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Lot 1445

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British Commonwealth, Extensive Selection of Classic Country Collections, on hingeless pages to 1st QEII set, countries consist of B.C.A., Nyasaland, St. Christopher with #1-22 basic numbers complete, St. Lucia per Scott virtually complete mint, St. Kitts-Nevis complete per Gibbons to QEII, few GVI shades, Sarawak complete per Gibbons to #74, 1945 BMA set complete, few dups. and shades, Leewards complete mint per Scott with #16 signed Bloch, key pl. shades, Mauritius with scattered classics, some later shades, Montserrat virtually complete mint with few dupl., Natal with few classics mint or used, Edward VII to £20 (fiscal cancel), Nevis mostly complete per Scott mint to #30, Nigeria with 4 £1 varieties, Northern Nigeria complete except 2 values, Northern Rhodesia mostly complete, Solomons complete to SG#52 plus shades, few after, Somaliland complete plus varieties, dupl., Southern Nigeria complete, Southern Rhodesia complete plus varieties, Swaziland mostly complete, G.E.A. complete plus varieties incl. SG#106a, Tobago complete mint except SG#6-7, but incl. #28a-29a, scattered early Transvaal with 20th Century, classic Trinidad with Scott #1, 1a, few used classics incl. 10-12, numerous shades, Trinidad & Tobago mint, scattered surcharge Turks with 20th Century incl. Scott #36, 38, Turks & Caicos complete, Virgin Islands mint complete per Scott except #18, scattered Western Australia mint incl. SG#3 mint, 15, 18 used, 75-80 mint, Gilbert & Ellice virtually complete mint, Gold Coast complete mint with shades, etc. except SG#3, 24, 69s, Jamaica virtually complete mint with shades, GV with shades, B.E.A with SG#1-3 (couple signed), better Imperial Administration, SG#92b, 93-97, 99, East Africa mostly complete, K.U.T. to £2 and GV with various perfs, Uganda mint incl. SG#54-56, 59-61, scattered Labuan, and Lagos mint reasonably complete to SG#63a with #28 used, scattered gum toning throughout collection, needs careful inspection, considerable value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $15,000-20,000.

 
Realized $43,125



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