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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

Commonwealth Country Collections - Antigua to Burma

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2148		/o Antigua, Mint and Used Collection, couple hundred with duplication, 1863 to 1940's, noted shades, watermark varieties, some blocks, Leewards used in Antigua, etc., worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. In original H.R. Harmer 1952 auction folders. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $546
Lot 2149		Ascension, 1922 to 1946 Collection, complete o.g. on homemade pages (#8 used), nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,318 (Owner's). Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2150		/o Australia, Collection to 2003, few thousand mint and used in 3 well filled Lighthouse hingeless albums, "Roos" mint and used to £2, noted #1-11 o.g., 15 used (repaired), 19-37 o.g., plus duplication for shades and perforations, 43, 54 used, 66-76 o.g., from late 1940's onwards mostly n.h. and fairly complete (no #379), Officials incl. several punctured OS, Dues, some booklet panes and nice group of Frama labels at back, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2151		Australia, New Issue Accumulation, large group of n.h. material housed in 2 bankers boxes with sets, booklets, sheets and more with material up to 2006, incl. many high face value items and many better topical items, unpicked, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2152		o Australia, States Mostly Used Collection, 1854 to 1912, on well filled homemade pages, dubious items not counted, no Back of the Book, some faults, high catalog, worth a look, mixed condition. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2153		/ Australia, Modern Mint Collection, many hundreds of o.g. sets in 3 albums and n.h. on stockpages, mostly 1930's to 2005, incl. souvenir sheets, booklets, sheetlets, A.A.T., high face value, overall Very Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2154		/ Australia, Specialized Collection, 1937-85, mostly mint collection mounted in 4 oldtime Viscount albums with quadrille pages meticulously annotated, starting with George VI issues complete with perf. and paper varieties, coil pairs and strips, 1961 cattle white paper, birds and navigators with numerous varieties, booklets, plus many other identified varieties on the commemorative issues incl. paper varieties on 1971 Christmas half sheets (2 diff mint half sheets). careful inspection is recommended to appreciate this collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-900. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2155		o Australia, Oldtime Auction Lot, couple hundred used with duplication, "Roos" to 10/-, George V to 1/4, incl. cancels and varieties on various watermarks, Officials with perf OS, Dues, few faults, worth a look, generally Fine. In original H.R. Harmer 1952 auction folder. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2156		o Australia, Used Collection, 1913 to 1946, on well filled homemade pages, "Roos" to £1, incl. 10/-, 5/- (4), GV heads to 1/4 issues, no Back of the Book, some faults, generally Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2157		/o/ Australia, Frama Label Collection, 1040+ mint and used, plus 165 unaddressed, cacheted First Day's in 4 vols., 1984 to 1996, good variety with some minor duplication, seldom seen in U.S., Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2158		o Australia, Collection to 1994, hundreds of used (few scattered mint) in well filled Scott specialty album, "Roos" to 10/-, no Back of the Book or States, many items hinged securely to pages and many with tropical soil spots (very little on early issues to 1920's), plus envelope with duplicates in glassines and on stockpages, mixed condition. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $138
Lot 2159		/o Australia, Small Group of Better, consists of #18 o.g. and used, 149 mint gutter pair, 179 l.h., 221 used, 413 block of 4 (2 n.h.), Fine to Very Fine. Scott $770. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 2160		/o/ Bahamas, Oldtime Auction Lots, few hundred used and mint with duplication, each lot for an issue, 1859 to 1940's, incl. several blocks of 4 and covers, noted #2, 4, 9-10, 84 with cylinder number o.g. (brown gum), GVI to £1 mint, numerous town and island cancels, Wax Tax issues, nice lot, worth a look, generally Fine to Very Fine. In original H.R. Harmer 1952 auction folders. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 2161		/o Bahrain, Collection on Pages, Couple hundred used and mint, 1933 to 1980, better items incl. used #1-14 (8 o.g.), 20-37 (28 o.g.), extra 37, 63, o.g. 61A, n.h. 130-140, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $489
Lot 2162		o Barbados, "Parcel Post" Cancels, 10 examples from 1887 to 1892, used on foreign parcels only from April 1886 to Feb 1891, seldom seen in quantity, generally good strikes, some stamps small faults, Fine and attractive. Estimate $130-150. View details	Unsold
Lot 2163		/o Bermuda, Oldtime Collection To 1964, few hundred mint and used on homemade pages, fairly complete for issues, noted #3 unused, 4, 6, 7 used, 10 unused, 12 unused (signed Kohler), various Gibbons listed shades on QV and Caravel issues, GV key plates mint to 10/- values, 106-14 in mint blocks of 4 (2 sets n.h.), numerous GVI key plates mint or used to £1 values, early QEII with mint multiples, few minor gum problems, but overall clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,200. View details	Unsold
Lot 2164		/o Bermuda, Group of Better Singles, consists of #2 mint, 4 (2) mint, 12a (cert.) used, 15 (cert.) used, plus SG#119d, 120a and 121 all o.g., early items with small faults, generally Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 2165		Bermuda, 54 Postal History Items, covers and postal cards, noted 24 with slogan cancels, 4 Canadian naval vessel visits, 7 W.W.I with violet triangular censor marks, 13 covers with 1935 Silver Jubilee values, early QV postal cards incl. HG #2 (mint and used), worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2166		Bermuda, 1865 to 1889 QV Collection Balance, on Hagner pages, ½d to 1/- values, 31 mostly mint with various printings, CC and CA wmks. (2 inverted), 1865 6d dull purple (5 used), ½d stone wmk inverted (unused) and 1875 One Penny on 1/ Provisional used (perfs clipped at left), etc., faulty not counted, mixed condition. SG approximately £1,900. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2167		Bermuda, 1953-92 QEII Mint Collection, mint mostly n.h. definitive and commemorative sets apparently complete for the period in leather Lindner album with slipcase, also group of varieties incl. 1c on 1d with wmk inverted, some blocks of the first definitive set and some later issues, some new issues, few dups, and some postmarks, Fine to Very Fine. SG £1,200. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $403
Lot 2168		Bermuda, W.W.II Censored Covers, 21 pieces, 4 from U.S. to Europe, 8 from Bermuda to Europe or U.S., 9 from Europe to U.S., various censor numbers, nice group, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2169		Bermuda, Small Cover Lot, 55 covers, mostly First Day's, but does incl. a few first flights, noted 1927 usage of GV 2/-, 2/6 on registry envelopes to U.S., GVI 5/-, 10/- and 12/6 on 3 legal size registered covers from Ireland Island in December of 1945 to England, GV Silver Jubilee First Day, 1936 set on First Day, QEII 1962-65 definitive set on various First Days, nice lot, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2170		/o Bermuda, Mint or Used Balance Collection, On quadrille pages to 1960's, few hundred, some 19th Century with shades, some dupl. mint and used, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century, Fine to Very Fine. SG £500 (mint) and £200 (used). Estimate $140-160. View details	Unsold
Lot 2171		Bermuda, 1947//1995 Collection of Mainly QEII F.D.C.'s, in two Lindner leather albums, many with printed cachets and interesting commemorative h.s., appears complete for period incl. complete sets of 1962, 1970 (both) and 1978 definitives, set of 12 picture postcards, set of 15 covers each with picture of a different Post Office and cancelled in that village, Bermupex, etc, slight duplication, a few GVI, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $140-160. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2172		o/ British Honduras, Interesting Collection, hundreds of used, covers and cards in 6 binders, one binder with mostly used stamps to 1979 on homemade pages, noted one with stationery from QV to modern mostly mint, town cancel studies on homemade pages illustrated with covers/cards (mostly more modern) and stamps, Agstat to United Ville, plus one binder for Belize City separate from other towns, nice collection to expand, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2173		Brunei, Mint Grouping to 1970's, On stockpages mostly n.h., incl. 1974, 1975 Sultan set (3 total n.h.), 1922 Exhibition ovpt. with listed vars., 1960's in mostly complete sets, minor dupl., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2174		Burma, Complete Mint To 1947, on Scott pages, #1-84 and O1-O55, 16-18 some toning on gum only, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $3,003. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2175		Burma, Revenue Stamped Paper, 20 used, 1 unused, various denominations used by the British government during GV period, values incl. 4a, 8a, 1r, 2r, 5r, 10r, 25r, 100r, 2r Military Administration overprinted (2), interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold

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