British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

New Zealand 1899-1903 2s blue-green, no watermark, perforations 11, left marginal block of 4 from R5/6/1-2, showing minor plate flaws, SG269. A bri...

New Zealand 1899-1903 5d purple-brown (towards sepia), Waterlow plate proof from the "colonial" plate, imperforate block of 4 on ungummed wove, no ...

New Zealand 1915-27 6d carmine Official, upper left corner block of 42 (6x7) with plate number '22', the top four rows perforations 14x13½, the bot...

North Borneo Japanese Occupation 1943 (29 Apr) 4c red, type 2, BLOCK OF THIRTY-TWO (10x3, with an extra pair at upper right), tied to large piece b...

South Africa Orange Free State 1868-94 6d bright carmine, folded lower half sheet of 120, comprising two panes 6x10 with horizontal gutter, SG6. A ...

South Africa Orange Free State 1900 4d on 4d ultramarine, type 31 surcharge, with level stops, complete upper right pane of 60 (6x10) from first se...

South Africa Orange Free State 1896 'Halve/Penny.' on 3d ultramarine, type 10 surcharge, complete folded upper half-sheet of 120 (two panes 6x10) s...

South Africa Orange Free State 1902 1s on 5s green, type 37 surcharge on third 'V.R.I.' setting (with type 33 'Thick V' on six stamps, positions 5,...

Pakistan Bahawalpur 1949 Anniversary of Universal Postal Union set of 4 to 2½a Officials, in complete IMPERFORATE sheets of 50 (5x10), each with pl...

Prince Edward Island 1869-70 4d black, complete imperforate sheet of 30 (5x6) on white wove, with numerous prominent constant flaws, SG31. A fine q...

Prince Edward Island 1862-69 2d rose plate proof, imperforate block of 30 (5x6) on white wove, being the left half of a sheet (R1-6/1-5) with 'DIE ...

Rhodesia 1892-93 2s6d grey-purple, complete sheet of 60 (10x6) with large part 'PURE LIN(EN)/monogram/WOV(E BANK)' papermaker's watermark from 1890...

Sarawak 1946 (24 DE) locally addressed 'Ong Geok Kheng' cover with 1945 'British Military Administration' set of 20 to $10, neatly tied by boxed 'V...

Seychelles 1901 (Aug) 3c on 16c chestnut and ultramarine, type 5 surcharge, upper half sheet of 60 (12x5) with full margins (but the right margin f...

Seychelles 1952 2c lilac 'Sail Fish', complete folded sheet of 50 (10x5) with imprint and plate number '1', R3/4-5 showing watermark error 'Crown m...

Sierra Leone 1933 Wilberforce ½d green, 1d black and brown and 1½d chestnut, each in a complete folded sheet of 60 (6x10), SG168/70. The sheets are...

South Africa 1927-28 Typo 6d black and slate, complete left pane of 60 (6x10), SGD21. A very fine piece, mostly unmounted mint. A few stamps show a...

South West Africa 1923 6d black and slate Postage Due, Setting I with 14mm space, complete right pane of 60 (6x10), showing error 'Wes' for 'West' ...

Southern Nigeria 1907-11 6d dull purple and purple, upper left corner block of 20 (4x5) with plate number '1', SG39. A fine positional piece unmoun...

Swaziland 1962-66 3½c yellow-green and deep grey, variety WATERMARK INVERTED, block of 10 (2x5) being the first two columns of a sheet with full ma...

Australia Tasmania 1857 (JY 25) entire letter from Hobart to 'Campbell Town', franked at 4d inland rate by 1856-57 2d dull emerald-green on thin wh...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" Official type O3 overprint, PROOF (x2) in RED of the complete 5x6 setting used to overprint respectively the lowe...

Tonga 1968 (19 Dec) South Pacific Games 8s on 8d black and greenish yellow, ERROR SMALL SURCHARGE (11½mm wide) intended for the 6s on 6d value, low...

Tonga - Niuafo'ou 1983 Map set of 4 to 2p, type 3 surcharge on undenominated design, complete sheets of 20 (4x5) with decorative central vertical g...

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...

Zanzibar 1896 (3 MY) registered cover to France, franked at 4a6p (2a6p postage + 2a registration) by 1895-96 Overprint on India ½a blue-green, 1a6p...

Australia 1966-73 5c deep blue, horizontal strip of 10, the left pair ERROR IMPERFORATE, SG386c/cb. A very fine unmounted mint strip with full orig...

British Guiana 1865 Waterlow reprints of the 1853 1c vermilion and 1853-55 4c pale blue, from fresh transfers (five varieties) from the original di...

Zanzibar 1930 (May) incoming unpaid Postage Due cover from Morondava, Madagascar, with "MAJUNGA" despatch backstamp of "23 (?) MAI 30" and type D9 ...

£800.00 Sudan 1906-11 1m brown and carmine Army Service, type A3 overprint (12mm space), error OVERPRINT INVERTED, left marginal, SGA6b. A very f...

Sudan 1948 New Arabic 20p pale blue and deep blue, chalk surfaced paper, perforations 13, upper marginal block of 4, SG110a. A superb unmounted min...

Australia Victoria 1905-13 £1 salmon, watermark 11, perforations 11, SG444. A very fine mint example with large part original gum. A few slightly s...

£1100.00 Uganda 1896 (Nov) Typeset 8a black, overprint 'L' for local use, left marginal showing variety 'Small o in POSTAGE', SG74a. A fine unuse...

Trinidad & Tobago 1923-45 1s black Postage Dues, script watermark, upper left corner plate number '1' block of 4, SGD25. A fine unmounted mint ...

Trinidad & Tobago 1905-06 set of 8 to 1s, 1d to 8d Postage Dues in blocks of 4, watermark MCA (1d, 2d, 4d, 5d, 6d corner marginal with plate nu...

Trinidad & Tobago 1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 to 24c, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type B9), SG239s/42s. A brilliant quality mint set with original ...

Trinidad & Tobago 1935(-37) Pictorial set of 9 to 72c, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type B9), SG230s/8s. A brilliant quality mint set with original g...

Trinidad & Tobago 1913-23 5s dull and purple and mauve, watermark MCA, SG155. A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. One shortish ...

South Africa Transvaal Wolmaransstad 1900 (23 MAY) cover, self-addressed by Thos. S. Leask, with Transvaal 1895 1d red 'Penny Postage' and 1896-97 ...

South Africa Transvaal Wolmaransstad 1900 (19 JUL) censored cover (with 'LEASK' imprint on flap) to 'D. Eadie, Esqre, Act Resident Magistrate, Warr...

South Africa Transvaal 1904-09 £1 green and violet, chalk-surfaced paper, watermark MCA, SG272a. A fine mint example with large part original gum. ...

Transjordan 1929-39 1m red-brown Postage Due, type D26, perforations 13½x13, SGD189a. A very fine unmounted mint block with full original gum. Espe...

Transjordan 1929 (1 Jan) 4m on 15m ultramarine Postage Due, type D25 surcharge, ERROR SURCHARGE INVERTED, SGD185a. A very fine unmounted mint examp...

Tonga 1897 1s black and red-brown, block of 4, the upper right stamp showing variety 'No hyphen before TAHA' (R3/5), SG50a. A brilliant quality min...

Tonga 1897 2½d black and blue, watermark sideways, upper right corner block of 4, R2/10 showing variety 'No fraction bar in '½', SG43b/ba. A fine a...

Tonga 1896 (May) 'Half Penny' on 7½d on 2d pale blue, perforations 12x11, typewritten surcharge in violet with black Tongan surcharge reading downw...

Tanzania 1970-73 50c on glazed paper Official, type O4 local overprint, error 'OFFCIAL' (R7/6), cancelled by part 1974 '(NACH)INGWEA' circular date...

Tanzania 1970-73 5c on glazed paper Official, type O4 local overprint, horizontal pair, left stamp (R10/9) showing 'OFFICIA' error and right stamp ...