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The British Empire Alternative Collection in 5 segments ..........................................................................POR 77 OLYMPIC GAMES 20 Winks Caucus Race Prize-giving Ceremony .............................................................................£10.00 78 CENTENARY OF DISCOVERY 5 Winks Alice at door to Wonderland ............................................................................£5.00 79 SPACE ISSUE 3 Winks Bill 1 (First Lizard in space) ...........£5.00 80 CITIZENS ADVISE BUREAU 4 Winks Caterpillar .............£8.00 81 CHILD WELFARE 9 Winks The Duchess’s Kitchen .........£12.50 *82/82a NATIONAL WILDLIFE 8 Winks Cheshire Cat in pair with variety Worn Plate (Cat almost invisible) ....................£12.50 *82(i)/ 82a(i) do. Pair as above with Sanserif lettering .............................£12.50 83 UMPTEENTH CENTENARY OF MAD TEA PARTY 20 Winks .................................................................................£6.25 84 BOTANICAL CONGRESS 3 Winks (Gardener) ..................£5.00 85 BOTANICAL CONGRESS 4 Winks (Rose Painting) ...........£6.00 86 BOTANICAL CONGRESS 6 Winks (Arrival of the Queen of Hearts) ................................................................................£6.00 87 do. Overprinted “R.H. OFFICIAL” .......................................£6.00 88 BOTANICAL CONGRESS 2½ Winks (Gardener) ...............£4.00 SNARK ISLAND – In 1876, Lewis Carroll published his other great 89 ROYAL VISIT 6 Winks (Arrival of the Duchess) .................£9.50 masterpiece of creative writing, ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ which gave 90 OLYMPIC GAMES (2nd Series) 7 Winks (Alice & rise to these interesting and unusual stamps. Flamingo mallet) ....................................................................£8.00 Complete Collection of 125 stamps, normally £210.50 ...............£160.00 91 MOURNING STAMP 2 Golden Slumbers (Mock Turtle sobbing) ..................................................................................£4.50 QUEEN VICTORIA DESIGNS 1875-1881 92 FESTIVAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY 3 Winks (Mock 1 One Penny Imperf (Purple) ....................................................£2.50 turtle sobbing) ........................................................................£3.50 2 Two Pence Imperf (Blue) .......................................................DEDUCT £2.50 93 FESTIVAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY 5 Winks 3 1d Imperf (Purple) ..................................................................A 50% £2.50 (Gryphon dancing) .................................................................£3.50 4 2d Imperf (Blue) .....................................................................£2.50 94 LOBSTER QUADRILLE 8 Winks (Lobster sugaring hair) ..£3.50 5 One Penny (Mauve) ...............................................................DISCOUNT £2.50 95 MINIATURE SHEET (Comprising No. 92-94 in Triptych) 6 Six Pence (Green) ..................................................................£2.50 Available only at “WONDERPEX 1865” Stamp *7-10 One Penny Surcharged Four Pence (Mauve), One Penny Exhibition .............................................................................£19.50 Surcharged 4d, One Penny Surcharged Half Pence and 96 TRIAL OF THE KNAVE OF HEARTS 10 Winks One Penny Surcharged ½d ...................................................£12.50 (Court Herald) ........................................................................£4.50 11 Four Pence (Blue) .................................................................£3.00 *12 Half Penny (Green)(Key Plate) ..............................................£2.50 QUEEN VICTORIA – LOOKING-GLASS LAND 1871 *13 do. with added lines behind head ...........................................£2.50 A collection of 35 stamps and 1 Miniature Sheet, normally £292.70 14 One Penny (Mauve)(Key Plate) .............................................£2.50 ......................................................................................................£240.00 15 Two Pence (Purple)(Key Plate) ..............................................£2.50 16 Three Pence (Orange)(Key Plate) ..........................................£2.50 97 CHESS CONFERENCE 6 Winks (Red King & Queen) .....£12.50 17 Four Pence (Blue)(Key Plate) ................................................£2.50 98 JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 5 Winks (Slithy Toves) ..£8.00 18 Six Pence (Purple)(Key Plate) ...............................................£2.50 *99 JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 10 Winks (Borogove) ....£8.00 *19/20 One Shilling (Red & Black) in pair with and without *99a JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 10 Winks (Borogove shading behind head .............................................................£10.00 continued) .............................................................................£12.00 *21/22 Half Crown (Green & Black) and Half Crown (Brown 100 JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 20 Winks (Mome Raths) £7.50 & Black) .................................................................................£6.00 101 JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 30 Winks *23-26 One Penny (Mauve) in Blockof 4 with Surcharged Two (Jabberwock) ........................................................................£12.50 Pence Half Penny, Diagonal Surcharge, Double Surcharge 101a do. variety – no corner ornaments or perimeter verse ..........£12.50 One of which Is Inverted and Treble Opt, One of which 102 JABBERWOCKY CENTENNIAL 35 Winks (Beamish is Inverted .............................................................................£20.00 Boy) ........................................................................................£5.25 27-36 1883/4 Pictorials (Snark Island Ships) Ten values 2d to 103 MINIATURE SHEET (Comprising No. 102 flanked by £1 including ‘Bowspirit’ Error .............................................£15.00 No. 101 normal and reversed) – Available only at 37-40 1884 Hunting Tax (4) .............................................................£5.00 WONDERPEX ’71 Stamp Exhibition .................................£22.50 *41-42 Life Insurance (2nd hand dagger proof coat) in Tete-Beche 104 TOURIST PUBLICITY 3 Winks (View of Looking- Pairs (2d and 6d) ....................................................................£6.00 Glass Land) ..........................................................................£12.00 43-46 1886 Railway Shares (4) showing Old Steam Engines ..........£9.50 105 2nd BOTANICAL CONGRESS 1 Golden Slumber 47-54 1887 Pictorials (8 values) ¼d to 1/- .......................................£5.00 (Alice in Garden of Live Flowers) .........................................£8.00 55-60 do. High Values 2/- to £5 (6) ..................................................£9.50 106 2nd BOTANICAL CONGRESS 5 Golden Slumbers 61-62 1887 Postage Dues in Horizontal Pairs (variations) ..............£5.00 (Alice in Garden of Live Flowers) .........................................£8.00 63-72 1888 Expeditionary Force ¼d to 5/- (10 different designs) ...£6.50 107 EXPRESS DELIVERY 24 Winks (Alice & Red 73 1889 4/- Law Stamp (showing Judge) ...................................£2.50 Queen in flight) ....................................................................£12.50 74 1889 £40 ‘Transportation of Guilty Pigs to the Penal 108 LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS 2 Winks (Rocking Horsefly) £7.00 Colonies’ .................................................................................£3.50 109 LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS 4 Winks (Snap Dragon Fly) .£7.00 75 1889 8d Mourning Issue .........................................................£3.50 110 LOOKING-GLASS INSECTS 6 Winks (Bread and 76 1890 Introduction of Advanced Mathematics (2d plus 1d) ....£3.50 Butterfly) ................................................................................£7.00 77-82 1890 Island Wildlife 1½d to 11d (6) ......................................£5.00 111 HEALTH STAMP 2 Winks (Postage) + 1 Wink (Health) ......£7.50 83-84 1891 Charity (Bird) (2) ..........................................................£5.00 112 HEALTH STAMP 4 Winks (Postage) + 2 Winks (Health) ....£7.50 85-96 1892 Queen Victoria ¼d to 10/- including 2½d with 113 EDUCATION WEEK 25 Winks (Walrus, Carpenter & ‘Frame Inverted Error’ (12) ....................................................£9.50 Oysters) ..................................................................................£3.50 97-99 1896 20th Anniversary of Expeditionary Force (3) ...............£4.50 114 PRISONERS RELIEF FUND ½ Wink (Mad Hatter in 100-05 1897 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee (6) ...........................£12.00 chains) ....................................................................................£9.00 106-17 1890 Queen Victoria Colour Change and new values, 115 PRISONERS RELIEF FUND ½ Wink (Mad Hatter in ½d to 10/- (12) ........................................................................£8.50 chains – Re-drawn with lighter background) .........................£9.00 118-21 1901 25th Anniversary of the Vanishing of the Baker, 116 HARE MAIL 12 Winks (March Hare as Messenger) ............£7.50 strip of 4 (most amusing) .......................................................£7.50 117 HARE MAIL 24 Winks (March Hare as Messenger) ............£8.50 118 POSTAGE DUE 4 Winks (White King demands payment) ..£8.50 119 L.G.L. MILITARY POST 2 Winks (Hatta with letter & THE BRITISH EMPIRE ALTERNATIVE teacup) ....................................................................................£6.00 COLLECTION - ‘ELIZATORIA’ 120 L.G.L. MILITARY POST 7 Winks (do. larger format) ..........£6.00 We enter the fantasy land of Queen Elizabeth II ‘Classics’ utilising the ‘key 121
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