PPC's substantial collection of cards (260), a high proportion are neatly written up on leaves, all aspects incl. scenic views, prominent buildings, bullock carriages, hotels, street scenes, elephants, floods, fishing boats, rickshaws, tea pickers, harbour & river scenes, rubber trees, snake charmers, devil dancers, Kandyan Chiefs, Echelon Barracks, Colombo Apothecaries, railway, Eliya Golf Club, Tucks 'Oilettes' etc. Super lot, well worth viewing. (Image)

Mainly QV (some later) M & U accumulation/collection incl. 1857 ½d (3 + 1 M), 1d (18), 2d (15), 4d (2, Cat. £9000, unused Cat. £70,000! Needs a cert.), 5d (4), 6d (9), 9d (2), 10d (3), 1s (5), 1/9d (2), 2s, ranges of Perf issues (wmks not sorted), QV Cents issues with many Surcharges and a large number of Ovpt errors, 1890 5c Revenue omitted M (2), U (4), 1892 3c on 28c Surcharge Double, M (Cat. £170), KGV to 20r U (6) etc, poor to good. (100’s) (Image)

PPC's large collection written up on display leaves, from QV to 1960’s (mainly earlier) depicting scenes in Colombo, Mt. Lavinia, Galle, Kandy & other places, people etc, many are unused, some U, a number from Plate & Co, good to fine. A most difficult accumulation to put together. (113) (Image)

1857-1952 M & U collection on Imperial leaves incl. Imperfs. (9) to 1s, Perf range of Perkins, Bacon issues (32) mixed wmks to 2s (2), 1866-68 1d, 3d (2 diff perfs), Cents issues, Surcharges, 1886 onwards QV M with vals to 1898-99 1r50 & 2r25 (Cat. £80), 1899-1900 set M (Cat. £110) and 2r25 Ovpt’d SPECIMEN, Edwards with 1904-05 set M (Cat. £90), 1912-25 to 2r M, later KGV with 1935 Jubilee & 1935 Defin sets M (Cat. £77), KGVI issues M (Cat. £154), Officials, also Maldive Islands 1909 & 1933 sets M (Cat. £112) and ranges of duplicates on stock leaves with some postal stationery items (7), poor to fine. (100’s) (Image)

1857-64 P.12½ ½d dull mauve on glazed paper, large part o.g, SG.18. (1) Cat. £225 (Image)

1861-70 Perf, mainly U (a few M) range comprising SG.28 (strip of 3), 30, 31, 33b (2), 37a, 38, 39, 41, 41a, 44, 50d, 54, 54ax (2), 55 (U on piece), 56x, 63 (strip of four), 64 M, 64d with red English pmk, 67b (2) M, 67c, 72b M, light pmks, much better than usual condition, mostly fine. (32) ST.Cat. £3265 (Image)

1902-51 (a few earlier) ranges on leaves incl. 1903-05 & 1904-05 duplicated low vals with M blocks & strips, 1910 1r, 2r (2), 5r, 10r M, HR, Cat. £226), 1912-25 1r to 50r U (fiscal cancels), 2r & 5r M, War Stamp Ovpts in blocks, 1935-36 sets M & U (Cat. £102), KGVI to 5r U, 1949 Independence 4c in sheet of 100 etc. Good to fine. (451) (Image)

KEVII covers & PPC collection written up on display leaves, incl. GB 1d pmk’d Colombo (3), Ceylon PPC pmk’d Marseille etc. Fair to fine. (15) (Image)

1921-32 MSCA 3c green in a complete Plate (1) right pane of sixty, UM, SG.339, Cat. £330 (Image)

1921-32 MSCA 3c green in a complete Plate (1) right side pane of sixty, one stamp damaged at back o/w fine UM multiple, SG.339, Cat. £330+ (Image)

METER MARKS 1927-2000+ range of covers (45) & pieces (47) showing single & multi impressions, destinations incl. UK, USA, South Africa, India etc. (Image)

KGVI cover collection incl. air letters, free Xmas mail picture letter card, censored, VAD Maritime Mail, registered, 1937 Coronation FDC’s with exhibition pmks (4) & other FDC’s (6) etc, fair to fine. (21) (Image)

MARITIME MAIL small KGVI collection, written up on display leaves, incl. Post Office/ Maritime Mail 40mm circular red h/stamp (2), horizontal Maritime Mail h/stamps (12, either in red or black), Received from H.M Ships c.d.s, all censored. Also O.A.S. India Advance P.O, all good to fine. (17 items) (Image)