1388

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, a preliminary drawing by Harold Nelson, on card (235 x 137mm), in pencil with some further details outlined in red ink, denominated 21/2d. depicting details of London's modern buildings along the Thames Embankment at left and St. Paul's cathedral at right, also with two photographs of complete 1d. and 21/2d. designs from the National Postal Museum Archives. Photo.

Price Realised £500

1389

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, a preliminary pencil drawing by Harold Nelson for the side panels of the stamps, on thin card (106 x 99mm), depicting modern buildings on the Thames embankment, portions highlighted in Chinese white, fine. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1390

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, a preliminary pencil drawing by Harold Nelson for the side panels of the stamps, on thin card (101 x 105mm), depicting the upper part of St. Paul's cathedral, fine. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1391

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, a preliminary pencil drawing by Harold Nelson for the side panels of the stamps, on thin card (91 x 105mm), depicting parts of St. Paul's cathedral and surrounding buildings, a portion further executed in black ink, fine. Photo.

Price Realised £230

1392

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, two original 11/2d. bromide essays, one 163 x 139mm, the other stamp sized, of an unaccepted design by Edmund Dulac, mounted together on art board (242 x 233mm), this design matches original artwork held in the British Postal Museum and Archive and is illustrated on page 21 of 'Special Stamp History - 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue' by Simon Bates. Photo.

Price Realised £2300

1393

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee, two original 11/2d. bromide essays, one 190 x 110mm, the other stamp sized, of an unaccepted design by Edmund Dulac, mounted together on art board (273x 217mm), signed by the designer below the larger bromide, this design matches original artwork held in the British Postal Museum and Archive and is illustrated on page 21 of 'Special Stamp History - 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue' by Simon Bates. Photo.

Price Realised £2600

1394

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. to 21/2d. set, each handstamped ''SPECIMEN'' in seriffed capitals (as Samuel type BEC2) by the Bechuanaland Receiving Authority on receipt from the U.P.U., affixed to piece and tied by auditor's green crayon ticks, a fine unique set. B.P.A. certificate (2001). Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1395

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. to 21/2d. set, each overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' type 23 twice, 21/2d. without gum, others with part original gum, 1d. with rounded top left corner otherwise sound and extremely rare, one of only two sets recorded by de Cadenet, the other being in the National Postal Museum. B.P.A. certificate (1981) states rather harshly ''11/2d. and 21/2d. soiled''. S.G. Spec. NCom10-13s, cat. £5,100. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1396

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. to 21/2d. set affixed to Postmaster General presentation card, inscribed ''Specimens of the Postage Stamps to be issued by the General Post Office to commemorate the Silver Jubilee, 1935'' at foot, fine. Photo.

Price Realised £300

1397

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. to 21/2d. set used on registered commemorative first day cover to New York with ''WINDSOR'' double circle c.d.s's, envelope opened at top, very scarce. S.G. 453-456. Photo.

Price Realised £300

1398

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. to 21/2d. set used on 'Westminster' first day cover with ''LONDON S.W.1'' double circle c.d.s's, envelope opened at top, scarce. S.G. 453-456. Photo.

Price Realised £250

1399

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d., 1d. and 11/2d. set of booklet stamps used on plain first day cover with the airmail label from Liverpool to Sudan, re-addressed to Liverpool, envelope opened at left, very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £230

1400

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d. vertical pair, each overprinted ''Tristan da Cunha'' and numbered ''5'' and ''6'', applied in Britain to 36 stamps after the postmaster of Tristan, Rev. Harold Wild, requested it, ''5'' a little soiled on front otherwise fine mint, a very scarce multiple. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

1401

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1d. overprinted ''Tristan da Cunha'' and numbered ''19'', applied in Britain to 36 stamps after the postmaster of Tristan, Rev. Harold Wild, requested it, fine mint, scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £380

1402

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 11/2d. red-brown, a lower right corner vertical strip of three with the perfs. misaligned on the lower pair, gum crease on one and some separated perfs. otherwise fine and fresh unmounted mint, a dramatic variety. Ex Monarch. S.G. Spec. NCom12var. Photo.

Price Realised £450

1403

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 11/2d. in a control W35 cylinder 27 with dot block of six, unlisted perf type 5(E/1), one mount mark at top, other four are unmounted, fine. S.G. Spec. NCom12 unpriced. Photo.

Price Realised £290

1404

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 11/2d. red-brown overprinted ''CANCELLED'' type 28, watermark inverted, fine with good perfs. and large part original gum. S.S. Spec. NCom12at, cat. £250. Photo.

Price Realised £80

1405

Sale number: 54

King George V: 1935 Silver Jubilee 21/2d. Prussian blue, a superb used example on registered piece alongside 1/2d., each tied by ''UPPER EDMONTON FORE ST 134/30 OC/35'' circular datestamps, originally from an envelope bearing a second example of the 21/2d. Prussian blue which was divided in the 1960s, fine and very rare, one of just five examples known to have been postally used at the sub-office where three sheets of the error were on sale. R.P.S. certificate (2006). S.G. 456a, cat. £10,000. Photo.

Price Realised £7500