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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1226		British Commonwealth, Africa Extensive Mint Collection, few thousand in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1989, scattered used, highlights are Ascension #1-9, 10-21 (no 17), Basutoland 1-10, Bechuanaland 26, 64 (used), 92-95, 105-116, BCA 55, BEA 54-71, Cape triangles used, Gambia 2, 5-11, 41-64, Gold Coast 1, 3 both unused, Mauritius 59-67 unused, Rhodesia 20-23, 26-39, 57, 82-99, 101-115, 117, St. Helena 60, 79-93, 101-10, Seychelles 1-21, many other good sets and singles throughout, occasional fault, but colors and condition better than usual on the classics, still Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $15,000-18,000. View details	Realized $18,400
Lot 1227		British Commonwealth, Unoffered Mostly Mint Stock, many hundreds, priced (quite high) retail in small binders, mostly lower end 20th Century singles, multiples, and sets, strong Canada, also G.B. and Channel Islands, Falklands, some dupl., incl. modern topical related, few earlier used, specimens, extensive topicals, mostly priced to $100 but few $100 up to $600, occasional 19th Century used, few omnibus mint collections, some min. sheets, etc., mostly clean lot, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Scott $118,526 retail (Owner's). Estimate $5,000-7,000. View details	Realized $5,750
Lot 1228		/ British Commonwealth, America Mostly 20th Century Collection, n.h. to o.g. in Scott album to 1956, value in early 20th Century through GV, incl. Canada, Bermuda, Dominica, etc., mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 1229		/o British Commonwealth, America Collection in Scott Album, few thousand mint and used to 1965, several GV and early QEII long sets mint, Antigua #2-3 unused, 41 used, early Bahamas and Barbados used, Br. Honduras 3 used, value in Canada incl. large and small Queens used, Jubilees to 50¢ mint, Quebec set mint, later sets to $1 used, Caymans 16 used, Falklands 41-48, Leewards 1-8 used, Montserrat 21 o.g., strong Newfoundland incl. mint 24-31, 32-36, 61-74, 87-103, 115-126, mixed condition on classics, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 1230		/o British Commonwealth, Carribean Collection in 2 Scott Albums, hundreds of mint and used to 1970, classics mostly used, 20th Century mostly mint and most QEII n.h., noted Antigua #41 o.g., Bahamas 33-36 o.g., Barbados 70-80 o.g., 127-39 o.g., Cayman 50-63 o.g., Dominica 56-63 o.g., Grenada 26 o.g., 39-46 o.g., 48-57 o.g., Jamaica 70 used, 88-100 o.g., Nevis 5, 7, 10 mint, St. Vincent 6 unused, 10 used, 38-39 o.g., 62-70 o.g., Tobago 5 used, 21 unused, Turks 11 and 15 mint, Virgin Is. 21-28 o.g., few faults on classics, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 1231		/o British Commonwealth, Europe and Oceania Collection, many hundreds, majority mint mounted in 3 Scott Specialty album to 1966, Australia with used "Roos" to 10/-, modern mint, Dues, Solomon Is. incl. #1-7 o.g., Brunei, Cyprus with 1930s to 1980s mint, Gibraltar, Ireland incl. 1-14 o.g., 77-79 o.g., early Malta used with shades on ½d values, 14 o.g., New Zealand with several Chalon heads, 60 used, 83 used, 122-125 o.g., 145-59 o.g., 185-98 o.g., NWPI to 10/- mint or used, early Samoa, Australian States, some faults on early issues, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 1232		/o British Commonwealth, Caribbean Country Collections, Mostly later 20th Century complete to 1983 mounted with some classics and early 20th Century mint and used for Jamaica, Leewards, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Redonda, St. Kitts-Nevis, Grenadines, St. Vincent, South Georgia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, and St. Lucia, earlier period hinged, late 1940s and later n.h., incl. souvenir sheets, scattered better mint earlier sets incl. Leewards 1890, Montserrat 1922-26 set, few classics used, Fine to Very Fine lot. 2009 Scott $11,200. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1233		/o British Commonwealth, 2 Volume Imperials, scattered mint or used (mostly 19th Century) to mid 1930s, strength in G.B. with used #1 (2), 57, 92a (telegraph cancel), 142, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Ceylon, Cyprus, Dominica with #65-79, 81-82, Egypt with #61-74, 177-190, Grenada, St. Helena with #88-91, St. Kitts-Nevis to 5/-, St. Vincent, Malayan States, Turks & Caicos, very clean collection with excellent colors, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1234		British Commonwealth, Modern Mint Accumulation, n.h., several thousand sets in glassines, and on stockpages in 2 well filled banker boxes, early QEII issues to modern, strength in 1980s to 1990s issues from Pacific Islands and South Africa, dupl., great for stock, Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1235		/ British Commonwealth, Older Mint Accumulation, few hundred singles and sets, mix of o.g. and n.h. (few used), noted Canada, Papua New Guinea and other Oceania, Australia and a few States, B.E.A. #54-70 (some toned gum), New Zealand incl. better Officials, lots of $20 to $50 cat. items, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1236		/o British Commonwealth, Asia, Middle East and India, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in a Scott album, features nice selection of India and Ceylon, also Straits Settlements, Iraq, etc., worthwhile early issues, good value throughout, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1237		/o British Commonwealth, Great Britain and Europe in Scott Album, hundreds of mint and used on pages to 1975, G.B. incl. used #2, mint QEII sets, Channel Islands mint, Offices in Turkey mint, Cyprus incl. 48-59 o.g., 72-86 o.g., 125-135 o.g., Gibraltar with GV mint values to 10/-, Ireland with overprints on G.B. to 2/6 mint or used, mixed condition on early G.B., otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1238		British Commonwealth, Christmas Island, Tokelau, Cocos (Keeling) Collections, attractive, mostly complete n.h. collections in Lindner hingeless albums, also a stockbook with various souvenir sheets and a Faroe Islands modern collection from same estate, Very Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1239		British Commonwealth, Modern Mint Accumulation, Large accumulation of singles, year sets, souvenir sheets, full sheets, gutter pairs and covers from variety of countries in banker box, sleeper items throughout, should be reviewed, Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1240		British Commonwealth, Europe Mostly Mint Collection, In Scott album to 1989, mostly 20th Century with earlier used and later n.h. complete sets, consisting of Cyprus (cat. $434), Gibraltar (cat. $945), Malta (cat. $739), mostly clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine overall. 2012 Scott $2,118. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1241		British Commonwealth, Pacific Islands Mint Collections, n.h. in albums, consisting of Norfolks to 1984 (2 values from 1st issue missing), Tokelau, B.A.T. to 1982, Kiribati, clean, Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1242		British Commonwealth, Mint Study, Approx. 100+ items from Papua, Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos War Tax, Papua incl. "fly specking" incl. inverted "d", large and small "p", inverted watermarks, "rift in clouds", blocks, some stuck down, Virgin Is. incl. 1866 1d varieties, shades, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1243		British Commonwealth, 3 Better Mint, consists of Gold Coast #76a l.h., Solomon Is. 56 o.g. and Trinidad & Tobago 20 n.h. (top margin single), Fine to Very Fine. Scott $460+. Estimate $200-230. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1244		British Commonwealth, Small Mint Japanese Occupation Collection, Around 140 singles mounted on Minkus pages, mostly "chops" incl. Brunei with #N11-12, 17; Burma, Malaya & States with Selangor N17-18, and North Borneo, clean, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1245		o/ British Commonwealth, 1949 UPU Used, Complete except Ceylon, Falklands Dependencies, India, South Africa, South West Africa, some are on FDs incl. G.B. Offices, also Burma FD, on somewhat mildewed pages but virtually all clean, Fine to Very Fine overall. SG £600 +-. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1246		British Commonwealth, 1949 Wedding Mint Group, n.h. consisting of Aden, Bahrain, G.B. (corner block of 4, 2 singles), Falklands, Singapore, Pitcairns, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $140-180. View details	Realized $374

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