March, 2010

The auction starts with our usually extensive sections of Collections, Accumulations, Bulk & Mixed Lots, accessories as well as some Philatelic Literature. Australia has material covering all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to numerous mint & used £1 & £2 top values, including a spectacular error 5/- Grey & Yellow 2nd watermark kangaroo with Double printed frame. Also available are many £1 Kangaroos in third watermark. Also specialist items such as monogrames, imprints, proofs, varieties & errors. Then an extensive KGV period section with a very large range of varieties & shades. The pre decimal KGVI and early QEII era contains several IMPERF DIE Proofs. Australian Colonies has both standard issues as well specialist material, particularly postmarks and rare booklets. The decimal period features a spectacular section of modern errors, proofs & unissued items, with rare missing color singles or multiples. Other British Empire is well represented with two nice Cape of Good Hope Mafeking Siege 1900 Boer War stamps and a 1855-63 Triangle 1/- Bright Yellow- Green Perkins Bacon printing. Many other better sets & singles present such as Rhodesia 1892-93 Arms £10 brown, Gibraltar 1925-32 KGV £5 violet & black MUH, Great Britain with numerous QV £1 & £5 stamps, Hong Kong several KEVII & KGV $10 values, Malaya & Borneo inc Japanese Occupation to $25 & $100 top values, Transvaal Arms £5, some rare Natal Arms stamps (all with certs), KUT KGV 1922-27 £3 purple & yellow MLH and many others.

A good number of collections and accumulations of the British Empire is represented in this catalogue with many general British Empire Commonwealth collections and one country collections. European countries include many highlights and collections from France, French colonies, Germany and colonies, Netherlands, Hungary, Italy and Italian states & colonies, Belgium and colonies, Portugal and Switzerland. In the Italian colonies and States there are some rarities from Fiume, Sardinia, Somalia and from Tuscany. A rare German New Guinea 1913 Zeppelin 1 MK Fundraising stamp. There are many single stamps and sets from many European countries including Switzerland. The Asian region is well represented with China-Liberated Areas, China- Foreign Post Offices, PRC China which includes a 1962 Mei Lanfang Minisheet Supurb MUH and a Imperforate set of 8 MUH. Also a nice range of early Japan issues as well as Minisheets. The central and South Americas are greatly represented in this auction. A collection from Colombia 1859-1983, 1925-46 Air mail collection from Honduras, 1858-1971 mint collection from Argentina and a mint collection 1856-1980 from Uruguay. Also many 1920's and 1930's airmail sets.