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Åland Islands; mixture in box with a bundle of first day covers (c.130, up to 2007, inc. two signed), mixed other covers (c.170 mainly modern, some for examples of postmarks, other commercial, Finnish period, a few older), and other odds inc. postal stationery, unused postcards, couple of year packs, other mint, odds and ends...... £80. Argentina; 1997 Year Pack (35 stamps, 4 m.s., 1 booklet), with face value of 40pesos, SG catalogue price of £176. (Outer envelope roughly opened.) ...... £45. Australia; 1993 two attractive prints of the “Art of Our Country” stamps, with stamps attached and postmarked, in folder...... £2½ Australia; Varieties; 1954-65 selection of varieties in blocks (one variety per block). Most blocks are a mix of u.m. and l.m.m., but the varieties are unmounted unless otherwise noted. --; 1954 Royal Visit 3½d eight-block with re-entry (SG 272a cat.£42.). .. .. £28. --; 1954 Royal Visit 3½d eight-block with weak entry at lower panel. .. .. £5. --; 1954 Red Cross 3½d twelve-block with broken cross...... £5. --; 1955 YMCA 3½d twelve-block with left corner of triangle broken. .. .. £5. --; 1956 Responsible Govt. 3½d ten-block with vertical line above lion. .. .. £3. --; 1956 Responsible Govt. 3½d fourblock with weak entry at left side. .. .. £6. --; 1956 Olympics 4d sixblock with spot on bar of “4”...... £6. --; 1956 Olympics 7½d twelve-block with “coloured flaw under rim of torch”. .. £6. --; 1956 Olympics 1/- fourblock with “birds in sky” variety...... £3. --; 1956 Olympics 1/- fourblock with short “L” in “AUSTRALIA” (variety l.m.m.). .. £4. --; 1956 Olympics 2/- eight-block with retouch below “th” of “XVIth”. .. .. £10. --; 1956 Olympics 2/- eight-block with {a} white spot above building and {b} white flaw on “T”. £8. --; 1957 Christmas 3½d corner fourblock with re-entry on “ISTMAS” and “TRIA”, off-centre. £4. --; 1958 Kingsford Smith 8d sixblock with line on lower margin. .. .. £4. --; 1958 Broken Hill 4d fourblock with horizontal line in background above “AL”. .. £2. --; 1958 Christmas 4d sixblock with “shoulder flaw and flaw on hand”. .. .. £3. --; 1960 Northern Territory 5d vertical strip of ten, one being tyle II. .. .. £5. --; 1960 Northern Territory 5d eight-block, one with “NORTHERN” re-cut. .. .. £7. --; 1960 Christmas 5d sixblock with re-entry at “19”, “joy” etc...... £10. --; 1961 Melba 5d fourblock with “lower frame incomplete at right”. .. .. £4. --; 1965 Churchill 5d eight-block with retouch below “STR” - variety l.m.m. .. £5. China; Peoples’ Republic; 1996 presentation folder/book “Chinese Best Stamps” (14 stamps and 4 miniature sheets). Total catalogue £25.05...... £10. --; Taiwan; 1994 Year Book (51 stamps, 2 m.s.), total catalogue £84.35 (face value $524½) £25. Denmark; 1907 Frederik VIII 20ø blue mint corner fourblock (stamps u.m.) showing some plate scratches on margins...... £30. --; 1907 Frederik VIII 20ø ultramarine mint corner fourblock (stamps u.m.). .. .. £28. --; 1907 Frederik VIII 20ø blue l.m.m. with “pulley flaw”...... £10. --; 1907 Frederik VIII 20ø ultramarine l.m.m. with “pulley flaw”. .. .. £12. --; 1907 Frederik VIII 20ø blue with “pulley flaw” fine used on commercial cover to Syria. £20. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST Finland; 1972 National Costumes 5m booklet u.m., signed on cover “Gunvor Arne”. .. £15. France; 1995 “Pochette Sélection” with 12 u.m. stamps. Catalogue £30, face 50f. .. £7. --; 1998 World Cup presentation book “les Mémoires de Footix” – quite an extensive and well- illustrated 77-page book. Includes 1996 miniature sheet of ten 3f stamps. .. £6. --; 1998 “Collection Annuelle” book (69 stamps, 3 m.s.). Stamps cat.£201 (face just over 300f). £45. Germany; Unified; 2000 Year Book (65 stamps, 2 m.s.). Catalogue £127 (face 86dm) .. £30. Gibraltar; first day covers, all full sets on illustrated covers, unaddressed. Buy any ten of these and get 10% off; buy any twenty and get 20% discount ! 1964 Shakespeare £1, 1966 World Cup £2, Angling £1, 1969 Uniforms £1.75, Uniforms (on four covers) £1.75, 1970 Europa Point 50p, Uniforms £1.75, Philympia 50p, 1971 Uniforms £2.50, Uniforms (4 maxi cards) £5, 1972 Royal Engineers £2, Uniforms £2, Uniforms (4 maxi cards) £5, 1973 Uniforms £3.50, Christmas £1, Wedding 30p, 1974 Uniforms £4.25, Christmas 85p, 1975 Uniforms £3, 1977 Stamps 75p, 1979 R.Hill 50p, 1980 Police £1, 1981 Europa 50p, booklet pane £1, Air Mail £1, Convent £1, 1984 Sports £1.75, 1987 Naval Crests £6, Christmas £2.50, 1988 Naval Crests £6, 1992 Diocese £4, Christmas £5, 1993 Europa £5, Definitives 1p to 26p £4, Defionitives 50p to £3 £7, Anniversaries £5, Christmas £4, 1994 Scientific £5, World Cup £3, £5 definitive £7, Philakorea m.s. £2.50, Marine Life £4, IOC £3, Christmas £5, 1995 EU £4, Europa £4, VE Day m.s. £2.50, Island Games £3, Warships m.s. £6, UN £2.50, Cinema (2 m.s. on 2 covers) £4, Christmas £4, 1996 Puppies £4, Football £5, Football m.s. £5, Olympics £4.50, UNICEF £3, Orchids £5, Red Kite £4, Christmas £3, 1997 Europa £4, Kittens m.s. £5, Butterflies £4, Butterflies m.s. £4, G.Wedding £5, 1997 Galliano £4, Galliano m.s. £2, Christmas £4.50, 1998 World Cup £4, World Cup m.s. £4, Diana m.s. £2.50, Europa £3.50, Marine m.s. £4, Wisdom £3, Christmas £3, 1999 Definitives 1p to 42p £2.50, Europa £4, Maritime m.s. £4, John Lennon £3, John Lennon (2 m.s. on 2 covers) £6, UPU £1, R.Wedding (2 covers) £3, Sports £3, Christmas £3, 2000 Stampin’ £3, Football £4, Football (2 m.s. on 2 covers) £7, Europa £3, 18th Birthday £3.50, Birthday m.s. £3.50, Q.Mother £4, Q.Mother m.s. £4, Christmas £3, 2001 Victoria £4, Snakes £4.50, Snakes m.s. £4.50, Europa £4, 75th Birthday £4, Birthday m.s. £4, Chronicle £4.50, Christmas (Peanuts) £3, Christmas m.s. £3, 2002 Coins m.s. £4, Jubilee £4.50, Jubilee m.s. £4.50, Europa £3.50, World Cup £4, World Cup m.s. £4, Wildlife £3.50, Wildlife m.s. £3.50, 18th Birthday £3.50, Birthday m.s. £3.50, Christmas £4.50, 2003 Coronation £3.50, Coronation m.s. £3.50, 21st Birthday £4, Birthday m.s. £4, Europa £3, St. George £3.50, St. George m.s. £3.50, UK Express £5, Mushrooms £4, Mushrooms m.s. £4, EU £3, Christmas £3, Christmas m.s. £2, 2004 Vacations £4, Football £4, Football (2 m.s. on 2 covers) £5, D-Day m.s. £4, Royal Visit £4, Elton John m.s. £2.50, Flowers (2 covers) £8, Christmas £3, 2005 Gastronomy £4, Liners £4, Liners m.s. £4. Ireland; a selection of unmounted sheets and sheetlets, all at attractive prices; 1986 Christmas 21p sheetlet of twelve, cat.£12 for £3, 1987 Christmas 21p sheetlet of fourteen plus label, cat.£7½ for £3, 1988 Olympics sheetlet of ten, cat.£9 for £5, 1988 Christmas 21p sheetlet of 14 plus label, cat.£10 for £3, 1989 Europa Children’s Games set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£17½ for £7, 1993 Europa Art set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£18½ for £7½, 1993 Christmas 28p in sheetlet of 13 plus 2 labels, cat.£8½ for £3½, 1994 Saint Brendan set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£22½ for £8, 1994 World Cup sheetlet of eight, cat. £6 for £2½, 1994 Christmas 28p sheetlet of 13, cat.£8 for £3, 1995 Europa set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat. £22½ for £7½, 1995 United Nations set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£20½ for £8., 1995 Christmas 28p sheetlet of 13 plus 2 labels, cat.£12 for £4, 1996 Olympics sheetlet of nine 32p values, cat.£6.75 for £3, 1996 Europa Women set (2) in sheetlets of 10, cat.£19 for £7, 1996 Christmas 28p sheetlet of 15, cat.£10 for £4, 1997 Irish Free State miniature sheet of 12 (all 32p) cat.£12 for £5, 1997 Europa Tales set (2) in sheetlets of 10, cat.£18½ for £7, 1998 Festivals set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£30 for £9, 1999 Europa Parks/Gardens set (2) in sheetlets of ten, cat.£19 for £7, 1999 Gaelic Football sheetlet of 15 plus label, cat. £9 for £4½, 1999 Millennium People sheetlet of twelve, cat.£15 for £6, 2000 Millennium Historical sheetlet of twelve, cat.£15 for £6, 2000 Millennium Discoveries sheetlet of twelve, cat.£15 for £7. Also 1993 Europa Art set (2) in sheetlets of ten cancelled-to-order for £6. Singapore; 1990 official Year Book. Stamps catalogued £60.75 (face value $36.05) .. £17. --; 1991 official Year Book. Stamps catalogued £60.45 (face value $29.95) .. .. £15. Sweden; three advertising labels – 1913 Nordiska Spelen (showing speed skaters), 1923 Idrottsspel (athletes), and 1929 Halmstad exhibition...... £5. --; two booklets of the Uppsala Cathedral test stamps (one blue, one multicoloured), engraved by Czesław Słania...... £7. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST United Nations; New York; approx. 1980-89 folder of 39 different Flag Series sheetlets, all unm- ounted mint. Catalogue £260. Face value $131.52 (= c.£77). Priced at just over half face ! £40. --; --; a similar lot of 36 different (duplicates to the above). Cat.£239, face $120.96 (= c.£71) £35. --; --; similar bundle of 20 different (duplicates to the above). Cat.£101, face $62.08 (= c.£36½) £18. --; --; approx.1980-89 selection of 32 different Flag Series sheetlets, all used (cancelled-to-order). Catalogue £233...... £30. United States of America; 1995 Civil War souvenir/presentation book, containing two of the sheetlet of twenty stamps (to show front and back). Stamps cat.£50 (face value £12.80).. £13. Cinderella; see Sweden. United Kingdom; 1992 private souvenir booklet for Northeast Philatelic Weekend, containing four formats of 11½p Machin “Readers Digest” strip...... £2. 2012 Olympics Gold Medal Winners complete set of 29 unmounted mint single stamps. Commonly retails at about £35 to £45 – our price only £24 ! Same but in original complete sheetlets of six (commonly about £200 to £250) – our price £140. We sometimes have odd single stamps from this series, but not at the moment.

We recently took a new and quite bold stance on pricing of modern mint UK. The reaction from many customers has been that they don’t believe it ! Simply, on anything which is available is decent quantities, we charge ten pence more than the face value of that item. So for example the 1997 “Tales of Terror” set of four, which has a face value of £1.37, would cost £1.47, while the single Dracula 26p stamp from the set would be 36p. This also means; Many “Smilers” sheets are just 10p above face value ! Many Prestige Stamp Booklets are just 10p above face value ! Many Royal Mail Year Books are just 10p above face value ! However, please remember that we’re not dafties, so anything which has a genuine level of scarcity will be charged at a sensible and reasonable market price. 1985 wholesale/bulk lot of the se-tenant pane from the “Times” prestige booklet, SG X864l unmounted mint. Contains scarcer phosphor variations such as 34p two-band. Pane is catalogued at £14. Normal retail price for the single stamps is about £6+. Something to resell or tuck away. Ten for £35. 1992 wholesale/bulk lot of the se-tenant block from the Tolkien prestige booklet, SG X1012l unmounted mint. Pane is catalogued £12 each (these are just the block of eight stamps plus label, with margin. Normal retail for the single stamps is almost £7. Another to resell or put aside ? .. Ten for £35. Royal Mail framed sets. These are items produced in recent years, all very well produced and presented, and normally costing fairly substantial sums. These are the things you see advertised in mailshots from Tallents House, often listed as “limited editions” etc. We wouldn’t normally keep these as normal stock, but several have come in recently along with other material, and we hope they are much more attractive at the prices you’ll see here. Just the thing for a study wall ! >> 2002 50th Anniversary of Queen’s Accession set of four panes from prestige stamp book, in frame. Limited edition, no.357 of 595...... £20. >> 2003 Royal Mail Special Stamps Annual Collection. Twelve different sets, all professionally presented in large frame. Total face value of stamps just under £50...... £40. >> 2009 Olympics/Paralympics set of ten singles in frame...... £6. >> 2010 Olympics/Paralympics set of ten singles in frame...... £6. >> 2011 Olympics/Paralympics set of ten singles in frame...... £6. >> 2012 Paralympics Gold Medal Winners set of 34 single stamps in frame. .. .. £20. >> 2012 Diamond Jubilee m.sheet in frame along with big enlargement of the Wilding “1st” stamp. £7½ >> “Postal Heritage Collection” framed photograph of postman in working class street, framed (dent at foot)...... £15. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST

Whole World Mixes; We’ve got a big mix of world stamps which we have split up into small boxes (shoebox or large cigar box size) – the mix is whole-world including just a small number of UK, almost everything is off-paper (although there’s just a few with backing paper), and condition on the whole seems fine. Largest numbers are of modern used, but there’s some old stuff scattered through as well as some mint, and it isn’t just all the standard countries. Some things might come in clumps of similar material, but you are welcome to come in and see the boxes to make your choice. Each box contains about 200g net weight of stamps. Price per box ...... £15. >>> We also do a very steady line of sales in our little bags of World Off-Paper, which have little or no UK, and are approx.20g weight each. Every packet made up at random out of our massive “Lake Asphalt” [used to be famous for the fact that however much asphalt was taken from the lake, it always refilled itself to the same level . . . . our loose stock seems to behave in the same way !] of bulk foreign stamps. Packets of about 20g. Each ...... £3. >>> UK packets very similar to the above. Each ...... £1½ >>> Better grade UK packets, containing some slightly less common, some mint. Each £5. NB. A 20g packet contains on average roughly 300 stamps. BETTER STAMPS This list (this and next three pages) is by no means exhaustive, and has been put together simply by picking odd items here and there so as to give a broad coverage, and an idea of the range we carry. UNITED KINGDOM 1840 Penny Black PD, plate 2, fine used on piece (large part entire) quite neatly tied by red Maltese Cross cancel. Datestamped 7 May 1840, the second day of the validity of the stamp. Also two-line KING ST./COVENT GARDEN. Stamp has 3+ margins, small crease at lower-right corner. SG Specialised Catalogue number A1tb, catalogue price (as a full cover) “from £20,000”. .. .. £1,200. 1858-70 Penny Red plate with manuscript “Airth 16/8/73” – possibly pen cancel. .. £20. 1870 ½d plate 14 sixblock (2x3) m.m./u.m. with some toning...... £150. 1867-80 large white corner letters 3d plate 6 (LD) fine mounted mint wing marginal, with fine appearance and good perfs, centred a little low and to the left. SG 103 cat.£550. .. .. £220. 1867-80 2/- Brown sound used, SG 121 cat.£3,800...... £750. 1873-80 4d plate 16 fine mounted mint. SG 153...... £500. 1873-80 4d plate 15 fine used with c.d.s. cancel but reperforated at top. .. .. £75. 1883-84 “Lilac & Green” 4d very fine l.m.m., centred to upper-right. .. .. £300. 1883-84 2/6 lilac fine and attractive mint, right marginal, lightly hinged, with a couple of small thins (one only a gum thin, the other tiny one just impinging into the paper). Small but noticeable printing flaw in frameline at left value tablet. SG 178 cat.£600...... £175. 1883-84 2/6 on blued paper with full gum, heavily hinged (possibly tiny thin), with SPECIMEN overprint. SG SP44 (Spec. K9s), cat.£600...... £180. 1884 £1 wmk. Three Crowns sound used. SG 185...... £550. 1912 KG5 1d SG 336 in mint block of twelve (3 are u.m., 8 are m.m., 1 is poor). .. £110. 1912-24 1½d with PENCF variety, SG 362a in pair with normal, m.m. .. .. £100. 1913 wmk. Multiple Cypher 1d sound used, SG 398...... £35. 1924-26 definitive 2d with sideways watermark in used strip of three with reasonable parcel cancel. SG 421b...... £90. 1929 PUC sideways watermark set (3) in mounted mint pairs...... £90. 1929 PUC sideways watermark ½d unmounted mint...... £35. 1939-48 10/- dark blue used fourblock. Quite heavy cancels and hind of folding. .. £25. 1948 Silver Wedding £1. We have several very fine used at present, all at the same price – each £20. 1948 Silver Wedding £1 v.f.u. also available lower-left corner marginal with sheet serial number £30, or lower-right corner marginal £25, or left marginal with cylinder number “1” for .. £35. 1951 high values with black bar overprints from the Post Office Training School. These have creases, as they were often removed from waste-paper bins. 10/- u.m. for £18/£25, or £1 no gum for £20. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST UNITED KINGDOM 1966 Landscapes 6d phosphor with inverted watermark u.m. SG 690pWi. .. .. £90. 1967-68 Castles unwatermarked £1 complete u.m. sheet of 40 (folded across centre). SG 762. £150. 1970 Commonwealth Games 5d u.m. with one broad phosphor band. SG Spec. (W192c). £40. 1970 Commonwealth Games 1/6 u.m. with missing phosphor. SG 833Ey. .. .. £40. Postage Due; 1955-57 5/- SG D55 f.u. block of 20, cat.£640...... £200. Departmental; 1902-3 Army Official 6d unmounted mint. SG O50. .. .. £120. Postal Fiscal; 1860 1d with “INLAND/REVENUE” overprint in red, fine used (with Hoster type cancellation). SG F8, cat.£725...... £125.

COMMONWEALTH Aden; 1937 Dhow 1r u.m. lower marginal, SG 9...... £50. --; 1953-63 20/- in the two shades unmounted mint. SG 72, 72a. .. .. £90. Antigua; 1970-75 Ships set (17) u.m. (50c creased)...... £20. Ascension; 1935 Silver Jubilee set (4) l.m.m...... £30. Australian States; Victoria; 1896-99 15/- fine used. SG 350...... £40. Australia; 1914-21 4d pale orange-yellow mounted mint, SG 22c. .. .. £25. --; 1914-20 4d lemon-yellow l.m.m., SG 22b...... £28. --; 1918-23 1/4 lightly mounted mint (tiny black spot), SG 66...... £20. --; 1963-65 Navigators complete set (6) unmounted mint...... £75. --; 1963-65 Navigators complete set plus the different papers of 10/- and £1. Tiny spot on gum of £2 value. (8) ...... £110. Bahamas; 1917 Red Cross pair, one with “long 7” variety, l.m.m. SG 90/90a. .. £25. --; 1954-63 4d with the turquoise-blue shade, u.m. fourblock, SG 206a. .. .. £50. --; 1964 Shakespeare 6d with inverted watermark, u.m...... £32. Barbados; 1852-55 Britannia 4d fair used, SG 5...... £25. --; 1855-58 Britannia 1d f.u. on piece, SG 10...... £35. --; 1870 Britannia 4d heavily mounted mint. SG 45, catalogue price £1,300. .. .. £300. Basutoland; 1961-63 1r u.m. marginal fourblock (hinged on margin). SG 79. .. £140. --; 1961-63 1r light maroon u.m., SG 79a...... £50. British Antarctic Territory; 1971 decimal surcharges set (14) unmounted mint. .. £80. British Honduras; 1888-91 2c bisect f.u. on large piece (part cover). SG 37a. .. £45. --; 1953-62 5c SG 183ab u.m. imprint marginal fourblock...... £20. British Levant; 1893 40pa surcharge on UK ½d, SG 7, mounted mint (fair). .. £175. British Solomon Islands; 1959 5/- booklet SG SB1 complete £20; 11/- booklet SG SB2 complete £25. --; 1980 Butterflies set (4) all with sideways inverted watermarks, u.m. .. .. £75. Canada; 1946 OHMS perfin on $1, SG O158 m.m...... £20. --; 1949 OHMS perfin on 50c, SG O169 m.m...... £55. Cook Islands; 1966 £1 missing aeroplane in overprint and normal as u.m. pair, SG 193/a. £30. Cyprus; 1963 Scouts miniature sheet u.m...... £60. Falkland Islands; 1891-1902 9d with SPECIMEN overprint, fine mounted. .. .. £75. --; 1921-28 watermark Script CA set (8 plus 2 shades of 1d, 2 shades of 2½d) l.m.m./u.m. £110. Falkland Islands Dependencies; 1944 overprints set (4 x 8) m.m. (cat.£96 for u.m.). .. £30. --; 1946-49 Thick Map set (8) u.m. pairs, with one “gap in parallel” in each pair. SG G1-8/a. £35. Gambia; 1978 Birds WWF set (4) u.m. £32.; same with some perf. faults. .. .. £20. Indian States; Idar; 1932-43 ½a mint fourblock, imperf on three sides, some faults. .. £25. Ireland; 1922-23 ½d SG 67 u.m./l.m.m. coil strip of four with coil join, the 2nd stamp with the “long 1” variety...... £20. --; 1922-24 ½d from coil (imperf top and bottom) f.u. on piece, SG 71a. .. .. £30. --; 1935 Seahorses set (3) used – the 2/6 sound but rubbed, 5/- fine but corner crease, and 10/- is fine. SG 99-101...... £250. Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika; 1912-17 remains of 1r80c booklet (SG SB1), with one pane of 3c. Some faults but terribly scarce. (Complete booklet would be catalogued at £2,000) .. £75. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST Leeward Islands; 1938-51 £1 SG 114b f.u. on piece...... £20. Lesotho; 1966 1r u.m. block of nine, left marginal, one of the stamps with the “LSEOTHO” variety, SG 120B/a...... £35. Mauritius; 1848-59 “POST PAID” One Penny dull vermilion, from intermediate impressions. Very fine used with four good margins, neat “14” cancel, barely visible corner crease at lower-right. RPSL certificate 1967. Towards the more distinct end of the range for these. SG 11, catalogue price £3,000...... £1,000. New Zealand; 1862-64 Chalon 1d orange-vermilion fine used pair, 3-margin (i.e. one with 3, one with just four), thin on left stamp. SG 33, cat.£550...... £95. --; 1940-58 Postal Fiscal 7/6 SG F198, u.m. corner marginal...... £60. Nigeria; 1936 KG5 5/-, 10/-, and £1 in unmounted mint vertical pairs, plus the 2/6 as a split pair (crease on the £1)...... £275. --; 1953-58 £1 SG 80 u.m...... £20. Northern Rhodesia; 1963 definitive set (14) fine used...... £45. Nyasaland; 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/- with the “kite and vertical log” variety, mounted mint. Some short perforations. SG 126k cat.£450...... £50. Rhodesia; 1910-13 Double Heads lovely unmounted mint set of eighteen stamps. Everything is fine and fresh, though with some individual imperfections (1d disturbed gum, 2½d crease, 5/- tiny spot on gum and three short perfs, 7/6 tiniest spot on gum, £1 some rough perforations). List of SG numbers available. Total catalogue £4,923...... £3,500. Saint Helena; 1884-94 6d with no watermark, m.m. pair (toning), SG 44. .. .. £40. Samoa; 1877-80 6d “EXPRESS” good used, SG 3, minor faults...... £50. Swaziland; 1968 overprints with inverted wmks. u.m.; 1c £30, 2½c £25, 3c £25, 3½c £30. Togo (British-French Occupation); 1916 20/- with SPECIMEN overprint, SG H58 (thin gum). £70. Turks and Caicos Islands; 1966 Churchill 8d with variety gold printed double. SG 264a cat.£160. With BPA Certificate (1967)...... £100. Zululand; 1894-96 2/6 SG 26 mounted mint...... £55.

EUROPE Albania; 1925 Return of Government set (7) l.m.m...... £35. --; 1928 Kingdom of Albania four high values m.m. (some gum thins). .. .. £20. --; 1931 Tirana-Rome Flight set (7) u.m. (some bends)...... £125. Austria; 1901 Newspaper set (4) u.m...... £32. --; 1933 WIPA Stamp Exhibition ten different labels showing forms of transport, some faults. £20. --; 1936 Ski Chamionships set (4) l.m.m...... £30. Belgium; 1849 Epaulettes set (2) good/fine used...... £24. --; 1931 Anti-Tb set (7) u.m...... £80. --; 1933 Orval Abbey set (12) m.m., slight toning...... £175. Bulgaria; 1907 Accession of Prince Ferdinand set (3) u.m...... £30. --; 1973 IBRA m.s. mint (hinged on margin only) ...... £20. France; 1869 5f SG 131,sound used (tiny thins)...... £80. --; 1925 Paris Exhibition 5f taken from miniature sheet, heavy m.m. .. .. £30. --; 1936 Air set (7) fine used (blemish on 3f)...... £275. --; 1937 Mermoz 3f - two shades f.u., SG 571-571a...... £22. French Colonies etc.; French Equatorial Africa; 1939 Revolution set (6) v.f.u. (tiniest toning). £60. --; French Indian Settlements; 1942-43 16ca heavy m.m., short perforation. SG 191. .. £150. --; French Polynesia; 1965 Underwater Swimming set (1) f.u...... £75. --; Wallis and Futuna; 1949 Air set (2) imperforate l.m.m...... £35. Germany; 1933 Wagner set (9) mounted mint, some slight adhesion. .. .. £140. --; 1933 Wagner 20pf perf.14 unmounted mint but with some wrinkles. Cat.£1,000. .. £100. --; 1934 Occupations 20pf and 25pf, each unmounted mint, each one a bit off-centre. Catalogued £80 each for u.m...... Each £30. --; 1943 Grand Prix set of two die proofs. Some faults...... £50. --; 1945 12th Anniversary set (2) imperforate u.m. (one fingerprint). .. .. £35. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST Germany; 1945 12th Anniversary set (2) perforated fine used...... £75. --; West Germany; 1950 Bach set (2) f.u...... £50. --; --; 1952 Hostels set (2) f.u...... £22. --; --; 1954 Humanitarian set (4) f.u. (20pf poorer)...... £30. --; --; 1955 Humanitarian set (4) f.u...... £24. --; West Berlin; 1949-54 Buildings set (21) used (faults on 8pf, 10pf, 80pf, 1m). .. £25. --; --; 1950 Orchestra set (2) f.u...... £60. --; --; 1953 Church set (4) f.u...... £60. --; --; 1986-89 Women set (17) used (c..t.o. with central philatelic cancels). Cat.£150. .. £40. --; East Germany; 1955 Engels impreforate set (6) taken from miniature sheet, fine used. £25. --; Cinderellas; 1915 page of stamps issued by the British prisoners at the Ruhleben Internment Camp. Comprises sixteen different mint stamps (including Express, “On Service” opt, and two “DUE” overprints), plus ten different cancelled on piece...... £100. German Colonies; German East Africa; 1905-20 60h f.u., SG 41 cat.£190. .. £90. --; Karolinen; 1901-10 short set to 3m m.m. (12) ...... £25. --; Samoa; 1900-01 1m f.u., SG G16...... £45. --; South West Africa; 1901 3m f.u., SG 22...... £40. Greece; 1924-26 Red Cross SG C406a u.m. corner pair, imperforate between the two stamps. £20. --; 1933 Zeppelin set (3) f.u...... £50. Iceland; 1924-26 2k surcharge on 25a fine used, SG 147...... £50. Italian States; Tuscany; 1854 Newspaper Tax 2s m.m., SG N1. .. .. £22. Italy; 1879 25c SG 34a l.m.m., some short perfs. Cat.£950...... £70. --; 1891-97 set (missing the cheap 2c !) good/fine used, SG 53, 55-61. .. .. £100. --; 1923 Manzoni short set to 50c f.u. (cancelled-to-order) (4)...... £30. Italian Colonies; Somalia (Benadir); 1906-16 surcharge set (8) mainly good/fine used, SG 10-16. £80. --; Somalia; 1932-38 25 lire (lioness) perf.14 lightly mounted mint. Slight toning at top. SG 178a, catalogued £1,200 (Sectional)...... £200. --; Somalia; 1934 Abruzzi set (8) l.m.m./u.m...... £45. --; Tripolitania; 1930 Ferrucci set (8) l.m.m. (1l25 is toned)...... £30. --; Tripolitania; 1933 Balbo set (2) used – cancels not guaranteed. SG 177-8 cat.£1,200. £200. Poland; Polish Government in UK; 1944 Montecassino set (4) in fourblocks (each with two u.m., two l.m.m.)...... £90. Portugal; 1911 “REPUBLICA” overprint set (14) mainly fine used (mainly small faults on 50r, 200r, 300r/50r)...... £70. Sweden; 1924 UPU Anniversary set (15) m.m. £350., or UPU Congress set (15) m.m. £300. Switzerland; 1908-40 3f SG 246 block of fifty g./f.u. on piece. Cat.£187½ .. .. £40. --; 1955 Lausanne miniature sheet u.m. £60., or very fine used ...... £42½

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OVERSEAS Abu Dhabi; 1966 500f SG 24 u.m. £18., 1d SG 25 u.m...... £30. Brasil; 1937-38 Gardens 10,000r f.u...... £30. Burma; 1989-95 Bamar Couple 20p “Union of Burma” SG 309a u.m. .. .. £60. China (People’s Republic); 1958 Flowers set (3) u.m...... £20. --; 1960 Chrysanthemums set (18) u.m. (marks on gum of nos.4, 15). .. .. £375. --; 1970 Tiger Mountain set (6) u.m...... £225. --; 1970 Tiger Mountain first five values u.m. (dents on no.4)...... £190. --; 1971 Paris Commune set (4) u.m., small faults...... £120. China (Taiwan); 1964 Cacti set (4) u.m...... £28. --; 1979-89 Plum Blossom high values on ordinary white paper $300 and $500. SG 1257ba-ca, unmounted mint, cat.£70. Single set £45, or in corner marginal pairs .. .. £80. Egypt; 1969-71 £1 SG 1047 u.m...... £25. Robert Murray’s BIG SUMMER PRICE LIST Iran; 1908-9 50k SG 316 strip of five m.m. (mixed quality). Cat.£400. .. .. £60. Libya; 1951 overprints on Cyrenaica SG 172-5 u.m.; 48f £25, 96f £28, 192f £70, 480f £125. Togo; 1959 Red Cross set of three miniature sheets u.m...... £15. United States of America; 1902-8 Lincoln 5c imperforate used, but only fair condition. SG 322, cat.£1,100...... £125. --; 1973-74 Flags 10c imperforate strip of four u.m. (minor faults), SG 1518a cat.£88. .. £25. --; 1895-97 Newspaper stamps SG N291-302 mint (10c torn, $2 creased). Cat.£200. .. £60. Vietnam; 1975 Postage Dues (Butterflies) set (4) u.m...... £36. Yemen; 1960 Olympics miniature sheet u.m. £60. Or same with a small dent for £20. SOME BULK AND WHOLESALE OFFERS Bulk UK First Day Covers; We sometimes build up excesses of stock. Here's bundles of spare first day covers. Most are from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, but there are usually some from the 1960s, and from the early 2000s (there's hardly ever anything after about 2002/2003). There will probably be some duplication, and there may be an odd fault here and there (but not many !). Normally full sets of stamps on illustrated covers, with typed addresses, or handwritten addresses, some with label addresses, pencil, or even unaddressed. Generally standard postmarks. £20 per bundle.

Bulk UK PHQ Cards; We've got far too many of these in our shop. I don't mean a few spare, I mean thousands upon thousands more than we need. In an effort to get some clearance of space, and perhaps earn a few pounds at the same time, we're cutting our losses and having a sell-off, simply selling some off by weight. Each bundle is of about 1.8kg of cards - for unused cards, that's usually about 340 cards. We'll be making these batches up at random, and while trying to avoid too much duplication, we'll not be spending very much time at it, so there almost certainly will be duplicates. Cards vary from late 1970s through to early 2000s. Condition is normally excellent, but please accept just an odd fault here and there. £11 per bundle. Bulk UK PHQ Cards; same as above but random odd cards (not sets). £9 per bundle. Bulk UK PHQ Cards; same as above but 1.8kg of first day used cards in sets. £24 per bundle.

POSTAGE MATERIAL Quite a standard line of business in the stamp trade in recent years has been the sale of mint valid stamps for postage at a discount below face value. We usually have lots of this kind of stock available, with the most popular being; UNITED KINGDOM; discounts of between 10% and 25% off face value depending on mix/quantity. GUERNSEY; £20+ spend gets 20% discount, £50+ gets 33% discount. ISLE OF MAN; £20+ spend gets 20% discount, £50+ gets 33%. JERSEY; £20 spend qualifies for 20% discount, spend £50+ to get 40% off face. OTHER COUNTRIES sometimes available.

TWO NEW CATALOGUES, now in stock; Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise catalogue is recently in. A well-known fixture in the UK stamp scene, the new edition has the following; many booklet panes added to listings, more varieties, and identification tables for Security Machins and “Post and Go” labels. Now a thumping 441 pages. £34.95. “British Presentation Packs” is a totally new publication by “Packs and Cards”, and essential for any specialist in these. Not only are all the standard packs listed, but variations, private packs, forerunners, format packs, reproduction packs, Post & Go, Greetings, and much more. Nicely colour illustrated throughout. You’ll learn a thing or two. £24.95 Come to our shop to see much more ! Stock is constantly changing – we have lots and lots of material which never appears on any of our price lists or web pages – staff are on hand to answer questions and give advice – you can just come and browse through our millions (yes, millions) of items of stock – and you save on postage !