Auction Highlights
The beautiful, the interesting, the unusual... and the rare!
Here is just a small selection of some our favourite lots currently being offered in our Stamp Auctions
Lot 1989 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ABU DHABI - 1965 Pictorial new currency surcharged complete set, SG 15/25, never hinged mint (11 stamps)
Lot 2000 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ADEN - QU'AITI STATE IN HADHRAMAUT 1942-1967 COMPLETE NEVER HINGED MINT COLLECTION with extras, presented in mounts on album pages that includes a ... read more
Lot 2006 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ALBANIA - 1939 Portrait & View set, Mi 298/312, SG 351/65, never hinged mint (15 stamps)
Lot 2008 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ALBANIA - 1960-1967 HIGHLY COMPLETE NHM COLLECTION An attractive ALL DIFFERENT postal issues collection of complete sets & miniature sheets presented ... read more
Lot 2018 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ANDORRA - FRENCH POST OFFICES 1932-1951 VERY FINE MINT collection on printed leaves. Includes 1932-43 pictorial definitives complete set (SG F24/81) ... read more
Lot 2037 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ASCENSION - 1924 Badge of the Colony set complete, SG 10/20, very fine and fresh mint. (12 stamps)
Lot 2039 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ASCENSION - 1934 - 1966 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION Highly complete collection, missing only the Geo VI varieties but including 1934 Geo V set, 1935 ... read more
Lot 2076 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STATES - NEW SOUTH WALES 1890 20s ultramarine, Capt. Arthur Phillip & Lord Carrington, perf 12x11, SG 264cb, fine mint.
Lot 2104 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
AUSTRALIA - 1913 3d olive Die II, wmk Wide Crown, Kangaroo, SG 5e, very fine mint.
Lot 2224 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
BASUTOLAND - 1938 1d scarlet Nile Crocodile & Mountains, variety "TOWER FLAW", SG 19a, very fine lightly hinged mint
Lot 2328 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
BRITISH LEVANT - 1885-1921 MINT & USED COLLECTION on album pages, we see 1885 used values with several 12pi on 2s6d, incl. bluish paper, nice "F87" ... read more
Lot 2413 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
CANADA - NEWFOUNDLAND - 1857-64 8d scarlet-vermilion, imperforate, SG 8, fine used with neat barred oval cancel, four even margins and bright colour.
Lot 2509 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
CHINA - 1932 North-West Scientific Expedition complete set, SG 406/09, never hinged mint, fresh & attractive. (4 stamps)
Lot 2538 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
TAIWAN/REPUBLIC OF CHINA - 1953 President Chiang Kai-shek complete special SOUVENIR FOLDER containing three imperf panes of 5 (see note after SG 179, ... read more
Lot 2546 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
TAIWAN/REPUBLIC OF CHINA - 1960-1970 COMPREHENSIVE SUPERB NEVER HINGED MINT COLLECTION in hingeless mounts on leaves, all different, highly COMPLETE ... read more
Lot 2624 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
EGYPT - 1872-75 COLLECTOR'S "BALANCE" SEMI-SORTED ACCUMULATION of 1872-5 so-called "Penasson" printings and 1874-5 "Bulaq" printings, arranged on ... read more
Lot 2673 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
FIJI - 1903 TO 1927 FINE USED COLLECTION includes the 1903 set complete to 1s SG 104/112, 1904-08 set complete SG 115/17, 1906-12 set complete to 5s ... read more
Lot 2728 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
FRENCH COLONIES - OCEANIC SETTLEMENTS 1941 "FRANCE LIBRE" overprinted Postage and Air complete set (Yvert 140/49 & 3, SG 136/46), NEVER HINGED MINT. ... read more
Lot 2729 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
FRENCH COLONIES - POLYNESIA 1958-1968 NEVER HINGED MINT a spectacular all different complete run of Postage and Air issues (Yvert Postage 1/59 & Air ... read more
Lot 2892 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
GRENADA - 1881 ½d deep mauve, SURCHARGE DOUBLE VARIETY, SG 21b, very fine unused, no gum, RPSL certificate accompanies.
Lot 2900 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
GRENADA - 1895 - 1961 SUPERB MINT ONLY COLLECTION With many complete sets and better values including 1895 values to 1s, 1902 Ed VII set to 2s, 1904 ... read more
Lot 2980 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
INDIAN FEUDATORY STATES - TRAVANCORE- ANCHEL 1924-46 Very fine used collection, carefully written up on pages in album, includes 1924-39 set plus ... read more
Lot 3108 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
JAMAICA - 1916-1917 WAR TAX OVERPRINTS - SPECIALISED COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION (SG 68/75) written up on album pages, plus further items on stockleaves. ... read more
Lot 3180 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
LEEWARD IS. - 1905-08 2½d dull purple and ultramarine, variety wide "A", SG 32a, mint with good colours and large part gum, minor tone spot on gum, ... read more
Lot 3182 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
LEEWARD IS. - 1905-08 complete set, SG 29/35, in rare never hinged mint condition, the key 2½d with lower sheet margin (7 stamps)
Lot 3268 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
MALAYA JAPAN OCC. - PAHANG 1942 15c ultramarine, overprinted with single frame chop IN BROWN, SG J183c, very fine used.
Lot 3284 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
MAURITIUS - 1852-1982 GOOD ALL DIFFERENT COLLECTION A mint or used collection on clean printed album pages which includes 1858 (6d) vermilion imperf ... read more
Lot 3304 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
MAURITIUS - 1913 - 22 5r green and red on orange buff, wmk MCA, SG 203, very fine mint.
Lot 3343 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
MONTSERRAT - 1938 Pictorial set, perf. "SPECIMEN", SG 101a/112s, very fine mint. (12 stamps)
Lot 3479 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
NYASALAND - 1908 10s green and red on green, Ed VII, SG 80, very fine mint.
Lot 3485 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
OMAN - 1966 - 1998 COMPREHENSIVE FINE USED COLLECTION Mostly complete sets and including many miniature sheets, starts with 1966 set incl 50b Type II, ... read more
Lot 3486 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
OMAN - 1973 25b and 100b "Opening of Ministerial Complex", both showing the variety "No date", SG 170a/171a, very fine used. Unpriced unused. (2 ... read more
Lot 3490 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
PAKISTAN - 1947-52 VERY FINE USED KGVI COLLECTION Carefully written up in album with some degree of specialisation includes very fine c.d.s. used ... read more
Lot 3655 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
SAUDI ARABIA - 1963 Freedom from Hunger 2½p and 7½p variety "imperforate and background colour omitted", SG 459/60 varieties, Mayo 991Wrm, 992Wrm, ... read more
Lot 3751 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
SOUTH AFRICA -COLS & REPS - NATAL 1857-1909 mint and used collection on clean printed album pages, starts with 1857 3d rose embossed unused, then ... read more
Lot 4082 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
ZANZIBAR - 1908-09 20r black & yellow-green, wmk Mult. Rosettes, SG 240, mint, small fault described as "stain at top" on accompanying certificate, ... read more
Lot 4142 (Kwik-Bid #4304, 4th February 2020)
GB.ELIZABETH II - 2002-2005 CYLINDER NUMBER BLOCKS superb never hinged mint all different collection of commemorative and topical sets generally in ... read more
Lot 5009 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
.GENERAL SECTION - 1935 KING GEORGE V SILVER JUBILEE. A VERY FINE MINT COLLECTION of Silver Jubilee sets presented on protective stock pages, a ... read more
Lot 5011 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
.GENERAL SECTION - 2000 SILVER PROOF DECIMAL COIN COLLECTION. An attractive, Limited Edition, ISLE OF MAN SOLID SILVER coin pack. This seldom seen ... read more
Lot 5104 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
AFGHANISTAN - 1926-1963 EXTENSIVE ALL DIFFERENT COLLECTION. An attractive & interesting, mostly never hinged mint collection presented in mounts on ... read more
Lot 5115 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ALBANIA - 1962- 1965 NHM IMPERFORATE COLLECTION. A lovely collection of never hinged mint sets & associated miniature sheets presented neatly in ... read more
Lot 5118 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ANDORRA - FRENCH - NEVER HINGED MINT IMPERF SELECTION Fine mint range in stock book from 1965 ITU cent, 1968 Frescoes, 1978 Virgin of Sispony, 1980 ... read more
Lot 5120 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ANDORRA - FRENCH 1972 Honouring Gen. de Gaulle imperf block of 4 triptychs, Yv 225Aa, very fine never hinged mint.
Lot 5147 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ARGENTINA - 1892-1967 EXTENSIVE COLLECTION An attractive, ALL DIFFERENT mint, used & nhm collection presented on album pages, mint from the 1930's ... read more
Lot 5179 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
AUSTRALIAN STATES - NEW SOUTH WALES 1851-54 LAUREATED IMPERFS COLLECTION WITH VARIETIES CAT £4000+. A charming collection on a stock card that ... read more
Lot 5265 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
AUSTRALIA - 1915 - 27 5s grey and deep yellow, wmk Narrow Crown, Kangaroo, SG 42b, superb mint.
Lot 5323 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
AUSTRIA - 1883-1969 EXTENSIVE ALL DIFFERENT COLLECTION. A most attractive collection, chiefly never hinged mint with only a few stamp being very fine ... read more
Lot 5366 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BARBADOS - 1852-55 (no value) slate-blue Britannia prepared for use but not issued, SG 5a, very fine mint lower left corner BLOCK of 20 (5x4), very ... read more
Lot 5394 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BECHUANALAND - 1932 Baobab Tree and Cattle complete set, SG 99/110, very fine mint, fresh & attractive. (12 stamps)
Lot 5513 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BRITISH GUIANA - 1853-55 4c blue imperf., SG 19, very fine used with 4 margins & Demerara cds of AP 9 1858.
Lot 5514 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BRITISH GUIANA - 1853-55 4c blue with figures in corners framed, SG 21, used with 4 margins.
Lot 5596 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BURMA - OFFICIALS 1937 10r Geo V overprinted "Service", SG O14, very fine mint. Scarce stamp.
Lot 5599 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
BUSHIRE - 1915 5 chahis carmine & brown overprinted "Bushire Under British Occupation, SG 4, fine used signed Herbert Bloch.
Lot 5766 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
CHINA - 1878-2009 ATTRACTIVE SORTER CARTON. An interesting mint & used accumulation on various pages & in packets, the strength is in 1930's to early ... read more
Lot 6015 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
FRANCE - 1953-1969 SUPERB NEVER HINGED MINT ALL DIFFERENT COLLECTION on album pages, very strongly represented for the period. With Postage issues ... read more
Lot 6029 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
FRANCE - POSTAGE DUES 1881 - 92 1fr, 2fr and 5fr in Black, Yv 22/4, very fine used. Scarce high values. (3 stamps)
Lot 6137 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
FRENCH DEPENDENCIES - TAAF 1955-1970 ALL DIFFERENT NEVER HINGED MINT collection on leaves. A complete run from 1955 right through to the scarce 20f ... read more
Lot 6164 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GERMAN STATES - BADEN 1851 - 1868 Extensive mint and used collection with much above average condition and including 1851 set including shades and ... read more
Lot 6298 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GILBERT & ELLICE IS - POSTAGE DUE 1940 Script Wmk complete set, SG D1/D8, very fine cds used (8 stamps)
Lot 6314 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GRENADA - 1861 - 1898 HIGH QUALITY COLLECTION Fine used or fresh mint well presented on album pages including 1861 1d green and 6d rose used, 1863 ... read more
Lot 6329 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GRENADA - 1904-06 1s green and orange with 'DAMAGED FRAME AND CROWN' SG 73a (as yet unlisted, this is the discovery example), very fine used.
Lot 6380 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
HONG KONG - 1953 - 2002 HIGHLY COMPLETE COLLECTION Fresh mint, much never hinged or very fine used in large album, mostly complete mint sets with ... read more
Lot 6418 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
INDIAN FEUDATORY STATES - BHOPAL OFFICIALS 1935-49 VERY FINE USED COLLECTION incl. 1935-9 triangles, 1936-8 ovpts, 1936-49 "SERVICE" 13½mm & 11mm ... read more
Lot 6450 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
IRELAND - 1922 10s dull grey blue Seahorse, Dollard ovpt, corner marginal example, SG 21, hinged in margin, stamp superb never hinged mint.
Lot 6520 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ITALY - 1945 - 9 "DEMOCRACY" ISSUE 80 cent rose carmine, "Hammer breaking Chain", variety "Printed double", Sass Spec. 7ab, superb corner inscription ... read more
Lot 6566 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
ITALIAN COLONIES - ITALIAN AFRICA - POWERFUL ACCUMULATION ON STOCKLEAVES 1893-1941 mostly mint (some never hinged) plus a small portion used, a few ... read more
Lot 6639 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
JORDAN - 1956-83 COMPREHENSIVE MINT COLLECTION. An impressive & extensive collection, of (mostly) never hinged mint complete sets, neatly presented ... read more
Lot 6654 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
JORDAN - KING HUSSEIN SIGNED MINI-SHEET. 1964 Sports City miniature sheet (SG MS587), never hinged mint, signed by King Hussein, plus 1976 letter ... read more
Lot 6681 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
K.U.T. - 1938-54 King George VI definitives complete set of twenty, SG 131/150b, with these in superb NEVER HINGED MINT BLOCKS OF FOUR. (20 blocks, ... read more
Lot 6836 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
MALAYA STATES - MINT & USED COLLECTION ALL STATES NEATLY PRESENTED with good ranges of defins & commems from each State, note Johore various mint & ... read more
Lot 6891 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
MALTA - 1922 "Self Government" set complete, wmk MCA, SG 106/113, very fine mint. (9 stamps)
Lot 6945 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
MAURITIUS - 1879 38c bright purple, wmk CC, SG 98, fine and fresh mint.
Lot 6974 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
MONTSERRAT - 1876-83 6d blue-green, SG 3, an attractive mint example of this rare shade, small hinge thin at top, rarely offered.
Lot 7014 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
MOROCCO AGENCIES - 1903 - 1905 Ed VII set complete, wmk Crown CA, SG 17 - 23, fine to very fine used. Scarce set. (7 stamps)
Lot 7295 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
NYASALAND - 1913 - 21 £1 purple and black on red, wmk MCA, Geo V, SG 98, very fine, well centered mint.
Lot 7314 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
PALESTINE - 1920-1 1p deep indigo, 10mm Arabic inscription, perf.15x14, SG 35, fine mint block of 4, small gum thin on one stamp. Rare block!
Lot 7354 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
NEW GUINEA - NWPI 1915-1922 "N. W. PACIFIC ISLANDS" OVERPRINTS USED COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION presented on leaves with many shades, watermark types, ... read more
Lot 7402 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
PORTUGUESE COLONIES - MOZAMBIQUE 1876-1975 INTERESTING COLLECTION nicely written up on leaves, all different mint & used stamps, includes 1876-85 ... read more
Lot 7449 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
RUSSIA - 1908-18 7k light blue with VARNISH LINES MISSING variety (Michel 68 I A F, SG 97 var), fine mint (only two stamps hinged) lower left corner ... read more
Lot 7466 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
RUSSIA - 1937 RARE PERFORATED COLOUR PROOF for the 20k Architectural Congress issue (SG 738, Michel 562 A) printed in violet on ungummed watermarked ... read more
Lot 7779 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
SOUTH AFRICA - 1913-24 KING'S HEADS COLLECTION STAMPS, CONTROL BLOCKS & MINOR VARIETIES on values to 5s, presented on album pages, includes (all mint ... read more
Lot 7823 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
SOUTH AFRICA - OFFICIAL 1930-47 2s6d blue & brown with DIAERESIS VARIETY over second "E" in "OFFISIEEL" on English stamp, SG.O19c, never hinged mint. ... read more
Lot 7892 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
SPAIN - 1850's-1960's INTERESTING RANGES in two stockbooks, mint (some later never hinged) and used stamps, includes 1876 25c War Tax mint, 1901-05 ... read more
Lot 8053 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
TRANSJORDAN - 1923 (Apr-Oct) ½p on 9p ochre surcharge INVERTED on issue of Nov 1922 with red handstamp, SG 75a, very fine mint & seldom seen.
Lot 8188 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GREAT BRITAIN - ROYAL VISITS MOSTLY SIGNED FLIGHT COVERS. 1986-1995 interesting collection of special illustrated Royal Flight covers housed in an ... read more
Lot 8216 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA - 1840 2d blue, plate I, SG 5 (Spec. DS5), horizontal pair "DB-DC", fine with four good margins all round, and light red Maltese ... read more
Lot 8238 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GB.QUEEN VICTORIA - 1891 £1 green, position "JC" but with frame unbroken (plate 3), SG 212, Spec. K17aa, with neat 1897 East Cheap R.O. cds's, good ... read more
Lot 8254 (Sandafayre #5304, 11th February 2020)
GB.GEORGE V - SEA HORSES 1913-34 GOOD TO VERY FINE USED SELECTION incl. Waterlow printings 2s6d x3, 5s with fine, registered, hooded circle postmark, ... read more