5 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2025
5003 lots
Lot 50312 | 1915 De La Rue 2s6d mint showing variety “POSTAGE” watermark only inverted lower marginal example
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 2s6d mint showing variety “POSTAGE” watermark only inverted lower marginal example, tiny hinge remnant, a great rarity and possibly unique.
Estimate: 420 – 460 GBP
Lot 50313 | 1915 De La Rue 10s deep blue lightly mounted mint
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 10s deep blue lightly mounted mint with good centring and good perfs, a fine and fresh example of this scarce high value; cert. RPS (S.G….
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50314 | 1915-18 DLR 10/- bright ‘Cambridge’ blue, fine mint.
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915-18 DLR 10/- bright ‘Cambridge’ blue, fine mint. Cert Brandon (2017).
Estimate: 3’200 – 3’500 GBP
Lot 50315 | 1915 De La Rue 10s deep blue (worn plate) mint
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 10s deep blue (worn plate) mint with merest trace of a hinge, very fine (S.G. Spec. N70(2), S.G. Concise 2025 £3’250 for deep blue shade).
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50316 | 1915-18 De La Rue 10/- blue overprinted “CANCELLED”
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915-18 De La Rue 10/- blue overprinted “CANCELLED” (type 24), fine large part OG. Scarce
Estimate: 900 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50317 | 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 10s dull grey blue in block of four and two single on Zeppelin cover
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 10s dull grey blue in block of four and two singles along with three 1s bistre-brown on large commercial envelope to Brazil…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50318 | 1924-26 ½d. imprimatur lower right corner strip of
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 ½d. imprimatur lower right corner strip of six with “BPMA” handstamps on reverse, fine with full gum, endorsed “193/890 for registration WW Rushen…
Estimate: 2’500 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50319 | 1924-26 Watermark Block Cypher Issue ½d., 1d. and 1½d.
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 Watermark Block Cypher Issue ½d., 1d. and 1½d. booklet panes of six (3 x 2), each cancelled with slightly indistinct type J “London Chief Office”…
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50320 | 1924-26 watermark block cypher ½d. green overprinted
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 watermark block cypher ½d. green overprinted “SPECIMEN”, type 23, variety overprint double, one albino, fine with gum. Copy of Cert R.P.S. (2011)…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50321 | 1924-26 watermark block cypher 1d. scarlet, B24 corner
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 watermark block cypher 1d. scarlet, B24 corner control block of six (3 x 2), and 1½d. corner A24 corner control blocks of six, both on experimental…
Estimate: 700 – 800 GBP
Lot 50322 | Booklet Panes: 1924-26 wmk upright 1 ½d. booklet pane,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
Booklet Panes: 1924-26 wmk upright 1 ½d. booklet pane, perf. type P and “CANCELLED” type 33P, folded through all units as usual, fine. S.G. Spec. NB14x.
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50323 | 1924-26 watermark block cypher 1½d. red-brown imperf.
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 watermark block cypher 1½d. red-brown imperf. imprimatur, large part original gum, fine and very rare. One of only three known which do not emanate…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50324 | 1924-26 1½d. red-brown, imperforate tête-bêche gutter
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 1½d. red-brown, imperforate tête-bêche gutter pair of imprimaturs displaying marginal pillars, mint NH, with “BPMA” handstamp on reverse, fine.
Estimate: 3’000 – 3’200 GBP
Lot 50325 | 1924-26 6d. reddish purple on chalk-surfaced paper,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 6d. reddish purple on chalk-surfaced paper, variety watermark inverted and reversed, fine mint (S.G. Concise 2025 £425).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50326 | 1924-26 watermark block cypher 9d. olive-green, corner
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924-26 watermark block cypher 9d. olive-green, corner A24 control block of four from the lower left of the sheet, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” (type 23),…
Estimate: 900 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50327 | 1929 P.U.C. £1 black overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 32
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1929 P.U.C. £1 black overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 32 in red, with sweated gum, fine. Copy of R.P.S. certificate (1979) for strip of three (S.G. Concise…
Estimate: 600 – 700 GBP
Lot 50328 | 1934-36 Photogravure 1½d. red-brown, intermediate format,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1934-36 Photogravure 1½d. red-brown, intermediate format, imperforate horizontal pair, fine with gum. Cert B.P.A. (1989).
Estimate: 650 – 700 GBP
Lot 50329 | 1934-36 5d. lower marginal imperforate imprimatur,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1934-36 5d. lower marginal imperforate imprimatur, with “BPMA” handstamp on reverse, large part OG fine.
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50330 | 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d, 1d and 1 1/2d, each in booklet pane of 4 with inverted watermark and Cancelled (type 28p) overprints
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d, 1d and 1 1/2d, each in booklet pane of 4 with inverted watermark and Cancelled (type 28p) overprints. The panes have trimmed…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50331 | 1933 Provincial Airways 3d West Country Air Service label set of ten progressive proofs
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1933 Provincial Airways 3d West Country Air Service label set of ten progressive proofs in different colours on thin card, with a proof of the finished…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 50332 | 1936 ½d. green, imprimatur pair, “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” handstamp
Great Britain » King Edward VIII
1936 1/2d green imprimatur pair with “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” handstamp on reverse, mint n.h., very fine (S.G. £11’000).
Estimate: 2’000 – 2’500 GBP
Lot 50333 | 1937-47 2d. pale orange variety imperf. single used
Great Britain » King George VI
1937-47 2d. pale orange variety imperf. single used on piece, scarce. Cert Brandon (2005) for the item when on cover, states “fault at base of adhesive”.
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50334 | 1937-47 5d. brown block of six with doctor blade flaw,
Great Britain » King George VI
1937-47 5d. brown block of six with doctor blade flaw, fine unmounted mint.
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50335 | 1947 11d Plum group
Great Britain » King George VI
1937-47 11d Plum group with single franking on cover to France, cover with India with 11d and 1d and mint n.h. lower left corner pair with “spot in G”…
Estimate: 30 – 40 GBP
Lot 50336 | 1939-48 Arms High Values 2s6d to £1 set of imprimaturs
Great Britain » King George VI
1939-48 Arms High Values 2s6d to £1 set of six imprimaturs, mint n.h., all side marginals, the £1 brown perforated, each with “BPMA” handstamps on reverse,…
Estimate: 5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 50337 | 1941-42 1/2d pale green mint n.h. imperforate pair
Great Britain » King George VI
1941-42 1/2d pale green mint n.h. imperforate pair from the left of the sheet, a very rare variety; cert. Brandon (2022).
Estimate: 850 – 950 GBP
Lot 50338 | 1946 album containing a most interesting correspondence between a collector and Harrison & Sons
Great Britain » King George VI
1946 album containing a most interesting correspondence between a collector and Harrison & Sons, with the collector claiming to have discovered the KGVI…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 50339 | 1947 “CONGRES POSTAL UNIVERSEL À PARIS 1947/ TIMBRES-POSTE BRITANNIQUES”, A red leatherette and gold tooled album
Great Britain » King George VI
1947 “CONGRES POSTAL UNIVERSEL À PARIS 1947/ TIMBRES-POSTE BRITANNIQUES” red leatherette and gold tooled album including photographs of the inception of…
Estimate: 60 – 100 GBP
Lot 50340 | 1949 6d. Universal Postal Union, a superb hand painted
Great Britain » King George VI
1949 6d. Universal Postal Union, a superb hand painted essay for the 1949 UPU set, erroneously dated at foot “1874-1948”, finely executed on lined paper…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50341 | 1950-52 1d. light ultramarine, imperforate imprimatur
Great Britain » King George VI
1950-52 1d. light ultramarine, imperforate imprimatur pair from the right of the sheet, watermark upright, hand stamped “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” on reverse, fine…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50342 | 1965 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, original artwork
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1965 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, original artwork by V.G. Pradhan of De La Rue, London, dated 1965, engraved on white cardboard with paper crown glued…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50343 | 1952-54 1d. ultramarine, marginal imperf. tête-bêche
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1952-54 1d. ultramarine, marginal imperf. tête-bêche pair, large part OG, hand stamped “BPMA” on reverse. Scarce.
Estimate: 1’500 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 50344 | 1952-54 Watermark Tudor Crown 6d. reddish purple, imperforate
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1952-54 Watermark Tudor Crown 6d. reddish purple, imperforate imprimatur pair, both with “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” hand stamped on reverse, minor wrinkle, otherwise…
Estimate: 450 – 500 GBP
Lot 50345 | 1955-58 Wildings (wmk St. Edward’s crown) 1/2d to 1s6d set of 18 imperf. imprimaturs
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1955-58 Wildings (wmk St. Edward’s crown) 1/2d to 1s6d set of 18 imperf. imprimaturs, all mint n.h. left marginals with “N. P. M. Imprimatur” handstamps…
Estimate: 2’400 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50346 | 1958 3d. deep lilac ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials,
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1958 3d. deep lilac ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, very fine perforated horizontal pair with narrow and 3mm short phosphor band straddling perfs., unlisted….
Estimate: 200 – 240 GBP
Lot 50347 | Wildings: 1958 2d. light red-brown ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1958 Wildings 2d. light red-brown ‘Dollis Hill’ phosphor trials, no watermark vertical pair, one central green phosphor band, without gum, fine. S.G. Spec….
Estimate: 200 – 240 GBP
Lot 50348 | 1959 De La Rue 5/- red corner block of four, with Post
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1959 De La Rue 5/- red corner block of four, with Post Office training bars, fine unused. Scarce.
Estimate: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 50349 | 1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d. imperforate imprimatur
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d. imperforate imprimatur hand stamped “N/P/IMPRIMATUR” on reverse, with gum. Rare.
Estimate: 280 – 320 GBP
Lot 50350 | 1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d mint n.h. with orange-brown omitted variety
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1961 Post Office Savings Bank 3d mint n.h. with orange-brown omitted variety, very fine, incl. normal for comparison (S.G. Concise 2025 £400).
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50351 | 1964 Geographical Congress 4d mint n.h. with violet (face value) omitted
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1964 Geographical Congress 4d mint n.h. with violet (face value) omitted variety, very fine and fresh, incl. normal for comparison (S.G. Concise 2025 £225).
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50352 | 1964 Geographical Congress 8d (phosphor) imperf. imprimatur in mint n.h. lower right corner marginal vertical pair
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1964 Geographical Congress 8d (phosphor) imperf. imprimatur in mint n.h. lower right corner marginal vertical pair with traffic lights in margin, “BPMA”…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50353 | 1965 Arts 6d. “Delacryl” die proof essay, on gummed
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1965 Arts 6d. “Delacryl” die proof essay, on gummed un wmk’d wove paper gum, fine. B.P.A. certificate (2017).
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50354 | 1966 British Birds 4d group of colour shifts on five mint n.h. se-tennant blocks of four
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1966 British Birds 4d group of colour shifts on five mint n.h. se-tenant blocks of four (on phosphor or ordinary paper), incl. red & grey shift, bistre…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50355 | 1966 Birds 4d mint n.h. se-tenant block of four (phosphor) with bistre omitted
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1966 Birds 4d mint n.h. se-tenant block of four (phosphor) with bistre omitted, very fine, post office fresh, a rare variety (S.G. Concise 2025 £4’000+).
Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 50356 | 1967 Machin head trial, undenominated plate proof in
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1967 Machin head trial, undenominated plate proof in mauve, on cream paper, upper marginal example, fine.
Estimate: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 50357 | 1969 Ships 5d Queen Elizbeth II mint n.h. block of four misperfed vertically resulting in the two upper stamps without inscription
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Ships 5d Queen Elizbeth II mint n.h. block of four misperfed vertically resulting in the two upper stamps without inscription of the ship name, very…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50358 | 1969 Concorde 4d with violet (value etc.) omitted, neatly used
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Concorde 4d with error violet (value etc.) omitted, neatly used, very fine (S.G. unpriced used).
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50359 | 1969 Concorde 4d with yellow-orange and phosphor omitted mint n.h.
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Concorde 4d with error yellow-orange and phosphor omitted, mint n.h., very fine (S.G. Concise 2025 £450).
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 50360 | 1969 Cathedrals 5d lower left corner marginal cylinder block of 18, with the first column showing the missing “d” variety
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Cathedrals 5d lower left corner marginal cylinder block of 18, with the first column showing the missing “d” variety, mint n.h., very fine and fresh…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50361 | 1969 Cathedrals 1s6d mint n.h. with black (value) omitted variety
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Cathedrals 1s6d mint n.h. with black (value) omitted variety, some faint yellowing on the gum, very fine and scarce; cert. Brandon (2019) (S.G. Concise…
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP