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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1287		Great Britain, Mint and Used Intact Collection 1840 to 1969, very comprehensive mint and used collection in 2 albums replete with high values with most items in much better condition than usually seen, starts with 1p and 2p Mulready envelopes unused sound quality, #'s 1-2 fine used with large margins, then nice range of 1841-58 fine used incl. some better items (noted SG#5i L2500, SG 27, 36a, etc.), embossed issues with nice cut squares, some surface printings are mint (few regummed), 1878 10/- and £1 are fine used, then mostly mint o.g. from 1880 onward usually with nice fresh colors, incl. #'s 78-87 (some n.h.), 88-89, 94-96, 98-107 (4p washed color), 108 (109-10 used), 111-22, 124 unused, 127-42 mostly l.h., Seahorses complete with all of the different printings except for De La Rue 10/-, then a nice run to QEII period (incl. fine used copy of 1929 £1 UPU), plus 1914-69 Postage Dues complete, a valuable collection with substantial cat. value. Extensive scans on our site. Estimate $15,000-18,000. View details and photo	Realized $16,100
Lot 1288		/o Great Britain, High Value Collection on Hingeless Pages, Running from 1840 to 1988 and comprehensive with better items in dupl., starts with 2 Mulreadys, #1s (10) plated, 2, 3 and 4 in different shades, Ivory Heads, 5-7, 33 pl. study, 75 (2), numerous mint or unused thru 1884, #96, 108 and 109 mint, numerous #96, 108 and 109 with various cancels, 111-122 (2) mint with extras of many, 127-142 mint and used with varieties and printings, 143-174 mint with multiple copies of 173 and 174, then mostly complete to 1954 with varieties and booklets mint incl. 209, then skips to 1971 to 1988 and appears complete mint, huge cat. and many better items to be found, must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Realized $12,650
Lot 1289		/o/ Great Britain, Stock in Sales Binders, couple hundred on sales sheets in three binders, incl. #1 (3), 93 marked at $650, covers, one book of prestige booklets, marked retails $16,000+, please inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 1290		Great Britain, Mostly Mint Intact Collection, in 3 Lighthouse albums and binder to 1996, starting scattered early mostly used incl. 1854-67 1d perf plating, SG#48-49 plated except #9, Seahorse £1 used, 1887 on mostly mint and spotty to 1934, mostly complete incl. Seahorses mint to 10/- after that, incl. some watermark varieties, Machins, mostly n.h. but some scattered toning, Dues 1954 on complete mint, scattered 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 1291		Great Britain, Offices in Morocco Intact Mint Collection 1898-1957, very extensive mint collection in album nearly complete o.g. to l.h. (few n.h.) loaded with complete sets incl. different printings of the Seahorse issues, 1907 De La Rue and Somerset printings of 12p on 10/- Edward VII, plus better items throughout, a nice clean lot fine to very fine, please inspect. Scanned in its entirety through George VI on our site. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1292		/ Great Britain, Offices in China Intact Mint Collection 1917-1927, fresh mint complete collection mostly l.h. (some n.h.) with 1917 $5-$10 l.h., 1922-27 $2 with some adhesions on the back, fine to very fine. Scanned in its entirety on our site. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1293		Great Britain, Offices in Turkey Intact Mint Collection 1885-1921, o.g. to l.h. nearly complete collection on 5 album pages, missing only 1906 1pi on 2p Edward VII (#25) and 1893 40pa on ½p Victoria (#6) is used, generally fine to very fine, 550. Scanned in its entirety on our site. Estimate $450-550. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 1294		/o Great Britain, Large Hoard of Machins, Thousands, dupl. mint and used in binders, up to £5, multiples, coil strips, some identified, incl. Islands, very much a project, inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1295		Great Britain, GV to Early QEII Stock, n.h., collector's accumulation of dupl. mint and some earlies used, incl. early pl. # strips, better mint panes incl. Scott #143a, 151a, 152a, SG#BB25, SG#M2s, M5u, extensive GVI low values with cylinder numbers (some dupl.), QEII stock identified per Gibbons mint and used panes inspect, overall Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1296		Great Britain, 23 19th Century Covers, 1850s to 1890's all except 1 to external destinations incl. U.S., Poland, Jamaica, stampless trans-atlantics, 1869 advertising, 1889 with U.S. Postage Dues, typical condition. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 1297		Great Britain, Cover Collection in Albums, 150+ in three album stampless to GV, incl. Foreign destinations, registered, censored, trans-atlantic, wrappers, and maiden voyage of the Queen Mary etc., generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1298		Great Britain, Collection in Scott Album, Hundreds mixed mint and used with a few better scattered throughout, incl. #1 (2), 2, 5 and 6 cut to shape, 107, some Officials and Offices, some finds to be had, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 1299		Great Britain, Modern Booklets, New Issues, in stockbooks incl. Channel Islands, sheetlets, pre and post decimal period, also document signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, clean. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1300		Great Britain, Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man Collections, n.h., in White Ace albums and incl. Jersey 1969-2006, Guernsey 1990-1996 and 2007, Isle of Man 1973-1995 and 2002 to 2004 and appear to be mostly complete for that period, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1301		Great Britain, Offices in Africa Intact Mint Collection 1942-1950, M.E.F., Eritrea, Somalia, Tripolitania, etc. on 13 album pages complete mint for the period incl. Postage Dues, generally l.h. fine to very fine. Scanned in its entirety through George VI on our site. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $334
Lot 1302		Great Britain, Year Books and More, n.h., 25 year books, 6 from G.B., 9 from Guernsey, 5 from Isle of Man and 5 from Guernsey, running between 1984 to 2005, incl. 2 1994 Channel Tunnel Services books, collection of about 70 PHQ cards, some are FD running between Scott #810 to 1440 and some Smile sheets with about $347 in cat. value, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1303		Great Britain, Mint Officials, group of 9, all with certs. and very small faults, incl. S.G. #O61, O67, O91, O103 and O106, the other 4 are forged overprints, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. SG £1,950. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1304		/o Great Britain, Remainder Collections, 5 hingeless albums somewhat sparse with a few better items, classics album has #1 (3) used and many other classics used, the others have some face value and Machins, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1305		Great Britain, Machin Mint Stock, n.h., few hundred sorted and identified by SG# with dupl., up to £5 values, all predecimal, clean mostly, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1306		Great Britain, Small Machin Mint Group, n.h., 208 diff. up to £5 value, Very Fine. 2012 Scott approximately $400. Estimate $100-140. View details	Realized $115

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