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 | 177

Straits Settlements

Singapore (172)

50758

F 

S.G. Z76a

1855 4a black on blue diagonal bisect on large part front from Singapore to Batavia, tied by “B / 172”

octagonal cancel (smudged), with ms “30” adjacent along with commercial sender’s cachet, a little ink

corrosion to the address, an extremely rare bisected usage with only five covers with single bisects

recorded; cert. Pascal Scheller (2025).

3’000 - 5’000

Airmails

50759

DFE 

190x

1926, Stephen Smith airmail card, from Zurich 28.11 1926, bearing airmail stamp 1923 75 cent

orange, transit Alexandria 11.12, to Stephen Smith in Calcutta. Card with endorsement “Via Schweizer

Afrikaflug” and cachet 1926 November Schweizer Afrikaflug, also blue “Mit Flugpost” label. On back is

Stephen Smith signature and his personal marking “Honorary Secretary Aero Philatelic Club of India”.

A most unusual card from Switzerland to the great name of Indian aerophilately.

100 - 200

Bidding Steps

All bids in British pounds

50-100

100-200

10

200-500

20

500-1000

50

1’000-2’000

100

2’000-5’000

200

5’000-10’000

500

10’000-20’000

1’000

20’000-50’000

2’000

50’000-100’000

5’000

100’000-200’000

10’000

Bids between these steps will be adjusted accordingly to the next higher bid step.