1862-1948 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive mint & used assembly noted 1862 used B62 2c brown, 8c yellow-buff, 12 pale greenish blue, 18c lilac, 24c green (Cat £500), 1863-71 to 96c brownish grey used, 48c rose (3 shades), 30c mauve wmk inverted f.u. (SG 16w cat £160), 1876 16c on 18c used (Cat £160), 28c on 30c, 1877 16c yellow, 1880 5c on 8c, 5c on 18c, 10c on 12c blue (2), 10c on 24c, 1891 10c purple on red mint, 1885 surchs, 1898 10c on 30c mint (SG 55), 1900 12c blue mint, 1904 to $1, 1912 to $10, 1921 to $3 & $5 used, 1938 to $10 plus extras m & u, 1948 RSW set used (Cat £130), etc. Clean collection and enormous cat value. (c300). GBP0 (ImageA)

1863-1983 Mint & used sets and ranges on printed Minkus pages (toned) with lots of defins and commems, QV to 30c, GVI to early QEII sets noted GVI to $10 used, 1941 Centenary set mint, 1949 UPU set mint, 1954 to $5, QEII to $20, Year of Cock mint, early QEII mainly fine, approx 320. GBP0 (ImageA)

1880 10c on 12c pale blue fine used neat duplex barred, fine, SG 25. GBP0 (ImageA)

1891 50th Anniversary overprint on mounted mint example part original gum, hinge remains and thin, showing broken 1 in 1891 variety, SG 51c Cat £950. GBP0 (ImageA)

1904 Wmk MCCA mint assembly of seven different values mainly multi CA, odd single CA wmk including 1c, 5c, 8c, 20c, 30c, 50c & $1, taken as cheapest, some gum faults but all nice appearance. GBP0 (ImageA)

1912 EDVII Coloured postcard (Scene on the Canton river after a typhoon) bearing 1c brown pair and 2c green tied HONG KONG CDS cancels on obverse. Addressed to Paris, few small marks, written in English. GBP0 (ImageA)

1915 (29 Jun) Folded cover to Alloa Scotland bearing Hong Kong GV 2c green pair tied SHANGHAI Br. P.O. / V cancel. J P Bisset Shanghai monogram on envelope flap. Few faults. GBP0 (ImageA)

1933-1952 Mint and mainly used collection arranged by printings on leaves STC £1000 with around 65 stamps noted 1938-65 P. Dues to 50c mint, Japanese Occup. HK 3yen on 2s scarlet mint, 5yen on 5s claret used (usual uneven perfs, Cat £160), 1938 GVI defins to $10 used, 1941 Centenary set used, couple of GVI covers etc, approx 65, STC £1000. GBP0 (ImageA)

1937-1949 Mint collection of sets on stockpage with useful including 1938-52 17 values incl $2 violet and scarlet, $5 green and violet, $10 lilac and blue (Cat £400), 1941 Centenary set (Cat £90), 1948 RSW set (Cat £278), 1949 UPU set, Nice clean group. GBP0 (ImageA)

1940 Large printed cover (tones and faults) Kobe, Japan to London bearing 1y & 50s defins tied KOBE CDS, sent airmail Per SS VIA HONG KONG single line h/s in red, and PASSED CENSOR / HONG KONG / 4 censor h/s in violet. Victoria backstamp. Faults but interesting all the same. GBP0 (ImageA)

1948 Chalky $1 red-orange and green mounted mint with hinge remain showing short leg to R variety, fine appearance, SG 156 ba. GBP0 (ImageA)

1953-1978 Unmounted mint, collection of defins and commem sets, noted 1963 FFH, 1964 Churchill, 1966 UNESCO, 1969 Year of Cock, 1970 Year of Dog, 1971 Year of pig, 1972 Year Rat, 1973-74 set 14 to $20 (Cat £100), 1975 Festivals M/S (Cat £60), fine, useful cat value, virtually all U/M. Approx 140. GBP0 (ImageA)

1954-1975 Mint collection of sets on stockpages with useful including 1954 set 14 (Cat £250), 1962-73 set 15 (Cat £160), glazed paper 6 vals to $5, 1963 FFH, Red X, 1966 Churchill set, 1966-72 set 14 (Cat £300), 1973 long set. Nice clean group. GBP0 (ImageA)

Circa 1904 Postcards from the same correspondence from Victoria HK to Guernsey each with EDVII 4c purple on red tied nice CDS cancel, each postcard showing Japanese related including one with Japanese & Union Jack flags and EDVII shaking hands with a ~Geisha girl, plus one with message on obverse ' I have left the Vengeance and I am now on a torpedo boat destroyer HMS Whiting, slight faults, intr (10). GBP0 (ImageA)

Collection QV-QEII of approx. 550 stamps, mainly used neatly arranged on leaves in display sleeves includes QV 1863 48c rose, 96c grey (short corner), 1877 16c on 18c lilac (straight edge, Cat £160), Amoy & Canton CDS cancels, EDVII 30c mint (Cat £65), 1935 SJ set mint (cat £55), 1941 Centenary set mint (Cat £90), 1949 UPU mint (Cat £50), commems for 1970s. (c.550). GBP0 (ImageA)

Treaty Ports Shanghai: Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive used assembly noted S1 duplex cancels or CDS cancels incl 1862 12c blue (S1 blue cancel), 1863 2c brown, 6c lilac, 30c mauve, 28c on 30c (Cat £55), 1877 16c yellow, 1880 10c on 12c, 48c brown (Cat £120), 1885 50c on 48c nice CDS, 1910 EDVII 4c blk of 4 on paper, $1, Postal Fiscal $3 dull violet CDS used (Cat £55), etc. Clean collection but some cancels are only part or small part, good cat value. (c55). GBP0 (ImageA)