380th Auction

½ a. blue-green, horizontal pair, tied by cds. "INTALLY CALCUTTA 15 MA 00" to cover to Cairo, re-directed to Alexandria and again to Port Said, with postage due stamps applied in both cities

"B172" SINGAPORE, tying two copies 4 a. black to letter sheet, docketed "Manila 4 October 1860", via Marseille to London with frontside arrival mark. A fine and rare entire. Certificate BPA 2018

"B172" SINGAPORE, tying 8 a. carmine, two copies 2 a. yellow and 8 p. purple to entire letter, dated "Manila 4th July 1863" with red "Overland via Marseille" to Saddleworth. One stamp damaged, still a fine and very rare entire. 

1854/2011 (ca.), selection of 15 covers, mostly registered, with better items like Novo Scotia SG 3 and 5 (stamps creased) tied to a 1855 registered folded entire to Halifax, very rare triple-rate; Canada SG 29 (2) and 31 (2) tied to a 1863 registered envelope to Drummondville; mixed condition

1860/1980 (ca.), used and mint balance in 14 albums, comprising mainly various British colonies and some independent states, partly from classic period.

1948/1959 (ca.), British areas on the Arabian Peninsula, almost exclusively used collection in a stockbook, comprising Bahrain, Kuwait and Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia (Oman), also incl. more than 90 covers.