;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1884 QV 4d ultramarine-blue Crown CA REVERSED wmk P.12 ovp'd "Revenue" (SG.43x, PML.15), a mounted mint block of four with large areas original gum, some toned perfs. along top. An exceptionally rare multiple. £1200 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: QV 4d pale brown (SG.96) with prominent coloured dot below "R" of BARBADOS fine mounted mint. £28 |
;) ;) | 1916 heavily underlined GI with partial stop between N and I of VIRGIN ISLANDS on 1d carmine WAR STAMP (SG.78), fresh u/m, only three examples recorded to date. War Tax specialist John Cranmer has a positional multiple from top left pane (without Plate number) showing the variety Row 3/5. This prominent variety NOT listed in the newly published War Tax Stamps of the British Empire by John G.M. Davis. £125 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw with broken "F" variety, St. Vincent stamps a fresh mounted mint copy of the 1894 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d lake (SG.60b) showing combination broken "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. £18 |
;) ;) | Southern Cross plate flaw WITHOUT short "F", St. Vincent stamp: a fresh mounted mint copy presumably from the FIRST PRINTING of the 1893 FIVE PENCE on QV 6d carmine-lake (SG.60) showing combination full "F" in "FIVE" and the three distinctive coloured marks on Queen's neck (aptly named the Southern Cross plate flaw by Peter Jaffe) as always found in conjunction with the short "F" overprint variety on Row 5/1 of the complete sheet. Not previously seen by me. £140 |
;) | BARBADOS "tramlines" variety: 1876 ½d bright green P.14 with Crown CC REVERSED wmk (SG.72x), mint pair with left copy showing prominent diagonal lines through second "N" of "PENNY". £125 |
;) | ANTIGUA stamps: 1884 QV 6d deep green (SG.29), mint block of four from sheet positions 107-108, 119-120 showing mark in "UA" (Pos.107) and line over top outer frame-line (Pos.109), small imperfections. Cat.£240.00. £80 |
;) | BARBADOS stamps 1875 5/- dull rose (SG.64), fine unused without gum. £95 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1885 QV 4d red-brown (SG.50, Cat.£950), good colour mounted mint, hinge remain and one short perf. £175 |
;) ;) | BARBADOS stamps: 1861 (1d) pale blue (SG.23), unused without gum showing previously unnoticed prominent large birthmark on Britannia's arm, a constant variety found Row 5/3 on Plate II. £36 |
;) | ANTIGUA stamps: 1884 QV 6d deep green (SG.29), fine mint block of four from sheet positions 53-54, 65-66 showing small dot in "G" of ANTIGUA (Pos.54). Cat.£240.00. £140 |
;) | MAJOR ERROR "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED with Crown CA REVERSED watermark, St. Vincent stamps: 1883 THREE PENCE on QV 1d lilac Crown CA REVERSED wmk with "Revenue" OVERPRINT OMITTED (PML.10), superb unused without gum. PML records this error on Page 147 of the handbook. The later 1897 issues of THREE PENCE on QV 1d mauve and red-mauve (SG.63, 63a) have never been recorded with Crown CA REVERSED wmk. £425 |
;) | ST. VINCENT REVENUE stamps: 1885 THREE PENCE on QV 3d lilac ovp'd "REVENUE" (PML.19), fine part original gum handstamped "Specimen" (PML.Type II, Samuel SV1). £375 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four. £28 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four, very minor vertical crease. £20 |
;) | ST. VINCENT stamps: 1890 QV 2½d on 1d grey-blue (SG.55, Cat.£100), fresh mint block of four, very minor vertical crease. £20 |
;) | TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS stamps: 1919 KGV 3d purple/orange-buff ovp'd "War Tax" with MCA REVERSED wmk (SG.151x, Cat.£40), fine unmounted mint. £16 |
;) | TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS stamps: 1919 KGV 3d purple/orange-buff ovp'd "War Tax" with MCA REVERSED wmk (SG.151x, Cat.£40), fine unmounted mint. £15 |
;) | TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS stamps: 1919 KGV 3d purple/orange-buff ovp'd "War Tax" with MCA REVERSED wmk (SG.151x, Cat.£40), fine unmounted mint. £16 |
;) | TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS stamps: 1919 KGV 3d purple/orange-buff ovp'd "War Tax" with MCA REVERSED wmk (SG.151x, Cat.£40), fine unmounted mint. £16 |