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x 1903-60 complete mint collection with additional 1935 Jubilee and 1946 Victory sets perforated "specimen", mostly fine. S.G. 1-152, £1850+. (152) £500-600
| Southern Nigeria | |
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x 1901-02 CA 1/2d. to 10/- with additional 5/- and 10/-, 1903-04 CA 1/2d. to £1, 1907-11 2d. to £1 and 1912 1/2d. to £1, all overprinted "specimen", generally fine. (43) £300-400
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x 1901-12 complete mint collection with a few additional value, mostly fine. S.G. 1-56, £2250+. (72). Photo £600-800
| Southern Rhodesia | |
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x 1924-64 complete mint collection plus Revenue 1931 3/- to £1 (all without gum) and 1954 1d. to £5; also Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954-56 1/2d. to £1, 1959-62 1/2d. to £1 and 1960 Kariba Dam set, and Rhodesia 1966 (Jan.) 1/2d. to £1, 1966 (Feb.) 1d. to £1 and Revenue 1966 £100; condition mostly fine. Cat. £900+. (212) £500-600
| South-West Africa | |
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x 1923-61 predominantly mint collection including 1923 Setting I 1/2d. to 5/-, 1923-26 Setting III 1/2d. to 5/- with additional 1/3d., 2/6d. and 5/-, and Setting VI 1/2d. to 1/-, 2/6d., 5/- and £1 pale olive-green and red, 1927 Pictorial 2d. to 10/-, 1927-30 KGV 1/3d. and £1 and Pictorial 1/2d. to 10/-, 1931 1/2d. to 20/- set of fourteen and 1954 1d. to 10/-; condition generally fine. Cat. £2300+. (296) £600-800
| Sudan | |
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x 1897-1960 mint collection including 1897 1m. (2) to 10p., 1898 1m. to 10p., 1902-21 1m. to 10p., 1927-41 1m. to 20p., 1931-37 Air 3m. to 10p., 1935 Gordon 5m. to 50p., 1941 1m. to 20p., 1948 1m. to 50p., 1950 Air 2p. to 20p., 1951-61 1m. to 50p. and Army Service 1906-11 wmk Quatrefoil 2p., 5p. and 10p. overprinted "specimen"; mostly fine. Cat. £1300+. (161) £300-400
| Swaziland | |
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x 1889-1969 mainly mint collection including some, mainly used, overprints on Transvaal (not guaranteed), 1933 1/2d. to 10/- (2 sets, one perforated "specimen"), 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation sets perforated "specimen", 1938-54 1/2d. to 10/- with some perf changes, 1948 Wedding, 1956 1/2d. to £1, 1961 1/2c. on 1/2d. to 2r. on £1 set of thirteen, 1961 with a few additional types and 1962-66 1/2c. to 2r.; condition generally fine. (175) £300-400
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x 1916-61 predominantly mint collection including 1916 Nyasaland-Rhodesian Force 1/2d. to 1/-, 1917-21 MCA 1c. to 20r., 1921 Script 12c. to 5r., 1922-24 Giraffe 5c. to £1 set of fifteen (2, one overprinted "specimen" - all with heavy hinges and/or mount remnants), 1925 5c. to 30c. overprinted "specimen" and 1922-27 5c. to £1; condition generally fine. Cat. £3200+. (106) £500-600
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x 1917-21 MCA 50r. carmine and green, fine mint. S.G. 62, £750. Photo £200-250
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x 1915 (May) 1/2d. to 20/- set of twelve and 1916-20 1/2d. to 20/- set of twelve with 1/- shade, fine mint. S.G. H34-H58, £400 £100-120
| Tonga | |
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x 1893-1961 mainly mint collection including 1893 surcharges (6), 1897 1/2d. to 5/-, 1920-35 1/2d. to 1/- used, 1923-23 2d. surcharges and 1942-49 1/2d. to 5/-; condition mostly fine. Cat. £740+. (71) £200-250
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x 1903 CA £5 orange-brown and violet, fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 259, £2250. Photo £600-800
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
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x 1851-1969 predominantly mint collection including Trinidad with 1851 (1d.) purple-brown block of four, 1869 CC 5/-, 1883-94 CC 5/-, 1896-1906 5/-, 10/- and £1, 1899 unissued 3d. on 5d. overprinted "specimen", 1901-06 1/2d. to 5/- and 1904-06 MCA 1/2d. to £1; Tobago with 1883 (Apr.) 2 1/2d. on 6d. (heavily mounted), 1886-89 1d. on 2 1/2d. and 1896 1/2d. on 4d.; Trinidad and Tobago with 1913-23 MCA 1/2d. to £1 (6d. used), 1921-22 Script 1/2d. to £1 with additional 5/-, 1922-28 1/2d. to £1, 1935-37 1c. to 72c. perforated "specimen" and mint with perf changes, 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation sets perforated "specimen", 1938-44 1c. to $4.80, 1946 Victory pair perforated "specimen", 1953-59 1c. to $4.80 and 1960 1c. to $4.80; condition generally fine. Cat. £3500+. (289) £800-1,000
| Tristan da Cunha | |
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x 1952-71 mint collection complete to 1965, fine. Cat. £460+. (29) £120-150
| Turks and Caicos Islands | |
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x 1867-1967 mint collection including Turks Islands with 1867 1d. (2) and 6d., 1881 small group of surcharges, 1882-85 CA 2 1/2d. and 4d., 1889 1d. on 2 1/2d. (2); Turks and Caicos Islands with 1900-04 1/2d. to 3/-, 1909-11 1/4d. to 3/- plus 1/2d. to 3/- overprinted "specimen", 1913-21 MCA 1/2d. to 3/-, 1917-19 War Tax range, 1921 Script 1/4d. to 1/-, 1922-26 1/4d. to 3/-, 1928 1/2d. to 10/-, 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation sets perforated "specimen", 1938-45 1/4d. to 10/-, 1946 Victory pair perforated "specimen", 1950 1/2d. to 10/-, 1957 1d. to 10/- and 1960 £1; condition generally fine. Cat. £1800+. (299) £500-600
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x 1866-1967 mint collection including 1866 white paper 1d. and toned paper 6d., 1867-70 greyish paper 1d., 1867 crimson frames superimposed, toned paper 1/-, 1879-80 CC 1d. (no gum) and 2 1/2d. (used), 1883-84 CA 1/2d. yellow-buff (no gum and a fraction toned), 1887-89 CA 1d. (2), 4d. (3), 6d. (2) and 1/-, 1888 4d. on 1/-, 1899 1/2d. to 5/- (2 sets, one overprinted "specimen") with additional mint 1/2d. showing error "halfpfnny", 1904 CA 1/2d. to 5/- (2 sets, one overprinted "specimen"), 1913-19 MCA 1/2d. to 5/- (2 sets, one overprinted "specimen"), 1922-28 MCA 3d. to 5/- and Script 1/2d. to 5/-, 1935 Jubilee set perforated "specimen", 1938-47 1/2d. to £1, 1946 Victory pair perforated "specimen", 1952 1c. to $4.80, 1956-62 1/2c. to $4.80 and 1964-68 1c. to $2.80; condition generally fine. cat. £2700+. (251) £800-1,000
| Zanzibar | |
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x 1895-1961 mint collection including 1895-96 1/2a. to 5r., 1895-98 prepared for official purposes "2 1/2" (Type 3) on 1 1/2a. and "2 1/2" (Type 5) on 2a., 1896 1/2a. to 5r., 1897 "2 1/2" (Type 3) on 4a., 1899-1901 1/2a. to 5r., 1904 (June) surcharges, 1904 1/2a. to 5r., 1908-09 1c. to 10r. with additional 4r., 1913 1c. to 10r., 1914-22 1c. to 10r., 1921-29 1c. to 5r., 1926-27 1c. to 75c., 1936 5c. to 10s., 1936 Jubilee, 1952-55 5c. to 10s., 1957 5c. to 10s. and 1961 5c. to 10s.; condition generally fine. Cat. £3400+. (253) £800-1,000
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x 1888-93 1/2d. to 5/- (2 1/2d. with some staining on reverse) with additional 2 1/2d. overprinted "specimen" and on Natal 1/2d. with and without stops, 1893 6d., 1894-96 1/2d. to £1 (2/6d. a little toned) and Postal Fiscal 1891 1d., all mint, most fine. Cat. £2100+. Photo £500-600
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x 1888-93 2d. with manuscript "Specimen", 3d. (no gum) and 5/- (no gum) handstamped "specimen" (Types GB6 and NA1 respectively), fine. Photo £150-180
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x 1894-96 1/2d. to £5 overprinted "specimen", fine mint. S.G. 20s-29s, £975. Photo £300-400
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x 1894-96 £5 purple and black on red, fine mint. Rare. E. Diena Certificate (1991). S.G. 29, £5500. Photo £1,500-1,800
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x A mint group comprising British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia 1948 1/2a. on 1/2d. to 2r. on 2/6d., 1948 Wedding, 1950 1/2a. on 1/2d. to 2r. on 2/6d. and 1953 Coronation; Muscat 1944 3p. to 2r. and Official 3p. to 1r.; and Qatar 1957-59 1n.p. on 5d. to 1r. on 1/6d. and 2r. on 2/6d. to 10r. on 10/- (both types of each) and 1960 3n.p. on 1/2d. to 40n.p. on 6d.; mostly fine. Cat. £388 £80-100
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x A mainly mint group comprising Batum 1919 (Nov.) 5k. to 7r., Iraq (23), Palestine (57) including 1918 1m. to 20p., 1922 Cypher 2m. to 9p., 1922 Script 1m. to 5p., 1927-45 2m. to 50m. and 1932-44 4m. to £P1 perforated "specimen"; and Transjordan (22); condition generally fine. Cat. £850+ £250-300
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x A predominantly mint group comprising Cook Islands (153) including 1893-99 perf 12x11 1/2 1d. to 10d. and perf 11 values to 10d., 1902 1/2d. to 1/-, 1921 2/- to £1, 1936-44 Cowan 2/6d., 10/- and £1, 1938 2/- and 3/-, 1944-46 1/2d. to 3/-, 1949 1/2d. to 3/- and 1963 1d. to 5/-, Aitutaki (20) including 1903 perf 11 2 1/2d. to 1/- and Penrhyn Island (14); Niue (63) including 1903 3d., 6d. and 1/- pairs, 1918-29 De La Rue 2/-, 2/6d. and Cowan 5/-, 1932 1/2d. to 1/- and 1941 multiple wmk 2/6d. to £1; Norfolk Island (81) 1947-64 including 1947-59 1/2d. to 2/- and 1953 3 1/2d. to 5/-; Pitcairn Islands (85) 1940-67 complete; and Tokelau Islands (44). Condition mostly fine. Cat. £2900+ £800-1,000
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x A mint and used collection comprising Cape of Good Hope (94) including a range of used Rectangular issues, 1902-04 1/2d. to 5/- mint, Mafeking Siege 1900 seriffed type on Cape of Good Hope 1d. on 1/2d. (Hope seated) mint and on Bechuanaland Protectorate 1d. on 1/2d. used, and sans-serif type on Bechuanaland Protectorate 3d. on 1d. used (some perfs cut off at left); Natal (68) including 1902-03 1/2d. to 4/- mint, 1902 CC 5/-, 10/-, £1 (slight discolouration) and £1.10 (lightly gum toned) mint, £5 and £10 overprinted "specimen" (both without gum), 1904-08 1/2d. to 2/6d. mint and £1.10 overprinted "specimen" (short perfs at top) and 1908-09 6d. to £1; Orange Free State (71) with some "V.R.I." overprints and 1903-04 1/2d. to 5/- mint; and Transvaal (112) including 1902 CA 1/2d. to 10/- mint, 1903 1/-, 2/- and £1 mint, and 1904-09 MCA 1/2d. to £1 mint. Condition mixed £300-400
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x A complete collection, all mint except the British Forces in Egypt which is used, mostly fine. (250) £300-400
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x A complete mint collection of the Windsor Castle design plus Australia set of three, fine. Cat. £1047. (179) £250-300
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x A complete mint collection of the Windsor Castle design plus Southern Rhodesia set of four, fine. Cat. £1033. (180) £250-300
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x A range of mainly Windsor Castle designs covering twelve different countries including Ascension, Barbados, Falkland Island, Sierra Leone (3) plus South Africa, all mint; condition a little mixed. Cat £500+ £120-150
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x A complete mint collection less South Africa and South West Africa, fine. (134) £600-800
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x A complete used collection less South Africa and South West Africa, fine. (134) £700-900
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x A mint collection, with some duplication, including Great Britain, Bahamas, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, Cyprus, Falkland Is., Gibraltar (2), Hong Kong, K.U.T., Malayan States, Northern Rhodesia, Pitcairn Islands (8 including a block of four), Sarawak and Singapore, a few with some staining on reverse, though the majority fine with a number unmounted. Cat. £2800+. (184) £700-900
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x De La Rue helmeted female design imperforate sheet of 120 on glazed paper, comprising panes of sixty in carmine and olive-green and in olive-green and carmine se-tenant, the five blocks of twelve in both showing no shading or four different styles of shading behind the head; roughly folded between the two panes and with some creasing etc., nevertheless a colourful and almost certainly unique proof sheet £1,500-2,000
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1966 5f. on 5n.p. to 1d. on 10r. set of eleven in unmounted mint marginal blocks of four, fine and scarce. S.G. 15-25, £1,200+ £500-600
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In black on India wove paper (39x43mm.) affixed to card of the same size; fine. Photo £1,400-1,800
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A block of four in black on wove toned paper. Photo £250-300 Provenance: Frederick Mayer, October 2004
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Perf. 14 with part original gum; the odd peripheral light tone mark, otherwise sound. S.G. 1, £800. Photo £150-200
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Perf. 14 to 16 x 11 to 12 1/2: horizontal pair, part to large part original gum; the left-hand stamp with a thin at hinge area, otherwise fine. A very rare multiple. R.P.S. Certificate (1964). S.G. 3, £6,500+. Photo £2,000-2,500 ____________________
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1863-67 1d. rosy mauve (2), 1d. dull rose (3), 1d. vermilion with watermark sideways and 6d. green (2), small to large part original gum and generally good to fine. S.G. 5-8 group, £2,970 £400-500 290No
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1872 1d. lake (4, one with watermark inverted and one with watermark reversed), 1d. scarlet (2, both with watermark inverted) and 6d. blue-green with watermark reversed, unused with part original gum; one 1d. a little soiled though generally good to fine. S.G. 13, 14, 15x £150-200
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1879 2 1/2d. red-brown unused (soiled) and 4d. blue, 1884-87 1d. (4, one rose), 2 1/2d. (4, two with large "2" in "2 1/2" with sloping foot), 4d. (2), 6d. (3 with a pair) and 1/- (2), one 2 1/2d., 4d. and 1/- overprinted "specimen", and 1884 perf. 12 1d., part to large part original gum; one 6d. creased though generally good to fine. S.G. 19, 20, 24-30, £1,750+ £100-120
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1932 master working day book die proofs (5), comprising masters of the three lower value designs with notations in red ink as to the values to be used, the 5/- frame and the 5/- vignette, all in black on wove paper showing die numbers and with the first four marked "record proof" and the last "antigua" in red ink, and each with a 6mm. punch hole. A unique group. Photo £1,800-2,000 Provenance: Frederick Mayer, October 2004
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x 1922-72 mint collection (211) on stockpages, including 1922 2/- (2), 1924-33 set with additional 2/- (3), 3/-, 1/2d. three blocks of four each containing either the cleft rock, torn flag or broken mast variety, 1d. block of four containing the cleft rock variety, 1934 set (2), 1935 Jubilee set, 1938-53 perf. 13 1/2 2/6d., 5/- (brown gum), perf. 13 1/2d. to 10/- (11 values) in imprint pairs, 1948 Wedding, 1956 set, 1963 Birds set, etc., chiefly fine with many unmounted mint £400-600
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1903 Vaughan essay, 2d. Edward VII three-quarter face portrait, value in words and figures, blank tablet at base, in brown-olive on thin card, fine. BW E3B, $4000. Photo £800-1,000 Provenance: Hugh Morgan, November 2012
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1913-2003 used collection housed in two albums, including a selection of Kangaroo issues with values up to 1913-14 5/- grey and yellow, 1915 9d. violet and 1915-27 5/- grey and yellow, a good range of KGV Heads, 1932 Bridge 5/-, KGVI Issues and later issues. Condition a little mixed. (hundreds) £200-300
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1d. red Die I, an imperforate plate proof on thick buff manila paper, a block of nine from the upper corner of Plate A, [4-6/10-12/16-18], some minor creases and small tear in selvedge at top. BW 2PP(1)A, $2925. Photo £500-600 Provenance: Hugh Morgan, November 2012
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3d. Die I imperforate plate proof in black on unwatermarked blue wove paper, a left marginal horizontal pair with the left stamp showing a large void area at left; a little thinned towards top as are most examples, otherwise fine. R.P.S.V. Certificate (1983). BW 12PP(1)A, $2500. Photo £500-600 Provenance: Kevin Nelson, May 2002 Hugh Morgan, November 2012
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3d. olive Die I Plate 2, a "CA" monogram single, well-centred, two slightly clipped perfs at top right otherwise fine mint. S.G. 5; BW 12(2)zc, $1750. Photo £400-500 Provenance: Hugh Morgan, November 2012
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4d. orange Plate 2, a pair with "CA" monogram (trimmed), fresh and fine mint. S.G. 6; BW 15(2)zc, $4000+. Photo £500-600 Provenance: Hugh Morgan, November 2012
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4d. orange Plate 2, a "CA" monogram single, light gum creases towards foot, fine mint. S.G. 6; BW15(2)zc, $4000. Photo £500-600 Provenance: "Fordwater", November 2011
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