Aden: 1937 Dhow 1/2a. to 10r. set, mint, mainly fine. S.G. 1-12, cat. £1,200. Photo. (Image1)

Aden: A mint and used collection in an album, incl. 1939-48 to 10s. mint, 1953-63 to 20s. mint (2), 1951 set mint, States, South Arabian Federation, etc. (100s)

Aden: A mainly K.G.VI mint selection on leaves, incl. 1939-48 to 10r., etc., mostly fine. (110)

Aden: A used collection on leaves, incl. India used incl. 1937 Dhow set, 1939-48 set, States, etc., varied condition. (315)

Antigua: 1935 Silver Jubilee 21/2d. variety ‘dot to left of chapel’, mint, toned gum, otherwise fine. S.G. 93g, cat. £275. Photo. (Image1)

Antigua: A mainly used collection on leaves, incl. 1884-87 set with extra 21/2d. (2) with sloping foot mint, 1903-07 to 5s. (2), 1908-17 to 5s., 1921-29 £1, 1932 Tercentenary to 5s., also Barbuda 1922 set mint, etc., some dubious cancellations, varied condition. (few 100s)

Antigua: A mint and used collection in nine albums, Q.V. to Q.E.II, incl. 1884-87 1s. used, 1903-07 5s. mint, 1913 5s. mint and used, 1932 Tercentenary values to 5s. used, 1938-51 set mint and used, 1953-62 set mint, etc., mixed condition. (100s)

Ascension: 1876, four covers from a correspondence addressed to William Samuel Holland “Ship’s Corporal, H.M.S. Flora” at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, each sent from Devonport franked 1d., soiling and other faults. Between 1872 and 1889, the population of Ascension island was listed for official purposes as H.M.S. “Flora” (Tender) under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope. “Flora” had been the guardship at Ascension from 1865 to 1872 before being ordered south to become the guard ship at Simonstown.

Ascension: 1922 1/2d. to 3s. set, mint, slight gum toning, otherwise mostly fine. S.G. 1-9, cat. £325. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 11/2d. rose-red variety ‘broken scroll’ [R.1/4], mint horizontal pair and single showing differing stages of flaw, one with small trace of toning otherwise fine. S.G. 12, d, cat. £412. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 2d. variety ‘torn flag’ [R. 4/6], used, one or two minor imperfections, otherwise fine. S.G. 13b, cat. £400. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 5d. variety ‘cleft rock’ [R. 5/1] in mint corner plate no. pair, fine. S.G. 15d, dc, cat. £428+. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 6d. marginal mint with variety ‘broken mainmast’ [R. 2/1], mint, slightly toned, otherwise fine. S.G. 16a, cat. £650. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 6d. variety ‘torn flag’ [R. 4/6], mint, fine. S.G. 16b, cat. £650. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1924-33 8d. grey black and bright violet, variety ‘shamrock’ flaw [R. 4/1], lightly mounted mint with some mild toning. S.G 17d. cat. £375. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1934 1d. complete sheet of fifty, with ‘teardrop’ variety, fine unmounted mint, also two mint examples of the ‘teardrop’ showing the progression of the flaw. S.G. 22, 22a, cat. £535+.

Ascension: 1938-53 perf. 14 1d. black and orange complete sheet of fifty, with ‘mountaineer’ flaw, unmounted mint, some wrinkling, otherwise fine. S.G. 39c, ca, cat. £259+. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1938-53 11/2d. black and dull rose carmine unmounted mint corner block of six, bottom left stamp variety ‘cut mast and railings’, one or two minor imperfections with variety fine. S.G. 40e, 40eb. cat. £450+. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1938-53 perf. 14 2d. black and red-orange unmounted mint block of four, variety ‘mountaineer flaw’ bottom left, fine and fresh. S.G. 41c, 41ca. cat. £400. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1938-53 perf. 13 6d. black and blue with variety ‘boulder flaw’, fine mint with heavy hinge. S.G. 43ba, cat. £300. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Link 41/2p. showing OVERPRINT IN RED, RATHER THAN BLACK, unmounted mint single, marginal from the top of the sheet, fine. S.G. 192 var. With photocopy of R.P.S. certificate (2015) for original block of thirteen, and article from the London Philatelist Sept. 2018 reporting the background and circumstances of discovery of this modern rarity. A pane of 25 was discovered on Ascension in 1975, but only the whereabouts of thirteen copies are currently known. Photo. (Image1)

Ascension: A collection on leaves, incl. 1922 set mint, 1924-33 set mint, 1934 sets mint and used, 1938-53 sets mint and used, 1956 sets mint and used, etc., varied condition. (few 100s)

Ascension: A K.G.V to early Q.E.II mainly unmounted mint selection, incl. 1922 range, 1924-33 values to 3s., 1938-53 wide range to 10s. (3) with 2s.6d. perf. 13 marginal block of four, 1948 Silver Wedding 10s. (3), 1963 11/2d. variety cobalt omitted, etc., also a small range of used, mainly fine. (approx. 200)

Ascension: A mint K.G.V to early Q.E.II selection, incl. 1922 to 3s., 1924-33 to 3s., 1934 set, 1938-52 range to 10s. (2), 1956 to 10s.,etc., mainly fine. (100s)*Subject to 20% VAT on the hammer price*
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Ascension: A mainly mint collection on leaves, incl. 1922 set, 1923-33 to 3s., 1934 set, 1938-53 to 10s., etc., varied condition. (63)