1850/1910 (ca.), Queensland to Western Australia, mostly used collection with a few unused, including Officials, Postage Dues and Revenues, some better values throughout, noted Sydney Views, colourful selection of Queensland and WA Swans, etc.,  mixed condition, a lovely group neatly mounted on self-printed pages, in one album

1860/1900 (ca.), used and mint balance of apprx. 800 stamps (apprx. 320 South Australia, apprx. 190 Tasmania, apprx. 290 West Australia), slight faults to fine, neatly sorted on stockpages, showing a nice range postmarks, mint material, etc. 

1850/1910 (ca.), used and mint balance of apprx. 750 stamps, quality range from slight faults to fine, neatly sorted on stockpages, showing a nice range postmarks, mint material, etc.

1853/1905 (ca.), used and unused collection from 1853 1d. blue and 4d. orange arranged on album pages/stocksheets, showing a good range 1855-1970 QV heads with apprx. 90 stamps, quality range from very poor/faults to fine.

1884, Stamp Statute 1d. green, fiscally used single with upright watermark, and single and block of four with sideways watermark, without gum, used example few short perfs, block of four left stamps light crease, otherwise fine

1892/1979, extensive postal history collection with approximately 200 covers, cards and postal stationery, plus some single stamps, and multiples. The collection starts with some of the earliest known postal items including 'Incoming Mail', India Victoria envelope "ONE ANNA" used in Bahrain (unique), George VI 9 P. postal stationery card with overprint "HALF ANNA", high rupee frankings of the King's issues, extremely rare "EXPERIMENTAL P.O. K-121" on cover, etc. Undoubtedly one of the most important collection of this area.

1933/48, unmounted mint and unused collection, some better and complete sets, with Mi.-Nr. 12-14 unmounted mint and 30-35 unmounted mint, also Oman with Mi.-Nr. 1-15 unmounted mint official stamp Mi.-Nr. 1-10 unmounted mint and some used and unused stamps Quatar1957/71, fine

1878, West Indian Press overprint 1 d. on half of 5 s. dull rose, Type 3b, used with cds. "BARBADOS", fine and scarce, certificate RPSL (1959)

1848/1900 (ca.), unused and used collection/holding in 6 stockbooks, containing much interesting and good material like Cape woodblocks, early Mauritius with Sherwin, extensive Australian States with many 'REPRINT' stamps, South Australia SG 195-208s, British Guiana SG10 unused (cert. Philatelic Experts), Cyprus SG 11-15, Tobago SG 5, Hongkong SG 40-42s, Malta SG 20-28s, etc., etc. Some early items with repairs, but generally very nice quality. Some old certificates. A marvellous lot.

1932/70, Ascension to Tristan de Cunha, mint never hinged accumulation, many better cpl. sets of the modern area in duplicates, with Ascension SG-Nr. 57-59(2), Bermuda 135-150(3), Gibraltar 145-158(2), Sudan 123-139(2), etc., very fine condition, neatly housed in one album

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1882/1965 (ca.), Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta, mostly mint never hinged collection, some unused throughout as well, including Postage Dues, many better sets and items like Cyprus SG-Nr. 102 (2), 123-132, Gibraltar SG-Nr. 108, also some Omnibus sets, etc., overall in good condition, some signed or with certificates, neatly mounted in one album

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1900/1967 (ca.), mainly balance GB/colonies/Commonwealth, comprising GB QV controls/perfin/machine cancellation, 1967 "Flowers" with shifted colour, Gambia 1935 Jubilee 1 1/2d. complete sheet, specialised section of South Africa 1926 triangulars, in addition some SWA and Ceylon. 

1900/30 (ca.), interesting group with approx. 190 cards and covers with focus on Australia and Caribbean with many registered and O.H.M.S., censorship-mail and War-Tax frankings, many sent to Switzerland

1979/2008, collection souvenir sheets with more than 250 covers with mostly FDCs with special cancellations from Gibraltar, Great Britain, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey, in six albums

1856, Surface colored paper 4c. black on rose-carmine, initialled "E.D.W(ight)”, fresh color, part of the adhesive missing at left, usual surface imperfections,  unused without gum and applied to non-contemporary piece, a rare stamp, certificate Brandon (2024)

1876/1914, British Post Office in Smyrna, attractive exhibition collection with around 55 covers and cards, displaying a fine range of usages, rates and destinations, good selection of the British PO cancellations with Barred Oval "F87” (7), oval "REGISTERED SMYRNA” (both small and large types), circular "BRITISH POST OFFICE SMYRNA”, together with some parcel labels, printed matters, wrappers, some lovely single-, multiple- and combination frankings, etc., some occasional faults, toning and aging, overall in good condition, neatly mounted and well described on album pages. 

1937/47,  unused and used collection incl. official stamps and duplicates, some complete sets. with Mi-Nr. 1-18 used and official stamps Mi.-Nr. 1-14 used, fine

4d. on 40 pfg., horizontal pair, the right stamp with variety "short 4", unused, very fine and scarce

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3s. on 3m. violet-black, with clear double-surcharge, unused with slightly tropicalized as all the known copies have, two perfs at right slightly shortened, a very fine copy of this rare stamp with only 20 printed (one of which with the "inverted s" variety), signed Holcombe with certificate (1992)

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1851/1988 (ca.), unused and used collection with block SG 61, Jubilee issue, etc

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1852/57, Prince Consort 6 d. slate-violet, good to mostly very wide margins all around, tied by target cancel to lettersheet with adjacent red "MONTREAL MR 18 1853" to New York with curved red "CANADA" alongside, the stamp lifted for inspection, two file folds, a fine and scarce entire, signed Toaspern and Bühler

Provenance: Grant G. Simmons Jr. (Robson Lowe, 1971)

1851, 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, fresh color and ample to good margins, with re-entry (49), unused with large part original gum, a very rare stamp, certificate BPA (1986)

1851, 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, fresh color and good to large margins, without gum, a fine and fresh example of this rare stamp, certificate PF (1977)

1851, 1 d. red-brown on blued paper, horizontal strip of three, fresh color, ample to good margins, center stamp touched at top, left stamp at left, used with oval of grids, an attractive and scarce entire

1953/2008, seemingly complete mint never hinged collection including many booklets as well as souvenir and miniature sheets. Good condition and of high face value. 

2018/20, selection of 8 yearbooks containing four specially bound yearsbooks of 2019 and 2020 (two each), 2020 yearbooks containing the special souvenir sheet including Mi.-Nr, 5160I "without inscription AUSTRALIA”, good condition

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1897, Jubilee ½ C.- 5 dollar, plate proofs on India on card, bright colors and large margins, vf 

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1897, Jubilee ½ c. – 5 $, all 16 values complete, unused, 3 $ re-gummed, otherwise large part original gum, fine/very fine

1897/98, Victoria ½ C. - 10 c., colour trial plate proofs on India on card, vf 

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1935, pictorial issue 20 c., colour trial plate proof in red brown on India on card, vf 

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1880/2018, mixed collection incl. many better and complete sets, miniature and souvenir sheets, booklets, etc., extensive part valid postage, in 20 hingeless albums

1992/2004, large accumulation of modern material, many FDCs and sets in duplicates

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1879, postcard with postcard stamps 5 c., used with duplex "AMOY JY 25 79” to England, with transit mark of Hongkong and arrival mark. Few short perfs, otherwise fine.

1917/27, Edward with overprint "CHINA”, 1c-10$ and 1c. -2$, fresh colors and good perforations, unused resp 10$ mint never hinged, including some additional shades, few smaller values light toning, total 31 values, otherwise fine

1880, new colours with wm. CC, 2 c.-48 c., all 4 values with nice fresh colours, unused with part o.g., very fine

1817, "LUCKNOW POST PAID", clear black oval handstamp on reverse of entire letter to Calcutta with adjacent arrival mark. Very fine and scarce.

1846, "INDI " (without A), boxed handstamp in red on entire letter from Calcutta in May 1846 per overland mail via Marseille, to Bordeaux

1864, Entire folded letter from Calcutta to Port Louis, Mauritius, dated inside "Calcutta 2 Mai 1866", endorsed on front per steamer "ST JOSEPH", adjacent superb strike "6 d- TO PAY", reverse transit cds. "REUNION 4 JUIL. 66" and arrival "MAURITIUS JY 7 66"; very fine, a delightful and scarce maritime entire

1854/1949, small group in stockbook, including high rupee values, partly with telegraph cancellations.

1856/76, small lot of unused stamps, most with original gum. Some good items like 1856/64, 2 a. (2) and 4 a.

1856/76, lot of used stamps including some better values, multiples and nice cancels

1947/76, unused and mint never hinged collection including Mi.-Nr. 187-90 and 191-206, each unused, mostly fine

1841/1960 accumulation of hundreds of covers, contained within four large stock books, three files and a number of loose pages, including early stampless covers, large quantity of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V India stamps on a variety of mailings internally and on destination mail, postal stationery, registered post, railway stamps, air mail, OHMS envelopes, censor mail, Mount Everest Expedition, mixed condition with many fine, a very nice collection with a lot of scarce and rare material

1845/78 (ca.), cover collection related to the East India Company with 13 covers, neatly mounted on exhibition pages, incl. covers from Madras and Adras, together with three Court Fee stamps, mostly fine 

1846/1910 (ca.), 29 covers and stationery, mostly DLR frankings including fancy cover

1890/1980 (ca.), interesting group with approx. 80 cards and covers incl. postal stationery, registered mail and airmail

1890/91, 38 postcards ¼ a. with pre-print of the meterological office

"FIRST AERIAL POST U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD 1911”, good strike in magenta on Postal stationery envelope 1a. on 2a6p. orange, addressed locally with despatch and arrival mark on reverse, fine, very rare and attractive, certificate RPSL (2023) (H&G 7)

"FIRST AERIAL POST U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD 1911”, good strike in magenta on Postal stationery envelope Edward ½ a. green to Calcutta, reverse with despatch and arrival mark, minor toning, otherwise fine, very rare and attractive, certificate RPSL (2023) (H&G 8a)

"FIRST AERIAL POST U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD 1911”, three good strikes on two horizontal pairs and block of four Edward 3p. gray and two singles ½a. green on front and reverse of registered cover with boxed registration mark "R U.P. EXHIBITION CAMP ALLAHABAD” alongside to Coimbatore, stamps on reverse tied by arrival cds., adhesives minor imperfections, some aging, yet attractive and very rare, certificiate RPSL (2023)