Lot 5456 (#5335)
Est. £1,250 - £1,500
BRITISH LEVANT - GB USED IN CONSTANTINOPLE 1864-1884. An attractive & valuable collection of Great Britain Queen Victoria issues bearing 'C' barred cancellations. Includes 1864 1d reds plates 83 & 87 (SG Z74), 1857 4d rose (SG Z90), 1856 6d lilac (SG Z97) & 1856 1s green (SG Z111), 1862 4d bright red (SG Z91), 1862 6d lilac (SG Z98) & 1862 1s green plate 1 (SG Z112), 1867 3d rose plate 5 (SG Z86) & 4d vermillion plates 12 x2 & 14 x2 (SG Z92), 6d lilac & violet plates 5 x2, 6, 8x2 & 9 (SG Z99/101), 1872 6d buff plates 11 & 12 (SG Z102), 10d red-browns x2 (SG Z110), 1867 1s green plate 4 x4 (SG Z116), 1867 2s blue x2 (SG Z120), 1875-76 2½d rosy mauve plates 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13 & 16 (SG Z78 & Z81), 1880-81 2½d blue plates 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 (SG Z81/Z83), 1880 4d grey-brown (Crown Wmk) plate17 (SG Z96), 1873 1s green plate 8 (SG Z117) & 1s orange-brown plate 13 Crown Wmk (SG Z119), 1867-74 5s rose plate 2 (SG Z121), 1880 ½d shades, 1d Venetian red & 2d (SG Z124/27), 1883-84 2½d lilacs & 5d (SG Z135 & Z138). Condition is mostly fine to very fine (68 stamps)
