1841 1p red brown, lettered "S-K", margins all around, h.r., v.f., cat. $625 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $625, Est.US$250

1878 (1 Oct) Round the World FL from London, franked with 2 1/2p (Pl.12) addressed to USA, sent via Alexandria, where 1pi was added to Singapore, with 12p Straits Settlements, further to Yokohama, with 5sen brown and finally to San Francisco, where 3c Bank Note canceled Dec.14 paid for further transmission to New York, returning back to London on 31st December, fine and remarkable five-country combination cover, 92 days in the mail (Image)

Est.US$750

1879 (13 Jan) Round the World stationery 1p card from York, addressed to USA, sent via Alexandria, where Egyptian 1pi was added, through Suez to Singapore and Batavia, Java, carried to Yokohama, with Japanese 5sen brown, cork canceled, used for further transmission to San Francisco, with 2c Bank Note canceled by foreign mail pmk, then to Ottawa, where Canadian 3c yellow paid for the return voyage to England (3 May, 1879), remarkable five-country combination card, 111 days in the mail (Image)

Est.US$750

1882 Queen Victoria £5 orange, blue paper, overprinted Specimen in black, l.h., nicely centered, natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with 1989 Diena certificate (SG 133s) cat. £3000 (Cat No. 93S) (Image)

Cat. £3000, Est.US$1,500

1887-1902 Queen Victoria, imperforate plate proof in blue, background omitted, also 1p KEVII imperforate plate proof in scarlet, both n.h., v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1897 (25 May) Round the World, 1p stationery card from Penmaenmawr, Wales, via Liverpool to Honolulu, redirected to New South Wales, with 1d franking added in Sydney, forwarded to Hong Kong, Hakodate, Japan, with 10sen canceled by cds, then Yokohama and back to England, returning 27 Sep, 1897, fine three-country combination card, 126 days in the mail (Image)

Est.US$300

1902-11 KEVII, 1/2p-1sh, selection of 20, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $2136 (Cat No. 127-38,144-50) (Image)

Cat. $2136, Est.US$750

1902 KEVII 1p deep green, imperforate proof on thin white card, block of four, v.f., with 1987 Royal certificate (Cat No. 128P) (Image)

Est.US$250

1938 George VI, perf. and imperf. essays in violet, also War Tax imperforate proofs 1/2p and 1 1/2p (two), also overprinted on 2p orange, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1941 1/2p green, pane of 24, five stamps at upper right affected by "dry printing", n.h., some natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG 485var) (Cat No. 258var) (Image)

Est.US$250

1951 1p light ultramarine, right sheet margin block of nine, center right stamp showing "keyhole" variety, n.h., v.f., with 1993 Royal certificate (SG Spec. Q6d) (Cat No. 281var) (Image)

Est.US$150

1924 (19 June) Amundsen-Ellsworth attempted flight over the North Pole, small card franked 3d and 1924 Wembley 1 1/2d with Sutton Coldfield cds, the reverse franked Norway Posthorn 5o (damaged on application) and 25o, canceled Kings Bay, minor wrinkles, scarce usage from England (Image)

Est.US$250

1887-1900 Govt Parcels, 1 1/2p-1sh complete set of six, also additional 1p and 1sh carmine rose & green, l.h. or h.r., well centered for issue, fine-v.f. (SG O65-72) cat. £2970 (Cat No. O31-38) (Image)

Cat. £2970, Est.US$750

1840 1p black, 2p blue, unused letter sheets, fresh, v.f., cat. $875 (Cat No. U3-4) (Image)

Cat. $875, Est.US$300

1920 (23 Feb) On Active Service cover to England, with "Army Post Office B.M.S.R" (British Mission South Russia) datestamp and Bartlow, Cambridge (15 Mar) arrival pmk, fine and scarce usage (the British military mission arrived in South Russia in late 1918, and started to provide General Denikin's White army with ample supplies. Denikin would have not been able to build his army of more than 200,000 men or to make his operation against Moscow without the British, who also trained and equipped Russian troops. Many of the British instructors also took part in fighting the Bolsheviks despite the orders of their government) (Image)

Est.US$250

1915 (Nov) cover from London to Tientsin, China, franked with 1d red, covered by Censor label, additional "Opened by Censor Hong Kong" and finally "Returned Not Transmissible" handstamp, fine (Image)

Est.US$250