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Monday, 17th January 2011

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Boroughmuir Rubgy Club Pavilion

Meggetland (off Colinton Road), Edinburgh, EH14 1AS
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All World Mixed Lots

1Large stockbook (contents largely unchecked) with u.m. ranges (a few f.u.) some duplication, mainly in sets, some MSs, noting 1950-60s Hungary; Poland; extensive u.m. USSR incl. imperf. sets, 1961 Cosmic Flights pair SG2635-6, etc. Then various foreign Sports sets and loads more High cat. (100s)75
2S/book with an eclectic mix, m./u.m. or u. incl. Italy & Cols. (noting for example 1945 100L SG669 u.m. STC £275); some useful C/wealth incl. Palestine, Transjordan and various others. (100s)65
3Early to c.1970s in large s/book with extensive Bavaria from imperfs., 1914-20 largely complete mint, Württemberg from 1851 3k, 6k, later m. or u. incl. sets; useful Danzig; Germany & WW2 occup’s.; Italy, UK & C/wealth. (100s)48
4World (no Europe) mainly used, in overfilled s/book. Much 1960s, some dupl., but still very varied ranges of Latin America, French Cols., Asia, C/wealth, etc. (1,000+)48
5Strand alb. - well filled, with extra leaves & loose stamps inserted - loads to keep you happy here! Only very light picking seen, many decent & unusual items remain. (1,000s)38
6Royal Navy covers (mainly Scottish), attractive accum., various cachets, some signed. Mainly submarine related & incl. some foreign ones. Mostly fine. (50+)30
7Box with plenty to sort; France in folder, Swiss on leaves & loose, C/wealth in s/book, DDR e.t.b. colln. (1985), couple of old catalogues and more besides. Some decent material seen (1,000s)30
8Mainly used in 2 s/books with UK & C/wealth, USA with better, Australia, etc. (100s)28
9S/book with extensive ranges of Yugoslavia 1918-50s, Croatia 1940s, mid.period Spain, etc. a bit ‘disorderly’, good condition overall, worth checking. (100s)28
10Genuine clearance - box with UK & world swaps on & off paper; world covers; mint stamps (some in presentation packs); various Royal Wedding; Lord of the Rings; Special Edn. Newspapers; Telephone Cards, etc. (100s)24
11Box with stamps in pkts. and on leaves, old appro. books, some covers & loads of sorting fun!24
12Thematics - Flowers an enormous dupl. accum. in over-filled s/book, from a variety of countries & periods, some apparently in sets, m./u.m./u. (100s)22
13Box with collns. of S.Africa, Rhodesia; early off-paper accum., postcards, etc. (1,000s)22
14Box with interesting & potentially rewarding contents - UK FDCs in 3 albums (some better seen among these), various covers Cyprus, NZ, etc; UK in s/book, small world range in album; various stamps in packets and loose, etc. (100s)22
15Nice ‘sorting box’ - this’ll keep you busy over those long snowy evenings to come! Stamps, covers, albums and much more besides, a bargain at estimate (100s)20
16Stamps on leaves, in packets and loose. Plenty to sort! (1,000s)20
17S/book with surprising mix of both C/wealth & foreign stamps (& UK too!) some of reasonable value, mixed condition, some duplication. (100s)19
18S/book with ranges of Germany, etc. WW2, France from ‘50s with u.m. blocks,etc. sundry others. (c.300)18
19Odd mix incl. UN Flags; UK E7-GVI; Dupl. 1950s-60s BRD; small seln. of France; early India (some facsimiles); Bronze copy of 1883 Hawaii Silver Dollar, etc., etc.! (100+?)18
20Partly filled world s/book, most interest in Russia & Czechoslovakia, plus further ranges of Middle East (on paper) in another stockbook (100s)18
21Thematics - world colln in album; 22 themes from Angels to UPU! Attractive lot. (1,150+)17
22Shoebox with stamps in pkts. & loose, 3 small USSR s/books, old album, cig. cards, etc. (100s)16
23Covers - box filled with all-world covers, lovely seln. of countries/rates/adhesives/frankings. Many Express, registered, etc., much Mid & Far East, Europe, North America (No UK seen) (1,000+?)16
24World ranges in s/book, little or no dupl., no UK (c.1,500)15
25Thematics - Animals & Birds incl. a number of moderate value items. (200+)15
26Box with world stamps in pkts., in junior alb., some covers, a few more interesting items on s/cards & on album lvs., etc. Nice lot. (1,000s)15
27S/book with world ranges, the odd few better seen (100s)15
28World seln. in four partly-filled medium size stockbooks, some unusual items noticed. (100s)15
29Thematics - Aviation - large s/book with early-modern, mainly used/c.t.o. world colln. (c.500+)12
30Odd seln. in old binder (with early-middle world ranges incl. useful eg. Indian States, etc.) & S/book, more modern with duplication. (100s)12
31Cover alb. with 94 mixed covers incl. FDCs plus a few fronts. Some better, but mixed cond. (c.100)12

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32World stamps off-paper 125gr mainly middle-modern incl. better, lovely range, hours of fun! (1,000s)12
33Well-filled Simplex Medium, despite picking much useful Europe & Foreign remain. mixed cond. (100s)11
34Shoebox with sorting mix; stamps, covers, the odd unusual (eg. Rhodesia UDI invalid sticker on piece late usage), etc. (100s)10
35South & Cent. America - s/book with mainly used ranges, little or no duplication. (c.800)10
36Small box with stamps, covers, etc. worth checking. (100s)10
37Large box - clearout of rubbish (owner’s description, although we’d tend to agree!). Large quantity, little value, not suitable for posting. (1,000s)10
38Seven remaindered club booklets, reasonable mix, remains PTSA c.£50 (100s)10
39Box filled with covers, some stamps, the odd other item. Worth checking. (1,000s)9
40Kiloware - direct from charity, mostly UK defins., but some commems./unfranked/foreign too 850gr+8
41Scandinavia - s/book with mainly used seln., little or no dupl. (c.500)8
42Small alb. with seln. of covers & cards, mainly UK & C/wealth (38)7
43World colln. in old alb. (picked), hardly anything after 1950s seen. Mixed condition. (100s)3

British Commonwealth

44St. Lucia, Barbados & Nigeria m.&u. seln. on s/leaves, s/cards & loose, some interesting, mixed cond.12
45Small m.&u. seln. on lvs., incl. Bahrain o’prints to 1r & Olympics; KUT vals. to 2/6 (mint); New Guinea (2); Niue; etc. Poor to fine. (100s)11
461970s (mainly) seln. of stamps in compl. sheets/large blocks. Suitable for pkt. maker? some dupl. (1,000s?)10
471946 Victory - various u.m. sets plus some ‘Westminster’ pages to put them on! (c.100 stamps)10

Cinderellas, Ephemera, Coins, Other Collectables, etc.

48India - Bhor one Anna receipt stamp used in green plus 3 red to brown copies with ‘inverted centre’. Sold ‘As-is’, unusual. (4)5
49Passport - UK issued 1930, with 10/- Passport adhesive (renewing until 1940); with various visas etc. for Germany 1938 & 1939, unusual. (1)10
50Perfins - small s/book with seln. of UK (mainly) & world, poor to fine. (100+)10
51St. Kilda - 1980 UK cover commemorating the 50th Anniv. of Evacuation. Queen Mother stamp tied by special St.Kilda oval cancel & Signed by L.MacDonald & N.Gillies (Two St. Kildans) (1)6
52UK Strike Labels ‘Dayans Richmond & Kew Gdns., se-tenant imperf. blocks of 6 25/50/75p plus sheet of 1/2/5/10p; also International Mail 25p & 50p singles. (4 items)10

Coins, Numismatic Covers, etc.

53Coins Seln. of commem. crowns, £5 coins, PNC’s, mainly UK, some C.I., etc. interesting lot. High face.50
54“, small odd seln. in album with a few silver coins (even an Arabic hammered silver one!), modern UK etc., must be viewed. (26)19
55“, world coins - 1.5Kg seln. incl. a few older & better eg. bi-metal,etc. (100s)5
56“, Austria 1742 Ludwig XV silver Crown, fairly poor. (1)18
57“, “, Maria Theresa Thaler 1780 (‘X restrike’) with pendant loop added. (1)6
58“, Byzantine colln. of coins, all copper (mostly harshly cleaned), many clipped, interesting & unusual (24)48
59“, Cyprus 1913 18pi, fairly poor but a scarce coin. (1)5
60“, Greece (ancient) silver coin, incuse head in square (reverse Lion?) (1)10
61“, Jamaica 1972 silver $10 commem. coin v.f.+ (1)10
62“, Roman colln. of copper, bronze & silver coins incl. (among many others) Constantine I, Diocletian, Valerian, Anotinus Pius, etc. some extremely harshly cleaned, but still very impressive assemblage of some scarce items, mostly in well above average condition. (39)110
63“, “, Copper - Jovian ø27mm, despite slight faults, fine & attractive. (1)30
64“, “, Silver - Stator Gallienus, beautiful coin despite vigourous cleaning! (1)26
65“, “, “, Stator Gallienus, cleaned, but nice. (1)20
66“, “, “, Domitian ø 18mm, beautiful coin, a little high point wear. (1)18
67“, U.K. QV 3ds (4), 4d; GV 3d (2), 6d, 1/-, 2/-, 2/6 p.-f. in cigarette tin. (11)12
68“, “, 1980 Proof set, nice stocking filler! (1)6
69“, “, 1992 ECU set of 7 b.u. 1/10ecu to 5ecu, case a little worn, unusual item. (1)5

Please Remember £1 per lot Handling Charge

70Coins (continued), USA 1881 Silver Dollar poor to good+ (1)9
71“, “, 1883 Silver Dollar poor only. (1)6
72Banknotes World seln., mostly either interesting & unusual or fine condition (occasionally both!) well worth estimate. (46)24
73“, Scotland North of Scotland Bank Ltd £1 (1st March 1932), light folds, very attractive. (1)40
74“, UK 1993 Ltd. Edn. Banknote FDC, with Xmas stamps set & Dickens £10 note (Mercury cover)15

Accessories, Supplies, etc.

75SG Stamps of the World 2010 complete in 5 vols., well used (some may say abused!) useful for info.30
76SG C/wealth 2009 catalogue (1840-1970) somewhat tatty, very well used, still useful for info.18
77SG C/Wealth 2010 catalogue (1840-1970) as new RRP £69.95 (new one (2011) available at £74.95)30
78SG GB Concise 2009, as new RRP £27.95 (current 2010 is available at £29.95) 14
79Stockcards - 2-strip; 2 boxes of 100 Windmill ‘Climax 6’ cards, new. (200)12
80Lithuania Stamp catalogue 1918-40, hardback (publ. 1991), in Lithuanian, but easy to follow, with colour images throughout. A must for every Baltic States collector. (1)7
81Padded Stockalbum, large format (heavy) 12-ring (Krause?) with 32 plastic lvs., useful. (1)5
82Schaubek lvs. (Ref. 50) large size 2-post fitting, heavy bundle of lvs., some with marks, most as new (c.150)5
83Philatector watermark detector (the one with a bulb & colour filters), old but useful. (1)4

Stamps Arranged by Country

84Aden 1949 the three UPU sets m.m., not high cat., but elusive. (12)5
85Algeria 1930 Centenary set SG93-105 mint STC £59 (13)14
86Australian States, N.S.W. 1852-53 6d SG74 f.u. STC £275 2 margins (& bits of 2 others) (1)24
87“, “, 1852-53 6d SG75 3+ margins g.-f.u. STC £250 (1)32
88“, “, 1856-59 (6d) reg. SG102 cut square, 4 margins, slightly rounded corner lower right, small thin spot & horizontal fold, never-the-less a decent stamp. STC £170 (1)11
89Australia 1937 NSW FDC (illus., typed) & 10 May defin FDC (1d, 2d) illus., plus 3 later 1950s FDCs all attractive, most very fine. Unusual. (5)10
90“, seln.of s/leaf from W.A. (3 Swans); GV heads, GVI to ‘51 & commems., incl. 4 sets. Mixed cond. (64)7
91Austria 1850-1936 m.&u. ranges, some better noting 1908 25h with variety ‘Pranciscus’, 1916 paper varieties, 1918 10k SG317 f.u., 1925 1s SG587 (both shades?) 1908 N’paper with thin paper varieties, (check these) STC £180+ (119)22
92“, 1937 Welfare Fund set Marginal u.m. STC £19 as m.m. (9)7
93“, early to 1990s mainly f.u., strength in ‘90s commems. STC £100++ (162)10
94Bahrain 1938-41 3p to 3a^p (9p is mint) STC £36+ also the 12a used (thinned) (7)7
95“, 1938-41 4a SG28 (Railway Train) f.u. STC £70 (1)19
96“, 1938-41 1r to 10r SG32-5 g.u.-f.u. STC £68 (4)22
97“, 1942-49 g.u./f.u. sith ‘42-45 range of vals. to 12a, 1948 ‘short set to 5/-, RSW set (the 15r on £1 has small closed tear), ‘49 Olympics STC £120+ (22)18
98“, 1948 RSW £1 u.m. STC £30 (1)12
99“, 1952-54 set mint, ‘53 Coronation set mint, etc. STC £54 (17)12
100“, 1953 Coronation in f.u. horiz. pairs STC £23 (4)7
101“, GV used range, vals. to 1r STC 330 (13)5
102Barbados 1873 5/- SG64 (small star) g.u. (would be f.u. but slight faults - vert. crease, pulled perf., etc.) still a very attractive example of this very scarce stamp. STC £300 (1)36
103“, 1882-86 3d deep purple SG95 m.m. (small shallow hinge thin) still attractive STC £110 (1)18
104“, 1882-86 6d SG100 v.f.u. cancel a little indistinct. STC £45 (1)15
105“, 1882-86 5/- bistre SG103 m.m., not as fresh as it could be, but very desirable. STC £160 (1)34
106“, 1892-1903 2/6 SG115 STC £120 l.m.m. (1)40
107“, 1912-16 1/-, 2/-, 3/- SG178-80 STC £175 (3)40
108“, 1916-19 2/- m.m. SG190 gum toning. STC £16 (1)4
109“, 1916-19 3/- SG191 m.m. small spot in gum. STC £65 (1)15
110“, 1918-20 3/- SG200 l.m.m. STC £22, attractive stamp. (1)8
111“, 1920-21 Victory 1/-, 2/- & 3/- SG209-211 m.m. STC £96 (3)22
112“, 1921-24 1/-, 2/- & 3/- SG226-228 m.m. STC £76 (3)19
113Basutoland 1933 2/6 Crocodile SG8 l.m.m. STC £27 (1)6
114“, 1933 5/- crocodile SG9 m.m. STC £50 (1)16
115Belgium 1861 imperf. 10c (6), 20c (also 40c with faults - not counted); also 1863 10c, 20c (2), mostly decent copies, worth checking STC £78 (11)9
116“, 1946 War Victims set SG1188-94 u.m. STC £28+ (6)9
117“, 1960 Refugee Year MS SG MS1719 u.m. STC £80 (1)24
118Bermuda 1918-22 2/- SG51b g.-f.u. STC £50 (1)15
119“, 1938-52 2d both colours SG112, 112a l.m.m. (the blue and sepia STC £50) (2)10
120“, 1938-52 21/2d both basic colours SG113 & 113a/c STC £13+ minimum, l.m.m. (2)3
121“, 1938-52 3d black & rose red SG114 l.m.m. STC £29 (1)5
122Bolivia specimens - 1935 map range vals. to 2b u.m. in issued colours, o’printed ‘specimen’, also with punch hole (Am. Bank Note Co. printers) also similar 1935 airs 5c to 1b (17)22
123Brazil 1850-1938 seln. mainly used with range of 1850 (black) & 1854 (blue) types, 1866 500r f.u. 1878 200r, 700r, 1000r all f.u., Zeppelin SG511 u., etc. mostly good to fine. STC £410+ (15)44
124Br. Antarctic Terr. (& S. Georgia) 1984-88 seln. of FDCs B.A.T. (6), S.G. (3) attractive. (9)8
125Br. East Africa 1890 4a SG9a imperf. only a single, but wide margins STC £1,100 as pair. (1)15
126“, 1895 surch pair SG27, 28 m.m. very fresh STC £140 (2)36
127“, 1895 41/2a m.m. SG39 ‘as-is’ STC £200 (1)30
128“, 1895 5a o’print SG40 m.m. STC £225 ‘as-is’ (1)22
129“, 1895 71/2a SG41 g.-f.u. squared circle cancel (1896) STC £80 (1)32
130“, 1895 8a SG42 g.-f.u. (1896 cancel) STC £75 (1)26
131“, 1895 1r SG43 f.u. (1896 squared circle cancel) STC £50 (1)17
132“, 1895 3r SG45 m.m. (straight edge at base) STC £225 (1)26
133“, 1895 4r o’print SG46 m.m. attractive item ‘as-is’ (1)40
134“, 1895 21/2a on 41/2a SG48 f.u. STC £75 (1)19
135“, 1895-96 2r SG61 m.m. expertisers mark on gum. STC £95 (1)28
136“, 1895-96 3r SG62 l.m.m. STC £120 (1)38
137“, 1895-97 5r SG63 l.m.m. STC £130 (1)42
138“, 1897-1903 50r SG99 centred lower right very faint fiscal cancel fine space-filler of this scarce item. STC £1,600 as mint. (1)60
139Br. Levant (Br. currency) E7/GV m. or u. seln. incl. 1905-12 21/2d, 6d used, etc. STC £34 (10)6
140“, (Turkish curr.) E7 range, mainly mint incl. 1902 30pa to 5pi, etc. STC £58 (10)12
141Br. Occ’n. of Italian Cols. Somalia 1943-46 EAF set mint STC £32 as u.m. (9)10
142Br. P.O’s. in E. Arabia 1948-50 complete m. the ‘48 2r a bit toned, otherwise good to fine STC £113(26)28
143“, 1952-57 m./u.m. ranges incl. ‘52 set, ‘53 Coron., high vals., etc. STC £39 minimum. (31)7
144Br. Virgin Is. 1867-70 4d SG16 & 17 both the shades on buff paper m.m. small natural paper thin on SG17 STC £84 (2)22
145“, 1867 1/- SG19 m.m. toned gum. STC £65 (1)17
146“, 1879-80 21/2d ‘CC’ SG25 m.m. STC £100 vert. printing STC £100 vert. printing flaw (similar to ‘Doctor Blade Flaw’) unusual. (1)28
147“, 1922-28 2/6 SG100 m.m. STC £19 (1)5
148“, 1937-79 ranges, mainly QE u.m. sets, some better STC £100+ (151)18
149“, c.1937-79 mainly u.m. sets strength in QE STC £50+ plus London ‘80 birds with various wmk. vars.12
150Brunei 1907-49 seln. with 1907 to 5c; 1908 to 8c; 1904 compl. to $1; ‘47 to $5, etc. mixed condition.(46)15
151Bulgaria from 1879 25c, 1f both u., ‘84 3 on 10s u., ‘02 set m. STC £130, also P.Due ‘84 50s perf. approx. 6 marginal mint (scarce) (9)20
152“, large quantity of stamps in part sheets (heavy dupl.) useful for pkt. maker. (1,000s)4
153Burma GV/GVI seln. on 3 leaves GV to 8a (u.), GVI m.&u. vals to 2r, ‘48 (m.) to 2r. (38)15
154Cameroun 1940-41 range of mint o’print types many with slight gum faults or stains, incl. 1940 De Gaulle 5f (both) 10f (both), 20f green & red also 1941 Laquintinie pair m., etc. STC £300+ (11)24
155“, 1961 Sterling currency set SG286-297a u.m. (the 11/2d is f.u.) incl. both types of £1 STC £130 (13)32
156“, 1961 surch set to £1 SG286-297a all fine u.m. (all with margins of some kind, some security printed) STC c.£70, unusual (12)18
157Canada 1893 50c SG116 would be g.-f.u., but thin. STC £40 (1)2
158“, dupl. used seln. in s/book with scope for the specialist! Some better (incl. seln. of fifty QV small heads). Take a look. Poor to fine. (100s)15
159Canada QV-QE colln. on 7 lvs., noting 3c beaver; small heads to 10c; GV S.Jub set unused; War & Peace to $1 used, mixed cond. throughout. (141)14
160“, early to modern seln. in s/book, nothing really outstanding seen, but worth checking. (100s)8
161Ceylon small seln. to GVI, some slightly better, but many faults. (58)8
162China 1960s dupl. seln. of defins in c.t.o. complete sheets (useful for pkt. maker?) (1,000s)4
163“, Large piece (back of envelope) with Japan 1s SG134 strip of 5 (2 are badly damaged) with p’marks as follows: Shanghai Local Post; Mil P Sta No1 Taku China (American?); Tangku; and FPO4 as well as Shanghai & unidentified Jap. P’marks all tied with various dates in Oct. 1900. Poor cond., unusual18
164“, Local issues incl. Chungking P.Due, Amoy, Hankow, Famine Relief 1c (2 diff.), 5c, 10c etc. (9)16
165Cook Is. 1901 1d with Crown o’print SG22 f.u. centred right, some rough perfs. at base, but with wide perfs. and soft paper, what do you expect?! STC £140 (1)26
166“, 1931-32 Postal Fiscal ‘Raratonga’ overprint 2/6, 5/-, 10/- SG95, 96, 97 m.m. STC £67 (3)16
167“, 1931-32 £1 Postal fiscal SG98 m.m. STC £100 (1)28
168“, 1932 set SG99-105 l.m.m. STC £50 (7)14
169“, 1936-44 2/-, 3/- SG116, 117 m.m. STC £26 (2)7
170Cuba 1956 original air set (Birds) with wmk. star, compl. to 5p l.m.m. SG772-82 STC £77 (11)16
171Cyprus 1880 1/2d pl.15 SG1 g.-f.u. very small natural paper thin. STC £100 (1)15
172“, 1881 1/2d on 1d SG7 (pl.205) mint, toned gum as normal, STC £75 one pulled perf. (1)18
173“, 1881 1/2d on 1d SG9 (pl.215) m.m. STC £45 (1)18
174“, 1881 30pa on 1d SG10 (pl.216) m.m. STC £120 but light diagonal fold, noticable in gum and ‘216’ m.s. mark on reverse. centred left. (1)20
175“, 1882 1/2d on 1/2d SG23 (CC) g.-f.u. STC £75 (1)18
176“, 1882 30pa on 1pi SG24 f.u. red CDS STC £110 (1)19
177“, 1886 1/2 on 1/2 SG28 ‘CC’ f.u. with ‘Larnaca MY 29 86’ squared circle cancel STC £425, beautiful item140
178“, 1902-04 6pi ‘CA’ SG55 g.-f.u., couple of minor tone spots. STC £130 (1)28
179“, 1902-04 9pi SG56 m.m. fine but for slight blunt corner perf. STC £45 (1)7
180“, 1902-04 18pi SG58 m.m. some toning STC £85 (1)15
181“, 1902-04 45pi SG59 m.m. very attractive. STC £200 (1)75
182“, 1904-10 9pi to 18pi SG68-70 m.m., some toning. STC £117 (3)18
183“, 1912-15 18pi SG83 g.-f.u. STC £42 (1)15
184“, 1904-10 45pi SG84 l.m.m., attractive. STC £100 (1)32
185“, 1912-15 45pi SG84 m.m. STC £100 (1)30
186“, 1921-23 6pi, 9pi, 18pi SG96-98 m.m. (9pi some gum disturbance) STC £139 (3)38
187“, 1921-23 45pi SG99 l.m.m. (almost u.m.) STC £225, lovely item. (1)95
188“, 1921-23 10/- SG100 l.m.m. centred left, small light pencil mark on gum, otherwise fine example of this very scarce stamp. STC £375 (1)150
189“, 1966-72 small u.m. colln. on lvs., incl. sets & high vals., etc. (50+)6
190Czechoslovakia c.1918-60s mainly u.m., most interest in the earlier incl. 1930s defins. with corner marginal numbers/letters, ranges with se-tenant labels, etc. (scarcer noted), also MSs. (100s)32
191“, 1960s-70s seln. of stamps in c.t.o. compl. sheets (heavy dupl.) unchecked for varieties, etc. (1,000s)4
192“, seln. of f.u. sets (incl. better) on s/cards, much of interest for the beginner/specialist. (100s)12
193Danzig 1920-35 m.&u. ranges STC £60+; also Polish post in Danzig, mainly used incl. 1934 set used (10gr has blunt corner) other useful STC £170 (31)22
194Denmark c.1905-58 f.u. ranges in largely compl. club bklt. better items include ‘24 set, ‘25 Air 10ø to 25ø, 1913 10k, 1926 7ø surch’s. (3), ‘29 Fund set, ‘30 set and much more STC £450+ (239)65
195“, Back of book c.1875-1934 used range with better N’paper, noting 1k (both perfs.); P.Dues, etc. STC £56+ (15)14
196Dominica 1874 6d SG2 g.u. (1)20
197“, 1874 1/- SG3 g.u. STC £70 some minute red marks on front. (1)14
198“, 1877-79 1/- SG9 g.-f.u. a few roughish perfs. STC £50 (1)8
199“, 1882-83 1/2d bisect SG10 STC £50 (1)18
200“, 1882-83 1/2d bisect in f.u. pair (perfs. down centre of stamp) unusual & attractive. STC £38+19
201“, 1886-90 1/- SG26 m.m. STC £170 (1)40
202“, 1903-07 1/-, 2/-. 2/6 SG33-35 l.m.m. (expertisers marks on 1/- & 2/6) STC £71 (3)18
203“, 1903-07 5/- SG36 l.m.m. STC £95 (1032
204Dominica (continued) 1907-08 2/-, 2/6 SG44, 45 m.m., some toning STC £44 (2)6
205“, 1907-08 5/- SG46 m.m. unobtrusive smoothed out vert. crease. STC £60 (1)12
206“, 1908-20 2/-, 2/6 SG53b, 53c l.m.m. STC £50 (2)15
207“, 1908-20 5/- SG54 l.m.m. (almost u.m.!) STC £55, beautiful stamp. (1)24
208“, 1921-22 2/- & 2/6 SG69, 70 (chalky) l.m.m. STC £70 (2)18
209“, 1923-33 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-, 5/- SG84-88 l.m.m. (3/- & 5/- are marginals) STC £70 (5)18
210Estonia 1922 imperf. range with 2m., 21/2m, 5m, 10m, all g.-f.u. 9m mint, all with wide margins. (5)19
211Ethiopia 1917-30 u.m. incl. 1929 Airs to 8m, etc. STC £22 (14)5
212Falkland Is. 1878-79 1d SG1 unused (no gum) very attractive stamp despite a few bluntish perfs. STC £750 as mint. (1)80
213“, 1878-79 4d SG2 g.u. STC £150 (1)36
214“, 1885-91 4d SG9 g.-f.u. straight edge at base STC £80 (1)19
215“, 1904 1d, 2d, 6d mint; 21/2d, 1/- f.u. STC £95 (5)28
216“, 1912-20 2d, 21/2d, 6d, 1/- SG62-65 l.m.m. STC £94 (4)22
217“, 1921-28 2d, 21/2d blue, 21/2d purple on yellow, 6d & 1/- SG75-79 l.m.m. nice lot. STC £53+ (5)12
218“, 1929-37 Whale & Penguin short set to 1/- (mint to 6d; 1/- f.u.) STC £69 (7)18
219“, QV mint seln. 1/2d, 1d, 2d, 21/2d, 4d, 6d, 9d, 1/- (1/- no gum) SG17,20,22,30b,32,34,35,38. STC £17038
220Finland 1927-61 mainly (or all) u.m.the odd duplicate. STC £94 (66)11
221France 1853-1942 used range (no dupl.) with better ‘odds’ including classics, high values., commemoratives, etc. STC £225 (56)26
222“, 1863-1942 u.m. range incl. 1863 1c, 2c SG102, 104, 1870 ‘Bordeaux’ 1c m.m., then various defins., commems. incl. charities, etc. STC £235 as m.m. (39)26
223“, 1955 Relief Fund set u.m. (except the 30f + 9f = l.m.m.) STC £95 32
224“, P.O’s in China 1902 1f f.u. 5f sound used (heavy cancel, but still collectable) STC £60 (2)14
225“, P.O’s. in Crete 1902 set (no 5f) SG1-14 f.u. exceptional condition & seldom offered STC £140+ (14)40
226“, “, 192 mint range fair to fine incl. 40c, 50c 1f & 1903 2pi on 50c m. STC £122, seldom seen. (10)14
227German States Range of classics, all apparently genuine incl. Brunswick, Hannover, Baden, etc. STC £1,000+, plus 4 covers/fronts incl. Saxony 1855 2Ngr, Thurn & Taxis 1859 1/2sgr, etc. (16 + 4)48
228Germany 1872 range of shields, mainly g.u./f.u. incl. small 1/4g, 1k, 7k; large 2g (2), 7k; also 1874 21/2 surcharge STC £445 (8)34
229“, 1923 large format 5,000 mk SG245 in eight complete sheets of 50 mostly very fine. STC £640+ (8)19
230“, 1925 Welfare set g.u./f.u. STC £20 (3)6
231“, 1926 Welfare set g.u./f.u. STC £138 (4)38
232“, 1929 Welfare to 25pf only SG451-4 g.u./f.u. STC £60 (4)18
233“, Allied Occ’n. French Zone, Rheinland 1948 8pf SG FR36 corner marginal f.u. on piece, clear cancels 01 10 49, part registered mark alongside, possibly philatelic, but a very scarce stamp. STC £400120
234“, B.R.D. 1949 stamp cent. 20pf SG1036 v.f.u STC £43 (1)10
235“, useful looking accum. of cards, covers, registered items, parcel cut-outs, etc. Some unusual rates and stamps, some dupl., most fine, worth specialist checking. Most interest 1980s-90s. (c.135)7
236Ghana Special printings, etc. with 1978 Railway set imperf., 1981 R. Wedd. compl., incl. surch’s., etc.9
237Gibraltar 1938-51 1/- p.14 SG127 m.m. (very light, but slightly flat gum) STC £42 (1)10
238Greece 1900 surcharge range m. or u. incl. perf. 1d on 40L m. SG126, 25L on 40L SG149, STC £88 (5)18
239Hong Kong 1941 Centenary set SG163-168 m.m. STC £80 (6)10
240“, Interesting looking seln. on old lvs., with 1865 24c (poor) & 1880 10c (both these with Shanghai cancels), other QV & E7, Silver Jubilee & Coronation sets, etc. poor to fine (incl. those mentioned) (60)18
241Hungary 1913 top vals. 2k, 5k (flood charity) both f.u. STC £58 minimum. (2)14
242Iceland 1920-22 set to 5k SG116-136 g.u.-f.u., plus a few ‘slight shades’ (NB the 2k is the scarcer 1931 issue - SG192) STC £160 (25)28
243“, 1921 surch. 30a SG144, 10k SG148, 149, all used with Tollur cancels STC £100 as such (£850 as postal) also 10k SG193 SG193 Tollur, but short corner. (4)24
244“, 1925 7a, 35a, 50a in blocks of four with Tollur cancels (3 blocks)9
245“, Officials incl. 1876 3a (both perfs.) f.u. later to 1920 m. or u. STC £80 (9)16
246India useful looking seln. from various sources incl. early on s/card, others loose & in pkts. (100s)22
247Ireland 1968-70 defin. set of 16 in pres. pack (minor wear to card - stamps fine). (1)6
248“, 2002 Birds, various u.m. vals. to 50c, 57c, ¤1, ¤2, ¤5. STC c.£15 (15)5
249Jamaica 1938-52 u.m. blocks of 4 with 1d scarlet (gutter block), 9d, 1/-; plus 3d (all these in blocks of six with marginal inscription/numbers) u.m. STC £88+ as singles. (4 blocks)24
250“, 1945-46 set SG134-40 in u.m. control blocks of 4, also 2d SG124 numbered corner block u.m. (8)7
251Japan Philatelic Week stamps m.m. for ‘55, ‘59 & ‘61 STC £33+ (6)5
252Kenya 1966-71 Animal defin. set SG20-35 u.m. STC £45 (16)6
253“, (etc.) imperf. stock dispersed by the liquidtor with ‘75 R’way sets for Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania, also Uganda MS u.m. (12, 1MS)6
254K.U.T. 1903-04 3a, 5a, 8a, 1r SG5, 7, 8, 9 (1r vert. crease) very attractive. STC £78 (1)17
255“, 1903-04 2r SG10 l.m.m. STC £70 (1)19
256“, 1903-04 3r SG11 (centred high right) l.m.m. STC £110 (1)28
257“, 1903-04 4r SG12 l.m.m. centred left. STC £110 (1)30
258“, 1903-04 5r SG13 m.m. very attractive stamp. STC £110 (1)44
259“, 1904-07 1r, 2r chalky paper SG26, 27 m.m. (slight surface rubbing) STC £65 (2)17
260“, 1904-07 3r SG28 m.m. Slight gum toning. STC £65 (1)16
261“, 1922 2/50 SG89 v.l.m.m. (u.m.?) STC £18 (1)7
262“, 1928-33 1/- P.Due SG D6 l.m.m. STC £70 (1)19
263Kuwait 1945 u.m. range, not compl., but with useful vals. to 12a (4a creased, not counted) STC £36(9)9
264“, 1948-49 mint set the 2/6 & 5/- with slight gum toning but the key 10/- is u.m. STC £75 (11)30
265“, 1950-54 set SG84-92 f.u. STC £32 (9)12
266Lagos 1904 5/- SG52 m.m. light horiz. crease and slight toning. (1)28
267Latvia 1939 overprinted MS SG MS293 f.u., but folds in margins only 60k MS issued. (1)5
268Leeward Is. QV-GVI useful looking m&u. colln. on s/leaves, worth careful checking. QV to 1/- mint, E7 m. to 1/- (3 different), & 2/6; GV to 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/- , mostly fine, generally clean. High cat. (160+)46
269Liechtenstein 1912 set on ordinary paper Mi 1y-3y (SG4-6) STC ¤240 (3)30
270“, 1960 Europa SG404 f.u. STC £44 (1)8
271Luxembourg c.1956-63 u.m. mainly in sets, incl. charity (Royal Children), etc. STC £64 (47)12
272Madagascar (Commonwealth) 1895 SG60 f.u. with small CDS in violet ‘British Mail Antananarivo’; perfs. clipped at right. STC £85 (1)10
273Malaya, FMS 1900 (on N.Sembilan) 1c, 2c, 3c, 10c m.; (on Perak) 5c m., 10c u. STC £134 (6)28
274“, “, 1900-01 range of u. vals. to 20c, 50c STC £66; plus ‘04-22 used range to 50c. STC £43 (27)16
275“, BMA 15c with red o’print SG12 in u.m. block of 4 (1)50
276“, “, 1945-48 $5 o’print SG18 in u.m. marginal corner block of 4, attractive. (1)6
277“, Kelantan 1911-15 & 1921-28 used ranges incl. 50c wmk. script STC £60+ (14)16
278“, Perak 1880-c.1891 m.&u. ranges of QV incl. surch’s. with better STC £190 (14)28
279“, Selangor 1900 surch set SG66a-67 mint STC £67 (3)14
280“, Japanese Occ’n. 1942-44 m./u.m./u. range of o’prints on Perak, N.Sembilan, MPU, etc. also u.m. blocks, quite elusive material STC £79+ (46)16
281“, Thai Occ’n. 1943 2c SG TH2 used with short corner. much scarcer than the catalogue suggests, sold as genuine, with Ceremuga certificate. (1)70
282Malta 1904-14 5/- SG63 v.f.u. STC £75 extremely light cancel, attractive stamp (1)38
283“, 1914-21 5/- SG88 m.m. STC £90 (1)42
284“, 1921-22 2/- SG103 m.m. STC £65 (1)28
285“, 1922 2/- SG111 l.m.m. STC £250, lovely stamp, centred slightly low left. (1)95
286“, 1922 2/6 SG112 m.m. STC £27 (1)12
287“, 1922 5/- Self Gov’t overprint SG113 m.m. STC £55 (1)20
288“, 1922 2/- SG120 f.u. STC £85 (1)24
289“, 1922-26 2/-, 2/6, 5/- SG135-137 l.m.m. STC £46 (3)16
290“, 1922-26 10/- SG138 m.m. STC £60 (1)18
291“, 1926 Postage overprint shilling vals. SG152-156 mint, most fine l.m.m. (incl. key 2/- STC £50) (5)24
292“, 1926-27 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 2/6 SG166-9 m.m., quite lightly, but slight gum toning. STC £36+ (4)8
293“, 1930 1/-, 1/6, 2/- l.m.m. SG203-205 slightly short corner on 2/- STC £28+ (3)8
294“, QV-QE m.&u. seln. on lvs., s/leaves & s/cards, a few better odds & sets seen (165)20
295Mauritius 1879-80 2c, 4c SG42, 43 m.m. fresh & attractive STC £110 (2)22
296Morocco Agencies 1898-1951 m.&u. colln. (no dupl.) better vals. incl. French 5/- SG201 u., Tangier 1950-51 set used, etc. STC £260+ (91)44
297“, 1903-05 ‘CA’ set mint to 1p, plus 2p f.u. STC £300 (7)90
298“, 1905-06 ‘Mult. Crown CA’ set SG24-30 m.m. the 1p with pulled perf. STC £130 (7)32
299Muscat 1944 set l.m.m. STC £22 as u.m. seldom seen. (10)7
300Nauru 1916-23 2/6 SG20 m.m. centred low-right, STC £65 (1)16
301“, 1916-23 2/6 SG20 l.m.m. top marginal STC £65 (1)24
302“, 1916-23 5/- SG22 l.m.m. STC £100 centred low-right, beautiful stamp. (1)26
303Netherlands Antilles 1956-73 colln. on leaves. Unusual. (99)8
304New Guinea 1918-23 5/- SG116 l.m.m. (u.m.?) couple of light marks do not detract from this scarce stamp. (1)16
305“, 1931 Air short set to 1/- SG163-172 m.m. STC £50+ (10)14
306“, 1931 Air 2/- & 5/- SG173-174 m.m. STC £58 (2)17
307“, 1932-34 5/- m.m. SG187 STC £27 (1)8
308“, 1932-34 10/- SG188 m.m. STC £55 (1)17
309New Zealand 1920-59 seln. of m. sets & odds (a few duplicates) mostly fine l.m.m. STC £54+ (98)8
310“, 1953-59 short set to 1/9 SG723-733b l.m.m. (12)2
311“, 1955-59 defin. set SG745-51 incl. both paper types & 3d (inv. wmk.) mint, most fine l.m.m. STC £25+5
312Niue 1915 21/2d on 21/2d SG20 m.m. (slight gum faults) STC £20 (1)44
313“, 1917-21 sets SG23-31a mint (heavy m.m. to almost u.m.) STC £24 (9)7
314“, 1918-29 2/-, 2/6, 5/- p.fiscals SG33, 34, 35 some gum imperfections, fresh from front. STC £62 (3)15
315“, 1918-29 10/- postal fiscal SG37b l.m.m. STC £90 (1)28
316“, 1918-29 £1 postal fiscal SG37 l.m.m. STC £150, very scarce this fine. (1)60
317“, 1927-28 2/- SG48 l.m.m. STC £15 (1)4
318North Ingermanland 1920 set Mi8-14 m.m. STC ¤65, sold ‘as-is’ (7)4
319Norway Banknotes - 1951 5k & 10k, both used, but unusual. Signed ‘Thorp’ (2)5
320Pakistan 1961 surch. in u.m. corner marginal block of 4 with ‘Piasa’ on the 2 left stamps, final ‘A’ partly missing on top right, and only ‘Pais’ on lower right stamp. attractive block. (1)20
321Papal States 1852 4b black on buff unused horiz. pair, good margin at base, into at left, others close/into with BPA certificate (1959) (1)50
322“, 1868-70 SG43 3c black on grey used, this would be sold ‘as-is’, but comes with RPS certificate (1974) some surface rubbing, thinning, etc. useful spacefiller. (1)28
323Parma 1859 80c unused, blue stain, ‘as-is’ (1)7
324Philippines 1940s-50s ranges u.m./f.u. incl. sets, MS’s, some dupl. in places; plus various other countries (c.390, & 3 MS)18
325Pitcairn Is. 1977 definitive set SG174-184 u.m. (13)1
326Poland SG Utile alb. with m.&u. colln. from earlies to 1950s (just a few more modern) useful looking including the pre-war and General Gouvernment periods. (100s)18
327“, Locals - Luboml 1918 set c.t.o (as normal) the 10 h with some ragged perfs. otherwise fine. (5)19
328Rhodesia 1966 (17 Jan.) Independ. o’print defin. set SG359-373 l.m.m. (5/- on 1/3 is u.m.) STC £15 (15)7
329“, 1966 (9 Feb) defin. set SG374-387 m.m. STC £14 (14)4
330“, 1966-69 set SG397-407 m.m. STC £22 (11)6
331“, 1967-68 dual currency set l.m.m. STC £26 (5)7
332“, 1970-73 defin. set SG439-452 m.m. STC £45 (19)10
333“, double head seln. stated to be SG176, 182a, 183, 184 all g.u./f.u. STC £218 (4)28
334“, (etc.) largely compl. from 1965 m./u.m. or u. (often both), defin. sets with printing vars., etc. to £1 (4) then through to ‘78 with MS, blocks, P.Dues, etc. in some depth. Plus Southern Rhodesia 1964 set used. STC £500+ (100s)50
335Russia (& USSR) c.1916-40s mainly u.m. ranges noting ‘32 Phil. Exhibition 35k l.m.m., ‘50 Building Projects set f.u. STC £224, etc. (total STC £355+) (63)60
336St. Vincent 1902-38 m.&u. ranges, no dupl. STC £70+ (27)12
337Seychelles 1893 45c on 48c SG20 m.m. sl. toned gum STC £30 (1)4
338Sicily 1859 5gr mint SG4, slight oxidization, nice stamp. (1)15
339“, 1859 10g used, looks fine, but small tear at left. sold ‘as-is’ (1)15
340“, 1859 50g mint SG7 looks ok, but sold ‘as-is’ - worth a gamble! (1)30
341Singapore 1983 Bangkok Stamp Exhibition MS u.m SG MS457 x 10 (10)6
342Spain An early to 1970s accum. in s/book, from imperfs.much dupl., plus ranges of Turkey unchecked.18
343Switzerland 1850 10rp Mi8II very attractive used STC ¤130 ‘P.P.’ cancel, quite deep colour. (1)24
344“, 1862 3c grey-black f.u. scarce value STC ¤120 (1)19
345“, 1862 30c vermilion Mi25 f.u. (Basel CDS) STC ¤32 (1)7
346“, 1863 20c orange m.m. very clean & attractive with striking ‘weak frame at top right’ flaw. (1)6
347Switzerland (cont’d.) 1882 1f lilac Mi.63d (the scarce perf. 111/2 x 12) g.-f.u. STC ¤300 (1)30
348“, 1882 1f red, 3f brown (2), all used, slight faults, but attractive. (3)7
349“, Pro-Juv. with 1913-18 sets compl. g.u./f.u. plus various later to 1925 incl. ‘23 & 24 sets u. STC £300+38

*** Tanganyika - Mafia Island the following four lots are hand overprints on I.E.F. stamps, extremely scarce items, form an old collection. The vendor bought them as genuine - we believe they are, but without certificates they’re being sold ‘as-is’ out of necessity. The overprint colour is pale bluish-green (probably falls under the ‘green’ category in SG)
350“, 1915-16 2a SG M36 l.m.m. horiz. crease & rounded corner STC £85 attractive & scarce. (1)9
351“, 1915-16 3a SG M38 m.m. STC £130 (1)34
352“, 1915-16 4a SG M39 u.m. STC £160 (1)40
353“, 1915-16 12a SG M41 l.m.m., light vertical gum crease STC £375 (1)46
354Togo 1957 Air set SG210-213 u.m. (4)6
355Trinidad & Tobago (etc.) dupl. colln. in s/book, mainly used from (Trinidad) Britannias used, War Tax ranges, 1935 to 48c, 1953 set, 1976 Paintings set u.m., etc. (100s)24
356Tuscany 1851 1s orange (grey paper) used 4 margins sold ‘as-is’ (1)14
357“, 1851 2c blue m.m. (expertisers mark on gum) m.m., one margin, nick in at top. Looks ok, sold as-is15
358“, 1851 1c red on blue in horiz. f.u. pair (P.D. cancels) looks ok, but sold ‘as-is’ (1)30
359“, 1851 (1857-59) 1c carmine SG26 unused, only one margin, close/touching/just into others. STC £200 with RPS certificate (1946) (1)22
360“, 1860 1c SG38 unused, no gum with RPS certificate (1946), 3 margins. (1)80
361“, 1860 5c green used 3+ margins, looks ok, but sold ‘as-is’ (1)16
362“, 1860 80g red used SG50 looks ok, but ‘as-is’ (1)24
363Tuvalu 1976-88 u.m. (plus a few f.u.) dupl. in places, good coverage (mostly in sets) incl. MS’s, etc. also officials & Specimen sets, plus a few B.V.I. (100s)32
364U.S.A. Large accum. ideal starter colln. with ranges in three Minkus albums and loads of loose stamps in pkts., etc. This’ll keep you busy over the holidays! (1,000s)28
365Yugoslavia 1960s (mainly), small seln. of defins. & P.Dues in massive duplicated quantity of c.t.o. part sheets, suitable for packet maker? (1,000s)4
366“, 1966-68 u.m., mainly in sets, also ‘67 defin. range STC £43 (129, 1MS)9
367“, 1968-71 u.m. sets, largely complete, STC £53 (98, 1MS)10
368“, Issues for Croatia 1919 P.Due set SG D85-92 m.m., STC £125+, also 1f with inv. o’print ‘as-is’ (9)22

United Kingdom Lots

3691840 1d black ‘B-I’ 4 margins, but thins & nick at base, attractive, bright red M/C (1)32
3701840 2d blue ‘F-I’ two margins (plus bits of 2 others) scarce stamp. (1)42
3711880-83 4d grey-brown pl.17 f.u. light duplex cancel STC £60 attractive. (1)14
3721880-83 6d grey SG161 pl.17 g.u. sl. perf. faults (one pulled, 3 or four thin) STC £65 (1)5
3731880-83 6d on 6d SG162 g.u. (Edinburgh duplex) STC £130 (1)10
3741880-83 1/- pl.14 SG163 av.-g.u. STC £140 (1)8
3751883-84 5/- claimed to be Sg176 (blued paper), but it looks like it’s had an accident with an ink well at some point in the distant past! STC £3,750 Sold ‘as-is’ (1)10
3761934-36 Photogravure set, dupl. accum. on s/leaf, unchecked. (120)19
3771940-1981 mint colln. in album all those we checked were fine u.m.) with a few GVI & early QE sets, but most value in the decimal commemorative sets. (100s)36
3781959 (9 Feb) 41/2d SG577 on neat, plain FDC, typed address Aberdeen CDS, scarce STC £250 (1)30
3791960s u.m. seln. in full & part sheets, unchecked for varieties, some duplication and faults. (24 items)12
3801960s-1970 complete sheets incl. ‘68 Bridges with ‘O’ retouch; ‘68 Paintings set incl. ‘blister on Hand; ‘69 Concorde 4d with oil slick flaw, and other minor flaws & varieties (100s)20
3811960s-80s accum. of FDCs poor to fine, hand addressed/unaddressed, a few better/unusual. (c.200)9
3821964 Geographical 8d SG653 bisected & tied to cover with London slogan cancel. (1)3
3831964 Botanical presentation pack, usual slight buckling, scarce. (1)50
3841964-73 FDC colln. - useful lot in that there are many unusual alternative cancels (some of these extremely scarce), some sets spread over a series of covers, each with different stamp and cancel, etc. Bargain at estimate! (96)36
3851966 (18 Aug) Postcard ‘World Cup Willie’ (Cup mascot) with Winners stamp on face tied by Harrow & Wembley special cancel. Unusual & desireable. (1)10
3861970s-1990 (plus a few earlier & later items) colln. of FDCs, largely compl. for period, mostly Bureau covers 1980-90, some alternative cancels, etc. Worthwhile, high catalogue collection. with Commems., Defins., High vals., Prestige Bklt. Panes, etc. (100s)30
3871971-96 (1976) 20p dull purple 2 band SG X915 in u.m. marginal block of 15 with paper-fold printing flaw running down left side of centre column of 5 stamps. Most unusual. A philistine may be tempted to split the block! (1)40
3881972 Wedgwood £1 booklet very minor scuffing to cover, but the all important 1/2p left band has perfect perforations! (1)7
3891973-79 colln.of FDCs, mostly single stamp per cover (in compl. sets); with alternative cancels, most unusual, several scarce cancels seen. (132)22
3901978-83 FDC colln. in alb., mostly (all?) alternative cancels, and many not the ‘standard’ ones either, but unusual. Plus a range of 1981 Royal Wedding FDCs with a seln. of different cancels. (96)20
3911980-81 colln. of FDCs in album, some dupl., worth it for the album alone! (67)2
3921980 Birds FDCs special cancels from Arundel, Martin Mere, Peakirk & Washington on official (“BOCS 17”) covers. Maybe a little unfresh, but very scarce (4)2
3931981 Disabled FDC ‘Carters Ltd.’ special cancel on ‘Carters cover, light folds, but scarce. (1)2
3941982-84 FDC colln. in album, some dupl. and a few others. (68)5
3951984-93 (a few later odds) colln. of FDCs in album & loose, largely complete, mostly with alternative cancels, nice lot! (110+)28
3961985-89 colln. of FDCs in alb., some better prestige bklt. panes, etc., plus a few other items (52)9
3971985 The Story of the Times Prestige booklet (with the scarce 34p 2 band) (1)4
3981988 Castle High value set, fine u.m. face £9.50 (4)8
3991989 Commem. Presentation Packs complete (8)7
4001989-94 colln. of Bureau FDCs with alt. cancels incl. prestige bklt panes (5); high vals. (Castles & £10 Britannia), etc. in SG Major album. (53)20
4011990-93 colln. of FDCs in alb., mainly bureau alt. cancels with prestige bklt. panes, high vals, etc. (45)16
4021991 Commem. FDCs (Bureau) complete (no Greetings), Christian bklt. pane & country stamps STC £68+6
4031992 (21 July) scarce Gilbert & Sulivan FDC cancelled G&S Soc. (Torbay) on official cover, scarce.3
4041993 Self-adhesive long format bklt pane of 20 in presentation pack (1)9
4051993 Bureau FDCs almost compl. (no Swans or Greetings), incl. better. STC £105 (15)11
4061994 Bureau Commem. & defin. FDCs compl., N.I. bklt.pane STC £59+ (11)6
4071995 Bureau FDCs compl. for commems., defins. £3 Castle, etc. STC £64+ (12)6
4081995 Commem. Presentation Packs complete. (9)10
4091996 Bureau FDCs compl., commems., defins, country stamps STC £92+ (14)7
4101997-2002 seln.of u.m. sets, etc. High face. (83)22
4111997 Bureau FDCs complete, commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £92 (13)7
4121998 Bureau FDCs complete, commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £68+ (11)6
4131998 Breaking Barriers bklt pane on bureau FDC with mis-spelled “Philaletic” cancel error (1)4
4141999 Bureau FDCs complete (no SG2077-2079), commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £216 Eclipse MS with slight faults. (23)20
4152000 Bureau FDCs complete (no March or April Millennium issues), commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £162+ (16)16
4162001 Bureau FDCs complete, commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £150+ (16)16
4172002-2009 colln.of pres. packs, etc. STC £380, some better. (49 items)85
4182002 Bureau FDCs largely complete STC c.£150 (23)15
4192003 Bureau FDCs complete (no December Rugby MS), commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £200+ (23)17
4202004 Bureau FDCs complete (no April Ships), commems., defins. & country stamps STC £215+ (22)22
4212005 Bureau FDCs complete, commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £250+ (28)24
4222006 Bureau FDCs complete, commemoratives, definitives & country stamps STC £210+ (27)26
4232007 Bureau FDCs complete to September (Uniforms), commems., defins., etc. STC £186 (26)26
4242008 Bureau FDCs complete to 11th March (N.I. MS), plus Aug 22 MS2861 STC £67 (7)7
425QV £1 brown-lilac as 1888 SG186, but ‘Telegraph” instead of “Postage”, boxed cancel (slightly ‘oily’ on reverse) & Liverpool Exchange CDS. Still very attractive and will fill a gap at a fraction of the cost.70
426Benham Silk FDCs 1986, 1987 1992 & 1993 each year in album (plus 1982 loose). Virtually complete, attractive lot with each stamp on sep. cover & appropriate special cancel 36
427Gov’t Parcels officials, believed to be SG O65, 67, 68 &69 av.-g.u. STC £330, look OK, sold ‘as-is’ (4)28
428Used abroad - Danish West Indies 1865-79 1/- SG Z330 St. Thomas CDS, faults, but attractive SC £130+10
429Country stamps - FDC colln. in SG Malvern alb., 1967-1990, mainly very fine. (61)10
430Seven remaindered Club bklts., mostly 1960s-recent commems. remains PTSA c.£60 (100s)9
431Seln. of stamps on lvs., pkt of used sets (cut from FDCs), various others. high face. (100s)8
432Cover alb. with colln., incl. ew QV 1d reds on cover, later plain FDCs & a few others (42)6
433Aerogrammes, mainly unused seln., rather mixed quality, but high face. (46)6
434Scottish 6d & 1/3 - 1958 (29 Sept) neat plain FDC, typed address, Aberdeen cancel. (1)5
435FDCs, etc. mainly 1970s-80s incl. some special event, alternative cancels, etc. (90+)5
436Album with mainly GVI-QE incl. some m.&u. commem. sets. (100s)5
437Large shoebox with Machins, some Wildings & earlier defins. in pkts., heavy duplication. (1,000s)1

Channel Islands, Isle of Man, etc.

438S/book with u.m. colln. incl. defins., commems., better Alderney, etc. (100s)18
439Tin with seln. of on & off-paper stamps, some better (100s)8
440Guernsey 1969-93 colln. of FDCs in 2 albs., mostly v.f., largely compl. Plus Alderney FDCs to ‘93 (147)18
441Isle of Man 1973-93 colln. of FDCs in 2 albums, apparently complete, mostly v.f., plus a few other items16
442Jersey 1969-83 colln. of FDCs in 2 albums, largely compl. mostly fine. (136)16

Late Lots

442AWorld kiloware - quite decent selection, c.600+gr. No UK (1,000s?)10
442BCinderella UK LOcals - Gruinard (‘Anthrax Island’) 1987 7p map stamp u.m. (1)10
442CU.K. Banknotes Scottish - British Linen Bank £1 (3rd April 1933 -Waugh) lovely condition, one vertical crease, corner crease and slight rust mark at base. Still very attractive & scarce (1)30
442D“, £1 Similar to last lot, but ‘10th April 1934 - Waugh’ and slightly better condition (no rust mark) (1)36
442E“, England - 10/- (Catterns ‘K11’) 1930s attractive, folded into quarters, with slight discolouration of part of the folds on reverse. Very scarce in this fine a condition. (1)30
442FBahamas QV 4d & 6d supposedly SG18 & 19, but believed to be ‘Spiro’ forgeries. STC £825 if genuine, sold ‘As-is’ (2)10
443Bermuda 1920-21 Tercent. set SG59-67 m.m. STC £100 (9)18
444“, 1924-32 2/- SG88/88c m.m. STC £45 minimum (1)9
445“, 1924-32 2/6 SG89/89j fine mint STC £60 minimum (1)14
446“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG94-97 u.m. STC £22 as m.m. (4)8
447“, 1938-53 2/6 SG117c/117d & 10/- SG119e/119f p.13 fine mint STC £61 minimum (2)13
448“, 1938-53 12/6 SG120/120d p.14 with usual toned gum (looks u.m.) STC £110 (1)18
449“, 1938-53 £1 SG121d/121e fine mint p.13 STC £50 minimum (1)14
450British Honduras 1922-33 $5 SG125 fine mint, but creased STC £200 (1)22
451“, 1922-23 $1 SG136 u.m. STC £12 as m.m. (1)5
452“, 1922-33 $2 SG137 fine mint STC £42 (1)14
453Canada 1852-57 10d SG13/15 4 margins, g.u. STC £1,400 minimum (small pin-hole) (1)32
454“, 1897 Jubilee 1/2c SG121 g.u. STC £60 (1)12
455“, 1897 Jubilee 50c SG134 g.-f.u. slight toning to perfs. STC £100 (1)14
456“, 1903 2c SG177a imperf. pair f.u. 4 good margins STC £40 (1)12
457Cayman Is. 1935 10/- SG107 fine mint STC £90 (1)26
458Fiji 1906-12 £1 SG124 fine mint STC £300 scarce item (1)120
459Hong Kong 1903 $1 SG72 fine mint STC £100 (1)24
460“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG133-6 m.m. STC £60 (1)12
461“, 1938-52 $2 SG157 m.m. STC £80 (1)13
462“, 1938-52 $5 SG159 m.m. STC £65 (without the usual gum toning!) (1)13
463“, 1938-52 $10 SG161 m.m. STC £550 (without the usual gum toning, scarce as such!) (1)85
464“, 1941 Centenary set SG163-8 m.m. STC £85 (6)13
465K.U.T. (Br. E. Africa Co.) 1890 13 vals. to 5r m.m. (No SG8a or 1r grey) STC £94+ minimum. (13)18
466Malaya (Selangor) 1948 $5 RSW SG89 f.u. STC £22 (1)10
467Malta 1922 2/6 ‘Self Government’ SG112 m.m. STC £28 (1)8
468“, 1922 5/- SG113 m.m. STC £55 (1)20
469“, 1922 2/- SG120 fine mint (very l.m.m.) (1)16
470“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG210-213 u.m. STC £23 as m.m. (4)8
471Newfoundland 1919 Contingent set SG130-141 m.m. STC £140 (12)26
472“, 1933 350th Anniv. set SG236-249 m.m. STC £110 (14)26
473St. Lucia 1936 5/- SG123 u.m. with marginal inscription STC £15 as m.m. (1)7
474“, 1936 10/- SG124 fine mint STC £50 (1)18
475U.K. 1858-79 1d pl. 187 in m.m. block of 4 STC £220 (1)18
476“, 1858-79 2d pl.8 to 15 SG45/47 g.u. STC £249 (6)16
477“, 1855-57 1/- SG71-73 g.-f.u. STC £260 minimum. Very nice for these. (1)8
478“, 1862-64 9d SG86/87 v.g. STC £350 minimum (1)20
479“, 1862-64 1/- SG90 g.u. STC £200 (1)8
480“, 1865-67 1/- SG101 g.u. STC £200 (1)8
481“, 1867-80 10d SG112/114 g.u. STC £300 minimum, fine for these. (1)13
482“, 1867-83 5/- SG126/127 pl.1 g.u. STC £600 Scarce. (1)22
483“, 1867-83 10/- SG128 g.u. deep shade. slightly short corner STC £2,800, very scarce. (1)100
484“, 1873-80 4d pl.15 SG152 g.u. STC £425 (12)20
485“, 1873-80 4d SG153 pl.16 g.u. STC £250 (1)8
486“, 1880-83 6d SG161 pl.17 g.u. STC £65 (1)7
487“, 1880-83 6d SG162 g.u. STC £130 (1)8
488“, 1880-83 1/- pl.13 SG163 g.u. STC £140 (1)6
489“, 1880-81 1/- pl.14 SG163 g.u. STC £140 (1)6
490“, 1883-84 2/6 SG178/179 f.u. with fine ‘Bath June 5 1884’ CDS STC £140 minimum. (1)16
491“, 1883-84 2/6, 5/- & 10/- set av.-g.u. STC £815 (3)42
492“, 1887-92 10d SG210 mint corner marginal pair (one m.m., one u.m.) STC £90+ as m.m. (1)22
493“, 1887-92 £1 SG212 g.u. some minor overall toning on back, centred left. (1)95
494“, 1896-1902 1d O.W. Official g.u. STC £110, ‘as-is’ (1)10
495“, 1902-10 10/- SG265 g.u. STC £450 (1)32
496“, 1902-10 £1 SG266 g.u. STC £750, key stamp. (1)140
497“, 1915 2/6 SG406 Yellow brown, g.u. STC £200 (1)8
498“, 1925 Wembley set SG432-3 m.m. STC £55 (2)11
499“, 1925 Wembley set SG432-3 g.u. STC £100 (2)8
500“, 1934 Re-engraved 10/- SG452 g.u. STC £80 (1)12
501“, Guernsey 1941-44 1/2d & 1d Banknote paper pair SG4 & 5 m.m. STC £44 (2)8
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