2721Somalia: 1941 Mogadisciu "British Occupation / POSTAGE" opt on Italian Africa Colonies Revenue 2L, error opt INVERTED. Superb fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. Sass 11a cat €10,000+. Extremely rare with only several recorded & this is almost certainly the best condition example of them. 2011 Dr Colla AIEP & 2016 Ceremuga photo-certs. (P) $6000$9000
2722Somalia: 1941 Mogadisciu "British Occupation / POSTAGE" opt on Italian Africa Colonies Revenue 3L. F-VF MUH. Sass 12 cat €250 & undercatalogued as hardly ever seen. 2011 Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $150$250
2723Somalia: 1941 Mogadisciu "British Occupation / POSTAGE" opt on Italian Africa Colonies Revenue 40L, error opt diag misplaced & fully TRANSPOSED. VF fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. Sass 19b(var) cat €6500 for normal shift, so est at least double €13,000 for such transposed. Extremely rare with only several shifted opts recorded & this is the only one with transposed opt known to us. 1996 Dr Colla AIEP & 2016 Ceremuga photo-certs. (P) $6000$9000
2724Tripolitania: 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
2725Tripolitania: 1950 BA Tripolitania opt Postage Due set 1M on ½d - 24M on 1/-. VF fresh M/MLH. SG TD6-10 cat £95. (5) $40$60
BRITISH POs IN CRETE
27261898-99 Numeral sets 10pa blue & brown, 20pa green & rose. VFU, s/l Heraklion pmks. SG B2-5 cat £102+ & under-catalogued as very scarce genuine. All exp Ceremuga. (4). (P) $70$120
27281898 Numeral 20pa green, IMPERF blk of 4, strong offset of design on reverse. Superb fresh UN, all 4 margins. SG B3a cat £500+. Extremely rare & spectacular. Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $400$700
27291898 British Occup Union Jack h/s Pediada "Revenue 10 paras" violet on white laid paper. Superb F/C with m/s lines. Bft 15a. Very rare. (P) $130$200
27301898 British Occup Union Jack h/s Pediada "Revenue 1 Piastre" dark blue on white wove paper. F-VF F/C with green oval, vertical crease. Bft 17. Very rare. (P) $130$200
27311899 Numeral 20pa rose, right marginal error imperf at right (between stamp & margin). VFU, s/l Heraklion pmk. SG B5(var). Extremely rare error. Exp Ceremuga. (P) $80$150
27321899 Numeral 20pa rose, horiz IMPERF pr. VF fresh M, all 4 margins. SG B5a cat £250. Very rare. Ceremuga photo-cert. (P) $170$275
27331899 folded 2-page document with British Occup Union Jack Kandia h/s, "Provisional Administration Kandia Finance" h/s & several h/s for the Conveyancer, inc 1 tying a boxed Crete revenue (1 grossia?) Bft type 1-5 w/o value & Bft 4 (Crete). (P) $150$250
27341899(?) Document (folded & taped) in Turkish with British Occup Union Jack Kandia h/s & "Provisional Administration Kandia Finance" h/s -both in violet, plus boxed Crete revenue (1 grossia) tied by bilingual Greek-Turkish h/s. Bft 1-5 type w/o value & Bft 4 (Crete). $150$250
27351899 cover franked 10pa blue & 20pa green, ea tied by s/l "Heraklion" pmks. To Candia. SG B2-3 cat £48 as loose stamps alone & extremely rare on cover. (P) $200$400
27361899 Land sale document (folded), with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue One Piastre" blue vertical pr, tied by "District Commissioner's Office" F/C & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellios 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 17 cat £100, plus premium on document. (P) $300$500
27371899 Land sale document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue 10 Paras" violet blk of 4 -sl water affected, with "District Commissioner's Office" F/C, plus "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellios 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 1a cat £140, plus premium on document. (P) $300$500
27381899 Land sale document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue One Piastre" blue pr (folded thru), with District Commissioner's Office" F/C & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellius 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 3 cat £70, premium on document. (P) $150$250
27391899 Land sale document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue 20 paras" greens pr (folded through), with "District Commissioner's Office F/C & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellios 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 2(var) -unlisted in green, other colours cat £60, plus premium on document. (P) $150$250
27401899 Land sale document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue 20 Paras" grey-green (pale colours) blk of 4 with "District Commissioner's Office Pediada" F/C & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellius 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 2(var) -green unlisted, other colours cat £120, plus premium on document. $150$300
27411899 Land sale document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue One Piastre" blue tied by "District Commissioner's Office" F/C & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellius 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 17 cat £50, plus premium on document. (P) $200$400
27421899 Land transfer document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Pediada "Revenue 10 Paras" violet with m/s lines F/C, & with "Magistrate Pediados in Kastellios 1899" Greek cachet. Bft 1a cat £35, plus premium on document. (P) $150$250
27431899 Document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Monofatsi "ten paras" blue revenue tied by signature. Bft 12 cat £150, plus premium on document. (P) $300$500
27441899 Document (folded) with British Occup Union Jack Monofatsi "ten paras" violet revenue. Initials F/C. Bft 12a cat £150, plus premium on document. (P) $300$500
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
27451888 "4D" opt St Ursula black & rose carmine, white paper. VFM. SG 42d cat £180. (P) $130$180
27461899 St Ursula ½d yellow-green cnr pr variety "HALFPFNNY". Superb fresh MUH. SG 43a cat £89 for M singles, should be at least double, £178+ MUH. (P) $100$150
27471922-28 KGV ½d black DLR Die Proof of value only, h/s "BEFORE STRIKING", m/s "3/1/22". Very rare. (P) $300$500
BRUNEI
27481895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-$1. VF fresh MUH. SG 1-10 cat £170 for M, should be at least £340 MUH. Only 1000 sets issued in Brunei. (10). (P) $300$450
27491895 Star & Local Scene set ½c-$1. VF MUH, some sl dull gum from interleaving, all marginal or cnr marginal. SG 1-10 cat £170 for M, should be at least double, £340 MUH. (10) (P) $300$450
27631947 Interim Govt opt KGVI Official set 3p-10R. VF MUH, gum tropicalised. SG O41-53 cat £200. (13). (P) $90$120
BURMA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION
27641943 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) $1000$1500
27651943 Farmer 2c green IMPERF top marginal blk of 4. VF fresh UN as made. SG J74(p). (4) (P) $70$120
27661943 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
27681915 CEF opt Yacht Postcards ½d on 5pf, 1d on 10pf & ½d on 5pf double reply 2 examples of last with 2 totally diff types of "1" of ½ in opts. F-VF UN. Mi P1-3 cat €440++, plus premium for the rarer type. Only 1000 ea of 3 of these cards printed. (4) (P) $350$500
27691919 Registered cover franked CEF opt ½d on 3pf, 2½d on 25pf & Lagos 2d, tied by "Victoria Cameroons 21 JU 19" cds, with reg label. To Switzerland, b/s Liverpool, London & Bern arrival. SG B1 & 5 cat £110, Mi 1 & 5 cat €115 -both as loose stamps & would be several times that on cover as such attractive mixed franking. (P) $150$300
27701920 Registered cover franked CEF opt ½d on 5pf, 1d/10pf & 2d/20pf, plus Nigeria 1d & French Occup 1Fr, tied by "Buea Kamerun 22 JA 20" cds, with reg label. To Switzerland, b/s Victoria & Bern. SG B2-4 cat b2++, Mi 2-4 cat €75++ both as loose stamps & would be several times that for on cover as such attractive mixed franking. (P) $150$300
CANADA
27711851 Prince 6d grey-blue, imperf plate proof opt SPECIMEN vert in carmine. VF fresh UN as made, 4 margins. Unitrade 2Tcxi cat C$300, SG 2(p) normal cat £50,000. (P) $150$250
27721851 Prince 6d dark grey, imperf plate proof opt SPECIMEN vert in carmine. Superb fresh UN as made, 4 large margins. Unitrade 2TCvii cat C$250, SG 2(p) normal cat £50,000. (P) $180$250
27731851 QV 12d black, imperf plate proof on India paper mounted on card, opt SPECIMEN vert in carmine. Superb fresh UN as made, 4 large margins. Unitrade 3Pi cat C$2500+, SG 4(p) cat £200,000 for issued stamp. Beautiful gap filler of important stamp. (P) $1500$2500
27741851 QV 12d black, plate proof on vert laid paper. VFU appearance with non-contemporary concentric ring cancel added to make it looklike the issued stamp, 4 large margins. Unitrade 3Pi normal U cat C$225,000. SG 4(p) U normal cat £100,000. Superb quality & an absolutely fantastic stamp for collectors who want a beautiful looking example but cannot afford $100,000 for a normal. (P) $4500$7000
27751852-57 Beaver 3d red imperf, thin wove paper. U, 3+margins. SG 5/7 cat £225. Unitrade 4d cat C$300 for VF. (P) $70$100
27761852-57 Beaver 3d red imperf, thin wove paper. FU, 3½ margins. SG 5/7 cat £225. Unitrade 4d cat C$300 for VF. (P) $70$100
27891868-90 QV large head 1c red-brown, medium paper. F-VF fresh MUH. SG 55 cat £550 for M, should be at least double, £400 MUH, Unitrade 22 C$3000/1200. (P) $350$500
27901868-90 QV Large Queen 1c orange-yellow, medium paper. F-VF fresh MLH (looks MUH, but expertly redistributed gum). SG 56a cat £1100, Unitrade 23 C$4000/1600. (P) $500$700
27911868-90 QV large head 3c brown-red, laid paper. F-VF U, barred pmk. SG 58a cat £600, Unitrade 33 cat C$2500/1000. (P) $300$400
27931870-90 QV small head 1c bright yellow, variety "imperf pr". VF UN as issued. SG 75a cat £600. (P) $400$600
27941870-90 QV Small Queen 3c orange-red, thinnish paper, perf 12. F-VF fresh MUH. SG 83 cat £75 for M, should be at least double, £150 MUH, Unitrade 37 cat C$600/180. (P) $60$90
28141897 QV Jubilee $4 violet. VFU with violet cds used for bulk postage payments. SG 139 cat £700+. Unitrade 64 cat C$1500+. (P) $550$750
28151897 QV Jubilee $5 olive-green top value. Superb fresh M, perfect centring & large margins. Unitrade 65 cat C$2000++, SG 140 cat £1400++. Rare so nice! (P) $1300$2000
28161897 QV Jubilee $5 olive-green top value. VFM, right marginal. SG 140 cat £1400, Unitrade 65 cat C$2000. (P) $800$1200
28171897-98 QV Maple Leaves 2c violet. Superb fresh MUH. SG 144 cat £26 for M, should be at least double, £52+ MUH, Unitrade 68 cat C$240. Scarce so nice. (P) $60$90
28181898-1902 QV 2-leaf 1c deep green imperf horiz pr. Superb fresh MLH. Unitrade 75a cat C$1500, SG 152a cat £1100. (P) $800$1200
28191899 "2 CENTS" opt QV set 3c carmine, Maple Leaves & 3c rose-carmine, numerals at bottom. VF fresh MUH. SG 171-172 cat £41 for M, should be at least double, £82 MUH; Unitrade 87-88 cat C$320. (2) (P) $60$90
28201903-12 KEVII 20c deep olive green. VF fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 186 cat £325 for M, should be at least double, £650 MUH, Unitrade 94 cat C$4375/1400. (P) $450$650
28211908 Quebec Tercentenary set ½c-20c. VF fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 188-95 cat £550 for M, should be at least double, £1100 MUH, Unitrade 96-103 cat C$2000++. Very rare MUH. (8) (P) $700$1000
28221908 Quebec set ½c-20c. F-VF fresh MUH, couple sl gum disturbance, so priced as MLH. SG 188-95 cat £550 for M, should be at least £1100 MUH, Unitrade 96-103 cat C$2000+. Scarce set. (8) (P) $300$500
28231908 Quebec set ½c-20c. F-VF fresh MUH, pristine never hinged original gum. SG 188-95 cat £550 for M, should be at least £1100 MUH, Unitrade 96-103 cat C$2000. Rare MUH. (8). (P) $600$1000
28311928-29 KGV Pictorial set 1c-$1. VF fresh MUH. SG 275-85 cat £375 for M, should be at least £750 MUH, Unitrade 149-59 cat C$2240. (11). (P) $550$800
28321928-29 KGV Pictorial set 1c-$1. VF fresh MUH. Unitrade 149-59 cat C$2242, SG 275-85 cat £375 for M, should be at least double, £750 MUH. (11). (P) $600$800