Stamps

Great Britain 1884 £1 brown-lilac mint stamp watermark crowns overprinted SPECIMEN Type 9.

Great Britain 1915 2sh 6d deep yellow brown fine used marginal (SG 405).

Great Britain April 1872 ½d plate 9 on cover from Brighton to Battersea, fine and scarce with Brighton 132 duplex.

Great Britain Jan 1872 ½d plate 9 on cover London to Brighton, fine and scarce stamp on cover.

British Commonwealth stamps on five pages with Hong Kong, Ireland 1922 set of three Seahorses overprinted fine mint, plus small group of covers, including Hong Kong 1946 Victory first day covers.

Great Britain and Bermuda stamps on Stanley Gibbons cards with 1862 1sh green used, 1870 1½d plate 3 unused, 1883-4 2sh 6d, 5sh and 10sh used 1858 2d blue plate 9 mint packs, Bermuda 1918 5sh and 10sh mint, 1924-32 2sh 6d (2) mint.

Olympic stamps on seven pages with Greece 1896 set 10dr mint (1dr used), 1906 set 5dr mint, 1924 France, Lebanon and Syria sets, 1928 Netherlands set mint and used on special sheet.

Great Britain 1883-84 2sh 6d (3), 5sh (3) and 10sh (2) mint stamps overprinted SPECIMEN Type 9 and Type 11.

Great Britain stamps overprinted SPECIMEN on album leaves from 1855 4d (2), 6d (2), 1867 9d, 10d, 2sh blue (3), 6d grey plate 12 (2), 5sh rose plate 1 and 2 1884 £1 brown, Edward VII 5sh (63 stamps).

Great Britain correspondence to and from 'London, Brighton and South Coast Railway', mostly from Brighton with ½d or 1d red stamps used during 1871/72, some interesting postmarks, including Glasgow - Carlisle Sorting Tender 159 Duplex and oval 'Not Fully Addressed' (100+).

Great Britain postal history collection of postal markings nicely written up on album leaves from pre-stamp covers 1795 curved 'FAVERSHAM', 1815 boxed 'Exeter Penny Post', maritime mail, re-directed mail, 'Paquebot' markings, skeleton cancels, railway stations, POW mail, postage due stamps and postmarks (approx 240 items).

China postal history, interesting group of covers from 19th century up to 1970s with 1890-92 Tonkin French expedition postmarks, 1889 French PO in Shanghai, airmail covers 1920-30s, postal stationery cards, unused and used, Peoples Republic 1968 'Mao' era red stamps.

British Empire postal stationery cards, envelopes registered envelopes overprinted SPECIMEN, most British Empire late Queen Victoria and Edward VII period, including Australia States, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Niger Coast, Zululand and India overprinted CANCELLED (some affected by foxing, rust marks) (over 150 items).

Great Britain prestige booklets from 1980-2019 (total 78).

Great Britain and British Commonwealth stamps in four albums, including George VI Crown albums, mint and used with Cape of Good Hope 1sh green triangular used, Great Britian decimal mint up to 1987.

World stamps in four albums, stock book and loose, including a Lincoln album.

World stamps in two albums, mint and used up to 1950s with British Commonwealth, Europe and Colonies and China.

World stamps in two albums, two small stock books and loose with Australia 1937 Robes £1 mint, 1948 £2 Arms unmounted mint, lates commemoratives, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika George V to Queen Elizabeth II mint and used.

World stamps in four albums plus stock book and loose with Great Britain, British Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II period mint sets, Portugal, Spain, including 1953 air 25 peseta and 50 pesetas Sorolla mint.