Great Britain & British Empire 2025

Great Britain & British Empire December 8 & 9, 2025 at 10:00 CET

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

December 8 & 9, 2025 | 129

50475A

50475B

50475A

C 

S.G. 41

1915-16 1st wmk Crown over A 5s grey & yellow perf.12 with type C ovpt mint l.h., very fine and scarce

with only around 360 estimated to have been printed so only around 144 of type C; cert. Ceremuga

(2014) (S.G. £2’750).

800 - 1’200

50475B

C 

S.G. 41

1915-16 1st wmk Crown over A £1 brown & ultramarine perf.12 ovpt mint h.r., very fine (S.G. £800).

200 - 300

50476

G 

S.G. 99, 102/121

1915-16 £1 chocolate and dull blue along with 14 values from the 1918.22 issue up to 10s, tied to two

pieces by Rabaul 21 Jul 21 cds, very fine (S.G. £969+).

240 - 300

50477

50478

50481ex

50477

C 

S.G. 102w

1918-22 1/2d green with watermark inverted variety, mint o.g., a little gum toning at foot and some

slightly rough perfs, scarce (S.G. £3’500).

700 - 900

50478

C 

S.G. 103a

1918-22 1d carmine-red, die I, with substituted cliché variety, mint l.h., faint gum bend not detracting,

very fine and rare; cert. Jerry Blair (2015) (S.G. £1’000).

240 - 340

50478A

C 

S.G. 41

Collection: 1918-23, collection mounted on pages with mint Roo and KGV Profile issues plus three

pages of mint or used varieties on the overprint or stamp, fine and attractive lot.

400 - 600

50479

F 

1929-34 group of 12 mainly internal covers and a front with Native village issue covers including 1929

envelope bearing 1/2d and 1d cancelled very fine Finchhafen cds, redirected from Rabaul to Tulagi,

seven covers from Kieta to Faisi with violet or black cancels plus one 6d registered cover from same

correspondence, an unclearly dated wrapper with pair 1d, two later Bird of Paradise covers and an

airmail front addressed to British Solomons.

100 - 150

50480

F 

S.G. 126, 130

1929-31, 2 first issue covers of Mandated Territory of New Guinea: Printed matter envelope

FINSCHHAFEN to USA franked 1d green(1929) and registered cover KIETA to HAWAI franked 6d

brown-ochre (1931), fine.

60 - 100