Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Grenada continued...

1883-1896 Issues continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

341

S.G. #46

S.G. #46, 1891 "Postage/and/Revenue/1d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, tied to internal cover by scarce "Grenada/A/11 FE 91" c.d.s. of the parish post office at Gouyave, posted to the Colonial Bank in St. George's, backstamped, cover has light foxing slightly affecting the perf. tips, otherwise very fine; this provisional on cover is scarce used from an outlying post office, particularly so used for internal postage, for which it was intended, and in the proper period of early 1891 when there was a shortage of 1p stamps (Scott #36). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

342

S.G. #46

S.G. #46, 1891 "Postage/and/Revenue/1d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, a nicely franked 1891 registered cover to Jamaica, with horizontal strips of six and four of this provisional surcharge, for 8p double rate postage and 2p registry fee, all tied by "Grenada/MR 18 91" c.d.s., double oval Jamaica registry receiving postmark, all markings are on the front, small backflap at left missing and edge soiling and small tears, mostly at the bottom and not affecting stamps or markings, fine and scarce cover used in the proper period of use (Scott #36). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

343

S.G. #47a

S.G. #47a, 1891 "2 1/2d" provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, tete-beche pair, a full mint sheet of 30 pairs, unlike the 1p surcharge on this value the selvage was not removed, this sheet with full selvage on all four sides, o.g., 23 tete-beche pairs are n.h., but gum toning on the reverse (not very apparent from the front) affects all but seven never hinged pairs, plus a couple of stamps with tiny thins, varied centering, fine-very fine appearance; the center row of tete-beche pairs shows the two different type "2"'s in "1/2"; interestingly position R7/2 has a partial period after "d" which is not much different than the one in the 1p surcharge sheet on this same value, but unlisted; this is the only known intact sheet to the collector (Scott #37a, 38a, 38b; $3,750.00+). (Image)

£1,200+

SOLD for $1,450.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

344

S.G. #47c

S.G. #47c, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge double, showing in the normal position and at bottom left, mint single, o.g., turned corner perf. at top right, otherwise very fine; ex-Messenger and Hackmey (Scott #37c; $600.00). (Image)

£750

SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

345

S.G. #47c

S.G. #47c, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge double, with portion of strong second surcharge at bottom, used with portion of Grenada c.d.s., very fine and scarcer than double surcharge, one inverted variety (Scott #38d; $750.00). (Image)

£800

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

346

S.G. #47d

S.G. #47d, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge double, one inverted, mint horizontal pair, centered surcharge is the inverted one and with a portion of an upright surcharge at bottom, o.g., trivial perf. gum stain between stamps and light hinge reinforcement of a few separated perforations, still very fine for this (Scott #38g; $900.00+). (Image)

£1,100+

SOLD for $750.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

347

S.G. #47d

S.G. #47d, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge double, one inverted, nearly full inverted surcharge at bottom, full upright surcharge at top, neatly cancelled by Grenada c.d.s., lightly toned corner perf. at top left, otherwise very fine. (Scott #38g; $450.00). (Image)

£500

SOLD for $240.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

348

S.G. #47d

S.G. #47d, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge double, one inverted, both nearly full surcharges at top and bottom, used, nearly very fine and scarce error (Scott #38g; $450.00). (Image)

£500

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

349

S.G. #47e

S.G. #47e, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Gray brown, surcharge triple, with a portion of two additional surcharges at bottom, attractively used with central Grenada c.d.s. cancel, very fine error and scarce; 1986 RPS certificate; ex-Messenger and Hackmey (Scott #38e; $1,100.00). (Image)

£900

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

350

S.G. #47f

S.G. #47f, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, surcharge triple, two inverted, with portions of two inverted surcharges at bottom, very well centered used single, light central Grenada c.d.s. cancel, extremely fine and very difficult error, especially in this premium condition; 1985 RPS certificate (Scott #38f; $1,000.00). (Image)

£850

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

351

S.G. #47

S.G. #47, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Gray brown, attractive single tied to cover to the United States by very scarce blue "Grenada/F/25 FE 92" c.d.s. of the outlying post office on the island of Carriacou in the Grenadines, additional strike at left, Grenada transit of St. George's and New York transit on the reverse, backstamped New Bedford, quaint note at top "Please enquire as I am not sure about number", referring to the street number in the address, edge tear to the cover at bottom right, otherwise very fine and one of the scarcer parish post offices (Scott #38). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

352

S.G. #47, 47a

S.G. #47, 47a, 1891 "2 1/2d." provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, tete-beche strip of three, showing both types of the "2" in "1/2", plus a single on a registered cover to the Telegraph Office at Trinidad, paying a triple rate of 7 1/2p and 2p registry fee (1/2p overpaid), all tied by "St. George's/Grenada/FE 2 92" c.d.s., opened a bit roughly at right causing a tiny piece to be missing at top, otherwise a very fine commercial usage during the proper time for this provisional surcharge (Scott #38, 38c). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

353

S.G. #47a

S.G. #47a, 1891 "2 1/2d" provisional surcharge on 8p Grey brown, tete-beche pair, two pairs tied to 2p Gray registry envelope (H&G #C1a; 152x96mm) to Canada by "Grenada/NO 12 92" c.d.s., New York registry oval and Toronto transits on the reverse, backstamped Belleville, opened a bit roughly at right with minor edge wear, fine and scarce with tete-beche pairs paying a quadruple British Empire rate (Scott #38a). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $1,700.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

354

1895 6p Green and orange Key Plate essay, a generic essay to show this design, inscribed "Imperium" in the country name tablet, imperforate and gummed on unwatermarked paper, used by designers to show color combinations and sometimes painted over with specific details for a given country, very fine. (Image)

Est. 100-150

SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

355

1895 6p Grey and mauve Key Plate essay, se-tenant vertical pair with shaded and unshaded value tablets, imperforate on gummed watermarked paper, a generic essay to show this design and its variations as well as various color combinations, inscribed "Imperium" in the country name tablet, sometimes painted over by designers to show specific details of a particular country, very fine. (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

356

S.G. #48-55

S.G. #48-55, 1895-99 1/2p-1/- Key Plate country name and value tablet die proofs cplt., eight original working proofs in black on glazed card, about stamp size or slightly larger, mounted on four pieces of sheets from the De La Rue archives, this set was issued in three different groups in 1895, 1896 and 1899 with the plate work done as needed, each with a date in black manuscript and "60 leads from each" indicating the number of times impressions were to be laid out on the plate, then a date about a month later in red manuscript indicating completion of the work and entry in the records, red line placed on some of the proofs as well, very fine and lovely original archival proofs of the entire set (Scott #48-55). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,200.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

357

S.G. #48s-55s

S.G. #48s-55s, 1895-99 1/2p-1/- Queen Victoria with "Specimen" overprints cplt., a specialized collection of 32 stamps with various types starting out with a complete set from the De La Rue archives, each affixed to small pieces of archival sheets with manuscript dates next to each a few months before the issuance date and evidently the dates they were printed, six of these have the normal "Specimen" overprint showing a flaw to right leg of "M" in "Specimen" (club foot variety), 1/2p and 2p, the last 1899 values, have no overprint (as they were put on the archival sheets), but additional copies with "Specimen" overprints are present to complete the set, also includes vertical strip of five of 1p and horizontal strips of four of the 2 1/2p 3p, 6p and 8p values, "Specimens" are scarce in multiples, o.g. or part o.g. except for the archival copies, very fine and a nice lot (Scott #39S-46S). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

358

S.G. #48s/55s

S.G. #48s/55s, 1895-99 1/2p-1/- Queen Victoria with diagonal "Specimen" overprints cplt. less the 2p value, this very scarce type of overprint was either prepared locally or for presentation purposes, the missing 2p value has not been seen with this type overprint and was in the last group of values to be printed, the 1/2p which was issued at the same time as the 2p is different from the others in having a period after "Specimen", o.g. very fine and very rare group of specialty "Specimen" items (Scott #39S/46S). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

359

S.G. #48

S.G. #48, 1899 1/2p Mauve and green, Key Plate essay, an imperforate plate proof of the frame in the issued mauve affixed to small piece of card from an archival sheet, "Grenada" inscription and "1/2d" value tablet hand painted in green, resembling the issued stamp, very fine and attractive essay (Scott #39). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

360

S.G. #48

S.G. #48, 1899 1/2p Key Plate country name and value tablet die proof, in black on glazed card measuring 92x60mm, dated "19 May 99" in blue handstamp, four months prior to issuance, very fine (Scott #39). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $190.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM