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British Commonwealth Area Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2019		//o British Commonwealth Extensive Intact Collection to 1990, In 21 Scott specialty albums, all countries represented (except Canada and Provinces) to 1990 (some countries only to 1970's -80's period), some classics mostly used through 1920's, mint and used after that with later n.h., many complete sets to £1 values throughout, plus Back of the Book, missing rarer material, but quite extensive, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly fine to very fine. Owners (2004) cat. $172,000. Estimate $25,000-30,000. View details	Realized $44,850
Lot 2020		/o British Commonwealth Powerful Collection in 2 New Imperial Albums, 1840 to 1930's, reasonably full mint and used with most countries well represented including Great Britain with penny blacks (4), 2d blues, surface printings with various plates, SG#126-27, Seahorses to 10/- with various printings, PUC £1 used, Dues, Australia with "Roos" to 5/- mint, Barbados, Bermuda, Offices Abroad, Canada with large Queens mint and used, to $1 Parliament, Cape triangles including 3 margin copies, Egypt, Heligoland with used, better Hong Kong mostly used including 1891 Jubilee mint, shades, India with SG#17a, Feudatory States, Natal with SG#1, 4 used, Newfoundland, New Zealand with Chalon heads, Nova Scotia with #1 (o.g., very fine appearance), 2-6 used, P.E.I. with #1-3 used, Rhodesia, St. Helena, St. Vincent with better classics, revenues including Barefoot #2, Seychelles, South Australia, Straits Settlements, Tasmania with SG #31a (cat. £170), Victoria, Zanzibar, usual mixed condition for this collector's lot, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, inspect. Cat. (2002 to 2004) approximately $130,000+. Estimate $25,000-30,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2021		/o British Commonwealth Oldtime Europe and Oceania Collection, Many hundreds of mint and used in two Scott specialty album to 1960's, extensive mostly used classics with duplication for shades, cancels, multiples, etc., all areas represented, Great Britain used including #1-2, 6 pair, 13, 28, 40, 42(4), 52, 53 (2), 57, 65, 96 (7), 98-107, 108 (5), 109, 110 (cat. $2100, small tear and crease), 124, 142, mint including 173a-75a, QEII period, also Dues, Australia with mostly used "Roos" to £1, Cyprus including numerous overprints on Great Britain issues, extensive Gibraltar, Ireland with mint and used overprints on Great Britain to 5/-, better Mauritius, extensive Australian States, N.W.P.I. mint to 2/-, better mint and used New Zealand, etc., true collector collection, mixed condition with very high catalog. Estimate $6,000-6,500. View details	Realized $11,500
Lot 2022		/o British Commonwealth Oldtime America Collection, Many hundreds of mint and used in Scott specialty album to 1960's, extensive mostly used classics with duplication for shades, cancels, multiples, etc., all West Indies represented, Canada including #1 used, extensive large and small Queens mostly used, Jubilee values to $3 mint, Admirals, #158 o.g., extensive Newfoundland, true collector collection, mixed condition, intact as received. Estimate $4,000-4,500. View details	Realized $10,925
Lot 2023		British Commonwealth Mint Collection, Several hundred o.g. on homemade pages (occasional used), late 19th Century to about 1971, mostly West Indies, but including Solomons, Falklands, Gambia and Malta, strength in GVI to QEII definitive sets (few earlier noted), clean, overall fine to very fine, worth a look. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2024		/o British Commonwealth Mostly Used Collection in Minkus Album, Many hundreds on various pages, to 1960's, including Cyprus, occasional mint set, Australia with "Roos" to £1 used, Sydney Bridge 5/-, Australian States, later Hong Kong with mint sets, fine average. Estimate $2,700-2,900. View details	Unsold
Lot 2025		/ British Commonwealth 8 Volume Modern Mint Collection, To 1980's in Scott albums, in mounts, including Grenada (1 volume), Solomons, Fiji, Tuvalu, Guyana, Leewards with 1938 George VI set complete n.h., Barbados (1 volume), Montserrat (1 volume) with 1938 set n.h., St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua (1 volume), Dominica (1 volume), mostly complete 1935 on with n.h. around 1949 on (some earlier sets n.h.), occasional early used, very clean and mostly fine to very fine. Cat. $10,500+. Estimate $2,800-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2026		/o British Commonwealth Extensive Collection to Early 1960's, Several thousand mint and used in 2 Scott albums, including Aden virtually complete including States, Australia with "Roos" to £1 used, Dues, better Barbados, Bermuda with key plates to 5/-, Canada with Tercentenary set mint to 20¢, Jubilees mint to 50¢, Dominica, Egypt, U.A.R., Great Britain with #1, 2 used and Offices abroad including China to $1, Morocco Agencies, Hong Kong, India with States, Montserrat, Newfoundland, North Borneo, Papua, better St. Vincent, etc., overall fine to very fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 2027		/o British Commonwealth Caribbean Collection to 1960's, Many hundreds o.g. to used (some late n.h.) in 2 Scott specialty albums, better areas include Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, Dominica, Jamaica and St. Vincent, value in mint 20th Century material, with many GVI and QEII sets, also some mint multiples, few duplicates for mint and used, noted a few revenue cancels on high values, occasional minor faults on 19th Century, balance generally fine to very fine, good collection to expand. Owners (2004) cat. $19,400+. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $4,255
Lot 2028		/o British Commonwealth Africa to 1963 Mint and Used, Many hundreds in Minkus album including Cape triangles, Egypt, Gambia with #10, 27 used, Nyasaland with key plates to £1, St. Helena, Tristan to 1972, etc., most countries reasonably represented, fine average. Estimate $2,500-2,800. View details	Unsold
Lot 2029		/ British Commonwealth Oceania Mostly Mint 20th Century Collection, In 4 Scott albums to 1999, separate album for Niue, starting with #6 and including 10-13, mostly complete 1935 on, also Back of the Book, Cooks separate album starting with 1893-94 set complete, mostly complete 1937 on, with Back of the Book, other 2 albums including B.I.O.T. complete, Brunei with 1907-21 set complete to $1, Fiji with few 19th Century mint or used, mostly complete 1935 on (few used), also gutter pairs, Gilbert & Ellice including 1912-19 set complete, 1935 on virtually complete, plus gutter pairs, Labuan mostly used, Nauru mint (somewhat sparse), but mostly complete 1981 on, North Borneo mostly used, Pitcairn complete plus gutter pairs, Samoa (first set reprints), 1887 on mostly complete mint, except G.R.I. issues, a mostly fresh and fine to very fine collection. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 2030		/ British Commonwealth Mostly 20th Century Mini Mint Collections, On Minkus pages, few early mint and used, 20th Century, but mostly mint 1935 Jubilee on with strength in 1960's to 1980's period (some n.h.), most countries well represented, excellent for retail or for expansion, generally fine to very fine, inspect. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2031		British Commonwealth Mint Collection on Homemade Pages, Hundreds of o.g. sets, part sets and singles in 6 volumes to 1960's, organized by Gibbons numbers (spaces for shades, etc.), primarily 20th Century with strength in GVI and most early QEII definitive sets, noted Antigua #67-76, Ascension 23-32 (2), 40-49 with perforation varieties, Bermuda key plates to 10/-, Fiji 117-31B, Hong Kong QEII sets, N.W.P.I. to 10/-, St. Helena 118-27, Seychelles 125-48, etc., clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,300. View details	Realized $4,140
Lot 2032		/o British Commonwealth Better Asia Area Collection, Many hundreds of mint and used in Scott specialty album to 1992, consists of Labuan with better overprints, North Borneo including 1922 Exhibition overprint set mint, 1939 pictorial set complete o.g., better Back of the Book, extensive Sarawak, N.W.P.I. mint to 2/- values, New Guinea with mint sets to £1, Papua New Guinea with mint Lakatois, later sets to £1 and extensive new issues, few minor faults here and there, but an overall clean and fine to very fine collection, excellent to expand. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2033		/o British Commonwealth Country Collections on Scott Pages to Early 1960's, Mint and used, many countries represented, better including Tristan (to 1970's), Barbados, Papua Airs, Dues and Officials complete sets, Gold Coast, Hong Kong (to 1990's), Victoria, G.E.A., Trinidad, etc., also Bermuda with watermark varieties, Australia, items on 102 cards, excellent lot for expansion or retail, mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2034		/o British Commonwealth Mint and Used in 12 Albums, 19th and 20th century collection in 8 Global Supremes and 4 others albums, mostly filled with a worthwhile selection of 19th century and modern complete sets throughout, strength in Falklands, Australia, New Zealand and Caribbean, condition varies, inspection recommended. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $4,715
Lot 2035		/o British Commonwealth Valuable Accumulation, 1847 to 1963, Interesting accumulation of mint and used sets and singles on black stockcards, material from most all Commonwealth regions as well as some Great Britain, including a nice section of Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika KGVI 1938 printing, 1883 British Post Office in Siam with B overprints SG #15, 17 and 19, 1895 British Central Africa SG #29 unused (£1 value) and many others, well worth inspection, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 2036		/ British Europe Mostly Mint Collection to 1998, Mounted n.h. to o.g. in 2 Scott albums, Cyprus few earlies used, 1946 on mostly n.h., 1972 on mostly complete, plus a few sheetlets, Gibraltar earlies mint and used including mint #91-92, 1931 on mostly complete, plus Dues, traffic light pairs, souvenir sheets, etc., Malta in separate album starting 1882 with sporadic mint and used to 1935, mostly complete mint after that, also Airs, overall very clean and fine to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2037		/ British Commonwealth Better Mostly Mint 1930's to 1970's Stock, N.h. to o.g., sets and short sets on stockcards, including Ascension George VI, St. Kitts, Pitcairn, Cayman, Jersey Dues, Australia, Barbuda, India #203-06 (2 n.h.), Great Britain 1948 Wedding (5), Gibraltar, Malta, Falklands, slight duplication, couple used items or sets, fine to very fine. Older cat. $5500+. Estimate $1,600-1,800. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2038		/o British Commonwealth Various Collections on Album Pages, Many hundreds of mint and used on Scott pages, noted better Australia with strong "Roos" and George V mostly used to 5/-, modern mint with better items, Canada with nice selection of large and small Queens used with shades and cancels, Quebec set mint, interesting Officials, also Africa with better modern Tristan da Cuhna, etc., faulty to very fine, worth inspection. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2039		/o/ British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee Never Hinged and Used, 2 complete sets (including Egypt), South Africa used singles, plus 26 different sets on cover (few first day) and some duplicates including Hong Kong set o.g., fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2040		/o British Commonwealth Mint and Used Remainder Collection, Hundreds in 5 Elbe albums, including Gold Coast to India Feudatory States, K.U.T. to Montserrat, Niger Coast to Pakistan, Palestine to St. Vincent and Turks & Caicos to Zanzibar, plus apparently complete Q.E. II mint and used Coronations, the collection runs to about 1966 with some parallel George VI and Q.E. II mint and used sets, noted some nice $50 to $200 catalog range items or sets, few minor faults, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 2041		/o British Commonwealth Accumulation on Black Cards, Mint, used, noted Great Britain #1 used and on cover, Nova Scotia used, Cayman George V to 10/- mint, Pakistan George VI overprint set, Leeward Islands George VI mint £1's with shades, Hong Kong Edward and George V to $10 used, better Canada, etc., faulty to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 2042		//o British Commonwealth Various Country Collections to 1989, In 2 Scott albums, consists of Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand and Nigeria, Great Britain including #1-4 used, mostly used to 1968, Australia to 1994 mostly used with "Roos" to 10/- (#55), later including mint with blocks of 4, A.A.T., Canada mostly used with later n.h., Hong Kong mostly used, 1970's on with n.h., India starting with #2 and mostly used, Ireland mostly used #1-12, 13-14 used, New Zealand mostly used to 1971, n.h. and used after that, also Semi-postals, Nigeria mint and used from 1914 on, few slight problems, but overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,645
Lot 2043		/o British Commonwealth Mint and Used Collections, including Canada in album with 19th Century to 1940's mostly used, Newfoundland mostly mint in album including 1890-96 complete, 1897 Cabot complete mint except 3¢, Great Britain mostly 20th Century to 1970's mint on pages including 1948 Wedding, #1 used, phosphors, etc., and various Commonwealth, some used, some short sets, some foreign, including Antarctic sets, Falklands, etc., generally fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 2044		British Commonwealth 1948 Wedding Complete Never Hinged, Occasional copy with very slight gum glazing, otherwise fine to very fine. Cat. £1700. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2045		British Commonwealth New Issue Accumulation, Thousands of new issues from a variety of countries and regions, including Hong Kong, Tuvalu, Turks and Caicos, group of Queen Mother anniversary issues, much much more, inspection required, fine to very fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2046		/o British Asia in Scott Specialty Album, Mint and used, strength in India with classics (cat. $1666), also mostly mint Burma, Dubai, few Ceylon classics, etc., few faults, overall fine. Cat. $2466. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $630
Lot 2047		British Commonwealth Specialized War Tax Collection, O.g., extensively written up on blank Scott specialty pages, including most shades listed by Gibbons, noted Bahamas 1/-, Canada including overprints on 5¢, 20¢, 50¢ Admirals, only missing MR3a, MR4a for completion, Falklands 1d on thick grayish paper, Jamaica varieties including SG #72c, 75b and 75c (cat. £545), lovely group, fine to very fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 2048		B British Commonwealth Modern Booklet Accumulation, Few hundred complete 1980's to 1990's issues, up to 5 of each, no Great Britain, but including Regionals (face £215+) and Ireland (face £120+), British Pacific with Australia (face AUS$190+), New Zealand (face NZ$130+), also Hong Kong (face HK$928), then dozens from mostly better countries including Falklands, South Africa, St. Helena, Caribbean, etc., very fine, examine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2049		British Commonwealth 1948-49 Silver Wedding Set Complete, Mounted o.g. on homemade pages, fresh, very fine. Cat. £1700 n.h. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $1,140
Lot 2050		British Commonwealth 1970's to 1990's New Issues, N.h., hundreds of sets, booklets and souvenir sheets in binders, albums and year books, noted Great Britain album with gutter pairs, stock of booklets, Australia, Channel Islands and some Colonies, very fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2051		/o British Commonwealth Imperial Postage Stamp Album, Part I, Great Britain and Colonies, gilt edged album, 10th edition (1901), by Stanley Gibbons, somewhat sparse, but including Great Britain with Penny reds plated and mostly complete except #77, ½d plated except #8-9, 19, surface printings to 1/- plated, also Officials, most countries sparsely represented, beautiful album in good condition, excellent for building a 19th Century collection. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2052		/o British Commonwealth 19th and 20th Century Mixed Accumulation, Mint and used sets and singles on black stockcards, including Malaya, Barbados, Basutoland, some never hinged, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2053		British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, O.g. in special album, complete per Scotts (except Egypt), fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. £725. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2054		British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, O.g. in special album, complete per Scotts (except Egypt), fresh, fine to very fine. Cat. £725. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2055		/ British Commonwealth Collection of Omnibus Issues, including 1937 Coronation o.g. (missing Papua set), 1946 Peace o.g., 1949 UPU o.g., 1953 Coronation o.g., Freedom from Hunger o.g., Red Cross n.h., ICY n.h., QEII 25th Wedding and Coronation n.h., plus other smaller issues. Complete with the possible exception of the QEII Coronation and Wedding. God knows if all of the souvenir sheets are there. Overall very fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2056		British Commonwealth 1981 Royal Wedding Collection, N.h. in 3 albums, including all booklets and miniature sheets, gutter blocks of 10, etc., very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 2057		o British Commonwealth Used Classics to 1950's Collection, In album on homemade pages, few areas well represented including Great Britain with seahorses to 10/-, Canada, Malaya States, Australia, Hong Kong, occasional fault and no expensive items, but most selected for cancels and condition, fine to very fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $299
Lot 2058		o India and Great Britain Used Collection, Several hundred on homemade pages, occasional better mint, value in 19th Century material including cancels, and modern Great Britain high values, some toning noted, faulty to fine, high catalog. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2059		British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, O.g., complete per Scotts, fresh, fine to very fine. SG Cat. £725 (without Egypt). Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2060		o British Commonwealth Mostly Great Britain & India Revenue Accumulation, Few hundred including embossed Patent with values to 5/-, Consular with Barefoot #10, 12, Customs large pieces with "Bill or Note", 1911-12 high values in pink for 2/- through £1, Marine policy, Liverpool, few documents including 1907 receipt showing ship and "New York Office, Whitehall Buildings, Battery Place", Life policy, few India including Calcutta Court mint block, Hundi, Berar, highly unusual and overall very clean group, needs inspection. Estimate $250-300. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2061		/o British Commonwealth America G to V Countries Collection, Hundreds of mint and used to 1960's in Scott album, starts with Guyana, including Montserrat George VI, St. Vincent 1935 to 1955 mint complete, Virgin Islands mint sets, mostly clean, fine to very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2062		British Commonwealth 1977 Silver Jubilee and 1978 Coronation, Many hundreds of n.h. sorted by country in 3 stockbooks, including souvenir sheets, booklets, specimens, few First Day's, clean, very fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Unsold
Lot 2063		British Commonwealth 1977 Silver Jubilee Collection, Few hundred in 2 White Ace albums, n.h. sets, souvenir sheets, plus gutter pairs on many issues, issues apparently complete, very fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2064		/o British Commonwealth Interesting Mixture in Box, 19th and 20th century mint and used material, offered as received, quick review reveals many interesting items throughout, condition mixed, inspection definitely required. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2065		B Australia and Ascension Booklets, Complete, consists of Australia #996a (13), 996b (15), 948a (96), 852 a/b (2 each), Ascension 309-11 (19), 275-76, 280, 282 (7), fine to very fine. Cat. $588 (as panes). Estimate $75-100. View details	Unsold

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