1857 2d green very fine used four even margins, part barred cancel neatly struck, lovely example, SG 3. GBP0 (ImageA)

1857-1964 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive and clean mint and fine used assembly Noted 1857 1d Blue SG ( 2a), 6d Brown-Purple SG (6) 1s Slate-Violet used SG (10), 1863 9d Sepia SG (57), 1867 4d Rose SG (65), 8d Chocolate SG (68), 1872 64c Red-Brown SG (131), 1885 20c on 24c Green SG (165), 1903 set SG (265/276), 1904 set SG (277/288), very interesting lot with useful stamps to sift through. Approx (420) GBP0 (ImageA)

1872-1947 Mainly used assembly on album pages unpicked as received with better content including 1904 to 1r50 used (2), 2r25c heavy used, 1912-32 to R5 used, 1935 SJ set used, 1938-49 to 5r used (2 diff). (Approx 155). GBP0 (ImageA)

1885 2½c on 2c purple revalued postal stationery card overprinted The Price is Three Cents including the card unused. Fine. GBP0 (ImageA)

1891 (1 July) 3c magenta postal stationery card PAYAGALLA to MOROTUWA with barred oval and transit, departure and arrival cancel. GBP0 (ImageA)

1915 6c bright carmine Postal Stationery card cancelled COLOMBO machine mark and with neat violet boxed CENSOR / 16 JUL 1915 / COLOMBO across the stamp addressed to Switzerland, fine and attr. GBP0 (ImageA)

1917-29 Two 2c olive-yellow postal stationery cards sent inside Ceylon to Colombo or Devepatam, cancelled NAWALAPTIYA or TRINCOMAL cds postmarks. (2). GBP0 (ImageA)

1919 6c pale scarlet in a left marginal block of 24 (gutter on right side) unmounted mint showing watermark sideways variety. Fine, SG 305a. Scarce multiple. GBP0 (ImageA)

1919 6c pale scarlet in a right marginal PAIR unmounted mint showing watermark sideways variety. Fine, SG 305a. GBP0 (ImageA)

1921 50r dull purple with SPECIMEN overprint in black, mounted mint with some thinning otherwise sound. Cat £225. GBP0 (ImageA)

1925 Railway TPO cancel on 6c P/S env. uprated 6c to UK tied two good strikes of INDO CEYLON - UP TPO train sorting cancels. Nice railway item. GBP0 (ImageA)

1938 P. 13½ x 13 2c black and carmine mounted mint with hinge remains, fresh looker, SG 386a. Cat £120. GBP0 (ImageA)

1938-49 Perforation varieties for three key 50c black and mauve for perf variations SG 394 (Cat £160), SG 394a (Cat £450), SG 394c (Cat £130) each mounted mint, SG 394 with brownish gum. High catalogue. (3). GBP0 (ImageA)

1947 (25 Nov) Inauguration of New Constitution set on typed cover to Colombo tied Colombo first day CDS cancels and NEW CONSTITUTION black and purple label affixed bottom left cancelled large INAUGURATION FIRST PARLIAMENT special cancel in greenish blue. Few light tones. GBP0 (ImageA)

Collection on in a well filled 64 sided stockbook from QV to modern with mainly used earlier 1887 to 1r12c used, 1899 1r50c & 2r25c mint, 2r25 used, EDVII/GV to R1 or more, GVI to R5 mint, then dozens of commem sets used (or mint also in many cases) to 2000 etc, approx 100s. GBP0 (ImageA)

Collection on leaves with better mint and used from QV including 1885 surcharges f.u., 1898 1r50 on 2r50 slate used, 1899 1r50 rose f.u., 1886 1r12c mint, GV to R10 (fiscal cancels), mint to R2, plus mint sets for GVI etc, approx 350. GBP0 (ImageA)

Collection QV-QEII postal history and stamps, mint and used neatly arranged on leaves in display sleeves includes QV to 10d & 1s perf, QV surcharges mint and used, 1881 8c brown P/S env to London with 47 numeral cancel PUNDUL OYA PAID, 1896 3c on 5c blue used P/S card, 1893 5c P/S env uprated 10c to London, PPC with Paquebot, 1895 5c lettercard GALLE coach with FREE h/s in black, 1909 cover to Jersey with 6c red, P/S Wrappers incl Slave Island (2), 1893 3c to Colombo COURTS PAID, 1894 Galle to Bombay, 1900 5c on 6c to Germany, EDVII P/S envs incl VEYANCODA, GV regd TRINCOMALEE, NUWARA ELIYA, KEGELLA, GV defins to 5r (mixed), GVI to 5r, then postmarks small collection from QV towns with duplex cancels and printed list of corresponding towns thru to QEII and modern (c270 postmarks), etc. Useful lot. GBP0 (ImageA)

Imperial album pages with a mainly used assembly neatly arranged on the printed pages, noted 1912-25 to R20, several of the high values have pen cancels or fiscal used, 1921-32 to R2 used, 1918 war Tax mint range, 1927 to R5, 1935-6 set used, Officials QV to 30c, EDVII to 30c, nice little lot (c74). GBP0 (ImageA)

Mint & used QV to 1935 on old time printed leaves unpicked as dissected from a huge well filled Imperial album approx 155 different incl QV imperfs 2d (2), 6d brown, perf 6d (2), QV surcharges, QV 2r25c, 1r50c used, GV to R5, GV pictorials to 1r used, 1935 SJ set mint. Ideal fill those gaps. GBP0 (ImageA)

Paquebot postcards mainly GV period GB defins incl 1912 1d Mackennal tied single PAQUEBOT and COLOMBO machine cancel, also on 1013 COLOMBO PAQUEBOT CDS, 1924 1½d red-brown COLOMBO PAQUEBOT CDS, France stamp on Colombo PPC LIGNE PAQ. FR. No.1 to France. Good cancels (4). GBP0 (ImageA)

Revenue: 1938-1984 useful group of high values used including 1938 GVI 10r & 20r, 50r mauve and purple, 1954 QEII 20r orange, 50r brown (pin hole), 100r blue, then few later to 100r brown or dark red. Nice group. (11). Barefoot 8/10, 16/18, 29 & 33. GBP0 (ImageA)

Telegraph: 1881-82 25r bright rose mint part original gum with hinge remains and thin, overprinted SPECIMEN diagonally in black. Superb and fresh colour, hard to find! SG T20s. Cat £1100 mint as unoverprinted single. GBP0 (ImageA)

Two postal stationery cards uprated incl 1895 5c blue to Berlin cancelled Colombo A duplex with Ligne Paquebot, 1898 2c olive-yellow uprated to Lorient France tied Colombo B CDS and duplex with addl 3c, small corner bend, nice duo. GBP0 (ImageA)