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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/- DEEP PURPLE & ULTRAMARINE - comb perf 14, 11 mounted mint & a used example. SG116 £1200+. (12) £200
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/- DEEP REDDISH PURPLE & ULTRAMARINE - 4 mint (2 unmounted) + 3 used examples. SG116a £1550. (7) £300
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/- DEEP PURPLE & ULTRAMARINE - line perforated 14½, 4 examples mounted mint all with toned gum, plus 2 used. SG116b £1600. (6) £300
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/- PURPLE & BLUE (SHADES) EXTENSIVE GROUP - with purple & (mottled) blue SG116c blocks of 4 (5 inc. with plate number) + 43 singles all mint; purple & deep blue SG116d blocks of 4 (3) + 41 singles all mint; dull purple & blue perf 13 SG116e block of 4, pair + 25 singles all mint; reddish purple & blue perf 13 SG116f mint blocks of 20 & 4 + 23 singles all mint. Also used ranges of each. (c200 items) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/6 BLACK & RED - comb perf 14 plate number blocks of 4 (2) a pair + 18 singles all mint and a range of used; and line perf 14¼ mounted mint (gum toning) & 3 used, all 4 with perf faults. SG117/117a £2800+. (44 items) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 2/6 ORDINARY PAPER EXTENSIVE GROUP - with black & red SG117b blocks of 4 (2), pair (2) + 40 singles all mint; black & orange-red perf 13 SG117c blocks of 4 (3 inc. 2 with plate number) + 22 singles all mint; black & red perf 13 SG117d blocks of 6 & 4 (2) + 20 singles all mint. Also a few used. (c105 items) £360
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 5/- GREEN & RED - with 5 mint (3 are unmounted inc. 2 with toned gum), & 5 used. SG118 £990. (10) £180
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 5/- PALE GREEN & RED - chalk-surfaced paper 5 mounted mint; also 6 used mounted on the same page that are probably ordinary paper. SG120 £1875 for the mint examples only. (11) £360
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 5/- DULL YELLOW-GREEN & RED - line perf 14¼, 3 mint (inc. unmounted & another with faults) & 2 used. SG118b £980. (5) £180
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 5/- PALE BLUISH GREEN & CARMINE-RED - pair & 20 singles all mint (pair & 5 singles unmounted) + 5 used. SG118d £2450. (26 items) £500
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 5/- GREEN & RED (SHADES) FINE GROUP - green & red SG118e 10 mint singles; yellow-green & red SG118f 11 mint singles; green & scarlet SG118g blocks of 4 (4), pair & 32 singles all mint. Also a few used of each. (75 items) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 10/- GREEN & DEEP LAKE - unmounted mint with toned gum & mounted mint with slightly toned gum. SG119 £900. (2) £150
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 10/- BLUISH GREEN & DEEP RED - with blocks of 4 (2 inc. with plate number, perf separation) & 10 singles. SG119a £4000+. (12 items) £600
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 10/- YELLOW-GREEN & CARMINE - line perf 14¼, 3 unmounted mint, all with gum toned more or less toned, 1 creased; 2 mounted mint, toned gum; 3 used. SG119b £3000+. (8) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 10/- GREEN & RED (SHADES) FINE GROUP - with yellowish green & deep carmine-red SG119c block of 4 & 16 singles all mint; deep green & dull red SG119d 10 mint; green & vermilion perf 13 SG 119e plate number block of 4, pair & 21 singles all mint; green & dull red perf 14 SG119f pair & 11 singles all mint. Also a few used. (65 items) £450
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 12/6 DEEP GREY & BROWNISH ORANGE - 5 mint & 2 used examples. SG120 £3650. (7) £450
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 12/6 GREY & BROWNISH ORANGE - 12 mint & 4 used examples. SG120a £2700+. (16) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 12/6 GREY & PALE ORANGE - inc. chalk paper pair & 8 singles all mint; ord paper 6 mint. SG120b/120c £1820. (17 items) £300
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 12/6 GREY & YELLOW - with corner unmounted mint, mounted mint, 2 used, fiscally used & 2 with punch holes. SG120d £2400+. (7) £360
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 12/6 GREY & PALE ORANGE (1950) - block of 4 & 21 singles all mint, & used pair. SG120e £2670. (23 items) £460
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 £1 PURPLE & BLACK - 7 mint & 2 used examples. SG121 £2125. (9) £300
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BERMUDA - 1938-53 £1 PURPLE & BLACK (SHADES) FINE GROUP - pale purple & black SG121b 12 mint & used pair; deep reddish purple & black SG121c blocks of 4 (2) & 12 singles mint, 2 used; violet & black perf 13 SG121d plate number block of 4 & 14 singles all mint; bright violet & black perf 13 SG121e blocks of 4 (2) & 10 singles all mint. (57 items) £460
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BERMUDA - KGVI COLLECTION on leaves inc. a mint (including multiples) study of the Pictorial Definitive issue 1948 5/- booklet (exploded into its component parts), 1948 RSW set mint plus several covers inc. censored 1942 to London with 2½d tied by Hamilton "BERMUDA AQUARIUM" slogan cancel (a little grubby), 1948 flown env. to the U.K. bearing 7½d (2) tied by Aquarium slogan & a 1943 env. to Scotland bearing 3d & 1/6d Defin. tied by Mangrove Bay c.d.s. cancels. (Small qty.) £75
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BURMA - TWO CARTONS with the balance off the Derek Filby Burma collection inc. range of fiscal/revenue/savings/official stamps, etc. in complete sheets, quantities of WWII period stamps in packet plus a range of original photos of allied military operations during WWII. Viewing recommended. (Qty.) £120
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BURMA - RANGOON + RANGOON CANTONMENT - "REG" TYPE, REGD. ENVELOPES (ONE TO N.Z.), ETC.; 1890 pair of envs. to India (one uprated P. Stat. env.) with India ½a Green or Pair on reverse tied by fine "RANGOON" Squared Circles (KD29), 1892 usage of the small India 2a regd. env. to Germany with India 1a+½a (one other stamp removed) tied by partial "RANGOON/REG." Squared Circles, and 5 India 1891/94 Postal Stat. usages with fair to v. fine "RANGOON/CANTT." Squared Circle cancels (Proud KD6 only known 1889-94) inc. regd. env. (stains & opened out) to "DUNEDIN/N.Z." (fine backstamp) and v. fine scarce 1891 usage of the India 1/4a Blue "Service Post Card" to local Rangoon address. (8 items) Cross Reference: INDIA, NEW ZEALAND £90
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BURMA - MOULMEIN - 2-RING "MOULMEIN/+P.O.+" C.D.S. ON "INDIA UNPAID" COVER TO G.B. VIA FRANCE; 19 Oct. 1857 env. (some edge wear) from Moulmein to Glasgow "Via Marseilles" with a partly fine 1st-Type 2-ring "MOULMEIN/+P.O.+" cds on the front with v. fine black boxed "INDIA UNPAID" on the front (second strike on reverse) which may also have been struck at Moulmein; charged "9[d]" on delivery with a fine red "M/NR" ("Morning/Northern Railway" mark applied in transit in London). £75
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BURMA - G.B. - 5d-RATE COVERS TO RANGOON (WITH RARE "REDIRECTED") OR TO "STATION HOSPITAL, THAYETMYO"; 25 Oct. 1880 env. to 89th Regiment in Rangoon with GB 2½d Blue (pl.19; 2) tied by fine "LINLITHGOW" Duplexes but redirected to Bangalore with varied backstamps inc. v. fine small boxed Rangoon "REDIRECTED" (Proud 131; only recorded for this one date) and 3 different Rangoon cds's (inc. one "C.R.H." type); plus 15 May 1885 env. (minor wear; slight toning) from London to "Army Medical Staff, Station Hospital, Thayetmyo, B. Burmah" with GB 5d Dull Green tied by fine St. John's Wood Duplex; the latter to the forces gathering in the prelude to the 3rd Burma War. (2 covers) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS £150
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BURMA - THIRD ANGLO-BURMESE WAR - MANDALAY/THAYETMYO - PACIFICATION PERIOD - PAIR OF 9pi SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATE P. STAT. COVERS; 7 Sept. 1885 & 18 Feb. 1890 usages of the India 9p Orange-Red Postal Stationery printed "SOLDIERS' AND SEAMEN'S ENVELOPE" covers (the first with closed tears affecting address, the other with serious faults (with an unused example inside to show the LH end which is missing) to GB cancelled by a blurred "PALACE/MANDALAY" cds (redirected from London) or a very fine small "THAYETMYO" Squared Circle. Rare Concession Rate mail from this post-war period of ongoing turmoil. (2 covers) £75
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BURMA - THIRD ANGLO-BURMESE WAR - PAIR OF GB 5d-RATE COVERS TO "FIELD HOSPITAL, BHAMO, UPPER BURMAH""; July/Aug. 1886 pair of envs. (one toned) to "No. 5/B Field Hospital British Field Force, Bhamo, Upper Burmah" each with GB 5d Dull Green tied by very fine Lombard St. or St. John's Wood Duplexes, having "SEA POST OFFICE" cds backstamps, and endorsed as having been received 5 weeks after posting; both sent to the British Forces of the 3rd Anglo-Burmese War. Rare pair addressed to this tiny village near the Chinese border. (2 covers) £100
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BURMA - TAVOY, THARRAWADDY, THAYETMYO & TOUNGOO - MAIL TO U.S.A., G.B. & INDIA; 1890-98 Squared Circle cancels inc. 20 Mar. 1895 usage of the India 2a 6p o.p. P. Stat. env. to USA cancelled by a mainly fine small "TAVOY" mark, 13 Sept. 1894 usage of the India ½a P. Stat. env. to India with v. fine rare "THARRAWADDY" type KD4 (only known 1890-94; this the LKD), 1895 env. + 8 1898 fronts all with India frankings to GB with fair to fine large "THAYETMYO" marks, and 2 Apr. 1890 usage of the India 1½a Blue P. Stat. PC (stains) with v. fine small "TOUNGOO" type (KD9). (3 covers, 1 PC & 8 fronts) £100
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BURMA - STEAMER MAILS - KEVII/KGV MAIL WITH THE RARE IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA C.D.S. CANCELS; 1910/40 covers/cards inc. fine 10 Nov. 1909 usage of the KEVII 1a Red P. Stat. PC (written on board "R.M.S. Burma") to GB cancelled by a very fine rare "R-4 OUT/A SET No.2" cds, and 1938/40 trio to India/sent locally cancelled by mainly v. fine large 2-ring "R-11" (2) or "R-14" cds's used on the Prome - Mandalay (2) or Mawlaik - Monywa Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. steamers. Plus a PPC & 2 loose stamps. (5 covers/cards + 2 stamps) £100
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BURMA - VERY RARE SANSERIF "PASSED BY CENSOR/[Arms]/* RANGOON *" MARK ON COVER TO DENMARK; 1 Apr. 1916 env. (label opened out for display) from Rangoon to Copenhagen with KGV 2a 6p Blue tied by a fine "RANGOON R.M.S./SET-1" cds with a mainly very fine rare purple 3-ring "PASSED BY CENSOR/[Arms]/* RANGOON *" mark inverted on the front beside a very fine Copenhagen arrival cds. Only 3 examples of this sanserif mark have been recorded. [Ex Gerald Davis.] Plus a Proof strike of the same mark on piece from the censor's souvenir record book. (2 items) £150
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BURMA - 1937 MOSTLY MINT RANGE - inc. official set complete mounted mint inc. 5r ultramarine & purple and 10r green & scarlet, SG O13/14 £825. (28) £180
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BURMA - 1937 "BURMA" ISSUE - INVERTED WATERMARKS - BLOCKS OF FOUR:1937 "BURMA" issue 3p to 1a, 2½a, 3a, 3½a deep blue (2), 3½a dull blue and 12a blocks of four with inverted watermarks, the lower pair of each block unmounted. Fine. SG 1w, 2w, 3w,4w, 6w, 7w, 8aw, 8bw and 12w. (10 blocks) £90
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BURMA - OFFICIALS - 1937 "BURMA/SERVICE" ISSUE - USED:1937 "BURMA" issues 3p to 10r (faults). Fine used. Also 5 April 1937 O.H.M.S.O" env from Rangoon to "The Health Officer/Pondichery/through His Britannic Majestys/Consul" bearing ½a & 1a pair making the "Empire rate". £75
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BURMA - 1946 ISSUES - INCLUDES COVERS:1 Jan 1946 3p to $10 mint and used, mint 3p (15, inc a block of twelve), 2a 6p (10, inc a marginal block of four with birds in clouds), 3a (6), 3a 6p (11, two blocks of four, a pair and single with bent plough handle variety). 1940 Victory set mint and used. Also covers (20) inc FDC from Rangoon to Aberdeen with 6p, 1a, 1½a, 2a, 3a, 3a 6p, 1r & 2r. registered covers (4) at various rates. 1947 March envs with Victory set tied by BURMA EXHIBITION/RANGOON" c.d.s. £150
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BURMA - 2004-07 ISSUES COMPLETE SHEETS: Jun. 2004 "FIFA" issue SG 382 in two complete sheets of 50, Dec. 2004 "World Buddhist Summit" pair SG 383/384 each in a complete sheet of 30 & Jan. 2007 "Independence Day" pair SG 386/386 each in complete sheet of 50. Total cat. £1,470 (260) £100
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BURMA - B.O.A.C. TEST LETTERS TO RANGOON & PAN AMERICAN/B.O.A.C. FIRST FLIGHTS OUT OF RANGOON: Collection of 23 First Flight covers, all but one sent between Oct. 1952 & Sept. 1953. inc. B.O.A.C. flights to Tokyo, London, & Cairo; Pan-Am flights to Calcutta, Delhi, Karachi, Basra, London, New York, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beirut, Istanbul, Dusseldorf, Honolulu, San Francisco, Tokyo & Wake Island. Also 23 Nov 1945, 10 and 26 April 1946 envs (3) at the 1/3d rate from London to Rangoon containing (included) test letters nos. 1, 18 & 20. One with large circular violet "BRITISH AIRWAYS/RECD/OFFICE RANGOON" h.s. These 3 are roughly opened. Scarce survivors. (26 covers) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS £100
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BURMA - SHOE BOX with the accumulation of mainly 1950s-60s commercial Air Mails, mainly to UK plus a quantity of off-paper used stamps of the same period. (c.100 covers plus few 100s stamps) £75
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CANADA - CARTON - mint & used accumulation QV to modern. Plus mint & used (inc. bundleware) USA accumulation. (Qty.) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA £180
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CANADA - CARTON - with the accumulation of mostly 1920-1990s mail, strength in 1940/50s with much useful censored mail inc. 1940 regd env. to GB with 3c & 10c adhesives tied by dumb cancels, green MONTREAL PQ registration hs and partly covered by censor tape red commercial "[APPROVED F?]OR EXPORT BY/[EXC]HANGE CONTROL BOARD/BANK OF MONTREAL" alongside, etc. Some earlier mail inc. 1869 envs. to Halifax or US franked with single or pair 3c red-brown large queen, and group of early airmails. Smattering of non-Canada throughout inc. 1942 large censored env. to NY franked solely with GB 1948 5/- red Arms value tied in red. (Qty.) Cross Reference: BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERSFALSE £180
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CANADA - FOUR ALBUMS with the 1859-1995 mint & used collection including many examples on cover. We note 1859 set to 17c (2) used, 1864 2c used, good used ranges of 'large' & 'small' queens with several 'small queen' covers, 1897 Jubilee set to $2 mint or used, 'Maple Leaf' & 'Numeral' sets used, 1908 'Quebec' set mint or used, KEVII sets (2) to 50c both mint & used incl. 2c imperf. pair mint & also used on piece, Admiral issues mint to $1, 1927 'Confederation' set mint or used, then a range of later, mainly used issues. Lot incl. an extensive study of the 1967 Centennial issue with wide range of papers, gums & phosphor 'tagging' varieties in evidence. (Many 100s) £400
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CANADA - ALBUM with the 1897-1960 collection of advertising covers with a range of frankings inc. 1897 Jubilee issues, QV 'numeral', KEVII, etc. Subject matter incl. Hotels, Grain Merchants, Manufacturers, Washing Powder, Colleges, Insurance, Exhibitions, etc. We note 7 Aug 1942 'Popular Stamps' advertising cover with special cancel to mark opening of the Shand Dam, Elora, Ont., & Great Western Garment Co. advertising cover ex Edmonton to Montreal mailed on 23 Nov. 1931 (first day of 6c air mail rate) but with cachet "RECEIVED TOO LATE TO/CONNECT WITH AIR MAIL". (c.65 covers) £300
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CANADA - ALBUM with the "A-Z" collection of modern covers showing a country-wide range of Klussendorf type cancellations. (c.130 cards/covers) £100
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CANADA - ALBUM with the collection of modern unused "POSTAGE PAID" postcards. (c.165 cards) £90
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CANADA - THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION: Collection of pieces & covers with cancellations having Scottish place names. Mostly 20th Century issues. (Approx. 14 cards/covers & 160 pieces/stamps) £75
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CANADA - NATL. POSTAL MUSEUM INVITATION CARDS/PADDYFEST/ INVERTED FLAG CANCEL, ETC: Pair of 27 Sep. 1984 invitation cards to Natl. Postal Museum Flag Cancel Anniversary plus cover with inverted example of the Flag cancel. Also two Mar. 1989 covers relating to 'Paddyfest', North America's largest Irish Festival with Listowel, Ont. cancels (one in green) plus a piece bearing 32c adhesive with bilingual cancel commemorating 15 Sep. 1984 Papal visit. (6 cards/covers plus a piece) £75
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CANADA - KING GEORGE VI COLLECTION of mint stamps on pages, nicely written up, with some covers. All issues included from the 1937 definitives, War & Peace, Postage/Postes defs., and post-war commemoratives, but missing the $1 Fisherman stamp. Definitives include booklet panes and coil strips of 4, with a number of issues represented as blocks. A very attractive collection, ready for display. (Stamps + 11 covers). £120
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CANADA - SPECTACULAR IMPERF. CARTIER 10d BLUE ADVERTISING COVER TO G.B. "VIA HALIFAX"; Colourful and very rare 14 July 1855 orange paper env. (some edge wear and with faults on reverse but most attractive) from London (C.W.) to G.B. "Via Halifax" with a fancy blue embossed "OPERATIVE CHEMIST" corner advert at top left franked by 4-margin Cartier Imperf. 10d Blue (SG15, close to wide margins; early usage for this stamp) tied by a faint target cancel and also by a fine red tombstone-framed "PKT. LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (29 July; carried by the Cunard SS America) with "LONDON/C.W." cds on the front and three GB backstamps. Rare Cartier Advertising Cover. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SHIP LETTERS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES £500
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CANADA - IMPERF. 7½d GREEN ON COVER TO G.B. "P. [S.S.] NORTH AMERICAN, QUEBEC"; Attractive and very fine 31 May 1859 mourning env. (with original contents) from "Hamilton" to London (GB) with rare Imperf. 1857 7½d Green (SG12; 4 close to very wide margins all round, but the outer frame just shaved at top left) beautifully tied by a mainly very fine large "HAMILTON" double-arcs cds alone, leaving the Queen's head clear!) with red London arrival cds (15 June) on the front. Very difficult stamp to find on cover. Exhibition Quality. [With 1976 RPSL cert. and Vincent Greene cachet on flap.] Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL £400
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