G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1938 (Mar 9) Jim Broadbent England to Australia solo flight attempt, cover franked 1½d posted in London, then carried on the attempted flight to A...

c.1860-71 Covers comprising USA 3c postal stationery envelope with Wells Fargo printed frank from San Francisco to the Assay Office at New Westmin...

1853-74 Covers (6, two with letters) and entire letters (3) from Victoria (8) or South Australia, the 1851 letter from Adelaide relating how large...

Argentina/Australia. 1934 (Nov 27) Cover from Buenos Aires to Brisbane franked $1.35, handstamped "VIA CONDOR" with circular "SERVICIO AEREO TRANS...

Air Mail Labels. c.1925-35 Labels including Imperial Airways booklets (10) issued in G.B (4), South Africa (2), Australia (2), Egypt or India, U.S...

c.1855-1968 Commonwealth collection in four albums, many better KGV and KGVI stamps and sets, including Ascension, Australia 1932 5/- Sydney Harbo...

Australian States. c.1863-1900 Selection including South Australia 1899 1d O.S overprint inverted used, New South Wales 1885 3d perf 10x11 OS over...

Western Australia. 1854-55 Imperf 1d black used, 4d plate blue and 1/- pale brown both unused no gum, all fine with four margins. S.G. 1, 3/4, £1,...

1916-46 Mourning covers including 1930 cover to London with the stamp washed off and boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S COMORIN", some with enclose...

Transport Ships - South Africa/Sierra Leone. 1916-19 Covers and cards comprising 1918 stampless card of Freetown with violet "A.I.F / Passed by Ce...

Transport Ships. 1915-16 Covers and cards with "A.I.F / Passed by Censor No ....." cachets, all with the Transport number added in manuscript, one...

1919 (Nov 12) England to Australia first Aerial Post, cover addressed to "Mrs A. Bertram, Moonya, Patey Street, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia" c...

1929 (Nov 12) Picture postcard depicting a cover carried on the 1919 England to Australia flight, the Vickers Vimy aircraft, and the four crew, th...

1931 (Nov 18) Registered Australia to England first flight cover franked 1/5, signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and G.U Allan, a good pilot signed...

1938 Empire Air Mail Scheme, eastbound first flight covers from G.B (3, two posted back on first return flight from Akyab) or Ireland to Burma, or...

Ahmednagar. 1914-19 Covers and cards to P.O.Ws at Ahmednagar including Japan 1½s postal stationery card, Bavaria 10pf postal stationery card, post...

1929-39 Flight covers, mainly first or special flights from India including 1929 covers to Australia franked for Perth to Adelaide service (2), 19...

1934 (Dec 14/15) First London to Australia service by Imperial Airways and Qantas, cover from Calcutta to Mr & Mrs Hudson Fysh in Brisbane signed ...

1938 (July 30) Extension of the "All Up" Scheme to Australia, first flight covers to Akyab, Australia (4, also two covers from Karachi to Gwalior ...

1943 (Nov 6) Qantas Perth to Ceylon service extended to Karachi, cover carried on the first return flight from Karachi to Mr Hudson Fysh (Managing...

1892-94 1c on 8c and 3c on 32c Surcharges, study on pages with 1c on 8c Specimen, mint pane of sixty and blocks of 36, 33 and 24, 3c on 32c Specim...

1892-95 Wrappers and covers sent at the 1c printed matter rate, including 1892 wrappers to Australia bearing 1c on 6c or 1c on 8c, four from C.A R...

1942 (Jan 27 - Feb 10) Covers sent shortly before the fall of Singapore, comprising 1941 (Dec 1) cover franked 5/- from G.B to Kuala Lumpur but ha...

1932 (Mar 2) Cover to London bearing Australia 2d on 1½d tied by "CHRISTMAS ISLAND" c.d.s type D6, backstamped at Singapore (Mar 15), an unusual a...

1950 (Apr 12) Air Mail cover to London franked Singapore 10c (4) + U.P.U 10c with Christmas Island type D11 datestamps, handstamped "BY AIR IN AUS...

1950 Covers from E.R Leigh Parkin of Cable & Wireless Ltd to his parents in England, all sent by barrel mail with circular "Cocos-Keeling / Is." c...

1950 Registered cover from E.R Leigh Parkin of Cable & Wireless Ltd, to England, sent by barrel mail "per R.M.S Orion" with violet boxed "TIN CAN ...

1951 Picture postcard of R.M.S "Orion", sent as barrel mail by E.R. Leigh Parkin of Cable & Wireless Ltd, addressed to England with violet circula...

1952-55 Covers including 1952 covers with Australia stamps cancelled "R.A.A.F P.O / COCOS ISLAND" (4, two with violet "R.A.A.F / SERVICE", one als...

From Australia. 1954 (Mar. 12) Covers enclosed within oversize O.H.M.S. buff ambulance envelopes, comprising cover with Malaya resealing label wit...

From Australia. 1954 (Mar. 11/12) Covers, various rates and frankings, including Forces Air Letter franked 10d, Forces Concession Rate letter fran...

Cyprus. 1954 (Mar. 8) Cover from Brisbane to Kyrenia franked Australia Royal Visit 2/-, with red handstruck cachet. One of two covers recorded to ...

Netherlands - From Australia. 1954 (Mar. 8-12) Covers franked 2/- (2) and 10d aerogrammes (2), one cover with Malaya "Found Open and Officially Se...

Netherlands - From Australia - Groningen cachet. 1954 (Mar. 11) 10d Aerogramme from Mannum with good strike of cachet applied on arrival in red, w...

Sarawak. 1954 (Mar. 11) G.B Coronation Air Letter overstamped by Australia 1d + 9d, from Perth to Resident 3rd Division, Sibu, enclosed within a w...

Singapore. 1954 (Mar. 8-11) Covers from Australia (2) or New Zealand to Singapore, including meter cover from Abbotsford repaired with Malaya "Fou...

Singapore - From Singapore / Australia. 1954 (Mar. 7) Cover franked Singapore 50c to Australia (Mar. 12 Sydney arrival), re-directed back to Singa...

Sweden. 1954 (Mar. 10) Australia 10d Aerogramme to Nassjo, undamaged and without cachet but with printed two line slip, enclosed within a Swedish ...

Switzerland. 1954 (Mar. 9-12) Covers from Australia franked 2/- or New Zealand franked 1/9, both with handstruck cachet in red, a little fire dama...

Envelope addressed to Squadron Leader B.P.T. Horsley, A.F.C., Buckingham Palace, a little water stained, with handstruck cachet in red at upper le...