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General Commonwealth Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1447		/ British Commonwealth, Superior Mint Collection, o.g. to n.h. on annotated homemade pages, A-Z countries, selection of GV (few earlier) to early 1960s definitive sets, QEII issues are n.h., noted Antigua #21-30, 42-57, 67-76, Ascension 1-9, 10-21, Australia 95a (n.h.), BAT 1-15, 24 (n.h.), Barbados 116-126, Basutoland 1-10, Brunei 1-12, 13-38, Cook Is. 67-71, Cayman 32-44, Cyprus 114-123, Falkland Is. 23-29 (missing 22), 30-39, plus 39 used, 65-73, 84-96 (n.h., 93 o.g.), Gambia 28-39, 102-120, Gibraltar 39-47, 61, 75, 76-92, India 106-125, 150-167, Labuan 66-71, Malaya 49-75, Kedah 1-20, 23-45, Malta 26-45, 167-183, Mauritius 137-151 (missing 138), Montserrat 12-21, 22-31, Nauru 13-16, Newfoundland 104-111, 115-126, New Guinea 31-45, C1-C13, C28-C43, Niue 30-34, North Borneo 79-88, 138-149, 188-192, B31-B46, J1-J8, N16-N28, Papua New Guinea 19-26, 60-73, 94-109, Rhodesia 76-81, Double Heads to 3/-, Sierra Leone 140-152, Solomon Is. 1-7, 8-18, 43-56, Tonga 38-52, fresh colors, high catalog in Scott, lovely collection to expand, inspection will be rewarded, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $52,000+. Estimate $15,000-17,000. View details and photo	Realized $18,400
Lot 1448		/o British Commonwealth, Extensive Mint and Used Collections, 59 individual collection all cataloged, collector bought items and sets and put in collection sleeves but were not added to catalog value so it is much higher, collector never had a chance to mount in albums, mixed mint and used and running from classics to mainly the 1950s, large number of better items, most collection range in catalog over $1000 each, loads of better sets and singles, noted lots of British Africa, and Australian States, great for expansion or for breakup into retail sales, must inspect, generally Fine. Scott $76,000. Estimate $11,000-15,000. View details	Realized $14,950
Lot 1449		/o/ British Commonwealth, Africa Collection to 1952, in Scott album, mint and used but mostly mint, incl. many better items of QV, EVII, GV and GVI incl. Ascension mint #1-49, Bechuanaland 94-114, Gambia 112-127, 87-96, 102-120, Gold Coast 98-107, KUT 46-59, 66-85, Northern Nigeria 10-18, 19-26, 28-37, Nyasaland Protectorate 54-67, Rhodesia 1-15, 6-39, and used 19, 76-81, St. Helena 50-58, 61-74, Southern Rhodesia 1-14, Zanzibar 38-52, and a small group of covers, great to expand upon or break up for retail sales, must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2012 Scott $40,232. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Realized $12,075
Lot 1450		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Estate Accumulation, hundreds of better sets and singles mint and used purchased but never mounted in collection, some ind. highlights mint Nauru #13-16, 17-30, Solomon Islands 39-41, British Honduras 75-83, Cayman Islands 85-96, Cook Islands 103-106, Gilbert and Ellice 1-7. 14-25, Gibraltar 61, North West Pacific Islands 29-37, Malta 17-18, 82-84, North Borneo 59-71, 91-102, 123, 193-207, 208-222, Tonga 38-52, and New Zealand 67, 122-125, saw Falkland Islands, Brunei and Rhodesia and to many more to list, huge catalog value, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Realized $9,775
Lot 1451		British Commonwealth, Intact Mint and Used Collection on Pages, thousands on pages (mostly Scott Internationals, few specialized pages) removed from worldwide collection to mostly 1980, extensive value throughout, virtually all countries covered with some fairly extensively (incl. more obscure like Transvaal), betters sets up to $200+, strength in classics through 1940s-1960s period, some loose in #102 cards, etc., decent Australian and Malayan States, 1948 Weddings probably complete, needs careful inspection, better value hidden throughout, Fine. Canada & Provinces separate lot. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1452		British Commonwealth, South Africa and Related Collection, hinged in Scott album from 1853 to 2009 incl. back of book, mixed mint and used (mostly mint) to about mid 1930s then apparently complete mint incl. souvenir sheets thru 2009, incl. Transvaal, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Zululand and others, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine. 2010 Scott $14,767. Estimate $3,000-3,300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1453		British Commonwealth, QEII Never Hinged Collection, n.h., In 4 "New Age" albums, 1st issues virtually complete, 1960s sparse, virtually all in complete sets incl. SG listed, sets cat. up to £130+, incl. Australia with Dues, Basutoland with various type overprints, couple countries missing only incl. G.B., Hong Kong with 1958 shades to 1963, Dues, clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine. 2015 Scott $10,450. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 1454		British Commonwealth, Various Country Collections, hinged on Scott album pages and in albums, mixed mint and used (mostly mint) incl. Gold Coast ($1300) 1875 to 1953, Leeward Islands ($1279) 1890 to 1954, Labuan ($733) 1871 to 1905, Zanzibar ($1399) 1895 to 1967, British Antarctic Territory ($2178) complete mint 1963-2008, B.I.O.T. ($1614) 1968-2009 complete mint, Tokelau ($828) complete mint, Tanganyika ($85) and an album with Lagos, Niger Coast Protectorate, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria and Nigeria ($2237), catalog was done in 2015 for most and 2012 for album, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2012 Scott $11,654. Estimate $2,500-2,800. View details	Unsold
Lot 1455		British Commonwealth, Mint Fiji, Nauru, New Hebrides and Vanuatu, hinged in Scott album from 1870 to 2009 incl. back of book, Fiji missing a few until 1928 then apparently complete mint incl. souvenir sheets thru 2009, Nauru missing only 4 to be complete, New Hebrides almost complete, and Vanuatu complete, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine. 2011 Scott $10,088. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1456		British Commonwealth, Pacific 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., 107 different compl. sets along with souvenir sheets from Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Samoa, Tonga and Niuafo?ou which average Scott catalog value is nearly $36.00 per set, 10 dupl. collections which can be marketed by country or by sets online, stamp shows, mail auctions, retail and wholesale, popular topicals abound such as JFK, Royal Wedding, Year of the Snake, Olympics, Christmas, birds, butterflies, Pandas, peonies, ships, insects and much more, a perfect lot for resale and priced low for a great profit potential,? actual face value in excess of $18,800, Very Fine. Scott $37,500+. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1457		o British Commonwealth, Revenue Dealers Stock, 16 sales binders with thousands all identified by Barefoot and retail priced, some duplication with retail as high as $45, most in $3 to $10 range, best countries appear to be Hong Kong and Transvaal, one binder has documents, total retail is $22,500, must inspect, mixed condition. Ex. Connecticut Cinderellas. Estimate $2,200-2,600. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 1458		British Commonwealth, New Guinea, North West Pacific, Christmas and Norfolk Island Collection, mint hinged in Scott album from 1915 to 2009 incl. back of book, and souvenir sheets thru 2009, Christmas and Norfolk Islands are complete, New Guinea only missing a few, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine. 2011 Scott $7,265. Estimate $1,500-1,700. View details and photo	Realized $1,668
Lot 1459		British Commonwealth, Carribean Collection, mostly mint 20th Century collection in a Scott album with good assortment of countries, highlights incl. St. Vincent #186-97, Leeward Islands 133-47, Montserrat 128-42, St. Lucia 157-69, St. Kitts-Nevis 120-34, Virgin Islands 115-27, Turks and Caicos 121-34, Cayman Islands GV 50-63, KGVI 100-11, 135-49 (note, 1£ is on next page), Ascension 62-74, 75-88, Antigua 107-21, Barbados 235-47, Bahamas 158-73, Trinidad and Tobago 72-83, plus 32a perf 12, Jamaica 159-74, worthwhile collection with plenty of value throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $900-1,100. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1460		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, 2 banker boxes filled with collections, remnants and singles, noticed a mint and used Heligoland collection, mint and used Sudan with many better items, Indian States collection, Leeward Islands mint and used incl. mint #1-8, 9-15, 20-28, 29-40, and 59-60, group of mint and used Seychelles on stockpages, mint and used G.B., noticed one page with better mint GV and GVI, many loose better used items, and used Offices, New Zealand with mint and used better items, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 1461		British Commonwealth, Middle East Mint Collection, several hundred o.g. in Scott specialty album to 1980s (some used), good variety of issues from Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $7,500 (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1462		/ British Commonwealth, Falklands, Dependencies and B.I.O.T. Collection, few hundred mostly mint (some early used) from Falklands, Dependencies, South Georgia, B.A.T. and B.I.O.T., to 1990s in Scott specialty album, value in QEII n.h. material, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,200 (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1463		British Commonwealth, Tonga, and Niuafo'ou 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., 43 different compl. sets and souvenir sheets from this popular Pacific Island, average Scott catalog per set is in excess of $35, 10 dupl. collections which can be marketed by country or by sets online, stamp shows, mail auctions, retail and wholesale, dozens of popular topicals incl., Christmas, birds, Titanic, Olympics, Year of the Snake, Giant Panda and much more, actual face value in excess of $7,500, Very Fine. Scott $15,150 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1464		/o British Commonwealth, Revenue Hoard, thousands in two banker boxes, some identified and priced, lots of duplication with many interesting items, many countries incl. Indian States, incl. some documents, huge retail, must inspect, mixed condition. Ex. Connecticut Cinderellas. Estimate $1,000-1,100. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 1465		/o British Commonwealth, New Zealand and Cook Islands Collection, 3 albums filled with mint and used New Zealand, in homemade albums set up with many varieties incl. many better items, notice many used early QV, mint #83 (2), and Fiscal Stamps, Cook Island is almost complete mint 1892 to 1968, only missing few for completion, must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1466		/o British Commonwealth, New Guinea and Papua New Guinea Stockbook, Stockbook filled with mint and used, New Guinea with issues up to the £ issues mint incl. Airmails, Lakatoi issues with some varieties mint and used with cancels (majority mint), must inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 1467		/o British Commonwealth, Africa Collection, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in a Scott album, good assortment of countries, many with mint n.h. complete sets, incl. Basutoland #46-56, Bechuanaland 154-65, 180-93, Botswana 19-32, B.I.O.T. 16-33, Gambia 153-67, Gold Coast 148-59, K.U.T. 103-17, Mauritius 251-65, Nigeria 80-90, Northern Rhodesia 61-74, Nyasaland 97-111, Rhodesia and Nyasaland 141-55, Southern Rhodesia 81-94, Seychelles 173-90, Sierra Leone 195-207, Somaliland 128-39, Swaziland 55-66, Zanzibar 249-63 and others, well worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1468		British Commonwealth, Mostly N.H. Oceania Collection, n.h., in Scott album to 1989, all in complete sets, also incl. few used States cat. $980, Papua cat. $911, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,716. Estimate $700-900. View details	Unsold
Lot 1469		/ British Commonwealth, Balance of Mint Europe and Oceania Collection, mostly 20th century mounted in Scott album, few scattered used with classic G.B. and Offices, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Scott $7,595. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1470		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in Scott Album, 19th & 20th Century mint and used, features a variety of countries with many complete mint n.h. sets, incl. Aden #48-61, Hong Kong 185-98 (less 193, 195), North Borneo 261-75, Singapore 128-42, Sarawak 197-211, and a strong assortment of Malaya States sets and more, should be examined, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1471		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in a Scott Album, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in a Scott album, incl. Canada, Falkland Islands, British Guiana, B.A.T., British Honduras, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha and others, nice, fresh n.h. sets, strength in Falklands featuring 1954 QEII #1L19-33 ($240), 1960 Birds 128-42 ($195), British Guiana 152-56, 210-22, 253-67, B.A.T. 1963 QEII 1-15, British Honduras 144-55, 1962 Birds, St. Helena 140-52, Tristan da Cunha 14-27, 1960 Fish 28-41, and more, inspection will prove rewarding, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1472		British Commonwealth, Aitutaki, Penrhyn and Samoa Islands 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., 36 compl. sets and souvenir sheets averaging over $29.00 Scott per set, 10 dupl. collections which can be marketed by country or by sets online, stamp shows, mail auctions, retail and wholesale, loaded with popular topicals, incl. Year of the Snake, Pope, JFK, Royal Wedding, Peonies and many more, Actual face value in excess of $5,000, Very Fine. Scott $10,630 (Owner's). Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1473		/o British Commonwealth, Great Britain and Europe Collection, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in a Scott album, general G.B. with booklets and better n.h. mint sets, Scott #309-12, 317-33, 353-63, and modern sets, also Ireland, Gibraltar 132-45, Cyprus 168-82, 183-97, Malta 246-62 all n.h., worth a look, Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1474		o British Commonwealth, Used Africa Collection, Scott album with hundreds of used running to 1952, many finds for the cancel collector, must inspect, Fine to Very Fine appearance. 2012 Scott $7,100 (Owner's). Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1475		/ British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilee Set, o.g. (some n.h. incl. Hong Kong), no Egypt, on annotated homemade pages, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,400+. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1476		/ British Commonwealth, Falklands, South Georgia, B.A.T. Collection, n.h. to l.h. mounted in Scott album, Falklands & Dependencies incl. South Georgia cat. $1253; BAT cat. $454, all in compl. sets, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,707 (few years old). Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1477		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation on Pages, two large boxes filled with 19th & 20th Century mint and used on old Scott album pages, sorted by country in manila folders, condition varies, should be inspected, Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1478		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in Comprehensive Stamp Album, devoted to British Empire mint and used from 1840 to mid-1950s, quite a number of classic and other 19th Century with very substantial cat. values, better countries incl. G.B., Australia (especially States), Canada, India, Newfoundland, Papua New Guinea and Singapore, incl. mint #18a, 19a and 20 (cat $335), inspect to appreciate, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 1479		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation in Banker Box, starting with a Scott Specialty G.B. album, virtually all mint, great majority n.h., scattered earlier, mint #185-86, 292-311, then almost solid mint for the years 1967-1988, plus good run of Machins, J79-J103, Regionals, MEF, etc., stockbooks and folders holding Malaysia, Singapore, Machins, used early definitives to later G.B. commemorative sets, substantial run of Ireland, plus pages and glassines of North Borneo, Isle of Man, Australia and New Zealand, inspect, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1480		/o British Commonwealth, Neat Little Collection, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in two Elbe Atlas albums and five other albums, incl. Canada, Newfoundland, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, British Caribbean and more, better complete sets throughout, worth inspection, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1481		/o British Commonwealth, Estate Balance, mostly mint on album pages, stockpages and in stockbook, noted G.B. used Scott #2 (fault), SG #406 (cat. £225), 421b (cat. £100), Edward VII ½d and 1d mint with control numbers, Bahamas collection with GV mint, Barbados collection incl. 140-150 mint, some faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1482		British Commonwealth, Pacific 2010 to 2014 Collection, n.h., 107 different compl. sets along with souvenir sheets from Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Samoa, Tonga and Niuafo'ou which average Scott catalog value is nearly $36 per set, an array of popular topicals are present incl. but not limited to JFK, Royal Wedding, Year of the Snake, Olympics, Christmas, Entomology, Peony, Birds, Titanic, Butterflies and much more, actual face value is in excess of $1,880, Very Fine. Scott $3,767 (Owner's). Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1483		/o/ British Commonwealth, Collection on Pages, small but some nice items, noticed some G.B. Officials, Ionian Islands #1-3 unused and 3 used, used Batum, Crete #1, and Heligoland mint and used, take a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 1484		/ British Commonwealth, Oceania Mint Collection, worthwhile collection in a Scott album, mostly mint n.h. and l.h. sets, incl. Cook Islands #199-220 n.h., Gilbert and Ellice 40-51, 61-72, Pitcairn 1-8, 11-12, 20-31, British Solomon Islands 89-105, many others, review recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1485		/o British Commonwealth, General Collection, mint and used in a Scott album, features Australia with some Kangaroos, complete sets, booklets etc., incl. #221, 292-303, 1958 Dues, New Zealand QEII #288-301 n.h., Papua #122-36, review recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1486		o British Commonwealth, America collection in Scott album, Few hundred from 1860s to 1953, mostly used with a scattering of o.g. sets, with few better Canada, mostly fine or better. Estimate $250-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1487		British Commonwealth, Collection in Album, Scott album filled with mostly Jersey, Guernsey and Isles of Man to 1986, but hidden in the book is B.A.T., and Turkish Cyprus, must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1488		/o British Commonwealth, Malaya, States and Related Postage Dues, nice selection of mint and used on small sales pages in 2 binders, minor dupl., good variety, noted Labuan, North Borneo, Malaya, Straits Settlements, etc., generally Fine to Very Fine. SG £1,750 ++. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1489		/o British Commonwealth, Low End Mint and Used Stock, in 2 old Elbe stockbooks, mostly low values with minor dupl., but also mostly used Australian States with QV Dues, Western Australia, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1490		/o British Commonwealth, Cancel and Modern Mint Group, stock sheets with over 100 incl., Canada mint $1 issues and some modern $1 to $5 plate blocks, G.B. mint Machin and Castle blocks to £5, and pages of cancels from different countries, must inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1491		o British Commonwealth, Mostly Used on Stockpages, QV to modern from Bahamas (cat. $575), Gibraltar ($650) and British Honduras ($500), good variety of issues, some with toning, mixed condition. Estimate $150-180. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1492		British Commonwealth, War Tax Mint Accumulation, n.h. few hundred dupl. in multiples (mostly blocks of 4), all countries represented incl. Falklands, couple with control #s, few minor vars., fun lot to play with, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $173

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