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Commonwealth Country Collections - Great Britain

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2342		/o Great Britain, 3 Intact High Catalog Collections, many hundreds of mint and used in 3 albums; first in Lindner hingeless to 1950, noted used #1, 5, 7, 57 (plate 1 and 2), 74, 96, 108-109, 124, 139-141, Seahorses to 10/-, mint 111-122; second used in Schaubek album to 1980, noted #75, 96, 109, 124, Seahorses to 10/-; third in Lighthouse hingeless album to 1970, noted used #1 (6), 5, 57, 74-75, 108-109, 124 (3), 140-141 (2 of each), Seahorses to 10/-, mint incl. 111-122, 127-139, group of Officials, close inspection recommended, mixed condition. Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $6,613
Lot 2343		/ Great Britain, Mint Better Collection, In 2 stockbooks to 2000, n.h. (later) to o.g., with SG#113, 178, 344a, Scott #111-122, 125-26, 139, 139a, 154a, 174, 178-80, 183, 185-220 with £1 PUC, 222, #235 on mostly complete incl. phosphors, Machins, Dues #J26-32, J35-65, J68-89, collector was selective, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $3,795
Lot 2344		o/ Great Britain, 1840-41 Imperf Line-Engraved Accumulation, Approx. 850 (18 on covers) in stockbook, incl. 1d black, 8 1841 2d blues, balance 1d red-browns, incl. attractive cancels incl. almost 250 Maltese Crosses, some scarce 1844 cancels also, few multiples, on pieces, "Ivory Heads", very high cat., usual condition but mostly fresh copies. Scott #1, 3-4. Estimate $1,400-1,600. View details	Unsold
Lot 2345		/o Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, few hundred on Scott pages to 1974, noted #1 on cover (file fold), 1, 5-7 used, 16 mint, 25, 57, 60, 74 used, 87 unused, 103-107 (no 106) used, 96 o.g., 108-109, 124 used, 2d Mulready envelope unused (back flap faults), few used Dues, high catalog, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2346		o Great Britain, Used Collection, hundreds in Scott specialty album to 2001, noted #1 (4 margins), 6, 53, 65, 96, 108, 139-141, Seahorses to 10/-, virtually complete from 1934, Offices Abroad incl. China, few faults on 19th Century, but condition is better than usually seen on classics, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2347		/o Great Britain, Offices Abroad Collection, mint and used on homemade pages to 1940, noted China #14 used, 26 mint, Offices in Morocco 20-26, 57, Offices in Turkey, collection formed over many years, items selected with an eye towards condition, lovely collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,800+ (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2348		/ Great Britain, Mint Collection, o.g. to n.h., sets and singles organized on black stockpages, 1920's to 2004, no dupl., incl. a few souvenir sheets, prestige booklets and "strike mail" issues, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. 2008 Scott $3,098 (Owner's). Estimate $750-850. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2349		o Great Britain, Used Collection, starting with #1 onward through Penny Reds, #28 (cat. $275), 42 (cat. $210), SG134 (cat. £3250), plus other better Victoria, Edward VII run incl. 141 (cat. $525), George VI incl. many varieties (Scott and Gibbons), QEII well-represented to 1990's, large collection of Machins, some faults on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2350		/o/ Great Britain, GVI Collection, hundreds of used, mint and covers organized in 6 stockbooks, noted printing varieties, wmk. sideways, perfins, Offices Abroad mint, First Day's, registry envelopes, air letter sheets, mint stationery, censored, "fried egg" test coil on cover, Channel Islands bisects, registered, flights, labels, plus catalogs and literature on the subject, great collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2351		o Great Britain, Mostly Used Collection, couple hundred on blank pages to 1970's, noted #1 (4 margins, sound), 27-28, 42, 52-53, 57, 96, 108-109, 139-140, some back of the book, high catalog, mixed condition. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2352		Great Britain, Modern Stock, several hundred mostly n.h. sets (few singles and a bit of used) on #102 sales cards, between #595 and 1948, some dupl., clean group, Very Fine. Scott $1,950 (Owner's). Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2353		Great Britain, Channel Island Mint Collection, o.g. to 1999 in 5 White Ace albums, virtually complete, plus selection of complete booklets from Guernsey and Jersey, and a few extra souvenir sheets, clean lot, Very Fine. Scott $3,000. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $265
Lot 2354		/o Great Britain, Small Mint and Used Accumulation, on stockcards, noted #96, 108, 111-122 and 127-141 used, 129 n.h. block of 4, 151 block of 8 with cylinder number, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2355		Great Britain, Modern Accumulation, Accumulation of modern year sets in original packaging, incl. definitives, commemoratives, and F.D.'s, fair amount of postage value, Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2356		o Great Britain, Penny Red Accumulation, An unplated group over 200 various perfed issues on stockpages in binder, incl. mint block of 4, used strips of 3 and 4, 5 pairs, and many singles, some better cancels, some imperf and 2d blue as well, mixed condition. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 2357		Great Britain, Better First Day Covers, Group of 10 diff., consists of SG#642-44 phosphor and non-phosphor, 491-92, Northern Ireland #C1-2 (uncacheted), 161-64 (uncacheted), #480-84 and partial set uncacheted, 495-98 pairs (uncacheted), fine overall, Fine to Very Fine. SG £405+. Estimate $140-180. View details	Realized $115
Lot 2358		o Great Britain, 10 Used Abroad Singles, Consisting of Niger Company #Z20 (£50 each on pieces), Beyrout GO5 (3), Suez BO2, Smyrna cds (2) and F87, few with slight toning, Fine for this. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 2359		o/ Great Britain, Collector Accumulation, few hundred covers from QV to QEII, commercial, First Day's, used stationery, etc., plus large group of used in glassines, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $184

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