449000 | British Commonwealth ➝ Kenya/Uganda and Tanganyika ➝ British East Africa
Opening: 400 €
1897/1903, Victoria 1 r.-10 r. including 2 shades of 1 r., unused, fine/very fine (SG 1445,-)
2 Items
Opening: 500 €
50r. mauve, unused, light gum bend, fine, a scarce stamp, certificate BPA (2010) (SG 1600,-)
432450 | British Commonwealth ➝ Canada ➝ Crown Colony of Canada
2 Items
Opening: 1.800 €
1852/57, ½ d. deep rose, block of nine, marginal from base of sheet with full imprint, unused with not original gum, some creasing partly repaired, but still attractive and very rare, certificate BPA (2009)
Provenance: Dale-Liechtenstein (1969)
475025 | British Commonwealth ➝ South Africa ➝ Cape of Good Hope
Opening: 100 €
1823, "POST OFFICE SIMONS TOWN", crowned handstamp on official folded letter to Cape Town with arrival mark on front
Opening: 80 €
1840, "POST PAID", boxed handstamp on entire letter from Graaf Reinet to Cape Town
Opening: 200 €
1893, ½ d. green (2) and 1 d. rose-red, tied by Port Elizabeth cds. to newspaper 'Cape Times' of November 29, 1899 to England
475075 | British Commonwealth ➝ South Africa ➝ Mafeking Siege Stamps
Opening: 3.000 €
MAFEKING: 1900, Baden-Powell 3 d. deep blue on blue, tied by clear date stamp "MAFEKING AP 12 1900" to local cover, adressed in care of town merchant Julius Weil; very fine and rare
442000 | British Commonwealth ➝ Gold Coast
Opening: 100 €
1888, Victoria 1 sh. violet, tied by cds. "ADA SE 22 95" to registered letter 2 d. blue to Switzerland, endorsed "p. S.S. Marie Woermann" in red, transit and arrival marks, cover opened at top, fine
444350 | British Commonwealth ➝ Hong Kong ➝ Stamps
Opening: 150 €
1976, Booklet Elizabeth 10 c. with 20 items, unmounted mint, postage rates schedules with red pen strokes (Mi.-no. A317; Mi. 700,- +)
461600 | British Commonwealth ➝ Nigeria and territories ➝ Lagos
Opening: 80 €
1887/1902, Victoria 2½ d. blue, tied by 9 bar oval to cover from "LAGOS W. AFRICA AP 25 95" to Liverpool with arrival mark, cover endorsed "per Eduard Bohlen"
456250 | British Commonwealth ➝ Mauritius
Opening: 1.000 €
1848/59, POST PAID early impressions: 1 d. orange-vermilion, slightly touched at upper left, otherwise full to wide margins, very fresh shining colour, cancelled by numeral "3", fine, sign. Köhler
2 Items
Opening: 8.000 €
2 d. blue, cut to shape, tied by black grid to folded letter with adjacent boxed "SOUILLAC. AU (manuscript 10) 1852" to Port Louis with adjacent boxed "INLAND" and crowned "MAURITIUS GPO"; some age wear, but still an attractive and very rare early letter, sign. Calves and certificate David Brandon
2 Items
Opening: 800 €
Intermediate impressions: 1 d. dull vermilion, good to wide margins and nice colour, lightly cancelled by target; very fine, certificate Brandon
3 Items
Opening: 5.000 €
worn impressions: 1 d. red-brown on grey, 2 single copies, both with full to mostly wide margins, tied by target cancel to letter sheet from Port Louis to London, showing on reverse crowned "MAURITIUS GPO JU 20 1859"; manuscript "Overland via Marseille"; a fine and rare entire; sign. Calves and certificate Brandon
2 Items
Opening: 150 €
1 d. red on bluish, nice colour, good to wide margins, cancelled by boxed "INLAND", very fine, certificate Sismondo
Opening: 300 €
2 d. blue, good to wide margins, neatly cancelled with central "1", very fine
Opening: 300 €
Latest impressions 1 d. red, vertical pair with wide margins, neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Köhler and Calves
2 Items
Opening: 1.000 €
1 d. red, 2 copies together with Britannia 1859/61, 6 d. blue, all with clear "PAID" in circle on piece, very fine and attractive, certificate BPA
3 Items
Opening: 8.000 €
1 d. red with good to wide margins, tied by barred oval to cpl. printed matter via London to Genova, Italy, showing on front clear oval "FORWARDED BY SCOTT & CO. MAURITIUS"; a very fine and extremely rare entire; certificate RPS
Opening: 1.000 €
1 d. red, vertical strip of 3, tied by numeral "3" to letter sheet with adjacent boxed "Souillac MR 16 1859" to Port Louis; the left stamp with filing crease, still fine; a scarce cover
Opening: 500 €
2 d. blue PENOE, touched at left, otherwise good margins, with clear "14" to cover front with adjacent boxed "Plain Magnan MR 20 1856"; tear in the front only
475150 | British Commonwealth ➝ South Africa ➝ Natal
Opening: 150 €
1857/61, embossed issue 3 d. rose, good margins and nice embossing, used by clear blue date stamp; faint thinning at left outside of the design; a very fine stamp, scarce in this condition, ex Ferrari
Opening: 400 €
6 d. green, wide to large margins all around, used with small blue cds. on piece, extremely fine and scarce
2 Items
Opening: 1.000 €
6 d. green vertically bisected, tied by barred "1" to piece with adjacent double circle "PIETER MARITZBURG JUL 15 1861"; faint crease through the stamp, nevertheless attractive and very rare, pictured in Robson Lowe vol. II; certificate RPS (1919)
2 Items
Opening: 1.000 €
6 d. green (ca. 25:30 mm), tied by oval "POST OFFICE P.M. BURG" to entire letter 1858 to Cape Town with arrival mark on reverse; fine and scarce, certificate RPS (1988)