British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

Swaziland 1962-66 12½c carmine and grey-olive "The Pink Arum", variety WATERMARK INVERTED, lower marginal block of 4 from a left pane with sheet ma...

Swaziland 1948 Royal Silver Wedding 1½d ultramarine and 10s purple-brown, SG46/7. Pristine marginal blocks of 4 of this fine stamp issue, unmounted...

Swaziland 1948 Royal Silver Wedding 1½d ultramarine and 10s purple-brown, SG46/7. Pristine unmounted mint examples of this fine stamp issue with fu...

New Zealand 1915-30 1½d grey-slate, watermark 43, provisional issue on 'pictorial' paper, complete sheet of 120 (12x10) with partial plate number '...

Kuwait 1955-57 5r on 5s rose-carmine, type II (plate-printed) overprint, complete sheet of 40 (4x10) with full margins, SG108a. A stunning quality ...

Bahrain 1955-60 2r on 2s6d black-brown, De La Rue printing, type III surcharge, complete folded sheet of 40 (4x10), left pane with guide mark in le...

Barbados 1950-53 6c carmine Postage Dues, chalk-surfaced paper, complete sheet of 60 (6x10), showing watermark error 'St Edward's crown' between R1...

Batum British Occupation 1919 (4 Apr) 50k yellow "Aloe Tree", block of 10 (5x2) from R10-11/3-7 on the sheet of 198 (11x18), with transfer types CD...

Batum British Occupation 1919 (4 Apr) 10k ultramarine "Aloe Tree", block of 49 (10x5, with bottom right stamp cut away, right column folded back fo...

Virgin Islands 1887-89 1s brown, watermark CA, complete sheet of 24 (8x3), SG41. A fine mint complete sheet with original gum. The sheet was severe...

Virgin Islands 1887-89 4d chestnut, watermark CA, complete sheet of 24 (8x3), SG35. A brilliant quality mint complete sheet with original gum and w...

Brunei 1895 $1 yellow-olive, complete sheet of 50 (10x5), SG10. A remarkable unmounted mint complete sheet with full original gum. A few trivial ma...

Canada 1950 1c to 4c (both colours) Officials, range of 78 different (!) corner plate blocks of 4, comprising 1c x 14 (sets of 4 from plates 1, 2 a...

Falkland Islands 1974 Tourism 2p, 4p, 15p, 'set' of three (5p not issued in this form), each in a GUTTER BLOCK OF TEN showing plate numbers '1A', i...

Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 (20 SEP) locally addressed cover, bearing 1946 "Thick Map" set of 8 and Falkland Islands 1938-50 2s6d to £1 (193...

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1936 (11 JY) long airmail cover to South Africa, attractively franked at 2s rate (50c per ½oz airmail postage x4) by 1...

Canada 1938-39 Special Delivery 20c scarlet "Coat of Arms", block of 10(5x2) being the lower two rows of the sheet, showing marginal inscription 'N...

Newfoundland 1862-64 4d rose-lake, complete sheet of 20 (5x4), with "(ST)ACEY WISE/1858" large part papermaker's watermark covering six stamps in t...

Newfoundland 1897 (19 Oct) "ONE CENT" on 3c grey-purple, block of 40 (10x4, with sheet margins at left and right) from positions 11-50 of the setti...

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...

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...