Great Britain & British Empire 2025

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

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

148 | Great Britain & British Empire

50573

C 

S.G. 146e

1935 Silver Jubilee 25c slate and purple, mint single showing “double flagstaff” variety, plate 6, R5/2,

fine and scarce (S.G. £475).

150 - 200

British Levant

50574

F 

1879 stampless disinfected entire from Constantinople to London, re-directed to Margate, rated “8”

and showing handstruck “2”; multiple punctures for disinfection.

70 - 90

50575

CC C Collection 

Collection: 1885-1921, complete mint collection incl. 1893 Provisional 40pa on 1/2d (traces of o.g.,

cert. BPA 1997), 1905 KEVII 1p on 2d grey-green and carmine mint (S.G. £1’500, cert. BPA 2013),

fine condition.

340 - 600

50576

C DCE H J 

Collection: 1885-1921 Clean mint and used collection mounted on four album pages, mostly singles,

plus SG L18-L24 in mint nh blocks of four (SG £400+), mixed to very fine (SG £1’430+)

150 - 200

Field Post Office in Salonica

50577

CC C J 

S.G. S3

1916 2d reddish orange in mint block of 42, hinged in the margins only, light diagonal crease through

row 5, otherwise very fine and fresh, the largest known multiple of this value (S.G. £8’400+).

2’000 - 3’000

British Occupation of Italian Colonies

Eastern Africa

50578

F / 146

S.G. M6, M7, M10

1942 (22. VI. ) cover to the Military Adviser in Chief, I.S.F. New Delhi, India franked M.E.F. 13.5mm 1d.,

two 2d (both with kiss doubling of overprint) and 5d. tied E.A. A.P.O. 55 cds, violet censor cachet at left,

red manuscript “PD extra 50Cts) and on reverse Kenya Uganda Tanganyika 5c and 10c (vertical strips

of four and three) added and tied E.A. A.P.O.2 cds, New Delhi arrivals, one tying 10c.

150 - 180

Eritrea

50579

F / 146

Sassone 3,4,5I

1942, Censored airmail letter M.E.F. to South Africa franked Cairo printing 2 1/2d and 3d + Nairobi

printing type A 5pi (2) postmarked ‘US ARMY POSTAL SERVICE APO 16.12.42’ and Asmara transit at

back, opening tears at top, otherwise very fine and a great MEF/BMA rarity (especially foreign going),

cert. Cardillo (Sassone approx € 20’000+).

400 - 800

50580

G H F 

1946-51, Specialised collection of M.E.F., B.M.A. & B.A. overprints on album leaves with 23 covers and

many fragments & stamps of Eritrea, Somalia, Tripolitania and the rarely seen Dodecanes, noted many

scarce covers and cancellations

600 - 900