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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1968		Hong Kong 1980's Commercial Covers, Approximately 300 mostly registered or express, franked with high values, #10 size, overall fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1969		Hong Kong 20th Century Postal History, Couple hundred 1930's to 1960's, including higher denominations, scarcer cancels, also group of postcards including real photos, worth a look, fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1970		India - Jammu & Kashmir Collection, Mounted on homemade pages, classic issue mint, including laid paper, wove paper, forgeries, multiples, reprints, most unusual group, overall fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 1971		/o India Small Unusual Group, including #6 cut to shape on internal 1856 registered cover, first flight cover (AAMC #1), couple apparent essays, Revenue item, etc., fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 1972		/ Ireland Complete Mint 1922 to 1999 Collection, On Scott pages, missing only #38, 59 and modern Europas, also including surcharge varieties of first few issues including misplaced overprints, signed proofs, coil strips, "R" over "S" varieties, control numbers, Dollard essays, 1930 on mostly n.h. including 1937 St. Patrick set, 1930's flaws including M-W #C13b, few blocks of 4, including gutters, also later booklets, sheetlets, souvenir sheets, Back of the Book, few modern First Day's, labels including propaganda, forerunners, etc., very clean and fine to very fine collection, lovely lot. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 1973		//o Ireland Extensive and Duplicated Mint Collection, To approximately 1970 in Lighthouse hingeless album, in some cases duplicate used including better sets, noted SG#6b, 8c, 44 mint and used, 47a, 83-85 both settings, coils, #67a-70a including pairs with normal, no #71-82 except coils, no 111-22 except coils, mostly complete after that including extra material on sales pages not sorted into collection, overall fine to very fine, not checked for varieties. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1974		/ Ireland Mostly Mint 1922 to 1992 Collection and Stock, In album and 2 stockbooks, 1922 overprints on, with some duplicate used, most value in commemoratives, with later n.h., including Europa, Airs, few souvenir sheets, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1975		Ireland 1931 to 1976 First Day Covers, 46 in Lighthouse binder with value in earlies including #84 (toning), 86 (sound), 99-100, 101-02, mostly cacheted after that, nice group, fine to very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1976		/o Jamaica Mint and Used Accumulation, Few hundred on stockpages through George V, classics mint and used with shades through 1/-, several items with cancels, Arms to 5/-, overall quite clean and fine to very fine. Estimate $400-450. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1977		Malay States Extensive Mint Collection, Few hundred in mounts on well annotated exhibit style pages, including Federated States #1-8 (7 unused), 9-13 later values to $5 with various Gibbons listed shades, noted Johore with overprints on Straits, 37-51, some blocks, 59-73, 76-85, 100, Dues, Kedah 23-45 (no 29), 46-54, Kelantan 1-13 specimen overprints (few with tone spots on reverse), Negri Sembilan 5-14, Pahang overprints on Straits including 3, 6, 8, 17, Pahang 3-22, Perak numerous overprints on Straits including 3, 12 (used, APS cert. faults), 7a (BPA cert. fault), 28a, 47-57, Officials, Selangor with overprints on Straits, 5 unused, 14 used, plus Gibbons listed overprints on 2c brown and rose, 29-39 (38 thin spot, no 35), Sungei Ujong with Gibbons listed overprints including 8, 11, 13 (unused) and 26, Trengganu 1-38 (38 thin), few faults, but overall fresh colors and fine. Estimate $4,500-5,000. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1978		o Malay States Used Collection, Few hundred in mounts on well annotated exhibit style pages, including Federated States #8, various "tiger" issues, some with shades by Gibbons, values to $25 (most high values revenue cancels), noted Johore overprints on Straits, 30-36, some high values with revenue cancels including 75, Kedah with 22, 45, 46-54, Kelantan 1-12, 26, 29-42, Negri Sembilan 2-4, 21-35, Pahang overprints on Straits including 1, 9, also 17, 29-43 (no 34A), Perak 47-56, 67-68 (67 thin), Selangor with overprints on Straits including Gibbons listed, noted 14, 26-36, 39, Sungei Ujong few overprints on Straits, etc., few faults, revenue cancels figured accordingly, overall fine. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 1979		/o Malay States Mint and Used Collection, On Scott pages and stockpages, strength in 1949 to QEII period (including Singapore) with complete sets, noted some Japanese occupations, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1980		/o Malaya - Japanese Occupation Group, mint and used, in mounts on well annotated exhibit style pages, including Kelantan #N21-22 mint, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak N35a block of 4 mint, Selangor N27-42 mint (no 28), Trengganu N3 mint, few with toned gum, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1981		/o Malaya Related Small Collector Balance, Few better used and mint on small cards, noted Bangkok overprints (6), 1867 Straits overprints on India (10) with cat. values to $350, Thai occupation set, etc., high catalog, mixed condition, inspect. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $390
Lot 1982		/ Malta Extensive Mostly Mint Collection, In 2 Davo albums, 1860 to 1998, apparently complete except #66, 73, 739-42, 748, B75-80, J11A-17A, including extra copies of early values, mostly o.g. with a few early values unused, later issues n.h. including souvenir sheets, Dues, etc., overall fresh and mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 1983		Mauritius 1902 to 1950 Mint Collection, On pages and stockpages, including SG#157-62, 153-55, plus 154-55 specimens, 164-75, 181-95, 196-204, clean and fine to very fine. Cat. £850+. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1984		o Mauritius Classic Used Collection, 33 items consisting of #84-91, 92-100, 102-04, 110, 112-13, 115, 118-21, 118a, 118c (mint), 120c (mint), 121b (mint), 121 mint block of 4, fresh and fine lot. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $264
Lot 1985		/o Mauritius 1938-49 George VI Printing Study, Approximately 90 mint and used on annotated pages, in order from 1st to 12th printing, including 1942 perforate 15x14 2c, 5c 10c mint, through 10r (including SG #263 mint and used), excellent study, showing the various shades and perforations, fine to very fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1986		/o New Zealand 1915-22 George V Specialized Collection, Written up on homemade pages, exhibition style, including plate proof pairs in black of 1½d to 1/- values, also other "proofs" on card or granite paper, organized by value showing issued stamps, perforations, mint blocks with both types to 1/-, plate singles, blocks with control numbers, cancels, shades, re-entries including 4d yellow in block of 9 (R4/10), colors fresh, overall fine to very fine, an excellent group that would make a strong start for an exhibit on this issue. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 1987		//o New Zealand Mint and Used Stock, Few hundred organized in stockbook, few used Chalon heads, 1874-95 issues with cancels, 1898-1907 pictorials to 1/- mint and used, #132-39, 182-83 mint, George V mint and used with varieties for papers and shades, 1935-41 pictorials mint to 3/- with duplication, some later George VI and a bit of Back of the Book, overall clean and fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1988		/ New Zealand Mostly 20th Century Mint Collection to 2002, O.g. to n.h. in 3 Scott albums, handful of 19th Century, 1909 issue used, mint after that (all in mounts), including #131, 144b, virtually complete 1936 on with some early sets n.h., later mostly n.h., including souvenir sheets, second album Back of the Book with few Postal Fiscals (few used), sheetlets, Airs, etc., overall very clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1989		/ New Zealand Mint Collection to 1994, Mostly n.h. in Scott album, few earlies mostly used to 1936 including Campbell Paterson #K1c pair, virtually complete n.h. from 1936 on, including souvenir sheets, booklets, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Unsold
Lot 1990		/o/ New Zealand Mostly 20th Century Collection, To 1970's in binder on homemade pages, mint, used and cover examples, including duplicate used, also miniature sheets, interesting assortment, inspect, overall fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1991		New Zealand 1954-56 Q.E. II Plate Blocks, N.h., 1954 1 ½d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 8d complete per Campbell Paterson listed plate numbers, 1956 1 ½d (plate 9), 2d (3-6), 3d (17, 19-20), 4d (15-16), 6d (1-2), minor duplication, fresh, very fine, seldom seen. Cat. (1993) NZ$700+. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1992		Nigeria 1914 to 1949 Complete Mint, O.g. (few n.h.) on pages, including both dies (except SG #12b), SG#12 with control number, 1936 5/-, 10/- and £1 n.h. plus a few others, very clean, fine to very fine. Cat. £860+. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 1993		/o North Borneo Mint and Used Collection, 1883 to 1963 on homemade pages, earlies tend to be used, 20th Century mostly mint with additional 1950 used George VI and first Q.E. II sets, nice range of Dues, some n.h. with faint c.t.o. bar cancels, generally fine to very fine. Cat. $3300+. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $900
Lot 1994		/ Nyasaland Mint Collection to 1963, On Scott pages and stockpages, including 1913-19 to 10/-, 1921-30 set complete, 1938 on complete, plus a few multiples including 1945 5/- to 20/- n.h. marginal blocks of 4, etc., mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1995		//o Palestine and Related Collection and Stock, Large stock mostly used, starts with SG#1 (mint and used), sorted by value, but not SG or Scott numbers, some mint multiples of 1918 unoverprinted issue, mint Palestine collection on Weinstein pages starting with SG#1 used, 2 mint (3), varieties including "Crown missing from watermark" in corner block of 4, 1918 overprinted issue mint and used, mint multiples with position flaws including "no dot", "Arabic 4 instead of 4", "cobweb" variety, also rough perforations, 1920 local overprint settings I to III, including 20p setting II mint (Dorfman #26 cat. $375), rough perforation 3m (Dorfman #16rp cat. $185), third setting complete mint and used, 1922 London prints including SG#71-84 complete mint and used, also control numbers, 1927 Mandate issue with control "1" blocks of 4, also Dues, also collection of postmarks on receipts, few covers, great lot for the specialist, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 1996		/o Papua New Guinea Adhesives from Exhibit, Hundreds mounted and written up on pages, begins with an example of "BNG" cancel on Queensland 1d, 2d and 6d (2d faults), 1901-05 watermark sideways, thick paper, complete used (2/6 small thin), examples of other watermarks and papers, large and small Papua overprints to 2/6, varieties including "d" for "p", raised "Pa", deformed "d", white leaves, unusual paper sample showing rosette watermark, cancels including ships, loose letter, various offices, later issues including varieties of sickle flaws, pole to sail, rift in clouds, comet, blob on hill, etc., "Tax" h.s. on various values, many issues with mint multiples showing positional pieces, 1932 pictorial set used, Stamp Duty overprints including invert on 6d, Airmail issues, extensive Officials including perforate OS with varieties, noted "rifts" in pairs, 4d and 1/- vertical pairs, one without OS, 1d horizontal pair with double OS on left copy, etc., must be seen to appreciate, excellent basis for a medal winning exhibit, overall fine to very fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $6,325
Lot 1997		/o Papua New Guinea Extensive Collector Accumulation, Hundreds of Lakatoi's in stockbook and on small cards, noted values to 10/- mint and used, many varieties, cancels, mint multiples including imprint pieces, Officials with extensive perforate OS, Stamp Duty overprints, "Tax" h.s., etc., plus stockbook with some modern issues and booklets, accumulated over many years by the consignor of the Lakatoi exhibit, must be seen to appreciate, excellent stock for dealer or specialist collector, few minor faults, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 1998		Papua New Guinea Covers From Exhibit, 49 covers, wrappers and cards (couple fronts), mounted and written up on pages, begins with small Papua overprint 2/6 on small cover, 1907-10 issues including registered, internal usages, 1910 2/6 on legal size registered envelope, mono color with usages to U.S., England and Japan, also W.W.I cover with British Red Cross label on reverse, bicolor issues including W.W.I and W.W.II censored, registered, "loose ship letter" cancel, destinations including Fiji, U.S. and Argentina, label fronts from government mailings, "Papuan Villager" wrappers, few with minor faults, but overall a fresh and fine to very fine group, excellent for study. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 1999		o Papua New Guinea Cancel Collection, 150+ pieces organized on stockpages, majority identified by Lee numbers, noted several rarity D and E, good variety of offices and markings, minor duplication, also noted cancels from Queensland, paquetbot, Thursday Island, etc., plus selection of registry labels from various offices, difficult to duplicate, overall fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2000		/o Papua New Guinea Mint and Used Collection to 1992, Hundreds mounted in Palo album, Lakatoi's including #1-7, 11-18 used, 19-26 mint, 60-73 mint (63 used), 1952 on mint and virtually complete, Airs, Official set, few minor faults, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2001		/ Papua New Guinea 1901 to 1993 Mint Collection, Mounted on pages, n.h. to o.g. with later n.h., including #1-7, 11-14, 16-18, 19-26, 1907-08 to 1/-, couple extra used, 2 ½d perforated "OS", 75-83, 1916-31 to 2/6, later issues mostly complete, 1952 set to 10/- used, mostly n.h. after that, Airs complete mint, fine to very fine, fresh collection. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2002		/ Papua New Guinea 1968 to 1991 Mint Collection, Virtually complete on Scott pages in mounts, few o.g., but majority n.h., also Airs complete from 1929 including #C1d, Officials, Dues except #J6, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2003		Papua New Guinea Three Better Flight Covers, 1932 Port Moresby to Kokoda (AAMC #P45), 1933 Port Moresby to Samarai (#P66) and 1936 Daru to Mt. Blucher (#P104), fresh, very fine. AAMC (1997) cat. AUS $500. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 2004		/ Pitcairn Islands Mint Collection to 1980's, Few hundred on stockpages including #1-8, 20-30, 38, 39-51, few souvenir sheets, booklets, first few issues l.h., balance n.h., overall very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2005		Sarawak 1869 to 1965 Mostly Mint Collection, On Scott pages, few used, missing only #24, 27, 38, 48, 70, 77-78 to 1929, complete 1947 through 1957 except #196, fresh, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 2006		Seychelles Complete Mint 1890 to 1990's, On Scott pages, missing few Scott "a" numbers, couple used, fresh, fine to very fine and attractive collection. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 2007		Seychelles Small Cover Lot, Consists of 2 covers, 1932 and 1935 registered to U.S. and South Africa, 1930 postcard to Czechoslovakia, postal cards with Q.V. 4c (3 mint, 1 used to Mauritius), 8c (1 specimen, 2 unused, 2 used to Germany), fine to very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2008		Sierra Leone Mint Collection, O.g. on Gibbons pages, 1872 to 1935, many better Q.V. values, later to £1 including #89, 140-52, fresh colors, generally fine to very fine. Cat. $1800+. Estimate $500-550. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2009		/ Singapore 1948 to 1994 Complete Mint, In Scott album, 1948 to 1955 l.h. to o.g. (1949-52 set n.h.), n.h. after that, including later booklets, no #106a, fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $660
Lot 2010		/o South Africa 1910 to 1961 Collection, On Scott pages, earlies mint and used, 1937 on mostly complete, 1945 on mint, also Semi-postals complete, few Airs, Dues, etc., mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $1096. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2011		/o Southern Rhodesia 1924 to 1964 Collection, Mint and used on homemade pages, several better sets and singles, duplication for mint and used, overall fine. Owners cat. $527. Estimate $120-150. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2012		South West Africa 1923 to 1961 Collection, Mostly mint on Scott pages, including few early pairs, few used with town cancels, 1937 to 1953 complete mint, also Semi-postals, Dues, few Officials, fine to very fine. Cat. $770. Estimate $200-220. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2013		Straits Settlements Extensive Mint Collection to 1936, Few hundred in mounts on well annotated exhibit style pages, including #1-3 (3 unused), 6, 8-9 (8 unused), 10-18, various overprints on Straits issues including 20-21, 22, 29 (2), 62, Q.V. set 40-57, Edward and GV issues to $5, many issues with shades, dies, various overprint varieties on Malaya Borneo Exhibition issues, few regummed or unused (on Q.V. issues), but overall fresh and fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 2014		o Straits Settlements Used Collection to 1936, Few hundred in mounts on well annotated exhibit style pages, including India used in Penang (with #A52) and Singapore, #1-3, 5-9, 10-18, 19, various overprints on Straits including 20-21, 23, 63-64, 68, 58-59 with various types, later issues including 88, Edward issues to $25 (revenue cancel), GV to $500 (revenue cancel), most high values with revenue cancels (figured accordingly), occasional fault, overall fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 2015		/o Sudan 1897 to 1961 Collection, Mint and used on Scott pages, earlies mostly used including 1897 set complete (1m mint), complete to 1928, 1951 on complete mint, Airs to 1932 complete mint, Dues mint and used, Officials, mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $581. Estimate $200-220. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2016		//o Tristan da Cunha Mint Collection, To 1998 in Kabe hingeless album, early sets o.g., later n.h., some duplicate used behind mint, fresh, very fine. Owners (2004) cat. $892. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2017		Tristan da Cunha Cover Group, 1950's to 1980's, about 50 covers or postcards with Tristan frankings, including First Day's, official mail, postage dues, registered, etc. and some earlier islander covers, please examine, generally very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $138

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