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Click here to subscribeBritish 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.
(x) NyasalandRevenue Stamps and Documents1891 Issue£50 imperforate colour trial in red on thin gummed paper with papermakers watermark; 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.
(x) Falkland Islands1878-79 No Watermark IssueDie Proofs1d. in deep blue-green showing outer framelines 1mm. from design, affixed to card (70x105mm.) marked "5"; fine and very rare with only one each in five different colours known. 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.
Collections and RangesA mint and used Foreign countries collection housed in a well filled "Imperial" album (8th. edition), many thousands, including Argentina with Buenos Aires, Austria from 1850, Lombardy Venetia, Post Offices in the Turkish Empire, Belgium from 1849 Epaulette 10c., 20c., 1849 watermark framed LL 40c., Belgian Congo, Bolivia, Brazil 1843 30r., 60r., 1844 600r., 1850 600r., coloured and fancy cancellations, Bulgaria, Chile, China 1878 Large Dragon 1ca., 3ca. (2), 5ca.(2), 1895 Dowager Empress set and surcharges, Shanghai, Colombia, States, Denmark, Danish West Indies, Ecuador, Finland, France 1849-52 10c., 15c., 40c., 1f., 1870-71 imperf. Bordeaux 30c., 40c., 80c. (2), Post Offices and Colonies with many rare, German States Bavaria, Hanover, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Germany, Hungary 1871 Litho. 25k., Italian States Modena 1852-57 without stop 10c., 40c. pale blue, Naples, Parma 1859 Provisional Government 5c. (2), 10c., 20c., Romagna 1859 6b., 8b., 20b., Sardinia 1854 head in colourless relief 5c., 20c., 40c., 1855-63 3L., Tuscany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands from 1852, Colonies, Norway, Peru, Rumania, Russia, Spain 1850 5r., Colonies with Philippines, Sweden 1855 24s., Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, etc., mixed condition and with the very occasional forgery. A valuable and most interesting lot. Please examine carefully 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 Fee Stamps25h. grey, 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. M26. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Canada1852-57 handmade paper, 7½d. yellow-green with good to large margins, unused with large part original gum (slightly brownish) and of lovely rich intense colour. A fine example of this rare stamp. P.F. Certificate (2013). S.G. 12, £13,000. Photo provenance:William Gross, November 2009Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Northern Rhodesia1963 Arms 3d. yellow complete sheet of of one hundred and twenty (12x10) showing dramatic value misplacement printed diagonally from upper left, where the value appears beside the shield, to lower right, where it appears below the right of the shield, and with the "1B" plate number only partly showing in the lower margin, unmounted mint; tear in right margin at about ten stamps with natural? creasing. A rare and spectacular showpiece 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.
Malta1921-22 2/- purple and blue on blue, block of four from the upper right corner of the sheet with plate number, including the break in scroll [R.1/12] and broken crown and scroll [R.2/12] varieties; unmounted mint, hinged in the margin only, a few split perf. and one stamps signed Bolaffi in pencil. A rare positional piece, S.G. 103, 103a, 103b. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1910-13 Double Head IssuePerforated 142/6d. blacking brown and rose-red, RSC "F", described by John Michael as "towards F"", part original gum, fresh and fine. A rare stamp. Photo provenance:Derek Lambert, November 1999Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) The Ric Otton Collection of British CommonwealthZululand1894-96 £5 purple and black on red, fine mint. Rare. E. Diena Certificate (1991). S.G. 29, £5500. 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) NyasalandRevenue Stamps and Documents1957 "Migrant Labourer's Work Book", page 1 removed as required, pages 3 and 5 each bearing Employment Stamp 5/- green (4) cancelled by Turners Asbestos Products framed handstamp 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.
Gibraltar1980 prepared for use but not issued Nelson 3p. with Nelson facing left, unmounted mint block of six from the foot of the sheet with Plate numbers; a few wrinkles and the third stamp creased. Rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika1903-04 ½a. to 50r. set of sixteen, each overprinted "specimen" and additionally handstamped "ultramar" in violet, all without gum and some colour loss (mainly vignettes) in places as is fairly usual, nevertheless a very rare set. S.G. 1s-16s Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Cyprus1880 (8 July) entire letter from Paphos to Limassol, bearing 1880 1d. red Pl. 208 neatly cancelled "981" and with fine upright c.d.s. at top centre, arrival c.d.s. (9.7) across join on reverse; two filing folds, one through the adhesive, otherwise fine. A rare inland letter from this scarce office. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Sierra Leone1886 (5 July) envelope (opened-out) from Manoh Salijah to France, bearing 1884-91 4d. brown (defective at upper left) cancelled with a legible strike of the "post office/manoh salijah/post office" oval-framed handstamp in red and with Calais-Paris T.P.O. c.d.s. (4.8) at left, the reverse with a superb strike of the oval handstamp, "manoh salijah/sierra leone" c.d.s. in red, Sierra Leone (12.7), London (4.8) and Auxerre (5.8) c.d.s.; minor perimeter faults with small tear affecting the oval handstamp on reverse, nevertheless a very rare cover. S.G. 33. Photo provenance:Col. J.R. Danson, 1971Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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