5 Dec 2025 – 9 Dec 2025
415 lots
Lot 50300 | 1913 Waterlow 10s indigo mint n.h. corner marginal
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo mint n.h. corner marginal, very fine; cert. RPS (1977) and Zanaria (2011) (S.G. £1’500 for mint n.h.).
Estimate: 750 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50301 | 1913 Waterlow 10s. indigo-blue, marginal block of four,
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s. indigo-blue, marginal block of four, mint with two unmounted, fine and fresh colour. Cert R.P.S. (2014).
Estimate: 2’000 – 2’500 GBP
Lot 50302 | GB 1913 Waterlow 10s indigo-blue, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 26
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo-blue, overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 26, part gum and adhesion on reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50303 | 1913 Waterlow £1 green used vertical pair from the lower left corner of the sheet
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow £1 green, vertical pair from the lower left corner of the sheet, each lightly cancelled by black cds, very fine.
Estimate: 750 – 850 GBP
Lot 50304 | 1913 Waterlow £1 yellowish green (deep shade) paper
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow £1 yellowish green (deep shade) paper trial (often mistakenly referred to as a colour trial) on gummed ‘Joynson Paper’ watermarked single…
Estimate: 1’300 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 50305 | 1913 Waterlow £1 colour trial in yellowish green on Joynson paper with “CANCELLED” type 24 overprint mint n.h. lower right corner marginal block of four
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow £1 colour trial in yellowish green on Joynson paper with “CANCELLED” type 24 overprint, in a stunning mint n.h. lower right corner marginal…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50306 | 1913 Waterlow £1 green with “SPECIMEN” overprint and at foot partial Gabon UPU archive handstamp
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow £1 green with “SPECIMEN” overprint and at foot partial Gabon UPU archive handstamp, no gum, fine and rare.
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50307 | 1915-18 De La Rue 2s.6d. very deep brown, used with
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915-18 De La Rue 2s.6d. very deep brown, used with oval rubber cancellation, fine. Cert Hendon (2012). S.G. Spec. N64(11).
Estimate: 180 – 220 GBP
Lot 50308 | 1915-18 De La Rue 2s.6d. deep brown, fine mint. Cert
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915-18 De La Rue 2s.6d. deep brown, fine mint. Cert Hendon (2017).
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50309 | 1915 De La Rue 2s.6d. blackish brown, fine mint. Cert
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 2s.6d. blackish brown, fine mint. Cert R.P.S. (1990).
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50310 | 1915 De La Rue 2s6d “deep bright yellow brown” mint
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 2s6d “deep bright yellow brown” mint, fine and unusual shade; cert. Hendon (2024).
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50311 | 1915 De La Rue 2s6d very deep brown mint
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 2s6d very deep brown mint, fine and fresh, a rare shade; cert. RPS (2025) (S.G. Spec. N64(11), £2’250).
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
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