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!

1857-1935 Early mint & used collection on printed Imperial leaves with better content throughout including 1857 Imperfs 1d blue f.u., 2d green, 5d chestnut, 6d brown (2 shades), 1861 onwards perf issues 2d, 5d, 9d, 1s violet (2), 1863 vals to 10d, incl ½d mauve (cat £55), ½d reddish lilac (cat £90), 1867 vals to 2s blue, 1872 vals to 96c used, good range of surcharges to 1r12c mainly used, 1887 1r12c mint, 1888 range of 2c ovpts mint (7), 1899 2r50c purple on red mint (cat £42), 1898 surcharges on high values set 2 mint (SG 254/5 cat £71), 1899 1r50c mint 2r25c blue used (cat £55), 1903 to 30c used, 1904 to 75c used, GV 1912 to R2, 1921 to R5 (some fiscal cancels), 1927 R5 used, 1935 SJ set used, 1935 defin set used, (c220), ideal to fill those gaps. STC £1700+.

1935 King George V Silver Jubilee seven 9c and 6c stamps address to England. SG 379 380

1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 fine used on an attractive registered airmail cover Colombo to New York from an old time collectors hoard, SG 379/82.

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.

WW2 two covers to UK bearing 4 or 5 combination defins tied RAF BASE PO / CEYLON violet cancels, some faults or bends both have triangle censor cancels. (2).