SALE 5901 STANLEY GIBBONS LONDON 1856 | THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2018
COLLECTIONS & RANGES
4TH OCTOBER 2018
399 Strand, WC2R 0LX, London Please contact us on 020 7836 8444 | Email: [email protected] www.stanleygibbons.com/auctions
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COLLECTIONS & RANGES SALE 5901 THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2018
To be held at: Stanley Gibbons 399 Strand London WC2R 0LX
PUBLIC VIEWING AT 399 STRAND Monday 24th September 09:30 – 16:30 Tuesday 25th September 09:30 – 16:30 Wednesday 26th September 09:30 – 16:30 Thursday 27th September 09:30 – 16:30 Friday 28th September 09:30 – 16:30
Private viewing beforehand may be available at 399 Strand by appointment only.
For an appointment to view please telephone 0207 557 4458 or email [email protected]
ORDER OF SALE
Afternoon Session not starting before 2.00pm Lots 2500 -3134
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STANLEY GIBBONS LONDON 1856
399 Strand, WC2R 0LX, London Please contact us on 020 7836 8444 | Email: [email protected] www.stanleygibbons.com/auctions Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 2
MEET THE AUCTION TEAM
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Item Description Est
GREAT BRITAIN 2500 4B Postal History: Collection in 16 volumes from c1800 to 1970s including a good range of pre-stamp markings with some Free Franks and better mileage marks, stamped covers/OLS/entires from 1840s (no 1d blacks) but a few 1d red-browns with numbers in mx (also some on loose stamps), later issues include censored covers, slogans and TPOs, typically mixed condition but would repay viewing (Hundreds) £600-£700 2501 ½B Postal History: Assortment of OLS, entires and covers in small carton from pre- stamp to 1960s, items of interest include 1902 cover from Preston stolen letter bag, 1814 EL from Rome to Bath, 1915 stampless cover from Belgium to London with fine ‘HOPITAL ANGLAIS/DE NEVERS’ cachet, 1857 stampless OLS Cape Town to London with POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON h/s, 1859 part cover with small crowned paid and apparently signed by Rowland Hill, 1879 cover to London from BPO Constantinople f/w 2½d rosy mauve, a fascinating lot which would benefit from viewing (300+) £500-£550 2502 B Collection in 6 albums/stockbooks and loose with a small range of postal history incl 1841 envelope franked with 1840 1d black and 1842 entire with 1840 2d blue also mint 1842 2d Mulready envelope, stamps incl 1840 1d black (3 used in poor cond) and 1913 £1 Seahorse used, then strength in QEII incl 1960s mint phos commem sets, year packs, defins with values to £5, pres packs and fdcs £1000-£1200 2503 1½B Worldwide collection in twelve volumes plus loose, however majority of value in one volume of Great Britain which includes 1840 1d black used (12 including one pair), these all with small faults, good selection of used 1d reds then rather patchy and mostly used to late 1960s, from then to 1988 a basic mint run through (commems only) with some postage content, non GB includes three sparsely filled ‘Ideal’albums (Few Thousands) £450-£500 2504 1½B B 1840-2016 mixed mint and used collection arranged in albums and loose including used 1840 1d. (3), 2d. (2), 1891 £1 green, K.E.VII to 10s., K.G.V ‘Seahorses’ to 10s., 1929 P.U.C. £1, and reasonably complete mint decimal issues to date, Officials and Postage Dues, London 2012 stamps and covers; also three childhood albums. (thousands) £1200-£1400 2505 4½B Collection from 1840 to around 1981 in five cartons, earlier issues a mixture of mint and used (often both), a range of presentation packs and fdcs from late 1960s, these more recent to late 1990s (not comprehensive) but covers include a good selection ‘Benham’ commemorative silks with royalty connections, better stamps include 1840 2d blue used, thinned but fine appearance, QV SP vals to 9d, 10d and 1s used, 1883-84 2s 6d and 5s cds used, KEVII vals to 1s m/mint, also 5s part o.g., 1915 DLR 2s 6d (2) and 5s m/m, 1929 PUC wmk sideways set m/m, 1934-36 photo wmk sideways set m/m, good range of 1952-67 ‘Wildings’ with better graphites, phosphors and wmk vars, 1962-64 better phosphor commems, also useful selection of postage dues from 1914, condition of early issues mixed but later almost all fine (Thousands) £800-£900 2506 E Collection of line engraved on album pages incl 1840 1d black (13 incl one pair - cut into at left) and 2d (5) these in mixed cond and various margins some with four margins, 1841 1d red block of six unused, range of 1864-79 1d reds both mint and used incl plate 225 fine used and 1870-79 ½d selection incl plate 8 block of 4 mint, cond varies but many useful and worth inspection (220+) £1400-£1600
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2507 A Collection in very large ledger, starting with a couple of postal history items incl 1840 1d black on cover, the stamps mostly used incl 1d black two singles and 1840 2d blue (6) these all with mixed margins, a selection of 1d red ‘stars’ one with inverted wmk (4 margins), some postmark interest with ‘1’ to ‘12’ in MC cancels, Town cancel in black and 1844 cancel in blue, 1841-51 2d blues incl numbers ‘1’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘10’ and ‘12’ in MC cancels, S/P incl 1859 entire Kirkcaldy to Amsterdam franked with a horiz pair of 4d rose-carmine and selection of used incl 1867-83 10s (MC) and 1897-1902 Jubilee £1, 1896-01 ARMY OFFICIAL ½d with ‘OFFICIAI’ used, then mostly low values to 1960s, a number of varieties throughout, very mixed cond but interesting lot (Hundreds) £1500-£1700 2508 5B Substantial collection in five cartons from 1840 to around 2012, earlier issues sparse and mostly used but including 1840 1d black (3), majority of value in mint issues from 1971 to 2012 including most commems (including 2012 Olympics/Paralympics booklets), some lightly duplicated, ‘Prestige’ stamp booklets from 1980s to around 2012 (not comprehensive), also several 1972 Wedgwood £1 but these with last pane absent, first day covers from late 1960s to mid 1990s, these lightly duplicated (usually 7 each) to Christmas 1983, also large quantity of loose used stamps sorted in packets and a number of empty stockbooks, modern issues mostly fine, good postage content (Thousands) £600-£700 2509 B 1840-2016 mixed mint and used collection arranged on four albums including used 1840 1d. (2), 2d., later surface-printed values to 5s. and mint to 10d., K.E.VII duplicated mint range to 1s. and used to 2/6d., Q.E.II with high decimal face value including Prestige booklets; condition mixed. (thousands) £500-£600 2510 2B A duplicated early to modern mainly used accumulation housed in twenty-six assorted volumes and loose stockcards including 1840 1d. (12 and a matched pair), 2d. (single and a pair), 1858-79 penny plates, 1870 ½d., plate 5, top left mint corner block of eight (4 x 2) showing plate number, later Surface-printed values to 10s.; also Q.E.II commemoratives mint and Post Office Yearbooks (4); condition mixed in places. (many thousands) £1000-£1200 2511 3B Collection from 1840 to around 1999 in eleven ‘Windsor Sovereign’ albums, QV mostly used including 1840 1d black (8, most with faults) and 2d blue (2), 1854- 57 perf LE incl SC14 2d, LC16 2d, 1864-79 1d red plates 71-225 (ex 77), plate 225 a spacefiller, range of SP to 2s blue, 1883-84 to 1s dull green, 1887-1900 to both 1s m/m, KEVII to 7d and 1s m/m, also to 5s used, KGV incl values to 1s m/m and 10s used, more spaces filled and largely m/m from KGVI to 1960s (1955-59 Castles used), then largely u/m from 1971 with some booklet panes and worthwhile postage content, also two additional volumes with some revenue stamps and other odds, the collection also contains a number of reproductions of QV to KGV better stamps, condition of earlier issues very mixed (Few Thousands) £1200-£1400 2512 A 1840-1953 mint/unused collection arranged in album including QV 1840 1d. black, RG, plate VI, (clear to good margins), 1841 2d.,1847-54 embossed, 6d., 10d., 1855-57 6d., 1858-76 2d. plate 15, 1862-64 3d., 4d., 5d., 9d., 1s., 1865-67 4d., plate 11, 9d., 1867-80 3d., plate 5, 9d., 10d.,1s., plate 5, 1867-80, watermark large anchor, white paper, £5,1872-73 6d. pale buff, plate 11, 6d. grey, plate 12, 1873-80, Watermark small anchor, 2½d. rosy-mauve, plate 13, 2½d. blue, plate 17, Watermark spray of rose, 3d., plate 19, 1s., plate 13, Watermark large garter, 4d. sage-green, 8d., 1880-83 2 ½d., plate 23, 3d. on 3d., 4d. plate 17, 6d., plate 18, 5d. on 5d., 1883-84 2s.6d., 10s., 1883-84 to 9d., 1902-13 2s. 6d., 5s., 10s. and £1, ‘Seahorses’ with 1913 Waterlow 10s., £1, Bradbury 10s., 1929 P.U.C. £1, etc., condition very mixed in places with some fine. High catalogue value and worthy of careful inspection. (hundreds) £8000-£9000
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2513 E 1840-1951 predominantly used collection neatly arranged on album leaves including 1840 1d., 2d., later Surface-printed to 10s., K.E.VII to £1, K.G.V to 10s.; condition a little mixed in places with some fine. (hundreds) £400-£450 2514 2B Collection in nine volumes plus loose from 1840 to around 2012 (a few later), earlier issues mostly used with some better odds including 1840 1d black with four margins, 1841 2d blue, 1911-13 SH 5d (3),10d vert strip of 3 and pair, 1s (2) m/m but tones, 1948 RSW, QEII mostly u/m including better 1962-64 phosphor commems but most of value in decimal issues (perhaps 70% of spaces filled) with values to £10 and 2012 Olympics booklets, earlier issues mixed condition but modern mostly fine (Hundreds) £700-£800 2515 A Small mostly used collection on pages including 1840 1d black (fine appearance but internal split), 1841 2d blue, KEVII odds to 2s 6d, 1924 & 1925 Wembleys (m/m), 1939-48 to £1 and 1977 £1, £2, £5 u/m (200+) £50-£60 2516 E Very useful if somewhat haphazardly arranged assortment on album pages from 1840 to 1951, mostly used but a some m/mint also present, a number of useful stamps (used unless noted) including 1840 1d black (6) and 2d blue (9), 1847- 54 6d lilac, 10d brown, 1s green, 1867-83 wmk mx 10s, 1872-73 6d grey plate 12 unused with part o.g., 1880 2s brown (perfin), 1880-83 1s orange-brown plate 14, part o.g.,1883 9d dull green m/m (also 3d, 4d, 6d and 1s with faults), 1883-84 5s crimson m/m, 1884 crowns £1 brown-lilac, 1891 £1 green, 1902-10 DLR 10s and £1, also 2s 6d m/m, 1918-19 BW 10s dull grey-blue m/m,1929 PUC £1 and much more, condition rather mixed but substantial catalogue value (Few Hundreds) £2000-£2200 2517 A Collection in one volume from 1840 to early 1980s, issues to KGVI almost all used, with some m/mint thereafter, better items (used unless noted) include 1840 1d black (15) include three on covers, a couple with four margins, 1840 2d blue horiz pair and single, 1841 2d blue (13 incl strip of 3), 1841 1d red- brown (120+) incl a few with numbers in mc, 1854-57 SC16 2d (5), SC14 2d pair (one creased), LC14 2d (11), 1864-79 1d red, lightly duplicated with generally three of each plate except 77 and 225, 1858-69 2d incl plate 12, 1870 ½d rose duplicated (ex plate 9),1847-54 6d, 10d and 1s (2), all with faults, 1862- 64 to 1s, 1865-80 to 2s blue, 1880-83 to 1s, 1883-84 10s ultramarine fine used, 1883-84 to 1s dull green, KEVII to £1 (£1 defective), KGV incl 1929 £1 PUC m/m (perf fault), selection of later issues include 1948 RSW £1 and 1951 to £1 m/m, condition rather mixed (Hundreds) £2000-£2200 2518 B Mixed early to modern range in 7 stockbooks incl 1840 1d and 2d (2 and 3 margins respectively), main value in u/m QEII with a good range of u/m sets, booklets, panes and min sheets , cond of earlier mixed (Many Hundreds) £850-£950 2519 B Duplicated accumulation in stockbooks and loose early to modern incl 1840 1d (4 - one reasonable 3 margins, the others faults) and 2d blues (3 - faults), then run of used QV to 10s and KEVII to 5s, value in QEII incl u/m sets, year packs, booklets, smiler sheets etc, very untidy but useful lot with high face value (Many Hundreds) £700-£800 2520 2½B Mixed range in over 20 albums/stockbooks and loose incl a reasonable used 1d black, KEVII vals to 1s mint, KGVI and early QEII sets with additional watermark varieties, 1948 Wedding £1 block of four mint, 1960s phos sets u/m (up to 3 of 3 each), a few coil leaders, quantity of ‘face value’, postmark collection, Air Mail letters, pres packs, phq cards etc, cond varies (Thousands) £600-£700 2521 B Collection in five albums (plus empty ‘Windsor’) early to modern incl large collection of 1d reds, but the value in decimal issues with decimal commems substantially complete to 2000 and later on cards, also 1984 yearpack, the modern fine u/m (Hundreds) £280-£300
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2522 B Collection in two SG printed albums from QV to 2007, rather sparse and mostly used to 1960s with odd better incl 1934 re-engraved set used, 1948 RSW £1 m/m, good mostly mint range from 1971 to 2007 (perhaps 80% of spaces filled) with good postage content, also two vols with some used 1960s-1990s, odds of IOM and a few non-GB (Few Hundreds) £275-£325 2523 ½B Collection in three volumes from QV to around 2007, issues to 1950s rather patchy and mostly used, good range (not comprehensive) from late 1960s with decimal vals to £10 and reasonable postage content, almost all previously hinged (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2524 B An early to modern mainly used collection arranged in three assorted volumes and loose with strength in QV and KEVII with many stamps on piece with neat postmarks and selected postal history; generally good to fine. (hundreds) £200-£220 2525 5½B Largely Great Britain used accumulation from QV to around 2015 in six cartons, earlier issues a little patchy and few higher values, QEII accounts for majority of bulk and often heavily duplicated with used commems and defins, also some fdcs from 1970s to around 2010 and non-GB odds (Thousands) £325-£375 2526 E Accumulation on pages and stockcards from QV to 1960s, better items include 1840 2d Mulready envelope and wrapper unused, 1840 1d black on entire, 1841 2d blue used (3), selection of used QV SP to 2s, 1847-54 6d used (2), 1870 ½d rose plate 8 m/m block of 6,1883-84 5s (4) and 10s used, KEVII £1 DLR opt specimen (no gum, faults), 1912-24 simple cypher to 1s m/m, 1924-26 block cypher to 1s m/m (5d used), 1924 & 25 Wembleys m/m, 1929 PUC £1 used (faults), 1934-36 photogravure to 1s, also sideways wmk to 2d m/m, 1939-48 to £1 m/m, 1951 to £1 m/m, 1955 Waterlow to £1 m/m (some short perfs), also a number of officials but most appear to be forgeries and a few pages of Ireland from 1922 to late 1930s, condition very mixed (300+) £400-£450 2527 E 1840-1955 mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged on album leaves including 1840 1d. (3, one cleaned), 1854-57 SC perf. 16 1d. variety misperfed with value at top neatly cancelled by part Scottish boxed h.s., later surface-printed to 5s. used, 1887-1900 ‘Jubilee’ values to 1s. green and carmine mint, K.G.V mint to 1s. and 10s. used, 1948 R.S.W. £1 mint, 1955 Waterlow to £1 (2/6d. defective); condition mixed with some affected by damp. (hundreds) £200-£220 2528 B 1840-77 mixed mint and used collection arranged in an album and on loose album leaves including used 1840 2d., 1858-79 Penny Reds with most plates, 1870 ½d. selection, later surface-printed to 5s., mint 1951 Festivals to £1, better phosphors with 1962 NPY, 1963 FFH, Lifeboat, Red Coss, 1964 Botanical, Geographical, later decimal high values; also Channel Islands and Isle of Man; mostly fair to fine. (hundreds) £200-£220 2529 A Mostly Queen Victoria used assortment in one volume including 1840 1d black (17) including six fine four margin examples, also a three margin example used on entire from Calne to Marlborough, 1864-79 1d reds with most plates present except 77 and 225, 1870 ½d rose plate 9, 1858-69 2d blue including plate 12, condition typically mixed (200+) £500-£600 2530 B Collection of used stamps in four “Windsor” albums from QV to around 2005, very patchy and condition extremely mixed but a few better odds including 1840 1d black, 1900 1s green and carmine and 1913 KGV £1 green (spacefiller), also two stock books of used duplicates and one volume of world-wide stamps which includes several pages of mostly pre WW2 China including battered 1897 2c on 3c red revenue (Hundreds) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2531 A Valuable duplicated assortment in album from 1841 to around 2000, many useful items include 1841 1d red-brown unused (6), numerous used including 100+ with mcs, a similar quantity with London numbers in mc incl ‘4’ x8, 1841 2d blue incl a few very fine mc used and a few with London numeral mcs, 1870 1½d plate 1 unused, plate 3 o.g., 1858-69 2d used selection incl plate 12 (20+), underprints incl Copestake Moore, OUS, SP 1855-57 6d lilac good used (200+),1862-64 4d to 1s incl 9d x4, 1865-67 9d used neat Dublin numeral, 1867-80 to 2s blue incl 3d rose cds used blocks of 4 (3), 10d brown used neat Alloa cds, 1872-73 6d chestnut (shades) cds used (15), 1873-80 to 1s, incl 1s orange-brown (3), 1881 1d lilac with PEARS SOAP underprint (2), 1887-1900 1s dull green, fresh o.g., used vals to £1 green incl two £1, 1877 Telegraph stamps to £1 used with odd unused or specimen, KEVII unused lightly duplicated to 1s (also single 2s 6d and 10s) incl ½d pane with St Andrews cross (no selvedge) and 2d with deformed value tablet, used values to £1, KGV 1912-24 8d and 9d agate wmk inv, 1924-26 block cypher 2½d to 9d wmk inv, 1918-19 BW 2s 6d m/m (6), some used incl Waterlow 10s, 1924 and 1925 Wembleys incl latter 1d used on telegraph form and several sets of both u/m, 1934 re-engraved 2s 6d to 10s (4 sets) m/m, 1939-48 2s 6d brown block of 4 mint, 1948 RSW £1 (20), 1951 to £1 in blocks of 4 u/m, a few KGVI German propaganda forgeries, 1960- 67 2½d green phos, wmk incl pane of 6, good selection of postage incl 1988-97 Castles and 2000 recess Machins with total f.v. in excess of £1000, postage dues incl 1½d chestnut mint block of 4 and control strip of 3, condition poor to very fine (Few Thousands) £6000-£7000 2532 E 1841-51 2d blue, used selection on two stock pages including a few pairs including two with single numeral cancels (contrary to regulations), one with several ‘12’ in MC, two horizontal strips of 3 and a number of singles, perhaps 50% have four margins (often close), also 1847-54 6d (2) and 1s (2) used, cut square but small faults (58 items) £300-£350 2533 A Assortment in stockbook including quantity of used 1841-51 2d blue (110) incl several horiz pairs and strips of 3 incl pair with 12 in mc, another with neat 62 Irish numeral and several four margin singles,1873-80 2½d rosy mauve plate 8 m/m, this off centre, 1883-84 2s 6d lilac m/m (creasing), 1887-1900 4d (2), 5d, 6d (2) and 9d (2) m/m, 1902-10 2s 6d m/m, KEVII Admiralty 2½d m/m, B.O.E. ½d m/m, 1918-19 BW 5s m/m, 1951 set to £1 u/m, 1948 RSW £1 u/m, 1963 Red Cross phosphor set u/m (Scores) £400-£450 2534 3B Duplicated accumulation in stockbooks and loose early to modern incl quantity of QV 1d reds, some value in QEII incl 1980/90s u/m sets, booklets and fdcs, also duplicated Channel Islands incl pres packs, very mixed cond (Thousands) £250-£300 2535 ½B An early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation housed in eight assorted volumes and loose, etc., including mint later Q.V. values to 1s., K.E.VII; also Channel Islands with Alderney and cricket commemorative covers with one signed by Donald Bradman. Condition mixed. (many thousands) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2536 ½B Valuable mint collection in three SG printed ‘hingeless’ albums from 1855 to around 1999, earlier issues sparse but a number of useful stamps including 1855- 57 6d pale lilac, small part o.g., 1862-64 1s green, corner crease, small part o.g., 1865-67 4d vermilion plate 12, 1867-80 3d pale rose plate 10, small part o.g., 1883 3d on 3d and 3d and 6d on 6d part o.g., 1880-81 ½d green to 5d indigo (no 1d), 1½d creased, part o.g., 1883-84 to 1s dull green, 4d regummed, others part to large part o.g., 1883-84 2s 6d lilac, 10s pale ultramarine, part o.g., 1887- 1900 to both 1s, KEVII basic set to 10s (mixed ptgs), some small faults, 1911-12 Downey Heads incl die 1B simple cypher, 1912-24 simple cypher to 1s, 1918- 19 BW 2s 6d and 5s, 1924-26 block cypher to 1s, 1924 & 1925 Wembleys, 1934 re-engraved 2s 6d and 10s (toned gum), 5s is additional 1918-19 BW ptg, 1939- 48 to £1, QEII with most spaces filled including 1955 Waterlow to £1 (no 1958 DLR set), basic Wilding sets, 1962-64 phosphor commems and good range of decimal postage, also good run-through of postage dues from 1914 to 1969 with almost all basic stamps present (some earlier issues lightly hinged), a few ‘I.R’ officials and most regionals, QV to KGV mostly lightly hinged, KGVI and QEII generally u/m (Few Hundreds) (Plate) £4000-£4200 2537 B Collection in four albums to 2002 incl 1896-01 6d purple in block of four overprinted ‘Army Official’ unused, 1948 Royal Silver Wedding, 1971 Anniversary 7½p showing ‘Grey omitted’ variety; few stamps with flaws, some labels, unused and used commemoratives and definitives, miniature sheets, mixed condition (Thousands) £400-£450 2538 1½B Collection from QV to 1980s, earlier issues patchy with value in mint (some hinged) QEII incl 1955 Waterlow to £1 and 1958 DLR to 10s, 1959 DLR to £1, 1959 phosphor graphite, better 1962-64 phosphor sets, 1972 ½p side band in pane with good perfs, then brief run through to late 1970s, also some 1970s pres packs and fdcs, condition of pre-QEII mixed but later fine (Hundreds) £180-£200 2539 B A mainly QV/KEVII postal history collection housed in five assorted volumes and loose including a range of postmarks with Belfast, Glasgow, London and mainly ½d. and 1d. rates, and corresponding reference books; also a quantity of picture postcards mainly used. (thousands) £250-£270 2540 3B A QV to QEII accumulation housed in twenty-four assorted volumes, small boxes, album leaves and loose, etc., contained in three large cartons, including 1883 Parcel label franked with 1880-83 3d. on 3d. and 6d. on 6d. (some faults), most unusual, mint decimal issues, presentation packs and first day covers; also general world including Canada mint. (many thousands) £300-£350 2541 2B Collection from QV to 1980s, earlier issues mostly used incl good, lightly duplicated selection of 1854-57 2d SC16 and LC14, 1864-79 1d red plates from 71 to 224 incl reconstruction of plate 140, 1858-76 2d blue with plate 12 seen, 1870 ½d (no plate 9), QV SP ranges to 1s, most arranged by plate number with a few better, later mostly mint including 1948 RSW £1, some minor varieties and other odds (Few Thousands) £450-£500 2542 E Official Mail: Assortment of mostly stampless official covers from QV to 1990s with a range of cachets, more interesting items include 1900 War Office, 1891, 1897, 1898, 1900 Royal Courts of Justice, 1903 Royal Mint, 1903 Lord Chamberlain/St James’s Palace, also 1943 from Windsor, 1903 Secretary of State for India, 1959 House of Commons Speaker, 1956 Lord Great Chamberlain and 1947 First Lord of the Treasury, mostly fine (66) £200-£250 2543 B Collection of mint stamps in nine “Windsor” albums from QV to Christmas 2015, earlier issues to 1950s very patchy but good ranges from 1960s onwards with perhaps 80% of spaces filled, some earlier issues hinged but most from 1971 onwards u/m, with excellent postage content (Few Thousands) £600-£700
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2544 ½B Mostly used accumulation in four stockbooks from QV to around 2007, a few better odds including KEVII £1 dull blue-green, 1918-19 10s and 1948 RSW £1, condition very mixed (Hundreds) £150-£170 2545 2½B Collection in six ‘Windsor Sovereign’ albums from QV to around 2000, early issues very sparse and mostly used but good mint range (perhaps 60% of spaces filled) from 1970s to 2000 with reasonable postage content, also a few odds of CIs and IOM plus ten vols of mostly Commonwealth with odd better item (Hundreds) £200-£250 2546 2B Substantial collection in two cartons from QV to mid-2017, pre-QEII issues very sparse and of little value, QEII earlier definitives missing better ‘Castle’ sets mint but otherwise including most basic stamps with some better Wildings m/mint and used, commems appear largely complete (not guaranteed to be so) from 1953 for period both mint (some hinged to late 1960s) and used, decimal issues including regionals also appear quite comprehensive with miniature sheets and a few booklet panes, a few faults due to storage but mostly fine with an appreciable postage content (Thousands) £900-£1000 2547 B Collection in three printed albums with a very good range of postage dues with all spaces filled and a number of additional varieties incl 1924-31 3d printed on the gummed side and a lower marginal on experimental paper, very good run of regional issues, also substantially complete 1924 PUC to 1990s incl PUC £1 and all the Castle sets, the vast majority u/m and with just a few gaps a wonderful lot for continuation £2000-£2200 2548 e Selection of eight envelopes and postcards etc incl 1890 very fine local London cover bearing a 1d lilac tied by a London squared circle, printed at left with a entwined flag motiff endorsed “Dead Heart”, 1904 very fine White Star Line Company envelope addressed to the The U.S. Consul General, Chefoo, China bearing a 2 1/2d ultramarine on reverse tied by a Dublin straightline “PAQUEBOT” handstamp type 385 in Hoskins with a Dublin & Queenstown T.P.O. cds, a Hong Kong transit cds and a Chefoo arrival cds, 1911 ½d green (Die 1a, perf 14) neatly tied to a picture postcard by a Great Yarmouth cds, date illegible but card dated AU.23.1911, £180-£200 2549 B Collection in carton from KEVII to mid-1980s, earlier issues mostly used and of little real value, good range from late 1960s with mint gutter blocks of 4 of most commems from 1976 to around 1985, also a few mint odds of 1970s-80s Falkland Islands (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 2550 E Small mostly used collection in very mixed condition on album pages, incl KEVII vals to £1 and 1913 £1 Seahorse these both with some trimmed perfs (154) £300-£350 2551 E 1902-13 selection neatly arranged on black album leaves including 1902-10 De La Rue to 1s., to 5s. used, 1911 Harrison, perf. 14 to 2½d. mint and used, perf. 15 x 14 3d. mint, to 4d. used, 1911-13 Somerset House to 1s. mint, values to 1s. used and a selection used in Ireland; also Officials range. (94) £300-£350 2552 2B Substantial, lightly duplicated mint collection of definitives, commemoratives, miniature sheets, regionals and stamp booklets to around 2006, defins from KGV but generally sparse until 1960s with appreciable face value among decimal issues with values to £10, commems with most basic issues from 1924 Wembleys (no PUC £1) including better 1960s phosphors, again with majority of value in decimal postage, stamp booklets patchy but including run-through of ‘Prestige’ issues from 1969 £1 Stamps for Cooks to around 2006, condition almost all fine (Thousands) £1200-£1400
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2553 E Assortment in stockbook and loose including 1929 PUC low vals on battered plain fdc, 1946 Victory illustrated fdc, 1924 Wembley 1½d on cover to USA with Pageant of Empire slogan, 1953 Coronation 1s 3d used on ‘maximum card’, a couple of 1941 2d Guernsey bisects, 1940 Stamp Centenary on illustrated fdc and a few 1943 stampless FPO covers £50-£60 2554 B Accumulation incl collection in three albums 1935 to early 1970s in u/m multiples (not complete), 1960s to 1990s u/m sets on loose pages, 2000-2008 (some blocks of four) in Post Office envelopes, booklets etc, very untidy but a high ‘face’ content (Thousands) £400-£450 2555 E GVI and QEII mint and used collection on pages, KGVI with RSW set m/mint, 1939-48 and 1951 sets to £1 good used, QEII with mint commems (ord) to early decimal, one or two earlier FDCs (Few Scores) £35-£45 2556 ½B A mint and used QEII accumulation arranged in three stockbooks and loose with a small quantity decimal presentation packs, etc. (hundreds) £150-£170 2557 B Collection in large carton including three volumes of mint sets from 1952 to 2006, earlier issues patchy but good range of decimal (not comprehensive) with worthwhile postage content, a few earlier incl used 1840 1d black (spacefiller) and loose including odds of 1980-90s booklets with a few ‘Prestige’ types, some 1960s-80s fdcs and other odds (Hundreds) £500-£600 2558 2A Collection of mostly pre-decimal commemorative issues in two binders, issues from 1953 incl many cylinder and traffic light blocks, positional pieces etc, mainly u/m and fine (Many Hundreds) £130-£150 2559 B Collection of commemoratives from 1953 to January 2007 in six vols, largely u/m with just a few earlier issues used, generally a single set of each to 1988 (no better 1960s phosphors), issues from 1989 generally between 3 and 5 sets of each (a few more), although miniature sheets just one of each, also a few defins including 1997 Enschede ptg to £5 in gutter pairs, 1993 £10 Britannia (2), 2000 recess DLR Machins to £5 in plate blocks of 4, 2003 photo Machins £1.50 to £5 in cylinder blocks of 4, almost all fine and worthwhile postage content (Few Thousands) £1700-£1900 2560 B Collection in three printed albums, some pre-QEII but substantially complete (for spaces given) 1960s to 1997 incl 1960s phos sets also another volume of defins, Prestige booklets and fdcs £230-£250 2561 ½B QEII collection in four stockbooks with 1950s/60 defins sets in blocks of four to eight, the decimals substantially complete to 2010 incl min sheets, mostly fine u/m £500-£600 2562 2A Collection in two hingeless albums with a few pre-decimal incl 1960s phos sets (mint), the decimal substantially complete for commems to 2002, also a few panes, min sheets and defins to £10 mostly fine u/m (Hundreds) £200-£220 2563 2B Largely Great Britain collection in two cartons, some earlier from QV but mostly 1960s to mid 1990s with commems, defins and some booklets with reasonable postage content, also some non-GB incl three volumes of 1981 Royal Wedding issues (Few Thousands) £200-£250 2564 ½B Collection of commemoratives from 1965 Churchill to 1982 Christmas in four volumes, earlier issues to 1976 usually in pairs or strips of 3, sometimes with ‘traffic lights’, later issues in similar multiples and also in gutter pairs, although these not all with traffic lights, all appear fine u/m, s.t.c. around £700 (Few Hundreds) £90-£100
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2565 1½B Mostly QEII accumulation with mint ranges from late 1960s to around 1990 with reasonable postage content, some PHQ cards from late 1970s to late 1980s and a few other odds (Few Hundreds) £30-£34 2566 B Collection from 1969 to 2004 in three volumes, appears comprehensive with almost all spaces filled with u/m, also most cto sets (Few Hundreds) £110-£130 2567 1½B GB and World-wide collection in 14 volumes, majority of value in mint decimal GB postage (all hinged) from 1971 to Christmas 2016 including most commems, defins with values to £10, regionals and a few stamp booklets, also some earlier plain fdcs including 1948 RSW £1, non-GB stamps mostly used or from stamp packets and of comparatively little value, however these good for resale as album pages (Few Thousands) £325-£375 2568 2B Collection in two albums with very good run of u/m commems 1970s to 2000, also later on pages or cards, blocks of four in small packets, two albums of 1970s/80s fdcs, approx 50 signed covers, dupl range of 1970s pres packs and a large number of the London 1980 min sheets, untidy but a high ‘postage’ content (Many Hundreds) £400-£450 2569 B Small range of mostly 1970s to 1990s incl pres packs, min sheets, booklets etc in three volumes and loose, also 4 year books and small quantity of non GB (Few Hundred) £160-£180 2570 B Assortment in carton including quantity of 1970s-80s decimal postage (some without gum), a volume of Channel Islands and Lundy locals, several 1930s-50s Philatelic Congress sheetlets in folders, a few 1960s phosphors incl 1963 FFH and 1964 Botanical in blocks of 4, a volume of perfins and some other odds (Few Thousands) £250-£300 2571 2A Collection in two printed albums substantially complete 1971 to 2001, with Commenms, min sheets, defins and regional etc, a good lot for continuation (Many Hundreds) £150-£170 2572 ½B Collection in four printed albums from 1971 to 2005, all used and some commemoratives with part fdi. cancels, commems 95%+ complete for period but definitives patchy, almost all fine (Few Hundreds) £70-£80 2573 B Collection in large stockbook with very good run of u/m sets and min sheets 1985 to 2001, also 4 printed albums 1971-2001 incl commems, min sheets, defins to £10 and Regionals, a few gaps otherwise substantially complete, another album with small range of used, most fine (Hundreds) £550-£650 2574 ½B Collection in three SG ‘One Country’ albums from 1971-93, largely mint and around 80% of spaces filled with values to £10 and a few stamp booklets, also some postage dues from 1914 (mostly used), regionals, Channel Islands from 1941 to 1970 (some used), condition a little mixed and earlier sets hinged, a reasonable postage content (Few Hundreds) £120-£140 2575 B Collection in three printed albums plus loose from 1971 to around 2010 including commemoratives, miniature sheets, definitive with values to £5 and £10, regionals and a few booklet panes, virtually all fine u/m with good postage content (Hundreds) £300-£350 2576 2B Mint decimal duplicated collection arranged in six assorted stockbooks and loose including blocks, miniature sheets and presentation packs. (thousands) £250-£270 2577 B Collection from 1973 to 2004 in three volumes, quite comprehensive with around 90% of spaces filled with u/m,, also many cto sets (Few Hundreds) £80-£90 2578 1½B Mixed lot mostly from the 1980s/90 with pres packs incl two £10 packs, fdcs, 5 year books and a few booklets, value in ‘postage’ £200-£220
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2579 2B Collection in two cartons including Royal Mail year books 1984-94 inclusive, some year packs between 1982 and 1994, a few special packs from 1980s, presentation packs and fdcs between 1969 and 1993 (not comprehensive), two vols of mint and used issues from 1952 to 1990s, these patchy with perhaps 50% of spaces filled but reasonable postage content (Hundreds) £500-£600 2580 B 1984-2012 unmounted mint collection housed in six assorted volumes including Alderney, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey; also Great Britain first day covers 1968-81. (hundreds) £120-£140 2581 2B Collection of 15 Year Books (mostly with wrappers) 1984-1998, a number of booklets and fdcs mostly from the 1980s and 90s etc,, £200-£220 2582 2B Collection of u/m 1985-2009 in two large stockbooks, Post Office fdcs in six albums with good range mid 1980s to 2005, range of loose pres packs mostly 1990s and a few ‘Smiler Sheets’ incl Consignia Christmas, generally fine (Many Hundreds) £700-£800 2583 B Royal Mail Year Books: Run-through from 1984 to 2008 inclusive, one of each book, almost all unsealed but otherwise fine (25) £280-£300 2584 B Royal Mail Year Books: A run-though from 1986 to 2005, all with slipcases and fine (20) £200-£250 2585 2A U/m collection in two ‘hingless’ albums substantially complete 1990 to 2004, incl ‘Greetings’ panes and min sheets, also defins to £10 but these not complete £200-£220 2586 B Royal Mail Year Books: A run-though from 1991 to 2005 with a couple duplicated, all with slipcases and fine (17) £200-£250 2587 ½B Accumulation of mint commemoratives from mid 1990s to around 2010, almost all on Bureau cards/in envelopes with generally 4 of each set in strips or blocks (not guaranteed to be comprehensive for period), also some definitive and regionals in similar quantities, a few ‘prestige’ stamp booklets and miniature sheets (one of each) for same period, all fine u/m and appreciable postage content (Hundreds) £500-£600 2588 2A Smiler Sheets: Range of 55 Smilers sheets to 2008 with light duplication in places also five Limited Edition sheets £300-£350 2589 2A “Smiler” sheetlets, collection in two volumes from 2000 to around 2009, not guaranteed to be complete but including 2001 ‘Consignia’ pair, all fine u/m (67) £500-£600 2590 A Smiler Sheets: Collection of Royal Mail ‘Smiler’ sheets from 2000 to 2008 (‘I wrote to say’) incl 2001 Consignia pair, fine (47) £400-£450 2591 A Smilers sheets: 2001 Christmas pair with ‘Consignia’ imprint (SG LS2a/3a) plus a small range of later sheetlets to 2004 Occasions with a couple absent, also 1980 £3 Wedgwood stamp booklet, the 2p pane with phosphor omitted and a 1993 commercial cover to Watford town hall bearing 24p Machin postal forgery, this apparently creased before being affixed to cover, all but last very fine (16 items) £180-£200 2592 B Mixed lot incl small collection of min sheets u/m and used, a few 1990s issues and 2001 to 2010 u/m sets, min sheets and booklets in envelopes and a small range of fdcs, cond varies but high postage lot (Many Hundreds) £300-£250 2593 2B Collectors clear-out lot in 15 albums/stockbooks incl GB pres packs and fdcs, mixed country albums with some thematic content, single column of Guernsey and Alderney, various covers etc (Many Hundreds) £350-£400
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2594 A Picked over collection in album with some useful remaining incl a smattering of surface printed to 10s used, KEVII vals to 1s mint and used, a few Seahorses incl 2s6d and 10s mint and a fair run through to 1952, very mixed cond (Few Hundred) £300-£350 2595 1½B Kiloware: Accumulation both loose and in envelopes etc, a few covers and phq cards etc (Thousands) £50-£60 2596 B Selection of GB philatelic literature with emphasis on Line Engraved incl ‘Twopence Blue, Studies of Plates 1 to 15’ by H. Osborne, ‘The Plating of the Penny 1840-1864’ - various volumes, ‘ The plating of the alphabet III’ - various volumes, £100-£120 2597 B B Stamp Booklets: Useful collection in five volumes from 1935 to around 2003, earlier issues sparse but including 1935 Jubilee 2s and 3s (ed. 304, 297), KEVIII 2s (ed. 358, 373, 376, 378), 3s (ed. 321, 322, 327), KGVI incl 1951 1s black cover, 1951-52 2s6d (4), QEII better incl 1961-65 2s (19), 1953-57 2s6d (25), 1958- 65 3s (19), 1953-57 3s 9d (5), 1957-65 4s 6d (28), 1953-65 5s (14), 1961 10s no date, 1962-64 10s (2), good range of sterling Machin booklets to 10s and similar decimal currency ‘stitched’ booklets with a few earlier ‘folded’ booklets 1976-82 and an incomplete range of ‘Prestige’ booklets 1969 to around 2003, some earlier issues small faults but largely fine and almost all complete £800-£900 2598 ½B Stamp Booklets: Collection in three volumes from late 1950s to late 1980s, earlier issues patchy but some better including April 1958 3s, Dec 1959 3s 6d, Nov 1961 5s, Nov 1966 10s, decimal issues include 1989 £1.90 Greetings booklet (8), a number of Prestige booklets from 1984-89, folded booklets with values to £2 and a number of ‘Bar Code’ booklets including some 1st and 2nd issues, mostly fine and with good postage content (200+) £200-£250 2599 ½B B Lightly duplicated accumulation of booklets loose in box file, incl 70 Prestige to Charles Darwin, small selection of folded £350-£400 2600 2B Stamp Booklets: Collection in eighteen vols, mostly 1970s to around 1990 including folded and prestige booklets with light duplication, mostly neatly written up with some booklets exploded, also a number of panes both mint and some on fdcs, reasonable postage content (Hundreds) £200-£250 2601 B B Stamp Booklets: Collection in three volumes, one shoe box and loose, mostly 1970s to late 1990s with good percentage of ‘1st’ and ‘2nd’ (some lightly duplicated) and ‘Prestige’ booklets, also selection of commemorative and definitive presentation packs for same period with values to £10, almost all fine with worthwhile postage content (Hundreds) £800-£900 2602 B B 1971-2016 collection arranged in five albums and loose comprising Q.E.II decimal booklet panes and booklets with many Prestige; generally fine. (hundreds) £450-£500 2603 ½B B Collection in two albums and loose with ‘Folded’, ‘Barcode’ and ‘Prestige’ these to 2016 90th Birthday, fine £320-£380 2604 ½B Stamp Booklets: Lightly duplicated assortment in small carton including ‘Prestige’ booklets between 1972 to around 2010 (not comprehensive), remainder a smattering of mostly folded or ‘bar code’ booklets from late 1980s to around 2005, please note some booklets (perhaps 10%) are incomplete (64 prestige booklets+) £250-£300 2605 E 1992-2009 complete range prestige booklets, high face value, fine. DX13-47. (35) £160-£180 2606 ½B Booklets; Lightly duplicated selection of 38 Prestige booklets mostly between 1998 and 2008 and range of folded booklets and min sheets for the same period again with light duplication £500-£550
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2607 2B Collection of presentation packs in five albums late 1960s to to 1997 with some light duplication and another volume with defins (to £10) and Regional packs, also fdcs (a few pre-QEII), etc (Hundreds) £200-£220 2608 B Presentation Packs: Collection in three albums and loose with good run 1974 to 1989 and 2009 to 2013 in the albums, the to 2016 and many of the ‘missing’ years loose in box, high face value (Few Hundred) £600-£700 2609 B Presentation Packs: Collection in three volumes plus a few loose from 1982 to 2002, including most commemoratives and odd definitive pack (140+ packs), also some 2012 Olympic Gold Medal Winners set of 29 booklets with additional examples of some, all fine £250-£300 2610 B Presentation Packs: Collection of packs in 9 albums, with commems and min sheets from 1984-2010 (not guaranteed to be complete) also a few defins seen £400-£500 2611 B 1984-2012 largely complete collection of presentation packs (plastic covers missing) housed in six albums including definitives and regionals; fine. (hundreds) £220-£240 2612 ½B Presentation Packs: Collection of commemorative packs in one album plus loose from around 1990 to 2007, not guaranteed to be comprehensive for period but with good postage content, most packs are missing the outer sleeve (100+) £150-£170 2613 B Presentation Packs: Collection in five albums with very good run 1997 (a few earlier) to 2008, with Commenms, min sheets, defins and regional packs, also a number of loose packs to 2011 £350-£400 2614 ½B Presentation Packs: Collection in three albums with good run 2005-2011 incl min sheets £200-£220 2615 3½B First Day Covers: Collection from 1937 to Christmas 2005, some issues to 1963 on plain covers and/or handwritten addresses, better covers to 1966 include (illustrated with typewritten/label address unless noted) 1960 GLO, 1961 POSB, 1961 Parliamentary Conference, 1962 NPY, 1963 FFH, Red Cross, COMPAC, 1964 Botanical Congress, 1965 BOB with Biggin Hill cds, later issues appear quite comprehensive and almost all illustrated with typewritten addresses including definitives, commems and later min sheets, also a quantity of used ‘bundleware’ from 1960s-90s neatly arranged in small boxes, ideal for the packet maker! (Few Thousands) £400-£450 2616 ½B First Day Covers: Accumulation in small carton from KGVI to 1980s with a number of better items (illustrated unless noted )including 1948 RSW (plain, address obliterated), 1946 Victory with ‘Don’t Waste Bread’ slogan, 1948 Olympics with Wembley ‘rings’ slogan, 1949 UPU (2), another on plain cover with Windsor Castle cds (toned), 1957 Parliamentary Conference (2, one with handwritten address), 1959 phosphor graphite on cacheted cover, 1958 Games with Barry slogan, 1961 Parliamentary Conference with conference slogan, 1964 Geographical Congress phos with Southampton show slogan, 1963 Lifeboat with Edinburgh slogan, 1964 Botanical Congress with Edinburgh congress special h/s (handwritten address), 1966 England Winners (2, one apparently signed Bobby Moore, the other Alf Ramsey, however neither guaranteed), 1969 Ships with Lloyds of London h/s, 1974 Churchill (card) with Woodford Green h/s, 1974 Warriors with BFPO Royal Tournament h/s, also some non-fdcs including 1951 Festival sets to £1 (2) and 1929 PUC set to 2½d on 1930 flown cover to Brussels, odd fault but mostly fine (50+) £300-£350 2617 3B A duplicated accumulation of mainly first day covers housed in four volumes and loose with a range of Q.E.II commemorative issues with postmark interest and some better phosphors. Condition mixed with many good to fine. (thousands) £200-£220 2618 3B First day Covers: Collection of fdcs incl a quantity of ‘Benham’, covers to 2009 in 21 albums (Hundreds) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2619 2½B Collection of first day covers in 18 albums from 1960s to 2011, mostly Post Office covers but others noticed incl Benham and Cotswold, with Commems, defins, booklet panes, ‘smiler’ stamps, min sheets etc, will be some light duplication (Hundreds) £300-£350 2620 4B First Day Covers: Collection of commems and defins in four cartons, mostly from 1960s to around 2000, not comprehensive but a few better incl 1963 Red Cross phosphor, also a collection of PHQ cards from 1972 to 1990s with some better earlier cards and some loose PHQs, fdcs and mint decimal stamps (Hundreds) £100-£120 2621 2B First Day Covers: Collection of commemorative fdcs from 1964 Shakespeare to Christmas 2014 in 11 volumes, largely on GPO/Royal Mail covers with Bureau cancels, a few earlier covers absent or in slightly mixed condition, however all fine from 1971 (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2622 2B First Day Covers: Accumulation (majority loose) in two cartons, mostly GPO/Royal Mail covers including most commemoratives from 1966 to around 2010, also some definitive and regionals, a few Benham ‘silks’, a smattering of Isle of Man from late 1990s to around 2010 and odds of Guernsey (last two also a few mint sets), some earlier covers a little mixed condition but mostly fine (Few Hundreds) £80-£90 2623 B 1966-2016 collection of first day covers arranged in five albums and loose with strength in the more modern issues including Royal Mint coin covers; generally good to fine. (hundreds) £150-£170 2624 B First Day Covers: Collection from late 1960s to around 2010, issues to Christmas 2005 in albums but loose thereafter, most issues to Christmas 1992 with local f.d.i. cancels and hand-written addresses, later fine with Philatelic Bureau cancels, not comprehensive but most later issues present (Few Hundreds) £90-£100 2625 ½B Collection of mostly unaddressed first day covers in four albums, from 1970 to 2004, a few missing but fairly comprehensive, incl min sheets (Approx 200) £40-£50 2626 1½B First Day Covers: Collection of commemorative and definitive fdcs in nine volumes, from 1971 (a few earlier) to January 2016, some earlier covers to around 1984 with local fdi cancels, handwritten addresses and odd small faults, later covers almost all fine Royal Mail covers with Bureau cancels and ‘typewritten’ addresses, appears quite comprehensive, but not guaranteed to be so (Few Hundreds) £300-£350 2627 E First Day Covers: 1971 British Architecture, Modern University Buildings sets of 4 (SG 890/93) on eight Rugby Postal Management College illustrated fdcs, each with appropriate special handstamp (Bradbury 6) and same type-written address, some a little grubby or with light edge bends but very scarce, also ten additional covers with just 3p and two with 5p & 9p £250-£300 2628 B First Day Covers: Collection in three volumes plus loose from 1979 to around 2002, mostly commems including many with non-Bureau special handstamps, a few definitives also present, not comprehensive but almost all fine (200+) £70-£80 2629 B First day Covers: Collection in five albums with good range 2001 to 2008 with commem sets, min sheets, booklet panes and defins, also two Royal Mail Millennium Collections incl pres packs £100-£120 2630 2B GB and Channel Islands: Collection of mostly fdcs in 17albums and loose, incl Definitives with values to £10 and booklet panes, Regionals, Isle of Man and Jersey, a few Airletters, also I.O.M. u/m sets to 1991 on pages and pres packs (Hundreds) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2631 B Flight Covers; Collection of over 370 modern flight covers incl two volumes of Concord flights with two Final Flight covers signed by Mike Bannister, also ‘RAF’ type covers with various signatures incl multiples, mostly fine £130-£150 2632 E Selection in an loose leaf folder written-up with unused/mint stamps, imperforate plate proof reprints and stationery envelopes, condition mixed. (15 items) £100-£120 2633 ½B Tower of London: Neatly written up display on 50 pages, with a number of envelopes with the Tower handstamp, postcards with various views of the Tower, related ephemera etc, an interesting lot for expansion £150-£170 2634 e Airmails: Small but interesting assortment in small envelope including 1934 Western Isles rocket post flown covers (3), 1931 flown cover from London to Kenya f/w 10d, 1928 Belfast to Liverpool flying boat experimental airmail (2) and one by return flight, 1934 Highland Airways Wick to Inverness (3) including one with vignette, 1937 Jersey Airways first flight and several 1930s Railway Air Services flown covers, mostly fine (26) £200-£220 2635 A Exhibitions: 1908 Franco-British Exhibition collection of postcards depicting scenes from the exhibition (68), a mixture of coloured and black & white with perhaps 30% used from the exhibition, also 1910 Japan-British Exhibition selection of 27 postcards with some used from the exhibition and a few unused cards from 1924 British Empire Exhibition, a handful used but with stamps removed, generally fine £100-£120 2636 e Birmingham 1912 two-compartment stamp box in a form of a trough by A & J Zimmerman mounted on four ball feet, the hinge lid at top with two windows for displaying the stamps; in need of some restoration due two feet being crushed otherwise a charming piece £100-£120 2637 B Postcards: Collection of modern Railway and Motor Car postcards in two, a quantity of loose ‘Comic’ cards with two reference books on the subject and an album of cigarette cards (Hundreds) £50-£60 2638 ½B Cigarette Cards: Accumulation in small carton from 1920s to 1950s, mostly Players and Wills with some apparently complete sets but not checked, viewing recommended (Hundreds) £40-£50 2639 ½B Channel Islands: Collections for Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey in individual printed albums to early 1990s (none being complete), also a stockbook with later issues, mostly fine u/m (Many Hundreds) £100-£120 2640 13B Channel Islands and Isle of Man: Substantial collection from German occupation or 1958 to around 2004 in thirteen cartons, mostly housed in albums and including mint stamps, booklets, fdcs and presentation packs, not guaranteed to be comprehensive but an excellent range (Thousands) £500-£600 2641 A Alderney: Collection of mint stamps in one volume from 1983 to 2013, appears quite comprehensive (although not guaranteed to be so) with good postage content, a few later sets and min sheets hinged, however most fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £100-£120 2642 2B Collection of Alderney, Guernsey, I.O.M. and Jersey in three boxed albums to 1998, also range of fdcs to 2009, sets on stock cards, a few packs and booklets etc, £230-£250 2643 B Guernsey: Substantially complete collection of both unused and fine used plus FDC`s in nine volumes from 1974 to 2012 incl commemoratives, definitives and miniature sheets, generally fine (Hundreds) £400-£450
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2644 A Guernsey: Collection of mint stamps in one well filled volume from 1958 to 2013, appears quite comprehensive for both commemoratives and definitives (although not guaranteed to be so) with useful postage content, also a few booklets, most issues to around 1980 hinged as are a few later sets and min sheets, however most fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £225-£275 2645 B Jersey: Substantially complete collection of both unused and fine used plus FDC`s in eight volumes and one small envelope from 1974 to 2005 incl commemoratives, definitives and miniature sheets, generally fine (Hundreds) £275-£325 2646 A Jersey: Collection of mint stamps in one well filled volume from 1958 to Christmas 2013, appears quite comprehensive for both commemoratives and definitives (although not guaranteed to be so) with useful postage content, also a few booklets, most issues to around 1980 hinged as are a few later sets and min sheets, however most fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £225-£275 2647 B Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Isle of Man: Mostly mint collection of definitives, commemoratives and miniature sheets from postal independence to around 2001, also a few booklets and other odds, lightly duplicated in places with up to 4 of some issues and worthwhile postage content with values to £5, almost all fine u/m (Few Thousands) £400-£450 2648 2B Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Isle of Man: Collection of first day covers including definitives, commemoratives and miniature sheets from postal independence to around 2001, almost all fine(Hundreds) £120-£140 2649 B Jersey and Guernsey: Collection from German occupation to around 1990, both islands appear quite comprehensive (commems, defins, postage dues) from postal independence with light duplication, also a range of booklets from 1969 to 1990, a collection of Alderney ‘local’ labels plus a few issued stamps from 1983 to 1990, a few varieties also present including 1948 Liberation 2½d blocks incl ‘broken wheel’ and ‘crown’ flaws, Guernsey 1968-69 4d pale ultramarine and 4d olive-sepia with phosphor omitted and Jersey 1979 Cattle 25p with gold double, almost all appear fine u/m (Few Hundred) £250-£270 2650 B Jersey and Guernsey: Mostly mint collection from WW2 German occupation to late 1990s in five volumes, not comprehensive but including some postage with values to £10 and a number of stamp booklets, almost all previously hinged but reasonable postage content (Few Hundreds) £70-£80 2651 B Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man: Collection in six SG hingeless albums from postal independence to Christmas 2006 with most spaces filled and values to £10, also a few loose 2007 issues and some odds of Alderney, all appears fine u/m (Hundreds) £200-£220 2652 3B Isle of Man: Interesting collection of mostly postal history from pre-stamp to 1980s with majority being early to mid 20th century, arranged by office including Ballabeg, Ballasalla, Colby, Port St Mary incl 1858 undated circle on incoming cover (fair strike), Crosby, Foxdale, Knockaloe Camp (POW mail with censors), St Johns, Ballaugh, Kirk Michael, Laxey, Sulby, Peel (incl 1840 OLS with two-line ‘Peeltown/Isle of Man’, Ramsey incl undated circle, Ramsey incl 1798 incoming entire from Whitehaven (no IOM marks), Port Erin, Douglas incl three 1817-22 OLS with s/line ISLE OF MAN, 1839 incoming Free Frank with fine ‘Isle of Man/Penny Post’ also some modern fdcs and stamps to around 1980, condition mixed in places (Few Hundreds) £500-£350 2653 B Isle of Man: Collection 1971-92 in two volumes including virtually all basic issues for period (defins, commems, postage dues), also some sheetlets, also three albums of presentation packs to 2000 and a further album of booklets, all appear fine u/m (Hundreds) £200-£220
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Item Description Est Great Britain continued 2654 B Isle of Man: Substantially complete collection of both unused and fine used in thirteen volumes from 1973 to 2012 also FDC`s from 1974 to 2012 incl commemoratives, definitives and miniature sheets, generally fine (Hundreds) £275-£325 2655 1½B Isle of Man: Collection from 1973 to around 2008 including good run through of presentation packs and mint stamps (not guaranteed to be comprehensive), also some first day covers and Jersey Presentation packs from 1970s to early 1990s, all appears to be fine (Few Hundreds) £300-£350 2656 B Isle of Man: Mostly mint collection from late 1970s to around 2003 (issues from 2004 loose in packets), generally two sets of each until 1998 and one thereafter, also some PHQ type cards and some 1970s-80s odds of Jersey (Few Hundreds) £70-£80 2657 ½B Isle of Man: Collection of mint stamps in two volumes from 1973 to Christmas 2013, appears quite comprehensive for both commemoratives and definitives (although not guaranteed to be so) with useful postage content, also a few booklets, most issues to around 1980 hinged as are a few later sets and min sheets, however most fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £180-£200 2658 ½B Isle of Man: Collection of mostly unaddressed first day covers in four albums, from 1973 to 2004, a few missing but fairly comprehensive, incl min sheets (Approx 200) £40-£50 2659 A Great Britain used Abroad: Useful selection in slim stockbook, arranged by location and mostly on single stamps with just a few covers, better items include Malta 1865-73 4d (16) incl a few with cds, 1862-64 6d three on small piece, 1856 6d on OLS to Cardiff, used by cds, 1865 OLS to Firenze f/w 4d plate 7, with Italian maiboat mark, 1871 cover to England f/w 6d plate 8, 1878 cover to England f/w 2½d plate 9, Gibraltar 1876 cover to England f/w 2½d pl. 6, 1864 OLS to Scotland f/w 64 pl. 3, 1855-57 1s used neat ‘G’, other A26 incl 1855 6d, 1862-64 6d and 1s, Alexandria 1864 cover to England f/w 1862-64 6d plate 4, 1870 entire to New York f/w 1s green plate 4, Constantinople 2½d blue (9), 1865-67 1s, Valparaiso (C30) 6d grey plate 15, 1s green plate 4, Callao (C38) 1867-80 9d, 1s green plate 6, 5s rose plate 2, St Thomas (C51) 1870 1½d (cds), 1865-67 4d (6), 1876 4d vermilion plate 15, 1867-80 1s plate 6 (cds) and 7, 1873-80 1s plate 9 (cds) and 12, Tampico (C63) 1865-67 4d plate 13, Rio de Janeiro (C83) 1867-80 1s plate 4, Ponce (F88) 1873-80 1s plate 12, Beyrout (G06) 1867-80 10d, Crimea ‘O*O’ on 1854-57 1d strips of 3 (2), condition typically mixed (120+) £500-£600 ADEN 2660 E Collection on pages from 1937 to early 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication, better items include 1937 Dhows to 5r (deep purple shade m/m, bright aniline purple used and washed), 1939-47 to 10r, 1951 to 10s on 10r, 1949 RSW 10r, 1953 odds to 20s, also Kathiri State 1942 to 5r, 1949 RSW, 1951 to 5s on 5r and similar selection of Qu’aiti State, rather haphazardly arranged and not all sets mentioned guaranteed to be complete (150+) £250-£300 2661 E Collection on pages from 1937 to 1960s including Kathiri & Qu’aiti states, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1939-47 to 10r, 1951 to 10s on 10r, 1953 to 20s, Qu’aiti 1942 to 5r, 1951 to 5s on 5r, Kathiri 1942 to 5r, 1951 to 5s on 5r, also page of Abu Dhabi incl 1965 Falconry and 1966 surchs to 1d on 10r, a few small faults (100+) £200-£250 2662 e QV to QEII used accumulation in packets off and on paper with a range of Indian stamps used in Aden. Mostly fair to fine. (hundreds) £100-£120
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ANTIGUA 2663 E Selection on pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/m unless noted) include 1882 crown CA 2½d red-brown (regummed), 1913 5s grey-green & violet (toned gum),1932 Tercentenary to 2s 6d, 1938-51 to £1, 1949 RSW (also used) and 1953-62 to $4.80 (100+) £140-£160 BARBUDA 2664 E Mostly used collection on pages 1968-74, most basic issues present plus some errors and varieties incl 1970 20c on ½c surcharge double (this u/m), 1973 35c ‘Carnival Troupe’, opt inv (u/m), 1973 Honeymoon Visit 35c opt double one albino (RPS cert), 1973 Royal Wedding unissued miniature sheet overprinted ‘Specimen’ (see footnote after SG 103a), u/m with RPS cert (2011), 1974 World Cup imperf pairs (u/m), 1974 Churchill 5c opt inv (u/m), mostly fine £130-£150 ASCENSION 2665 E Collection on pages from 1922 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication, better items include 1922 opt odds to 1s, 1924-37 to 3s, 1934 to 5s (additional 2s 6d),1935 Jubilee (m/m and used), 1938-53 most vals to 10s incl 3d black and ultramarine m/m, 1948 RSW m/m and used) and 1956 to 10s m/m, rather haphazardly arranged and not all sets mentioned guaranteed to be complete (75) £225-£275 2666 E Small collection on pages from 1922 to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1924-33 1s, 2s and 3s, KGVI odds to 5s, 1956 to 2s 6d and some commems, condition a little mixed (100+) £100-£120 AUSTRALIA 2667 E Australian States: Collection on pages and stockcards including New South Wales 1850 1d and 3d ‘Sydney Views’ used, 1890 20s cobalt-blue used, South Australia 1887 15s, £1, £2, 50s and £3 opt specimen, Tasmania 1892 5s m/m, Victoria 1854 1s ‘Registered’ used (2), 1897 Diamond Jubilee 1d and 2½d, 1900 Patriotic Fund 1d and 2d m/m, 1901-10 perf 12½ £1 carmine-rose m/m, also a few later Australia incl 1931-36 5s to £1 used, condition very mixed (300+) £250-£300 TASMANIA 2668 A Cancellations: Excellent selection of cds cancels on 1899-1913 pictorials (a few on other issues), arranged alphabetically by office with better items including Adventure Bay, Barnes Bay, Beach End, Beaconsfield type 3, Breadalbane, Cluan, Crotty, Deep Bay, Glaziers Bay, Hayes, Hollow Tree, Kangaroo Valley, King River, Koonya, Lagunta, Little Swan Port, Roseberry Station, Runnymede, Upper Tea Tree and Whitemoor, mostly fine strikes and condition above average (500+) £300-£350 AUSTRALIA 2669 E Australian States: Small but useful selection on pages with better items (used unless noted) including NSW 1850-51 Sydney Views 1d (2), 2d, 3d, 1852-53 ‘Laureate’ 6d and 8d, 1891 official 7½d on 6d m/m, 1894-1904 10s violet & aniline crimson on chalky, m/m, Victoria 1901-10 5s m/m, Tasmania 1853 4d orange plate II, Western Australia 1854 4d pale blue (2, one cut to shape) and 1902-10 10s deep mauve (m/m), condition very mixed but appreciable cat value (150+) £250-£300 2670 B 1913-2008 used collection arranged in four hingeless Davo albums and four SG one country albums including a good range of ‘Roos’, KGV heads, KGVI values to £2 and good strength in later QEII issues; generally fair to fine. (thousands) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Australia continued 2671 E 1913-16 Kangaroos used selection arranged on stockcards including 1913 to 2s., large and small “OS” to 1s., 1915 to 2s., and “OS” to 5s., 1915-28 to 5s. and “OS” to 5s., condition a little mixed in places with some fine (hundreds) £250-£270 2672 ½B S Useful, mostly mint collection in two volumes from 1913 to 1984, better items include (m/m unless noted) 1913-14 wmk w2 to 5s and £2 incl a few shades, also 10s to £2 opt specimen, 1913-14 6d Kookaburra, 1914-20 wmk w5 to 5d incl 4d lemon-yellow, 1915 wmk w5 to 5s grey & yellow (5s has wmk inv), 1915- 27 wmk w6 to 10s grey & pink, also £1 and £2 opt specimen, 1923-24 wmk w6 6d chestnut with broken leg and 2s maroon, £1 grey opt specimen, 1929-30 wmk w7 to 5s plus 10s and £2 opt specimen, 1931-36 CofA to £1 grey, 1932 5s Bridge, 1937-49 to both £1, also 10s and £1 opt specimen,1948-50 Arms to £2, also opt specimen, 1959-64 to 5s incl 5s on white paper u/m, 1963-65 Navigators to £2 incl paper vars u/m, condition somewhat variable but most fine (Few Hundreds) (Plate) £3500-£4000 2673 E Selection on pages from King George V to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/m unless noted) include 1902 6d and 5s postage dues (SG D6, 8),1913- 14 6d Kookaburra, 1915-27 wmk w6 5s grey and yellow, 1926-30 wmk w7 1s 4d (SG 104), 1928-29 wmk w7 10s (SG 112) used (faults) 1931 1s Lyrebird, 1931-36 CofA 10s and £2 used (latter corner defect), 1932 5s Bridge (toned gum),1935 Jubilee,1937 thick paper 5s to £1, 1948-50 Arms £1 and £2, 1946- 47 BCOF 2s and 5s (thick paper), condition mixed in places (150+) £300-£350 2674 2B Collection in three volumes from 1913 to around 2010, earlier issues sometimes sparse and mostly used, however good range of u/m from mid 1990s to 2010 with reasonable postage content, also six world-wide volumes and loose odds with some slightly better Canada, however largely used and of little real value (Few Thousands) £225-£275 2675 E Collection on pages from 1913 to around 1980, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1913-14 to 1s and 5s, also m/m odds including 6d, 1s and 2s and £1 h/s specimen, 1913-14 6d Kookaburra m/m, 1915 wmk w5 5s (bend), 1915-27 wmk w6 10s perf OS, 1931-36 CofA 10s and £1, 1931 6d Air opt OS, m/m, most 1930s commems excl 5s Bridge, 1937-49 £1 on thin paper, cds used block of 4, basic run-through of issues to 1960s (not comprehensive) and a few later odds, condition rather mixed (Few Hundreds) £350-£400 2676 A King George V “Heads” collection of mostly constant varieties in one volume with a number of mint multiples including 1918-23 wmk w5 1d violet upper marginal block of 20 (Pos. 1/2 and 7/9 to 37/39), 1924 1d sage-green, no wmk u/l corner block of 16 (Pos. 1/2 to 43/44), also pair incl flaw under neck and block of 4 incl ‘RA’ joined, 1d sage-green, wmk w5 blocks of 4 incl flaw under neck and ‘RA’ joined, 1926-30 wmk w7 1d sage-green l/r corner block of 6 (Pos. 52/54 to 58/60), also a good number of m/mint and used singles and a couple of odds including a photographic ‘proof’ of 1913 1d essay and KGV 1d plate proof in violet on thin card, mostly fine (200+ items) £700-£650 2677 1½B Collection of mint and used in two cartons from 1930s to around 2010, pre- QEII issues patchy, pre-decimal QEII including most issues with 1963 Navigators to £2 noted, decimal issues including most definitives with vals to $20, commemoratives including miniature sheets/sheetlets and some booklet panes, mostly fine and with appreciable postage content (Few Thousands) £500-£600 2678 ½B An early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in five assorted volumes with a range of states mostly used, Australian Antarctic Territory 1966 to $1 u/m; also three yearbooks. (hundreds) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Australia continued 2679 B Mint collection from 1930s to around 2010 in two stockbooks, earlier issues patchy but good range (not comprehensive) from late 1960s with useful postage content, also a slim volume of AAT from 1957 to 2003 with some Ross Dependency and seven volumes of Australian fdcs from 1960s to 2010 (Few Thousands) £300-£350 2680 A Officials: Mostly used collection in one volume, many better items including 1913- 14 punctured type O1 ½d to 2s incl 3d die II and 4d orange-yellow, 1914 punctured type O2 ½d to 2s incl 2½d indigo and 3d die II, 1915 2d to 5s (SG O31/37), 1914-21 1d die II (SG O39h), 1915-28 ½d to 10s, 1926-30 perf 14 1d to 1s 4d, perf 13½x12½ ½d to 4d incl 1d die II, 1929-30 to 5s, 1931-33 overprinted issues including all basic issues, also good range of States, condition rather mixed in places but a most interesting lot, many fine and some with RPS certs (200+) £1200-£1400 AUSTRIA 2681 E Rather haphazardly arranged selection to late 1950s on album pages including good selection of early 1950s commems, mostly m/mint, also some earlier odds including 1933 Ski set used, 1936 Ski set m/m and 1910 80th Birthday 5k m/m, also some POs in Turkey and Lombardy & Venetia, condition rather variable (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 2682 B Useful collection in two volumes from 1850 to around 1956, a mixture of m/mint and used with better items (m/m unless noted)including 1850 1k and 2k (used), 1858 3k black, 3k green (used), 1896 1g lilac, 2g green, 1908 60th Anniv 10k (used), 1910 80th Birthday 2k, 5k (both used) and 10k, 1930 Anti-TB (used), 1931 Rotary, 1931 Writers (used), 1932 Artists, 1933 Ski Championships (used), 1933 50g+50g WIPA (both papers used), 1933 Relief of Vienna, 1934 Welfare Funds, 1935 Air, Welfare Funds and Ski Championships, 1936 10s Dollfuss, most post WW2 issues to 1956 present used, although opt’s on Hitler issues not guaranteed, also two volumes of u/m issues from 1974 to 1991 and some loose odds (Hundreds) £800-£900 2683 2A Mint and used collection in two Lighthouse albums, with a small range of nineteenth century issues to 2001, with strength from 1953 where it is apparently complete these mostly fine u/m, the cond of earlier mostly good to fine and a good lot for expansion (Hundreds) £200-£250 BAHAMAS 2684 E Selection on pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/m unless noted) include 1863-77 crown CC, perf 14 1d scarlet-vermilion, 1911- 19 MCA 3s used,1948 RSW £1 (also used), 1948 Eleuthera set m/m, 1954 to £1, condition mixed in places (120+) £100-£120 2685 E 1902-11 mint selection including 1902-10 1d. to £1 (2, one with small stain) set of seven with additional 4d., 6d. (malformed ‘E’), 1s., shades, 1906-11 set of four with additional 1d., 2½d. inverted watermark (1989 BPA Certificate), generally good to fine. (17) £300-£350 2686 B Diverse assortment in carton including duplicated (between 2 and 10 each) selection of 1960s fdcs incl 1966 Churchill, World Cup, WHO, UNESCO, 1967 defins (2, plus several with 3c, 4c, 5c only), Scouting, 1968 Human Rights, Mexico Olympics, Parliament and ‘Gold Coins’, also 1966 World Cup in complete mint sheets and some other non-Bahamian odds with GB and Maldives noted, mostly fine £100-£120
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BAHRAIN 2687 E Small selection on two pages from KGV to early 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/m unless noted) include 1933-37 2r used, 1934-37 2a vermilion (SG 17), 1938-41 4a brown, 12a lake (also used), 10r (also used) and 25r (last two perf toning), 1948 RSW 15r on £1 (also used), 1948-49 to 10r on 10s (also used), condition a little mixed (72) £225-£275 2688 E Small collection on pages including 1933-37 to 5r, 3a, 12a, 5r m/m, others used, 5r wmk upright, 1934-37 2a vermilion large die, m/m, 1938-41 3p to 25r (excl 4a), 5r to 25r m/m (15r has wmk upright), others mostly used, 1948 RSW m/m, 1948-49 to 10r on 10s m/m, 1950-55 to 10r on 10s m/m, 1955 to 10r on 10s and 1960 to 10r m/m, mostly fine (100+) £200-£250 BARBADOS 2689 E Selection on pages from QV “Britannias” to early 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) with slight duplication and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/m unless noted) include 1855-58 white paper ½d green (2) and 1d blue (all used), 1882-86 2½d ultramarine, 6d olive-black (creasing but fresh), also 4d grey, this toned and ink marks on face but with o.g., 1906 Nelson set used, 1912-16 2s and 3s (toned), 1918-20 3s green and deep violet used, condition rather mixed (150+) £200-£250 BASUTOLAND 2690 E Small selection on two pages from 1933 to early 1950s, a few better odds (m/m unless noted) including 1933 5s, 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1938 5s and 10s, 1948 RSW (also used) and 1954 1s 3d to 10s, mostly fine (35) £50-£60 BECHUANALAND 2691 E Useful selection on four album pages, better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1885-87 4d dull blue,1888 2s, 2s 6d and 5s, 6d on 6d lilac and black, 1904-13 to 1s, 1912-14 simple cypher to 1s, 1935 Jubilee used, KGVI to 10s (plus most used),1948 RSW (also used) and 1955-58 to 10s (also most used), condition mixed in places (135) £160-£180 BELGIUM 2692 ½B 1849-1930 duplicated used collection in an album including 1861 no watermark 20c. (2), 1861 10c. (8), 20c. (11), 40c. (3), 1863-65 various perfs. 1c., 10c. (30), 20c. (17), 40c. (14, one on entire), 1865-66 to 1f. (2) with covers (2), 1866 1c. (3), 5c., 1869-8 to 1f. including a good range of shades, postmarks and covers (8), 1883 20c. (5 and a pair), 25c. (2), 50c. (3), 1884-91 to 2f. (5), 1893-1900 to 2f., 1912 to 5f. (2), and set on cover; also stockbook with duplicated range including some mint blocks. Generally good to very fine. (thousands) £200-£220 2693 A 1863-1958 mixed mint and used collection neatly arranged in an album including mint 1915-22 values to 10f. with 5 Franken, 1931 (5f.) Disabled Soldier’s Fund m/s and largely complete mint post WWII with 1952 U.P.U. Congress to 40f. + 10f., condition a little with some affected by damp. (hundreds) £200-£220 BERMUDA 2694 E Small collection on pages from QV to KGVI, a mixture of m/mint and used with a few better items (m/m unless noted) including 1865-1903 crown CC 1s green unused, KGV ‘Keyplates’ to 10s (mixed MCA/script), 1920-21 Tercentenary sets, 1935 Jubilee, KGVI ‘Keyplates’ basic set to £1 plus a few additional 5s, these with PFSA certs but not scarcer shades, condition very mixed (100+) £200-£250
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Item Description Est Bermuda continued 2695 E Selection on two pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (occasionally both) and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/mint unless noted) include 1875 1d on 3d yellow-buff (corner fault) and 1d on 1s green (used), 1920-21 Tercentenary (both) to 1s, also latter 6d used, 1918-22 MCA 2s, 2s 6d (also used), 4s (last tones),1924-32 script 2s used (corner fault) and 10s, 1938-53 2d light blue & sepia (2), 10s, 12s 6d (2) and £1, 1948 RSW £1, condition rather mixed (120+) £350-£400 2696 11B Literature: Collection of “The Bermudian” and “Bermuda Historical Quarterly” magazines spanning the early 1940s to mid 1990s (not guaranteed to be complete), also a number of other journals incl ‘The Bermuda Maritime Museum’ and ‘Mari Times’ mostly in fine condition and giving a wonderful insight to life on the Island also a number of West Indies related books etc with a general range incl Maritime and Air, incl The Sailing Packets to the West Indies, Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World, Naval Officers Letters (Osborn), Transatlantic Mail (Staff), several volumes on World Censorship and KGVI Society Journals, The Pocket Guide To The West Indies (Aspinall), 1912/1913 and 1939, Zoology of the Bermudas, Volume I, etc £50-£60 2697 ½B Postcards: Selection of real photos and ppcs in box file, with range of subjects (incl Military) or views from the Island, also ‘Pressed Bermuda Seaweed’ cards, ‘Private Mailing’ cards’, a 1929 Zeppelin Illustrated postcard addressed to the Post Master General Hamilton Bermuda, franked with German 2m Zeppelin tied by “LUFTS CHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN” cds, a 1911 Novelty postcard with 12 pull- out black and white views of Bermuda, a 1941 USA 3c reply card (complete) from Jersey City to France, intercepted in Bermuda with , censor label affixed, a WWI Field Service Postcard to Paget East, cancelled double ring Field Post Office ‘69’ for Western Front, a most interesting lot (Approx 80) £400-£450 B.A.T. 2698 E 1963-90 complete basic unmounted selection arranged on hingeless album leaves including 1963-9 set to £1 (both), 1971 to 50p on 10s.; earlier issues effected by tropicalisation otherwise fine. (hundreds) £100-£120 2699 E Mostly used collection on pages from 1963 to 1981, almost all basic issues present plus a few watermark varieties, better items include 1963-69 to £1, the 1969 £1 with RPS cert, also an unconvincing forgery of this stamp, 1971 surcharge to 50p on 10s, 1971 Antarctic Treaty, 1972 RSW 10p with wmk inverted (SG 43w) used on ‘Barber’ cover, 1973 Explorers to £1 and 1980 Royal Geographical Society 22p with wmk crown to right of CA (SG 97w) used on ‘Barber’ cover (last affected by phosphor ‘dots’ from UK sorting machine!), condition mostly fine (100+) £230-£250 BRITISH EAST AFRICA 2700 E 1895 (9 July) handstamp type 6, small mint and/or used slightly duplicated selection on three pages with all values represented to 4r ultramarine including 2½ on 4½a, unused/mint includes ½a (2), 2½ on 4½a, 2½a, 3a, 4a (2), 4½a, 5a, 7½a, 8a (2), 1r (3), 3r (4) and 4r (2), used includes all values to 3r with a couple of additional odds, also an unconvincing forged opt on a forgery of 4r, some mint without gum and condition mixed (40) £600-£700 BRITISH GUIANA 2701 E Selection on six pages from 1852 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (occasionally both) and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/mint unless noted) include 1852 4c black/deep blue used (heavily defective),1853-55 4c pale blue used (faults), 1898 Jubilee to 15c, 1905-07 odds to 96c,1931 County Union to $1 (also used), 1938-52 to $3, 1948 RSW (also used) and 1954 to $5, condition very mixed (140+) £350-£400
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Item Description Est British Guiana continued 2702 E 1882-1934 mint selection arranged on stock sheets including 1913-21 MCA set to 96c. (2), 1921-27 to 96c., 1934 set to $1, mostly fair to fine. (58) £100-£120 BRITISH HONDURAS 2703 E Small selection on three album pages from QV to 1950s with a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1938-47 to $5 and 1948 RSW $5 (latter also used), condition a little mixed (80+) £60-£70 2704 E 1902-11 mint selection comprising 1902-04 1c. to 20c, 1904-07 1c. to $5 ($2 with perf. faults), 2c. to 25c., all overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, large part o.g., mostly good to fine. SG 80s/100s, £425 £120-£140 BRITISH P.O. IN SIAM 2705 E Valuable duplicated accumulation on stockpage including crown CC 4c rose used, 5c purple-brown m/m, 6c lilac (2 m/m, 4 used), 10c slate (2 unused, 1 used), 24c green (1 m/m, 5 used), crown CA 2c pale rose (18 m/m or unused, 8 used), 4c rose used, 4c pale brown (19 m/m or unused, 5 used), 5c blue (4 m/m or unused), 6c lilac (2 m/m, 3 used), 8c orange (3 m/m, 10 used), 10c slate (3 m/m or unused, 10 used), 12c brown-purple (4 m/m or unused, 4 used), also Straits QV 4c brown and 8c yellow used by part Bangkok cds and Hong Kong QV 6c lilac used by part similar cds, number of other ‘B’ overprints present including 32c on 2a, 2c on 32c, 30c and 96c, however these are not guaranteed, condition typically mixed (180+) £2000-£2200 BRUNEI 2706 E Small selection on two album pages with a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1906 3c black and sepia, 1907-10 MCA $1 red and grey, 1908- 22 MCA $1 black and red/blue (also used), 1922 MBE $1,1947-51 script $10 black and purple and 1952-58 $1 to $5, mostly fine (45) £60-£70 BURMA 2707 E Small selection on three album pages, better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1937 opt 5r ultramarine & purple and 10r green & scarlet (latter used), 1938-40 to 10r brown & myrtle and 1939 Officials to 10r brown & myrtle, mostly fine (80+) £140-£160 BURMA JAPANESE OCC 2708 E Interesting if partly remaindered collection on pages incl range of ‘Peacock’ overprints with values to 2r, some signed by Jal Cooper, also a selection of forged overprints, 1943 ‘Farmer’ types incl a couple of covers and minor vars, 1943 Shan States, two unused sets to 30c, postal stationery with various types of ‘cross’ obliteration, also some non-occupation issues with values to 10r (300+) £300-£350 CAMBODIA 2709 A Collection from 1951 to 1974 in one volume, a mixture of mint and used with a few covers also present, not comprehensive but some better mint items incl 1951-52 to 15p incl two min sheet ‘booklets’, one exploded,1953 Air to 30p incl min sheets, 1954-55 to 30p plus min sheets, 1957-58 Air to 100r plus min sheet, 1956 Coronation to 50r, good run-through of later issues incl most min sheets, cond generally fine, stc in excess of £1,200 (2004) (Few Hundreds) £200-£250
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CANADA 2710 E Canada & Provinces: Useful selection on album pages from 1851 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a number of better items including (issues to 1890s mostly used, then m/mint unless noted) Nova Scotia 1851-60 1d red-brown (2), 3d blue (2), 6d deep green, 1860 5c blue unused, New Brunswick 1851-60 3d red, Vancouver Island 1865 perf 10c, British Columbia 1865-67 3d,1868-71 perf 14 5c, 25c, Colony 1857 imperf ½d rose and 3d red, perf ½d pale rose, Dominion issues incl 1868-90 odds to 15c, 1893 50c blue, 1897 Jubilee ½c, 6c, 20c, 50c, also $1 (this used but cancel not guaranteed), 1897-98 odds to 10c, 1898-1902 6c, 20c, 1875 Registration 8c blue unused & regummed, officials include 1949 50c green and $1, also 1951 $1 Fisherman, condition of earlier issues very mixed as often, substantial catalogue value (200+) £600-£700 2711 ½B 1843-1997 selection of covers/cards contained in small box including aimails, military with censored, postal stationery, etc. condition mixed. (109 items) £80-£900 2712 E Collection on pages from 1852 to early 1970s, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including Vancouver Island 1865 perf 10c blue, Colony of Canada 1852-57 3d red (2), one fine four margins, the other with faults, ½d deep rose, tiny margins or touched but neatly used, 1859 1c to 17c, 1868-90 ‘Large Queens’ ½c to 15c with some shades,1897-98 to 10c, 1898- 1902 to 20c, also 6c and 20c unused (adhering to page), KEVII to 50c, 1908 Quebec to 20c (20c unused), 1915 War Tax opts 5c to 50c, unused with toned/disturbed gum, 1935 to $1 unused (adhering to page), 1942 War Effort to $1 m/m then basic mostly used run-through to 1967 with a few later (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2713 E Accumulation on pages and stockcards from 1852 to 1940s, better items include 1852-57 3d red (2) used, one just 4 margins, 1859 odds used to 17c, QV ‘Large Queens’ incl 1d red-brown part o.g. (creased) and odds to 15c, ‘Small Queens’ used to 10c plus 5c m/m, 1897 Jubilee odds to 20c incl ½c and 6c, 1898-1902 to 20c used incl 6c, KGV ‘Admiral’ $1 brown-orange m/m,1928-29 $1 olive- green m/m, 1930-31 50c and $1 m/m, condition very mixed (200+) £250-£300 2714 ½B 1859-1987 mixed mint and used collection arranged on album leaves including later mint plate/imprint blocks, miniature sheets, booklets, etc.; also Newfoundland selection mainly used. (hundreds) £80-£90 2715 B 1868-2005 used collection housed in four hingeless Davo and three SG one country albums sparsely filled 1897 ‘Jubilee’ values to 50c., 1927 sets to $1; also Postage Dues and special stamp issues; condition mixed. (hundreds) £100-£120 2716 1½B Collection of mint and used in two cartons from 1953 (a few earlier) to mid- 2016 including most definitives with vals to $10, commemoratives including miniature sheets/sheetlets and many booklet panes, mostly fine and with appreciable postage content (Few Thousands) £500-£600 2717 ½B Booklets: Lightly duplicated range of KGVI and QEII booklets, a few loose but mostly sorted into packets, a useful stock lot and must have a considerable cat value £70-£80 2718 E Officials: Small but useful mostly mint collection of 1949-63 overprinted issues on pages including 1949 O.H.M.S. opt to $1 purple (50c with RPS cert), 1949- 50 to 50c green, 1950-52 ‘G’ opt to $1 purple ($1 with RPS cert), 1950-51 $1 ultramarine and later issues to 1963, also both Special Delivery 10c, all fine u/m, also a few later issues fine used incl 10c Special Delivery with O.H.M.S. opt, all appear fine (95) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Canada continued 2719 E Special Delivery: Small mint collection on stock pages with all basic issues present from 1898 to 1946, better items incl 1898-1920 10c, all three shades but only yellowish green fine (10c deep green torn), these with RPS certs, 1922 20c carmine-red, 1930 and 1932 20c brown-red, 1938-39 10c and 20c, also a few punctured type O2 incl 1939 10c green, 1942-43 10c, 16c and 17c, 1946-47 10c green, also 1950 10c green with ‘O.H.M.S.’ or ‘G’ opt, generally fine except as mentioned and majority u/m (24) £130-£150 CAYMAN ISLANDS 2720 E Selection on four album pages from 1900 to 1950s, rather haphazardly arranged but a number of better stamps including (m/mint unless noted) 1932 Centenary to 5s (2s used), 1935 pictorials to 5s, 1935 Jubilee, 1948 RSW, 1950 to 10s and 1953 to 10s, mostly fine (100+) £100-£120 CEYLON 2721 E Selection on album pages from 1857 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a number of better items including (m/mint unless noted) 1857 imperf 6d brown, 1s pale lilac, ½d dull mauve used, last also m/m, 1867-70 10d red-orange, 1885 5c on 32c, 1885 5c on 8c to 1r 12 on 2r 50, 1898-99 1r 50 on 2r 25 slate used, condition rather mixed (150+) £250-£300 2722 E Collection on album pages from 1857 to 1960s, a mixture of m/mint and used with some useful items including 1857-59 imperf 1d, 2d, 4d dull rose and 5d used, 1885 surchs incl 1r 12 on 2r 50 used, 1887 1r 12 dull rose (wmk sideways) marginal vert pair m/m, 1893-99 2r 50 purple/red m/m, 1898-99 1r 50 on 2r 25 used, 1899-1900 to 2r 50 dull blue m/m, officials incl QV 2r 25 used, KEVII to 2r 25 used, 1924-29 to 10r used, KGVI to 5r m/m, condition very mixed (200+) £500-£600 CHINA 2723 E Small selection on five album pages with better items including 1878 thin paper 5ca orange (SG 3) used Peking seal, 1921 Air (5 Bar Flag) set of 5 to 90c fine used, PRC 1950 Foundation of PRC set of 4 and 1951 Peace Campaign set of 3 unused, original printings (a few light tones), Yunnan 1929 Sun Yat-sen Memorial set m/m, also some odds of Shanghai LPO, Manchukuo and Tibet incl used pair of 1950 1 sang blue-green (100+) £350-£400 2724 E 1885-1944 mint and used collection neatly arranged on album leaves including 1885-88 ‘Small Dragons’ used, perf. 12½, 1ca. (3), 3ca. (2), perf. 11½-12½, 1ca. (mint), 5ca. (2), 1894 ‘Dowager’ 5ca. with blue Shanghai seal, 1897 small figure surcharge on ‘Small Dragon’ 5c. on 5ca. part o.g. (faded), 1897 ‘Red Revenue’ 1c. on 3c. mint, 1898 ‘Coiling Dragons’ values to 50c., 1905 ‘Coiling Dragons’ colour changes 5c., 10c. mint, 1913-33 London printing values to 50c. mint, 1929 Sun Yat-sen Memorial to $1; condition a little mixed in places. (hundreds) £350-£400 2725 E Postal History: Very useful assortment from 1890s to 1960s in large envelope including 1908 reg cover Shasi to England, f/w CIP 10c green and 16c olive-green, 1901 postcard to Germany franked CIP 4c tied Paoting dollar chop, 1898 CIP 1c p.s. card uprated 1c x 3 used 1902 Peking (oval ds) to France, another used Pagoda Anchorage to England, two 1906 ppcs Pagoda Anchorage to London. 1901 GB 1d ps card used to Chungking, 1903 ppc Peking to Moscow, WW2 stampless cover Shanghai to London with ‘Internee mail free/of postage/Shanghai P.O.’, 1951 Tienstin to Zurich, $13,000 rate with cancels in violet, 1948 Taipei to England, $580 rate in SYS and surchs, 1936 long cover Siking to Shanghai, damaged in transit and resealed, condition mixed but majority fine (95) £1000-£1200 2726 A A duplicated early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation housed in a stockbook 1974 Acrobats set u/m; also selections of Hong Kong and Japan. (hundreds) £150-£200
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Item Description Est China continued 2727 E 1978-80 unmounted mint selection arranged in stockbook including 1979 Pilgrimage to West to 70f., 1980 Paintings of Qi Baishi to 70f., Peking Operas to 70f., Lotus Paintings by Yu Zhizhen to 70f., Liu Yuan (Tarrying Garden) to 60f., generally good to fine. (97) £100-£120 CHINA PRC GEN ISSUES 2728 ½B Collection in four small stock books, a few odds from late 1940s onwards but mostly u/m sets from 1974 to 1985 including a few later miniature sheets, better sets include 1974 Gymnastics, 1975 Teachers, Wushu, 1976 5 Year Plan, Lu Xun, 1978 Horses, Water Country strip, 1979 Monkey King, 1980 Qi Baishi, Peking Opera Masks, Kites, Lotus Paintings, Tarrying Gardens, Scientists, 1981-82 Beauties of Jinling, 1982 Medicinal Plants incl min sheet, Philatelic Congress min sheet, Birds incl min sheet, Liao Dynasty Sculpture incl min sheet, 1983 Western Chamber, Terracotta Warriors incl booklet, Peking Opera, 1984 Tang Dynasty Paintings incl min sheet, Peony Pavilion incl min sheet, most other commems for period present, although 1980 8f Monkey absent!, s.t.c. £7000+ by vendor (Scores) £1100-£1300 2729 E Mint collection of mostly 1980s issues (a few earlier), not comprehensive but better items include 1978 Galloping Horses set and min sheet, 1983 Terracotta Warriors min sheet, 1964 Bronze Vessels (odd short perf), 1980 Kites, 1980 Tarrying Gardens, 1981 Lanterns, Lushan Mountains, Year of the Cock, 1983 Musical Instruments, Peking Opera, 1987 Buildings min sheet, Outlaws min sheet, all fine u/m unless noted (100+) £400-£450 COOK ISLANDS 2730 E Selection on seven album pages including Aitutaki, Niue, Penrhyn and Samoa to early 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of useful items (m/mint unless noted) including Cook Islands 1892 to 10d (2½d used), 1938 single wmk to 3s used, 1943-54 Arms type £1 and £3, Niue 1903 1s bright red, 1918-29 2s 6d, 5s and 10s, Aitutaki 1903 1s bright red and Penrhyn 1903 1s bright red used, some toning and other faults (150+) £200-£250 CYPRUS 2731 E Small collection on pages from 1880 to KGVI, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (m/m unless noted) include 1881 crown CC ½pi emerald-green, 1882-86 crown CA die I 30pa to 6pi, 1894-96 9pi to 18pi, KEVII MCA 6pi to 45pi, 1923 £1 purple & black/red ‘used’ by small part cds but not guaranteed, 1924-28 ‘Shield’ type to 90pi, 1928 50th Anniv to £1, 1935 Jubilee, KGVI most vals to £1, condition very mixed (90+) £300-£350 2732 E Selection on album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a few better items including (m/mint unless noted) 1880 4d sage-green (2), 1882 die I 12pi, 1882 ½ on ½pi crown CA (SG 25), 1894-96 45pi, KEVII MCA 45pi, 1938-51 most vals to £1 and 1948 RSW, condition a little mixed (120+) £250-£300 2733 A Mint collection in printed album from 1960-61 Republican overprints to Christmas 2005, almost all spaces filled and most appear fine u/m except 1960- 61 overprints which are lightly toned and 1963 Scouting min sheet which has fingerprint and line of gum glazing (Few Hundreds) £100-£120 2734 E Collection on album pages from 1880 to 1960s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a few useful items including 1880 opts 1d red plate 208 and 220 used, 4d sage-green m/m (tones), KEVII used odds to 18pi, KGV odds to 18pi, 1928 50th Anniv to 45pi m/m, 1935 Jubilee used, KGVI to £1 m/m (a few tones), also most used, 1960-62 Republic opt to £1 fine cds used, condition a little mixed (150+) £200-£250
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DANZIG 2735 A Collection in one volume from 1920 to 1939, a mixture of m/m and used with a few covers, better items (used unless noted) include 1920 (Aug-Sep) 2pf, 2½pf, 30pf and 50pf (all m/m), 1923 to 5g on 1000000m, 1923-27 postage dues to 3g, 1924 Air to 2½g, 1924 to 10g black and brown (2g m/m). 1930 10th Anniv to 1g, 1932 Air Post Exhibition (m/m), also three values used on flown Zeppelin postcard, 1934 Winter Relief Work (m/m),1937 Productivity Show min sheet (m/m), also Polish POs with most issues present used, condition generally fine (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 DOMINICA 2736 E Selection on three album pages from Queen Victoria to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1877-79 1s magenta (no gum), 1907-08 MCA 5s black and brown (also used), 1938-47 to 10s and 1951 to $2.40, mostly fine (80+) £100-£120 EGYPT 2737 A Useful, mostly m/mint collection to 1971 in Farahbaksh printed album, a little patchy to 1884 and mostly used, then perhaps 90% of spaces filled (no postage dues or officials), better items include 1886-1906 to 10p, 1914 to 200m, 1921- 22 to 100m, 1922 Kingdom opt to 200m, 1926 Industrial & Agricultural Exhibition, 1926 King Fuad’s Birthday 50p, 1927-34 to £E1, 1931 Zeppelins, 1933 Railway & Aviation Congresses, 1933-38 Air, 1934 UPU Congress, 1938 King Farouk’s 18th Birthday £E1 and most later issues for period (1956 Scout min sheets absent), some heavily hinged and condition rather mixed (Few Hundreds) £400-£450 2738 E Postage Dues and Officials: Small used collection on pages to early 1950s, better postage dues including 1884 wmk w6 10pa, 1pi, 2pi and 5pi, 1886-87 no wmk 10pa to 2pi rose-red, 1888 no wmk 2m green to 5pi grey, 5pi with RPS cert, 1898-1907 3m on 2pi orange, variety Arabic ‘3’ over ‘2’ (SG D75d) with RPS cert, 1921-22 2m green to 10m lake, officials include 1922-23 1m sepia to 50m purple incl 15m indigo type II (SG O119), also a few salt tax revenues and Suez Canal Company forgeries, condition mostly fine (130+) £100-£120 EGYPT BRITISH FORCES 2739 E 1932-39 mint and used selection arranged on album leaves including covers (9) with 1935 Silver Jubilee 1p. addressed to England. an interesting lot. (38 items) £200-£220 ESTONIA 2740 B Useful collection of stamps and postal history in six volumes, former includes small selection of Imperial Russian stamps used in Reval (Tallinn) and a few smaller offices, 1918 Dorpat surchs including 20pf on 5k stationery card, 1918- 19 15k blue perf, 35p grey, 1919 h/s on Russia odds to 1k then good basic range to 1941 (not comprehensive) with better items including 1922-23 100m and 300m m/m, 1923 Air to 45m on 5m m/m and cto used incl some perf, 1923 Charity perf and imperf, 1928-35 Arms to 80s m/m, 1930 to 3k on 300m m/m and used, 1931 Red Cross, 1933 Anti-TB, 1936 Social Relief Fund, 1936-40 Pres. Pats to 60s, also used incl 6s green, 1938, 1939 and 1940 Social Relief Fund (first two incl min sheets) m/m and cto used, 1938 Estonian Literary Society and 1939 Centenary of Parnu min sheets cto used, 1941 German Occupation, Tartu issue incl 20k used on card from Tapa, postal history from 1835 entire from Valk to Dorpat,1871 stampless OLS from Voru to Valmeira, a few stampless OLS to 1890s, good selection of postcards and covers from 1920s and early 1930s, condition generally above average (Hundreds) £700-£800
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Item Description Est Estonia continued 2741 A Postal History: Collection in one volume from pre-stamp to 1941, some pre- stamp OLS with marks including Hapsal (1812), Pernau (1808), Testema (1858), good selection of postcards from 1920s and 1930s with some smaller offices, a few German occupation including Estland opts, mostly fine (170+) £200-£250 2742 E Collection from 1996 to around 2011, all mint but most lightly hinged on to pages, appears quite comprehensive, although not guaranteed to be so (Scores) £80-£90 FALKLAND ISLAND DEPS 2743 E 1844-90 mostly unmounted selection arranged on hingeless album leaves including 1954-62 Ships to £1 (2, one set used on first of issue envelope, registered, to New York), South Georgia 1963-9 to £1 (both), 1971-76 to 50p. on 10s., earlier issues effected by tropicalisation otherwise fine. (hundreds) £200-£220 FALKLAND ISLANDS 2744 E 1876-90 mostly unmounted selection arranged on hingeless album leaves including 1876 Large Red Frank, 1878-79 1d., 1933 Centenary to 2/6d., 1938- 50 to £1, 1948 RSW £1,1952 to £1, 1960 Birds to £1 additional D.L.R. printings to 2s., earlier issues affected by tropicalisation otherwise fine. (hundreds) £400-£450 2745 E Collection on stock pages (unused unless stated) to 1990, incl QV and KEVII vals to 5s, 1912-20 vals to 10s, 1933 Centenary set to 2s6d, 1938-50 vals to £1, 1952 set and used, 1960 Birds set and used and a few Dependencies, cond varies (Few Hundred) £500-£600 2746 E Small collection on pages from 1878 to KGVI, better items include 1878-79 1d claret m/m, 1891-1902 2½d Prussian blue used, 1898 2s 6d and 5s m/m, 1912- 20 MCA 2½d line perf vert pair m/m, 1929-37 to 5s m/m incl 4d line perf 13½, 1935 Jubilee, 1938-50 odds to £1 incl 1938 ptgs 5s and 10s m/m, condition mixed in places (70) £250-£300 2747 E Selection on five album pages from Queen Victoria to 1960, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1878-79 6d blue-green (used), 1898 2s 6d deep blue used, 1904-12 3s (also used) and 5s used, 1912-20 MCA 3s slate-green and 5s rose-red (latter also used) 1933 Centenary 6d and 1s, 1938-50 most vals to £1 (some used), 1948 RSW, 1960 Birds to £1 and Dependencies 1954 Ships 2s to £1, condition rather mixed (130+) £300-£350 2748 B Lightly duplicated selection in stockbook from QV to 1960, a mixture of mint and used including 1891-1902 to 1s, KEVII 6d, 1s, 1912-20 MCA to 1s incl 2d, 2½d blocks of 4, 1918-20 war stamps incl 1s used (2), 1921-28 script to 1s incl odd block of 4, 1933 Centenary 1½d, 3d blocks of 4, 1935 Jubilee set in blocks of 4 (1s m/m, others used), 1937 Coronation ½d, 1d in sheets of 60, 1938-50 to £1 incl 2s 6d (4), 5s and 10s (3 each) and £1 (2) and a few blocks of 4 to 1s 3d, also good heavily duplicated selection of Falkland Island Dependencies 1946- 49 Map types in seven volumes with a number of minor unlisted varieties noted (Few Hundreds) £300-£350 2749 E Collection on pages from QV to around 1960, a mixture of m/m and used with a number of better items including 1891-1902 vals to 1s with a few shades, 1935 Jubilee m/m, 1938-50 to 5s m/m and 10s used, 1952 to £1 used (also m/m to 5s), Dependencies 1944-45 opts, 1946-49 Maps to 1s and 1954-62 Ships to £1 m/m (last perf tones), condition rather mixed (100+) £300-£350
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Item Description Est Falkland Islands continued 2750 ½B Collection in three volumes of covers and postcards from around 1950 to late 1980s including some from the dependencies and others from UK with a south Atlantic or military connection, more interesting items include 1956 (23 June) airletter franked 1955-57 6d cancelled Port Stanley, but message reads “Midwinter’s greetings from Grahamland...”, sender’s address is ‘Base D’, several 1960-61 F.I.D. covers franked 1954 Ships lower values, cancels include Marguerite Bay, Admiralty Bay, Signy Island, Deception Island, Base E Stonnington Island, Argentine Island, Port Lockroy and Hope Bay, 1982 (19 Apr) express air cover from Rosario, Argentina to ‘Las Islas Malvinas...’, 1982 (8 SEP) stampless air letter to England endorsed ‘HMF/SOUTH/ATLANTIC’ and cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE 141, 1982 (June-Aug) group of stampless air letters to England with various Ascension Island cachets and each cancelled FIELD POST OFFICE 777 cds in red, condition mostly fine (120+) £160-£180 FIJI 2751 E Small selection on three album pages from Queen Victoria to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1871 1d blue and 6d rose (also 1d used), 1874 opt type 5 6d rose used, 1891 2½d on 2d used, 1912-23 MCA 5s (used), 1935 1½d and 2d Jubilee, each var diagonal line by turret (1½d used), 1954 ½d to £1, condition mixed in places (60+) £225-£275 2752 E 1871-1951 mint and used collection neatly arranged on album leaves including mint 1872 2c. on 1d., 1876-77 wove paper, ‘VR’ overprint 1d., 1877 laid paper 6d. used, 1878-99 various perfs. values to 6d. and used, 1892-93 ½d. on 1d., 5d. on 6d. (2), 1891-98 various perfs. and values to 5d., 1903 to 5s., 1904-09 to 1s., 1906-12 to 5s., 1912-23 to 5s. with shades, 1922-27 to 5s., 1938-55 values to £1, mostly good to fine (hundreds) £280-£300 FRANCE 2753 ½B 1849-1955 mixed mint and used collection neatly arranged in an album and loose album leaves including used 1953-61 to 80c., 1862 to 80c., 1863-70 Laureated issue to 80c., 1876 values to 1f., 1877-90 values to 5f., 1936 100th Flight 10f., 1937 National Museums pair and mint (some affected by damp) 1949- 50 Air to 1000f., 1954 Air. to 1000f.; also Colonies with Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia; condition mixed. (hundreds) £200-£220 2754 B Collection in ‘Davo’ album from 1852 to early 1990s, earlier mostly used incl 1853-60 80c, 1862 perf to 80c, 1863-71 ‘Laure’ to 80c, 1871-75 to 80c, 1900- 27 Merson to 20f, 1935 Unemployed Intellectuals set, 1936 South America Flight 10f, 1938 Clement Ader 50f unused, large part o.g., later issues often unused incl 1940-41 surch to 20f on 50f, post WW2 National Relief Fund sets all present between 1949 and 1956 also 1953 Sports, most spaces filled between mid 1950 s and early 1970s, sparser thereafter, cond variable and almost all mounted with hinges (Few Hundreds) £150-£170 2755 E Airmail:1930 First Airmail Flight from Paris to Bagdad, CIDNA (Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne) label produced for the above and depicting a flight route map with a plane above, inscribed ‘INAUGURATION DU/SERVICE POSTAL AERIEN/PARIS BAGDAD’, a sheet of 50 imperforate proofs in black with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint at foot, some tones and affixed to card frame by margins with masking tape (on reverse), a most unusual item £100-£120 2756 ½B Mint collection in two stockbooks from 1944 to 1971, appears quite comprehensive (not guaranteed to be so) with better items including 1946-53 postage dues to 100f, 1949 UPU Congress 500f, 1949-50 Air to 1000f, 1953 Sports, 1953-55 National Industries, 1954 Air to 1000f (1000f m/m and creased), 1954-59 Gallic Cock most vals to 55f, 1957-59 Air to 1000f (m/m), most National Relief Fund sets (1955 missing 12f+5f), mostly fine (Few Hundreds) £250-£300
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Item Description Est France continued 2757 E France and Colonies: Selection on pages to late 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (m/m unless noted), France includes (m/m unless noted) 1849 1f carmine used (repaired), 1852-53 Republic 10c Napoleon used, 1853-61 Empire 25c Napoleon used, also 1f carmine, apparently unused with part o.g. (faults), 1869 5f Napoleon used (small faults), 1877-90 35c deep brown/yellow,1900-06 Merson 5f, 1936 50f ‘Banknote’ used,1937 National Museums Fund, 1955 National Relief Fund used, Colonies/POs incl Crete 1902- 03 to 5f, Morocco 1935 Lyautey set, Obock 1892 5c brown postage due, Algeria 1930 Centenary, also some Andorra and Monaco, condition of earlier issues mixed (Hundreds) £500-£600 GAMBIA 2758 E Small selection on three album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1874 imperf 4d brown used (2, both faults), 1898-1902 to 1s violet and green (also 1s used), 1922-29 10s sage-green, 1935 Jubilee (also used),1938-46 to 10s, 1948 RSW (also used) and 1953-59 to 10s, condition of earlier issues very mixed (70+) £160-£180 2759 E 1902-11 mint selection comprising 1902-05 ½d. to 3s. set of twelve, 1904-06 5d. to 10d. set of three, 1909 ½d. to 3s. set of thirteen, all overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, large part o.g., mostly good to fine. SG 45s/56s, 63s, 65s/6s, 72/85s, £625 £200-£220 GERMANY 2760 A Well filled volume of German area to late 1950s, a mixture of m/m and used with a good number of useful items (m/mint unless noted including 1933 Chicago Flight 1m & 2m used, 4m m/m, West Germany 1949-52 issues incl ‘Posthorns’ to 80pf m/m and most commems, West Berlin 1949-52 incl 1949 UPU, Goethe and Relief Fund sets m/m, and moat DDR 1949-52 commems with China Friendship set seen (usual gum faults), Saar incl 1929 Christmas Charity m/m, 1949 National Relief Fund set used and 1950 Stamp Day m/m, POs in China 1901 5m and 1905-19 2½d on 5m used, POs in Morocco odds to 6p 25 on 5m, Togo 1m and 2m used, Caroline Is 1m, 2m and 3m used, SWA vals to 3r used, Samoa 3m and 5m used, condition rather mixed but an excellent if somewhat haphazardly arranged lot with a substantial catalogue value (Hundreds) £800-£900 2761 A Small mint and used collection from 1874 to 1970s in one album, rather patchy but a few better items including 1874 2½g on 2½g used, 1926-31 Air 3m used, 1933 25pf Frederick the Great used and 1934 Air to 3m used, condition a little better than average, stc. around £1,400 (Approx 250) £40-£50 2762 1½B Collection in 11 volumes and loose from 1872 to Christmas 2012, Imperial issues a mixture of mint and used (generally cheapest) including 1872 ‘Eagle’ type odds to 5g and 18k , good run-through of Wiemar and Third Reich issues with scarcer stamps often absent, West Germany from 1949 to 1990 (not comprehensive) with some better used odds from 1949-54 and much duplicated later, also mint including 1951 Posthorns to 50pf, later mint issues from 1970s to 1990 more comprehensive and good u/m run-through of unified issues from 1990 to 2012, also some West Berlin (mostly used), covers from 1970s-to recent, DDR and other odds, condition of earlier issues mixed but modern almost all fine (Few Thousands) £500-£600 EAST GERMANY 2763 ½B Collection in three printed albums of mint issues from 1949 to 1990 with around 95% of spaces filled, better items incl 1950 250th Anniv of Academy of Sciences and 1951 Friendship with China sets, all appear u/m (Few Thousands) £300-£350
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Item Description Est East Germany continued 2764 ½B Collection in three ‘Lighthouse’ albums of used issues from 1949 to 1990 incl 1950 250th Anniv of Academy of Science set, 1951 Friendship with China set, 1952-53 set, 1953 70th Death Anniv of Marx set of two miniature sheets perf and imperf, etc., generally good condition (Many Hundreds) £300-£350 GHANA 2765 B Duplicated accumulation with issues from 1959 to 1970s many in complete sheets, incl 1965 New Currency 30p on 2s6d in 30 sheets 30 (these alone cat £4,275), also many in complete sets, a few imperf sheets, postage dues, many still in unopened packets, excellent for for packet maker £200-£220 2766 B Duplicated accumulation with 1960s/1970s issues, many in complete sheets, incl 1970 New Currency postage dues set in 8 sheets of 40 (these alone cat £4,640) and 1965 6p on 6d (30 sheets) and 12p on 1s (40 sheets) with the surcharge inverted (cat £20,000+), also many in complete sets, imperf sheets and Airmail letter, many still in unopened packets, excellent for for packet maker £400-£450 2767 B Duplicated accumulation with 1960s/1970s issues, many in complete sheets, incl 1970 New Currency postage dues set in 8 sheets of 40 (these alone cat £4,640) and 1965 6p on 6d (30 sheets) and 12p on 1s (40 sheets) with the surcharge inverted (cat £20,000+), also many in complete sets, imperf sheets and Airmail letter, many still in unopened packets, excellent for for packet maker £400-£450 2768 B Duplicated accumulation with 1960s/1970s issues incl 1961 3s, 6s and 10s booklets at least 30 of each, complete sheets incl 1959-61 set giving at least 25 sets, also many incomplete sets, imperf sheets and Airmail letter, many still in unopened packets, cond a little mixed excellent for the packet maker £200-£220 2769 B Duplicated range of mostly 1960s and 1970s, many still in original packets, incl min sheets, many multiples, imperfs and a few overprint errors seen, some in mixed condition due to storage, but good lot for packet maker £200-£220 GIBRALTAR 2770 E Small collection on pages from 1886 to KGVI, a few better items including 1886 opt 6d deep lilac part o.g., 1886-87 6d lilac and 1s bistre used, 1904-08 MCA 2s green & blue on chalky, m/m, 1912-20 MCA 8s m/m, 1935 Jubilee m/m and used, KGVI most vals to £1 m/m, condition rather mixed (100+) £120-£140 2771 E Selection on four album pages from Queen Victoria to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1886 opt 2d, 6d and 1s (used), 1889 50c on 6d, 1906- 11 MCA 4s black and carmine, 1912-20 MCA 4s and 8s (also used), 1925-32 script to 10s, KGVI to £1, 1948 RSW (also used),1953 to 10s (also £1 good used), condition mixed in places (100+) £300-£350 2772 E 1938-51 ½d deep green to £1 orange, m/mint collection on ‘New Age’ album pages including all listed perfs and shades (not constant varieties), some earlier printings with typical toned streaky gum and some rather heavily hinged, 2d grey perf 13½, wmk sideways (SG 124ab) with a few shortish perfs and gum a little disturbed £450-£500 2773 B 1990-2010 apparently complete unmounted mint collection neatly arranged in three volumes with commemoratives, definitives and miniature sheets; fine. (hundreds) £100-£120 GILBERT & ELLICE IS 2774 E Small selection on three album pages from 1911 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1939-55 to 5s (also used) 1949 RSW (also used) and 1956 to 10s (also used), mostly fine (70+) £80-£90
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GOLD COAST 2775 E Small selection on four album pages from 1875 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1875 crown CC, perf 12½ 6d orange used, 1889 1d on 6d orange used, 1898-1902 2d dull mauve and orange-red, 1913- 21 MCA 20s used (crayon line on face),1928 5s used,1935 Jubilee (also used), 1938 line perf 2s and 5s and 1948 to 10s, condition a little mixed (100+) £150-£170 2776 E 1889-1902 mint selection including 1889-94 5s., 10s., 20s. dull mauve and black on red (heavy gum crease), 1898-1902 ½d. to 10s. set of ten with additional 6d. block of six, part to large part o.g., mostly fine. SG 22/3, 25/34, £880 £240-£260 2777 E 1902-13 mint selection comprising 1902 ½d. to 20s. (10s. gum bend) set of eleven, 1907-13 ½d. to 5s. set of ten, all overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, large part o.g., mostly good to fine. SG 38s/48s, 59s/68s, £700 £200-£220 GREECE 2778 E Collection of large and small “Hermes” head issues on pages, a lightly duplicated mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (used unless noted) including 1861-62 First Athens print 10l, 20l and 80l, 1862-67 Second Athens ptg from plates before cleaning 1l, 2l (some m/m), 5l, 10l, 40l and 80l, also some pmk interest incl Alexandria, 1867-69 Athens ptg after plate cleaning 1l to 20l, 1870-71 later ptg from cleaned plates 1l to 80l, 1872-75 thin paper 1l unused, 5l and 10l, 1876 Paris ptg 30l and 60l incl one of former used in Constantinople, 1881-87 without figures on back to 80l, 1886-95 good range of both Belgian & Athens ptg to 1d, also a few 1900 surchs on large types incl 3d on 10l, 1900-01 1d on 40l perf and imperf and a couple of later odds, condition generally above average (200+) £400-£450 GRENADA 2779 E Small selection on three album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1883 1s pale violet (used), 1886 1d on 1½d and 1d on 1s, 1895-99 2d mauve and brown, 1912-22 MCA odds to 5s, KGVI to 10s, condition mixed in places (70+) £100-£120 2780 E 1861-81 mostly used selection arranged on album leaves including 1861-62 6d. rose (2), 1863-71 1d. (6, two unused), 6d. shades (10), 1873 Small Star 1d., 1878 Small Star sideways 1d. (2), 6d. (2); generally fair to fine. (54) £120-£140 2781 E 1883-92 mint selection including 1883 to 1s. with 6d. tete-beche marginal block of four, 6d. tete-beche block of ten, 1887 1d. tete-beche block of thirty, 1892 postage due 1d. on 6d., mostly good to fine. (54) £200-£220 HONG KONG 2782 E Small selection on five album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items including 1880 5c on 18c used bold S1, 10c on 12c, 10c on 16c, all used, 1891 Jubilee 2c used, KEVII MCA $3 used part cds,1938-52 most vals to both $10 used, also some later colours to $10 m/m, 1948 RSW $10 m/m and used, condition mixed in places (100+) £250-£300
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Item Description Est Hong Kong continued 2783 E Collection on pages from 1862 to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used with a number of better items (used unless noted) including 1862-63 no wmk 2c, 8c, 12c, 24c, 1863-71 crown CC including 96c olive-bistre (spacefiller) but no 18c, 1882-96 10c deep blue-green used Hoihow cds, 1891 20c on 30c grey-green w/o Chinese h/s, m/m, with Chinese h/s 20c on 30c and 50c on 48c, m/m, postal fiscals 1874-1902 perf 15½x15 $2 and $3, perf 14 $2 dull bluish green, light cease but used in Shanghai, 1891 $5 on $10, 1897 $1 on $2 (both), all with HSBC perfins, 1891 ‘SD’ opt on 2c carmine used neat HK cds, 1900-01 crown CA to 30c brown (excl 12c) m/m, 1907-11 MCA $2 carmine-red and black, Japanese Occupation 1945 $5 on 5s, KGVI to both $10, 1948 RSW $10, also 10c block of 4 incl ‘spur’ var, 1954-62 to $2 m/m and some commems to 1967, condition typically mixed (200+) £1000-£1200 2784 E 1863-1980 mostly used collection neatly arranged on album leaves and loose including 1863-71 12c. watermark inverted, 18c. lilac, 1880 surcharges 5c. on 18c., 10c. on 12c., 1880 Colour changes 5c., 1921-27 values to $3, 1938-52 to $10 (both); generally fair to fine. (hundreds) £150-£170 HK BRIT PO IN CHINA 2785 E Small selection on album page including 1917-21 MCA used to $1 and $3, also 50c, $5 and $10 m/m, last defective, 1922 script $2 carmine-red and grey-black marginal m/m pair, this with a few tones (23) £200-£250 ICELAND 2786 B Interesting accumulation in carton including 1930 Millenary set to 10k u/m (small imperfections), a small selection of mostly 1930s commercial covers, first day covers including 1944 Independence set to 10k (7) and 1952 Svein Bjornsson to 10k (3), around 500g of kiloware from around 1920s to 1980s and a 1973 book entitled “One Hundred Years of Icelandic Stamps” (Few Hundreds) £450-£500 2787 A Useful collection in one volume from 1873 to 1981, a mixture of mint and used with better items (m/m unless noted) including 1873 perf 14x13½ 2sk (no gum), 4sk, 8sk, perf 12½ 3sk, 16sk, 1873 officials 4sk perf 12½ and 8sk used, 1876-95 5a blue perf 12½ (no gum), 5a to 40a perf 14x13½, 5a small part o.g., others used, 1876-95 officials to 50a used (3a unused), 1882-95 to 100a (most used), 1897 ‘thrir’ surcharges (SG 38, 39, 40) used, 1902-04 5k, 1907-08 5k, 1912 2k cerise and 5k yellow-brown, 1921-30 surch 2k on 25a, 10k on 50a, 10k on 1k, 10k on 5k, 1930 Millenary to 10k, also officials and air, 1931 Zeppelins (also on cover), 1933 Hopflug opts and good run-through of later issues, these mostly used (Few Hundreds) £800-£900 INDIA 2788 E 1854 used selection with a range of types arranged on a stocksheet comprising ½a. (six singles, one marginal, and four pairs), 1a. (single and a pair), 2a. (pair), generally with four margins, mixed condition (20) £200-£220 2789 E Small collection on pages from 1854 to KGVI, a few better items including 1854- 55 ½a blue unused and used (2), 1a, 2a green unused pair and used single, 4a (4), two cut-square with small faults, others cut-to-shape, 1866 6a purple used, 1866-78 6a 8p unused, 1895 2r to 5r m/m, KEVII to 15r used, 1937-40 15r and 25r m/m and a few officials, condition typically mixed (150+) £250-£300 2790 E 1854-1955 mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged on album leaves including mint 1937 values to 10r., 1948 Gandhi set (stuck down), 1949- 52 to 25r., range of Officials and Post Offices Abroad and Indian States with mint Chamba 1938 to 8a., Patiala 1937-38 values to 8a.; condition mixed with some affected by damp. (hundreds) £200-£220
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Item Description Est India continued 2791 E Useful selection on seven album pages from 1854 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both) and rather haphazardly arranged, some better items including 1854 4a used (cut square, three close margins), also 3 cut-to-shape, 1854 ½a (2) and 1a used (2), 1866 6a purple used, 1937-40 15r and 25r used, 1948 Gandhi 10r m/m and used (both with faults),1949 to 10r, m/m, Officials incl KEVII 25r used, 1925 1r on 15r KGV used, 1901 BRA 5c on ½c black surch used (faults) CEF 1900 to 1r plus 1a carmine, m/m, condition mixed (200+) £600-£700 2792 E Accumulation on pages and stockcards from QV to KGVI including a number of covers with instructional labels attached, a 1936 postal notice and a few loose QV with Aden or Baghdad cancels, would benefit from viewing (Few Hundreds) £100-£120 2793 ½B States: mixed mint and used collection arranged in two albums including better selections of Barwani, Bundi and Cochin; also Burma. (hundreds) £100-£120 2794 2A Indian Convention States: Collection in one volume with all states represented from QV to KGVI, a little sparse/remaindered in places but better items/areas (m/m unless noted) include Chamba QV to 2r, KEVII to 1r, 1913-14 to 1r, Faridkot postage to 1r and service to 8a, Gwalior QV 2r to 5r, Gwalior KGV to 10r, KGVI 10r used, Alizah opt 6a and 8a used, 1895-96 service to 1r, 1913-23 1r, 1927-35 2r and 5r, Jind 1885 ½a to 4a, also 1r reprint, KEVII to 1r, 1927-35 10r, Nabha 1885 ½a to 4a, also 8a reprint, 1885-1900 to both 1r, KEVII to 1r, 1913 to 1r, 1927-36 2r and 5r, 1885-97 service to both 1r, Patiala 1884 to 4a, 1885 to 1r, KEVII to 1r, 1884 2a service (used), 1913-26 to 5r, condition typically mixed and a few reprints and forgeries present, also a volume of QV to KGV covers and stationery, mostly Gwalior but a few Jind and Patiala (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2795 E Indian Convention States: Useful mostly mint collection on printed album pages (plus a few loose on stockcards) from 1885 to late 1930s, also a few KGVI and other odds, better items include Chamba 1903-05 to 1r, 1913 to 1r, 1938 to 12a, Faridkot 1887-1900 to 1r green & carmine (no 1r slate), Gwalior 1885-97 1a and 1a 6p (SG 5/6), 1938-48 3a to 15r, 1949 Alizah Press to 6a, also ‘used’ 12a (this not guaranteed), officials 1928-36 5r (also used but cancel suspect), Jind 1885 ‘JEEND’ 1r slate, 1937-38 to 15r, Nabha 1913 to 1r, 1938to 2r, Patiala 1884 2a and 4a, 1885 ‘PUTTIALA’ 4a, 8a, 1r, 1937-38 2a to 2r, officials 1913-26 to 5r, condition generally above average (200+) £550-£650 2796 E Indian Feudatory States: Small selection on pages with a few better odds including Bijawar 1935-36 perf 11 to 2a m/m, Jaipur 1931-37 4a black and olive- green (SG O16) used, Bundi 1947 set to 1a chocolate m/m, Barwani 1928-32 4a salmon (SG 31) unused, Sirmoor 1894-99 Elephant set to 1r m/m, Soruth 1948 1a on 1r (SG O19) used, also a few ICS opts incl Gwalior KGV 10r used, (150+) £200-£250 2797 B Indian Feudatory States: Extensive and valuable dealer’s clear-out lot in two vols and loose on pages and cards, not all states represented but with good sections of Travancore including multiples and errors, Bundi ‘Sacred Cow’ sheets, Cochin including some KGVI period surcharges, multiples and cto sheets, Kishangarh incl a few covers, Rajasthan, Duttia, Jaipur incl stampless covers, Hyderabad, Bhopal ‘Palace’ types incl multiples, condition typically mixed and some forgeries present but generally well above average for these (Few Thousands) £900-£1000 IRAQ 2798 E India used in Baghdad selection QV to KGV with range of different cancels including “356” (Z1) ½a. (2), 1a., 2a.,”18” (Z2) 2a., 8a., “K-6” (Z3) ½a., Z4 8a., Z5 (Squared Circle) with Officials 1874-82 2a. (2), 1883-99 1a. pair, Z6 with 1892 1r. block of four; Iraq range on album leaves with selected British Occupation issues; condition variable. An interesting lot. (hundreds) £200-£220
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IRELAND 2799 E Small selection on two album pages including 1922 Dollard 2s 6d to 10s (SG 17/21) m/mint, 1935 5s re-engraved used (light crease), also a smattering of lower value 1922 opts and some m/m commems to late 1950s (58) £80-£90 2800 B Collection in three volumes from 1922 to 2004, a mixture of mint and used, the earlier issues a little sparse but 1922-23 opt 2s 6d and 5s mint noted, a good range from 1950s onwards with most issues from mid 1970s onwards present both u/m and fine cto used, also a few odd booklets and sheetlets, s.t.c. £4,100 £475-£550 2801 E Small collection on pages from 1922 to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used including 1922-23 3 and 5 line overprints to 1s, 1922 wmk ‘se’ defins to 1s m/m (ex 2½d), some m/m 1950s commems including Emmet, An Tostal and Brown, condition mixed (100+) £50-£60 2802 1½B Useful lightly duplicated collection in two cartons from 1922 to around 1990, majority of value in two ‘Lighthouse’ albums with mint or used (sometimes both) issues from 1922 overprints to 1990, better items include 1922 Dollard to 10s incl ½d opt inv, 1922 Thom to 1s incl ½d green and 1d scarlet misplaced opt with ‘1922’ absent, Thom 2s 6d vertical pair (SG 44), 1922-34 ‘se’ watermark incl 2d imperf x perf strip of 5, 14 1925-28 wide and narrow date sets to 10s, 1935 re-engraved to 10s m/m plus two used sets, 1937 St Patrick ‘se’ wmk to 10s m/m, most later issues present for period, condition mixed with mint stamps generally hinged to 1960s (Few Thousands) £2200-£2400 2803 2A 1922-1991 Substantially complete collection in 2 Lindner albums, starting with mint and used overprints incl 2/6d (4). 5s (3) and 10s (3), 1922-23 defins values to 1s u/m incl 3 different coils, then very good run complete from 1930 incl 1940 set to 1s u/m, 1950-1991 largely complete u/m and some fine used, also min sheets, sheetlets and an extensive range of se-tenants, high cat value and viewing recommended (Hundreds) £650-£750 2804 A Mostly used collection (a few mint) in album 1922-1983, incl a number of coils, high values, postmark interest etc, some light duplication, cond generally good to fine, stc £8,000+ (Hundreds) £800-£900 2805 E Postage Dues: Mint collection on pages including all basic issues to 1988 and some varieties, better items incl 1925 wmk ‘se’ set of 4 to 6d, also 1d l/left corner block of 4 incl ‘Q’ for ‘O’, 2d wmk sideways (2), 2d wmk upright left marginal block of 4 incl ‘aspirate’ missing (var stamp tone spot), 6d block of 4, 1940-70 wmk ‘e’ set to 1s, also 1s wmk sideways, all appear u/m and better items with RPS certs (68) £230-£250 2806 A Airmails and First Flights: Specialised collection 1928-1987 with 143 covers, postcards, aerogrammes, experimental services, Clippers flights to Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, India (2), Syria and Turkey, a few elusive 1980s first flight covers incl Aeroflot, two Concord covers, commercial airmails etc, good range of frankings and destinations, also various not cover items, generally in good condition £400-£450 ISRAEL 2807 E Small mint selection on pages including 1948 Coins to 1000m, m/m, without tabs, 1948 postage dues to 50m brown/yellow, in upper right corner blocks of 6 with plate number, remainder u/m and with tabs incl 1948 New Year, 1949 20pr National Flag block of 4 (2 with tabs), 1950 500pr Eilat PO (Camel) and 1952 1000pr Menorah, cat £3400+ £200-£250 2808 E 1948-78 collection of first day envelopes mainly with tabs housed in four volumes and loose with 1952 Menorah 1000pr. with part tab, 1953-56 Air 1000pr., also a selection of triangular military postmarks; generally fair to fine; (hundreds) £60-£70
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Item Description Est Israel continued 2809 B 1948-75 mainly unmounted mint collection arranged in two hingeless Lindner album including with tabs 1948 Jewish New Year and horizontal tete-beche gutter pairs with plate number, 1949 Constituent Assembly 250pr., National Flag 20pr. (2), First Anniversary of Israeli Postage Stamp miniature sheet 10pr., Founding of Petah Tiqva 40pr. (2), Postage Dues to 50pr., 1949-50 Jewish Coins (second series) to 50pr., 1950 U.P.U. pair, tete-beche pairs (2, one with gutters), Second Anniversary of Independence, Air to 250pr., Third Maccabiah 80pr., Elat Post Office 500pr., 1951 Jewish National Fund, Menorah 1000pr., 1953-56 Air to 3000pr., 1955-59 no watermark Tribes of Israel set of seven to 100pr, and largely complete to date; generally good to fine. (hundreds) £1000-£1200 2810 E 1952-75 a collection in complete mainly mint sheets housed twenty mint sheet folders including 1962 Air I£1, 1963 Air Birds, Centenary of Hebrew Press (2, one used), 1964 National Insurance, 1966 Israel Museum Exhibits, 1971-79 values to I£3, 1973 ‘Tribes of Israel’ Chagall stained glass windows set of 12. Mostly good to fine. (hundreds) £250-£270 ITALY 2811 E Useful, if rather haphazardly arranged selection to late 1950s on album pages including good selection of colonies and some Vatican, a mixture of m/mint and used with better items (m/m unless noted) including 1863-65 5c greenish grey and 10c buff unused, 1928 Filiberto 5l to 20l, 1949 ERP (also used) and Volta, 1950 Tobacco Congress, Vatican 1936 Catholic Press Exhibition set (also used) and 1949 UPU, POs in Turkey odds incl 1909-11 10l Jerusalem, Dodecanese Is. 1931 Eucharistic Congress, 1933 Air part set excl 3l, Somalia 1934 Colonial Exhibition set cto used, 1934 Abruzzi, Eritrea 1934 Abruzzi, Cyrenaica 1924 Manzoni to 5l, 1933 Zeppelin, 1950 Mounted Warrior set to 500m, condition mixed in places but substantial catalogue value (Few Hundreds) £500-£600 2812 ½B A mixed mint and used accumulation housed in two volumes including 1924-25 with attached advertising labels used 50c. Tagliacozzo (green), 1l. Columbia (blue); also a good range of States, Colonies with Libia including 1924-40 5l., perf. 11, unused (faults), and Occupation issues; condition variable. (thousands) £380-£420 JAMAICA 2813 E Selection on five album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but some better items include 1870-83 crown CC 2d rose, fresh m/m, 1883-97 crown CA 2d grey m/m (faults), 1905-11 MCA 4d black/yellow used, KGVI odds to £1, 1948 RSW £1 (also used), condition mixed in places (120+) £120-£140 2814 E Small mint collection of KGVI commemoratives on pages including 1945-46 New Constitution 1½d perf 12½x13 (3) and 2d perf 12½ (2) plate blocks of 4, 1948 RSW set, 1949 UPU plate blocks and a few other odds, some toning, a mixture of m/mint and u/mint (45) £50-£60 JAPAN 2815 E Small selection on ten album pages to 1950s, a few better odds (m/mint unless noted) including 1894 Silver Wedding, 1915 Coronation, 1921 Return of Crown Prince, several 1930s National Park sets, 1949 8y Postal Week (creasing), a few POs in Korea (incl used 8s and 3s Wedding) & China and some WW2 occupation issues, the apparent 1871-78 Dragon & Cherry Blossom issues are forgeries (200+) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Japan continued 2816 A Mostly 1940s/60s collection in printed album, the majority mint incl 1947 Athletics block of four, a few min sheets and Lottery Prize min sheets incl 1950 (small faults), 1951/52, selection of 1950s stamps incl 1951 (April) 24y Tourist stamp (SG 609) u/m but tiny inclusion and National Parks sets and min sheets, mixed cond but useful lot for expansion £300-£350 KUT 2817 E Selection on six album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but some better items include B.E.A. 1890-95 odds to 5r incl 8a grey and 1r grey unused (last stained), also 4r used, 1895-96 opts on India 1r slate and 2r m/m plus 5r used, 2½a on 1a 6p m/m, 1896-1901 5r sepia used and 4r m/m, 1897-1903 2r used, KUT KEVII MCA 2r and 3r used, 1912-21 MCA 5r used, also Uganda 1898-1902 1r and 5r used, also 5r m/m (all faults), Tanganyika 1922-24 5s wmk upright used, also 10s and £1 (latter wmk sideways) fiscally used, 1927-31 10s m/m and used, condition mixed in places (150+) £200-£250 2818 E 1903-60 mainly used accumulation arranged on album leaves and hagner sheets including KEVII values to 75c., KGV to 1s., 2s., 2s. 50c., 3s.; also 1938-54 10s. perf. 13¼, £1 perf. 11¾ x 13, large part o.g., condition very mixed. (192) £120-£140 2819 E 1919 4c on 6c scarlet, small mint and used selection on album page including one with surcharge inverted (SG 64b), this large part o.g., remainder including a few with surcharge misplacements (14) £75-£85 2820 E 1922-63 mint (some unmounted) selection arranged on hagner sheets including 1922-27 values to £1, 1938-54 values to £1, 1948 SW £1, 1954-59 to £1, 1960- 62 to 20s. Generally fine. (92) £170-£190 2821 A 1937-54 mint collection in blue boxed Devon album with a comprehensive run- through of single stamps, extra shades included with 1954 10/- steel-blue (u/m), a range of Plate blocks and multiples with varieties, mixed hinged and u/m. The varieties included are a mix of listed and unlisted with 50ct rope not joined to sail block, the star piece being a Plate 1-7B positional block of twenty of the 1/- with R6/7 Mountain retouch but with many other useful multiples £2800-£3000 KUWAIT 2822 E Small selection on two album pages, mostly m/mint including 1923-24 2r used,1939 15r brown and green, wmk inv (two m/m and one used), also 10r m/m, 1945 set of 13 to 14a, 1948-49 10r on 10s, 1948 RSW 15r on £1, 1950- 55 to 10r on 10s and 1929-33 10r official, this lightly creased (57) £150-£170 2823 E Mostly used collection of QEII on printed album pages with every space filled from the 1952-54 set to 1960 incl 1957 type II to 10r on 10s (this with RPS cert), also 1959 20np letter card (H&G1) unused and four stamp booklets 1959 Rs 4.80 with both left and right stitching, 1960 Rs 4.80 with right stitching and 1964 300f, almost all fine (85) £70-£80 LATVIA 2824 E Collection from 1997 to around 2011, all mint but most lightly hinged on to pages, appears quite comprehensive, although not guaranteed to be so (Scores) £80-£90 LEEWARD ISLANDS 2825 E Small selection on two album pages including 1890 1s and 5s used (washed), 1907-11 MCA 2s 6d black & red/blue and 5s green & red/yellow used (former also m/m), 1931-32 script, die I 6d and 1s, m/m, 1935 Jubilee m/m and used, 1938-51 10s (SG 113c) and £1 (SG 114c) m/m and 1954 to $4.80 m/m (70+) £70-£80
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LITHUANIA 2826 E Collection from 1997 to around 2011, all mint but most lightly hinged on to pages, appears quite comprehensive, although not guaranteed to be so (Scores) £65-£75 MALAYA - STRAITS 2827 E Small collection on pages from 1867 to KGVI, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (m/m unless noted) include 1867 3c on 1a, 1879 5c on 8c, 1880 5c on 8c orange, 1884 2c on 5c blue, 1887 2c on 5c blue,1892- 99 $5 orange & carmine used, KEVII to $2 (mixed CA/MCA), 1912-24 MCA to $5, 1937 ‘original’ set of 15 to $5 perf specimen, also a few States including Kelantan 1911-15 $5 green & brown, Johore 1903 $1 on $2, 1904-10 wmk rosette $2, $4, $5, also fiscally used $100, 1918-20 MCA $1, $2, $5, Kedah 1919 $1 on $2, condition very mixed (100+) £250-£300 2828 E Malaya: Useful selection on pages including Straits, FMS, BMA, Federated and Unfederated States and a few Bangkok ‘B’ opts, a mixture of m/mint and used with better items including Straits 1867 3c on 1a, 4c on 1a, 12c on 4a, 24c on 8a, 32c on 2a used, 1884 4c on 5c red surch used (2), 1906-07 opt on Labuan $1 used, 1921-33 script $25 used, FMS 1900 opt $1 and $2 m/m, BMA 1945 $5 green and red/emerald m/m, Kedah 1921-32 script $2 and $3 used, 1937 25c to $5 m/m, also $2 used, Kelantan 1911 MCA to $25 used, 1928 $1 perf 12 used,1937 set to $1 m/m, also $2 used, Johore 1896 Coronation $1 incorrect spelling, m/m, Pahang 1889 10c slate unused, Trengganu 1937 postage due set and 1921-41 MCA $5 green and red/pale yellow, also most 1948 RSW sets m/m and used, 1948-55 ‘Palm Tree’ issues with $5 vals seen, condition a little mixed (Few Hundreds) £800-£900 2829 E 1867-41 duplicated mint range, including 1867 1½c on ½a blue, QV values to 50c, KEVII and KGV values to $1 with 1937 values to $5. Mixed condition, worth inspection, stc £2775 (139) £275-£325 2830 E 1882-41 duplicated used range, including QV values to 50c, KEVII values to $1 with 1937 values to $5 and 1924 postage dues. Mixed condition, worth inspection, stc £242 (123) £28-£32 MALAYA - M.P.U. 2831 E 1936-64 duplicated mint and used range on stockcards, including mint 1936 to 50c (4), 1945, 1951 and 1964 values to 20c plus used 1936 values to 50c. Mixed condition, stc £1422 (140) £140-£160 MALAYA - B.M.A. 2832 E 1945-48 duplicated mint and used range on stockcards, mint values to $5 green and red (2), used to $5, both (SG 1/18 btn). Mixed condition, stc £966 (140) £90-£110 MALAYA - F.M.S. 2833 E 1900-41 duplicated mint and used range on stockcards, including mint 1900 $2 (crease) 1922 values to $2 plus used tigers values to 50c. Mixed condition, stc £1811 (94) £180-£200 MALAYA - JOHORE 2834 E 1884-49 duplicated mint and used range on stockcards, mint 1940 8c (3) 1949 values to $5, used 1904 $10 (fiscally canc) 1949 values to $5. Mixed condition, stc £1288 (150) £120-£140
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MALAYA - KEDAH 2835 E Collection on pages starting with seventeen stamps of Siam and four of F.M.S. used in Kedah, 1912 set mint, 1919 surcharged pair mint and used, small piece with Kedah 2c and Straits 1c used in Kedah, 1921-32 set mint and used, throughout these early pages are various papers, gums and small varieties, also twelve stamps of Kedah used in Perlis, a selection used with postmark interest, a few Airmail fronts (one complete cover), also a engravers die proof for the frame of a $25 Revenue stamp with m/s 5.9.29, cond a little mixed in places and not all the postmarks guaranteed but a most interesting lot which is ideal for expansion (Few Hundred) £1200-£1400 2836 E 1919-49 duplicated mint and used range on stockcards, mint 1921 values to $1, MBE values to 21c, 1950 values to $5 used 1949 values to $2. Mixed condition, worth inspection stc £1285 (164) £120-£140 MALAYA - KELANTAN 2837 E 1919-49 duplicated used range on stockcard, 1937 values to $1, plus $2 with non-contemporary cancel, 1951 values to $5. (SG 1/81btn). Mixed condition, worth careful inspection stc £680 (69) £70-£80 2838 E 1919-49 duplicated mint range on stockcard, 1937 values to $1, 1951 values to $5. (SG 2/81btn). Mixed condition, worth inspection stc £1285 (164) £120-£140 MALAYA - N. SEMBILAN 2839 E 1919-49 duplicated mint range including 1935 values to $2, 1948 values to $5. (SG 1/62btn). Mixed condition, stc £1272 (98) £120-£140 2840 E 1919-49 duplicated used range including 1935 values to $5, 1945 values to $5. (SG 3/62btn). Mixed condition, worth careful inspection stc £1008 (74) £100-£120 MALAYA - PAHANG 2841 E 1889-1950 duplicated mint range including 1889 10c slate, 1935 values to $5 plus $5 block of 10 and 1949 values to $5. (SG 1/73btn). Mixed condition, stc £1670 (126) £160-£180 2842 E 1891-1950 duplicated used range including 1891 5c blue, 1938 values to $5, and 1950 values to $5. (SG 13/73btn). Mixed condition, stc £511 (55) £50-£60 MALAYA - PERAK 2843 E 1882-1950 duplicated mint range including assorted 2c rose settings, 1895 50c tiger, 1895 $1, 1935 and 1938 values to $2, and 1950 values to $5. (SG 10/148btn). Worth careful inspection, a little mixed condition, stc £2775 (100) £275-£325 2844 E 1881-1950 duplicated used range including 1891 2c brown, assorted 2c rose settings, 1938 values to $5, and 1950 values to $5. (SG 5/148btn). Worth careful inspection, a little mixed condition, stc £2298 (137) £225-£275 MALAYA - PERLIS 2845 E 1951 duplicated mint range, values to $5, plus Penang 1945 values to $5 mint and used. Worth careful inspection, a little mixed condition, stc £737 (122) £70-£90 MALAYA - SELANGOR 2846 E 1882-1949 duplicated mint range on stockcard including various 2c pale rose settings, tiger’s heads to 50c dull purple and greenish black, 1935 $2 and 1949 values to $1 x2 (SG 18/108 btn) mixed condition, stc £3,443 (88) £350-£400
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Item Description Est Malaya - Selangor continued 2847 E 1895-1949 duplicated used range on stockcard including various 2c pale rose settings, 1895 $1 and 1949 values to $5 x3 (SG 33/110 btn) mixed condition, stc £597 (121) £50-£60 MALAYA - TRENGGANU 2848 E 1910-1949 duplicated mint range on stockcard including 1921 values to $5 (2), MBE to $1 and 1949 values to $5 (4) (SG 1/87 btn) mixed condition, stc £3,150 (161) £300-£350 MALTA 2849 E Collection on pages from QV to KGVI with a few better items including 1899- 1901 to 2s 6d m/m (10s a cleaned fiscal), KEVII basic set to 5s m/m, also 5s used, 1912-21 2s and 5s m/m (latter also used, 1922 Self Government 2s MCA, 2s 6d, 5s and on 1899-1901 10s, m/m, 1922-26 to £1 (this with wmk sideways), 1926 POSTAGE opt to 10s m/m (2s is used on piece with a few perf tones), 1926-27 most vals to 10s m/m, 1928 opt to 10s m/m (a couple of low vals used), 1930 to 3s m/m, 1935 Jubilee, 1938-43 to 10s m/m and most used, condition mixed in places (150+) £250-£300 2850 E Selection on six album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of better stamps (m/mint unless noted) including 1886 5s rose (also used), 1899-1901 crown CC 2s 6d and 10s, 1914-21 MCA 2s and 5s, 1921-22 script 2s, 1926 5s black and green used, 1930 to 10s (toned gum), 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1938-44 and 1948-53 to 10s, 1949 RSW used and 1925 postage dues to 1s 6d, condition a little mixed (170+) £250-£300 2851 A 1860-1976 mint and used collection arranged in a printed hingeless Davo album including mint 1860-82 ½d. (6), 1885-86 to 5s. (2, one used), 1899-1901 to 10s. (2, one used), 1904-11 to 5s., (2, one used), 1914-22 to 5s. mint and 2/6d. used, 1921-22 to 10s., 1922 MCA and Crown CC ‘SELF-GOVERNMENT’ to 10s., 1922 Script ‘SELF-GOVERNMENT’ to 10s., 1922-26 to £1 (both) mint, 1926 ‘POSTAGE’ to 10s. (2, one used), 1926-28 to 5s. mint and to 10s. used, 1928 ‘POSTAGE AND REVENUE’ 10s. (2, one used), 1930 to 10s. mint; also Postage Dues and booklets; condition mixed places but mostly good to fine. (hundreds) £800-£900 2852 E Malta and Gibraltar: Collection on album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a few useful items (used unless noted) including Malta 1899-1901 10s, 1926-27 1s to 3s m/m, 1930 5s m/m, KGVI to 10s, Gibraltar 1889 25c on 2½d with unlisted dented ‘O’ in ‘CENTIMOS’, KGVI to 10s and some later odds, condition mixed (100+) £200-£250 MAURITIUS 2853 E Useful selection on five album pages from c1855 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a good number of better stamps (m/mint unless noted) including 1855-58 worn impression 2d blue used, two margins and other faults, latest impression 1d red used, 2½ margins and other faults,1859 Lapirot 2d worn impression, used spacefiller, 1859 Dardenne 1d dull vermilion used spacefiller, 1858-62 4d green and 1d dull magenta, each 3 margins and used ‘B53’, 1859-61 1s yellow-green used, large margins but thinned, 1862 1s deep green perf 14-16 used, reperfed one side, 1863-72 crown CC 1s blue, 10d maroon used, 1878 38c on 9d, 1883-94 50c orange, 1935 Jubilee (also used),1938-49 to 10r, 1948 RSW 10r (also used), 1950 to 10r, condition typically mixed (120+) £500-£600 2854 e 1858-1965 mint and used selection arranged on stockcards including 1858-62 (4d.) green used (four even margins), 1860-63 1d. to 1s. (both) used and mint 1883 16c. on 17c., 1939-49 to 10r., 1950 to 10r., 1953-58 to 10r, 1965 Birds to 10r., condition mixed. (73) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Mauritius continued 2855 A Mostly used balance of collection from QV to 1979, better items include 1848- 59 1d red, intermediate impression (SG 12) vertical crease at right but fine appearance, 1859 2d blue (SG 14 - stained) 1858-62 (9d) dull magenta, (1d) dull magenta, 1859-61 6d blue, 1s vermilion, 1s yellow-green, 1859 ‘Lapirot’ 2d blue intermediate impression (stained) and 2d blue worn impression (no margins), 1859 ‘Dardenne’ 1d deep red (SG 41), creased but good appearance, 2d pale blue (SG 44) small faults, 1860-63 no wmk to 1s green, 1862 6d and 1s intermediate perf (latter reperforated), 1863-72 vals to 5s, 1878 surcharge to 2r 50 on 5s, 1879-80 vals to 2r 50 incl additional 13c, 1887 2c on 13c slate, also with surcharge inv, 1891 2c on 17c rose, 1904-07 vals to 1r, 1910 vals to 5r, 1913-22 vals to 10r, 1921-34 vals to 5r incl 4c with open ‘C’, 1937 “Roland Garros” flown cover to Reunion, 1937 Coronation 20c block incl ‘line through sword’ and pair with ‘line by sceptre’, 1965 Birds to 10r, also a few with inverted wmks, 15c, 20c, 50c, 1967 Self Govt 2c wmk inv block of 4, 1965 Self Gov’t to 10r, also inv/crown to right wmks incl 2c, 3c, 10c, 20c, 35c, 60c, 1968 Birds 15c showing shift of black (mint), 60c wmk inv (mint), 1969-73 1r wmk inv, 1970 World Fair 60c wmk inv, 1970 Lufthansa imperf pairs (mint), also opt specimen and 25c with black inscription double, one inverted (mint), 1972-74 to 10r, also 20c printed on gummed side and 60c with rose omitted (both mint), 1975-77 5r wmk inv, 1978-86 with imprint 35c and 2r (3) imperf pairs (mint), Express delivery 1903-04 15 on 15c type E2 (SG E2), stamp booklets incl 1953 5r, 1954 5r (6) and 1955 5r, also a few postage dues and revenues, condition mixed in places and 1970s watermark vars with late c.t.o. cancels, many better items with RPS or BPA certs, very mixed cond but well worth close inspection (Few Hundred) (Plate ) £2500-£2700 2856 E 1937-67 duplicated mint range, with 1938 values to 10r (4) 1948 RSW $10 (3), (SG 249/363 btn) plus a Harrison’s presentation card, fine, with 1950 2c to 10c, with accompanying letter. Mixed condition, worth inspection, stc £1355 (226) £130-£150 2857 E 1937-50 duplicated used range, with 1938 values to 10r (2) including several blocks of 4 to 2r.50 and 5r. and 1950 values to 10r (SG 249/363 btn). Mixed condition, worth inspection, stc £716 (218) £70-£80 2858 E KGVI selection of 5 covers including one censored aerogram me to UK. Attactive group £30-£34 MONACO 2859 ½B 1885-1951 mostly mint/unused collection neatly arranged on album leaves including 1885 to 1f. (all no gum), 1891-94 values to 5f. (both shades), 1919 War Orphan’s Fund to 1f. + 1f., condition mixed with some affected by damp. (hundreds) £150-£170 2860 ½B Useful, largely u/mint collection in four stockbooks from 1943 to 1980, appears quite comprehensive (although not guaranteed to be so) with better sets including 1946-49 Air to 1000f, 1948 Olympics, 1949 Red Cross sheetlets (some wrinkling), 1953 postage dues to 100f, 1955-57 Birds to 1000f (both perfs, perf 13 stamps m/m), 1955 100f Monte Carlo Rally, 1956 surch on postage dues, Royal Wedding set of imperf colour trials and 1959 Air 300f & 500f, also a few fdcs, mostly fine (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 MONTSERRAT 2861 E Small selection on three album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged but a few better stamps (m/mint unless noted) including 1880 crown CC 4d blue, 1904-08 MCA 5s black and red (faults),1908-14 5s green and red/yellow (also used, this faults),1932 Tercentenary to 2s 6d, 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1938-48 to £1 and 1950 to $4.80 (70+) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Montserrat continued 2862 E 1876-1953 duplicated mint range on stockcards, including KEVII values to 5s (3), KGV values to 5s, 1938 and 1951 values to £1 and 1953 to $4.80 (SG 1/149 btn) mixed condition, worth careful inspection, stc £2182 (190) £200-£250 2863 E 1880-85 mint selection including 1880 4d. (toned top perfs.), 1884-85 2½d. red- brown, 2½d. ultramarine marginal block of four, lower marginal single with inverted watermark, 4d. mauve single and plate block of four, large part o.g./u/m. Fair to fine. SG 5,7,9,10,12, £713+ £200-£220 MOROCCO AGENCIES 2864 A Lightly duplicated selection of mostly ‘Gibraltar’ issues in stockbook including 1899 London opt and 1903-05 KEVII to 2p opt specimen (former up to 4 of each, latter up to 3 of each), also without specimen QV London and local opts to 2p (excl 50c), KEVII to 2p, also some Gibraltar used in, these mostly lower vals and Tangier cancels, condition very mixed and some without gum (150+) £80-£90 2865 E Spanish Currency: 1907- 56 largely complete mint selection arranged on album leaves including 1907-12 to 12p. on 10s., 1914-26 to 12p. on 10s., 1948 RSW 45p. on £1; mostly fine. (121) £140-£160 MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY 2866 A Useful collection of Mozambique Company incl 1892-93 to 300r with numerous multiples, 1895-1902 to 1000r including multiples and imperfs, 1898 Vasco da Gama to 300r incl 25r, 80r, 150r inverted opt,1899 25 on 75r carmine cto sheet of 28, 1906 postage dues to 500r, 1907 to 700r, 1911 Beira opt to 700r, 1911 Lisbon opt to 700r, also a few imperfs, 1916 New Currency to 70c on 700r also a few imperfs, 1917 Red Cross to 700r, 1920 surchs to 6c on 50c, ½c on 30c and ½c on 1E blocks of 24, also Nyassa Company 1898 both opt sets to 300r, 1903 local surchs to 130r on 300r and 15r, 25r ‘Provisorio’ opt, a number of reprints and forgeries present (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 NAURU 2867 E Small selection on two album pages including 1916-23 DLR 2s 6d yellow-brown and 5s bright carmine, m/mint, latter off centre, 1924-48 rough paper 2s 6d m/m and 5s used, shiny paper 2s 6d and 10s used, 5s m/m, a few later odds to 1950s (47) £70-£80 NETHERLANDS 2868 E Collection on pages from 1852 to 1938, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (used unless noted) including 1852 5c, 10c and 15c (all fine four margin examples), 1864 5c to 15c, 1867-69 basic set to 50c gold, 1869- 76 incl 1½c rose and 2½c mauve, 1872-91 to 2g 50, 1893-98 50c to 5g (5g small nick at top), later issues lacking a few high values but with most other basic sets, condition of earlier issues mixed (200+) £350-£400 2869 E 1852-1985 an old-time mixed mint and used collection neatly arranged on album leaves including mint 1864 5c., 10c., 1872-91 to 1g. used, 1920 2.50 on 10g. (both types, one used), 1926-32 interrupted perfs. on two sides to 40c., interrupted perfs. on two sides (corners only) to 50c., 1940 surcharges values to 500 on 5c., 1946 2½g., 5g., 10g. (used), 1947 to 60c., 1949-51 to 10g., 1951 Air Seagulls 15g., 25g., 1952 ‘ITEP’ exhibition to 20c.; generally good to fine. (hundreds) £500-£550 2870 ½B 1867-1923 predominantly used collection arranged in album and two stockbooks including with postmark interest, Curacao and Netherlands Indies; also literature with Nederland 1852 plating books by Blanken/Buurman (Plaat I, II, IV and VI). (hundreds) £100-£120
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NEWFOUNDLAND 2871 E Useful selection on six album pages from 1860 to 1947, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1860 4d and 6d orange-vermilion used (spacefillers), 1862-64 1s rose-lake (also used), 1865-70 5c brown and 13c used, 13c and 24c m/m, 1897 400th Anniv incl 10c to 35c, 1910 litho 8c, 9c, 1919 $1 on 15c air (faults),1931 Air no wmk to $1, also $1 used, 1931 Publicity, wmk’d issue to 30c, 1933 Air to 75c, condition typically mixed (150+) £325-£375 NEW HEBRIDES 2872 E Small selection on three album pages to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1911 5s, 1938 5f (also used), 1938 postage dues excl 20c, French issues 1911 5f used, 1938 10f, 1953 to 5f, 1938 postage dues and 1941 France Libre postage dues to 1f, a few tones (60+) £100-£120 NEW ZEALAND 2873 E Small selection on album page and four stockcards from QV ‘Chalons’ to 1930s, a few better items including 1855 London ptg 2d dull blue used (3 margins), 1855 2d blue on blue paper used, 1862-64 wmk star, rouletted 7 1s yellow-green used, shallow thinning but fine appearance, 1864-71 perf 12½ 1d vermilion, 1d carmine-vermilion, 4d yellow and 1s yellow-green, unused, later odds incl 1898 London ptg 6d green m/m, 1899-1903 3d, 8d, 9d and 1s m/m, condition typically mixed (80) £130-£150 2874 E Useful selection on ten album pages from QV ‘Chalons’ to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1862-64 large star, imperf 1d, 2d, 6d, 1s used, 1864-71 perf incl 4d rose used, 1878 5s grey used,1906 Christchurch Exhibition 6d used, 1925 Dunedin Exhibition 4d used,1931 Health (2 sets), 1899 1s postage due, 1940 Centennial official set to 1s, 1940-58 postal fiscals incl 6s, 7s, 7s 6d and 15s, condition of Chalons very mixed, otherwise a little above average (300+) £350-£400 2875 E Collection of used 1855-73 “Chalon” issues on pages including 1855-58 blue paper 2d blue (2), 1857-63 no wmk, imperf 1d dull orange, 2d pale blue (2 pairs, 2 singles), 6d shades (pair and 3 singles), 1862-64 wmk large star, imperf 1d (2), 2d shades (4), 3d (2), 6d (5) and 1s (3), 6d black-brown, rouletted 7, 1862-63 pelure paper 6d black-brown (4), 1862-64 perf 13 at Dunedin 2d (2), 6d (7) and 1s (4), 1864 wmk NZ, imperf 1d, 2d (2), 1864-71 wmk large star, perf 12½ at Auckland 1d (7), 3d (7 incl one unused), 2d (7), 4d deep rose, 4d yellow (2), 6d (4), 1s (3), 1871-73 wmk star, 1d brown perf 10, perf 10x12½ 1d brown, 2d vermilion, 6d pale blue, perf 12½ 1d (2), 2d (4), 6d (3), 1873 no wmk 2d vermilion, wmk NZ 2d vermilion, some faults but generally above average for these, cat £16,000+ (99) £1800-£2000 2876 E Mostly used collection on pages incl 1855-58 blue paper 2d blue, 1862-64 watermark large star, imperforate 2d pale blue, 3d brown-lilac, 6d black-brown, 6d red-brown and 1s yellow-green, 1864-71 watermark large star, perf 12½ to 1s yellow-green incl some shades, 1864 watermark NZ, imperforate 2d pale blue, 1874-78 to 2s 1882-1900 to 1s incl odd better shade and a couple unused, cond very mixed (104) £300-£350 2877 E 1862-64 Watermark Large Star used selection comprising 1d. (10), 2d. (19), 3d. (7), 6d. (26), 1s. (10). Mostly three margined examples in very mixed condition. (72) £350-£400
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Item Description Est New Zealand continued 2878 1½B 1862-2008 mixed mint and used collection arranged in five hingeless Davo and four SG one country albums including used with a range of ‘Chalon’ heads, 1898- 1907 Pictorials values to 2s., 1931 ‘Smiling Boy’ 1d. + 1d., 2d. + 2d., Health sheets mint, postage dues and officials; condition generally fair to fine. (thousands) £350-£400 2879 E Small but useful selection on pages from 1874 to 1940, not comprehensive but including 1874-78 to 5s used, also 5s h/s specimen (no gum), 1882-97 to 1s incl a few unused, 1901 Basted Mills paper ½d green Mt Cook incl m/mint block of 4 perf 11x14, m/mint & used singles perf 14x11, 1d Universal block of 12 perf 11x14 showing re-entries, ½d green on Pirie paper, block of 4 mixed perfs, also 1940 Centennial set (excl 9d) in blocks of 4, condition a little mixed (100+) £200-£220 2880 E Useful collection on pages from 1898 to 1936, not comprehensive but a good number of better items (M/mint unless noted) including 1898 London ptg to 5s (2s regummed), also most incl 2s and 5s used, 1899-1903 no wmk, perf 11 to 5s, also some incl 5s used, 1901-06 1d Universals incl 1901 1d Basted MIlls, perf 14 imperf vert pair (faults), London printing on illustrated f.d.c. and strip of 5 on plain f.d.c., 1902-07 perf 11 to 2s, 1906 Christchurch Exhibition set, 1907-08 small format, perf 14x13 ½d, 3d, 4d and 1s, 1909-16 to 1s incl some line perf, 1913 Auckland Exhibition set, 1915-30 recess to 1s incl better used odds, 1920 Victory incl 5+ sets, 1936 Chambers of Commerce set in plate blocks and a few 1930 airmail covers with 1934 7d Trans-Tasman noted, some tone spotting and other faults (250+) £350-£400 2881 B Mint collection from 1930s to around 2011 in two stockbooks, earlier issues patchy but good range (not comprehensive) from late 1960s with useful postage content, also a slim volume of Tokelau from 1948 to 2012 and four volumes of NZ fdcs from 1970s to 2006 (Hundreds) £200-£250 2882 A Collection in stock book from 1952-80, largely mint with most basic sets present incl 1953-58 to 10s, 1960-66 to £1, 1967-70 to $2 and run-through of Health miniature sheets, issues to 1966 mostly hinged with later u/m, stc £1,000+ (300+) £60-£70 2883 E Officials: Used balance of collection on pages incl 1915-34 typo, Cowan paper ½d, 1½d, 2d and 3d no stop vars, 1915-27 recess 3d to 1s (8d red-brown - cert) also listed perfs and 3d and 6d ‘two-perf’ pairs, thin paper 3d no wmk, 1927-33 1d rose-carmine no stop var, 1936-61 single watermark ½d to 5s incl 1d perf 13½x14 (SG O115a), multiple wmk ½d to 5s incl a number of listed perfs, 1938-51 to 3d, 1947-51 to 2s incl some wmk types, 1940 Centennial to 1s and 1954-63 to 3s, condition mostly fine (Approx 120) £350-£400 NIGERIA 2884 E Selection of ‘Nigerias’ on seven album pages, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few useful items (m/mint unless noted) including Lagos 1884-86 2s 6d olive-black (faults), Niger Coast odds to 1s, Southern Nigeria 1903-04 crown CA 5s, 1907-11 5s, Northern Nigeria 1902 crown CA 10s (also used), Nigeria 1935 Jubilee used (usual perf faults), condition mixed (130+) £120-£140 NORFOLK ISLAND 2885 A 1947-74 duplicated unmounted mint range housed in a stockbook including 1947-59 set to 2s. (both) (3, one used) with 2d. white paper, 1960-62 to 10s. with additional 10s. overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, 1970-71 Birds to $1 (3, two in presentation folders), generally good to fine. (hundreds) £100-£120
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NORTH BORNEO 2886 E Useful collection on pages and stock cards from 1883 to 1939 with a number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1883 perf 12 2c red-brown and 8c green, 1883 50c violet and $1 scarlet, 1886 3c on 4c and 5c on 8c perf 14, ½c magenta with ‘and Revenue’ opt, 1888-92 25c to $2, 1890 2c on 25c and 8c on 25c, 1891-92 6c on 10c blue (both), 1892 8c on 25c, 1894 to 24c, 1895 to 40c on $1, 1894 to 4c on $10, 1901-05 Protectorate opt to $2, 1904-05 local surch to 4c on $10, 1916 ‘Cross’ opt to 24c (mixed colours), 1918 Red Cross to $2+2c, 1922 MBE to 50c, 1925-28 perf 12½ to $5, 1939 to $5 ($5 corner fault) and some postage dues from 1895 to around 1930, condition somewhat mixed but few c.t.o. remainders present (250+) £650-£750 2887 E Useful selection on nine album pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1886 3c on 4c pink, perf 14, 1925-28 perf 12½ $5 lake, 1939 set to $5 indigo and pale blue, 1945 BMA $1 to $5, 1939 2c and 4c postage dues used, also some odds of Labuan, condition mixed and some with remainder cancels (200+) £350-£400 NORTH VIETNAM 2888 A Collection from 1957 to 1976 in one volume, a mixture of mint and used with some fdcs/commercial covers also present, not comprehensive but some better mint/unused items incl 1957 Physical Education, 1960 Hung Vuong (used),1961 Fauna, 1961 Gagarin imperf, 1962 Flowers incl min sheet, 1963 Birds 50x min sheet, later issues incl several imperf sets and small multiples, cond mostly fine (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 NYASALAND 2889 E Selection on four album pages from 1891 to KGVI, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1891 3s and 5s (2s 6d, 3s also used), 1897-1900 2s 6d and £1 used, 1903-04 10s (mark on face), 1908-11 4s carmine & black used, 1921-33 script 10s used, KGVI to 10s, condition mixed with a few cleaned fiscals (100+) £200-£250 PAPUA 2890 A Lightly duplicated mostly mint accumulation in stock book including 1906 large opt ½d, 1d, 2d, 6d (2), 1s (2) and 2s 6d, 1907 small opt 2½d (2), 1s and 2s 6d (2), 1907-10 to 1s, 1910-11 to both 2s 6d, 1911-15 to 2s 6d rose-carmine (2), 1916-31 to 5s (2), 1929-30 Airmail opts and a few later odds, condition rather mixed (100+) £250-£300 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2891 E Selection of New Guinea from 1914-39, Papua from 1901-41 and a few PNG to mid 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of better stamps (m/mint unless noted) including New Guinea 1914 5mm surch on DNG 1d on 5pf and 2d on 10pf, on Marshall Is 2d on 10pf and 2d on 20pf, NWPI opts incl 5s, 1925-27 Native Village odds incl 10s used, OS opts incl 2s used, Air opt 10s, 1939 Air to 2s and £1, Papua 1901-05 wmk vert 6d and 1s (also 1s used), 1907 Brisbane opt 6d wmk vert, 1916-31 odds to 5s, 1917 1d surch set used, 1932-40 5s and 10s, 1938 50th Anniv (also used), 1939- 41 Air to 1s 6d, PNG 1952 10s and £1, mostly fine (200+) £250-£300 QATAR 2892 E Small unused and used collection on pages to 1961 incl 1957 to 1r on 1s 6d, type I and II to 10r on 10s 1960 multi crown set to 40np on 6d and 1961 to 10r black, almost all fine (82) £100-£120
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RHODESIA 2893 E The Rhodesias; selection on nine album pages, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1896-97 3s, 4s and 10s, 1905 Falls 2s 6d and 5s, 1910-13 2s 6d black and crimson used (surface abrasion), Northern Rhodesia KGVI to 20s (20s used), 1953 to 20s, Southern Rhodesia 1931-37 5s used, 1937 to 5s,, 1953 10s and £1, some fiscal cancels present and condition mixed (250+) £350-£400 2894 ½B The Rhodesias: useful collection on album pages incl Rhodesia 1898-1908 £1 mint, selection of ‘Double Heads’ incl 2s and 5s mint, Northern Rhodesia 1925- 29 set used, 1938-52 set mint the 1½d carmine-red and 2d yellow-brown in horiz pairs, also some additional mint marginal blocks of four to 20s a few incl 1½d carmine-red and 2d yellow-brown and 1s to 10s with the sheet number in margin, 1953 set in mint blocks of four (most of these mint blocks are hinged on the top pair only), 1948 RSW 20s in used block of four, Southern Rhodesia 1924-29 and 1931-37 sets used, Nyasaland KGV ‘Keyplates’ 2s6d to 10s mint and 2s to 10s used, 1938-44 2s6d to £1 mint and used, UDI period collection in album, also a stockbook, stock pages and envelope with duplicates incl multiples with strength in Northern Rhodesia, a very untidy lot and mixed cond in places with a few revenue cancels in places, but well worth close inspection (Many Hundreds) £1200-£1400 2895 E Collection on pages from 1892 to 1979, also Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1982, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, a mixture of mint and used, the earlier issues very sparse but a good range from late 1960s onwards, condition mixed in places, stc. £950 by vendor £95-£110 RUSSIA 2896 E Collection on pages from 1860s to around 1938 including a number of better mostly used odds from 1920s and 1930s including 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition (m/m), 1933 Stratosphere Flight, 1934 Airship Travel Propaganda, 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue and Spartacist Games, condition mixed in places (300+) £100-£120 ST HELENA 2897 E Selection on four album pages, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, some useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1856 imperf 6d blue used (just four margins), 1863 imperf 4d carmine (3 margins, no gum), also 1d and 4d used,1890-97 10d brown used,1922-37 10s used, 1934 Centenary 5s (toned gum), 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1948 RSW 10s (also used),1953 set to 10s (also 10s used), condition mixed in places (100+) £250-£300 2898 E 1935-90 complete basic unmounted selection arranged on hingeless album leaves including 1938-53 to 10s. (mounted), 1953 to 10s. 1931 to £1; earlier issues effected by tropicalisation otherwise fine. (hundreds) £80-£90 NEVIS 2899 E Small selection on three album pages, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a few useful items (m/mint unless noted) including 1862 greyish paper 6d grey-lilac (2, one no gum), 1867-76 perf 15 4d and 1s (2), 1882- 90 4d blue and 6d green (latter thinned, small part o.g.), also odds of St Christopher and later St Kitts-Nevis to KGVI (50+) £140-£160
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ST KITTS NEVIS 2900 A Largely used collection from 1953 to 1980 in one volume, almost all basic issues present plus a few watermark varieties, including 1954-63 to $4.80, 1964 Arts Festival 25c “FESTIVAI” in positional corner block (u/m), also used 3c with “1964” very faint, 1972 RSW 20c wmk inv, 1973-74 to $10, St Kitts 1980 opt 10c wmk crown to left of CA (u/m), 1980 Official 55c opt inv (u/m), Nevis 1980 opt 10c wmk crown to left of CA (u/m), 1980 (4 July) Official 25c and 55c opt double, 45c and $5 opt inv (all u/m), virtually all fine (Few Hundred) £120-£140 ST LUCIA 2901 E 1902-07 mint selection comprising 1902-03 ½d. to 1s. set of five, 1904-07 ½d. to 5s. set of nine, all overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, large part o.g., good to fine. SG 58s/62s, 65s, 67s, 71s/2s, 72abs, 75s/77s, £445 £150-£170 ST VINCENT 2902 e 1861-97 mixed mint and used selection arranged in an approval book including 1862-68, perf. 11-12½ x 14-16, 1s. grey (2), 1875-78, perf. 11-12½ x 15, 1s. orange unused, 1883-93 to 5s. mint and used, mostly fair to fine. (61) £100-£120 SARAWAK 2903 E Small selection on three pages from 1869 to 1950s, mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), a number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1869 3c James Brooke (with gum, tones), 1895 4c black to 8c green, 1918 8c yellow and black used, 1932 25c to $1 used, 1945 BMA $2 to $4, 1948 RSW $5 (also used) 1950 to $5, 1955-59 to $5, mostly fine (70+) £180-£200 2904 E Small collection on pages from 1875 to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1895 to 8c green m/m, 1934- 41 odds incl $5, 1945 BMA odds incl $3, 1950 to $5, 1955 to $5 (also m/m to $2), condition mostly fine (100+) £100-£120 SEYCHELLES 2905 E Small selection on three pages from QV to 1950s, mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), a number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1897-1900 2r 25 used (also m/m with faults), 1935 Jubilee (also used),1938-49 most vals to 5r including 1r yellow-green (this part o.g.) also used, 1949 RSW (also used), condition a little mixed (70+) £80-£90 2906 E Small collection on pages from 1890 to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1901 3c on 36c with ‘n’ of ‘cents’ virtually omitted, m/m, 1938-49 to 2r 25 (excl 1938 75c and 1r) m/m, also some used incl 5r, mostly fine (90+) £60-£70 2907 B Mixed early to modern range in 10 stockbooks covering many countries, neatly set out with both mint and used mostly lower to middle values but value in recent Commemorative sets, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £500-£600 SIERRA LEONE 2908 E Selection on six pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1876 crown CC 1s green (fresh but small thin), 1897 2½d on 1s dull lilac, surch type 8, 1904-05 MCA to 5s, 1933 Wilberforce to 2s, 1938-44 to £1 (also used), 1956 to £1, condition mixed in places (150+) £180-£200 2909 E Collection of used QV neatly written up on pages incl 1859-4 6d (4), 1872-73 sets (both), 1876 set, 1883 set and 1896-97 set, (the £1 value with fake cancellation) etc, condition a little mixed in places though generally fine (50) £200-£220
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SINGAPORE 2910 E 1948-52 duplicated mint range, with values to 1948 $5 (3) and 1951 $5 (2), plus similar smaller used range (SG 1/30 btn) mixed condition, worth inspection, stc £1826 (180) £180-£200 SOLOMON ISLANDS 2911 E Small but useful selection on three pages from 1907 to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used (occasionally both) and rather haphazardly arranged, better items (m/mint unless noted) include 1907 ‘Large Canoes’ to 1s, excl 2d (also ½d, 2½d, 6d and 1s used), 1935 Jubilee (also used), 1939-51 to 10s (some used), 1956 to £1 and 1940 postage dues to 1s 6d, condition a little mixed (90+) £200-£250 2912 E 1907-1949 mint selection arranged on printed album leaves including 1907 Large Canoe to 1s., 1908-11 to 5s., 1913 to 11d., 1914-23 to 1s., £1 (used), 1922-31 to 10s., 1939-51 to 10s., generally good to fine. SG 1/80. (87) £200-£220 SOMALILAND PROTECT 2913 E Small selection on three pages from 1904 to 1953, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), better items (m/mint unless noted) include 1904 opt at top 3r (also used) and 5r used (faded), 1904 crown CC 3r, also 1r used, 1921 script 2r and 3r used, 1935 Jubilee used and 1938 to 5r, mostly fine (73) £130-£150 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 2914 E Small used selection of 1853-63 triangular issues with all four values represented including 1853-63 PB printing 1d (3), 4d (10), 6d (2) and 1s (3) incl two deep dark green, 1863 DLR printings 1d, 4d (3), 6d (pen cancel), and 1s, most with three margins but generally with faults, also an assortment of later southern Africa including Natal KEVII 1902 £1 10s and £5 opt specimen, £1 used and 1908-09 10s green and red/green used, Stellaland 1884 to 1s, also 1885 2d on 4d, all defective and last not guaranteed, a number of forgeries and reprints of non COGH issues present and condition very mixed (50+) £100-£120 2915 E Small selection on album page (used unless noted) including 1853 1d brick-red on slightly blued paper, 1855-63 PB 6d pale rose-lilac, 1s bright yellow-green, 1861 ‘Woodblock’ 4d pale grey-blue, 1863-64 DLR 6d bright mauve (unused) and 1s bright , 1864-77 1d rose-red, with frame lines (part o.g.), 1874-76 1d on 1s green, large part o.g., Griqualand West 1877 4d dull blue (SG 3) , fresh o.g,, Mafeking several surcharges incl 2s on 1s green (SG 16) used, 1900 1d ‘Goodyear’ unused with disturbed o.g. but good appearance, condition typically mixed but substantial catalogue value (34) £500-£600 SOUTH AFRICA 2916 E Selection of South Africa and pre-Union provinces (no C.O.G.H.) plus South West Africa on twelve pages from first issues to 1950s where relevant, better items (m/mint unless noted) include South Africa 1927-30 10s vert pair used,1935 Jubilee vert pairs, 1925 Air 3d to 9d used, officials 1930-47 2d blue and violet, Natal 1874-99 5s carmine (creased), 1902-03 4s deep rose and maize (also used), 1902 £1 10s green and violet used (2), OFS 1881 1d on 5s, SWA 1927 10s blue and bistre-brown horiz pair, condition mixed (200+) £160-£180 2917 ½B Collection in two volumes from 1913 to 2003, a mixture of mint and used, the earlier issues sparse, but a good range from 1970s onwards with most issues present both u/m and fine cto used, also a few odd booklets and sheetlets and a 1937 Coronation large part omnibus (mint) s.t.c. £900+ by vendor £130-£150
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Item Description Est South Africa continued 2918 2A Collection of mint stamps in two volumes from 1952 to 2010, appears quite comprehensive for both commemoratives and definitives (although not guaranteed to be so), most issues to around 1980 hinged as are a few later sets and min sheets, however most fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £160-£180 SOUTH WEST AFRICA 2919 2A Valuable collection to 1953 in two volumes, many better items including a few South Africa used in with 10s deep blue and olive-green used by part Karabib cds, £1 green and red used by part Luderitz cds, two 1d red coil stamps used by Windhoek oval ‘TPO’ type ds and 1½d chestnut tete-beche pair tied to piece by same cancel, overprinted issues from 1923 (mint unless noted, marked ** if u/m) include 1923 (Jan-June) Setting I ½d green to £1 green and red, ½d green block of 4 incl ‘Wes’ var (var pair **), 1d rose-red and 2d dull purple, both overprint inverted, 1d rose-red ‘Af.rica’ var, Setting I, shiny litho opt incl 1s 3d block of 4 (**) and 2s 6d, Setting II 5s to £1, also 5s ‘Afrika’ without stop (this **), 1923-26 Setting III ½d to £1, some incl 10s (**), Setting IV 2s 6d (2), one (**), Setting VI ½d to £1 including both shades of £1 and additional £1 pale olive-green and red, some incl 10s and £1 green and red (**), 1927 opt types 5&6 2d to 10s (5s and 10s **), also 2d, 3d, 1s and 10s h/s SPECIMEN in violet, 1927-30 opt type 10 on KGV 1s 3d and £1, on pictorials ½d to 10s, also ½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 2s 6d and 10s no stop after ‘A’, later issues include 1930 Air 4d green, vert pair overprint inverted, 1931 Pictorials to 20s and most later basic issues for period (no postage dues or officials), condition generally well above average (221 items) (Plate) £4000-£4200 2920 A Collection in one volume from 1923 to 1989, a mixture of mint and used, the earlier issues very sparse but, a good range from late 1970s onwards with most issues present both u/m and fine cto used, also Namibia from 1990 to 1998 with most issues both u/m and fine cto used, s.t.c. around £650 £100-£120 2921 ½B Collection in three volumes plus loose from 1923 to around 1989, mint and used incl (mint unless noted) 1923 setting I to 2s6d, 1927 (Apr) to 2s6d, 1927- 30 to £1, 1931 pictorials to 20s incl airmails, 1935-36 and 1938 Voortrekker sets, 1941-43 and 1942-45 War Effort sets, 1954 to 10s, 1961-63 to 1r then run- through to 1989, later mostly u/m, also some postage dues and officials, lightly duplicated in places (Few Hundreds) £400-£450 2922 A Postage Due: 1923- 72 mint collection neatly arranged in an album including 1923, Setting II, 5d. (2) (SG D10), 1923-26, Setting III, 6d. (2) (D14), ½d. (2), 1d. (2 rouletted), 1d. (D15/17), Setting VI, ½d. (7) (D27), 1927 1d. to 6d. (D33/8), 1931 ½d. to 6d. (5); generally good to fine. (hundreds) £160-£180 SUDAN 2923 E Selection on five pages from 1897 to 1951, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), somewhat haphazardly arranged with a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1931-37 Air to 10pi used, 1938 Air surch set to 5pi on 10pi, 1940-41 4½pi on 5m and 4½pi on 8pi, 1948 to 50pi, 1951 to 50pi, 1948 50p carmine & ultramarine official, condition mixed (120+) £80-£90 SWAZILAND 2924 E Small selection on two pages from 1889 to 1954, a mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), better items include 1889 ½d and 1s (remainder are forged opts on reprints),1933 2s 6d to 10s (also 5s used), 1938-54 to 10s (also used), 1948 RSW (also used) and 1954 to £1 (57) £80-£90
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SWEDEN 2925 E 1862-1916 wonderful selection arranged on album leaves of mostly fine to superb used examples with a range of shades, perforation types and postmark interest including 1858-72 5ö (2), 12ö (14), 24ö, 30ö, 1862-72 3ö (20, 20ö (4), 1872-79 to 1r., with 24ö (5), !r. (2), 1886-91 with blue posthorn on reverse to 1r. with 6ö (2, one with mauve Sköfde c.d.s.), Officials 1874-98 values to 1r. with 24ö (4) and Postage Due 1874-89 values to 1r. with 1ö and 6ö both with completev “SVERIGE/R” boxed handstamp. (hundreds) £200-£220 SWITZERLAND 2926 E Small collection on pages from 1850 to around 1938, a mixture on m/mint and used with a few better items (used unless noted) including 1850 10r (2), 1852 15r (2), 1854-62 odds to 1f, 1f a spacefiller, 1915, 1916 & 1917 (and most later for period) Pro Juventute sets, 1923-25 Air 35r, 40r u/m, 1934 NABA min sheet m/m (patchy toning) and a few other odds (100+) £80-£90 THAILAND 2927 E 1883-1932 mint used selection neatly arranged on album leaves including 1883- 83 1 sik used, 1899-1904 values to 64a. mint with 24a., 1908 King Chulalongkorn Jubilee values to 18a., 1925-37 Air. 1b. mint, 1930 surcharge pair mint; mostly fair to fine. (hundreds) £120-£140 2928 E Selection on five album pages to early 1950s, mostly used with odd better item including 1883-85 1 salung brown-orange used Bangkok Paid cds, 1939 Red Cross Fund set m/m and 1953 60th Anniv of Red Cross Society set m/m and used, possible postmark interest with a few earlier native language cds (130+) £80-£90 2929 2B Useful duplicated collection/accumulation in two cartons from 1883 to 1990s, better items/areas include 1883-85 to 1 salung (8 to 30+ each), also single unissued 1 fuang, a number of 1885-87 1t surchs (not guaranteed), 1887-91 to 64a m/m (5 sets), 1892 4a on 24a (SG 32) blocks of 4 m/m, 1892-99 surchs including a number of multiples and varieties, 1899-1904 to 64a m/m (2 sets),1907 10t olive-green (4) and 20t used, 1908 Jubilee, 1908 Statue to 20t used, 1909 surchs incl 14s on 12a m/m and used, 1912 Vienna ptg to 5b m/m and to 20b used, 1917 London ptg 3b m/m (thinned), 5b, 20b used, 1928 to 40b m/m, 1947-49 to 20b m/m, a number of earlier issues with postmark interest, also Thai Occupation of Malaya with 1944 set cto on stationery card and revenues to $100 unused, a number of forgeries present and condition mixed but and excellent lot which would repay viewing (Thousands) £2500-£3000 TONGA 2930 E Small selection on three album pages from 1886 to 1950s, a rather haphazardly arranged mixture of m/mint and used with a few better items (m/mint unless noted) including 1891 4d on 1d and 8d on 2d, 1893 7½d on 8d carmine used, 1895 ½d on 2½d vermilion, 1897 2s wmk sideways (also used), 5s wmk upright, 1899 Royal Wedding 1d, 1923-24 2d surcharge set of 7 used and 1953 to £1, mostly fine (70) £80-£90 TRISTAN DA CUNHA 2931 E 1952-90 complete basic unmounted selection arranged on hingeless album leaves including 1952 to 10s., 1954 to 10s., 1960 to 10s., 1961 to 1r.; earlier issued slightly affected by tropicalisation otherwise fine. (hundreds) £100-£120
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TURKEY 2932 E Small selection on seven album pages to 1950s, a few better odds ( used unless noted) including 1865 25pi red-orange (one straight edge), 1915 10pi on 100pi and 25pi on 200pi black & green m/m,1921-23 Nationalist Government 200pi slate-violet and 500pi green, 1938 Air 9k on 15k orange unused, also some odds of Eastern Roumelia (120+) £50-£60 2933 E Older mostly used selection of Ottoman issues on album pages including 1863- 64 “Toughrali” 20pa (2), 1pi (2, one unused with o.g.), 2pi and 5pi, later “Duloz” types with values to 5pi and some postmark interest incl large part Arabic ‘Jaffa’ on 10pa, a good selection with ‘Shehir’ h/stamps including a few in red or blue, 1880s issues include 5pi with large part ALEP cds and some other odds, most stuck down to pages (150) £100-£120 TURKS ISLANDS 2934 E 1867-95 used selection including 1867 no watermark perf. 11-12 1d., 6d., 1s., 1873-79 watermark Small Star 1d. (3, one watermark sideways) and 1881 watermark Crown CC 1d., 4d., 1s., generally good to fine £250-£270 USA GEN ISSUES 2935 E Selection on album pages from 1857 to 1940s, a mixture of m/mint and used and rather haphazardly arranged, a number of better stamps (used unless noted) including 1869 24c, 30c and 90c, 1893 Columbus $2, 1898 Omaha $1, 1895 15c indigo m/m, and 1904 Louisiana Purchase 2c to 10c m/m, also some odds of Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Canal Zone condition typically mixed (250+) £500-£600 2936 ½B Collection in five volumes, early to modern with duplication of early issues with potential postmark interest, main value in modern u/m incl printed album 1973 to 1990s with fair range of u/m incl booklet panes and sheets, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £130-£150 2937 ½B Collection in Minkus album (plus a few loose) from 1922 to 1989, mostly mint with earlier issues to 1960s rather patchy, later well filled with some higher face value odds including $32.25 ‘Eagle’ booklet, mostly fine (Few Hundreds) £100-£120 2938 B Mint and used collection in six volumes from 1930s to around 2003, mint earlier issues patchy but good range from 1960s including many sheetlets, some high values and a worthwhile postage content, also some loose and a few volumes of non-USA, condition a little mixed (Few Thousands) £250-£300 2939 ½B Coins: Assortment in small red carton, mostly cents (1859-1972), nickels (1884- 1937) and dimes (1892-1966) housed in Whitman or similar folders, many early dates absent, mostly poor to VG but some later VF+ with some silver content, also 1879 Morgan silver $1 (GF+), 1923 Liberty $1 (EF but some surface marks), 1971, 1979, 2000 and 2007 $1 and a few non-USA incl Ireland 1976 year set, UK 1999 Baby Gift Set, a few Monaco 2001 euros, a sparsely filled Yvert & Tellier stamp album from around 1911 and a few loose used stamps from the same period £100-£120 VATICAN CITY 2940 A Mint collection in Yvert & Tellier album from 1929 to 1970, not all spaces filled but many better sets present and slightly duplicated including 1929 to 10L (2), 1931 postage dues, 1933 Holy Year, 1933 to 20L, 1934 provisionals to 3L30 on 10L (2), 1935 Juridical Congress, 1936 Catholic Press Exhibition, 1938 Archaeological Congress (2), 1949 to 100L, 1949 UPU, 1951 Gratian, 1951 Council of Chalcedon, 1953 100L Libri Sententiarium, 1953 Air (St Peters) 500L and 1000L, almost all previously hinged (Few Hundreds) £900-£1000
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ZANZIBAR 2941 E Small selection on five album pages from 1895 to 1950s, a rather haphazardly arranged mixture of m/mint and used with a few better items including 1897 opt 2r m/m and 3r m/m and used, 1908-09 4r and 5r used, 1936 to 10s m/m, also some Zululand including 1893 6d dull purple m/m, 1894-96 4s and £5, latter a cleaned fiscal, condition rather mixed (120+) £150-£170 2942 B Coins: Accumulation in carton including good range of British base metal coins (mostly farthings, halfpennies and pennies from 1850s to 1970) plus a few silver odds and cu-ni vals to halfcrown and commemorative crowns from 1951, a 1797 ‘Cartwheel’ 2d (F+) noted, some older including 1591 6d and Charles I 6d,, IOM 1813 ½d, USA 1970s $ and ½$ ($10 fv), a selection of 1950s-60s 10s and £1 notes (£30 fv), several ‘Westminster’ boxed ‘gold plated’ promotional issues, a number of crown size ‘Chinese’ medallions of unknown status, some very worn with viewing recommended (Hundreds) £100-£120 FOREIGN COLLECTIONS 2943 A Europa-C.E.P.T.: Small mint collection from 1956 to 1970s in small stock book, not comprehensive but some better sets including Luxembourg 1956 (m/m) and Liechtenstein 1960 (u/m but faint gum disturbance), condition a little mixed (100+) £35-£45 2944 e Small eclectic assortment including Germany 1923 two inflation covers,1928 2m Zeppelin on flown postcard to USA, Wurttemberg 1869 OLS from Lowenstein to Oehringen, 1k rate and Erbach to Ulm, 3k rate, Russia three items of used stationery incl 1881 7k on 8k env, Switzerland 1915 Pro Juventute set used on 5c p.s. card to Luzern and Spain 1867 entire Teruel to Madrid, a few faults (11) £70-£80 2945 B Individual printed albums for France, Germany (3 - incl Berlin etc), Italy and Switzerland also a number of Norway year packs £100-£120 2946 ½B Assortment in two volumes and some on stockcards and pages incl some 1920- 30s French Colonies with Martinique 1924 0.15 on 30c, 0.25 on 50c, 1924-27 to 20f on 5f, Italian Colonies incl Tripolitania, Lithuania and Latvia 1930s charity sets, Iceland 1931-33 Gullfoss Falls to 75a and Burma 1960s telegraph stamps in multiples, mostly fine (Scores) £100-£120 2947 ½B South America: mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged on album leaves comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile with 1928-32 Air, no watermark, values to 10p. mint, Columbia with mint 1937 Fourth National Olympiad, Baranquilla Exhibition, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela; also a good range of Central America with Mexico; overall condition mixed with some fine. (thousands) £120-£140 2948 A Europa: Collection on pages (housed in album sized slipcase) including some 1956 issues with u/m Luxembourg set noted, 1960 issues (no Liechtenstein and some used), remainder from 1977-78 including some blocks of 4, these u/m (Few Hundreds) £130-£150 2949 B Collection of Foreign in seven albums, both unused and used to about 1960s, many countries represented mostly with lower to middle values but a good lot for the general collector, also two further childhood albums and loose, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £150-£170 2950 ½B Foreign Countries: Diverse collection in two vols plus loose on pages, better items/areas include Germany including good selection of colonies with 5m POs in China noted, German states incl some Hamburg, Hannover and Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Danzig, also some China with used 2c 1897 ‘red revenue’ noted. rather haphazardly arranged and viewing suggested (Hundreds) £150-£170
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Item Description Est Foreign Collections continued 2951 2B European collection in 30 volumes (mainly photo albums) incl Czechoslovakia, West Germany, East Germany, Poland , Portugal, Rumania, Sweden, mixed condition (Thousands) £180-£200 2952 E Assortment of Italian and German states on pages with better selections of Heligoland incl 1m and 5m unused (also 1m used), Wurttemberg with vals to 18k, Thurn & Taxis, Saxony vals to 10ngr, Prussia 1866 10sgr & 30sgr, Brunswick, Tuscany (some certainly forgeries) and Modena, condition very mixed but huge notional catalogue value and would certainly repay viewing (250+) £200-£250 2953 B Collection including useful range of Hungary, better items include 1932 Madonna & Child set used (2) and 1933 Air to 5p used, also small ranges of France (1960s- 70s), Switzerland and Italy (Hundreds) £225-£275 2954 E Benelux Countries: Selection on pages to late 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (m/m unless noted) include Netherlands 1893-98 2g 50 used,1920 2g 50 on 10g (SG 236), Netherlands Indies 1864 imperf 10c carmine (o.g. but light crease), also used, Luxembourg 1852-55 1sgr used, 1933 & 1934 Child Welfare, 1951 United Europe (2 sets), Belgium 1931 Anti -TB set, also some Belgian Congo, condition mixed (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2955 ½B Baltic States: Collection in carton including Lithuania 1918 First Vilinus issue 10s and 15s used, second issues to 50s used, 1924 War Orphans set of 19 used, 1930 Grand Duke Vytautas to 25l used, also range of Klaipeda and Memel, Latvia incl some Russia used in, 1922 50r and 100r m/m, 1929 Meierovics perf and imperf, m/m, Rainis imperf, m/m, 1932 Air Charity perf and imperf, m/m, Aviation Pioneers imperf m/m, 1933 Wounded Latvian Airmen perf & imperf m/m, Pleskau German Occupation 1942 20k and 60k on cover, also some non Baltic odds (Few Hundreds) £250-£300 2956 A Scandinavia: Small collection in one volume including good selection of Danish West Indies (used unless noted) with 1855 3c deep carmine with yellow gum (m/m), 3c deep brownish crimson (touched or close margins), 1866 3c carmine- rose, 1872-73 perf 3c and 4c (unused), 1873-1902 perf 14x13½ to 50c including 14c (this faded), perf 12½ to 10c incl 4c bisect on cover, 1887 1c on 7c, 1895 10c on 50c, 1900-03 to 8c brown, 1902 postage dues to 10c blue (10c m/m), 1902 local and Copenhagen surchs, 1905 new currency surchs to 5b on 8c, 1905 to 5b brown and yellow, Denmark 1851 Thiele ptg 2 R.B.S. blue used on small piece, Greenland selection of 1916-37 ‘Pakke Porto’ issues used (12) with vals to 3k, also 1945 to 5k brown and purple used, also basic collection of Norway from 1855 to 1944, a mixture of m/m and used with scarcer stamps generally absent, some faults but generally above average (200+) £300-£350 2957 2B A mainly mixed mint and used accumulation housed in eighteen volumes with strength in China 1962 Mei La-fang set used (less 4f. value) and Manchukuo 1935 Visit of Emperor Kang-teh presentation folder, Europe including France and Colonies, Germany, Middle East with Egypt, Iraq with British Occupation of Baghdad, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and U.S.A.; condition variable. (many thousands) £400-£450 2958 ½B The Levant: Assortment of mostly Austrian and Russian post offices in Ottoman Empire in one volume plus some loose, former includes most basic stamps (a mixture of m/m and used) including those in French currency, a small selection arranged by cancellation including Antivari, Dulcigno, San Giovanni di Medua, Durazzo, Valona, Santi Quaranta, Jerusalem (including two stationery cards), Jaffa, a lightly duplicated range of Lombardy & Venetia from 1850 incl a few covers, Russian issues include a few ROPIT issues, 1907 sets for Dardanelles, Kerassunde and Trebizonde, 1913 Romanov issue to 50pi on 5r and a few 1896 Romanian POs, condition mixed but majority fine (Few Hundreds) £400-£450
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Item Description Est Foreign Collections continued 2959 E Extremely diverse older accumulation on pages and stockcards, better items include New Caledonia 1933 1st Anniv Paris-Noumea Flight 10f and 20f used, Macao 1894 75r to 300r unused, Thailand 1928 20b red-brown & blue-green m/m, c1930 Udon Pharmacy label depicting Ganesh, Ceylon 1857-59 2d, 5d, 6d, 9d and 1s used (faults)< HK 1863-71 96c olive-bistre used (re-perf one side), 1880 5c and 10c surchs used, 1891 2c Jubilee unused w/o gum, Cayman Is 1936 2s and 5s m/m, Bechuanaland 1955-58 to 10s used, Iraq 1918 10r on 100pi m/m, NZ 1931 Health set used, also a few imperf QV Chalons used, Papua 1918-31 5s and 10s m/m, Solomon Is 1913-20 £1 m/m, Samoa 1944-50 Arms 2s 6d to £1, similar Cook Is to £1, condition rather mixed and a few forgeries present (Scores) £400-£450 2960 E Scandinavia: Useful collection of Iceland, Sweden, Norway and DWI from first issues to late 1930s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a good number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including Iceland 1873 perf 14x13½ 2sk, 4sk, 8sk, perf 12½ 3sk, 16sk (3sk, 4sk some o.g., others no gum, officials 4sk perf 12½, 8sk perf 14x13½, former no gum, 1876-95 perf 12½ 5a blue, perf 14x13½ 40a green, 1902 2k and 5k used, 1907-08 1k to 5k used, 1912 to 5k yellow-brown used, 1921-30 surchs 2k on 25a orange, 1922 officials 2k cerise and 5k yellow- brown used, 1930 Millenary postage and official to 5k (a few gum faults), 1931 Zeppelins, 1931-37 10k black and yellow-green, Sweden 1903 GPO 5k blue, 1916 Clothing Fund 10o+4k90 on 5k, 1924 UPU Congress and 50th Anniv of UPU, most vals to 80o used, Norway (mostly used) 1855 4sk, 1856-60 Oscar to 8sk, 1863-64 24sk, 1925 Amundsen Flight set m/m, 1930 Tourist Fund set m/m, Danish West Indies 1907-08 to 50b m/m, condition rather mixed (Few Hundreds) £500-£600 2961 A Well filled volume of selected non-European countries to late 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used including Afghanistan with some m/m 1950s commems, Argentina, Brasil with 1843 60r and 90r used, Chile, Egypt incl 1925 Geographical Congress set used, 1926 58th Birthday 50pi m/m, 1933 Aviation & Railway Congresses m/m, British Forces 1935 Jubilee 1pi used (faults), Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq incl 1932 1d claret official m/m, Korea, Liberia with good thematic content, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal incl 1956 Coronation set to 1r and King Tribhuvana defins to 2r m/m, Tuva, Peru, Iran incl 1949 UPU set m/m, Paraguay, Syria, Saudi Arabia 1934 Charity Tax ½g, 1945 King’s Meeting and 1949 Air to 100g m/m, Uruguay and Venezuela, condition mixed in places (Few Hundreds) £500-£600 2962 E Scandinavia: Useful collection of Iceland, Sweden, Norway and DWI from first issues to late 1930s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a good number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including Iceland 1873 perf 14x13½ 2sk, 4sk, 8sk, perf 12½ 3sk, 16sk (3sk, 4sk some o.g., others no gum, officials 4sk perf 12½, 8sk perf 14x13½, former no gum, 1876-95 perf 12½ 5a blue, perf 14x13½ 40a green, 1902 2k and 5k used, 1907-08 1k to 5k used, 1912 to 5k yellow-brown used, 1921-30 surchs 2k on 25a orange, 1922 officials 2k cerise and 5k yellow- brown used, 1930 Millenary postage and official to 5k (a few gum faults), 1931 Zeppelins, 1931-37 10k black and yellow-green, Sweden 1903 GPO 5k blue, 1916 Clothing Fund 10o+4k90 on 5k, 1924 UPU Congress and 50th Anniv of UPU, most vals to 80o used, Norway (mostly used) 1855 4sk, 1856-60 Oscar to 8sk, 1863-64 24sk, 1925 Amundsen Flight set m/m, 1930 Tourist Fund set m/m, Danish West Indies 1907-08 to 50b m/m, condition rather mixed (Few Hundreds) £500-£600
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Item Description Est Foreign Collections continued 2963 2A Eastern Europe: Collection in two well filled volumes to late 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with better items (m/m unless noted) including Albania 1927 Air to 3f and 1948 Durres-Tirana Railway set, Bulgaria 1931 Balkan Games set, Czechoslovakia 1926 Sokol Congress, Estonia, Hungary 1933 Air 2p and 5p, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Poland incl 1928 Warsaw Exhibition min sheet, Russia 1913 Romanov Dynasty, 1933 Stratosphere Record, Baku Commissars, 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue plus many others but cto, Romania and Serbia, condition mixed and some forgeries present (Hundreds) £500-£600 2964 ½B An old-time collection of mixed mint and used neatly arranged in three albums and on album leaves including Austria, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg mint with 1951 Promote United Europe set, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland with 1946 PAX to used; condition mixed with some affected by damp. (thousands) £500-£550 2965 E Scandinavia: Selection on pages to late 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items (m/m unless noted) including Sweden 1855 6sk, 8sk, 24 sk used (faults),1924 UPU Congress 5k used, 50th Anniv UPU 5k, 1936 Tercentenary set, Norway 1867-68 2sk and 3sk used, 1878 Oskar set used, 1907 2k carmine, 1941 Norwegian Legion 20+80o and University 1k used, Iceland 1873 2sk blue (with gum but faults), 1930 Parliamentary Millenary Air set to 1k, 1931 Zeppelin set of 3, Finland 1866-67 1m used (2, both with faults), Denmark 1870-74 48sk used, 1912 35o surch set used,1925 Air set to 1k, DWI 1866 3c carmine used and similar perf issue,1873-1902 incl 12c used, Greenland 1915- 37 Parcel Post (12) vals to 1k (most used), Faroe Is 1940-41 20o on 15o (also used), also 20o on 5o used, condition of earlier issues typically mixed (Few Hundreds) £600-£700 2966 A Collection of largely mint Germany and French Andorra in stockbook, former mostly Allied Occupation French Zone including Baden 1949-49 to 90pf brown- purple (2 sets), 1949 Freiburg Rebuilding Fund (2), perf and imperf min sheets, 1949 Red Cross (2) and min sheet, Rhineland Pfalz 1948-49 to 90pf brown- purple, 1949 Red Cross (2) and min sheet, Wurttemburg 1948-49 to 90pf brown-purple, 1949 Red Cross (2) and min sheet, Saarland 1948 Flood Relief min sheets, Andorra 1932-43 most vals to 50f, 1944-51 vals to 50f, also some odds of United Nations and GB, some previously hinged and condition mixed with bends due to handling seen (Few Hundreds) £600-£700 2967 3B European Countries: Substantial collection of both Western and Eastern Europe in 24 stockbooks/albums to 1980s, a mixture of mint and used (mostly the latter) and some areas more strongly represented than others, areas/items of more interest include Finland with a number of serpentine rouletted issues to 1m, Karelia 1919 set to 25m, Germany incl some earlier BRD and very useful selection of Saar, Spain incl 1850 5r strip of 3 used (defective), Turkey incl 1863 1pi and 2pi used, Greece incl selection of Hermes heads with 60l Paris ptg used noted (the 10d 1896 Olympics is a fake), Italy incl some better 1950s and Albania incl a number of scarcer sets to early 1950s, condition very mixed in places and some forgeries present but an interesting lot (Thousands) £800-£900
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Item Description Est Foreign Collections continued 2968 A Collection of selected European countries to late 1950s in one volume, a mixture of m/mint and used with better areas/items (used unless noted) including Switzerland 1850-51 ‘Post Locale’ 2½r, 1851 5r red and pale blue, 1852 15r vermilion (2), 1854-62 2r grey and 1f grey-lilac, 1908-40 3f m/m, 1919-20 Air 30c m/m, Liechtenstein 1931 2f Zeppelin,1939 2f and 3f, Greece 1927 Liberation of Athens set m/m, 1896 Olympics 1d m/m, 1906 Olympics 2d and 3d (latter used), 1952 Anti- Communist, 1954 Enosis and 1955 Pythagorean Congress sets m/m, Spain 1850 12r pale lilac and 6r blue, 1851 6r blue, 1870 19c yellow-green m/m, 1879 10p olive-bistre, 1905 Don Quixote 1p and 4p m/m, 1927 25th Anniv Coronation Air 4p m/m, 1930 Railway Congress Air set to 4p m/m, 1947 Air 25p and 50p m/m, colonies incl Rio D’Oro 1920 to 10p m/m, Philippines 1872 16c blue m/m, Portugal 1855-56 50r green,100r lilac,1862-64 100r, also some colonies incl odds of Macau, condition mixed but many useful stamps (Hundreds) £900-£1000 2969 A European Countries: Collection in one large volume with better sections/items including Bavaria 1850-58 to 18k orange-yellow used, 1862-63 12k yellow-green and 18k bright red used, 1911-13 to 20m m/m, Germany 1872 small shield 18k used, 1874 9k chestnut used 1899-1900 Reichpost 5m used, 1925-29 Arms (Welfare Fund) sets m/m, 1927 IAA set m/m, 1933 Wagner set m/m, 1934 Occupations set m/m, Austria 1908 Franz Josef 10k used, 1930 Anti-TB m/m, 1931 Writers m/m, Rotary m/m,1932 Views to 64g, 1932 Painters m/m, 1933 WIPA (ord paper) m/m, Relief of Vienna m/m, 1934 Architects m/m, 1935 Heroes m/m, 1936 10s Dolfuss, Ski Fund m/m, 1948-52 Costumes m/m, 1950- 53 Birds m/m and most later issues to 1963, Belgium 1915-22 5 ‘FRANKEN’ deep blue m/m and 1928 Orval Abbey fund m/m, also some Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia (Hundreds) (Plate) £1300-£1500 COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS 2970 B Very mixed and untidy ‘clear-out’ lot, with stamps on pages (some priced to sell) and packets, loose commercial mail and fdcs with some GB and KUT interest, hours of sorting to be had and a bargain at estimate (Thousands) £50-£60 2971 E Postal Stationery: Small mostly KGVI assortment, unused unless noted including Fiji 3d blue and 7d mauve airletters, Grenada 1951 5c env, Sierra Leone 2d red post card, 3d chestnut reg env, Trinidad & Tobago 1c and 2c post cards, 6c reg env, Mauritius 12c brown reg env, Bechuanaland 1d red post card, 4d red reg env, St Vincent 1d, 1½d envs, 3d violet reg env, Basutoland 1d red post card, Bahamas 2d red post card. older items incl Zanzibar 1918 20c on 12c reg env, South Africa 1914 ½d green postcard (also used) and 1d letter card, mostly fine (25) £60-£70 2972 C Small used selection of mostly King George VI issues including Aden 1951 surch set of 11 to 10s on 10s (SG 36/46), Cayman Islands 1950 set of 13 to 10s (SG 135/47), Leeward Island 1938-51 5s green and red/yellow on chalky SG 112), two examples used on small pieces, one with neat Barbuda cds, French New Hebrides 1941 15c France Libre on small piece, Malaya Johore 1922 script $5 green and orange (SG 124) and Brunei 1912-31 MCA $1 black and red/blue (SG 46), generally fine £95-£110 2973 ½B Australasia: A mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged in three albums including Australia and States, New Zealand with 1953-59 to 10s. (less 2/6d. brown), condition slightly affected by damp. (hundreds) £100-£120 2974 B A mixed mint and used collection housed in five albums contained in a large carton comprising Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. (thousands) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 2975 E Antarctica: 19-86 mint and used collection neatly arranged on album leaves including Australian Antarctic Territory with three pictorial postcards bearing Australia 3d. Antarctic map cancelled at Macquarie Island, Heard Island and Mawson all with 1954 Expedition label (all different), unmounted mint 1959 2/3d. block of four, 1966-68 to $1, and ‘KING EDWARD VII/LAND’ 1d. used, Ross Dependency 1957 3c. and 15c. both inverted watermark, u/m, 1972-79 sets to 18c. plate blocks, and covers (8); generally good to fine (hundreds) £100-£120 2976 C Small eclectic mixture on two stock cards including New Guinea 1935 £2 bright violet used Bulolo cds, Nyasaland 1913-21 MCA 4s variety ‘Nick in top right scroll’ used with faults, HK 1891 Jubilee 2c, heavily used with colour suffusion, KUT 1935 1s black & blue-green, perf 13 x 12, good cds used, Newfoundland 1897-1918 2c orange right marginal block of 15, mint with most u/m, Canada 1898 2c lavender Map, block of 6, u/m, Spanish Andorra 1972 8p Europa (2) u/m, also four Switzerland Cantonal odds incl Basel Dove 2½r, 5c Double Geneva 5c and Zurich 4r, 6r, these presumed to be forgeries £120-£140 2977 B Assortment in 11 stockbooks from QV to 1980s, mostly used and scarcer stamps generally absent but with more extensive selections of Ireland, India, Canada and Australia, condition very mixed but a good basic lot (Hundreds) £120-£140 2978 Mint and used selection arranged on album leaves and stockcards including K.U.T. 1922-27 3s., 5s., 10s. overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, Queensland high values mint/unused, South Australia used and St. Lucia postal history range. Condition mixed with some fine. (38 items) £120-£140 2979 2B Very mixed lot in 23 albums or stock books, with many countries represented, both mint and used with some thematic interest, a few part collections incl Tonga and the ‘History of WWII’, mixed cond (Thousands) £200-£220 2980 ½B Small mixed range in 11 albums or stockbooks of various sizes, incl old time collection in ‘Lincoln’ album, small stockbook with range of the Rhodesias incl Northern Rhodesia 1948 Wedding set, stockbook of Australia and some u/m Malawi on pages £150-£170 2981 C Small u/m selection of KGVI part sets and odds including Montserrat 1938-48 to £1 (excl 1s), Grenada 1938-50 perf 13½x12½ 2s, 5s, perf 12x13 10s (very toned gum), perf 14 10s (SG 163e) x2, Malta 1938-43 1s 6d to 10s, Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 to 20s excl original 1½d, 2d and 1951-52 low vals, Leeward Is 1938-51 to £1 excl 1949 low vals, Aden 1939 2r to 10r, Sierra Leone 1938- 44 1s 3d to £1 (10s toned gum) and a couple of other odds, generally fine £150-£170 2982 E Overprints on Great Britain: Useful assortment on five album pages including (m/mint unless noted) British Levant 1885 12pi on 2s 6d, 1911-13 12pi on 2s 6d reddish purple, 1921 45pi on 2s 6d to 180pi on 10s, 1921 LEVANT opt 2s 6d, Morocco Agencies 1907-13 2s 6d pale dull purple, 1948 RSW 45p on £1 and Tangier £1, BOIC Tripolitania 1948 BMA postage due set, MEF 2s 6d to 10s, 1948 BMA Eritrea 2s 50 on 2s 6d to 10s on 10s (used), condition mostly fine (150+) £140-£160 2983 A British Europe: An old-time collection neatly arranged in an album including mint Cyprus 1955-60 to £1, Gibraltar 1938-51 values to 10s., 1953-59 to £1, Malta 1938-43 values to 10s., 1948 ‘Self-Government’ to 10s., condition mixed in places. (hundreds) £140-£160 2984 C Selection of ten Commonwealth and GB ‘errors’ and varieties, all on original dealer’s cards, incl Falkland Islands 1979 Sir Rowland Hill 25p watermark ‘Crown to left of CA’ fine u/m £140-£160
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 2985 A British Europe: An old-time collection neatly arranged in an album including mint Cyprus 1955-60 to £1, Gibraltar 1938-51 values to 10s., 1953-59 to £1, Malta 1938-43 values to 10s., 1948 ‘Self-Government’ to 10s., condition mixed in places. (hundreds) £140-£160 2986 2A Australasia: Collection of miniature sheets in two volumes, mostly from 1980s to around 2005 including New Zealand, Norfolk Island, PNG, Tokelau, Christmas Island, Cocos, Nauru, Fiji and Australia, all u/m (200+) £150-£170 2987 B A mainly unmounted mint Q.E.II collection arranged in ten red albums and a blue stockbook with strength in Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta and West Indies, generally good to fine. (hundreds) £150-£170 2988 B A British Commonwealth collection arranged in nine assorted volumes, album leaves and loose in packets., etc., including New Zealand, Cyprus, India, Ireland with duplicated mint, St. Vincent, condition generally fair ti fine. (thousands) £150-£170 2989 E Small assortment of lower face value late QV and KEVII mint multiples including Straits Settlements 1883-91 2c bright rose lower left marginal block of 18 with plate number 2, 1892-99 1c green block of 44, Mauritius 1900-05 4c grey-green & violet irregular block of 27, Cayman Islands 1900 1d rose-carmine blocks of 25 and 12, Leeward Is 1902 crown CA ½d block of 70 and 18, 1905-08 MCA ½d dull purple and green (ord) blocks of 30 and 6, chalky block of 20, 1907-11 ¼d brown (50+ in various multiples), N. Nigeria 1905-07 MCA ½d chalky block of 18, 3d purple/yellow blocks of 8 and 9 and a few other odds, mostly u/m but some creasing or other imperfections £150-£170 2990 5B Duplicated accumulation in stockbooks and loose, with early to modern GB incl pre-decimal issues in multiples u/m, some Channel Islands, a collection of Christmas stamps, various Commonwealth incl 1935 Jubilee sets and some GB bundleware, very mixed cond (Thousands) £150-£170 2991 2½B Collection of mostly GB, Channel Islands, IOM, Canada and Australia, last two mostly 1950s-80s (Australia to mid 1990s) with mint stamps and some fdcs, GB, CIs & IOM mostly 1950s-80s, also with some 1960s-80s fdcs, mint stamps include modest postage content and some earlier commems from 1924 onwards (no PUC £1, better phosphors), earlier issues of all countries patchy and mostly used (Hundreds) £160-£180 2992 British Africa; Collection in album with range of mint sets incl Basutoland 1938 and 1954-58, Bechuanaland 1938 and 1955-58, KUT 1938-54 and 1954-59 also South and South West Africa and Swaziland, cond varies (Few Hundred) £250-£270 2993 B Collection of KGVI and QEII in 7 ‘New Age’ albums, a few complete but mostly part sets, good lot for continuation £200-£220 2994 ½B Accumulation of covers and cards etc loose in small box, with many useful noted incl Airmails, GB incl 1948 Wedding fdcs (2 - plain covers), Channel Islands wartime covers, 1937 Coronation sets on ‘Selfridge’ fdcs, ffcs, commercial covers etc, well worth close inspection and priced ‘to sell’ (Few Hundred) £200-£220 2995 2B Diverse assortment in two cartons including volume of older Commonwealth better odds including Tonga 1942-47 to 5s, T.D. Cunha 1960 and 1961 Marine Life to 5s/50c, Zanzibar 1936 to 10s and vol of 1937 Coronation plain fdcs, condition mixed in places (Few Thousands) £200-£250 2996 E Small mostly early 20th century collection in one volume, some better New Zealand incl 1931 ‘Smiling Boys’ health set of 2 cds used (also other health issues 1929-37 used), Australia 1930s commems used incl 1934 Victoria & Macarthur sets, 1935 1s Anzac, also odds of New Guinea and assorted airmail issues, a few tones but most incl 1931 Health set fine (Scores) £225-£275
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 2997 2A 1930s m/mint collection in two volumes, mostly 1935 Jubilee and 1937 Coronation sets, former appears largely complete except British Forces in Egypt, also some other odds including Australia 1928 3d Exhibition sheetlet, Falkland Is 1933 Centenary to 1s, Greece 1906 Olympics to 5d (values to 1d stuck down), Germany 1933 Wagner and 1929-31 Zeppelins to 4m (both firmly stuck down!), condition rather mixed with some short perfs among Jubilee sets (Few Hundreds) £300-£350 2998 1½B Very mixed clear-out lot incl two volume collection of New Zealand incl a few Air Mails and two Crash covers, individual albums of Australia and Canada, postal history etc, untidy and requires careful attention (Many Hundreds) £300-£350 2999 E Postal Stationery: Small selection of GB and Commonwealth items overprinted specimen including GB 1844 1d pink letter sheet (Huggins LP3) (2),1913 ½d green cut-out (from env), Dominica 1909? View of Roseau ½d and 1d wrappers, Mauritius 1905 3c green wrapper, India 1956 35p reg env, Seychelles KGV 12c blue reg env (tones), similar 3d reg envelopes from St Vincent, Barbados (2) and Nigeria (creased), generally fine unless noted £250-£300 3000 E British Oceania: Collection on pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a few better areas/items (used unless noted) including Cook Is. 1966 Air £1 pink pair, one with plane missing, Fiji KGVI to £1, Gilbert & Ellice Is 1939-55 to 5s (also m/m), some 1920s-40s NZ incl 1935 Jubilee, ‘Arms’ postal fiscals incl 12s 6d and 30s, 1932 and 1933 1d Health, condition rather mixed (150+) £250-£300 3001 B Mixed lot in nine volumes incl mixed country collections, noted a few Commonwealth KGVI sets mint, a quantity of GB ‘postage’, two sparsely filled but clean ‘New Imperial’ albums etc, comd varies (Many Hundreds) £230-£250 3002 ½B Cancellations: Interesting assortment in four stockbooks of mostly Commonwealth issues to 1970s selected for postmark interest, more interesting items/areas include Australia (500+, arranged by State), Jamaica including QV with numeral cancels, arranged numerically and identified (100+), plus later cds cancels, Bahamas including some smaller village cds, Barbados, Br. Guiana, COGH, Cyprus, Gibraltar incl QV 5c pair with Tetuan duplex, Gold Coast, India incl a few Zanzibar, Malta with a few village cds, Niger Coast, Rhodesia ‘Double Heads’ incl Jumbo Mine and Kimberley Reefs cds, also a volume of GB KGV controls (Few Hundreds) £300-£350 3003 2B Royalty: Collection in two cartons including volume of commemorative covers between 1989-97 entitled “The Life and Times of Queen Victoria”, two volumes relating to the Royal Yacht “Britannia” including a good range of covers from royal visits (most commemorative) but including two posted from 1956 visit from Mombasa and Zanzibar with original contents on Britannia headed notepaper, a volume of 1980s-90s R.A.F. covers connected with royal visits, remainder mostly stamps including 1937 Coronation and 1953 Coronation omnibus (not guaranteed to be complete) and some later to early 1990s (Hundreds) £300-£350 3004 E Mostly older (to 1950s) assortment on pages including (m/mint unless noted) Bahamas 1859-60 thin paper 1d used (just 3 margins), later perf 12½ Chalons incl 6d (5, all used), perf 14 1d (2), 1882 perf 12 1d, 1884-90 1d pale rose, St Christopher 1882-90 1s mauve, Antigua 1884-87 6d deep green, 1908-17 MCA 2s grey-green and violet, Ceylon selection of 1920s covers, St Helena 1864-80 CC 4d type A and B, Papua 1901-05 Lakatois to 6d, 1907 large opt 2s 6d, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 to £1 and odds of 1930s Canada, condition mixed in places (200+) £300-£350
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3005 E British West Indies: Selection on 14 pages from QV to 1950s, mixture of m/mint and used (sometimes both), a number of better items (m/mint unless noted) including Trinidad 1851 1d purple-brown used, 1859 1s indigo (also used), Turks Is 1867 6d black, 1881 ½ on 1s lilac (SG 19), Turks & Caicos Is 1900-04 2s and 3s, 1928 to 10s, 1950 to 10s, BVI 1867-70 4d lake-red/pale rose,1899 5s indigo used, KEVII 5s used (washed), 1935 Jubilee 1s used, 1938-47 to £1, 1956 to $4.80, St Lucia 1863 4d indigo unused, 1891-98 19s, 1948 RSW £1 used, St Vincent 1869 1s brown used, condition mixed in places (250+) £300-£350 3006 B A mixed mint and used accumulation housed in seven sparsely-filled printed albums comprising red New Imperial (Vols. I and II), KGVI (2), the red volume with a few complete mint sets, and three QEII loose leaf New Age albums; condition mixed. (thousands) £300-£350 3007 ½B British North America and West Indies: an old-time mixed mint and used collections neatly arranged in three album including mint Antigua 1953-62 to $4.80, Bahamas 1938-53 values to £1, Bermuda 1938-53 2s. to £1 with 10s. (2), 12/6d. (2) used, British Guiana 1954-73 to $5, Canada 1897-98 10c., Dominica 1951 to $2.40 used, Falkland Islands 1952 to £1 used, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1954-62 to £1, 1934-36 to 5s. used, St. Vincent 1949-52 to $4.80 used; condition affected by damp. (thousands) £300-£350 3008 ½B A mixed mint and used collection arranged in two printed albums comprising “The New Ideal Postage Stamp Album”, partly filled with most interesting Australia with ‘Kangaroos’ to 5s. used, Canada mint, Great Britain 1840 1d. used, Hong Kong KEVII mint to 10c., India KGV used values to 25r. (telegraphically used), Labuan 1895 to 40c. on $1 used, 1902-03 to $1 mint and ‘New Age Stamp Album’ with KGVI Great Britain 1939-48 2/6d. mint, condition variable. (hundreds) £300-£350 3009 ½B A mint and used accumulation arranged on album leaves, stockcards and loose in packets including mint Papua 1932-40 values to 5s. marginal some with part imprint, Papua New Guinea 1952-58 set to £1 with additional 10s., £1 overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, Tristan Da Cunha 1952 to 10s., 1961 to 1r., 1976 Postage Due 10p. watermark crown to right of CA (2), also few KGVI definitive lower values in blocks with imprint or plate number; generally good to fine. (hundreds) £300-£350 3010 ½B Two ‘New Imperial’ albums with smattering of stamps throughout, mostly lower to middle values and no complete sets seen, but very clean and ideal for continuation £300-£350 3011 ½B Collection in five volumes and loose to early 1950s, majority of value in KGVI m/m (part, usually as current just post WW2) sets and odds including HK 1941 Centenary, Antigua to 5s, Ascension to 10s, Bahamas to £1, 1942 Landfall to £1 (also used), Bermuda 2s to £1 (perf 14, most ord paper), Br. Honduras to $5, Cayman Is to 5s, Falkland Is 1938-50 to £1, Fiji to 1s incl 6d die I, Gambia to 10s, NZ 1931 Health, 1935 Jubilee used on 1941 reg cover, Nyasaland 1945 to 20s, St Helena to 10s, Turks & Caicos 1938 to 10s, BVI 1938 to £1, some earlier Ceylon including 1872-80 to 24c unused w/o gum, condition mixed in places (Few Hundreds) £400-£450 3012 E KEVII mint selection arranged on hagner sheets including British Honduras 1904- 07 to $5, Cayman Islands 1908 0s., Gold Coast 1902 5s. to 20s. overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, Leeward Islands 1907 2½d., 5s. overprinted additionally ‘ULTRAMAR’, Mauritius values to 5r., Northern Nigeria 1905-07values to 2/6d., St. Helena 1908 10s., Sierra Leone 1907-12 to 5s. used, ½d., 1d., 2½d., vertical pairs overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, Straits settlements values to $2 and overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, generally fair to fine. (105) £350-£400
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3013 1½B Mixed lot incl useful QEII Commonwealth in three albums and on pages, stockbook with Omnibus sets incl 1949 UPU, 1960s GB pres packs and later ‘postage’, etc, cond varies (Thousands) £500-£600 3014 A Omnibus: Accumulation in large stockbook, with range of 1935 Jubilee sets incl Egypt ‘Seal’ used, 1937 Coronation, 1946 Victory, 1948 RSW, 1949 UPU etc, both mint and used throughout, mixed cond (Hundreds) £400-£450 3015 4B Very mixed ‘clear-out’ lot in albums, stockbooks, on pages and loose, with many countries seen with some thematic content, incl a coll of used GB incl 1840 1d (2) and 2d blue (all 4 margins), S/P and KEVII vals to 10s and a few recent GB incl min sheets, a small coll of New Zealand and a quantity of loose British Africa fdcs incl Rhodesia, KUT and Zanzibar, very mixed cond (Many Thousands) £400-£450 3016 2B Very mixed accumulation with many countries represented in albums/stockbooks and loose, incl Malaysia postage dues and booklets, Canadian booklets , GB pres packs, quantity of Gambia 1963 Birds 10s and £1 u/m, interesting range of Fiji 2006-16 surcharges, individual volumes of Australia, Tuvalu and a large range of commercial mail and fdcs incl H.K. etc, very mixed cond but worth inspection (Many Thousands) £400-£450 3017 B An early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation housed in nine volumes including Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, India and States, Ireland used, Malawi 1968 Birds to £1 u/m, Malaya and States with Malacca and Penang 1949 printings to $5 u/m, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and South Africa. (thousands) £400-£450 3018 1½B An early to modern mixed mint and used a to z accumulation neatly arranged on album leaves with used Australian States, Basutoland 1935 Silver Jubilee 6d. with unlisted ‘flaw on left turret’, British Guiana 1954-63 to $5, British Levant, Cape of Good Hope triangles (3), Ceylon, Cyprus 1894-96 9pi., Gibraltar, India 1895 to 5r., 1911-22 values to 25r. 1929-33 values to 25r. (telegraphically used), 1949-52 values to 15r., Lagos ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints 1887-1902 5d., 7½d., 10d., 1904 ½d. to 6d. part o.g., Malayan States, Malta, New Zealand with Officials, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 values to 5s., 1938-52 values to 10s. Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Sarawak, Seychelles 1903 2c. ‘DENTED FRAME’, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Zanzibar; condition mixed. (thousands) £400-£450 3019 ½B Postal History: Interesting mostly 1900 to 1960s accumulation in small carton including 50+ Bahamas covers & cards with a selection of paquebot and other maritime marks, North Borneo 1948 reg OHMS cover to London, Maldive Is two 1963 reg covers to England, Australia BCOF 1948 cover to Australia, 3d rate, Australia 1937 defins 3d, 6d and 1s on illustrated fdc, Barbados 1851 cover to London, South Africa 1918 Aerial Post Card and much else (150+) £400-£450 3020 E 1948-49 Royal Silver Wedding: Part omnibus in u/m blocks of 4, the high values with imprints except the GB and overprints which are corner marginal with cylinder number, the scarcer sets (HK, Falkland Is, Singapore, Pitcairn, Malayan states and a few others) absent and odd perf tone, better sets noted include Ascension, Bahrain, BPA in E. Arabia, Bahamas, Cyprus (£1 only), Aden, Kuwait, KUT, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Malta (£1 only), Jamaica, St Helena and Swaziland (316) £400-£450
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3021 ½B Collection in small carton including useful volume of used KGV to early QEII with items of note including Ascension 1934 to 5s, 1956 to 10s, 1963 Birds to £1, BAT 1963 to £1 Map, Br Guiana 1938 to $3, India 1937-40 to 25r, Pitcairn Is 1940-51 to 2s 6d, S. Leone 1938 to £1, Turks & Caicos 1950 to 10s, a similar m/mint vol including Ascension 1938 to 10s, 1956 to 10s, BAT 1963-69 to both £1 (£1 Endurance u/m but short perfs), Br Honduras 1938 to $5, Cayman Is 1962 to £1, Cyprus 1938 to £1, Falkland Is 1952 to £1, Gambia 1938 to 10s, KUT KGVI to £1, Montserrat to £1, N. Rhodesia KGVI to 20s, remainder more general and of little value (Few Thousands) £400-£450 3022 ½B Very interesting accumulation of mostly ex auction lots on album pages with wide range of Commonwealth countries particularly GB and Southern Africa with a number of COGH triangulars, very mixed cond and no individual stamps of great value seen, but well worth close inspection (Many Hundreds) £500-£600 3023 B Useful collection in eight albums or stockbooks, incl a volume with mint KGVI with a few sets incl Falkland Islands 1938-50 and 1952 and Gambia 1938-46, QEII range in three ‘New Age’ albums etc, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £450-£500 3024 A Collection in album with a number of useful mint sets or part sets incl Cyprus 1955-60 set, Gambia 1938-46 vals to 10s and 1953-59 set, North Borneo and Sarawak 1945 BMA sets (both excl 8c), also some Zambia u/m and cto etc, cond varied in places (Few Hundred) £450-£500 3025 1½B Mixed lot incl mixed country collections, GB ‘face’, useful Commonwealth incl Cyprus 1928 and 1955-60 sets mint, Sarawak 1934-41 set mint, Tonga sets etc, a few covers etc, very mixed cond but good lot for sorting (Many Hundreds) £450-£500 3026 A 1948 Royal Silver Wedding, the complete omnibus comprising 138 stamps, some u/m (incl Hong Kong) others large part o.g., also 1937 Coronation set apparently complete £500-£600 3027 E Diverse selection on pages from QV to late 1930s, a mixture of m/mint and used with a number of better items/areas (m/mint unless noted) including Barbados 1892-1907 to 2s 6d, 1920 Victory to 3s, 1935 Jubilee, Grenada 1906- 08 to 10s used (washed), KGVI to 10s, St Helena 1856 6d used, 1863 imperf 1d, 1890-96 5d and 10d used, 1912 3s used, Sarawak 1869 3c James Brooke, with gum, 1889-92 5c on 12c, 1897-98 16c to $1 (toned), 1918 to $1, 1934 $3 to $10, BVI KGV to 5s, Jamaica QV crown CC 2s and 5s, 1921-27 script 10s used, KGVI to £1, also some Palestine and Hawaii, condition very mixed in places (Few Hundreds) £500-£600 3028 2B Substantial mostly used Commonwealth collection from KGVI (a few earlier) to around 2000 in 33 volumes including better ranges of Ireland, Canada, Southern Africa, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, also some GB and CIs, scarcer stamps generally absent but some definitives to top values present and good ranges of 1970s and 1980s commems, condition a little variable (Thousands) £500-£600 3029 e Eclectic assortment in small stockbook including Montserrat 1903 5s black and scarlet, m/m, Grenada 1888-91 4d on 2s m/m, Western Australia 1861 4d vermilion unused, New Brunswick 1851-60 3d bright red used, Newfoundland 1860 3d green m/m, 1919 $1 on 35c Air vert pair, m/m, 1932 2c green imperf block of 4 m/m, Canada 1852-57 6d greenish grey, of superficially unused appearance, 1859 5c red unused, Norway 1856-60 3sk lilac, 1863-64sk yellow, both used, Luxembourg 1852-57 10c black and 1sgr dull red used, Netherlands Indies 1864 10c carmine m/m and a few other odds £500-£600
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3030 B Collection in New Age album for years 1952-58 with virtually all spaces filled with definitives to top values, mostly m/m with a few u/m, better sets include Aden to 20s, Ascension to 10s, Bermuda to £1, Br Guiana to $5, Br Honduras to $5, Cook Is £3 green, Cyprus to £1, FID Ships to £1, Fiji to £1, Gold Coast to 10s, Gibraltar to £1, GB Waterlow to £1, 1952-54 Tudor and 1955-57 St Edward’s crown postage dues, KUT to £1, Malta to £1, North Borneo to $10, PNG to £1, Samoa 1955 Arms to £2, Sarawak to $5, Singapore to $5, Somaliland to 10s and Swaziland to £1, also nine additional vols, however these mostly stockbooks containing duplicated used lower values and some later issues (New Age Few Hundreds, Few Thousands in total) £500-£600 3031 2B 1938-2006 mainly unmounted mint collection arranged in twenty-one volumes with strength in later Q.E.II issues including Ascension, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, South Georgia and Tristan Da Cunha; also omnibus issues. Generally good to fine. (thousands) £500-£550 3032 E British West Indies and Latin America: Collection on pages from QV to 1950s, a mixture of m/mint and used with some better areas/items (used unless noted) including Grenada KGVI to 10s and $2.50, 1953 to $2.50, Dominica 1938-47 to 10s (also m/m), 1951 to $2.40, Br. Guiana KGVI to $3, 1954 to $5, Br. Honduras KGVI to $5, 1953 to $5, Antigua 1938 to £1, Bahamas 1948 Eleuthera to £1, 1964 New Constitution to £1, Jamaica KGVI to £1, condition rather mixed (Few Hundreds) £600-£700 3033 B Collection in two KGVI albums (one mint the other used) with a few complete sets, a few early QEII sets in two ‘New Age’ albums, various countries in 8 further volumes (and envelopes) incl small collection of Cook Islands, mint 1935 Jubilee sets (no Eypt) and later Omnibus sets, good lot for general collector, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £600-£700 3034 A KGVI mint selection arranged in an album including Great Britain 1939-48 values to £1, RSW £1, 1951 Festival high values to £1, Aden to 10r., Antigua to £1, Ascension to 10s., Bahamas Eleuthera to £1, Basutoland to 10s., Bechuanaland to 10s., British Guiana to $3, British Honduras to $5, Canada to $1 (4), Cayman Islands to 10s. (2), Cyprus to £1, Fiji to £1, Gambia to 10s., Gibraltar to £1, Grenada to 10s. (5), Jamaica to £1, Malta to 10s., Mauritius to 10r., Sarawak to $%, Sierra Leone to £1, Turks and Caicos to 10s., generally good to fine. (hundreds) £600-£700 3035 3B Collectors clear-out lot, very untidy but some useful seen incl mint GB 1960s to 1980 collection in album incl phos issues, a few Airmail covers, GB and others countries fdcs, two ‘New Age’ albums with good collection of QEII with many sets, Royalty sets, a number of small individual collections on pages, and a quantity of loose ‘kiloware’ incl a small box with what appears to be earlier mint issues, very mixed cond (Thousands) £650-£750 3036 ½B British Africa: A mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged in two albums including mint with Ascension 1938-53 values to 2/6d. and used, Basutoland 1938 values to 10s. 1954-58 to 10s. (2, one used), Gambia 1953-59 to £1, Gold Coast 1948 to 10s., 1938-54 values to 10s. (2), 1954-59 to £1, Mauritius 1950 10r. used, Nigeria 1938-51 various perf. types to 5s. with additional 2/6d., 5s. (2), 1953-58 to £1, Northern Rhodesia values to 20s. used, 1953 to 20s. used, Nyasaland used 1895 5s., 1945 to 20s., 1953-54 to 20s., Rhodesia 1905 Victoria Falls 5s. used, 1910-13, perf. 14, 4d. greenish black and orange, perf. 15, 1d. postmarked ‘BEMBE(SI)’, 1913-19 ‘Admirals’ values to 2s., Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1954-56 to £1, Seychelles used 1952 to 10r., 1954-61 to 10r., Somaliland 1942 to 5r. used, 1951 surcharges to ‘5 Shillings’ on 5r. used, 1953-58 to 10s., Southern Rhodesia 1953 to £1; condition mixed with some affected by damp. (thousands) £650-£700
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3037 B Interesting accumulation of Commonwealth countries in 11 volumes incl useful KGVI mint and used collections with a number of complete sets, Omnibus issues, a collection of ‘Royal Tours’, small stockbook of Australia and AAT incl 1932 5s Bridge commercially used, etc cond varies (Hundreds) £700-£800 3038 E British Africa: Collection on pages from QV to 1960s, a mixture of m/m and used with a number of better items/areas (used unless noted) including Gold Coast QV 20s, KGV 10s and 20s, 1928 5s, 1938 and 1948 to 10s (m/m), Ghana 1967 surchs to 2nc on £1, Somaliland 1903 opt at top 2r to 5r, 1938 to 5r, 1942 to 5r (also m/m),1951 to 5s on 5r (also m/m), Sudan, Swaziland KGVI to 10s m/m, 1948 RSW 10s used, 1961 surchs to 2r on £1, Gambia KGVI to 10s m/m & used, Southern Nigeria KEVII odds to 2s 6d m/m, KUT 1935 to 5s, BEA 1895 h/s 4a, 7½a, 1r unused, SWA 1923 2s 6d m/m, 1931 10s and 20s vert pairs, South Africa incl a few better officials, COGH triangulars to 1s (usual mixed condition), a little haphazardly arranged (Hundreds) £700-£800 3039 B Mixed but interesting lot in albums and stockbooks, incl very with good range of mint QEII Commonwealth sets in two stockbooks, earlier range in incl two ‘New Ideal’ albums, collection of Ireland on pages, etc, a good lot (Thousands) £750-£850 3040 B Collection amalgamated in five ‘New Age’ albums with many complete sets mint or used throughout, with good range of KGVI incl RSW pairs incl Hong Kong mint and Aden Dhows set used, a wide range of QEII, very mixed cond but useful lot (Thousands) £1000-£1200 3041 B Pacific Islands: Mint collection in carton housed in stockbooks including Samoa from 1960s to late 1990s, Papua New Guinea 1952 to around 2008, Pitcairn Islands 1956 to 2008, Norfolk Island 1953 to 2006, Christmas Island 1958 to 2005, Nauru 1956 to 2006, Cocos Keeling Islands 1957 to 2005, Fiji 1953 to 2008, also South Africa 1960s to 1990s and Canada from 1950s to 1990s and some GB covers including royalty themed, not comprehensive but good ranges of most countries and mostly fine u/m (Few Thousands) £800-£900 3042 1½B Ex dealer’s stock of mostly QEII (some KGVI) in eight well filled stock book with duplicated range of unused and used sets and part/short sets from range of countries incl Gibraltar, Nyasaland, PNG, St Kitts-Nevis, Tristan da Cunha, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Fiji, Bermuda, Botswana, BAT, St Helena, NZ etc, generally fine and would make a very useful stock lot (Thousands) £800-£900 3043 ½B Fascinating accumulation on pages and stockcards, possibly a dealer’s clear-out lot but containing many better items with a few of note including Labuan QV portrait types to 40c, duplicated. Jamaica KGV odds to 10s, Samoa 1890s issues duplicated, Gibraltar KGVI incl 1½d carmine-red perf 14 imprint block of 4, BVI 1867-68 4d (9) incl minor shades, NZ 1935-41 pictorials incl minor vars, also Arms postal fiscal odds to £1, Newfoundland 10c postage due wmk’d block of 20 u/m, Transvaal £5 green used (thinned), Morocco Agencies KEVII 12p on 10s used, St Helena KEVII 10s used, Johore 1891 2c on 24c (4 types) used, SWA 1931 20s pair used, Bermuda KGV to 5s, KGVI incl 2s line perf used and vals to £1, Bechuanaland 1888 Protectorate incl 4d on 4d used, KUT 1941-42 70c on 1s crescent flaw, Basutoland 1938 1d tower flaw used, Cook Is £5 ‘Arms, 1967 $2 on £1 to $10 on £5, New Hebrides 1938 postage dues to 1f, Ascension 1934 to 5s used, condition very mixed in places and some fakes present (Hundreds) £800-£900
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3044 ½B British Asia and Middle East: A mixed mint and used old-time collection neatly arranged in three albums including mint Aden 1939-48 to 10r. and 1951 surcharges to 10s. on 10r. both used, 1938-41 1r. to 25r. used, 1950-550to 10r. on 10s., 1924-37 values to $1, 1947-51 to $10, 1952-58 to $5, Ceylon 1872-80 2c., 4c., 8c, 16c., 36c., F.M.S. 1904-22 $1, 1922-34 $25 (fiscally used), 1891 ‘JUBILEE’ 2c., 1900-02 10c., 12c., 1921-27 values to $5 (2, one used), 1938-52 values to $10, 1954-62 values to $10, Johore 1884-86 2c, types 6 and 8, 1891 surcharges 2c. on 24c. types 17 to 20, 1896 Coronation values to $1 (both overprints) used, 1922-37 $50 and £100 (both fiscally used), 1949-55 to $5, Kelantan 1937 values to $2, Malacca 1949-52 to $5, North Borneo 1947 to $5, Perak ‘P.G.S’ overprints to 10c., Sarawak 1950 to $5, Selangor 1891 surcharges 2c. on 24c. types 35 to 39, Singapore 1948-52 to $5 (both perfs.); condition affected by damp. (thousands) £1000-£1200 3045 ½B Collection in two ‘New Imperial’ albums, incl a few GB with two 1840 1d blacks (2 used - poor), also 2s6d and 5s Seahorses mint, then a selection of mostly low to middle values throughout but some sets and better value seen incl (mint unless stated) Barbuda 1922 set, British Somaliland 1912-19 and 1921 sets, Gold Coast 1894 20s, Hong Kong 1862-63 2c, 8c and 48c used, India 1926-33 25r and Tanganyika 1922-24 £1, while there is a little mixed cond, overall most are fine with many of the used cds, also a sparsely filled KGVI album (a few 1948 Wedding sets), then a useful range (which never made the albums) on stockcards with Bermuda, Dominica, Gambia, Tanganyika etc (Many Hundreds) £1500-£1700 3046 e Useful older (to KGVI) selection on stockcards including (m/m unless noted), Falkland Is 1912-20 5s and £1, Sierra Leone 1893 ½ on 1½d surch inv, India KEVII 15r, Mauritius 1863-72 5s bright mauve, Malta 1899-1901 10s, Tobago 1880 6d stone (no gum), Canada 1868-90 1c bright orange (no gum), 1870-90 1c, 2c, 3c strips/blocks of 4, 1893 20c and 50c, 1897-98 5c part imprint strip of 3, BEA 1895 h/s odds to 1r (used), Sierra Leone 1897 2½d on 1s (3, two no gum, one used), Australia 1915 5s (used), 1915-27 10s (also used), New Guinea NWPI 1915-16 £1 chocolate and dull blue, 1925-27 £1, 1935 £2 used pair, 1939 £1 used, North Borneo 1918 $10+2c brick red, Nyasaland 1895 5s black and olive, 1903 £1 used, 1908-11 £1 purple and black/red (usual surface rubbing), 1913 MCA £ used, St Lucia 1860 4d (no gum), 6d (used), 1863 1d, 4d, 6d (no gum), condition rather mixed in places but appreciable catalogue value (100+) £1800-£2000 3047 B Mostly mint collection in four albums with many complete or part KGVI sets but unfortunately often partly stuck down, incl Aden 1937 Dhows and 1939-48 sets, Ascension 1938-53 vals to 10s, Burma 1937 values to 5r, Falkland Islands 1938-50 set, Hong Kong 1938-52 vals to $10 (2) and India 1948 Gandhi set, other earlier issues noted incl Rhodesia 2s6d ‘Double Head’ and GB 1840 1d and 2d (these used), the cond in these albums is generally fine and will repay careful attention, also lower value material in four albums, on pages and loose this in mixed cond (Many Hundreds) £2500-£2700 3048 ½B Valuable assortment in three stockbooks with many useful items including Canada 1852-57 7½d used (shallow thinning), HK KGV $2 and $3 m/m, Australia 1913 wmk w2 10s opt specimen, Mauritus KGVI 25c with ‘IJ’ flaw, Rhodesia 1910- 13 10s m/m and £1 used (2), Malaya Pahang 1897 bisects (2) on piece, India 1854-55 ½d die II and 1a die II unused, NZ 1940-58 30s brown m/m, a selection of 1900 Mafeking surchs used, Bahrain, Kuwait BPA E Arabia & Qatar 1955 castles u/m (duplicated), Gambia KGV selection of small multiples including a few unlisted vars, South Africa 1930s ½d and 1d vars, Mauritius 1859 Dardenne 1d and 2d used (faults), NSW 1851-55 2d ultramarine part o.g. (faults), also a number of 1935 Jubilee odds and sets, condition variable and a few forgeries present (Few Hundreds) £3000-£3400
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3049 ½B Two ‘New Imperial’ albums with small range of GB then good range of mint Commonwealth with the main value in the first ‘few countries in volume ‘I’ incl Antigua 1903-07 set, 1908-17 set, 1913 5s, 1921-29 set, 1932 Tercentenary set, Australia incl ‘Roos’ to 5s, 1932 Bridge set, Barbados 1882-86 vals to 5s, Bechuanaland 1888 vals to 5s, Bermuda KGV ‘keyplates’ to £1, B.E.A. 1896-1901 vals to 5r, British Honduras 1891-1901 vals to $1, then volume ‘II’ with useful Mauritius, Montserrat, Morocco Agencies, Niue, Nyasaland, St Kitts Nevis, etc, some mixed cond but generally fine and very clean, a lovely pair of albums for continuation (Hundreds) £3500-£4000 3050 B A valuable mixed mint and used old-time collection arranged in two large boxed Yvert et Tellier albums with Volume I including mint Ascension 1924-33 to 3s., Canada 1908 Quebec to 20c., 1928-29 to $1, 1930-31 to $1, 1938 to $1, Cayman Islands 1932 Centenary to 5s., Gold Coast 1928 to 5s., Falkland Islands 1904-12 5s., 1912-20 to 5s., 10s. and £1 overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, 1921-28 to 3s., Gambia 1898-1902 to 1s., Grenada 1881 surcharges to 4d., 1904-06 10s., Hong Kong 1891 ‘Jubilee’ 2c., 1898 surcharge with Chinese overprint $1 on 96c., North Borneo Postage Due 1938 to 10c., Straits Settlements surcharge 10c. on 12c., and used Cape of Good Hope 4d. (four singles and four pairs), Falkland Islands 1904-12 3s., Hong Kong, Mauritius 1848-59 ‘Worn Impression’ 1d. (clear to large margins) and Volume II including mint Newfoundland 1862-64 to 1s., 1897 Discovery to 60c., 1897-1918 to 5c., 1911-16 Coronation to 15c., 1919 Newfoundland Contingent to 36c.,1923-24 to 30c., 1928-29 to 30c., 1929-31 to 20c., 1931 Air to $1 (both),1931 to 30c., 1933 Gilbert to 32c. (2), New Zealand 1898-1907 Pictorials 2s., 5s., Palestine 1927-45 90m. (6, with a block of four). St. Helena 1903 to 2s., 1912-16 to 3s., 1934 Centenary to 5s., Seychelles 1903 to 2r. 25, 1912-16 18c. ‘split ‘A’, Thailand 1899-1904 values to 28s. with 24c. (rounded corner), Turks and Caicos Islands 1900-04 to 3s., 1909-11 to 3s., and used Cyprus 1894-96 values to 45pi., New South Wales 1890 Captain Arthur, perf. 12 x 11, 20s., Victoria; overall condition generally good to fine. (thousands) £4800-£5200 3051 ½B Valuable selection on stockcards, housed in small carton, better items include (m/m unless noted) Abu Dhabi 1964 to 10r (u/m), Aden 1937 Dhows to 10r, also 10r used, Ascension 1922 opt 3s used on piece, 1924-33 to 3s, some vars incl 4d broken mainmast (2), torn flag, 5d broken mainmast, 2s cleft rock, 1934 to 5s, Australia 1924 2d chestnut (SG 78) Harrison imprint block 8, 1932 5s Bridge c.t.o used (2), BCOF set to 5s, Bechuanaland 1932 to 5s, Bermuda 1924- 32 2s nick in t/r scroll, Br Honduras KEVII $5 used (a little washed), Cyrenaica 1950 to 500m u/m, Brunei 1908-22 $5, Burma 1937 opt 10r, 1938-40 to 10r, 1937 service 5r, Canada 1897 Jubilee $4 and $5 used heavy roller cancels, Cayman Is 1907-09 to 10s opt specimen, Cyprus 1928 50th Anniv £1, 1938 £1 pair u/m, 1955 to £1 u/m (2), Egypt 1935 Jubilee 1p m/m and used (faults), Falkland Is KEVII 5s, 1933 Centenary 2s 6d (also used), 1952 to £1 u/m (2), also used, 2003 Birds to £5 (u/m and used), FID 1948 thin maps set (no 2½d) in blocks of 4 incl dot in T, 1954 Ships to £1 u/m, Fiji KEVII £1 purple & black/red used (surface rubbing, Gambia 1869 4d unused, 6d used, 1912-22 MCA 1s with split A, Gibraltar 1904-08 4s, 1912-24 £1 (also used, this with rubbing), HK 1904- 08 $2, 1948 RSW (2) one u/m but toned, also 4 used sets, 1854 10c wmk inv, $1 plate block incl short R var, India 1882-90 1r slate block of 9 u/m, KEVII 10r, 1911-22 25r, Iraq 1920-23 wmk script service to 2r on 25p, Kuwait 1923-24 ½a opt double, Malaya Straits 1902-03 $5, Trengganu 1938 script $5, Nauru 1916- 23 10s DLR, Niger Coast ½d on 2½d used, Pakistan 1947 opt sot 25r u/m (2), St Helena 1922-37 a few vars to 8d, also two used 10s (no vars), St Kitts Nevis 1920-22 £1 used, Seychelles 1901 3c on 16c inv, SL KGVI to £1 blocks of 4, Singapore 1948 $5 perf 14 plate block of 4 u/m, S Africa 1964-72 ½c imperf pair, S Rhodesia 1951 4d grey-green postage due u/m, Sudan 1935 Gordon to 50p (3), Transvaal KEVII £1, condition largely fine (Hundreds) £5000-£6000
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Item Description Est Commonwealth Collections continued 3052 A Valuable mint King George VI collection in red SG crown album with perhaps 95% of spaces filled, better items include Aden 1937 Dhows to 10r, Bahawalpur 1945 surchs to 1½a on 2r, Bahrain 1938-41 to 25r, Bhopal 1935-36 ¼a on 4a black surch in pair with 3p on 4a, Bundi 1941 Arms, service opts to 1r (excl 4a), Burma 1937 opts to 25r and service to 10r, ICS Chamba 1938 to 25r (10r fake opt), 1943 to 25r, officials to 10r, Charkhari 1930-45 1p green, ½a black, 1939- 40 1a on 1r, Cochin 1946-48 to 3a (excl 4p), 1948-50 to 3a 4p, 1944-50 £5, Falkland Is 1935-50 to £1, GB 1939-48 to £1, Gwalior 1938-49 to 25r, HK 1938- 52 to both $10, India 1937-40 to 25r, 1948 Gandhi, 1949 to 15r, Jind 1937-38 to 25r, 1942-43 to 25r, officials to 10r, Malaya 1948-52 ‘Palm Tree’ set to $5, Kelantan 1937-40 Sultan Ismail to $5, Kuwait 1939 to 15r, Nabha 1938-39 to 25r, New Guinea 1939 Air to £1, New Hebrides 1938 to 10f, NZ Arms to 22s on 22s and 35s on 35s, also Cowan paper 25s, £2 10s, multiple wmk vals to £5 (excl 35s, £3 10s), North Borneo 1939 to $5, Orchha 1939-42 to 1r and 5r, Patiala 1937-38 to 25r, 1943-47 to 1r incl 9r, Perak 1938-41 to 5r, Samoa 1945- 50 Arms to £5, Sarawak 1945 BMA to $10, Seychelles 1938-49 to 5r, condition rather mixed with some toning and others heavily hinged, however others fine u/m, s.t.c. £77,000+ by vendor (Plate) £6000-£7000 MIXED COLLECTIONS 3053 2B Literature: Selection of Hong Kong based auction catalogues, mostly featuring Chinese or HK related material and dating between 2015 and 2018, companies represented include Interasia, Zurich Asia, John Bull, Spink and Unitric, good reference material (68) £25-£30 3054 E Used duplicated accumulation in stockbook with some QV India including 1856- 68 odds to 8a and later to 1950s, Greece 1896 Olympics to 25l (30+ of some vals) with possible pmk interest, HK odds from QV to 1950s, Ceylon KGVI, Finland and Turkey (Few Hundreds) £30-£34 3055 A Superior “childhood” collection in small green Simplex loose-leaf album, mostly cheaper but pickings to be found amongst GB, Australia (ncl 1915-27 wmk w6 5s used), Canada (incl 1893 20c, 1897-98 10c used), France, India (incl 1854 4a c.t.shape used) and NZ (a couple of Chalons) and maybe elsewhere (Few Hundreds) £35-£45 3056 ½B 1950s ‘Junior’ collection in two well filled ‘Movaleaf’ albums and stockbook, some slightly better GB, India and Australia, also loose GB 1977 Racket Sports ‘Squash Rackets Association’ first day cover with Harrow special h.s. and Harrow School cachet and 1972 BBC 75th Anniversary staff presentation pack, last two items fine £40-£44 3057 E 1962 Anti-Malaria Campaign, worldwide selection of issues in blocks of 4, housed in original new issue packets and accompanied by 1963 Healy & Wise invoices which indicate an original purchase price in excess of £100!, all fine u/m (Few Hundreds) £50-£60 3058 E All world selection arranged in a stockbook and loose including Great Britain used high values, 1951 Festival set to £1 u/m, San Marino 1961 Air 1000l. u/m, few envelopes/postcards. (hundreds) £50-£60 3059 4B Large and untidy accumulation with ‘world’ collections, kiloware (some sorted into countries), loose covers incl a box of 1980s Jamaican covers, GB and Israeli fdcs and a quantity of Indian KGV ‘OHMS’ stamped envelopes, a great lot for sorting and will be a bargain at estimate! (Many Thousands); Sold for the Croydon ‘Cats Protection’ £50-£60 3060 1½B Worldwide jumbled assortment between 1920s and 1980s in two cartons, mostly used and mounted on pages with little of individual value but ideal for sorting (Few Thousands) £50-£60
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3061 6B Mostly late 1960s to early 1980s collection in six cartons of GB, CIs and IOM, France, Malta, South Africa, Ireland and DDR, a few in albums but most in original new issue packets and envelopes, largely mint but GB includes some stamp booklets and first day covers, not guaranteed to be comprehensive, also a quantity of used stamps taken off the post and a few club packet books (Thousands) £240-£260 3062 A Collection of covers and postcards from around 1900 to 1940s, the majority being WW1 and WW2 censored mail, former including Germany 1917 PPC of Sylt with military air corps cachet and censor, Switzerland 1916 PPC with ‘MEGGEN’ prisoner of war cachet, several stampless PPCs and covers from France to England with British censors, latter incl 1944 cover from London to Coleraine (N. Ireland) with censor strip, 1942 London to Sydney with Australian censor, condition mixed in places but most fine (67) £80-£90 3063 B An All World accumulation housed in ten assorted volumes, three approval books, album leaves and loose, etc., including Oppens album with some stamps excised, well-filled Strand album, Färoe Islands mint, 1977 SJ onmibus £80-£90 3064 5B Substantial accumulation of GB in 22 volumes plus loose with majority of value in 1980s and early 1990s postage including presentation packs and booklets, also a few fdcs, also mixed worldwide accumulation in several volumes plus loose, mostly used stamps taken off the post from QV to 1980s with majority from 1950s onwards with some slightly better Germany and Channel Islands: Sold on behalf of Mission for Seafarers (Hundreds) £100-£120 3065 B Duplicated accumulation in 9 stockbooks and albums with range of countries incl Australia and Germany, worldwide Thematic and ‘Cinderella’, very mixed cond (Thousands) £100-£120 3066 B Birds: Collection of Birds on stamps in ten stockbooks with sets, singles and sheetlets from many countries, mostly cto or u/m, a very good ‘starter’ lot for thematic collecting (Hundreds) £100-£120 3067 5B Large accumulation of world stamps, in tins, tubs, on pages, stockcards and loose, with some Royalty interest, but mostly kiloware and bundleware, also a small range of cigarette cards (Thousands) £100-£120 3068 ½B Diverse selection in four volumes incl GB 1902-10 short set to 1s unused, 1937- 47 set u/m, range of Germany, mixed condition with many fine (Hundreds) £90-£100 3069 e Paquebots: 1901-24 interesting group of fifteen PPC’s and one envelope with an assortment of paquebot d.s. including 1901-05 pair with different ‘DEUTSCHE SEEPOST’ c.d.s. plus Aden transits, Bombay-Aden Sea Post office d.s. (codes B and C), barred ‘PAQUEBOT/ADEN’ c.d.s. used on twelve items franked with Great Britain stamps, 1910-27 (chromo postcard of SS ‘Marmosa’ noted) showing gradual deterioration of of the h.s. £100-£120 3070 2B An All World accumulation housed in eighteen assorted volumes and loose, etc., including Australia, India, New Zealand and Norfolk Islands; condition mixed. (thousands) £100-£120 3071 B Flight: Collection of RAF type covers in three volumes (one broken) from various countries many signed, also two volumes entitled ‘100 Years of Flight’ £100-£120 3072 ½B All World mixed mint and used accumulation housed in three albums with strength in Great Britain and Empire, condition variable. (hundreds) £100-£120 3073 ½B Older assortment in five volumes incl two used GB 1840 1d black (faults), range of 1864-79 1d reds, Switzerland 1852 5r, 10r, 15r used and a few other odds, condition very mixed (200+) £100-£120
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3074 E LEVANT: mixed mint and used selection arranged on album leaves including Austrian with used 1867-83 50s., perf. 10½ and 12, British, French, German, Italian with mint and Russian with 1863-66 6k. medium paper unused ( no gum); also small postal history selection with stationery; condition variable. (hundreds) £120-£140 3075 B The Americas: Collection of North and Latin America with some Caribbean Islands (mostly non-Commonwealth), housed in 11 stockbooks to 1980s, a mixture of mint and used (mostly the latter), the majority of countries represented but scarcer stamps generally absent, condition very mixed in places and some forgeries present but a good basic lot (Thousands) £150-£170 3076 3B Assortment in three cartons, mostly loose with some 1950s-60s mint short sets in new issue packets, much more used off paper and a few albums, would repay sorting! (Thousands) £150-£170 3077 E All world collection arranged in an old-time printed “The Standard Postage Stamp Album” with strength in Europe including Great Britain 1840 1d. (3, two on entires); condition mixed. (hundreds) £150-£170 3078 3B An early to modern accumulation housed in twenty assorted volumes with a good range of mint decimal issues including blocks and Isle of Man; also four further volumes and assorted loose of general world issues. (thousands) £150-£170 3079 A Banknotes: Diverse accumulation in album including Bank of England 1970s £1 Page (4), 1980s £1 Somerset, £5 Gill, Kentfield, Lowther, £10 Kentfield, £20 Kentfield, Lowther, Bank of Scotland 1996 £5, RBS 2000 £10, Jersey £1 and £5 ‘Black’, Canada 1986 $5, HSBCo 1992 $10, $50, Denmark 1918 5k and 1921 1k, Kazakhstan 2012 500t, a few later Imperial Russian odds, Russia 1995 10,000r and Egypt 1995 £E10, most taken from circulation but BoE notes fine (63) £160-£180 3080 ½B Banknotes and Coins: Accumulation in carton, majority of value in Bank of England notes from 1950s to recent (none current) including 10s (30+), £1 (33), £5 (7) and £10 (6), a few Jersey, Guernsey & IOM £1 and some British Armed Forces notes to £5, a few interesting non UK including East Africa 1921 5s (with punch holes), Fiji 1937 5s, Gibraltar 1954 10s and 1965 £1, India KGV 10r (2), KGVI 5r and 10r, Burma KGVI 10r, Straits Settlements 1919 10c, De Beers 1s token, South Africa 1947 £5, £10, 1952 £10, condition poor to uncirculated, the coins of little value (200+) £200-£250 3081 B Duplicated accumulation in 11 stockbooks and albums with range of countries incl Australia, Denmark, Italy, Portugal and Vatican City, also a small collection on ‘Buildings on Stamps’ and worldwide ‘Frama’ labels, very mixed cond (Thousands) £200-£220 3082 4B A large All world accumulation housed in four large cartons with mainly stamps in packets/envelopes and postal history. Condition variable. (many thousands) £200-£250 3083 e Military Mail selection of cards/envelopes including WWI Austrian battleships (4), WWII with US Forces (22), later Indian Forces (6); also Bangladesh postal stationery locally handstamped on Pakistan (13). Mostly good to fine £200-£2200 3084 E Interesting older accumulation in large envelope including GB 1946 Victory set in sheets, with at least three sheets of each incl one 2½d showing extra porthole fore, 1841 1d red-brown block of 4 used, 1864-79 1d red plate 190 wmk inv, unused block of 4, 1939-48 2s 6d yellow-green (2 creased), 5s red, 10s ultramarine in u/m blocks of 4, Iraq 1918 surchs to 10r on 100pi m/m (no 1920 vals), Barbados 1920 Victory to 3s m/m (both 1d absent), Cook Islands m/m range from 1891 incl 1891 to 10d, 1893-1900 to 1s, 1899 ½d in 1d, 1901 1d brown ‘crown’ opt, 1913-9 10d and 1s, Tonga odds to 1920s, Ceylon 1935-36 to 1r, a few 1948-9 RSWs including Pitcairn Is, set of Suez Canal forgeries, page of Armenia opts on Russia and NZ 1936 ANZAC in sheets, some tone spotting but much fine (Few Hundreds) £200-£250
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3085 B An All World accumulation in thirteen assorted volumes and loose including France and Colonies mint, Germany, Japan, New Zealand with mint 19336-42 values to 3s., Health stamps and miniature sheets mint/used, U.S.A. with 1898 Trans-Mississippi 50c. used and United States Post Office Department visit of the philatelic truck souvenir sheetlet (u/m), condition variable. (thousands) £200-£220 3086 B An old-time all World accumulation arranged in six assorted volumes, twenty- two approval books, album leaves and loose in packets/cigarette boxes including Egypt, Great Britain, Iran, Japan, Johore with Postage Due 1938 to 50c. mint, Netherlands Indies and U.S.A. with unused. An interesting lot with careful inspection essential. (thousands) £200-£200 3087 E An old-time all World collection arranged in a Justin Lallier Postage Stamp album (Second edition-1863), partly-filled, with more interesting including Austria 1858- 59 blue St. Andrew’s Cross label, German States, India 1854 ½a., 1a., 2a., 4a. (cut-to-shape), U.S.A. 1847-5 5c. grey-brown (close to large margins) unused, 1862-66 5c. red-brown unused, Floyd’s Penny Post, Chicago local stamp 5c. (four even margins) used, condition very mixed as per usual and some pages partly or completely excised nevertheless a fascinating early edition from one of the classic album makers. (hundreds) £200-£200 3088 B Cinderellas and Revenues: Assortment in carton including latter from South Africa, India, Canada, Iraq, Rhodesia incl 1898 £5 and £20 ovpt’d REVENUE, Sarawak 1890s 3c Charles Brooke 3c unused, GB incl KGV Public Records issues, also some Railway Letter and parcel stamps, would benefit from viewing (Few Thousands) £200-£250 3089 A An All world old-time collection housed in “The Excelsior Postage Album” (cover partly detached) including China mint with 1897 ‘Red Revenue’ 1c. on 3c.,; also a GB envelope from the Russian Ambassador in London containing Russian postal stationery. An interesting lot. (hundreds) £200-£220 3090 E An old-time All World accumulation arranged in two albums including partly- filled Oppens with 1878-83 Large Dragons used 1ca, 2ca., 5ca.; also postal history selection with Kedah 1940 censored airmail envelope to Scotland; condition mixed. (hundreds) £200-£220 3091 3B A mixed mint and used All World accumulation housed in forty-three assorted volumes. three plastic folders and loose, etc., including partly-filled “Ideal” album, British Commonwealth and Europe; also first day covers and postcards. (many thousands) £200-£220 3092 3B Very mixed lot incl world collection in six small albums, three albums of u/m Commonwealth min sheets, GB and Commonwealth fdcs, Royalty issues, quantity of lightly duplicated GB 1970s/80s pres packs etc, good lot for sorting (Thousands) £200-£220 3093 An All World accumulation housed in sixteen assorted volumes and loose, etc. with strength in Great Britain including earlier f.d.c.’s with 1948 (23 Apr.) RSW set on plain f.d.c., decimal mint and Empire with Australia, Canada, India and New Zealand. (thousands) £200-£220 3094 A Aviation: Collection of postcards and similar items including real photographic cards of pre and WW1 biplanes, a number of similar cards depicting Zeppelins and Balloons, a good selection of Valentine’s Aircraft Recognition cards and some modern issues, mostly fine (200+) £200-£220
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3095 ½B Postal History: 1840-1959 (c.) all world selection selection with most addressed to Scotland including more interesting Barbados 1943 (12 Oct.) franked ½d. yellow-bistre (2, one with ‘Re-cut line’), 1½. and 1s., France 1852 (13 Feb.) entire letter franked with 1849 1f. (defective) tied by Grille sans fin and underpaid, Gold Coast 1937 (9 Oct.) bearing ‘FIRST FLIGHT/REGULAR AIR MAIL SERVICE/GOLD COAST-NIGERIA’ boxed h.s. in violet, Great Britain 1842 (24 May) Mulready (stereo A238) re-folded with black MC, 1867 from Edinburgh to Jeruslem franked 1865-67 6d., plate 5, India 1924 Mount Everest label on postcard from Darjeeling, Thailand 1902 1½a. surcharged postal stationery card used (defective), Samoa 1893 document wallet registered from Samoa franked 2s.6d. (defective) then forwarded via U.S.A franked Columbus 8c., 30c. (both defective) and 1890-93 10c. (Webster) pair, face bearing San Francisco Reg. Division oval cancel, the reverse with New York, Edinburgh and Glasgow registered transit h.s. (150+) £200-£200 3096 B Diverse and interesting assortment in 8 volumes including selection of mostly 1940s-50s southern African commercial covers incl bundle (50) of Northern Rhodesia (mostly KGVI 1½d carmine-red or yellow-brown) from Kitwe, Lusaka or Mufulira to Johannesburg, Germany mostly 1930s with some u/mint incl 1934 Schiller (2), 1935 Musicians (4), Railways (2), 1936 Local Gov’t (2), Hindenburg 50pf (5, with brown gum), viewing suggested (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 3097 B Picture Postcards: Range of mostly UK topographical cards from around 1900 to 1940s in two shoe boxes, arranged by county with much interesting content and perhaps 80% used, also some Liberian cards including a number used before 1920 and some other odds (Few Hundreds) £200-£250 3098 B An All World accumulation housed in ten assorted volumes, three approval books, album leaves and loose, etc., including Oppens album with some stamps excised, well-filled Strand album, Färoe Islands mint, 1977 SJ omnibus mint. (thousands) £80-£220 3099 1½B Mixed range in 11 volumes incl a collection of mostly mint Portugal to 1995 in four ‘KA-BE’ albums incl 1924 Camoens set, also various Portuguese and Spanish colonies, duplicated low value GB KGV and KGVI used, also two dealers’ stockbooks with various singles/pairs, very mixed cond with many affected by toning (Hundreds) £210-£230 3100 B Mixed worldwide accumulation mostly on loose pages and used with scarcer stamps generally absent, would provide weeks of sorting, typically mixed condition (Thousands) £-£200 3101 3B Very mixed ‘clear-out’ lot incl a useful (and unusual) collection of Yemen, small collection of Togo with quantity of ‘proofs’ , fdcs incl Ghana and Japan, 3 albums of postcards, various ‘new issues’ in original packets etc, very untidy but will repay close inspection (Thousands) £300-£350 3102 3B Duplicated accumulation in stockbooks and albums with range of countries incl Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain and USA, also thematic interest incl Trains, various min sheets and revenues very mixed cond (Thousands) £300-£350 3103 2B Collectors clear-out lot in 17 albums/stockbooks incl a few GB pres packs and fdc’s, mixed country albums with some thematic content, various covers etc (Many Hundreds) £300-£350 3104 3B Duplicated accumulation in 31 stockbooks/albums with range of countries incl Australia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hong Kong, Morocco Agencies, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and South Africa, also thematic interest incl Christmas and Churchill very mixed cond (Thousands) £300-£350
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3105 3B Duplicated accumulation in 31 stockbooks and albums with range of countries incl Canada, Germany, Italy, Malawi, San Marino, Spain and USA, also some thematic interest very mixed cond (Thousands) £250-£300 3106 3B Africa and Asia: Accumulation in 11 volumes from late 1800s to 1980s, mostly used and scarcer stamps generally absent but with more extensive selections of Egypt and Japan, also 8 additional general volumes and a quantity of loose with some better European odds (Thousands) £250-£300 3107 B Assortment in carton including two volumes of mostly m/mint Egypt from 1890s to around 1999, scarcer stamps generally absent but a good basis for expansion and a 1930s volume including some 1935 Silver Jubilee sets m/m including Falkland Is, HK, Gibraltar and Bermuda, remainder rather more mixed and of little real value (Hundreds) £250-£300 3108 2B Mixed accumulation in two cartons, mostly housed in stockbooks with slightly better selections of Switzerland, Egypt, Italy, Australia and KGVI Commonwealth odds, condition rather mixed (Few Thousands) £250-£300 3109 E Rather eclectic mostly older (to 1960s) mixture on album pages including British Occupation of Togo 1914 3mm spacing 25pf, 40pf, 80pf, 2mm spacing 30pf, ½d on 3pf, all m/m, 1916 London opt 10s m/m and 20s used, also French Occupation 20pf pair used and 30pf, Cameroon 1915 5s on 5s m/m (thinned), French Occupation 1915 5c, 10c, 20c and 50c, Tristan da Cunha (m/m) 1952 to 10s, 1954 to 10s (also used), 1960 and 1961 Marine Life sets, Pitcairn 1940-51, 1949 RSW and 1956 sets m/m and used, odds of Norfolk Island, Pakistan incl 1947 opt 15r and 25r m/m, odds of Palestine, Maldives, Ionian Is 1859 ½d orange m/m, Mosul odds, Heligoland (21) including four used, Bushire 2ch, 9ch and 10kr m/m (also fake 3ch) and some Batum Aloe Tree fakes (150+) £300-£350 3110 2½B Accumulation in 16 volumes and much loose, many countries represented and a mixture of mint and used (mostly the latter) with slightly better volumes of New Zealand from QV Chalons to 1990s, Canada from 1859 to 1990s, Australia from 1913, USA, Netherlands and France, condition mixed (Few Thousands) £300-£350 3111 ½B An old-time all World accumulation housed in four sparsely filled interleaved ‘Ideal’ albums including China 1897 ‘Red Revenue’ 1c. on 3c. used, Canada, Great Britain 1840 1d. used, Hong Kong and Germany; condition variable. (thousands) £300-£350 3112 2½B Worldwide collection in 26 volumes, mostly commercially used from QV to around 2000, generally of little individual value but with larger sections of USA, Australia, NZ and Malta, the majority value in GB which includes good range of mint issues from 1971 to around 2013 (not comprehensive) with useful postage content (Few Thousands) £350-£400 3113 B Unusual lot incl a quantity of album and home made pages with world range, a few useful noted incl Lagos 1897-1902 vals to 10s mint, Malayan States incl 1948 Wedding sets mint, Gambia incl KGVI vals to 5s mint, Hong Kong 1882-96 30c cnr marginal u/m, loose in envelopes, a few stockbooks etc, very untidy but worth inspection (Thousands) £500-£600 3114 B Very mixed lot in large box with untidy range of Commonwealth and Foreign countries, incl USA ‘Columbus’ values to 50c mint and a small range of early France, generally mostly lower values and a few items of postal history in very mixed cond (Thousands) £400-£450 3115 2B Mixed accumulation incl collection of Germany Allied Zones and DDR, various Commonwealth and Foreign countries on stock pages incl Italian and German States, large multiples and complete sheets, loose covers (mostly GB fdcs) etc, very mixed cond and untidy but will re-pay close inspection (Many Thousands) £400-£450
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3116 2B Very mixed lot incl mixed country collections, many in packs incl ‘new issues’, from many countries incl Channel islands, Hong Kong, Norway and Thailand, fdcs incl Hong Kong and New Zealand, booklets, large range of postal history with some Airmails noticed, very untidy but will reward time spent sorting (Many Thousands) £400-£450 3117 5B A vast All world accumulation housed in one hundred and seventeen assorted volumes contained in two large and five medium cartons including New Imperials (2), Ideals (2), KGVI album, Lincoln (2), etc., generally sparsely filled. Condition very mixed. (many thousands) £400-£450 3118 e Airmails: 1930-32 Round the World Flight by Captain Wolfgang von Gronau, group of 12 flown covers and one card carried on various stages of this journey including 1930 (26 Aug) New York to Canada, 1931 (10 Aug) from Iceland, 1932 (21 Jul) from Sylt, Germany to Mangalore, India with various frankings including Chicago (4 Aug), Prince Rupert, Canada (Aug 20), Tokyo (9 Sep), Manila (29 Sep), Tarakan, Netherlands Indies (2 Oct), Colombo, Ceylon (22 Oct) and Mangalore (23 Oct), 1932 (27 July) Montreal, 1932 (4 Aug) from Chicago, 1932 (24 Sep) from Shanghai, 1932 (29 Sept) from Manila, 1932 (9 Sep) from Tokyo, mostly fine and some signed by von Gronau or his companions £400-£450 3119 Range of mostly u/m from various countries in eight stock books, incl two volumes of China from 1974 to 1997 (no 1980 Monkey), GB incl Castles to £5 (2) and £10, Israel and a number of European counties, mostly fine £500-£600 3120 B Mixed early to modern range in 10 stockbooks covering many countries, neatly set out with both mint and used mostly lower to middle values but value in recent Commemorative sets, incl good ranges of Canada, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey and New Zealand, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £500-£550 3121 B Collection of largely older (to 1950s) Portugal & Colonies, Scandinavia and Great Britain with some Commonwealth odds in five volumes, better items include GB 1840 1d black used (2, one four margins), 1948 RSW £1 commercially used block of 4, 1951 set to £1 m/m, 1955 Waterlow set to £1 on two rather battered plain fdcs, Italy 1950s m/m odds including 1950 Tobacco Conference and 1951 Montecassino, Cape Verde 1948 pictorials to 20E m/m, Portugal 1931-38 Lusiad to 5E m/m, 1940 Rowland Hill min sheet m/m, 1941 Costumes to 2E m/m, 1946 St Mary of Castile min sheet m/m, Sweden 1858-72 5o to 50o duplicated used (only one 9o and 50o) with some postmark interest, 1872-79 to 50o duplicated used with postmark interest, 1916 Clothing Fund (on postage and postage due stamps) set ex 10o+4k90 on 5k, used (SG 86a/t), condition a little mixed (Hundreds) £500-£600 3122 B An All World accumulation housed in seventeen assorted volumes and loose, etc., including Great Britain with 1840 1d., 2d. (defective) and mint 1938-48 set of six to £1, decimal issues with some blocks and booklets, College stamps (4), India, Ireland, unmounted mint Northern Rhodesia 1953 to 20s., Nyasaland 1953-54 to 20s. and Southern Rhodesia 1953 to £1 u/m; condition variable with careful inspection essential. (thousands) £500-£600 3123 5B Large worldwide collection in almost 60 albums or stockbooks, with vast number of countries represented but generally lower to middle values with some thematic interest, cond varies (Many Thousands) £500-£600
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3124 ½B Diverse jumbled assortment in small carton with a number of interesting items including several GB WW1 & WW2 undeliverable covers with instructional marks, Russian POs in China 1915 parcel receipt with 10k and 50k (3) Kitai opts used from Shanghai, 1868 cover from India to London (6a 10p rate) readdressed to Scotland with 1d red, 1871 cover from Bermuda to England, sent soldiers rate with 1d red affixed on arrival in UK, 1941 postcard with Balmoral Castle cds, 1924 reg airmail cover to Baghdad f/w 1924 1d Wembleys x 2 plus KGV defin 1d and 4x 1½d, 1945 ITU Congress presentation folder, Br Guiana 1900 2c on 10c block of 6 incl no stop and GENTS var, India 1854 4a cut square, used ‘B/5’, also 1850 used ½a white Scinde Dawke which appears genuine, South Africa 1913 £1 cds used, 1926-27 2d to 10s in horiz pairs, m/m (toning), condition mixed but viewing recommended (Few Hundreds) £500-£600 3125 ½B Postal History: Worldwide assortment in small carton from pre-stamp to 1980s, however most from around 1900 to 1950s with better sections of Japan, Germany, Netherlands and USA, condition mixed in places but much fine, viewing strongly recommended! (Few Hundreds) £600-£700 3126 B Range in five’New Ideal’ albums (one badly damaged with no back cover), with smattering of stamps throughout, mostly lower to middle values but some useful China incl 1878-83 1c (faults) and 3c large ‘Dragon’ used, 1897 1c on 3c Revenue mint and 2c on 3c used, cond very mixed (Few Hundred) £700-£800 3127 B Mixed early to modern range in 10 stockbooks covering many countries, neatly set out with both mint and used mostly lower to middle values but value in recent Commemorative sets, incl good ranges of Australia, Cyprus, Falkland Islands (and Dependencies), Gibraltar, Ireland and St Helena, cond varies (Many Hundreds) £650-£750 3128 2B Very mixed lot incl foreign countries in two ‘New Ideal’ albums incl China, Germany and USA of note, ‘G’ to ‘N’ Commonwealth KGVI in album, boxes of kiloware, Royalty issues, quantity of GB ‘postage’, very mixed cond but worth close inspection (Many Thousands) £700-£800 3129 1½B Very mixed lot incl small range of used China (mostly 1960s), selection of Postal Congress Folders incl GB 1945, Australia incl 1949-50 Arms 5s to £2, Italy 1951 incl original notepaper, Grenada 1952 Postage Dues on chalky paper 2c black, 4c black and 6c black, each in panes of 60 including the St Edward crown (wmk w9b) watermark variety u/m, useful collections of Canada and Iceland, many loose stamps/covers in packets etc, noted 1840 1d black on entire a quantity of B.A.T., F.I.D. and Ghana in large multiples, GB incl pres packs, very untidy but will repay close inspection £900-£1000 3130 ½B Worldwide collection to 1950s (a few later) in two rather battered SG “Imperial” albums, mostly used with a few better items including Ireland 1922 Dollard opt 2s 6d to 10s with additional 2s 6d and 5s, 1922 Thom opt 10s (SG 46), 1922- 23 Thom opt 2s 6d to 10s, China 1897 small figures 30c on 24ca severed pair used by pa kua, 1897 2c on 3c red revenue m/m (toned at top), HK incl 1891 20c on 30c used part oval Liu Kung Tau, India 1854-55 4a c.t.s. used on piece, condition mixed and remaindered in places but an interesting lot (Few Hundreds) £1100-£1300 3131 B Mixed lot incl very interesting original ‘World’ collection in six ‘Movaleaf’ albums, many useful sections incl (used unless stated) China with 3ca Dragon with Chingking postmark in red (top right corner missing), Hong Kong incl 1880 5c on 8c and 1891 Jubilee 2c and KGV vals to $10 and 1948 RSW, New Zealand 1931 Smiling Boys pair and GB with 1840 1d black (2) and 2d blue, 1d reds incl plate 225, surface printed to 10s, KEVII vals to £1, then a number of others volumes with mixed range incl GB ‘postage’ and one page with 6 1d blacks (fillers), very mixed cond but a useful lot (Thousands) £1500-£1700
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Item Description Est Mixed Collections continued 3132 E Postal History: Interesting accumulation of largely airmails in large envelope including Germany 1912 Darmstadt flown card, 1941 POW postcard from Stalag XXI to Scotland, 1926 England to Australia flight, 1931 Catapult flight from ‘Europa’ to Southampton, 1935 Zeppelin flights Germany-Brasil and return, also others including Italy, France and Denmark, Monaco 1914 Air Rally card with vignette, 1904 cover from Bulawayo to England, multiply re-addressed, 1900 long cover from London to Belgium, with Belgian postage dues and returned to England, 1937 cover England to India, re-addressed with at least 14 backstamps, France 1870 (15 Nov) ‘Ballon Monte’ entire, Russia 1931 Polar Flight, Greece 1933 Zeppelin set on part cover, 1938 Halliburton Trans-Pacific Expedition selection of covers, condition a little mixed (90+) £1500-£1700 3133 6B Rocket Mail: Substantial collection in 20 volumes from 1930s to 1980s, comprising many flown covers, also vignettes and related stamps, better areas include USA with some NASA related items, France, Netherlands, Germany with much pre WW2, also three volumes of general space and aviation related stamps and covers, viewing essential (Hundreds) £2000-£2200 3134 ½B Worldwide collection in two “Ideal” albums to mid 1930s, better items/areas (used unless noted) include Australia ‘roos to 5s and a few better 1930s commems, Gibraltar 1889 surchs to 75c on 1s (higher vals m/m), 1889-96 odds incl 5p m/m, 1904-07 MCA 2s blue and green, 1912-20 MCA 2s to 8s m/m, 1921-27 script 4s, GB 1840 1d black (3) and 2d blue, 1841 2d blue strip of 3, also single used 12 in mc, later SP and KEVII to 5s, 1918-19 BW 5s and 10s m/m, 1929 PUC £1 (tiny tear), HK incl QV 5c blue pair used large part Pakhoi dollar chop, Mauritius incl a few better Britannia types, NZ incl a few imperf Chalons, ICS Patiala 1884 2a official (SG O3), Southern Nigeria 1903-04 KEVII to 10s m/m, Sudan Camel types to 10p m/m, Iraq 1923 to 10r, Ireland 1935 re-engraved to 10s, Kuwait 1923-24 5r m/m, Malta 1922 Self Gov’t to 5s m/m and some 1930s odds to 5s, condition mixed in places but much fine, this collection was formed by Sir Douglas Gracey and is accompanied by a brief resume of his life (Hundreds) £2000-£2200
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3.1.4 You are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of the goods and the ;I SJJIV MRXIVRIX WIVZMGIW EW E GSRZIRMIRGI XS SYV GPMIRXW;I [MPP RSX FI matters referred to in the catalogue description. VIWTSRWMFPIJSVIVVSVWSVJEMPYVIWXSI\IGYXIFMHWTPEGIHSRXLIMRXIVRIXMRGPYHMRK without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) a loss of internet connection ([DPLQDWLRQRIJRRGV F] IMXLIV TEVX] JSV [LEXIZIV VIEWSR MM E FVIEOHS[R SV TVSFPIQW [MXL XLI =SYEVI WXVSRKP] EHZMWIH XS I\EQMRI TIVWSREPP] ER] KSSHW MR [LMGL ]SY EVI online bidding software and/or (iii) a breakdown or problems with your internet MRXIVIWXIHFIJSVIXLIEYGXMSRXEOIWTPEGI'SRHMXMSRVITSVXWEVIYWYEPP]EZEMPEFPI GSRRIGXMSR GSQTYXIV SV W]WXIQ )\IGYXMSR SJ SRPMRI MRXIVRIX FMHW SR [[[ SRVIUYIWX;ITVSZMHIRSKYEVERXIIXS]SYSXLIVXLERMRVIPEXMSRXS*SVKIVMIW WXERPI]KMFFSRWGSQ ERH [[[XLI7EPIVSSQGSQ MW E JVII WIVZMGI YRHIVXEOIR EWWIXSYXMRGPEYWISJXLIWI8IVQWERH'SRHMXMSRW subject to other commitments at the time of the auction and we do not accept PMEFMPMX]JSVJEMPMRKXSI\IGYXIERSRPMRIMRXIVRIXFMHSVJSVIVVSVWSVSQMWWMSRWMR GSRRIGXMSR[MXLXLMWEGXMZMX]&Y]IVW[LSEGUYMVIPSXWSRXLI7EPIVSSQGSQQE] LEZIEREHHMXMSREPJIISRXLILEQQIVTVMGIEHHIHXSXLIMVMRZSMGIJSVYWMRKXLMWJEGMPMX] Stanley Gibbons Collections and Ranges pages.qxp_Layout 1 22/08/2018 09:10 Page 78
4.5 Telephone Bids 5.4 Payment If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall =SYQYWX TVSZMHI YW [MXL ]SYV JYPP REQI ERH TIVQERIRX EHHVIWW ERH MJ WS YWIVIEWSREFPIIRHIEZSYVWXSGSRXEGX]SYXSIREFPI]SYXSTEVXMGMTEXIMRFMHHMRK requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. 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Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior 4.10 Private Sale Agreements EVVERKIQIRXWLEZIFIIRQEHI[MXL7+%;MXLSYXTVMSVEKVIIQIRXPSXW[MPPRSX -J]SYIRXIVMRXSER]TVMZEXIWEPIEKVIIQIRXWJSVER]0SX[MXLXLI7IPPIV[MXLMR FIVIPIEWIHYRXMPGPIEVIHJYRHWEVIVIGIMZIH[MXLVIKEVHXSTE]QIRXWQEHIF] HE]WSJXLIEYGXMSR[IEWI\GPYWMZIEKIRXWSJXLI7IPPIVVIWIVZIXLIVMKLXXS cheque. 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You are requested to contact us by telephone or in HMWGVIXMSR;I[MPPRSXRSVQEPP]I\IVGMWIXLEXHMWGVIXMSRMJXLI0SXMWRSXVIGIMZIH person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date. ]SYVFMHWXSEZSMHMRGYVVMRKGLEVKIWJSVPEXITE]QIRX 4.11.2 No lot may be returned on account of condition if the condition was stated on a 'IVXM½GEXISJ%YXLIRXMGMX]EGGSQTER]MRKXLI0SX 5.7 Packing and handling 4SWXEKIERHTEGOMRK[MPPFIGLEVKIHYRPIWWXLITYVGLEWIVMRHMGEXIWTVMSV 5 AFTER THE AUCTION XSXLI%YGXMSRGPSWMRKXLEXXLI][MPPGSPPIGXXLIMVPSXW-RXLIIZIRXXLEXXLI TYVGLEWIVGSPPIGXWXLIMVPSXWLEZMRKMRHMGEXIHSXLIV[MWISRXLIFMHJSVQ 5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges 4SWXEKIERH4EGOMRK[MPPRSXFIVIJYRHIH%PPTSWXEKIGLEVKIWEVIWYFNIGX -REHHMXMSRXSXLI,EQQIV4VMGI]SYQYWXTE]YWXLI&Y]IV´W4VIQMYQEXEVEXI XS:%8EXXLITVIZEMPMRKVEXI SJ SJXLI½REP,EQQIVTVMGISJIEGLPSXERHER]:%8ETTPMGEFPI Invoice Value UK EU Non EU 5.2 Value Added Tax 9TXS 9TXS :%8MWGLEVKIEFPISRXLI,EQQIVTVMGIERHXLI&Y]IV´W4VIQMYQSJEPP0SXWEX %FSZI XLIWXERHEVHVEXI GYVVIRXP] YRPIWWSXLIV[MWIMRHMGEXIHF]XLI:%87]QFSP RI\XXSXLI0SXRYQFIVMRXLIEYGXMSRGEXEPSKYI Boxed lots will be charged at cost plus £15 per box in addition to the above charges to cover handling and administration. 9$75HIXQGV %W[IVIQEMRPMEFPIXSEGGSYRXJSV:%8SREPP0SXWYRPIWWXLI]LEZIFIIRI\TSVXIH -XMWXLIVIWTSRWMFMPMX]SJXLI&Y]IVXSFIE[EVISJER]-QTSVX(YXMIWXLEXQE]FI outside the EU within 3 months of the date of sale, you will generally be asked to MRGYVVIHYTSRMQTSVXEXMSRXSXLI½REPHIWXMREXMSR7+%[MPPRSXEGGITXVIXYVRSJ HITSWMXEPPEQSYRXWSJ:%8MRZSMGIH'VIHMXW[MPPFIQEHI[LIRTVSSJSJI\TSVX ER]TEGOEKIMRSVHIVXSEZSMHXLIWIHYXMIW MWTVSZMHIH-J]SYI\TSVXXLI0SX]SYVWIPJ]SYQYWXSFXEMRGYWXSQWHSGYQIRXW -JXLI&Y]IVVIUYMVIWHIPMZIV]SJXLI0SXXSEREHHVIWWSXLIVXLERXLIMRZSMGI from the Administration Department for which a charge may be made. address he must notify SGA in writing. -J]SYI\TSVXXLI0SX]SYQYWXVIXYVRXLIZEPMHTVSSJSJI\TSVXGIVXM½GEXIXS YW[MXLMRQSRXLWSJXLIHEXISJWEPI-J]SYJEMPXSVIXYVRXLITVSSJSJI\TSVX 5HPHGLHVIRUQRQSD\PHQWRUIDLOXUHWRFROOHFWSXUFKDVHV GIVXM½GEXIXSYW[MXLMRWYGLTIVMSHERH]SYLEZIRSXEPVIEH]EGGSYRXIHXSYWJSV -J]SYJEMPXSQEOITE]QIRX[MXLMRWIZIRHE]WSJ]SYVWXMTYPEXIHTE]QIRXHEXIWIX the VAT, you will be liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot SYXMR]SYVMRZSMGI[IWLEPPFIIRXMXPIHXSI\IVGMWISRISVQSVISJXLIJSPPS[MRK ERH[IWLEPPFIIRXMXPIHXSMRZSMGI]SYJSVXLMWWYQ VMKLXWSVVIQIHMIW 8SETTP]JSVEVIJYRHSJER]:%8TEMHXLITVSSJSJI\TSVXGIVXM½GEXIQYWXFIWIRX XSGLEVKIMRXIVIWXEXXLIVEXISJ TIVQSRXLGSQTSYRHMRXIVIWXGEPGYPEXIHSR XSSYV%HQMRMWXVEXMSR(ITEVXQIRXGPIEVP]QEVOIH³:%86IJYRH´[MXLMRQSRXLW EHEMP]FEWMWJVSQXLIHEXIXLIJYPPEQSYRXMWHYI of the date of sale. 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SALE 5901 STANLEY GIBBONS LONDON 1856 | THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2018
COLLECTIONS & RANGES
4TH OCTOBER 2018
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