Africa and United Nations Group of Covers and Cards, with material from Angola (x8), Belgium Congo (x34), Congo (x7), Ethiopia (x3), Liberia (x2), Rwanda and United Nations (x31). Best material is from Belgian Congo. Includes used and unused postal stationery, printed matter rates, air mail and censored covers, advertising covers, first flights, a U.N. flag cancel, and first days including U.N. #s 1-11, C1-C4 and the good first souvenir sheet. A few small faults here and there still overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

Arctic / Antarctic Group of 88 Covers and Cards, includes British Antarctic Territory (x19), F.S.A.T. (x3), Ross Dependency (x4), Australia and Australian Arctic covers (x12), Galapagos Islands (x1) plus 35 USA covers from both the Arctic and Antarctic. Note U.S. Operation Deep Freeze, Operation Highjump and Byrd expedition covers. Many have interesting cachets, overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

Australia Collection of Travelling Post Office Postmarks, all displayed on 13 pages, with about 17 covers and 90 stamps (mostly socked on the nose strikes) with a good variety of different postmarks, routes, etc. Overall fine to very fine and ideal for the specialist. Scans only show portion of the collection. (Image)

Est $ 250

Australia Group of Over 150 Covers, 1922 to 1980s, a diverse group which includes military mail (some Viet Nam), censored, camel mail, patriotic label covers, postal stationery, registered mail, meter covers, first days and a nice British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan cover. Some with faults, mostly fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 200

Australian States Group of 118 Covers and Cards, 1880-1914, with material from South Australia (x3), Tasmania (x4), Western Australia (x5), Queensland (x9), New South Wales (x33) and Victoria (x64). Includes both used and unused postal stationery, post cards and commercial covers. Note official mail, registered, also note a scarce ½d wrapper uprated with a ½d stamp to England. Minor faults here and there, still overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 300

Austria Group of 95 Covers and Cards, 1786 to 1985, includes early stampless folded letters, Lombardy-Venetia covers, postal stationery, military and censored mail, Austrian Offices in Turkey, postage dues, first flights and a few first days. A few have minor faults else a very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 200

Belgium Group of 78 Covers and Cards, 1821 to 1972, includes stampless covers, first flights, first days, postal stationery, World War I German occupation postal cards, Arctic mail, military and postage due covers. Note eight P6 and P9 postal cards (cat. 40 Euros each), B495-7 first day cover to USA and 1945 Belgian Red Cross air mail cover to Canada with a red O.A.T. handstamp. Some with faults, still overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

Bermuda Group of Over 100 Covers and cards, 1893-1991, includes first flights, registered, and commercial mail. Note better small town postmarks including Southampton, Somerset Bridge, Flatts and Crawl. A few have small faults, still overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

British Africa Group of 170 Covers and Cards, with material from Bechuanaland (x7), Basutoland (x13), Gambia (x9), Ghana, Gold Coast (x57), Maldives, Nigeria (x32), Sierra Leone (x15), Somaliland Protectorate (x2), Sudan (x12), Swaziland (x6) and Zanzibar (x17). Note many $15-plus items and includes commercial mail, registered and air mail covers, censored, official mail, used and unused postal stationery, squared circle cancels, first flight and first days, etc. Noted some faults, still the majority are very fine. (Image)

Est $ 300

British Caribbean Group of About 340 Covers and Cards, 1854-2000, with the vast majority being pre-1970. Has material from Antigua (x8), Bahamas (x59), Barbados (x70), British Guiana (x64), British Honduras (x23), Caymans (x29), Dominica (x5), Grenada (x13), Leeward Islands (x20), Montserrat (x3), St. Kitts-Nevis (x22), St. Lucia (x10), St Vincent (x10), Turks & Caicos (x3) and Virgin Islands (x8). Note commercial mail, including air mail and registered, war tax covers, Bahamas sea floor, military and official mail, post cards, used and unused postal stationery. First flights include a Pan Am test cover and more. A few have minor faults, still overall condition is very fine. (Image)

Est $ 700

British Commonwealth Collection of the 1937 Coronation Issue First Day Covers, with 42 covers in all (including one #10 size). 29 are cacheted, and we note many scarcer or uncommon cachets. The collection also contains three cacheted 1948 Silver Wedding FDC. A few small faults, still overall very fine condition, see scans for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 150

British Commonwealth Collection of 1953 QEII Coronation First Day Covers, all neatly displayed in an album, with about 130 covers, with an excellent variety of cachets and countries, and we noted several scarcer, or less commonly seen cachets. Quality is very fine, and also includes a contemporary picture booklet on the Coronation. See scans for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 150

British Commonwealth Collection of 112 Omnibus First Day Covers, all displayed in an album, with 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee (x4), 1937 KGVI Coronation (x90), 1948 Silver Wedding (x8), 1949 UPU (x9), and a few more. We note a good selection of different cachets, countries, destinations (many were mailed to the same person in South Africa), etc. Overall very fine, a few have staining, see scans for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 200

British Commonwealth Collection of 265 First Day Covers, 1930s to 1960s, all in three FDC albums, with a great variety of material, including Omnibus (1937 Coronation, 1946 Peace, 1949 UPU, 1953 Coronation) plus other regular issues from many different countries. Many scarce items seen, see our many scans for an idea, overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 300

British Commonwealth Collection of 170 First Day Covers, all in two FDC albums, mostly odd-sized with #10, European-size, etc but also some #8 from a wide number of countries, with many good cachets and frankings. A few faults still overall fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 200

British Commonwealth Group of 80 Covers and Cards, most are as received from an estate, with material ranging from the 1930s to 1950s and includes some first day covers (1949 UPU, Coronation, etc.) noting interesting cachets, commercial mail, registered, picture postcards, censored, etc from countries such as Leeward Islands, Great Britain, Ascension, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, British Guyana, and many more. A few faults still overall fine or better, with many interesting items within. (Image)

Est $ 250

British Europe Group of 117 Covers and Cards, 1879 to 1970, with material from Cyprus (x20), Heligoland (x4), Gibraltar (x47) and Malta (x46). Includes military and censored covers, commercial mail including registered and air mail, used and unused postal stationery, post cards, paquebot cover, first day covers, a G.B. postal card used in Malta. Good variety of destinations and frankings. Some with creases or other minor faults, still overall quality is very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

British Indian Ocean Territory Cover Group, with 6 covers (including an air letter) dated 1969-1970, with mostly all different stamps, mostly mailed to GB, one to Canada. Postmarks from Aldabra Island, Salomon Chagos and Desroches Island, plus a travelling post office one from Nordaver. Backstamps include Victoria Seychelles and Airport Manchester. Some of the address labels have glue soak, and one has fallen off, still overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 50

British Middle and Far East Group of About 190 Covers and Cards, with material from Aden (x14), Bahrain (x2), Bangladesh (x3), Brunei, Burma (x50), Ceylon (x76), Kuwait (x3), Mauritius (x19), Pakistan (x27) and Qatar. Note India overprinted Pakistan and Pakistan overprinted Bangladesh, Japanese occupation of Burma, censored covers, commercial mail including registered, used and unused postal stationery, post cards, first flights and first days and 1960 Saltoro Expedition cards. Mixed condition with much very fine, with many $10-plus retail items. (Image)

Est $ 300

British Offices Group of 81 Covers and Cards, 1905-1950s, includes Morocco Agencies (x48), Offices in Turkey (x13), Muscat (x6), Bahrain (x5), Kuwait (x4), Levant (x3) and one each from Middle East Force and B.M.A. Tripolitania. Includes used and unused postal stationery, first day covers, post cards and commercial mail. Note O.A.T. handstamp covers, registered mail, etc. Three of the Offices in Turkey covers are accompanied by David Brandon certificates, but all three have faults (one is a front only). Except for these three, overall quality is very fine. (Image)

Est $ 300

British Pacific Group of 190 Covers and Cards, Victorian Era to 2013, with material from Aitutaki (x2), Cook Islands (x17), Christmas Island, Cocos - Keeling Islands (x3), Fiji (x51), Gilbert & Ellice (x3), Nauru x6), New Hebrides (x3), Nauru (x6), Niue (x4), Norfolk (x3), Papua New Guinea (x41), Pitcairn (x8), Samoa (x15), Seychelles (x18), Solomon Islands (x7), Tokelau and Tonga (x11). Includes commercial mail, air mail, registered covers, used and unused postal stationery, post cards, first flights and first days. Note 10 covers with Australia stamps used in Papua New Guinea and one New Zealand used in Pitcairn, as well as postage due, etc. Some with faults although the majority is very fine. (Image)

Est $ 400

British South Atlantic Group of Over 50 Covers and Cards, Victoria Era to 2002, with material from Ascension (x3), Falklands (x39), St Helena (x8) and Tristan da Cunha (x3). Includes Paquebot and Ship mail, Tristan re-settlement cover, commercial and official mail, first day covers and a good assortment of post office cancels that include Admiralty Bay, Marguerite Bay and Deception Island from the Falklands Island Dependencies. The Victoria era material is all unused postal stationery cards. Mostly very fine but does include a few faults. (Image)

Est $ 150

China "Corps Expéditionnaire de Chine" 1901 French Military Cover, mailed from China to Versailles (receiver on back) with large red handstamp reading "Corps de Chine / Place de Pékin / Le Major de la Garnison" front and back, annotated "Corps Expéditionaire de Chine". Small faults, still an uncommon postmark. (Image)

Est $ 100

China Group of 14 Covers and Cards, 1937-2008, includes material from China, PRC and ROC. Note a group of 6 air mail covers (1938-1947) with 5 to Canada and one to the U.K. Also PRC first days and commercial mail and ROC first days, postal stationery and commercial mail. Mostly very fine but a few with minor faults. (Image)

Est $ 250

China (PRC) Group of 11 Better First Day Covers, 1958-1962, includes better complete sets such as Scott # 364-66, 379-81, 467/82 (8 stamps only), 538-39, 582-99, 590-91, 606-609, and 615-17. High catalogue value and scarce, very fine. (Image)

Est $ 350