1934-38 3p to 4a Stamps of India Overprinted, mint never hinged, fresh and mostly very fine. Includes #s 15-17, 18, 19a (small die), 20-23, 27. (Image)

Scott $ 276

1866-67 1c to 5c Coat of Arms, all mint hinged, the 1c is perforated 15 (hinge remnants), and the regular 2c and 5c. Overall fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 475

1932, 1934 12sh6d KGV Keyplate and 1½d red brown Caravel, Each with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

1938-51 Group of King George VI High Values, Perforated 13, all mint never hinged lower right plate 1 corner blocks of four, includes 2 blocks of 2sh6d (Scott 124 shades, SG 117c, 117d), one block of 12sh6d (Scott 127, SG 120c) and one block of £1 (Scott 128, SG 121d). Scott catalogue value given is for cheapest shade, and for hinged only (never hinged ratio is just under 100%). S.G. catalogue value is £832. A lovely group, very fine and fresh. (Image)

Scott $ 676

1934 ½d to 1sh6d KGV Pictorial Set with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged, fresh and very fine. This set is complete by Gibbons, as opposed to Scott, which lists three 2d Sailboats in this 1934 set. (Image)

S.G. £ 325

1938 1d to £1 KGVI Pictorials and Keyplates with Curved Perforated SPECIMEN, mint never hinged and includes the 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 1sh and the 6 high values of the original set. Mostly all fresh and fine except the 2sh and 2sh6d which have multiple scuffs, the 5sh and 12sh6d have toned brown gum. The S.G. set of 16 includes 3 lower values issued later and the red and ultra 2d Sailboat listed by Scott in the 1934 set. Note some better early shades. Scott #118/128. (Image)

S.G. £ 2,000

1983 Wildlife Group, all used with c.d.s. cancels unless indicated, with Scott numbers 591, 594-596, 600 plus three which are overprinted for the WWF 593a (no gum), 599a and 601a (mint with hinge thin), for a total of 8 different stamps. Also includes one damaged and not counted. (Image)

Scott $ 541

1910 10c orange and blue Special Delivery with Inverted Center, mint never hinged, from top left corner of sheet with plate no. F-2228 in selvedge, hinged in selvage only, small owner's handstamp on back, fine and rare, with only 50 examples printed. Edifil #189ei, 1,400€, Scott catalogue value is for hinged. Rsv. (Image)

Scott $ 1,250

1881 6d olive grey Queen Victoria, used with slightly shorter perf at left and small corner crease, else very fine appearance. (Image)

Scott $ 500

1886 1/2 on 1/2p Queen Victoria Surcharge, Watermark Crown CC, used with part squared circle cancel, with bright colour and very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 500

1938 ½d / 5sh KGVI Pictorial Set with Diagonal Perforated SPECIMEN, plus extras. Mint never hinged, fresh and very fine and does not include the 5 values which were issued later, but does include the 1933 values of the KGV 1923 set which are keys to that set. These are fresh, never hinged and very fine, with curved perforated SPECIMEN. Catalogue value is only for a full 1938 set. Scott #67, 69, 97/109. (Image)

S.G. £ 350

1872 Folded Letter to Bjorneborg, mailed from Abo on JUL.2.1872 (dateline at top of letter inside) to Bjorneborg (now Pori) and franked with two 10p black Coat of Arms singles (one is torn and the other has a scarce sheet margin), tied to each other (but not to cover) by a small c.d.s. The front also shows a boxed dispatch handstamp. Very fine appearance, with a few tears on the letter inside, a scarce franking. Accompanied by a 2012 Sergio Sismondo certificate. (Image)

Scott $ 2,000

1913-21 ½d to 20sh King George V Set of Twelve, all used with clean c.d.s. cancels, the 5sh is the surface coloured paper printing, fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 348

1875 1l red brown Hermes Head Imperforate, a mint never hinged marginal block of ten, with a vertical fold in the margin in between the third and fourth stamps. There is an interesting over-inking at right, resulting in a solid mass of colour instead of the detail seen in the other stamps. A nice classic multiple which would look great in an exhibit or advanced collection. (Image)

Scott $ 450

1932 1p to 10p Madonna Set, Imperforate, mint never hinged, with large margins, fresh and very fine. Listed and priced in Scott footnote. (Image)

Scott $ 1,000

1964 1ft carmine rose Bowling Championship Imperforate, a mint never hinged sheet margin strip of four, very fine and fresh. Listed with value in Scott footnote. (Image)

Scott $ 1,400

1977 Flags and Ships Souvenir Sheet, Imperforate, mint never hinged, very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 125

1950 3f 75th Anniversary of the U.P.U. Souvenir Sheets of Four, One Perforated and One Imperforate, both fresh, mint never hinged and very fine. The imperforate variety is listed and priced in the Scott footnote. (Image)

Scott $ 1,125

1922 5sh carmine rose Seahorse Overprinted Irish Free State, a mint sheet of 40 (4x10), with selvedge all around and center cross at four sides. Owner describes a "re-entry to 5" at position 6/3, an "S over é" at position 9/2 and "fat upgraded accent" at position 10/4 (these unlisted in Scott). This sheet does not have the plate flaws mentioned in Scott footnote thus is probably an early printing or a different plate. There is quite a bit of perf separation, mostly reinforced by hinges, leaving a remaining 20 stamps never hinged. Rare, with probably very few remaining. Rsv. (Image)

Scott $ 6,300

1948 5m and 20m Postage Due Without Overprint, Imperforate, a mint never hinged horizontal pair of both values, very fine. Mentioned but unpriced in Scott footnote. (Image)

Est $ 100

1912 15c slate King Emmanuel III with Violet Overprint, mint lightly hinged, fresh and fine. (Image)

Scott $ 275

1912 5h yellow green Prince Johann II Imperforate, a mint never hinged upper right corner block of four, with pencil notations in margin, very fine. Scott Specialized catalogue value for a set of three singles is $2,100, pro-rated to $400 for this value, (x4) = $1,600. (Image)

Scott $ 1,600

Mint and Used Collections on Minkus Pages in Three Volumes, for Egypt, Liberia, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Ethiopia and Libya. Egypt has the most stamps and goes to 1985, Liberia and Equatorial Guinea show large quantities of thematic sets and souvenir sheets, Angola has mostly stamps from the colonial period, Ethiopia and Libya are rather scarce. Faults noted on some earlier material. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of 92 Stamps with Various E.A. and Etat Algerien Overprints on France Stamps, these 1962 provisional overprints were used at the independence from France. Many stamps and blocks are signed or expert handstamped. Note the large variety of overprints and overprint errors such as reversed overprint and double overprint with one reversed. Originating towns have been identified by owner. A scarce group offered as such, and all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200

Mint and Used Collections of Stamps and Cinderellas, a very diverse collection in 5 binders and one stockbook. The various Yemen entities are well represented. Among others, we noted a large set of tridimensional stamps and gold stamps for the Grenoble Olympic Games. The states of South Arabia are represented by many colourful sets and souvenir sheets, so are Dubai, Manama, Ras l Khaima, Umm al Qiwain, Fujeira and Sharjah. A thick stockbook holds numerous souvenir sheets, se-tenant blocks and strips from all these areas. Another binder holds cinderellas from Lundy, Malaku Selatan, Dhufar, Staffa and other similar. Finally, a stockbook is replete with all kinds of labels and reprints. We noted Mexican TB labels, labels for the 1897 Brussels Exhibition, St-Jean-Baptiste Society labels, Canadian and US Easter Seals, Boy's Town labels, fiscal stamps and many others. (Image)

Est $ 300