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Lot# 1898 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1898 Great Britain

    1885: SPECIMENS OF ADHESIVE STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN, bound in red, the wonderful 12 page book of Fiscal and Revenue stamps by De La Rue, all overprinted SPECIMEN in black, with first page showing embossed Customs adhesives (6 stamps) in orange-red from 3d. to 5s.; Foreign Bill stamps (17) in lilac from 1d. to 9d., in green from 1s. to 15s., in lilac from £1 - £5; page 2 with Bankruptcy Court Fee stamps (15) in lilac from 1d. to 8d., bicoloured with green from 1s. to 10s., bicoloured with lilac from £1 to £20; Probate (7) with green 5s. and 10 s. and in lilac from £1 to £6; page 3 with Judicature Fee (15) in lilac from 1d. to 6d., in green from 1s. to 15s., in lilac from £1 to £5; page 4 with District Audit stamps (5) in green for  5s. and 10s., in lilac for £1 to £5; Sea Policies embossed stamps in orange-red (24) with values from 3d. to £10 perf. or imperf.; page 5 with Patent (7) with lilac 2d. to 8d, and in green 1s. to 5s., Civil Service Commission stamps (7) with green 1s. to 10s. and lilac £1 and £5; Land Commission (6) with green 1s. to 10s. and lilac £1 and £5; Pedlar's Certificate stamp (1) in lilac; page six with Companies' Registration (5) in lilac from 4d. to £1, Public Records (4) with 6d. and £1 in lilac and 1s. and 5s. in green, Land Registry (9) with lilac 1d. to 6d., green 1s. to 10s. and lilac £1 and £5; Police Courts (7) with embossed 6d. orange red, green 1s. to 10s.; Cyprus (9) with lilac 1d. to 6d. and green 1s. to 10s.; page seven with County Courts Ireland (12) with lilac 1d. to 8d. and green 1s. to 10s. and lilac £1, Judicature Fee, Ireland (10) with 1d. to 6d. in lilac, 1s. to  10s. in green and £1 and £5 in lilac; Dog Licences, Ireland (3) with 2s. in lilac, 10s. in blue and £1 in green (all imperforate); page eight with Petty Sessions, Ireland (3) with 6d. in rose, 6d. in green and 2/6d. in lilac; Registration of Deeds (9) in brown-purple from 3d. to £1; Land Commission, Ireland (6) with 2d. to 6d. in lilac and 1s. to 5s in green; page nine with Law Courts, Scotland (8) with 1d. and 6d. in lilac, 1s. to 10s. in green and £1 and £5 in lilac; Bankruptcy Court, Ireland (5) with 5s. and 10s. in green and £1 to £5 in lilac; Register House, Scotland (9) with lilacrn1d. to 6d., green 1s. to 10s. and lilac £1 and £5; Admiralty Court, Ireland (6) in bright blue from 6d. - £1; page 10 with Unappropriated (17) with lilac 1d. to 8d., green 1s. to 10s., lilac £1 to £6 all imperforate; Coffee Mixture Excise labels (2) with ½d. in blue and 1d. in red. A delightful book, pages detached from spine but in superb quality throughout. Rare and splendid.rn 
    Starting bid : 10,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold