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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1421		o Great Britain: Oldtime Cancellation Study, 1841 to 1960, intense assortment of material housed in 3 binders and a stockbook, contains hundreds of items mostly identified on homemade pages, also a worthwhile selection of covers integrated into the collection, much value throughout, a great lot for the specialist, generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 1422		/o Great Britain: 1840 to 1970 Collection, Mint or used, few hundred in 3 Gibbons specialty albums, 19th Century to early 20th Century a mix of used and mint, noted used #1 (4 margins), 5, 7, 57, 98-107, 109, plus ½d, 1d and 2d line engraved with various plate numbers, classic mint incl. #87, 94, 96 (tone spots), 108, 1930's on virtually all n.h., QEII incl. early tagged issues, no Back of the Book, few minor faults, but condition much better than usually seen, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1423		/o Great Britain: 1840 to 1977 Collection in Album, many hundreds of used and mint in Scott specialty album, highlights incl. used #1 (4 margins), 5, 7, 28, 40, 55, 57, 69, 96, 108-09 (109 perfin), 141, various Seahorses to 10/-, mint incl. 122, 180, also Offices Abroad, Officials incl. #O28-29, O33, O36, O39-42 all used, pages with cancels, usual mixed condition on 19th Century, 20th generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 1424		Great Britain: Superior Mostly Mint Offices Abroad, few hundred mounted on Scott pages, M.E.F., Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania overprints incl. Dues complete, Offices in China used to $1 values, Offices in Morocco with Seahorse values to 10/- mint, mostly complete for various overprints from 1935 onwards, Offices in Turkey with better mint and used, clean collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1425		/ Great Britain: Postal Stationery and Cut Square Collection, 1841 to 1956, comprehensive, and well annotated collection on quadrille pages, great assortment of mint and used cut squares and postal stationery, nice array of cancellations and destinations, great oldtime lot, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1426		o Great Britain: 1854-58 2d Blue Perforate 14 Study, Mounted on pages, 41 singles, pair (showing portion of Postage wmk) and 1 cover London to Edinburgh, incl. vars. with inverted and postage wmks., thin/thick lines, short stamp from sheet bottom, 3 copies of SG#G2d (watermark inverted), interesting study of above average quality, mostly Fine to Very Fine. SG £2,770+. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1427		o/ Great Britain: 1854-58 1d Reds Exhibit, On pages from the trial period, incl. perf 16 x 12, large and small crown wmks., both papers and perf 14 incl. inverted wmk., also 7 covers 1854 to 1963 (1 with SG#16b - Cat. £900), Spec. #C2d cat. £200, also mourning cover, Spec. #C7, generally Fine to Very Fine for this. SG £3,240+. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 1428		o Great Britain: 1854-58 Perforate 16 2d Study, 12 used singles and pair on piece from the perf trial period, incl. misperfs, usual centering, Fine overall. SG £2,470+. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1429		Great Britain: 1957 to 1964 Approximately 175 Varieties, N.h. on exhibit pages, SG557//792, mostly listed and identified, incl. blocks, color shifts, retouches, tagging errors, inverted wmks., etc., very difficult collection to duplicate, mostly Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1430		o Great Britain: Used Victoria to Edward Stock, Hundreds sorted and counted on stockpages, mostly cat. $5-100 range, incl. diff. pl. #'s, cancels, large dupl. on Edward values, also some later QEII, commems. and few fiscals, Very Good to Fine Cat. $17,000+. Scott #4/138. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1431		/o Great Britain: Balance Group, 1881 to 1970, contains Stanley Gibbons album, Lighthouse hingeless album, misc. album pages and 4 stockbooks, 19th Century mostly used, 20th Century mint, much value in earlies, also British postal strike material, review recommended, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $489
Lot 1432		/o Great Britain: 1880's to 1910's Officials Collection, mostly used on Scott specialty pages, noted unused #O5, used O7, O29, O30 (2), O31-36, few faults, inspect for value, generally Fine Cat. $2800+. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1433		Great Britain: 1861 to 1909 Mostly Trans-Atlantic, 11 Covers, Incl. 1861 mourning to London, Canada and Germany, tatty 1869 folded letter to Vera Cruz, 1870 to San Francisco, 1872 to Ingersoll, Ontario, 1897 to Victoria, BC, 1907 to Mexico, 1858 and 1875 folded letters to Lyon, Fine overall Cat. £600+. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1434		/ Great Britain: 1911-12 Downey Issue Mint Control Number Study, Mostly n.h. to o.g. singles, pairs, and strips with ½d corner pairs, 1d corner pair, Fine to Very Fine. SG £490 ++. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1435		Great Britain: Lot of 17 Victoria Covers, between SG#8//49, incl. 5 1d red imperfs incl. black pl. #5, 2 bearing 2 red stars each, 6d franking, ½d Edinburgh local rate, #33 (8 copies on individual covers), also 3 singles with square cancels, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1436		o Great Britain: 1841 2d Blue Plates 3-4 Selection, On pages, Pl. 3 consists of 15 copies, also pair, and 1847 usage on cover, few with faint guidelines or re-entries, Plate 4 consists of imperf pair showing blind "A", and 6 singles (1 faulty - n/c), Fine overall. SG £2,155+. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1437		Great Britain: Early Postal History, 1851 to 1900, interesting assortment of early covers and ephemera, nice variety of issues, cancels and markings, incl. Birmingham spoon cancel on S.G. #22 pair, also postal stationery and cards, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1438		Great Britain: Modern Mint Lot, n.h., incl. souvenir sheets, gutter pairs and blocks, good variety with some heavy duplication, Very Fine Face £358. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $510
Lot 1439		o Great Britain: Edward VII Used Study, On pages, dupl. to 1/-, with shades and wmk. varieties, incl. 9d (2), 10d (3), and ½d-4d perf 15x14, incl. SG#256a (Cat. £225), etc., mostly Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,500+. Estimate $200-250. View details	Unsold
Lot 1440		Great Britain: 1950's Cover Group of Mobile P.O. Cancels, 270+ all addressed to same correspondent in U.S., all reg., some on reg. stationery envelopes, reg. labels from mostly diff. towns, very clean, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1441		/o Great Britain: 1850's to 1982 Collection, few hundred mint and used in sparsely filled Lighthouse hingeless album, line engraved issues incl. 1d plates, noted #96, 103-105 and 108 used, modern QEII mint, mixed condition on 19th Century, later generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $960
Lot 1442		Great Britain: Guernsey and Isle of Man Collection, n.h. on stockpages to 1991, excellent showing of issues, incl. W.W.II issues, many sets in gutter pairs, plus a bit of Alderney, Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1443		/o Great Britain: 1860's to 1970's Accumulation, Mint and used, incl. GV early booklet, £200+ face in decimals to £5, £1 1948 Wedding (6 used), £1 GVI (3 used), 1939 10/- Indigo unused, 1951 10/- GVI (70 used), etc., Fine overall. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $1,080
Lot 1444		B Great Britain: Prestige Booklet Group, unexploded, issues between 1969 to 1995 incl. #BK144 (2), BK148-150, 17 diff. with some extras, Very Fine. Scott $1,145. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $204
Lot 1445		o Great Britain: Penny Red Study, 1854 to 1870, over 500 Penny Reds on stockpages in a binder, incl. some imperfs and other early issues, condition mixed, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1446		Great Britain: 14 Mostly 1st Day Covers, 20th Century group incl. 1948 Wedding F.D., 1949 Coronation, censored, also 1977 mint set, overall Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1447		/ Great Britain: 1911-12 Downey Heads Mint Group, 6 items consisting of #344-45 and 350 inverted and reverse wmk., 350 invt'd., 350wj (reversed) marginal "B12" pair, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $120-140. View details	Realized $120
Lot 1448		/ Great Britain: 1881 Surface Printing 1d Lilac, N.h. to o.g., 12 corner dots (1), 14 dots (block of 12, imprint control # strips and singles), I.R. Official (1), Fine to Very Fine. SG £250+. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $69
Lot 1449		/o Australia: Extensive George V Specialized Study, few hundred of mint and used organized and annotated in 2 stockbook, noted plates, printing flaws and varieties, many multiples incl. imprint and gutter positions, toning issues on some, great lot for the specialist of this area, worth a close look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 1450		/o Australia: 1850's to 1991 Collection, hundreds of mostly used in Scott specialty album, nice group of modern mint in Australia, also States, New Guinea, Papua, and other Dependencies, usual mixed condition on States, balance generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1451		/o Australia: Collection and Accumulation, In 2 binders, collection 1914 to 1985 virtually all mint (cat. $1500+ - 2004) and backup of many hundreds mint and used on stockpages (mostly recent), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1452		/o Bahamas: 1869 to 1901 Mostly Used Collection, On illustrated pages, with most issues well represented incl. dupl. showing cancels, incl. Specimens, blocks, shades, imitations, SG#2 in mint singles and multiples, 1884-90 set mint, plus few lower values in blocks of 4, SG#45 (2 used), SG#26 showing double transfer pos. #60, SG#57 (6 used), condition varies but excellent study from one of the top experts of his era, generally Fine. Estimate $4,500-5,500. View details and photo	Realized $7,188
Lot 1453		Bahamas: 19th Century to 1950's Cover Group, About 50, with some better cancels on pieces, on pages identified and loose, incl. nice classic group, paquetbot, Ship, scarce 20th Century cancels, etc., with 1931 U.S. mixed franking (for Special Delivery rate), 1901 Governors Harbour mourning cover, Sea Post Mail, 1895 CDS 8 JA 1895 datestamp (earliest known), 1892 Bookpost wrapper cut to carry newspaper to London, 1886 with strip of 3 of 4d orange (1 damaged) via Jacksonville, Florida to Maryland, Port Howe 1932 to Tacoma, WA, "On Her Majesty's Service" env. 1862 with enclosure, 1871 cover with perf 12 4d rose with NY Steamship cancel to NY, 1854 stampless to London, etc., some with minor problems, otherwise Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1454		/o Bahamas: Collector's Mint and Used Accumulation, Hundreds mint and used in 3 binders, on stockpages, mostly Victoria to QEII, incl.unusual cancels, mint and used George V-VI, and QEII, some heavy dupl., particularly QEII, 1902-10 Specimen set, few better vars., Special Delivery, War Tax, etc., occasional toning, otherwise generally Fine. Estimate $500-750. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1455		Bahamas: Flight and Paquetbot Cover Collection, 1927 to 1938, 52 covers, 2 pieces, some singles, on exhibit pages, incl. Roessler, many with "Paquetbot" handstamps, also 1st flights, few with slight toning, Fine overall. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1456		Bahamas: 34 Mint and Used Pieces, On pages identified, incl. Specimens with artist sketch of the Queen's staircase design used as part of the stationery and adhesives circa 1901, incl. 1881 1st postcard mint and used, 1901 2½d stationery with rare "271" obliterator from Inagua to NY, mint postal reply cards, earliest known usage of 12 JU 93 Nassau datestamp with collection letter "A"on registered 2½d to NY env., earliest known usage (Nassau 15 AU 98) of thin letter datestamp on 2½d env. to Liverpool. Estimate $400-600. View details	Realized $660
Lot 1457		o Bahamas: Better Cancellation Collection, Over 150 mostly singles from 1862 to 1930's (mostly 1880's to 1920's), incl. better adhesives, study of the various datestamps, per owner's identification several earliest known usages incl. Turtle Cay 4 JA 94 (earliest known usage of this datestamp), General Post Office, Money Order cancels on Victoria issues, 1886 Governors Harbour (earliest known datestamp), Bimini 8 FE 92 (earliest known from this Island), U.S. Supplementary Mail, London foreign Branch, few multiples, 1882 1/- with St. Thomas "dumb" cancel, paquetbot cancels, etc., very interesting collection from a well known Bahamas expert from his era, Fine overall. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 1458		Bahamas: Few Hundred Mostly 1954 and 1964 Constitution Covers, All internal usages, many showing small towns, also few George VI, many commercial, nice lot for the specialist, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1459		Canada: New Issues, Mostly 1985 to 2004 still in glassines, virtually all in sheets, sheetlets, folders, or booklets, total face $9154, immaculate and Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 1460		/o Canada: 1859 to 1974 Collection, several hundred mint and used in Lighthouse hingeless album, noted large and small Queens used, Jubilee set complete (mint to 50¢, $4, others used), Quebec set mint (5¢ used), Admirals to $1 mint, later mostly mint with values to $1 incl. #159, Back of the Book, some minor faults on 19th Century, but still an attractive copies, 20th Century generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 1461		/ Canada: Mostly Mint Dealer's Stock, 5 dealer's stockbooks with considerable later n.h., starts #85 with premium items and sets cat. $5 to $100+ range, minor dupl. (usually less then 5) except modern issues, incl. #85, 86, 88 (block of 4), 90A used pair, 101-03, 105 (7), 131-34. 195-201, also Back of the Book (cat. $1100), pl. block stock between #210-750 (cat. approx. $1000), much Fine to Very Fine Cat. $6000+. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1462		Canada: Mostly Mint Collection to 1984, In Scott Specialty album, earlies scattered used incl. large and small Queens, 1897 Jubilees mint to 20¢, mostly complete mint after that with 1934 virtually all mint in mounts, Airs complete mint, also Back of the Book, scattered Provinces, few revenues, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1463		/o Canada: Collection to 1990 in Lighthouse Album, hundreds in well filled hingeless album, classics used incl. large and small Queens to 50¢, Jubilee to $2, Quebec set mint (couple unused), later used to 1967, balance n.h. with modern postage, Back of the Book mostly used, did note #O9 l.h., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $600-700. View details	Realized $920
Lot 1464		Canada: Face of $1000+, Unpicked, incl. booklets, panes, all modern, incl. dollar values, Very Fine and clean. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $690
Lot 1465		Canada: Mostly Mint Accumulation, consists of booklet panes (1 or 2 each) #104a//782a, coils (1 to 4 each) 127//468A and Airs/Special Delivery (2-12 of each), also a few used (C1//F2), generally Fine to Very Fine Cat. $1800+. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $450
Lot 1466		Canada: 2 Full Boxes of Modern First Days, Mostly 1960's to 2004, many hundreds, virtually all unaddressed and mostly topical related, incl. few mint stationery, blocks on cover, few special events, clean. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1467		/o Canada: Mint and Used Collection, in 2 Minkus specialty albums, mint incl. #129-31, 162-73, 195-204, 217-26, 231-45 (no 243), 241-45, 262 and much more to 1980, plus C1-6, used incl. a few small Queens, 91-94, 159 and some Back of the Book, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $265
Lot 1468		/o Canada: Mostly Revenue Group, nice selection on blank Scott pages, noted Cigarettes, Tobacco, Bill values to $3, Electric to $3, Gas to $10, Weights to $2, nice group of Provinces, plus 2 pages of 2¢ and 5¢ registry stamps and 1¢ to 3¢ small Queens for shades and cancels, few minor faults, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $253
Lot 1469		o Cape of Good Hope: Small Oldtime Used, On 2 pages, value in 8 Capes with #3 mint (large margins), #15 used (large margins), etc., Fine to Very Fine appearance. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1470		/o Ceylon: 1857 to 1959 Collection, couple hundred mint and used on Scott pages, noted Chalon heads, QV overprints, later mint, some Officials, mixed condition, Fine appearance Owners cat. $3500+. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $546

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