Bermuda. 1924-32 Script 12/6d. grey and orange with break in scrolls at right (R.1/3) in the full state, very fine mint. S.G. 93h, £900. Photo
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Est. £250-300

Bermuda. 1938-53 perf 14 2/- purple and deep blue on pale blue ordinary paper, a lower right corner block of eighteen (6x3) with plate number, showing varieties on [5/11] retouched broken top right scroll and [5/12] broken lower right scroll, fresh unmounted mint. S.G. 116de, £880+
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Est. £350-400

Bermuda. 1938-53 £1 pale purple and black on pale red (second printing) lower right corner pair with HPF# 59ii, 60 broken lower right scroll, centrally cancelled by Hamilton c.d.s. for 6 October 1945, fine. A lovely positional piece. S.G. 121b/be £1,560+. Photo
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Est. £600-800

Bermuda. 1938-53 £1 deep reddish purple and black on pale red (third printing), a lower right corner block of four [47-48/59-60] with HPF# 47, 59ii and 60 broken lower right scroll, fine unmounted mint. An extremely rare positional multiple, only 95 sheets were printed. S.G. 121c/ce, £1980+. Photo
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Est. £600-800

Ceylon. 1857-59 watermark Large Star, imperforate 8d. brown unused without gum, good colour and with clear to good margins; ironed-out vertical crease at centre though of good appearance and an attractive example of this exceptionally rare stamp of which only a handful of unused examples are known. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). S.G. 7, £28,000. Photo
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Est. £5,000-6,000

Ceylon. 1861-64 watermark Star, rough perf 14 to 15½, 8d. yellow-brown, unused with part original gum, good colour, perfs clipped at left, fine. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). S.G. 32a, £1600. Photo
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Est. £150-180

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1859 (2 Nov.) envelope (opened-out) from an unknown office "Via Marseilles" to London, bearing 1857-59 1d. deep turquoise-blue vertical pair and a single, and 2d. green horizontal strip of three, all with margins in places and cancelled with ovals of bars, London Paid arrival datestamp (16.3) alongside the franking, the reverse with wafer seal and the indistinct Post Paid despatch datestamp completed in manuscript; crease through one 1d. and 2d., and the cover with some staining though a most unusual franking of the 9d. via Marseilles route. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). Photo
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Est. £500-600

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1859 (13 Nov.) front and part back from Colombo "Via Marseilles" to London, bearing 1857-59 1d. blue with clear to very large margins and trace of adjoining stamp at foot, and 8d. brown with good to large margins all round, cancelled with oval of bars, very light on the 8d., showing London Paid (15.12) on face and despatch datestamp in red on reverse the front/back with some faults. A rare franking and a particularly fine 8d. value. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). Photo
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Est. £1,000-1,200

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1865 (late Oct.) entire from Colombo "Via Marseilles" to London, bearing 1864 De La Rue perf. 12½ 10d. dull vermilion cancelled and just tied by oval of bars, arrival datestamp (26.12) at left, part despatch datestamp on reverse. R.P.S. Certificate (2018)
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Est. £120-150

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1865 (30 Oct.) entire from Colombo "Via Marseilles" to Scotland, bearing 1864 De La Rue perf. 12½ 10d. dull vermilion cancelled (not tied) by oval of bars, despatch Paid datestamp alongside the adhesive and Linlithgow arrival datestamp (28.11) on reverse. R.P.S. Certificate (2018)
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Est. £120-150

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1866 (16 Jan.) envelope from Colombo "Via Marseilles" to London, bearing 1866 perf. 12½ 10d. vermilion cancelled and tied by oval of bars, despatch and arrival (13.2) Paid datestamps alongside the adhesive. R.P.S. Certificate (2018)
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Est. £150-200

Ceylon. Covers and Cancellations. 1866 (9 Feb.) envelope from Colombo to England, handstamped "stamped" and bearing 1866 perf. 12½ 10d. vermilion cancelled and tied by oval of bars, despatch and London (6.3) Paid datestamps on face; the adhesive (faded) crossed by a crease and the flap with faults. R.P.S. Certificate (2018)
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Est. £100-120

Cook Islands. 1963 (11 July) envelope to New Zealand, carried by auxiliary ketch Siren which struck a reef at Avatiu Harbour, Raratonga; stamp floated off, showing blank registration label with "mangaia/cook islands" c.d.s. and accompanied by a duplicate slip from the Chief Postmaster apologising for "any damage and inconvenience caused by the mishap". Very rare. Photo
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Est. £250-300

Cyprus. 1881 (July) CC, Die I ½pi. to 6pi., part to large part original gum, fresh and fine. S.G. 11-15, £4,900+
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Est. £700-800

Cyprus. 1882-86 CA, Die I ½pi. emerald green, part original gum, a fine example of this rare shade. S.G. 16, £5,000. Photo
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Est. £1,500-2,500

Cyprus. 1882-86 CA, Die I 12pi. orange-brown, overprinted "specimen", small part original gum; sound. A rare stamp. S.G. 22a, £2,250. Photo
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Est. £1,200-1,400

Cyprus. 1906 (20 Aug.) complete page from the De La Rue Ink Recipe Book for Cyprus with ink recipes for 10 Paras Postal Cards & Reply ('Imitation Phosphine'), KEVII 10 Paras Postage plus 1 Piastre Revenue ('D.F. Purple') with DLR dummy stamps affixed as colour standards. The reverse bears dummy stamps and March 1907 recipe (AA4) for 'English Unappropriated Stamps overprinted with above ink' noted 2/-, 3/- and 4/- Foreign Bill/Contract Notes. An important and unique historical document from the De La Rue archives
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Est. £800-1,000

Cyprus. 1923 MCA 10/- green and red on pale yellow and £1 purple and black on red, both overprinted "specimen", unmounted mint. S.G. 100s-101s, £750
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Est. £250-350

Cyprus. 1923 MCA £1 purple and black on red, unmounted mint. S.G. 101, £1,400. Photo
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Est. £400-500

Cyprus. 1938-51 MCA ¼pi. to £1, each in mint block of four from the foot of the sheet with imprint, lightly mounted; fine and scarce multiples. S.G. 151-163
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Est. £1,500-2,000

Cyprus. 1960-61 15m. olive-green and indigo block of four with margin at right, fine unmounted mint. R.P.S. Certificate (1967). S.G. 192a, £640
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Est. £200-250

Egypt. 1708 (Feb. to Apr.) entire folded letter from Cairo to Venice endorsed 'Con La Barda, DGC' at foot, from an Italian merchant in Egypt lamenting the complexities and problems of doing business there; with manuscript '4' and docketed on arrival (June) on back. A scarce early letter written over a two month period. Accompanied by a full English translation
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Est. £150-200

Egypt. 1871 entire letter Jeddah, Saudi Arabia bearing 1872-75 Penasson 1pi. red tied by 'v.r. poste egiziane/suez/30.gen.1871' c.d.s., with further strike to left and with 'poste vice-reali egiziane/gedda' d.s. on reverse. Entire slit at sides and with small, reinforced slit on the face
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Est. £300-350

Egypt. 1878 5pa. die proof in black on card (92mm x 60mm) with dealer's handstamp on reverse. Fine and scarce. Photo
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Est. £300-400

Egypt. 1926 Agriculture and Industry Exhibition part set excluding 10m. imperforate on gummed paper; unmounted mint with light gum ageing and some faint wrinkles. Fine and attractive. S.G. 126-131. Photo
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Est. £500-1,000