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Worldwide Auction During APS Ameristamp Expo


Commonwealth Country Collections - Great Britain
 
 
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Lot 3469
 
Great Britain, Penny Red Cover Group, group of 616 items covering #3 to #33 many different dies and plates represented, noted a nice group of #3's with items up to $250, retail $15,779, generally Fine.
Estimate $3,000-3,500.
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Lot 3470
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Great Britain, Sporadic But Valuable Collection, In Schaubek album to 1951, earlies mostly used and selected for freshness and centering, incl. #1-2 (both full margins), nice selection of surface printings, 1d red imperf on bluish cancel study with various cancels incl. Maltese, 1849 2d blue single, pair, few vars., #28 with plates complete (3 examples of each plate), 1880 on sporadic but mint incl. #84, 94, Victoria values, incl. #96, 108, Edward with 2/6 to £1 mint complete, #134, 141, 1911-12 George V ½d-1d with various watermarks, types, Seahorses incl. #173, 1929 PUC low values complete incl. watermark sideways, and inverted (except 2½d), some gum issues on the higher priced items, but all items selected for appearance and freshness, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$5,175
Lot 3471

Great Britain, Excellent Used Collection to 1934, On Scott pages, all apparently selected for centering and freshness (most of the used G.B. singles for the time period in the sale are from this collection), starting with #3-4 (both 4 margins, v.f.), and incl. #5 (large margins all round, lightened cancel) #6 good margins to just touching, continues #8-13, 16-18, 20, 26-27, and continues with possible few vars. or shades incl. #34a, 1862 to 1880 mostly complete, 1880 to 1884 complete, #107-08, 1887 to 1913 complete except #156, Seahorses to 10/-, also Dues with 1st 2 issues complete, scattered after that to 1982, an unusually high end collection and with most items selectively picked, only the occasional minor problem, couple gutter wing copies, virtually all fine to very fine, great lot for the collector to develop, Fine to Very Fine and attractive, See Official collection .
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$3,565
Lot 3472
 
Great Britain, Mint Collection in Scott National, hundreds to 1990 mounted on pages, sparse classics, but noted #3, 32, 59 unused, 62 unused, 82, 111-122, better 20th Century incl. 127-139, 159-172, Seahorses to 10/- incl. #224, extra pages for booklet panes, control numbers, few covers, nice run of Q.E.II issues, Dues incl. #J18-J25, J26-J33, few Officials, very clean collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,500.
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$2,530
Lot 3473
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Great Britain, Used Collection in Scott Album, hundreds to 1990, classics incl. #1-2, 5-7, good selection of line engraved, 22, 28, Penny Reds organized by plates, 37/42, 46, 52-53, extra pages for various plate numbers and shades, 54 block of 8, 57, 70-71, 98-107 (missing 104), 108-109, Edward issues to 5/-, GV to 10/- (2), good showing of GVI and Q.E.II issues, Dues, few Officials, plus some interesting Revenues, cancels, Railway stamps at the back, few minor problems on classics, but condition is much better than usually seen, very high catalog, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$2,415
Lot 3474
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Great Britain, Collection in Windsor Albums, few thousand mint and used in 3 albums, plus extra binder for Machins and envelope with new issues from 1980's to 1991, used incl. #1 (3 margins), extensive Penny Red plates, later issues with duplication for various plates, Edward VII 2/6 to 10/- with specimen overprints, mint and used Seahorses to 5/-, virtually complete mint from 1940, Q.E.II n.h. incl. phosphor sets, some booklet panes, Regional issues, Dues fairly complete mint, few Officials, condition much better on classics than usually seen, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-2,500.
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$3,450
Lot 3475
 
Great Britain, Face Lot, Modern accumulation in banker box, incl. booklets, Presentation packs, etc., through quite modern period, unpicked, face £1500+, clean, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$2,760
Lot 3476
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Great Britain, 1883-84 Used Selection, 180 from the 1883-84 Queen Victoria issue; condition is typical for the period with many minor faults, however, there is a good amount of value in sound copies - especially many of the 1/- values; very good variety of cancels incl. Scott #'s 98 (26), 99 (9), 100 (13), 101 (52), 102 (12), 103 (12), 104 (21), 105 (12) and 107 (23), Fine appearance.
2006 Scott $17,900 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,265
Lot 3477
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Great Britain, Collection, 1841-1999, general mint and used collection in a Scott specialty album and a binder with modern issues, earlies through 1935 mostly used, 1948 onward mostly mint incl. #292-398 ($126) and 317-33 ($200), also nice mint Postage Dues featuring J9-17 ($176), J39-44 ($255), J45-54 ($486), fairly decent lot in all, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,200-1,400.
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Lot 3478
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Great Britain, 1847 to 1995 Mostly Mint Collection, In full Scott album mounted on pages, starts with #1 (margins all round), 19th Century used and sparse, 20th Century mostly used to 1934, complete per Scott after that and mostly n.h., incl. few vars., #380a, all phosphors, few Machin vars. (also few missing per Scott), also Dues mint or used, Regionals, few back of the book incl. early stationery mint or used, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $1,200-1,500.
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$1,438
Lot 3479
 
Great Britain, 1952 to 1976 Virtually Complete Collection, N.h. in Schaubek album, complete per Gibbons Concise (except few cheap commems.) and nothing removed except 1958 De La Rue issue, incl. virtually all of the vars. per Schaubek incl. better pre-decimal sideways, inverted watermarks, later period incl. Machins with booklet panes, error or missing phosphors, marginal pairs with advert. labels, also missing colors, etc., fabulous lot rarely seen so complete for time period, Very Fine overall inspect.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$1,680
Lot 3480
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Great Britain, Modern Booklet Stock, unexploded on small cards or in glassines, mostly decimal values (few shilling booklets), noted 2 of the £1 Wedgewood, lots of other early and later prestige booklets and Machin small format booklets with cat. values to $45, good variety with minor duplication, high face, Very Fine.
Scott $4,878.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$1,840
Lot 3481
 
Great Britain, Offices Abroad Mint Collection, Mostly l.h. to 1957 in Schaubek album, all Offices represented, particularly Morocco 20th Century period, incl. Seahorses, and other higher denominations, many complete sets, Eritrea incl. Dues, few later sets n.h., also Qatar 1957-59 Postal Administration period, very clean collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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$920
Lot 3482
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Great Britain, Victoria Jubilee Used Selection, 550 used from the 1887-1892 issue, typical mixed condition with minor faults to a good percentage of sound, great lot for the cancel hunter; incl. Scott #'s 111 (80), 112 (26), 113 (47), 114 (98), 115 (29), 116 (37), 117 (28), 118 (39), 119 (39), 120 (25), 121 (15), 122 (38), 125 (39) and 126 (10), mixed condition.
Scott $9,983.
Estimate $600-700.
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$690
Lot 3483
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Great Britain, Extensive Unpicked Collection, In 17 albums on homemade pages or stockbooks to 2003, a poor's man collection made up for in quantity particularly the 20th Century where is fair amount of mint, also FD's, dupl. mostly used in 19th Century, incl. few better incl. #1 (margins all round), #2 (not so good!), 1887 issue on with dupl., Seahorses dupl. to 10/-. also used PUC £1, 1937-47 issue mint, 1948 Wedding mint, occasional mint after that until 1980's then both mint, used and FD's, considerable face, also Machins, few Islands, booklets, dupl. early used in stockbooks, occasional toning issues on early values only, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$1,553
Lot 3484
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Great Britain, Accumulation With Better Items, Mostly unsorted mint or used in banker box, no face period, incl. better scattered throughout incl. Offices, back of the book, mini collections, items priced up on sheets, needs inspection, sneaky lot, Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$2,013
Lot 3485
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Great Britain, Collection in Scott Album, hundreds of mint and used, starts with #1 used (faults), other surface engraved issues, 96, 108, 109, 139-141 all used, Seahorses used to 10/-, modern issues mostly mint, Dues, some better Officials, and a bit of Offices at the back, mixed condition on 19th and early 20th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-800.
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$805
Lot 3486
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Great Britain, Victoria High Value Group, 42 from the 1883-84 high values, incl. six with perforated initial punches, nearly every copy has a minor fault or two, but most have an attractive appearance, all cancels appear to be postal cancels, incl. Scott #'s 96 (10), 108 (19) and 109 (3), mixed condition.
Scott $8,140.
Estimate $500-600.
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$575
Lot 3487
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Great Britain, Balance of Used Official Collection, On pages, group of 62 items incl. 4 rejected by BPA, incl. #O2-5, O12, O23, Government Parcels complete except #O28 (separate lot), and O37, also incl. #O44-46, O49-51, Army complete except O62, also O44-45, O65, O69, Admiralty complete except O82-83, Fine overall some questionable.
Estimate $600-800.
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$1,438
Lot 3488
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Great Britain, Collection in Scott Album, hundreds to 1993, mostly used to 1935, starts with 3+ margin #1 used (sound), other line engraved issues, noted 96, 108 used, Q.E.II mostly mint with much modern n.h., Dues, Officials incl. O6, O12, Regional issues, bit of Offices incl. China #26 used, Morocco mint and used, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$834
Lot 3489
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Great Britain, Mint and Used to 1973, mostly mint mounted on Scott album pages, there are many varieties and cancels here, some faults in the early issues to be expected, some better items scattered, 2, 13, 27 (2), 40, 42, 48 (2), 70, 81, 85, 100, 101 unused, 122, 183, 251, O6, 37 unused, 69, nice clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $7,400.
Estimate $500-600.
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$460
Lot 3490
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Great Britain, Dues Complete Mint to 1975, On pages, earlies mostly l.h. (SG#D15, D18 used), incl. most listed shades per Gibbons incl. #D5, D24a, Fine to Very Fine.
SG #D1-89 £1,766.
Estimate $500-700.
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$863
Lot 3491
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Great Britain, 1855 to 1856 Issues, all are used, incl. #25, 26 (16), 27 (13), 28 (14), various cancels but mostly numerals, faults, overall VG-F, mixed condition.
Scott $4,650.
Estimate $400-500.
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$403
Lot 3492
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Great Britain, Exstensive Mint Stationery Collection, Few hundred to 1976 in 4 albums unpicked, starts with few early mint or used cut squares, entires begin with Postal Cards 1870 ½d and incl. early wrappers, envs., some showing additional examples of different sizes or paper colors, Private Order 1892-98 ½d, better George V letter and Postal Cards incl. 1924 Exhibition, Air letter sheets 1946 on, also couple Morocco Agencies 1898 to 1906 period, also hundred (small batch of cut squares) or so loose of mostly late 19th and early 20th Century period incl. used, overall very clean group, overall Very Fine rarely offered.
Estimate $400-600.
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$604
Lot 3493
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Great Britain, Oldtime Classic Mostly Used Collection, On pages, starts with #1 (2), 2, various with plate #'s, #33 in plates to #225, later values to 10/-, Seahorses to 10/-, Officials with #O55a o.g., Decent Appearance.
Estimate $400-600.
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$1,093
Lot 3494
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Great Britain, Used and Mint Accumulation, several thousand in banker box contained in various stockbooks, noted Penny Reds used incl. nice group on piece with readable town cancels, some Revenues, cut squares, other classics used, large group of 1950's to 1970's mint with many duplicated sets mostly n.h., generally Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$518
Lot 3495
 
Great Britain, Channel Islands Mint Collection, hundreds of n.h. sets in 3 White Ace albums with pages to 1989, plus folder with new issues to be mounted thru about 1991, good showing of issues, noted a few Jersey covers from W.W.II Occupation, clean lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$288
Lot 3496
 
Great Britain, Offices Abroad Mint Collection, few hundred o.g. in Scott specialty album, M.E.F., Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania complete (except #J6-J10 Tripolitania), Offices in Morocco with a few specimen overprints on Edward VII issues to 10/-, Seahorses to 5/-, Tangier overprints complete, Offices in Turkey with better high values, clean collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$748
Lot 3497
 
Great Britain, Group of 13 Classic Covers, Incl. 2 stampless, 4 (incl. 2 pairs) with #39 to Italy, Switzerland, and U.S., 2 with #42 to U.S., 1 with 5 copies #89 to Italy, several winged margin copies, overall clean, sound group, a Fine set.
Estimate $350-400.
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$345
Lot 3498
 
Great Britain, Postal History Accumulation, half filled banker box, stampless to modern, noted nice group of Penny Reds, majority of lot stationery mint and used, etc., have a look, generally Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$834
Lot 3499
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Great Britain, M.E.F. and Morocco Agencies Collection, Mint or used on pages, mostly short sets but incl. mint Spanish Currency through 12p on 10/- to 1950's, also Offices in Turkey 1885 to 1921 mint or used, few Offices in Hong Kong, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$431
Lot 3500
 
Great Britain, Never Hinged Wilding Study to 1959, On pages, identified by Gibbons Specialized, starting at SG#515 (S1) through SG#970, incl. wmk. vars, commem. phosphors, etc., nothing expensive but nice study to work with, overall Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$265
Lot 3501
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Great Britain, and Channel Islands Accumulation 1887-1982, mint and used, in glassines and 8½" x 5½" display pages, identified by Scott # and 2001 cat. val., about 70 different sets/singles with 20 or so stamps with duplication 2-10, a few with more, about 25 sets/singles cat. val. $20-$50 each, several more in the $10-$20 range; about 50% of the mint is n.h. incl. G.B. Offices in Morocco, Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man (Channel Islands portion of the total cat. val. is $470); overall a clean lot with some faulty - mostly in the pre 1920 issues, mixed condition.
Scott $1,650.
Estimate $200-250.
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$276
Lot 3502
 
Great Britain, Machin Mint Accumulation, Hundreds mostly unsorted in glassines, on stockpages, etc., up through £ values, few used, some identified, incl. blocks, panes, etc., clean, good luck! Very Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$920
Lot 3503

Great Britain, 4 Early Stampless With "Ship Letter" Markings, 1835 Mexico to London via Dartmouth, 1829 Trinidad to London via Penzance, 1845 Rio de Janeiro to London via Falmouth, August 3, 1804 to London via Liverpool (looks like it originated in London, Ont. Canada) with Robertson type S.5 in red (may be earliest recorded example), mounted and written up on oldtime large black pages (card stock), Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 3504
 
Great Britain, Q.E. II Mint Stock, N.h. stock of hundreds starting #272 to #509, also later Dues, Regionals, Channel Islands, etc., few hinged, multiples, no quantities over about 20, Very Fine.
Estimate $200-250.
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$115
Lot 3505
 
Great Britain, Group of 23 Stampless, Incl. Trans-Atlantic, 1838 straightline Wilton, 1835 with boxed "No. 2", 1843 tombstone, 1817 Scottish "AYR485-C", green Otley 1841, etc., Fine overall.
Estimate $80-100.
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$75








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