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Commonwealth Country Collections - Great Britain
 
 
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Lot 2566
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Great Britain, Extensive Used and Mint Collection, few thousand in Scott specialty album to 1970, duplicated classics used incl. #1 (4), 2 (2), 5, 7, plate numbers on various line engraved and surface printed issues, 57, 108 (6), 109 (3), 124, shades, cancels, numerous Seahorses used and mint to 10/-, later duplicated mint and used, usual mixed condition on 19th and early 20th Century, but very high cat., otherwise Fine.
Estimate $6,000-7,000.
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$6,900
Lot 2567
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Great Britain, Collection to 1972, mint and used collection housed in Scott specialty album with most values in earlier as expected, lots of £100 to £1000+ items, mixed condition, but valued commensurate.
SG £61,700+ (Owner's).
Estimate $4,500-6,000.
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$2,760
Lot 2568
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Great Britain, Extensive Intact Collection, On quadrille pages in 3 albums to 1976, classics used starting with #1 used, #57, 109-110, 124, 142, 176 (attractive cds), some dupl. 1887 Victoria issue on, mint (o.g.) and used 1902 Edward Issue on with later dupl. mint and used, also GV watermark vars., later phosphors, also Dues mint or used, Officials, Offices incl. Offices in China, Morocco Agencies, few Revenues, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $3,000-4,000.
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$2,760
Lot 2569
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Great Britain, Mostly Intact Used Collection, In Lighthouse album to 1936, starting with mint Mulreadys 1d, 2d mint envs., with #1-2 (2), line engraved, #33 plating, 5-7, #57, 90, 93 (repaired), some with platings, #43 mint, Seahorse £1, also 3 WWII Propaganda singles (cat. €480), generally Fine.
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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$3,335
Lot 2570
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Great Britain, Extensive Intact Booklet Collection, Hundreds mounted on quadrille pages to 1973, starts with panes, noted #128b, incl. #143b, 155a-56a, 161e (SG spec. NB9 (2)), 162b-c, mostly complete incl. few wmk. vars., few later used on covers; booklets start 1935 Jubilees but mostly 1960s-70s period, nice collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$3,335
Lot 2571
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Great Britain, Collector's Classic Balance, In few stockbooks or binders, strength in line-engraved particularly penny reds, incl. better (ex. Spec. #C10 (6), plate 64 used; plate 65 used (both with certs, sound)), and 2 uncerted plate 64, imperf 1d red bluish papers multiples, and reconstructed plate of 240 with dupl., also 9 1d blacks, 5 2d blues, some identified, some later to GV, study of perf 16 bluish paper identified in stockbook, study of 2d "lines added", some annotated, incl. strip of 7, plate 3 strip of 6, block of 4, etc., mostly fresh group, needs careful inspection, generally Fine.
Estimate $2,000-3,000.
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$5,175
Lot 2572
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Great Britain, Virtually Intact Line-Engraved, Mulready Collection, on quadrille pages, identified and starting with 1840 1d blacks various plates and on covers (pl. Ia, Ib, 7, 8), 2d blue (2), Mulreadys mint and used, also few stampless incl. trans-atlantic, 1841 issue with Maltese cancels, from black plate 8, mint copies, covers incl. used with 1/- embossed, overall most adhesives with margins all around, Mulreadys fine overall, inspect, generally Fine. Ex Skinner.
Estimate $2,000-2,500.
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$3,220
Lot 2573
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection in Minkus Album, couple thousand mint and used on well filled pages to 1990, incl. Channel Islands, classics to 1930s used incl. #1-2, 5-7, 22-26, 46, 57 (plate 2), 109, 141, various Seahorse printings to 10/-, 1935 on mint and virtually complete, Dues, mixed condition on 19th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500-1,800.
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$2,128
Lot 2574
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Great Britain, Booklet Collection in 6 Binders, hundreds of complete booklets, 1935 to 1980's, value in modern postage, dupl. for different cover styles, inspect, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott approximately $8,000.
Estimate $1,500-1,800.
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$2,300
Lot 2575
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, to 1968 on Scott pages, incl. #1 (2), 20 o.g. block of 6, #22 strip of 3 on piece (off-center), #32 o.g. and used copies, 174 l.h., also plating of #29-30, 32-33 (complete except #77), few mint singles and blocks, 43 incl. mint plate #14, 58 with few mint, 61, 66-67, 83 mint, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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$2,990
Lot 2576
 
Great Britain, Mint Modern Collection, GV to QEII with great section of GV, with shades, Dues, mainly mint, back of book, Offices, and other better items, nice clean lot, Fine to Very Fine.
SG £4,900 (Owner's).
Estimate $1,200-1,600.
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$920
Lot 2577
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Great Britain, 1841 1d and 2d Assortment, 132 singles and 1 pair of 1d red and 38 singles and 2 pairs of 2d blue, 1d are identified by plate number and incl. 3 margin 2d cancelled by black Maltese Cross with #10 in center (Scott $1,100) condition is typical for a group of this size, mostly 3+ to 4 margin copies, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$863
Lot 2578
 
Great Britain, "Smilers" Collection, n.h., organized in Royal Mail album, 2000 to 2007 only missing #LS11, LS13-14 for completion, does incl. the scarce LS2a and LS3a (cat. £700 each), clean lot, Very Fine.
SG £3,300.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$978
Lot 2579
 
Great Britain, Mint 20th Century Collection, Mounted in Scott album, few 19th Century, incl. Edward coils, all in complete sets, 1940 to 1987 mostly complete, mostly n.h., some Dues, Regionals, Tangier complete mint, very fresh collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,400.
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$805
Lot 2580
 
Great Britain, Collector's Classic Cover Balance, About 70, from stampless incl. trans-atlantics and "Penny Post" to penny reds, incl.ten 1/- embossed all but one to same correspondence in NY, also 2 Penny Blacks, bluish papers, generally Fine.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$2,013
Lot 2581
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Great Britain, Used Early Plate Reconstruction, Consisting of #79 complete (240); #33 complete (except pl. #77); #29; 30; 32; 43; 45; 46; 49; 51; 54; 57-58; 59; 61-62; 64; 66-68; 70; 82-84; 86-87, mixed condition, high cat.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$748
Lot 2582
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Great Britain, Used and Mint Collection, collection to 1930s on hingeless pages starting with number #2, mixed condition as to be expected, incl. near complete 1d red plating with many mint.
SG approximately £17,000+.
Estimate $1,000-1,500.
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$690
Lot 2583
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Great Britain, Used and Mint Collection, most value in early, but much 20th Century incl. along with later QEII, mixed condition in early as usual, although quite a low start price.
SG £15,300+ (Owner's).
Estimate $900-1,200.
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Lot 2584
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, in 2 albums, 1st on pages with few 19th Century incl. #1 4 margins, GV mint or used, 1949 on virtually all mint with 1961 on n,h, to o.g., 2nd Lighthouse binder n.h. 1989 to 2001 with Regional issues, mostly Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $700-900.
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$690
Lot 2585
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Great Britain, Used Officials, interesting collection and a few uncounted back of book items, most appear genuine, but there are some dubious as well, inspection recommended, generally Fine.
SG approximately £7,600 (if genuine) (Owner's).
Estimate $900-1,100.
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Lot 2586
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Great Britain, Machin Collection in 5 Binders, thousands of mint and used mounted on homemade pages with printed space for year, color, process, paper, variety, printer, Scott and Gibbons numbers by each stamp, plus stockpages with sorted dupl., and plastic bags with tens of thousands of off paper Machins to sort, wonderful study of this popular issue, could be the basis for a great exhibit, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$863
Lot 2587
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Great Britain, Used 1840 to 1988 Collection, In Scott album, incl. #1-2, missing some key values but incl. #124, 1911 on mostly complete (no £1 PUC, some coils) but incl. £1 Seahorse, scattered Dues, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine.
Estimate $750-1,000.
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$978
Lot 2588
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Great Britain, Mint and Used in Stockbook, noted #1 used, other QV issues to 10/- used, Seahorses to 10/- used, QEII mint sets, modern postage, some Officials, minor dupl., inspect, generally Fine.
Scott $7,650+ (Owner's).
Estimate $700-800.
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$575
Lot 2589
 
Great Britain, Back of Book Collection, mainly Officials on stocksheets, huge cat. of which estimate is a small fraction, incl. values to £100+ each, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600-700.
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$518
Lot 2590
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Great Britain, 19th Century Selection, mostly used of better items with values in £50 to £4,000 range, many with faults, but many sound, noted embossed 6d, 1/- (2) cut squares and much more, mixed condition.
SG £14,600+ (Owner's).
Estimate $800-1,200.
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$1,150
Lot 2591
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, hundreds in Scott specialty album to 1984, classics used incl. #1-2, 7, 57, 124, mostly mint from 1948, usual mixed condition on 19th Century, high cat., otherwise Fine.
Estimate $600-800.
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$690
Lot 2592
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Great Britain, QEII Errors and Varieties, n.h. to l.h., incl. SG#705g-710g, 755 with top framed boxed virtually missing, 771b (crease), 813a (l.h.), 887c (crease), 899a (l.h.), 981a (l.h.), 981 var. (gold head missing), nice group, Fine to Very Fine.
SG £2,225+.
Estimate $500-600.
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$748
Lot 2593
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Collection, in Scott specialty album with pages to QEII pence issues, nice group, with many items with high cat. in the classics, some faults should be expected in the classics, but overall nice, mostly fine or better collection.
Estimate $500-700.
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$345
Lot 2594
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Great Britain, Used Classics, starts with #1 (3), #3 (numerous) and on to surface printings, individual cat. up to $375, mixed condition (as usual!).
Scott $17,000+.
Estimate $300-400.
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$431
Lot 2595
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Great Britain, Mint and Used Accumulation, few thousand on various pages, stockpages and cards, noted classics incl. #1 on cover, early mint QE II, bit disorganized, but better material throughout, worth a look, mixed condition.
Estimate $300-400.
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$431
Lot 2596

Great Britain, Better Cover Group of 8, Consists of Mulreadys used SG#ME1-2 (decent condition), 3 penny reds incl blued paper, stampless 1850 trans-atlantic, and 3 with SG#56 (2 cut to shape), reasonable condition, inspect, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$489
Lot 2597
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Great Britain, Postal Stationery Accumulation, Mostly mint, few hundred 1870s to modern incl. aerogrammes (mint and used), wrappers, postal cards and envelopes, nice variety incl. some military, some used 19th Century to about 1910, 1924 mint UPU 1½d postal cards (3), fine and interesting group.
Estimate $200-250.
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Lot 2598
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Great Britain, 1858 to 1870 Overprints and Underprints, Group of 14, incl. Boyd, Copestake, Moore, Crampton and Co., Great Eastern Railroad, Oxford University Society, nice group, rarely offered selection, Fine.
Estimate $100-150.
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$184
Lot 2599
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Great Britain, 1840-41 Imperf Line-Engraved Accumulation, Approx. 850 (18 on covers) in stockbook, incl. used Penny Black, 1841 2d (8), balance 1d red-browns, incl. attractive cancels incl. almost 250 Maltese Crosses, some scarce 1844 cancels also, few multiples, on pieces, "Ivory Heads", very high cat., usual condition, but mostly fresh copies.
Estimate $600-800.
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$311








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