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Sale 84
Lot 2992
British Commonwealth, Very Extensive Africa Collection, In 3 full Scott Specialty albums to 1970, virtually intact, all countries well represented, mostly mint, Ascension complete except #9, plus vars., Basutoland complete plus 1961 surcharge vars., strong Bechuanaland with vars. 38a, 39b, QEII surcharge vars., Cape of Good Hope with triangles used, 1884-87 issue on complete mint, East Africa & Uganda with Specimen ovpt. SG14-16, and 60-61, Egypt complete to 1958 with earlies used except no Fouad set, and couple other minor values, Airs virtually complete plus few unlisted, nice Dues, Officials complete, Gambia complete 1880 on except 1898 6d, 1/-, 1906 ½d, K.U.T with GV incl. vars., Lagos with 1887-91 set mint, Madagascar incl. SG55a, Mauritius with few classics, 1885 on mostly complete mint, Natal with few early used, later mostly mint, Nigeria all mint with 1927 on complete except one, also GV vars., Nyasaland mint with SG67 Specimen, 1921 on complete mint, Orange River Colony with used 4 on 6d Provisionals (3), Fiscals 1/- to £5 mint, Rhodesia with mint doubleheads incl. rare 6d (RSC I), 5d. Roman ochre (RSC B), Admirals incl. SG274b, 279a, strong St. Helena and complete 1864 issue on mint or used, except 1912 3/-, 1922-23 7/6, 15/-, Seychelles complete mint except 4, classic Sierre Leone complete mint or used, 1933 Wilberforce set mint, Somaliland complete mint 1905 on except 1912-19 3r, South Africa mint incl. 1913-22 £1, Southern Rhodesia complete mint, Sudan complete mint except 1902-08 2pi, Officials not quite complete, scattered 19th Century Transvaal, few early classics mixed condition, but overall a very fresh collection and fine to very fine, old catalog values.
Scott $70,000 + (higher today) (Owner's).
Estimate $16,000-20,000.
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