26191920s? Bahia State revenue 20,000R purple Revenue, printer's sample proof, opt "Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen" with small security punch. VF fresh UN as made. Rare! (P) $20$30
26201938 Brapex Exhibition Rowland Hill M/Sheet (10 stamps & 1 tab), uncut horiz pair of M/S, both PERFORATED, plus the left M/S is perf upside down! resulting in the central tab being bisected by perfs, & the lower middle stamps imperf between & at base! VF UN as made. SG MS614a(var), Sc 465(var) footnote states "a few perforated M/Sheets exist". Great rarity for Brazil specialist -we are aware of only 1 printers sheet with 3 such pairs having existed -from which this originates. Copy of 2001 APS photo-cert for the sheet. (P) $1000$2000
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
26211963-69 QEII Pictorial set ½d to £1. VF fresh MUH. SG 1-15a cat £275. (16) (P) $200$300
26231891-95 BCA opt Arms £2 rose-red. VFU, barred numeral pmk (cert incorrectly says that the stamp is reperfed which it is not -stamp is100% correct size & perfs at base were merely separated by scissors). SG 15 cat £1600 & undercatalogued. Very rare used. 2007 Brandon photo cert. (P) $1200$2000
26241891-95 BCA opt Arms £5 sage-green. VFU, barred numeral pmk. SG 16 cat £2000 M, unpriced U & much rarer thus. 2007 Brandon photo cert. (P) $1800$2800
26251891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" 2/6 lilac & red. VFU with postal cds. Bft 5 cat £75+ for F/C plus premium for pmk. (P) $100$150
26261891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" set 2/6-£10. Superb MUH. Bft 5-9 cat £800 for UN, should be at least double, £1600 MUH & very rare thus. (5) (P) $1800$2800
26271891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" 10/- green & red, perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M, reperfed at left. Bft 7s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $100$200
26281891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" £1 blue & red, perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M, sl stain in middle. Bft 8s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $150$250
26291891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" £10 red perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF MLH. Bft 9s. Extremely rare with several recorded as specimens. (P) $600$900
26301891 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" £10 orange & red. F-VF F/C, tiny tear, nice "Her Britannic Majesties Consular Court Blantyre" F/C. Bft 9 cat £500 for UN, £750+ for U. Very rare top value -we've only have had one example of this stamp before, in auction 317, where itsold for almost $1200. (P) $700$1000
26311891 Horiz Arms "Revenue BCA" £25 blue Arms imperf, perf SPECIMEN twice. Superb M, 4 huge margins. Bft 10s. Great high valuerarity with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $1500$2500
26321891 Horiz Arms "Revenue BCA" £50 green Arms imperf, perf SPECIMEN. Superb M, 4 huge margins. Bft 11s. Great high value rarity with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $1500$2500
26331893 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" surch 1/- on 10/-, 6/- on £1 & 6/- on £10. Superb MUH. Bft 12, 14 & 15 cat £535 for UN, should beat least double, £1070 MUH. (3) (P) $1000$1500
26341893 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" surch 1/- on 10/-, perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M. Bft 12s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $150$250
26351893 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" surch 1/- on £1, perf SPECIMEN twice. F-VF M. Bft 13s. Extremely rare with only several recorded as specimens. (P) $150$250
26361893 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" 1/- on £1 blue & red. Superb F/C with postal type cds. Bft 13 cat £75 for F/C. (P) $100$150
26371893 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
26381893 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) $250$400
26391895 Tall Arms "Revenue BCA" 6/- on £10 orange & red BISECTS, both UL & LR halves with "Port Herald" July 8 or 10 cds. Bft 15a cat £1500 on pieces. Used during a shortage of 3/- stamps in July 1895. Extremely rare. (2) (P) $700$1000
26401896 Arms £25 green & black, wmk crown CC. Superb fresh MLH, excellent centring, pristine original gum with only slightest hinge mark, fully intact perfs & bright colours - believed to be the best quality example in existence (most other examples of this stamp are regummed or reperfed, or worse). SG 42 cat £26,000++. Major high value rarity as £25 was a fortune in those days (25 gold sovereigns!), so virtually nobody could afford to keep such a mint stamp. Important high value British Empire rarity. Exp Alberto Diena & Alberto Bolaffi, plus 1971 Dr Giulio Bolaffi photo-cert, while diff new cert can be obtained on request. (P) $30000$45000
26421898 Internal Postage "cheque stamp" 1d vermilion & pale ultramarine, imperf, setting II, embossed control at back "24A". VFU, "Zomba MY 21 98 BCA." cds. SG 55b cat £140. (P) $110$150
26431898 Internal Postage "cheque stamp" 1d vermilion & pale ultramarine, imperf, setting II, embossed control at back "28FA". VFU, "MY 21 98 BCA." cds. SG 55b cat £140. (P) $110$150
26441898 Internal Postage "cheque stamp" 1d vermilion & deep ultramarine, imperf, setting II, embossed control at back "XA11". Superb U, "Zomba MY 21 BCA." cds. SG 56 cat £150. (P) $110$150
26451898 Internal Postage "cheque stamp" 1d vermilion & deep ultramarine, perf 12, setting II, embossed control at back "Z19". VFU, "Zomba JU 27 98 BCA." cds. SG 57a cat £45. $35$45
26461903-04 KEVII set 1d-£1, wmk crown CA/CC, opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 59-66s cat £425. (9). (P) $375$500
26481903-04 KEVII £10 Grey & blue wmk crown CC, opt SPECIMEN. F-VF fresh M, some gum adhesion. SG 67s cat £500 (normal cat £8000). (P) $350$500
BRITISH EAST AFRICA
26491890 BEA Co opt QV ½a on 1d purple. Fresh M. SG 1 cat £275. Only 1440 printed. (P) $220$300
26501890-95 Light & Liberty basic set ½a-5R. VF M/MLH. SG ex 4-19 cat £100. (13). (P) $70$100
26511890-95 Light & Liberty 2a vermilion, error IMPERF. VFU, on piece with "Mombasa JY 20 95" cds. SG 6a cat ca£650. (P) $100$200
26521890-95 Light & Liberty 3a blackon dull red horiz pr, error IMPERF. VFU, 4 large margins "Mombasa FE 12 94" cds. SG 8ab cat £450. Only 90 prs printed. (P) $350$500
26531890-95 Light & Liberty 8a grey, part sheet wmk. VF fresh M. SG 13 cat £275. Only 1500 printed. Sorani photo cert. (P) $250$350
26541890-95 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
26551894 Light & Liberty surch set 5a/8a & 7½a on 1R. VF fresh M. SG 27-8 cat £150. (2). (P) $120$160
26561894-1903 Specimen sets with Light & Liberty surch set, 1895 new value set 5a & 7½a, & 1896-1901 QV set ½a-5R, all h/s or opt SPECIMEN & affixed to original French colonial UPU archive page headed "Afrique orientale Cie Britannique de l'et Protectorat". VF fresh M. SG 27-30s & 65-79s cat £520. Unique archival piece. (19). (P) $450$700
26571895 Light & Liberty 5a & 7½a h/s SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 29-30s cat £75. (2). (P) $65$90
26581895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 2a vermilion. VFU. SG 35 cat £100. Only 1180 printed. (P) $80$110
26591895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 1R carmine. F-VF fresh MLH. SG 43 cat £65. Only 2349 printed & most used. (P) $50$70
26601895 BEA opt Light & Liberty 3r slate-purple, on cover tied by squared circle "OC 19 95 Mombasa" cds, same b/s. VF. SG 45 cat £160 as loose stamp alone, unpriced on cover, while even lower values of set are "from x10". Only 719 printed & rarity on cover. Holcombe photo-cert. (P) $400$700
26651897 BEA opt Zanzibar "2½d" on Sultan 1a, surch type 14 DOUBLE -one albino, both equally strong & with double offset on back. Superb fresh MLH. SG 88(var) cat £150 as normal, while SG 88a double BEA cat £7500, double surch unlisted. Major rarity & an important new discovery that will surely get SG cat listing. 2015 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $1000$2000
26661897-1903 QV & Lions set 1R-50R opt SPECIMEN, affixed to part of original French Colonial UPU archive page headed "Afrique Orientale Bque". VF fresh M. SG 92-99s cat £880 (normal cat £5520). Unique archival piece. (8). (P) $800$1200
26671897-1903 QV Lions 1R dull blue. Superb fresh MUH. SG 92a cat £100 for M, should be at least double, £200 MUH. (P) $250$350
26731897-1903 QV Lions 20R green opt SPECIMEN. VF fresh M. SG 98s cat £170 (normal cat £1200). (P) $150$250
BRITISH EMPIRE
26741890s 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
26751890s 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
26761919 De La Rue Britannia £20 green,imperf essay, inscr "Overseas Dominions". Fresh UN, severed & rejoined. Very rare. (P) $100$200
26771935 KGV Silver Jubilee Omnibus collection comp with Egypt, Falklands, Canada, Hong Kong, & South Africa in horiz se-tenants prs. VF MUH, mostly very fresh. SG cat £1400, should be at least double, £2800+ MUH. (250). (P) $2300$3000
26781948 KGVI Silver Wedding Omnibus comp Aden-Zanzibar inc all Malay States, plus South Africa & SWA prs. VF fresh MUH. SG cat £2250+. Nice collection & quite scarce MUH. (138). (P) $2000$2700
BRITISH GUIANA
26791850-51 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 Pontcollection 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) $10000$20000
26801850-51 Type-set circular "BRITISH GUIANA 8 cents" green, initialled E.D.W (Wright) in black in centre, "Cottonreel" 1st issue. VFU, cut round with margins all round, "Demerara OC 18 1850" cds. SG 4 cat £16,000+, for cut round & under-catalogued. The Du Pont collection only had 2 singles (& 3 covers) which sold in auction in Europe for between €84,000 ( = A$120,000 for cut round single equivalent to this example!) to €132,000. Famous classic rarity. Exp several times. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $25000$40000
26821856 type set provisional Ship 4c black on magenta, initialled "E.D.W." of E D Wright. Superb U appearance with "BG AC MR 1857" cds, some creases resulting in sm paper splits, cut square with amazingly large margins on 4 sides, fantastic deep colour. SG 24 cat £25,000+. The amazingly huge margins definitely make it one of the best looking genuine examples of this famous classic rarity. 2013 Sismondo photo-cert. (P) $12000$18000
26831860 Ship 4c blue, imperf, figures in cnrs framed. VF U, almost 4 margins, "DEMERARA JU 26" cds. SG 21 cat £800. (P) $400$600
26841860-63 Ship 1c pale rose, thick paper, perf 12. Superb U, barred "A03" pmk. SG 29 cat £275. Rare so nice. (P) $200$300
26851862 Type-set 2c yellow,signed in centre, frame SG type 10 (shield). VFU, 4 margins, barred pmk, nice strong colour. SG 119 cat £450. Unusually nice. (P) $400$600
26861862 Type-set 2c yellow, signed in centre, frame type 10 (shields). VFU, 4 large margins, barred A03 pmk. SG 119 cat £450. Rare classic. (P) $350$500
26871862 Type-set 2c black on yellow, frame type 10 (shield), variety wrong ornament. VFU, 4 margins, roul at top & bottom, barred "A03" pmk. SG 119b cat £800. (P) $500$700
26881862 type-set 2c yellow, signed in centre, frame SG type 11. VFU appearance, sl thins, barred "A03" pmk, 4 huge margins. SG 120 cat £550. Unusually nice looking for this issue (P) $275$400
26891862 Type-set 4c blue, signed in centre, frame SG type 14 (floret). VFU, light pmk. SG 123 cat £1400+. Unusually nice example of this rare classic. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $1200$1800
26981913-21 KGV set 1c-$5 plus 1915-16 War Security opt set 1c-5c. VF M/MLH. SG 101-13 cat £404. (13). (P) $275$375
26991913-21 KGV set 1c-$5 plus 1c, 2c & 25c shades. F-VF M. $1 & $2 sl tropicalised perfs. SG 101-110 cat £422. (13). (P) $220$300
27001918 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
27011922-33 KGV set 1c-$5 with 25c & $5 wmk mult crown, 1c-$2 wmk script (as per the set listing in SG). VF M/MLH. SG 124-37 cat £350. (13). (P) $300$400
27021922 KGV set 1c-$5 inc 5c shade, wmk mult crown. Also 1932 Relief Fund opt KGV set 1c-5c.VF M/MLH. SG 124-42 cat £385. (19). (P) $275$375
27031922-33 KGV set 1c-$5 inc both wmk 25c plus 1932 Relief Fund opt set 1c-5c. Mostly VF M/MLH, $2 tropical spots. SG 124-42 cat £385. (19). (P) $170$250
27041922-33 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) $275$400
27091893 Constantinople Provisional "40 PARAS" h/s on ½d vermilion (2) tied by "British PO FE 28 93 "Stamboul" cds on Registered cover to Paris with "Paris 4 MAR 93 Etranger" arrival b/s. VF. SG 7 cat £200 as loose singles & "from x3" on cover. Rare & unusual usage to foreign destination. Holcombe photo-opinion. (P) $600$1000
27101893 Constantinople Provisional "40 PARAS" h/s on ½d vermilion, error opt partly DOUBLE with "40" fully double & "PARAS" partially double, tied by oval barred "C" pmk (for Constantinople) on First Day of Issue cover to England with "British PO FE 25 93 Constantinople" & "Middleborough 5 MR 2 93" arrival b/s. VF. SG 7 cat £300+ on cover, plus premium for FDC & for unlisted double opt! Holcombe photo-opinion. (P) $500$1000
BRITISH OCCUP OF ITALIAN COLS
27111942 opt KGVI 1d red, variety "sliced M" on number 10 of a blk of 18 (6x3). Superb fresh MUH. SG M1/1a cat £220 as singles, plus premium for blk. (P) $170$250
27121942 opt KGVI 2d orange, variety "sliced M" on number 10 of a blk of 18 (6x3). Superb fresh MUH. SG M2a cat £170+ as singles, plus premium for blk. (P) $120$180
27131943-47 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
2716Eritrea: 1948 BMA opt Postage Due 2d lower marginal blk of 4, variety "no stop after A" on 1st stamp. VF fresh MUH. SG ED3/3a cat £121+, Sass S3/3b cat €136+. (P) $90$120
2717Eritrea: 1951 Telegram franked BA Eritrea opt KGVI 40c pr & 10/-, tied by "Asmara Central 26 11 51" cds & partially punched perfins of odd symbols (Eritrean alphabet?), to Rome. VF fresh. SG E18 & 25 cat £72 as loose stamps alone, plus huge premium for "on cover". Sassone cat €20,000 = A$30,000 !!! for such proper usage of 10/- top value on postal document. Extremely rare survivor. (P) $300$500
2718Eritrea: 1951 Telegram franked BA Eritrea opt 20c, 2/- 50c, 5/- & 10/-, tied by "Asmara Central 9 10 51" cds & partially punched perfin of odd symbols (Eritrean alphabet?). From "Lloyd Triestino Asmara" to Lloyd Naples. VF fresh. SG E15 & 23-5 cat £88, plus huge premium for "on cover". Sassone cat €24, 500+ = A$36,750+ for such proper usage of the top 3 values on postal document. Extremely rare survivor (P) $500$800
2719 Somalia: 1941 Mogadisciu "British Occupation" opts on Italian East Africa Pictorials set 10c/5c-10L/5L. (These opts on Italian postage stamps, & also on revenue stamps, were prepared on orders of the South African forces that had captured the region. But due to objections from London were never issued & most of the stock was destroyed). Superb fresh MLH, most look MUH. Unlisted in SG but fully listed in Italian catalogues & Michel & mentioned in Robson Lowe Encyclopedia. Sass 1-9 cat €2500+ & underpriced as it is a very rare set. 1955 Alberto Diena AIEP & 2016 Ceremuga photo certs. (9) (P) $1200$1800
2720Somalia: 1941 Mogadisciu "British Occupation / POSTAGE" opts on Italian Africa Colonies Revenues 2L- 10L inc both issues of 4L. (These opts on Italian revenue stamps, plus also on normal postage stamps, were prepared on orders of the South African forces that had captured the region. But due to objections from London were never issued & most of the stock was destroyed). VF MUH. Unlisted in SG but fully listed in Italian catalogs & Michel & mentioned in Robson Lowe Encyclopedia. Sass 11-17 cat €3000+. Rare & almost never offered. 2016 Ceremuga photo-certs. (7) (P) $1200$1800