1854 4a Red & Blue cut to shape with good margins with crisp "124" numeral of Aden, fine (Image)

1854 4a Red & Blue cut to shape on three sides and touched, with "124" numeral of Aden, thin, fine appearance (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1898-1969 Perim Island: Mixed lot of covers and picture postcards in large red stockbook, mostly with cancels of Kamaran & Perim, generally very fine

COLLECTIONS: 1937-55, Aden & States mint collection, practically complete twice with mint nh and mint hinged of each, with Aden sets up to 1946 with SPECIMEN perforations incl. 1937 set, Seiyun and Hadhramaut 1942 & 1946 issues with specimen perforations, mostly very fine and fresh (SG £5'300 )

COLLECTIONS: 1939-65, Mixed lot of covers and fragments with town cancels mounted on stockpages, much registered usages and mostly philatelic frankings, generally very fine

COLLECTIONS: 1884-1966, Mint collection with SPECIMEN perforations/ovpts from 1884-1946 incl. two sets of each from 1932-46, then normal stamps from then on (still two of each set), generally fine, plus Barbuda specimen set (SG £3'200 ) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1922-46, SPECIMENS complete group until 1946 Victory set mint hinged, plus extra mint nh sets for 1934 to 1946, fine to very fine (SG £7'450) (Image)

1915-27 £2 Roo purple-black and pale rose, mint with trace of light hinge, excellent centring, usual fluffy perfs, fine and fresh (SG £4'500) (Image)

1920 ROSS SMITH cover to Australia with dark blue air mail souvenir stamp cancelled 'FIRST AIR MAIL GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA/RECEIVED 26 FEB 1920' with hs in small print PER / VICKERS 'VIMY' AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA bottom left, light central vertical fold barely visible, cert. BPA (Image)

1920 ROSS SMITH cover to Australia with dark blue air mail souvenir stamp cancelled 'FIRST AIR MAIL GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA/RECEIVED 26 FEB 1920' with hs in small print PER / VICKERS 'VIMY' AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA at right, plus manuscript "Per Vickers Vimy Aeroplane carried by Sgt Shires", some creases and cover tears, signed A. Diena (Image)

1934 (Dec 9) Souvenir postcard of the "Faith in Australia" flight with departed and arrival cachets on the front with Cptn. Ulm's signature below, unsent at the time of this 1933 flight, and sent a year later to Saigon with 1931 6d airmail and endorsed at left "per Qantas, Empire Airways and Imperial airways", arrival cds, address partially erased, fine (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1913-57, Collection incl. CTO 1913-14 Roo set to £2 plus various other Roos CTO incl. official perfins with 1915-28 values to £2 (2), CTO KGV Heads, 1932-57 issues with two of each either CTO or mint, incl. CTO Sydney Harbour Bridge set (2), postage dues incl. specimens with 1902-04 up to 20s, etc., an attractive lot (Image)

1851-55 2d Ultramarine in a superb strip of three, used, very fine (Image)

1886-96 £10 Bronze, perf.11 1/2-12 1/2, wmk upright, mint og, surface indentation from what looks like was caused by a paper clip and a small grease spot at foot, slightly toned gum, a rare stamp (SG £8'500) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1883-1904, Mint collection incl. reprints from 1855-82, 1886-96 High Values UPU specimens with three of each value up to £2, four of each up to £5 grey, a £5 brown, two £10 and four £15 & £20, seemingly from 2 different printings, 1902-04 set to £1 CTO, a valuable group, mixed condition (Image)

1857-69 Chalon 2d deep green and 4d blue tied by 62 numeral in bars to small cover, HOBART 3MY3 1859 to New Zealand (Wellington & Auckland cds on face), scarce ADVERTISED/ UNCLAIMED in red, a few uneven margins, very few Chalon covers to New Zealand recorded (Image)

1886 £1 Yellow, wmk V over Crown, with SPECIMEN ovpt (sans-serif capitals without stop), part gum, fine, the only known example (see Kellow, Turner "The Specimen Stamps of Victoria p.62-63 with illustration) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1861-1912, Small collection of mainly Specimens and CTOs on the Swan issues and the 1902-11 issue, mostly fine (39) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1884-1965, Mint collection on stockpages with SPECIMEN perforations/ovpts 1884-1946 with two of each from 1931 incl. 1938-52 (one set missing a 3d) and 1942 sets, then normal issues with two of each from 1948, mostly fine (SG £6'500 ) (Image)

1852 (2d) Greyish-Slate mint og right marginal pair, good margins, natural paper wrinkle at lower right, very fine (SG £600 ) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1875-1961, Mint collection on stockpages with SPECIMEN perforations/ovpts 1875-1946 from Britannias onwards with two of each from 1935, then normal issues with two of each, mostly fine (SG £5'800 ) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1933-66, Mint collection from 1933-47 with Specimen perfins, two of each set (missing only 1947 1d), then normal issues up to 1966 (again with two of each) , postage dues, mostly fine (SG £3'000 ) (Image)

1888 (Jan) £1 Lilac & Black, mint og, light horizontal crease otherwise fine with fresh colour (SG £900) (Image)

1888 £1 Lilac & Black, mint og, very fine, scarce (Image)

1888 (Jan) £5 Lilac & Black with SPECIMEN ovpt, no gum, faint toning and slightly faded, crease at lower left (Image)