Postage Stamps

Zanzibar 1934 (18 JAN) incoming airmail cover from Durban, South Africa with black/blue trilingual airmail label, underfranked by 1930-45 3d black ...

Ascension 1924-33 Badge 1d grey-black and bright blue-green, the scarce later printing (1933), lower right corner block of 4 with plate '1', SG11d....

Australia 1934-48 "Hermes" Airmail 1s6d dull purple, no watermark, perforations 11, interpane block of 4 with 'JOHN ASH' imprint, upper left stamp ...

Australia 1934-48 "Hermes" Air 1s6d dull purple, watermark 15, thick chalk-surfaced paper, perforations 131/2x14, lower right corner block of 4 wit...

Bahamas 1912-19 5s pale dull purple and deep blue, watermark MCA, upper marginal horizontal strip of 4 from the junction of the panes in the later ...

Bahrain 1950-55 2r on 2s6d yellow-green, type III surcharge, SG77b. A fine used block of 4 (lightly folded), cancelled by fine multiple registered ...

£1100.00 Barbados 1938-47 1½d orange, perforations 13½x13, right marginal block of 15 (5x3) from R7-9/6-10 showing guide-mark at upper right, R7/...

Barbados 1946 Victory 1½d red-orange and 3d brown, perforated 'SPECIMEN' (type D21), SG262s/3s. Brilliant quality unmounted mint examples with full...

£950.00 Basutoland 1961-63 ½c grey-black and sepia, lower marginal IMPERFORATE vertical pair WITH FRAME INVERTED AND VIGNETTE MISPLACED UPWARDS R...

Bechuanaland 1913-24 2s6d deep sepia-brown, "Seahorses", Waterlow printing, showing the prominent re-entry (R2/1), SG83a. A fine mint example with ...

Bermuda 1918-22 5s green and carmine-red/pale yellow, variety 'Broken crown and scroll' (R2/12), SG53db. A fine and fresh mint example with large p...

British Occupation of Italian Colonies (Eritrea) 1948-49 10c on 1d pale scarlet, type E1 surcharge, upper right corner horizontal pair showing dram...

£400.00 Virgin Islands 1867-70 4d engraved die proof in green, on card (44x47mm), SG15. A fine and very scarce die proof printed from the master ...

British Levant 1887-96 80pa on 5d purple and blue, variety 'Small 0 in 80', SG5a. A fine and fresh mint example with large part original gum. A rar...

Cameroon 1915 1d on 10pf carmine, "Kaiser's Yacht", blue surcharge, error surcharge double (with one 'C.E.F.' divided between the top and bottom ma...

£950.00 Canada 1942-48 War effort 7c blue 'Air Mail', right marginal IMPERFORATE HORIZONTAL PAIR, SG400. A fine and fresh unmounted mint imperfor...

Ceylon 1862 1s slate-purple, no watermark, perforations 13, SG43. A fine mint example with large part original gum. Typical centring normally seen ...

Ceylon 1885 10c on 64c red-brown, type 22 local surcharge, position 4 of the setting, SG164. A brilliant quality mint example with original gum. Tr...

Ceylon 1912-25 15c ultramarine Watermark MCA, variety watermark inverted, lower right corner block of 4 with plate number '4', SG311aw. A very fine...

Ceylon 1970 Wildlife 5c 'Water Buffalo', error magenta omitted (leaving the animals green instead of brown), SG561a. A fine left marginal, unmounte...

Cyprus 1880 1d red, plate 220, lettered 'JG', SG2. A well-centred and lightly used example with fine part '982' of Famagusta. Small imperfections (...

Cyprus 1880 1d red, plate 208, lettered 'NJ', lightly used with very fine virtually complete '981' of Papho, SG2. A desirable example of the first ...

£950.00 Cyprus 1880 (1 Apr) 1s green, plate 13, vertical strip of 3 (PK/RK), SG6. A fine used strip with part '942' numerals of Larnaca which lea...

Cyprus 1881 (Feb) 'HALF-PENNY' on 1d red, plate 201, type 3 (18mm) surcharge, lettered 'GL', SG7. A fine mint example with large part original gum....

Cyprus 1881 6pi olive-grey, Watermark CC, attractively cancelled by very fine virtually complete '974' numeral of Kyrenia, SG15. A fine quality use...

Cyprus 1894 6pi olive-grey, watermark CA, die II, SG36. A fine and fresh mint example with original gum. There were only 2,400 issued in total and ...

Cyprus 1882 (22 May) '30 PARAS' on 1pi rose, type 9 surcharge, horizontal pair from positions 1-2 of the setting (confirmed by watermark line at le...

Dominica 1916 (Sept) 'War Tax' ½d on ½d deep green, type 12 surcharge in red, variety 'Watermark sideways reversed', SG55x. A fine and fresh unmoun...

Dominica 1951 12c black and bright green, block of four, lower left stamp showing watermark error 'C' of 'CA' missing, SG128a. A very fine unmounte...

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. ...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 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 1921-37 25c purple and magenta, Script watermark, upper right corner block of 4 showing plate number '2' and 'R4635' requisition number, ...

Ireland 1922 1d Essay typographed by Pictorial Printing Machine Co., in pale turquoise on thin card, imperforate horizontal strip of 5 from top of ...

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...

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

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

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

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

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