775

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: A large duplicated accumulation to £1 in two stockbooks, on leaves and loose, with many multiples incl. cylinder blocks, booklet and coil stamps, shades, papers, head types, constant flaws, missing phosphors incl. GA 1s., broad bands, quantity of booklet panes incl. phosphor screens, perf. types, cylinder panes, 4d. vermilion gum arabic pane of six (trimmed at right), coil strips incl. 3d. PVA centre band horizontal (ragged perfs. at top), 4d. vermilion head A horizontal (2), 6d. 150 screen (3), range of coil leaders, etc. (1,000s)

Price Realised £400

776

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: A large duplicated accumulation in a stockbook with many multiples incl. cylinder blocks, head types, booklet and coil stamps, missing phosphors, 5d. imperf. pair ex cylinder 10, 1s.6d. PVA greenish blue omitted (3, one with broad band at right), coil strips incl. 2d. vertical 250 screen (2), quantity of booklet panes (mixed perfs.) incl. Cook se-tenant pane stapled (2), cylinder panes, etc. (few 1000s)

Price Realised £350

777

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: A comprehensive specialised collection written up in seven albums, arranged by value with papers and gums, head types, print directions, phosphor screens incl. joins, printings from the various sheet cylinders, wide range of shades, booklet and coil stamps, most cylinder blocks incl. perf. types, right hand blocks showing phosphor ''Ph1'' incl. 6d., errors and varieties with a wide range of constant flaws in positional multiples, misperfs., inking flaws, misplaced phosphors incl. 4d. vermilion broad band left and broad band centre ex Cook book (each with small fault), 5d. broad band centre ex Cook book se-tenant pane, many missing phosphors from different sheet and booklet pane sources incl. rare 4d. vermilion GA (trimmed at right), 7d. (4), 9d. PVA, 10d. (2), 1s. GA (4) one in a strip of three with the adjacent stamp with right band almost completely omitted, 1s.9d. GA (2), 1s.6d. issues with greenish blue omitted or partially omitted, 1s.9d. PVA with all-over phosphor wash, booklet panes incl. cylinders, screen joins, missing phosphors, 4d. vermilion GA panes (3) incl. cylinder ''N1'' dot, 4d. 'Method' pane ex Cook book uncoated paper, high values with plate blocks complete as issued (less £1 ''4B''), etc., occasional stamp mounted, majority fine unmounted. (few 1000s)

Price Realised £2200

778

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: An unmounted mint group of missing phosphors incl. 8d. turquoise-blue, 9d. PVA pair, 10d., 1s. GA pair, 1s.9d. pair, selection of booklet panes (mixed perfs.), etc. (37 items)

Price Realised £150

779

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 4d. deep olive-brown two bands GA head B with sheet margin at right, top perfs. with surface imperfections otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. U11(2)B, cat. £1,400. Photo.

Price Realised £700

780

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 4d. bright vermilion centre band PVA head A, an irregular right margin block of seven (separated into a block of four and a strip of three) misperforated and with imperf. sections due to a double paper fold, unmounted mint, a dramatic variety. Photo.

Price Realised £190

781

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 4d. bright vermilion left band and 4d. right band variety uncoated paper, ex Cook book se-tenant pane, each with very slight trimming at top otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. U16b, U16Ab, cat. £550. Photo.

Price Realised £180

782

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 5d. deep blue head B in a cylinder ''13'' no dot and dot pair of cylinder blocks, the dot in a block of twelve (4 x 3) showing the [R. 19/4] 'severed neck' variety, the no dot block with a light hinge mark in the left margin, the dot block unmounted, a scarce printing. S.G. Spec. U17(2), cat. £1,250. Photo.

Price Realised £600

783

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 5d. deep blue head B two bands on phosphor coated paper, fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec. U17c, cat. £325. Photo.

Price Realised £160

784

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 8d. bright vermilion variety phosphor omitted, fine unmounted mint. S.G. Spec.U20a, cat. £425. Photo.

Price Realised £140

785

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 1s.6d. two bands gum arabic variety greenish blue omitted, in an unmounted mint block of four. S.G. 743a, Spec. U27a, cat. £640. Photo.

Price Realised £160

786

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 1s.6d. two bands PVA variety greenish blue omitted, in a ''3A'' cylinder block of six, a few small wrinkles in margin and light marks on front, a very faint trace of the ''2B'' cylinder number remaining, unmounted mint. S.G. 743Eva, Spec. U28a, cat. £1,320+. Photo.

Price Realised £260

787

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 1s.6d. two bands PVA variety greenish blue omitted, three examples with a broad phosphor band at left, central (slightly to left) and at right respectively, fine unmounted mint, the centre band scarce. S.G. Spec. U28e. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

788

Sale number: 80

The John Sussex Collection of Machins: 1967-70 Machins: 1s.6d. PCP/PVA variety Prussian blue omitted, the top pair in a lower right corner traffic light block of ten (2 x 5), the pair below with partial omission with the right stamp having a tiny trace only, fine unmounted mint, a rare multiple. S.G. 743ca, Spec. U29a, cat. £900++. Photo.

Price Realised £1150