Cyprus stamps auctions - fantastic sale!
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Don't you just wish...........
The “Aphrodite†Collection of Cyprus stamps & covers was sold yesterday, 24th February 2009 in London. The sale realised a fantastic total of £628,411 with 372 lots coming under the hammer throughout the course of the day.
In a packed room the audience witnessed the setting of a new world record when the Queen Elizabeth II 1960 Republic Issue stamp, a used 30m. with overprint double, came up for sale. A bidding war for the item ensued and the hammer fell at £31,000 (£35,750 with Buyer’s Premium), a world record price for a British Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II stamp sold at auction.
Cyprus, 1960, used 30m
Cyprus 1960 Republic Isue, a used 30m
The sale was a truly global event with bidders participating over the phone, over the internet and in the sale room, including numerous collectors from Cyprus.
Other top lots from the sale included:
Lot 42
1880 One Penny Red Plate 208 Overprinted Omitted Variety, the Unique Plate Number Block of Four
Sold for £59,900
Lot 288
1928 Anniversary ¾ pi. to £1 imperforate colour proofs three examples of each value in the issued colours with each trio affixed to Bradbury Wilkinson Card.
Sold for £31,150
Lot 299
1934 Pictorial ½ pi. Green block of four from the upper-right corner of the sheet with sheet number, each vertical pair variety imperforate between.
Sold for £25,400
Lot 301
1934 Pictorial, 1 pi. Black and red-brown vertical pair variety imperforate between.
Sold for £24,250
The “Aphrodite†Collection of Cyprus stamps & covers was sold yesterday, 24th February 2009 in London. The sale realised a fantastic total of £628,411 with 372 lots coming under the hammer throughout the course of the day.
In a packed room the audience witnessed the setting of a new world record when the Queen Elizabeth II 1960 Republic Issue stamp, a used 30m. with overprint double, came up for sale. A bidding war for the item ensued and the hammer fell at £31,000 (£35,750 with Buyer’s Premium), a world record price for a British Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II stamp sold at auction.
Cyprus, 1960, used 30m
Cyprus 1960 Republic Isue, a used 30m
The sale was a truly global event with bidders participating over the phone, over the internet and in the sale room, including numerous collectors from Cyprus.
Other top lots from the sale included:
Lot 42
1880 One Penny Red Plate 208 Overprinted Omitted Variety, the Unique Plate Number Block of Four
Sold for £59,900
Lot 288
1928 Anniversary ¾ pi. to £1 imperforate colour proofs three examples of each value in the issued colours with each trio affixed to Bradbury Wilkinson Card.
Sold for £31,150
Lot 299
1934 Pictorial ½ pi. Green block of four from the upper-right corner of the sheet with sheet number, each vertical pair variety imperforate between.
Sold for £25,400
Lot 301
1934 Pictorial, 1 pi. Black and red-brown vertical pair variety imperforate between.
Sold for £24,250
