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Click here to subscribeIceland 1959 (3 Sept.) Airmail Fortieth Anniversary of Civil Aviation in Iceland 4k. 05, stamp-sized handpainted essay of the adopted design in myrtle-green, Chinese white and grey mounted on board (95mm x 107mm). Rare and most attractive. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Colonial Die Proofs King Edward VII "postage postage" master die proof with blank country name and value tablet, stamp-size in black on glazed card and affixed to De La Rue day book piece marked "Nov 6 120 leads & 6 extra" and further, in red ink, "No charge". Rare. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland Original "carte de visite" photograph, by Elliott & Fry of Baker St., of Rev. Robert Moffat (1795-1883, Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa and father-in-law of David Livingstone), signed by him with his date of birth and marked "Recd. from Dr. Moffatt 19th. Feby 1874" on reverse, and a further autographed card on which he has written "Fifty four years Missionary to the Bechuanas S Africa. The Cedars 11th Novr 1870"; signed photographs of Moffatt are rare. A wonderful frontispiece to any collection of Bechuanaland VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1885-87 On Cape Issue 2d. pale bistre, variety overprint double clearly separated vertically, indistinct c.d.s., probably Mafeking; upper left corner perf. thinned, otherwise fine. Rare with less than ten examples recorded to date. A.P.S. Certificate (2007). S.G. 6c, £1,800. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1885-87 On Cape Issue 2d. pale bistre, variety overprint double close diagonally though distinct, neatly cancelled with Mafeking 19 December 1887 c.d.s.; fine and rare with less than ten examples recorded to date. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 6c, £1,800. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1888 (7 Aug.) Provisionals 1/- on 1/- green and black, a block of four with each horizontal pair neatly cancelled "638" at Mafeking; one with small fault at foot, otherwise fine and a rare multiple of this value. S.G. 28, £340+. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1888 (8 Dec.) Provisional "One/Half /Penny" on 3d. pale reddish lilac and black block of six (3x2), [43-45, 55-57] within the surcharge setting; two very faint miniscule perf. stains, otherwise fresh lightly mounted mint, the lower row of three unmounted mint. Very rare, being the largest recorded multiple of this provisional. P.F.S.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 29, £1,500+. Photo provenance: H.R. Holmes, 1981, subsequently with the margin removed VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1888 (27 Dec.) on Cape Halfpenny ½d. grey-black, variety overprint double, one inverted, the latter transposed, fresh with part original gum. An attractive example of this very rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1991). S.G. 30b, £2,500. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1891 (Nov.) Cape of Good Hope Overprinted "British/Bechuanaland" Reading Up 1d. carmine-red reconstructed marginal block of six formed by three horizontal pairs, the top pair, marginal with plate number "7", variety one without overprint, the centre pair variety "Bechuanaland" omitted and the pair at foot with almost all of "Bechuanaland" omitted, all three pairs showing part albino impressions of the overprint, the upper pair with the stamps remaining unmounted, the two other pairs with large part original gum; the varieties caused by a folding under of part of the upper right corner with some resultant creasing which should not be considered a caveat. A remarkable accomplishment to bring these three pairs together, which were last offered together in 1900. Undoubtedly one of the most important items of Bechuanaland philately. B.P.A. Certificates for the top pair (2008) and for the middle pair (2003) which is also represented by a Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1991). S.G. 31a, 31c. Photo Note: In the Tamsen sale of May 1900 lot 196 comprised a block of twelve of the 1d. value described as "on two only the surcharge "British" appears, and one is entirely without surcharge, rare". The marginal pair without overprint has not appeared at auction since that time. The crease only affected a vertical strip of four stamps from the upper right corner of the pane. The whereabouts of the pair from row four is unknown and may not have survived provenance: Tamsen, 1900, for the upper pair Holmes, 1981 and Sir Gwaine Baillie, 2005 for the middle pair Dale Lichtenstein, 1991 for the lower pair VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland British Bechuanaland 1891-1904 Overprinted on Stamps of Great Britain 1d. lilac, 2d. grey-green and carmine and 6d. purple on rose-red vertical pairs and 4d. green and purple-brown horizontal marginal pair from the top of the sheet, each overprinted "specimen" (GB6) for Inland Revenue records, unmounted mint; one 4d. with slight colour loss and one 6d. with creases, nevertheless a very rare quartet of multiples. B.P.A. Certificate (2012) VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888 (Aug.-Dec.) Overprinted "Protectorate" 6d. lilac and black overprinted with "protectorate" essay overprint in red by Messrs. Townsend & Co. (Holmes Type 3) and with what appears to be part of a cancellation; traces of other marks in places. Exceptionally rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1991). Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888 (27 Dec.) On Cape Halfpenny ½d. grey-black, variety overprint double, one reading "Protectorate/Bechuanaland", mint with some gum staining resulting in the stamp appearing a little soiled. A rare variant of the double overprint. P.F.S.A. Certificate (1977). S.G. 52ab, £1,200. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1889 (Aug.) "Fourpence" Provisional 4d. on ½d. vermilion, variety "rpence" omitted, Row 9/2, cancelled with indistinct numeral obliterator and tied on piece; a fine example of this very rare stamp. R.P.S. (1989) and Brandon (2002) Certificates. S.G. 53a, £6,000. Photo provenance: Spink, March 2002 VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1890 "Protectorate" Trial Overprints 15mm. Overprint, ½d. vermilion blocks of six (3x2) from the four corners of the sheet, fresh mint with the majority of the stamp being unmounted. A rare and spectacular quartet which is almost certainly unique. B.P.A. Certificate (2012) for each. S.G. 54a. Photo provenance: Ernest Hunt VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1904-13 Edward VII Issue 2½d. ultramarine strip of three, the centre stamp with variety stop after "p" in "protectorate", fresh vibrant colour and with large part original gum; very fine. Rare. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 69a, £1,000. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1904-13 Edward VII Issue 1/- deep green and scarlet, two lower right corner blocks of four with date cuts in lower margin Jubilee lines, one with right-hand margin imperforate (rare), the other with margin perforated through; a most attractive pair VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1913-24 Issue 1½d. red-brown, variety stop after "p" in "protectorate"; fine mint. Very rare and believed to be one of only two recorded examples. B.P.A. Certificate (2010). Photo Note: This variety is written-up in "Runner Post", page 465 VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1925-27 Issue 1/- bistre-brown block of eighteen (6x3) neatly cancelled with Francistown 1919 c.d.s.; the lower row with a horizontal crease, otherwise fine. A rare and spectacular multiple. S.G. 98, £432+ VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate 1925-27 Issue 1/- bistre-brown block of four, variety watermark inverted, cancelled with Serowe c.d.s.; one with a creased corner and other trivial imperfections though an exceptionally rare and almost certainly unique multiple. S.G. 98w, £1,200. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Bechuanaland Protectorate Postal Fiscal Stamps 1918 £5 on 1/- green and black together with Revenue 1923 on South Africa 5/-, 10/- and £1, each initialled and cancelled in manuscript, affixed to piece twice neatly cancelled by Master`s Office oval datestamp. Colourful and very rare. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1890 (28 Sept.) double rate envelope registered from Palachwe to England, bearing 1887 2d. vertical pairs (2) and Protectorate 1889 (Aug.) 4d. on ½d. vertical strip of three, all lightly cancelled with c.d.s. and with London arrival oval registered datestamp (28.10) at foot, the reverse (flap missing) with Cape Town and London (28.10) oval registered datestamps; the envelope a little soiled though a scarce combination franking with the 4d. on ½d. rare on cover. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1891 (2 July) envelope, complete with contents (request from E. Finnis, "Chief Constable/Kuruman" on embossed British Bechuanaland letterhead) to Cape Town, bearing 1887 2d. cancelled "534" and with Kuruman c.d.s. alongside, both struck in blue, the reverse (some toning) with Kimberley (25.7) and Cape Town (27.7) c.d.s. A rare and attractive example of a coloured Bechuanaland cancellation. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1904 (6 Dec.) envelope from Kanye to England, bearing British Bechuanaland 1888 3d. lilac and black bisected vertically and Protectorate 1897-1902 1d. lilac sharing fine c.d.s. "6 de" inverted) and with manuscript signature "Dion Solomon/P.M." of the postmaster below; first two lines of the address inked over though extremely rare with only four example of the Kanye bisect recorded, two of which are in institutional collections leaving only this and one other in private hands. Photo provenance: Col. J.R. Danson, June 1971 Sir John Inglefield-Watson, October 2007 VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1906 (1 Nov.) envelope registered from Lobatsi to England, bearing 1904-13 2½d. ultramarine (3), the centre example showing variety stop after "p" in "protectorate", twice neatly cancelled and with boxed "registered." handstamp in violet at left, the reverse with despatch, Cape Town (4.11), London (25.11) and Ipswich (25.11) datestamps. A very rare stamp on cover. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1929 (23 Nov.) envelope to Cape Town carried on the Oldsmobile Expedition from Ghanzi, bearing 1925-27 1d. (2), one cancelled by the special "oldsmobile/kalahari mail." datestamp with a further strike alongside, the other cancelled at Gaberones on 29 November; a few small faults though very rare. The few other covers known from the expedition were posted from South or South West Africa, this being the sole known cover from the expedition bearing Bechuanaland stamps. Photo Note: The expedition crossed the Kalahari from Gobabis to Ghanzi, then on to Molepolole and Gaberones in Bechuanaland, and finally to Johannesburg VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations 1930 (11 Nov.) 4½d. G size registered envelope (Thy Re 40) from Ramaquabane to Vienna, uprated with 1925-27 ½d. and 1d. pair all cancelled with double-ring datestamps, manuscript town name in registration box at upper left with this office never issued with registration labels, no transit markings; a fine and rare cover from this village situated in the north east of Bechuanaland, and which was a postal agency under Francistown. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Bechuanaland Covers and Cancellations Parcel Labels 1915 (6 May) large part Union label for bullion sent by The Tati Company Ltd. to Bulawayo, bearing 1888 1/- and 10/- in combination with 1913-24 ½d. pair (one defective) and 1/- (3) each neatly cancelled by Francistown c.d.s.; a very rare usage. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
x British East Africa 1896 (4 Apr.) envelope from the Rev. R.H. Walker at Mombasa to London, bearing 1895-96 2½a. yellow-green with variety "Br1tish" for British" variety (State 1), neatly cancelled by squared-circle datestamp, the reverse with Zanzibar and Paddington (20.4) c.d.s.; a very rare stamp on a non-philatelic cover. Brandon Certificate (2000). Photo VAT Status: Import 5% View Terms & Conditions
Ceylon 1857-64 No Watermark, Imperforate ½d. reddish lilac on blued paper block of four, large part original gum, good to large margins and lovely appearance; the upper pair with lightly creased corners and the lower pair with pinhole and light horizontal crease, otherwise fine. Extremely rare and the only mint multiple that we recall seeing. R.P.S. Certificate (1999). S.G. 16. Photo provenance: Admiral Harris, February 1951 G.C. Bailey, May 1962 J. Hackmey, February 2009 VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Ceylon 1861-64 Watermark Star Rough Perforations 2/- deep dull blue block of four of brilliant colour, unused without gum; thin at top of lower right stamp, otherwise fine. A rare multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (2002). S.G. 37a. Photo provenance: Baron de Worms, June 1938 Admiral Harris, February 1951 J. Hackmey, February 2009 VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Fiji 1935 Silver Jubilee, a small collection neatly mounted and written-up on leaves, including the set in blocks of four perforated "specimen" (rare), the set in marginal singles with plate numbers, 1½d. (frame a little oxidised) and 1/- both with variety frame printed double, one albino, 1½d. plate 1A/2A block of twelve an 1/- plate 1A marginal single both showing variety diagonal line by turret, 1½d. and 1/- both with variety dot by flagstaff, 2d. plate 1A corner block of fifteen with one showing variety dot to left of chapel, other plate and variety items and usages on covers/cards (7). An attractive group. photo for 1d. and 1/- albinos VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Gambia King Edward VII Covers 1906 (11 Apr.) envelope registered "Per Sapele" to England, bearing 1906 1d. on 3/- carmine and green on yellow and 1906 2d. 2d. orange and mauve, both cancelled and tied by oval registered datestamps, arrival datestamp (28.4) on reverse. The provisional very rare on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Gibraltar Great Britain Used In Gibraltar 1858 (Oct.) 1d. pink envelope piece additionally bearing imperforate 1d. Plates 12 and 27 and 1d. rose-red LC14 (3), all cancelled "g" and showing characteristic over-inking at the right side, Worthing arrival c.d.s. (8.10) on reverse; crease at top crosses the embossed stamp where folded prior to use. A rare and most unusual usage of imperforate and perforated stamps in Gibraltar and accompanied by notes on plating by Dr. W.R.D. Wiggins. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Gibraltar Covers and Cancellations 1886 (20 Nov.) envelope to Germany, bearing 1886 (Jan.) ½d. and 2d. sharing superb "a26" duplex with a further strike at right, indistinct sender`s dated cachet at lower left, Hanover arrival c.d.s. (25.11) on reverse; rare and attractive with the 2d. value particularly so used in the correct period. Photo VAT Status: Margin Scheme View Terms & Conditions
Allen & Thurber Norwich Pepperbox/Belly gun, American, with 1837 Patent Date and Quick Drop Grip Profile 31 calibre 6 shot percussion pistol. 25 cm overall length. 10.5 cm Barrel Cluster which is extremely rare due to most Thurber manufactured guns being just under 7 cm in length. Bar Hammer (marked Allen's patent) . Frame with Nipple shield. Scroll Engraved steel butt plate. Action in Good Working order. Marked to the barrel 'Patented 1827 cast steel' and 'ALLEN THURBER Worcester - T'. Varnished walnut grips with oval escutcheons - Est. £300 - £400
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