1933 Centenary £1 black & carmine, mint nh top marginal, hinge in margin only, fresh & very fine, cert. Sismondo (SG £2’500)

1933 Centenary £1 black & carmine, mint, very fine (SG £2’500)

1933 Centenary £1 black & carmine, mint, very fine (SG £2’500)

1933 Centenary £1 black & carmine, mint og, very fine, cert. Sismondo (SG £2’500)

COLLECTIONS: 1878-1965, Terrific virtually complete collection of primarily mint and a few used in 3 SG and one Palo album plus a second more sparse collection…

COLLECTIONS: 1889-1912, Mint & used selection incl. 1889-91 1d bisect on piece, 1891-1902 values, 1898 2s6d mint and 1904-12 values incl. 3s mint, 5s mint…

COLLECTIONS: 1905-90, Lovely fresh clean group of all better sets and singles with also South Georgia, BAT and a bit of other South Atlantic, includes…

1870-71 Times Express 9d black on rose, on thin vert. ribbed paper, row 4 stamp 4 showing variety « comma after EXPRESS », repaired top right corner, fine…

1935 1s Slate and purple, variety « short extra flags staff » not listed as such by SG, mint nh, fine

1902-05 2s imperf. colour trial in carmine and green on yellow, the issued colour of the 3s

1902-05 2s imperf. colour trial in dull purple and blue-green, fine, cert. RPS (1993)

1902-05 3d imperf. colour trial in olive-bistre and green, fine

1902-05 3d imperf. colour trial in purple and violet, fine

1902-05 1/2d to 3s less 2d, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and handstamped « ULTRAMAR » by a Receiving Authority, without gum as usual, fresh colours and generally…

1902-05 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d to 3s and 1904-06 5d and 7 1/2d, all with Madame Joseph forged oval registered datestamps and handstamped to that effect on reverse,…

1909 1d and 3d to 3s, the 4d, 5d, 7 1/2d and 10d in vertical pairs, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » with identifiable part strikes of the « COLONIE DU GABON…

1909 1/2d, 3d and 4d each with Madame Joseph Macarthy Island cds, and 2d, 4d, 2s6d and 3s each with Madame Joseph forged oval registered datestamp, all…

1912-22 5s De La Rue die proof of the country name and value tablet, in black on glazed card (92x60mm) marked « BEFORE STRIKING » and dated « 19/8/21 » in…

1921-22 1 1/2d to 4s, each overprinted « SPECIMEN », each affixed to small piece and crossed through with crayon line, presumably cut from an archive page,…

1921-22 1d to 3s, less 5d and 6d, with the 1d, 1 1/2d, 3d, 4d, 7 1/2d, 1/6d and 2s6d in pairs, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and with identifiable part strikes…

1922-29 MCA 5s green on yellow handstamped « SPECIMEN » (D18) in violet, fresh mint

1922-29 1/2d to 10s set of nineteen in horizontal strips of three, each overprinted or handstamped (5s) « SPECIMEN » and affixed to two pieces (one bearing…

COLLECTIONS: 1902-09, Mint collection incl. 1902-05 set, 1904-06 set, 1906 Surcharges incl. used block of four 1/2d on 2s6d with a broken E variety, and…

1886 1/2d, 1d, 2d and 2 1/2d mint, ok to fine (SG £446)

1889 25c on 2 1/2d Bright Blue, duo with varieties « broken N » and « short I », mint, fine (SG £650)

1935 Silver Jubilee 2d & 6d with « extra flagstaff » variety in mint corner margin blocks of 4, very fine (SG £350+)

1911 (Apr 8) Cover from Fanafuti Island to Switzerland bearing Fiji 1912-24 with almost complete violet type 1 cds on the first day of use, Sydney and…

1902 6d, 5s, 10s, 20s and 1907-13 1/2d, 1d and 2 1/2d, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and handstamped « ULTRAMAR » by a Receiving Authority, a scarce group

1907-13 1/2d, 1d, 2 1/2d, 6d and 1s, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and handstamped « ULTRAMAR » by a Receiving Authority, without gum as usual, 2 1/2d with…

1907-13 1s, 2s, 2s6d, 5s and prepared for use but not issued 10s, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and with portions of the Gabon Direction De L’Interieur or…

1907 (Feb 15) envelope (complete with contents) from Yeji to England showing a superb strike of the “SALVED FROM/SS JEBBA” handstamp (Hoggarth and Gwynn…

1913-21 3d Die I on yellow, 1s Die II on emerald back and 5s Die I on yellow, each overprinted « SPECIMEN », small (3d) to large part gum, fine

1913-21 1/2d to 2 1/2d, 3d (2), 6d, 1s and 10s, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » and with portions of the Gabon Direction De L’Interieur or Secretariat General…

1913-21 1d blue and 1d green, imperforate on glazed paper, each overprinted « SPECIMEN » (DS1), fine

1913-21 1/2d to 20s. less 1d, all overprinted « SPECIMEN » and further handstamped « COLONIAS » diagonally in violet by a Receiving Authority, without gum…

1886 1d on 1s Orange bisect tied to small piece by Grenada cds, very fine (SG £2’250 on cover)

COLLECTIONS: 1895-1911, Mint & used collection incl. 1895-99 mint and used sets, 1902 to 5s mint, 1904-06 mint set, 1908-11 to 5s mint and used, etc.,…

1880 Wmk Crown CC 48c Brown mint hinge remainder, very fine (SG £1’500)

1898 Wmk Crown CA 96c grey-black surcharged « 1 DOLLAR » only (no Chinese characters), mint hinge remainder, average condition (SG £2’750)

1947 International Reply Coupon in proof block of four, this being the unique example in private hands, presented to Eugene Thomas at the 1947 UPU Congress…

1795 (Mar 5) Entire with clear « Post Paid / Pondichery » oval cachet in black (Giles type 2, rated rare), sent to Chandernagor, with G.P.O. ds on reverse,…

1851 (Sep 7) Stampless cover from CHANDERNAGOR (French India) with boxed despatch ds on reverse (Giles type 2) along with Calcutta and French arrivals,…

1852 1/2a White « Scinde Dawk » on large part native cover, with large margins all around, cancelled by JC type E « cogwheel », stamp toned and creased, rare Expertise:…

1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a blue UNUSED, good margins, faults incl. toning, thin, small tear and repaired lower left corner, still very rare and presentable…

Reprint sheet from the original copper plates of the 1854 1a, struck 16 times on the sheet, inscribed « PLATE III » at bottom left and struck before the…

Reprint sheet from the original copper plates of the 1854 1/2a and 4a as well as two essays of the 2a, inscribed « PLATE IV » at bottom left and struck before…

1854 8a Red & Blue essay reprint (Spence type 4, without inner frame line) lithographed on yellowish wove paper, cert. RPS (2015)

1854 (Dec 6) Wrapper from Landour to Calcutta with 1854 1/2a blue, just four margins, tied by BLUE lozenge of dots, reverse with despatch and arrival ds,…

PERSIAN FIELD FORCE: 1854 4a with « 131 » numeral of the Persian Field Force, outer framelines just touched in place, fine and rare cancellation (SG £2’000)

1855 Envelope from Sholapor to England with 1854 2a green, good margins, and two 4a head die II frame die I, cut to shape and just touched in places, all…