1865 Cover front from Labuan to London, posted on January 17th and arrived on March 7th, bears a clear strike of the very rare POST OFFICE / SARAWAK handstamp…

1869 3c Brown on Yellow unused block of 9, a couple of thins and one stamp with pinhole, fresh appearance

WITHDRAWN 1934-41 No Wmk values to $10 in mint nh left marginal blocks of four (17 values), most with slightly toned gum, two or three with tone spots,…

1894 Cover to London with attempted prepayment by Great Britain Jubilee 2 1/2d, uncancelled at Malta having been disallowed and black « O » applied alongside,…

POSTAGE DUES: 1925 local printing 2 1/2d, error ‘2’ of fraction omitted, in a fine mint block of six, rare (SG £900+) Expertise: Cert. RPS (1978)

1850-1990, A few early covers, destination mail before 1930, WWII, and many modern FDCs

1948-58, Mint nh selection incl. 1948 Royal Wedding £1 imprint block, 1948-53 set and various 1956-58 incl. imprint blocks, very fine (SG £600)

1847 PLAINES WIELHEMS NO 21 1847: Large part folded cover to Scotland, despatch cds MAURITIUS / POST OFFICE NO23 1847, boxed PAID and INLAND alongside,…

1848-59 Post Paid 2d blue, intermediate impression, pos.11 lower marginal with very close to large margins, with neat concentric circle cancel, some small…

1848-59 Post Paid 1d red, worn impression, pos.11, very close to large margins, unused and very fine (SG £7’500) Expertise: Cert. Eichele (2004)

1858-62, Small group incl. (9d) dull magenta pair tied to piece by « 14 » numeral (touched at right), (6d) vermilion mint & unused (slightly poor condition)…

Mixed Franking Cover With Cape of Good Hope 1859 (Aug 5) Envelope from Eastern Suburb with Britannia 6d blue tied by blank barred oval, addressed « Poste…

1859 Lapirot 2d blue, worn impression, pos.12, large to very large margins, lightly used, very fine, cert. Brandon (2012) (SG £900)

1883 16c on 17c horizontal pair, mint hinge remainder, very fine (SG £750+) Expertise: Cert. BPA (2002)

1893 1c on 2c Pale Violet in left and right gutter blocks of 96 each, 2 almost complete half sheets, position 48 also shows shorter « T » in overprint, two…

Collections 1839-1967 Attractive used collection neatly written up on album pages, from prephilately to independence, good section of earlies with four…

1858-2012, Mint collection in three hingeless Lighthouse albums showing a good selection of surface printed Victoria issues with values up to 1 shilling…

1858-2012, Used collection in three Lighhouse albums plus a stockbook showing a great deal of completion from 1877 issues onwards, earlier years show Britannia…

1862-1909, Lot of 163 POSTAL STATIONERY cards and envelopes mounted on exhibition pages in one album, showing in most cases one used and one mint examples,…

1866-2015, Collection of covers in five albums, with a selection of early items, QV, KEVII, KGV and KGVI, later years showing FDCs including the very rare…

1879-1955, PICTURE POSTCARD collection of 314 items mounted on exhibition pages showing a very wide range of cards, beginning with illustrated postal stationery…

1933-2009, MASCARENE ISLANDS: Exhibition collection of 113 items mounted of pages with mostly items of Mauritius but also Reunion, noted Réunion-Mauritius…

1903-08, Mint selection incl. 1903 set, 1904-08 set with both paper types and 1908-14 set, mostly fine (38) (SG £720)

1914-31 Wmk Single Cypher 2s6d chocolate-brown Seahorse showing clear « double overprint, one albino » variety, mint with light gum crazing, fine (SG £200)

1903 (Aug) 1d Postcard sent registered mail to Scotland via London with reg mark and Greenoch arrival, uprated with two 2 1/2d stamps and 4d, some minor…

1904-08 2d Red & Olive Green mint nh top left block of 6 with plate number, very fine (SG £102+)

BOOKLETS: 1904 NOT FOR USE LABEL se-tenant with KEVII 1d tied to small piece by Durban cds, scarce item from booklet pane

1916-23 De La Rue 2s6d sepia brown, mint og (slightly toned), vertical pair, fine (SG £1’200) Expertise: Cert. BPA (1964)

1916-23 Bradbury, Wilkinson 2s6d chocolate-brown, mint, showing DOUBLE OVPT, ONE ALBINO, gum bends, fine & scarce (SG £500)

1866-70 1s Green perf.15 mint, very fine (SG £850)

COLLECTIONS: 1949-79, 60+ covers from Paquebots, very fine, see scans

1857 1s Green, fair to large margins with lovely true bright colour and light cancel leaving much of design clear, very fine (SG £3’750) Expertise:…

1872 2d Orange imperforate variety, good to very large margins with rich colour, neatly struck with part barred cancel, an elusive variety, especially…

WITHDRAWN

1874-78 2d Rose, perf. nearly 12 (line), never hinged, very fine (SG £1’200)

COLLECTIONS: 1960-90, Interesting selection of modern errors mainly unlisted in SG or Scott, includes 3 colour omitted varieties, 2 double point imperf….

1908 Shackleton Expedition 1d rose-carmine (Royle printing) with « King Edward VIII / Land » overprint in green in mint nh left marginal block of four with…

WITHDRAWN

1894 (28 Nov) envelope registered from Old Calabar to England, bearing 1894 1d pair, 2d and 1894 (Aug) 1/2d on 2 1/2d blue all neatly cancelled by squared-circle…

1895 (Apr 23) Envelope sent registered from Old Calabar to England, bearing 1894 1d pair, 2d and 1894 (Aug) 1/2d on 2 1/2d blue (Type 6) all neatly cancelled…

1901-02 1/2d imperf. colour trial in black and deep scarlet, marginal and affixed in corner to small piece, fine

1901-02 1/2d imperf. colour trials (3) with vignettes in black, frames in deep scarlet, red-brown and rose-carmine, fine

1901-02 1d frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 12 OCT. 00 », fine

1901-02 2d frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 20 OCT. 00 », fine

1901-02 4d frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 20 OCT. 00 », fine

1901-02 1s frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 30 OCT. 00 », fine

1912 1d frame die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm), marked « BEFORE HARDENING » and dated « 1 MAY 12 », fine

BOOKLETS: 1905 2/1d complete booklet, containing 1904 1d grey-black and carmine panes of six (4), very rare

1914-29 1/2d to £1 set of twelve in horizontal strips of three each overprinted « SPECIMEN », and an additional 4d strip of three, the centre stamp with…

1922c 3d Die II, a group of four matching proof sheetlets of six (3×2) in shades of ultramarine, printed from a special miniature plate showing Jubilee…