1912-25 50r dull purple, Wmk MCA, Ovpt'd SPECIMEN in black, fine M shows non constant printing flaw behind King's head, fine. (1) SG.320s, Cat. £225. (Image)

BOER WAR P.O.W Camp Mail: large, interesting and valuable collection, written up on display leaves, comprising four PPC's & 27 censored covers or fronts from Diyatalawa Camp & six from Ragama Camp, also research material relating to the imprisonment of P.O.W's. A lot too complex to accurately describe. Viewing essential. (37 items +) (Image)

KGV cover & postcard collection, written up on display leaves, incl. registered mail, Censored, Open Under Martial Law, airmail flights, RAF Air Letter etc, fair to fine. (14) (Image)

KGV postal stationery collection, written up on display leaves, incl. cards, envelopes, reply cards, registered envelopes etc, unused (7) & U (9), fair to fine. (16) (Image)

MARITIME: collection, written up on display leaves incl. PPC's of Ships & Shipping in Ceylon, P & O covers, Surcharge 2½c postal stationery card for 'Glen' line of Steamers, GB KGV stamps pmk'd 'Colombo Paquebot', Posted on High Seas - HM T. 'Asturias' - envelope from Colombo, Hamburg-America line SS Exemplar (2), Exhibitor (2), Exceller (3) Illustrated Maiden Voyage covers, German 'Ost Asiatische' cancels (3) etc, mostly very fine. (40) (Image)

Postal stationery: large QV collection, in a ring binder, written up on display leaves, incl. cards, wrappers, reply cards, Surcharges, unused & U, good to fine. (72) (Image)

PPC's: large collection, written up on display leaves, dedicated to the Port of Trincomalee, issued by Plate & Co, Ticks, etc, diverse subject matter, mostly unused, few U, good to fine. (64 + 20 other items) (Image)

PPC's: large collection, in two albums, written up on display leaves, incl. many scenes from Colombo, Kandy, semi nude Singhalese women (11) & other female portraits (one U with French Paquebot cancel), Galle, Occupations, views etc, fair to fine. (149 + 8 modern format) (Image)

PPC's: large collection, mainly unused, some U, incl. cards produced by Sadoon, Holsinger, Co-op, Plate & Co, Ponnambalen, Del-Tufo, Tuck, and others, Exhibitions - Franco-British (2), Wembley (16) all with Ceylon references etc, wonderful array. (84) Also some modern items. (Image)

Railway PPC's: collection, written up on display leaves, incl. trains, stations, track & lines, produced by Locomotive Publishing Co, Plate & Co, Colombo Apothecaries, Skeen & Co etc, good to fine. (40) Also some modern items & train stamps. (Image)

THEMATICS: Elephants of Ceylon extensive collection, well written up on display leaves, of early & modern PPC's, stamps & covers. Really picturesque subject. Also some research photocopies (57 stamps, 7 covers, 41 earlier cards, 57 modern format) (Image)

POSTAL STATIONERY/HISTORY QV-QEII range of approx 150 items incl. Victorian (57) incl. stationery cards/envelopes/letter cards etc, used & unused, covers with multiple frankings with destinations incl. Canada & Ireland, later incl. KEVII (5 items), KGV (5 items, KGVI (13 items), later (70 items), noted - 1943 Red Cross Form from the Ceylon branch of the British Red Cross Society etc. (Image)

QV & KEVII postal stationery collection, written up on display leaves, incl. envelopes, Surcharges with 5c on 4c Ovpt Inverted (2) unused, registered, printed paper wrappers etc, good to fine. (48) (Image)

TEA THEMATIC large collection (all periods) on display leaves, in two filing boxes, incl. stamps (38), PPC (QV to KGVI (104), modern PPC (31), covers & postal stationery cards (40), FDC's (5), Liptons advertising postcard (40+), cards addressed to Hopewell (plantation, 25 diff), baggage labels (6), receipts (14), all addressing many different subjects related to Tea, from pickers, factories, companies (eg. Liptons), and all manner of other related topics. Vast coverage of the subject. (Image)

1857-1951 M & U collection in Rapkin 'Specialist' album incl. Imperfs with 1857 6d (3), 1867-64 ½d, 1857-59 1d (26), 2d (33), 5d (17), 6d (18), 8d, 10d (5), 1s (11), 1/9d (2), all are sound, many are four margins, perf issues with Star & Wmk CC (attractive, better than usual quality) with vals to 2s, 1872-80 CC set to 2r.50 M or unused, fair, Imperf 32c, 64c Imprimaturs, 1882-85 Surcharge range to 1r.12c M or unused, good, 1885-87 Surcharges to 1r.12c M, 1886-95 1r.12c M (3) and one on blued paper, 1890 5c inverted Ovpt, 1899-1900 set M (Cat. £110), some KEVII, KGV 1912-25 to 2r, 1921-34 to 2r, 1935-36 set etc. Nicely laid out & many better quality than usual, viewing essential (456) (Image)

1857-70 Perkins Bacon Imperf & Perf collection, on written up display leaves, comprising Imperf 1d (9), 2d (10), 5d, 6d (6), 10d (3), Perf (mixed wmks & perfs as indicated on leaves) 1d (16), 2d (8), 2d yellow (7), 4d (4), 5d (10), 5d green (4), 6d (6), 8d (3), 9d (10), 10d (11), 1s (9), 2s (5), mainly U, a few M or unused, mixed condition. Huge catalogue value, poor to fine. (131) (Image)

1857-90 M & U collection, incl. 1857 ½d Imperf unused (Cat. £130), 1864 ½d (2) M (Cat. £500), 1866-68 3d Perf 12½ (2) U (Cat. £200), Perf 14 M (3) & U (8), 1d U (18 incl. block of four), 1872-80 range of vals to 64c (2), 96c (2), 1885 Surcharges to 1r25c, 1886 sets M & U, 1890 5c on 15c (3) Inverted Surcharge U (Cat. £75), 'FLVE' variety U (Cat. £95), 1869 Official 2s M (Cat. £120), 1d M (Cat. £75), 3d (2) one poor (Cat. £320) etc, poor to fine. (74) (Image)

1869 envelope to Leamington, Warwicks, franked 1d blue, SG.61 (fault) & 1s reddish violet, SG.71b, both cancelled & tied barred oval letter 'C' with 'KANDY/PAID' c.d.s in red alongside for July 27th in red, reverse bears 'Galle/Paid' c.d.s. & Leamington receiving c.d.s, envelope with faults. (Image)

Postal stationery 1872-1904 (mainly QV) unused & U collection of post & reply cards, incl. 1890 3c on 10c unused, two cancelled Railway Post Office (1896), OHMS (H&G. D-2), Advertising & Meetings, 1885 2½c on 2c (The price is 3c incl. the card Ovpt, 2) etc, many different pmks noted, good to fine. (44) (Image)

REVENUES: QV to mainly KEVII (some later) M & U collection, written up on display leaves, incl. Stamp Duty with 1872 to 20r with duplicates, Judicial 1882 to 5r, Postal Commission (7), Warehouse (5), Foreign Bill with Surcharges (67), Documents (4), Receipts with 1882 1d, 1d. blue (3), 1952 10r (2) M & U, Revenue 1912 50r, 100r, 1938 10r, 20r, 1954 20r (2), 50r (2), 100r (3), 1958 20r to 10000r (2 of each), Telegraphs etc, fair to fine. (428 + 32 items) (Image)

1879-1900 M & U collection, incl. 1882 16c, 20c Surcharges M (Cat. £68), 1883-98 to 8c M (Cat. £106), 1885 Surcharge range to 1r12c (2) U, later 1885 set to 1r12c U (Cat. £200), vals to 1r12c M, 1886 set M, one 15c, 1886 1r12c M (Cat. £38), 1888-90 2c Ovpt range M & U, 1893-99 set M (Cat. £65), 1898-99 Surcharge set & 1899-190 set to 2r25c M (Cat. £184), 1889-1900 set U (Cat. £120) etc, fair to fine. (119) (Image)

1882-98 M & U collection on leaves, incl. 1882 16c M & U, 20c M (single & block of four) U (2), 1885 Surcharge range, 1888-90 2c Surcharges, 1891 15c Surcharges M & U, 1892 3c Surcharges M & U, 1898-99 Surcharges to 2r25c M, 1898-99 to 1r50c U (2), 2r25c M, Officials 1895 set U, 1899-1900 sets M & U etc, fair to fine. (94) (Image)

1883-98 2c pale brown, Wmk CA, unused block of 36 (6x6), bright colour, well centred, fine appearance. Rare Multiple. Excellent display item. SG.146, Cat. £2880 (Image)

QV & KEVII collection/accumulation in a stock book & a binder, incl. a few Perf earlier issues, Cave overprints, 1886 28c Used in Aden, 1899-1901 1r50c, U hooded c.d.s (Cat.£55), Surcharges M with 1898-99 2r25c, Surcharges U, 1872-80 48c M (2) & unused (Cat.£360), KEVII vals to 2r M, also a collection dedicated to Literal & Numeral Obliterators 1868-92 arranged by town with reference material, Much to sort. (100's) (Image)

1888-90 2c Surcharge collection of errors comprising TWO CENTS inverted M, SG.203a, (Cat. £22), Two Double U, SG.205b (Cat. £140), Two Double, one Inverted M & U, SG.205c (Cat. £260), 2 CENTS inverted U, SG.207a (Cat. £11), 2 CENTS Double, one inverted M (2), SG.207c (Cat. £17), TWO CENTS inverted U, SG.208a (Cat. £130), TWO CENTS inverted M (2) & U, SG.209a (Cat. £51), TWO CENTS Double, one inverted M (2), SG.209a (Cat. £40), 2 CENTS inverted U (2), SG.210a (Cat. £84), 2 CENTS inverted U, SG.211a (Cat. £10), 2 CENTS Double M (2), SG.211b (Cat. £300), 2 CENTS Double, one inverted M & U (3), SG.211c (Cat. £78), also 30c on 36c Ovpt inverted, wmk reversed U, SG.169a (Cat. £150), also a few not catalogued. Varieties, fair to fine. (27) (Image)