Great Britain & British Empire 2025

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

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

182 | Great Britain & British Empire

50786

F / 180

S.G. 58a

1914-41, Sacred Cow 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of

native envelope, dated 12 February 1938, fine and an extremely rare usage (S.G. £500 for used single).

200 - 300

50787

F / 180

S.G. 58a

1914-41, 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of native

envelope, dated 16 February 1938, spike hole at right clear of stamp, fine and an extremely rare usage

(S.G. £500 for used single).

200 - 300

50788

F / 180

S.G. 58a

1914-41, 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of native

envelope, dated 17 February 1938, fine and an extremely rare usage (S.G. £500 for used single).

200 - 300

50789

F / 180

S.G. 60, 61

1914-41 Sacred Cow 1/2a black and 1a bright scarlet, block of three, rouletted in colour, types E, all

cancelled on reverse of local native registered cover with negative seal, dated in manuscript 14 June

1933, plus registration slip partly attached with similar seal, an attractive and rare registered usage

especially on very thick wove paper (S.G. £200 for 1/2a black used single); cert. BPA (2006).

150 - 200

50790

DFE 

S.G. 63a

1914-41 Sacred Cow 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, neatly tied on

reverse of part native cover (including contents but missing address panel) dated 16 December 1932,

very fine and an extremely rare usage, the Benns survey did not record a used example of this stamp

(S.G. £350 for used single).

100 - 150

50791

F / 180

S.G. 63a

1914-41, 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, neatly tied in combination

with India 9p postal card, dated 24 June 1936, very fine and an extremely rare usage, the Benns survey

did not record a used example of this stamp (S.G. £350 for used single).

150 - 200

50792

F / 180

S.G. 63a, 22

1914-41, 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, two examples (one

overlapping the edge of the envelope) along with 3a chestnut, type A, on large cover sent registered,

dated 11 May 1935, registered boxed cachet alongside, very fine and an extremely rare usage, the

Benns survey did not record a used example of this stamp (S.G. 63a is £350 for used single).

200 - 300

50793

F / 186

S.G. 66b

1914-41, 4a yellow-green, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, type G, tied by a negative seal

on reverse of local native registered cover, dated 31 June 1937, with part orange registered label

alongside, an important showpiece (SG £950 for used single).

300 - 500

50794

F / 186

S.G. 66b

1914-41 Sacred Cow 4a yellow-green, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, type G, used single

tied on reverse of local native registered cover, dated 1 July 1937, with orange registered label on front,

an important showpiece (SG £950 as used single).

300 - 500

50795

F 

1914-41 Sacred Cows group of four covers (plus two forgeries) incl. 1/2a black, two singles, on medium

wove paper, rouletted in colour, types H, and 2a bright apple-green, type I, all tied on reverse of native

registered cover by black negative seal; 1/2a black, two pairs, on medium wove paper, rouletted in

colour, type H, and 2a bright apple-green, type I, all tied on front and reverse of native registered cover

by cds, dated 1941; 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types H, and 4a olive-

yellow (defective), type B, both tied on reverse of native registered cover (Benns survey did not record

a used example of SG 74); and 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, perforated 11, types I, tied on the

reverse of Imperial India 1a brown stationery envelope, dated 18 May 1941, with Bundi horseshoe

postage due two annas on address side, envelope reduced at top cutting into embossed impression.

100 - 200