British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

Ceylon 1885 5c on 64c red-brown, type 21 local surcharge, position 12 of the setting, perforations 14 x 12½, SG173. A brilliant quality mint exampl...

Ceylon 1872-80 2c brown, perforations 14 x 12½, SG133. A fine mint well-centred example with lovely colour, brilliant large part original gum. Coup...

Ceylon 1872-80 36c blue, variety WATERMARK REVERSED, SG129x. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. Odd shortish perforations ...

Ceylon 1872-80 36c blue, SG129. A lovely pastel shade and brilliant quality mint example with original gum. Typical centring as normally seen for t...

Ceylon 1862 5d lake-brown, no watermark, perforations 13, SG40. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum and with lovely colour. ...

Ceylon 1866-68 3d carmine-rose, perforations 14, block of 30 (6x5) being the upper half of a right pane with wing margin at left, SG62. A fine mint...

Ceylon 1857-59 1s slate-violet, imperforate, horizontal pair, SG10. A fine used pair with good to very large margins (reduced sheet margin at foot)...

Ceylon 1970 Wildlife 5c 'Water Buffalo', error magenta omitted (leaving the animals green instead of brown), SG561a. A fine left marginal, unmounte...

Ceylon 1885 10c on 64c red-brown, type 22 local surcharge, position 4 of the setting, SG164. A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. Tr...

Ceylon 1862 1s slate-purple, no watermark, perforations 13, SG43. A fine mint example with large part original gum. Typical centring normally seen ...

Ceylon 1885 10c on 24c brown-purple, type 26 De La Rue surcharge, block of 60 (10x6) from the upper left corner of the lower half of the sheet, sev...

Ceylon 1886 25c yellow-brown, variety with value in YELLOW, SG198a. Fresh mint example with large part original gum. Minor wrinkles, barely worth a...

Ceylon 1921-32 Script watermark 10c sage-green, vertical interpane pair with dies I (upper) and II se-tenant, SG346c. Brilliant mint quality with o...

Ceylon 1935 Silver Jubilee 6c ultramarine and grey, showing variety 'Dot by flagstaff' from vignette plate '4', R8/4, SG379h. Brilliant mint qualit...

Ceylon 1946 Victory 6c blue and 15c brown, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type D21), SG400s/1s. Brilliant mint quality with large part original gum. The Vi...

Ceylon 1857-59 9d purple-brown, imperforate with clear to large margins and lovely colour, tied to folded piece by crisp oval of bars with red "COL...

Ceylon 1861-64 6d olive-sepia, watermark large star, rough perforations 14 to 15½, SG31b. A mint example with fine colour and large part original g...

Ceylon 1867-70 10d red-orange, watermark CC type 6, horizontal strip of 4 from left of sheet, SG70b. Brilliant quality mint strip of four with larg...

Ceylon 1872-80 32c slate, perforations 14, variety WATERMARK INVERTED, SG128w. A fine quality mint example of this rarity with fresh colour and lar...

Ceylon 1872-80 96c drab, SG132. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. Off-centre as often seen, but lovely fresh colour and much a...

Ceylon 1872-80 2r 50 dull rose, perforations 12½ x 14, SG138. A fine mint example with fresh colour and large part original gum. Minor wrinkles and...

Ceylon 1885 5c on 32c slate, type 21 local surcharge (position 5 of the setting), perforations 14x12½, SG172. Fresh mint example with part original...

Ceylon 1885 56c on 96c drab, De La Rue type 26 surcharge, block of 6 (3x2) from left of sheet, SG192. Fine mint block of six with fresh appearance ...

Ceylon 1912-25 watermark MCA 3c blue-green (tablet type A), upper right corner block of 4 with plate number '1', with variety watermark INVERTED, S...