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Sale 72
Lot 3604
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British Commonwealth, Powerful Collection in Imperial Album to 1920's, an unbelievable array of mint and used singles and sets on filled pages, only missing the scarcest items for completion, starts with Great Britain, large selection of line engraved used, noted #1 (2), 2 (2), shades, plate numbers, etc., #5, 6 (2), 7 (2), QV high values to £5 orange (couple values mint), good £1 watermark orbs used, Edward to £1 mint or used, Seahorses to £1 used, extensive Officials with QV to £1 used or mint, Edward to 1/- used or mint, Offices incl. Turkey #25 used on piece, also overprints for Solonica mint, Cyprus to £1 mint, Gibraltar mostly mint to £1 (several), Ireland overprints to 10/- mint, lovely classic Ceylon, Offices in China to $10 mint, extensive Hong Kong to $10 values mint or used, extensive Indian Convention States mint, plus nice Feudatory States, Straits Settlement with surcharges, Bangkok overprints, strong Malaya States, Bechuanaland #21 mint, Cape of Good Hope with several Mafeking siege items, seldom seen Griqualand West, Niger Coast incl. several provisional overprints to 1/-, Rhodesia Double Heads and Admirals to £1, St. Helena Badge of Colony 15/- mint, Southwest Africa GV mint pairs to £1 (both), Mafia Island overprints on India mint, Zululand complete except £5, Canada incl. Jubilee complete to $5, lovely British America with many mint £1 values incl. Falklands #40, Australia with Roos to £2, extensive States and Pacific, a few faults on classics as to be expected, but the condition is much better, the colors fresher, than usually seen, the finest British Empire collection we have ever offered, generally Fine to Very Fine needs careful inspection.
Estimate $100,000-125,000.
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| Realized $253,000 |
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