413500 | British Commonwealth ➝ Commonwealth of Australia
Opening: 100 €
Australia: 1932, Opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge, 2 d. - 5 s. cpl., unused, fine
421750 | British Commonwealth ➝ Bermuda
Opening: 200 €
Bermuda: 1918/22, wmk mult. crown CA 1 £ purple and black on red, unhinged mint and 10 sh. green and carmine on pale bluish-green, unused, very fine
Opening: 100 €
1924/32, wmk mult. script CA 12 sh. 6 p. grey and orange, unhinged mint, very fine
424750 | British Commonwealth ➝ British Honduras
Opening: 100 €
British Honduras: 1913/21, George V 5 $ purple and black on red, copy from the top sheet margin with plate no. "1", unhinged mint
427600 | British Commonwealth ➝ British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia
2 Items
Opening: 100 €
British Postal Agencies In Eastern Arabia: "Oman", somewhat weak red date stamp on front of small envelope 1867 to Bombay with arrival marks
475025 | British Commonwealth ➝ South Africa ➝ Cape of Good Hope
Opening: 130 €
Cape of Good Hope: 1863/64, 1 sh. emerald green, clear to good margins, used, fine, sign. AD (SG £ 450,-)
436750 | British Commonwealth ➝ Dominica
Opening: 100 €
Dominica: 1923/33, 1 £ black and purple on red, unhinged mint, very fine
441500 | British Commonwealth ➝ Gibraltar ➝ Stamps
Opening: 750 €
Gibraltar: 1925/32, 5 £, copy from the bottom sheet margin, unused with only tiny hingemark, very fine
442000 | British Commonwealth ➝ Gold Coast
Opening: 900 €
Gold Coast: 1889/94, Victoria 20 sh. green and red, unused with large part original gum, very fine
444350 | British Commonwealth ➝ Hong Kong ➝ Stamps
2 Items
Opening: 80 €
Hongkong: 1863, Victoria 8 c. pale dull orange tied by the barred oval "B62" to cover with tax "4" to Bombay with arrival mark
2 Items
Opening: 40.000 €
96 c. olive/bistre extremely fresh deep colour, wing margin cut at left, fine perforation at 3 sides, unused without gum; a rarity in this condition, certificate Scheller; no.34 in the listing of Ng Kwai Lung
Provenance: Robson Lowe (July 1963)
Opening: 300 €
1891, 20 CENTS on 30 c. and 1900/02 10 c. blue (with security marking "MELCHERS & CO.") , both tied by 2 clear strikes "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE c 10/6 02" to cover to Germany with arrival mark, fine and very scarce
Opening: 120 €
50th Anniversary of colony 2 c. carmine, horizontal pair with sheet margin at left, used, fine
Opening: 280 €
1900/01, 2 c. green used on main part of double card 3 c. brown with 3 strikes "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE e 27 6 02" (steamer 'Hamburg') to Germany with arrival mark; very rare and attractive
2 Items
Opening: 70 €
4 c. carmine, horizontal pair with security marking "MELCHERS & CO" as additional franking on envelope 2 c. green from "VICTORIA HONGKONG AU 7 02" to Germany, endorsed "Per 'Kiautschou'"
Opening: 70 €
1907/11, 10 c. ultramarine, tied by "SWATOW B JY 6 11" to reverse of small red band cover to Bangkok with transit mark of Victoria and 2 different arrival marks, very fine
445750 | British Commonwealth ➝ Ionian Islands (Ionioi NHΣOI, EΠTANHΣOΣ)
2 Items
Opening: 100 €
Ionian Islands: 1831, entire letter from Corfu to Zante with oval seal cancel of Corfu and large double circle of Zante with manuscript postage "D5", fine, opinion Holcombe and certificate Van der Linden BPP
445010 | British Commonwealth ➝ India ➝ Stamps
Opening: 120 €
India: 1880/81, 2 a. brown-orange (2) and 1/2 a. pale blue tied by barred "C" to reverse of registered cover from Calcutta with boxed "REGISTERED CALCUTTA..." to Jhelum with arrival mark plus 1/2 a. postal stationery envelope with additional franking 2 a. brown-orange on reverse as registered cover from Hazro with boxed "REGISTERED HAZRO...." to Amritsar with arrival mark
2 Items
Opening: 250 €
1948, Gandhi 1 1/2 a.-10 r. set of 4 in souvenir booklet "MEMERIAL STAMPS", unused
448000 | British Commonwealth ➝ Kenya
Opening: 1.000 €
KENYA AND UGANDA: 1922, 5 £ black and blue, copy from the lower right sheet corner with plate no. "1", unhinged mint with small hinge mark in the margin only, very fine
448750 | British Commonwealth ➝ Kenya/Uganda and Tanganyika
Opening: 150 €
KENYA, UGANDA AND TANGANYIKA: 1935/37, George V 1 c.-1 £ cpl., unhinged mint, very fine
461600 | British Commonwealth ➝ Nigeria and territories ➝ Lagos
Opening: 60 €
Lagos: 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"
475075 | British Commonwealth ➝ South Africa ➝ Mafeking Siege Stamps
Opening: 120 €
Mafeking: 1900, Baden-Powell 3 d. deep blue on blue, tied by cds. "MAFEKING MY 7 1900" to small piece, very fine, sign. Kosack
456250 | British Commonwealth ➝ Mauritius
2 Items
Opening: 200 €
Mauritius: 1811, entire letter from Grand River, written by an English officer to his father at the Scottish Isle of Mull with faint "PORT. LOUIS / PORT PAID" oval "SHIPLETTER" and arrival mark of Glasgow on front; according to certificate Van der Linden BPP the earliest known letter with the British stamp of Port Louis; opinion Holcombe
2 Items
Opening: 400 €
1845, letter sheet with part of contents with red double circle "MAURITIUS POST OFFICE AU 28 1845" via Galle (Ceylon), Aden, Suez via overland mail to Alexandria, Malta and Marseille to Bordeaux, prepaid to Alexandria with 1 sh. 8 p.; in France taxed with "19" decimes, on front quite clear double circle "PURIFIER AU LAZARET/MALTE"; fine and scarce, certificate Van der Linden BPP and opinion Holcombe