MINT & USED COLLECTION ON ALBUM LEAVES: Wide range of perf. 14 listed shades to 3/- values, all identified by SG number by vendor (accuracy not guaranteed so inspection recommended). Includes ½d (7), 1d (7), 2d (6), 2½d (9), 3d (9), 4d (3), 5d (4), 6d (5), 8d (2), 10d (2), 1/- (6), 2/- (2), 2/6d (2) and 3/- (2). High cat. value lot. (Image)

1910-13 5/- MINT GROUP: The 3 SG listed shades of the 5/- value. vermilion & deep green, scarlet & pale yellow-green and crimson & yellow-green. SG 159, 160 & 160a £975 (3) (Image)

1910-13 7/6d carmine & light blue. Mounted mint example. SG 161 £900 (Image)

1910-13 10/- blue-green & orange. Fine mint example. SG 164 £400 (Image)

1910-13 £1 carmine & bluish black. Mint with patchy gum. Inspection recommended. SG 165 £1,600 (Image)

SCARCE PERF. 15 MINT GROUP: Includes 1d carmine SG 170 (£300), 2d black & grey-black SG 171 (£900), 2½d ultramarine SG 172 (£75), 4d black & orange SG 174 (£60) and 5d lake-brown & olive SG 175 (£800). Fine mounted mint though 2d value with patchy/minimal gum. Inspection recommended (5) (Image)

USED SELECTION OF SCARCER PERFS. 15, 14 x 15 & 13½: Group of used perf. 15 types to 1/- incl. ½d (2), 1d (3), 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d & 1/- SG between 167/177 , perf 14 x 15 3d purple & ochre, SG 180 (£300) and perf. 13½ ½d, 1d & 2½ values SG 182/184. Total cat. c.£950+ (21) (Image)

1910-13 CLANDESTINE PRODUCTION: Group of Waterlow printed issues with unauthorised roulette perfs. Includes 2½d, 3d, 3/-, 5/-, 10/- & £1 values. All with complete gum. (6) (Image)

1910-13 CLANDESTINE PRODUCTION: The Waterlow printed 2½d blue (shade) value in unmounted mint left marginal block of four with unauthorised roulette perf. SG 132 var. (Image)

1910-13 CLANDESTINE PRODUCTION: The Waterlow printed 5/- crimson & yellow-green in unmounted mint block of four with unauthorised roulette perfs. SG 160a var. (Image)

1910-13 SPECIMEN SET: The complete set of 18 values to £1 optd. vertically "SPECIMEN". Fine mounted mint. SG 119s/185s £3750 Cross Reference : SPECIMENS (Image)

STATE OF CONGO/BELGIAN CONGO range on leaves inc. 1886 to 5F (5F unused no gum), 1887 5c - 50c Chocolate, 1894 5c mint, 10c mint 25c (6 - 3 mint), 50c used (3), 1F used & 5F mint & used, 1898 3F50c (2 - one mint) & 10F used and later issues to 1922 (c100 items) (Image)

17th CENTURY MAIL TO/FROM THE ITALIAN STATES; Range with 28 Feb. 1669 EL to Genoa ex Lyon without markings and a transit time of 9 days, 1692/93 EL's to Leghorn ex Marseilles each rated '34' quadrini on front, one with forwarding agents endorsement on rear (Castri of Genoa), 16 Mar. 1695 EL to Avignon ex Rome and rated '4' sols on front, July/Aug. 1695 EL's to Lille ex Genoa or Rome rated '8' patars Lille on the front, Sep. 1696 EL to Leghorn ex Marseilles endorsed 'franca g' and 'P 20 Migl' and with two forwarding agents endorsements on rear (Ricord of Nice & Genochio of Genoa), Oct. 1698 EL to Brussels ex Turin with "DE.LYON" (Lenain 1) h.s. on front and rated '11' rials and a few similar examples. (11 covers) Cross Reference : FORWARDING AGENTS, BELGIUM, ITALIAN STATES, NETHERLANDS (Image)

FRENCH P.O. IN THE ITALIAN STATES INC. HEAVY WEIGHT MAIL; Range with 10 Dec. 1736 EL to Marseilles rated '13' sols with "DITALIE" (Lenain type 4) h.s. on front, 23 Mar. 1771 EL to Marseilles with "NAPOLI" (Vollmeier 1.19) h.s. on front and rated '22' sols, 16 July 1762 EL to Marseilles "DE TOSCANE" (Lenain type 6 - struck at Aix) weighed at 6½-7 gros and rated '3 livres 1 sol' due, 21 Aug. 1772 El to Marseilles ex Palermo with "NAPOLI" h.s. on front and rated '22' sols with Delfin & Meuricoffre forwarding agents endorsement on rear, 1 Apr. 1785 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn with "TOSCANE" (Lenain type 7) h.s. on front and rated '45' sols (5 x 18 sols), 20 Aug. 1789 El to Marseilles ex Palermo rated '22' sols with circular "RO/F" (Vollmeier 6.1) Naples inspectors mark on rear and other related or similar examples. (27 covers) Cross Reference : FORWARDING AGENTS, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

FRENCH P.O. IN ITALY & FRENCH ENTRY MARKS EX ITALY; Range with 4 Dec. 1741 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn with "D'ITALIE" (Lenain 4) h.s. applied at Turin on front and rated '13' sols, 7 Aug. 1746 EL to Marseilles ex Genoa with "GENES" h.s. on front and rated '13' sols, 1760/67 EL's to Genoa ex Paris or Madrid each rated '20' sols and with "DE.PARIS" h.s. on front, 28 Mar. 1777 EL to Marseilles ex Leghorn rated '18' sols with "TOSCANE" Unrecorded by Lenain (27 x 5mm) h.s. on front and other similar or related examples. (17 items) Cross Reference : SPAIN, ITALIAN STATES (Image)

HEAVY LETTERS TO/FROM THE ITALIAN STATES; Range with 4 Dec. 1753 EL to Genoa rated '22' sols with "DE.PARIS" h.s. on front, 26 Mar. 1782 EL to Paris ex Milan with "MILAN/L" rated '26' sols on rear and '27' sols on front to include '1' sol surcharge for a suspected small enclosure, 18 Apr. 1782 EL to Naples ex Palermo with "PALERMO" h.s. on front, redirected to Marseilles initially charged '7' baiocchi with a further '25' sols charged and other related examples. (12 covers) Cross Reference : ITALIAN STATES, REDIRECTED MAIL (Image)

1929-1931 WILSON AIRWAYS COVERS: Quartet inc. v. scarce 1929 unfranked env. intended to be flown on 25 Oct Wilson Airways 'Knight of the Grail' flight London to Nairobi but against regulations to carry mail so returned to sender [one of only 20 such covers & numbered '10' in bottom left corner], 1931 (8 July) 20c p.stat env franked 15c tied Nairobi cds via FF Nairobi-Kisumu feeder service & signed 'N. J. N. Mostert Pilot/Wilson Airways Ltd.'', etc. (4 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

MINT COLLECTION INC. BRUNEI ON PRINTED PAGES - inc. Brunei $5 carmine/green and $25 black/red (SG J18/19 £2000), Johore 1942 1d carmine postage due pair (SG JD1 £170) and 1943 postage due set of five in blocks of four (SG JD6-10 £180), Negri Sembilan 3c green with violet ovpt block of twelve (SG J163a £312) and 1c black block of twenty with ovpt inverted (SG J228a), Perak group inc. ovpts inverted and sideways character etc, Selangor 1943 set of 16 to $5, Trengganu blocks of four of 3c, 5c (2), 12c and 20c (corner with plate number) and 8c block of forty with plate number. Good lot. (c190 items) Cross Reference : JAPAN, BRUNEI (Image)

GUERNSEY-ST MALO SERVICES - Pair with 8 June 1826 & 4 Feb. 1829 E/EL to Nantes or Montpellier each with "GRANDE BRETAGNE/PAR ST MALO" (Salles 382) h.s. applied at St Malo and rated '11' decimes under the 1806 tariff or '34' decimes under the 1828 tariff. (2 covers) Cross Reference : GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

BOITE MOBILE MARKINGS ON CROSS-CHANNEL MAIL - Pair with 17 Jan. 1844 E to London ex Calais with chamfered-framed "M.B" h.s. in Red on front and rated '10'd on front and 28 June 1848 E to London ex Le Havre with chamfered-framed "M.B" h.s. in Black and "SHIP-LETTER" h.s. on front and ratted '10'(d) on front. Scarce markings. Both ex Barrie Jay. (2 covers) Cross Reference : INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)

LE HAVRE-LISBON SERVICES - Range with 1850 unfranked E to Havre ex Lisbon with "OUTRE-MER/LE HAVRE" (Salles 421) rated '6' decimes double port incoming charge on front; 1855 unfranked EL to Nantes ex Lisbon with "OUTRE-MER/NANTES" (Salles 145 - 2 years earlier than recorded) cds on front plus an 1858 internal EL franked 20c from a firm offering services from St Nazaire to as far as Gibraltar; 1859/64 EL's to Paris, Lyon or Bordeaux ex Lisbon with "OUTRE-MER/NANTES" (Salles 145), "OUTRE-MER/LE HAVRE" (Salles 134) or "£ST NAZAIRE/OUTRE-MER" (Salles 424) cds on front and rated '6' decimes. (6 covers) Cross Reference : PORTUGAL (Image)

LE HAVRE-CAEN SERVICES - Trio with 4 Nov. 1854 EL to Caen franked 20c tied by diamond '578' numeral cancel with "LE HAVRE/BAT. A VAPEUR" (Salles 301) cds on front and post on a movable box of a Caen steamship; 9 May 1857 double-rate EL to Caen franked 40c tied by diamond '578' numeral cancel with "LE HAVRE/BAT.A VAPEUR" cds on front and 26 Mar. 1872 E to Havre franked 25c tied by diamond '1769' numeral cancel and with "CAEN/BAT. A VAP." (Salles 306 - in use 1870-72) cds on front. (3 covers) (Image)

MARSEILLE-L'ISLE ROUSSE SERVICE - Nov. 1852 unfranked EL to L'Ile Rousse ex Marseilles with outlined "25" centimes h.s. and "MARSEILLE/BAT. A VAP." (Salles 436) cds and carried on the fortnightly service operated by Valery et Cie - 2015 Roumet (Paris) Cert.; Aug. 1888 EL to Ile Rousse franked 15c Sage tied by "L'ISLE ROUSSE/L. DE MARSEILLES" (Salles 444); 1900/03 PPC's to Marseilles or Corsica franked 10c tied by "MARSEILLES/LIGNE DE CALVI" (Salles 439) and "CALVI/LIGNE DE MARSEILLES" (Salles 443) cds plus a PPC showing Calvi Harbour. (5 items) (Image)

THE RARE NANTES-PAIMBOEUF MOVABLE BOX SHIP MARK - 8 Apr. 1839 EL (mild central crease) to Nantes with framed "Boite. B. a V./PAIMBOEUF" (Salles 401) h.s. applied at Nantes and posted on board a river steamer bound for Nantes. Rated a total of '2' decimes on front under the 1828 tariff. (Image)

ALGERIA - DELLYS & DJIDJELLI SHIP MARKINGS; July 1877 EL to Philippeville franked 25c tied by "BAT. A VAP./DJIDJELLI" (Salles 534) cds with additional strike placed centrally on front and Mar. 1888 El to Collo franked 15c tied by two strikes of the Dellys cds and with v.fine and scarce double-lined framed "B.M." of Dellys alongside. Rare pair. (2 covers) (Image)