Lot 67
Great Britain
Great Britain 1902 5d Board of Education official (SG.O81) mint, quite lightly hinged, with 2012 BPA certificate stating 'some light gum creasin...
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Lot 279
Early Comic Postcards. Approximately 81 cards all published by Raphael Tuck and co., London, 71 of
Early Comic Postcards. Approximately 81 cards all published by Raphael Tuck and co., London, 71 of which are by Lance Thackeray, mixed of used an...
Lot 284
Postcards Featuring Children. A box with over 250 cards of children broken down into artists/
Postcards Featuring Children. A box with over 250 cards of children broken down into artists/publishers such as M.L. Attwell, Tuck Oilettes, also...
Lot 113
Great Britain
Great Britain Commemoratives-only accumulation of 2010-2016 mint sets and 1st class issues, mostly in multiples with lots of full sheets, in th...
Lot 267
Mixed Subjects Postcards. Approximately 400 Cards in a Box, including map cards, greetings (
Mixed Subjects Postcards. Approximately 400 Cards in a Box , including map cards, greetings (Christmas, Easter, New Year), a small section on hu...
Lot 249
Worldwide
Worldwide Collection of about 40,000 mainly used stamps from 19th to 21st century, in more than a dozen boxed 'Devon' loose-leaf albums with cra...
Lot 15
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'F' letters (11), six with four-margins, including lovely F-F (plate 5) with bright red MX on intense bla...
Lot 19
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'J' letters (10), nine with four-margins, some very attractive particularly plate 2 (J-E) and plate 5 (J-...
Lot 247
Great Britain and Worldwide
Great Britain and Worldwide Carton of thousands of worldwide stamps in seven loose-leaf albums, further assorted volumes and loose in envelopes,...
Lot 206
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth FDCs of Pitcairn (236) and Tristan da Cunha (269) both from 1953 to 2014, loose in bags.
Lot 167
Jamaica
Jamaica 1939 2d grey and green Coco Palms at Don Christopher's Cover, watermark missing 'C' of 'CA', SG.124cb, mint. A scarce variety. Cat. £1,8...
Lot 13
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'D' letters (12), eight with four margins.
Lot 288
Cinema and Theatrical Postcards. A Box Containing Approximately 250 cards, with a small section on
Cinema and Theatrical Postcards. A Box Containing Approximately 250 cards, with a small section on exhibitions, also Felix the Cat (8).
Lot 101
Great Britain
Great Britain Three stockbooks of mint QEII issues mostly never hinged from Wildings onwards, with minimum face value excluding Machins of £340.
Lot 11
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'B' letters (11), six with four margins of which one creased, the rest mostly three-margins, two with fau...
Lot 269
United Kingdom - Edward VII (1901-1910), Gold 1/2 Sovereign, dated 1910, London mint, with an
United Kingdom - Edward VII (1901-1910), Gold 1/2 Sovereign, dated 1910, London mint, with an attached suspension loop A/F
Lot 12
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'C' letters (12), ten with four margins of which two creased (C-B, C-E). C-H is with bleuté paper.
Lot 120
Great Britain
Great Britain Sheaf of 90 'Smiler' sheet FDCs from 2009 into 2023, on plain A4 envelopes and with Glasgow cds cancels.
Lot 16
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'G' letters (12), seven with four-margins.
China North-East China People's Post 1947-49 Communist China group of unused sets incl. 1947 10 th Anniversary of Outbreak of War with Japan mi...
Lot 1
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black, plate 1a (F-K), four even margins and lovely bright red Maltese cross cancel. The first of 9 superb penny blacks s...
Lot 72
Great Britain
Great Britain 1913 £1 green 'seahorse', SG.403s, Spec.N69(1)t, immaculate mint never hinged example overprinted Specimen type 26. Essentially pe...
Lot 243
Great Britain and Worldwide
Great Britain and Worldwide Vintage to modern accumulation of loose stamps on and off paper in envelopes and cigar boxes, filling a carton. The ...
Lot 49
Great Britain
Great Britain 1867 2/- pale blue, beautiful mint example with lovely clear colour, well-centred and intact perforations all round. Seldom seen t...
Lot 196
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth A trio of classics: Bahamas 1883 4d on 6d deep violet with wmk reversed, SG.45a, mint with dulled gum, with 1953 RPS cert. ...
Lot 109
Great Britain
Great Britain Accumulation of inscription/plate blocks, gutter pairs and presentation packs, 1990s to 2009, plus some year books to 2000, with o...
Lot 33
Great Britain
Great Britain Surface-printed specimen overprints: 1856 1/- green (SG.71s, ovpt type 4), 1862 9d bistre (SG.86s, type 6), 1867 10d pale red-brow...
Lot 21
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, the 'L' letters (12), six with four margins incl. very attractive plates 1a (L-K) and 2 (L-I). Close margins ...
Lot 45
Great Britain
Great Britain 1864-79 1d red, complete reconstruction of plate 80, mixed condition with some shaved perfs or cut-in edges, many very attractive...
Lot 38
Great Britain
Great Britain 1913-'34 seahorse group incl. Waterlow set mint with well-centred 2/6 pale shade and 5/-, the 10/- with toned edges and the £1 wit...
Lot 108
Great Britain
Great Britain Accumulation of many thousands of mint stamps, all periods present in some form though the vast majority is QEII to about 2000, fi...
Lot 153
Hong Kong
Hong Kong 1862-63 first issues without watermark, 2cts to 24cts mint, SG.1-5. The 12cts with dull gum, a few other very minor imperfections, hig...
Lot 236
Worldwide
Worldwide Container of new issues, year packs and mint sets and souvenir sheets, mostly 2010s, incl. Jordan, 2010 packs for Spain, Australia, Si...
Lot 107
Accumulation of presentation packs (to 2007), FDCs, commemorative covers and PHQ cards, filling
Accumulation of presentation packs (to 2007), FDCs, commemorative covers and PHQ cards, filling six grocer's boxes and three cartons. Without incl...
Lot 25
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 1d black group, 'P' letters (12), unplated page, nine with four margins especially P-L superb with mostly huge margins and cl...
Lot 42
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840 2d blue, plate 2, four-margin example neatly tied on cover by black Maltese cross, along with MR.20.1841 Folkingham cds. Most...
Lot 71
Great Britain
Great Britain 1911 1d rose-pink SG.spec.N7(6), control block of twelve of this scarcer shade MNH. Perforated through lower and right-hand margin...
Lot 62
Great Britain
Great Britain 1883-91 high values group in select quality, with superb cds postmarks on 2/6d (4) and 5/- shades (5), along with very crisp and a...
Lot 55
Great Britain
Great Britain 1875 1/- green, plate 9 (SG.150var) top margin imprimatur lettered A-F, showing part sheet inscription. Extremely scarce, being on...
Lot 209
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth A small clear container of about 380 stockcards with approx. 2,200+ stamps mint and used mostly from 19th century-1950s, wi...
Lot 57
Great Britain
Great Britain 1873-80 large coloured corner letters mint/unused group incl. 3d rose plate 20, possibly regummed along with others, 3d plate 16 w...
Lot 31
Great Britain
Great Britain 1855 6d lilac mint with inverted watermark, SG.70Wi, the gum dulled from the application of detection fluid, yet very decent appea...
Lot 48
Great Britain
Great Britain 1841 1d reds with ten different numbers-in-cross postmarks, four margins on numbers 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 though the latter ...
China North-East China People's Post 1949 World Federation of Trade Unions, Asiatic and Australasian Conference, Peking (SG.NE261/263) complete ...
Lot 74
Great Britain
Great Britain 1929 £1 PUC, SG.438, very lightly hinged mint, usual slight toning, a couple of tiny faults on reverse, not at all affecting appea...
Lot 158
Hong Kong
Hong Kong 1912-37 mint KGV issues, the first set wmk multiple crown to $2, a few MNH, plus $10 extremely lightly (if at all) hinged. Second set ...
Lot 51
Great Britain
Great Britain 1869 6d mauve, plate 9, overprinted Specimen type 6A. Believed to be unique in private hands , having been part of an 1872 presen...
Lot 46
Great Britain
Great Britain 1864-79 1d red, complete reconstruction of plate 112, a vintage collection on four quarters of a large card page, updated with bla...
Lot 114
Great Britain
Great Britain Box of several stockbooks and loose presentation packs and prestige booklets, etc., main value in QEII mint sets with commemorativ...
Lot 30
Great Britain
Great Britain 1855-'62 early surface-printed mint/unused group, incl. 1857 4d wmk large garter unused and mint, the latter the thick glazed pape...
Lot 75
Great Britain
Great Britain 1972 British Polar Explorers, 5p Frobisher with gold (Queen's head) and embossing omitted, SG.897e, used on GPO FDC and a rarity a...
Lot 208
British Commonwealth
British Commonwealth A small clear container of about 380 stockcards with approx. 2,000+ stamps mint and used, mostly from 19th century to 1950s...
Lot 68
Great Britain
Great Britain 1901 Edward VII 3d Die proof printed in black on white glazed card (92 x 60mm), a relatively clean example of this scarce proof. E...
Lot 32
Great Britain
Great Britain 1865-'70, large uncoloured corner letters mint/unused group (9) to 2/- incl. 9d straw plate 4 mint (SG.110), 10d red-brown plate 1...
Lot 289
Cricket Postcards. Nine postcards of cricket teams, including: 'Lancashire Professionals. The
Cricket Postcards. Nine postcards of cricket teams, including: 'Lancashire Professionals. The Champion Team 1904', Surrey, Somersetshire, Yorkshi...
Lot 44
Great Britain
Great Britain 1840-57 line-engraved used group in appealing quality, with four penny blacks: plate 1b S-K thin or natural paper unevenness yet ...
Lot 156
Hong Kong
Hong Kong 1885-1891 surcharges and overprints mint, SG.40/46, 48/50, 51/52a and 55. The only imperfections being first 50cts with bend and first...
Lot 36
Great Britain
Great Britain 1884 £1 brown-lilac, wmk crowns, with specimen overprint (type 9), SG.185s, faint traces of a second strike or offset of the overp...
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