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19 November 2014 (First Session, Lots 2501–3095) Miscellaneous & Mixed Lots 9 First Session, Lots 2501 – 3095 Wednesday 19th November at 2.30 pm Miscellaneous and Mixed Lots 2501 A Q.V. to K.G.V mainly mint British Empire collection in New Imperial albums volumes I and I with G.B. 1864- 79 1d. plates to 224, 1902-13 to 1s. (2), 1937 re-engraved Seahorse set, Antigua 1903-07 CC ½d. to 5s., 1932 Tercentenary set, Ascension 1922 and 1924-33 sets to 3s., Australia 1932 Bridge set, Basutoland 1933 set, Bechuanaland 1932 set, Somaliland 1904 CA to 5r., Brunei 1908-22 to $5, Canada, Cayman Islands 1921-26 Script and 1932 Tercentenary sets, Cyprus 1928 Anniversary set, Dominica 1907-08 MCA and 1908-20 MCA sets to 5s., Falkland Islands 1898 CC 2s.6d. and 5s., 1904-05 MCA to 5s., Grenada, Jamaica 1920-21 set, Malta 1926-27 and 1930 overprinted sets, Montserrat 1932 Tercentenary, Nauru 1924 to 10s., Newfoundland 1897 Discovery, 1910 1c. to 15c., 1923-24 1c. to 24c., 1929-31 1c. to 20c., 1931 1c. to 30c., N.Z. 1906 Christchurch and 1913 Auckland Exhibition sets, 1931 Health pair, North Borneo 1931 Anniversary set, Northern Rhodesia 1925-29, Papua 1932 set to £1, St. Helena 1934 Centenary set, Seychelles 1912-16 MCA, 1917-22 MCA and 1921-32 Script sets, Southern Rhodesia 1924 and 1931-34 sets, S.W.A. 1931 set in pairs, Swaziland 1933 Script set, 1935 Silver Jubilee sets, etc. (100s) £4,000-£5,000 2502 A K.G.VI mainly mint collection in a SG printed album with many sets incl. Australia 1946-47 B.C.O.F., Bahamas, Bahawalpur 1948, Officials, Bahrain 1938-41, Burma 1938-40, 1939 and 1947 Officials, Canada, B.O.I.C., Falkland Is., Fiji 1938-51 and 1940 postage due, Gilbert and Ellice Is. 1940 postage due, G.B. 1939-48, Hong Kong 1938-52, India 1937, 1948 Gandhi, Jind State 1937-38, Kedah 1937, Kuwait 1939, New Hebrides 1938 and 1938 postage due, N.Z. postal fiscals to £2, Officials, North Borneo 1939 and 1945 overprinted, Nyasaland 1950 postage due, Pakistan, Perak 1938-41, Sarawak 1945, Seychelles 1938-49, Somaliland 1938, 1948-49 Silver Wedding sets apparently complete, etc. (100s) £3,500-£4,000 2503 A mint and used collection of Foreign countries in two well filled New Ideal albums (one with broken binder) incl. Albania Airs, Brazil 1861 280r. vermilion used, China 1878 3 can. used, 1897 Dowager 24c. used, 1897 surcharges, 1897 Red Revenue 1c., 2c. (2) mint, Foreign P.O’s, France 1869 5f. used, 1936 South Atlantic Flight 10f. used, French Colonies, German States and Colonies, Greece, Italy 1923 Manzoni set to 5l. mint, 1933 Zeppelin set mint, 1933 Balbo mint, Hawaii, Netherlands Indies 1864 and 1868 10c. used, Portugal and Colonies incl. Macau, Russia from 1858, Thailand from 1883, 1907 Postage overprinted 40t. used, U.S.A. 1847 5c. unused (faults), 1851 12c. used, 1869 1c. to 90c. used, 1870 to 90c. carmine used, 1893 Columbus to 50c. used, Scandinavia, South America, etc. (1,000s) £3,000-£4,000 2504 An all World collection in rather mixed condition in approximately 150 albums and stockbooks contained in eleven cartons with Great Britain from 1840 1d. (2) used, surface printed, later sets mint, strength in mint and used British Empire incl. Australia and States, India and States, Falkland Islands, New Zealand, Malayan States, also thematic collection of butterflies, etc. (many 1,000s) £3,000-£4,000 2505 A K.G.VI mint collection in an SG printed album with many sets incl. Aden 1937 Dhow, Ascension, Australia 1946-47 B.C.O.F., Bermuda 1938 to £1, Falkland Is., Great Britain 1939-48, Hong Kong 1938-52, India 1937, 1948 Gandhi, Leeward Is., Pakistan 1947, 1948-49 Silver Wedding and 1949 U.P.U. omnibus sets apparently complete, etc. (100s) £2,000-£2,500 2506 A mint and used collection in varied condition in fifteen albums contained in two cartons incl. Ascension, Australia with 1932-35 5s. used, 10s. to £2 and 1937 Robes 10s. overprinted “SPECIMEN”, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Malta 1930 10s. used, New Guinea, South Africa, South West Africa from 1923 overprints, postage dues, Officials, Sudan, Trinidad 1894 5s. mint, Zanzibar, China from 1885 1ca. to 5ca. used, 1960s and 1970s Peoples Republic issues, Japan, Manchukuo, Portugal and Colonies, Macau, Thailand from 1883 issues, Turkey, Middle East, etc. (many 100s) £1,500-£2,000 2507 An all World collection in an Ideal album in mixed condition incl. Canada, G.B. 1884 £1 DB used, 1891 £1 SB used, Labuan, Nyasaland 1913-21 Script 10s. and £1 mint, most 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus sets mint, Foreign countries incl. China from large dragons, France 1936 South Atlantic Flight 10f. mint, Thailand, U.S.A., etc. (many 100s) £1,500-£2,000 10 19 November 2014 (First Session, Lots 2501–3095) Miscellaneous & Mixed Lots 2508 A K.G.V to Q.E. II mint and used British Empire collection in six albums contained in a carton incl. Aden, Antigua, Ascension Is. 1934 Script set mint, 1938-53 to 5s. (2) mint, Barbados, Bermuda 1938-53 to £1 mint and used, British Honduras 1938-47 to $5 mint and used, Solomon Islands, Canada, Cayman Is. 1938-48 to 10s.(2) mint, Cyprus 1938-51 and 1955-60 to £1 mint, Falkland Is. and Dependencies, Fiji sets to £1, Gibraltar, Grenada, Montserrat, North Borneo 1945 overprinted 1c. to $5 set mint, St. Helena, Sarawak 1945 overprinted to $10 mint, many 1935 Jubilee sets mint, etc. (100s) £1,500-£2,000 2509 A Commonwealth collection in an Imperial album (volume 1, third edition), incl. Great Britain 1840 1d. black used (four margins), range of line engraved and surface printed to 5s. used, 1902-10 values to 10s. used, range of officials, also strong ranges from Australia with a range of ‘Roos to 2s. and States, Canada, Cape triangulars to 1s., Ceylon, Egypt, Hong Kong, India and States, Ireland, Malaya and States, Morocco Agencies, New Zealand, South Africa, etc, album in exceptionally fine condition, stamps slightly mixed. (100s) £1,000-£1,200 2510 A collection of British Empire in two Ideal albums volumes II and III with mint issues incl. Ascension, Bermuda 1920-21 and 1921 Tercentenary sets, G.B. 1929 P.U.C. £1, Iraq 1932 Official overprinted set, Leeward Islands 1921- 32 Script 10s., Nyasaland 1921-33 Script ½d. to 10s., etc. (100s) £800-£1,000 2511 A mint S-Z Commonwealth countries collection in an album, chiefly 1920s to 1930s, incl. St. Kitts-Nevis 1921-29 values to 5s., St. Lucia 1936 ½d. to 10s. set, St. Vincent 1913-17 ½d. to £1 set, Sarawak 1932 and 1934-41 sets, Sierra Leone 1932 and 1938-44 sets to £1, South West Africa 1931 ½d. to 10d. set in pairs, Straits Settlements 1936-37 1c. to $5 set, Sudan 1935 General Gordon and 1941 sets, Swaziland 1933 and 1938-54 sets to 10s., Tonga 1897 ½d. to 5s. set, Trengganu 1921-41 values to $5, Trinidad and Tobago 1938-44 1c. to 60c. set, etc., fine and fresh. (100s) £800-£1,000 2512 A mint collection of Europe in an album, chiefly 1930s, incl. Andorra 1931 set to 30f. and 1931 values to 30f., Austria 1931 Vienna Convention, 1932 Writers and 1933 Youth Welfare sets, Belgium 1932 Cardinal Mercier and 1932 T.B. sets, Bulgaria 1931 and 1933 Balkan Olympics set, Italy, Portugal and Colonies, Romania, Russia, San Marino 1932 P.O. Inauguration, 1932 Electric Railway, 1932 Garibaldi and 1933 Philatelic Congress sets, Spain, Vatican City 1933 Express Letter 2l. and 2l.50, Yugoslavia 1931-33 King Alexander set (without engraver’s name) to 30d., etc., mostly fine and fresh. (100s) £800-£1,000 2513 A 1940s to 1950s mint Commonwealth collection on album pages, incl. Australia, Barbados, Falkland Islands 1952 set to £1, Falkland Dependencies 1954-62 set to £1, Hong Kong 1948 Silver Wedding set and 1954-62 set to $10, India 1949-52 set to 10r. and 1955 Five year Plan set, Malta, Malaysian States, New Zealand Postal Fiscals 1940- 58 near complete values to £1, Tristan de Cunha 1952 Overprints set to 10s., etc., mostly fine and fresh. (100s) £800-£1,000 X2514 A K.E.VII to K.G.V collection of mainly Specimen stamps from a Postal Administration, partly stuck or stuck down on leaves or pieces, incl. Antigua 1903-07 set, Malaya with Selangor 1935-41 set, Trengganu, Natal, Newfoundland, South Africa 1910 2½d., Swaziland, Tonga, etc., mixed condition. (366) £700-£800 2515 A collection of mint European air mails in an album, from 1910s to 1930s, incl. Austria 1925 set to 10s., Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Danzig, Denmark 1925-29 set to 1Kr., Germany 1926-31, 1928-31 and 1931 Polar sets, Greece 1926 Aeroespresso set, Italy 1926 set to 5l., Lithuania, Russia, San Marino 1931 set to 10l. and 1933 Zeppelin set to 20l. on 3l., Spain, etc., mostly fine and fresh. (100s) £700-£800 2516 A mainly good to fine used K.G.VI collection in an S.G. printed album incl. Australia, Cyprus 1938 to £1, Falkland Is. 1938 10s., 1952 to £1, G.B., Hong Kong 1938-52 set to both $10, India 1937 to 25r., 1948 Gandhi set, Malta, N.Z. Officials, etc. (100s) £600-£800 2517 A collection in varied condition in twelve albums contained in a carton with strength in British Empire incl. G.B. 1840 1d. used, Australia and States, Canada, Ceylon, Gibraltar, Hong Kong 1905 $2 and $3 used, India from 1854, 1926-33 to 25r.
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