The 'Lionheart' Collection of British Empire Part XXI
69 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4ET, UK
| Lot | New Zealand | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1149 | Morocco Agencies. French Currency. 1935-36 Re-engraved mint group including both values in half sheets, 3f. on 2/6d. in right vertical strip of ten showing damaged “3” on four stamps and lower marginal block of eight with two stamps showing damaged “3”, two shades of 3f. on 2/6d. and 6f. on 5/- overprinted “specimen” in vertical pair, a useful group. S.G. 225, 226 |  | £120 |
| 1150 | Natal. 1861-1904 mint and used collection on album pages of mainly Chalon types with a good range of no watermark 1d. and 3d. values both mint and used with a variety of cancellations, 1863-65 CC with 1d. and 6d. mint and used, and also used on cover, some used multiples including pairs, strips and blocks of four, 1863-65 CC 6d. lilac blocks of four mint (2), some 6d. plate proof pairs and singles and an example of the 6d. overprinted "specimen", 1867 1/- including a cut-down die proof, and mint and used examples, also some 1/- Fiscal example; large number of variously cancelled examples throughout and 1902 sets to 4/- mint etc. a messy lot but with a lot of duplication and value that adds up |  | £1,000 |
| 1151 | Newfoundland. 1857-64 4d. scarlet-vermilion, large even margins on three sides and cut-into at top, light barred cancellation; small thin and repair at right; a good example of this scarce first issue. Signed Holcombe. S.G. 4, £4,000 |  | £350 |
| 1152 | Newfoundland. 1860-44 mint and used collection on album pages with a good range of mint and used, with a range of complete sets including 1897 set to 60c., 1897-01 set used, 1923-24 set to 24c. mint/used, 1928 set to 30c. mint, 1931 set to 30c. mint, 1941-44 set to 48c. mint, etc. generally fine |  | £600 |
| 1153 | Newfoundland. 1897 Discovery of Newfoundland, complete set of fourteen plate proofs in blocks of four on India paper mounted on card; fresh and very fine. S.G. 66-79 proofs |  | £800 |
| 1154 | Newfoundland. 1897-1919 group of mint sets comprising 1897 set of fourteen (2 sets), 1910 set to 15c. and 1919 Caribou set to 36c.; fine mint. S.G. 66-79, 95-105, 130-141, £850 |  | £250 |
| 1155 | Newfoundland. 1910 Tercentenary complete set of sixteen blocks to 15c. including most perf. varieties; lightly hinged at top, well-centred; fine. S.G. 95-109, £2,000+ |  | £600 |
| 1156 | New Republic. 1886-87 30/- violet on yellowish paper, a mint group (7) all dated 24 nov. 86', comprising three single examples, a horizontal pair and a vertical pair variety imperforate at left; good to fine. S.G. 25, £910 |  | £200 |
| 1157 | New Zealand. 1855-57 Watermark Large Star 1d. dull carmine, clear to good margins cancelled by clear "16" barred numeral, some thinning though of fine appearance. R.P.S. Certificate (1963). S.G. 1, £20,000Provenance: Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000. |  | £2,000 |
| 1158 | New Zealand. 1857 Richardson Printing on blue paper, 1/- green, clear to large margins and cancelled by virtually compete "10" barred numeral, very faint stain at top otherwise fine. S.G. 6, £4,000Provenance: Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000. |  | £800 |
| Lot | Niger Coast | Estimate | |
| 1159 | New Zealand. 1857-63 Imperf. 1d. orange on thick paper without watermark, used with large margins on all sides and with part of adjoining stamp visible at left; lightly cancelled, fine. S.G. 8, £950 |  | £400 |
| 1160 | New Zealand. 1862-64 Watermark Star 3d. brown-lilac, a mint block of six with part original gum, good to large margins all round; a couple of faint tone spots of little significance for this large and attractive multiple. S.G. 40, £5,400+ |  | £1,000 |
| 1161 | New Zealand. 1862-64 Watermark Large Star 1/- green, a block of four with good clear margins all round, cancelled by barred numeral '1' cancellations and 'auckland' c.d.s. (8 Apr. 65); a generally fine and fresh multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (2011). S.G. 44, £2,200+ |  | £500 |
| 1162 | New Zealand. 1863 1d. orange-vermilion on Pelure paper, good even margins and fresh colour for this delicate paper, a mint example with tiny thin spot which has been brushed over with gum; a good and handsome example of this rare stamp. R.P.S.N.Z. Certificate (1998). S.G. 81, £12,000 |  | £4,000 |
| 1163 | New Zealand. 1864 Watermark 'NZ' 1/- green, good even margins on all four sides, a fresh unused example without gum; fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1952). S.G. 100, £3,500 |  | £800 |
| 1164 | New Zealand. 1864 perforated 12½ at Auckland, 2d. pale blue, an unused block of four with small part original gum; vertical perforations grossly misplaced; one stamp with thin and stain on face, a scarce multiple. S.G. 107, £2,000+Provenance: Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000. |  | £250 |
| 1165 | New Zealand. 1873 No Watermark, perf. 12½ 2d. vermilion, a block of fifteen with large part original gum, a couple of faint bends as to be expected with a large multiple, fine and fresh appearance. S.G. 138, £3,000+ |  | £2,000 |
| 1166 | New Zealand. 1882-1900 Second Sideface issue, 1895-1900 perf. 11 group of blocks of four (9) comprising 2½d. (2, shades), 3d., 4d. (2, shades), 8d. (2, shades) and 1/- (2, shades); some staining on the reverse of some, generally good to fine. S.G. 239-245 groupProvenance: Major Henry Dumas, Spink, March 2000. |  | £500 |
| 1167 | New Zealand. 1898 Waterlow perforated sample stamps, complete sheetlets of nine with margins on all sides (2), one of the 4d. value in green and the second of the 8d. value in purple-brown; each stamp handstamped 'waterlow & sons ltd.' in blue and with small security punch holes; without gum, fine |  | £300 |
| 1168 | New Zealand. 1906 Christchurch Exhibition set of four to 6d., each value in a mint block of four; the ½d. with small stain spot affecting the upper right stamp, otherwise fine mint, rare multiples. S.G. 370-373, £1,200+ |  | £700 |
| 1169 | New Zealand. 1906 Christchurch Exhibition, 1d. claret original printing handsome and fresh mint example, almost full original gum and lovely colour; a superb example of this very rare stamp. S.G. 371a, £14,000Provenance: Harmer's, March 2011. |  | £6,000 |
| 1170 | New Zealand. 1913 (1 Dec.) 'Auckland Exhibition' set of four to 6d., each value in a mint block of four; fine and fresh mint. Brandon Certificate (2001). S.G. 412-415, £1,800+ |  | £600 |
| 1171 | New Zealand. Postal Fiscal Stamps. 1931-35 £3.10/- rose on thick chalk-surfaced Cowan paper, very faint stain at left barely visible, large part original gum; scarce. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). S.G. F165, £2,250 |  | £700 |
| 1172 | New Zealand. Postal Fiscal Stamps. 1936-39 35/- orange-yellow on chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, fine and fresh with large part original gum; very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2006). S.G. F181, £8,000 |  | £4,000 |
| 1173 | New Zealand. Postal Fiscal Stamps. 1937 £3 green on chalk-surfaced Wiggins Teape paper, large part original gum; fine and scarce. S.G. 183, £1,700 |  | £300 |
| 1174 | New Zealand. Postal Fiscal Stamps. 1905 Watermark "NZ" and Star, £3 yellow-green Stamp Duty, perforated 14½ x 14, large part original gum; fine. Brandon Certificate (2001). Unlisted by S.G. |  | £600 |
| 1175 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1892-94 set of six to 1/- handstamped "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 1s-6s, £400 |  | £150 |
| 1176 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2d. grey-green and carmine, surcharged Type 3 in violet; fine and fresh mint. S.G. 9, £600 |  | £200 |
| 1177 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, surcharged Type 4 in green, a block of four cancelled by 1894 'old calabar' c.d.s. fine and a scarce multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2021). S.G. 11, £1,100+ |  | £600 |
| 1178 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, surcharged Type 5 in vermilion, an unused example with part original gum, fine. S.G. 17, £1,300 |  | £300 |
| Lot | Nyasaland | Estimate | |
| 1179 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, surcharged Type 7 in vermilion, two used examples; one with 'buguma' c.d.s. and the other with 'old calabar river'; fine. B.P.A. (1980) and R.P.S. (1953) Certificates respectively. S.G. 21, £400 |  | £150 |
| 1180 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, a se-tenant block of six comprising the upper horizontal strip of three surcharged Type 9 in green and the lower strip of three surcharged Type Type 8 in vermilion; large part original gum; fine and very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1973). S.G. 25, 33Provenance: Renato Mondolfo RDP. 'Besancon', May 2022. |  | £8,000 |
| 1181 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d purple on blue, surcharged Type 9 in vermilion, used with neat 'old calabar river' c.d.s. and ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue surcharged Type 9 in blue, used and tied to small piece by 'old calabar river' c.d.s., fine. Brun Certificate (1957) for the first. S.G. 31, 32, £1,150 |  | £350 |
| 1182 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, surcharged Type 9 in green, part original gum; fine. S.G. 33, £475 |  | £150 |
| 1183 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). ½d. on 2½d. purple on blue, surcharged Type 10 in green, marginal from the top of the sheet, part original gum; fine. S.G. 35, £550 |  | £200 |
| 1184 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). 1/- on 2d. grey-green and carmine, horizontal se-tenant pair, the left stamp surcharged Type 11 in violet and the right stamp surcharged Type 11 in vermilion; fine and fresh mint, a very rare multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (1954). S.G. 37, 38Provenance: 'Besancon', May 2022. |  | £4,000 |
| 1185 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). 1/- on 2d. grey-green and carmine, surcharged Type 11 in violet, used with clear 'old calabar' c.d.s., fine. S.G. 37, £550 |  | £150 |
| 1186 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1893 (December). 5/- on 2d. grey-green and carmine, surcharged Type 12 in violet, a lower-left corner marginal example; small remnant of red ink offset on the reverse otherwise superb and fresh mint. very rare with just twenty-eight examples surcharged. Diena (1973) and B.P.A. Certificates (1973). S.G. 40, £10,000 |  | £6,000 |
| 1187 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1894 (1 Jan.) 1d. pale blue diagonally bisected used in combination with 1892-94 2d. grey-green and carmine bisected diagonally and 1894 1d. pale blue and 2d. green, al tied by 'bonny' squared circles; very rare. S.G. 3a, 46a, £2,750+ |  | £600 |
| 1188 | Niger Coast. Oil Rivers Protectorate. 1894 '1' on half of 2d. grey-green and carmine, both right halves used on small piece and tied by 'opodo river' c.d.s., fine. B.P.A. Certificate (1962). S.G. 59, £750+ |  | £300 |
| 1189 | North Borneo. 1889 Arms perforated colour trials (3) comprising $10 in orange, an upper-left corner example and $25 (2) one in grey and the other in blue, both marginal and with a horizontal row of perforations through each; a fine trio of colour trials |  | £200 |
| 1190 | North Borneo. 1894 (Feb.) 8c. black and dull purple, vertical pair variety imperforate between, unused without gum; fine. S.G. 74a, £800 |  | £150 |
| 1191 | North Borneo. 1909-23 1c. to 24c. group of seventeen all overprinted "specimen" with duplication including 3c. (2), 12c. (2), 18c. (2) and 24c. (2); fine. S.G. 158s-176s |  | £100 |
| 1192 | Nova Scotia. 1851-60 1c. red-brown on blue paper, good to large margins; unused without gum, fine. S.G. 1, £3,250 |  | £350 |
| 1193 | Nyasaland. 1891-1907 mint group on album pages and cards including BCA 1891-95 part set to 5/- and also with £1 deep blue, 1892-93 3/- on 4/- and 4/- on 5/-, 1895 1d. on 2d., 1895 no wmk 1d. to 1/-, 1896 CA to 1/- and CC 2/6d. to 5/-, 1897-1901 CA /CC set to 4/- and with £10 overprinted "specimen", 1897 1d. on 3/-, 1898 Cheque Stamps 1d. perf. 12 used, 1903-04 CA/CC set to £1 and 1907 1d. and 6d.; good to fine in general . . . |  | £700 |
| 1194 | Nyasaland. 1895-1900 group all overprinted "specimen" comprising 1895 no wmk set of nine to £1, 1896 CA/CC set of nine to £1 and 1897-1900 CC £10; good to fine. S.G. 21s-29s, 32s-40s, 52s, £1,250 |  | £400 |
| 1195 | Nyasaland. 1897-1900 CC £10 black and yellow, overprinted "specimen", lightly mounted mint; fine. S.G. 52s, £350 |  | £100 |
| 1196 | Nyasaland. 1898 (Mar.) 1d. vermilion and grey-blue, Setting I, Control "F5", a used example on 1898 cover to Blantyre tied by 'zomba' c.d.s, the reverse with 'blantyre' arrival c.d.s.; the stamp has been lifted and re-affixed with hinge, a good example. S.G. 55 |  | £450 |
| 1197 | Nyasaland. 1898 (June) Cheque Stamp 1d. vermilion and pale ultramarine, Setting II, perforated 12; unused, small faults and thinned still a presentable example of this rare stamp. Brandon Certificate (2008). S.G. 57, £6,500 |  | £700 |
| 1198 | Nyasaland. 1903-04 Watermark Crown CA/CC. 1d. to £10 set of ten, each overprinted "specimen", good to fine. S.G. 59s-97s, £950 |  | £300 |
