The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
| Lot | British Guiana | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Bahamas. 1862 1d. lake, perf. 11 to 12½, small part original gum; fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1970). S.G. 7, £1,750 |  | £450 |
| 1002 | Bahamas. 1921-37 Script £1 overprinted "specimen", a rejoined block of four, yellowish gum, fine and attractive. S.G. 125sProvenance: Koh-I-Noor. |  | £180 |
| 1003A | Barbados. 1873 5/- dull rose (3), two mint examples and a used with clear boot-heel cancellation, good to fine. S.G. 64, £2,200 |  | £300 |
| 1003 | Bahrain. 1938-55 mint group comprising 1938-41 set of sixteen to 25r. (the 1r., 2r., 5r., 15r. and 25r. marginal examples), 1942-45 set of thirteen to 12a. and 1950-55 set of nine to 10r. on 10/-; unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 20-50, 71-79, £1,280 |  | £350 |
| 1004 | Basutoland. 1934 'Official' 6d. yellow, cancelled by part 'maseru' c.d.s., a fine example of this very rare stamp; only twenty-seven were overprinted and issued. Copy of B.P.A. Certificate (1972) when this was part of a complete set of four and Ceremuga Certificate (2009) for the 6d. value only. S.G. O4, £5,500 |  | £1,500 |
| 1005 | Bechuanaland. 1888 (19 January). 1d. to £5 set of twelve, each handstamped 'specimen' diagonally in black; the 2d. with a tone spot at foot otherwise a fine and fresh set. S.G. 10s-21s, £1,000 |  | £300 |
| 1006 | Bechuanaland. 1888 (19 January). 1d. to 10/- set of eleven values (both 3d. values), fine mint. S.G. 10-19 group, £1,020 |  | £250 |
| 1007 | Bechuanaland. 1888 (19 January). £1 lilac and black, fresh and fine with large part original gum; light pencil signature on reverse. S.G. 20, £1,100Provenance: Besancon. |  | £350 |
| 1008 | Bechuanaland. 1888 (19 January). £5 lilac and black, a fine used example with clear strike of '638' barred numeral of Mafeking in black; scarce so fine. R.P.S. Certificate (1983). S.G. 21, £2,250Provenance: Besancon. |  | £600 |
| 1009 | Bechuanaland. 1893-95 2d. bistre, overprinted on Cape reading downwards, variety overprint double, tied to small piece by 'mochudi' c.d.s., good colour and centring; fine. S.G. 39a, £750provenance: . Besancon. |  | £250 |
| 1010 | Bechuanaland. 1888 (7 Aug.) 5/- green and black, large part original gum; fine and rare. S.G. 49, £1,500Provenance: Besancon. |  | £400 |
| 1011 | Bechuanaland. 1889 (Mar.) 4d. on ½d. vermilion, surcharged Type 15, variety surcharge inverted, lightly cancelled by part numeral obliteration; fine and rare. R.P.S. (1967) and B.P.A. (1997) Certificates. S.G. 53c, £4,000Provenance: Christie's Robson Lowe, 19-20 November 1996. Besanco. |  | £1,200 |
| 1012 | Bechuanaland. 1890 ½d. vermilion, overprint Type 16 double and inverted, large part original gum; fine and fresh. Signed Herbert Bloch. B.P.A. Certificate (1981). S.G. 54c, £850Provenance: Besancon. |  | £200 |
| 1013 | Bechuanaland. 1904-13 2½d. ultramarine horizontal pair, the first stamp variety stop after 'p' of 'protectorate' [5/9], very fine unmounted mint. R.P.S. Certificate (1972. S.G. 69, 69a, £1,000+Provenance: Besancon. |  | £400 |
| 1014 | Bermuda. 1874 (19 May) 3d. (Type 7) on 1/- green, part original gum; fine. S.G. 14, £1,500 |  | £200 |
| 1015 | Bermuda. 1910-25 Ship type specialised group on exhibition pages including the mint set to 1/- and with multiples and shades and then a range of covers and cards (39) with a range of frankings and destinations including Registered mail to USA, War Tax mail, Censored mail, Registered mail to England, mail to Switzerland, to Canada, Germany, Sweden, Ceylon and Australia; a good and useful group |  | £200 |
| 1016A | British East Africa. 1897 2½a. on 3a. grey and red, surcharged Type 14, block of four from the right of the sheet; large part original gum, fine. S.G. 91, £600+ |  | £200 |
| 1016 | Bermuda. 1938-53 Key Type mint group of shades and printings comprising 2/- (9 shades, including a block of four), 2/6d. (14, including a plate block of four and a second block of four), 5/- (4), 10/- (21), 12/6d. (13) and £1 (13), also a couple of used; generally good to fine |  | £1,200 |
| 1017 | British Guiana. 1850-51 12c. black on blue 'Cottonreel', Townsend Type A, with initials of postal official 'EDW', cut-square with clear to large margins at left and foot and just touching frameline at top and right, cancelled by light 'berbice' datestamp (1.8.51); surface thins and a vertical crease as often found on these delicate early issues, very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 5, £35,000Provenance: John E. du Pont, June 2014. "Imperium", October 2021. |  | £3,000 |
| 1018 | British Guiana. 1852 Waterlow 1c. black on magenta, horizontal pair tied to piece by two clear strikes of 'demerara' c.d.s. (30.8.53), good to large margins at foot and left, cut-into at top ad right, filing fold affecting left adhesive; good colour and a rare multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (2023). S.G. 9, £13,000+ |  | £1,200 |
| Lot | Ceylon | Estimate | |
| 1019 | British Guiana. 1853-59 Waterlow, 1c. vermilion, original printing, good even margins and fresh colour, unused without gum; very fine and rare, one of just six unused examples known in such fine condition. S.G. 11, £7,500Provenance: W. J. Webster, Harmer Rooke, February 1942. John E.. |  | £2,500 |
| 1020 | British Guiana. 1853-59 Waterlow, 1c. brownish red, Type c with wide 'nt' of 'cent', four even margins and strong colour, used with clear 'demerara' c.d.s. (11.2.60); fine and rare. S.G. 16a, £3,750 |  | £1,000 |
| 1021 | British Guiana. 1860-63 pale rose on thick paper, perf. 12, well-centred and with good colour; slightly toned original gum, still a good example of this rare stamp. S.G. 29, £3,500 |  | £500 |
| 1022 | British Guiana. 1865 (Nov.) 12c. grey-lilac on medium paper, perf. 10, marginal from the top of the sheet; pressed crease, large part original gum. Well-centred and fresh appearance. S.G. 65a, £950 |  | £250 |
| 1023 | British Guiana. 1862 (Sept.) 4c. black on blue, signed in white in the centre, neat barred oval cancellation; fine. S.G. 122, £1,000 |  | £200 |
| 1024 | British Levant. 1885-88 12pi. on 2/6d. small study on album pages comprising examples overprinted "specimen" Type 9 on blued paper and Types 9 and 10 on white paper, four mint examples with different shades and printings; good to fine |  | £150 |
| 1025 | British Levant. 1906 Beyrout Provisional 1pi. on 2d. grey-green and carmine, horizontal pair; lightly mounted mint, a fine and rare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2003). S.G. 15, £3,000 |  | £800 |
| 1026 | British Levant. British Field Office in Salonica. 1916 (1 Mar.) O.H.M.S. envelope bearing 3d. bluish violet, 9d. agate and 1/- bistre-brown, all tied to envelope by 'field post office/ g.x.' c.d.s., archival folds clear of the adhesives; very scarce stamps found on cover, especially the 9d. and 1/-. S.G. S4-S8 |  | £600 |
| 1027 | Bushire. 1915 6ch. green and red-brown, used and tied by indistinct 'bouchir' c.d.s. to reverse of envelope marked 'passed by censor.' and with 'abdul kasam shirazi & sons/ bushire' oval cachet in violet on the face; fine and rare used on cover. S.G. 5 |  | £200 |
| 1028 | Bushire. 1915 6ch. green and red-brown, used and tied by 'bouchir (depart)' c.d.s., 'passed censor' cachet to face, address portion excised; 'chiraz arrive 7.ix.15' arrival and commercial cachet alongside, filing fold away from adhesive. S.G. 5 |  | £200 |
| 1029 | Bushire. 1915 (11 Sept.) 1ch. deep blue and red, setting IV, pos. 5, tied to piece by 'bouchir (depart) 7-x.15' c.d.s., slightly toned perfs. at top otherwise a good example of this rare stamp, only 186 examples overprinted. Mehrdad Sadri Certificate (2023). S.G. 15, £1,200 |  | £600 |
| 1030 | Cameroon. 1915 (2 Jul.) 5/- on 5m. carmine and black, variety broken 's' at top, part original gum disturbed; fine appearance. S.G. B13b, £1,200 |  | £200 |
| 1031 | Canada. 1897 perf. 12 10c. brownish-red, block of six from the upper-left of the sheet with '10' in margin at top; lower-right adhesive with slight thin otherwise a fine and rare multiple. S.G. 111, £2,550+ |  | £700 |
| 1032 | Cape of Good Hope. Mafeking Siege. 1900 small group (5) comprising Goodyear 1d. deep blue on blue, Baden-Powell small format 3d. pale blue on blue (2) and 3d. deep blue on blue and large format 3d. deep blue on blue, all used with clear 'mafeking' cancellations; the last with colour slightly affected at top, good to fine. S.G. 18, 19, 20, 22, £3,400+ |  | £800 |
| 1033 | Cayman Islands. 1908 (12 Feb.) 2½d. on 4d. brown and blue, lightly used with part 'ap 27' c.d.s., pencil expert signatures on the reverse; a fine and rare stamp used. Brandon Certificate (2004). S.G. 35, £3,500 |  | £800 |
| 1034 | Cayman Islands. 1917 (4 Sept.) War Stamp 1½d. on 2½d. deep blue, surcharged Type 16, large part original gum; a rare stamp with just 420 stamps surcharged with this type, fine. S.G. 55, £800 |  | £200 |
| 1035 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Watermark Star. 4d. dull rose, clear margins and light barred cancellation, small closed tear at lower-left; a good example of this scarce and difficult stamp. R.P.S. Certificate (1949). S.G. 4, £4,500 |  | £800 |
| 1036 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Watermark Star. 6d. purple-brown, good even margins, unused with part original gum; fine. S.G. 6, £3,000 |  | £700 |
| 1037 | Ceylon. 1857-59 Watermark Star. 8d. brown, clear to large margins and light barred obliteration; fine. Pascal Scheller Certificate (2022). S.G. 7, £1,800 |  | £400 |
| 1038 | Ceylon. 1857-70 mint and used group of Chalon types (7) comprising 1857-59 6d. brown and 9d. purple-brown both used and 10d. dull vermilion with part original gum, 1863-66 2d. ochre mint, 1867-70 6d. deep brown, 9d. brown and 10d. red-orange mint (the 10d. without gum); generally good to fine. S.G. 6a, 8, 9, 51, 67, 69b, 70b, £3,700+ |  | £700 |
| Lot | Hong Kong | Estimate | |
| 1039 | Ceylon. 1857 no watermark ½d. dull mauve, block of twelve from the left of the sheet; full original gum, fine and a rare multiple. S.G. 17, £2,280+ (for single mounted stamps) |  | £250 |
| 1040 | Ceylon. 1912-25 MCA 50r. dull purple, upper-right corner example with plate number '1', also showing variety break in scroll; unmounted mint, lightly mounted in the margin only, a very fine and handsome example. S.G. 320a, £1,800 |  | £800 |
| 1041 | Ceylon. 1921-32 Script 100r. grey-black, left marginal example showing plate number '1' superb unmounted mint; rare in such fine unmounted condition. Ceremuga Certificate (2011). S.G. 359, £3,500 |  | £1,500 |
| 1042 | Ceylon. 1921-32 Script 100r. dull purple and blue, well-centred and very lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 360, £2,750 |  | £800 |
| 1043 | Ceylon. 1938-49 Script mint group comprising almost all perf. variations and the 1952 Fiscal 10r. (33 in all) with 2c. (5), 3c. (5), 5c. (2),6c., 10c. (2), 15c., 20c., 25c. (2), 30c. (2), 50c. (5), 1r. (2), 2r. (2), 5r. (2) and Fiscal 10r.; lightly mounted or unmounted, a fine group. Cat. value in excess of £1,400 |  | £200 |
| 1044 | Cyprus. 1923 MCA £1 purple and black on red, lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 101, £1,400 |  | £350 |
| 1045 | Cyprus. 1934 Script 1pi. black and red-brown, horizontal strip of three variety imperforate at top, cancelled by part 'limassol' datestamps, margins cut roughly at top; a very rare variety, the largest multiple known, only a single sheet was affected. S.G. 136 var. |  | £2,000 |
| 1046 | Cyprus. 1938-51 Script 1pi. orange, perf. 13½ x 12½, an unmounted mint example from the top of the sheet; very fine. S.G. 154a, £550 |  | £150 |
| 1047 | Cyprus. 1912-21 group of Revenue stamps (9) all overprinted or handstamped "specimen" and affixed to pieces from archival ledger pages, six dated above in manuscript, comprising 1912 MCA 1pi. lilac, 2pi. lilac on blue, 4½pi. green, 9pi. purple on red, 1918 9pi. lilac and red on yellow (handstamped in violet), 1912 18pi. green on yellow and 45pi. green on green and 1921 Script 90pi. purple and red on green and £1 purple and black on green (both handstamped "specimen" in blue); a fine and rare group. Barefoot 37-43, 50-51 |  | £1,500 |
| 1048 | Falkland Islands. 1912-20 MCA set of eleven to £1, each overprinted "specimen", large part original gum, some with some natural gum wrinkles in places. S.G. 60s-69s, £1,900 |  | £400 |
