British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

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

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

£550.00 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...

£750.00 Ceylon 1857-59 9d purple-brown, imperforate with clear to large margins and lovely colour, tied to folded piece by crisp oval of bars wit...

Cayman Islands 1917 'WAR STAMP' 1½d on 2½d deep blue, type 16 surcharge, SG55. Fine fresh appearance mint example with original gum. Faintly yellow...

£5500.00 South Africa Cape of Good Hope, Vryburg 1900 (16 May) British Reoccupation 1d rose-red and green Transvaal with type 2 'V.R./SPECIAL/POS...

North Borneo Labuan 1894-96 2c blue 'Sambar stag', IMPERFORATE block of 4 from foot of sheet, SG63a. A fine quality mint block of four with origina...

Canada Official Stamps 1949 $1 purple, type O5 'G' overprint, upper left corner plate - imprint block of 4, SGO189. Lovely quality, unmounted mint ...

Canada Official Stamps 1950-52 20c slate, type O5 'G' overprint, upper right corner plate 'No. 2' block of 4, SGO187. A fine quality block of four,...

Canada Official Stamps 1949 2c brown, left marginal block of 9, type O3 'O.H.M.S.' overprint. The centre stamp includes the variety with the "Missi...

Canada Official Stamps 1949 short set of 6 to 14c, type O3 'O.H.M.S.' overprint, in corner plate blocks of 4, matching from upper right except 2c (...

Canada 2009 Winter Olympics 98c, $1.18, $1.65, set of three self-adhesive panes of 6 (2x3), SG2595a/7a. Pristine unmounted mint with full original ...

Canada 1982-87 Heritage Artifacts 2c 'Fishing Spear', block of eight (2x4) from the lower right corner of the sheet. Error with the lower pair impe...

Canada 1977-86 4c 'Canada lily' error PRINTED ON THE GUMMED SIDE, SG859a. Pristine quality unmounted mint with full original gum, offered with the ...

Canada 1969 Christmas 6c, 'Children of the World in Prayer', error Black (inscription, value and frame) omitted, SG645a. Very fine unmounted mint w...

Canada 1971 6c 'Spring', IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, SG677a. Fine quality, unmounted mint with full original gum. The right stamp has a tiny wrink...

Canada 1950 $1 ultramarine 'Fisherman', upper left corner plate and imprint block of 4, SG433. Wonderfully fresh and well-centred, unmounted mint w...

Canada 1942-48 'War Effort' 6c blue 'Air', imperforate horizontal pair from right of sheet, SG399. Brilliant quality example, exceptionally fresh, ...

Canada 1937-38 50c green 'Vancouver Harbour', upper right corner plate and imprint block of 4, SG366. An attractive high quality mint block, unmoun...

Canada 1937-38 10c red, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, SG363a. Very fine example with large part original gum. Exceedingly rare as only 75 pairs orig...

Canada 1935 Airmail 6c red-brown "Daedalus", imperforate vertical pair, SG355. Very fine quality unmounted mint with full original gum. Only 150 pa...

Canada 1935 Silver Jubilee 10c and 13c Proof, SG339/40. Stamp-size trial colour die proofs on card, respectively in olive and violet, the 10c being...

Canada 1933 20c red, "World's Grain Exhibition & Conference", block of 6 showing variety Broken 'X' in 'EXHIBITION' on centre stamp of lower ro...

Canada 1930-31 $1 olive-green 'Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies', block of 4, SG303. Fine used block of four neatly cancelled by individual fin...

Aden 1949 Royal Silver Wedding 1½a and 10r, marginal blocks of 4, SG30/1. Pristine condition, unmounted mint with full original gum. The Stanley Gi...

Australia Official 1915-28, "The Kangaroo and Map" 5s grey and yellow, 10s grey and pink, watermark 6, type O2 "OS" perfin, cancelled-to-order, SGO...

Australia Postage Due 1922-30 2d carmine and yellow-green, watermark w6, Ash printing, error imperforate between stamp and gutter margin at left, S...

Australia Postage Due 1902-04 10s dull green, type D3, perforations 11, SGD43. A brilliant quality example with large part original gum. Despite a ...

Australia Postage Due 1902-04 5s emerald-green, watermark D2 (inverted), compound perforations 11½, 12x11, SGD33. A lovely fresh example with large...

Australia 1984 (18 Jun) 'Maximum card' franked with 55c Nudibranch showing ERROR NEW BLUE 'BENNETS NUDIBRANCH' OMITTED, tied by commemorative Glads...

Australia 1979 National Parks 20c 'Girraween' and 'Mount Field', SG713a/ab, lower right corner block of 8 comprising four se-tenant horizontal pair...

Australia 1934 Centenary of Victoria set of 3 to 1s, SG147/9, perforations 10½, in imprint, "JOHN ASH. AUSTRALIAN NOTE AND STAMP PRINTER", in block...

Australia 1931-36 £1 grey, SG137, "The Kangaroo and Map" watermark 15, neatly cancelled by large part G.P.O. SYDNEY circular date stamp. Scarce in ...

Australia New South Wales 1897-99 1d rose-carmine (die II), SG290c, watermark 40, IMPERFORATE vertical pair from lower right corner of a pane. Fres...

Australia New South Wales 1886-87 1d scarlet Official, SGO34, watermark 41 (inverted as usual), upper right corner block of 10 (5x2) with wide 'wi...

Australia New South Wales 1882-85 1d orange to scarlet Official, SGO20a, watermark 40, perforations 10x13, BLOCK OF 15 (3x5), used with mostly ligh...

Canada 1868-71 3c brown-red, SG58a, laid paper, tied to small (yellow) piece by light Harrisburg circular date stamp of 'JY 13 1868' leaving clear ...

Canada Official 1949 $1 purple, type O3, SGO170a, "O.H.M.S." overprint, variety Missing stop after "S" (R10/2, lower left pane), neatly cancelled b...

Cyprus 1924-28 £5 black/yellow, SG117a. A fine quality mint example with original gum. Trace of gum toning as often seen for this issue. Particular...

South Africa 1944-50 Official 'Set 23' (= 1949-50 issue) small format 2d blue and violet, SG type O6 overprint (reading upwards with 'OFFICIAL' at ...

Iraq British Occupation 1932 New Currency 25f on 4a violet, SG114c. Horizontal pair from foot of sheet with large part Bradbury Wilkinson imprint, ...

Madagascar (British) 1886 4d rose, "POSTAGE" 24½mm long, with stop after value, variety WITHOUT HANDSTAMP, SG43a. A very fine unused example with f...

British Virgin Islands 1949 Royal Silver Wedding 2½d ultramarine and £1 black in blocks of 4, SG124/5. Fantastic quality blocks of four unmounted m...

Dutch Auction Starting Price: £ British Occupation of Italian Colonies Tripolitania 1950 'B.A.TRIPOLITANIA' set of 5 to 24l on 1s POSTAGE DUES, wa...

British Occupation of Italian Colonies Eritrea 1950 'B. A. ERITREA' 1s on 1s deep blue POSTAGE DUE, SGED10a. A stunning quality block of 4 showing ...