British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

£750.00 Niger Coast 1894 (Aug-Sept) '½' on left half of 1d vermilion, type 15 surcharge (partially doubled) in VIOLET, Opobo bisect provisional, ...

£700.00 Niger Coast 1894 (Aug-Sept) '½' on left half of 1d vermilion, type 15 surcharge in VIOLET, Opobo bisect provisional, tied to piece by cri...

£1200.00 Niger Coast 1893 (Dec) 'HALF-PENNY' on 2½d purple/blue, type 4 surcharge in vermilion, Old Calabar provisional, SG12. A fresh and fine m...

New Zealand 1913-25 5s yellow-green Official, perforations 14½x14 (comb), SGO86. A well-centred horizontal strip of 5, neatly cancelled by five str...

New Zealand 1864 2d pale blue (Plate 1 worn), watermark 'NZ', imperforate, SG98. A fine used example with close to mostly very large margins showin...

New Zealand 1862 6d red-brown, watermark large star, rouletted 7 at Auckland, SG55. An exceptionally large used example with complete separations s...

Australia New South Wales 1882-97 9d on 10d red-brown, watermark 40, perforations 11, error surcharge double, SG236dca. A brilliant quality mint ex...

Nevis 1882 1d rose Postal Fiscal, type F1 'Revenue' overprint by Nissen and Parker (originally supplied in March 1879), complete sheet of 12 (3x4) ...

Nevis 1879-80 2½d red-brown, watermark CC, two examples, respectively hand stamped 'SPECIMEN' (type D11) and 'CANCELLED' (type D7), SG24. The 'SPEC...

Mauritius 1935 Silver Jubilee 20c brown and deep blue, variety 'Dot to left of chapel' from vignette plate '2B', R8/3, SG247g. A fine mint example ...

Lesotho 1986-88 Provisional 35s on 25s 'Malachite kingfisher', '1981' imprint date, type 167 surcharge, horizontal pair, both stamps variety 'small...

1948 Royal Silver Wedding 15r on £1 blue, lower right corner block of 4, the upper left stamp (R3/4) showing normal (3.75mm) bars, SG75. A pristine...

Hong Kong 1921-37 2c grey, Script watermark, upper right corner block of 4 showing plate number '2' and 'U2423' requisition number, 1937 printing, ...

Hong Kong 1921-37 1c brown, Script watermark, upper right corner block of 4 from a lower right pane (without plate number) showing 'P1053' requisit...

Hong Kong 1907-11 New colours $2 carmine-red and black, SG99. A most attractive fresh and fine mint example with large part original gum. These def...

Hong Kong 1903 $5 purple and blue-green, watermark CA, SG75. A fresh and fine mint example with original gum. These definitive stamps issued during...

Hong Kong 1882-96 10c purple/red, watermark CA, variety watermark REVERSED, SG38x. A fine used example with part Hong Kong circular date stamp, whi...

Grenada 1888-91 ½d on 2s orange, type 17 surcharge, showing variety inverted 'S' in 'SHILLINGS' of original surcharge, SG43c. A fine mint example w...

Gibraltar 1890 (MY 29) 20c red registered Postal Stationery envelope (size G), used to England, uprated with 1889-96 25c ultramarine, SG26 (x3, inc...

Gibraltar 1938-51 1s black and green, perforations 13½, upper right corner block of 4 with sheet number '48', SG127a. A fine and fresh unmounted mi...

Gibraltar 1906-12 6d dull and bright purple, new colours on chalk-surfaced paper, with complete 'ULTRAMAR' handstamp, applied in Gibraltar by postm...

Gibraltar 1889 75c on 1s bistre, upper left corner block of 8 (4x2) from right pane, R1/2 and R2/2 (second column of the setting) showing the varie...

Gambia 1912-22 ½d green, watermark MCA, variety 'Split A' from left pane, R8/3, SG86c. A fresh and fine mint example with large part original gum. ...

Gambia 1869-72 4d brown (deep shade), no watermark, imperforate, SG1. A very fine mint example with large margins and original gum. Some trivial gu...