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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1672		/o British Commonwealth, Better Mostly Mint Collection, In 4 Scott albums mostly mint with some used classics to 1960s loaded with QV, GV and GVI with to many highlights to list all, to mention a few Ascension Complete mint 1922 to 1963, Australia Roos to 2£, Bahamas mint to 1£, British Guiana with mint and used classics, Falkland Islands mint 20, 21, 22-29, 30-40, 54-64, 65-73, Newfoundland with many mint sets and C18, New Guinea C46-C59 mint, Papua 11-18 mint, St. Helena with 99, 101-110, St. Kitts-Nevis 24-36 mint, 52-62 mint and many other countries with $100 to $200 sets and singles, nice for breakdown or for expansion, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details and photo	Realized $19,550
Lot 1673		/o British Commonwealth, Collectors Lifetime Accumulation, Three bankers boxes filled with thousands of mint and used with about every country represented, nothing taken out by us, runs from classics to modern with many sets singles, in stockbooks on sales cards, in albums and glassines, huge cat. value, many finds to be had, please inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 1674		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in 5 Albums, Thousands of mint and used in Scott albums A to Z, many sets and singles throughout incl. KGVI sets mint, thousands in cat. value, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,888
Lot 1675		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1676		o British Commonwealth, Country and General Collections, in about 25 albums incl. hingeless, or stockbooks, also on pages, loose in glassines mostly used, incl. Australia (7) with some States, New Zealand (2), Ireland (2), Cyprus, Malta, Singapore, British Guiana, to fairly recent with some later new issues, some dupl. used, mostly organized but needs some work, few 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Accumulation of many collections bought over the decades. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,738
Lot 1677		/o British Commonwealth, Large Dealers Backroom Accumulation, in 3 bankers boxes are albums, stockbooks loose running from classics into about 1980 noticed a well filled Australia stockbook of mint and used, Stockbook of mostly n.h. sets of the 1960s to 1980s and collection remainders on hingeless pages and much more, huge cat. value, great lot for breakdown or internet sales, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1678		/o British Commonwealth, Diverse Accumulation, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation arranged in three well-filled stockbooks, mostly countries of British Africa and British America, incl. British Honduras, Gold Coast, Gilbert & Ellice, Grenada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kuwait, Labuan, Lagos, Leeward Islands, Maldives, Malaya & States, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Singapore, Somaliland, Southern Rhodesia, Sudan etc., about 30 countries represented, some duplication, inspection recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Yvert €13,750 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,600. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1679		/o British Commonwealth, Four Volume Collection and Accumulation, 19th & 20th Century mint and used neatly arranged in four well-filled stockbooks incl. approx. 20+ "S-T" countries, most of later mint is n.h throughout, does incl. better Canada #4, 17b, 59-65 (20¢-$5 Jubilees) used etc., India features Queen Victoria to KGVI values to 15r, officials and nice range of Indian states, good value throughout, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Yvert €10,000 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,600. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 1680		/o British Commonwealth, British Europe Group, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation arranged in a stockbook, incl. Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland and Malta, noteworthy is Gibraltar Scott #1-6 mint ($1,032), some duplication, good value throughout, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 1681		/o British Commonwealth, Large Accumulation in 3 Boxes, thousands of mint and used in albums, stockbooks, and loose running from classics to 1980s, thousands of dollars in cat. value, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 1682		/o British Commonwealth, Country Collections, Includes mint and used Mauritius with classics to 1950s, Tristan Da Cunha mint which appears to be complete to 1970s, Natal with values to £5, Bahamas from 1906 to 1960s, Seychelles from 1890s to 1940s, Trinidad & Tobago with mint values to £1, Trinidad with classics and mint values to 5/- and mint and used Barbados from classics to 1960s, lots of cat. value and many better items to be found, please inspect, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 1683		/o British Commonwealth, Malayan States, North Borneo Collections, mostly used in albums, stockbook, on pages, incl. some classics with Straits Settlements, mostly 20th Century used with some fiscals, some later complete sets incl. mint, also Malaysia, dupl. North Borneo incl. semis, mint Brunei, needs careful inspection, Fine to Very Fine overall. Accumulation of collections bought over the decades. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1684		British Commonwealth, British Africa Collection in Stock Book, 20th Century l.h. to n.h. collection of mostly complete KGVI and QEII arranged in a well-filled stockbook, also some early material, incl. G.B. offices in Africa, M.E.F. Scott #1-9, 14-15, plus misc. E.A.F. offices in Morocco with Tangier nearly complete 501-4, 508-611, Kuwait 72-81A, Lagos 18//38, Mauritius 251-65, 273-5, 276-90, 306-20, Nigeria 53-68, 80-91, North Rhodesia 61-74, 75-88, Nyasaland 68-81, 97-111, 112-22, 123-34, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 141-55, 158-71, 172-77, Rhodesia 208-21, 223-36, 275-93, 328-47, St. Helena 140-52, 159-72, Seychelles 173-94, 198-212, 257-71, Somaliland 96-107, 128-39, South Rhodesia 81-94, 95-108, Sudan 79-94, 98-114, O44-60, Swaziland 55-66, 67-79, 80-91, 92-107 also B.I.O.T. nice run of sets 1-77 and many others, attractive group, worth inspection, Very Fine appearance. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1685		/o British Commonwealth, Three Volume Accumulation, mostly 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation in three well-filled stockbooks, more than 30 countries represented incl. Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Barbuda, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, British Guiana, Burma, Cape of Good Hope, Cocos Island, Dubai, Guyana, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Hebrides (British & French), Niger Coast, Niue, North Borneo, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Tonga-Niuafo'ou, Trinidad, Zambia and Zimbabwe, some duplication, much n.h. throughout, some earlies included, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1686		British Commonwealth, Mint Collections, 3 banker boxes filled with collections incl. 2 well filled Samoa running from 1963 to 2013, Christmas Islands from 1987 to 2013, Cocos Islands 1963 to 2013, 2 volume Pitcairn Islands from 1940 to 2014 (appears complete), 2 volume Norfolk Island from 1947 to 2009 and appears fairly complete, British Honduras from 1949 to 2013, and 3 Volume almost complete Papua New Guinea from 1952 to 2013, much topical material throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1687		British Commonwealth, British Africa Accumulation, thousands of mostly mint in bankers box, mostly from the 1940s to 1960s, noticed mint sheet files filled with n.h in quantity and huge cat. value, stockpages with lots of South Africa incl. booklets, nice lot for breakdown for retail or internet sales, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1688		/o British Commonwealth, British Asia Accumulation, hundreds on stockpages running mostly from late 1800s to 1950s incl. Straits and Settlements, North Borneo, Labuan, Malaysia and most of the States incl. Japanese occupation with Values to the $ 5 mint, huge cat. value with many better to pick, please inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $4,600
Lot 1689		/o British Commonwealth, British Africa and More, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation in a well-filled stockbook, much modern mint n.h. throughout as well as early material, incl. Kenya, Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, Kiribati, Kuwait, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Transkei, Vanuata, Virgin Islands and Zanzibar, classic mostly used Tasmania, Transvaal and Victoria, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Yvert €5,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1690		/o British Commonwealth, "A-B" Countries Etc., mostly 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation in a well-filled stockbook, much modern mint n.h. throughout with some nice early issues present, incl. Aden & States, Aitutaki, Anguilla, Antigua, Ascension, Australian Antarctic Territory, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Biafra, Botswana and British Indian Ocean Territory, also good early used Australian States (South Australian & Western Australia) as well as British Guiana and some British East Africa, East Africa and Uganda, inspection recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Yvert €5,000 (Owner's). Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1691		/o British Commonwealth, "C-G" Countries, Etc., 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation in a well-filled stockbook with much modern mint n.h. throughout with a nice selection of early material, incl. Ceylon/Sri Lanka, Christmas Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana and South Georgia, also good early used Queen Victoria classics incl. Ceylon Scott #1 (strip of 4), 9, 10, 11, etc., Cape of Good Hope 3, 4, and Gambia 2, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2015 Yvert €8,300. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1692		/o British Commonwealth, G.B and Australia Collections, two collections in new Scott Specialty albums, G.B. contains some used from 1887-1935 and mint from 1949-98, Australia incl. an excellent run of mint issues 1947-2000 mostly complete and some mixed mint and used 1913-35, well worth inspection. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1693		British Commonwealth, Mint Collections 1895 to 1984, all mint collection lightly hinged on Scott album pages, incl. #54-62, then 77-403 (complete major numbers incl. three souvenir sheets), Dependencies 1L1-75, 2L1-5L8, B.A.T. 1-116 complete, South Georgia 1-55 complete, great little collection, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,500 (Owner's). Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1694		/o British Commonwealth, Commonwealth "M-R" Countries, Etc., 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection/accumulation in a well-filled stockbook with much modern mint n.h. throughout, as well as interesting early issues, incl. Montserrat, Natal, Nevis, New Guinea, Norfolk Islands, North Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Orange River Colony, Palestine, Penrhyn Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Qatar and Rhodesia, also Queen Victoria mint and used classics from New Brunswick, New South Wales, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Islands and Queensland, some duplication, generally Fine to Very Fine. 2015 Yvert €4,200 (Owner's). Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1695		/o British Commonwealth, Interesting Accumulation, 19th & 20th Century mint and used collector's accumulation consisting of stamps put away over many years, incl. new issues, old issues, approvals, year sets, mixtures etc., features Australia, British Africa, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, G.B., India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand and more, offered as received, careful inspection recommended, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1696		/o British Commonwealth, Stock in Stockbooks, thousands of mint and used (mostly mint) in stockbooks mostly from the 1930s to about 1980 with duplication, noticed book with New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Canada and much more, lots of cat. value as one book has owners cat. value of over $10,000, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1697		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation in Books, Group of items in three stockbooks some highlights incl. G.B. #141 block of four purchase at Harmer of London in 2000 and many modern up to 10£ mint Machins, 249-251A n.h., Bahrain #38-51, 60-61A mint blocks, Kuwait 54-57, India O100-103 (3) and mint blocks of O101-103, please inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 1698		British Commonwealth, Singapore and Tristan Da Cunha, group of mostly mint items in stockbook and on sales sheets, incl. mint Singapore #28-42 n.h., 106a n.h. and a small group of Tristan Da Cunha on sales sheets, Very Fine appearance. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1699		/o British Commonwealth, Scattered Countries Mint or Used, In hingeless albums to 1970s, incl. British Honduras, Antigua, St. Vincent, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $334

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