Spink recently offered the ‘Hermione’ Collection of France, 1849-1950, Parts VII and VIII, and highlights included a collection of the typographed and engraved 1945-54 Marianne de Gandon issues in ten albums and stock books. Formed over a forty year period with meticulous attention to detail and passion, the collection comprised printer’s proofs, deluxe proofs, imperforate varieties, mis-perforation varieties, official paper repairs, pre-printing paper folds in visually arresting multiples, blocks with striking defective and incomplete impressions, varieties of ‘postes’, varieties of the ‘Marianne’ design, and perforated examples in multiples with imperforate.
COLLECTION SOLD FOR £35,000
The recent series of sales at David Feldman included a wide range of British material including this beautofully illustrated 1840 Victoria & Albert envelope, printed in gold ink, which was sent from Edinburgh to Lockerbie and…