British Empire and Commonwealth postage stamps

Australia 1948-56 ½d orange, no watermark, vertical coil strip of 7, showing the variety with prominent 'Sky retouch' (right pane, R6/8) on second ...

Australia 1937-49 6d purple-brown 'Kookaburra', perforations 13½ x 14, lower marginal inter pane-block of 8 (4x2) WITHOUT IMPRINT, SG172. A fine mi...

St Lucia 1891-98 10s dull mauve and black, SG52. A fine mint example with original gum. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £95.

Papua 1907 1d black and carmine error, SG39a. Thin paper, watermark vertical, type 4 small 'Papua'. Overprint, ERROR OVERPRINT READING UPWARDS, wel...

China 1913 London Waterlow printing, 1c blue vertical pair with interpane margin at left, error imperforation between, SGD334a. A fresh quality mi...

Papua 1906 (8 Nov) 2s6d black and brown, type 3 large 'Papua' overprint of Port Moresby, thin paper, WATERMARK VERTICAL, SG28. A brilliant unmounte...

Australia 1915-27 £1 chestnut and bright 'Kangaroo', watermark 6, SG44a. An exceptionally fresh and well-centred mint example with original gum. On...

British P.O. in Siam 1882-85 4c rose, watermark CC, type 1 overprint, SG3. A brilliant quality mint example with large part original gum. An except...

Indian Convention States Gwalior 1941 1a on 1a3p mauve Official type O4 surcharge, SGO90. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full or...

Indian Convention States Jind 1885 2a dull blue 'JEEND' Official, SGO9. A fine mint example with large part original gum and with fresh colour. One...

Indian Convention States Patiala 1937-38 2r purple and brown, 'PATIALA STATE', SG93. A quite remarkable unmounted mint example with full original g...

Indian Convention States Patiala 1937-38 10r purple and claret, 'PATIALA STATE', SG95. A quite remarkable unmounted mint example with full original...

Indian Convention States Patiala 1937-38 25r slate-violet and purple, 'PATIALA STATE', SG97. A quite remarkable unmounted mint example with full or...

New Zealand 1902-07 2d purple "Pembroke Peak", watermark 43, perforations 14, vertical pair, ERROR IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY, SG319ac. A very fine m...

New Zealand 1909-26 'Dominion' 1d deep carmine, Cowan paper, showing the prominent 'Globe' flaw (Plate 12, R5/24), SG410d. A fine used example with...

Trinidad & Tobago 1913-23 £1 grey-green and carmine, watermark MCA, SG156. A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. The "Sitting Bri...

South Africa Cape of Good Hope - Mafeking Siege Stamps 1900 3d on 1d lilac Bechuanaland Protectorate, type 2 sans-serif surcharge, block of 4, tied...

Trinidad 1866 (9 Mar) Printed circular (prices current) to U.S.A., franked by 1863-76 (1d) lake (SG69), watermark CC, perforations 12½, tied by typ...

Tonga 1886-88 6d blue, perforations 12½, SG3. A fresh and fine mint example with original gum. A choice quality example for this issue. Tonga becam...

Australia Tasmania 1858 (18 Mar) small envelope from PORT ARTHUR to Hobart, franked at recently increased 6d inland rate (in force 1/3/58-31/12/58 ...

Sudan 1905 1m brown and carmine Army Service, type A2 (small) overprint, with "ARMY" reading downwards, SGA3b. A fine used example for this difficu...

South Africa 1933-48 6d green and vermilion 'Orange Tree' (die I), 'SUID-AFRIKA' hyphenated, lower right corner horizontal strip of 3, middle stamp...

South Africa 1927-30 4d brown "A Native Kraal", recess printing, perforations 14x13½ (up), horizontal pair, VARIETY WATERMARK INVERTED, SG35bw. A f...

South Africa 1913-24 2½d deep blue, variety WATERMARK INVERTED, block of 4, SG7w. A fine unmounted mint block with full original gum. Fractionally ...

South Africa 1899-1900 ½d to £5 Army Telegraphs (Boer War), 12 values (lacking the 8d), SGAT1/13. A fine mint set with large part original gum. Som...

South West Africa 1930 (11 APR) black/blue printed bilingual linen-lined "Returned Postal Packet" registered O.H.M.S. cover from Windhoek to Pretor...

South West Africa 1923 Transvaal 6d black and red-brown Postage Due, setting I overprint (14mm space, with hyphen), horizontal pair, left stamp var...

South West Africa 1961-63 Arms watermark set of 15 to 1r, SG171/85. A very fine quality set, unmounted mint with full original gum. An attractive s...

South West Africa 1949 75th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union 3d bright blue, upper left corner block of 4, upper left stamp (R1/1) showing...

South West Africa 1943-44 War Effort "Tank Corps" 1s brown (reduced size), type 31 overprint, vertical pair, error OVERPRINT INVERTED, SG130c. A fi...

South West Africa 1938 Voortrekker Centenary Memorial set of 4 to 3d + 3d horizontal pairs, tied to individual pieces by matching 'SWAKOPMUND' circ...

South West Africa 1938 Voortrekker Centenary Memorial set of 4 to 3d + 3d, horizontal pairs, SG105/8. Very fine unmounted mint pairs with full orig...

Southern Nigeria 1906 (SP 17) locally addressed cover to "Dr Rendle, DMO [= District Medical Officer], Aboh", franked by 1904-09 £1 green and viole...

Somaliland Protectorate 1903 1a carmine, type 1 overprint, horizontal pair, the left stamp showing variety "SOMAL.LAND", from lower pane R6/7 or R7...

Somaliland Protectorate 1903 1r green and aniline carmine, overprint at top, variety '1' for first 'I' in 'BRITISH' (R6/4, upper pane), SG10a. A fi...

Singapore 1980-84 Ships $1, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, SG373a. A pristine unmounted mint example with full original gum. A very scarce imperforat...

Singapore 1969 150th Anniversary of the Founding of Singapore set of 6 to $10, SG121/6. A pristine unmounted mint set with full original gum. Desig...

Sierra Leone 1963 Independence 11s on £1 black and orange, type 73 surcharge, SG269. A fine unmounted mint example with full original gum. Traces o...

Sierra Leone 1912-20 £1 black and purple/red, SG128. A stunning and brilliant quality mint example with original gum. A stunning stamp with intrica...

Sierra Leone 1903 £1 purple/red, watermark CA, SG85. A very fine and fresh unmounted mint example with full original gum. A scarce King Edward VII ...

Seychelles 1938-49 12c reddish violet, lower marginal block of 4 with full 'Harrison' imprint, SG139. A fine and fresh positional block with origin...

Seychelles 1917-22 2r25 yellow-green and violet, watermark MCA, tied to piece by nearly complete "VICTORIA" circular date stamp, dated "JA 23 19". ...

Samoa 1940 1½d brown "Samoan Chief", WITHOUT SURCHARGE, block of 4, SG199var. A fine and fresh mint block without gum. Fractionally trimmed perfora...

Samoa 1921 "Native Hut" perforations 14 x 13½ set of 12 to 1s, SG153/64. A fine used set, each with clear part circular date stamps. The Native Hut...

Samoa 1921 "Native Hut" Perforations 14x14½ 1½d chestnut and perforations 14x13½ 1d lake, 4d violet, 5d light blue, in matching lower marginal bloc...

Samoa 1914 (3 Sep) 2½d on 20pf ultramarine, variety 'Comma after I', lower marginal with 'Samoa' imprint, SG104d. A very fine mint example with lar...

Samoa 1914 (3 Sep) ½d on 3pf brown, variety 'Comma after I', SG101c. A fine and fresh mint example with part original gum. Tiny surface blemish, ba...

Samoa 1895-1900 3d on 2d orange-yellow, type 10 handstamped surcharge in black, perforations 11, vertical pair, ERROR IMPERFORATE BETWEEN, SG79a. A...