2320

Sale number: 45

Dummy Stamps: Britannia Head Dummy Stamps: A most interesting collection comprising 1907 De La Rue, the five different backgrounds each in a perforated horizontal pair on blued and white paper, 1911 Harrison imperforate blocks of four (4) in shades of carmine, imperforate singles in orange, bright violet, bright purple and bright blue (4 different backgrunds of each), all on gummed unwatermarked paper; a selection of cancellation removal trials with imperforate marginal blocks of four in red and in purple, a bi-coloured corner block in green and yellow-brown and also a marginal block of the QV dummy stamp, each with ''ALEXANDRIA/31 12/77'' trial cancellations with attempts at removal (three with marginal notations);, 'Appendix B' sheet 'Stamps printed in non-fugitive ink' dated '9th June 191-' bearing three of each imperforate singles in deep blue and in green, one of each uncancelled, one of each with the ''ALEXANDRIA'' c.d.s. and one of each with attempted removal of the ''ALEXANDRIA'' c.d.s. with 'benzine'; two further appendix sheets dated 'Jan 10th 1922' , both bearing six perforated of each singles in scarlet and in green with ''B01'' or ''T. DE LA RUE & CO LTD/31 2/17'' c.d.s's, four of which on each sheet subjected to cancellation removal trials. (37 items, 98 stamps). Photo.

Price Realised £1700

2321

Sale number: 45

Dummy Stamps: Britannia Head Dummy Stamps: A die proof of the head only with solid shading behind the head and helmet, in black on gazed card, cut down and crossed by red line, a little soiled, also a die proof of the completed design with solid shading around the profile, cut to stamp size and affixed to small piece from De La Rue striking book. Photo.

Price Realised £140

2322

Sale number: 45

Dummy Stamps: Queen Victoria undenominated dummy stamp inscribed ''DE LA RUE & CO/LONDON'', a complete imperforate pane of 25 (5 x 5) in purple on unwatermarked gummed wove paper with two sets of marginal pillars at top, inscribed 'Modified D.F. Purple/New Sample 9/10/06', central horizontal row with bend, otherwise mainly very fine and fresh (stamps unmounted), unusual. Photo.

Price Realised £1100

2214

Sale number: 53

Dummy Stamps: Queen Victoria undenominated dummy stamp inscribed ''DE LA RUE & CO/LONDON'', an interesting group of four items comprising a die proof of the head with surround almost completely cleared, in brown on glazed card, a die proof of the completed design in black on glazed card, upper left corner marginal blocks of four on white paper and ten (2 x 5) on cream paper, both in brown on unwatermarked gummed paper, both with blue ''15 DEC. 87'' handstamp in top margin, former also endorsed 'No 66 on white' in pencil, perforated horizontally and imperf. vertically, and latter endorsed 'No 66' in pencil in top margin and 'No 66  B' in ink in left margin with upper four stamps perforated horizontally, imperforate otherwise. Photo.

Price Realised £4200

408

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: A collection of Dummy Stamps and Exhibition Labels on Hagner leaves incl. Bradbury Wilkinson: Ancient Briton essays, a die proof in olive green (100 x 128mm), a proof for an Air Mail letter card with dummy design printed in red at upper right, a lower marginal block in green and single examples in purple and orange, De La Rue 1923 Mercury Airmail stamps perf. (6) and imperf. (6), Harrison & Sons with 1911(c.) bicoloured profile essays (4), 1910(c.) arms essays in black and green, 1913 (ca.) profile essays, marginal block of four in red, single in ochre with diagonal green bar, coil testers etc., 1914(c.) ''PEACE & COMMERCE'' essays, large format in red, small format in a variety of colours on card (9), and thin paper (5), Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co. 1902 (ca.) Napoleon imperforate essays in red, orange, black and green, Post Office Training School stamps etc., mainly fine and unusual. (83)

Price Realised £1000

409

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: De La Rue: 1911(c.) Minerva head essays in eighteen variously coloured imperforate blocks of four from the multi-die plate, dies 4 and 5 se-tenant, affixed to numbered pieces of De La Rue archive pages, some with pencil notes on reverse believed to relate to the denominations of the new K.G.V issues, fine and fresh. (18) Photo.

Price Realised £1000

410

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: De La Rue: 1911(c.) Minerva head essays on gummed chalk surface paper, a collection of imperforate examples in carmine, bright orange, blue, violet and purple, with variety of head background types incl. clear white background, solid coloured and lined, a wonderful assembly, mainly fine. (34)

Price Realised £450

411

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: De La Rue: 1911(c.) Minerva head essays in perforated coil proof vertical strips of eight (3) in lilac on chalk surfaced paper, lilac and red on ordinary paper, vertical strip of eleven in red on ordinary paper, also two marginal imperforate blocks in carmine and perforated block of six in green on ordinary paper, a few bends and wrinkles, otherwise fine. (7)

Price Realised £480

412

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: De La Rue: 1911(c.) Minerva head essays, sixteen imperforate examples from the defaced plate with white cross on head in central vignette, seven with horizontal sheet margins, in red (5), green (4), olive green (4), yellow brown (2) and blue, on gummed unwatermarked wove paper, the odd bend or wrinkle, otherwise fine and mainly unmounted. (16)

Price Realised £220

413

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: De La Rue: 1916(c.) Minerva head essay imperforate marginal block of thirty partly affixed to De La Rue archive page, with marginal annotations at top stating that this is trial sheet ''A'' printed in ''non fugitive cmi 10 ink, supplied 1916. pulled June 1916, and base annotations stating ''1400 lbs ordered'' ''New non fug cmi 10 June 1916'' and signed ''G.W.M.'' at lower right, some wrinkles and bends, nevertheless an attractive and important piece. Affixed to the reverse of the page is a copy of a letter (15 Dec. 1916) from De La Rue to ''Officina delle Carte Valori, Turin'' referring to trial sheet ''A'' and others supplied to to display the consistency of the printing. This lot also includes a lower corner block of six with similar annotations and dated ''5/5/15'', this believed to be the lower section of sample sheet ''C'' referred to in the accompanying letter. Photo.

Price Realised £600

414

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: Harrison & Sons: 1933 (ca.) photogravure trials, imperf. copy in purple and perf. 15 x 14 example in blue, on gummed unwatermarked paper depicting Thomas Richard Harrison, rare and not to be confused with the common letterpress copies. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

415

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: Harrison & Sons: 1936-40 (ca.) William Shakespeare sample stamps, a collection of 29 lower right corner examples from the defaced plate of ten impressions, on ungummed, unwatermarked thick wove paper, each with peripheral number or annotation denoting the ink used for the sample, fine and unusual. (29)

Price Realised £150

416

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: Harrison & Sons: 1982 imperforate photogravure trial of Thomas Richard Harrison bust printed in deep greenish blue on ACP/DEX printed page, inscribed ''Looking/HARRISON & SONS LIMITED/PROOF OF: JM7/ACP'' at top, with colour grading chart, and picture of tea rooms at foot, also 1976-79(c.) complete miniature sheet of nine Harrison bust designs in blue on PCP/DEX paper, fine and unusual. Photo.

Price Realised £110

417

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: Harrison & Sons: 1984 (ca.) phosphor tagging trial on perforated dummy stamps of Thomas Richard Harrison in emerald-green on gummed paper, a block of four, each unit with different phosphor designs of ''@'', ''%'', thin barcode, and thick barcode, originally from a sheet of 100 with each quarter sheet featuring the different phosphor coatings, this being the unique central block, fine and unusual. Photo.

Price Realised £160

418

Sale number: 128

Dummy Stamps: Waterlow & Sons: St. Paul's Cathedral sample stamps, an extensive collection of 63 perf. 121/2 adhesives in a range of shades and with a variety of overprinted letters, on gummed unwatermarked paper, mainly fine with large part gum.

Price Realised £650