Collection: Current Weekly Auction - Closing Wednesday, February 11, 2026 at 11:30 pm Atlantic Time

 Welcome to our weekly unreserved auction!  This week we offer material from three specialized areas as well as some general higher value worldwide pre-1950. The first of these is the fourth instalment of my personal specialized collection of the 1935 Silver Jubilee Omnibus issue of the British Empire. Scott glosses over this issue, so it may surprise collectors to learn that these stamps replaced ALL colonial issues for a year after they were issued, at least for the face value of the stamps issued, and so in order to supply the demand for the colonies, up to 4 or 5 printings were made. Three printing firms: Waterlow, De La Rue and Bradbury Wilkinson were all involved and each had their own paper, their own method of perforating, and their own colours. In all cases, significant shade differences can be found, and there are a myriad of different constant and non-constant plate flaws that can be collected, as well as re-entries. Gibbons only lists a handful of these that could be successfully plated. You would do well to watch my You Tube videos about these which you can access here.

The second area consists of The Admiral Issue of Canada, issued from 1911 to 1928. . Once again, I have described these issues using using my new paper nomenclature, and get into full descriptions of paper types, shades, perfs and design sizes. I have posted tables of the printings I have documented so far in the stamp tables menu, as well as the paper types of this period. You can access the relevant tables here and, here.

The third area is a selection of Queen Victoria British Commonwealth covering Cape of Good Hope through India. Then, there is a generic selection of better pre-1940 worldwide.  

Lots marked with a "(C)" next to the lot number are on consignment. Accordingly a 15% buyer's premium will apply to those lots only. 

There are approximately 400 lots this week.  The first 226 are posted tonight, with the balance to follow tomorrow and Friday. The photo for lot 83A is not yet posted, but will be added tomorrow. 

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