Abu Dhabi: A collection on leaves, incl. 1954 values to 10r. mint and used, set on f.d.c., 1965 Falconry set mint and on f.d.c., 1966 surcharges set mint and used, etc. (46)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1963-69 1/2d. to £1 (both) sets unmounted mint and used, fine. S.G. 1-15a.

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1971 10p. on 2s. violet and orange-sepia, variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint, marginal at right, fine. S.G. 34w, cat. £750. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1975-81 50p. Lincoln Ellsworth and £1 John Rymill, perf. 12, both variety watermark inverted, used with Halley “29 DE/87” type Z7 c.d.s. to ‘Barber’ cover, the £1 with lower margin (unaffixed) S.G. 77aw, 78aw. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1980 R.G.S. 150th Anniversary 11p. gutter pair, both showing offset of black colour (head) on reverse, unmounted mint, fine and very scarce. SH 95v1, cat. £300+, S.G. 95 var. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: 1981 Antarctic Treaty 20th Anniversary 10p., variety watermark Crown to right of CA, unmounted mint, fine. SH 99wmk1, cat. £300, S.G. 99w, cat. £400. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: Mainly unmounted mint collection on leaves incl. 1963 to £1 mint, 1971 surcharges used, watermark varieties incl. 1975-81 50p. watermark inverted corner block of four, scarcer gutter pairs, 1966 Churchill 1s. gold misplaced, 1980 R.G.S. 11p. offset of black etc., chiefly fine.

Antarctica: British Antarctic Territory: An unmounted mint Q.E.II selection, incl. 1963-69 £1 map (3), £1 Endurance, etc. (66)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09: Farnol of London real photographic picture postcard depicting Shackleton at his desk and signed on picture side by Shackleton himself, unused, small repaired tear at left. Wharton GE-2. Ex Wharton. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Expedition 1907-09: King Edward VII Land 1d., Royle printing mint single and used marginal block of four and single, good to fine. S.G. 1.

Antarctica: British Expedition 1910-13: Victoria Land 1/2d. and 1d. on separate pieces, mainly fine. S.G. A2, A3, cat. £1,090. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: Six page autograph letter to his mother dated July 19 1907 written and signed by Lt. Henry Robertson ‘Birdie’ Bowers, who perished with Scott in their tent on their return from the South Pole. This lengthy and informative letter was written whilst on duty on board the RIMS gunboat “Bhamo”. The only member of the Scott expedition without polar experience, Bowers had enlisted in the Royal Indian Marine Service in 1905 and in June 1907 was given temporary command of the “Bhamo”. A very scarce item, most Bowers letters being now held in archives. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13: 1913 (Nov. 11) souvenir illustrated programme for lecture given by Commander Evans to the Nottingham Mechanics’ Institution, telling “the Story of Captain Scott’s Expedition”, with signatures incl. the Duke of Portland and Evans himself. Lieutenant Edward R.G.R. Evans, R.N., later Lord Mountevans (1880-1957), was second-in-command of the expedition and captain of the “Terra Nova”. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but later became seriously ill with scurvy and was invalided home, only narrowly surviving the return journey. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: Various modern covers etc. in a carton incl. T.A.A.F. and studies in two boxed albums of RRS “Bransfield” and “James Clark Ross” with cachets, incoming mail, photographs etc.

Antarctica: First Byrd Expedition 1928-30: 1933 Chicago World’s Fair postcards, small selection comprising Wharton types PC-1 and PC-2 used, PC-3, PC-5, PC-6, PC-8, PC-48a and unlisted card by C.R. Childs Co. (similar to PC-49) unused. (9 cards)

Antarctica: German Expedition 1910-12: Fototipia-Jacobo Peuser of Buenos Aires picture postcard depicting the “Deutschland”, (Wharton Ib-1) and addressed to Berlin bearing Falkland Islands 1d. tied by 1911 (Dec. 16) SG1 c.d.s. and with “DEUTSCHE /SÜDPOLAR EXPEDITION” label at left lightly tied by very pale (characteristic of this date) strike of violet four line “Polarschiff Deutschland/Súd-Georgien/Grytviken/10 Dezember/1911” cachet. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: 1954 Expedition labels in green (49) and purple (79), all in complete sheets of twenty (4 x 5), unmounted mint, some slightly stuck together, otherwise mainly fine.

Antarctica: ‘Operation Highjump’ 1946-47: USS “Pine Island”, two “Penalty for Private Use” envelopes sent officially from medical officers on board, stampless and with U.S. Navy 15763 BR. duplex, the first (Jan. 11, with “1946” year error) to Commander Western Sea Frontier in San Francisco on the day of discovery of the crash site of the aircraft “George I” in which the captain of the ship had been travelling, the second (Jan. 17) with Task Force 68 cachet sent to the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington DC sent five days after the survivors had been recovered. Henry Howard Caldwell (1905-1985) was declared officially missing after the flying boat (in which he was an observer) crashed on the Thurston peninsula. Three of the crew were killed and Caldwell, with other survivors, was marooned for thirteen days before rescue. Photo. (Image1)

Antarctica: Scottish National Expedition 1902-04: Dr. Mareno, Museo de la Plata picture postcard of the “Scotia” overwintering, signed on picture side by expedition leader William Speirs Bruce, used from London to Perth, Scotland addressed to mathematician Thomas Bond Sprague and most unusually bearing Falkland Islands 1891-1902 1d. and G.B. 1902-10 1d. both cancelled by small “LONDON/GB/FE29/04” c.d.s.’s. Wharton ED-1. Photo. (Image1)

Austria: 1908-13 Accession, a range of imperf. singles and pairs, fine with gum. (17 items)

Bahrain: A mint and used collection on leaves, incl. 1933-37 to 5r. mint (2) and used (2, one watermark upright), 1934-47 4d. interpanneau block of 36 mint, 1938-41 values to 25r. mint and used, 1942-45 set mint, 1948-49 set mint, etc., later to 1964, slightly varied condition. (100s)

Bahrain: Revenues: 1924 Falconry 1r. large format, fine used. Barefoot 3, McClelland R3. Photo. (Image1)

Bangladesh: An extensive collection of modern revenues in a binder, incl. some handstamps on Pakistan, general revenue 1980 provisional 20p. on 30p. block of 100 mint, import duty, traffic offence, vehicle test fee, court fees, special adhesive, share transfer, foreign bill, radio, insurance, passport & visa with a range of imperfs. in various blocks and pairs, range used on documents, also some postal orders and defence savings certificates, etc. (100s)

Belgium: A collection in a stockbook, incl. range of proofs, essays and forgeries, postal stationery, Railway stamps, etc., varied condition. (100s)

Belgium: A mint and used accumulation in varied condition in two albums and three stockbooks incl. Railway Parcels, also Belgian Congo, etc. (100s)