Feature Lot. Lot 793 - 1896 LOCAL SURCHARGE 36c ON 45c PAIR, ONE WITH SURCHARGE DOUBLE: A fine mounted mint interpanneau pair, the right hand stamp clearly showing the error. Very rare. RPSL Cert. (1954) SG 27/a £1720. Cross Reference: ERRORS.... Currently GBP 340 (Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)

Cavendish Philatelic Auctions' Worldwide & Great Britain Sale 884, taking place December 1–2, 2026, features 1,938 lots of worldwide stamps, collections and postal history. The December 1 session covers countries from Aden to Zululand, with extensive British Commonwealth material, worldwide maritime and military postal history, airmails, crash and wreck mail, literature and collections. A major highlight is the David Cox collection of Seychelles, comprising over 200 lots of stamps, postal stationery, postmarks, postal history, postcards and ephemera.

Other notable sections include New Guinea, Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, Nigeria and its territories, and Cape of Good Hope with Mafeking issues. The December 2 session is devoted to Great Britain, featuring Penny Blacks, 1840 2d Blues, line-engraved and surface-printed issues, Embossed stamps, Officials, revenues and postal history. Particularly strong sections include distinctive Maltese Cross cancellations, overseas destinations, railway mail and an extensive collection of Manchester postal history. The sale concludes with Scottish postal history, highlighted by the Janet Bygate FRPSL collections of Wigtownshire and other Scottish material, including Kirkcudbrightshire, steamer mail and Scottish Additional Halfpenny markings.

Tuesday, 1 December 2026 At 11.00am GMT: Lots 1-1019

• Featuring countries Aden to Zululand including the David Cox collection of Seychelles stamps & postal history.

• Featuring an extensive collection of Manchester postal history; and the Janet Bygate FRPSL collections of Wigtownshire & other Scottish postal history.

Worldwide Stamps & Postal History

• CARTONS & BOXES Lots (1-17)
  
• ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC. Lots (18-19)
  
• BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS Lot 20
  
• BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS Lots (21-40)
  
• BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS Lots (41-45)
  
• FOREIGN COLLECTIONS Lots (46-51)
  
• OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS Lots (52-58)
  
• THEMATICS Lots (59-60)
  
• THEMATICS Lots (61-69)
  
• FORGERIES, FAKES & FANTASIES Lot 70
  
• EXHIBITIONS Lots (71-73)
  
• ALBUMS, PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC. Lot 74
  
• LITERATURE - PHILATELIC Lots (75-80)
  
• LITERATURE - PHILATELIC Lots (81-100)
  
• LITERATURE - PHILATELIC Lots (101-117)
  
• WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY Lots (118-120)
  
• WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY Lots (121-140)
  
• WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY Lots (141-143)
  
• WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY Lots (144-154)
  
• WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY Lots (155-160)
  
• WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY Lots (161-180)
  
• WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY Lots (181-187)
  
• CRASH & WRECK MAIL Lot 188
  
• AIRMAILS Lots (189-200)
  
• AIRMAILS Lots (201-209)
  
• EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. Lots (210-217)
  
• PICTURE POSTCARDS Lots (218-220)
  
• PICTURE POSTCARDS Lots (221-224)
  
• WRITING EQUIPMENT, LETTER SCALES, ETC. Lot 225
  
• STAMP BOXES Lots (226-240)
  
• STAMP BOXES Lots (241-245)
  
• ADEN Lots (246-251)
  
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• ANDORRA - FRENCH Lot 254
  
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• BRAZIL Lot 328
  
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• ITALIAN COLONIES & P.O.s ABROAD Lot 571
  
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• LEVANT - BRITISH Lot 592
  
• MALAYA/MALAYSIA Lot 593
  
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• MALAYA - TRENGGANU Lot 597
  
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• MAURITIUS Lot 604
  
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• NIGERIA - LAGOS Lot 673
  
• NIGERIA - OIL RIVERS Lots (674-679)
  
• NORTHERN NIGERIA Lot 680
  
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• NOVA SCOTIA Lot 687
  
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• ORANGE FREE STATE/RIVER COLONY Lot 694
  
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• PAPUA Lot 697
  
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• PORTUGUESE COLONIES Lot 703
  
• PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Lot 704
  
• QATAR Lot 705
  
• RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE Lots (706-716)
  
• THE RHODESIAS Lot 717
  
• NORTHERN RHODESIA/ZAMBIA Lots (718-720)
  
• NORTHERN RHODESIA/ZAMBIA Lot 721
  
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• ST. CHRISTOPHER/ST. KITTS NEVIS Lots (741-744)
  
• ST. LUCIA Lots (745-746)
  
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• SAMOA Lot 751
  
• SARAWAK Lot 752
  
• SERBIA Lot 753
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (754-760)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (761-780)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (781-800)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (801-820)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (821-840)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (841-860)
  
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• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (881-900)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - STAMPS Lots (901-908)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - P.STAT. Lots (909-920)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - P.STAT. Lots (921-931)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - POSTMARKS Lots (932-939)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - POSTAL HISTORY Lot 940
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - POSTAL HISTORY Lots (941-959)
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - PPCs & EPHEMERA Lot 960
  
• THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - PPCs & EPHEMERA Lots (961-963)
  
• SIERRA LEONE Lots (964-967)
  
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• SOUTH AFRICA Lots (973-977)
  
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• SURINAM Lot 985
  
• SWAZILAND Lots (986-990)
  
• SWITZERLAND Lot 991
  
• TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA Lots (992-996)
  
• TRANSVAAL Lot 997
  
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• TRISTAN DA CUNHA Lot 1001
  
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• UGANDA Lots (1004-1006)
  
• UKRAINE Lot 1007
  
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Lots (1008-1011)
  
• VATICAN CITY Lots (1012-1013)
  
• ZANZIBAR Lots (1014-1017)
  
• ZULULAND Lots (1018-1019)
  
  Great Britain Stamps & Postal History
  
• CARTONS & BOXES Lot 1020
  
• CARTONS & BOXES Lots (1021-1031)
  
• ALBUMS & STOCKBOOKS Lots (1032-1038)
  
• COLLECTIONS Lots (1039-1040)
  
• COLLECTIONS Lots (1041-1047)
  
• POSTAL REFORMS Lots (1048-1049)
  
• MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS Lots (1050-1054)
  
• TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC. Lot 1055
  
• LINE-ENGRAVED ISSUES Lot 1056
  
• LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS Lots (1057-1059)
  
• 1840 1d BLACKS Lot 1060
  
• 1840 1d BLACKS Lots (1061-1080)
  
• 1840 1d BLACKS Lots (1081-1100)
  
• 1840 1d BLACKS Lots (1101-1120)
  
• 1840 1d BLACKS Lot 1121
  
• 1840 2d BLUES Lots (1122-1127)
  
• 1841 1d REDS Lots (1128-1140)
  
• 1841 1d REDS Lots (1141-1153)
  
• 1841 2d BLUES Lots (1154-1160)
  
• 1841 2d BLUES Lots (1161-1166)
  
• ARCHER PERFORATION TRIALS Lot 1167
  
• 1854-65 1d REDS Lots (1168-1180)
  
• 1854-65 1d REDS Lot 1181
  
• 1854-61 2d BLUES Lots (1182-1191)
  
• 1864-79 1d PLATES Lots (1192-1194)
  
• 1858-69 2d PLATES Lots (1195-1198)
  
• 1870 ½d PLATES Lots (1199-1200)
  
• EMBOSSED ISSUES Lots (1201-1213)
  
• SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES Lots (1214-1220)
  
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• SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES Lots (1301-1320)
  
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• SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES Lots (1341-1360)
  
• SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES Lots (1361-1380)
  
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• 1883-84 LILAC & GREEN ISSUE Lots (1385-1386)
  
• 1887-1892 JUBILEE ISSUES Lots (1387-1394)
  
• KEVII ISSUES Lots (1395-1400)
  
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• KGV - SEA HORSES Lots (1411-1412)
  
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• QEII ISSUES Lots (1501-1507)
  
• FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS Lots (1508-1514)
  
• PRESENTATION PACKS Lots (1515-1520)
  
• PRESENTATION PACKS Lots (1521-1526)
  
• BOOKLETS & BOOKLET PANES Lots (1527-1540)
  
• BOOKLETS & BOOKLET PANES Lot 1541
  
• FORGERIES - STAMPS Lots (1542-1543)
  
• POSTAGE DUES Lot 1544
  
• OFFICIALS - COLLECTIONS Lot 1545
  
• OFFICIALS - ADMIRALTY Lot 1546
  
• OFFICIALS - BOARD OF EDUCATION Lot 1547
  
• OFFICIALS - GOVERNMENT PARCELS Lots (1548-1551)
  
• OFFICIALS - INLAND REVENUE Lots (1552-1560)
  
• OFFICIALS - OFFICE OF WORKS Lots (1561-1563)
  
• TELEGRAPHS Lots (1564-1565)
  
• REVENUES Lots (1566-1568)
  
• SECURITY OVERPRINTS/UNDERPRINTS Lot 1569
  
• CHANNEL ISLANDS STAMPS Lots (1570-1573)
  
• GUERNSEY STAMPS Lots (1574-1576)
  
• JERSEY STAMPS Lots (1577-1578)
  
• ISLE OF MAN STAMPS Lot 1579
  
• LUNDY ISLAND STAMPS Lot 1580
  
• G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS Lots (1581-1582)
  
• G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS Lots (1583-1600)
  
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• DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSSES Lots (1611-1620)
  
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• CANCELLATIONS Lots (1650-1660)
  
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• 1840s CANCELLATIONS Lots (1679-1680)
  
• LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS Lots (1681-1692)
  
• MACHINE CANCELLATIONS Lot 1693
  
• SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. Lot 1694
  
• AIRMAILS Lots (1695-1699)
  
• SHIP LETTERS Lot 1700
  
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• RAILWAY MAIL Lots (1702-1703)
  
• T.P.O.s & STATION MARKS Lot 1704
  
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• INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL Lot 1753
  
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• REGISTERED MAIL Lot 1769
  
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• CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY Lot 1882
  
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• DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY Lot 1889
  
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• INNER HEBRIDES, ARRAN, BUTE, ETC. Lot 1921
  
• GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG STEAMERS, ETC. Lot 1922
  
• SCOTTISH ADDITIONAL HALFPENNIES Lots (1923-1934)
  
• CAERNARVONSHIRE Lot 1935
  
• IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY Lots (1936-1937)
  
• DUBLIN CITY Lot 1938