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ORDER OF SALEFriday 8th May 2026 - to be sold at 10.00 am Bermuda, Brazil, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Levant 1002 - 1030
British Solomon Is., Brunei, Burma, Canada, Cayman Is., Ceylon 1031 - 1041
China 1042 - 1080
Colombia, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador 1081 - 1090
Egypt 1091 - 1135
Falkland Is., France & Colonies including Martinique, Air Mails 1136 - 1216
Germany, Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Gold Coast, Greece, Hong Kong 1217 - 1258
India, Indian States 1259 - 1525
Ionian Is., Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan 1526 - 1552
KUT, Korea 1553 - 1586
Malaya including Crash Covers 1587 - 1691
Malta, Morocco Agencies, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo 1692 - 1704
Nyasaland, Palestine, Papua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rhodesia, Romania, Russia 1705 - 1722
St. Helena 1723 - 1846
St. Kitts Nevis 1847 - 1885
Samoa, South Africa including Boer War 1886 - 1931
S.W.A, Spain, Sudan 1932 - 1938
Sweden 1939 - 1979
Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, U.S.A, Uruguay, Venezuela 1980 - 1997BERMUDA |
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1857-2000 Covers and cards, mainly QEII with commercial mail, picture postcards, F.D.Cs, sub-office cancels, some earlier including 1857 stampless cover to England with red “ST. GEORGES - BERMUDA / PAID” datestamp type P3, 1921 Hamilton machine cancels in purple (4), “Come to Bermuda, The Island of Rest” slogans with town die inverted or year omitted, etc. (700+). £100-150
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1865-1999 Mint and used collection in two albums including 1918-22 set to £1 mint and 1924-32 set mint with additional shades, 1938-53 2/6 - £1 mint and used with various additional perfs, papers and shades, QEII issues apparently complete unmounted. S.G. £2,000+. (2 Albums). £250-300
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1865-77 1d Pale rose and 3d orange imperforate plate proof blocks of four on unwatermarked thick surfaced paper, each overprinted “CANCELLED”, the 1d block marginal, both fine. (2 Blocks). £150-200
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1865 Perf 14 mint selection comprising 1d rose-red single and strip of three, 2d dull blue, 2d bright blue, 3d orange and 6d dull purple, the 2d dull blue and 6d both with one short perf, otherwise fine. S.G. 1/6, £4,750. (8). £300-350
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1865-1903 1d Rose-red and 2d dull blue blocks of four, a few split perfs, 2d with minor toning, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 1, 3, £2,600. (2 Blocks). £150-200
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1873-85 Covers to England with 1873 covers via Halifax franked 1/- (2), 1874-75 covers via New York franked 1d + 6d purple or 1d + 6d mauve, 1879 cover via Halifax franked 1d pair + 2d, and 1885 cover via New York with 2d pair, a couple of stamps with trimmed perfs and a few minor tone marks, otherwise fine. (6). £250-300
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1876-83 Covers (8) and a front to the U.S.A (7) or Canada (2) franked 3d (2), 2d (5) or 2½d (2) rates, two with minor edge faults or side flaps removed, otherwise fine. (9). £200-250
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1881-1903 Perf 14x12½ mint selection comprising 3d single and block of four; 6d singles (2), blocks of four (3, one with plate number “1”), eight and ten; 1/- singles (3), blocks of four (2, one interpanneau), corner block of nine (plate number “1”), sixteen (2, one an interpanneau block with current number “31”) and 36, the 1/- blocks of nine and sixteen a little toned, otherwise fine. S.G. 10/11, £2,940. (125). £250-300
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1874-75 Surcharges unused, the three types of 3d on 1/- surcharges and the three 1d surcharges, also additional 1d on 3d with round “O” variety, S.G. 13b mint with part gum (hinge remainders), the others without gum, the round “O” 1d on 3d reperforated at right, otherwise fine, S.G. 14 with R.P.S Certificate (1981). S.G. 12/17, £8,150. (7). £350-500
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1880 ½d and 4d Selection including ½d left pane of sixty, plate blocks of twelve, six and four (2 blocks) and interpanneau block of eight mint; 4d plate block of four mint, other mint blocks of four (2) and used block of four, etc., shades and minor varieties. S.G. 19/20, £1,500+. (151). £100-120
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1881-1903 Covers (11) and a front all bearing the 1880 ½d stone (3 covers, two to U.S.A with strip of five, one local cover with a pair) or 4d orange-red (8 covers, five with a single franking, three registered to G.B franked 4d + 2d or 4d + ½d green, front franked 2/1), mainly fine. (12). £200-250
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1883 2½d Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped “BEFORE HARDENING” in red and dated “12 DEC 83”, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Ex Ludington & Vestey. Photo on Page 130. £200-250
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1883-1904 2d Bright blue, mint block of nine, corner crease to upper left stamp and small gum mark on face of upper right stamp, otherwise fine, mounted on the upper row only. S.G. 25, £675. £80-100
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1885-1906 Covers (70) and a front bearing QV Crown CA issue, various stamps and rates, posted within Bermuda (18), to U.S.A (37), Europe (13), Argentina, Turks Island or Jamaica, a good lot which includes registered and printed matter rates. (71). £500-700
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1883 1/- Yellow-brown Sperati forgery, coloured die proof on wove paper signed below in pencil by Sperati, numbered “24” on reverse, and a black photographic print of the forgery, both handstamped “SPERATI / REPRODUCTION” on the reverse. Also photographs of the forged stamp, proof and “GIBRALTAR” overprint. (2+). Photo on Page 130. £180-220
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1901 One Farthing surcharge, mint and used selection including Specimen overprints (2), mint half sheet of 120, blocks of 114, 60 (2, upper left and right panes), 44, 32, with “C” for “G” variety mint (7) and used (4), also three covers to England with vertical strip of four, registered to Germany with a block of eighteen or registered within Bermuda with a block of 24, all three multiples including the “C” for “G” variety. S.G. 30, £3,500+. (813 + 3 covers). £240-280
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1902 3d Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped “BEFORE / HARDENING” and dated “13 MAY 02”, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 130. £150-200
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1920 First Tercentenary Issue 6d Frame Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped “BEFORE / STRIKING” and dated “27/9/20” in pencil, 92x60mm, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 130. £150-200
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1935 Silver Jubilee 1/- block of four, lower right stamp with kite and horizontal log variety, upper left stamp with corner fault, gum a little toned, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 97l, £766. £70-100
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1938-53 KGVI 1d - £1 Set of sixteen overprinted or perfined “SPECIMEN”, fine mint, a scarce Specimen set. S.G. 110/21s, £2,000. (16). Photo on Page 186. £500-600
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1959 350th Anniversary of First Settlement, 3d marginal block of four unmounted mint with the major variety drab-grey printed twice. Four sheets were discovered with this variety, which surprisingly is not listed by Gibbons. S.G. 158var. £100-120
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Postal Stationery. 1880-1971 Specimen, unused and used postal stationery, comprising postcards (163), registration envelopes (22) and newspaper wrappers (80), including formula cards, KGVI ¼d wrappers with violet ¼d or ¾d Postage Paid franks commercially used, etc. (265). £200-250
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1843-1984 Mint and used collection in three albums with 1843 imperf issues (28), a few Zeppelin or first flight covers, 1826 prestamp letter with boxed “S. PAULO”, etc. (3 Albums). £200-300
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1845-1965 Mint and used collection in two albums including 1850 90r paper fold variety, 1854-61 set used, 1866 60r mint, a good level of completeness from 1866 with 1884-88 set used, postage dues, official and air issues, largely mint from c.1924. (100s). £240-300
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1876-79 Crown CC Perf 14 1c - 96c set of nine with additional values, perf 12½ 4c and perf 14x12½ 1c all used, 1c, 6c, 12c, 24c and 48c mint, also 1882 Crown CA set used. S.G. 126/36, £1,350+. (35). £100-120
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1899 $5 Green and black, unmounted mint, superb. S.G. 65, £375+. Photo on Page 108. £100-120
| BRITISH LEVANT | |
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1893 40 Paras on ½d, surcharge handstamped at Constantinople, used selection all with broken “S”, one on a defective registered cover to London used with 80pa cancelled by Stamboul Feb. 28 c.d.s, the others with Feb. 28 or Mar. 1 Constantinople datestamps, four on pieces, one with Holcombe Certificate (1986), all apparently genuine. S.G. 7, £840+. (6). £150-180
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1905-08 1pi on 2½d Ultramarine, variety surcharge double, used with 1908 Smyrna c.d.s. A great rarity, this stamp the discovery example and the basis of the part 1 listing. With David Brandon Certificate (1993) as S.G. 13 variety. S.G. 13a, £2,000. Photo on Page 108. £600-700
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1916 KGV Definitives overprinted Levant at the British Field Post Office at Salonica, 2d, 4d and 6d (2) all fine mint, all with Certificates from the B.P.A 1949 (2d, 6d), Philatelic Foundation 1951 (4d) or R.P.S 1985 (6d). S.G. S3, 5, 6, £710. (4). £140-160
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1943-45 Covers comprising Japanese forces postcards (3, one stampless, two franked 2d or 1/-), U.S 6c envelope, stampless O.A.S cover and a cover franked 5d all from Chaplain Harry Voyce with violet “N.Z.E.F / No. 7 / N.Z A.P.O 150”, “N.Z.A.P.O / 7 / 150” or “N.Z.A.P.O / 10 / 150” handstamps and triangular censors, cover from New Zealand to N.Z.A.P.O 150, and O.A.S covers with Australian stamps (4, F.P.O O102, 12, 180 or dumb cancels). Also three 1938 first 1½d rate flight covers from G.B. (14). £200-240
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1948 (Mar 8) Air Mail cover from Kuala Lumpur to Wales franked BMA 50c, handstamped straight line “MISSENT TO BRUNEI”, not recorded by Proud (the only recorded Missent handstamp not used until 1969), very rare. Photo on Page 132. £200-300
| BURMA
(Also see lots 273/5, 1435/7, 1453/6) | |
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1937 Burma overprints, postage set mint to 10r, Service issue 5r mint, etc. (120). £100-120
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(Also see lots 52, 316/7, 351, 667, 764, 867) | |
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1845-58 Entire letters and entires comprising stampless letters to U.S.A with red “PAID / AT / QUEBEC L.C” crowned circles (2) or to Montreal with red “STEAMBOAT LETTER / QUEBEC” datestamp (2), printed circular franked ½d (not tied but appears to belong), entires franked 3d (4, one with Steamboat Letter Quebec datestamp), and 1857 (Sep 14) cover from Montreal to Boston with 1857 6d grey-lilac tied by circular “21” numeral, a few stamp faults, the 6d touched at top. (10). Photo on Page 132. £450-600
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1857-1984 Mint and used collections of Canada and Newfoundland, with 1908 Tercentenary set, Newfoundland 1881 cover to G.B franked 5c, etc. Also a few other Canadian provinces and St. Pierre & Miquelon. (2 Albums). £140-180
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1859-63 1c (3) and 5c (4) used, and entires or covers franked 5c, or to the U.S.A franked 5c pair or 10c (5), one redirected and charged 3c, also 1870-73 covers with Small Queen 3c (3) tied by cork cancels including “2” of Toronto. (7 stamps + 10 covers). £250-300
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1868-97 Large Queen 1c - 15c (45, also two 3c covers and 3c essay proof) and Small Queen 1c - 10c (314, also seven covers), various printings, shades, perfs and cancels, virtually all used, a few faults. (360 + 9 covers). £200-250
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1937-38 KGVI 1c - 8c Imperforate marginal blocks of four, superb unmounted mint. 150 3c Pairs and 100 pairs of the other values existed. S.G. £4,500. (6 Blocks). Photo on Page 134. £900-1,100
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Revenues. 1864-1967 Mint and used stamps, the collection comprising Bill Stamps, Excise Tax, Customs Duty, Postal Note, War Tax with surcharges (unlisted by Barefoot), etc. (c.400). £100-150
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1900-2000 Mint and used collection in an album including 1912-20 10/- mint (2), 1932 Centenary set and 1935 set mint, QEII issues virtually complete unmounted. S.G. £2,500+. (100s). £300-350
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Revenues/Telegraphs. 1862-1958 Revenues (141); and telegraph stamps (326), mainly half stamps, a few complete stamps including 1883 60c on 2r50 mint. An interesting lot with various revenue surcharges, Draft/Order/Receipt overprints, Warehouse Warrant overprints, etc. (c.450). £150-200
| CHINA
(Also see lots 304/6, 799/801, 855, 881, 1383, 1409) | |
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1878 Large Dragon 5ca yellow, 2½mm spacing on thin paper, fine mint. S.G. 3a, £1,800. Photo on Page 108. £400-500
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1878-1984 Mint and used collection in three albums, including Large Dragon 1ca used, 1894 12ca used, 1912 $1 overprinted Republic of China by Waterlow mint, 1951 Gate of Heavenly Peace $100,000 used, 1952 Gymnastics set in used se-tenant blocks of four, etc. (3 Albums). Photo on Page 134. £500-700
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1883 Large Dragon 1ca green, 3ca brown-red and 5ca chrome-yellow, 2½mm spacing on thicker paper, rough perfs, 3ca unused without gum and minor toning, 1ca and 3ca fine mint part original gum. S.G. 7/9, £3,550. (3). Photo on Page 108. £600-700
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1884 (Dec 4) Cover with enclosed letter from Ballymoe, addressed to “N.R O’Conor, British Legation, Peking, c/o Foreign Office, London” franked 1d. An unusual cover from Ireland, sent by diplomatic bag from London to China. £100-120
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1887 (July 14) Cover to Melbourne per S.S Ghazee franked Hong Kong 10c blue-green strip of three with central “FOOCHOWFOO” datestamps, Melbourne backstamp, flap missing, otherwise fine and a scarce 30c rate to Victoria. With B.P.A Certificate (2025). Photo on Page 132. £250-300
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1898 (Apr 22) Cover to England, the reverse bearing China 5ca (2) tied by blue Chefoo dollar chop datestamp, similar Shanghai c.d.s alongside, the front with Hong Kong 10c tied by c.d.s (Apr. 25), Hong Kong and Weymouth backstamps. Vertical fold, otherwise fine, a good combination cover, with B.P.A Certificate (2025). Photo on Page 132. £180-220
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1894 60th Birthday of Empress Dowager (first printing), 9ca dull green horizontal tete-beche pair used with two neat Shanghai seal cancels in blue, a few trimmed perfs, otherwise fine and very scarce. S.G. 22d, £4,000. Photo on Page 108. £1,000-1,200
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1894-1949 Mint and used collection on pages and in a loose leaf stockbook including 1904 postage due overprint set mint, 1921 Air 45c, 90c mint, 1941 express and registration stamps, 1941 Russian Philatelic Society miniature sheets used (2, corner creases), covers (27, with red band envelopes), etc. (100s). £300-400
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1897 (Jan) 1c - 30c Surcharge set of ten, small figures in surcharge, fine mint. S.G. 37/46, £3,150. (10). Photo on Page 108. £800-1,000
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1897 (Jan) 1c - 30c Surcharge set of ten, small figures in surcharge, 10c on 12ca a little toned, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 37/46. £3,150. (10). Photo on Page 108. £700-800
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