Postage Stamps

Tonga 1942-49 set of 9 to 5s, script watermark, perforated "SPECIMEN" (type D21), exceptionally in horizontal (½d, 6d, 2s6d) or vertical pairs, SG7...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" 1s blue and black, type 59 overprint, ERROR OVERPRINT INVERTED, SG125a. A very fine unmounted mint example of thi...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" 1s blue and black, type 59 overprint, ERROR OVERPRINT INVERTED, SG125a. A fine used example of this great rarity ...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac, type 59 overprint, ERROR OVERPRINT INVERTED, SG127a. A very fine unmounted mint...

Tonga 1987 57s canoe race, horizontal strip of 4 with gutter and side margins, the second stamp showing error with value omitted, SG969/a. A superb...

Tonga 1893 (13 Feb) set of 5 to 1s Officials, uniformly in ultramarine with type O1 overprint in carmine, IMPERFORATE VERTICAL PAIRS on unwatermark...

Tonga 1893 (13 Feb) set of 5 to 1s ultramarine Officials, SGO1/5. A fine mint set with part original gum. Typical perforations and centring for thi...

Tonga 1893 (Dec) surcharges set of 5 to 10d on 1s surcharges Officials, uniformly in ultramarine, SGO6/10. A fine unused set with large part origin...

Tonga 1893 (Dec) ½d on 1d ultramarine Official, block of 8 (4x2) from upper right corner of left pane showing four applications of the vertical two...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" Air Officials, 2d ultramarine, 5d violet, 1s red-brown, type O3 overprint, in right marginal blocks of 4, the 2d ...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" Air 5s orange-yellow and slate-lilac Official, type O3 overprint, upper left corner block of 4, SGO14. A fine unm...

Tonga 1962 (7 Feb) "Emancipation" Air 10s yellow and black Official, type O3 overprint, left marginal block of 8 (4x2) from R3-4/1-4 of the 6x5 set...

Tonga 1966 (18 June) Tupou College 10s on 4d blue-green Official, ERROR SURCHARGE INVERTED, SGO19a. A very fine used example neatly cancelled by la...

Tonga Niuafo'ou 1983 Birds set of 15 to 2p, matching lower marginal interpane pairs with inscription in gutter, SG27/41. A fine quality mint self-a...

Trinidad & Tobago 1913-23 5s dull and purple and mauve, watermark MCA, upper marginal example, SG155. A fine and fresh mint positional example...

Trinidad & Tobago 1913-23 5s brown-purple and violet, watermark MCA, SG155d. A fine mint example with original gum. A scarce colour variety of ...

Turks and Caicos Islands 1927 (c.) Photogravure essay for the 1d value, inscribed 'POSTAGE & REVENUE', by printers Harrison & Sons, in deep...

Western Australia 1860-64 6d sage-green, ROULETTED about 14, SG32. An enormous example with large to very large margins all round (showing portions...

Western Australia 1902-11 1d carmine-rose, watermark V over crown sideways (type 33), horizontal pair, perforations compound of 12½x12 (comb) and 1...

Western Australia 1902-11 1d carmine-rose, watermark V over crown upright (inverted), type 33, perforations compound of 12½ line and 11 line (at ri...

Western Australia 1905-12 9d orange, watermark crown over A upright (inverted), perforations 11, SG157b. A well-centred used example, lightly cance...

Western Australia 1905-12 2d yellow, watermark crown over A sideways (type 34), perforations compound of 12½x12 (comb) and 11 line (at foot), SG162...

Zanzibar 1926-30 12c black/green Postage Due, VERTICAL PAIR from R4-5/1 on the sheet (lower left corner), the upper stamp exceptionally showing the...

Zanzibar 1930 (Oct) group of four stamp-size "bromides" of different hand-painted Postage Due essays based on the 1923 Hong Kong "postal scales" de...

Zanzibar 1926 (JA 4) incoming printed "B. MOHANLALL, C/o Smith Mackenzie & Co, ZANZIBAR" cover, unpaid and with "T in circle" tax mark applied ...

Zanzibar 1930 (Nov) incoming postcard from South Africa, being an acknowledgement from the Standard Bank of South Africa at Caledon (near Cape Town...

Zanzibar 1931 (AP 9) incoming unpaid "Hollingsworth" cover from London, with machine despatch date stamp of "MAR 19 1931" and pencil "T.30" tax mar...

Zanzibar 1931 (SP 10) incoming underpaid printed cover to "Ahmed Mossaid Bin Omar Baomar, ZANZIBAR", probably posted on a ship from India via Momba...

Zanzibar 1926 (SP 21) incoming cover from Durban (blue and red embossed "UNION-CASTLE LINE" logo on flap), underfranked by 1926 1d black and carmin...

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 ...

Barbados 1938-47 1½d orange, perforations 13½x13, right marginal block of 15 (5x3) from R7-9/6-10 showing guide-mark at upper right, R7/7 variety '...