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 | 305

51367

A 

1962 6p cattle, 15m folk art straw cover, two original artworks for issued stamps made by V.G. Pradhan

who worked at De La Rue, London. These artworks were developed in the preparation process for the

Sudan stamps, and beside it are issued stamps of value 15m (x2), 6p, 55m with light blue SPECIMEN

overprint. Unique production elements for the Sudan stamp.

200 - 300

51368

C F 

Postal Stationery: 1897-1900ca., Assembly of 9 postal stationery cards, envelopes and 2 wrappers, all

except one showing overprints on Egypt, mostly very fine.

50 - 100

51369

F S 

Postal Stationery: 1908 1½p size G registered envelope handstamped “SPECIMEN” twice in

two different sizes, one across the stamp impression, together with 1908 2m wrapper with large

“SPECIMEN” handstamp, three examples of each overlapping one another and cancelled with strikes

of the “POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR handstamp in red,

affixed to archival ledger piece; some toning and perimeter faults, unique.

100 - 150

51370

F 

Postal Stationery: 1910 4m red, three examples overlapping one another on Madagascar archive page,

cancelled with strikes of the “POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR”

handstamp in red, affixed to piece marked “3 cartes postales de 4 milliemes envoi du 13 december

1910”; unique.

120 - 180

Army Service Stamps

51372

51371

51371

H 

S.G. A4a

Army Service 1905 1m brown and pink with “OFF!CIAL” variety, neat Khartoum cds leaving variety

clear, very fine and rare; cert. RPS (1951) (S.G. £4’000).

1’000 - 1’500

51372

H J 

S.G. A6d

Army Service 1906-11 1m brown and carmine with “Service” omitted variety on lower pair in lower

marginal used block of four, paper adhesion on reverse, stained, very rare; cert. BPA (2004) (S.G. £9’500+).

1’000 - 1’500