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Auction: 24027 - Antigua - The Simon Greenwood Collection
Lot: 726

Antigua
1879-84, a mint and used keyplate collection including 1879 2½d. with value and duty plates placed high, 4d. centred low, both unused, 4d. with duty plate centred far right, used; 1882 ½d. mint singles (6), one with top left triangle detatched, another with partial offset on reverse, plate strip of three, and block of twelve (6x2), plate block of eighteen (6x3) [R3/3] with top left triangle detatched, 2½d. slating '2' mint (without gum, thinned), and used, plate number example with value and duty shifted right, unused, three with "A02" cancellation, 4d. mint (2) and used (7), one with top left triangle detatched; 1884-87 2½d. slanting '2' variety occurring in mint panes of sixty (6x10) (3), two with two examples, one pane with only one, in plate block of thirty-six (6x6), in plate block of twelve (3x4), in block of four, horizontal pair, five singles, all mint with one used single, as "specimen" (two others without variety); plate block of thirty (6x5) showing large '2', 4d. plate block of sixty (6x10), [R3/3] showing top left triangle detatched with mint and single showing same flaw, also normal "specimen" and mint plate block of twenty-four (6x4) and four, and 1/- "specimen", mint singles (6), two with plate numbers, blocks of four (2) and single used. Generally fine and a valuable collection,.Cat. £13,000+

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Estimate
£1,500 to £2,000

Starting price
£1000