An important collection of 29 covers/cards displayed on exhibition pages. 1900/1902 with the majority related to Ceylon camps noting many different censor cachets & usages carefully collected over many years including rarities.
£3250
Item No 8
Item No 9 1897 Jubilee Set SG121/140 (16) fine mint. £3000
CAYMAN ISLAND
1932 Centenary set select VFU SG84/95 (12).
£360
Item No 11
CEYLON
1861 Unissued 1/9d SG36 as a mint horizontal pair. An exceptional & scarce multiple.
£750
Item No 12
1882/94 Telegraph error 00 for 80 80c on 5r top half FU. SGT106A ex SG.
£250
CEYLON
Item No 14
1885 The Postage & Revenue overprints used on cover, rare group of 13 covers displaying a variety of usages & combinations. Several stated to be unique or one of only a handful known. Remarkable opportunity.
£5000
CEYLON
Item No 15
1886 Die proof 1R12c (SG201) handstamped 7 Aug 85 + before hardening.
£250
CEYLON
1912 Inverted Watermark rarity 100r SG321W vf fiscal used, central punture cat £7500 as mint only.
£1000
Item No 16
Item No 17
FALKLAND ISLANDS
Item No 18
1916 Watermark reversed error KGV 5/- VFU SG67BX.
£3500
No 19 1936 50fr airmail SG540, Yvert 14. Brilliant never hinged mint cat 2000 euros. £600
Item
Item No 20
1912 Airmail forerunner 20pf OVPT EELP VFU with central Darmstadt CDS Mi VI.
£300
GERMANY
1912 Airmail forerunners 10pf + 20pf overprinted EELP VF unmounted mint Mi V + VI.
Item No 21
£450
1933 Zeppelin Chicago flight set NHM (um) Schegal BPP expert HS. Mi 496/498 SG510/512 (3) cat £4500.
£750
Item No 22
Item No 23
1933 Welfare Fund - Wagner’s Operas set NHM (um) Mi 499/507, SG513/521 finest quality cat £2750.
£350
Item No 24
1933 Welfare fund overprint sheet brilliant NHM. Luxus quality mi block 2, SG MS 525A cat £8500.
£1200
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 Penny Black Plate 1a (worn impression) FB select VFU, clear profile, four balanced margins.
Item No 25
£180
GREAT BRITAIN
£300
Item No 26
1840 Penny Black plate 2 FB with fabulous complete Manchester Fishtail Distinctive Maltese cross centrally struck. GEM.
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 Penny Black BC plate 3 select FU, Red Maltese Cross, four large margins.
£180
Item No 27
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 Penny Black Plate 11 DJ an outstanding example, 4 full margins & crisp black MC matched with 1841 Penny Red Pl 11 DJ VFU 4 margins (2).
£1800
Item No 28
GREAT BRITAIN
Item No 29
1840 Two Pence blue magnificent choice FU pair RH - RI crisp Maltese Crosses Plate 1 SG5. As fine as one could require.
£600
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 Two Pence blue NA plate 1 VFU with large margins. One in a million quality.
£800
Item No 30
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 Two Pence Blue SG5 HB select VFU with large margins & red Maltese Cross.
£350
Item No 31
GREAT BRITAIN
Item No 32
1841 An exceptinal printed entire for the reports of a special meeting for the Manchester & Leeds Railway franked a choice (1840) 2d (SG5) 4 large margins tied crisp black MC, Manchester BS addressed to Liverpool & probably carried on the rail line.
£750
GREAT BRITAIN
1841 A complete set of Penny Reds from black plates 1b to 11 handpicked VFU. Includes complete Maltese Crosses, all selected 4 margin examples. (7 stamps).
£450
Item No 33
GREAT BRITAIN
1840/1952 The collection housed in a hingless album where the collector only bought quality stamps from reputable dealers at great expense. STC approx £95,000. Many highlights both M and FU. 1840 selected blacks FU (3), 1840 2d (2) inc superb central Maltese Cross used, good line engraved, 1870 1½d (both plates) M, surface prints inc superb cds used to 9d, 1882 £5 orange blued paper ovpt specimen mint (RPS Cert) , 8d orange SG156 mint, 1883 various unused to 10/- ovpt specimen, £1 SG185 fu, £1 orbs SG186 fu, Jubilee £1 fu, extensive Edward mint with shades and mint set to £1 SG266, £1 SG320 fu, KGV with excellent mint shades & various INVERTED WATERMARKS to 9d SG395wk, superb group of seahorses mint to £1 SG403 inc exceptional 10/- SG402 um, 1924 inverted watermarks to 9d inc many um, PUC £1 & comprehensive KGVI. An important assembly of British postage stamps.
£18000
Item No 34
GREAT BRITAIN
1841 2d Blue complete set of numbers in Maltese Cross 1 to 12 all handpicked full strikes on four margin stamps including socked on nose gems. Astonishing assembly, number 12 is a pair (12).
£2500
Item No 35
GREAT BRITAIN
1841 Penny Red SG10 MH outstanding mint, four balanced margins.
£200
Item No 36
GREAT BRITAIN
1847 Embossed 1/- SG54 choice vfu with very large margins & neat cancel.
£300
Item No 37
GREAT BRITAIN
£500
Item No 38
1848 Embossed 10d cut square & choice VFU. SG57.
GREAT BRITAIN
1849 2d Blue SG14 RA outstanding mint, four large to jumbo margins, OG, RPS Cert. GEM.
£1000
Item No 39
GREAT BRITAIN
Item No 40
GREAT BRITAIN
1860 Unissued 1½d Rosy Mauve SG53a VF mint, a very fresh example of this iconic stamp.
£2000
Item No 41
Item No 42
4d Pale Red SG80 VFM.
GREAT BRITAIN
marginal inscription at top.
£400
Item No 43
1867 9d Straw SG110 fine mint with nine pence per label
GREAT BRITAIN
£500
Item No 44
1867 10d WMK Spray SG112 fresh mint OG, intense shade.
GREAT BRITAIN
1867 10d Deep Red Brown SG114 fresh mint, incredible colour, couple of gum creases. Cat £3500.
£700
Item No 45
GREAT BRITAIN
1867 2/- Cobalt SG120a fu with neat CDS PE Cert noting some fading. Excellent certified example cat £3000.
Somerset House 10/- SG319 brilliant marginal UM. Finest quality.
£800
1912
GREAT BRITAIN
Item No 74
GREAT BRITAIN
1935 Silver Jubilee set of four affixed to notepaper & signed by the designer Barnett Freedman, exceptional.
£500
Item No 76
1935 Silver Jubilee set on Westminster FDC.
£250
Item No 77
GREAT BRITAIN
1966 Birds missing colour error bright blue omitted (affecting 2 units) within UM block of four. SG696AG.
£500
Item No 78
INDIAN STATES
Item No 79
AN INTERESTING ASSORTMENT of over 550 stamps with identification notes from a wide range of States including Travancore varieties and many selected for interest. Majority mint.
£600
1941 Service overprint set fine mint. SGO53/O59 (7).
£500
INDIAN STATES - CHAMBA
1938 Official high values 1r to 10r each as central gutter blocks of four UM SGO68/O71 (four blocks).
Item No 81
INDIAN STATES - CHARKHARI
1930/45 Imperforate set of 8 VF unused as issued SG32/43.
£320
Item No 82
Item No 83
1938/48 Blocks of four brilliant UM (10) largely complete to 25r SG105/117.
£875
LIECHTENSTEIN
Item No 84
1930 3r perforation 9 variety fine M + very rare SBPV/ASEP cert, possibly a trial.
£200
Item No 85
MALDIVES ISLANDS
Item No 86
A seldom seen selection of Ceylon KEVII postal stationery overprinted for the Islands cicra 1906 (5 mint & 1 CTO used) six items.
£500
NEW HEBRIDES
£500
Item No 87
1908 1/- damaged Frame & Crown variety VFM SG9A.
NORTHERN RHODESIA
1963 Value omitted error ½d SG75a VFM.
£600
Item No 88
Item No 89
1913 The triangle flaw on 4/- SG95I VFU.
£500
WWII Censorship Mails - An exceptional exhibit of 43 selected covers displayed to the highest standard on pages. Extensive variety of offices, censor labels & censor cachets, many scarce & unusual.
£750
Item No 90
RHODESIA
Item No 91
1892 Surcharge set SG14/17 (4) fresh mint each value with RPS Certificate.
£400
SOUTH AFRICA
Item No 92
Airmails 1925/38 a well displayed collection of 59 covers, fronts & cards including some exceptional items noting experimental flights, 1925 parcel post label used on piece, postage due usages, 1936 pair 10/- on piece etc.
£1500
ST HELENA
Item No 93 1922 KGV set overprinted SPECIMEN mint SG97s/113s - (16) mainly very fine.
ST HELENA
Item No 94 1935 Silver Jubilee 6d dot by flagstaff variety fine mint SG126H. £300
ST LUCIA
Item No 95
DLR Photographic Proofs produced in 1936 in proposed designs for 1938/48 issues without Kings Head 1/-, 2/- (3) + 5/- (3) all different designs.
Exceptional (ex DLR archive).
£500
TANGANYIKA
Item No 96
1922 Giraffe set fine mint. All high values watermark sideways SG75/88, 89/92 (19).
£450
Item No 97
1861 10c Washington. Scott 68, SG64a fine mint cat £1100. £250
1869 Banknotes 12c ship Scott 117, SG119 Mint large part OG, intense colour cat £2250.
£360
Item No 98
UNITED STATES
Item No 99
CIVIL WAR 1860’s postal history collection all with confederate stamps frankings. 13 covers all selected for quality with a good variety of usages inc pairs.
£1000
Item No 100
British Commonwealth KGVI/QEII sets VFM (inc UM) in a fine green album, 100’s. Many to £1 or equivalent. A very good lot of definitive sets.