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Click here to subscribePortugal. Sebastião, "the Desired" (1557-1578). Copper Ceitel. Lisbon. 0.89 gms. Castle of three towers, each tower an outline ? with crown above, ramparts below with four square crests, wall below with entry, rev. Shield with Arms, pellet top, left and right. Gomes 02.01var. Rare. Deep olive-green. About Extremely Fine and Choice for type.
Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IIIGK small to large margins all round, tied by red Maltese Cross cancellation to entire, dated 18 Nov. 1840. from Tullow to Dublin, redirected to Roscrea, red double lined Paid datestamp on the front and with manuscript "1" for the redirection, Tullow (18.11) and red Dublin diamond (19.11) datestamps on reverse; Fine. A rare redirected Penny Black cover within Ireland. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika1922-27 IssueTrial Plates1s. imperforate sheet of six (3x2) on thick gummed paper, marginal tears and the lower left stamp with some creases, otherwise fine. Very rare. Photo provenance:Stuart Rossiter, June 1983Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Ceylon1882 16c. on 24c. green, tied by Colombo "A" duplex on 1883 (21 July) disinfected entire letter to Luxembourg, redirected to Switzerland, transit and arrival markings on reverse; fine and rare. The only recorded entire letter from Ceylon to Luxembourg prior to 1900 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
AustraliaThe Kangaroo IssuesThird Watermark6d. pale ultramarine, Plate 3, Die IIB "Harrison" plate, a block of four, one showing variety leg of kangaroo broken [3L6], fine mint. A rare multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2007) states this is bright ultramarine and that it is faded, both of which are incorrect. S.G. 38d/da, £2520; BW 20C/d, $3275. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
AustraliaKing George V Heads1931-36 CofA 1/4d. intensely deep turquoise, centred to left as all known examples are, slightly yellowish gum as usual, fine and lightly mounted mint. Very rare. R.P.S.V. (1999) and B.P.A. (2012) Certificates. BW 131E, $8500. Photo provenance:"Fordwater", November 2011Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1971 Christmas3p. Adoration of the Magi, variety lemon (Window panels) omitted, block of four from the upper right corner of the sheet with Traffic Lights, unmounted mint, tiny wrinkles, fine and rare. PFSA Certificate (1980). S.G. 895c, £1,400+. 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.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1970 Literary Anniversaries 5d. lower marginal se-tenant block of four, variety yellow-bistre (value) omitted; unmounted mine. Fine and rare. Brandon Certificate (2010). S.G. 826b, £10,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Virgin Islands1879-84 CC 2½d. red-brown imperforate plate proof marginal block of four with plate number "1", large part original gum, fresh and fine. Very rare. Photo Note: This block is illustrated on pages 23 and 98 of the Migliavacca handbookprovenance:J. Charlton Henry, 1961Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Grenada1881 Revenue Stamps Surcharged - Watermark Large Star2½d. rose-lake horizontal pair, variety imperforate between, unused with large part original gum, fine. Very rare. S.G. 22b, £6500. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 Two Pence BluePlate 1SD a lovely delicate impression with good margins all round, crisp ruby red Maltese Cross cancellation; fine and highly appealing. Rare. Specialised DS5uf, £7,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Leeward Islands1938-51 Issue£1 purple and black on carmine lower right corner example, variety broken lower right scroll, fresh mint; tiny gum skip, otherwise unmounted. Fine and rare. S.G. 114ae, £2,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great Britain1840 Two Pence BluePlate 1SK-SL block of four in a deep shade, black Maltese Cross cancellations, close to good margins all round. A sound and rare block. Specialised £28,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1970 British Rural Architecture 5d., variety grey-black (face value only) omitted; unmounted mint. Photocopy of Brandon Certificate (2011) for lower stamp only. Rare. S.G. 815e, £17,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Gibraltar1918 War Tax ½d. green block of four, variety overprint double, unmounted mint or very lightly hinged, the first stamp with a patch of disturbed gum, otherwise fine and rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2002). S.G. 86a, £3,600+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1962 National Productivity Year1/3d. ordinary, vertical pair (some perforation separation), the top stamp variety light blue (Queen's head) omitted and lower stamp with partial omission, both with minor bend and lower stamp with a couple of short perfs., normal for comparison. Fine unmounted mint. Rare and spectacular. Brandon Certificate (1998). S. G. 633a, £17,500+. Photo Quantity: Circa 18 mint examplesSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1962 National Productivity Year1/3d. ordinary, variety light blue (Queen's head) omitted with normal for comparison. Fine unmounted mint. Rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2005). S. G. 633a, £17,500. Photo Quantity: Circa 18 mint examplesSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) South Africa1910 Parliament 2½d. selection comprising mint single, blocks of four and six, a used example, with Cape, Natal, ORC and Transvaal 2½d. affixed to piece cancelled on day of issue at Germiston and signed "Hugo" (H.S. Wilkinson, designer), five used examples cancelled on day of issue at Cape Town, Heidelberg, Merriman St, Kimberley (rare), Utrecht and Woodside, a further example, three other pieces and a card used Interprovincially 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.
Grenada1891 (Jan.) 1d. on 2/- orange, a block of sixty (12x6) with one showing no stop after "d" (R.3/8) and another showing wide space (R.5/3), unused wi9th large part or full original gum, some tone spotting on reverse which just comes through to face in places, and the lower left stamp with natural paper crease. A rare and impressive multiple. S.G. 45/a/b, £5100. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Virgin Islands1899 IssueMaster die proof in black on highly surfaced thin card (39x43mm.), showing "virgin islands" in outline only and with some background details incomplete. A fine and very rare proof. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1913-24 Admiral Issue1917 (Aug.) Livingstone Provisional, ½d. on 1d. rose-scarlet horizontal strip of three, [18-20] of the setting, surcharge inverted, [18-19] with spaced "n y", overprint positions [38-40] and stamp positions [21-23], mint with the outer stamps unmounted; a couple on tiny light tone marks, otherwise fine. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 280, a, c, £4,200+. Photo provenance:Shapland, Christie's Robson Lowe, June 1993Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) South Africa1929 Air, series of four enlarged 6d. essays, comprising a vertical design printed in two different sizes and marked "1925.1." and "1925.2.", and a horizontal design (2, not dissimilar to the 1929 issue showing differences in the side ornamentation and landscape) marked "1929/1" and "1929/2", printed in black on stout, surfaced paper (204x222mm.); horizontal folding creases through a rare and desirable group. 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.
AustraliaLater Issues1929 (Sept.) Centenary of Western Australia 1½d. dull scarlet, marginal with part imprint, variety imperforate between stamp and margin, gum a little browned, otherwise fine unmounted mint. Extremely rare. S.G. 116; BW 138b, $20,000. Photo Note: Four examples exist imperforate at base. These comprise No. 75 with part imprint (this stamp), Nos. 76-77 with right half of the imprint and No. 78.provenance:Hugh Morgan, November 2012Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Western Australia1858 (23 Feb.) sailor's envelope to Leicester, headed "From G. Millican, Seaman on board H.M.S. Herald", countersigned by Commanding Officer and bearing 1854 imperf. 1d. with margins virtually all round (just cut-into at top right) tied by void obliterator in brownish red, showing very fine "post office/Crown/albany/western australia" oval h.s in brownish red and, on reverse, clear arrival c.d.s. (7.4); some minor light age stains though an attractive and very rare soldier's rate cover, being one of only two recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo provenance:"Austin", May 1985Subject 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 lower right corner block of four showing large part plate number "2", fine unmounted mint. Very rare. S.G. 197; BW 219zc, $5000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Northern RhodesiaRevenue Stamps1955 "Migrant Labourer's Work Book", page 1 removed as required, pages 3, 7 and 8 each bearing Employment Stamp 5/- blue (4) cancelled by Rhodesia Railways African Affairs Dept. or Office of the R.C., Bulawayo (2) datestamps in violet. 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.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1973 Christmas3½p. PVAD, variety turquoise-green (leg, robe, etc.) omitted, normal for comparison; unmounted mint (toned as are all the known examples). Rare. Brandon Certificate (2008). S.G. 948i, £6,250. Photo Quantity: Circa 10 mintSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika1922-27 IssueTrial Plates1s. complete imperforate sheet of six (3x2) in reddish purple and orange-yellow on thick paper, some very slight creasing otherwise fine. Very rare and most attractive. Photo provenance:Stuart Rossiter, June 1983Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1998 British Land Speed Record Holders Sir Henry Seagrave's Sunbeam, 26p. cylinder block of ten (2x5), the fourth vertical row variety rosine (face value) omitted; unmounted mint. Spectacular and rare. S.G. 2060a, £9,500. Photo Quantity: Circa 20 mintSubject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Cyprus1879 (5 Aug.) envelope (222x90mm.) from Limassol to the "Emlak Chief Cashier" (a quasi charitable body) at Nicosia, bearing Great Britain ½d. rose Plate 15 and 1d. red Plate 221 tied by three fine "975" and with Nicosia c.d.s. at foot dated 12 February 1884 in error, the reverse with despatch, Larnaca (6.8) and Nicosia (7.8) c.d.s.; a couple of creases at left and fractionally truncated at foot, otherwise fine. A very rare 1½d. internal rate franking. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Leeward Islands1897 (27 July) underfranked envelope to Guadeloupe bearing 1897 Jubilee ½d. tied by Dominica c.d.s., upon arrival showing manuscript "1/15" alongside "T" and bearing French Postage Due 30c. red with arrival c.d.s. (28.7) with a further strike on reverse. A rare postage due cover bearing this issue. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1966 "england winners" 4d., imperforate Printer's waste block of four from the lower left corner of the sheet with traffic lights, on gummed, unwatermarked paper; creased and soiled. Rare. S.G. 700P 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 (2 Jan.) envelope from Fox Bay to Ronald Southey in Kent, bearing 5/- black and yellow neatly cancelled by superb "fox bay" FB.1 c.d.s.; a fine and rare first day of use cover. 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.
Great Britain1876Prepared for use but not issued 8d. purple-brown, EB, original gum, fresh colour and good perfs., centred to left as is often found, fine. A rare stamp. S.G. 156a, £9,750. 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 IssueIssued Stamps8a. grey block of four from the top of the sheet showing part papermaker's watermark, unused without gum, fresh and fine. A very rare multiple with only three unused blocks recorded, one of which is in the Royal Collection. S.G. 13, £1,100+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainPostal History1844 (4 May) entire from Spain to Guernsey with red Cartagena, Espagne/St. J. de Luz. datestamps and superb and very rare Guernsey "8" marking on the front, on reverse Nantes Bordeaux and Guernsey (with inverted "7" for first "4" in "1844") transit and arrival datestamps; fine. An Exhibition cover. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1997 Royal Golden Wedding 20p. vertical strip of three, top stamp face value omitted; unmounted mint. Rare. Photocopy of B.P.A. Certificate (2010) for vertical strip of four. S.G. 2011a, £25,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Great 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.
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