Australia: A mint and used collection in an album, from 1913 to 1965, incl. a good range (115) of mostly used Kangaroo issues to £1 grey (2) and K.G.V Heads (190+) to 1s.4d. incl. 1915-27 6d. die II Harrison two line imprint pair mint (slight faults), 1931-36 10s. to £2 overprinted “SPECIMEN” type D, 1932 Bridge set c.t.o., 1937-49 both sets with shades, dies, papers mint or used, 1942-50 2d. coil join strip of four mint, etc. with many...
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
By: Grosvenor Auctions
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,570 lots, the property of 112 vendors, featuring the first part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL, a further offering of Kuwait from the fine collection of Dr L Philips of Brighton, outstanding Switzerland formed by the late John E Ager of Bookham, and a full section of Falkland Islands & Antarctica including the remarkable study of the 1938–50 Issue created by AG Belfield FRPSL
Public viewing at our offices is to be available on
Friday 16th May 9.30 am to 5 pm
Monday 19th May 9.30 am to 5 pm
Tuesday 20th May 9.30 am to 4 pm
Private viewing will be available from the 6th May. Please telephone us beforehand to arrange an appointment
Clients are advised that strictly no viewing is available on auction days
Refine Your Search
Filters
- (-) Remove british empire and foreign countries filter british empire and foreign countries
Filter By
Category
- (-) Remove british empire and foreign countries filter british empire and foreign countries
Sub Category
- antigua (5) Apply antigua filter
- Ascension (4) Apply Ascension filter
- Australia (34) Apply Australia filter
- australia: b.c.o.f. (3) Apply australia: b.c.o.f. filter
- australian states: queensland (4) Apply australian states: queensland filter
- Austria (5) Apply Austria filter
- bahamas (9) Apply bahamas filter
- barbados (16) Apply barbados filter
- bechuanaland (9) Apply bechuanaland filter
- Belgium (3) Apply Belgium filter
- Bermuda (23) Apply Bermuda filter
- british honduras (2) Apply british honduras filter
- british indian ocean territory (3) Apply british indian ocean territory filter
- british levant (5) Apply british levant filter
- british levant: postal stationery - the dr a huggins collection (74) Apply british levant: postal stationery - the dr a huggins collection filter
- british occupation of italian colonies (3) Apply british occupation of italian colonies filter
- british solomon islands (4) Apply british solomon islands filter
- british virgin islands (6) Apply british virgin islands filter
- brunei (4) Apply brunei filter
- burma (3) Apply burma filter
- cameroon (3) Apply cameroon filter
- Canada (14) Apply Canada filter
- canada: newfoundland (7) Apply canada: newfoundland filter
- cayman islands (7) Apply cayman islands filter
- cermany: third reich (11) Apply cermany: third reich filter
- Ceylon (4) Apply Ceylon filter
- China (9) Apply China filter
- Cyprus (8) Apply Cyprus filter
- Denmark (2) Apply Denmark filter
- dominica (2) Apply dominica filter
- Egypt (2) Apply Egypt filter
- fiji (15) Apply fiji filter
- finland (2) Apply finland filter
- France (11) Apply France filter
- gambia (7) Apply gambia filter
- germany (9) Apply germany filter
- Gibraltar (22) Apply Gibraltar filter
- gilbert and ellice islands (3) Apply gilbert and ellice islands filter
- Hong Kong (39) Apply Hong Kong filter
- hong kong: british post offices in china (3) Apply hong kong: british post offices in china filter
- Iceland (4) Apply Iceland filter
- india (69) Apply india filter
- india: airmails (24) Apply india: airmails filter
- india: pigeongrams (11) Apply india: pigeongrams filter
- india: rocket mail (44) Apply india: rocket mail filter
- indian feudatory states (3) Apply indian feudatory states filter
- indian feudatory states: bundi (4) Apply indian feudatory states: bundi filter
- indian feudatory states: charkhari (7) Apply indian feudatory states: charkhari filter
- indian feudatory states: cochin (9) Apply indian feudatory states: cochin filter
- indian feudatory states: hyderabad (3) Apply indian feudatory states: hyderabad filter
- indian feudatory states: jaipur (4) Apply indian feudatory states: jaipur filter
- indian feudatory states: kishangarh (3) Apply indian feudatory states: kishangarh filter
- Indian States (3) Apply Indian States filter
- iran (3) Apply iran filter
- ireland (23) Apply ireland filter
- Israel (2) Apply Israel filter
- Italy (2) Apply Italy filter
- jamaica (9) Apply jamaica filter
- Japan (16) Apply Japan filter
- kenya - uganda and tanganyika (5) Apply kenya - uganda and tanganyika filter
- kuwait (29) Apply kuwait filter
- leeward islands (8) Apply leeward islands filter
- long island (3) Apply long island filter
- malaya and states (3) Apply malaya and states filter
- malayan states: perak (5) Apply malayan states: perak filter
- malayan states: trengganu (4) Apply malayan states: trengganu filter
- malaysia: straits settlements (10) Apply malaysia: straits settlements filter
- Malta (9) Apply Malta filter
- Mauritius (8) Apply Mauritius filter
- montserrat (3) Apply montserrat filter
- morocco agencies: gibraltar issues overprinted (7) Apply morocco agencies: gibraltar issues overprinted filter
- nauru (3) Apply nauru filter
- New Zealand (15) Apply New Zealand filter
- north borneo (15) Apply north borneo filter
- nyasaland (7) Apply nyasaland filter
- Portugal (2) Apply Portugal filter
- Puerto Rico (5) Apply Puerto Rico filter
- rhodesia (7) Apply rhodesia filter
- saint helena (14) Apply saint helena filter
- saint kitts-nevis (6) Apply saint kitts-nevis filter
- saint lucia (3) Apply saint lucia filter
- saint vincent (9) Apply saint vincent filter
- samoa (4) Apply samoa filter
- seychelles (14) Apply seychelles filter
- sierra leone (2) Apply sierra leone filter
- somaliland (3) Apply somaliland filter
- south africa (25) Apply south africa filter
- south west africa (8) Apply south west africa filter
- sudan (5) Apply sudan filter
- Sweden (6) Apply Sweden filter
- Switzerland (38) Apply Switzerland filter
- thailand (15) Apply thailand filter
- togo (6) Apply togo filter
- trinidad (14) Apply trinidad filter
- trinidad and tobago (5) Apply trinidad and tobago filter
- trinidad and tobago: tobago (5) Apply trinidad and tobago: tobago filter
- tristan da cunha (10) Apply tristan da cunha filter
- turks and caicos islands (8) Apply turks and caicos islands filter
- United States of America (8) Apply United States of America filter
- zanzibar (5) Apply zanzibar filter
Lot #163 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A collection in seven albums with a range of ‘roos and K.G.V heads used, 1932 Bridge 5s. c.t.o., 1937-49 10s. (3), £1 mint, coil pairs mint incl. 1942-50 2d., remainder mainly all mint incl. 1948-56 to £2, 1963-65 Navigators to £2, decimals to 2009, miniature sheets, booklets, A.A.T., etc. (few 1,000s)
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #164 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A collection in twenty binders from 1960s onwards, incl. prestige and other booklets, first day covers, miniature sheets, etc., mainly fine. (100s)
[Proposed price: £400-600]
Lot #165 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A mint and used collection in stockbook and Simplex album, mint material incl. Kangaroos with 1913-14 to 6d., 1915 2d., 1915-27 to 1s., 1931-36 10s. to £2 overprinted “SPECIMEN” type D, good selection of K.G.V heads with values to 1s.4d., 1937-49 3d. (4), used material incl. a 1915-1945 Kangaroo study with values to 5s. (14), 10s. (3), selection of States, also New Zealand 1931 Smiling Boy set, mint, duty stamps, etc., mint...
Lot #166 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A duplicated collection from 1927 to 1973 in an album incl. 1931 Kingsford Smith 6d. with re-entry mint, 1932 Bridge set mint and used, later 1930s commemorative sets mint and used, 1948-56 to £2 mint, 1963-65 Navigators mint with white papers, additional £2, set used, 1966 $1 to $4 optd. “SPECIMEN”, few A.A.T., etc., varied condition. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #167 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A selection with 1913-14 5d. unmounted mint, 1915-27 10s. grey and bright aniline pink used, 1918-23 1/2d. to 1s.4d. set used, 1923-24 6d. block of four mint, one with variety leg of kangaroo broken (unmounted), 1931-36 10s. and £1 used, 1934 Victoria 1s. perf. 101/2 mint, and 1963-65 Navigators set unmounted mint, a few perf. or other imperfections, mainly fine. (26)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #168 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A mint and used accumulation in two albums, ten stockbooks and loose, incl. a good range of mint and used modern issues to 2008, booklets with 1966 60c. with wax interleaves, duplication, etc. (1,000’s)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #169 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: A duplicated used collection of K.G.V Heads, arranged by value on leaves to 1s.4d. plus 1930 surcharges, incl. shades, multiples, dies, many varieties, inverted wmks. incl. 1918 die III 1d., cancellation interest, etc., varied condition, mainly fine. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #170 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: An unmounted mint collection in six albums, from 1966 to 2011, largely complete, also A.A.T. from 1957 to 2012, fine. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #171 - british empire and foreign countries Australia
Australia: An accumulation of covers and cards from 1861 to 1957 incl. States, censored, postal stationery unused and used, p.p.c’s, official, Ross Dependency, etc. (41)
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #172 - british empire and foreign countries australia: b.c.o.f.
Australia: B.C.O.F. 1946-48 Overprints: A selection with 1/2d. to 5s. mint set, 1d. mint block of twenty (18 unmounted), and used on pieces with 1/2d. block of four, 1d. block of four and 3d. strip of four, mainly fine. (39)
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #173 - british empire and foreign countries australia: b.c.o.f.
Australia: B.C.O.F. 1946-48 Overprints: 1/2d. block of four, 1d. (2), 3d. imprint pair, 6d. pair, 1s. block of four, 2s. pair, 5s. (both papers), most are unmounted mint, mainly fine. S.G. J1-J7a.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #174 - british empire and foreign countries australia: b.c.o.f.
Australia: B.C.O.F. 1946-48 Overprints: 1/2d. to 5s. set, also 1966-73 75c. to $4 overprinted “SPECIMEN”, mainly good to fine.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #175 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: 1950-53 Air Birds 20s. blackish brown imperforate plate proof with sheet margin at left, fine with gum (unmounted). Photo.
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Lot #176 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A collection in two printed albums, incl. 1850 2k. used, 1854 1k. used, 1858-59 values to 15kr., 1950-53 3s. Air mint (thin), later largely complete until recent, also strong ranges from Lombardy and Venetia, Austrian P.O’s in the Turkish Empire, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Military Post etc., mixed condition. (1,000s) Stated to cat. £4000+.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #177 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A collection in two hingeless Lighthouse albums, mainly mint with a wide range of 1960 to 1997, issues, some sets duplicated, etc. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #178 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: An accumulation in ten folders, incl. a good range of f.d.c’s from 1967 to 1988, also a United Nations collection, etc. (100s)
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #179 - british empire and foreign countries Austria
Austria: A mainly unmounted mint selection from 1946 to 1961, incl. 1948-52 Costumes to 5s., 1949 Relief Fund set, etc. (107)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #180 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: Great Britain used in Bahamas: 1858 2d. blue plate 7 pair, lightly cancelled with the “A 05” numeral of Nassau, a fine and rare multiple. R.P.S. certificate (1954). S.G. Z2, cat. £2,600+. Ex Glassco. Photo.
[Proposed price: £900-1000]
Lot #181 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1861-62 Rough perf. 14 to 16 1d. lake, unused large part original gum, fine and fresh appearance. S.G. 4, cat. £650. R.P.S. certificate (1967) Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #182 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1862 perf. 13 6d. lilac, fine used with neat “A 05” cancellation. S.G. 19a, cat. £450. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #183 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1863-77 Watermark Crown CC, Perf. 14, 4d. rose-lake, fine and fresh mint. Brandon certificate (1988). S.G. 37, cat. £450. Photo
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #184 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1911 Watermark. Mult. Crown CA 6d. bistre-brown, variety malformed “E” [R. 6/6], mint, fine and scarce. S.G. 74a, cat. £275. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-90]
Lot #185 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1918 (June-July) War Tax 1d. carmine, variety watermark sideways, very fine mint from corner of pane with plate number “2”. S.G. 97a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #186 - british empire and foreign countries bahamas
Bahamas: 1935 Silver Jubilee 1s. with variety ‘dot by flagstaff’ [Pl. 4, R. 8/4], fine mint. S.G. 144h, cat. £325. Photo.
[Proposed price: £160-180]
Grosvenor
The Grosvenor name stands for the pursuit of excellence in the philatelic world. Quality of presentation and reliability of service is emphasized, reflecting the professionalism demanded of a... Read More
Send Email to Grosvenor Auctions Or Visit WebSite