Great Britain Revenues

GB QEII £1 Land Registry PROOF IMPERF UMM

Ownership of land, and permitted use there of, was controlled by
the Land Registry; changes of owner ship or use required
prepayment of fees by stamps SCARCE

1877 Telegraphs Colour Trial 3/

1877 Telegraphs Colour Trial 3/- dull claret, very fine mint corner block of 9 with Sheet Number ‘523’ (Boxed), overprinted SPECIMEN, Type 8, Spec Page 429, Cat £990 as singles, rare multiple.

1877 Telegrphs Colour Trial 3/

1877 Telegraphs Colour Trial 3/- grey-green (PE-SG), very fine mint corner block of 12 with inscription, overprinted SPECIMEN, Type 8, Spec Page 429, Cat £1320 as singles, rare multiple.

Samoa

1886-1900 Palmtrees

Perf 11 2/6d purple vertical strip of 3 from the base of the sheet

Imperforate Between the First Two Units SG 64ba, part o.g.,

undercatalogued at £450+. Similar strip sold

for £747 at auction in 2003]

SOLOMON ISLANDS

1907 Large Canoes

½d to 1/- imperforate plate proof blocks of 4 in the issued

colours on ungummed unwatermarked paper, vibrant colours.

[Absent from John Darnell's collection. Colonel Harrie Evans' two sets

of singles sold for $403 & $426 respectively

£ 1000+ Retail Guide Price

MALAYA

MALAYA - Straits Settlements

1936 Survey Department essays 15c Sailing Vessel on ungummed

unwatermarked paper highly surfaced on both sides comprising singles

with four different KGV portraits (plus one extra) in black, se-tenant

strip of the four designs in carmine & a similar strip in black & dull rose.

Very attractive group. [All have neat pencil notations on the back indicating

they were from Lot 635 in Robson Lowe's auction of November 1950

£ 600+ Retail Guide Price