Public Auction 281 Thursday, 20th October, 2011

2646 1867-83 QV 5/- rose, plate 1, wmk Maltese Cross. VFU, nice deep colour. SG 126 cat £600. (P) $100 $150

2647 1867-83 QV 5/- pale rose, plate 2, wmk Maltese Cross. VFU, oval barred pmk. SG 127 cat £1200. (P) $300 $400

2648 1867-83 QV 10/- greenish grey, plate 1, wmk Maltese Cross, letters DC-CD. FU -VFU with numerals 1384 cancels.. SG 128 cat £2800. Scarce stamp in far above average condition (P) $700 $1000

2649 1867-83 QV 10/- greenish-grey, wmk Maltese cross, IMPERF colour trial opt SPECIMEN type 9. Superb fresh MLH top marginal. SG 128, SG Spec J124 ct) est cat £4400+, (cat for colour trials is "from £2200" & this would be for rejected colours while issued colour is obviously much more desirable & has to be at least double this). Imprimatur cat £28,000 & normal cat £50,000. Beautiful item (P) $2200 $3000

2650 1867-83 QV £1 brown-lilac, plate 1, wmk Maltese Cross. VFU, "Registered Gracechurch St EC" pmk. SG 129 cat £7000 inc SG specified 75% premium for lightly used. 2006 Karl-Albert Louis AIEP photo-cert. (P) $2300 $3000

2651 1867-83 QV £1 brown-lilac, wmk Maltese cross, IMPERF colour trial in issued colour, opt SPECIMEN type 9. VF fresh MLH lower marginal, light gum crease, superb appearance. SG Spec J126(ct) est cat £5000+ (cat for colour trials is "from £2500" & this would be for rejected colours, while issued colour is obviously much more desirable & has to be at least double this). Imprimatur cat £40,000 & normal SG 129 cat £80,000. Beautiful item! (P) $2200 $3000

2652 1867-83 QV £1 brown-lilac, BLUED paper, wmk "Large Anchor", letters GE. Superb looking U with "Queens Square Bristol / 21 AU 83, professional repair in UR cnr, excellent centring. The pmk date being in the correct period of use of the blued paper & all wmk Anchor £1's are at least 5 times rarer than wmk Maltese Cross. SG 132 cat £15,750 inc the SG specified +75% premium for lightly used. Rare stamp & seldom seen so attractive. (P) $4000 $6000

2653 1867-83 QV £5 orange, BLUED paper. Fresh UN, reperfed at top & base. Stamp shows the delicate orange shade characteristic of the blued paper printings, and while colour is a bit paler than normal it is still attractive. SG 133 cat £65,000 = A$100,000+++ . Extremely rare. (P) $4000 $6000

2654 1867-83 QV £5 orange, BLUED paper, letters AM, wmk anchor. VFU, "Liverpool Exchange 1 SP 82" cds, traces of partly removed crayon marks, w/c. Stamp shows the delicate orange shade characteristic of the blued paper & pmk date is in the correct blued paper usage period. SG 133 cat £22,750 inc SG specified 75% premium for lightly used. Very rare, being at least 10 times rarer than white paper. RPSL photo-cert. (P) $6000 $9000