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Autumn 07 Cover 27 November 2013 (First Session, Lots 1–503) Miscellaneous & Mixed Lots 9 First Session, Lots 1 – 503 Wednesday 27th November at 11 am Miscellaneous and Mixed Lots 1 A mainly mint Q.V. to K.G.V collection on leaves, incl. Bahrain 1933-37 set, Barbuda 1922 set, Basutoland 1933 set, British Levant with 1885-88 set, 1902-05 set, Grenada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Leeward Islands 1921-32 to £1, Malta 1904-14 to 5s., 1928 set, Nauru, Newfoundland, Papua 1916-21 to 10s., St. Kitts-Nevis 1920-22 set, St. Lucia 1891-98 to 10s., Sarawak, Seychelles, Southern Rhodesia, Sudan 1898 set, Transjordan 1933 to 500m., Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands, Zululand, etc. (100s) £3,000-£3,500 2 An all World collection in nineteen albums incl. G.B. 1840 1d. (2), 2d. used, 1929 P.U.C. marginal unmounted mint, Australia 1932 Bridge 5s. used, Bahrain, Barbados, Canada from 1851, 1942-48 to $1 mint, Hong Kong China overprints incl. $2, $3, $4 used, India 1902-11 to 15r. used, 1926-33 to 25r. used, 1937-40 15r., 25r. used, 1948 Gandhi 10r. used, Malayan States, Europe and Colonies, France 1930 perf. 11 20f. red-brown used, Netherlands Indies, China 1897 2c. Red Revenue used, People’s Republic, Middle East, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan Army Officials incl. 1905 1m. se-tenant pair large and small overprint mint, Thailand from 1883, 1887 surcharges, U.S.A., etc. £2,500-£3,000 3 An all World mint and used collection in twelve albums and loose contained in two cartons with British Empire incl. Australia, Barbados 1916-20 MCA to 3s. (both) mint, Bermuda 1918-22 2s. to 5s. mint, 1920-21 Tercentenary sets mint, India and States, Nauru, Newfoundland 1919 Air $1 on 15c. mint, 1919 Caribou set mint, N.Z. with Postal Fiscals to 10s., £1 mint, Rhodesia, Zanzibar, also Great Britain with 1840 1d. (3) used, 1864-79 to 1d. plates to 225 CD used, 1870 ½d. plate 9 NO unused with part original gum, K.G.V controls mint, later commemorative sets, U.S.A. 1893 Columbus to $1, $3 (apparently good used copy on small piece), etc. (1,000s) £2,000-£2,500 4 A British Empire collection in seven albums and eight stockbooks incl. G.B. surface printed, Aden, Antigua 1938- 51 to £1 mint, Barbuda 1922 to 5s. mint, Ascension 1938-53 to 10s. used, Bahrain, Bermuda 1938-53 10s., £1 mint, 12s.6d. used, Falkland Is. 1938-50 to £1 mint, 1952 to £1 mint, Fiji 1912 5s. used, Gibraltar, Hong Kong 1966-72 to $20 unmounted mint, India 1948 Gandhi set mint, 1949-52 to 15r. mint, Ireland 1937 St. Patrick 2s.6d. to 10s. mint, Leeward Is. 1921-32 to 10s. mint, 1938-51 to £1 mint, Malaya Kelantan 1951 set of 15 mint, Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 to 20s. mint, Nyasaland 1938-44 to £1 mint, 1945 to 20s. mint, Seychelles 1921-32 to 2r.25 used, Sierra Leone to £1 mint, Sudan 1935 Gordon set mint, 1941 sets (2) to 20p. mint, Airs, Officials, Tristan da Cunha, etc. £1,500-£2,000 5 A collection in seven albums incl. G.B. 1840 1d. used, another on cover, 1867 5s. used, K.E.VII ½d. to 1s. mint, Officials, Canada 1851 Beaver 3d. used, 1897 Jubilee to 20c. mint, 50c. used, Cape of Good Hope triangulars (8) used, Ceylon, Gibraltar 1898 ½d. to 12s. mint, 1906-11 2s. used, Hong Kong Q.V. incl. “Y1” Yokohama cancellations, K.E.VII to $1 mint, India 1929 Air 8a. with missing tree top variety unmounted mint, Labuan 1902-03 set to $1 mint, New Zealand from imperf. Chalons, 1899 Mount Cook 5s. used, airmails incl. 1930s covers, 1906 Christchurch Exhibition 6d. used, 1931 Smiling Boy 1d. + 1d. used, 2d. + 2d. (2) used, Officials, North Borneo 1945 B.M.A. set to $5 used, Rhodesia Double Heads, Sarawak, etc. £1,400-£1,600 6 A mint K.G.VI collection in a S.G. printed album incl. Aden with 1937 Dhows to 5r., Ascension, Bahamas, Brunei, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, India, K.U.T., Malayan States, Northern Rhodesia, Seychelles 1938-49 set, many 1948-49 Silver Wedding sets, etc. (100s) £1,200-£1,400 7 An all World collection in nineteen albums and five stockbooks incl. G.B. 1840 1d. (2) and 2d. used, surface printed quantity used, British Empire K.G.V and K.G.VI short sets, Malta 1949 Silver Wedding £1 mint and used, New Zealand from Chalons, Cape of Good Hope triangulars incl. 4d. on cover, Hong Kong incl. 1875 cover via Brindisi to London with 6c. and 24c. tied Shanghai “S1”, India 1870s covers to London, Switzerland 1928-31 3f. red-brown and 5f. blue mint, U.S.A. 1933 Zeppelin 50c. used, 1938 Presidents $1 to $5 unmounted mint, W.W.II covers from Palestine, Egypt, Libya to London, 1930s covers incl. several 1935 Jubilee commercial covers, etc . £1,000-£1,500 10 27 November 2013 (First Session, Lots 1–503) Miscellaneous & Mixed Lots 8 A used K.G.VI collection in a S.G. printed album incl. Aden with 1937 Dhow to 5r., Bahamas, Falkland Islands, India, Malayan States, Mauritius North Borneo, some 1948-49 Silver Wedding sets, etc. (100s) £800-£1,000 9 An all World collection in six albums, three small stockbooks, old approval books in a carton incl. G.B. 1840 1d. used, officials, Australia, Brunei 1947-51 $5 and $10 used, Gambia 1869 4d. used, Hong Kong, K.U.T., China 1878 wide setting 3ca. used, Germany from 1872 Eagles, 1935 OSTROPA miniature sheet used, Italy 1949 100l. brown used, Middle East with Muscat and Oman 1966 to 10pi. incl. 50b. type II used, covers, packets, etc. (100s) £700-£800 10 A British Europe used collection in two printed albums and auction folders with Gibraltar incl. 1886-87 to 4d., 1889-96 5c. to 5p., 1904-08 to 2s., 1912-24 to 4s., 1925-32 to 10s., 1938-51 to £1, 1948 Wedding, 1953-59 to £1, Malta from 1863 incl. 1899-1901 to 10s., 1904-14 to 5s., 1914-21 to 2s.6d., 1921-22 to 2s., 1922 Self Government to 5s., 1922-26 to £1, 1926 5s., 10s., 1926-27 to 5s., 1928 to 5s., 1930 set to 10s., K.G.VI and Q.E.II complete to 1970, postage dues, etc. £700-£800 11 A Q.V. to K.G.VI collection in an album, with countries A to B, incl. Ascension, Barbados, Basutoland 1933 set mint, Bechuanaland 1932 set mint, Bermuda, etc., varied condition. (few 100s) £600-£700 12 A Foreign collection in a New Ideal album incl. German States, Portugal and Colonies, Scandinavia, Russia, Shang- hai 1866 3ca. red-brown mint, Spain and Colonies, Thailand 1883-85 first issue set of five mint, surcharges, 1912 King Rama VI to 10b. used, Switzerland, U.S.A. from 1851, 1861 90c. blue used, 1870 90c. carmine used, 1898 Omaha $1 used, etc. £600-£700 13 Various in three albums, on leaves and loose in a carton incl. Christmas Is. mint collection, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany incl. quantity of covers and cards, Ghana mint collection, Iceland 1941 Sturluson set in c.t.o. sheets of fifty, India used in Burma, Italy, Nepal 1930 4p. block of forty mint, Pitcairn K.G.VI issues mint, Vietnam unused and used, Yemen, Yugoslavia, etc. (few 1,000s) £600-£700 14 A Q.V. to K.G.V mint and used collection in a New Ideal album, incl. Australia, Canada, Cyprus 1924-28 90pi. mint, 1934 set mint, Great Britain with 1840 1d. used, Hong Kong 1891 Jubilee 2c. mint, etc. (100s) £550-£600 15 A Central American collection in an album, incl. Costa Rica, Cuba with 1856 1r. yellow green used block of six, 1866 ¼r. mint and used, Dominican Republic, Guatamala, Porto Rico 1860 cover bearing crowned circle “PAID/AT/SAN JUAN PORTO RICO” in red, etc. (few 100s) £500-£600 16 A mainly mint selection on stockpages incl. Australia 1929-30 6d. in an Ash imprint block of four, 1932 Bridge 5s. (used c.t.o.), 1963-65 Navigators 7s.6d. to £2 plus white paper 10s. and £1 unmounted, Basutoland 1961 2c. on 2d. surcharge inverted unmounted, Canada 1898-1902 20c., Cyprus 1934 to 45pi., Falkland Is. 1921-28 to 3s. with some shades, Fiji 1903 ½d. to 5s., Grenada 1904-06 10s., Johore 1904-10 $4, $5 and $10, New Zealand 1935-36 Pictorials to 3s., etc., mainly fine. (72) £500-£600 17 A Q.V. to K.G.VI collection in an album, with countries N to S, incl. North Borneo with 1931 Anniversary set mint, 1939 set mint, 1945 B.M.A. set, Nyasaland 1938-44 set mint, Saint Helena 1922-37 to 10s. mint, etc., varied condition. (100s) £500-£600 18 A Q.V. to K.G.VI collection in an album, with countries N to M, incl. Malta 1928 to 5s. mint, Mauritius, Morocco Agencies 1898-1900 set mint, New Guinea 1939 Air set mint, 1931 Official set mint, etc., varied condition. (few 100s) £500-£600 19 A mint and used collection in two albums incl. Belgium 1849 10c. and 20c. used, China from 1884, D.W.I., France from 1849 imperfs., German States, Iran 1899 set to 50k. brown mint, Norway, Portugal and Colonies, Thailand, U.S.A. from 1851, 1898 Omaha $1 used, 1918 Airs, etc. £500-£600 20 A K.G.VI to Q.E.II collection in four New Age albums and two stockbooks incl.
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