1942 1d scarlet and 5d brown each with R6/10 sliced 'M', fine o.g. SG M1a, 5a, £330 (Image)

1942 1d scarlet round and square stops block of two pairs se-tenant vertically, unmounted o.g. SG M6b, £400 (Image)

1942 1d, 2½d and 3d vertical pairs with round and square stops, overprinted at Nairobi, fine used. SG M6b, 7b, 9b, £605 (Image)

1942-7 used collection (34, no Dues) on leaves. Scarce items Include SG M6a-10a 'round stops' set and 2d 'square stops', 1d and 2½d se-tenant pairs (SG M6b, M8b); 1943 1/- broken barb (CW 18a); 1947 5/- 'T' guide (CW 20a) and another with 'wounded lion' (Image)

Dodecanese Islands: 1947 small group of stampless official covers to Rhodes including from Karpathos (25.2 and 3.5.47), Symi (2.5.47), Stampalia (28.2.47), Cos (6.3.47), Castellorizzo (1.3.47), Calymnos (3.3.47) and Leros (25.2.47), presumed to be of philatelic origin but unusual

1950 Postage Due set of 7. Fine unmounted mint. SG D149/155, £375 (Image)

1948 5/- unmounted o.g. with R4/2 major re-entry; EAF 2/6d with strong re-entry to upper left quadrant of shield and gthe lion at left, unmounted o.g., and BMA Tripolitania 1/- fine used with R7/12 broken barb (Image)

1948 B.M.A. 5/- red with the rare R1/2 two 'T' guidelines on neck, unmounted o.g. SG E11 var. (Image)

1948 B.M.A. 5/- red with the rare R1/2 two 'T' guidelines on neck, fine used. Ex Bater and the only example known to him. SG E11 var. (Image)

1948 B.M.A. 5/- red with single 'T' guideline on neck, fine used. Very rare. SG E11 var. (Image)

1948-51 used collection (37, no Dues) on leaves, basic stamps (a few not counted due to indeterminate or faked cancels) complete plus some useful varieties; BMA 2sh50 misplaced stop and another with 'T' guide (very scarce used), and 5/- with major re-entry

1943-50 used collection (35) on leaves, basic stamps complete. BMA set additional varieties with 1/- broken barb (on piece), 2sh50 misplaced stop, 2s50 and 5/- 'T' guides

1945 use of GB registered postal stationery envelope overprinted EAF, to Italy, uprated with 2d, 3d and 1/- also EAF overprints. Mogadishu CDSs of 2 NO 45. Handstamped 'scritta in italiano' on front and also with 'A.V.2' in violet. On reverse, Italian CDSs, and compensation altered vy handstamp from '£5' to '£2', a neat item (Image)

1950 B.A. 3l on 1½d with R8 or 18/8 misaligned surcharge, fine used. Scarce. SG T16a, £350 (Image)

1950 B.A. 4l on 2d with R8 or 18/8 misaligned surcharge, fine used. SG T17a, £180 (Image)

1948-51 used collection (35, no Dues) on leaves, basic stamps complete (a couple with faked postmarks and disregarded); includes BMA 5/- with 'T' guide, and additional Cyrenaica 1950 Mounted Warrior set

1948 1½a on 1½d red-brown right marginal vertical strip of four from the centre of the sheet, top pair Type I, lower pair Type II, with Dubai CDSs of 23 JA 50. SG 18b, unpriced (Image)

1955 2r on 2/6d Type II, large part o.g. SG 41a, £400 (Image)

1951 2r on 2/6d Type I and 1955 Type II, each in a used block of four with Dubai CDSs. SG 41, a, £294 (Image)

1957 5r on 5/- rose-red Type I, large part o.g. with just the faintest trace of a hingemark, with R8/4 (first surcharging only) wide surcharge. Very scarce. SG 57a, £550 (Image)

1956 1½a green watermark St Edward's Crown used block of four with reduced sheet margin at left, Dubai CDS of 5 NO 56. A very rare multiple, with B&K Certificate (1975). SG 58a, £4800 (Image)

1948-53 cover group (9) written up on leaves with 1948 2½a on reverse, Type 15 handstamp, and 1948 (23 NOV) airmail cover to Basrah with ½a and 3a, also Type 15 handstamp, extending the Donaldson date (March); four covers with Type 14 handstamp, one to New York and bearing the amazing franking of two ½a and ten 1½as (SG 18), another with Wedding 2½a; two with Type 21 to Bombay with 1951 1½a (SG 37) pair, one torn, and one to UK with 1951 1a pair and 4a; and Type 22 on two covers, one to Sweden with 1948 ½a - 3a, the other registered to Bombay with 1951 1½a (SG 37a) pair and 4a. A fine group with the stamps highly catalogued

1948-63 collection of value-only philatelic covers (16), written up on leaves, with no fewer than three complete 1948 sets on FDCs (to India, UK and USA); others including Wedding pair on plain FDC; UPU illustrated FDC (Roger Wells); two 1953 Coronation sets, one on illustrated FDC; 1952-4 set (two, one with 2r added), etc.

1948 registered insured (for 2000r) cover with 2a, 2r and 6a Olympics on the reverse, Type 14a CDSs with Aden and Aden Camp arrivals. Embossed STATE OF MUSCAT AND OMAN on the flap and with five STATE OF OMAN wax seals. Vendor states he has seen just one other similar cover with the 2r on 2/6d (SG 24) in 45 years of collecting; a showpiece

Postage Due covers. 1948 envelope to India franked 1948 ½a (3) and 1a, but overweight and with large 'T' in circle applied at Muscat; and two underpaid airmail covers to South Africa and Canada with tombstone T./P.G. marks. Also 1965 cover to BFPO 63 (Bahrain) with four 5np stamps (envelope folded); 1951 philatelic Paquebot (Bahrain Type 1) cover with 1951 1a, and 1964 cover to UK with four 1961 10np stamps, fine red BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL MUSCAT on front