1840-1935 Mint and used QV-KGV collection in an S.G. New Ideal British Empire album, condition largely fine with many better stamps and sets, including Australia 1924 £1, 1929-30 10/-, 1935 £1 all used and 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- C.T.O; Bahamas 1884-90 £1, 1902-07 £1 and 1912-19 £1 mint; British P.O in Bangkok Crown CC 5c purple- brown and Crown CA 6c lilac both unused; Bechuanaland KGV 2/6 and 5/- mint; Mafeking Sgt. Goodyear 1d pale blue used on piece; Bermuda 1918-22 2/- - £1 set mint; British East Africa 1890 4a on 5d with octagonal London cancel; British Guiana 1905 $2.40 mint; Brunei 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition set mint; Canada 1903-12 20c, 1908 Quebec Tercentenary set mint; Cape triangulars (8); Cayman Islands 1907 ½d and 1d surcharges, 1907-09 and 1912-20 10/- all mint; Dominica 1923-33 £1 mint; Ireland 1922 Dollard 2/6 - 10/- and 1922-23 Thom 5/- and 10/- mint; Falkland Islands 1898 5/- used; Federated Malay States 1900-01 set mint (8c used); Gibraltar 1886 4d and 6d mint; G.B 1d black and 1840 2d blue used, imperf 1d reds mint (2, faults), 1867-83 Maltese Cross 5/- and Anchor 5/- (corner creases) both used, 1877 4d sage-green unused, 1881 5d indigo mint, 1883-84 10/- used, 1883-84 1½d, 2d lilac and 4d green mint, 1/- used, 1887-1900 set to 1/- (both colours) mint and £1 used (vertical crease), 1902-10 2/6 - £1 used, 1913 £1 used, 1919 Bradbury Wilkinson 5/- mint, 1929 PUC £1 used; Hong Kong 1891 Jubilee 2c first day use; India 1865 2a orange mint, 1866 6a used, 1895 2r carmine and brown mint; Ionian Islands ½d apparently used (not guaranteed); Leeward Islands 1928 £1 mint; British Levant largely complete mint (with 1893 handstamped 40pa on ½d showing broken "S", not guaranteed but with expert marks); Malta 1863-81 Crown CC ½d mint, 1922 Multiple Script CA 10/- Self Government overprint mint; Montserrat 1880 Crown CC 2½d, 1903 set, 1904-08 set, 1908-14 set, 1914 5/-, 1916-22 set, 1922-29 set and 1932 set all mint; Morocco Agencies 1907-35 overprints on G.B largely complete mint; Natal 1857 6d green used on piece, 1870 1/- used; Nauru 10/- mint; Newfoundland imperf issues (8), 1880 5c pale dull blue unused; New South Wales 1897 Consumptive Homes pair used; New Zealand 1878 5/- used, 1906 N.Z Exhibition set mint; Niger Coast 1897 perf 14 10/- mint; Nigeria 1914 10/- (white back) used; Nova Scotia 1853 1d used (corner fault); Orange Free State 1903-04 set mint; Rhodesia 1896 3d on 5/- used, 1898-1908 3/- - 10/- and £2 mint, 1905 Victoria Falls set mint, 1910 ½d - 1/- Double Heads mint, 1913-19 Admirals ½d - 7/6 and £1 mint (3d die I, 1/-, 5/- and £1 die II, 5d die IIIA, others die IIIB, the 10d 2/-, 3/-, 7/6 and £1 unmounted, scarce S.G. 255f with small fault at base); St. Kitts-Nevis 1903 set, 1920-22 set, 1921-29 set and 1923 Tercentenary set all mint; St. Helena 1922 4d torn flag variety mint; St. Lucia 1891-98 3d - 10/- mint; St. Vincent 1899 5/-, 1902 set, 1904-11 set all mint; Sierra Leone 1912-21 £1 mint; Straits Settlements 1867 32c on 2a mint, 1867-72 Crown CC 6c, 24c and 30c mint; Sungei Ujong overprints; Trinidad & Tobago 1921-22 5/- and £1 mint; Uganda piece bearing 1896 8a (faults) + 1r pair tied by British Vice-Consul revenue cancel; Zanzibar 1896 2½a - 7½a overprints on B.E.A mint, 1896 set to 5r mint; Zululand 1888-93 ½d - 1/- mint; also 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus issue complete mint for all colonies, etc. An excellent collection, a few defective, fiscal or forged stamps noted and the occasional unused stamp without gum, the majority however fine with many better stamps and sets, considerable catalogue value. Photo on Page 98. (Image1)

1896-1969 QV-QEII Selection including Rhodesia 1896-97 die I 8d, 3/-, 4/- and die II 4d, 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- all handstamped "Specimen" (Samuel R3, the only values from this issue recorded with this Specimen type); Tanganyika "G.E.A" 5r Specimen; Natal 1908-09 5/- and 10/- mint; KUT 1954-59 2/- - £1 unmounted; British Antarctic Territory 1963-69 ½d - £1 set of 16 (with both £1 types) unmounted; Samoa 1914 G.R.I overprint ½d on 3pf, 2½d on 20pf mint, ½d on 5pf, 6d on 50pf (on piece) used, etc. S.G. £1,715 + specimens. (52).

1978-83 New issues unmounted mint in four stockbooks and packets, virtually complete for most colonies until 1982, also some earlier stamps. (100s).

British Post Offices in Morocco & Levant. 1898-1950 Mint collection on pages, Morocco Agencies comprising Gibraltar overprint issues virtually complete (just missing S.G. 21/23); British Currency issues complete until 1936 KEVIII pair; Spanish Currency 1907-12 KEVII De La Rue set, 1918 De La Rue 12p on 10/-; French Currency issues complete; Tangier issues; also Levant issues (56), all fine. S.G. £2,500 (approx). (262).

British Europe. 1885-1982 Mainly mint collections of Malta, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Ireland in four S.G. Devon albums, c.1965-82 issues complete unmounted from all four countries, some reasonable earlier issues including Malta 1922 ¼d - 10/-, 1926 set, etc., fine condition. (4 albums).

British Africa. 1884-1980 Mainly mint collection in three S.G. Devon albums comprising Basutoland and Lesotho, Bechuanaland and Botswana, Malawi, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Swaziland and Zambia, c.1965-79 issues apparently virtually complete unmounted, some earlier issues including Bechuanaland 1955-58 set, Basutoland 1954-58 and 1961-63 sets, Northern Rhodesia 1925 2/- block of four, Swaziland 1956 set, etc., fine condition. (3 albums).

British Asia. 1857-1977 Collection of Ceylon, Pakistan, Bahawalpur and Burma in an S.G. Devon album, with Ceylon Chalon Head issues (17), later issues nearly all mint including Bahawalpur 1948 (Apr 1) set, Burma 1937 3p-1r and 1938-40 set, Pakistan 1948-57 1r - 25r (postage and Service issues), etc., fine condition. (100s).

British Pacific Islands. 1876-1977 Mainly mint collection in six S.G. Devon albums, issues from c.1965 largely complete unmounted, comprising Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Nauru, New Hebrides, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tonga (with 1942-49 set), also "Tonga" by F.J Melville, all stamps fine. (6 albums).

British West Indies. c.1862-1981 Mainly mint collections in twelve S.G. Devon albums, c.1964-1977 issues apparently complete unmounted, also some reasonable earlier issues, comprising Anguilla; Antigua; Bahamas including 1938-52 set, 1942 set, 1954-63 sets (2); Barbuda; Bermuda including 1865 6d dull purple (S.G. 6, £1,000), 1918-22 2/6 and 5/-, 1922-24 5/- all mint; British Guiana and Guyana including 1934-51 set; British Honduras and Belize; Cayman Islands including 1938-48 set; Dominica; Grenada including 1938-50 set with 10/- perf 12½ or perf 14 (2, S.G. 163b, 163e); Jamaica; Montserrat; St Kitts Nevis; St Lucia; St. Vincent; Turks & Caicos Is.; Virgin Islands including 1938-47 and 1956-62 sets, etc., fine condition. (12 albums).

Middle East. 1918-66 Mainly mint collection in an S.G. Devon album including Transjordan with 1939 perf 13½x13 10m (S.G. 199a, £190) and 1942 set; Aden with 1953-63 set (all listed shades) and Protectorate States issues; Qatar 1961 set, etc, fine condition. (100s).

Indian Ocean Islands. 1858-1977 Mainly mint collection in a S.G. Devon album with Mauritius including 1904-07 set, 1910 1c-5r, 1913-23 2r50 and 10r (2), 1921-34 set (no 20c blue), 1938-49 set and all 1965-77 issues; British Indian Ocean Territory 1968-76 complete; Maldives; Seychelles 1963-77 complete, all fine. (100s).

South Atlantic. 1883-1983 Mainly mint collection in two S.G. Devon albums comprising Falkland Islands with 1921-29 set, 1952 set, 1965-83 complete unmounted; South Georgia with all 1971-82, issues; Tristan da Cunha 1960 set and all 1966-82 issues unmounted; St. Helena 1884-94 set, 1953-59 set and 1963-82 issues complete unmounted; and British Antarctic Territory 1963-82 complete unmounted (1963-69 set with both £1 stamps), fine condition. (2 albums).

Gold Coast & Sierra Leone. 1884-1971 Mainly mint collection in an S.G. Devon album including Gold Coast 1884-91 and 1898-1902 sets, Sierra Leone 1965-71 issues unmounted. (100s). Photo on Page 126. (Image1)

Labuan, North Borneo & Sarawak. 1880-1965 Mainly mint collection on pages including Labuan 1894-1904 issues (47); North Borneo (115) with 1904-05 4c surcharge set of twelve, 1947 set, etc.; and Sarawak (55), mainly fine. (217).

Specimen Stamps. Various QV-KGV stamps with Specimen overprints, mainly odd stamps or part sets including Natal 1887 2d (S.G. 106s, £100), 1902 KEVII ½d - 2d, 3d - 6d, 2/-, 2/6, 5/-, £1 and 1908 5/-, 10/-; Zululand 1891 1d postal fiscal (S.G. F1s, £65); Grenada 1913-22 set of ten (no gum) and fifteen values from the 1921-31 issue; Gambia 1902 KEVII set of twelve (some gum toning); Virgin Islands 1899 set of eight (no gum); British Levant 1885 40pa on 2½d; also stamps of Ceylon, Cyprus, Dominica, Turks Islands, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, KUT, and three Southern Rhodesia sample stamps with punch holes and Waterlow Specimen overprints. A few without gum, otherwise largely fine. (95).