Delightful Pacific Islands collection on Scott leaves with many better sets and high values including Cook Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn, Papua and Samoa (notably a superb QV £2 violet), also Australia Kookaburra M/S, 1930s issues complete and BCOF set, very fine to superb; also some used in variable condition that has been ignored for setting the estimate.  (few 100)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

Basic pre-WWII selections from Fiji, New Hebrides, Samoa & Tonga with some better singles & sets, condition a bit variable.   (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

'SPECIMEN' overprints on mostly KGVI-period Postal Stationery comprising Postal Cards x30, Letter Cards x2, Envelopes x17, Registration Envelopes x16 and Wrappers x14, including items from Aden, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Gibraltar, Grenada, Jamaica, KUT, Leewards, Malta, Mauritius, St Vincent, Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago, Zanzibar, etc, a few with mostly minor marks but the majority are fine to very fine.  (79)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

ASCENSION: Great Britain KEVII 1d red, 2½d blue & 1/- green & carmine each with largely fine to very fine strikes of 'ASCENSION' cds cancels SG Z22, Z25 & Z33, the first in 1907, the other two in 1911, the first two on small pieces, Cat £450+. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ASCENSION: Mostly mint collection from 1922 Overprints on St Helena set, 1924-33 Badge set to 1/- (ex 1d grey & green), 1934 KGV Pictorials & 1935 Jubilee sets used/CTO, 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials set * (some used including the 5/-) plus a few extra perfs & shades, 1948 Wedding 10/- CTO, then unmounted 1956 QEII Pictorials & 1963 Birds sets ** and later issues to 1971 Space Travel set, condition generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £1200+.  (180+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

ASCENSION: 1922-38 collection on leaves comprising 1922 Overprints on St Helena set, 1924-33 Badge set, 1935 Jubilee, 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials set including 1d black & green Perf 13½ & Perf 13, etc, lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £1000+.  (53)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

CEYLON: 1863-66 Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ ½d shades SG 48-48c group including a horizontal pair, all but one with large-part original gum, Cat £275+ minimum.  (5)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$140

CEYLON: 1885 Surcharges 'FIVE/CENTS' on QV Crown CC Wmk Perf 14x12½ 64c red-brown SG 173, very well-centred, a few irregular perfs, no gum, Cat £950. Pascal Scheller Certificate (2010) states "Position 12 on the plate".

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1860s-1950s collection on leaves predominantly mint from 1868 'FALKLANDS/PAID/ISLANDS' Frank Stamp on piece stated to be ex Robson Lowe, then 1878 QV No Wmk set (the 1d & 4d used), a range of other 1885-1902 QV Heads including shades noted apparent 2½d blue & 6d orange-yellow plus 1891 Provisional '½d' overprint bisect on piece tied by 'FI' bars cancel, 1898 2/6d blue & 5/- red (thinned), 1904 KEVII Heads to 3/-, 1912 KGV Heads Multiple Crown CA Wmk set to 10/-, 1918 'WAR STAMP' simplified set, 1921 KGV Heads Script CA Wmk set, 1929 KGV Whale & Penguin and 1935 Silver Jubilee sets, also 1938 & 1952 KGVI Pictorials sets *, etc, plus a few Dependencies issues, some with hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £5000+.  (110+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

FALKLAND ISLANDS: Attractive collection on Scott pages with a sprinkling of early issues, Centenary set to 1/-, Jubilee set, 1952 Pictorials, 1960 Birds etc, also Dependencies with the Overprints, simplified Maps & Ships, generally very fine & very lightly mounted, Cat £1850+.  (180+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1933 Centenary of British Administration set to 5/- Penguin SG 127-136, quite well-centred, a few including the top two values with small hinge remainders otherwise generally very fine, Cat £1500+.  (10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

GIBRALTAR: Attractive collection to 1975 on Scott pages mostly mint including 1886  Overprint ½d & 1d, 1886-87 ½d & 1d, 1889 Surcharges 40c on 4d, 1889-96 set to 2pta, 1898 6d & 1/-, KGVI Pictorials set, 1960 Pictorials, 1967 Ships (**), 1971 Pictorial pairs (**), etc, used oddments including 1935 Jubilee set, generally very fine.  (250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

GIBRALTAR: Accumulation including 1967-94 complete on KA-BE pages plus extras & duplicates on Hagner sheets noted 1953-59 & 1960-62 QEII Pictorials, plenty of M/Ss and lots of thematic interest, apparently all unmounted, stated Cat £2000+. Weighs 3kg.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

GIBRALTAR: 1903 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Watermark set overprinted 'SPECIMEN' SG 46s-55s, a few with small hinge remainders and/or minor marks on the gum side, Cat £550.  (10)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

GIBRALTAR: 1906-11 KEVII Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark New Colours 4/- grey-black & carmine and 8/- purple & green SG 73 & 74, both quite well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £480. (2) 

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

GIBRALTAR: 1912 KGV Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark mint selection including 2d x4, 1/- x11, 4/- x2, 8/- x2 (one marginal with plate number) & £1 x2 in a range of shades plus Multiple Script CA Watermark £1 orange & black, also some later mint, a little used back to QV issues including KGVI Pictorials Perf 14 10/- black & blue with neat corner cancel, generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £1300+.  (75+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1911-49 issues virtually complete missing only the 1924 KGV Keyplate 10/- value but including the £1 quite well-centred (small hinge remainder), the 1939 KGVI Pictorials & 1949 Silver Wedding mounted and some others with hinge remainders, a couple of the Overprints on Fiji with minor aging marks otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £1000+.  (50+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1951 (July 17) stampless inter-island cover with 'POST OFFICE/CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cds & mss "T2d", on arrival Postage Due 1d pair (Cat £50 x10+ on cover) tied by superb 'FANNING ISLAND' cds of the next day. Very scarce albeit philatelic.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

HONG KONG: 1860s-1940s collection on leaves from 1862 QV No Wmk 2c 12c & 24c used, 1863-71 Crown CC Wmk range including 2c, 4c & 12c * and various shades including an apparent 96c olive-bistre used, 1876-80 Surcharges including '5/cents' on 8c & 16c and '10/cents' on 12c, 16c & 24c used, 1880 New Colours set used, 1882-96 Crown CA Wmk 2c red * x2 & 10c blue-green used, 1885 Surcharges used, 1891 New Colours Surcharges & with additional Chinese characters hamdstamp all *, 1891 Jubilee overprint * and 1900-01 set (the 2c, 10c & 30c used), 1903 KEVII Crown CA Wmk 2c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 30c & 50c * and $1 used, 1904-06 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 * plus New Colours & Values to 50c (ex 2c & 30c) *, 1918-22 KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 * (the 10c used) plus $3 * (toned), 1921-26 KGV Script CA Wmk 8c (both) to $5 * the top values well-centred & fresh, 1923 Postage Dues and 1935 Silver Jubilee, also 1938-52 KGVI Heads & 1941 Centenary sets *, then 'CHINA' overprints KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk to $1 and Script CA Wmk set complete, the earlies with some postmark interest noted Treaty Port cancels, 'Y1' of Yokohama Japan, etc, but condition a little variable, the mint with some hinge remainders otherwise generally fine to very fine, Cat £10,000+.  (180+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,000

HONG KONG: 1935 Silver Jubilee 3c ultramarine & grey-black with Lightning Conductor on Chapel Roof SG 133c, well centred, hinge remainder, Cat £375.

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

HONG KONG: 1904 (Oct 29) Ceylon Undivided Back postcard ('Elephants') to China posted on board ship with German Post Offices in China 'CHINA' overprint 10pf red tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/ b' datestamp used on board the Sachsen, 'ADEN/OC30/04' transit where off-loaded and carried by the Nubia via Singapore & Hong Kong with very fine complete strikes of 'SINGAPORE-TO-HONG-KONG/ C' & 'HONG-KONG-TO-SHANGHAI/ C' marine sorter datestamps alongside, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

HONG KONG: 1904 Canton Printing Co (Hong Kong) Undivided Back postcard ('Public Garden') to China with KEVII 1c purple & brown tied by 'VICTORIA' cds, '.../K.B' [Kowloon Branch] transit and 'SHANGHAI/OC16/[  ]' arrival, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

HONG KONG: Three cartons of photograph albums with HSBC and other bank covers collected by the vendor while he was resident in Hong Kong, strength in slogan cancellations & meters but we noted a good number of cds cancels including many from small post offices. Weighs 25kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

IRELAND: 1922-23 Overprints on Great Britain predominantly used & reasonably complete with most identified by overprint type comprising Dollard set (the 2d 9d 10d & Seahorses mint) plus Overprints in Red 4d * & used and 9d used, Harrison & Sons set including both dies of the 2d orange, Thom Narrow Setting (ex 4d; the 9d mint) & Wide Setting plus Irish Free State sets (the 2½d 3d & 4d mint), condition generally fine to very fine, Cat £1750+.  (60+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

IRELAND: 1922 imperf proofs for the proposed Multiple 'se' Watermark on gummed paper 1) a superb unprinted 'pair'; and 2) printed with Fiji KGV 2d grey, indelible-pencil lines across the face, characteristic minor bends; both unmounted. (2 items) 

Grade A+/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250