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Catalogue 285: British West Indies – The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection (part III)
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Lot# : 3612 Grenada
1858/60: Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac in a horizontal pair, used on 1858 cover to London tied by two fine strikes of the St. George's "A15" obliterator in black. Reverse with double arc 'Grenada' datestamp in black (Aug 9) with month inverted and London arrival cds (Sept 1) in red. File folds away from the adhesives, a scarce and fine cover. Cert. BPA (1975).rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 21 March 1984, lot 1543; Collection Dr. R.P. Towers, Phillips, London, 20 April 1995, lot 24.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 3613 Grenada
First Issue, No Watermark 1861 (June 3): 1 d. bluish green, no wmk., rough perf. 14-16, an unused example in a brilliant shade, fresh and very fine, part, lower half og. A magnificent example of this elusive shade, a very rare stamp. Cert. BPA (1985) Gi = £ 4'500.rnProvenance: Collection Charlton Henry; Collection Joseph Hackmey, Christie's, London, 26 Nov 1985, lot 45.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 3614 Grenada
Lot# : 3615 Grenada
Lot# : 3616 Grenada
Lot# : 3617 Grenada
First Issue, No Watermark 1862 (June): Unissued 6 d. lake red, no wmk., perf. 11-12½, an unused block of four on wove paper, in the deep shade of the ex Joseph Hackmey block of six, light horizontal bend on lower pair, trace of thin at lower left corner, large part og. Rare and most attractive, the second largest recorded multiple Gi = £ 3'000+.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 12-13 May 1981, lot 337.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 3618 Grenada
Second Issue, Watermark Small Star 1863/71: 1 d. green, wmk. Small Star, rough perf. 14-16, an unused example of fine fresh colour, centred to lower right showing variety "Watermark Sideways", unmounted og. Rare, unlisted by Stanley Gibbons unused.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 3619 Grenada
Second Issue, Watermark Small Star 1863/71: 6 d. rose, wmk. Small Star, rough perf. 14-16, a used horizontal pair used on 1863 cover to Glasgow, tied by "A15" obliterators in black with manuscript '11' credit in red crayon at left. Reverse with 'Grenada' despatch datestamp (Nov 24) in black and Glasgow arrival cds (Dec 16). 'London / Paid' transit cds on front in red (Dec 15). Sensible cover tear repaired at left but a most attractive usage and an early date for this issue on letter.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 3620 Grenada
Second Issue, Watermark Small Star 1863/71: 6 d. orange-red, wmk. Small Star, rough perf. 14-16, an unused example from base of sheet and showing the sheet marginal watermark, of fresh colour, gum cracks not affecting the appearance of a rare stamp Gi = £ 650.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3621 Grenada
1873 (Jan): 1 d. deep green, wmk. Small Star sideways, clean cut perf. 15, an unused block of six (2 x 3), of marvellous fresh colour and appearance despite a small age stain from gum on fourth stamp, fresh and very fine, large part og. Ex Glossop, an impressive and very rare multiple Gi = £ 780+.rnProvenance: Collection Joseph Hackmey, Christie's, London, 26 Nov 1985, lot 83.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 650 CHFLot# : 3622 Grenada
1873/74: 1 d. blue-green green, wmk. Large Star sideways, Intermediate perf. 15, an unused block of four in a deep clear shade, fresh and very fine, marginal watermark lines at base, large part og. Superb appearance and a rare stamp in a multiple Gi = £ 440+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 377.rnrnStarting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 3623 Grenada
1875: Die Proof by Perkins Bacon for the Revenue issue, printed on wove paper (50x 53 mm.) in a delightful shade of deep mauve, small scratch in the vignette at lower right not significantly affecting the appearance, rust spot at right of the paper has been sensibly cleaned. Handstamped on reverse with oval 'Perkins Bacon & Co. Ltd. / Engravers' cachet in violet. A beautiful Proof.rnProvenance: Collection Joseph Hackmey, Christie's, London, 26 Nov 1988, lot 95.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 3624 Grenada
Surcharge on Fiscal 1875 (July): 1 s. surcharged in blue on on deep mauve, an unused example, centred to left but of vibrant bright colour, variety "S in POSTAGE Inverted", fresh and very fine, large part og. A superb example of a very rare stamp. Cert. RPSL (2020) Gi = £ 4'000.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 3,200 CHFLot# : 3625 Grenada
Surcharge on Fiscal 1875 (July): 1 s. surcharged in blue on deep mauve, wmk. Large Star, perf. 14, a used block of six (2 x 3), of fine colour and well centred for the issue, lightly cancelled by "A15" St. George's obliterators in black. A rare stamp in a large multiple and the largest this describer has so far found Gi = £ 72+.rnProvenance: Collection Joseph Hackmey, Christie's, London, 26 Nov 1985, lot 101.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 380 CHFLot# : 3626 Grenada
Surcharge on Fiscal 1875 (July): 1 s. surcharged in blue on deep mauve, wmk. Large Star, perf. 14, a fine used example on 1879 entire letter to London (Baynes correspondence) cancelled by light "A15" obliterator in black. Reverse with 'Grenada' cds (April 27) of despatch and 'London / Paid' arrival (May 13) in red. Some minor file folds but a scarce stamp on letter.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 3627 Grenada
Lot# : 3628 Grenada
1881 (April): 1 d. green, wmk. Small Star sideways, rough perf. 14½, an unused block of four, corner marginal from lower left of sheet showing the marginal watermark lines, of lovely fresh appearance and rich colour, tiny surface spot otherwise fresh and very fine with protective hinges on large part og. A scarce and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 640+.rnProvenance: Collection Joseph Hackmey, Christie's, London, 26 Nov 1985, lot 127.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 420 CHFLot# : 3629 Grenada
Type 7 Surcharge 1881 (April): ½ d. deep mauve, wmk. Large Star sideways, an unused example with variety "POSTAGE / HALF-PENNY Double", the second surcharge to the right of the first, fresh and very fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 325.rnProvenance: SG; London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 414.Starting bid : 140 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 3630 Grenada
Type 8 Surcharge 1881 (April): 2½ d. rose-lake, wmk. Large Star, an unused block of four, marginal from base of the sheet, showing watermark letters (AGE of Postage) and lines, variety "Imperforate" with good margins all round and imperceptibly grazed at top right, fresh and very fine, large part og. A most attractive multiple Gi = £ 1'300+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 428.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 3631 Grenada
Lot# : 3632 Grenada
Type 8 Surcharge 1881 (April): 2½ d. claret, wmk. Broad Star, a used example in a deep shade (Row 8, stamp 12), variety "PENCF for PENCE", lightly cancelled leaving the error clear. A very scarce stamp Gi = £ 700.rnProvenance: Collection W.A. Frazer, Spink, London, 30 Oct 2003, lot 1482.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 3633 Grenada
Type 9 Surcharge 1881 (April): 4 d. blue, wmk. Broad Star, an unused horizontal pair, marginal from base of sheet and showing the central guideline, of fresh colour, some light aging on large part og. A scarce and attractive pair Gi = £ 700+.rnProvenance: RL, London, 10 Feb 1982, lot 367.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 550 CHFLot# : 3634 Grenada
1883 (Jan): 1 d. orange overprinted horizontally with "POSTAGE." in black, an unused horizontal pair of excellent fresh colour, a few wrinkles on large part og. A magnificent multiple - by all records it appears that this may well be the sole unused multiple of this stamp Gi = £ 800+.rnProvenance: RL, London, 23 Jan 1986, lot 2195; Shreves, New York, 27 June 2003, lot 258.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 3635 Grenada
"Postage" Overprints 1883 (Jan): 1 d. orange, a used example of fine colour, overprinted horizontally "POSTAGE." in black, variety "Overprint Double", a fine used example cancelled 'Grenada' cds (dated 1883) in blue. An extremely rare stamp in the foremost quality for this error Gi = £ 1'100.Starting bid : 350 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 3636 Grenada
Type 12 Surcharge 1883 (Jan): 1 d. orange, wmk. Small Star, an unused example surcharged POSTAGE in black diagonally, an unsevered pair, fresh colour, corner crease not detracting from the appearance, large part og. Very fine and extremely rare. Signed Thier Gi = £ 1'500.rnProvenance: Spink, London, 17-18 Nov 2010, lot 941.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 3637 Grenada
Type 12 Surcharge 1883 (Jan): 1 d. orange, wmk. Small Star, a used strip / block of four, surcharged POSTAGE in black diagonally, two unsevered pairs, on large piece cancelled by circular "D" village datestamp (Jan 21, 1883) in black. Some staining sensibly removed but a excessively rare multiple - one of just two known Gi = £ 900+.rnProvenance: Collection L.J. Gilbert Lodge, Harmers, London; Collection Dr. R.P. Towers, Phillips, London, 20 April 1995, lot 118.rnThe other known strip / block was used on the same day, described as unique in the sale of the Joseph Hackmey collection, lot 194.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 500 CHFLot# : 3638 Grenada
Manuscript Provisional 1886: 1 d. orange Revenue stamp, overprinted in manuscript diagonally reading "postage" in black ink, a used example cancelled in black by partial datestamp showing "Mar" possibly of March 1883 when the provisonals were used in Gouyave withe characteristic small 'p' in the mansucript "postage". Just seven examples are recorded thus and, as the article by W. Danforth Walker RDP enclosed with the lot states, the Fiscal stamps themselves are close to unobtainable. Cert. BPA (1958 - "genuine as far as one can say") Gi = £ 6'500.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,600 CHFLot# : 3639 Grenada
Lot# : 3640 Grenada
1883: De La Rue Keyplate set of seven values, all in unused blocks of four and thus showing fourteen vertical tête-bêche pairs, fresh colours and large part og. A superb set in the foremost quality. Cert. BPA (1978) for the 1 s. high value Gi = £ 4'900+.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 4,400 CHFLot# : 3641 Grenada
Type 14 Surcharge 1886 (Oct 1): 1 d. on 1½ d. orange, an unused example variety "THRFE for THREE" in green surcharge, further variety "d/1/POSTAGE Surcharge Double", fresh and fine, large part og. Rare Gi = £ 450+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 471.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 3642 Grenada
Lot# : 3643 Grenada
Type 14 Surcharge 1886 (Dec): 1 d. on 1 s. orange, an unused block of four of fresh colour, third stamp showing variety in green surcharge "SHILLNG for SHILLING", crease on lower pair not affecting the fine appearance, large part og. Rare. Signed Gilbert, Paris, 1928 Gi = £ 700+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 485.Starting bid : 220 CHFHammer price : 340 CHFLot# : 3644 Grenada
Lot# : 3645 Grenada
Lot# : 3646 Grenada
Type 16 Surcharge 1888 (March 31): 4 d. on 2 s. orange, a used block of fifteen, marginal from base of sheet, of stunning appearance with lower row showing variety on thirteenth stamp "Wide Space between TWO and SHILLINGS" and the sixteenth stamp (Row 5, stamp 6) showing variety "Upright "d" in 4d.", all cancelled lightly by 'Grenada' datestamps (26 June 1890) in black. Sold together with the cover from which the stamps have been floated off. Rare Gi = £ 900+.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. R.P. Towers, Phillips, London, 20 April 1995, lot 141.rnStarting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 3647 Grenada
Lot# : 3648 Grenada
Type 18 Surcharge 1890 (Dec): 1 d. on 2 s. orange, an unused block of four of fresh colour, second stamp showing variety in green surcharge "Wide Space between TWO and SHILLINGS", corner bend not detracting from fine appearance, large part og. A scarce multiple Gi = £ 340+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 507.Starting bid : 140 CHFHammer price : 180 CHFLot# : 3649 Grenada
Type 18 Surcharge 1890 (Dec): 1 d. on 2 s. orange, a single example, a vertical pair and a horizontal strip of five all used on Grenada 2 d. registration envelope, size F, to Torquay all tied by 'GRENADA / DE 31 / 90' datestamps in black. The central stamp in the strip of five showing variety "Wide Space between TWO and SHILLINGS", the stamps numbered in manuscript on the envelope. Reverse with London and Torquay datestamps (Jan 15, 1891). A few small imperfections of no significance, a very rare issue on letter and a magnificent cover.rnProvenance: Collection Maurice Burrus, RL, London, 26 Nov 1963, lot 259; 'A Midlands Philatelist', RL, London, 10 Feb 1982, lot 406.Starting bid : 1,000 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHFLot# : 3650 Grenada
Type 19 Surcharge 1891 (Dec): 1 d. on 8 d. grey-brown, an unused block of four showing two tête-bêche pairs, variety "Surcharge Inverted", fresh and very fine but for two perforations with rust spots on reverse, otherwise fine, hinged for security, large part og. and rare. Signed Herbert Bloch Gi = £ 1'300+.rnProvenance: SG, London, 11-13 Oct 1978, lot 517.rnStarting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,000 CHFLot# : 3651 Grenada
Type 19 Surcharge 1891 (Jan): 1 d. on 8 d. grey-brown, an unused block of sixty, showing thirty vertical tête-bêche pairs, with small flaws noted and includung (Row 6, stamp 5) the major variety "No Stop after d" on position 35, first stamp with rounded corner perf., otherwise fresh and very fine, large part og. or primarily unmounted og. Gi = £ 1'200+.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 3652 Grenada
Type 19 Surcharge 1891 (Dec): 1 d. on 8 d. grey-brown a used horizontal pair with 1895 2½ d. mauve & ultramarine on 1895 registered cover to 'The Old Post Office Chambers', Bradford, tied by by 'St. George's / Grenada' cds's in black (Nov 14). Oval 'R' at left and reverse with Bradford arrival cds (Nov 28) in black. A most attractive cover - the 1 d. and 2 d. values from the Keyplate set had yet to be issued.rnStarting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 300 CHFLot# : 3653 Grenada
Lot# : 3654 Grenada
Type 20 Surcharge 1891 (Dec): 2½ d. on 8 d. grey-brown, a used example showing variety "Surcharge Double", cancelled by 'Grenada' datestamp (1 Jan 1892) in black. Rare. Cert. BPA (2020) Gi = £ 800.rnProvenance: Collection W. Danforth Walker, Shreves, June 2003, lot 345.Starting bid : 250 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 3655 Grenada
Type 20 Surcharge 1891 (Dec): 2½ d. on 8 d. grey-brown, a used example showing variety "Surcharge Treble", one centrally positioned, the two others almost superimposed at lower left, cancelled by 'Grenada' datestamp (12 Jan 1892) in black. Only found in used condition, rare. Cert. RPSL (1957) Gi = £ 900.rnStarting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 3656 Grenada
Lot# : 3657 Grenada
1907: De La Rue Master Die Proof for the central vignette, printed in black on glazed white card, endorsed BEFORE / HARDENING in black and dated '2 DEC. 07' in blue. Scarce and very fine.rnProvenance: Collection Dr. R.P. Towers, Phillips, London, 20 April 1995, lot 180.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 400 CHFLot# : 3658 Grenada
Lot# : 3659 Grenada
Lot# : 3660 Grenada
Lot# : 3661 Grenada
1916 (Sept): "War Tax" London overprint, an unused vertical Proof pair, Imperforate on watermark Multiple Crown CA paper, from the original imperforate pane of six cut up by Robson Lowe, fresh and fine without gum. See John G.M. Davis "War Tax Stamps" page 211 who states "Just three imperforate pairs exist". A rare and fine Proof, the sole vertical pair.rnProvenance: SG, London, 5-6 March 1981, lot 313.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 850 CHFLot# : 3662 Grenada
1921/31: Definitive issue, wmk. Multiple Script CA, the complete unused set of twenty-three, all overprinted SPECIMEN in black (the 4 d., 6 d. and 1 s. in red; the 2 s. 6 d. perforated SPECIMEN), fresh and very fine, large part og. A rare set complete Gi = £ 450.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 240 CHFLot# : 3663 Grenada
Lot# : 3664 Grenada
1938/1950 (March): 'St. George's' 2½ d. bright blue, wmk. Multiple Script CA, perf. 12½ x 13½, an unused example of this rarity, fresh and very fine, superb og. Exceptionally rare, one of the most elusive stamps of George VI Colonial philately. Cert. BPA (2020) Gi = £ 11'000.rnProvenance: Bridger & Kay, London, 22-23 Sept 1980, lot 1090.Starting bid : 3,500 CHFHammer price : not soldLot# : 3665 Grenada
1892 (Aug): Postage Due 2 d. on 8 d. grey-brown, overprinted 2d. / SURCHARGE / POSTAGE, an unused example of good colour and appearance, small part og. An extremely rare stamp. Cert. BPA (2020) Gi = £ 5'000.rnProvenance: Collection Willam Gross, Spink Shreves, New York, 3 Oct 2008, lot 90.Starting bid : 1,200 CHFHammer price : 1,900 CHF
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