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Auction archive: Lot number 153

12 to 129 , the extensive and very valuable study of plated examples showing the various alphabets with characteristic letters, positional varieties, re-entries, states (with rare and unrecorded), etc., mostly used but also including mint or unused w...

Auction 18.06.1996
18 Jun 1996
Estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,168 - US$7,710
Price realised:
£8,050
ca. US$12,413
Auction archive: Lot number 153

12 to 129 , the extensive and very valuable study of plated examples showing the various alphabets with characteristic letters, positional varieties, re-entries, states (with rare and unrecorded), etc., mostly used but also including mint or unused w...

Auction 18.06.1996
18 Jun 1996
Estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,168 - US$7,710
Price realised:
£8,050
ca. US$12,413
Beschreibung:

12 to 129 , the extensive and very valuable study of plated examples showing the various alphabets with characteristic letters, positional varieties, re-entries, states (with rare and unrecorded), etc., mostly used but also including mint or unused with 34 NI, 75 PA-PB pair, 76 KG, and ten unplated singles; imprimaturs from plates 13 , 18 (corner example lettered AL with part selvedge showing plate number and inscription), 29 , 31 , 48 , 62 and 89 ; the used with many fine items including 77b BA the B blank error corrected, 96 AL corner example with part selvedge showing plate number and inscription, many fine large multiples, cancellations with numbers in Cross, distinctive Crosses, coloured numerals, inverted watermarks, covers, etc.; mostly being fine picked examples with four margins. A superb assembly and an excellent basis for continuation and expansion. (many hundreds)

Auction archive: Lot number 153
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

12 to 129 , the extensive and very valuable study of plated examples showing the various alphabets with characteristic letters, positional varieties, re-entries, states (with rare and unrecorded), etc., mostly used but also including mint or unused with 34 NI, 75 PA-PB pair, 76 KG, and ten unplated singles; imprimaturs from plates 13 , 18 (corner example lettered AL with part selvedge showing plate number and inscription), 29 , 31 , 48 , 62 and 89 ; the used with many fine items including 77b BA the B blank error corrected, 96 AL corner example with part selvedge showing plate number and inscription, many fine large multiples, cancellations with numbers in Cross, distinctive Crosses, coloured numerals, inverted watermarks, covers, etc.; mostly being fine picked examples with four margins. A superb assembly and an excellent basis for continuation and expansion. (many hundreds)

Auction archive: Lot number 153
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jun 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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