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ASDA 2008 Mega Event Auction

Commonwealth General Collections

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2571		British Commonwealth, America Mint Collection, few thousand o.g or n.h. in 6 Scott specialty albums with pages to 1987, incl. Canada & Provinces, strongest areas incl. Bahamas noted GV issues to £1, Bermuda with #18-25, GV to £1, GVI to £1, B.A.T. 1-15 n.h., British Guiana with 171, 210-22, British Honduras with many better QV issues incl. 3, 4-5, 9-11, 15, 17, 20-21, 38-46, extensive Canada (few early used incl. #19-20), Jubilees complete to 50¢, 89-95, 96-103, Admirals complete incl. coils, all later sets to $1, Airs, Dues, Special Delivery, F1-F3, Officials complete, Caymans virtually complete to 1968, only missing #19-20 and 80, Falklands incl. QV issues to 1/-, GVI set complete, early Q.E. II n.h., nice Jamaica, Leewards complete except #16 and 82-83, Newfoundland incl. 61-74, 98-103, early St. Vincent incl. QV to 5/-, finally Virgin Islands, a superior collection to expand, virtually all hand selected for freshness, lovely group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $10,000-12,000. View details	Realized $10,350
Lot 2572		/o British Commonwealth, Superior Dealer Accumulation, several hundred mint or used on small black cards, mostly identified by Gibbons numbers, accumulated several years ago by U.S. dealer and just now offered on the market, items to £300+ cat., mostly in the £50 to £150 range, many varieties, multiples, some sets, also specimens, incl. most areas of the Commonwealth (no G.B.), many unusual items, great stock to work up for retail or mail auctions, internet sales, close inspection will be rewarded, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $7,000-8,000. View details	Realized $14,375
Lot 2573		British Commonwealth, 20th Century Collection, collection in 35 volumes in 4 cartons strong in mint complete sets from 50+ different Colonies with many better items throughout, we note nice Ascension, Antigua, Br. Antarctic, Cyprus, Falklands, Kuwait, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua, Tristan, etc., a nice clean lot that should be closely inspected, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details	Realized $8,625
Lot 2574		/o British Commonwealth, Great Britain & Commonwealth Extensive General Collection, valuable 19th and 20th Century mint and used collection in 5 large Scott International albums, features G.B. and Commonwealth A-Z, value distributed between nice selection of classics and 20th Century mint n.h. and o.g. complete sets, worthwhile British Caribbean, Oceania, Africa, Asia, also Canada, Newfoundland, etc., many better items throughout, definitely requires inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $5,000-7,500. View details	Realized $5,175
Lot 2575		/o British Commonwealth, Oldtime Collection on Homemade Pages, several hundred mint and used to early 20th Century, noted Ionian #1-3 mint, extensive Canada incl. used #4, 7, 8, 20, many large and small Queens, Jubilees complete to $2, P.E.I used #2, New Brunswick 1 used, Nova Scotia 1-2 used, nice St. Vincent with 2, 4 used, Cape triangles, Straits Settlements, Australian States, India with #6 used (2), very high catalog collection, worth a close look, mixed condition. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 2576		/o British Commonwealth, Collection in Imperial Album, few thousand used and mint in first edition album, noted extensive G.B. with #1 (3), 5, 57, 109 all used, early Hong Kong incl. #12 unused, 52 (2), 56, 66 used, India #93-98 o.g., interesting Feudatory States, early Malaya States with better overprints, Ascension #7-8 o.g., better Canada, Barbuda 1-11 o.g., faulty to very fine, but worth a look. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details	Realized $5,520
Lot 2577		/o British Commonwealth, Malaysia Mint and Used Collection, many hundreds in Scott specialty album (no States), starts with Brunei locals to 50c, Labuan with several postally used, noted #87-95 o.g., better North Borneo incl. 124-35 o.g., Semi-postals mint, Dues used, Sarawak with #1 mint, 50-70 o.g. (68 used), Straits Settlements 10-18 used, 143-44 used, 238-252 o.g., Malaya 31, 33 o.g., etc., faulty to very fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 2578		British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Stock on Cards, nice selection of singles and sets on small sales cards, mostly Caribbean area, good variety, values to $80+, great for retail, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $8,100 (Owner's). Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2579		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Mostly 20th Century Stock, Many thousands in binders, or stockbooks, in 3 boxes, incl. mostly George VI and later with somewhat better identified by Gibbons, incl. Ascension with better perfs, Fiji with SG#260 n.h. (cat. £60), Leewards SG#1-8, 28, 57 o.g., Australia & Oceania with Pitcairns, Nauru, also Falklands mint incl. Edward with shades, War Tax with shades, SG#116//122a Bahamas mint and used with SG#47//56, some year packet books, value in the later new issues, few booklets and later new issues not put into stockbooks, books sparse, overall very clean, excellent lot to break down. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 2580		/o British Commonwealth, Various Collections, Accumulations, Unsorted, On pages, in glassines, country collections incl. Pitcairn, Penrhyn, Transvaal, Zanzibar, etc., singles incl. Penny Black, 1953 Coronation, countries with earlier mint and used in envs., Rhodesia mostly used in stockbook, with Doubleheads identified, Admirals, revenue usages incl. Southern Rhodesia, Bahamas QEII in mint multiples, better items and areas scattered throughout, needs inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 2581		British Commonwealth, Elizabeth Issues, mostly mint never hinged assortment of mid to late 20th Century sets on album pages, nice Caribbean, worthwhile material throughout, generally Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2582		/o British Commonwealth, Balance of Estate, few thousand mint and used in stockbooks and on small black stockcards, noted Omnibus issues, interesting selection on small cards (owners cat. $5400+), worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2583		/o British Commonwealth, 4 Country Collections, Mostly Scott Specialties to 1970's/1980's, consists of mint or used Samoa (better), Cooks, New Zealand (2 vols.),and Papua, also few modern G.B. booklets, 2 vols. of Ciskei n.h., mostly 20th Century, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $834
Lot 2584		/o British Commonwealth, Mostly Country Collections, On pages, incl. Gambia (cat. $125), Sarawak with SG#72-73, 79-90 mint, #2 with specimen samples, classic Bahamas with 4d SG#26/28 on incl. reversed wmks., perf 14 used, 6d used with various shades incl. #29 (s.e. and thin), various mint copies, numerous wmk. vars. incl. inverted-reverse, 1d mint and used with perf vars. (1 with Foreign Branch cancel), Victoria mint to 5/-, Mauritius to 1978, Nyasaland, and stockbook of misc. incl. Ceylon, Canada, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, needs inspection. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2585		/o British Commonwealth, Oldtime Collection on Homemade Pages, few hundred mint and used from Europe and Asia, noted better mint Cyprus and Gibraltar, used and mint Ceylon and India, few faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $834
Lot 2586		British Commonwealth, GVI Mint Accumulation, n.h., mostly in multiples, noted Somalia SG#9 folded sheet of 40, Falklands 148 folded sheet of 60, Fiji 252 folded block of 47 with imprint and plate no. 1, Malaya (BMA) 2 blocks of 4 (20 plus 20 singles), etc., many with varieties noted, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2587		British Commonwealth, Used and Mint Accumulation, few thousand in 4 binders and on pages, value in New Zealand (early used, modern mint) and Australia, also noted some better Canada, mixed condition. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2588		British Commonwealth, 500+ Souvenir Sheets, mostly n.h., good variety of QEII era issues with minor duplication, great topical subjects, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2589		/o British Commonwealth, Africa Mint and Used Balance Collection, On Scott pages to 1960, value in early used period, better countries incl. Gambia with later mint, Gold Coast, few perfins, unusual and better town cancels, Natal with Barefoot #94 with postal cancel, few multiples, fiscal cancels, SG#02 with vars., 143a ovpt'd. Specimen (cat. £75), few covers, Sierra Leone to 1970 with low value George V values with various cancels incl. small towns, Pacquetbot, TPO's, SG#93-104 n.h., Tanganyika mostly used with early fiscals, East Africa & Uganda, generally Fine to Very Fine worth inspection. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2590		British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilee Complete, l.h. in commemorative book, no Egypt, few stains on Canada issues, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. SG £850. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2591		/ British Commonwealth, Small Group of Better Items, incl. Bermuda #128b n.h., Canada 150e, 151a and 152a n.h. pairs, Cayman Islands 153-67 n.h., few others, have a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $518
Lot 2592		/o British Commonwealth, Dealer Accumulation, Many, thousands, used, o.g. and n.h. from an oldtime dealer's stock in glassines, identified with 1980's catalog prices, very significant catalog value, especially G.B., viewing will be rewarded, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-500. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2593		/ British Commonwealth, 1935 Jubilee Varieties, o.g., consists of British Guiana SG#304h (tiny thin speck), Dominica 93h and Jamaica 115a in block of 4 (n.h.) and pair, Fine to Very Fine. SG £500. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2594		o British Commonwealth, Interesting Cancel Group, 100+ on small cards, noted nice group of India used in Burma, couple used in Bushire, few ship cancels, etc., have a look, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2595		o British Commonwealth, Great Britain and Europe Collection, many hundreds of mostly used in Scott specialty album, classics incl. G.B. #1 used, later values to 2/6, some modern mint, Offices mint, bit of Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland and Malta, mixed condition. Estimate $150-250. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2596		o British Commonwealth, Small 19th Century Group, 8 used, incl. Canada #22, Nova Scotia 2, couple Cape triangles, sound lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 2597		/o British Commonwealth, Approval Books, 13 approval books with useful mint and used items from Australia, Canada and other Colonies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $431
Lot 2598		British Commonwealth, 1949 U.P.U. Issue, Apparently complete n.h., Very Fine. SG £275. Estimate $140-160. View details	Realized $219
Lot 2599		o British Commonwealth, Mostly Used Accumulation in Stockbook, hundreds on bulging manila pages, QV to GVI issues, duplication, incl. Caribbean, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India & States, New Zealand, Africa and some Australian States, unchecked for cancels, a treasure hunt, mixed condition. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $265

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