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Australia 1926-30 2d golden scarlet (die III), SG99ab, perforation 13½ x 12½, error 'No watermark'. Brilliant quality with original gum. From a sheet discovered in July 1931, which was partly without watermark as a result of defective manufacture. Very scarce. Accompanied by a British Philatelic Association (BPA) certificate (2003).

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Australia 1931-36 10s grey and pink, watermark 15, very fine large part original gum. Mint. SG 136.

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Australia 1931-36 £2 black and rose, watermark 15, very fine and fresh, original gum. A lovely example of this key stamp. Unmounted Mint. SG 138

Australia Official. 1932-33 1s green 'lyrebird', overprint 'OS', lower marginal, brilliant unmounted original gum. Official. SG O136

• A beautiful autograph book containing more than 170 superb autographs from celebrated actors, musicians and other notables of the 20^th century.   

The book is a big 8.5 x 6 inches – enabling many of the signers to provide exceptionally large examples of their autographs. 

Each autograph is wonderfully crisp in blue ballpoint pen. Many of the signatures are rare.

Actors include Sean Connery, Christopher Reeve, Tony Curtis, Oliver Reed, Tim Curry, Raquel Welch, Edward Woodward, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger, Howard Keel and Donald Sinden. 

Musicians include Glen Campbell, Shirley Bassey, Brenda Lee, Barry Manilow, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black and Freddie and the Dreamers. 

Comedians include Ernie Wise, Ronnie Corbett, Tommy Cooper, Larry Grayson, Tracey Ullman, Billy Connolly, Victoria Wood and Julie Walters. 

It also features the superb and scarce autograph of celebrated ballerina Margot Fonteyn. 

Margaret Thatcher – the first British female prime minister – has also signed attractively. 

The book has impeccable authenticity. The autographs were personally collected in 1984 by the chief accountant of London Weekend Television (LWT), John Donovan. The stars all appeared in television programmes broadcast by LWT in 1984. 

The total value of the signatures is far more than our asking price of £1,995. As such this offers an excellent investment opportunity.

Impossible to recreate today. In superb condition.

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The full list of signers: 

Politics

Margaret Thatcher

Denis Healey

Dance

Margot Fonteyn

Film and theatre

Sean Connery

Christopher Reeve

Tony Curtis

Oliver Reed

Tim Curry

Raquel Welch

Edward Woodward

Omar Sharif

Rod Steiger

Howard Keel

Donald Sinden

Brian Blessed

Barbara Windsor

John Pertwee

Lionel Blair

Clive Dunn

Tim Piggott-Smith

Joanna Lumley

John Thaw

Frankie Howard

Nigel Hawthorne

Diana Rigg

Christopher Biggins

Bonnie Langford

George Segal

Gary Wilmot

Robin Askwith

Dermot Crowley

John Schneider

Angus Lennie

Robert Powell

Anna Neagle

Michael Brandon

Geraldine McEwan

Anthony Calf

Alec McCowen

Denis Lill

Jill Gascoine

Christopher Cazenove

Angela Douglas

Jeremy Sinden

Raymond Francis

Sheila Steafel

Sandra Dickinson

Roy Kinnear

Kathy Staff

Michele Dotrice

William Franklyn

Shirley Anne Field

Pat Phoenix

Sheila Keith

Richard Pasco

Morris Perry

John Grillo

Diana Solomon

Anna Dawson

Shaughan Seymour

Morris Perry

Lionel Jeffries

Daniel Massey

Simon Williams

Music

Glen Campbell

Shirley Bassey

Brenda Lee 

Barry Manilow

Lulu

Suzi Quatro

Helen Shapiro

Cilla Black

Freddie and the Dreamers

Donny Osmond

Engelbert Humperdinck

The Drifters

Paul Young

David Essex

Paul Jones

Shakin Stevens

Beverley Sisters

Bucks Fizz

Eartha Kitt

Charley Pride

Johnny Moore

The Stylistics

Stutz Bear Cats

Danny La Rue

Vince Hill

Barbara Dickson

Lorna Dallas

Rose Marie

Joe Brown

Patti Gold

Pearly Gates

Dana

John Hanson

Lena Horne

Eve Ferret

Lynsey de Paul

Richard Clayderman

Simon Rattle

TV and radio

Michael Parkinson

Bruce Forsyth

Michael Aspel

Clive James

Nicholas Parsons

Roy Walker

Floella Benjamin

Jeremy Beadle

Gloria Hunniford

Dickie Davies

Jim Rosenthal

Matthew Kelly

Dave Lee Travis

Brian Hayes

Sally James

Kenneth Kendall

Toni Arthur

Peter Price

Ted Moult

Ed Stewart

Nerys Hughes

Robin Houston

Shaw Taylor

Comedy

Ernie Wise

Ronnie Corbett

Tommy Cooper

Tracey Ullman

Larry Grayson

Billy Connolly

Victoria Wood

Julie Walters

Charlie Williams

Bill Oddie

Rod Hull and Emu

Bobby Davro

Les Dennis

Bernard Manning

The Krankies

Adrian Walsh

Pamela Stephenson

Su Pollard

Brain Conley

Stanley Baxter

Carol Lee Scott

Ray Alan

Roy Hudd

Lance Percival

Jerry Stevens

Dustin Gee

Bernie Winters and Schnorbitz

Faith Brown

Norman Vaughan

Jimmy Cricket

Bob Carolgees and Spit

Lennie Bennett

Football

Jimmy Greaves

Ian St John

Trevor Brooking

Emlyn Hughes

Steve Perryman

Bruce Grobbelaar

Writing

Jackie Collins

Jeremy Lloyd

Barry Cryer

Bahamas 1919 3d black and brown, type 15 'WAR TAX' overprint, variety watermark reversed, lower marginal, fine original gum. Unmounted Mint. SG 105x

Bahamas 1942 'Landfall of Columbus' 6d olive-green and light blue, SG169a. Commemorative stamp issue on the 450th anniversary of the landing of Columbus.

Used pair with top stamp showing 'COIUMBUS' (R.5/2) variety, cancelled by fine strike from ''NASSAU BAHAMAS'' circular date stamp dated MAY 43.

Other than a few short perforations, mentioned for accuracy, a fine quality example particularly pleasing with such fresh colour. 

Used examples are rarer than mint examples for this difficult to find variety and scarcer as part of a pair.

The SG catalogue price is £1,500.

Bahamas 1954-63 set of 16 to £1, blocks of 4, fine used with central 'NASSAU' circular date stamps, dated '21 MAR 61'. Attractive. Used. SG 201/16

Barbados 1897-98 Jubilee 2s6d blue-black and orange, lower right corner horizontal pair with plate number, brilliant original gum. Right stamp with trivial wrinkle but a scarce and lovely item. Unmounted Mint. SG 124

Barbados 1916-19 3s deep violet, type 14, variety WATERMARK INVERTED AND REVERSED, fresh and fine, large part original gum. A rarity. Mint. SG 191y. 

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I.F.S. Barwani 1923 (Mar ?) ¼a black on poor quality wove, perforation 7 on two sides, fine unused. Only 1,200 issued. Mint. SG 17

I.F.S. Barwani 1923 ½a green, poor impression on thick soft wove, perforation 7 all round, complete pane of 4, fine unused. Scarce. (N.B. This stamp was actually issued in 1921. The. SG Catalogue, Part I listing requires revision). Mint. SG 16

Basutoland 1948 Royal Silver Wedding set in blocks of 4, the low value lower right corner with plate number, the high value with imprint, unmounted original gum. Unmounted Mint. SG 36/7

Batum British Occupation 1920 (12 Jan) 50r on 3k carmine-red, SG24, type 4 surcharge, fine used with part circular date stamp.

One of the key rarities of Batum with only 200 being issued. Used examples are rarer than mint.

Accompanied by a 2004 British Philatelic Association (BPA) Certificate of Authenticity.

The SG catalogue price is £2,000.

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• An exceptional signature and display from Bela Lugosi, legendary star of Dracula (1931)

Hungarian born Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) left school early in the 1890s. By the turn of the century he began taking roles in local theatre productions. He starred in several movies in Hungary but fled the country in 1919 as the communist regime fell.

Lugosi travelled to New York in 1920 to continue his stage career, playing to audiences who remembered him from the old country. That same decade he starred in a touring production of Dracula and was awarded the role in the onscreen adaptation of the play in 1930. A brief but glittering career in horror followed.

Sadly Lugosi became addicted to painkillers in the 1940s, which effectively ended his career – although he had a reprisal in Ed Wood’s cult series of B-movies in the 1950s (including Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 From Outer Space). Lugosi died in 1956. He was buried in the cloak he wore in Dracula.

A huge pencil autograph from actor Bela Lugosi on an off-white 5 x 6.75 inch album page. Very rare, especially in this size.

The piece is mounted in a 19.7 x 22.7 inch black frame alongside a print of the poster for Dracula (1931). A stunning item that celebrates a giant of Hollywood’s golden age.

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Bermuda 1924-32 2s6d black and red/blue, Script watermark, horizontal pair from lower left corner of sheet with plate number (R5/1-2), very fine original gum. A scarce and most attractive positional piece. Unmounted Mint. SG 89g

Bermuda 1938-53 5s dull yellow-green and red/yellow, SG118b/bd/be perforation 14¼ LINE, lower right corner block of 4 with plate number, showing varieties 'Broken top right scroll' (R5/11) and 'Broken lower right scroll' (R5/12) on lower pair with original gum, (varieties unmounted).

Typical lightly toned gum but a rare and attractive positional multiple. Only 200 sheets printed, with a high degree of postal usage.

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• A Bill Gates signed Microsoft business card dating from his tenure as CEO 

Bill Gates is the founder and former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, one of the world’s biggest technology companies. Since stepping down in 2000, he has devoted himself to his philanthropic interests with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

A personal 2 x 3.5 inch business card from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, signed just below the company logo.

It identifies Gates as “Chairman & Chief Executive Officer” and dates from 1987-2000. Gates’ business cards are highly prized and signed specimens are rare.

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• A Remo drum skin signed by all three original members of Blondie in a 2012 show

Blondie’s distinctive sound made them one of the most intriguing alternative acts of the 20th century, achieving huge success through the 1970s and 1980s with songs like Heart of Glass, Rapture and Call Me. They are still releasing records and touring today.

A 14.5-inch snare drum skin signed by singer Debbie Harry, drummer Clem Burke and guitarist Chris Stein – the three longest serving original members of the band.

Burke used this skin in a 2012 Australian performance and has marked it with the set list for the show. The piece is marked with the location and date (“Dec 12 2012 Townsville”). A must-have for Blondie fans.

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British East Africa 1896-1901 5r sepia, showing the prominent pantograph variety 'Thin U in RUPEES', brilliant large part original gum. Only 84 possible, from R3/2 on the sheet (first printing only), and a rarity in such fine condition. Mint. SG 79a