Commonwealth Omnibus Stamps

1948/49 SILVER WED 1948 (UNUSED) SG.

Stock code: P08914043 | SG number: .

£2,000

1948-49 Royal Silver Wedding omnibus issue (138 stamps), unmounted o.g.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1908 (PROOF) SG

Stock code: P13402185

£475

1908 (Mar) pair of pieces from the fifth KEVII colour scheme, with 1d 'THOS DE LA RUE & CO' colour trials (Nyasaland type) in red and orange, each imperforate on MCA paper, with printed value designations at left and colour names above, for the 1d and 1½d 'universal colours'. Very fine.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1948 (UNUSED) SG.

Stock code: P11215073 | SG number: .

£2,000

1948-49 Royal Silver Wedding omnibus issue (138 stamps), unmounted o.g.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1902 (ESSAY) SG.

Stock code: P12306028 | SG number: .

£4,500

1902 (c.) DLR Minerva head imperforate printer's samples, with 'AFRICA/2½d' duty plate, set of eight matching blocks of 12 (6x2) being the top two rows of panes of 60 with full margins showing jubilee lines, centre-guide and M/S reference numbers at upper left, imperforate on unwatermarked wove, in four different colour combinations (dull green and brown-orange, dull and bright purple, dull green and violet, and dull green and carmine), each on both uncoated ordinary and chalk-surfaced paper, fresh unmounted o.g. (odd minor gum wrinkles, and the green and carmine chalky block with gum crease affecting one pair and trivial adhesions). These were produced early in the 20th century, when chalk-surfaced paper was introduced for the KEVII stamps of Transvaal and the Natal £1.10. Rare and spectacular in this form.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1902 (ESSAY) SG.

Stock code: P08913601 | SG number: .

£125

1902 (c.) DLR Minerva head imperforate printer's samples, with 'AFRICA/2½d' duty plate, in dull and bright purple on unwatermarked wove, matching right hand marginals, respectively on uncoated ordinary and chalk-surfaced paper, very fine unmounted o.g. These were produced early in the twentieth century, when chalk-surfaced paper was introduced for the KEVII stamps of Natal and Transvaal.

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