Great Britain & British Empire 2025

Great Britain & British Empire December 8 & 9, 2025 at 10:00 CET

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

102 | Great Britain & British Empire

50364

50365

50364

CC 

S.G. 884a, 885a

1971 Literary Anniversaries 3p and 5p mint n.h. with gold omitted (Queen’s head), very fine (S.G.

Concise 2025 £1’125).

260 - 340

50365

C P 

1971 Harrison & Son colour trials, 1s in pale olive green, unadopted colour, on OCP/PVA paper, mint

h.r., pencil “X” annotation on reverse, very fine, very rare, only two examples thought to exist.

500 - 700

50366ex

50370

50366

CC 

S.G. 897a, 898ya, 898b, 899a

1972 Explorers mint n.h. group of four varieties incl. 3p with gold omitted, 5p with gold and phosphor

omitted, 5p with embossing omitted and 7 1/2p corner marginal with gold omitted, very fine (S.G.

Concise 2025 £825).

120 - 180

50367

CC 

S.G. 897y-900y

1972 Explorers mint n.h. set of four with phosphor omitted, very fine (S.G. Concise 2025 £385).

80 - 100

50368

CC 

S.G. 923-927 var

1973 Explorers mint n.h. set of five with phosphor omitted, very fine (Pierron 500PHa-504PHa).

80 - 120

50369

CC C 

S.G. 925a, 926var, 927b

1973 Explorers group of three mint varieties incl. 5p with gold omitted mint n.h. (S.G. Concise 2025

£250), 7 1/2p with shift of grey-black mint l.h., and 9p with brown-grey (hair) doubled mint n.h. (S.G.

Concise 2025 from £300), incl. normals, a very fine group.

130 - 200

50370

CC 

S.G. 925b

1973 British Explorers 5p with grey-black omitted variety, mint n.h., very fine, incl. normal for

comparison (S.G. Concise 2025 £1’800).

460 - 600

50371

CC 

S.G. 927a

1973 Explorers 9p Charles Sturt mint n.h. with gold omitted in lower right traffic light corner vertical

pair, very fine, incl. matching normal traffic light corner pair (S.G. Concise 2025 £450+).

120 - 180