Great Britain & British Empire 2025

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

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

December 8 & 9, 2025 | 225

51003

51002

51001

51001

H 

S.G. 37

1859 Lapirot 2d early impression, pos.9, with close to large margins, very neatly cancelled by a void

barred oval, a striking example; cert. RPS (2025) (S.G. £4’000).

600 - 800

51002

H 

S.G. 38

1859 Lapirot 2d pos. 1 corner marginal with good to huge margins, cancelled by void barred oval and

red transit cds, small thin spot, very fine example with such large margins (S.G. £1’400).

300 - 500

51003

H 

S.G. 38

1859 Lapirot, intermediate impression, 2d. blue, margins on two sides, fine used.

120 - 150

51004

F 

S.G. 39, 32

1859 Lapirot 2d blue on bluish, worn impression, position 7, used in combination with Britannia 6d

blue on folded cover Port Louis to Batavia, Dutch East Indies, sent “via Aden”, stamps very fine and

cancelled neat black target, Lapirot 2d in superb condition with huge margin at right including part

of next stamp, forwarder cachet of Scott & Co. on face, a striking and rare combination franking to a

most unusual destination (one of only two known), in outstanding condition.

Expertise: Cert. BPA (2003)

20’000 - 30’000

1859 Sherwin Issue (SG 40)

51005

DCE J / 220

1900 Sherwin coloured autotype illustrations of the 1d vermilion and 2d, taken from the original page

from the RPSL handbook on British Africa published in 1900, very scarce, see footnote under SG40 in

the SG catalogue.

240 - 300