1857 Wmk Star Imperf 6d brown a neat fine used example with 3 margins, touching top right, nice looker, Cat £550.

1857-1935 Mint & fine used range on printed album pages from an old time collection including 1857-59 Imperf 1d blue, 2d green & 6d purple-brown, Perf issues 6 vals to 1s (faults), 1863-66 11 values to 2s blue with 5d red-brown noted (cat £110), 8d brown (cat £80), 10d (2 shades), 1866 Wmk CC 1d & 3d, 1872 set to 48c red & 96c drab (tones), 1885 surcharges (16 diff) to 1r12c on 2r50 dull rose (SG 176 heavy cancel), 1887 1r12c used, 1888 2c surcharges (8 diff), 1890 5c & 15c surcharges, 1899 to 1r55c (damaged), 1903 to 15c, 1904 to 75c, 1910 7 vals to R2, 1912 to R2, 1921-32 to 50c & R2, 1927-29 R1 to R5, 1935 Silver Jubilee set (cat £20), 1925 defin set, nice range of officials etc. Useful little lot STC £1450+. (c179).

1861-64 Wmk Star 6d brown p.14¼ unusual well executed forgery with star wmk, on paper with brownish gum, small patches on value tablet, most interesting addition, SG 23 Cat £3000 as genuine.

1864 P.12½ 2d Grey-green in a superb bottom marginal PAIR only showing frame line of watermark from the edge neatly fine used with barred cancels lightly struck, scarce multiple without main watermark. SG 50 var.

1877 32c slate and attractive fine used block of 4 with neat A duplex cancels, very sound and fine, SG 128 Cat £60.

1885 P.14 Postage & Revenue surcharges six values all mounted mint / unused with toned gum and hinge remains including 5c on 8c orange (cat £95), 5c on 4c rose (2, cat £54), 5c on 16c pale violet (cat £190), 10c on 24c brown-purple, 15c on 16c orange-yellow mint (cat £60), all poor gum but mainly nice appearance, SG 178/180. Cat £410.

1885 Postage & Revenue surcharges 11 values all used mainly fine including 5c on 24c green (Cat £110, toned at top), 5c on 48c rose (cat £70), 5c on 96c drab (cat £70), etc, Cat £360+. (11).

1902 Queen Victoria 15c blue on Colombo cancelled cover to the United States.

1922 R1.46 booklet partly exploded in creased poor condition containing 15 of the 24 6c violet defins, stuck or adhering to glassine interleaving, uncatalogued as black on white cover with Colombo Jewelry Store advert on reverse, extremely scarce and unlisted in this combination, closest is SG SB6a/b Cat from £4000 as black on orange cover. Rare!

1927 10r green and brown-orange hinged mint, very fine, fresh, SG 366 Cat £70.

1937-1952 GVI Collection hinged mint complete for the period including 1938-49 set of 14 to 5r (5r is toned gum), extra 5r ordinary paper SG 397A (cat £45), 1950 set 6 U/M, Cat £163. (41).

1938 (26 Feb) By Air Mail First Regular Flight cover to Scotland bearing 20c tied neat DIYATALAWA CDS, and reception Station oval backstamp 25.2.38, few light tones, nice example.

1938-43 R5 both shades of the top value green and purple & 5r green and pale purple both hinged mint fresh & fine, SG 37/397a, Cat £100.

Aden used in: 1896 1r.12c dull rose used with a good strike of ADEN squared circle cancellation, Sismondo PM85, few contemporary marks on the front otherwise sound, and rarely found. SG 201.

Postal Fiscal: 1952 Revenue 10r green and orange very fine unmounted mint, SG F1, Cat £100.

Revenue: 1938 GVI 10R green and orange Revenue Revenue fine lightly mounted mint, very fresh, Barefoot 8. Superb.

Revenue: 1938 GVI 10R green and orange Revenue Revenue fine used large CDS cancel, Barefoot 8. Superb.