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Sale 92

Worldwide Philatelic Auction


Commonwealth Country Collections - Great Britain to B.A.T.
 
 
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Lot 1865
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Great Britain, Extensive Collection to 1935, hundreds of mint and used written up on lovely homemade exhibit style pages, 19th Century used incl. #1-2, 5-7, numerous plate numbers for various issues, noted 58 pl. 9, 57 pl. 1 and 2, later high values incl. #75 (cat. $4000), 90 (cat. $4250), 91a-92a (cat. $11,750), 1887 on all mint except 142 (used), incl. Seahorses to 5/- values, incl. watermark sideways issues, Dues J1-17 mint, no Officials, very high cat., some faults on 19th Century as to be expected, but condition is better than usually seen, generally Fine.
Estimate $6,000-7,000.
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$7,188
Lot 1866
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Great Britain, Exceptional Collection, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection in Stanley Gibbons album and Royal Mail Album, features an excellent showing of classic material with basic issues mostly present incl. Penny black and 2d blue, 1855-80 issues, 1872-84 issues, 1883-84 complete to 5/-, 1887-1900 complete to 1/-, 1902-1910 complete to £1 and more, 20th century mostly mint complete sets incl. Dues, second album incl. QEII definitives with n.h., many better items throughout well worth inspection, generally Fine.
Estimate $3,000-4,000.
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$2,300
Lot 1867
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Great Britain, Offices Mint Retail Group, 73 priced items or sets, incl. Offices in China, mostly Somalia, Tripolitania, Tangier, Morocco Agencies, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,300-1,600.
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$1,668
Lot 1868
 
Great Britain, New Issues, n.h., worthwhile accumulation, hundreds of mini sheets, souvenir sheets incl. 1999 Total Eclipse, 1980 and 1990 International Philatelic Exposition sheets and others in dupl. of 20 or more, also over 100 complete booklets, high face value, Very Fine.
Estimate $500-750.
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Realized
$978
Lot 1869
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Great Britain, Small Classic Balance, used, incl. #2 pair (horiz. crease, 4 margins), #3 (139 copies) various shades, numerous plates incl. black plate 8, inspect, mostly Fine or better.
Estimate $500-700.
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$575
Lot 1870
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Great Britain, Various 20th Century Collections, Etc., in 2 Lindner albums 1952 to 1986, on stockpages, album pages, Machins mint or used in binder, Fine to Very Fine overall.
Estimate $400-600.
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Realized
$460
Lot 1871
 
Great Britain, 1964 to 2000 Mint Collection, mounted mostly n.h. in Scott album, mostly complete incl. min. sheets, also few back-of-book, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$546
Lot 1872
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Great Britain, Group of Classics, used, incl. #1-2, #3 strip of 4, Ivory Head variety on #4, couple other items incl. Penny Star on mourning cover, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250-300.
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$230
Lot 1873
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Australia, States Mint and Used Collection, hundreds on lovely collector designed pages, noted N.S.W. used #14-16, 27-29, 31, 73, 86, Queensland used incl. 74-78, 79-83, South Australia used incl. 3, 10, mint 129, 141-142, Officials, Queensland used incl. 6, 12, 14-16, 27, Victoria used 167, 206, mint 229a, Western Australia used 87, 98, condition better than usually seen, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,600-1,800.
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$1,553
Lot 1874
 
Australia, 1990s New Issue Lot, n.h., few thousand in multiples incl. sheets, sets, souvenir sheets, folders, incl. Dependencies, face approx. Aus $4000, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$2,300
Lot 1875
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Australia, Mostly Used Stock, Identified on stockpages in 3 binders, from beginning, no heavy dupl., later mint, not much beyond #700, value in early "Roos" to 1960s, unchecked for varieties, higher cat. in 2012, incl. some uncounted, clean, generally Fine to Very Fine.
2011 Scott $8,000 ++ (Owner's).
Estimate $1,200-1,400.
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Lot 1876
Australia, New South Wales 1888 Reprints, QV laureated head imperfs from original plates, complete sheet of 50 of 8d yellow, half sheet of 6d brown and block of 28 of 2d, see footnote in Scott, mentioned Robson Lowe, interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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Realized
$575
Lot 1877
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Australia, New South Wales "Sydney Views" Forgeries, collection of 34 on well written up pages with diagrams, incl. genuine 1d red with 4 margins, plus 3d green also with 4 margins (small thin), rest organized by different forgers and displayed on illustrated pages, informative collection assembled by knowledgeable collector, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400-500.
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$633
Lot 1878
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Barbados, "Bootheel" Cancels, handpicked oldtime cancel collection of 163 Bootheel and Too Late cancels, all numbers present with at least a few of each, stamps cat. as used $1400+, Proud values as off cover cancels about $4200, tough to duplicate, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$633
Lot 1879
 
British Antarctic Territory, in Hingeless Album, n.h., virtually complete 1963 to 2000, only missing handful of inexpensive sets, incl. #1-19, 25-42, 45-59, 153-67, 203-13, 263-74, Very Fine.
Scott $1,200+.
Estimate $400-500.
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Realized
$489








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