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 | 255

Collections

51131

CC C G H J F Collection / 256

1892-1950s, lovely old-time collection neatly written up in an album with Lagos, Niger Coast, Niger

Company, Southern Nigeria, Northern Nigeria and Crown Colony, with mint, used and some covers,

starting with 1892-94 Jubilee issue with some mint and used blocks of four, various cancels, two

registered envelopes incl. 2d + 1d from Old Calabar on size G and multiple philatelic franking on size H,

three postal stationery cards used, 1894 (Jan) issue incl. set on size H reg’d envelope, 1894 (May) and

1897-98 issues incl. 2d bisect on piece, cancellation interest and some mint blocks, Northern Nigeria

incl. 1900 10s mint (toned), 1900 cover with 1d tied by manuscript “Post Office / Jebba / 21/12/00”

and 1900 cover with 1d tied by “LOKOJA / POST OFFICE” oval, etc., a very useful lot full of interest for

a new collector or cancellation specialist, plus a few pages of French African colonies at back.

700 - 1’000

51132

C Collection 

1884-1953, Nigerias mint collection incl. Lagos, Niger Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria and

Crown Colony, on Scott printed pages, with Lagos incl. 1884-86 2s6d olive-black, Niger Coast with

sets, Northern Nigeria with sets incl. 1900 set to 10s, Southern Nigeria 1901-02 set, 1903-04 set to

£1, Nigeria 1914-29 set to £1, 1936 set, etc, generally fine and attractive collection (S.G. £4’300+).

500 - 800

North Borneo

51133



1849-1900 Documents and maps pertaining to Borneo & Sarawak, including TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP

AND COMMERCE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE SULTAN OF BORNEO, 1849 and BORNEO PAPERS

RELATIVE TO BORNEO AND THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY RESPECTING SIR JAMES BROOKE, 1854,

plus four maps and some photographs incl. some of Brooke, mixed to fine, an interesting group

200 - 300

51134

CC 

227

1918, Red Cross surcharge 2c green with surcharge lines 14 mm apart, MNH margin blk of 10, SG 227 £550

80 - 150

51135

DCE P 

S.G. 310, 312, 314 var

1939 12c, 20c and 50c imperf. proofs in unissued colours and overprinted “SPECIMEN / WATERLOW

& SONS LTD.”, very fine.

300 - 400

Northern Rhodesia

51136

F / 252

1925 registered cover to Austria franked 1d and 3d (2) tied Fort Jameson cds, the reverse with ‘Found

open and officially closed/ in the post office’ label which is partly folded over to front and the registration

label re-applied, all tied by same dated cds, red registered London transit and arrival date stamp, tear

at left of 3d not unduly detracting.

120 - 200