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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2430		/o Great Britain, Attractive Mint and Used Collection, In Lighthouse album to 1972, value in classics mint period with many better, many purchased individually from dealers, decades ago, virtually all issues well represented, particularly the surface printings, many higher cat. items remain, incl. values to £1 mint or used, Seahorse £1, PUC mint, Officials, above average freshness and condition throughout, excellent lot for expansion, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $6,000-8,000. View details and photo	Realized $13,800
Lot 2431		o Great Britain, Used Stock, 1840 to modern high value Machins, noted #1-2, 27-28, 42, 45, 48, 55, 60, 69, 73 and 107, dupl., great lot for bargain boxes, mixed condition. Scott $135,711 (Owner's). Estimate $3,500-4,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 2432		o Great Britain, Mostly Used Collection on Homemade Pages, few hundred, 1840 to 1940s, classics used incl. #2, 5-7, 25 (cert.), 42 (regummed, cert.), 57, 57a, 74, 109, 124, Seahorses to 10/-, Dues, Officials used (several look good because of cancel, but still not counted), very high cat. in somewhat mixed condition. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 2433		o Great Britain, Extensive Mostly Used Collection, In Lindner album to 1966, early issues virtually complete used incl. #1-2, 5-7, 46, 56 (se. at left), 57, 74, 90 (perf-in), later £1 greens, £1 PUC, scattered later mint, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 2434		o Great Britain, Intact Mostly Used Collection, In Schaubek album to 1951, incl. Mulready, #1-4, surface printings with colored cancels, multiples incl. #3 strip of 4, Victoria to 10/-, #96 o.g., Edward to 5/-, 10/-, £1 used, 20th Century early mint or used incl. £1 PUC, complete after that mostly mint, few Officials, Dues (mint), etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, cat. prices adjusted for no gum, etc. 2009 Scott $23,700 (Owner's). Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,990
Lot 2435		/o Great Britain, 1840 to 1978 Collection, hundreds of mint and used on Scott specialty pages, classics to 1930s used incl. #1, 7, 57, 75, 108-109, modern n.h., usual mixed condition on 19th and early 20th Century, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,400. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 2436		/o Great Britain, Classic Group, 15 all different on stockpage, o.g., regummed or used, noted #2 used (3 margins), 7 used, 69 regummed, 73 regummed, 105-106 o.g., inspect, Fine. Scott $9,335. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 2437		/ Great Britain, Mint Collection to 1980, several hundred in Scott album, starts with o.g. #111-122, also 127-138, 159-172, 249-251A, 286-289 (n.h.), QEII issue n.h., only missing Castle issues and a couple commemoratives sets for completion, does incl. most phosphor issues, few Dues incl. J39-44 n.h., clean collection, ready for expansion, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2438		/o Great Britain, Mint and Used Intact Collection, In 2 Lighthouse albums plus extra pages, sparse 19th Century to 1936 mostly used incl. #1-3, 33 plates complete except #77, 58 plate complete except #9, PUC £1, 1948 on mint 1971 to 1989 complete n.h., few back of the book, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $800-1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2439		/o Great Britain, Intact Officials, Offices and Agencies Collection, On pages mint and used, incl. Seahorses to 10/-, Offices in Turkey mostly complete, Levant mint through 10/- Seahorse, scattered Morocco, Offices mostly used, Offices in East Africa mint virtually complete, also scattered Machins mint, cat. prices adjusted for no gum, etc., Fine to Very Fine overall. 2009 Scott $3,840 (Owner's). Estimate $450-550. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2440		o Great Britain, Small Used Collection, organized in stockbook, 1841 to 1951, 125 different, noted #48, 70, 73, 96, 108-109, usual mixed condition, Average to Fine. Scott $6,000 (Owner's). Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2441		/o/ Great Britain, Edward VII Small Study, used to 1/- values, written up on homemade pages, noted 10d "no cross in crown" (cat. $225), inverted watermarks (cat. £55), #146 used (cat. $50), 4d with unshaded "4s", shades, couple multiples, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-350. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2442		B Great Britain, Mostly Modern Booklets, Approx. 100 loose, incl. better mid 1950s and later, few Channel Is., inspect, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $230
Lot 2443		Great Britain, Postage Due Covers, group of 11 better covers, 1921 to 1985, nearly all commercial usages, with 1930 incoming form Northern Rhodesia, 1936 incoming from K.U.T., 1935 incoming form Mozambique, 1951 to Finland returned for Postage Due, 1923 incoming from Russia with 1½d Due, 1924 Southampton paquebot, 1½d Due control block of 6, 1921 and 1923 incoming from Canada, a very interesting group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $322
Lot 2444		Great Britain, WWI Field Post Covers, Album with over 125 covers, very good range of numbers and markings, generally Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2445		Great Britain, Airmail Cover Group, 27 covers, 1930s to early 1940s, various destinations incl. Nyasaland, South Africa, Australia, Europe and New Zealand, noted censored, nice commercial lot, generally Fine. Ex Helbock. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 2446		o Great Britain, Officials Used Collection, 53 copies mounted on homemade pages, annotated by leading G.B. dealer as to what appears to be genuine, incl. #O30, O38, O74, O76-77, this lot is were the genuine O9 and O10 came from, you decide, sold "as is ", generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 2447		B Great Britain, Early QEII Booklets, 100 different, all pre-decimal, did note one Edward VIII item, worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 2448		B Great Britain, Prestige Booklet Lot, complete, unexploded, 23 different incl. #BK144 (cat. $150, perfs clipped on ½d), minor dupl., face £187+, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2449		Great Britain, Channel Islands Mint Collection, n.h. in Scott album, virtually complete to 1980, Guernsey (missing #169-172), Jersey (complete) and Isle of Man (missing 146-147), incl. booklet panes and Dues, Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2450		o Great Britain, Officials Collections, used on various album pages, good variety of issues with minor dupl., very high potential cat., this area routinely forged and lot is figured accordingly, sold "as is", generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 2451		Great Britain, Scotland Postal History, 50+ covers written up on large pages, stampless to 1850s, mostly Glasgow, Aberdeen or Edinburgh, but also Dunbar, Dumfries, Dumbarton, Castle Douglas, Carnwath, Biggar, Campbeltown, Forres and Fochabers, etc., various cancels, noted several #3 usages, couple perf 2d blues, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $127
Lot 2452		Great Britain, Penny Red Covers, 188 pieces, incl. 84 imperf and 27 "star", various towns and cancels, inspect, mixed condition. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $345
Lot 2453		Great Britain, Revenues on Documents, 30 items, most with adhesives, but some with imprints, noted wills, mortgages, conveyances, Parliament proceedings, 1728 to 1890s, mostly 1800s, interesting historical items, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $115

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