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Sale 78

ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

Commonwealth Country Collections - Great Britain to Burma

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2435		/o Great Britain, Powerful Collection in Lighthouse Hingeless Album, few thousand to 1977, starts with #U1 unused, 1 used, 3 unused, various other line engraved mint and used, 5, 7 (2) used, 32 (2) unused, 58 various plates mint, 1862 onwards mostly mint, with some duplicate used (sometimes plates or shades), noted 34, 37, 39, 42, 53, 55, 56 (used), 60, 57 (2 used), 65, 70-71, 73, 74 (used cert.), 90a-91a (used certs.), 96, 98-107, 110 (used), 111-22, 124 (used), Edward issues with shades to 10/-, 179-81, QEII mostly complete n.h., Dues mint, selection of potentially valuable Officials (not counted), Offices Abroad incl. Morocco with 20-26 o.g., most early mint are unused or regummed, some minor faults noted, still a very attractive and valuable collection, Fine overall. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details	Realized $16,675
Lot 2436		Great Britain, Extensive Collection in 3 "Celebration" Albums, hundreds of mint and used to 1970, starts with #1-2 used, various plate numbers on the line engraved issues, 5 (2), 7 (2), 74 (cat. $2500), 90a (cat. $3000), 1880's on mostly mint incl. 108-109, but 110 used (cat. $2400), also 111-122 o.g., 124 used, Edward issues to £1 (last used), George to 10/-, Seahorses (used), QEII incl. phosphor issues, usual mixed condition on 19th Century, but many sound and attractive copies noted, worth a look, Fine overall. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 2437		/o Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, 1840 to 2004, strong general collection in Scott album, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2438		Great Britain, 181 Trans-Atlantic to U.S., Several different correspondences, all from Liverpool, majority to New York, incl. good selection of strikes, few with arrival strikes, mostly Fine or better. Estimate $2,000-2,400. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2439		/o Great Britain, Offices Abroad Collection, couple hundred on duplicated Scott pages, incl. China, B.M.A. overprints, Morocco incl. #34-45 o.g. (2), 49-57 o.g., plus extra 55-57, Turkey with 11-12, 15-24, 62-64 o.g., nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2440		/o/ Great Britain, Interesting Collector Balance, hundreds of mint and used, plus a few covers, noted nice group of low value Edward and GV issues in n.h. multiples between #127 and 189, better items on small black cards incl. QV and Edward values to 5/- used, few specimen overprints, #33 in mint multiples, 5 early 1900's postcards used from Orkney's, old approval book with #33 on pieces, GV mint with cylinder numbers, etc., worth a close look, few minor faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,243
Lot 2441		o/ Great Britain, "Spoon" Specialised Collection, In 3 binders on homemade pages, presented in chronological order (more or less) of their introduction as cancels, Irish group shown separately from the English, the exhibit shows how the "spoon experiment" evolved, consists of 50 English and 14 Irish covers, and 53 English and 25 Irish mostly pieces, incl. few blue cancels, 1854 usage of the 1841 1p imperf pl. 170, Rugby offshot cancels, Wreham, Wales cancel (only Welsh usage), scarce Stoke-On-Trent, 2/- usage to U.S., Dublin Diamond incl. green cancel on piece, few covers or pieces with slight problems, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,680
Lot 2442		o Great Britain, Offices Abroad Used Collection, On Scott pages, 1898 to 1956, starts with M.E.F., with Dues complete, Eritrea 1st 2 issues complete plus Dues, SG#S21-31, Tripolitania with SG#T1-13, China separate lot, Morocco Agencies complete except Scott #11, 64, 76-77, 88, 95-102, 202, 230, 232, 241, 401, 433-34, 438, 440, 517, 1948 and later spotty, Offices in Turkey (British Levant) complete except SG#7 #15 (separate lots) and missing cheap values Scott #35-36, 50, 52, 55, rarely seen this complete used, Fine to Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2443		/o Great Britain, Collector's Mint and Used Stock, In stockbooks and binders, incl. several binders of modern town cancels in Northern Ireland, few covers incl. Packebot from 1920's-30's, better early mint Dues, virtually no 19th Century, also incl. some Guernsey, Jersey, value in mint. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2444		/o Great Britain, Deluxe Stanley Gibbons 2 Volumes, incl. used Scott #4 with four margins, many high catalogue earlies, plus used Scott #96, 109 and other better used up to QEII, mostly mint n.h. sets 1960 to mid-1990's, incl. mint n.h. J79-91 (2 sets), J92-103 and J104-112, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2445		/o Great Britain, Back of the Book on Pages, mint and used on Scott pages, Dues to 1975, noted #J18-J25, J39-J44 o.g., J55-J67 n.h., few scattered Officials, noted O31 o.g. and O79 o.g., clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2446		Great Britain, 19th Century Cover Group, 12 pieces, incl. #U3 (2) unused, #28 to Canada, #85 to U.S., 1889 advertising letter sheet used to Germany, 1d letter sheet unused with advertising, 2 fantasy Mulready's, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2447		Great Britain, Modern Mint Accumulation, few hundred n.h. in stockbook on pages, plus booklets, noted #BK144 (cat. $150), high face value, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2448		B Great Britain, Wilding and Later Booklet Accumulation, Few hundreds mostly identified per Gibbons Specialized, Wilding to 5/-, mostly decimal period, clean. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2449		Great Britain, 1958 to 1986 Mint Collection, Never hinged and basically complete for period in stockbook, incl. #317-33 (cat. $200), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2450		Great Britain, Banker Box of Covers, Well over 1000 covers, good showing of First Day's and with some postal history, note interesting Machin uses, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2451		B Great Britain, Modern Booklet Accumulation, Incl. P&O, The Story of The Times, Wedgewood booklets, very fine, face £160. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $253
Lot 2452		Great Britain, Mostly 19th to Early 20th Century, Few hundred commercial with strength in penny reds both perf and imperf, many imperfs plated with few pairs, various cancels incl. Penny Post, few stampless, fine overall. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2453		Great Britain, First Day Lot, 690 covers from G.B., 1960's to 1990's, cacheted and addressed, 208 from Channel Islands, 1970's to 1980's, cacheted and unaddressed, excellent variety with little or no duplication, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $184
Lot 2454		B Great Britain, QEII Booklet Group, complete, good variety of modern Machin booklets, noted Wedgewood and Beatrice Potter, clean lot, Very Fine Face £150+. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2455		o Great Britain, GV and GVI Used Stock, hundreds organized on pages, with duplication, starts in 1911, very high catalog value, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2456		Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Covers, About 200, predominately First Day's, most with Colorano silk cachets, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $58
Lot 2457		Great Britain, About 400 Covers, About 400 mostly with Machins, also several hundred cut squares to show slogan cancels, condition varies. Estimate $50-100. View details	Realized $29
Lot 2458		/ Australia & Dependencies, Mint Collection, hundreds of o.g. or n.h. in 2 Scott albums to 1981, extensive "Roos" to 5/-, incl. #1-13 (missing 2/-), 18, George V issues complete, 38-42 (missing 9d), 45-53, "broken" leg on 49 l.h., nice showing from 1934 on with modern n.h., Airs, some Dues incl. J5-J7, J25, J47, J69-J70, M1-M7, Officials O4-O14, bit of mint States and a few issues from the Dependencies, colors are very fresh, a lovely collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2459		Australia, 1850's to 1870's Correspondence to California From N.S.W., 23 covers, all addressed to F.W.H. Aaron in Gold Springs or Marysville, various frankings incl. imperf. and perf. issues, several with multiple frankings, very interesting stampless cover apparently carried by express companies, m.s. "paid per Adams Express, 5", oval Adams & Co.'s Express, San Francisco in blue, oval "Forwarded by Browns Express" in blue (cover soiled), mixed condition, but still a very scarce group, close inspection worthwhile. This lot brought $2700 in our July 2005 sale. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,255
Lot 2460		/o Australia & Dependencies, Comprehensive Collection, 1913-2001, 1913 to 2001 mint and used collection in a Scott specialty album, mixed mint and used sets and singles through 1949, 1950 to present mostly mint n.h. complete sets, incl. A.A.T., Christmas Island, B.A.T., many worthwhile n.h. sets and a substantial amount of postage, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2461		/o Australia, Mint and Used Collection, to 1966, hundreds on homemade pages, early issues mix of mint and used, noted "Roos" used to £2 (#128-29 faults), virtually all n.h. after 1970, no back of the book, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2462		/o Australia, & States Collection in Scott Album, many hundreds of mint and used, noted "Roos" to £1 (latter faulty), mint from mid 1930's on with some modern n.h. to 1994, bit of back of the book and nice selection of States used, few minor faults here and there, otherwise Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 2463		o Australia, Western Australia Used Collection, "Swan" issues on Scott specialty pages to 1912, noted 1854-57 imperforate issues to 1/-, few perforate "OS" at back, mixed condition. Scott $3,150 (Owner's). Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 2464		Australia, Large Cover Group, Tightly packed bankers box of about 2500, note First Day's, postal stationery, stationery postal packs, events and commercial, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2465		/o Australia, Mint and Used Commemorative Collection, On pages in binder to 1965, starts with 1927 Canberra issue, mostly complete used sets but also mint blocks incl. inscription, #128-21 mint and used complete, few gutter blocks, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2466		Australia, Mint Dues, on album pages, between #J39 and J95, with values to 5/-, noted J86-J95 complete l.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $516. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $86
Lot 2467		Bermuda, Lovely Mint Collection, mostly o.g. on Battle Green Stamp Company pages, 1865 to 1953, noted #1, 6, 7-9, 18-25, 31-39, 40a-53 with shade of 5/-, 55-69, 71-79, 81-97 with shades for 2/-, 2/6 (2) and 10/-, extensive GV Key Plate issues to £1, a very fresh collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 2468		British Antarctic Territory, Never Hinged Collection, On stockpages, 1953 to 1987 virtually complete incl. #11-19, 24, 25-38, etc., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2469		Burma, Forerunner Covers and Cancels, Small study showing India used in Burma from 1861 to 1936 with various cancels incl. smaller towns, also examples of the Railway Service, Sea Sorting Post Office, Telegraph, Foreign mail to Burma, etc., consists of 25 covers (few incoming) and couple hundred cancels on singles (few multiples), in alpha order mostly and also identified, covers incl. Bassein, Akyab, Pauk registered (opened for display), Yenangyat, Rangoon Cantonment and Railway Mail, Sea Soring, Mandalay Civil Lines, etc., interesting and overall fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,438

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