1910letter via London to German Gera with SG.27, 29, 31, 43, Victoria ½P, 1P, 2½P and St. Ursula ½P, CDS ROAD TOWN TORTOLA, Reg cancel TORTOLA and ST. THOMAS (Danish West India, rare!), transit pmk LONDON and arrival GERA, only SG.29 1P light red on letter cat. £1.050
1872 SG.17, Victoria 1Sh dark pink-red, perf 11; original light fold in gum on R, overall very nice quality and intact gum, certificate BPB - M. Eichele "perfect and rare stamp", cat. £750 + ca. 100%
1852-1860SG.13, Britannia 1P blue, so-called. I. lithographic issue; R close but complete margins, very nice piece with light cancel "1", cat. £1.700, very small edition
1860SG.46a, Britannia 1P dark pink-red, horizontal pair, perf 14-16½, horizontal OMITTED, with upper margin and here with also omitted horiz. perf (SG. shows only omission of vertical perf); nice quality, part original gum, certificate BPA (i.a. Holcombe), cat. £1100 ++, rare pair
1883 Reg letter to San Fernando (Trinidad) with SG.98 (2x), 104, 106, 107a, CDS TRINIDAD (Port of Spain); back side damaged by cutting the seal, exact franking 3 pence, rare MIXED FRANKING type Perkins Bacon + De La Rue, only bisected 1P on letter cat. £950!
1858Mi.3a, 3b, Coat of arms 15C blue on cut square and 15C dark blue, decorative cancel and pmk. TANGA; 1x exp. Sismondo, the highest value of the 1. issue is often missing in perfect quality
1858-1860[COLLECTIONS] Mi.1-3, I, II., specialised compilation of the 1. issue, i.a. block of 10 Mi.1a, block of four 3a; 2x 3b 15C dark blue; marginal str-of-9 3a; pair 4b 5C dark red; block of 16 4a; 3x unissued Mi.II 15C blue; all in very nice quality, on 2 sheets from exhibit, cat. only as singles 1.460€, larger blocks and especially pair Mi.Mi4b are rare!
1895MADAGASCAR BRITISH INLAND MAIL SG.61b, vertical pair Malagasy Runners 2Sh brown, OMITTED PERFORATION; at top under hinge small thin place, overall for this issue exceedingly nice quality without usual folds etc., lower piece **, cat. £950 ++, rare!
1848-1859SG.23, POST PAID 1P orange (red) "latest impression"; very nice piece on small cut-square with dumb black cancel, exp. Kosack, cat. £750 + ca. 25%
1873 letter to London with rate 10P for French "paquet boat" through Marseilles, with 4P+6P, SG.63, 65, wmk CC, cancel B, CDS MAURITIUS, LONDON PAID and LONDON; very nice piece
1956 SUEZ CRISIS 1956/57, letter from Cairo 23.10.56 with cancel SUEZ CANAL IS AN INTEGRAL PART DE EGYPT, to Palestine (Jordan part), nice document from 1. stage of crisis before attack of Izrael on29.10.!
1916-1917MAFIA ISLAND - Brit. occupation, SG.M43-M52, complete set (expert D. Brandon mentioned its issue to 1916, various sources mention September 1916), oblique Opt G.R. POST MAFIA on I.E.F. (Indian Expeditionary Forces) 3P-1Rp, except 2½A all on cut squares, CDS MAFIA; perfect quality, major-part exp. Holcombe, cat. £2.750, Michel 4.000€, exceedingly rare issue and destination, evidently unrepeatable offer!
1916CAMEROONS EXPEDITION FORCE, SG.B2 (14), B3 (24), letter to Togo, extraordinary multiple franking of stamps CEF ½P and 1P on German colonial 5Pfg, 10Pfg, censored letter with CDS DUALA, arrival LOME, censor "Passed by Censor at Lome (Togo)"; extremely rare entire, cat. Gibbons shows only : "stamps of the Brit. occupation are on letters used rarely"
1893Registered p.stat envelope 2P uprated with SG.1-6, CDS OLD CALABAR RIVER via Liverpool to Cheshire / England; nice, only stamp 1Sh SG.6 on letter cat. £1.350!
1899VRYBURG, SG.1, 2, 4, Boer occupation, Opt "½; PENCE - 2½; PENCE Z.A.R." on stamps Cape of Good Hope; very nice quality, cat. £600, this issue was withdrawn after 5 days (24.11-29.11.1899)!
1870-1910 [COLLECTIONS] small collection on 6 album sheets, contains classic issues Eagle with wings , Victoria, Edward VII.; mainly used, incl. several better pieces
1898-1908SG.80a, Coat of arms 2½P pale blue, marginal block of 4, VERTICAL OMITTED PERF, intact gum, L on edge spot; cat. ca. £3.800, in whole printing only few pieces with omitted perf, 2 joined pairs are very rare!
1915 BRITISH OCCUPATION/ NEW GUINEA SG.41, 41b, horizontal pair, provisional G.R.I. on German R-label FRIEDRICH WILHELMSHAVEN, value "3d" 1x WITHOUT DOT after "d", perfect pair, cat. as single £725, rare, ex. J. M. Shartsis
1914 BRITISH OCCUPATION/ NEW GUINEA SG.57, provisional G.R.I. 5P on German colonial Marshall Inseln 50Pfg, perfect; almost mint never hinged **, certificate APS, cat. £250