26 May 2025 – 1 Jun 2025
8868 lots
Lot 70352 | 1912-22 1/2d and 1d. in matching left hand marginal blocks of 30 overprinted « CANCELLED »
Great Britain » King George V » 1912-24 Profile Head Issues
1912-22 1/2d and 1d in matching left hand marginal blocks of 30 overprinted « CANCELLED » (type 24) fine mint NH, very fresh and attractive. Rare.
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70353 | 1912-24 2d. intense bright orange, a superb mint NH
Great Britain » King George V » 1912-24 Profile Head Issues
1912-24 2d. intense bright orange, a superb mint NH coil join vertical strip of four, lovely fresh deep colour; a very rare multiple. Cert R.P.S (1972).
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70354 | 1912-24 1/- deep bronze-brown, a superb mint NH block
Great Britain » King George V » 1912-24 Profile Head Issues
1912-24 1/- deep bronze-brown, a superb mint NH block of four from the left of the sheet, lovely fresh deep colour; a super multiple.
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70355 | 1913 1/2d. and 1d. coil leaders (codes G & E) with
Great Britain » King George V » 1912-24 Profile Head Issues
1913 1/2d. and 1d. coil leaders (codes G & E) with 11 stamps attached and coil joins between stamps 10 & 11; fresh mint. Rare.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70356 | 1921 1d. pale scarlet imperf coil trial pair no watermark
Great Britain » King George V » 1912-24 Profile Head Issues
1921 1d. pale scarlet imperf coil trial pair no watermark small faults though very rare coming from the pane of 90 discovered many years ago. Cert R.P.S…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70357 | 1913 Waterlow 2s6d Van Dyke brown, overprinted SPECIMEN (type 26)
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 2s6d Van Dyke brown, overprinted SPECIMEN (type 26), large part OG, scarce.
Estimation: 400 – 440 GBP
Lot 70358 | 1913 Waterlow 10s indigo blue mint marginal block of four from the left of the sheet
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo blue marginal block of four from the left of the sheet; large part o.g. (lower stamps mint n.h.), a fresh and most attractive…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70359 | 1913 Waterlow 10s indigo blue mint n.h. block of four
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo blue mint n.h. block of four, fresh and fine, a rare multiple.
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70360 | 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.).
Estimation: 750 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70361 | 1913 Waterlow 10s indigo-blue fine mint
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo-blue fine mint, trace of a mount only, a fresh example.
Estimation: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 70362 | 1913 Waterlow £1 green, a wonderfully fresh and well
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow £1 green, a wonderfully fresh and well centred vertical pair from the lower left corner of the sheet; light paper wrinkle vertically not…
Estimation: 1’800 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70363 | 1913 Waterlow 2/6d. very deep sepia (Vandyke) brown,
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow 2/6d. very deep sepia (Vandyke) brown, a superb mint NH corner marginal example from the upper right of the sheet, a lovely example of this…
Estimation: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70364 | 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.
Estimation: 900 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70365 | 1913-13 £1 yellowish green colour trial with « CANCELLED » type 24 overprint on Joynson paper, mint n.h.
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913-13 £1 yellowish green colour trial with « CANCELLED » type 24 overprint on Joynson paper, mint n.h. right marginal, a lovely fresh example
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70366 | 1913 Waterlow, £1 green overprinted « CANCELLED » in mint l.h. block of four
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1913 Waterlow, £1 green overprinted « CANCELLED » in mint l.h. block of four (each stamp lightly hinged), fine and very rare.
Estimation: 2’000 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 70367 | 1915 De La Rue 2s6d colour trial imperforate in yellow-brown on gummed, watermarked paper
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 2s6d colour trial imperforate in yellow-brown on gummed, watermarked paper, large margins, a fine example.
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 70368 | 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.
Estimation: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70368A | 1915 DLR 5/- bright carmine mint, large part o.g.
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 DLR 5/- bright carmine mint, large part o.g., a very fine example. (S.G. £650).
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70368B | 1915 DLR 5/- pale carmine mint n.h.
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 DLR 5/- pale carmine mint n.h., fine, fresh and well centred, a lovely example. (S.G. £1’400).
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70369 | 1915 De La Rue bright 10/- Cambridge blue; fine used.
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1915 De La Rue 10s bright Cambridge blue used, one short perf. at right improved, fine and scarce.
Estimation: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70370 | 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 10s dull grey blue mint marginal block of nine
Great Britain » King George V » 1913-19 Seahorse Issues
1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson 10s dull grey blue mint marginal block of nine from the upper left of the sheet with large part o.g. (four stamps mint n.h.),…
Estimation: 1’800 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70371 | 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…
Estimation: 600 – 700 GBP
Lot 70372 | 1924 wmk Block Cypher 1/2d to 1s mint n.h. set of 12 with watermark inverted
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924 wmk Block Cypher 1/2d to 1s mint n.h. set of 12 with watermark inverted, superb and very difficult to find (S.G. £5’107.50 for mint n.h.).
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70373 | 1924 British Empire Exhibition souvenir telegrams in
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924 British Empire Exhibition souvenir telegrams in black and red; superb unused; scarce.
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 70374 | Wembley Exhibition coil wrapper for the 1d. value,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1924 British Empire Exhibition coil wrapper for the 1d. value, produced from sheets with a join every 10th stamp, very rare.
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 70375 | 1929 PUC 1/2d to 2 1/2d set of specially prepared imperforate
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1929 PUC 1/2d to 2 1/2d set of specially prepared imperforate miniature sheets of four
in the issued colours on thin glazed paper, each mounted in a gold…
Estimation: 12’000 – 15’000 GBP
Lot 70376 | 1929 PUC 1/2d to 2 1/2d mint n.h. imprimaturs
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1929 PUC 1/2d to 2 1/2d mint n.h. imprimaturs, all left marginal, with « BPMA » hs on reverse, very fine and rare set.
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70377 | 1929 PUC 1/2d. « K29 » mint control block of 60, Pl 2, variety watermark inverted
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1929 PUC 1/2d. « K29 » mint control block of 60, Pl 2, variety watermark inverted, a rare multiple.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70378 | 1929 PUC 1/2d. to 1 1/2d. set of three imperforate
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1929 PUC 1/2d. to 1 1/2d. set of three imperforate imprimaturs with inverted watermark, mint NH, the reverse with « BPMA » handstamp; scarce.
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70379 | 1930c. Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. « Ancient Briton » imperforate sheet of 100 dummy stamp
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1930c. Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. « Ancient Briton » imperforate sheet of 100 dummy stamp essay in indigo; most attractive and scarce in a complete sheet.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70380 | 1934 1 1/2d. red brown intermediate format, imperforate
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1934 1 1/2d. red brown intermediate format, imperforate tete bêche imprimatur booklet panes with advert No 4, the margin at foot with manuscript « Cylinder…
Estimation: 1’800 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 70381 | 1934 2/6d. brown re-engraved, top four rows of the
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1934 2/6d. brown re-engraved, top four rows of the sheet, very fine mint NH; a spectacular multiple.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70382 | 1934 Re-engraved set to 10/- in mint NH corner marginal
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1934 Re-engraved set to 10/- in mint n.h. corner marginal blocks of four; an attractive set.
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70383 | 1935 Silver Jubilee 1 1/2d imperforate colour trial
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1935 Silver Jubilee 1 1/2d imperforate colour trial (design 3) in pale brown, mounted on card; very rare with only six examples known, each in a different…
Estimation: 400 – 440 GBP
Lot 70384 | 1936 KGV 1 1/2d memorial essays, eight vertical pairs (eight imperf) on archive piece
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1936 KGV 1 1/2d memorial essays, eight vertical pairs (eight imperf) on archive piece entitled « Coated paper », with four on the left endorsed « first etch »…
Estimation: 5’000 – 7’000 GBP
Lot 70385 | 1936 5d. magenta, overprinted « CANCELLED » type 33,
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1936 5d. magenta, overprinted « CANCELLED » type 33, large part OG, horizontal crease not detracting from the very fine appearance of this unique example…
Estimation: 2’000 – 2’500 GBP
Lot 70386 | 1937-47 4d grey-green, unused imperforate top sheet
Great Britain » King George VI
1937-47 4d grey-green, unused imperforate top sheet marginal block of four, showing post office training cancel, unusual & scarce
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70387 | 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 »…
Estimation: 30 – 40 GBP
Lot 70388 | 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,…
Estimation: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 70389 | 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).
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70390 | 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…
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 70391 | 1957 Scouts 2 1/2d., 4d. and 1/3d. coil leaders, with
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1957 Scouts 2 1/2d., 4d. and 1/3d. coil leaders, with 12, 15 and 10 stamps attached (series 5 on each leader); very rare with only 49, 37 and 33 coils…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70392 | 1958 2d. light red brown (crisp print) « Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial » very fine perforated block of four
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1958 2d. light red brown (crisp print) « Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial » very fine perforated block of four on ungummed, unwatermarked specially prepared handmade…
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 70393 | 1959 Wildings 3d deep violet « Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial » perforated block of four
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1959 Wildings 3d deep violet « Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial » perforated block of four on gummed crowns wmk (sideways left) paper, with one 4mm blue phosphor…
Estimation: 40 – 50 GBP
Lot 70394 | 1961 Post Office Savings Bank set of three mint n.h. imperf. imprimaturs with « BPMA » hs on reverse
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1961 Post Office Savings Bank set of three mint n.h. imperf. imprimaturs with « BPMA » hs on reverse, the 2 1/2d lower marginal and the 3d & 1s6d from lower…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70395 | 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).
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70396 | 1964-1970, small collection of modern errors incl. missing colours, phosphors missing or misplaced and missing embossing
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1964-1970, small collection of modern errors incl. missing colours, phosphors missing or misplaced and missing embossing, with commemoratives and definitives,…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 70397 | 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).
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 70398 | 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 »…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70399 | 1965 ITU Centenary 1s6d with error pink omitted, mint n.h.
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1965 ITU Centenary 1s6d with error pink omitted, mint n.h., very fine and scarce (S.G. £2’200).
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP