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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2696		/o British Commonwealth, America Intact Mint and Used Collection, Classics to 1960s period in Scott album, with occasional used with mint or used with used duplicates, all countries very well represented to £1 values, incl. Antigua complete #2 to 1965 (earlies mint or used), 1882 on all mint except #20, Bahamas earlies mostly complete used (#26 mint), QV set on mint complete to 1966, incl. some shades, Barbados mostly complete 19th Century mint or used (SG#86b used), 1871 on complete with 20th Century mostly mint (no #172, 178, 185A), Bermuda complete (mostly mint) from 1865 (missing #11), incl. #12a, 14 (2 mint, 1 used), Key plates mint with few shades, scattered British Guiana and British Honduras, Cayman complete mint except #20, 29, 62, through GV, Dominica complete except #10, 14, to 1958 except Weddings, Falklands complete mostly mint except #19, incl. #19f mint, 52, 62, to 1969, 1898 on mint, Grenada scattered, Jamaica complete (earlies used), except #49 to GV, Leewards complete mint, Montserrat complete mint to 1949, scattered Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Lucia complete mint or used except #2, 6, 23, 25-26, 34, 1886 on complete except #106 to GV, somewhat complete St. Vincent to £1, scattered Tobago, Trinidad earlies mostly complete mint or used, incl. #SG37 used with Royal cert., 1864 on complete except #61A, with 1894 on virtually all mint, scattered Turks & Caicos, Virgins complete except #6, 11-12, 20, 49, 52 to 1939, occasional toning and 19th Century in usual condition, an excellent collection, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Formed over decades. Estimate $20,000-25,000. View details	Realized $27,600
Lot 2697		British Commonwealth, Malaya Area Mostly Mint Collection, many hundreds mounted in Scott specialty album to 1990, Brunei incl. #A1-A10, 13-38, 14b-37a, Labuan incl. 5-10, 14, 16-24, 26-28, 40-41, 66-71, North Borneo incl. 6-7, 9-13, 14-18 (no 16), 22-23, 31, 48-49, 59-73, 79-88, 120-123, 167-184, 193-207, Semi-postals, Dues, Sarawak incl. 8-21, 24, 135-154, Straits Settlements classics used incl. 1-9, 20-21, 58-60, 65, 70-71, 88, mint incl. 109-128, 134A-144, 238-252, Singapore complete incl. 106a, Malaya 9-13, 14-15, 77-79, Johore overprints incl. 14-17, 37-51, Kedah 1-20, Kelantan 1-13, Negri Sembilan 20, Pahang 8-9, 18, 18A, 20 (small stain), Perak various surcharges incl. 28-41, Officials O1, O9, Selangor overprints incl. 19-23, Sungei Ujong incl. 4, 6, 11, 27, 29, Trengganu 42-44, lovely collection, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $12,000-14,000. View details	Realized $20,700
Lot 2698		British Commonwealth, Europe Collection to 1990, couple thousand mostly mint in Minkus specialty album, Cyprus used to 1900, balance mint, noted used #4, 6, 9, 11-15, 17, 28-37, mint 48-86, 89-108, Turkish Cyprus complete mint, Gibraltar all mint and only missing #48, 61, 64 and 93 for completion, Malta all mint and only missing #1-2, 4, 65, 73 for completion, Ireland all mint and only missing #38 for completion, lovely collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,500-7,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 2699		British Commonwealth, Intact Oceania Collection, Mostly mint in Scott album to 1960s, strength in Australia with 1st issue to 5/- complete mint, 38-42, 1914-24 GV complete mint plus dups. incl. #31a, 45-55 complete except 2/-, 1926 on complete to 1959 mostly mint (#129 Specimen), #100 mint and used, #102 separate lot, Airs complete, some mint Dues incl. #J62, Solomon Is. complete mint to 1942, Papua complete incl. #8 mint and used (no #24, 49) to 1935 (weak back-of-book), vert. and horiz. watermarks, no States and other countries weak or no adhesives, fresh throughout, Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $6,613
Lot 2700		/ British Commonwealth, Mint Collection to 1950, hinged and n.h. fabulous oldtime group albeit unorthodox presentation, great lot for one who knows Commonwealth and can find all the good stamps that others overlook, study this lot and you will be rewarded, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $5,000-6,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2701		/o British Commonwealth, 2 Volumes Collection, 19th & 20th Century, mint and used collection, mounted in 2 Scott specialty albums, incl. a wide range of country groupings, the strongest being Cape of Good Hope (nice triangle issues), Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar, Ionian Islands (1-3 mint), Labuan (110-18 mint), New Zealand, Chalon Heads (59 used), 1913 Auckland Exhibition issues, 1303-37e, North Borneo, St. Helena and others, each country section is fresh and clean, a lovely lot, careful inspection recommended, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2702		British Commonwealth, Various Country Collections to 1990, few thousand mostly mint mounted on homemade pages in Scott binder, Fiji incl. #15-17, 18-20, 36-39, 49-52, 70-78, 79-92, Trinidad & Tobago incl. 11, 20, 21-33, J1-J8, Montserrat incl. 3, 9 (used), 12-21, 23-31, 75-84, Nevis used incl. 11, 16-17 and 30, St. Christopher used, St. Kitts-Nevis incl. 1-10, 24-36, 52-63, clean collection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2703		/o British Commonwealth, Accumulation on Small Cards, hundreds of singles and sets, mint and used, organized on manila cards, value in Australia with Roos to 5/- used, #95a n.h., New Zealand with 83 o.g., 320 n.h., G.B. incl. #1 used, Canada, Newfoundland, modern n.h. sets, close inspection recommended, there are some surprises in here, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 2704		British Commonwealth, Never Hinged Group of Sets, nice selection on sales cards, cat. up to $200, primarily GVI definitive sets, also noted Ireland, minimal dupl., clean group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-2,800. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 2705		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, housed in 2 stockbooks, of mostly older material incl. many better, some with mixed condition, high cat. items, incl. Australian States, Queensland £1 QV, good Newfoundland, India 25R Edward VII Telegraph usage, Malaya, etc., generally Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2706		/o British Commonwealth, Oceania Collection, mint and used collection in 3 Scott specialty albums, with many better, a few faults seen (mostly on a few classics), mostly sound and overall fine to very fine. Estimate $2,200-2,600. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2707		/o British Commonwealth, Country Collection on Pages, mint and used on album pages, by countries, in 1½ banker boxes, retail from $5 to $675, loads in the $30 to $150 range, noted Canada, Falklands, Cooks, Grenada, Gilbert & Ellice, Hong Kong, Montserrat and Virgin Is., ready for show or store, owners heavily discounted retail from cat. $7044, generally Fine. Estimate $2,200-2,500. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 2708		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Oldtime Collection, mint and used on pages to 1960 period, incl. some heavily dupl., South Africa incl. 5/- se-tenants, 2/6 "no hyphen", few Revenues, some covers incl. FD's, also better British East Africa incl. SG#27-28 used on pieces, 64 mint and used, B.C.A, Nyasaland incl. key plates (SG#98), N.E.F, SGN1s-5s Specimen set (cat. £225), Sudan, incl. Scott #OA38-49, East Africa and Uganda, K.U.T with 1938-54 complete mint incl. vars. (SG#150 mint and used), Tanganyika 1922-24 to 10/-, St. Helena incl. early surcharges, later complete sets with Badges to 10/- mint, Ascension incl. 1st set complete, Badges to 2/-, 1938-53 with perf vars., Mauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar incl. SG#323-326 mint locks of 8 or 9, Madagascar Inland Mail SG#50-56 used, 57-62 mint, interesting collection, needs inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Go to www.thehebowenstampcollection.com/index.html to view the Commonwealth section. K.U.T. SG397; 144a used; Mauritius SG#E4a; St. Helena SG#96a; G.E.A. SG#45-62 specimen; SG#60 are separate lots. Stamps identified by owner. Estimate $2,500-3,500. View details and photo	Realized $5,405
Lot 2709		British Commonwealth, Asia Mostly Mint Collection, many hundreds mounted in Minkus specialty album to 1990, Bangladesh complete, Burma complete except #1-18, O1-14, Nepal early used, mint from 1907 and virtually complete, Pakistan complete, Ceylon from 1861, used to 1900, balance mint, noted #21, 30, 38, 40, 48A, 82, 120 (sound, Sismondo cert.), 166-177, 178-196, 200-214, 225-244, 254-258, few minor faults on classics (Ceylon), but condition better than usually seen, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 2710		/o British Commonwealth, Lovely Little Collection, An attractive mint and used 19th and early 20th Century collection housed in 2 small homemade albums, nice assortment of earlies with better items to be found throughout, incl. high values, features Antigua, Bermuda, British Guiana, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Egypt, Falklands, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Malta, Natal, New South Wales, New Zealand, St. Helena and others, worth close inspection, condition varies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $5,290
Lot 2711		/o British Commonwealth, Unusual Accumulation, on album pages, glassines, etc., with nice Labuan high value early sets, New Zealand with huge cat. in Chalon heads, and mint Victoria's, Australia with interesting coils and Dues, plus plate flaws, nice lot with high retail value, generally Fine. Estimate $1,800-2,400. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 2712		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Collection, in two Scott specialty with scattering of medium to better with many cat. £20 to £900 range, high cat., G.B. alone cat. £8,400+, inspect, generally Fine. SG £15,000+. Estimate $1,400-1,800. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2713		British Commonwealth, Mint Accumulation, mostly n.h., collection in 13 volumes, on stockpages, of Omnibus sets group, Falklands, Bermuda, Trinidad, Gibraltar, Turks & Caicos, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Kitts and South Georgia with interesting sets and souvenir sheets incl. many popular topical areas, a few minor faults should be expected on the classics, but most are sound and overall fine to very fine. Estimate $1,800-2,200. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2714		/ British Commonwealth, Postage Due Selection, o.g. to n.h., sets, singles, plus a few covers from various Commonwealth countries, noted Canada #J1-J5, Gilbert and Ellice J1-J8, G.B. J9-J17, J39-J44, J45-J54, M.E.F. ½d and 1d in large multiples, Hong Kong J1-J5, G.B. used in Ireland, Jordan with "Due" overprint inverted, Johore SG JD6a, North Borneo J2//J9, Palestine SG D1a, D2a (unused) imperf pairs, South Africa SG D1 imperf plate proof of frame in color of 3d, Southwest Africa SG D3a in pair, Straits Settlements J1-J6 with specimen overprints, plus 4 covers, very interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,600-1,800. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 2715		/o British Commonwealth, A-Z Collection, 19th & 20th Century, mint and used collection in Stanley Gibbons ideal album, features Aitutaki through Zanzibar, thousands of stamps through 1940, nice assortment of material in each country, condition varies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2716		/o British Commonwealth, 5 Volume Collection, 19th & 20th Century, mint and used in 5 Scott International albums, incl. Africa, Caribbean, Oceania, also a file folder with Falklands and A.A.T., some decent earlies and mint sets throughout, worth inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 2717		/o British Commonwealth, Country Collections Group, A group of collections from an old British auction house incl. Basutoland, Bechuanaland, British East Africa, Mauritius, Northern Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Rhodesia, Swaziland, Transvaal, many worthwhile complete sets and singles, well worth inspection, condition varies, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2718		/o British Commonwealth, Mish Mash, with lots of mint incl. stock and good sets, note Norfolk Islands with sets to 10/-, scarce 10/- specimen overprint, etc., worth a careful look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2719		/o British Commonwealth, America Collection to 1977, Extraneous mint and used collection well filled with medium to better items (£10 to £100+ range), incl. mint definitive sets to $10 scattered about, generally Fine to Very Fine. SG approximately £900. Estimate $1,250-1,500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2720		/o British Commonwealth, Great Britain and Ireland Collection, mint and used collection in Scott specialty album, with lots of stamps in £50 to £500+, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. SG £23,000+. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2721		British Commonwealth, Mostly Mint in Stockbook, GVI and QEII with values to £1, dupl. of cheaper to medium items, also of considerable value, group of Canada and Newfoundland priced on stockcards with ancient cat. (many are now 3-4 times as much), generally Fine to Very Fine. SG £8,000+. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2722		British Commonwealth, America Collection in 2 Scott Albums, Predominantly mint, some nice 19th Century, but strength in GVI and early QEII, nice run of definitive sets, Silver Wedding and other Omnibus issues well represented, other sets incl. Bahamas mint #16-29, 132-147, 185-200, Dominica 122-136, 142-156, St. Kitts-Nevis 107-118, 120-134, St. Vincent 141-151, 186-197, 279-294, Trinidad & Tobago 89-102, Virgin Islands 76-87, 102-113, Canada incl. 14-15, 19, many large and small Queens, Jubilee ½c//50c, 89-95 and onward to 1950s, also good Provinces, especially Newfoundland, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2723		/ British Commonwealth, Modern Mint Collection, hundreds of o.g. to n.h. sets and souvenir sheets, no apparent dupl., organized on black stockpages, value in newer material to 1980s, incl. Antigua, Ascension, K.U.T. area and St. Kitts-Nevis, clean lot, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $7,833 (Owner's). Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 2724		o British Commonwealth, Mostly Used Collection, mostly used collection on quadrille pages incl. Bermuda, Grenada, St. Vincent, Mauritius and Jamaica, mostly fine to very fine. SG approximately £8,000. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 2725		/o British Commonwealth, Balance of Collection, Mostly mint arranged by country in stocksheets, some premium (mint unless otherwise noted), G.B. mostly used Victorian assortment, #203-04, Canada 55, 58, 133 n.h., Hong Kong 326-27 n.h., Pitcairn 20-30 n.h., etc., usual mixed condition, most fine to very fine. Estimate $1,000-1,250. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2726		/o British Commonwealth, Group on Oldtime Auction Sheets, mint and used, incl. Gambia #1a, 2-4, 4 pair all used, Falklands 65-71 o.g. blocks of 4, Caymans 45-47 mint and used, 17 (1 mint, 4 used), Antigua 31-41 mint, 38 and 41 used, and New Zealand B5-6 mint blocks of 4, lovely oldtime group, Fine to Very Fine. On H.R. Harmer lot sheets from April 16, 1952 sale. Estimate $1,100-1,300. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2727		/o British Commonwealth, 1935 Jubilees, 1937 Coronation Sets, mint and used on quadrille pages incl. non-common designs, no Egypt, Fine to Very Fine. SG £3,000+. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2728		British Commonwealth, Selection of Better Sets, mainly $20 to $100 range on Scott numbered sheets, great majority n.h., excellent for internet sales, SG cat. £4,000-£4,500, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,600. Estimate $1,100-1,400. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 2729		British Commonwealth, Australian Dependencies Collection to 2007, many hundreds o.g. in Scott specialty album, A.A.T., Christmas and Cocos all complete, Papua New Guinea virtually complete incl. #11-18, 19-26, 60-73, 94-109, modern issues incl. most Provisional overprints, Airs and Dues, clean collection, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 2730		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used on Black Stockcards, Clean lot of mostly sets and booklets, over 250 items, good variety, mostly QEII, but some older, owner's marked retail $6073 (Scott will be higher), generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2731		S British Commonwealth, Specimen Accumulation, selection of mint, noted Somaliland SG #93-104 (cat. £250), Ascension 38-47 (no 39), Turks & Caicos 101-109 (cat. £250), Northern Rhodesia 25-45 (missing 31), British Virgin Is. 110-121 (cat. £325), plus numerous part sets, inspect, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 2732		/o British Commonwealth, Various Mostly Country Collections, In 2 boxes, mostly in albums, incl. used New Zealand, Canada, G.B. mostly used, used Ireland, used Australia and mint or used Oceania, scattered lose better sets, majority 20th Century, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2733		British Commonwealth, Europe and BNA Collection, few hundred mint in Scott specialty album to 1953, very little 19th Century, noted G.B. #102, 103, 140, 180, Malta 14, Canada 260-273, clean lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $6,000 (Owner's). Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2734		British Commonwealth, Mostly QEII Collection, all n.h. collection in 10 homemade albums with low to medium values, much in large multiples incl. extensive omnibus and commemoratives plus short definitive sets, value in $2 to $20 range material, some tape used to secure mounts, but almost no stains on any stamps (only on pages), otherwise Fine to Very Fine. SG £7,675. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2735		/o British Commonwealth, Central Asia Accumulation, mint and used, messy group on loose album pages and stamps sorted by stockcard and Nepal album, as well as Ceylon group, interesting selection, with some mixed condition, mostly in classics, but still many fine to very fine. Estimate $900-1,100. View details	Unsold
Lot 2736		British Commonwealth, Africa Collection to 1979, and St. Helena to 1995, mostly n.h., sets and souvenir sheets and some early used, housed in clean Minkus British Africa collection, many better to be found for the dealer or collector, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,100-1,500. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2737		/o British Commonwealth, Africa and Asia Collection, mint and used 2 moderately filled Minkus albums and some loose pages containing, Mauritius and Seychelles, B.I.O.T., Cape of Good Hope, Gambia, Ghana, and Offices in Africa, Aden, Brunei, Iraq, Kuwait, Labuan, Malaya / Malaysia, North Borneo and Palestine to late 1960s-70s, generally Fine to Very Fine. SG £6,000+. Estimate $900-1,100. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2738		British Commonwealth, Mostly GVI Collection, all n.h. collection in 5 homemade albums with low to medium values, much in large multiples incl. extensive omnibus and commemoratives plus short definitive sets, value in $2 to $20 range material, some tape used to secure mounts, but almost no stains on any stamps (only on pages), generally Fine to Very Fine. SG £5,000+ (Owner's). Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $805
Lot 2739		British Commonwealth, GVI and QEII Mint Sets, l.h. to o.g. (occasional n.h. set) on individual cards, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $5,300+. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2740		/o British Commonwealth, A-F Scott International, mostly Cols., to early 1970s, includes nice selection of mint, with many n.h. in mounts and used, well worth consideration and inspection, generally Fine to Very Fine. SG approximately £3,600 (Owner's). Estimate $800-1,200. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2741		/o British Commonwealth, Mint and Used Accumulation, in Minkus album along with various loose album pages and other loose items. Countries incl. Australia (contains 1971 used block of 25), Turks & Caicos, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Leewards, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Nevis & Anguilla, and St. Lucia, plenty of value in sets and sets, with some faults (mostly on classics), mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 2742		/o British Commonwealth, 4 Volume Collection, General 19th & 20th Century mint and used collection in 3 Scott albums and Lighthouse hingeless, features G.B., Gibraltar, Malta, Straits Settlements, Singapore, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda and Isle of Man, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2743		/ British Commonwealth, Omnibus Issues, Group of collections mounted on specialty pages in binders, incl. 1937 GVI Coronation, 1946 Victory and Peace issues, 1947 Royal visit, 1949 UPU, 1953 Elizabeth II Coronation, 1958 West Indies Federation, 1965 Churchill issues, 1972 Silver Wedding and Freedom from Hunger, n.h. and o.g., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2744		/o British Commonwealth, Pacific and Europe Collection, mint and used moderately filled in 2 Scott specialty albums, a nice spring back album and some loose pages containing; Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada and Montserrat, Newfoundland and Provinces, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Crete, Gibraltar and Heligoland to 1970s, lots of $10 to $50 item throughout, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $690
Lot 2745		British Commonwealth, 1948 Silver Wedding Complete, l.h., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $700-800. View details	Realized $1,323

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