Great Britain & British Empire 2025

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

Lot n°

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December 8 & 9, 2025 | 173

50729

F DFE 

1860s onwards, Queen Victoria stamped accumulation with a group of 1/2a local covers, single or multiple

frankings (150+) plus over one hundred covers with internal and external usages, some registered, from

1860s with India Paid handstamps, useful values such as 4a black and green; some mixed condition

200 - 300

50730

F 

1865-1940s, Queen Victoria to KGVI accumulation of covers and cards, all with instructional

handstamps with Postage Dues, D.L.O.’s, Insufficient, Late Fee, DETAINED/ LATE FEE NOT PAID framed

two-line or straight-line, 1939 registered cover straight-line violet LATE FEE PAID, framed two-line

POSTED IN/ WRONG TRAIN TOO LATE with 1865 4a cover Jhansee to Wales, 1915 framed TOO LATE

Calcutta to New York, Unpaid; a fine lot with both covers and postal stationery, most of the handstamps

fine and clear, fair to fine condition (140).

500 - 600

50731

F 

1870-90 Soldier and Seamen’s stationery envelopes with three 9p envelopes used to England and

seven ‘One Anna’ surcharge envelopes used, duplicated unused envelopes, also with 1880-1900s

‘Quarter Anna’ India Service Post cards used (16) many with printed backs; good to fine condition

100 - 150

50732

F Collection 

1890-1920s accumulation of 250+ envelopes addressed to Bushire, mostly with arrival cancels, either

British or Persian, similar slightly later group to Meshed plus a group of Iranian commercial mail from

1930-50s (72); some mixed condition, mostly good.

150 - 250

50733

F 

Registered stationery envelopes, mostly Victorian with uprated internal 2a envelopes to an Allahabad

Bank, 1893 registered 2a uprated 2a (2) and 3a Tuticorn to London, plus some later reigns; fair to fine

condition (21).

100 - 120

50734

F 

Queen Victoria postal stationery cards, envelopes and two 1/2a blue letter sheets used with uprated to

overseas, internal usages, some instructional handstamps, fair to fine condition (180+)

200 - 300

50735

F 

KEVII Accumulation of internal and external mail with uprated registration stationery used internally,

other stationery including O.H.M.S. 1/4a cards used, some instructional handstamps and labels, 1900

parcel tag franked seven 2a endorsed “Per Banghy” (114)

100 - 120

50736

F 

1907-22 Commemorative Event cancellation items with 1907 Bombay postcard franked 3p tied Minto

Fete Calcutta date stamp, 1911 Coronation Durbar 1a cover with fine roller cancel, plus two brochures

franked 1a, 2a or 3a on reverse and a photo postcard used 1912, 1921 9p Soldiers Envelope uprated

3p with The Prince of Wales Camp P.O. date stamp and similarly cancelled 9p on 1a cover; good to fine.

120 - 150

50737

F 

1920s-50s, Airmails postal history from 1927 pair of covers to UK endorsed “Air Mail Urgent Basra-

Cairo”, 1928 5a rate cover to London endorsed “air mail via/ Marseilles-London” and another franked at

8a endorsed “Via Basra, Cairo, Marseilles”, various 1929 airmails with first air label and circular By Air

handstamps, later 1930s covers with some internal first flights and later with 1941 cover to Scotland

via China and 1943 registered censored cover to Worcester, USA franked 1/2a., 8a. and pair 5r; fair to

fine condition (80)

200 - 300

50738

F 

King George V postal history and stationery both internal and external with some airmails,

commemoratives with Silver Jubilee and Inauguration issues including the latter set on cover and 1931

1/2a stationery card uprated 3a tied Uniara cds, 1924 Mount Everest Expedition cover with label; fair

to fine condition (200).

120 - 150