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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1445		/o 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. View details and photo	Realized $43,125
Lot 1446		/ British Commonwealth, Clean 20th Century Collection, n.h. to o.g., formed by collector over many years in small stockbooks, some complete sets, cat. from around $20 up to $400+, all cat. and identified, mostly sound throughout, no cheap sets, mostly GV to early QEII set, occasional short sets or single values, strength in Canada with Admirals, Tercentenary, Victoria sets complete, Falklands, clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine overall. 2012 Scott $37,000 (Owner's). Estimate $7,000-9,000. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 1447		British Commonwealth, Asia in Sales Books, couple hundred mint and used, identified and price in sales books, owners retails $17,000, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1448		British Commonwealth, Dealers Stock in Red Boxes, n.h., 7 with thousands running from 1953 to 2004, most of the value is in complete sets, some dupl. up to 3, best is Bahamas, Barbados, G.B. and Ireland, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $17,229 (Owner's). Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 1449		/o British Commonwealth, Europe Stock, All identified and price in two sales books mixed mint and used running 1920s to 1980s, marked retails $12,000. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1450		British Commonwealth, Balance of Intact Mint Collection in 2 Volumes, nice range of better items from 20+ countries in 2 albums l.h. to n.h. incl. Abu Dhabi 1-11, 15-25, Aitutaki 1-18, 19-27, Barbuda 1-11, Basutoland 1-10, Br. Antarctic 1-15, 24, 25-38, Iraq British Occupation set, nice range of Maldives and Penhryn, 1903-19 Orange Free State complete, Singapore 1-20, 28-42, South Georgia 1-16, Tonga 54-62, 63-69, Tristan 1-12, 14-27, 28-42 and many others, a nice clean lot generally fine to very fine or better. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 1451		British Commonwealth, Pacific 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., loaded with topicals 112 different compl. sets along with souvenir sheets from Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Samoa, Tonga and Niuafo'ou which average Scott cat. value is nearly $33 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 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 $19,800, Very Fine. Scott $37,250 (Owner's). Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 1452		/o British Commonwealth, George VI Collection, hundreds in a well filled Stanley Gibbons King GVI album, mostly mint with many better sets and singles throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 1453		/o British Commonwealth, Hoard of Collections, 5 bankers boxes with thousands mint and used in collections, stockbooks from many different countries, nothing real high in value but many useful items to pick or for breakdown into individual retail lots, mini collections or would be great for ebay, please inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1454		British Commonwealth, Never Hinged Accumulation of Sets, Singles, Etc., G.B. and Colonies, virtually all is QEII forward, the major emphasis is material from more difficult period of late 1980s to 2010, very modest dupl., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $13,316 (tape enclosed). Estimate $1,600-2,000. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1455		British Commonwealth, QEII Collections of British Pacific, n.h., 5 Minkus albums running to about 1987, no Australia or New Zealand, all the early QEII sets are present incl. Aitutaki, Fiji, Pitcairn, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, New Hebrides, Niue, Nauru, Penrhyn, Cook and Gilbert Islands, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $10,214 (Owner's). Estimate $1,800-2,500. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1456		/o British Commonwealth, Substantial Collector's Accumulation, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in many hundred #102 stockcards in eight long red boxes identified by country, cat. # and outdated values, features early G.B. with 3 Penny Blacks, as well as sets and singles from just about every region, also one box dedicated to Australia and another to Canada, careful examination will reveal better material throughout incl. Leeward Islands #114 o.g., 115a $225, Pakistan 19 - 3 (2 n.h., 1 o.g.) $87.50 each and others, dupl., but still very useful, inspection essential, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,600. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1457		British Commonwealth, Mint Well Filled Collections, Includes Trinidad & Tobago mint complete 1913-1972, South Georgia complete 1963-1977, St Christopher complete less #23 mint or used, Barbuda 1-11 mint, Belize complete from 1973-1977, British Antarctic Territory complete 1963-1973 and a few odds and ends, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-850. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 1458		British Commonwealth, Tonga, and Niuafo'ou 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., 44 different compl. sets and souvenir sheets from this popular Pacific Island, average Scott cat. per set is in excess of $33, 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 $8,000, Very Fine. Scott $14,750 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1459		British Commonwealth, Miniature Sheets Stock, n.h., hundreds in sales binders worked up on sales pages running from 1960 to 2009, small amount of dupl. up to 3, best are Bahamas, G.B., and Ireland, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,000 (Owner's). Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1460		/o British Commonwealth, British Africa Collection, Thousands mint and used but mostly mint in two Scott albums running from 1890 to 1980s, best is an almost complete Seychelles from 1890 to 1970 mint, some better throughout, nice collection for expansion, please inspect. Estimate $700-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 1461		British Commonwealth, Aitutaki, Penrhyn and Samoa Islands 2010 to 2014 Wholesale Lot, n.h., 36 compl. sets and souvenir sheets averaging over $29.70 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, Royal Wedding, Peonies and many more, Actual face value in excess of $5,400, Very Fine. Scott $10,704 (Owner's). Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1462		British Commonwealth, 1948 Silver Wedding Complete, n.h., complete and fresh, Very Fine. SG £2,250. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1463		o British Commonwealth, Collection of British Africa Revenues, Over 900 in stockbook with some identified and others sorted by country, many different cancels mostly used with a few are with some dupl., please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1464		/o British Commonwealth, G.B., Commonwealth, and India Collection, 19th & 20th Century mint and used in a Comprehensive album, interesting group with a number of complete mint n.h. sets to the 1£ value, features Penny Black, BAT #1-15, Bahamas 158-73, Bechuanaland 180-93, Cayman Islands 153-67, Cyprus 183-95, Gibraltar 147-60, Singapore 22-42, Malaya-Johore 158-61, 163, 166, 168 pl. blocks, Tristan 1-12 and neat India collection on homemade quad pages, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1465		British Commonwealth, New Zealand and Pacific Islands Mostly Mint, hundreds in 2 stockbooks, mostly 20th Century with blocks of 4 to 1970s, also incl. 1906 Christchurch set mint, 132-139 mint, few used Chalon Heads; 2nd stockbook with AAT in blocks of 4, BAT, Christmas Island, Norfolks, Cooks, later N.Z. to 1980s, much Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1466		British Commonwealth, Large New Issue Accumulation, large box filled with n.h. new issue singles, booklets, souvenir sheets, covers, gutter pairs, souvenir items, etc. from a variety of countries, a fair amount of G.B. postage as well, overall Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1467		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 cat. 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 $322
Lot 1468		British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilees Complete, o.g., Fine to Very Fine. SG £1,400. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 1469		British Commonwealth, Burma and Pakistan Collection, Burma running from 1937 to 1961 mint and incl. #1-15, 18A-31 and 33, Pakistan 1947 to 1972 all mint and mounted on Scott pages, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1470		British Commonwealth, Mint Silver Wedding Lot, n.h., incl. Cayman Islands #117 (10), British Solomon 83 (10), British Guiana 245 (35), Barbados 211 (10) and Antigua 99 (10), all Post Office fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,417. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1471		British Commonwealth, Modern Singapore and Hong Kong Stock, n.h., 1990s to 2002 period, binder for each, Hong Kong just oversized incl. booklets, min. sheets, etc., Singapore incl. oversized, aerogrammes, few earlier incl. #86a-93a, J13-33a, control blocks of 4, clean. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1472		/ British Commonwealth, Mint Gilbert & Ellice and Tuvalu Collection, Hundred in Scott album from 1911 to 1992, o.g. to n.h., nice collection for expansion, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115

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