Lot 80
Bahamas QV-QEII mixed mint and used collection in albums
Auction: 23 April 2026 at 14:00 BST
Description
QV-QEII mixed mint and used collection housed in assorted old SG ‘Devon’ albums, in three cartons, including QV ‘Chalon Heads’ with 1d dull lake (SG 2 cat £65), 1963-77 watermark CC issue with 1d carmine-lake (SG 21 cat £120 RPS cert), noted other shades and watermark varieties (some with certs), 1883 ‘Four Pence’ opt type 4 on 6d deep violet mint (small part o.g. SG 45 cat £600 BPA certificate), 1884-90 set to £1 Venetian red, 1901 Queen's Staircase issue with imperforate proof of the vignette in blue, 1901-03 3s watermark inverted & reversed (SG 61y cat £160), KEVII 1902-07 set to £1 6d brown with malformed ‘E’ variety, 1906-11 2½d watermark inverted (SG 73w cat £180), 6d bistre with malformed ‘E’ variety (SG 74a cat £275), 1911-19 later Staircase issue with some noted minor varieties, KGV 1912 ½d imperforate proof optd SPECIMEN, 1912-19 set 6d with malformed ‘E’ variety and some shades, War Tax issues with 1918 1d carmine top marginal block of 4 with plate number ‘1’ watermark inverted (SG 92w cat £1200+, creased), 1918 1d carmine, watermark sideways (SG 97a cat £200), 1919 War Tax set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (cat £170), 1920 Peace ½d imperforate plate proof (SG 106var), 1d carmine top left marginal, variety watermark reversed (SG 107x cat £375), 1921-37 KGV set, 1935 Silver Jubilee 1½d ‘dot by flagstaff’ (SG 141h cat £140), 1938-52 KGVI set, with noted listed and minor varieties, 1942 Landfall with 4d COIUMBUS variety (SG 168 cat £1000 BPA cert) and 6d in block of four COIUMBUS variety (SG 169a cat £1000), QEII issues to modern with some noted major and minor varieties with 1967 Diamond Jubilee of World Scouting 3c showing large shift of blue to left (SG 310var), some postal history, lot also includes a thematic collection of Lighthouses and Volcanos, generally fair to fine condition a valuable lot.
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