Barbados 1855-58 White Paper (½d) yellow-green SG 7, margins good to large, very fine BN '1' cancel, superb; Cape of Good Hope 1855-57 White Paper 4d deep blue SG 4, large margins; and Nova Scotia 3d bright blue SG 3, margins good to large; all signed "Giulio Bolaffi" (the Triangle with his certificate), Cat £470. A delightful trio for your 'Imperial' album. (3) 

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Carton with small collections from many colonies & territories including Ascension, Barbados, Gibraltar, Nauru, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, Solomons etc, mostly from KGVI to 1970s with loads of thematic interest including M/Ss, generally very fine but mostly mounted, high catalogue value.  (1000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BASUTOLAND: 1933 KGV Crocodile set SG 1-10 plus 1935 Silver Jubilee, also 1937 Coronation, 1938 KGVI Crocodile sets & 1945 Overprints on South Africa bi-lingual pairs mounted, some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £470+.  (34)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

BRITISH SOLOMONS: 1907-1978 Issues mostly mint in two Hagner albums including 1907 Large Canoes set *, 1909 Small Canoes set *, 1914-23 Crown/CA set to £1 with 3d 1/- & 5/- shades, 1931 Script to 5/-, 1939 Pictorials set * and used, 1948 Wedding *, 1956 Pictorials set *, and unmounted or CTO Decimal sets with some blocks of four, condition overall is very fine.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BURMA: Military group comprising 1885 & 1886 covers from Bangalore to ".../Expeditionary Field Force/Burmah" (one with no flap, the other with repaired tears), 1891 & 1896 usages of 9p & 'One [crown] Anna' on 9p Soldiers' & Seamen's Envelopes both from Rangoon to England, Boer War 1900 usage of 'ONE/ANNA' on 4½a Envelope to "Natal Field Force" & 1901 British Forces cover from FPO 54 to Mandalay; World War II 1942 (Jan 26) very late OHMS cover with 'FPO/No 38' cds, 1945 airgraph-front from 'FPO/No605',1945 British propaganda leaflet in Burmese (folds), 1945 & 1947 OAS covers, 1945 US Forces at Myitkyina to India x2, 1945 (Aug 30) cover from GB to "Upper Burma" with 'NO SERVICE/...' handstamp, 1946 OAS with scarce 'ARMY/IKO/SIGNALS' (might be 'TKO') cds.  (16) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BURMA: World War II 1939-41 airmail covers mostly with multicolour frankings including 'BURMA' Overprints/KGVI mixed frankings (one to NSW with 'EAC' perfins of East Asiatic Co), 'BURMA' Overprints to 2r & KGVI values to 5r (SG 32, Cat £75 x4+ on cover), good variety of rates including 6r & 7r8½a and 4r11a registered to New Zealand, various routes including 'Over the Hump' via China x6 (one paid 4r1a with superb 'T/C/50'-in-hexagon tax handstamp, and one by air to Hong Kong only then by sea) & trans-Pacific 'Clipper' covers x2, addressed to Britain x10 (one registered with Opts 1r & KGVI 1a with 'NBI' perfins), USA x3, Australia x3, Switzerland or India, generally fine to very fine. A very desirable lot.   (27)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BURMA: Japanese Occupation 1943 (Aug 16) native cover with Perak 5c brown with Kanji Overprint tied to reverse by Japanese cds with '.../ * KYAUKSE * ' arrival cds alongside.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

CEYLON: Collection to the 1940s on leaves with 1857 Blued Paper 6d brown (margins close to touching), 1857-59 White Paper imperf 1d x4, 2d x2, 5d, 6d x2, 10d (corner fault), 1/- (cut-into at base) & 1/9d green (cut-into at right), No Wmk Glazed Paper ½d mauve *, 1861-64 Star Wmk group including 1d, 4d & 8d unused, 1863-66 Crown CC ½d 1d 4d 5d 8d 9d & 2/- blue */unused, 1872 New Currency 64c, 1883 Crown CA 16c, 1885 Surcharges Crown CC 'FIVE/CENTS' on 48c & 96c, 'TEN/CENTS' on 36c & 'One Rupee/Twelve/Cents' on Perf 12½ 2r50 & on Perf 12½x14 2r50 (*), then predominantly mint including 1888 Surcharges 'TWO CENTS' on 4c rose & '2 Cents' on 4c mauve plus 'Postal/Commission/Three Cents' on 4c mauve, 1893 Crown CA 2r50 purple/red and 1898 Surcharges '1R 50C' & '2R 25C', 1899 New Designs set (6c & 75c used), 1903-11 KEVII all sets complete, 1912-25 KGV MCA Wmk to 5r * plus postally used 5r & 10r and fiscally used 20r, 1921-32 Script to 2r, 1935 Jubilee & Pictorials sets, 1938 KGVI Pictorials set, plus Official 'On/Service' overprints range including KEVII 5c & 30c *; and Maldives mint including Overprints on KEVII 3c 4c & 5c, 1933 Redrawn Minaret 50c & 1r, etc; condition a bit variable but overall a fine to very fine basis for expansion, Cat £8000+.  (250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

CEYLON: 1857 Perkins Bacon 2d and 4d imperforate plate proof singles in black, margins close to good, very fine. (2) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

CEYLON: 1857 No Watermark Imperf ½d dull mauve SG 17 marginal block of 12 (4x3) with margins good to monstrous, full unmounted original gum, Cat £2280++, for mounted singles. A spectacular Classic piece of superb quality. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

CEYLON: Sri Lanka 2021 Mawlid Festival 15r Mosque sheetlet of 20 (4x5), all units in the second row Missing Country Name, Inscription & Value, Sheet Number '000039' in the lower margin, unmounted.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CYPRUS: Collection on leaves with 1880 Overprints on Great Britain 1d red x6 */unused including Plate '205', 4d green (stained, unused) & 'HALF-PENNY' on 1d red x2 (18mm & 13mm), 1881 Keyplates Crown CC ½pi * & 2pi, 1882 Crown CA Die I set (the 30pa 1pi & 6pi *), 1882 Surcharges Crown CC '½ ½' on ½pi green (minor aging, unused) & '30 PARAS' on 1pi rose, then predominantly mint including 1894 New Colours set, 1902 KEVII Crown CA to 4pi plus 12pi & 18pi, 1904 MCA Wmk to 6pi x2 & 9pi x2 plus used 18pi, 1912 KGV MCA Wmk set to 18pi, 1921 KGV Script Wmk set (the 45pi used), 1924 New Design set to 90pi (the 45pi used), 1928 Jubilee set, 1934 KGV Pictorials & 1935 Jubilee, 1938 KGVI Pictorials set, some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4600+.  (150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

CYPRUS: duplicates in stockbooks including QV to 6pi used, KEVII to 9pi mint or used, KGV to 18pi used, then mostly mint with M/Ss & blocks, condition mostly very fine. Weighs 4kg.   (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

CYPRUS: 1912-15 KGV MCA Wmk 10pa to 45pi SG 74-84 plus shades of the 10pa ½pi & 9pi, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £335.  (15)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

FIJI: 1870s-1940s collection with 1871 CR 1d & 3d */unused, 1872 Surcharges 2c & 6c unused/*, 1876 Script 'VR' Overprints 1d & 6d x2 */unused plus 3d Without Surcharge * (proof; minor toning), 1877 'Four Pence' surcharge, 1878-99 VR range with mint 1d, 2d, 4d x2 & 6d x4 plus 'Four Pence' on 1d & used Perf 12x10 1d & 2d x2, QV 1/- Perf 10 & mint Perf 11x11¾  and 5/- *, 1890-92 Surcharges '2½d *, '½d' & 'FIVE/PENCE' *, later issues predominantly mint including 1891-98 Perf 10 2½d, KEVII CA Wmk set to 5/-, KGV MCA & Script Wmk sets, 1938 KGVI Pictorials set; plus New Hebrides Overprints on Fiji; some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £3000+. [See also Lots 2591 & 2592]  (150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

GAMBIA: Collection to 1930s with Imperf Cameos No Wmk 4d brown & 4d pale brown used and 6d blue unused & used x2, 1874 Crown CC 4d x2 & 6d (unused), the imperfs mostly with margins close to good, 1880-81 Crown CC Wmk Sideways 4d brown & 1/- deep green and Wmk Upright unused/mint ½d 1d 2d & 3d and used 6d, then mostly mint including 1886-93 Crown CA set, 1898 Keyplates set, KEVII Crown CA & MCA sets, 1906 Surcharges 'HALF/PENNY' & 'ONE PENNY' (used) pairs, 1909 New Colours set, KGV MCA and Script Wmk sets, 1922-29 KGV Elephants set, and KGVI Elephants set, some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £5000+.  (140+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1911-77 Issues mostly mint in two Hagner albums including 1911 Overprints on Fiji to 1/-, plus 'SPECIMEN' overprints (ex 1d & 2½d), 1911 Palms x5 sets mint, 1912 set to £1 *, 1922-27 to 10/- *, 1937 Coronation Horseshoe Perf 'SPECIMEN' set, 1939 Pictorials mint, used, and Perf 'SPECIMEN' set (scarce), 1949 Silver Wedding block of 4, 1956 Pictorials *, condition mostly very fine, Cat $1800+ for described material.  (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS: 1939 to Australia with KGVI ½d Bird x3 tied by '.../HULL ISLAND' cds and very fine small '.../PASSED BY CENSOR/("Beru")' handstamp on face plus four later censored covers with the larger '.../PASSED...' cachets ('1' x2 and '3' x2, one manuscript), also 1950 local cover with KGVI 1d tied by '.../NUI' cds, 1950 to England "POSTED AT SEA - OFF CHRISTMAS ISLAND" with KGVI ½d Bird x4 tied by 'MV COMLIEBANK' ship cachets & 'CRISTOBAL C.Z/PAQUEBOT' duplex and 1954 & 1956 registered airmails to England (one a formular usage of British 'H' size Registration Envelope KGVI 8½d grey) with KGVI 2/- block of 4 & single or marginal block of 6 respectively, a few with minor blemishes/faults.  (10)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

GIBRALTAR: 1880s-1930s collection on leaves from 1886 Overprints on Bermuda ½d & 6d (minor aging) * and 1d 2d 2½d & 4d used, then predominantly mint including 1886 QV Keyplates & 1889 Surcharges sets, 1889 Spanish Currency (20c olive & brown used) &  1898 English Currency sets, 1903 KEVII Keyplates Crown CA Wmk set to 1/- & 4/- plus £1 'SPECIMEN' overprint,  1904 Multiple Crown CA Wmk set to 2/- and 1906 New Colours set to 1/- plus 2/- used, 1912 KGV Multiple Crown CA Wmk set plus 8/- used (light '...PARCEL...' cds), 1921 Multiple Script CA Wmk set to 2/- and 1925 New Colours 1/-, 1938 KGVI Pictorials set, some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £3200+.  (110+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

HONG KONG: Quantity of HSBC and other bank covers with 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$100

IONIAN ISLANDS: 1859 QV (½d) orange, (1d) blue & (2d) carmine SG 1-3, margins close to good, unused, Cat £230. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

IRELAND: Ex-retailer's counter stock including Overprints on Great Britain to 10/-, M/Ss, sheetlets, self-adhesives, se-tenant strips, €uro issues, Postage Dues, etc. Weighs 10kg.   (1000s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

IRELAND: 1922 Overprints interesting range of various overprints and shades on GB KGV issues with mutiple flyspeck varieties on album pages, noted a possible SG 52b Accent Inserted in strip of 3 used, CV £140, various plate blocks of lower values and oddments 1922 sets SG 71-82, modern booklets and mint issues in a stockbook, a good lot for the specialist.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: 1921-21 East Africa & Uganda MCA 1c to 10r SG 44-60 overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in Black (mostly) or Red, plus the 20r SG 60, lightly mounted large-part o.g. to 4r, the 5r 10r & 20r without gum, Cat £425 plus the 20r.  (16)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: 1921-21 East Africa & Uganda MCA 500r green & red/green SG 63 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, above-average centring, minor hinge remainder otherwise superb, Cat £1600.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200