20411893 Tall Arms "REVENUE BCA" surch 6/- on £1, perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M. Bft 14s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $500$800
20421893 Tall Arms "REVENUE BCA" surch 6/- on £1 perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M. Bft 15s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $300$500
2043 1895 Arms £10 black & orange-vermilion. VFU, neat double-circle "Tshiromo 5 SP 95 BCA" cds. SG 30 cat £5500+. Superb U. Great rarity. (P) $5500 $7500
20501890 BEA Co opt QV ½a on 1d purple. Fresh M. SG 1 cat £275. Only 1440 printed. (P) $250$350
20511890 BEA Co opt QV 1a on 2d green & carmine. VF fresh M. SG 2 cat £500. Only 1440 printed & most used. (P) $450$650
20521890-95 Light & Liberty 3a black on dull red horiz pr, error IMPERF. VFU, 4 large margins "Mombasa FE 12 94" cds. SG 8ab cat £450. Only 90 prs printed. (P) $400$600
20531890-95 Light & Liberty 8a grey, part sheet wmk. VF fresh M. SG 13 cat £275. Only 1500 printed. Sorani photo cert. (P) $250$350
20541890-95 Light & Liberty 1R grey, part sheet wmk. F-VF fresh M. SG 15 cat £225.Only 2100 printed. Copy of Sorani photo cert. (P) $180$250
20551894 Light & Liberty surch set 5a/8a & 7½a on 1R. VF fresh M. SG 27-8 cat £150. (2). (P) $120$160
20561895-96 BEA opt QV India ½a-1R, inc both 1R. VF fresh M/MLH. SG 49-60 cat £344. (12). (P) $275$375
20571895 Light & Liberty 5a & 7½a h/s SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 29-30s cat £75. (2). (P) $65$90
20581895 BEA opt Light & Liberty ½a brown. VFU. SG 33 cat £35. Only 4980 printed. (P) $30$40
20591895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 1a blue-green. VFU. SG 34 cat £120. Only 1040 printed. (P) $100$130
20601895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 2a vermilion. Superb U. SG 35 cat £100+. Only 1180 printed. (P) $80$110
20611895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 2½a black & yellow. Superb U. SG 36 cat £65+. Only 4020 printed. (P) $50$70
20621895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 3a black on red. VFU. SG 37 cat 355. Only 2230 printed. (P) $45$60
20631895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 4a brown. VFU. SG 38 cat £42. Only 3240 printed. (P) $35$50
20641895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 4½a violet. VFU. SG 39 cat £100. Only 3780 printed. (P) $70$100
20651895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 5a black on blue. FU. SG 40 cat £150. Only 780 printed. (P) $100$130
20661895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 7½a black. Superb U. SG 41 cat £90. Only 1140 printed. (P) $70$100
20671895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 8a black. VFU. SG 42 cat £80. Only 1900 printed. (P) $60$80
20681895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 1R carmine. Superb U. SG 43 cat £55+. Only 2349 printed. (P) $50$70
20691895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 2R brick red. Superb U. SG 44 cat £325+. Only 520 printed. (P) $250$350
20701895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 3R slate-purple. VFU. SG 45 cat £160. Only 719 printed. (P) $130$170
20711895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 4R blue. VFU. SG 46 cat £180. Only 868 printed. Exp Thier. (P) $150$250
20721895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 5R grey-green. VFU. SG 47 cat £300. Only 568 printed. (P) $220$300
20731895-96 BEA opt QV set ½a-5R, inc both 8a shades. VFM. SG 49-63 cat £750. Rare set. (16). (P) $600$800
20791890s Minerva 2½d green & violet "AFRICA" imperf colour trial essay by De La Rue. Similar to design used for many colonies. Superb fresh MUH. Attractive & rare (P) $80$150
20801890s Minerva 2½d green & brown-orange "AFRICA" imperf colour trial essay by De La Rue. Similar to design used for many countries. Superb fresh MUH. Attractive & rare (P) $80$150
20811919 De La Rue Britannia £20 carmine, imperf essay on thick paper, inscr "Overseas Territories". Superb fresh UN. Very rare & attractive. (P) $250$400
20821919 De La Rue Britannia £20 green, imperf essay, inscr "Overseas Dominions". Fresh UN, severed & rejoined. Very rare. (P) $100$200
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2083 1948 KGVI Silver Wedding Omnibus comp Aden to Zanzibar inc all Malay States, plus South Africa & SWA se-tenant prs. VF fresh MUH. SG cat £2250. (138). (P) $1800 $2500
BRITISH GUIANA
2084 1850-51 Type-set circular "BRITISH GUIANA 4 cents" lemon-yellow, initialled E.D.W (Wright) in blue, "Cottonreel" 1st issue. FU appearance, repaired, cut round, "Demerara / 3 OC 1851" cds. SG 3 cat £24,000 for cut round & under-catalogued. The famous Du Pont collection only had 3 singles of the 4c which sold in Europe in 2014 for €48,000 - €108,000 (a cut round single with tear was €96,000!!!). Famous classic rarity. 2015 Scheller photo-cert. (P) $12000 $20000
20851862 Type-set 2c yellow, signed in centre, frame SG type 10 (shields). VFU, 4 margins, barred "A03" pmk. SG 119 cat £450. (P) $350$500
20861882 Ship 1c magenta with 3 masts, diag perf SPECIMEN down. VFU, top marginal, "Georgetown B Guiana JA 21 82" cds. SG 164 cat £30 & under-catalogued. (P) $40$60
20871907-10 Ship set 2c-12c, wmk mult crown. VF fresh MLH. SG 253-7 cat £45. (5). $35$45
20931918 WAR large opt KGV 3c, error wmk INVERTED & REVERSED. Superb fresh MUH. SG 120y cat £225, should be at least double, £450+ MUH. (P) $200$300
20941922-33 KGV set 1c-$5 with 25c & $5 wmk mult crown, 1c-$2 wmk script. VF M/MLH. SG 124-37 cat £350. (13). (P) $300$400
20951922-33 KGV $5 purple & black on red, wmk mult crown. Stamp superb fresh MUH, left marginal, bright intense colours. SG 125 cat £225 for M, should be at least double, £450 MUH. (P) $350$450
BRITISH LEVANT
2096 1916 Salonica Provisional "Levant" opts GB KGV set ½d to 1/-, issued at British Field PO Salonica (now Thessaloniki, Greece). VF fresh M/MLH. SG S1-S8 cat £1400. Rare genuine, only 360 sets printed. All exp Alberto Diena AIEP, plus 2003 Brandon photo-cert. (8). (P) $1300 $1800
BRITISH OCCUP OF ITALIAN COLS
20971943-47 MEF opt KGVI short set 1d-2/6. Most VFU, "Sirte 20 3 44" violet cds. SG M11-19, Sass 6-14. Scarce use in Libya (9) (P) $130$200
2098Tripolitania: 1950 BA TRIPOLITANIA opt KGVI set 1L/½d - 240L on 10/-, plus Postage Due set 1L/½d - 24L on 1/-. VF fresh MUH. SG T14-26, TD6-10 cat £235, Sass 14 -26, S6-10 cat €300 (18) (P) $180$250
BRITISH POs IN CRETE
20991898 Handstruck 20pa violet, imperf. VFU, Herakleion s/I cancel, 4 margins. SG B1 cat £225+ & underpriced. Rare genuine example as only 3000 printed. Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $200$300
21011884 British Occup Union Jack h/s KANDIA in blue with "20" & "twenty paras" m/s value on wove paper. VF F/C with green oval cancel. Bft 2. Scarce. BPA photo-cert. (P) $70$100
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
21021888 "4D" opt St Ursula black & rose carmine, white paper. VFM. SG 42d cat £180. (P) $150$200
BRUNEI
21031895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-$1. VF fresh MUH, top marginal. SG 1-10 cat £160 for M, should be at least £320 MUH. Only 1000 sets issued in Brunei. (10). (P) $300$450
21041895 Star & Local Scene set 1c-$1, blks of 4. VF MUH marginal, some with dull gum from interleaving. SG 1-10 cat £640 for M singles, should be at least double, £1280 MUH, plus premium for blks. (10 blks of 4). (P) $700$1000
21051895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-$1. VFU, all neat cds "Brunei 30 Nov 1896". SG 1-10 cat £450++ & under-catalogued. Rare as only 1000 sets issued in Brunei. 2004 Ceremuga photo cert. (P) $500$700
21061895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-50c. Mostly F-VF UN. SG 1-9 cat £150. (9). $50$80
21071895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-$1. Mostly F-VF UN. SG 1-10 cat £160. (10). (P) $80$120
21081895 Star & Local Scene set 1c-$1. F-VF U/CTO, sl aging. SG 1-10 cat £450. (10). (P) $250$400
21091906 opt Labuan Crown set 1c-$1. Mostly F-VF M, sl imperfections. SG 11-22 cat £600. Only 2000 sets printed. (12). (P) $300$400
21101906 Opt Labuan Crown set 1c-$1, VF fresh MLH. SG 11-22 cat £600. Only 2000 sets printed. (12). (P) $500$700
21111906 Opt Labuan Crown set 1c-$1. Postally VFU, with correct pmks. SG 11-22 cat £800. Only 2000 sets printed. (12) (P) $600$900
21121906 Opt Labuan Crown 30c/16c green & brown. Superb fresh MUH. SG 20 cat £120 for M, should be at least double, £240 MUH. Only 2000 issued & rare so nice. (P) $150$300
21131906 Opt Labuan Crown 50c/16c green & brown. Superb fresh MUH. SG 21 cat £120 for M, should be at least double, £240 MUH. Only 2000 issued & rare so nice. (P) $150$300
21141907-10 View set 1c-$1, plus 1c & 3c wmk reversed & 4c shade, wmk mult crown. VF MLH. SG 23-33 cat £305. (14) (P) $230$300
21151907-10 View set 1c-$1, wmk mult crown. F-VF M. SG 23-33 cat £200. (11). (P) $120$160
21161907 View (1c-$1) violet, IMPERF plate proof, with blank value tablets, no wmk wove paper. Superb UN, as made, 4 margins. SG 23/33(p). Rare. (P) $200$400
21171907-10 View set 1c-$1,opt SPECIMEN, wmk mult crown. VF fresh MLH/MUH. SG 23-33s cat £300. Unusually nice. (11) (P) $300$450
21181907-10 View set 1c-$1, plus 1c wmk reversed & 4c shade, wmk mult crown. VFU. SG 23-33 cat £370. (13) (P) $275$375
21191908-22 View set 1c-$5, wmk mult crown inc 1916 5c orange & 8c ultramarine, plus 50c shade. Also 1922 Malaya Borneo opt 1c-25c. F-VF M. SG 34-57 cat £419. (22). (P) $200$300
21201908-22 View set 1c-$25, opt SPECIMEN, wmk mult crown. VF MLH. SG 34-48s cat £650. Rare set. (13) (P) $500$700
21211908-22 View set 1c-$5, plus 1c Die II & 10c, 50c (2) shades, wmk mult crown. F-VFM. SG 34-48 cat £303. (16). (P) $200$300
21221908-22 View set 1c-$5, plus 1c & 3c Die II & 5c & 10c shades. VFU. SG 34-47 cat £501. (16). (P) $350$500
21241908-22 View $25 black on red. VF MLH, nice deep colour. SG 48 cat £650. Very scarce top value. (P) $550$700
21251922 Malaya-Borneo opt set 1c-$1 varieties inc 1c broken N & broken E, 2c broken N & broken E, 3c broken I, E & N, 4c broken I & N, 5c broken I, E & N, 10c broken E & N, 25c broken I, E & N, 50c broken I & N & $1 broken I (£130), broken E (£130), & broken N (£130). F-VFM. SG 51-59 cat £916. (22). (P) $600$900
21261922 Malaya-Borneo opt set 1c-$1. VFM. SG 51-59 cat £200. Only 5272 sets sold. (9). (P) $130$200
21271922 Malaya-Borneo opt View set 1c-$1, inc varieties 2c & 3c "broken N", 4c "short I" & $1 "broken E". VFU/CTO. SG 51-59 var £920. Only 5272 normal sets sold. (9). (P) $300$500
21321924-37 View set 1c-$1, plus 4c orange, 8c grey & 12c blue shades & 5c brown "retouch" variety, wmk script. F-VF U. SG 60-78 cat £281. (23). (P) $180$250
21331941 View set 2c orange, 3c green, 6c grey, 8c red & 15c ultramarine, unissued w/o Japanese opt. F-VF MUH (15c regummed), 3 vals sl creases. SG footnote cat £605. Very rare as a full set. (5). (P) $400$700
21341941 View 6c greenish-grey, unissued w/o opt due to Japanese Occupation. VF MUH, UL cnr marginal with plate markings. SG footnote cat £130+. (P) $130$200
21351947 View set 1c-$10 plus 2c shade & perf, 5c perf & retouch variety, 8c, 10c, 25c, 30c & 50c perfs. 1945 Sarawak BMA opt 1c-50c on cover with "Brunei 17 DEC 1945" 3 line pmk. VFU. SG cat £340++. (23 & cover). (P) $250$400
21361895 Registered cover franked star & Scene ½c-10c tied by "Brunei 22 JUL 1895" FDI cds, plus Labuan pictorial 18c tied by "Labuan JY 25 1895" cds to pay postage to England as Brunei stamps not valid to foreign addresses, with h/s reg cachet & Londontransit pmk, Tottenham arrival b/s, sl tropicalisation & scissor cut perfs as stamps were stuck to the interleaving. SG 1-7 cat £177, unpriced on cover, the Labuan SG 71 cat £55 & "from x15" on cover, so Labuan stamp alone is £825 on cover! plus value as a Brunei FDC, so est £1650+. Rare & attractive. (P) $600$1000
21391947 Interim Govt opt SERVICE set 3p-10R. Superb fresh MUH. SG O41-53 cat £200. (13). (P) $150$200
21401947 Interim Govt opt KGVI Official set 3p-10R. VF MUH, gum tropicalised. SG O41-53 cat £200. (13). (P) $90$120
21411947 Interim Govt opt KGVI Official set 3p-10R. VFU. SG O41-53 cat £110. (13). (P) $70$100
21421945 War Savings PO 5-Year Cash Certificates range of all diff with 10R series A1 wmk error "GOVT OF INDIA & stars", then others all with correct wmk "GOVT OF BURMA & elephant" 10R series A1, 20R series B1, 20R series H1 with "Joint Certificate Class A" imprint at top, 100R series D1, 100R series K1 with the "Class A" imprint, 500R series E1, 500R series L1 with the "Class A" imprint, & 1000R series F1. All large banknote size, with British Burma arms at top. All unissued in excellent condition for these & much fresher than normal. A lesser selection sold for an average of £36+ each at a London auction in 2010, so would make these £324++. Rare group. (9) (P) $180$300
21431942 Farmer 1a scarlet IMPERF PROOF, lower marginal pos.44. VF UN as made. SG J46(p). (P) $70$100
2144 1943 Farmer 2c yellow-green IMPERF comp sheet of 50 with margins, showing numerous varieties inc at least 3 diff font "2" in value, many broken/partial "C" in value, missing stop, some "12c" in value & many more. VF fresh UN as issued. SG J74(var), this value unlisted imperf, other values cat £110 per imperf pr, so would be £2750 for 25 prs, plus premium for sheet with varieties. (P) $1200 $2000
21451943 Farmer 2c green IMPERF top marginal blk of 4. VF fresh UN as made. SG J74(p). (4) (P) $70$120
21461943 Farmer 3c blue IMPERF proof lower marginal blk of 4 on laid batonne paper which is the reverse of a 1938 Burma Railways letter (photocopy of full uncut letter/sheet), this blk being from pos 27-8/37-8 with part of letter text on reverse. Also the "3C" has been struck twice, one albino. VF fresh UN. SG J75a(p). (P) $150$300
21471943 Farmer 5c red (large "C") IMPERF proof vertical strip of 4 (rejoined between central stamps), 2nd stamp variety "G for C", plus with vert strip of 3 printed on reverse! F-VF UN as made, wrinkled & stained. SG J77a/b cat £300+ as normal imperf pr & "G" variety, plus large premium for proof & printed both sides. UNIQUE error multiple! BPA photo cert. (P) $400$700
21481943 Farmer 5c red (large "C") IMPERF proof UR cnr blk of 9 from the 1st plate setup with matching perf blk showing identical setup plate flaws (all other imperfs are from later printings where the fonts of letters & numbers are in diff positions from this). VF fresh UN as issued. SG 77a cat £500+. Rare specialist multiples. (18) (P) $250$400
21491943 Farmer 10c brown (pos 34-5/44-5) & 30c blue-green (pos 3-4/13-14) IMPERF PROOF blks of 4 on coarse toned wove paper, & once joined in a single folded sheet. Both also show albino impressions of the 1c on the face of the 10c or reverse of the 30c. UN. SG J78(p) & J81(p). (The "Farmer cent issue" was, for security reasons, printed in the house of U Tun Tin, Deputy Director, Posts & Telegraphs, at 62 Tamwe Road, on an old treadle press. After the completion of printing, the press was returned to its owner, who died soon after. In 1948 the old press was sold & the new owner discovered amongst the paper used for packing up the level of the platen a double folded piece of coarse paper containing impressions of complete sheets of the 10c & 30c values se-tenant, & a part impression of the 1c). Ex Gerald Davis. Very rare specialist items. (2 blks). (P) $250$400
21501943 Farmer 10c brown (pos. 3-5/13-15/23-4) & 30c blue-green (pos.23-5/33-5/43-5) IMPERF PROOF blks of 9 on coarse toned wove paper & once joined in a singled folded sheet. Both also show albino impressions of the 1c on the face of the 10c, or reverse of the 30c. UN. SG J78(p) & J81(p). (The "Farmer cent issue" was, for security reasons, printed in the house of U Tun Tin, Deputy Director, Posts & Telegraphs, at 62 Tamwe Road, on an old treadle press. After the completion of printing the press was returned to its owner, who died soon after. In 1948 the old press was sold & the new owner discovered amongst the paper used for packing up the level of the platen a double folded piece of coarse paper containing impressions of complete sheets of the 10c & 30c values se-tenant, & a part impressions of the 1c). Ex Gerald Davis. Very rare specialist items. (2 blks). (P) $400$700
21521983 WWF Animal Protection Year opt set 2Fr-85Fr IMPERF. Superb fresh MUH, all large even margins. SG 1398-1410(var) cat £625 as perf, while imperfs retail at 5+ times perf so £3350+, Mi 1596-1608(var), COB 892-904A listed but unpriced. Domfil983.1/ 12ND cat €8100 = A$12,000 in 2003. Current retail from specialist Swiss WWF dealer (Groth AG) is SFr7500 = A$8000+.The rarest WWF set -certificate can be obtained on request. (13). (P) $900$1500
CAMEROON - BRITISH OCCUP.
21531919 Registered covers (2) franked CEF opt Yachts 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6d & 8d, tied by "Victoria 14 JY 19" cds, to Switzerland with Liverpool transit & Berne arrival b/s. SG B4-9 cat £317++, Mi 4-9 cat €410++ - both as loose stamps, unpriced on cover. (P) $250$400