British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

Malta 1965-70 8d 'British rule', error GOLD (FRAME) OMITTED, SG339b. A pristine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Stanley Gibbons cata...

Malta 1965-70 4d 'Knights of Malta', upper right corner block of 9, showing DRAMATIC 14MM DOWNWARD SHIFT OF SILVER causing 'KNIGHTS OF MALTA' to be...

Malta 1965-70 4d, error 'KNIGHTS OF MALTA' (silver) omitted, lower right corner block of 6 (3x2) with plate numbers '1A' x 5 (should be 6!), SG336a...

Grenada 1888-91 ½d on 2s orange, type 17 surcharge, horizontal strip of 3, the centre stamp showing variety 'first S in SHILLINGS inverted', SG43/c...

Gambia 1886-93 4d deep brown, Watermark CA, variety 'Watermark Crown to RIGHT of CA' (from back), used with neat 'circle of bars' cancel, SG31w. A ...

Fiji 1912 King Edward VII £3 on £1 purple and black/red, 'R and vertical bar' overprint with additional surcharge in words. Two fine examples used ...

Falkland Islands Dependencies 1954-62 'Ships' set of 15 to £1, SGG26/40. A fine unmounted mint set with full original gum. Couple of trivial blemis...

Falkland Islands 1979 Airport 11p, lower left traffic light and plate number block of 4, variety watermark Crown to right of CA (as seen from the b...

Falkland Islands 1980 11p Birds of Prey 'Red Backed Buzzard' (Variable Hawk), variety watermark Crown to left of CA (from back), SG385w. A Post Off...

Cyprus 1882 ½ on ½pi emerald-green, watermark CC, type 8 surcharge, position 4 of the setting of 6, SG23. A fine mint example with part original gu...

Cyprus 1881 6pi olive-grey, Watermark CC, neatly cancelled by bold large part '969.' of Nicosia, SG15. A fine used example and much above average f...

Cyprus 1880 1d red, plate 181, lettered 'IA', SG2. A fine unused example with traces of original gum. Light gum crease but of overall fine appearan...

Ceylon 1921-32 15c green/pale yellow, Script watermark, vertical interpane block of 4 from right of sheet, showing die I (upper pair, from plate '7...

Ceylon 1921-32 Script watermark 12c rose-scarlet, vertical interpane block of 4 from November 1924 printing using combined plates '7' (upper) and '...

Ceylon 1886 25c yellow-brown, value in YELLOW, SG198a. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. One shortish perforation and fai...

Ceylon 1885 10c on 64c red-brown, type 22 local surcharge, perforations 14, SG164. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. One short...

Ceylon 1885 10c on 64c red-brown, type 22 local surcharge, perforations 14, SG164. A brilliant mint example with large part original gum. Small dea...

South Africa Orange Free State 1881 (19 May) 1d on 5s green, intact right pane of 60 (6x10) with margin at left, showing the right half of the seco...

Saint Lucia 1949-50 12c claret, perforations 14½x14, SG153a. A fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. A very scarce and handsome King ...

Jamaica 1921 6d red and blue-green 'Abolition of slavery' (the famous stamp prepared for use but not issued for political reasons) IMPERFORATE PLAT...

Grenada 1938-50 10s slate-blue and bright carmine (narrow frame) "Seal of the Colony", line perforations 14, top marginal positional block of four ...

Barbados 1907 Nelson Centenary set of 4, watermark MCA, including scarce 2½d in black and indigo (SG162a), SG158/162a. A fine mint set with large p...

Canada King George V 1930-31 1c green, die II, upper marginal horizontal pair, ERROR IMPERFORATE, SG289da. A fine and fresh mint positional pair w...

Canada 1916 (1 Jan) 2c + 1c scarlet, type 47, die I, perforations 12, SG233. A fine mint example with large part original gum. Minor wrinkles do no...

Canada 1898-1902 'Numerals' 3c rose-carmine upper marginal horizontal strip of four with complete 'OTTAWA-No-4' imprint and plate number, SG156. A...

Canada 1898-1902 'Numerals' 3c rose-carmine block of four, SG156. A fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Typical centring for this ...

Canada 1898-1902 'Numerals' 3c rose-carmine, SG156. A very fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Choice quality. A very scarce stamp...

British Levant 1916 'Salonica' 4d grey-green, type S1 overprint, vertical strip of three, all with inverted albino overprints on the gummed side, S...

British Levant 1916 'Salonica' 4d grey-green, type S1 overprint, block of 4, upper pair with inverted albino overprints on the gummed side, SG5var....

British Levant 1916 ½d green, type S1 'Salonica' overprint, block of 4, the upper pair with additional inverted albino overprint on the gummed side...

British Indian Ocean Territory 1968 5r multicoloured "Regina Mundi Convent", type 1 overprint, upper left corner block of 4, upper right stamp vari...

British Guiana 1940-55 2c black Postage Dues, chalk-surfaced paper, right marginal block of 9 (3x3) showing watermark error W9a 'Missing crown' on ...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 25k orange-yellow, type 7 surcharge in black, block of four on piece, centrally cancelled by '5 3.20' ...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 25k orange-yellow, type 7 surcharge in black, left marginal block of four (transfer types AB/DE), SG4...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 25k orange-yellow, type 7 surcharge in black, horizontal strip of three, SG43. A fine unmounted mint ...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 25k orange-yellow, type 7 surcharge in black, horizontal pair (transfer types DE), SG43. A fine mint ...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (1 Apr) 25r on 5k yellow-green, type 7 surcharge in blue, SG42a. A fine mint example with original gum and most attr...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG32a. A fine and fresh mint example w...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG32a. A fine and fresh mint example w...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 25k deep violet and light green, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG32a. A fine and fresh mint example w...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 20 on 14k deep carmine and blue, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG31a. A fine and fresh mint example w...

Batum British Occupation 1920 (21 Feb) 25r on 20 on 14k deep carmine and blue, surcharge as type 6 in blue, SG31a. A fine mint example with large ...

Batum British Occupation 1919 (4 Apr) 5r brown, block of 10 (5x2) showing transfers ABABA/CDCDC, SG6. A fine mint block with original gum (three s...

Falkland Islands 1878 (FE 15) cover (blue envelope) to Wallingford, Berkshire, SGFR2. Waldron correspondence, with very fine strike of 'FALKLAND/PA...

North Borneo Labuan 1902-03 8c black and vermilion 'Crown', perforations 13½-14, right marginal, showing variety 'line through B' (R5/10), SG121b. ...

Australia New South Wales 1850 (Aug) 'Sydney View' 1d crimson-lake, 'Plate II' on hard greyish paper, position 8 on sheet, variety 'Hill unshaded',...

South Africa 1930-47 2s 6d blue brown 'Ox-wagon Inspanned' Official, rotogravure 'SUIDAFRIKA' one word, overprint type O2 horizontal pair, right (A...

Ascension 1912-22 Great Britain 3d violet, tied to piece by complete strike of code 'B' 23mm 'ASCENSION' circular date stamp, dated 'OC 27 22'. A v...