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Commonwealth Collections - Great Britain
 
 
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Lot 1445
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Great Britain, Extensive Intact Collection, few thousand mint and used in 2 Scott specialty albums to 1995, extensive showing of issues, 19th Century mostly used incl. #1 (2), 2, 5-7, 22, 27-28, 30 (mint), 32 (mint), Penny Red plates first mint, then used, 57, 74 (cat. $2500), 91a (cat. $3500), 96 (10), 108-09 (2), 110 (cat. $2300), 111-22 (mint), 127-138 (mint), 139-41 used, Seahorses to 10/-, GV on virtually all mint to 1995, Dues, Officials, Offices, some Channel Islands, usual heavy cancels, some faults as to be expected on 19th Century, later generally fine or better, very high catalog collection, worth a close inspection.
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
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$5,520
Lot 1446
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Great Britain, Postmarks Study, 19th and 20th Century collection on homemade pages in binder, incl. a few hundred and approx. 25 postal history items, features a selection in Inland Offices on imperf. and perf. penny reds, surface printed issues, also upright oval, hoster, railway, triangular, late fees, Parcel Post, Foreign branch, machine hooded circle postmarks, etc., also tombstone cancels on cover, newspaper wrappers, 1954 "Comet" Prestwick crash cover, interesting collection for the specialist, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,100-1,500.
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$2,243
Lot 1447
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Great Britain, Collection in 3 Windsor Albums, hundreds of mostly used, noted #7 used on piece, 28 (3), extensive penny red plates, 32 (2 unused), 58 plate 8, 53, 57 (2), 65, 140-41, Seahorses to 10/-, modern mix of mint and used, Dues, Official, cancels, duplication, high catalog in mixed condition.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$978
Lot 1448
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Great Britain, Mint or Used Collection, 3900+ mint or used in Scott album to 1996, tissue interleaving where the owner hinged the used if a mint copy existed on the page, as a result the collection is more extensive then first appearance, some non-Scott pages, scattered 19th Century used, incl. #1, 1924 on mint and used, 1966-89 virtually complete, also Dues, Offices, Regionals, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
1997 Scott $6,600 (Owner's).
Estimate $700-900.
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$719
Lot 1449
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Great Britain, Used Collection in Scott Album, several hundred with value in 19th and early 20th Century with duplication for cancels, plates, etc., noted #1, 5, 26, 27-28, penny red plates #71//224, 42, 58, 52-53, 55, 57 (2), 64, 70, 87 (2), 98-107 (no 106), 108-109, later to 1980's, some Back of the Book, Offices, very high catalog in mixed condition.
Estimate $700-800.
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$776
Lot 1450
 
Great Britain, Seals and Labels Accumulation, couple thousand mint arranged in 2 full stockbooks, early to mid 20th Century items, commercial events, philatelic related, Boy Scout related, Royalty, arms & flags, great lot with many unusual items, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-1,000.
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$1,323
Lot 1451
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Great Britain, 1793 to 1940 Interesting Collection, unusual group of stamps and postal history on homemade pages in a binder, incl. prestamp items (mostly fronts), penny black cover and single, 1936 "Thanks for condolence" letter to the U.S. from Anthony Eden's secretary regarding death of King GV with accompanying cover, 1918 printed letter to U.S. thanking the troops from King GV, also registered and censored covers, postcards, Revenues and much more, condition mixed, still very useful, inspection recommended.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$604
Lot 1452
 
Great Britain, Channel Islands Complete to 1995, n.h., hundreds in 3 Scott specialty albums, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, incl. souvenir sheets, plus Alderney, German W.W. II and G.B. regional issues, plus extra small binders with mint sets, clean lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $500-700.
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$633
Lot 1453
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Great Britain, Mostly Used 1840 to 2002 Collection, In Scott album, earlies on quadrille pages, incl. #1-2 (v.f. appearance copies), #3 (extremely fine appearance), earlies with shades, dupl., plates, later incl. #108, 173 mint, 1934 on reasonably full with some mint sets, also Machins, Offices, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $500-600.
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$489
Lot 1454
 
Great Britain, Stampless and Penny Reds Covers, Group of approx 100 stampless folded letters plus 70+ covers mostly with penny reds with variety of markings, postmarks, etc., nice lot with usual mixed condition on this type of material.
Estimate $400-500.
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$489
Lot 1455
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Great Britain, Numeral Cancel Collection, few hundred 19th Century organized and identified by numbers in stockbook, numbers #1//991, mostly on line-engraved issues, some better stamps noted, mixed condition on stamps, inspect for value.
Estimate $300-400.
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$288
Lot 1456
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Great Britain, Revenue Collection, 1861-1873, approximately 100 items on annotated album pages, incl. Life Policy, Inland Revenue, Receipt 1p, Draft 1p, Payable on Demand, also 4 attractive documents with revenues, many varieties, also incl. group of over 40 British Guiana revenues, generally Fine.
Estimate $250-350.
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$489
Lot 1457
 
Great Britain, Isle of Man Mint Collection, n.h., 1969 to 1988 in well filled Lindner hingeless album, incl. souvenir sheets and some sheetlets, few booklets and First Day's on facing pages, clean lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$216
Lot 1458
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Great Britain, Mostly Used Collection, hundreds in Gibbons Windsor album, 1840 to 1972, incl. #1, penny reds by plate numbers, other QV issues to 5/-, Edward to 5/-, some later, high catalog in mixed condition.
Estimate $300-400.
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$546
Lot 1459
 
Great Britain, Guernsey Mint Collection, n.h., 1969 to 1988 in well filled Lindner hingeless album, incl. souvenir sheets, clean lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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$240
Lot 1460
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Great Britain, Revenue Accumulation, 1300+ in stockbook, QV to QEII, mostly 19th to early 20th Century, incl. embossed revenue stamps, Bankruptcy to Transfer Duty, with 13 different subjects in between, faulty to fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$690
Lot 1461
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Great Britain, Revenues in Stockbook, 1000+ copies with duplication, QV to QEII, mostly 19th to early 20th Century, incl. some Telegraphs and Channel Islands items, Additional Medicine to Transfer Duty, with 54 different subjects in between, noted some specimen and cancelled overprints, faulty to fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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$1,495
Lot 1462
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Great Britain, Railway Stamp Accumulation, several hundred on stockpages, also newspapers, parcel stamps, etc., good variety of railways and issues, faulty to fine, worth a look.
Estimate $150-200.
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$1,495
Lot 1463
 
Great Britain, Guernsey Modern Mint Accumulation, n.h. sets and singles in blocks, few gutter blocks and sheetlets, good variety of issues, Fine to Very Fine Face £253.
Estimate $150-200.
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$192
Lot 1464
 
Great Britain, Jersey Mint Collection, n.h., in well filled Gibbons album, 1969 to 1981, clean lot, Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$58
Lot 1465
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Great Britain, Penny Red Plate Group, approximately 200 used organized in stockbook by plate numbers, minor duplication, mixed condition.
Scott #71//224.
Estimate $100-150.
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$115
Lot 1466

Great Britain, 22 Early Registry Envelopes Used, QV to early GV issues, good variety, with a variety of frankings, mostly addressed to Germany or internal, but noted one to French Indochina, nice lot, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$173
Lot 1467

Great Britain, 1933 Provincial Airways Ltd. Covers, 6 different with 3d labels tied by Croydon, Plymouth and Southampton oval 25 or 26 Nov 1933 cancels, lovely early Semi-official airmail group, Fine to Very Fine, service was suspended after only 2 days .
Estimate $100-150.
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$108
Lot 1468
 
Great Britain, Group of Mostly First Day's, 100+ in cover book, mostly modern, but noted #252-57, plus a few other interesting incl. maiden voyage of Queen Mary, Offices in Turkey 1898 stationery registered to U.S., clean group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $50-100.
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$104








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