1884-96 1d Handpainted essay on card (77x88mm) for an unadopted design in lilac, green and Chinese white with pencilled-in perforations, very fine and…

1884-96 3s die proof in black on greenish wove paper, fine and rare, only three die proofs on green wove paper are recorded

1884-96 35s die proof in black on wove paper, fine and rare, only three die proofs on green wove paper are recorded, small tone spot at top otherwise fine…

1884-96 £6 Handpainted essay of the adopted design, stamp-size on card (76x92mm), in bright blue and Chinese white with pencilled-in perforations, most…

1884-96 £8 die proof in black on wove paper, horizontal crease at foot clear of design, only 5 die proofs recorded (all in different stages)

1886-96 1s6d die proofs (3) in dull violet, sage-green and in rose-pink, each with approx. 3mm. margins and affixed to card (123x73mm), marked « No.1 »,…

1886-96 1s6d perforated die proof in pink, affixed to card (70x88mm), dated « 2/4/87 », heavy horizontal crease towards foot (clear of design) reinforced…

1886-96 £7 Rosine & Black, unused, small gum wrinkle at top left otherwise very fine and rare, cert. states that only several mint examples are known,…

BEER DUTY: 1892 Naish undenominated « Inland Revenue » die proofs as used for the central design on Beer Duty stamps, two examples in black on wove paper,…

1887-89 1d Rose complete sheet of 24, mint nh, very fine and fresh, ex Baillie

1854 1d Black with good even margins, unused with no gum, very fine

1882 India 3a orange tied by Zanzibar Se 1 ds (used without year date between January and September 1885) to 1885 cover to Italy, red French Packet ds,…

1890 (Apr 29) Telegram envelope sent registered to REUNION, with Indian 1882-90 1a and 4a tied by Zanzibar cds (type Z6), with « Marseille à la Reunion »…

1897 1/2 on 4a Myrtle-Green with INVERTED 1 IN « 1/2 » SURCHARGE, regummed, A NEW DISCOVERY, cert. Brandon (2012)

1898 Cover from Zanzibar to Galway, Ireland with Sultan Hamed 2 1/2a tied by squared circle, Galway bs, very fine and rare origin

1899 (Jul 5) Envelope sent registered to Germany with 1896 2R Green tied by Zanzibar squared circle ds, arrival bs, very fine

1905 Cover to Majunga, Madagascar franked 2a brown +1/2a green tied by French maritime « Marseille à La Réunion 28.05.05 » cds, blue Majunga 03.06.05 arrival…

1894 £5 Purple & Black on red with SPECIMEN overprint, mint NH, very fine (SG £450)

1840-1936, Attractive and valuable Commonwealth collection housed in two SG New Imperial Postage Stamp Albums from Antigua to Zanzibar and from Queen Victoria…

1840-1939 Duplication in small box on stock cards of medium to better material only, mint hinged or never hinged or used, some better covers including…

1840-1989, Mint & used collection in four albums plus a set of pages, substantial GB with some useful earlies, then later issues, regional, foreign offices…

1841-1950, Mixed mint & used lot on cards showing useful Commonwealth QV from Bahamas to Western Australia, GB Surface printed QV, ca50 Indian postal stationery…

1850-1910 Collection of early British Empire classic forgeries written up on 36 album pages with diagrams, incl. Cape of Good Hope, Bechuanaland, Gold…

1850-1950, Mint & used accumulation in 5 stockbooks with varieties, cancellations, etc., Australia well represented (Est. € 600/1’000)

1851-1979 NORTH AMERICA Collection in Scott album including Canada, Brunswick, Newfoundland & P.E.I., with many medium to better values & sets, mint hinged,…

1852-90, Small selection of various Commonwealth countries on pages, with Bahamas, Barbados, Leeward Islands, Malta, St. Lucia and Virgin Islands, also…

1853-1955, Lot of over 90 covers and cards from all corners or the Empire, mostly the Pacific region and the West Indies, noted 1895 Cook Island cover…

1853-1960s, Huge collection in 6 thick Scott albums without Great Britain, Malta & Gibraltar, Canadian & Australian areas, noted many medium to better…

1854-1980, Attractive British Commonwealth collection in one album on the theme « Development of the Empire », strength in Indian States, also seven approval…

1855-1990, Exciting group of odds and ends on pages with a chiefly some used GB plus a small collection of 19th Century cut squares unused and used (most…

1857-1973 224 Covers/postcards incl. some foreign from diverse colonies, commercial & philatelic, noted India incl. Travancore/Anchal (Est. €100/200)

1860-1950, Mint & used collection from Barbados to Victoria in two stockbooks with some shilling values, better Canada incl. 1897 Jubilee values to 50c,…

1860-1980, Mixed lot of GB in Commonwealth in 10 small boxes and 9 stockbooks showing a large selection of mostly commercially used covers from Antigua…

1860s-1990s, SOUTH AFRICA balance group, a mixture of stamps & covers, from Natal, COGH, Griqualand West, OFS, Transvaal, Boer War, South Africa plus some…

1862-1912, Large collection of postal stationery cut squares on old-time handwritten Krassa resp. Scott pages, used or unused with large variety of seldom…

1870s-1940s, Mainly mint A-Z Commonwealth collection on printed hingless pages in 4 albums, slightly sparse but often in complete sets and incl. high values,…

1877-1908, Collection of postal stationery cut squares of Canada & Newfoundland, used or unused with large variety of seldom seen values and imprints,…

1890-1940s, Interesting and quite varied range of material housed in one volume, mint and used, noted incl. Cayman 1935 to 10s set used, all kinds of better…

1893-1953, AFRICA Lot of 18 covers including one from Sierra Leone with the overprinted fiscals issue, three from the British East Africa Protectorates,…

1894-1971 Collection in Scott album including Great Britain, Cyprus, Malta & Gibraltar with many medium to better values & sets, mint hinged, never hinged…

1900-1980, Several hundred covers and cards in two boxes showing a wide range of countries and territories from Antigua to Zanzibar, better areas noted…

1907-50, Basically mint GULF STATES on pages with fairly complete KGVI and QEII Muscat then a good section of Bahrain, further stockbook with with GB etc….

1930-80, 200+ covers with a wealth of origins incl. Bermuda, Aden, South Africa, Australia, Kenya, New Guinea, Malta, etc., mostly to Switzerland incl….

POSTAL STATIONERY SPECIMENS: Group of 16 KGVI postal stationery cards, envelopes and registered envelopes from Jamaica (2), St. Vincent (3), Bermuda, Malta,…

1937 Coronation Omnibus album printed by Stanley Gibbons, with set of mint stamps from all the participating Commonwealth nations excl. Cyprus, very fine…

1940-53, Practically complete mint KGVI collection in two « New Age » stamp albums, issues from Aden to Zanzibar with in also some shade, watermark and plate…

1941-56, GULF STATES: Lot of 5 covers from Kuwait (3) and Bahrain (2 of which one has a stamp removed), gen. fine (Est. € 120/200)

1952-2000, QE II Specialised lot in 11 albums or stockbooks incl. a complete mint collection of Commonwealth in a « New Age Stamp Album – Period 1952-December…

Interesting range of material, from classics to modern, the latter with huge face value content, especially New Zealand, much other premium material present…