BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

BC1309) Aden 1939/38 Definitives set set, SG 16/27. A very fine mint once lightly hinged set. Cat. £130 for unhinged. Price $157.50
 
BC1099) Barbados Postal stationery: Newspaper wrappers 1882 QV ½d Brown H & G 1, Unused, Price $39
 
BC1631) Barbados 1909-10 Seal set of 5 to 1/- overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ SG 163-169s, some hinge remains Mint, Cat £140, Price $189

BC1100) Barbados Postal stationery: Post cards 1950 KGVI 2c Sugar cane, bend at left, Unused, Price $39
 
BC1101) Barbados Postal stationery: Post cards 1959 3c QEII & Public buildings, Unused, Price $49
 
BC1102) Barbados Postal stationery: Post cards 1892-93 ½d Reddish brown on white overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Unused, Price $39
 
BC1294) Bermuda 1924-32 Script CA watermark KGV 2/6d Black & scarlet-vermilion/deep blue SG 89j with straight line fiscal cancel in violet, Cat £130 postally used, Price $39
 
BC1180) Bermuda 1936-47 KGV 1/- Green SG 105, Fine used, Cat £25, Price $35

BU42) Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) Colour PPC FDC bearing SG J82/84 cancelled by Flag Pictorial handstamps in Violet of 1 AUG 42 to Postmaster, Insein. Insein arrival cds on correspondence side of 2 AUG.43. Clean and neat, RARE! Price $995
 
BU45) Burma 1943 (Japanese Occupation) SG J76 5c Carmine, small C on small hand addressed cover to Henzada. Cancelled cds of Rangoon 4 AUG 43. Way better than average condition, price $395

BU36) BURMA 1945 BRITISH MILITARY ADMIN POSTAGE CACHET ON 1 Anna Brown KGVI Postal Stationery envelope SIGNED COL. U. THEIN. Used to Madras. Price $59
 
BC1192) Canada 1859 QV 1c Pale rose SG 29, bold barred cancel, Cat £50, Price $59

AUCT1776) Newfoundland 1865-70 medium white paper perf 12 2c Bluish-green SG 31, good perfs, nicely centred, Mint no gum, Cat £120 as Mint, Price $69

BC1204) Canada 1933 KGV coils perf 8½ 3c Scarlet SG 328 pair, hinge remains Mint, Cat £24, Price $29.99
 
BC1203) Canada 1935 KGV coils perf 8 1c Green & 2c Brown SG 352 & 353, hinge remains Mint, Cat £35, Price $45

BC892) Ceylon 1864 watermark Crown CC 2/- Steel blue SG59 (deep shade) some HR, fresh Mint, Cat £375, Price $449
 
BC1103) Ceylon Postal stationery: Newspaper wrappers 1879 QV 2c Brown with boxed text, full wrapper used to Kandy, Price $39
 
BC1184) Ceylon 1935-36 KGV pictorials 1r Violet-blue & chocolate SG 378, Fine used, Cat £32, Price $39

BC1918) 1935 Silver Jubilee sets of 3 from Cook Islands SG 113-15 & Samoa SG 177-79, Mint Cat £22.50, Price $29
 
BC1193) Cyprus 1882 QV surcharges 30pa on 1pi Rose SG 24, Fine used, Cat £110, Price $149
 
BC1194) Cyprus 1894-96 QV 9pi Brown & carmine SG 46, Nice used, Cat £42, Price $55
 
BC1206) Falkland Islands 1878-79 QV No watermark 1d Claret SG 1, with 1980 RPSL certificate stating ‘unused, is Genuine, torn and thinned – without gum’ there appears to be a tiny, closed tear at top and a shallow, central thin, a superior space filler, Cat £750 as Mint, Price $399

FAR1) Faroe Islands 1988 EUROPA set of 2 complete sheetlets of 20. MUH. Price $115
 
FAR2) Faroe Islands 1986 Bridges set of 3 complete sheetlets of 20, MUH. Price $300
 
FAR3) Faroe Islands 1987 EUROPA Architecture set of 2 complete sheetlets of 20, MUH. Price $118
 
FAR4) Faroe Islands 1987 Farm Buildings set of 4 complete sheetlets of 20, MUH. Price $290

BC1182) Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1935 Jubilee 3d Brown & deep blue SG 38, couple of nibbled perfs, Fine used, Cat £26, Price $24.99

LM61) Hong Kong 1885 QV 50c on 48c Yellowish Brown SG41 Used, some thinning. CV £50, price $25
 
BC1092) Hong Kong Edw VII 1904-06 watermark mult Crown CA 30c Dull green & black on chalk paper SG 84a, fine used, Cat £24, Price $35
 
BC1093) Hong Kong Edw VII 1904-06 watermark mult Crown CA 50c Green & magenta on chalk surface paper SG 85a, light bend, strong colour, fine used, Cat £23, Price $29
 
BC901) Hong Kong – PO’s in China 1917 overprints KGV wmk Mult Crown CA $1 Grey-purple & blue/blue SG 13a, fresh Mint, Cat £90, Price $119

HK603) Hong Kong 1900-01 QV 30c Brown SG 61, Fine used, Cat £32, Price $45
 
HK604 Hong Kong 1903 Edw VII watermark Crown CA 2c, 4c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 20c & 30c SG 63, 64, 66-70, Fine used, Cat £51+, Price $69
 
HK605) Hong Kong 1904-06 Edw VII watermark mult Crown CA 10c Purple & blue/blue SG 81, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £40, Price $55
 
HK606) Hong Kong 1904-06 Edw VII watermark mult Crown CA 2c, 4c, 8c, 8c, 20c & 50c unchecked for chalk papers SG 77-85 group, Nice-fine used, minimum Cat £38, Price $49
 
HK607) Hong Kong 1904-06 Edw VII watermark mult Crown CA $1 Purple & sage-green (does not appear to be chalk paper) SG 86, Fine used, Cat £50, Price $69
 
HK608) Hong Kong 1907-11 Edw VII colour changes 1c to 10c, 30c & 50c SG 91-95, 97 & 98, Fine used, Cat £95, Price $129
 
HK609) Hong Kong 1907-11 Edw VII colour changes 30c Purple & orange-yellow SG 97, Fine used Cat £60, Price $79
 
HK610) Hong Kong 1912-21 KGV watermark Mult Crown CA 1c to 50c including 12c white back, 25c type A only, SG 100-108, 106a, 110 & 111, lightly hinged Mint, minimum Cat £302, Price $399
 
HK611) Hong Kong 1912-21 KGV watermark Mult Crown CA 50c Black/blue-green, 50c white back & 50c on emerald surface SG 111, 111a & 111c, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £118, Price $159
 
HK612) Hong Kong 1912-21 KGV watermark Mult Crown CA $1 Purple & blue/blue SG 112, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £75, Price $99
 
HK613) Hong Kong 1912-21 KGV watermark Mult Crown CA $3 Green & purple SG 114, neat cds cancel Fine used, Cat £140, Price $179
 
HK614) Hong Kong 1921-37 KGV watermark Mult Script CA 10c, 25c, 30c & 50c SG 124, 126-28, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £74, Price $99

IN31) India 1929 Dum Dum India Trans-Atlantic Cacheted Flight Cover to Calcutta, 10th anniv. of 1919 Newfoundland to Ireland Flight. Bears 1A Brown KGV cancelled Dum Dum cds 14 JUN 29 and with Park St. Calcutta arrival cds of the same day. RARE! Price $659

IN3) India 1933 Rangoon-Karachi-London First Flight Cover addressed to Akyab (Burma) with 3a Blue Airmail & KGV 3pi tied by joined double Bi-plane pictorial cds/cachet reading: ‘FIRST AIR MAIL/INDIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL/AND IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/RANGOON-KARACHI-LONDON/RANGOON/2 OCT 33’ in violet and struck again on reverse, ‘AKYAB DELY’ cds also on reverse, Clean typed address cover. Exceedingly rare, price $575
 
IN4) India 1933 Rangoon-Karachi-London First Flight Cover addressed to the UK with KGV 2a6p & 4a strip of 3 tied by joined double Bi-plane pictorial cds/cachet reading: ‘FIRST AIR MAIL/INDIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL/AND IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/RANGOON-KARACHI-LONDON/RANGOON/2 OCT 33’ in violet and struck again on reverse, with typed ‘BURMA-CALCUTTA/INDIA-ENGLAND’ on front, over inked oval ‘?????/10 OCT 1933/LONDON’ arrival marking in violet on reverse, clean typed address cover, back with some very faint soiling & hinge remains, Exceedingly rare, price $575
 
IN6) India 1933 First Flight cover Akyab (Burma) to Calcutta with KGV 1929 2a Air & 1932 1a3p, tied by two strikes of ‘AKYAB/30SEP33/6-PM/SOR’ cds, green window faced cover with typed ‘FIRST AIR MAIL AKYAB CALCUTTA’ and address neatly typed on insert, small oval ‘??? BANK OF INDIA’ cachet in violet at lower left, Calcutta arrival roller cancel on reverse, attractive & rare cover, Price $299
 
IN9) India 1933 First Flight cover Akyab (Burma) to Rangoon with KGV 1929 2a Air & 1932 1a3p, tied by two strikes of ‘AKYAB/30SEP33/6-PM/SOR’ cds, green window faced cover with typed ‘FIRST AIR MAIL AKYAB RANGOON’ and address neatly typed on insert, small oval ‘??? BANK OF INDIA’ cachet in violet at lower left, RANGOON arrival cds on reverse, attractive & rare cover, Price $299
 
IN10) India 1933 First Flight cover Calcutta to Akyab (Burma) with KGV 1932 1a3p & 2a, tied by ‘CALCUTTA G.P.O./30SEP33/3.15-PM/’ cds, with typed ‘By Air- Calcutta-Akyab/First Flight Imperial Airways Extension’ neatly typed address, Akyab arrival cds on reverse. Rare cover, Price $299
 
IN11) India 1933 First Flight cover Calcutta to Rangoon with KGV 1932 1a3p & 2a, tied by ‘CALCUTTA G.P.O./30SEP33/3.15-PM/’ cds, with typed ‘By Air- Calcutta-Rangoon/First Flight Imperial Airways Extension’ neatly typed address, small faint ‘??? BANK OF INDIA’ cachet in violet on front, Rangoon arrival cds on reverse. Rare cover, Price $299
 
IN32) India 1933 Calcutta-Karachi First Flight Cover addressed to the UK with KGV 8a Airmail & KGV 3pi pair, tied by two strikes of ‘CALCUTTA/3.15 PM/10 JLY 33’ cds and with rectangular ‘CALCUTTA-KARACHI /10? JLY 33/FIRST AIRMAIL’ Bi-plane pictorial hand stamp in black on reverse, with typed ‘India-England/Calcutta-Karachi/first flight/via Cairo’ ‘PURLEY S.O.’ arrival stamp on reverse, cover is creased through the 8a adhesive and has been spiked. Exceedingly rare, price $349

IN37) India 1933 First Flight ‘Imperial Bank of India’ larger cover Akyab (Burma) to Singapore with KGV 1929 4a Air x 3 & 1a3p x 2, tied by four strikes of ‘AKYAB/17DEC33/8-AM/SOR’ cds, endorsed ‘Akyab-Singapore’ no backstamps, rare cover, Price $299
 
IN39) India 21st October 1933 First Flight cover? Akyab (Burma) to Calcutta with KGV 1929 3a Air & 1932 1a3p, with ‘CALCUTTA G.P.O./23 OCT 33/4-PM/P.B.’ arrival backstamp, Price $99
 
IN40) India 1933 Flight cover Akyab (Burma) to Calcutta with KGV 1929 2a Air & 1a3p tied by two strikes of ‘AKYAB/4 DEC 33/10-AM/SOR’ cds, endorsed ‘Akyab-Calcutta’, Calcutta arrival backstamp, Price $199

IN41) India 1933 First Flight? cover Akyab (Burma) to Calcutta with KGV ½a, 1a & 1a3p, tied by three strikes of ‘AKYAB/16 OCT 33/7-AM/SOR’ cds, endorsed ‘Akyab-Calcutta’, Calcutta arrival backstamp, rare, Price $299

IN19) India 1934 registered commercial airmail cover Calcutta to Rangoon with KGV 6a & 3p, tied by ‘COLOOTOLA (ST) CALCUTTA’ cds, ‘REGISTRATION RANGOON’ arrival backstamp, Price $99
 
IN23) India 1934 Karachi-Lahore First Flight Cover addressed to North Arcot with KGV 3a Blue Airmail tied by ‘PERNAMBUT/3.15 PM/28 NOV 34’ cds and with rectangular ‘KARACHI-LAHORE/6 DEC 34/FIRST AIRMAIL’ Bi-plane pictorial hand stamp in black on front, Pernambut, Karachi & Lahore date stamps on reverse. Exceedingly rare, price $575

IN44) India 1934 Rangoon-Australia First Flight Cover addressed to ‘Hut Creek, via Ambrose, N.C. Line Queensland’ with KGV 3a & 6a Airmails & 2a tied by two strikes of ‘RANGOON G.P.O./21 DEC 34/5- PM/’ cds, with typed BURMA-AUSTRALIA, Cloncurry arrival stamp on reverse, appears to be AAMC 469j, scarce, Price $199
 
IN50) India 1934 Lahore-Karachi Adwaney Stamp Co printed First Flight Cover addressed to Multan with KGV 2a Green Airmail tied by rectangular ‘LAHORE-KARACHI /4 DEC 34/FIRST AIRMAIL’ Bi-plane pictorial hand stamp in black, two different Multan arrival date stamps on reverse. Exceedingly rare, price $575
 
IN46) 1935 airmail commercial front Rangoon to the UK with KGV 3a6p pair tied by untidy ‘RANGOON GPO’ cds, endorsed ‘Burma-England’ with GB ½d Emerald Postage Due and ‘½d ??’ handstamped due marking, attractive, Price $69
 
IN22) India 1935 Trivandrum-Bombay First Flight cover with KGV 1a cancelled by large rectangular (75mm x 40mm) pictorial bi-plane ‘FIRST FLIGHT/TRIVANDRUM BOMBAY/1 NOV 1935’ cachet in black, 1a only paid the surface rate and so this cover was underpaid to be carried by air mail,  a m/s BY AIRMAIL has been over struck with a boxed ‘CANCELLED/BOMBAY/1 NO. 35’ handstamp, indicating it may not have been carried on this flight, the ‘MATUNGA/BOMBAY’ arrival cds on the reverse is dated ‘2 NOV 35’, rare cover, Price $299
 
BC889) Malaysia: Straits Settlements 1867 Crown Colony overprints on India 3c on 1a SG 3, few short perfs, bold cancel, Cat £95, Price $79
 
BC1202) Malaysia: Straits Settlements Edw VII 1904-10 mult Crown CA 50c dull green & carmine chalk surfaced paper SG 135b & 1906-12 $2 Green & red/yellow SG 166, Good used, Cat £46, Price $49
 
NZ36) New Zealand 1856 2d Blue on blue paper imperf. Chalon Head, SG 5. Neat clean complete strike barred numeral 1 of Auckland. Attractive 3 margin example, cat. £300, rare in this condition, price $395
 
NZ45) New Zealand 1900 Pictorials watermark NZ over Star perf 11 2d Purple SG 276c, some hinge remains Mint, Price $24.99
 
NZ142) New Zealand 1968 $2 Multicoloured Geyser on Official NZ Post FDC, neat  typed address to Moonee Ponds Vic. Just some very minor toning of gum to edges of a few perfs. Price $29
BC1207) Niue 1935 Jubilee set SG 69-71, Fine used, Cat £35, Price $49
 
BC1623) North Borneo Waterlow imperf proof 25c Native boat complete design with security punch, gum adhesion, Price $39
 
BC1624) North Borneo Waterlow imperf proofs 25c Native boat complete design (paper/gum Partly doubled?) & frame only examples with security punches, MUH, Price $99
 
BC1629) North Borneo Waterlow imperf proof 4c Frame only right marginal block of 4 with security punches, some pencil annotations on gum MUH, Price $199
 
BC1628) North Borneo Waterlow imperf proof 25c Frame only block of 4 with security punches, small red ink mark on upper right unit MUH, Price $179
 
BC1633) North Borneo Waterlow imperf proofs 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 15c & 25c Frames only with security punches, the 3c with gum adhesion, 1c, 4c & 25c are marginal, MUH, Price $279
 
BC1468) North Borneo 1895-97 Postage Dues 2c Black & lake SG D2, cds cancels Fine used Cat £25, Price $35
 
BC1469) North Borneo 1895-97 Postage Dues 5c Black & vermilion SG D5, , cds cancels Fine used Cat £45, Price $59
 
BC1470) North Borneo 1895-97 Postage Dues 18c Black & deep green SG D10, some gum adhesion Mint, Cat £80, Price $99
 
BC1471) North Borneo 1895-97 Postage Dues 24c Blue & rose-lake SG 11, Mint no gum, Cat £150 as Mint, Price $89
 
BC1467) North Borneo 1897-1902 perf 13½-14 4c Black & carmine SG 99, hinge remains Mint, Cat £45, Price $59
 
BC1479) North Borneo 1897-1902 6c, 18c & 24c overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ SG 101s,108s & 109s, minor gum faults Mint, Price $79
 
BC1291) North Borneo 1888-92 Postage & Revenue redrawn 25c Indigo SG 45, Mint with hinge remains, Cat £120, Price $169
 
BC1043) North Borneo: Labuan 1896 25c Green SG 80, hinge remains Mint, Cat £45, Price $59
 
BC1058) North Borneo: Labuan 1896 Jubilee overprints set (ex 5c) SG 83-85, 87 & 88, the 8c Mint no gum, others Mint with hinge remains, Cat £235 as all Mint, Price $249

MPN25) Pitcairn Islands 1963 Freedom From Hunger MUH, Price 25.50
 
BC1463) Sarawak 1875 Sir Charles Brooks set of 5 to 12c SG 3-7, CTO Cat £36, Price $45
 
BC1108) Samoa 1878/9 5/- Green Express Stamp 2nd state, SG 9. Mint original gum, imperf at left. Rare stamp, cat. £4000. Price $2950

BC1082) Sierra Leone 1935 Jubilee 5d variety ‘Extra flagstaff’ SG 183a, some hinge remains, fresh Mint, Cat £180, Price $229
 
BC1130) Sierra Leone 1951 long registered surface mail cover to Sea Insurance Liverpoool, from Sierra Leone Coaling Co. Ltd. (In Voluntary Liquidation) Registered Freetown cds on reverse of 29 JA 51. Bears KGVI 2d & 6d. Neat typewritten cover, small tear top right does not affect adhesives. Price $29
 
MSG48) Singapore 1960's Stamp Sets MINT, Price $36.75

MSG119) Singapore 1962 Definitive Fish FDC. Price $28

MSG120) Singapore 1962 Definitive Fish FDC. $28
 
BC1154) Singapore 1966 1st Anniv. Official FDC, typed address to Malaysia. Price $29

MSG127) Singapore 1971 Art Paintings FDC Presentation Pack. Price $40

MSG128) Singapore 1971 Art Paintings FDC Presentation Pack. Price $30

MSG56) Singapore 1985 Insects USED, Price $29.30
 
MSG57) Singapore 1990's Year Sets USED, Price $77

BC1339) SOUTH AFRICA - PROVINCES: NATAL: 1904-08 (SG.162) KEVII £1-10/- BROWN-ORANGE AND DEEP PURPLE, LIGHT CLEAN FISCAL CANCEL, CAT. £4750 = approx. $8550 POSTALLY USED. Very cheap at under 5% catalogue. $395
 
BC1098) Straits Settlements QV 10c on 30c Claret, overprint type a, SG 22, untidy postmark, Cat £100, Price $99

BC1908) Tonga 1923-24 ‘TWO PENCE’ surcharge set of 7 to 2d on 5/- SG 64-70, values to 2d on 2/6d Mint with paper adhesion, 2d on 5/- fine Mint, Cat £180, Price $129
 
BC1909) Tonga 1923-24 ‘TWO PENCE’ surcharges on 2/- & 2/6d SG 68 & 69 Mint with paper adhesion, Cat £105, Price $79
 
BC1910) Tonga 1923-24 ‘TWO PENCE’ surcharge on 5/- SG 70, light hinge remains Mint Cat £42, Price $59
 
BC1911) Tonga 1938 20th Anniversary of Queen Salote set of 3 SG 71-73, some hinge remains Mint, Cat £38 as MUH, Price $39
 
BC1912) Tonga 1942-49 watermark Script CA definitive set of 10 to 5/-, includes 2d Die III SG 76-82, some hinge remains Mint, Cat £93 as MUG, Price $99
 
BC1913) Tonga 1942-49 watermark Script CA 2/6d Deep purple SG 81, lightly hinged Mint, Cat £50 as MUH, Price $55
 
BC1914) Tonga 1942-49 watermark Script CA set 1d to 1/- including 2d Die III SG 75-80 Fine used, Cat £36, Price $49
 
BC1915) Tonga 1951 50th Anniv Treaty of Friendship set of 6 SG 95-100, Fine used Cat £23, Price $29
 
BC1917) Tonga 1944 Queen Salote’s Silver Jubilee set of 5 SG 83-87 in blocks of 4, all CTO/Fine used with centrally struck ‘NUAUALOFA/25 JA 44 3-PM/TONGA’ cds cancels (the day of issue), a very attractive set Cat £72 as used sets, Price $99
 
BC1106) Transvaal Postal stationery: Newspaper wrappers 1902 Edw VII 1d Carmine on yellow buff H & G 10, full wrapper used to Belgium, some wrinkling & tear at left, Price $39
 
BC1104) Trinidad Postal stationery: Newspaper wrappers 1902 Edw VII ½d Green full wrapper used to the Netherlands, Amsterdam arrival backstamp etc, Price $39
 
BC1105) Trinidad Postal stationery: Newspaper wrappers 1902 Edw VII ½d Green full wrapper used to the Netherlands, Amsterdam arrival backstamp etc, Price $39