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QUEEN ELIZABETH II ISSUESGREAT BRITAIN THE “FORDWATER” COLLECTION510 1952-59, mint collection, 240 stamps, including 1952-54 set, 2d. watermark inverted,1955-58 Waterlow 2/6d. to £1, 1955-58 set, 1958-65 3d. block of four containing twotête-bêche pairs, 1958-61 graphite 1 ⁄2d. to 4 1 ⁄2d., 1 ⁄2d. to 3d. watermark inverted, graphiteline errors, 1959 De La Rue 2/6d. to £1, 1959 phosphor-graphite set and 2d. error ofwatermark, 1967-69 10d. on uncoated paper, 1/6d. greenish blue omitted, 1/6d.phosphor omitted block of 16 (4x4), etc., the majority fine unmounted mint £300-400Ex 511512 514 515511 1955-58 De La Rue 2/6d. to £1, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 536a-539a, £600. Photo £150-200512 1955-58 watermark Edward Crown 2d. imperforate horizontal pair from the top of thesheet, unmounted mint, fine. See footnote below S.G. 556. Photo £120-150513 1957-2010 (c.), a largely complete unmounted mint collection of commemorative issueshoused in three Lighthouse hingeless albums, a stockbook and loose, contained in acarton, including better phosphor sets; also a selection of varieties with some definitiveissues including missing phosphors with 1971-93 9p. black and orange and a furtheralbum of air letters unused. Generally fine. (thousands) £400-500514 1958-65 Watermark Crown 3d. deep lilac, variety imperforate between stamp andmargin at top, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 575var. Specialised S70c, £500. Photo £150-200515 –– 4d. ultramarine, cream paper, variety imperforate between stamp and margin at top,unmounted mint, crease in the margin, otherwise fine. S.G. 576var. Specialised S83d,£650. Photo £100-150516517518516 –– 1/- bistre-brown, double impression, unmounted mint, light bends, fine.S.G. 584var., Specialised S138a, £275. Photo £100-120517 1958-61 graphite 3d. deep lilac, misplaced graphite lines (well clear of the perfs.),unmounted mint from the upper-left corner of the sheet (hinged in margin), fine.S.G. 592a, £480. Photo £120-150518 1959-68 De La Rue 2/6d. black-brown, unmounted mint from the left of the sheet andshowing a clear offset on reverse, fine. S.G. 595var. Photo £100-150Note: At least four sheets are recorded with the centring in various statesWWW.SPINK.COM