India used in Aden; 1884 Eastern Telegraph Company registered Telegram envelope bearing India 1a6p pair and ½a blue strip of four, cancelled 'B' in oval of bars and a crisp Aden CDS of JAN 27. Neat boxed registered cachet and R in circle. Light Mauritius red registered receiving oval on the front dated FE 24. A little reduced at right and roughly opened on the reverse, not showing on the front, a pretty cover (Image)

1937 Dhow set to 10r, large part og, odd trivial minor flaw, fine and fresh, SG1-12 (Image)

1967-1997 mint collection arranged on album leaves including 1967-68 to $5, 1972, 1977, 1982 to $10, 1985 birds to $10, 1990 fish to $10 and 1997 fruit to $10, commemoratives largely complete to 1997. Condition mainly fine unmounted o.g. (hundreds) SG 17/1003 | NB: This lot is subject to 5% on the hammer price if purchased by a UK buyer (Image)

1863-67 1d QV dull rose block of 4, rough perf., wmk Small Star (upright), fresh o.g. with lower pair unmounted, ex Baillie and Toeg. Fine item, SG 6 (Image)

1882 ½d QV dull green wmk Crown CA, showing "top left triangle detached" variety, (plate 2 R3/3 RP), large part og, fine, SG 21a (Image)

1882 2½d red-brown, wmk CA, well-centred BLOCK OF FOUR with lovely colour, brilliant large part o.g. A rare block. SG 22 (Image)

1862-86 mint collection arranged in blue Frank Godden album including 1862 no watermark, rough perf 14 to 16, 6d blue-green (2, both part og), 1863-67 wmk Small Star, 1d rosy mauve (12, six used with a strip of three), dull rose (9, with two blocks of four and one used), vermilion (3, one used) and sideways wmk (2, one used), green (3, two without gum), 1872 Crown CC perf 12½ 1d scarlet, 1876 perf 14 6d (2, one with wmk inverted and reversed), 1879 4d, 1882 Crown CA 2½d, block of four, 4d (5, with two pairs), 1884 perf 12 1d two blocks of four, 1884-87 2½d variety 'Large '2' IN '2½' WITH SLANTING FOOT' (2, one a positional pane of forty-eight), 6d (6, with a block of four), 1s (22, with two blocks of four and used vertical pair). Condition a little mixed in places with many fair to fine. (hundreds) (Image)

1863-1970 used collection (218) on leaves, mainly fine. Small range of earlies, then 1903 to 2/6d, fine, and 5/- but with faded vignette; 1908 set; 1921 MCA to 5/- and Script complete; Tercentenary to 2/6d; KG VI with shades, a couple of these mint; QE II almost complete to UNESCO with nearly all shades, a good lot (Image)

Barbuda. 1922 set of eleven nicely used, the 3d with slight colour run otherwise fine. SG 1-11, £375 (Image)

1924-33 4d KGV grey-black and black on yellow paper showing the "Torn flag" variety in a horizontal pair (right-hand stamp), large part og, fine and fresh, SG 15b (Image)

1934 2s6d KGV black and bright purple, showing "Teardrops" flaw (R4/5), large part og (light toning, typical for issue), a couple of blunt perfs which hardly detract, fine and scarce, SG 29a (Image)

1935 Silver Jubilee 5d green and indigo, fine CDS-used with Plate 2A R10/6 'kite and vertical log'. Scarce. SG 33k, £550 (Image)

1938-53 2s6d KGVI black and deep carmine, perf 13, showing "Davit flaw" (R5/1), large part og, fine, SG 45ca (Image)

1922-66 mixed mint and used collection (107) on leaves, mainly fine. Includes 1922 and 1924 sets complete fine used, 1934 Pictorials mint with the high values unmounted, Jubilee set used, 1938-53 set with all perfs mint, the first 1d hinged otherwise apparently unmounted; 1948 Wedding and 1956 set used; 1963 low values hinged mint, high values used (Image)

DISASTER MAIL: 1847 entire letter from Sydney Australia to Glasgow, carried by the ''S.S. Berkshire'' which was caught in a storm and damaged and had to make port into the French Port of Cherbourg for repairs, bearing crowned Sydney ship letter oval for NO 7 1846, backstamped by London arrival marks and Glasgow boxed h/s for 3 APR 1847 a journey time of 145 days! Very fine. ? ? The ''S.S. Berkshire'' carried 18 officers, and 150 seamen from the French corvette 'Seine' which was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the scheduled stop in Cherbough to disembark the French sailors also satisfied an urgent need for repairs. (Image)

Australia States. Small range of twelve used imperfs on leaves with Tasmania SG 11 (good margins) and 1857-8 1d, 2d, 4d and 1/- x 2, a couple touched in places but all of good appearance; Victoria SG 5, four margins, 5a (thinned) and 7 (nicked corner), and Western Australia SG 1 (two, one fine, the other close at top and with faint stain at right), and SG 3 (four margins). Also seven forgeries and one reprint (Image)

1913 watermark 2½d green corner strip of three with CA monogram, heavily hinged o.g.; 1d red Die IIA single with JBC monogram, large part o.g. but foxed on reverse; and 2d with JBC monogram, fine o.g. Also a page of Thursday Island cancels on Queensland (four plus a card to Scotland) and on Australia (4), and another page with Tasmanian cancels (10, including smaller offices) (Image)

1913-14 £1 brown and ultramarine, wmk 2, showing "clipped tail" variety, neat Melbourne cds, fine, BPA cert (2009), SG15 (Image)

1913 £1 Kangaroo, large part og, a shorter perf at top, good colour and fresh appearance. SG 15 (Image)

1913 £2 Kangaroo, large part og, well centred, a few shorter perfs, attractive and rare stamp. SG 16 (Image)

1913 Kangaroo set to 10s, part to large part og, a few small flaws here and there but generally fine and fresh, (13 values) (Image)

1915-27 3d yellow-olive Die I with JBC monogram, large part o.g. with inconsequential buckling and some slightly uneven perfs, from Plate 1; and a fine o.g. Die II example with CA monogram, also from Plate 1. SG 37, 37d (Image)

1915-27 1s blue-green, die IIB, wmk 6, left marginal example, showing complete offset of design on reverse, unmounted (hinged in margin). ASC BW33c, SG 40b VAR (Image)

1916 £1 chocolate and dull blue Kangaroo, large part og, well centred, short perf at right, typical perfs for this issue, scarce, SG 44 (Image)

1924 £2 purple-black and pale rose Kangaroo, large part og, typical perfs for this issue, fresh appearance, SG 45b (Image)