Extensive and nearly complete collection in a Scott album, 1860/81 issues complete (per Scott listing) mostly unused and usual very mixed condition, also 1884 4d Yellow, 1883/98 Victoria with some die varieties, Edward VII, George V and George VI definitive sets, comprehensive QE II period incl S/S with most NH after 1960, mostly F-VF.

A specialist&rsquo,s accumulation of work-in-progress material, with several hundred mint and used stamps, predominantly of the ,19th ,and early ,20th ,century, with some highly unusual items present. Regular issues include o/ps on Pyramid and Sphinx issues with the 10p mauve mint and used, 1898 camel postman inc. 10p black and mauve mint, excellent postmark interest here, then officials with perfin 'SG' 10p x2 used through to 1936/46 10p mint, etc. followed by attractive non Scott listed material inc. 'camel train' Military Telegraph stamps in large mint multiples to 25 piastres se-tenant showing marginal inscriptions, scarce cinderella 2m black and brown of a large version of the 1901 gunboat design, as well as a fascinating range of post office training material inc. large mint multiples of the &lsquo,school&rsquo, o/ps, even a fantastic 3 1/2m registered letter stationery envelope with 'P. &, T. Training School &ndash, Omdurman' handstamp in purple and additional 10m stamp with training o/p, etc. This is a nice holding with enormous potential with much more here than first meets the eyes. This viewing deserves to be viewed thoroughly for a full appreciation of what is here.

27 1920/29 covers with poor to excellent strikes of the cachet in red and blue/violet and various shades in-between, many with original enclosures, several different sailings with unfranked (14, some with due markings), unfranked with GB (9) or US (1) postage dues added or franked with GB George V definitives (3), usual mixed condition, VG-VF, premium lot of these elusive and desirable cachet (SG £11,475)

Approx. 90 mostly philatelically inspired covers with poor to excellent strikes mostly in blue or violet plus some in black or red (both rare), frankings include the usual GB (incl dues) and So. Africa with add’l St. Helena, USA, Ascension, Barbados, India and Ireland, a bevy of mostly postage due related auxiliary markings, some covers with original enclosures, also note a few covers with the type VIII cachet, usual mixed condition but most F-VF, a useful collection of these desirable and popular covers (SG £1,980)  ,

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Approx. 65 covers mostly to England with some (generally more philatelic in nature) having multiple strikes of this cachet which was used on numerous sailings, struck in blue or violet, unfranked or with frankings of GB or So. Africa though do note covers with Australia, US, KUT or Danish due frankings, some with the various due markings and/or with dues affixed, usual mixed condition, mostly Fine or better, well worth a careful viewing (SG £,2,275)

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One man's lifetime collection of British Commonwealth Aden to Zululand housed in 7 substantial albums, mint and used, all one of a kind. Some of the better countries are Aden with KGVI to 5rs, Antigua from QV, Ascension with unchecked perfs KGVI, Australia inc. Navigators to $4 complete, Bahamas with superb used Chalon head 6d with good color, through to $3 ships, interesting Bechuanaland QEII defins, Bermuda from KGVI key plate through to QEII various different defins to shilling values, BAT, British Solomons, Burma KGVI to 10rs, Canada inc. back of the book, Cape of Good Hope inc. 6d and 1/- triangulars in mixed condition, Falkland Islands with KGV 1/- mint and later mint series also to 1/-, FID Silver Wedding 1948 complete mint, Fiji 1/- QV superb used, , KUT with good KGVI, Labuan 1896 Jubilee o/ps, Malaya with much QV Straits Settlements mint and used, through to many of the different Malay UPU series complete mint, Malta from #1 incl. EDVII mint to 1/-, useful Newfoundland, New Zealand incl. stamp duties to £1, Nigeria, Nyasaland to 10/-, interesting Papua, Prince Edward Island range of QV issues, Rhodesia QEII to £1, St. Christopher ,19th ,Century, good Sudan from the overprinted sphinxes onwards inc. , 'steamboat' postage tax issues in mint blocks of four, Swaziland KGV mint to 1/- and KGVI mint to 10/- again unchecked for perfs, Seychelles mint QV range onwards, etc, etc. Many thousands of stamps, all completely uncataloged and with much more here than described.