lower stamp with small tone spot at right but a very scarce multiple. S.G. 1, cat. 1,500. Photo d. claret, a fine mint example with imperf. lower margin, and another unused from the lower left corner of the sheet, imperf. at foot (irregularly cut) and left. S.G. 1, cat. 1,500. Photo d. claret, one perforation weak at top, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 1, cat Ex Barton. Photo d. claret, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 1. Photo d. claret, a fine mint example from the top of the sheet with perforated upper margin, slight bend and tiny tear at foot, nevertheless most attractive. S.G. 1. Photo d. claret, used with AU 15/1878 c.d.s., the earliest recorded date, also the 6d. blue-green similarly cancelled, also a reproduction photo of the Black Hawk which would have carried this mail. S.G. 1, 3. Photo d. claret cancelled by type F.1 v2 (J)A 25/(19)OC (uniform size) c.d.s., 4d. used (2, one with watermark letter A and straight edge at right), 1s. used. S.G. 1, 2, 2a, 4, cat. 1,140. Photo d. grey-black, large part original gum, fine and attractive. S.G. 2, cat. 1,200. B.P.A. certificate (1978). Photo d. grey-black, large part original gum with light overall toning. S.G. 2. Ex Barton. Photo d. grey-black, four used examples with imperf. margins, from the left of the sheet (creased at top and slight staining), from the top and foot of the sheet (both fine), and from the upper right corner, fault at foot. S.G. 2, cat d. grey-black showing part U from papermaker s watermark, unused (regummed), fine. S.G. 2a, cat. 2,750. Ex Barton. Photo d. blue-green, used with JY 2/1878 c.d.s., some toning around perfs. but rare, the earliest recorded date. S.G. 3. Photo d. blue-green and 1s. bistre-brown, both in mint blocks of four, the former with imperf. margin at left and fresh with one unmounted, the latter with light overall gum toning but fine appearance. S.G. 3, 4, cat Ex Barton. Photo d. blue-green, a fresh mint block of four, the lower pair unmounted, also a mint single showing the pearls reentry, fine. S.G. 3, var., cat. 475+, SH 3, v1. Photo d. blue green, mint block of four from the top right corner of the sheet with perforated margins, very slight imperfections, also a mint single imperf. at foot and a lower left corner example with cork cancellation and imperf. margins, slight creasing. S.G. 3, cat Photo d. blue-green, a block of four with central, slightly indistinct (?) 23/(?)6 type F.1 c.d.s., also a used forgery of the 6d. and a lower right corner 1s. (imperf. margins) with fake cancellation s. bistre-brown, mint block of four from the top left corner of the sheet with perforated margins, one showing O of ONE with flattened base [R.1/1] (SH 4 v1), the stamps at left wide, also an upper right corner fine mint single perforated at top and imperf. at right, and a lower right corner example with imperf. margins, slight creasing. S.G. 4, cat Photo s. bistre-brown, a fine mint block of four with slight perf. reinforcement. S.G. 4, cat Photo

6 1882 Watermark Crown CA Upright d. dull claret, a horizontal pair, small part original gum, fine. S.G. 5, cat. 650, SH 6a. Photo d. dull claret, part original gum, fine. S.G. 5, cat Photo b 1d. dull claret, wmk. Crown CA upright, d. pale claret, wmk. Crown to left of CA (also showing THE COL(ONIES) marginal watermark letters and with [R. 1/1] distorted C in CA ), and d. brownish claret, wmk. Crown to right of CA, each in a matching upper left corner marginal block of ten (5 x 2) ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives, all incl. neck blemish variety [R. 2/4], the latter two with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin, mainly fine without gum. S.G. 5, 7, 8w, cat. 5,250 as unused stamps, SH 6a, 6b, 6c wmk1. Ex Barton. Photo d. dull claret, wmk. Crown CA upright inverted and reversed, lower left corner marginal block of four, the upper pair with horizontal crease, the lower pair unmounted. Heijtz notes blocks of four and larger multiples are very scarce, both mint and used. S.G. 5y, cat. 2,200+, SH 6a wmk1. Ex Barton. Photo d. grey-black (deep shade), wmk. Crown CA upright, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 6, cat. 450, SH 9a. Ex Barton. Photo

7 343 b 4d. grey-black, wmk. Crown CA upright, d. pale grey-black, wmk. Crown to left of CA and reversed (also showing AG marginal watermark letters), and d. grey-black, wmk. Crown to left of CA, each in a matching upper left corner marginal block of ten (5 x 2) ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives and with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin, mainly fine without gum. S.G. 6, 9x, 10, cat. 10,600+ as unused stamps, SH 9a, 9b wmk2, 9c. Ex Barton. Photo. 2,000-2, Watermark Crown CA Sideways 344 b 1d. pale claret, wmk. Crown to left of CA, remarkable upper left corner marginal mint block of twenty-five incl. neck blemish variety [R. 2/4] and with rows 3 and 4 showing watermark lettering (CO)LONIES/CROWN AG(ENTS) demonstrating that double size watermarked sheets were used for this printing, mainly fine with twenty-one unmounted. S.G. 7, cat. 2,250+, SH 6b. Ex Barton. Photo

8 Watermark Crown CA Sideways continued Ex d. pale claret wmk. Crown to left of CA unused (2, one part original gum), wmk. Crown to right of CA mint (2, one with straight edge at left and ink stain on reverse), 4d. pale grey-black wmk. Crown to left of CA mint (small grease mark), wmk. Crown to right of CA mint, d. brownish claret mint pair and single (paper hinges), wmk. Crown to right of CA mint, straight edge at foot, 4d. grey-black wmk. Crown to left of CA mint, mainly fair to fine. (11) b 1d. pale claret, wmk. Crown to left of CA, upper left corner marginal block of eight (4 x 2) incl. neck blemish [R. 2/4], hinged in upper margin only, fine. S.G. 7, var., cat. 720+, SH 6b, v2. Photo d. pale claret, wmk. Crown to left of CA, a fresh mint block of four. S.G. 7, cat. 360+, SH 6b. Photo Selection comprising d. pale claret, wmk. Crown to left of CA (2, one colour affected and apparently showing re-entry), wmk. Crown to right of CA horizontal pair, d. brownish claret, wmk. Crown to right of CA (2), wmk. sideways to right and reversed, 4d. grey-black wmk. Crown to left of CA (thinned), mint or unused, poor to fine. (8) S.G. 7, w, 8w, y, 10, cat. 1, d. pale grey-black (deep shade), wmk. Crown to right of CA, mint, fine. S.G. 9w, cat. 700, SH 9b wmk1. Ex Barton. Photo d. grey-black (pale shade), wmk. Crown to left of CA, horizontal pair from the lower left corner of the sheet with imperf. margins, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 10, cat. 800, SH 9c. Ex Barton. Photo Watermark Crown CA Upright 351 b 1d. red-brown, wmk. Crown CA upright, block of fifteen from the upper right corner of the sheet with imperf. margins, unused, some minor perf. reinforcement, also 1d. deep red-brown shade, a mint example from the foot of the sheet (tiny gum thin in lower margin). S.G. 11, var., cat. 3,200+, SH6d. Ex Barton. Photo d. olive grey-black, wmk. Crown CA upright, upper left corner horizontal strip of three with imperf. margins and large part original gum, also a used strip of three cancelled JU/1894 c.d.s. s, fine. S.G. 12, cat. 660+, SH 9d. Ex Barton d. olive grey-black, wmk. Crown CA upright reversed, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 12x, cat Photo

9 The 1891 Bisect Provisionals Ex ½d. on half 1d. brownish claret unsevered pair, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 13a, cat. 3,000. B.P.A. certificate (1990). Also included The Falkland Islands Gazette Vol. I, No. 5 (Jan ) with Government Notices incl. Post Office Notice of Dec detailing arrangements for the bisect provisionals, etc., and Charles Stewart-Douglas s drawing of W.A. Harding s description of the composing stick used for the surcharging - see The Falkland Islands: The 1891 Provisionals by Malcolm Barton (2002). Ex Barton. Photo. 1,200-1, First Mail on the S.S. Kambyses (Jan ), envelope to Mrs. Vaughan in London, franked by 1d. brownish claret pair and bisected single tied by cork cancellations (Barnes 1/90) with despatch datestamp at left and Feb. 28 arrival backstamp, part of obverse torn away but characterful. Barton A2. Ex Nabarro. Photo , Second Mail on the S.S. Denderah (Feb ), H.M.S. Beagle envelope to Ralph Cator in London, franked by 1d. brownish claret lower right corner strip of three with imperf. margins, one bisected diagonally (unsurcharged) tied by cork cancellations with despatch datestamp below and Mar. 21 arrival backstamp, and containing a letter on ship s notepaper from the Navigation Officer, Lt. Bertie A. Cator - I am writing you a line chiefly to send you this 1d stamp cut in half which are in use here until they get some ½d. ones & I should think might be rather a curio to stamp collectors. Barton B4. Ex Barton. Photo. 1,800-2,000 51

10 The 1891 Bisect Provisionals continued 357 Fifth Mail on the S.S. Isis (Mar ), envelope to Messrs. Kirkland Cope in London, addressed by Henry Waldron and sent from either Beaver Island or Roy Cove, franked by ½d. on half of 1d. brownish claret, two unsevered pairs and single tied by cork cancellations with despatch datestamp at lower left and May 4 arrival backstamp. Barton E4. B.P.A. certificate (1969). Ex Stern and Barton. Photo also on back cover. 2,500-3, Tenth Mail on the S.S. Karnac (Aug ), registered mourning envelope to Major George Chapman in Wellington, Somerset, the 4½d. rate paid by ½d. on half of 1d. brownish claret with d. olive grey-black, the latter tied by cork cancellation with despatch datestamp below, red London hooded transit of Sept. 14 and same day arrival backstamp. Barton E4. B.P.A. certificate (1969). Ex Barton. Photo. 1,500-2, ½d. on half of 1d. brownish claret, watermark Crown to left of CA and marginal line, an unsevered pair without diagonal ink dividing line, an example from the top of the sheet with imperf. margin, used with cork cancellations, fine. S.G. 13a, cat. 1,000. Photo ½d. on half of 1d. brownish claret, watermark Crown to left of CA with marginal line and watermark letter O, an unsevered pair with diagonal ink dividing line, used with cork cancellations, a few perfs. a little rounded or slightly stained, otherwise fine. S.G. 13a, cat. 1,000. Photo

11 The 1891 Bisect Provisionals continued 361 Twelfth Mail on the S.S. Totmes (Sept ), envelope to Mrs. Clethero in Norfolk, franked by 1d. red-brown strip of three, one bisected, tied by cork cancellations (Barnes 1/90) with light despatch datestamp below and fine Wymondham c.d.s. of Oct. 20 at left, a further c.d.s. from the day before and Attleborough the day after on the reverse, together with the ms. notes Opened by Mrs Clethero/of Bunhall not for/her and Try Bunwell indicate that the address had first been misread and struggled to reach its intended recipient, filing folds and slight soiling. Barton L10. Photo , ½d. on half of 1d. brownish claret posthumous surcharges (2) on small pieces, one cancelled to order by SP 10/1891 c.d.s. (see The Falkland Islands: The 1891 Provisionals by Malcolm Barton, p. 108), the other (lifted for examination) by SP 15/1891 c.d.s. and carried on the Twelfth Mail on the S.S. Totmes, from one of seventeen covers prepared for H.J. Wildsmith of London (Holcombe Opinion, 1997), also a forged surcharged bisect. (3 items) d. red-brown strip of three, one bisected, just tied by cork cancellations to piece from mourning envelope. S.G. 11, a ½d. on half 1d. red-brown diagonal bisect, posthumously applied, upper half unused, lower half mint (2, one with tiny thin). (3) Issues 365 A used collection of shades etc. on leaves, comprising ½d. (30), 1d. (43, incl d. pale claret wmk. Crown to left of CA, imperf. at foot, d. brownish claret wmk. Crown to left of CA, reperforated two sides, and 1891 redbrown), 2d. (7), 2½d. (13), 4d. (9, three wmk. reversed incl. brownish black but cancellation not guaranteed), 6d. (5), 9d. (4, incl. a strip of three) and 1s. (6), poor to fine. (97) A mint or unused collection of shades etc. on leaves, comprising ½d. (47, one wmk. reversed), 1d. (41, incl. two 1891 red-brown), 2d. (13), 2½d. (31, incl. a corner block of four), 4d. (10, three wmk. reversed), 6d. (11, incl. a corner strip of three), 1s. (10, incl. a corner block of four with one thinned), poor to fine. (163) A mainly mint selection, incl. SH 9c, 9e (regummed) with B.P.A. certificate (2004), multiples, etc., varied condition. (31) A mainly mint selection, incl. shades, printings, multiples, etc., varied condition. (71) First printing May 1891 ½d. blue-green and 2½d. very pale chalky ultramarine in matching upper left corner marginal blocks of four from the single Bradbury Wilkinson archive sheets of sixty, the lower left ½d. showing watermark variety distorted C (W2 v1), one 2½d. with trivial surface mark, otherwise fine with small part gum, the sheets being the only survivor from this printing, the supply of stamps to the islands having been lost when the Neko sank on July 21. Both blocks with Heijtz certificate (2008). Ex Barton. Photo. 2,000-2, S ½d. pale blue-green, Second printing Aug. 1891, handstamped SPECIMEN (16.5 x 2mm.) in red, upper left corner marginal block of four ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. Ex Barton. Photo

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13 Issues continued 371 ½d. pale blue-green, Second printing Aug. 1891, fine mint horizontal pair, also the very pale blue-green shade, mint single, fine. (3) SH 5b, var. Ex Barton b S ½d. blue-green, Third printing Nov. 1891, overprinted SPECIMEN (Samuel type B2), upper left corner marginal block of six (3 x 2) ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin, also a fine mint block of four. (10) SH 5c. Ex Barton. Photo b ½d. green, Fourth printing May 1892, upper left corner marginal block of twelve (6 x 2) from the Bradbury Wilkinson archive sheet (this the only printing in the archive without SPECIMEN overprint), with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin and some minor perf. reinforcement, mainly fine without gum. S.G. 16, SH 5d. Ex Barton b ½d. green, Fourth printing May 1892, imprint block of twelve (4 x 3) from the Bradbury Wilkinson archive sheet (this the only printing in the archive without SPECIMEN overprint), mainly fine without gum. S.G. 16, SH 5d. Ex Barton ½d. green, watermark reversed, Fourth printing May 1892, mint, fine. S.G. 16ax., cat. 180, SH 5d wmk b ½d. deep yellow-green, Fifth printing July 1894, unmounted mint block of eighteen (6 x 3) with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint and showing missing pin in horizontal single line perforator between rows 6 and 7, fine. SH 5e. Ex Barton b S ½d. deep dull green, Seventh printing Apr. 1896, handstamped SPECIMEN (12.5 x 1.5mm.) in violet, block of eight (4 x 2) with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint and showing missing pin in horizontal single line perforator between rows 6 and 7, fine. S.G. 16bs, SH 5f s. Ex Barton. Photo b ½d. deep dull green, Seventh printing Apr. 1896, block of six (3 x 2) marginal from the left of the sheet, also ½d. yellow-green (Eighth printing June 1899) imprint block of eighteen (incl. missing horizontal perforator pins) and ½d. dull yellowish green (Ninth printing Jan. 1902) lower right corner marginal block of nine, all unmounted mint and mainly fine. (33) S.G. 16b, 17b, 17c, SH 5f, 5g, 5h. Ex Barton ½d. deep yellow-green, Fifth printing July 1894, mint block of four, with OR marginal watermark letters between, the pair at left without guide dot in margin (column 1 only), fine and fresh. S.G. 17, SH 5e S 1d. orange red-brown, Sixth printing Oct. 1891, handstamped SPECIMEN (16.5 x 2mm.) in red, upper left corner marginal block of four ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin. S.G. 18, SH 6e. Ex Barton. Photo d. dull orange red-brown shade, Sixth printing Oct. 1891, upper right corner block of four hinged in margin only, very fresh. S.G. 18 var., SH 6e var. Ex Barton. Photo d. reddish chestnut, Seventh printing May 1892, and 1d. Venetian claret (pale Venetian red), Twelfth printing June 1898, both in mint blocks of four, the former lower right corner marginal (hinged on one and in margin), the latter unmounted, fine. S.G. 19, 22b, SH 6f, 6k. Ex Barton d. reddish chestnut, Seventh printing May 1892, mint horizontal pair, the right hand stamp showing neck blemish [R. 2/4], fine and fresh. S.G. 19, var., SH 6f, v b 1d. orange-brown, Eighth printing Jan. 1894, and 1d. claret, Ninth printing July 1894, both wmk. reversed and in a mint block of twelve (4 x 3) with five unmounted, one of the latter with very light tone spot, otherwise fine. S.G. 20, 21x, cat. 1,620+, SH 8g, 8h. Ex Barton b 1d. claret, Ninth printing July 1894, variety wmk. normal in a mint block of eight (4 x 2) with five unmounted, fine. S.G. 21, cat. 880+, SH 6h wmk1. Ex Stern and Barton b 1d. deep Venetian red, Tenth printing Nov. 1895, wmk. reversed, fine unmounted mint block of fifteen incl. neck blemish variety [R. 2/4], marginal from the top of the sheet, fresh. S.G. 22ax, SH 6i. Ex Barton b 1d. Venetian red (Venetian claret), Eleventh printing Apr. 1896, wmk. normal, 1d. pale red, Thirteenth printing June 1899, and 1d. orange-red, Fourteenth printing Jan. 1902, each in a mint block of eighteen (6 x 3), marginal from the foot of the sheet, the first showing missing pin in horizontal single line perforator between rows 6 and 7, mainly fine with most unmounted. S.G. 22, 23, 24, cat. 756+, SH 6j, 6l, 6m. Ex Barton

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15 Issues continued 388 b 1d. pale red, Thirteenth printing June 1899, a complete mint sheet of sixty hinged in margins only (small section of selvedge missing at upper right), incl. neck blemish [R. 2/4], also a range of reference material ex James Andrews collection incl. correspondence with T. Leishman at Bradbury, Wilkinson and some publications b 2d. deep purple, First printing Nov. 1895, lower left corner marginal block of fifteen (5 x 3, eleven unmounted) with part imprint, 2d. reddish purple Second printing Apr unmounted upper left corner marginal block of fifteen (3 x 5), 2d. pale purple Third printing June 1898 mint lower marginal imprint block of eight (4 x 2, one with small grease mark), mainly fine. (38) S.G. 25, 28, cat. 224+, SH 7a, b, c. Ex Barton b 2d. reddish purple, Second printing Apr. 1896, a complete mint sheet of sixty incl. central Crown Agents watermark letters, hinged in margins and on nine with slight perf. separation and minor faults in selvedge. S.G. 26, cat b 2d. reddish purple, Second printing Apr. 1896, a complete mint sheet of sixty incl. central Crown Agents watermark letters, hinged in margins and on two and with minor imperfections in selvedge. S.G. 26, cat S 2½d. pale chalky ultramarine, Second printing Aug. 1891, upper left corner marginal block of four, each handstamped SPECIMEN (16.5 x 2mm.) in red, and affixed to piece ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. SH 8b s. Ex Barton. Photo b 2½d. chalky ultramarine shade, Second printing Aug. 1891, a mint block of six (2 x 3), fine. S.G. 27 var., SH 8b var. Ex Barton. Photo b S 2½d. dull blue, Third printing Nov. 1891, overprinted SPECIMEN (Samuel type B2) in an upper left corner marginal block of six (3 x 2) without gum, ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives with archivist s pencil note of printing date in margin, fine. S.G. 28s, SH 8c s. Ex Barton. Photo S 2½d. Prussian blue, Fourth printing Jan. 1894, handstamped SPECIMEN (12.5 x 1.5mm.) in violet, marginal block of four from the top of the sheet, fine without gum, ex Bradbury Wilkinson archives. S.G. 29s, SH 8d s. Ex Barton. Photo ½d. Prussian blue, Fourth printing Jan. 1894, lower right corner marginal mint block of four, the lower pair unmounted. S.G. 29, cat. 900+, SH 8d. R.P.S. certificate (1971). Ex Barton. Photo ½d. Royal blue shade, Fourth printing Jan. 1894, large part original gum. S.G. 29 var., SH 8d var. Ex Barton. Photo b 2½d. bright ultramarine wmk. reversed (Fifth printing July 1894), 2½d. ultramarine (Sixth printing Apr. 1896) and 2½d. deep ultramarine (Eighth printing Sept. 1901) each in a mint block of four with the lower pair unmounted, mainly fine. (12) S.G. 30ax, 30, 30c, cat. 560+, SH 8e, 8f, 8h. Ex Barton b 2½d. pale ultramarine, Seventh printing June 1898, mint block of eighteen (6 x 3) marginal from the top of the sheet (hinged in margin only), mainly fine. S.G. 30b, cat. 684+, SH 8g. Ex Barton b 2½d. pale ultramarine, Seventh printing June 1898, and 4d.olive-black, May 1895 printing, mint blocks of six (2 x 3) from the upper left and upper right corners of the sheet respectively, hinged in margins only, fine. S.G. 30b, 32, cat. 318+, SH 8g, 9f b 2½d. pale ultramarine, Seventh printing June 1898, mint block of eight (4 x 2) with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint, light vertical bend through pair at right otherwise fine with six unmounted. S.G. 30b, cat. 304+, SH 8g. Ex Barton b 2½d. deep ultramarine, Eighth printing Sept. 1901, mint block of eight (4 x 2) with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint and pair at right showing vertical misperforation resulting in wide stamps (21mm.), slight gum staining, otherwise fine. S.G. 30c., var., cat. 320+, SH 8h, var. Ex Barton. Photo d. brownish black, Jan printing, four used examples with mixed centring, two a little creased. S.G. 31, cat. 1,400, SH 9e d. brownish black, Jan printing, wmk. reversed, a fine used example. Ex Baker and Stewart-Douglas. S.G. 31, cat. 350, SH 9e. Photo d. brownish black, Jan printing, wmk. reversed, upper left corner marginal block of four, very fine mint with three unmounted. A superb exhibition item, ex Dr. Nabarro. S.G. 31, cat. 3,000+, SH 9e. Ex Barton. Photo. 1,500-2,000 57

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