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 | 81

50253

50255

50257

50253

CC 

S.G. 274 var

1911 1d. intense rose-carmine, fine unmounted mint. Cert Hendon (2014).

700 - 800

50254

CC C J / 78

S.G. 281 var

1911 Harrison 1d carmine perf 15x14 mint left hand side marginal block of 12, lower-most central

stamp is mounted otherwise all fresh mint n.h., a rare multiple of this scarce shade.; cert. Hendon

(2022) (S.G. Spec M7(7), £2’325 as singles).

200 - 300

1911-13 Somerset House Issues

50255

CC J P 

S.G. 305 var

1910-13 Somerset House 7d slate-grey in marginal block of six mint n.h. with CANCELLED (type 25)

overprint, a fine and scarce multiple, plus normal mint n.h. vertical pair (S.G. Spec. £2550 as mint singles).

240 - 340

50256

CC J / 82

S.G. 308

1911 Somerset House 9d slate purple & cobalt blue (fluorescent ink) in mint n.h. complete pane of 20

(pos. F, from plates H2c/D1), mounted in the margins only, vertical gum bend affecting central column,

very fine and fresh, with very few surviving panes as the highly corrosive properties of the fluorescent

ink it was quickly withdrawn (S.G. £7’000 as n.h. singles)

1’500 - 2’000

50257

CC J 

S.G. 319

1911-13 10s blue mint n.h. lower marginal, fresh and very well centred, incl. two certs from when it

was in a block of four (S.G. £2’100).

750 - 1’000

50258

CC J 

S.G. 320

1911 Somerset house £1 deep green, Pl. 1b (the upper pane), A magnificent top marginal block of eight

comprising the top two rows of the pane (dot above 4th stamp), beautiful rich fresh colour, fine mint

NH, a major Edward VII rarity.

7’500 - 8’500