Auction 20 - Specialised British Commonwealth

Burma. Officials. 1937-47 the four sets, fine unmounted mint. SG O1-53 (£1345)/CW GO1-O39 ...[more]

Burma. Officials. 1937 set of fourteen, fine used. SG O1-14 (£475)/CW GO1-14 ...[more]

Burma. Officials. 1937 ½a green fine used with inverted watermark, unpriced in the catalogues. SG O2w/CW GO2a ...[more]

Burma. Officials. 1939-47 the three sets used, mostly fine, the 1939 2a6p with a few nibbled perfs. SG O15-53 (£475)/CW O1-39 ...[more]

Canada. 1937-51 used collection on leaves (143), a useful lot but quite a few machine cancels. Special Deliveries and OHMS issues are the best wi...

Canada. Officials. 1949-51 unmounted mint collection (31), complete basic issues. SG O162-192 (£619)/CW O52-80 ...[more]

Cayman Islands. 1938-47 set of fourteen plus eight extra shades/perfs, all in unmounted mint blocks of four. All appear fine but one 2/- yellow-g...

Cayman Islands. 1937-50 used collection (50) with basic issues complete plus some shades, also 5/- crimson in a CTO-used imprint block of four. S...

Ceylon. 1904 6ct carmine, watermark MCA inverted, fine used. The discovery example. SG 281 (w) ...[more]

Cook Islands. 1936-44 single watermark Arms set of four on Cowan paper, used, the three high values with part `RAROTONGA` cancels with no date. S...

Cook Islands. 1936-44 £1 Cowan paper marginal on piece with full Rarotonga CDS of 30 MY 49. (Marginal letters of watermark are visible in the sel...

Cook Islands. 1943-54 Arms high values set of six, fine used. The 5/-, 10/- and £5 with watermark upright, the others inverted. SG 131a-136 (£100...

Cyprus. 1883 1p rose with part Limassol squared circle, Pl. 2 R3/3 RP `detached triangle`. SG 18a (£325) ...[more]

Cyprus. 1937-49 used collection (48) with basic issues complete with some shades, also the 1p and 2p perf varieties, the better values all fine. ...

Cyprus. 1944 1p orange, perf 13½ x 12½, fine unmounted mint. SG 154a (£550)/CW 20 ...[more]

Dominica. 1879 4d blue, mint with some gum loss, showing R10/6 malformed `CE`. Very scarce. SG 7a (£1600) ...[more]

Dominica. 1923-33 5/- watermark Script, 3/- and £1 watermark MCA, mint with minor hinge remainders. The £1 is marginal, pencil-signed Holcombe. S...

Dominica. 1937-51 used collection (50) basic issues complete with 2½d shade, mainly fine but 1951 60ct with a missing perf. SG 96-138 (£205)/CW 1...

Falkland Islands. 1937-52 used collection (53) basic issues complete with a few extras (2 x 5/-, both of which are `indigo`), mainly fine. SG 143...

Falkland Islands. 1938 1d black and carmine mint imprint block of ten, unmounted save for the middle pair. Multiples of this stamp are not easy....

Falkland Islands. 1938 2/6d to 10/- and £1 on two registered Selfridge`s FDCs with Port Stanley 3 JA 38 CDSs, excellent colour and very useful as...

Falkland Islands. 1938 5/- indigo and pale yellow-brown, lightly-hinged mint. SG 161b (£1100)/CW 16a ...[more]

Falkland Islands Dependencies. 1944-9 used collection (59) basic issues complete plus extra 2½d Thin Map. SG A1-D8, G1-24 (£198)/CW 1-S8 ...[mo...

Falkland Islands Dependencies. 1946 Thick Map 6d black and ochre unmounted mint, Plate 1 R4/6 extra dot by oval. One shortish perf. SG G6ed (£700...

Fiji. 1937-51 used collection (60), basic stamps complete plus good extras, but the Postage Dues sadly with faked postmarks (not counted in catal...

Fiji. 1938 2d brown and green, Die I. Unmounted mint corner block of six with R1/2 weak entry, very fresh. SG 253 (£240+)/CW 5 ...[more]

Fiji. 1938 5d blue and scarlet top marginal block of six, unmounted mint, some slight staining on reverse of selvedge, otherwise very fresh for t...

Fiji. 1938 6d Die I, unmounted mint lower left corner block of four with brownish streaky gum but still remarkably fresh for this notoriously-dif...

Fiji. 1950 10/- and £1 values in used blocks of four, each with central 5 FE 51 CDS. Attractive. SG 266a, b(£440)/CW 21-2 ...[more]

Fiji. 1938-55 3d blue, mounted mint with Plate 2 R4/2 spur in Arms medallion. Blunt perforation at top. SG 257a (£600)/CW 9c ...[more]

Gibraltar. 1937-51 used collection (62), basic issues complete plus many of the better perfs, and some shades per CW. Mostly fine but a few wavy-...

Grenada. 1943 10/- bluish slate and dull carmine perf 12, a mint bottom marginal strip of four with FP 1 and full imprint, lightly hinged on the ...

Grenada. 1943 10/- bluish slate and dull carmine perf 12. A used example with some short perforations and creasing (the latter not evident from t...

Hong Kong. 1931 cloth wrapper originally containing `linen tea cloth and serviettes` to UK bearing full customs declaration with 20ct x 4 and $1,...

Hong Kong. 1937-49 used collection (73), basic issues complete plus numerous shades (mostly commercially used so inevitably not all perfect). Wed...

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Hong Kong - Wei Hai Wei. 1904-6 $1 purple and sage-green on chalky paper with part `LIU (KUNG) TAU` CDS of AU 16 12, slightly soiled, will be lis...

Hong Kong - Post Offices in China. 1921-37 4ct carmine-rose with R9/4 LLP lower right Chinese character broken at top, CDS-used. Has a minor crea...

India - Sind Province. 1852 ½a white, used with a `pink` BPA Certificate (1991) stating, `genuine. Torn in two and re-attached.` SG S1 (£2500) ...

India - Sind Province. 1852 ½a blue, used with clear margins. RPS Certificate (1992) observing ` Thinned, creased and repaired` but appearance is...

India - Sind Province. 1852 `Scinde Dawk` ½a scarlet embossed on sealing wax, tied to small piece by neat diamond of dots cancellation. With SG s...

India - 1854 4a blue and pale red horizontal pair from first printing, Head I, Frame I (positions 5-6) cancelled by two strikes of `1` in diamond...

India - 1854 4a blue and pale red horizontal pair from first printing, Head I, Frame I (positions 6-7) cancelled by two diamonds of dots. Margins...

India - 1854 4a blue and pale red horizontal pair from first printing, Head I, Frame I (positions 9-10) cancelled by two diamonds of dots. Waterm...

India. 1854-5 4a blue and red horizontal pair from second printing, Head II, Frame I (positions 1-2) with inverted watermark, margins good to ver...

India. 1854-5 4a blue and red horizontal pair from second printing, Head II, Frame I (positions 5-6) with centre row fold, on neat cover to Cant...

India. 1854-5 4a blue and red horizontal pair from second printing, Head II, Frame I (positions 5-6). Each cancelled by diamond of dots and the l...

India. 1854-5 4a indigo and deep red horizontal pair from second printing, Head II, Frame I, neatly cancelled with diamonds of dots. Left stamp ...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from third printing, Head III, Frame I (Jatia Stone B, positions 7-8), cancelled by two diamonds of d...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from third printing, Head III, Frame I (positions 11-12) cancelled diamonds of dots. Cut to shape at ...

India. 1855 4a blue and red single from third printing, Head III, Frame I (position 3). Four good to clear margins and lightly cancelled. SG 21 (...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from third printing, Head III, Frame I (positions 7-8). Each stamp cancelled by diamond of dots, left...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from third printing, Head II, Frame I (Jatia Stone B, positions 11-12). Margins all round save just t...

India. 1855 4a blue and red single from third printing, Head IIIa, Frame I (position 2), cancelled by light diamond of dots. Just clear at right,...

India. 1855 4a deep blue and red horizontal pair from fourth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 1-2), each cancelled by `B1` of Calcutta. La...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from fourth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 9-10), fine used with `B1` cancels of Calcutta. C...

India. 1855 4a blue and red vertical pair from fourth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 13/19). Lower stamp cut into at left, otherwise mar...

India. 1855 4a blue and red horizontal pair from fifth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 5-6). A rather soiled pair cut round at the sides,...

India. 1855 4a pale blue and pale red horizontal pair from fifth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 5-6), with reversed watermark. Neat can...

India. 1855 4a pale blue and pale red horizontal pair from fifth printing, Head III, Frame II (positions 8-9). Margins all round although a seal...