British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

Sierra Leone 1897 2½d on 1s dull lilac, type 9 surcharge from R2/9 of the setting, used with two part strikes of 'PAQUEBOT/L(IVERPO)OL' circular da...

Seychelles 1952 3c orange, "Giant Tortoise", upper marginal block of 9, the centre stamp showing watermark error 'Crown missing' (W9a), SG159a. A s...

Seychelles 1946 Victory 9c light blue and 30c deep blue perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type D21), SG150s/1s. Fine and fresh mint examples with original gum...

Seychelles 1938-49 75c slate-blue, "Giant Tortoise", SG145. A fresh and very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. A scarce stamp in ...

Seychelles 1938-49 30c carmine, "Giant Tortoise", right marginal block of 4, SG142. A fresh and fine unmounted mint positional block with full orig...

Seychelles 1938-49 20c blue, "Fishing Pirogue", lower right corner block of 4, SG140. A lovely fresh positional block, unmounted mint with full ori...

Seychelles 1938-49 20c blue, "Fishing Pirogue", SG140. A fresh and fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. This was the first King Geor...

Seychelles 1935 Silver Jubilee 12c green and indigo, variety 'Short extra flagstaff' from vignette plate '2', R2/1, SG129b. A lovely fresh mint exa...

Seychelles 1935 Silver Jubilee 6c ultramarine and grey-black, showing variety 'Double flagstaff' from vignette plate '6', R5/2, SG128e. A fine and ...

Seychelles 1906 2c chestnut and green, watermark MCA, variety 'Dented frame' from left pane, R1/6, SG60a. A very fine mint example of stunning app...

Seychelles 1896 (1 Aug) 36c on 45c brown and carmine, type 3 surcharge, ERROR SURCHARGE DOUBLE, SG27a. A fine and fresh mint example with original ...

Seychelles 1890-92 10c ultramarine and chestnut, DIE I, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (type D12), SG4var. A fine mint example with original gum. There are...

Sarawak 1918 1c slate-blue and slate, "Sir Charles Vyner Brooke", lower right corner block of 4 with plate number '1', SG62. This stamp issue was p...

Samoa 1847 (31 Dec) entire letter from Rev. George Turner at Malua to 'Revd Henry Nisbet of Samoa, care of the Revd J. P. Sunderland, Agent of the ...

Samoa 1886-1900 2d6d deep purple/toned, "Palms", perforations 11, watermark 4b (reversed), vertical pair, error imperforate between, SG64ba. Very f...

St Vincent 1907-08 set of 5 to 3d, type 17, overprinted 'SPECIMEN', SG94s/8s. An attractive mint set with large part original gum, (the ½d to 2d st...

St Vincent 1899 5s green and blue forgery, SG75. A clever typographed forgery from the 'Ceylon' school (which anticipated the method of Sperati), o...

St Vincent 1881 (28 Nov) 4d on 1s bright vermilion, type 6 surcharge, attractively cancelled by large part 'K' (= Kingstown) circular date stamp, d...

St Vincent 1863-68 1s slate-grey, no watermark, perforations 14 to 16, SG9. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. Nicely centred a...

St Lucia 1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 to 1s, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type D19), SG109s/12s. A brilliant quality mint set with original gum, very fin...

St Lucia 1921-30 set of 15 to 5s, overprinted 'SPECIMEN', script watermark, SG91s/105s. A fine quality King George V mint set with original gum. A ...

St Lucia 1904-10 2½d dull purple and ultramarine, ordinary paper, watermark MCA upper left corner block of 4 with plate number '1', SG68. A brillia...

St Lucia 1891-92 ½d on half 6d dull mauve and blue, bisect provisional, vertical pair, the lower stamp variety 'No fraction bar', SG54a. A fine qua...

St Lucia 1883-86 6d lilac, die I, watermark CA, neatly cancelled by part 1890 circular date stamp, SG35. An attractive used example of this very sc...

St Helena 1935 Silver Jubilee 1½d deep blue and carmine, variety 'Diagonal line by turret' from vignette plate '2A', R10/1-2, SG124f. A fine qualit...

St Helena 1934 Centenary 5s black and chocolate, SG122. A fresh mint example with large part original gum (typical minor gum wrinkling not detracti...

£275.00 St Helena 1922-37 4d grey and black/yellow, watermark MCA, horizontal pair showing variety 'Torn flag' on right stamp (R4/6), SG92b. Ver...

Australia Queensland 1911 (May) 4d grey-black (die I) comb perforations 13 x 11 to 12½ with irregular vertical gauge, left marginal block of 9 from...

Palestine 1920-21 5p purple, type 5 overprint, perforations 14, SG43. A stunning unmounted mint example with full original gum. Despite a very smal...

£450.00 Palestine 1920 (Dec 6) 5m orange, type 6 overprint (Arabic 10mm, narrow setting), perforations 14, SG46. A fine quality mint example with ...

Pakistan Bahawalpur 1949 Silver Jubilee 3p black and ultramarine, 'Irrigation', upper left corner block of 9, showing variety complete offset of bo...

Nyasaland 1938-44 £1 purple and black on red, showing variety 'Serif on G' (R4/5), SG143c. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original g...

Nyasaland 1938-44 10s bluish green and brown-red/pale green, the distinctive shade from the second printing on 'ordinary' paper, SG142a. An unmount...

Nyasaland 1913-19 £1 purple and black/red, variety 'Nick in top right scroll' (R3/12), SG98c. A very fine mint example of this handsome King George...

Nyasaland 1908-11 4d black and red/yellow, variety watermark inverted, SG76w. A fine mint example of this King Edward VII variety, with large part ...

Northern Rhodesia 1963 3d yellow, 'Coat of Arms', error ORANGE EAGLE OMITTED, SG78d. A right marginal, unmounted mint example with full original gu...

Northern Nigeria 1910-11 set of 11 to 10s, overprinted 'SPECIMEN', watermark MCA, SG28s/39s. A very fine set with some of the values unmounted min...

Northern Nigeria 1900 2s6d green and ultramarine, SG8. A fine and fresh mint example with original gum and rarely seen so fine. The protectorate of...

North Borneo 1902-12 'BRITISH PROTECTORATE' 10c brown and slate-blue Postage Dues 'Sun Bear', SGD45. A brilliant quality mint example with large pa...

North Borneo 1897-1902 16c green and chestnut 'Train', perforations 13½-14, SG107. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. From 1894...

North Borneo 1897-1902 10c brown and slate-lilac 'Sun Bear', perforations 14½-15, SG104. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum...

Nigeria 1914-29 10s green and red/blue-green (blue-green back), watermark MCA, SG11a. A lovely fresh mint example with large part original gum. The...

Niger Coast 1894 (10 Aug) ½1/2d on 2½1/2d blue, type 17 surcharge, Old Calabar provisional, showing variety 'OIE' for 'ONE', from position 8 of the...

Niger Coast 1894 (10 Aug) ½d on 2½d blue, type 17 surcharge, Old Calabar provisional, tied to small piece by 'OLD CALABAR' squared circle with 'F' ...

Niger Coast 1894 (June) '½' on left half of 1d pale blue, type 15 surcharge in red, Opobo bisect provisional, lower marginal, perforations compound...

Niger Coast 1893 (Dec) 'HALF PENNY.' on 2½d purple/blue, type 4 surcharge in carmine, Old Calabar provisional, SG13. A fine mint example with large...

Niger Coast 1893 (Dec) ½d on 2½d purple/blue, type 4 surcharge in green, Old Calabar provisional, SG11. A fresh and fine mint example with original...

New Zealand 1927-33 2s light blue 'King George V Admiral' Official, SGO112. A fine mint fresh example with large part original gum. H L Richardson ...