The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
| Lot | Morocco Agencies | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1099 | Labuan. 1891-92 6c. on 16c. blue, handstamped Type 10, fine unused. R.P.S. Certificate (1989). S.G. 37, £2,750Provenance: Patrick Cassels. |  | £600 |
| 1100 | Labuan. 1892 (Dec.) 6c. on 16c. grey, variety surcharge inverted, unused with small part original gum. S.G. 50a, £550 |  | £150 |
| 1101 | Labuan. 1896 Jubilee of Cession of Labuan 3c. black and ochre, variety overprint treble, unused without gum. R.P.S. Certificate 91977). S.G. 85db, £650 |  | £150 |
| 1102 | Long Island. 1916 (7 May) Typewritten ½d. mauve with initials in magenta, large even margins; unused without gum as issued, fine and scarce. Ceremuga Certificate (2017). S.G. 9, £600 |  | £200 |
| 1103 | Malaya. Straits Settlements. 1906-12 MCA $25 purple and blue on blue, large part original gum; fine and fresh. S.G. 168, £3,750 |  | £1,200 |
| 1104 | Malaya. Straits Settlements. 1921-33 Script $100 black and carmine on blue, overprinted "specimen", large part original gum; fine. S.G. 240cs, £1,000 |  | £250 |
| 1105 | Malaya. Straits Settlements. 1921-33 Script $500 purple and orange-brown, overprinted "specimen", centred slightly to left, fine and fresh mint. S.G. 240ds, £5,000 |  | £1,600 |
| 1106 | Malaya. Johore. 1922-41 Script 1c. to $10 set of twenty-three overprinted or perforated "specimen", a few minor faults such but generally good to fine. S.G. 103s-125s, £1,000 |  | £200 |
| 1107 | Malaya. Johore. 1922-41 Script $100 green and scarlet, very lightly mounted mint; fine and fresh. B.P.A. Certificate (1975). S.G. 127, £2,250 |  | £700 |
| 1108 | Malaya. Johore. 1922-41 Script $500 blue and red, overprinted "specimen", large part original gum; fine. S.G. 128s, £1,400 |  | £500 |
| 1109 | Malaya. Kedah. 1937 set of eleven to $5, each value in an unmounted mint block of four fine and fresh. S.G. 92-102, £480+ |  | £150 |
| 1110 | Morocco Agencies. 1898-1900 overprinted on Gibraltar 10c. carmine, a block of twenty-four from the foot of the sheet with plate number '2' at left and right, the right block of twelve all variety overprint double, large part original gum; fine and a striking and rare multiple. S.G. 2, 2ea, £9,000+ |  | £1,500 |
| 1111 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1907-13. 2/6d. pale dull purple, a block of six from the upper-left corner of the sheet, lightly mounted mint, fine. S.G. 38, £660+ |  | £250 |
| 1112 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1907-13. 1911 (13 Dec.) envelope sent Registered from Tangier to London bearing 2/6d. pale dull purple marginal block of six cancelled by two strikes of 'registered/ british p.o. tangier' and just tied by blue registration crayon; a spectacular philatelic franking. S.G. 38, £1,080Provenance: Newall & Arkell, Robson Lowe 1978. Driffield. |  | £250 |
| 1113 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1907-13. 2/6d. dull purple, a used block of four tied to large piece by four strikes of 'registered/ british p.o. tangier', fine and a scarce multiple. S.G. 38a, £720+Provenance: Ken Clough. |  | £200 |
| 1114 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1907-13. 1907-13 2/6d. dull purple cancellation study (19) with examples in pale dull purple with Fez (Mellah) c.d.s. (apparently the only example known), Larache c.d.s., Mazagan registered, Fez c.d.s., various Tangier registered (7), c.d.s. (2), Casablanca c.d.s., Saffi c.d.s., Mazagan c.d.s. (2, one on piece complete), forged Tetuan c.d.s.; and dull purple with Tangier registered (4) and Somerset House dull reddish purple with Mogador c.d.s., Saffi c.d.s. and a forged Tetuan, a difficult lot to replicate, mostly fine. S.G. £3,400+ |  | £500 |
| 1115 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 2/6d. Waterlow sepia brown horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, the right stamp variety overprint double, one albino and De la Rue yellow-brown block of nine from the left of the sheet (a few minor tone spots on the reverse), generally good to fine mint. S.G. 50, 50b, 51, £795 |  | £200 |
| 1116 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 2/6d. Waterlow sepia brown vertical pair from the upper-right corner of the sheet, the right stamp variety overprint double, one albino, large part original gum, fine. S.G. 50, 50b, £255+ |  | £70 |
| 1117 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 2/6d. De la Rue seal brown corner block of four and pale brown upper right corner block of eight (some minor perf. separation); fine and fresh mint, handsome multiples. S.G. 51, 51c, £720+ |  | £200 |
| 1118 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 De La Rue Seahorse 2/6d. sepia (seal-brown) in mint complete sheet of forty from plate HV11, horizontal perfs split most of the way between second and third row, a very rare survivor. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 51 var. |  | £500 |
| 1119 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 2/6d. yellow-brown, vertical pair from the left of the sheet, the lower stamp variety overprint double, lightly mounted on the upper stamp only; fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1976). S.G. 51a, £1,600+ |  | £700 |
| 1120 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 2/6d. yellow-brown, variety overprint double, fine used (B.P.A. Certificate (1975); also an example with forged overprint (B.P.A. (1981) and R.P.S. (2013) Certificates. S.G. 51a, £1,600 |  | £200 |
| 1121 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. De La Rue group incl. mint multiples, with yellow-brown pl.HV3 in mint top right and lower right corner marginal blocks of four, pale brown marginal blocks of six and four, seal-brown (sepia) marginal block of four with “kiss print”, lower left corner pairs from pl.HV1 and HV12, some mint singles, used, and a marginal example on cover. S.G. 51, 51c, £2,500+ |  | £400 |
| 1122 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d. unmounted mint lower-left corner marginal block of fifteen from plate 9/11, one small tone spot, very fine and fresh, showing the distinctive central marginal cross (7.25-7.3mm wide) where the vertical arm is very faint, the only recorded example of plate 9/11 overprinted Morocco Agencies; illustrated in Kearsley p.172. S.G. 53 var. |  | £500 |
| 1123 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d. specialised mint group, nearly all plated, incl. pl.2/4 left corner with minor re-entry (cert. BPA), 7 positioned singles and top right corner pair from pl. -/1 right state III, two examples with overprint double, one albino (one stained) and plate 2/4 left R1/1 with distinctive re-entry and an example overprinted “specimen”, a fine group. S.G. 53 etc., £950 excl. specimen . |  | £200 |
| 1124 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 Bradbury Wilkinson 5/- rose-red specialised group of mint multiples and singles, including. mint lower left and right corner blocks of four [10/4] showing re-entry, right marginal block of four with marginal plate cross, top left and right corner marginal blocks of four from plate 5/6 left state 2, six marginal singles, and two "specimen" overprints (one from [10/4] with re-entry), very fine, a great lot for the specialist. S.G. 54s, 54 etc. £1,320+ |  | £300 |
| 1125 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 Bradbury Wilkinson 5/- rose-red unmounted mint upper marginal block of eight from plate 5/6, left pane, state 2, hinged in margin only, small thin in corner margin and some minor separation, very fine and fresh; from a duplicated registration sheet from the BPMA archives dated “8.5.31”. S.G. 54 |  | £150 |
| 1126 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1914-31. 1914-31 & 1935-37 Seahorses cancellation study on eighteen pages, with Waterlow 2/6d. (8), De La Rue 2/6d. (21, plus partial parcel label with single, Bradbury Wilkinson (21 incl. vert. strip of 5 from Rabat), BW 5/ (4, including. Rabat and Tetuan registered), and Re-engraved with 2/6d. (2) and 5/- (6, plus block of 3), a range of cancels, a nice lot (S.G. £4’000+ |  | £500 |
| 1127 | Morocco Agencies. British Currency. 1935-37. Re-engraved Seahorse mint group of multiples (partial sheet reconstructions) including. 2/6d. in mint top right corner block of four (illustrated in Kearsley), top left corner block of four, lower left corner block of six and vertical pair overprinted "specimen", and 5/- in top left corner block of six, lower left corner block of four, top right corner block of four and lower left corner block of ten, very fine group. S.G. 73, 74, £1,780 |  | £400 |
| 1128 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1907-12 12p. on 10/ cancellation study, incl. Rabat c.d.s., Mazagan c.d.s. (2), Mazagan registered oval on large piece, Saffi c.d.s., Tangier registered oval (4, with 3 diff. letter codes), Casablanca c.d.s. (Somerset House printing, cert. RPS) and registered oval d.s., Fez c.d.s. (2), some with minor toning, mostly fine to very fine, a scarce and difficult group to replicate. S.G. 123, 125 |  | £400 |
| 1129 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Seahorse issue, cancellation study on 8 pages, incl. BW 3p. on 2/6d. block of 4 cancelled Tangier c.d.s., BW on piece with Larache oval d.s., DLR on piece with Tetuan reg’d d.s. and label, six 6p. on 5/- used single on piece with Tetuan reg’n label, Waterlow 12p. on 10/- indigo singles from Rabat, Mazagan reg’d and Tangier reg’d, De La Rue 12p. on 10/- incl. left marginal with Mogador c.d.s., two with French Tangier c.d.s., two with Tangier reg’d ovals, one Mazagan reg’d oval (earliest known date type MN-3), Larache reg’d oval and Tetuan reg’d oval |  | £300 |
| 1130 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Waterlow 6p. on 5/- rose-carmine in unmounted mint top marginal block of eight showing unique offset of the plate number “2.H.V.” at top on reverse, some small patches of light gum toning, a great positional multiple for the specialist; RPS Certificate (1983). S.G. 136 |  | £200 |
| 1131 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Waterlow 6p. on 5/- pale rose-carmine, unmounted mint block of four from the left of the sheet, pl. HV6, two or three faint tone spots, a very fine multiple; cert. R.P.S. (1992). S.G. 137, £600+ |  | £180 |
| 1132 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Waterlow 6p. on 5/- rose-carmine and pale rose-carmine mint group, incl. rose-carmine with "specimen", overprint double, one albino with "specimen" ovpt (cert. Brandon), two rose-carmine with overprint double, one albino (one cert. Brandon as pale) and pale rose-carmine double ovpt one albino (cert. BPA), two marginal mint blocks of four, corner marginal block of four (pl.HV2), and two left marginal singles in both shades, a nice group. S.G. 137 group |  | £200 |
| 1133 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Waterlow 12p. on 10/- indigo-blue mint block of four, couple of short perfs, and unmounted mint upper marginal single from plate HV7, and a pair from the right of the sheet (margin almost detached); fine mint. S.G. 138, £900+ |  | £200 |
| 1134 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Waterlow 12p. on 10/- indigo-blue, block of four, top pair variety double overprint, one albino; very fine mint. S.G. 138, 138a, £665+ |  | £250 |
| 1135 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 De La Rue 3p. on 2/6d. yellow-brown, unmounted upper block of 12 from the first three rows, from plate HV12, complete margins at top and lower block of eight from the foot of the sheet marked 'Registration Sheet 19 Oct 1917' in blue crayon; very fine and fresh multiples, released from the BPMA archives. S.G. 140, £1,000+ |  | £300 |
| 1136 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 3p. on 2/6d. specialised mint group of multiples and singles, most plated, incl. Bradbury Wilkinson in mint corner marginal block of nine from pl.5/7 (cert. BPA), corner block of four and top marginal pair from pl.-/1 right state 2, top marginal single showing minor re-entry, pl.-/1 right state 1 with two lower right corner blocks of four (re-entry 10/4), top left corner block of four (minor re-entries) and corner pair, un-plated corner block of four, four singles, and De La Rue left marginal block of four pl.HV11, a great lot for the specialist. S.G.140, 142, £1,300+ |  | £300 |
| 1137 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 De La Rue 12p. on 10/- blue unmounted mint upper-right corner marginal block of four from pl.HV4, lightly hinged in margin only, a very fine multiple. S.G. 141, £520+ |  | £200 |
| 1138 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 De La Rue 12p. on 10/- blue mint group incl. overprint double one albino, partial reconstruction of pl.HV7 with marginal examples including a block of four (toned gum), vertical pair, corner pair and single, plus an un-plated top left corner marginal pair; fine. S.G. 141, £1,700+ . |  | £300 |
| Lot | New Zealand | Estimate | |
| 1139 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 De La Rue Seahorse 12p. on 10/- blue small group from plate HV4, with unmounted mint upper left and upper right corner marginal blocks of four (some perf. separation on right block), unmounted mint upper marginal single and upper right corner marginal (showing same faint marginal line as the block at right, not noted in Kearsley) tied on piece by Tangier registered oval ds, a fine and attractive group for the specialist. S.G. 141, £1,300+ |  | £350 |
| 1140 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 3p. on 2/6d. chocolate-brown, a mint sheet of forty, separated into two halves, from plate 5/7L, series II, many stamps showing broken “p” of “postage”, fine; RPS Certificate (1991). S.G. 142, £1,400+ |  | £250 |
| 1141 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 3p. on 2/6d. unmounted mint lower marginal block of twelve from plate “-/1” right pane, state 2, showing distinctive plate markings in lower margin and annotated “Ackd 21/4/26” and initialled above “29/3” in pencil, a most attractive multiple; taken from the part duplicate registration sheet released from the BPMA archives. S.G. 142 |  | £200 |
| 1142 | Morocco Agencies. Spanish Currency. 1914-26 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 3p. on 2/6d. chocolate-brown block of four on piece tied to large piece by Tetuan registered oval d.s. with registration label adjacent, a fine and attractive piece. S.G. 142 |  | £100 |
| 1143 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1924-32 Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d. chocolate brown, complete sheet of forty showing major re-entries [1/3] and [7/1]; almost full original gum, fine and scarce in a complete sheet. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 200 |  | £300 |
| 1144 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1924-32 Bradbury Wilkinson 3f. on 2/6d. chocolate-brown, variety triple overprint, two albino; the discovery sheet of forty with the upper five rows showing the variety, which led to its listing in S.G. (unpriced) with copy of the letter from the dealer who discovered it and from the S.G. catalogue editor who listed it. From plate 2/4 right (state 1) showing Nissen major re-entry [1/3] and major re-entry [7/1], a few tone spots and a little separation in the margin, a fantastic and unique showpiece; R.P.S. Certificate (2014) which states “top five rows also show “bounce” of surcharge giving slight impression of triple strike”. S.G. 200b, unpriced . |  | £600 |
| 1145 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1935-36 Re-engraved 3f. on 2/6d chocolate-brown in unmounted mint sheet of forty, B pane with trimming guide lines at lower right corner, small piece of selvedge missing at top, fine. S.G. 225 . |  | £200 |
| 1146 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1924-32 Bradbury Wilkinson 3f. on 2/6d. chocolate brown, complete sheet of forty, Plate 2/4 left, State I, also showing Nissen major re-entry [1/3]; full original gum, fine. S.G. 200, 200a, £434+ |  | £150 |
| 1147 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1935-36 Re-engraved 3f. on 2/6d. chocolate-brown and 6f. on 5/- rose-red, each value in unmounted sheet of forty, fine and scarce complete sheets. S.G. 225, 226, £1,060+ |  | £300 |
| 1148 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1935-36 Re-engraved 3f. on 2/6d. chocolate-brown and 6f. on 5/- rose-red, each value in unmounted sheet of forty, fine and scarce complete sheets. S.G. 225, 226, £1,060+ |  | £300 |
