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 | 187

50811

50812

50811

H 

S.G. 85b

1943 4p green used with clear design and good colour, some creasing, scarce; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £900).

200 - 300

50812

C P 

S.G. O43 var

1933-38 10a colour trial in orange issued were stamps in blue, toned gum, fine with short perfs on top

(which apparently all known examples do). Only six examples are known to exist and all examples

have short perfs, extremely rare. An important Cochin rarity and exhibition item; ex Dan Walker.

800 - 1’000

50813

CC C J Collection

1911-49, group of complete mint sheets incl. SG27, two SG47 incl. “Pies” variety, SG51 (stuck to

interleaving with some missing selvedge), SG55, SG68 (missing selvedge at left), SG76, SG95, SG126,

SG082 with wmk inverted (not listed by SG) and SGO93, plus Travancore-Cochin USTC 1a (no

margins) with crayon cancels on each stamp, very fine and fresh, a wonderful accumulation for the

specialist (S.G. £2’100+).

300 - 500

50814

C DCE H Collection 

Collection: Mint and used accumulation on small stockcards, postage issues and Official overprints,

some still on dealers cards, hundreds of stamps, an interesting mix.

50 - 100

50815

F Collection

1892-49, collection of postal history written up on album pages incl. five covers with the 1892 issues

(two registered), seven covers with the large numeral issues, 106 covers with Raja frankings with a

wide range of rates, usages incl. surcharge issues, cancellations, registered incl. postcard, book post,

advertising covers, etc., a great lot for the postal historian.

500 - 1’000

50816

F Collection

Accumulation of hundreds of covers, mostly sorted in envelopes with annotations by the collector, with

a wide range of frankings and cancellations, with registered, stationery, service/official issues, etc., a

great lot for the postal historian.

500 - 1’000

Dungarpur

50817

DCE P / 186

Archival CANCELLED overprinted postal stamps of Dungarpur colour trials 1/4a Orange red (unissued

colour as issued in orange yellow) and 1/2a in green (unissued colour, issued in vermilion). Also with

Court fee stamps of Gwalior state, Sabin state, Balasinor state and Maharwa state, and revenue stamps

of Dhamin state, Kumarain state, Jath state, Sabin state, all stuck on a page printed by LV Indap and

Co. Bombay. The back flap has clear instructions for postage stamps saying that “it can be printed in

books of 16 labels each...”, fine with some tone spots, archival material of Dungarpur; ex A. M. Pakvasa.

1’500 - 2’000

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