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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1522		/o British Commonwealth, Malaya & States Intact Collection, classics to circa 1980, all States well covered along with Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, mint and used with many compl. sets, better throughout, also few Japanese Occupation, strong Straits Settlements, inevitably a few are probably revenue cancels, but oldtime collection like this rarely seen these days, 19th century some mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, excellent lot for expansion. Scott $48,000. Estimate $10,000-13,000. View details and photo	Realized $18,400
Lot 1523		British Commonwealth, Virtually Intact Mostly Mint Collection, mostly compl. sets from early 20th Century to QEII period with many compl. sets (some missing top values), incl. Aden & States with #1-10, Antigua to Edward and GV 5/-, Ascension 1924 to QEII compl. except Jubilees, early Barbados used, later mint, Basutoland to 10/- sets, Bechuanaland, Caymans, better Falklands with QV with better shades, Gibraltar to GV £1 values, Iraq, Malta, New Guinea Airs with SG#204, Niger Coast QV, North Borneo with SG#112-124, 295-302, 303-316 mint, Nyasaland mint, Papua with Lakatois, #130-145, Rhodesia with Falls compl., Double Heads to 1/-, Admirals to 7/6, St. Helena with Badge to 10/-, Kedah #1-14, 60-68, Tanganyika #74-88, 93-107, Turks & Caicos, Zanzibar, excellent lot, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $10,000-15,000. View details and photo	Realized $20,700
Lot 1524		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Collections, Etc., consists of America collection on Scott pages, to 1970s with compl. sets mint and used (rough inventory incl., 12 countries cat. up to $2700 per country) total cat. $20,000+, Bermuda 2 stockbooks and on pages to 1970s with few scattered classics mint and used but mostly QEII to 1970s (cat. $5400), early Bahamas, British Honduras, Caymans, Falklands mint and used on #102 cards, etc. (cat. $4300 - mixed condition), America collection mostly mint with few earlies used in Scott album to 1970s with mint compl. sets (particularly later); total cat. almost $40,000, 19th century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $8,050
Lot 1525		/o British Commonwealth, Asia Intact Mint and Used Collection, to 1980 in Minkus album where applicable, consists of Hong Kong (cat. $6675), Bangladesh, Burma (cat. $2749), Nepal, Pakistan (cat. $1332), Ceylon/Sri Lanka (cat. $7384), Brunei (cat. $1249), Singapore (cat. $1895), scattered 19th Century, earlies mint or used, later mostly mint with compl. sets, 19th century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Scott $22,000. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details and photo	Realized $7,475
Lot 1526		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, hundreds on album pages, stockpages and cards, mostly 19th Century, noted large group of Australian States, also Ceylon, India, Cape of Good Hope triangles, New Zealand, Newfoundland, St. Helena, very high cat., some faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $3,500-5,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,990
Lot 1527		/o British Commonwealth, Large Accumulation in 4 Banker Boxes, thousands of mint and used from all parts of the Commonwealth and all reigns, in albums, stockbooks and on pages, dupl., noted better used Hong Kong, Ireland overprints to 10/- mint, 1948 Silver Wedding sets mint, QEII sets mint, Australia #95a o.g., New Guinea #C28-C43 o.g., this lot will take some time to evaluate, but will be worth it, faulty to very fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $5,750
Lot 1528		/o British Commonwealth, America Collection in 4 Volumes, few thousand mounted in Scott specialty albums, scattered better QV issues mostly used, value in o.g. GVI and QEII sets to 1980, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $3,450
Lot 1529		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation in Banker Box, few thousand mint and used on album pages, on stockpages and in stockbooks, dupl., noted India #206 n.h. (pen mark on gum), few 1948 Silver Wedding sets n.h., mint Canada, Ascension #10-21 o.g. (missing 6d), classic Hong Kong used, British Guiana collection, generally Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 1530		/ British Commonwealth, Caribbean Collection to 1985, few thousand mostly mint (some early used) in 5 Minkus albums and loose pages with Bahamas and Barbados, scattered classics, value in modern n.h. sets and souvenir sheets, nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1531		/o British Commonwealth, Collections on Pages, substantial group of country collections featuring 19th & 20th Century mint and used mounted on quad pages, many compl. mint sets, incl. British Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, some G.B. and Offices, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1532		/ British Commonwealth, Pacific Modern Mint Collection, hundreds of mostly n.h. sets and singles in various albums, incl. Australia and Dependencies to 1988, Pitcairn to 1998 (#11-12, 39-51 o.g.), Papua New Guinea to 1998, Norfolk Is. to 1998 (2 collections, one to 1988), Christmas Is. to 1998, Samoa to 1998, Fiji to 1953 to 1998, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,300-1,800. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1533		/o British Commonwealth, Europe Collection to 2004, hundreds in 2 Scott specialty albums (not compl.), classics to GVI mix of used and mint, value in modern balance n.h. sets on well filled pages, nice collection to expand, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 1534		/ British Commonwealth, Mostly Mint Accumulation, with considerable n.h., through QEII issues, many countries represented in 3 binders and a couple large envelopes, many sets, singles, blocks and varieties noted, very clean lot with items selected for color, freshness and centering, most items identified by Stanley Gibbons numbers, also incl. box of mixed British and worldwide sets and singles, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1535		/o British Commonwealth, Large Collection Group, mostly 20th Century compl. mint sets mounted on album pages, sorted into following collection groups, Australia & States, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Malawi-Nyasaland, Mauritius, Montserrat, Nauru, New Zealand, St. Christopher Nevis-Anguilla, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Straits Settlements, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, some 19th Century and never hinged material to be found, worthwhile assortment, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1536		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation on Stockpages, 19th & 20th Century mint and used, neatly arranged on manila stockpages in 6 binders and various folders, incl. Asia, Africa, Oceania, and some Caribbean, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1537		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, Hundreds of slightly better items, mostly cat. few $+ range consisting of mint and used 19th Century to mid 20th Century on #101 cards identified and priced, and loose in glassines or on stockcards mostly identified incl. Cooks 1892 1d reprinted from defaced proof block of 8, Bahamas #16 group of 8 used and 3 mint shades (3 with certs), small stockbook of QEII period, older North Borneo in glassines, G.B. #1, QEII plated varieties and Offices in Tangier in n.h. blocks of 4, real hodge podge that needs inspection, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th fine to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1538		/o/ British Commonwealth, 1953 QEII Coronation Specialized Collection, mint and used collection in albums, over 430 covers and cards, incl. scarce Quantas "Around the World Flight" covers, better G.B. FDs, black reprints of G.B. produced by Harrison for 1954 Penrose Annual, material collected over 40 years and formed basis for article that appeared in December 1982 issue of the American Philatelist, worth inspection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1539		/o British Commonwealth, Small Accumulation of Better, incl. Canada #4 used (4 margins), Trinidad 17, 57 o.g., Tobago 2 used, New Guinea C42-C43 o.g., Ceylon GVI set with perf varieties incl. 286b, 286c o.g., Cook Is. 26 o.g., Ascension GVI set incl. perf varieties, G.B. #1 used (huge margins, tiny thin), nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1540		British Commonwealth, Stock in 4 File Drawers, dealers stock of Ireland, G.B. and Australia all n.h. except for some early used Australia, modern to year 2000, quantities generally a couple to 10 or so, overall quite high face value, very clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $450-750. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1541		/o British Commonwealth, Estate Balance, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in stockbooks, on album pages and in Australia album, also features Africa, Burma, G.B., New Zealand and others, mixed condition. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1542		/o British Commonwealth, Remainder Collection, predominantly mint in Scott Specialty album, incl. used G.B. #173-75, 222-24, 249-51A, mint 249-51, then mint n.h./l.h., Bahrain, Bermuda 71-79, Canada 225-27, 249-62, Ceylon 264-74, 278-89A, Dominica 97-110, Hong Kong 168-73, Malta 223-24, Sarawak 159-73, Sierra Leone 173-85 and Straits 217-34, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1543		/ British Commonwealth, Caribbean Mint Collection, consisting of Barbuda, Leewards, Anguilla, Antigua, scattered early mint or used but most value in 1960s-90s period n.h., Fine to Very Fine overall. Scott $3,288 (Owner's). Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1544		/o British Commonwealth, Mixture, few hundred mint and used singles and sets, good variety of countries, have a look, Fine. Scott $2,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1545		British Commonwealth, Collection in Large Stockbook, mostly lightly hinged, from early 1930s into 1950s, covering reigns of George V and VI and QEII, many are higher values incl. Newfoundland #C11, Canada 156-58, 241-45, Fiji 93, Hong Kong 168-73, Burma 30-33, Gibraltar 114-18, Gambia 164-67, Virgin Islands 124-27, Mauritius 261-65, Bahamas 158-73, Fiji 147-62, St. Helena 140-52 and Sabah 1-16, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1546		British Commonwealth, 1935 Jubilees Set Complete, l.h., incl. non common designs, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1547		British Commonwealth, New Issue Accumulation, many hundred mostly never hinged sets, singles and souvenir sheets, some G.B., much topical appeal, Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1548		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in 5 Scott Albums, several hundred mint and used to 1965, no Africa, some value in Canada noted, Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1549		/ British Commonwealth, QEII Collection, couple hundred mostly definitive sets (few broken sets), mix of n.h. and o.g. from 1952 to 1962 housed in 3 SG New Age albums, noted Ascension, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar and Mauritius, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1550		// British Commonwealth, Modern Omnibus Issues, mounted on album pages (o.g. and n.h.) in 2 banker boxes, sets, sheetlets and FD's, noted 1977 and 1978 QEII Silver Jubilee, Royal Wedding (all appear compl.), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1551		/ British Commonwealth, Rhodesia Area Accumulation, 80 items, mint Postal Stationery from Rhodesia, British Central Africa, Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia, incl. a few with specimen overprints, also a few modern FDs, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1552		/o British Commonwealth, Caribbean Collection, couple hundred mint and used on Scott pages, QV to QE II issues, value in QV from Tobago and Turks Is., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $173

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