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Sale 62

June 2004 Worldwide Philatelic Auction

British Commonwealth Regional Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1589		/o Powerful and Extensive America Mint Collection, Few thousand in Scott specialty album to 1953, 19th Century mix of mint and used, later virtually all mint, Antigua #21 on complete., Bahamas #44 on complete, War Tax complete, Barbados classics including mint #1, 4 pair, 19, used 8-9 (2 of each), 26, 43, #60 on complete, also dupl. for cancels and shades, Barbuda #1-11 o.g., Bermuda #18 on virtually complete (missing #51, 53- 54, 79), G.VI key plates with shades, printings, Br. Guiana #160 on complete, Br. Honduras mint including. #1, 4, 8-9, 11, 15, #28 on complete (except 57), Caymans mint only missing #4, 19-20, 69-80, Dominica complete except #14, 85, all mint from #13 onwards, Falklands including #54-63, 84-96 o.g., Grenada #20 on virtually all mint, only missing #33 and 35, duplication for shades, plus Dues mint and used, Jamaica #15, 17 mint, complete from #24 on, plus Revenues, Leewards complete except #16, plus used from various Islands, Montserrat complete except #1-2, 9 used, St. Kitts-Nevis complete except #64, St. Lucia complete from #27, Dues complete, St. Vincent complete mint from #55 except 89, Trinidad including. #1 (cert.), 74-90 (no 77), 92-102, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos complete, Virgin Is. complete except #6, with shades, several items with certs., the finest overall condition we have seen, fine to very fine. Estimate $10,000-12,000. View details	Realized $17,250
Lot 1590		/o Extensive Africa Mint and Used Collection, Few thousand in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1964, classics a mix of mint and used, 20th Century virtually all mint, with many pages with duplication used, Ascension complete. including G.V.I perf. varieties, Basutoland complete., Bechuanaland and Protectorate mint, complete from #67, B.E.A. #14-30 mint (no 26), C.G.H. triangles used, East Africa #31-54 mint, Gambia complete mint from #12 except #125-28, Gold Coast #1-3 used, 25 on complete mint (no 94-95), with much duplication used, Lagos including #50-59, Mauritius #68-75 o.g., 137-51 o.g., Natal #96 o.g., Nigeria 1-32 including. 12a mint, Northern Nigeria complete o.g. (no 18A), Nyasaland 12-23 mint, Rhodesia 43-49 o.g., St. Helena 2B unused, 8-10 mint, 101-10 o.g., Seychelles including. 63-114 o.g., Sierra Leone 6-8 mint, 34-46 o.g., 64-76 o.g., Somaliland complete mint including Officials, Southern Nigeria complete mint except #20, Tanganyika complete mint, condition much better than usually seen, especially on the 19th Century material, overall fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $9,000-10,000. View details	Realized $14,950
Lot 1591		/o Asia Mint and Used Collection, Few thousand in Scott specialty album to 1963, with some dupl, Aden including #1-12 o.g., Bahrain 14 used, 20-37 used, 38-51 n.h., Ceylon Chalon heads used, later mint including 178-96, 254-58, Hong Kong classics used including 23 (fault), 21 unused, 65 mint, 144 o.g., 154-166A with many n.h., Q.E.II n.h., some Treaty Port cancels, interesting Nepal, Straits Settlements including 93-104 o.g., 109-28 o.g., nice mint Malaya States, condition better than usually seen on 19th Century, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $4,000-4,500. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1592		/o Extensive Europe Mint and Used Collection, Several hundred in Scott specialty album to 1980's, Cyprus including #1 mint, 4, 7, 9 used, 11-2 unused, 17 used, 28-37 o.g., 48-59 o.g., 61-71 used, 72-86 o.g., Gibraltar virtually complete including #1-6, 8-21 used, 22-38, 39-47, 49-63 o.g., onward mint only missing #93, G.VI with perf. varieties, Ireland with extensive mint overprints on G.B. to 10/-, only missing 93-95, Malta virtually complete mint only missing #1-2, 65, 73, to 1953, condition much better on classics than usually seen, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $5,290
Lot 1593		/o Modern Mint Stock, Few thousand on small sales cards (102's) in small white boxes, no 19th Century noted, some G.V and G.V.I mint and used, but value in n.h. and l.h. Q.E.II 1960's to 1980's sets, duplication, good variety of countries and issues, clean stock, ready for retail, fine to very fine. Owners (2003-04) cat. $17,600. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 1594		/o Africa Collection to 1960, Few thousand in Scott specialty album, 19th Century mostly used, 20th mostly mint, value in sets and singles from G.V. to Q.E.II (latter n.h.), some high values with revenue cancels, note British East Africa overprints used, Rhodesia double heads mint to 1/-, Seychelles mostly mint including #1-21, Zululand, etc., mixed condition on 19th Century, later generally fine to very fine. Estimate $2,300-2,600. View details	Realized $4,140
Lot 1595		o Massive Cancel Collection of Over 10,000, On Hagner pages in 28 albums, stamps arranged by country and cancel type, better countries including Barbados, Bermuda, Ceylon and British Africa many common stamps, but some surprises will be found throughout, average to fine, worth a close look, many years putting this together. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1596		/o Asia Collection in 2 Volumes, Few thousand mint and used in Scott specialty albums, better late G.V.I and early Q.E.II mint sets throughout, including Aden with States, Ceylon classics used including #2, Hong Kong Q.V. used including 2-7, 17, 68, India O47-51 o.g., Maldives 1-6 o.g., 1950?s n.h. Nepal, Pakistan (Bahawalpur) complete mint, Singapore n.h., Trans- Jordan mint, etc., few faults on classics, modern fine to very fine. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 1597		/o Europe and Oceania Collection, Few thousand in 2 volumes to 1960, Great Britain classics including #1-2 used, other Q.V. values to 10/- used, Edward set to £1 used, G.V. mint, early QE II n.h., few Dues, Offices including Morocco mint to 5/-, Turkey to 5/-, Australia "Roos" mint or used to 5/-, later mint, Officials, Dues, Solomon Is., G.VI set mint, early Cyprus mint and used, Gibraltar G.V to 5/- mint, first Q.E.II set n.h., Ireland including overprints on G.B., 1950?s n.h. sets, Malta with classics and first Q.E.II set n.h., New Guinea, and Papua mint including 1952 set to £1 n.h., New Zealand including. Chalon heads, some Australian States, mixed condition on 19th Century, later generally fine. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 1598		/o Australia and New Zealand Mostly Used Collection, Several hundred on homemade pages to 1940, Australia with extensive "Roos" to 10/- (#55, 127 used) and G.V. values, 95a o.g., 130-132 used, Airs, Officials including perf. OHMS, Dues, New Zealand with several Chalon heads including #14, 35, 27 used, later issues well represented, Semi?s, Airs, Dues, Officials, clean collection with condition much better than usual, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1599		/ Oceania Mint Collection, Few hundred in Scott album to 1970's, o.g. to n.h. (few used), including B.I.O.T. n.h., Solomon Is. #8-18, 43-56 o.g., Brunei 43-58, Fiji with some classics used, 79-92 o.g., Gilbert and Ellice 1-7, 27-31 o.g., Nauru 1-15 o.g., New Hebrides 1-6, 31, 50-61 o.g., fresh and fine to very fine collection. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1600		/o Africa Collection in Minkus Album, Mint and used, reasonably full, decent sets complete, some classics, generally fine to very fine. Cat. $8200. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1601		//o Collector's Collections in Scott Specialty Albums, Mostly n.h. sets and singles with value from 1930's to 1990's, consists of Australia including #365-79 n.h., few earlier including cto'd Sydney Bridge 5/-, Channel Islands virtually complete. to 1990's, New Zealand including B3-4 o.g., and A.A.T., Christmas Is., Cocos, Norfolk, and Papua New Guinea, clean collections, excellent group to expand, fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1602		/o Mint and Used Oldtime Stock, 1851 to 1980, on stockpages in 6 binders, features material from British Asia, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, some Great Britain also included, strength in 19th Century with some duplication, very high cat. by Gibbons, some faults on classics, otherwise generally fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1603		1937 Coronation Complete in Full Sheets, N.h. (30 sets minimum), no Newfoundland, also extras in sheets and part sheets, a huge hoard of this issue, high cat., fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1604		/o Mint and Used Revenue Stock, On #102 sales cards in 4 black boxes, including large group of Canada, priced for sale, heavy duplication, but still much variety, faulty to fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1605		New Issues, N.h., large box filled, from Great Britain, Channel Islands and other Colonies, substantial face and catalog value, generally very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1606		/o Accumulation of Mostly Mint to 1940's, Few hundred including stockpages, on pages and small stockbook, including South West Africa #108-20 set mint, New Zealand with turn of Century values mint to 5/- and later, Samoa, Grenada, Sudan, Malta to 10/-, North Borneo, better British Honduras with Q.V. and Edward values to $2, etc., generally fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1607		/o Collection on Homemade Pages in 4 Volumes, Mint, used, hundreds in spring back binders, 1850's to 1980's, noted classic Great Britain with values to 5/-, later used and mint, modern n.h. new issues, noted C.G.H., Ireland overprints on G.B., Newfoundland, British Africa, mixed condition on classics, balance mostly fine or better. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1608		/o Great Britain and Ireland Collection to 1978, In Scott album mint and used, G.B. 19th Century to 1948 mostly used, complete mostly mint after that, few Channel Islands, nominal Ireland mostly mint, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1609		/ Mostly Malaya States Collection, N.h. to o.g., late 1950's to early 1960's, many sets n.h. to $5, including Singapore perf. 18 values to $5 n.h., #28-42 n.h., many letter sets and souvenir sheets still in glassines, plus nice group of early Pitcairn in front including 1948 Silver Wedding n.h., fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1610		Pacific Mint Collection, 1901 to 1979, mostly mint in Scott specialty album, including Christmas Is., Cocos Is., New Guinea, Norfolk Is., Papua New Guinea, generally complete sets with strength in Papua New Guinea, much topical appeal, clean and very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1611		/ 1935 Silver Jubilee Complete Mint, On pages or stockpages, n.h. (including Hong Kong, Falklands) to o.g., including other designs, very fine. Cat. £900. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1612		/ Europe and Oceania Mint Collection, Few hundred in Scott specialty album, Fiji, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice, Ireland and Malta, nice run of l.h. and n.h. definitive and commemorative sets, most value in 1930's to 1960's, fresh, fine to very fine. Owners cat. $1850+. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1613		Four Oceania Never Hinged Collections, Consisting of A.A.T. (Cat. $169), B.I.O.T. (Cat. $150+), Christmas (Cat. $400+), Norfolk (Cat. $840+), all mounted in Scott album, virtually all n.h, fine to very fine. Inventory included. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1614		/o Accumulation of Collections, etc., Mint and used in albums, stockbooks, pages and glassines, including Middle East, strength in G.B. and Offices mint and used including small specialized Morocco Edward VIII including covers, used in glassines, etc. Estimate $350-450. View details	Unsold
Lot 1615		/ 1916 to 1959 Mint Group, O.g. to n.h., attractive group of singles and sets in binder, including perf. and die varieties, noted Ascension, Australia, Fiji, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Newfoundland, Pitcairn Is. and Seychelles, value in G.V material, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1616		/o Mint and Used Collection to George VI, Few hundred on homemade pages, 19th Century (Great Britain and Canada mostly) used, 20th Century mint and used including mint 1935 Jubilee issues, mostly short sets, clean, overall fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1617		/o 1850 to 1972 Collections in Albums, Including Great Britain, Canada, British Europe and misc. stock and album pages with various issues including some modern, strength in 19th Century featuring 4 margin Penny Black, worth inspection, conditions varies. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1618		/o Cook Islands and Niue Mint Collection, 1893 to 1980, in mounts in Scott specialty album, including some early issue as well as complete. mint sets throughout both countries, clean and generally very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1619		G.B. Early and 1937 Coronation Covers, Under 100 including G.B. stampless with boxed "Howe Penny Post", 1937 Coronation FD's complete except about 4, few other early Commonwealth, fine average. Estimate $160-180. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1620		/ Over 50 Errors and Varieties, Many in multiples, identified by Gibbons numbers, virtually all n.h., noted Malaysia, Brunei, Ceylon, India, etc., total marked price is £540, many interesting varieties, worth inspection, fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1621		George VI Specialized Collection, 1937 to 1951, collection of approx. 550 mounted o.g. and annotated on pages, plus many loose in envelope, showing varieties, plate flaws, retouches, etc., mostly in pairs or blocks to show positions, high catalog and unlisted varieties, close inspection recommended, fine to very fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1622		/o Great Britain and Early Commonwealth Accumulation, Couple hundred on black stockpages in binder, mostly 19th Century including better Great Britain, Australia and States, Natal, Newfoundland and Malta, some better items to be found, condition mixed. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1623		Q.E.II Coronation Accumulation, N.h., 4 complete. sets plus 4 sets of common design only, very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1624		/ Omnibus Group, O.g. to n.h., 1935 Silver Jubilee sets o.g., 1937 Coronation issues o.g., 1949 UPU sets o.g., 1953 Coronation n.h. and 1963 Freedom from Hunger issues, plus group of various First Day's, fine to very fine. Estimate $100-120. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1625		Mostly First Day's, Large box filled with mostly modern from Great Britain, Channel Islands and various other Commonwealth countries, including some early Great Britain picture postcards, generally very fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $161

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