Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (£)
98 | Great Britain & British Empire
50343
CC / 97
1952-54 1d. ultramarine, marginal imperf. tête-bêche pair, large part OG, hand stamped “BPMA” on
reverse. Scarce.
1’500 - 1’800
50344
50346
50347
50344
CC
S.G. 523 var
1952-54 Watermark Tudor Crown 6d. reddish purple, imperforate imprimatur pair, both with “N/P/
IMPRIMATUR” hand stamped on reverse, minor wrinkle, otherwise fine mint NH. Rare.
450 - 500
50345
CC P
1955-58 Wildings (wmk St. Edward’s crown) 1/2d to 1s6d set of 18 imperf. imprimaturs, all mint n.h.
left marginals with “N. P. M. Imprimatur” handstamps on reverse, very fine and very rare, one of only
five sets released from the NPM archive.
2’400 - 3’000
50346
C P
1958 3d. deep lilac ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, very fine perforated horizontal pair with narrow and
3mm short phosphor band straddling perfs., unlisted. scarce.
200 - 240
50347
DCE
1958 Wildings 2d. light red-brown ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, no watermark vertical pair, one central
green phosphor band, without gum, fine. S.G. Spec. ST5, 5a.
200 - 240
50348
DCE J
1959 De La Rue 5/- red corner block of four, with Post Office training bars, fine unused. Scarce.
120 - 150
50349
50350
50351
50349
C
S.G. 624 var
1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d. imperforate imprimatur hand stamped “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” on
reverse, with gum. Rare.
280 - 320