Lot 344

GRAN BRETAÑA. COLLECTION FROM 1840 to 1919. Almost a complete collection. Stamps in mint condition with and without gum and many of the items with original gum. Including the 1840 2 d. blue (SG. 5) with part of original gum, 1847 1 sh. pale green with large part of original gum, outstanding corner sheet copy (SG. 54), 1888 2 sh. brown with original gum (SG. 121), 1878 10 sh. greenish grey with part of original gum (SG. 128), 1878 1 £ brown-lilac with part of original gum (SG. 129), 1884 1 £ brown-lilac wmk. three Imperial Crowns with original gum (SG. 185), 1888 1 £ brown-lilac wmk. three Orbs with part of original gum. Some stamps with faults such as creases, thinnings, reperforated margins... and in some the gum is not original. Important collection to be sold "as is". A good opportunity to acquire a group so complete with a lot of very rare stamps, seldom available in the market. (Value in the Stanley Gibbons 2014 catalogue +550.000 £).