Lots 157 - 162, Catalogue of Auction #79 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
157  63
1891, Queen Victoria, black surcharge with handstamped Chinese characters $1 on 96c purple on red paper, fresh quality and nice centering, full OG, LH, VF, SG #50, £450
(Ph)
200.00
158  70a var
1898, surcharge (without Chinese characters) $1 on 96c gray black, excellent centering, a beautiful single, full OG, previously hinged, VF and scarce, SG #53a, £2,750
(Ph)
1500.00
159  104
1905, King Edward VII, $2 scarlet and slate, printed on chalk-surfaced paper, watermark Multiple Crown CA, full OG, LH, VF, SG #87a, £350
(Ph)
150.00
160 **/*   154-66A, 155a-62a
1938-52, King George VI, 1c-$10, 2c-50c, two complete sets of 23 and 6, perforation 14 and 14 1/2x14 respectively, full OG ($10 green and several other values from 1938 printing with usual streaky gum), NH (seven low values and $10 violet) or LH/hinged, mostly VF, SG #140/62, £1,178
(Ph)
350.00
161 **  SG 171, a
1948, Silver Wedding, 10c violet, top right corner margin plate No. block of four, bottom left stamp with spur on "N" variety (position R2/9), full OG, NH, VF, C.v. £111++
(Ph)
75.00
162 **/*   168/228

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Early Issues

1940 -66, 50th Anniversary, Silver Wedding, UPU, Coronation, Queen Elizabeth II definitives (mainly NH, including $10), ITU, Churchill, WHO, the total is 27 stamps, full OG, mainly LH, VF, SG C.v. £727 (website photo)
(Ph)
150.00

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