G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Western Australia. 1854-55 Imperf 1d black used, 4d plate blue and 1/- pale brown both unused no gum, all fine with four margins. S.G. 1, 3/4, £1,...

1913-41 Stamps in a stockbook, mainly mint including 1927 1/- watermark sideways marginal block of four and two singles all unmounted (S.G. 40ba),...

1914-20 ½d Green, line pef 14¼, used, scarce. S.G. 20a, £650. Photo on Page 128.

1916-46 Mourning covers including 1930 cover to London with the stamp washed off and boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S COMORIN", some with enclose...

Transport Ships. 1914-18 Covers and cards from Transports, most with unnumbered censors, various types include "A.I.F. / Passed by Censor No ...."...

Transport Ships - South Africa/Sierra Leone. 1916-19 Covers and cards comprising 1918 stampless card of Freetown with violet "A.I.F / Passed by Ce...

Transport Ships. 1915-16 Covers and cards with "A.I.F / Passed by Censor No ....." cachets, all with the Transport number added in manuscript, one...

1919 (Nov 12) England to Australia first Aerial Post, cover addressed to "Mrs A. Bertram, Moonya, Patey Street, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia" c...

1929 (Nov 12) Picture postcard depicting a cover carried on the 1919 England to Australia flight, the Vickers Vimy aircraft, and the four crew, th...

1929-80 Flight covers in an album, mainly first flights, some commercial covers including 1941 cover to G.B with "Privileged Mail, Governor of Que...

1931 (Nov 18) Registered Australia to England first flight cover franked 1/5, signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and G.U Allan, a good pilot signed...

1859-90 QV Issues, mint and used selection on pages with G.B 1d red cancelled "A05" (faults), 1859 imperf 1d reddish lake Specimen with horizontal...

QV-QEII Mainly mint selection in a stockbook and on pages including 1926 £1, a study of the 1938-52 KGVI set with the scarce 1/- brownish grey and...

1884-90 1d - £1 Set of six (with additional 1d, 2½d shades) and 1902-07 1d - £1 set of seven, KEVII £1 with pencil number on reverse, otherwise fi...

1912-37 KGV ½d - £1 Multiple Crown CA and Multiple Script CA sets overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 81/9s, 119/25s, £900. (20). ...

1938-46 KGVI ½d - £1 Set of fourteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint, a scarce set. S.G. 149/57s, £650. (14). Photo on Page 12.

1942 Landfall of Columbus ½d - £1 set of fourteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint, a scarce set. S.G. 162/75s, £650. (14). Photo on Page 12.

1965 Pictorial definitive issue, unadopted stamp size essays for the unissued 5d value (2) depicting Modern Dairying, and the 2/6 value (2) depict...

1858-1968 Mainly mint collection in a stockbook and on pages including Britannia issues with some multiples, 1873 5/- dull rose, 1886 5/- bistre, ...

1873-86 Issues with locally applied "SPECIMEN" handstamps, comprising 1873 5/- with handstamp BAR1 in black, 1875-81 Perf 14 Crown CC ½d, 1d (thin...

1897-1927 Specimen stamps comprising 1897 Diamond Jubilee set, 1906 Nelson Centenary set and Tercentenary 1d, 1909 1d - 1/- (missing ¼d), 1912-16 ...

1937 Coronation 1d - 2½d set of three perfined "SPECIMEN", all in lower left corner marginal strips of three, as distributed by the U.P.U, superb ...

1938-46 Specimen stamps comprising 1938-46 ½d - 5/- set of sixteen, 1939 Tercentenary set and 1946 Victory pair, the 1938-46 set a little toned. S...

1888-97 Issues handstamped or overprinted "SPECIMEN", including 1888 unappropriated die 2d - £5 (ten values, missing the 1d, 2/-), 1891 Cape 1d an...

1937 Coronation set of three and 1938 KGVI ½d - 10/- set of eleven (with additional 2/6 - 10/-) all perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 115/28s, ...

Revenues. 1931 Page from a Notarial Bond bearing two blocks of four of the c1930 South Africa £1 green and red Revenue overprinted "Bechuanaland R...

Revenues. 1938 large part Notarial Bond bearing 23 1932 KGV £1 green and black revenues (including a few blocks), also Postage & Revenue 2/- (3), ...

1918-22 5/- Green and carmine-red on pale yellow, watermark inverted, fine mint. S.G. 53dw, £475. Photo on Page 64.

1918-32 King George V high value keyplates mint, comprising Multiple Crown CA 2/- with break in scroll, 4/- (2), and Multiple Script CA 2/- and 12...

1930 KGV 2/6 Grey-black and pale orange-vermilion on grey-blue, Multiple Script CA, used with St. Georges c.d.s, very scarce. S.G. 89h, £2,750. Ph...

1938 KGVI 1d - £1, the twelve values issued in 1938 all perfined "SPECIMEN", the 1d, 1½d, 2½d, 3d and 1/- with an additional "SPECIMEN" handstamp ...

1938-53 King George VI 2/- - £1 mint selection, various shades, comprising 2/- (13, including S.G. 116b pair + single), 2/6 (15, including S.G. 11...

1940 Half Penny on 1d, study of the surcharge types with complete sheets (7) showing Ludington settings 1-3, Dr Lockie states A-E, also various mi...

1958 QEII 6d Unadopted stamp size handpainted essays in black ink and watercolour, depicting the 1848 Hamilton Postmaster W.B Perot and a Postmast...

1853 Imperforate 1c (2, one cut into) and 4c (faults) plate proofs in black on thin card; and 1c reddish brown unused without gum, probably a proo...

1862 Provisional Issue used, 2c type 10 with reversed ornament at left or type 12 with incorrect ornament at left, 4c type 14 (2, one with inner f...

1878-81 Provisional issues, mint and used selection, comprising S.G. 149 (3), 150 (7), 151 (2), 152 (4), 153 (3), 154, 155 (2), 155b (faults), 157...

1885-90 Issues handstamped "SPECIMEN" (G.B type 9) comprising 40pa on 2½d lilac, 80pa on 5d green (2), 12pi on 2/6, 40pa on 2½d purple on blue, 80...

1885-1921 Mainly mint selection including 1885-88 set with additional 12pi, 1887-96 set, most KEVII and KGV issues with 1902 12pi (2) and 24pi, sc...

1902-21 Specimen stamps comprising 1902 80pa (2), 4pi and 12pi surcharge set of three, 1909 5pi on 1/-, 1921 18¾pi, 45pi, 90pi and 180pi surcharge...

Salonica. 1916 ½d - 1/- Set of eight mint, all with small Stanley Gibbons Limited guarantee handstamp on reverse, the 9d with R.P.S Certificate (1...

Salonica. 1916 ½d - 1/- Set of eight mint, also additional 4d and 6d, 1d and 4d with variety overprint double one albino, the 2d, 3d, 1/- and one ...

British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia. 1948 Olympic Games 1r on 1/-, variety surcharge double, unmounted mint, Stanley Gibbons Limited guarant...

1923-66 Mint and used issues for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat, Trucial States and British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, the mint British P....

Bahrain. 1938-41 3p-25r Set of sixteen mint, 15r with inverted watermark, the 1r - 25r marginal and unmounted. S.G. 20/37, £1,000. (16).

Bahrain. 1950-69 Covers with 1957-58 covers from R.A.F Bahrain bearing Bahrain stamps cancelled by "F.P.O / 941" c.d.s (5, four fine, one almost t...

Kuwait. 1939 ½a - 15r Set of thirteen unmounted mint, 15r inverted watermark, nine marginal (including all rupee values), superb. S.G. 36/51, £400...

Qatar. 1950 (July 13) Air Mail cover to G.B bearing British Postal Agency in Eastern Arabia ½a (2), 1a pair, 3a and 6a tied by Doha datestamps in ...

Sharjah. 1953 Air Mail covers from R.A.F Sharjah to G.B bearing British Postal Agency in Eastern Arabia stamps, one franked KGVI ½a, 1a + QEII 1½a...

1908-22 1c - $25 Set of thirteen overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 34/48s, £700. (13). Photo on Page 64.

1908-22 1c - £25 Set of thirteen, minor toning, mint. S.G. 34/48, £950. (13). Photo on Page 64.

1907-42 Selection including Specimen stamps (26, with 1907 1c - 50c, 1910 $25), 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 50c and $1 mint, unissued 1924-37 2c...

1937 KGV 3p - 25r Set of eighteen fine mint. S.G. 1/18, £3,000. (18). Photo on Page 64.

Officials. 1937 3p - 10r Set of fourteen fine mint. S.G. 1/4, £1,000. (14). Photo on Page 64.

1929-37 Air Mail covers (28) and a front, virtually all commercial covers to Europe, Indian stamps with various Burma datestamps including Yandoon...

1933-36 Covers including 1933 Rangoon to Bangkok first flight, 1936 Rangoon to Hong Kong first flight, and other commercial air mail cover to Hong...

1937 (Mar 31 / Apr 1) Air Mail covers to G.B (6) or India, two with India stamps posted on the final day of Indian control, five with first day us...

1938 Empire Air Mail Scheme, eastbound first flight covers from G.B (3, two posted back on first return flight from Akyab) or Ireland to Burma, or...

1940 (Dec 27) Long censored cover from Rangoon to USA inscribed "via Hong Kong", franked KGV 10r + KGVI 1½a pair, 4a, 8a, and 1r pair, a scarce 12...

1941 (July 22) Long censored cover from Rangoon to USA inscribed "via Chungking - Hong Kong - Clipper U.S.A" franked KGVI 2a, 8a, 1r, 2r and 5r, a...