26 May 2025 – 1 Jun 2025
1719 lots
Lot 65249 | 2013, Fauna Michel n° 1568-1573 accumulation of 1250
Gibraltar
2013, Fauna Michel n° 1568-1573 accumulation of 1250 complete mint ** MNH sets, all in mini sheets **, very fine.
Estimate: 150 – 300 GBP
Lot 65250 | Gilbert & Ellice 1911-35 small mint group on stock sheet with the 1911
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
1911-35 small mint group on stock sheet with the 1911 set, 1912 to £, 1922 to 10/-, plus 1935 Jubilee 1d with ‘Double flagstaff’. (S.G. £1500).
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 65251 | Gold Coast 1875-1935 mint collection on stock sheets
Gold Coast
1875-1935 mint collection on stock sheets with 1876 1d (unused), then a fine and attractive range incl 1876 1/2d to 2d, 1884 to 1/- (both), 1889 1d on…
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 65252 | 1856 6d lilac, neatly tied by “A15” barred oval of St. George’s on large piece
Grenada
1856 6d lilac, neatly tied by “A15” barred oval of St. George’s, on cover front and part flap showing Grenada bs, fine and scarce, cert. Holcombe (1989)…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 65253 | 1938-50 2d and 3d perf. 12 1/2 mint with the ‘Line on sail’ variety
Grenada
1938-50 2d black and orange perf. 12 1/2 mint (very fine) and 3d black and brown-olive perf. 12 1/2 mint (couple of small tone spots on gum), each with…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65254 | 1938-50 St. George’s 2 1/2d perf. 12 1/2 x 13 1/2, mint never hinged
Grenada
1938-50 St. George’s 2 1/2d perf. 12 1/2 x 13 1/2, mint n.h., three faint tone spots on reverse mentioned for accuracy, a very fine and fresh example of…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 65255 | 1938-50 10s slate-blue & bright carmine, perf. 14, mint
Grenada
1938-50 10s slate-blue & bright carmine, perf. 14, mint, fresh and very fine (SG £325).
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65256 | 1861-1936 mint collection on stock sheets
Grenada
1861-1936 mint collection on stock sheets, a group of the earlier issues mostly unused incl 1861 1d (2), 1863 1d (4) and 6d (R.P.S. Cert), 1875 1d and…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 65257 | Hong Kong 1858 Paid At Hong Kong crown circle cover to India
Hong Kong
1858 stampless envelope to Bombay, endorsed “pr St Perim” bearing good strike of small red Crown Circle, reverse with black double arc despatch and red…
Estimate: 340 – 400 GBP
Lot 65258 | 1863-71 96c brownish grey mint o.g.
Hong Kong
1863-71 96c brownish grey mint o.g., fresh and fine with the usual odd irregular perf; cert. Behr (2016) (S.G. £1’600).
Estimate: 200 – 400 GBP
Lot 65259 | Hong Kong 1885 British Consular Service set of ten embossed ovpt specimen
Hong Kong
British Consular Service in Far East (Hong Kong, China and Japan) 1885 embossed set of 10 without counterfoils each handstamped Specimen, fine and fresh…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65260 | 1891 2c Jubilee showing tall narrow ‘K’ in ‘Kong’, mint
Hong Kong
1891 2c Jubilee showing tall narrow ‘K’ in ‘Kong’, mint with overall gum toning, a little discolouration at top and a crease at top left, a scarce variety;…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 65261 | Hong Kong1908 cover to Bismark Archipeligo, New Guinea
Hong Kong
1908 bilingually addressed envelope to the Bismark archipelago, South Sea, franked on reverse KEVII 2c and 4c vertical pairs tied Victoria cds, Hong Kong…
Estimate: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 65262 | 1912, George V SG n° 100-116 (without 109) mint **
Hong Kong
1912, George V SG n° 100-116 (without 109) mint ** MNH, very fine.
Estimate: 260 – 500 GBP
Lot 65263 | 1912-21 $10 purple and black on red mint n.h. left marginal
Hong Kong
1912-21 $10 purple and black on red mint n.h. left marginal, very fine (S.G. £600).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 65264 | Hong Kong 1929-30 three maritime covers to Solomon Islands
Hong Kong
1929-30 three envelopes addressed to Faisi, Solomon Islands, the two 1929 covers franked 4c., one with CHANGTE handstamp, the other S.S. TANDA, 1930 8c…
Estimate: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 65265 | 1938-1952 10 dollar green and violet, unhinged mint
Hong Kong
1938-1952 10 dollar green and violet, unhinged mint block of four, very fine and fresh colour with yellowish gum (SG £3000).
Estimate: 700 – 800 GBP
Lot 65266 | Hong Kong 1860-1970s collection on album pages
Hong Kong
1862-1970, Collection on album pages with 1862 No Wmk set used, 1863-80 with fresh 16c yellow, surcharges, KEVII short sets used to $1 and $2 plus $3 with…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65267 | 1917 KGV $5 mint o.g., fine and fresh
Hong Kong » British Post Offices in China
1917 KGV $5 green and red on blue green mint o.g., fine and fresh (S.G. £350).
Estimate: 70 – 120 GBP
Lot 65268 | 1917-21 MCA $10 purple and black on red, fine used
Hong Kong » British Post Offices in China
1917-21 MCA $10 purple and black on red, fine used (S.G. £750).
Estimate: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 65269 | 1859 (1/2d), (1d) and (2d), 3 of each, decent unused examples
Ionian Islands
1859 (1/2d), (1d) and (2d), 3 of each, decent examples, unused. (S.G. £700 as mint).
Estimate: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 65270 | Iraq 1917-32 mint collection on stock sheets
Iraq
1917-32 mint collection on stock sheets with 1917 Baghdad 1/4a on 2pi (unused), 2a on 1pi (SG 11b, gum bends, B.P.A. Cert), 2a on 1pi SG 17 and 2a on 1pi…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 65271 | Henry Grattan: 1783 Henry Grattan’s signature on a
Ireland » Historical Documents
Henry Grattan: 1783 Henry Grattan’s signature on a bill stating “Please to pay to Mr. Wade the sum of one hundred pounds … your humble servant Henry…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 65272 | Parnell: 1885-91 One handwritten and one typed letter
Ireland » Historical Documents
Parnell: 1885-91 One handwritten and one typed letter signed by Charles Stuart Parnell, the handwritten letter is from Morrisson’s Hotel, Dublin and dated…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 65273 | 1720 (20.4) Folded entire from Edmond Raine, agent
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period – 1657-1784
1720 (20.4) Folded entire from Edmond Raine, agent at Clounish (now Clones, County Monaghan), via Dublin, to the Hon Dacre Barrett in Essex, with clear…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65274 | 1808 (1.2) Folded entire from Hacketstown (County Carlow)
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period – 1657-1784
1722 (27.2) Entire letter from Breckdenstone in County Dublin to London, and showing the first type straight line “DUBLIN” (27mm) hs on reverse, London…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65275 | Cavan – Ballyhaise: 1831 Folded entire from Ballyhaise
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period – 1657-1784
1746 (30.4) Folded entire from Mucklin (County Tipperary) to Dublin, showing clear crisp albino linear town mkg, with FREE in black, and apparently a forged…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 65276 | 1760 (10.6) Folded entire Dublin to Robert Nugent of
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period – 1657-1784
1760 (10.6) Folded entire Dublin to Robert Nugent of Bobsgrove, Oldcastle, Co. Cavan, endorsed “Free Robt Deane” with fine “G/R” inspectors crown struck…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 65277 | 1767-1878 Attractive collection of Franco-Hibernian Postal History: A wonderful assembly of 34 covers neatly mounted and written up in German on 18 album pages, these early letters are addressed to following Colonel Coun
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period – 1657-1784
1767-1878 Attractive collection of Franco-Hibernian Postal History: A wonderful assembly of 34 covers neatly mounted and written up in German on 18 album…
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 65278 | c1770 Cover front from John McLennan in Berbice, British
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
c1770 Cover front to Glasgow, bearing the earliest type KINSALE straight line in conjunction with SHIP below, somewhat grubby and creased, backed on to…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65279 | 1797 (28.7) Folded entire sent to Dublin, and redirected
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1797 (28.7) Folded entire sent to Dublin, and redirected to Donadhadee, rated “1/2” being deleted and rerated “8”, showing faint but clear strike of the…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 65280 | Wicklow – Bray: 1798 (12.6) Folded entire from Wicklow
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
Historical reference to the 1798 Insurrection in WicklowWicklow – Bray: 1798 (12.6) Folded entire from Wicklow to Mrs. Tighe, Dublin, carried privately…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 65281 | 1804 (6.4) Folded entire from William Richardson, Procurator
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1804 (6.4) Folded entire from William Richardson, Procurator Fiscal, from the Admiralty Court at the Poolbeg Street Office to “Captain Daclos/The Ship…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 65282 | 1807 (July) Folded cover sent from Milton to Belfast,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1807 (July) Folded cover sent from Milton to Belfast, showing the distinctive fancy red framed *BELFAST*/SHIP LETTER with incomplete bottom line, rated…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 65283 | 1807 (1.5) Folded letter sheet to London, showing good
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1807 (1.5) Folded letter sheet to London, showing good strike of the red medium size IRELAND hs in red, small tear at top, very fine and scarce in this…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65284 | 1808 (1.2) Folded entire from Hacketstown (County Carlow)
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1808 (1.2) Folded entire from Hacketstown (County Carlow) to Dublin, showing straight line HACKETS Tn in black on face, rated 10d, showing superb red MERMAID/4FE4/1808…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 65285 | 1809 (13.9) Folded letter sheet from Waterford to Colrainerated
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1809 (13.9) Folded letter sheet from Waterford to Coleraine (County Derry), showing WATERDd./78 mileage mkg in black with a superb strike of the red FREE/13SE13/1808…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 65286 | 1808 (1.2) Folded entire from Hacketstown (County Carlow)
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1810 (2.11) Folded entire from Dublin to Ballymote (County Sligo), rated 10d, showing very fine strike in black of the MERMAID/2NO2/1810 arrival bs, fine…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65287 | Cork – Queenstown: 1850 (27.12) Folded letter sheet
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1811 (21.4) Folded entire from Tulnacross to Carlow rated “1/1” (150 to 200 miles) showing clear crisp red diminutive provincial datestamp APRIL 21/1811…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 65288 | 1812 (13.9) Folded letter sheet to Platin, Drogheda,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1812 (13.9) Folded letter sheet to Platin, Drogheda, franked manuscript “GPO / W.Donlevy” with a fine superb strike of the black FREE/25SE25/1812 MERMAID…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65289 | 1813 (12.6) Folded entire to Dublin, with red COOKSTOWN/82
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1813 (12.6) Folded entire to Dublin, with red COOKSTOWN/82 mileage mkg, rated 8d and rerated to 9d, showing red dated Crown with code alongside, fine and…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 65290 | 1816 (30.3) Folded entire sent from Cork, via Dublin to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, on board “p Wilson”, showing decorative red crowned tablet SHIP LETTER DUBLIN on reverse, rated “20/-” with red SHIP and NEW YORK/JU
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1816 (30.3) Folded entire sent from Cork, via Dublin to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, on board “p Wilson”, showing decorative red crowned tablet SHIP…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65291 | 1816 Folded letter sheet from Longford to Dublin, showing
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1816 Folded letter sheet from Longford to Dublin, showing a straight 2-line “LONGFORD” mileage in red and two strikes of the unframed “T• OFF” (Treasurers…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65292 | 1817 (31.12) Folded entire from John McLennan in Berbice,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
The Famous and Unique Field Wicklow Ship Letter1817 (31.12) Folded entire from John McLennan in Berbice, British Guiana to Glasgow, redirected to Hugh…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 65293 | 1819 (4.1) Folded entire to Mountrath, showing a red-crowned
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1819 (4.1) Folded entire to Mountrath, showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter “CUSTOMS PAID/4JA4/WS” ds and indistinct framed Dublin alongside, rated…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 65294 | 1820 (10.1) Miniature envelope sent within Dublin to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
The important and unrecorded Charity Letter1820 (10.1) Miniature envelope sent within Dublin to Drumcondra and showing a red small scroll unrecorded type…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 65295 | 1820 (30.5) Folded entire from the Dublin Excise Office
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1820 (30.5) Folded entire from the Dublin Excise Office to Coleraine, showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter “TAXES/26JU26/WS” ds and framed Dublin “PAID”…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 65296 | 1820 (7.6) Folded letter sheet, rated “1/9” and showing
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1820 (7.6) Folded letter sheet, rated “1/9” and showing the clear oval red ABOVE * NUMBER * PRIVILEGED hs and overstruck by a crisp clear inspectors Crown…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 65297 | 1820 (30.5) Folded entire from the Dublin Excise Office
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1820 Folded letter sheet from the Dublin Excise Office to Clogher (County Tyrone), showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter “EXCISE PAID/13MA2/WS” ds and…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 65298 | 1822 (November) London Missionary Society Journal to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1822 (November) London Missionary Society Journal to Ballybay (County Monaghan), franked “Hib. Missy Society” and showing the unframed Dublin 2-line red…
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP




















































