U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #690
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p-10p, also 2sh6p and 5sh Seahorses, all ten handstamped "Colonias" in purple by the Portuguese Post Office in Goa (Portuguese India), unused without gum, fine-v.f. One of only three "sets" issued to the participating UPU countries (where they were pasted in ledgers kept by postmasters)
S
Catalog #SG 1-9,17,19S
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #691
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p green, variety "missing overprint", vertical sheet margin pair, overprint virtually omitted at top, unused without gum as always, fine, only one sheet known, less than 10 pairs exist (MW T1d, £1,300)
(*)
Catalog #SG 1var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #692
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p green, variety "missing overprint", bottom sheet margin block of four, overprint shifted to bottom and complete in the bottom selvage, unused without gum as always, some toning, rare (one sheet is to have been overprinted with a dramatic downward shift, leaving the top row unoverprinted and the bottom printed in margin. All copies were stained, possibly because of oil spilled on the stamps while in transit)
Box (*)
Catalog #SG 1var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #693
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2p orange, Die II, overprint inverted, three singles, l.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG 13a
Catalog Value £1,200
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #694
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 10sh dull gray blue, variety Major Retouch of Plate 5A (R.2/1), bright color and fresh, h.r., v.f., with 1987 MacDonnell Whyte certificate (MW T41b, £9,000)
*
Catalog #SG 46var
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #695
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1/2p green, block of six, middle right stamp without accent in "Saorstat" variety, hinged at top and bottom, variety n.h., v.f. and rare (catalogue value for hinged)
Box */**
Catalog #SG 52a
Catalog Value £1,400
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #696
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1p scarlet, sheet margin block of eight, upper left stamp with reversed "Q" for "O" variety, h.r., other stamps hinged or n.h., fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #SG 53e
Catalog Value £375
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #697
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922-23 Seahorses, 2sh6p-10sh, set of three, each used on piece, 2sh6p with sheet margin at right, fine-v.f. (SG 64-66)
O
Catalog #56-58
Catalog Value £580
Unsold
Lot #698
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 4p gray green, breaks under "four" variety, two singles, h.r., also used block of four, upper right stamp with same breaks under "four" variety, fine-v.f. (MW T53b, £630)
Box *O
Catalog #SG 58var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #699
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 1sh bistre brown, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety "accent inserted by hand", h.r. at top, error n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged)
*/**
Catalog #SG 63b
Catalog Value £700
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #700
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, horizontal pair, right stamp without accent, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG 64,64b
Catalog Value £498
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #701
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, horizontal pair, right stamp with accent reversed, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 64,64c
Catalog Value £748
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #702
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, Plate 3a, upper left corner sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp with Major re-entry, n.h. (hinged in selvage), v.f. and rare (MW T59a, £1,300 for hinged)
**
Catalog #SG 64,64var
Catalog Value £1,248
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #703
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 2sh6p chocolate brown, Plate 3a, block of four, upper right stamp with Major re-entry, used, fine-v.f. and rare (MW T59a, £1,500)
Box
Catalog #SG 64a
Catalog Value £1,610
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #704
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 5sh rose carmine, top margin vertical strip of three, bottom stamp without accent, middle stamp n.h., other two including the error h.r., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #SG 65,65a
Catalog Value £770
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #705
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 5sh rose carmine, right margin horizontal pair, right stamp with accent reversed, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 65,65b
Catalog Value £985
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #706
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 10sh blue, without accent variety, unused (regummed), v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #SG 66a
Catalog Value £3,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #707
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 Seahorses, four sets of three, two 2sh6p l.h., balance n.h., one set creased, still fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #77-79
Catalog Value $2,730
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #708
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 5sh rose carmine, two singles, each Plate 3A (Dublin Castle), one showing "inner frame notch" (R.3/3), the other "inverted T" in bottom frame (R.2/1), h.r., v.f., rare (MW T67a,T67b, £1,525)
*
Catalog #SG 84var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #709
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1925 10sh gray blue, Plate 2a, Runnals Re-entry (R.6/1), h.r., fine (MW T68, £3,250)
*
Catalog #SG 85var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #710
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 2sh6p chocolate brown, lower left sheet corner margin block of four, top right stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), l.h., bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with 1990 BPA certificate,
Box */**
Catalog #SG 86,86c
Catalog Value £700
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #711
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 2sh6p chocolate brown, horizontal pair, used, right stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), cancelled 6 July 1929, pinhole, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #SG 86,86c
Catalog Value £710
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #712
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 2sh6p chocolate brown, no accent over "a" (variety caused by degradation of the cliche at R.2/2), l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 86b
Catalog Value £450
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #713
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh greenish blue, canceled on piece by Dublin November 5, 1929, also 10sh gray blue, canceled January 18, 1929, both v.f.,
O
Catalog #SG 88
Catalog Value £450
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #714
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, top stamp circumflex accent (R.9/2), l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 88,88a
Catalog Value £1,190
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #715
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, vertical pair, bottom stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), cancelled 14 July 1929, v.f.,
O
Catalog #SG 88,88c
Catalog Value £2,225
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #716
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, accent virtually omitted, late stage of the circumflex accent (R.9/2), l.h., v.f., signed Brottier,
*
Catalog #SG 88a,var
Catalog Value £1,000
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #717
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1927 10sh dull gray blue, Flat accent on "a", h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 88c
Catalog Value £1,700
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #718
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 2sh6p chocolate, 5sh bright rose red, each Flat accent on "a", two of each used, various pmks, perf. flaws or thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #SG 99a,100a
Catalog Value £1,450
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #719
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 2sh6p chocolate, 5sh bright rose red, each Flat accent on "a", used, fine-v.f., the latter signed Proschold,
O
Catalog #SG 99a,100a
Catalog Value £725
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #720
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 Seahorses, 10sh dark blue, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #95
Catalog Value $1,100
Unsold
Lot #721
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 10sh indigo, lower left sheet corner margin block of four, upper right stamp Flat accent on "a" (R.9/2), h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (catalogued as hinged)
Box */**
Catalog #SG 101,101a
Catalog Value £2,000
Price Realized
$900.00

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