1840 2p blue, lettered F-A, Maltese Crosses cancels, large margins all around, good color, v.f., (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.US$250

1841 1p red brown, lettered K-F, also another copy lettered O-I, unused, the former part original gum, the latter without gum, margins all around, fresh and v.f., (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Est.US$500

1841 1p red brown, lettered L-J, unused, part original gum, margins all around, fresh and v.f., (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Est.US$250

1856-58 1p red brown, white paper, perf. 16, lettered O-G., unused part original gum, faint thinning, good color and appearance, (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Est.US$250

1864 1p rose red, plate 192, block of six, bottom margin inscription vertical strips of five, bottom margin inscription vertical pair, and plate 213 block of four, h.r. (few n.h.), some usual creases and minor faults, still useful group, (Cat No. 33) (Image)

Est.US$250

1870 1/2p rose, Plate 9, unused without gum, usual centering, reasonable centering for issue, signed Brun, rare, (Cat No. 58) (Image)

Est.US$750

1876-80 8p orange, unused without gum, short perf. at right, good color and centering for issue, fine, (Cat No. 73) (Image)

Est.US$300

1880-81 1p red brown, imperforate (imprimatur) single, h.r., v.f. (Cat No. 79P) (Image)

Est.US$250

1880-81 2 1/2p ultramarine, P20,P21,P22,P23, first one unused, others l.h. or h.r., well centered for this issue, fine, (Cat No. 82) (Image)

Est.US$300

1880-81 3p rose, 4p gray brown (P17), l.h., fresh and well centered for this issue, faint natural gum bends, fine-v.f., (Cat No. 83,84) (Image)

Est.US$300

1882 œ5 orange, lettered A-H, unused with full original gum, l.h., faint gum spots, slightly showing through at right, overall toning, nicely centered, with intact perforations, fine example of this popular stamp, with 1979 APS certificate, (Cat No. 93) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1883 3p on 3p violet, 6p on 6p violet, unused, h.r., the latter without gum, well centered, fine, (Cat No. 94,95) (Image)

Est.US$300

1883 6p on 6p violet, h.r., fresh and well centered for this difficult issue, fine, (Cat No. 95) (Image)

Est.US$250

1884 œ1 violet, watermarked Three Crowns, used, well centered, good perforations, fine, (Cat No. 110) (Image)

Est.US$500

1884-88 œ1 bright violet, œ1 brown violet, watermarked Three Crowns and Three Orbs, also œ1 green, all three used, bright colors, nicely centered, fresh and without the usual perf. faults or creases, fine-v.f. (SG 185,186,212, œ8,300) (Cat No. 110,123,124) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1902 (20 Feb) registered stationery letter upfranked with 2x1p lilac and 1/2p green (KEVII), sent from London to Khong, Laos (French Indo-China), with Marseille, Saigon and Cap St. Jacques Cochinchine transits, unusual registered cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150

1902 KEVII, 10sh ultramarine, h.r., v.f., (Cat No. 141) (Image)

Est.US$250

1913-15 2sh6p brown, two different, h.r., well centered, v.f. (SG 399,405,œ775) (Cat No. 173,173a) (Image)

Est.US$250

1915 De La Rue & Co. Printing, 10sh light blue, l.h., fresh and well centered, tiny patch of blue at bottom, v.f. (SG 413,œ3,500) (Cat No. 175a) (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1885 I.R. Official, 10sh ultramarine, canceled "Brighton De 21, 96", well centered, peripheral thinning around the perforations, good color, fine appearing example of this rare stamp, with 1929 Royal Philatelic Society, London certificate (DG O10) (Cat No. O9) (Image)

Est.US$750

1918-19 group of 15 covers and cards, mostly to England, variety of APO and FPO markings, censor cachets, etc., mixed condition, few cover faults noted, mostly fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$750

1919 Great Britain 5sh Carmine (Seahorses), tied on piece by "Field Post Office P.B. 66" (Obozerskaya) postmark, dated 3 Apr 1919, fine and rare usage of a 5sh stamp to pay postage from North Russia (Image)

Est.US$150

1919 (12 Sep) On Active Service cover to Leeds, with Army Post Office P.B.2 (Archangel) cancel, also "Passed by Censor" handstamp below, with accompanying letter ("will be home in three to four weeks"), v.f. Archangel was evacuated on 27th September, 1919 (Image)

Est.US$150

1920 two picture postcards (Libau) to England, each with "Received from HM Ship / No Charge to be Raised" handstamp, endorsed "On Active Service", with London arrival pmks (British Naval vessels took part in the Russian Civil War as part of a task force aiding independent Latvia and Estonia against the Bolshevik and German forces). Also included is a cover to Liverpool, bearing bilingual "Russo-British Shipping Company Archangel", with "No Charge to Be Raised" and "British Admiralty Agency" handstamp (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (20 Sep) picture postcard (American Army landing in Vladivostok) addressed to England, endorsed "On Active Service", datelined "War Sepoy Vladivostok 20 Sep, 19", message "We are leaving for Hong Kong next month and expect to be home for Xmas", canceled on arrival "received from HM Ship No Charge to be Raised" (Image)

Est.US$150