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Click here to subscribeGreat BritainPostal History1835 (15 March) entire from Waterford to Dublin with fair circular "dublin/1d./penny post" and alongside red "Redt at" (Redirected at) "Blackrock/penny Post", Waterford and Dublin datestamps on reverse; light vertical filing folds (one through the Dublin marking); fine and a rare combination of markings. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Bahamas1901 1d. black and red handstamped "specimen" (D12a) in violet and affixed to De La Rue day book piece dated "July 1901"; fine and very rare. Photo provenance:"Staircase", April 1999Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainPostal History1821 (6 Nov.), entire letter to Providence R.I., datelined Ship Patterson off the start point of the English Channel, with fine framed step type "kingsbridge/ship letter" (Robertson S.1), red New York arrival (30.12) and "ship" in the same colour; 1844 (24 Aug.) entire letter from Jerez to London, with "b.c./cadiz" in oval handstamp, endorsed 4oz and £1.1.8, on reverse red London arrival (2.9) and the rate confirmed 1.1.8; fine. A rare 10 times rate entire letter, the normal rate would have been 2/2d.; 1846 (5 Jan.) entire letter from New York to Norway, via London, on reverse octagonal "26 ja 1846/liverpool/ship", forwarded via Hamburg (Winter months rate) with an interesting range of rate markings; filing fold and some ink burning to the address; all fine and scarce. Each with J. Van Der Linden Certificate (2010 or 2011) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
AustraliaThe Kangaroo IssuesFirst Watermark2/- brown Plate 2, a "JBC" monogram (slightly trimmed) mint single, minor bend, fine. Very rare. S.G. 12; BW 35(2)zc, $27,500. Photo provenance:Greg Pope, January 2004Hugh Morgan, November 2012Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IIPH good to large margins all round, tied to piece by magenta Maltese Cross cancellation and with framed "newton stewart/12 dec/1840" datestamp in the same colour on reverse; vertical filing fold through the adhesive; fine. A rare and striking piece. R.P.S. Certificate (2004) for a part lettersheet. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
TanganyikaMafia Island1915 (Sept.) handstamped "o.h.b.m.s./mafia" in a circle on German East Africa Fiscal Stamps24p. vermilion on buff, 12½h. drab, 25h. green, 50h. slate, 1r. lilac and on German East Africa Fee Stamp 25h. grey; all with violet handstamp and large part original gum, some faults but good appearance and rare. S.G. M21-25, £6,400. Also "The Provisional Issues of the Postage Stamps of Mafia" by Greenwood. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1910-13 Double Head IssuePerforated 14½d. Plate II, dull blue-green group (RJL,5), block of six, [25-37], variety imperforate with good to large margins all round, unused without gum; the usual creasing associated with this sheet (two vertical creases between or closely between the impressions), and with a small thinning at centre though overall of fine appearance. Considered to be the largest remaining multiple of this rare variety. S.G. 120a, £45,000+. Photo provenance:Colin Donaldson, 1983Norman Levin, 2005Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1938-52 2d. grey, perf 13½ watermark sideways, coil join at left, the odd very minor tone spot on reverse and the usual slightly clipped perfs at top, otherwise fine unmounted mint. Rare. S.G. 124ab, £800. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) NyasalandRevenue Stamps and DocumentsConsular Stamps1885 (3 Nov.) document, written for, and signed with a cross by, "Hapeni (alias Kolimbo), ruling chief of the Wayao" for the purchase of 1200 acres of land near Blantyre by John Buchanan, bearing Consular 2/6d. and 5/- stamps both cancelled by "british consulate/Arms/nyassa" handstamp with the document witnessed and signed by the British Consul; folded in places with one crossing the adhesives. A rare early document from the colony Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Turks Islands1881 Provisionals"2½" Setting 6 (Type 21) on 1/- lilac, fresh unused with part original gum, straight edges at top and at foot, the latter leaving the perforations intact at base of design; two small light handstamps on reverse. An attractive example of this exceptionally rare stamp, and considered the finest of the few examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 31, £25,000. Photo provenance:"Chartwell", June 2011Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Falkland Islands1878-79 No Watermark IssueDie Proofs1d. in deep purple showing outer framelines 1mm. from design, affixed to card (70x105mm.) marked "4" at lower right corner; small age mark at back of head, otherwise fine and very rare with only one each in five different colours know. Photo provenance:"Stanley", March 1998Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Grenada1873 (Jan.) watermark Small Star sideways, clean-cut perf 15 1d. deep green horizontal pair with part margin at left, variety imperforate vertically, centrally cancelled by light "A15" obliterator, roughly separated at left, fine. Very rare. S.G. 10b var. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
British East Africa1890-95 "Sun and Crown" Definitive IssueDie ProofsUnfinished small format die proof, imperforate with 1½mm. margins, value tablet blank, recess-printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson in grey-green on thick wove paper, thinned at upper left though very rare. Photo provenance:"Shivani", May 1997Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainKing George V Issues1911 De La Rue ink trial Minerva Head dummy stamp in orange-red imperforate top marginal pair affixed to small part album page anotated "Exposed to to light in Egypt for about two months" together with a marginal single anotated "Not exposed", dated "4th April 1911 and headed "B6". Fine and rare, almost certainly unique Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Virgin Islands1866 IssueDie Proofs on card1d. and 6d. in black on single card (115x145mm.), believed to emanate from Waterlow, the later proofs in colour being from Nissen and Parker. Extremely rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
France1862 80c. rose, tied by Paris star cancellation to envelope to Shanghai, red boxed "pd" on the front; 80c. on envelope from Paris to Melbourne with arrival (19.11.65) on reverse; also 80c. rose, tied by "2188" cancellation of Marseilles to entire letter, dated 10 June 1865, to Manilla, arrival datestamp on reverse across flap, an extremely rare destination. Some small faults otherwise fine. (3) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
TanganyikaMafia Island - British Occupation1915 (Sept.) handstamped "o.h.b.m.s./mafia" in a circle on German East Africa Fiscal Stamps1r. lilac, handstamped in bluish green, on philatelic 1916 (6 July) envelope addressed to Zanzibar, tied by violet c.d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (7.7) on reverse. Fine and rare. S.G. M25. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
British East Africa1890-95 "Sun and Crown" Definitive IssueImperforate Printer's Samples2a. in deep purple on thick wove paper, perforated "specimen" (Type B1), thinned at left. Very rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IbHH large to very large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire letter, dated 30 Dec. 1840, from Dublin to Bury St. Edmunds, re-directed to Thetford, red Newmarket (31.12) d.s. and "bury/1/paid" on the front, Bury St. Edmunds (2.1.1841) on reverse; clean horizontal filing fold at foot, fine and an exceptionally rare combination of a Penny Black with a Uniform Penny Postage marking. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainPostal History1670 (19 Sept.) entire letter from London to Livorno with, on reverse, a fine strike of the "franches/(rose)" type 3 cachet; fine and extremely early usage of this rare marking; 1685 (21 Sept.) entire letter from London to Malaga, on reverse a good strike of the "franches/(rose)" type 6 cachet, fine and scarce. Each with J. Van der Linden Certificate (2011) Note:This marking was used by the Foreign Office, by order of the Gardiners Survey "There is a mark applied to the part of the letter where the post is expressst to have been paid, to obscure it from the Forraine Postmasters abroad"Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
British East Africa1890-95 "Sun and Crown" Definitive IssueSpecimen Stamps½a., 1a., 2a., 8a. blue and 1r. grey, each handstamped "specimen" (Type BEA1), without gum as usual; ½a. and 1a. with small stains, otherwise fine. A rare group. Photo Note: Stamps distributed by the U.P.U. in January 1891 were not overprinted. In November 1890 the IBEA applied a "SPECIMEN" handstamp to five values, as offered above, and attached them to letters promoting the Company's stamps.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
TanganyikaMafia Island1915 (Sept.) handstamped "o.h.b.m.s./mafia" in a circle on German East Africa Fiscal Stamps12½h. drab, handstamped in bluish green, on philatelic 1916 (6 July) envelope addressed to Zanzibar, tied by violet c.d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (7.7) on reverse. Fine and rare. S.G. M22. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Virgin Islands1922-28 ½d. to 5/- set of thirteen value tablet tablet die proofs, each in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) marked "before hardening" or "after hardening" and dated in pencil between "4/1/22" and "1/4/22", and additional similar proofs for the 2d. marked "before striking" corrected to "after striking" and 3d. marked "after striking"; two with rub marks in red in places, otherwise fine and a rare set Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny EnvelopesA177 dated 21 June 1840, to Penrith, red Maltese Cross cancellation in an orange shade and matching straight line "tynemouth" (very rare on a Mulready) alongside, fine blue-green North Shields d.s. on reverse, opening well for display; small central stain from the seal visible on the front, otherwise fine and most unusually with the original letter enclosed. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika1903-04 2a. to 50r., each overprinted "specimen" and handstamped "ultramar", the latter being carefully overstruck by part "telegrafo/central" octagonal h.s., all without gum and some minor colour loss in places, nevertheless a rare group. S.G. 3s-16s Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Cape of Good Hope1855-63 white paper, 1/- bright yellow-green, unused with some gum which may be original, good to large margins and lovely fresh bright colour. A highly attractive example of this rare stamp. Brandon Certificate (1982). S.G. 8, £3,500. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Falkland Islands1933 Centenary IssueCovers1933 (26 Sept.) Sibbering envelope from Port Stanley to Cowes, Isle of Wight, bearing 10/- black and chestnut, marginal from the top of the sheet, neatly cancelled by double-ring PS.1A datestamp. Fine and rare. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gold Coast1897 (22 Oct.) envelope ex the Capt. de Salis correspondence from Portsmouth to "7th. Batt. The Rifle Brigade Lagos Hausa Expeditionary Force Kumasi Ashanti via Cape Coast Castle", bearing 1887 2½d. purple on blue cancelled with "625" duplex, Cape Coast transit c.d.s. (16.11) on reverse; tears at top through opening though rare item of incoming mail. Also Gambia 1898 (22 Apr.) Post Office Department OHMS envelope (224x96mm.) from Bathurst to Germany, handstamped "on post office business only." at upper left and showing "bathurst/gambia" c.d.s. alongside Marseilles transit c.d.s. (5.5), Aue arrival c.d.s. (8.5) on reverse Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
AustraliaLater Issues1940 (July) Australian Imperial Forces2d. scarlet, a top right corner block of six showing complete plate number "3", fine unmounted mint. Very rare. S.G. 197; BW 219ze, $5000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate VJF good to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to home made envelope (with lengthy enclosure), dated 2 Jan. 1841, addressed to Madeira, blue Newcastle on Tyne and red London Tombstone d.s. (5.1) on the front, rated 1/10 and with Portuguese "160" manuscript rate marking additionally tying the adhesive (which is slightly buckled owing to the contents of the envelope), a little fragile, some minor staining and perimeter faults as might be expected with a letter of this type. Attractive and a tremendously rare usage of a Penny Black to an overseas destination, other than France. M. Jackson Certificate (2015) and offered with this opinion only. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1950 New Constitution 6d. carmine and grey-violet block of four, variety overprint double (closely spaced), original gum with the lower pair remaining unmounted mint; fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 142a, £4,000+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
United States of America1862 (7 Oct.) envelope from Ballaggio (Italy) to New York with fine and rare "36" handstamp, red "italie/5 lancelebourg 5" (10.10) datestamp, framed "Br. Service" and "42/new york" arrival (24.10), also 1862 (9 Dec.) envelope from Geneva to New York with "18" handstamp, red framed "Br. Service" and black "21 new york" arrival (21 Dec.), endorsed "Due 30c"; a fine and rare duo. The first with J. Van der Linden Certificate (2011) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IXLJ large margins all round and showing a trace of the adjoining stamp at left, tied by a crisp and upright red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire, dated 3 Jan. 1841, from London to Thurso and with a fine red scalloped (Sunday) datestamp on the front and arrival d.s. on reverse; small stain from seal visible on the front, otherwise fine. One of the finest known single frankings from Plate IX and an extremely rare Sunday usage. Signed Pröschold, Eichele Certificate (2011). Photo provenance:M. Lea CollectionHassan Shaida, February 1992Nigel Howard, November 1994Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
British East Africa1891 Mombasa ProvisionalsValue in Manuscript"1 Anna" on 3a. black on dull red initialled "VHM" (Victor Mackenzie, Bank Manager), unused with part original gum, a couple of trivial imperfections though a presentable example of this very rare stamp of which just four unused examples have been recorded. Holcombe Certificate (1996). S.G. 25, £16,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1973 Royal Wedding 3½p, lower marginal block of six, variety lower pair completely imperforate; unmounted mint. Fine and rare. Brandon Certificate (2012). S.G. 941a, £8,750. Photo Quantity: Circa 5 mint pairsSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Zululand1894-96 IssueIssued Stamps£5 purple and black on red, fresh unmounted mint. very fine. Rare. R.P.S. (1978) and B.P.A. (2012) Certificates. S.G. 29, £5,500+. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1911 1/- Union Jack essay in blue-black and red, perf. 15 x 14 on unwatermarked paper without gum; small faults though extremely rare. It is believed that not more than four examples of this trial were prepared. Photo provenance:Barclays Bank, May 1987Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
British East Africa1891 Mombasa ProvisionalsValue Handstamped"1 Anna" on 4a. brown initialled "AB" (Archibald Brown, Company Cashier) and showing a line at top in the same colour as the surcharge and which is believed to have been caused by the handheld printing device, fresh unused without gum; small crease at lower left corner, otherwise fine. A very rare stamp with only three unused examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2004) together with a letter from John Minns giving his opinion that the stamp is genuine unused. S.G. 21, £18,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1913-24 Admiral IssuePerf. 14 ½d. bright green vertical marginal strip of three from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate between stamps and margin, fine mint. Very rare and not to be confused with the imperforate between stamp and interpanneau margin varieties which are perforated through the margin. S.G. 189 var. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
United States of America1895 $1 black, horizontal pair with types I and II se-tenant, light oval Registered cancellations, centred to upper-left, fine and rare. S.G. 280b, £3,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
AustraliaLater Issues1948-49 DefinitivesNo watermark, Aboriginal Art 2/- chocolate, a block of eight (2x4) with margin at right showing complete plate number "9", fine mint. Rare. S.G. 224f; BW 264zc, $2500. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Grenada1890 (Dec.) 1d. on 2/- orange, a block of sixty (12x5) with one showing wide space (R.5/3), unused with large part or full original gum, some tone spots on reverse not affecting fine appearance. A rare and impressive multiple. S.G. 44/b, £5390+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1971 AnniversariesRugby Football 9p., variety myrtle-green omitted, normal for comparison; unmounted mint. Fine and rare. Brandon Certificate (2006). S.G. 889c, unpriced; Pierron GBR1778c, £10,000. Photo Quantity: Circa 3 mintSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1910-13 Double Head IssuePerforated 14£1 crimson and slate-black, [2] Long gash in Queen's ear, large part original gum; small light tone mark at hinge area though an attractive example of this rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 166a. Photo provenance:Robert M. Gibbs, October 1987Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
TanganyikaMafia Island - British Occupation1915 (Sept.) handstamped "o.h.b.m.s./mafia" in a circle on German East Africa Fiscal Stamps50h. dull green, handstamped in bluish green, on philatelic 1916 (6 July) envelope addressed to Zanzibar, tied by violet c.d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (7.7) on reverse. Fine and rare. S.G. M23. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainPostal History1866 miniature ladies envelope with silk decorated borders and ties, with matching multicoloured birthday card with embossed imitation lacework, from Nairn to Alston and franked 1d.; minor faults on reverse, rare and spectacular. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Zululand1894-96 IssueSpecimen Stamps£5 purple and black on red, overprinted "specimen" and showing broken "m" in "specimen", large part original gum; very rare with only 13 examples possible. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 29a, £475+. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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