1900 (Oct 25) from 'PIQUETBERG/CGH' with BN '1113', roughly opened at right & overall soiling; and (Nov 27) from British Field PO 41 in Natal with GB 1d lilac x2, the flap & label rejoined; both to Diyatalawa with the scarce first-type black/white 'V.R./Opened under Martial Law' label (with 'V' over 'd' or over 'e' of 'Under'). Richard Stroud did not record the 'V' over 'e' variant.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3220
Symbol: PS
1900 (Nov 30) usage of 5c Letter Card to Holland with 3c pair & 5c tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/DE3/00' cds & huge Camp censor cachet in violet, 'AMSTERDAM/23/DEC/00' arrival backstamp, no fewer than nine different postmen's handstamps and very fine strike of the marvellous 'Informatie Burg Stand/ Amsterdam-Vruchteloo' (= ...fruitless search), boxed 'INCONNU' (unknown) & superb unframed 'REBUT' (return) handstamps, 'AMSTERDAM-ANTWERP/10/JAN/01' TPO & 'COLOMBO/MR5/RETURNED-LETTER- OFFICE' cds (no year) backstamps, a couple of very minor blemishes. A wonderful item. The letter within dated 30.11.1900 & signed "Dr JD Koster" states - translated - "...[our camp newspaper] ceased to exist after three issues. As it poked fun at politics, it was not very popular with the heads of the camp..." Koster was a medical doctor who had served with a Dutch ambulance unit in South Africa. He was paroled to provide medical services in the Kandy area. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3221
Symbol: C
1900 (Dec 18) address panel from a registered parcel to "ORC" (Orange River Colony) with 5c & 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, superb strike of the huge Camp censor cachet in violet & fancy 'R'-in-box cachet. Registered parcel items are rare survivors. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3222
Symbol: PS
1901 (Feb 1) usage of QV 10c pink Registration Envelope with red wax seal with superb reversed impression of the 'WATERLOW & SONS/[crown]/LONDON' seal used at Diyatalawa Camp, to Transvaal with 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, small piece of the flap missing. A bizarre seal. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3223
Symbol: C
1901 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) address-panel from a Dutch parcel endorsed "Drukwerk" (= Printed Matter) with 5c tied by 'HAARLEM' cds, to "Mr Felix Willemse/Prisoner of War/to/Ceylon" endorsed in another hand "Camp Dijatalawa/Tent 41/Hospitaal", minor blemishes. A very scarce Printed Matter usage. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3224
Symbol: C
1901 (Feb 16) cover from CofGH with 1d tied by very fine 'CERES/CGH' squared-circle, to "Prisoner of War/Off the Bavarians/co Colonel Vincent/Djatalawa Camp/Ceylon", Colombo transit & 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/AP9/01' arrival backstamps. Many Germans served as volunteers with the Boers in South Africa. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3225
Symbol: PS
1901 2c Postal Card from the Dutch Consul in Colombo to Ragama Camp with 'MAHARA' cds & message signed "BA Wennink" who asks "...whether you have received all post parcels your father sent you...The first 4 shillings your father sent me I have used to pay import duty and railfreight...I am not sure whether I sent you the 5 shillings [he] sent me...when there was no more duty and freight on parcels". Fascinating postal commentary. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3226
Symbol: CPS
1901 (May 6) registered cover to France with 5c x5 tied by 'THE CAMP' cds (LRD; recorded 3½ months only), superb boxed 'R' cachet, light toning; and 1902 (June 21) usage of 6c Envelope to Holland wth 2c 3c & 4c tied by very fine 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds; both with large 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet in violet across the flap.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3227
Symbol: PS
1901 (May 9) large-part QV 10c pink Registration Envelope (reduced at left) from the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (Colombo) to "The Commandant/Prisoner of War/Diyatalawa" with rare Three Issue Six Colour franking of 1886 5c x2 & 25c x2, 1893-99 30c & 2r50c and 1899-1900 15c (defective) & 1r50c, 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cancels & black/pink 'Insured/VALEUR DECLAREE' label on the reverse, 'CAMP COMMANDANT'S OFFICE/14MAY1901/ * DIYATALAWA * ' cachet in violet on both sides & superb strike of the Commandant's facsimile autograph handstamp 'AC Vincent' also in violet, small flap-repair & minor blemishes mostly on the reverse. A remarkable domestic item enhanced by the usage of two of the large format values, all of which are rare on cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3228
Symbol: C
1901 (May 31) domestic inter-camp cover to "L Groenewald/Hut 52/Diyatalawa Kamp" with 5c tied by very fine 'GALKISSA' cds and intact & undamaged 'E [crown] R/OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' label over 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/JU1/01' arrival backstamp proving that the label was applied at the Camp, light Camp censor cachet on the face. Most such labels were badly damaged on opening. Galkissa PO was situated at Mount Lavinia & was renamed thus in 1909. From 17.12.1901, there was a convalescent camp at the Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3229
Symbol: C
1901 (July 19) stampless cover to Germany with 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds & superb fancy 'T'-in-box handstamp, Leipzig arrival cds of 4.8.1901 & endorsed "40" in blue, minor imperfections. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3230
Symbol: C
1901 (Aug 16) cover between POWs in Ceylon & Inda with 'PASSED CENSOR POW/EJB/DIYATALAWA' cachet of EJ Baumann and superb 'CENSOR POW/CE NIXON BA/AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA' both in violet, light toning mostly on the reverse. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3231
Symbol: C
1901 (Aug 24) beautiful Undivided Back PPC (three views) to "chateau de Simiane/Bouches du Rhone/France" with QV 5c x2 & 6c tied by 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds and the huge oval 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet in violet, Colombo cds & 'R'-in-box cachet, partial French mail-sorter and faint 'SIMIANE', the brief message states "Souvenir du captivité". Superb. Registered postcards are extremely elusive. The Castle of Simiane dates from the 17th century. In the 19th century it served as the local town hall & post office. Since 1913 it has been a registered Historic Monument, open to the public. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3232
Symbol: C
1901 (Oct 7) cover from Orange River Colony with very fine 'PASSED CENSOR POW/FRNF/DIYATALAWA' cachet, repaired minor tear at upper-left; and 1902 (Mar 3) beautiful embossed chromolitho PPC from Germany with large 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet, minor blemishes; both redirected to "Hambantota" in rosine, the second with 'HAMBANTOTA/MR25/02' arrival cds. On 19.09.1901, a seaside convalescence camp was opened at Hambantota Prison, on the island's central south coast, about 120km ENE of Galle. This was the smallest of the POW installations.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3233
Symbol: C
1901 (Oct 25) cover-front to "Diatalawa Campo/Hut No 9/Ceylon" with St Helena 1d tied by superb 'Maltese Cross' cancel & 'PRISONERS OF WAR/["initials"]/CENSOR/BROADBOTTOM CAMP' cachet in violet; and 1901 cover endorsed "Krygsgevangene" (= POW) from Diyatalawa to "Broadbotham Camp/St Helena/Tent 88", Colombo transit backstamp.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3234
Symbol: PSC
1901 (Dec 20) Transvaal 1d Postal Card to a Boer POW at "Peace Camp/Diyatalawa", and 1902 (Mar 1) CofGH cover to "Dijatalawa/Camp hut 71/Vrieede Kamp" both redirected to "Urugasmanhandiya", minor blemishes. 176 Boers volunteered to join the Indian Army and, on 10.9.1901, they were moved to a so-called Peace Camp at Urugas, some 50km north of Galle. The Indian proposal fell-through and the POWs remained at Urugas as parolees. These are the only items we have seen with direct references to the Peace Camp. (2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3235
Symbol: C
1901 (early-Dec) homemade wrapper endorsed "Registered/Bookpost" at upper-left, "Open voor inspection" at the top & "Sender/CPTh v Olst" at lower-right, to Holland with 5c & 15c tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, Camp censor cachet in violet, Italian Naples transit backstamp & 'PIROSCAFI/ESTERI' cachet (= foreign steamers) & Amsterdam arrival backstamp of '30/DEC/01', some light soiling & a small repair at upper-left. A remarkable item: registered third-class mail is rare; and Theophilus van Ost was an inmate at Welikada Jail from 11.12.1901 until -.2.1902. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3236
Symbol: C
1901-02 three missent covers 1) mourning cover from Transvaal to India with Ceylon transit & large 'CENSOR POW/.../AHMEDNAGAR INDIA' cachet in violet; 2) from 'QUAGGA/CGH' with BN '1009' cancel to "Diiyatalawa Camp/Via Bombay"; and 3) mourning cover from Orange River Colony to "St Helena Deadwood Camp" with Colombo backstamp.
(3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3237
Symbol: C
1901-02 consular mail comprising covers from Diyatalawa to "le Consul de France/Colombo" and from Ragama to "Consul OVS/Augsberg/Germany", and two Dutch covers to POWs care of the "Consul des Pays-Bas" (= the lowlands = the Netherlands) both redirected to Diyatalawa with complete black/pink censor labels of different sizes & then to "Turret Lodge/Turret Place/Colombo", the addressee having apparently been parolled.
(4) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3238
Symbol: C/D
1902 (Jan 28) cover front to "The Hon Secretary/Boer Football Club/Uregasmanhandiya" with 5c tied by 'GALLE' cds, stained at the base, with the enclosure to "T Curran/The Camp" stating "Dear Curran. If it stops raining I will turn out to play...G Hilton Adjt". A remarkable insight into the affable relations between the Boers & their captors. Theophilus John Curran was one of the "Irreconcilables", the Boers who preferred confinement to making an Oath of Allegiance to England. Uregasmanhandiya was a small POW camp on the Galle Road from Colombo, about 50km north of Galle.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3239
Symbol: C
1902 (Feb 9) entire address-label endorsed "Printed matter" on slightly larger parcel-piece, unusually to Belgium with 4c 5c & 6c tied by light 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, largely very fine strike of the huge 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED/CENSOR' cachet in violet, minor faults & a little stained. Ex Gary Watson. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3240
Symbol: C
1902 (Apr 18) cover to CofGH with 5c pair & 6c tied by 'DIYATALAWA/MO&SBK' cds and fancy-boxed 'REGISTERED' cachet in rosine, with superb boxed 'R' alongside Cape black/white 'OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' label (opened-out for display) tied by 'PASSED CENSOR/7MAY1902/EAST LONDON' datestamp in violet, 'WOODSTOCK STATION/10MY/02/CGH' arrival backstamp. Richard Stroud recorded only four covers cancelled with the rosine cachet. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3241
Symbol: C/D
1902 (July 2) cover to "Simla/India" with 5c (defective) tied by very fine 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds, 'SIMLA/9JL02' arrival backstamp, light toning. With the enclosed letter headed "1st Glouc Regt/Ceylon" to the writer's sister in which he states "...There's a prison within a mile of this camp where all native convicts undergoing long sentences are sent to. A few days ago 75 of them suddenly rushed the warders with crowbars & pickaxes. 2 were shot dead & several wounded...there are still about 30 of them loose..." Mail from the British Forces camp guards is rare, this being greatly enhanced for including such a topical letter.
(2 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3242
Symbol: PS
1902 (Sep 10) use of 6c green Letter Card to "Prisoners Kamp/Dist Pretoria Transvaal" with largely very fine strike of the 'URUGAS CAMP' cds (recorded 13 months only), Pretoria transit - where endorsed "Irene" - & 'IRENE' arrival backstamps both of 26SEP02, light soiling. Mail from Urugasmanhandiya - rendered by the writer as "Urichhasmeahandied"; close enough! - is much scarcer than mail redirected there. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3243
Symbol: C
1902 (Sep 19) inter-camp stampless cover with 'DIYATALAWA' cds & fancy 'T'-in-box handstamp, to "Urugasmanhandija" with Colombo transit & 'URUGAS CAMP/SP21/02' arrival backstamps, opened-out. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3244
Symbol: C
1902 (Nov 13) uncensored cover with 2c & 3c tied by Colombo cds to the reverse, to "GJ Theron Esq (!) POW/Hut No 58/The Camp/Diyatalawa", very fine. On 31.5.1902, signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging formally ended the Second Boer War. In Ceylon, censorship ended on 17.7.1902 & most of the POWs were released, the majority returning to South Africa, while others chose to move to the Dutch East Indies. A small number of "Irreconcilables", the hold-outs who refused to sign an Oath of Allegiance to King Edward VII, remained in custody. On 24.9.1903, the final five remaining POWs were released. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
CEYLON
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3145
Symbol: *#O
Cat No: 1
Chalons selection with Imperforate 6d brown SG 1 used (margins touching at base & slightly cut-into at right) and 1857-59 1d blue x4, 2d green x2, 5d brown, 6d brown & 1/9d green (shallow thins) most with small or touching margins plus others with obvious faults/repairs including a very attractive 8d, then including 1861-64 Perf 14-15½ 1d blue unused and 4d deep rose-red (small thins) & 9d deep brown * plus 10d used x2, 1863-70 Crown CC Wmk Perf 12½ mint 4d rose-carmine, 8d brown & 2/- blue *, and a range of used, condition of the earlier issues quite variable then increasingly fine, Cat £4000+.
(57) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3146
Symbol: */**O
Collection to 1950s from 1872-80 QV New Currency set used, then including 1893-98 Crown CA Wmk 16c violet used, 1885 Surcharges 'Postage/FIVE/CENTS/Revenue' on Crown CC Wmk Perf 14 32c, 36c, 48c, 62c & 96c used, 'One Rupee/Twelve/Cents' on 2r50c Perf 14 (minor marks) & perf 14x12½ used, and '...CENTS' set used, 1888-90 'Two Cents' on 4c rosy-mauve *, 1891 'FIFTEEN/CENTS' duo *, 1893-99 Keyplates Crown CA Wmk, 1898-99 Surcharges & 1899 New Colours & Designs sets * (6c & 85c used), KEVII Keyplates 1903 Crown CA, 1904 Multiple Crown CA Wmk & 1910 New Colours & Values sets *, 1912-25 KGV MCA Wmk to 5r * plus 10r postally used & 20r fiscally used, 1921-32 KGV Multiple Script CA Wmk set to 2r * and 1935 KGV Pictorials set *, then KGVI Pictorials set */** specialised including Perf 13½x13 2c * & 3c *, Line Perf 14 3c *, and 50c Perf 13x13½ 50c *, 5r Chalk-Surfaced Paper * & Ordinary Paper **, and Postal Fiscal 'REVENUE' 10r * plus a few imprint & plate number blocks, etc, also Officials 'On/Service' overprints range noted KEVII 5c * and 30c * & used, a few with light tropicalisation but generally fine to very fine, Cat £3500+.
(few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Postal History
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3147
Symbol: C
Cat No: 5
1861 (Apr 6) internal mourning cover to "The Rev GW Sprott/Col Chaplain/Kandy" with Imperf 1d blue SG 5 (virtually full margins - just touched at upper-right - with a chunk of the adjoining unit below; Cat £170 x4+) tied by manuscript "Stamped" & with light bars cancel, the reverse with almost fine strike of the badly-worn 'NUWARRA-ELLIA/=POST-PAID=' handstamp in red (Proud PD2) with manuscript date "6 April/61" added, poor Kandy arrival also in red & inscription in Sinhala. Presbyterian minister George Washington Sprott went to Ceylon in 1857 where he served as Chaplain to the Scottish troops in Kandy and was Chaplain at Scots Kirk in Kandy for seven years. Ex Eric Etkin and Patrick Pearson. RPSL Certificate (1975). (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3148
Symbol: C
Cat No: 25
1861 (May 30) neat social cover to England "via Marseilles" with rare franking of Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d purple-brown SG 25 (perfs at base trimmed clear of the design; Cat £275 x8+ on cover), almost fine 'GALLE/MY30/1861/=POST-PAID=' backstamp in red, 'LONDON-EC/ AX /JU26/61/PAID' arrival cds in red, light bend at the base. Kimmel & Pearson at page 477 list only three Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d covers. This example is not listed, and is the earliest of them by three weeks. Neither Joseph Hackmey nor 'Besancon' had a Star Wmk Clean-Cut Perf 9d cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3149
Symbol: C
Cat No: 31
1862 (May 26) cover to Scotland "Via Southampton Paid" with Rough Perf 6d deep brown SG 31 (Cat £130 x8+ on cover) & bars cancel, almost fine strike of the cut-down '=KOTMALIE=' handstamp with manuscript "5/1862/26/paid" inserted, light ' F /ABERDEEN/JY6/62' arrival backstamp, ironed-out horizontal & vertical folds well clear of the stamp, light soiling. Kimmel & Pearson at page 475 state "all shades of the perforated Six Pence...are scarce on cover". For the Rough Perf 6d, they list only six covers, of which three are franked with SG 31. Neither Joseph Hackmey nor 'Besancon' had a Star Wmk Perf 6d cover. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3150
Symbol: C
1869 (July 10) cover to Devonshire "Via Marseilles" with scarce Three Colour Mixed Issue Franking of Crown/CC 2d yellow & 10d vermilion + De La Rue 1d (faults) tied by manuscript "Stamped" (faded) & 'A'-in-bars, 'COLOMBO/ JY10/69/PAID' cds in red, poor Axminster arrival backstamp, repaired flap & minor soiling. Pencil endorsement "Harris" on the reverse; apparently Ex Admiral Frederic Harris Part V (1953) Lot 248. From 1.4.1868, the via Marseilles rate to Britain was increased from 1/- to 1/1d. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 280.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3151
Symbol: C
1869 (Dec 15) outer to Scotland "via Marseilles" with Crown/CC 1/- reddish-violet & De La Rue 1d deep blue tied by ' B /COLOMBO/DE15/69 - [bars]' duplex, very fine 'FORRES/JA10/69' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & ironed-out central vertical fold, minor repaired tear on the flap. Very attractive. From 1.4.1868, the via Marseilles rate to Britain was increased from 1/- to 1/1d. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3152
Symbol: C
1871 (June 5) double-rate cover to England "via Southampton" with Mixed Franking of Crown/CC 9d black-brown & De La Rue 3d (defective) tied by 'A'-in-bars of Colombo (cds in red alongside), poor arrival cds in red on the face, minor blemishes. In -.12.1870, the rate to Britain via Brindisi was reduced from 1/1d to 1/-. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3153
Symbol: C
1871 (Dec 15) flimsy cover to England "Via Brindisi" with Crown/CC 1/- bright violet tied by ' B / COLOMBO/ AU19/71 - [bars]' duplex, faint arrival cds in red on the face, light soiling. In -.12.1870, the rate to Britain via Brindisi was reduced from 1/1d to 1/-. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3154
Symbol: C
1898 registered cover with QV 2c 8c & 15c tied by 'GALLE/AP28/98' cds with complete 'GALLE/[crown]/POST OFFICE' mailbag seal impressed in red wax on the reverse, to "Berlin/Ontario/Canada" with 'R'-in-oval & 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' backstamp plus transits of London GB (on the face) and 'TORONTO' and 'BERLIN/MY30/98' arrival. Ex Ted Proud. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3155
Symbol: C
1913 (Mar 31) complete parcel tag endorsed "Pepper Seeds/Department of Agriculture/Territory of Papua/Port Moresby", the reverse with KGV 5c 10c 25c 1r & 2r tied by 'PETTAH' cds. Rare sample mail. Pettah is the traditional market area 1½km NW of Colombo. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3156
Symbol: C
1918 (May 15) JS Vereschagin merchant's cover to a company in "Hankow" (no country given) in China with KGV 5c & 10c x2 tied by 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cds, blue/white 'COLOMBO C' R label, very fine circular 'PASSED/COLOMBO/CENSOR' cachet in violet, largely very fine 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/JU17/18/HANKOW' arrival backstamp, minor light stains. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3157
Symbol: C
1920 (Mar 23) cover to France with KGV 6c rose x4 tied by superb 'COLOMBO/ 2 ' cds, roughly-opened in transit and resealed on all sides with French 'POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES' labels, partly rebacked with Japanese tissue, superb 'STE FOY LES LYON/12-4/20/RHONE' arrival backstamp, Stunning. Sainte Foy is a suburb of Lyon. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3158
Symbol: CPS
1930s-50s mostly KGVI frankings & stationery all with Ceylon tax markings including items to Australia, Austria, Belgium, Burma & New Zealand, others with Postage Dues of Australia, Canada x2, France, Great Britain x3, Netherlands & South Africa, also 1952 to Sweden & 1953 to USA both with 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/...AIR SERVICE' cachet, generally fine to very fine.
(25) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3159
Symbol: =
1934 (Sept 20) parcel piece with London News Agency 'OPEN IN DARK ROOM ONLY/PRESS MATTER - URGENT/PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CARE' complete black/red parcel label endorsed "H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER/OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS/NEGATIVES", airmail to England with KGV 1c, 25c, 50c and 2r green & red/yellow vertical strip of 3 (one unit affixed across wrapping join with small blemishes) tied by 'COLOMBO/FOREIGN' cds cancels, minor creases not otherwise affecting the stamps. The Duke stopped in Ceylon en route to his Royal Visit of Australia for official functions including the return of the royal throne of the King of Tri Sinhale and other treasures that had been plundered by the British in 1815. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3160
Symbol: =
1934 (Sept 24) parcel piece with London News Agency 'OPEN IN DARK ROOM ONLY/PRESS MATTER - URGENT/PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CARE' complete black/red parcel label endorsed "H.R.H. THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER/OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS/NEGATIVES", airmail to England with KGV 9c, 15c, 1r plus 5r green & purple and 10r green & orange tied by 'COLOMBO/FOREIGN' cds cancels, minor creases not affecting the stamps. A remarkable franking. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3161
Symbol: C
Cat No: D27 (Cat £8
1939 (June) social cover to "57 Mess/HMS Manchester/Zanzibar/East Africa" with KGVI 3c & 6c but apparently overweight with very fine 'FTS' tax handstamp & endorsed "27½c", Zanzibar Postage Dues 20c green SG D27 (Cat £8.50 x50+ on cover) incongruously tied by 'REG/20JU/ZANZIBAR' cds, light vertical fold and minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3162
Symbol: C
1940 (Nov 20) advertising cover for JA & EPA Fernando Miners & Exporters with 'PLUMBAGO MINE/ [elephant]/OWNERS' emblem on the flap by air to Illinois with KGVI 50c Elephants x7 (one on the reverse) tied by 'BORELLA' cds, censor label '30' (no 'L'), 'VICTORIA/7DE/40/HONG KONG' transit backstamp & triangular censor #20 cachet in green. Flown to Calcutta, then "Over the Hump" to Chungking China & from Hong Kong per PanAm 'Clipper', very minor repaired peripheral tears. A handsome cover. Plumbago is better known as graphite. Ceylon is the only country to produce the purest form of 'vein' graphite. Plumbago mining was the basis for the wealth of several prominent Singhalese families. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3163
Symbol: C
1942 (Mar 30) stampless On Active Service cover from an Australian soldier in Ceylon, to Egypt with double-boxed 'PASSED BY/Australian Military/Liaison Officer India' cachet (not previously seen by us) but Indian-pattern 'FPO/No 74/30MAR____' (year omitted) cds used at Colombo on the reverse, 'BASE POST OFFICE 21/SOR/11MAY42' arrival cds used at Cairo (Ted Proud lists BPO 21 only from 1943, & in India only), peripheral repairs & opened-out for display. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3164
Symbol: C
1950 (Jan 27) airmail PPC to "Erlen/Switzerland" with UPU 25c Globe tied by a very fine strike of the scarce 'ILO CONFERENCE/*CEYLON*' cds, full social message. Such correct postal usages of commemorative datestamps are extremely elusive. Erlen is in the far NE of the country, 60km NE of Zurich. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3165
Symbol: C
1954 (Nov 3) social airmail cover to "Turku/Finland" with remarkable franking of 5c Dagoba x20 (= 1r) across both sides tied by fine to superb strikes of the delightful 'GALENBINDUNUWEWA' cds (unrecorded by Ted Proud; David Horry states "Rare": ERD 13AU/52 & LRD 28NO/55). (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3166
Symbol: C
OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: ADEN 1939 commercial cover to "Aden Settlement Electricity Supply Co" with KGVI 20c Tea tied by 'TRINCOMALEE/25NO/39' cds, three different 'ADEN' or 'ADEN CAMP' backstamps and diamond 'PASSED CENSOR/BY/No 13/ADEN' cachet, small piece of the flap missing. Early WWII cover, unusually not censored in Ceylon. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3167
Symbol: C
OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: ALGERIA 1947 (May 19) to a French soldier with "3e Regiment De Tis aittums [?]/Constantine" with 10c Sigiriya and 15c River tied by 'RATNAPURA' cds, minor blemishes. Ratnapura is about 60km SE of Colombo, on the Kalu Ganga (= river), and is the centre of Ceylon's traditional gem mining district. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 261
Lot No: 3168
Symbol: PS
OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: ALGERIA circa 1944 undated Indian-pattern green/buff 'ACTIVE SERVICE' envelope to a signalman with "BNAF" (= British North Africa Force) with partial 'RAF BASE PO/CEYLON' cachet & trapezoid 'RAF/CENSOR/W 19' both in violet, pencilled on reverse "2 Coy/1 LofC Sigs/Algiers", a bit travel-weary. (Image1)
