1840-1914, Used collection from a Parisian Estate, patiently gathered stamp after stamp by a passionate collector who selected each stamp for its cancel and quality during half a Century. Over 4750 different stamps with all British colonies from A to Z. Starting with Great Britain incl. 1d black, embossed, £5 orange, various £1, surface printed, always showing selected cancellations, powerful section of GB used abroad with a wide array of different stamps incl. A25 Malta, A26 Gibraltar, C, B01, G06 Beyrouth, B02 Suez, C61 Porto Rico, F83, C51, C35 Panama, C60 La Guayra, C81 Bahia, C30 Valparaiso C51 Cartagena, B32 Buenos Ayres, Britsh Europe incl. Cyprus, British Africa incl. useful Gambia, GEA, Mauritius, Zanzibar, South Africa & related territories, British Americas incl. strong Canada with Jubilee $5, Falklands, Trinidad, Asia incl. useful India, powerful Ceylon, better Malaya & Straits settlements, Hong Kong, fantastic array of AUSTRALIAN STATES incl. superb Western Australia Swans, New Zealand, etc. A most attractive basis for expansion to build a quality collection of used Commonwealth. A unique opportunity for the connoisseur who will appreciate quality and cancellations (Image)

1860-1924, Group of various incl. Barbados 1860 (1/2d) green with "no opinion" RPS cert. as a pin perf.12 1/2, British Honduras 1899 5c "BEVENUE" variety used, Canada 1868-90 3c laid paper used, PEI 2d, 3d and 6d perf.9 unused, Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1912-24 £1 used (genuine postmark?), Malta 1860-63 1/2d white paper unused, New Zealand 1864-71 4d deep rose used, 4d yellow used, 1871-73 1d possibly imperf. variety (with big enough margins to suggest so), 1895-1901 Stamp Duty 7s6d used and Rhodesia 1892 £10 fiscally used, and 6 Samoa Express stamps to 5s, mixed condition, an interesting group worthy of closer inspection (Image)

1880-1969, BRITISH AFRICA: Mint collection with predominantly SPECIMENS, incl. Cape, Gambia, Gold Coast, KUT with 1922-27 to £4, 1938-54 set, Mauritius with 1883-94 set through to 1946, Natal with KEVII high values to £10, New Republic with normal issues to £1 on granite paper and 30s on yellow paper, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia with 1925-29 and 1938-52 sets, Nyasaland with 1908-11 to £10 (some surface rubbing), 1913-21 set, 1921-33 set and 1938-44 set, Rhodesia with Double Heads set to £1 (some paper adhesions) and Admirals set to £1, St. Helena from 1884-94 set to 1946 incl. 1922-37 set of 21 and 1938-44 set, Seychelles with 1890-92 set to 1946 incl. 1938-49 set, Sierra Leone with 1884-91 to 1946 specimen sets (1912-21 10s crease & £5 faulty), Somaliland, South West Africa incl. 1923 set to £1, 1927-30 set in pairs, Southern Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanganyika with Giraffe set, Transvaal, Zanzibar and Zululand with 1888-93 set to 5s & 1894-96 to £5 (stuck down), stamps up to about 1910 partially stuck down, rest fine and fresh, a fabulous lot with so many specimen stamps, a rare opportunity (SG £80'000 ) (Image)

1880-1949, Mostly mint selection of better values & sets, noted Ascension SG 1/9, British Solomon Islands SG 1/7, Bermuda 68/76, Mauritius 252/63, Nyasaland 130/43, Sarawak 21, 36/47, Singapore, etc., very fine

1880-1960, BWI & ATLANTIC ISLANDS, neat mint collection with better sets & singles, Specimens, noted Ascension, Bermuda, British Guyana, British Honduras, useful FALKLANDS, Mauritius, St Helena, Seychelles, etc., a few covers & stationery, gen. very fine (Image)

1880-1960, BRITISH ASIA mint neat collection with better sets & singles, Specimen, noted CEYLON, useful STRAITS SETTLEMENTS & MALAYA, North Borneo, etc., a few covers, gen. very fine (Image)

1880-1964, BWI neat mint collection with better sets & singles, noted ANTIGUA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, DOMINICA, GRENADA, JAMAICA, LEEWARD ISLANDS, MONTSERRAT, NEVIS, St LUCIA, St VINCENT, TRINIDAD, CAICOS ISLANDS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, etc., gen. very fine (Image)

1880-1980, Mint and used selection in 9 albums/stockbooks showing a good range of British Empire issues, noted useful Cape including Triangulars, Australian States, Borneo, etc.

1884-1969, BRITISH OCEANIA: Mint collection with SPECIMEN sets (pretty complete for each country), incl. Australian States with Queensland incl. Chalon specimens, Tasmania with reprints of the early issues, 1892-99 specimen set, etc., NSW, Victoria with postage dues, 1901-12 CTO, Fiji incl. 1912-23 and 1938-55 specimen sets, Gilbert & Ellice incl. 1912-24 and 1939-55 specimen sets, Labuan incl. 1885-86 specimen set, Nauru incl. 10s Seahorse specimen (vert. bend), New Hebrides (British & French), New Zealand, New Guinea incl. 1935 & 1939 Bulolo sets, Papua with various Lakatoi issues CTO from 1910-31, 1932 specimen set of 2, etc., Pitcairn incl. 1941 specimen set, Sarawak incl. 1934-41 set, Solomon Islands, Tonga, etc., throughout the issues up to about 1910 are stuck down so please inspect, otherwise mostly fine and fresh (SG £36'000 ) (Image)

1884-1969, BRITISH AMERICA: Mint collection with SPECIMEN sets (pretty complete for each country), incl. British Guiana, British Honduras, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica incl. 1921 unissued 6d specimens (both wmks), Leeward Islands incl. 1897 Jubilee set (5s creased), 1921-32 and 1938-51 specimen sets to £1, Montserrat, Trinidad incl. 1869 5s perf.12 1/2 and 1876 Britannia 6d specimens (not recorded by Bendon), 1883-94 specimen set, etc., but many stamps with corner creases, St. Lucia, St Kitts incl. 1923 Centenary specimen set (£1 creased), St. Vincent, Turks and Virgin Islands, throughout the issues up to about 1910 are stuck down, otherwise mostly fine and fresh (SG £35'000) (Image)

1890-1940, Mint selection of better values & sets of MALAYA, noted KEDAH SG 1/14, 41/8, 60/8, KELANTAN SG 30/38, NEGRI SEMBILAN 21/39, TRENGGANU 48/58, etc., very fine

1890-1950, POSTAL STATIONERY collection of 69 cards/covers from BRITISH ASIA incl. SARAWAK (one with SPECIMEN), MALAYA incl. Japanese Occupation, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, CEYLON, all unused, very fine, see web

1890-1966, BRITISH AFRICA, neat mint collection with better sets & singles, Specimen, Proofs, noted COGH, NATAL, Orange, Transvaal, Zululand, Bechuanaland, South Africa, South West Africa, Basutoland, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Southern & Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Tanganyika incl. Mafia Islands, British East Africa, Uganda, etc., plus Rhodesia sheets and UPU Paris 1947 Presentation book, gen. very fine (Image)

1890-1960, BRITISH WEST AFRICA, neat mint collection with better sets & singles, noted strong NIGERIA with OIL RIVERS, SOUTHERN and NORTHERN NIGERIA, LAGOS, CAMEROON incl. German stamps surcharged, TOGO Anglo-French Occupation, GOLD COAST, SIERRA LEONE, GAMBIA, etc., gen. very fine (Image)

1900-1964, AUSTRALASIA, neat mint collection with better sets & singles, noted AUSTRALIA incl. blocks of four with gutter, 1937 Proofs, SG178s (cert. RPS), BCOF JAPAN complete, NAURU incl. Seahorses, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA incl. better Airmail sets, NEW ZEALAND, COOK ISLANDS, SAMOA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, FIJI, GILBERT & ELLICE, NEW HEBRIDES, Pitcairn, Tonga, etc., gen. very fine (Image)

1950s METER FRANKING printing plates, group of 12 incl. India, Burma, Kuwait, Aden, Southern Rhodesia, Malaya, Australia, GB, Rhodesia Nyasaland and South Africa, unusual (Image)