AITUTAKI - 1982-1996 EXTENSIVE MINT & NHM COLLECTION A beautiful collection of very fine mint stamps & NHM miniature sheets & NHM sheetlets, presented neatly on written up pages. We see a wealth of complete Postal sets & associated miniature sheets, se-tenant strips & blocks are NHM as are the miniature sheets & sheetlets, better sets inc the 1974 Seashell set & 1981 Birds set. Post Office fresh condition (800+ stamps & 125+ m/s or sheetlet) (Image1)

Est. £375-400

ALBANIA - 1914 1gr on 25q blue SURCHARGE INVERTED variety (SG 43a, Michel 44 K), superb cds used BLOCK of 4 on piece cancelled by central 'Vlone' cds cancel. Very fresh & attractive. (4 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £90-110

ALBANIA - 1914 PRINCIPALITY 'Arrival of Prince William of Wied' Handstamped 7 mars, Mi 35/40, SG 33/38, tied to individual small pieces by 'Durres' First Day (07/03/14), blue cds cancellations (6 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £175-200

ANDORRA - 1966-1999 NHM STAMPS & FDC COLLECTION  An attractive collection of issues featuring SPORT. Mostly French issues (often with a NHM block of four and FDC), plus a few Spanish. See scans for a flavour. Lovely! (approx 100 stamps plus min sheet and 24 covers) (Image1)

Est. £60-70

ANDORRA - SPANISH 1928-9 MINT RANGE incl. 1928 20c red (without figures on reverse) Express Letter stamp, 1929 perf.14 definitives complete to 4p, 1929 20c red, perf.14 Express Letter stamp, Mi 13, 15A/25A, 27A, odd fault, otherwise good to fine mint. Cat £500+. (13 stamps). (Image1)

Est. £100-110

ARGENTINA - 1859-1940 OFFICIALS AND LOCALS, Official stamps accumulation on two club books, PTS ‚¬190, with various overprints MA, MJI, MM, etc. Also a few locals of Buenos Aires and Corrientes, high cat. value. (260+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £75-90

ARGENTINA - 1910 IMPERF COLOUR PROOFS 2c, 5c & 10c Centenary all different imperf colour trial proofs BLOCKS of 4 recess printed in unissued colours on thick card, includes 2c (x10), 5c (x6) & 10c (x8) different colours. Lovely. (22 blocks = 88 proofs) (Image1)

Est. £175-200

ARGENTINA - 1970-1980's NEVER HINGED MINT collection, with many complete sets. Strong potential for topicals (sport, flowers, animals). (500+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £150-175

ARGENTINA - 1985 1A and 5A Flowers SG 1941-42, each in never hinged mint complete sheets of 100 (cat. £ 925). (200 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £50-60

ARGENTINA - BARTOLOME MITRE SIGNATURE. 1899 printed personal card with long manuscript message, signed BARTOLOME MITRE, president of Argentina 1862-1868. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

ARMENIA - 1920 10r on 35k lilac brown and green, variety 'surcharge inverted', Mi 66 var, superb vertical gutter pair, bottom stamp with issuing office cancel . (Image1)

Est. £500-600

AUSTRIA - 1867 (28 Apr) entire addressed to Milano, bearing 1863-64 3k green pair & 10k blue  perf 9½ stamps tied by 'Roveredo' cds's, with 'P.D.' mark alongside and two transit cds's on reverse. Horizontal fold affecting the 3k pair otherwise good condition. (Image1)

Est. £80-90

AUSTRIA - 1931 Rotary Congress overprints complete set (Michel 518/23, SG 666/71), superb used on unaddressed cover tied by special 'Rotary Convention Wien' cancels. Very fresh & attractive. (Image1)

Est. £125-150

AUSTRIA - 1931 Writers and Youth Unemployment Fund set, SG 672/677, very fine used (6 stamps). (Image1)

Est. £80-100

AUSTRIA - 1933 Ski Championship complete set (Michel 551/54, SG 699/702), very fine used on registered cover tied by special 'Innsbruck FIS Wettkampfe' cds's. Attractive & scarce. (Image1)

Est. £130-150

AUSTRIA - 1936 DOLLFUSS, SG 793 (Mi 588), very fine mint. (Image1)

Est. £250-275

AUSTRIA - 1949 70 g emerald, SG 1121 (ANK 906 U) top marginal IMPERFORATE pair, described (we believe wrongly) as Probe by 1981 BPA certificate, cat. Euro 260 each. (2) (Image1)

Est. £120-150

AUSTRIA - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1900-01 10h red perf 10½ (Michel 15x B, SG 170), superb mint (two stamps are never hinged) BLOCK of 4, very fresh. (4 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £100-110

AUSTRIA - LEVANT 1857 (23 Sept) Pre-stamp entire letter from Ancona to Sira, complete with text in Greek, handwritten 'Col Vapore Austriaco' and bearing the handstamp of the Lloyd Adriatico agency of Ancona, manual taxation mark '10', confused arrival postmark on reverse. Overall in fine condition, uncommon origin and destination, intriguing! (Image1)

Est. £150-160

AUSTRIA - LEVANT 1870 (7 May) Entire letter from Constantinople to Genoa, bearing 1867 10 s blue PAIR  and 3 s green tied by COSTANTINOPEL CDSs and the boxed PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI cachet, exceptionally used as obliterator. Italic handstamp P.D. on the front, transit and arrival handstamps on the back. A scarce item. (Image1)

Est. £250-280

AZERBAIJAN - 1922 200,000 (R) on 25r orange brown, overprinted in violet with rubber handstamp, SG 48B (MI 54b),  unused block of 4. Signed. (Image1)

Est. £150-160

AZERBAIJAN - 1922 50,000 (R) on 3000r brown and blue, overprinted in black by hand numbering machine, SG 43, superb used block of 4 including the variety 'tete-beche pair', SG 43Aa. Signed. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

BAHRAIN - 1933-1952 USED COLLECTION presented on a stock book page that includes a 1933-37 KGV opt'd range with most values to 5r, 1938-41 KGVI range with most values inc complete 'Rupee' set of values, 1942-45 'White Background' set, 1948 Silver Wedding set, 1948-49 surcharged set, 1950-55 surcharged set. An attractive collection (65+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £500-600

BAHRAIN - 1938-1964 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION presented on stock book pages, a complete run from 1942-64, SG 38/138, plus locals SG L1/12, 1938 1r & 5r gutter blocks of 4, 1955-60 Castle opt types & much is never hinged inc the 1950 2r on 2s6d type II surcharge (SG 77a). Lovely fresh condition (140 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £400-450

BAHRAIN - 1938-41 Portrait & Pictorial definitive complete set, SG 20/37, good to fine cds used. (16 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £225-250