BRITISH EMPIRE: Small collection of QV-KGVI cards, covers, aerogrammes etc. inc. a set of 9 unused QV Foreign & Colonial 1d Postcards (with wrapper intact), a set of 6 unused QV "L" size 2½d foreign postage envs. (with wrapper intact - small tears to the top and bottom), a set of 9 unused QV "M" size 2½d foreign postage envs. (with wrapper intact - small tears to the top and bottom), plus other related examples. Countries represented inc. Australia, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Egypt, Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. Majority unused and all fine. (241 items) (Image)

SMALL c.1883-1966 COLLECTION of cards and covers from various countries (no British Empire or Europe). Heavy focus on Central & South America inc. Argentina (21), Brazil (13), Chile (7), Guatemala (10), Honduras (10), Mexico (9) and Uruguay (3), but other countries also represented inc. Azores (12), Cape Verde (7), Dutch India (7), Japan (6), Macau & Timor (20), Philippines (3), Portuguese India (13), and other less represented examples. A mixture of used and unused, majority fine. (199) (Image)

RANGE of mainly unused pre-decimal & decimal aerogrammes, air letters, post cards, letter cards, letter sheets, forces air letters, registered letters (various sizes), forces overseas registered letters (used), inc. a Shakespeare festival 6d air letter overprinted "CANCELLED", unused pre-decimal certificates of posting with indicia to 1d, various envs. etc. for the National Postal Museum. Much duplication but mainly in very fine condition. (qty) (Image)

1951-69 NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE stamped to order reply cards, inc. KGVI 1d card with stamped address (unused reply half); KGVI 1½d card used with unused reply half; QEII 2d card used with unused reply half; QEII cards with stamped addresses but unsent (3); "OFFICIAL/PAID" cards with stamped addresses but unsent (2); two used outgoing halves with no reply half attached; and one used reply half. An interesting & scarce group. (11) (Image)

STAMPED TO ORDER NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS: 1956-61 unused selection with 1d WS49; 1½d WS50 (5); 2d WS51 (3); 2½d WS52 (3); 3d WS53 (2); 1½d + 1d WS69(2); 2d + ½d WS71 (2); 2d + 1d WS72; 2½d + ½d WS80; and 3d + 1d WS90. Variously labelled with "MAGAZINE POST", "PRINTED PAPER RATE", "PRINTED PAPERS REDUCED RATE", "SAMPLE" or "SAMPLES", "NEWSPAPERS REGISTERED at the G.P.O.", "ARTICLES FOR THE BLIND" (with air mail etiquette), and "FORCES PRINTED PAPERS". All in fine condition. (21) (Image)

QV-KGV UNUSED/USED MIXTURE - inc. 1d pink env. & 2½d grey-blue env. each with SPECIMEN ovpt; undated ½d purple PC (crease) to Cheltenham cancelled with arrow puncture; 1877 ¼d brown 'Foreign Post Card' used London to Scotland; 2½d grey-blue env. (2) to Post Said & 2½d lake env. to Hamburg; and 1d pink env. with 1890 Jubilee cancel. Mixed condition. (57)Cross Reference: SPECIMENS, JUBILEE OF 1890 (Image)

KGVI-QEII LETTER CARDS: A small box containing a 1940-81 KGVI (25) - QEII (63) collection of LCP13-LCP49 unused and used. Used inc. a few postage dues plus 2 cards stamped "POSTING DELAYED/BY THE POST OFFICE/STRIKE 1971." Mainly fine. (88) (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES: Duplicated range inc. 1904 2d + 1d env. to Paris uprated 4d, 2½d + 2d ex London endorsed 'Insured £30' at top, 1905 2d + 1d env. to Bahamas uprated 1d ex London, 1906 2d + 1d env. to Germany uprated 6d (perfin) ex London with framed "LATE FEE 2D" h.s., 1908 2d + 1d env. to Frankfurt uprated 3d + ½d (both perfinned) ex London with framed "LATE FEE 2D" h.s., 1908 2d + 1d env. to Geneva uprated 2½d + 1d ex London with red insured label affixed, and other related examples. (85) Cross Reference: PERFINS, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL, INSURED MAIL (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - 1911/12 3d RED-BROWN & 1918 3½d BLUE GROUP IN A LARGE ALBUM - inc. 3d 1911 series sizes H, H2 & K (RP27H/H2/K, unused and used examples of each (used K flap torn through indicium); 1912 series size K unused & used (RP29K); 3½d scarce unused size F flap 6 (RP29Fa), RP29Fb used to France uprated with 9d agate apparently for insurance, size H (RP29H, unused plus 2 used to Wilts. or Australia), and size K (RP29K, unused and used to Switzerland). Generally good to fine; A&B £1200+. (65) (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES: Duplicated range inc. 1912 2d + 1d env. to Berlin uprated ½d + 1½d pair ex London with red insured label affixed, 1913 3d env. to China uprated ½ strip of three ex London, 1913 2d + 1d env. to Bosnia uprated ½d + 4d ex London, 1918 3½d env. to Aden ex London, 1921 2d + 3½d env. to Poland uprated ½d embossed indicia + 2d ex London, 1925 4½d env. to Bermuda ex London, 1926 4½d env. to Morocco ex London, 1932 4½d env. to Rotterdam uprated 2½d (2) ex London with red insured label affixed, 1933 4½d env. to Barcelona uprated 1d ex London, 1937 4½d env. to Paris uprated KEVIII 1½d (2) ex London with red insured label affixed, 1939 4½d env. to Glasgow with triangular C.O.D. label affixed and other related examples. (237) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, INSURED MAIL, PERFINS, KEVIII ISSUES (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - 1915 2d BLACK FORCES ISSUE GROUP - four unused examples, plus 8 used inc. 1917/18 censored trio to Egypt, 1918 example ex Italy with APO "S. 100" to London, most unusual 1918 example to Canada uprated 4/- in adhesives apparently sewn and glued onto a parcel (though the max. parcel at the time was 3/- for 11lb?), and 1922/26 pair to Kenya uprated with 3½d or 4d in adhesives apparently for additional weight as both endorsed 'Fragile with Care'. Generally fine. (13) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - GB FORCES OVERSEAS (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - 1920-21 4d GREY-GREEN, 5d ORANGE & 1921 UPRATED GROUP - inc. 4d sizes H & K (RP30H/K, each unused plus used); 5d size H unused plus used and size K unused (RP34H/K); 1921 additional stamps added range 2d black + 2d orange (RP31, 2 unused, 5 used), 3d brown + 1d carmine (RP32, 4 unused, 7 used), and 3½d blue + ½d green (RP33, 2 unused, 4 used). Generally good to fine; A&B £900+. (56) (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - SCARCE 1921 UPRATED GROUP - 2d black + 3d violet (A&B RP35b, 2 unused plus 2 used Swansea to Manchester or Newport, Mon. to US uprated with 1½ brown adhesive), 3d brown + 2d orange (A&B RP36F, unused plus used Bristol to London; RP36Gb unused), and 4d grey-green + 1d carmine (A&B RP37, unused plus 2 used locally in Rugeley or Manchester to US). Generally fine; A&H £1235. (10) (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - 1922-33 4½d PUCE GROUP IN A LARGE ALBUM - inc. 1922 env. size H (RP38H, unused plus 2 used London to Belgium or Bournemouth to Dublin) and size K (RP38K, unused plus 2 used Long Sutton to Birmingham or Ipswich to Colombia); 1923 env. size G to Germany uprated with 3d violet adhesive for late fee or to Sweden uprated with 4½d puce cutout paying extra post plus 3d late fee (RP39G), size H (RP39H, 2 unused, 3 used), size H2 (RP39H2, unused plus used to Holland), and size K (RP39K, 2 unused plus 2 used); 1933 env. size H2 (RP42H2, unused plus used to Holland) & unused size K; 1937 env. size H & H2 (RP45H/H2, each unused plus used) and unused size K. Generally fine; A&B £975. (77) (Image)

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - SCARCE 4½d PUCE GROUP ON BLUE MANILLA LINED PAPER - 1934 envs. with 'Imperial & Foreign' on the back (RP43, 2 unused plus 4 used within London (2), within Kent or to Holland); and 1937 env. with 'to a place abroad' on the back used in Kent (RP46). Generally fine; A&B £725. (7) (Image)

W. H. SMITH & SON WRAPPER: 1951 ½d + ½d green used to Germany, stamped to order with "W. H. SMITH & SON LTD./Strand House London W.C.2" at top (WS34). Scarce. (Image)

1880s HALF-PENNY LETTER POST COMPANY LTD - fine unused patent envelope with 1d pink embossed (but sold for ½d) with a range of printed London advertisements inside. Very scarce.Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)