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 | 139

50534

C / 138

S.G. 119ce

1938-53 10s yellowish green and deep carmine red on green ordinary paper showing variety broken

lower right scroll, in mint corner marginal single, very fine (S.G. £2’750).

600 - 700

50535

C 

S.G. 121cf

1938-53 £1 deep reddish purple & black on pale red with gash in chin variety, mint h.r., very fine

(S.G. £2’000).

340 - 500

50536

A / 134

1950s, three hand-drawn design ideas, two with KGVI full face, one black and white of wild hog and the

other colour of Sommerville house, plus blue and black work for Stamp Centenary, the three returned

in 1953 with the distressed Colonial Treasurer envelope to a Ronald Chadwick.

500 - 600

50537

F Collection 

Airmails: Fine presented, written-up collection on pages from Second Special Flight of the Airship USS Los

Angeles with Westbound and Eastbound routes, black or violet handstamps, red Eastbound cancels, April

16 1925 cover from Hamilton with three-line handstamp showing inverted and reversed SE in SERVICE,

further cover with both the black three-line handstamp and the two-line violet, 1927 cover to Medford,

Oregon flown on Chicago- San Francisco CAM route 18, signed by pilot, 1930 1c Jefferson printed

incoming stationery, 1930 mixed Bermuda USA franking cover to Jamaica by FAM Route 5 extension,

1939 Horta to Bermuda mixed franking return censored cover, 1937 (8 June) Westbound Survey Flight

by Imperial Airways, 1937 Imperial Airways cover to London with cachet on reverse DAMAGED BY

WATER/AT/ CHANCERY LANE SAFE DEPOSIT,/DURING AIR RAID/ SEPTEMBER, 1940, later 1930s covers

showing the opening of other inward and outward routes and from later 1940s to 1980s and also with

some ephemera and postcards from early to middle periods. A fine basis for expansion (200 covers)

1’500 - 1’800

50538

F 

Collection: Postal history accumulation in five small volume with Victoria mostly unused stationery,

1900s covers and postcards, 1910-30s tall ships covers and cards with censored mail, 1925 incoming

USA airmails, 1930s Silver Jubilee envelopes, KGVI definitive issue covers with first day usages,

commemorative covers; mostly good to fine (220).

400 - 600

50539

C H 

Collection: 1938-53 attractive range of mint KGVI “Key types” on Hagner with 2s x 7 incl. SG 116, 2

x 2s6d, 5s x 5 incl. 118b, 10s x 3 incl. SG 119, 12s6d (used) and £1 x 4 incl. SG 121 and 121e corner

marginal UM, plus 2 used.

200 - 300

British Antarctic Territory

50540

CC J 

S.G. 38-41

1971 Antarctic Treaty set of four in full mint n.h. sheets of sixty. The Heijtz specialised catalogue states

that gutter pairs of the 1½p and 4p values are unknown as full printer’s sheets of sixty were guillotined

into sheets of thirty. That catalogue also lists gutter pairs of the 5p and 10p at £120 each. These sheets

have marginal numbers (all no.51) which normally indicates delivery to the territory. Previously stored

in a roll for many years there is some wear at the margins etc., perhaps a touch of gum toning. These

are possibly the only set of complete sheets, and the only examples of the 1½p and 4p gutters (S.G.

£39 per set as singles = £2’340).

150 - 300