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Commonwealth Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1681		/ British Commonwealth, Intact Mint Collection, in 11 (10 Scott specialty) albums to 1970's and later, incl. separate albums for New Zealand & Dependencies, G.B. and Australia to 2000 with considerable face, most countries scattered 19th Century and early 20th Century, value in 1930's and later period mostly mint with later complete sets mostly n.h., incl. the GVI and early QEII sets, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 1682		British Commonwealth, Modern Mint Collection, hinged on homemade pages in 108 volumes, generally starts with Silver Jubilee set with scattered earlier, generally ends after 2000 with some countries to 2016, mostly complete sets with cat. to $200, noted Anguilla #1-9 and 11 n.h., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $8,000-10,000. View details and photo	Realized $9,200
Lot 1683		British Commonwealth, Malaya and Related Mint Collection, intact mint in Scott album, 1857 to 1974 incl. States, Singapore complete, all States represented plus a few Occupation, etc., later complete sets, very clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $5,500-7,000. View details and photo	Realized $8,625
Lot 1684		/o British Commonwealth, Africa 2 Volume Collection, mint and used collection in Scott albums to 1960's, all countries nicely represented with some later complete sets, occasional questionable item, scattered 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Scott $48,000 (Owner's). Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 1685		/ British Commonwealth, Country Mint Collections, n.h. to o.g., in 6 binders, collection with full inventory, strong in QV issues and continues to GVI period, few later, strength in Ceylon, British Guiana, Ireland, Samoa, Mauritius, Malta, South Africa, Leeward Islands, Gibraltar, Barbados, VIrgin Islands, and Bahamas, slight dupl., very fresh collections, incl. inventory, mostly Fine to Very Fine. 2017 Scott $60,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $5,000-7,000. View details	Realized $9,775
Lot 1686		/ British Commonwealth, Balance of Collector's Collection, n.h. to o.g., virtually all 20th Century with few 19th Century used, to around 2012 or 2016, 33 Scott or Palo albums, many complete sets plus souvenir sheets, incl. 2 Hong Kong, 2 Falklands & Dependencies, 2 Singapore from 1st issue, also Malta, strong incl. Pacific and Malayan area, cat. value sets to $200+, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-6,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 1687		o British Commonwealth, Mostly Used Collection to 1936, In Ideal album, through the Jubilees, most countries nicely represented incl. classic period, occasional mint incl. sets, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $3,500-4,500. View details and photo	Realized $11,500
Lot 1688		British Commonwealth, Various Mint Country Collections, in 5 albums and on pages, mostly mint incl. G.B. (minor collection), Australia, Europe, New Zealand, few mostly classics used, older "Progressive" West Indies better album to 1950's with classics mostly used on quadrille pages with Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda, Falklands early then 1970's to 2002, South Georgia complete to 2002, Oceania in Minkus album with Gilbert & Ellice, Palau, Nauru, etc., to 1980's, B.A.T. n.h. collection on stockpages, overall very clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,038
Lot 1689		/ British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilee Complete Collection, mint singles complete and blocks of each issue virtually complete neatly mounted in album, blocks n.h. and most single are l.h., incl. non-common designs, fresh and fine to very fine. Scott $7,500+. Estimate $2,200-2,500. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 1690		/ British Commonwealth, Balance of Better Collection, n.h. to o.g. better late 19th to mid 20th Century items and few sets, all identified by Scott #, few dupes incl. Montserrat #75-84 and Antigua 67-76 (2), occasional used or early QE II sets, fresh throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,900
Lot 1691		British Commonwealth, Mostly Mint Collections, Accumulation, in 5 banker boxes, mostly 20th Century mint collections in albums incl. Hong Kong, Antigua, Cooks, Dominica, Montserrat up to recent period, also in glassines, on pages, stockpages, old bid board items, etc., occasional used and/or classics, early to mid 20th Century Canada on #102 cards, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Culled from an Estate of a couple hundred boxes. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $4,025
Lot 1692		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, in 5 banker boxes, with 24 volumes, accumulation in small box mint and used, on stockcards, album pages, also coils, many items cat. $5-50 range, countries incl. Falklands, Pitcairns, South Africa, New Zealand, Omnibus, inspect, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1693		/o British Commonwealth, Select Better Group, 25 singles or sets, mint and used, incl. few New Zealand "Chalon Heads", retail up to $1350, total retail $9000+, excellent lot for resale, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 1694		British Commonwealth, 20th Century Accumulation, mostly mint in 17 individual country groups in folders and a box filled with many stockcards and glassines with various sets and singles, receipt shows original owner paid $7500 in 2017, incl. n.h. and some 19th Century, well worth review, fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 1695		/o British Commonwealth, Collector's Oldtime Mint and Used Accumulation of Plate Flaws, Cancels, etc., thousands in glassines n.h. and used in small boxes sorted by country incl. South Africa along with small used collection and dupl. later n.h. pairs, Australia & States incl. gutter blocks, New Zealand, particularly 1938-42 and 1948-53 overprint issues, Malta, Canada with classics used, collection mostly GV, GVI eras, countries incl. various better perfs with dupl. ex. Jamaica SG#36b used (21 copies), flaws incl. retouches identified, n.h. Uganda SG#106a in block of 4 (2), also n.h. imprint or pl. # blocks, watermark varieties, also n.h. better singles scattered throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Interesting group formed over many decades of research. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1696		/o British Commonwealth, 20 Volumes of Mint and Used, 1st collection mint and used in 6 albums incl. 4 new Imperials, much cat. $10-100 items; 2nd 14 volumes and envelopes mint and used, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1697		/ British Commonwealth, Somewhat Better Mostly Mint Group, n.h. to o.g. from Edward to QEII period, considerable Ascension with varieties, also Pitcairn with SG#69a n.h., few Bermuda key plates, Caymans #85-96 n.h., few 1935 Jubilee vars., etc., clean group ready to break down for retail, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1698		/o British Commonwealth, Estate Balance, many thousands mint/used, 1890 to modern in 6 Minkus albums, stockbooks, glassines, manila pages, binders, 102 cards, incl. British Africa and Asia, souvenir sheets, Officials, mint sheets, Caribbean, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, stationery, New Zealand, 1937 Coronation issues, Omnibus issues, Royal Wedding, etc, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Ex Robert Klein Estate. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1699		/o British Commonwealth, Interesting Accumulation, thousand or so mint or used from 1850s to modern mounted in varios, stockcards, and pages, some loose, incl Canada & Provinces, Rhodesia, India, Hong Kong, British Africa, British Asia, few with PSE certs, good dealer stock material, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1700		/o British Commonwealth, George VI Mint and Used Collection, In Gibbons 1968 album, reasonably full, incl. some 1948 Weddings n.h. to o.g., some issues to £1 values, clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 1701		/ British Commonwealth, B-C Mint Countries, mostly n.h. to o.g. to 1990 with only scattered classics for Bahamas (cat. $3354), Bermuda (cat. $1174), British Honduras (cat. $427), Belize, and Caymans (cat. $819), all mounted on Scott pages, Fine to Very Fine lot. 2016 Scott approximately $5,881. Estimate $750-900. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 1702		/o British Commonwealth, Various Mint and Used Collections, in 6 boxes, incl. mostly mint Africa collection, few thousand in Scott album; Australia collection incl. F.D.C.'s, n.h. to o.g. in Davo hingeless album plus stockbook with multiples and 2 boxes of FDC's and Postal Stationery; mostly n.h. 20th Century accumulation, one section sorted and cataloged in glassines, and another section unsorted; various countries in 3 Minkus albums representing Africa, America and Oceania; mostly priced retail stock, mostly identified and priced mint on stockpages or cards; and 1960's to 1970's mint collection, o.g. in 6 Globals, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 1703		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used in Albums, 19th & 20th Century in seven albums, four stockbooks and on pages, incl. material from all regions incl. Africa, many complete sets and n.h. too, well worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1704		/o British Commonwealth, Collector's Mint and Used Study, Oldtime early to mostly GVI and QEII lot in glassines, all identified (mostly by SG numbers), few detailing various flaws/re-entries/row positions (particularly Labuan), occasional booklet incl. G.B., many countries represented incl. South Africa, Labuan, slight dupl., inspect, Fine to Very Fine. Many years of "fly specking". Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1705		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, in 2 boxes, incl. Australia & States in stockbooks, better singles from auctions incl. Bahamas SG #30 pair (scarce), New Zealand #414 mint and accumulation in small box, Brunei Japanese Occupation multiples, Barbados, Tonga imperf pair, Falklands #11 mint, Hong Kong used stock, Fine to Very Fine overall. Culled from various estates accumulated over the decades. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1706		British Commonwealth, Mint America Minkus Album, filled with primarily o.g. complete sets with Guiana, Honduras, Canada, Cayman, Dominica, Falklands, Grenada with very useful representation of each area incl. better items throughout, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $575
Lot 1707		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation/Collections, in two boxes, incl. albums, stockbooks, stockpages, glassines, etc., mostly 20th Century with occasional better, incl. Omnibus sets with 1935 Jubilees, Asia collection, etc., nothing recent, some classics, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Culled from retired collector's 300+ boxes. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 1708		/ British Commonwealth, Australia and New Zealand Mint Collections, large portion 20th Century, part 1 2016 cat. $4523 consists of entirely n.h. to o.g. Australia #1//1270 incl. States and back-of-book, part 2 cat. $5,205 consists of n.h. to o.g. New Zealand #35//1336 incl. back-of-book, slight dupl., incl. inventory, Fine to Very Fine overall. 2016 Scott $9,500 (Owner's). Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1709		British Commonwealth, Pacific Islands Never Hinged Collections, mostly in albums, complete for Papua New Guinea 1952-2013 incl. min. sheets, etc., Norfolk complete 1988-2008, Christmas complete to 2006, Cocos complete to 2006, Pitcairn 1969 and later sets all with watermark vars., overall Very Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1710		/ British Commonwealth, Australia and New Zealand Mint Stock, Many hundreds from 1928 to 1998, strength in Australia incl. nice group of definitive issues (incl. #379 block of 4), and later commemoratives, many n.h., fine to very fine. Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1711		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1712		/ British Commonwealth, Great Britain & Commonwealth Collection, incl. n.h. sets from a variety of countries in seven binders and an envelope, ranging from 1960s-70s, many with original official new issue brochure, also some covers and a Ghana collection, overall Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1713		o British Commonwealth, 4 Scott Specialty Albums, 2 British Asia with pages to 1966, G.B. with Europe and British Pacific, few thousand mostly used with scattering of o.g. set or partial sets, Fine or better. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1714		/o British Commonwealth, Great Britain & Commonwealth, modern G.B. mint collection in two stockbooks and approx. 100 sets in British Royal Mail packaging, incl. some misc. Commonwealth countries, also mostly used collections in three stockbooks featuring Australia with some States, New Zealand and misc. British Isles, some 19th Century, clean, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1715		British Commonwealth, Modern Pacific Collections, Australian Antarctic, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk, mint collections mostly n.h. to 2017, clean. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1716		o British Commonwealth, Balance of Estate, Few thousand mostly used with some o.g. sets, incl. Canada and Newfoundland collections, G.B. with used #1, 174, plus other Colonies in glassines on old auction pages, Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1717		/ British Commonwealth, Australia, Pacific and Commonwealth Stationery, mostly mint group of few hundred with scattered better used like G.B. Wembley forerunners, Australia with "Roos" and GV heads, also Tonga, overall clean, better group than normally seen. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1718		o British Commonwealth, Pacific and Norfolks Used Collection, Norfolks collection on Scott pages to 1997 (few later, few souvenir sheets n.h.), and clean 20th Century Pacific collection to 2000 in Scott album, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1719		British Commonwealth, George VI and QEII Mint Sets, small selection n.h. in 2 stockbooks, incl. K.U.T., Papua New Guinea and Norfolk specimens, overall Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1720		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Sparse Collection, in Scott album N-Papua, to 1980's (Papua), value in early 20th Century period, with dupl. mint and used pages, with Northern Nigeria SG#18 mint and used, also incl. Pakistan and Bahawalpur, Palestine, etc., fine to very fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1721		/o British Commonwealth, Collector's Balance Accumulation, thousands of mint and used with a little bit of everything, loose and in plastic bags in a box, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $431
Lot 1722		British Commonwealth, King GVI Full Sheet, n.h., over 20 in sheets of 60, consisting of Ceylon with SG#386b, d, 396, 387f with var. 387fa (cat. £110), 399, Aden, occasional dupl., Bahawalpur #39-42, 43-46 with dupl. sheets, Sarawak, Muscat, North Borneo with SG#D85 full sheet of 50 (cat. £100+), clean, overall Very Fine. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1723		British Commonwealth, 1945-46 Victory Issues, n.h., large quantities of thousands in multiples sorted by country in glassines, probably complete incl. Aden and Zanzibar non-common design, clean. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1724		/o British Commonwealth, Small Interesting Accumulation, Few hundred on pages mint and used incl. Gibraltar collection, Pitcairn, Ireland overprints and Antigua #67-76 o.g., mostly fine or better. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1725		/o British Commonwealth, Balance of Estate, including mint and used Egypt collection incl. mint #B6a-b, few better mint sets, small Newfoundland and Ceylon collections, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1726		o British Commonwealth, Dealer's Stock, in 2 binders, Indian & States and Canada back-of-book, thousands mostly used with some Canada Revenues, Fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1727		British Commonwealth, GVI and QEII Mint Blocks, n.h., mostly blocks, partial panes and couple complete, incl. SG listed minor varieties, Fiji SG #261 block of 16, Falklands #153 (4 panes of 20) - cat. £600, control #s, etc., around 50+ pieces, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1728		British Commonwealth, War Tax Mint Full Sheets, n.h., sheets of 120 with intact selvage consisting of all diff. Montserrat (2), Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago (2), Bahamas, fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1729		/ British Commonwealth, 1949 UPU Mint Duplicated Sets, complete sets n.h. to l.h. incl. non-common design, clean. Estimate $100-140. View details	Realized $184

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