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Monday, 28th January 2013

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Boroughmuir Rubgy Club Pavilion

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

1Well-filled Lincoln album (12th edn. - missing spine & a little tatty), with little picking evident except for the UK which has been almost completely removed. Many useful/interesting/higher cat. items. Quite the best we’ve seen for a while! (1,000s?)110
2Fascinating old colln. on leaves in binder, mostly to 1870s only, enormous cat. value, but very mixed condition (and don’t forget to take the reprints into account too!) Still an excellent lot of interest to the specialist or repairer alike! (100s)90
3Thematic - Shipping & Maritime history. Extensive colln./accum. in well-filled 32 page s/book. Lovely seln. awaiting writing-up. Arranged into various sub-themes, some better higher cat. items seen, difficult to asses as some sets are split throughout the s/book. Worthwhile lot. (1,000s?)70
4Three old junior albums, loads of interesting early stamps, but very mixed cond. (some picking evident), plus some UK pres. packs, two publications, etc. (1,000s)50
5Large, heavy box with dealer/collector’s clear-out. All sorts! (1,000s)48
6QV-E8 Worldwide stamps album (some picking - heavy in places, UK almost entirely removed). Take a close look, many elusive/unusual items come to light. (100s)42
7Centurion album (very slight damage to spine, otherwise g.-f.) with colln. strength 1920s-40s, poor to mainly fine; more stamps than you may imagine at first sight as there are many tucked between the lvs. Some better e.g. GV higher vals. (9d, 1/- with dupl., 2/6 seahorse x8, etc.) (100s)40
8Box with mixed items - albums, packets, covers; some better. (1,000s)40
9Thematic - Shipping. World FDCs, signed covers (RN type, etc.), strength 1980s. incl. better (95+)38
10An odd, but interesting mix of stamps (some in pres. packs - these affixed with ‘blu-tac’) in binders, range of FDCs incl. better; junior alb. & s/book, etc. - plenty to keep you busy! Strength in C/wealth Africa, but much else too. (100s)36
11Box with interesting & diverse contents incl. a couple of old albs.; stamps in pkts., covers & loose; UK ‘46 Victory in cyl. blocks; dupl. UK in jotters; unused Hawid & S’gard mounts; a few UK pres. packs; ... the list goes on! (100s)36
12Shoebox filled with on & off-paper stamps sorted into pkts. Several quite unusual items seen; early to 1960s, the odd few later seen (most quantity 1940s-50s, most value 1920s-40s?). Hours of fun in this lot! Genuine clearance lot apparently untouched in c.40 years. (1,000s)34
13Well-filled box with a jumble of world material, much of it older, worth checking. (1,000s)34
14A somewhat similar lot to the last, very varied contents. (1,000s)32
15World seln. on lvs. in binder, incl. better strength in UK, Ireland, France & Switzerland. 1900s-30s (100s)28
16Thematic - Royalty. Various collns. incl. Kings & Queens of England, 1978 25th Anniv., 1977 Silver Jub., etc. All housed in five volumes and three folders. (100s)28
17Victory album (filled in 1920s) only light picking evident. (100s)26
18World covers - lovely colln./accum., early incl. UK QV, to 1950s (a few later) most strength in C/wealth & European 1920s-50s. Very mixed cond., but incl. several decent items, with unusual frankings/ cancels/rates/countries. incl. some registered items, aerogrammes & censors, etc. (250+)26
19Thematics - various ‘Sumner’ collns., etc. incl. World FDCs, ‘the 12 Days of Xmas’, Great Historical Stamps on FDCs, Churchill seln. in small box, C/wealth Day 1983 u.m. colln., etc. Most fine (100s)26
20Thematics - Railways. Locomotive Philatelica (Leaders’ of the World) Large colln. in two albums and further ranges on loose leaves. incl. some imperfs. & varieties, etc. Mostly fine (enormous original cost.24
21Box with large quantity of on-paper in pkts. & loose; plus off-paper etc. in shoebox. (1,000s)24
22Asia - album with (among others) India, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon. Look through this one carefully!24
23Box with mixed contents incl. much Commonwealth. (1,000s)22
24Box with world ranges in albums, s/books, etc. Noting 2 books of Cinderella, various stamps, etc. (1,000s)22
25Small seln. of interesting items incl. u.m. stamps UK, C/W & foreign; a few covers, postal forms and much else. Mainly 1930s-70s. (100s)22
26Shoebox with on & off-paper mix. UK, C/W & forerign. Predominantly 1920s-50s, but earlier/later too. Mixed cond., some unusual items & a few perfins seen. Well worth estimate! (1,000s)22
27Attractive colln. in SG Simplex, little of individual value seen, but some better/unusual. (100s)22
28Avon alb., partly-filled with Butterflies (& some in pkts., etc.); USA seln. in album, plus UK odds, etc.20
29Early to modern colln. in alb., mostly used, strength in middle period (very little after 1980) (1,000s)20
30World kiloware - c.3Kg+ much UK (but don’t despair, much of this is better modern). (1,000s)20
31Box with mainly modern seln.; dupl. ranges in s/book, on-paper in pkts.; although most value appears to lie in modern 1990s BRD booklets (both unused & c.t.o.) (1,000s)20
32Sorter’s Paradise! Box with stamps on lvs., in s/cards & loose, some covers, cards & much else! (1,000s?)20
33Europe - album with untidy ranges (so worth looking carefully); many slightly better items seen (100s)19
34World accum. in 24-page s/book, little or no dupl. Worth checking. (c.2,000)18
35Shoebox filled with covers, predominantly 1940s-80s UK FDCs (some of these high cat., but the better ones tend to be plain/addressed, or single values only; but other interesting world too. (200+?)17
36Middle East - seln. in album, junior alb., on-paper sorted into pkts., etc. (100s)15
37Thematic - Space. Attractive binder ‘25 Years of Soviet Space Stamps’ with u.m. sets & MSs for period 1962-1985. (207 & 23MS)14
38Small box with UK Pres. Packs & world covers (many airmail). Colourful lot. (100+)12
39Shoebox with stamps in pkts., unsorted by vendor. (100s)12
40Box with large amount of Iraq, Ireland, etc. sorted into tobacco tins. (1,000s)12
41Shoebox with interesting mix, mostly 1920s-60s sorted into covers, pkts., tins, matchboxes, etc. (100s)12
42Europe - s/book with rather jumbled ranges of Ireland, Italy & Portugal. Mixed condition. (100s)12
43South & Cent. America - colln. in album, early-modern, rather untidy, worth examination. (100s)11
44Middle East (mainly) - album with accum. of (among others) Aden, Sudan, Iran, Egypt, etc. (100s)11
45Album with odd collection. Strength in C/wealth Africa, Atlantic & W.Indies, etc. mixed cond. (100s)10
46World off-paper 125gr+ mid period, strength in far-east, with plenty to sort through. Poor to fine (100s)9
471940s-50s (mainly) on & off-paper sorted into envelopes. Some surprisingly decent items seen. (100s)8
48Europe - seln. in 2 s/books & loose. Including Switzerland, Finland, Iceland, etc. (100s)8
49Box with 1960s UK kiloware, World stamps in pkts., etc. (1,000s)8
50Small accum. of advertising cards (Plasmarine) sent to Doctor, from various countries. Mostly g.-f. (7)7

British Commonwealth

51SG Simplex with UK & C/wealth collection; strength in 1930s-50s, a few earlier, some more unusual or higher cat. items seen. (100s)55
521981 R. Wedding, massive colln. of m.m./u.m./f.u. stamps, MSs, Sheetlets & FDCs in 5 volumes & loose48
531980s ‘Progressive Proofs’ for Nevis, St. Lucia , etc. mainly “Leaders’ of the World”. Each set (6 plus finished stamp, or imperf. version of the stamp) in presentation wallet (some staining, etc. to outers; internal & stamps all appear fine). VERY expensive when new! (19 folders)38
54Atlantic - Ascension seln. of m. (most fine u.m.) GVI defins., some duplication (unchecked for perfs.) STC c.£50; & St. Helena GVI defins. in u.m. pairs STC £25+15

Philatelic Numismatic Covers (P.N.C’s.)

552003 (12 Aug) Pub Signs set with Liberia Pilgrim Fathers $10 Coin - silver proof (some tarnishing)8
562004 Occasions set with I.o.M. 1995 Inventions silver proof crown. (1)15
572004 (16 March) N.Ireland set & 1996 silver proof £1 (1)12
582005 (6 Oct.) Cricket MS with 1997 £1 silver proof £1 (1)12
592005 (1 November) Xmas set & I.o.M. silver proof crown. (1)12
602006 (23 Dec.) Brunel set & Brunel £2 silver/gilt proof coin (1)10
612006 (18 April) 80th Birthday set & silver proof £5 Jubilee coin (1)18
622006 (20 June) Architecture set & £1 silver proof coin (1)10
632006 (21 Sep.) VC set & VC 50p coin (silver proof) (1)9
642006 (9 Nov.) Xmas set with Gibraltar 50p silver proof coin. (1)8
652007 (22 Mar) Abolition set with £2 sliver/gilt proof coin. (1)10
662007 (1 May) Act of Union cover with ‘Celebrating England’ & ‘Celebrating Scotland’ MSs & £2 silver/gilt proof coin. (1)12
672007 (17 May) Wembley MS with Gibraltar 2006 £5 Football £5 silver proof coin. (1)15
682007 (26 July) Scouts set with 50p silver proof coin (1)6
692007 (16 Oct.) Diamond Wedding set with Princess Diana £5 silver proof coin (1)15
702007 (6 Nov.) Xmas set with Gibraltar 50p silver proof coin (1)8
712008 (21 April) 25th Anniv. set £ £1 silver proof coin. (1)10
722012 (22 Oct.) Olympic set with 2009 £5 silver proof coin (1)12

Cinderellas, Ephemera, Coins, Other Collectables, etc.

73Banknotes Kuwait 5 each of pre-invasion notes f-unc. - 5d, 10d (these sequential unc.) & 20d (15)15
74Cinderellas, etc., Hong Kong Contract Note 1972 DLR vals. to $50 g.-f.u. (11)15
75“, “, Contract Note 1972 (Waddington) vals. to $200 on 24c mostly g.-f.u., scarce lot. (16)30
76“, “, Stamp Duty 1980 set Barefoot 431-443 f.u. (13)12
77“, Malaysia 1982 Revenue set $25 to $1,000, Barefoot 4-8 f.u. (5)28
78“, South Africa revenues, 1939 Mortgage bond with GV £5, GVI £2 x2 & 10/-, interesting; plus 1943 Deed of Transfer with GVI £5, 10/- & 5/-. Slight faults, but unusual. (2)10
79“, U.K. 1897 Prince of Wales Hospital Fund labels - set of two (1/- & 2/6) u.m., in original printed envelope (slight toning, stamps fine) (3)9
80“, “, private booklets - May 1978 Brentwood Phil. Soc. (Animal strip) x2; fine & scarce. (2)5
81Coins UK1817 GIII Halfcrown f.-v.f., attractive coin (1)36
82“, Coin album (fine condition, 4-ring) UK colln. some pre-’47. Worth estimate! (150+)24
83“, Coin alb. (g.-f. 2nd hand) with seln. of world coins (& a few notes) incl. some with face value, some UK, a few pre-47, a few fakes (Roman, etc.), and others. (100s)18
84Postcards Box with very mixed contents, various periods & subjects incl. UK & foreign topo, greetings, etc. A considerable quantity for sorting. (100s)22

Accessories, Publications, Supplies, etc.

85Postcard Wallets - boxful 2nd hand, some with stickers on, others fine, a few apparently unused.(1,000s?)9
86Coins - “Collectors’ Coins GB Catalogue 2009” & “Grading British Coins”, both as new. (2)8
87Literature - Pacific Islands Study Circle journals 1970-1983 (c.50)8
88SG GB Concise 2012 (the current edition) almost as new, RRP £12-95 (1)7

Stamps Arranged by Country

89Aden 1949 RSW 10r SG31 u.m. STC £40 (1)15
90“, Hadhramaut 1951 set SG20-27 m.m. STC £26 (8)7
91“, Seiyun 1951 set SG20-27 m.m. STC £40 (8)8
92Antigua 1949 RSW set SG112-3 f.u. STC £14+ (2)7
93Ascension 1912-22 11/2d SG241 used on piece with 7 Aug ‘20 CDS, some slight toning, scarce STC £95.16
94“, 1924-33 4d SG15 m.m. STC 350 (1)10
95“, 1924-33 6d SG16 m.m. STC £60 scarce. (1)12
96“, 1934 8 vals. to 2/6 SG21-29 (no 5c SG26) m.m. STC £75+ (8)14
97“, 1938-53 1d to 10/- 1 of each val. m.m. (1/- & 10/- with usual toned gum, 5/- u.m.) STC £136+ (11)18
98Australian States, Tasmania c.-1870-92 m.&u. ranges incl. mint vals. to 10d (2 different), 2/6 SG222 used, etc. STC £220+ (15)28
99Australia 1930 surch 2d on 21/2d SG119 u.m. multiples of 46, 30 & 12 STC £132 as m.m. most fine12
100“, 1931 (21 April) FFC ‘First All the Way’ cover with GV head 2d, roo 9d (x2) & K.Smith 3d tied Mosman NSW cancel to London (Official Imperial Airways cover) neat & attractive violet ‘First Official ...’ cachet on reverse. (1)22
101“, 1937-49 set SG164-178 m.m. STC £250 scarce as complete set. (14)32
102“, Used colln.on lvs., fairly sparse to 1930s, then with a few better included, but mixed condition. (100s)12
103Austria 1922 Musicians, 1923 & 1924 Artists sets SG519b-525, 554-562, 563-7 m.m. STC £128+ (21)14
104“, 1928 10th Anniv. set SG642-5 g.u. on piece (some toning) STC £64+ (4)8
105“, 1934 Welfare Fund set m.m. STC £87 (6)11
106“, 1935 Air set SG763-777 m.m. STC £100+ (15)13
107“, 1948 80th Anniv. set SG1145-51 u.m. STC £59 (7)7
108“, P.O’s in Turkey 1867 25s, 50s & 5s SG6, 7a &10 u.m. STC £39+ as m.m. (3)6
109Bahamas 1935 8d SG145 with ‘Specimen’ perfin. u.m. STC £70 as m.m. (1)14
110“, 1939 1/2d Sg149 in pair on FDC, sea floor 16 Aug. cancel. slight faults, still nice item. (1)13
111“, 1940 4d SG188 on illus. Sea Floor cover 6 May 1840 1d black anniv. slight faults, scarce. (1)12
112Barbados 1950 set SG271-282 m.m. STC £55 (12)9
113Bechuanaland Protectorate 1885-87 1/- SG8 g.u. STC £170 (1)16
114“, 1888 3d on 3d SG43 g.-f.u. STC £225, scarce stamp. (1)30
115Bechuanaland 1948 RSW10/- SG137 m.m. STC £42 (1)12
116Belgium 1905 P.Stationery cards (set?) 5 x 5c, each with 1830-1905 vignette on reverse, each in different colour. Unused. Unusual and attractive. (5)10
117“, 1915 5f SG193 (Franken) mint, but with paper adhesion. (1)48
118“, 1922 10f SG373 m.m., couple of nibbled perfs. at top. Scarce stamp. (1)16
119Bermuda 1924-32 2/6 SG89/89k m.m. STC £60 minimum (1)12
120“, 1953-62 f.u. perfins. Ranges incl. 10/- (both), £1. STC £50 (9)12
121Bolivia 1867-1960s m.&u. colln. in small s/book (340+)12
122British Central Africa 1891-95 1d, 2d, 1/-, 2/- 1895 1d f.u. (all slight faults but still not bad STC £95+); plus 1895 3/- SG27 g.-f.u. STC £50 (6)20
123“, 1891-95 3/- SG10 v.f.u. (hinge remains) STC £80 (1)22
124Br. Guiana 1881 1 on 12c SG153 m.m. STC £130, coupe of blunt perfs. (1)22
125“, 1881 2 on 24c SG159 f.u. few rough perfs. (but not bad considering soft paper) STC £150 (1)20
126“, 1889 set SG193-205 g.u. STC £150 minimum, not often offered as complete set. (10)20
127Br. Honduras 1922-33 1c to 50c SG126-134 m.m. STC £82+ (9)10
128“, 1948 RSW set SG164-5 m.m. STC £24 (2)8
129Br. Levant 1893 40pa SG7 x2 on piece with FD cancels STC £200+ (2)24
130“, 1902-05 40pa to 12pa SG8-11 m.m. STC £76 minimum. (4)11
131“, 1902-05 12pi SG11a pale dull purple u.m. STC £75 as m.m. (1)15
132“, 1902-05 24pi SG12 m.m. STC £32 (1)8
133“, 1902-05 24pa on 5/- SG12 f.u. STC £42, nice stamp. (1)11
134“, 1906 1pi on 2d SG15, STC £1,400 as genuine! This item (almost certainly a fake!) fills a gap. ‘As-is’20
135“, 1909 set SG16-21 m.m. STC £75. Some surface rubbing, etc. (6)14
136“, 1911-13 12pi SG33a dull greyish purple m.m. STC £55 (1)12
137Br. Occupation of Italian Cols., Tripolitania 1948 P.Due set SG TD1-5 m.m. STC £50 (5)12
138Br. Solomon Is. 1939 short set to 5/- m.m. (toned gum, etc.) most average to good, STC £75+ (12)8
139Br. Virgin Is. 1887-89 4d to 1/- SG35-41 m.m. (1/- looks u.m.) STC £99 minimum. (3)14
140Burma 1946 14 vals. to 10r SG 51-63 (no 4a SG58) m.m. STC £54+ (14)10
141Bushire 1915 1ch, 12ch SG1, 8 g.u. STC £160 plus 3ch SG3 with some blunt perfs. all sold ‘as-is’. (3)12
142Canada 1859-98 used seln. incl. Br. Columbia & Vancouver I 21/2d (clipped at right), ‘Beaver perf 5c (3) ‘large heads’ with 1c, 2c (2), 3c, 121/2d Widow’s Weeds pair fair to fine STC £800 minimum. (19)50
143“, 1928-29 1c to 12c SG275-282 m.m. STC £84+ (8)11
144“, 1928-29 $1 SG285 m.m. STC £150 (1)30
145“, 1932-33 coil stamps set SG326-8 m.m. STC £50 (3)8
146“, 1935 50c & $1 SG350, 351 m.m. STC £65 (2)12
147“, 1935 coil set SG352-354 & 1937-38 coil set SG368-70 m.m. STC £67 (6)10
148“, 1937-38 set SG357-367 m.m. (some incl. 13c & 50c u.m.) STC £180 (11)22
149“, 1940s-50s seln. of covers , etc.; some censored, re-directed, etc. poor to fine. (24)8
150“, 1942 Re-directed air cover to Australia; 6c air SG399, plus Spec. Dely. 10c & 16c SG S12, S13, censor tape, a few lightly toned perfs., but generally neat & clean. (1)7
151“, 1990s-2000 (& a few earlier items) seln. of FDCs, some pres. packs & others, most fine. (c.90 items)19
152“, 2001 FDCs, large degree of completeness, most fine (26)12
153“, 2002 FDCs, as last lot (29)14
154“, 2005 FDCs, as last lot (31)14
155“, 2006 FDCs, as last lot (35)16
156“, 2007 FDCs, as last lot (29)14
157“, 2008 FDCs, as last lot (29)16
158“, 2009 FDCs, as last lot (28)16
159“, 2010 FDCs, as last lot, high original cost. (28)18
160“, 2011 FDCs, seln., all different, most very fine. (22)12
161“, A wonderful opportunity to start that new colln. - large accum. in 4 stockbooks/binder & tin, with early-modern mainly used ranges (incl. better), a few FDCs, some duplication & mixed condition, plus colln. of u.m. new issues (appears almost complete, just the odd few issues missing) 1990s-2012, with stamps, MSs, some bklts. & sheetlets, etc. (1,000s)220
162“, Coils 1912-50 used ranges incl. 2c+1c SG235 (or 236) other useful, some in pairs. STC £196 (33)22
163“, OHMS perfins used. Accum. with better; worth specialist examination, mixed condition. (35, 1 cover)19
164“, Spec. Del’y. 1898-1938 used range, mostly g./f. incl. SG S5, S7, etc. STC £70 (7)11
165“, Packet with QV stamps on pieces, incl. multiples & interesting usages. (c.100)6
166Cape of Good Hope 1884-90 1/2d SG48/48a in u.m. gutter block of 18 (faults) STC £144 as m.m. (1)15
167“, 1902-04 set SG70-78 g.u. STC £35 (9)7
168Cayman Is. 1902-03 Crown CA set SG3-7 m.m. STC £100 (5)18
169“, 1948 RSW set SG129-130 m.m. STC £24 (2)8
170China 1981-83 commem. sets SG3137-44, 3146-57, 3162-9 & 3237-40 u.m. STC £63+ (32)12
171“, Postmarks, etc. c.1885-1913 interesting range of stamps incl. 1885 set on piece apparently genuine with markings, 1894 4ca with ‘Bournemouth’ cancel, 1897 ‘Red Revenue’ 2c on 3c u., China in combination with French POs (2 items), Locals used, etc. Plus many more unusual items. Mixed cond.90
172“, early-modern accum. on lvs. & s/lvs. from various sources. Gathered by someone intending to turn it into a colln. - now it’s over to you! Plenty of dupl. (some useful!), usual reprints, etc. Ideal for beginner or specialist alike! (100s)48
173“, Useful looking accum. m./unused/u./cto, in need of careful checking. (420+)26
174“, Small s/book with almost 300 mainly defin. stamps mostly 1920s-60s, plenty of checking required.18
175Cook Is. 1936 2/- & 3/- Admirals set SG116, 117 m.m. STC £29 (2)8
176Curacao 1941 defins. 30c, 50c, 11/2g, 24g SG256, 192-4) u.m. STC £116 (4)28
177Cyprus 1928 50th Anniv. 7 vals. to 9pi SG123-9 m.m. STC £49 (7)10
178“, 1934 9 vals. to 9pi SG133-141 m.m. (look u.m.) STC £51+ (9)10
179Czechoslovakia 1918-19, etc. Hradschin issue imperf./perf. ranges with dupl. Useful for shades, etc.(270)11
180Denmark 1990s onwards range of u.m. & f.u. (usually both) from new issue service. Includes stamps and MSs. High original cost & face value. (100s)90
181“, early-1980 mostly used colln. in s/book, with dupl., fair range. Mixed condition throughout. (100s)18
182Ecuador 1872-1960s m.&u. in small stockbook. (500; 1 cover)14
183Falkland Is. 1878-79 1d SG1 (no wmk.) m.m. STC £750, scarce item with gum. (1)100
184“, 1878-79 6d SG3 m.m. STC £110 (1)12
185“, 1885-91 4d SG9w (sideways wmk.) slight faults, unused no gum STC £850 as m.m. (1)24
186“, 1885-91 4d SG9y (sideways wmk) unused no gum STC £800 as m.m. (1)24
187“, 1891-1902 6d SG33/34 m.m. STC £55 minimum (1)10
188“, 1891-1902 9d SG35/36 m.m. STC £55 minimum. (1)10
189“, 1904-12 set to 1/- SG43-48 STC £147 minimum. (6)24
190“, 1904-12 1d SG44d dull coppery-red g.u. with 1909 p’mark. STC £35 (1)7
191“, 1904-12 6d SG47 looks u.m., STC £45 as m.m. (1)12
192“, 1904-12 1/- SG48 m.m. STC £42 (1)9
193“, 1904-12 3/- SG49/49a l.m.m. but with gum crease. STC £150 minimum (1)16
194“, 1929-37 set to 1/- SG116-122 m.m. (1/- is u.m.) STC £82+ minimum (7)15
195“, 1929-37 6d SG121 (line perf.) m.m. STC £48 (1)8
196“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG139-142 m.m. STC £45 (4)9
197“, 1938-50 2/6 SG160 u.m. scarce as such. STC £65 (1)12
198“, 1972 f.u. set SG276-288 STC £35++ (13)9
199F.I.D. 1944-45 set SG A1-A8 to D1-D8 u.m. (except 2 cheap 2ds. m.m.) STC £96 (32)16
200“, 1946-49 set SG G1-8 f.u. on small pieces STC £27 (8)6
201“, 1946-49 set SG G1-8 1948 RSW SG G19-20, ‘49 UPU set SG G21-4 m.m. (some u.m.) STC £28+8
202“, South Georgia 1977-78 set SG53-66 u.m. STC £48++ (12)10
203France 1869 5f SG131 g.u. but a couple of small repairs, still attractive STC £1,100 (1)20
204“, 1876-1900 Peace & Commerce m./u.m. range, the odd fault noted but mostly above average (good perfs./gum) incl. 1c green, 3c brown/yellow, 30c, 40c, 2f (pulled perf.), etc. STC £1,297 (10)80
205“, 1902 25c Mouchon SG312 m.m. (mounted with selvedge & with very small thin) STC £110. Scarce11
206“, 1917 War Orphan’s Fund 35c+25c SG374 g.-f.u. (light cancel) STC £150 (1)22
207“, 1930 Sinking Fund SG480 g.u. STC £110, scarce. (1)18
208“, 1947 UPU set SG 1009-13 u.m. STC £58 (5)10
209“, 1949 Air set SG1055-9 u.m. STC £214 (5)28
210“, 1953 & 1956 Sports sets SG1185-90 & 1297-1300 u.m. STC £98 (10)12
211“, 1954 Air set SG1194-7 u.m. STC £263 (4)32
212“, Red Cross bklts 1962-80 (16 bklts = 13 different) STC £134+ (16)15
213“, Colonies, s/book with small accum., early-modern m.&u., poor to fine. (c.500)8
214“, “, Fr. Somali Coast c.1902 proofs/colour trials of ‘Somali Warriors’ type, with ‘0f’ in the value tablet. imperf., bicoloured, three different (3)12
215Gambia 1922-29 1/2d to 1/6 SG122-135 (no 4d) fine mint STC £61 (12)12
216“, 1922-29 10/- SG142 light (fiscal) violet CDS STC £130 as postal. (1)10
217“, 1935 (15 June) Air cover with Silver Jub. 11/2d, 3d & 6d plus SG125 & 128 (1/3 rate) with violet rectangular ‘Airmail/Gambia-England’ cachet on reverse. Neat. (1)16
218“, 1935 (17 Aug.) Air cover with Silver Jubilee 3d & 6d tied ‘T.P.O. No2’ CDS & with violet cachet.22
219“, 1938 (25 June) FFC to Sierra Leone. GVI 1/2d x2, 1d & 11/2d tied by Bathurst CDSs; scarce violet ‘First Airmail/Gambia-Sierra Leone’ cachet & Freetown backstamp (27 June). Attractive. (1)28
220“, 1948 RSW £1 SG125 u.m. STC £21 (1)9
221“, Attractive & useful colln. of covers from a correspondence. Mostly 1937-38, mainly airmail & mostly with GVI Coronation stamps or GV defins. (to 1/- & 2/-) variety of rates, but most common appears to be 1/3; some faults, but certainly still of use! (40+)50
222German States, Braunschweig 3 pieces, each with two stamps tied by ‘8’ in diamond cancel. One Mi15a, 16a; another similar, but 3Sgr torn; third with Mi19, 20. Each of the stamps cut out (into), rather than use the roulette to separate them. Still useful. (3 items)22
223Germany (BRD) 1949 Relief Fund set SG1039-42 m.m. STC £163 as u.m. (4)10
224Gibraltar 1886-87 4d SG12 g.u. STC £80 (1)10
225“, 1906-11 2/- SG72 m.m. STC £55; also scarce 6d SG70 m.m. with toned perfs. (this STC £140) (2)16
226“, 1925-32 2/- SG103 g.u. (very slightly washed) STC £38 (1)8
227“, 1925-32 5/- SG105 g.u. (slight faults) STC £75 (1)13
228“, 1935 Silver Jub. 2d SG114 u.m. lower-left marginal block of 4 with ‘extra flagstaff’ variety. Some thinning to margin only. STC £80+ (1)30
229“, 1960-62 short set to 2/- in u.m. pairs, plus u.m. 5/- & 10/- singles (also a few others) STC c.£95+ (18)15
230Gilbert & Ellice Is. 1949 RSW set SG57-8 u.m. STC £16 (2)8
231“, 1956-62 set SG64-75 u.m. STC £65 (12)16
232“, 1971 set SG173-187 & 1972 set SG203-7 u.m. STC £48++ (20)9
233Gold Coast 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG113-6 m.m. STC £24 (4)7
234“, 1948 RSW set SG147-8 m.m. STC £32 (2)9
235Grenada 1861-62 no wmk. 1d SG2 unused (no gum) & 6d SG3 g.u. (perf. faults., etc.) STC £140 (2)12
236“, 1886 1d on 11/2d orange m.m. STC £55 (1)15
237“, 1886 1d on 1/- SG38 m.m. STC £50, attractive (1)15
238“, 1886 1d on 4d SG39 g.-f.u. STC £90 couple blunt perfs. (1)10
239“, 1888-91 1d on 2/- SG45a (no stop); minor rounded corner (but with soft paper & wide perfs., what do you expect?!) STC £450 sold ‘as-is’ (1)48
240“, 1902 10/- SG66 m.m. very light toning & diagonal creasing STC £140 (1)16
241“, 1904-06 2d SG69 m.m. STC £60 (1)14
242“, 1934-36 set SG135-144 g.u. STC £80 (10)20
244Hong Kong 1862-63 8c SG2 (no wmk.) g.u. STC £85, short format (re-perfed?) (1)10
245“, 1921-37 $3 SG131 v.f.u. (cto) STC £70 (1)15
246“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG133-6 m.m. STC £65 (4)16
247“, QV-QE mint & (mainly) used colln. on leaves, some useful definitives seen. Worth spending a bit of time with this one! (195+)26
248Hungary 1925 Sports set SG452-459 m.m., difficult and scarce set. (8)24
249India 1895 2r SG107/a, 3r SG108 & 1902-11 3r both shades SG140 & 141 g.-f.u. STC £86 (4)16
250“, 1911 25r SG191 g.u. with Madras 1912 CDS STC £45 (1)10
251“, 1924 Everest Expedition Card (Rongbuk Valley Base Camp - and facsimile of signature) sent to London with Exhibition label tied by base camp cachet in red & Calcutta ‘British Empire Exhibition 1924’ slogan cancel. (1)12
252“, 1924 Everest - similar lot to the last, slight toned areas, still attractive. (1)10
253“, 1940-43 13 vals. to 14a (no 1a3p SG269) plus extra 3a type u.m.. STC £50 (14)11
254“, 1948 Gandhi 31/2a SG O150b m.m. STC £5,000, looks OK, but almost certainly faked! ‘As-is’ (1)13
255“, 1948 Gandhi 12a SG O150c m.m. STC £18,000, sold ‘as-is’ useful s’filler. (1)16
256“, C.E.F. 1900 CEF o’prints SG C1-10 8 vals to 1r f.u. (no 2a or 12a SG C4,C9) plus mint 12a SG C9 STC £128+ (9)22
257“, States, Feudatory States m. or u. Many seldom seen, incl. Rajpipla, Travancore with listed varieties, Kishangar, Orccha, Jind, Bijawar ‘35 perf. set u., Soruth SG16 in u. marginal blocks of 6 with inscriptions (scarce), etc. (81)40
258“, “, Nabha 1885-1900 1a & 8a SG16, 27 both o’printed ‘Specimen’ (8a partly doubled), sl. faults. (2)16
259“, “, Travancore 1890s? unused Postal stationery card 8c; not too fresh, but very unusual. (1)6
260Indonesia 1960-72 colln. in binder with m. or u. stamps (sometimes both) & FDCs, large degree of completeness (only a couple of the better MSs seen) attractive collection, generally fine. (100s)40
261Iraq 1918-21 no wmk, & wmk. sets (SG1-14, 16-18) mint STC £160 (17)32
262Ireland 1922 10d Dollard o’print SG9 g.u. STC £50 (1)6
263“, 1922-23 5/- Seahorse (wide date) SG65 g.u. faults, but more than acceptable s’filler. STC £160 (1)12
264“, 1922-34 defin. set SG71-82 (first watermark) m.m. (1/2d & 1/- with adhesions, 6d rounded corner, the rest mainly fine and attractive) STC £6015
265“, 1924-28 5/- SG84 m.m. usual gum wrinkles STC £60 (1)15
266“, 1925-28 2/6 Seahorse SG83 (narrow date) u.m. STC £40 as m.m. (1)18
267“, 1925-28 2/6 Seahorse (narrow date) u.m. (mounted on margin) STC £40 as m.m. (1)22
268“, 1925-28 5/- (narrow date) SG84 m.m. (horiz. gum crease) attractive STC £60 (undercatalogued!)20
269“, 1929-39 Commem. issues (2d SG93 in block of 4) u.m., scarce as such.STC £54+ as m.m. (19)9
270“, 1937-52 range of commem. sets u.m., twelve sets STC £64+ (22)9
271“, 1948-65 Air set SG140-143b u.m. STC £25 (7)5
272“, 1960 Europa set SG182-3 u.m. STC £32 (2)7
273Israel 1949-52 small u.m. seln. incl. 1950 Elat P.O. SG53; 5,10 & 30pr coins in blocks, etc. (7 items)10
274Italy 1945 Express 25L SG E682 in u.m. horiz. pair STC £120 plus other similar defins., airs, etc. total STC £190+, most fine. (6 pairs)36
275Japan 1915 Coronation set SG185-8 on ‘British Embassy’ cover Tokyo-England, slight faults, scarce.30
276“, 1935 Visit set SG276-9 in m.m. blocks of four, some faults (some fine u.m. too!) STC £110+ (4)9
277“, 1939 National Park set SG350-3 m.m. (20s is u.m.) STC £60 (4)7
278“, 1940 Daisetsu-zan Park set SG363-6 u.m. (most fine) STC £27+ (4)4
279“, Printed album (Ginza Stamp Club) with small representative m.&u. colln. incl. defins., commems., & MSs, etc. Mixed condition, some unusual seen. (100+)18
280“, early-modern dupl. seln. on leaves, plus a few covers, etc. Mixed cond. (250+)10
281“, Early(ish) seln. of Postal stationery cards, mixed condition; needs specialist checking. (6)8
282Kenya, (B.E.A.) 1890 1/2a SG1 m.m. STC £275, looks OK if you half-close your eyes! ‘As-is’! (1)13
283“, “, 1890 1a SG2 m.m. STC £500 fake surcharge, sold ‘As-is’ (1)20
284“, “, 1890-95 4a SG9a imperf. single (4 margins) STC £3,250 as pair. scarce item, sold ‘as-is’ (1)11
285K.U.T. 1960 set SG183-198 m.m. STC £60 (16)9
286Kuwait 1933-34 4a Air SG33 m.m. STC £150, slight overall toning. (1)30
287“, 1948-49 set SG64-73a m.m. STC £95, good set. (11)20
288“, GVI commem. issues 1948-49 RSW, Games & UPU SG74-83 m.m. STC £49+ (10)12
289Laos early-modern used colln. in binder with a smattering of earlies, then sparse to the 1980s and useful range of thematics thereafter. (100s)7
290Leeward Is. 1890-1902 m.m. range with 1890 6d & 1/-, 1897 21/2d, 1902 surcharges, 1902 seven values to 5/- STC £159+ (13)24
291“, 1902 1/- SG25 & 21/2d SG32 g.u. STC £75 (2)9
292“, 1912-22 3d SG51a (white back) l.m.m. STC £85 (1)20
293“, 1912-22 1/- SG54a (white back) m.m. STC £75 (1)15
294“, 1912-22 5/- SG57/57c l.m.m. STC £42 as cheapest (believed to be SG57 STC £65). Centred high-right15
295“, 1912-22 5/- SG57a (white back) m.m. STC £55 (1)14
296Luxembourg 1956 Europa set SG609-11 u.m., almost imperceptible shades of toning on gum. STC £46655
297“, 1957 Europa set u.m. STC £230+ (3)44
298Malawi 1964-88 m.m. colln. of sets ‘64 defins. to £1 with both 5/- l.m.m.; ‘68 Birds to £2 l.m.m.; ‘71 Antelope to 4k m.m., then seln. of mainly u.m. sets, etc. High cat.34
299“, 1968 Bird defin. set SG310-323 m.m. (some incl. the £1 are u.m.) STC £75 (14)15
300Malaysia (Mal. Fed.) 1963 FfH & Hydro sets; Malaysia 1963 th 3 sets, each on FDC,plus some duplicates.8
301Malaya M.&u. colln. in album with Straits, States, Fed., & some later Malaysia. Ideal lot for beginner or specialist alike, several useful stamps seen! Generally of fine & fresh appearance. (100s)55
302“, Straits Sett’s. 1902-03 $2 SG120 SG120 g.u. STC £75 (1)9
303“, “, 1902-03 $2 SG120 & 1904-10 $2 SG137 used slightly washed STC £165 (2)12
304“, “, 1904-10 $2 SG137 g.u. (slightly washed) STC £90 (1)10
305“, “, 1906-12 $5 SG167 g.u. STC £75 (1)12
306“, F.M.S. 1925 $5 used with Stamp Office cancel SG80 STC £225 as postal use. (1)22
307“, Selangor 1895-99 $2 SG62 green a little faded & with light fiscal cancel STC £300 as postal.22
308“, “, 1895-99 $10 SG65 fiscal use (sl. faults) useful s’filler STC £1,100 as postal (1)42
309“, “, 1895-99 $25 SG66 odd in that it’s fiscally used, but the ‘Stamp Office’ oval looks hand-drawn! STC £4,000 as postal, minor creasing. (1)42
310Malta UK 1855-57 6d SG70 (wing margin) g.-f.u. with ‘A25’ cancel (1)8
311Monaco 1919 Orphans’ 50c+50c SG35 m.m. centred right STC £225 (1)38
312Natal 1902-03 vals. between 1d & 2/- SG128-137 m.m. all fresh, but the odd fault. The best is probably the 2/- (this STC £50 alone) (8)14
313Netherlands Indies 1870 range of numeral in dots p’marks various vals. to 50c, etc. mixed cond. (38)10
314Newfoundland 1865-1910 mainly g.u/f.u. seln. incl. 1865-71 5c (unused not counted), 12c (both); 1911 6c SG111, etc. STC £300+ (9)28
315“, 1910 8c SG101 m.m. STC £65 (1)11
316“, 1910 9c SG102 l.m.m. STC £65 (1)15
317“, 1910 10c SG103 l.m.m. (1)22
318“, 1910 12c SG104 m.m. (gum disturbance/adherence) STC £65 (1)7
319“, 1910 15c SG105 m.m. STC £65 (1)15
320New Zealand 1893 stamps with adverts. Range of values & adverts, mixed condition. All different. Includes scarce 8d SG225 horizontal pair g.u. STC £224 (12)32
321“, 1936 1/2d SG593 with ‘Burning bush’ (behind lorry) variety, central stamp in strip of 3. (1)10
322“, 1938 (17 Jan) reg. cover Auckland-London with 1935 short defin. set complete to 1/-. STC £138+ as stamps, some toned perfs., etc. (1)14
323“, Old cig. tin with on & off-paper seln. in pkts., from used earlier to m.&u. 1950s (200+?)8
324“, QV-QE mainly used colln. on leaves. (100s)7
325Nigeria (Southern Nigeria) 1912 1/2d SG45 in u.m. block of 6 with selvedge one of the panes from bklt. SG SB5, must be scarce in this form. (Booklet STC £1,600) (1)20
326Norway early-modern m.&u. seln. in s/book, most value in the u.m. items from New Issue service 1990s-2010(ish). High face value. (100s)70
327“, s/book with seln. of New Issues - sets & MSs, mostly 2007-2012 (some earlier & used also), generally very fresh. High face value. (100s)46
328Sierra Leone 1932 short set to 5/- SG155-165 m.m., all attractive from front. STC £35+ (11)11
329Singapore 1948-79 m.&u. colln. with plenty of scope for the specialist. Better 1970s. (250+)34
330“, 1962-2006 seln. of FDCs, p/cards, a few stamps, etc. incl. better more recent. Poor to fine. (17+ items)8
331South Africa 1938 Voortrekker Cent. & Commemoration sets SG76-81 in m.m. horiz. pairs, some slight faults (perfs. split on 3d SG79), etc. STC £10015
332“, Three covers, all to England: C.o.G.H. (1902) with violet triangular cancel; Transvaal (1901 with black Jo’burg censor); South Africa registered official with strip 1d x6. (1946, various marks) p.-f. attractive15
333“, ranges in s/book, plus some CoGH, Natal, etc. on lvs., mixed cond. Worth checking. (100s)14
334Southern Rhodesia 1940 1/- proof u.m. full gum, imperf. with single punch hole. (1)12
335S.W.A. 1941 War Effort (reduced size) set SG123-130 u.m. incl. both o’print types. STC £40 (9 items)15
336“, 1941 War Effort (reduced size) set SG123-130 f.u. STC £65 (8 items)22
337Spain Early-1970s (strength in mid-period onwards) mainly used colln. in album. Nothing ‘Earth-shattering’ noticed, but well worth the estimate! (100s)17
338“, early-modern accum. incl. a few better. (100s)8
339Sweden 1891 1kr SG54 m.m. STC £130 (1)20
340“, 2011-12 (mainly) u.m. new issues with stamps, MSs, etc. (100+)18
341“, S/book (8 page) filled with mainly u.m. new issues (some older items too), the odd spot of toning, most v.f.) includes stamps, MSs, booklets, etc. High face. (100s)80
342“, S/book (16 page) with early-modern m.&u. colln., much 1980s/90s u.m., incl. stamps, MSs,etc. (100s)50
343Switzerland 1940s (mainly duplicated u.m. seln., mainly landscapes issue. STC £50+5
344“, 1919 30c Air SG302 l.m.m. STC £150, lovely stamp, believed to be genuine, but sold ‘As-is’ (1)30
345“, 1914 booklet pane (Tell) 15c (1), 10c (3), m.m. (margin - stamps all fine u.m.) (1)5
346Tanzania 1976-79 seln. of f.u./c.t.o. sets (19 sets)10
347“, 1982-88 17 sets & MSs incl. appendix listed. l.m.m. (17 sets, 15 MSs)10
348Tibet 1912 used range of values/shades, all 4 margins, sold ‘as-is’ STC £315, Plus convincing-looking native cover with imperf. 4t SG138a 4 margins, tied Lhasa p’mark. (16, 1 cover)15
349Tobago 1883 21/2d on 6d SG13 unused, small thin area, STC £90 as m.m. (1)8
350“, 1882-84 4d SG18 g.-f.u. STC £95 (1)15
351“, 1886-89 1/2d on 21/2d unused & 1/2d on 6d SG26, 27 (2)4
352“, 1886-89 1/2d on 6d SG28 f.u., looks OK, but sold ‘as-is’ STC £180 (1)38
353Tunisia 1950s (mainly) u.m. seln. in pkts. incl. some better/higher vals. & Airs, etc. some duplication. (61)8
354Turks Is. 1881 1/2d on 1/- SG9 poor mint STC £130 (1)20
355Uganda 1898-1902 set (plus 1902 o’prints) SG84-93 plus shades of 1a & 1r. All m.m., most fine (4a toned) STC £230+ (11)55
356U.S.A. 1861-70 range of heads with Washington, etc., mainly f.u., good perfs. (well above average) incl. 1851 12c, 1861 2c, 5c brown, 12c, 24c lilac or grey, etc. STC £946+ (8)95
357“, 1983-84 boxed ‘Presidential Medals Cover Collection’ - medallic covers, each with stamp of different president & the matching gold-plated medallion. Box, covers & stamps with foxing; medallions fine. Very expensive when new! (37)18
358“, large quantities (heavily duplicated) of off-paper stamps in 57 tobacco tins. (1,000s)42
359“, early-modern colln. in 22-ring album. Most value in 1980s-90s mint (mostly u.m.) stamps & MSs36
360“, Jumbled dupl. accum. in s/book (broken), in binder; album with colln. of 1982 Birds & Flowers; FDCs in binder, plus loose on & off-paper stamps, a few covers, etc. Mixed condition. (1,000s)24
361“, ‘Historic Stamps of America’ large binder filled with covers (mostly cancelled 1978-82) each with ‘old’ (mostly 1930s-60s) stamps encapsulated, etc. Unsuitable for posting. (198 covers)20
362“, Box with duplicated stamps in tobacco tins. (1,000s)14
363Vatican City 1939-47 small s/book with complete colln. of stamps issued under Pius XII, all those checked were fine u.m. (just a few tone spots - SG136 one toned perf.) total STC £105+ (82)10
364Zambia 1982-87 u.m. commem. sets (25 sets (plus one appendix listed), plus others (1981 def. set u.m., ‘87 defins. (no 1k65), etc.)18

United Kingdom Lots

3651840 1d black ‘K-H’ 4 good-wide margins, light, red Maltese Cross cancel. Attractive (1)65
3661840 1d black ‘K-A’ on cover to London just tied by red M/Cross, 4 good-wide margins. Uxbridge backstamp (SE 15 1840), vertical filing crease through stamp. Still attractive. (1)50
3671840 1d black ‘S-A’ 4 good-wide margins, very close lower right corner. Red M/Cross. (1)48
3681840 1d black ‘Q-B’ almost 4 margins (just touching lower right), light, red M/Cross, slight minor faults - small thin, etc., but very attractive from front. (1)40
3691840 1d black ‘L-F’ 3+ margins, 2 good/wide; close/touching at top; close/into at right. Red M/C. (1)38
3701840 1d black ‘G-G’ 4 g.-wide margins, red M/C, shallow thin & slightly buckled corner. Attractive (1)38
3711840 1d black ‘S-H’ 3+ margin (just into at upper left & t.r. corner slightly short) fresh, red M/C (1)34
3721840 1d black ‘P-I’ 4 margins, red M/C, thinned, bur attractive from front. (1)30
3731840 1d black ‘B-D’ parts of 2 margins, black M/C (slight faults) (1)19
3741840 1d black ‘K-K’ 3 margins, cut into at base & cut across t.r. corner. Black MC, thinned. (1)15
3751840 the remains of 1d black ‘D-C’, almost 4 margins, but many, many faults! (1)8
3761840 1d black ‘G-K’ 4 margins but faults (thin, chunk out at bottom right, etc.) (1)8
3771840 2d blue ‘K-E’ almost 3 margins, just into at base, close at top, wide at sides (top left margin sl. into), couple of very minor nicks, etc. Black Maltese Cross. (1)50
3781841 1d red on blued paper SG8a, mint full gum, 4 margins (close at base) STC £600 (1)55
3791858-70 1d SG43 pl.192 in m.m. horiz. pair with marginal inscription at right. (left stamp with small tear at base, but appears fine) STC £130+ unusual. (1020
3801858-79 2d set of plates - pl.7 to 15 SG45/47 av.u./g.u. STC £351 (7)18
3811847-54 embossed set - 6d cut square(ish) but postal stat. cut-out; 10d cut to shape, 1/- cut square, but just into on 3 sides. Despite slight faults, very attractive lot, STC £3,450 as cut square. (3)80
3821847-54 embossed set, cut to shape (6d cut square-ish, but into), faults, still useful. (3)28
3831867-80 3d SG102/103 plates 4 to 10 g.u. STC £750 (7)19
3841873-80 21/2d SG141 pl.6 unused no gum STC £500 as m.m. (1)8
3851877 (11 Ap) reg. cover Brighton-London, trimmed at right to open it, affects the 1d pl.191, but the 4d sage green p.15 (SG153) is fine. Attractive item. (1)26
3861880-83 21/2d pl.22 SG157 mint, lightly hinged good gum & perfs., fresh. STC £350 (1)70
3871887-92 3d SG202 m.m. (light fold) STC £22 (1)6
3881890 Uniform Penny Post cover unused, some marks, etc. (may clean), and the enclosed card g.-f.; plus 1897 Hospital Fund envelope (faults), with u.m. 1/- Fund label. (4)7
3891900 1/- SG214 (green & carmine) m.m., slight gum faults; fresh from front. STC £50 (1)6
3901902-10 4d SG235/238 m.m. STC £40 minimum (1)8
3911902-10 10d SG254/256 l.m.m. centred left. STC £90 (1)16
3921902-10 1/- SG257/259 m.m. STC £80 (1)16
3931911 (Sep. 14) UK First Aerial Post card (red brown) with ‘London 2’ special cancel. slight faults to back.11
3941911-13 1/- SG312/314 used seln. of Somerset House printings STC £2,000 minimum (56)44
3951912-24 Royal Cypher set SG351-395 (one of each val. - no green 9d) m.m., most heavy; some slight faults, but most fresh-looking. (14)15
3961913 2/- bklt. SG BB6 (issue 31) almost complete (missing only 2 x 1d stamps from 1st pane) staples a little rusty, otherwise fine & fresh. (1)80
3971913 Royal Cypher 4d control D14 marginal corner block of 4, stamps are u.m., with hinge remains on margin. some gum creasing. STC £100 as individual stamps (1)14
3981913 4d mint fourblock hinge remains on 2. STC £80 as singles. (1)12
3991913 4d controls F15, G15, J17 u.m. & N19 m.m. STC £90 (4)12
4001913 6d in corner control (F15) block of 4. stamps are u.m. STC £120 as singles. (1)15
4011913-18 B.W. Seahorses set to 10/- l.m.m., well-centred, couple slightly bluntish perfs., slightly flattish gum on 5/-. STC £725 (3)130
4021913-18 10/- Seahorse slight overall toning g.u. (indistinct rubber cancel) couple of uneven perfs. (1)18
4031918 3/- bklt. SG BB18 (issue 10 - Rudge Whitworth bicycle), 6 interleaves, 3 x1d stamps remain, remarkably fresh example of this extremely scarce item. (1)48
4041918-19 B.W. 2/6 Seahorse m.m., light gum wrinkles, etc. STC £125 minimum. (1)14
4051918-19 B.W. 10/- Seahorse SG417 (light rubber CDS) STC £160 (1)16
4061924 4d marginal corner ‘block’ of three control ‘Q32’ one stamp is u.m. STC £68 as singles. (1)10
4071924 6d ‘Z36’ marginal control block of 3 (slight faults to margin) STC £60 as singles. (1)8
4081924 9d ‘W35’ marginal corner pair u.m. STC £80 as singles. (1)12
4091924 9d ‘X35’ marginal corner block of 4 mint (2 u.m./2 m.m.) tin in margin) STC £94 as singles (1)14
4101924 ‘H27 marginal corner pair u.m. STC £100 as singles. (some perfs. split.) (1)14
4111924 & 1925 Wembley sets SG430-433 v.l.m.m. STC £80 as m.m. (4)20
4121929 PUC 1/2d, 1d & 11/2d in plate strips of 3, singles etc., 21/2d in m.m./u.m. block of 4, mainly fine (15)20
4131929 PUC 1/2d bklt pane of 6 u.m. STC £100 (1)14
4141929 3/- PUC bklt. SG BB13 (issue 172); sadly only one 1/2d stamp remains. Cover with light folds. (1)20
4151929 PUC £1 SG438 fine u.m., slight hint of minute tone spot in gum, noticeable only with glass when you’re looking for it and mentioned for accuracy only. Beautiful stamp. STC £1,000 (1)450
4161934 2/6 re-engraved Seahorse SG450 u.m. STC £80 as m.m. (1)30
4171934 5/- re-engraved Seahorse SG451 u.m. STC £175 as m.m., beautiful stamp. (1)80
4181934 (6 Dec.) Air cover to Gambia 10d SG428 tied by Edin’r. CDS, with green ‘Europa-Südamerika’ (Xmas 34) flight cachet Berlin (14 Dec) & Bathurst (17 Dec) backstamps. Unusual. (1)19
4191935 (1 May) air cover to Gambia 1934 photogravure 1d x2, 2d, 21/2d x2 tied by London cancels, red ‘Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Südamerika’ circular cachet, etc. slight faults - slightly trimmed at left, etc. still attractive and very scarce. (1)20
4201935 (7 May) FDC with full set, plain handaddresed (re-directed), Chelsea wavy line machine cancel ties 1d, 21/2d & 1/2d, the 1d is uncancelled (with inverted wmk!). Slight faults, useful. (1)18
4211938 (16 Aug) Airmail cover to Gambia with GVI 11/2d in block of 6 tied ‘Deal’ wavy line; two ‘Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Südamerika’ red cachets, Bathurst receiver (19 Aug.), slight faults, but not bad! (1)20
4221939 1/- cyl. block of 6, “19.” STC £150 (1)28
4231939 10/- dark blue SG478 m.m. STC £260 (1)50
4241939-48 10/- ultramarine SG478a u.m. STC £45, plus 5/- m.m. with minute spot. (2)18
4251941-42 21/2d SG48a (wmk. s’ways) in f.u. horiz. strip of 4, each with ‘E’ perfin. STC £48+ (1)8
4261946 Victory, 1948 Olympic & 1949 UP FDCs (plain handaddressed), generally good to fine. STC £19022
4271948 RSW in plate block of 4 (“1.”), minor wrinkles, etc. attractive STC £160 as singles. (1)50
4281950 (‘Dec. 1950’) 5/- bklt., remaindered, 1 pane of 1/2ds, one pane of 2ds (all inv. wmk.) High cat. (1)24
4291951 Festival High val. set x2 m.m./u.m., plus ‘odds’, some in blocks 2/6 (2); 5/- (4); 10/- (5); £1 (2) STC £315 as u.m. (6 items)36
4301951 Festival High vals. 2/6 in t.r. & l.l. u.m. marginal corner blocks of 4 (& t.r. corner block m.m. on margin) STC £90+ (3)24
4311951 Festival 5/- SG510 in m.m. (one stamp)/u.m. block of 6, lower right marginal. STC £105 (1022
4321951 Festival set SG513-4 SG503-7 combined on Festival cover, clear CDS, part written address, scarce14
4331952-70 colln. of pre-dec. defins., heavy duplication in places, strength in used, worth checking carefully (some Castle High vals. appear mis-described), etc. enormous cat. value. (100s)48
4341952-54 set SG515-531 u.m. STC £100 (17)30
4351953-67 m.m./u.m./f.u. (often all three, incl. pairs, blocks, etc.) colln. in SG 22-ring album (rather sparse in early phosphor sets department!) Plenty of scope for the specialist. High cat lot. (1,000s?)60
4361955 (1 Sep.) 10/- o plain handaddressed FDC, slight faults, ‘Kilburn’ CDS, scarce. (1)15
4371955 (23 Sep) 2/6 & 5/- on plain handaddressed FDC, ‘Cricklewood’ slogan cancel, sl. faults but scarce!15
4381960 Europa set on illus FDC, typed address, tied by neat single CDS, scarce. (1)15
4391963 Red Cross phosphor set g.u. STC £55 (3)8
4401968-74 (heavily dupl. m.&u. colln. in 22-ring album, mostly g.-fine, high catalogue (100s)24
4411977-85 defin. FDCs mostly unaddressed, or labels. Incl. some scarcer items, High vals (£1.30 in traffic light gutter pair, £1.41 in gutter pair, etc.) Country stamps, bklt. panes, prestige panes, ... (75)60
4421983, 1984, 1985 (no plastic wallet), 1986 & 1987 Collector’s Packs. STC £178 (5)28
4431985 (18 June) Lifeboat FDC - official RNLI cover with special ‘Poole’ cancels & signed by C. Abbot (Stamp designer) (1)14
4441986-95 colln. of defin. FDCs, mostly bureau, some handaddressed. Incl. Country stamps, High vals., bklt. panes, etc. some decent items, very high cat., some duplication (60)34
4451987 Year Book, fine & complete STC £35 (1)8
4461988 Castle High val. set SG1410-13 u.m. (4)10
4471988 Castle H. vals. SG1410-13 in u.m. central gutter blocks of 4 (scarce) light bend through vertical gutter of the £5 (not at all bad!). (4)42
4481988, 1989 & 1990 Collector’s Packs, STC £113 (3)24
4491991, 1992 & 1993 Collector’s Packs, STC £130 (3)24
4501992 Original Foil Head Castle set SG1612-14 (no later £3 SG1613a) u.m., plus £1, £1.50 & £2 in central gutter blocks of 4. (7 items)26
4511993 £10 Britannia, both u.m. & f.u. (this unusual as it has ‘Balivanish Isle of Benbecula’ CDS) (2)15
4521993 £10 SG1658, a similar lot to the last. (2)15
4531996-2004 defin. FDCs with prestige panes, MSs (incl. Stamp Show 2000 - ‘Palate’ & ‘Coronation’, Scottish Parliament, each x2, etc.). Many handaddressed, but bureau too. Useful lot, high cat. (58)48
4542000 Year Book minor marks to slip case; book fine and all u.m. stamps in place. (1)19
4552003 Fruit & Veg. booklet, both mint & used (CTO). (2)6
4562008 PNC, joint issue Olympics UK & Chinese sets, plus ‘1 Panda’ & ‘1 Britannia’ silver proof coins (2oz silver). Scarce item. (1)20
4572009 (Jan) - 2012 (Nov.) apparently complete colln. of FDCs, commems., prestige panes, MSs, etc. Some dupl., unfortunately most are hand addressed - still useful, high cat. & scarce. (61)60
458Prestige Booklets 1989 Scots Connection & 1990 Agatha Christie (2)11
459“, 1994 Breaking Barriers, 1994 N. Ireland, 1995 National Trust bklts. (3)17
460“, 1998 Definitive Portrait & 1999 Profile on Print bklts. (2)12
461“, 2007 The Machin (x 3 bklts), slight scuffs on flyleaf (from embossing) (3)26
462“, 2008 James Bond & ‘Regional Definitives’ bklts. (2)18
463“, 2008 ‘Regional Definitives’ x 3 bklts. (slight marks on two covers) (3)42
464“, 2009 Design Classics and Royal Navy Uniforms bklts. (2)16

The following 28 lots are all apparently complete (except for perf. varieties, etc.) collections of m.&u. (often both up to mid-80s; mostly u.m. thereafter, with just a few used) commems. Each lot with pairs/blocks. Many (where applicable) are in traffic light gutter pairs/blocks. High face value on these items offered in complete year units, may be split in next sale in unlikely event of them being unsold.
465“, 1975 (Jan) - 1976 (Nov.) (with some used blocks of 4 too) in 22-ring album. (100s)16
466“, 1977 (Jan) - 1980 (Nov.) in 22-ring album. (100s)28
467“, 1981 (Feb.) - 1986 (Xmas) in 22-ring album. (100s)48
468“, 1987 (Flowers to Xmas) incl. u.m. blocks of 4 or 6 (some larger) on leaves. (100s)55
469“, 1988 (Linnean to Xmas) incl. blocks of 6 or 10, etc. on lvs. (100s)70
470“, 1989 (Birds to Xmas) incl. some blocks of 10, etc., Greetings bklts x2 (with cyl. numbers) (100s)65
471“, 1990 (RSPCA to Xmas) incl. greetings & MSs, some in gutter blocks of 10, etc. in 22-ring album.95
472“, 1991 (Dogs to Xmas) incl. greetings bklts (incl. 2 with cyl. Nos.), etc. on lvs. (100s)75
473“, 1992 (Wintertime to Xmas) in 22-ring album, 4 greetings bklts, etc. (100s)75
474“, 1993 (Swans to Xmas) incl. g.pairs, Potter prestige bklt., greetings bklts. (100s?)48
475“, 1994 (Trains to Xmas) incl. gutter blocks of 4 or 6, greetings bklt. on leaves. (100s)60
476“, 1995 (Cats to Xmas) in gutter blocks of 4 or 6 etc. on leaves. (100s)70
477“, 1996 (Burns to Xmas) on leaves (100s)55
478“, 1997 (Henry VIII to Golden Wedding) with greetings, etc. in 22-ring album. (100s)60
479“, 1998 (complete) incl. some gutter blocks of four, etc., most fine. On leaves. (100s)60
480“, 1999 (Millennium issues complete) in gutter blocks of 4 plus R.Wedd in G.Blocks of 6 & strips of 4.70
481“, 2000 (Millennium issues almost complete as gutter bl. of 4 (March 19p as block of 4 only), Queen Mother MS x4, etc. High face.75
482“, 2001 incl. g.blocks of 4 & strips, Cats & Dogs x3, Flags MS x9, DLR self-adhesive PO Counters sample sheet (this faults, but scarce, etc. High face. (100s)150
483“, 2002 (‘Just so’ to Wildings I MS) (100s)140
484“, 2003 (Birds to Rugby MS) on leaves, incl. better, most fine (100s)200
485“, 2004 (Locomotives to Xmas) blocks, strips, MSs, in 22-ring album. (100s)170
486“, 2005 (Animals to Xmas) mostly in strips of 5 or 5 (Castle MS x5, other MSs x3 or 4) in 22-r. alb.170
487“, 2006 on leaves, with blocks of 10, strips of 4 or 5, etc. most MSs x2, 3, or 4. Most fine180
488“, 2007 (Beatles to Poppies), with much dupl. some MSs x 4, Machin & Potter x7! (100s)250
489“, 2008 (J. Bond to Poppies) most stamps as single sets, or pairs, mostly x 4 or 5, etc. High val. lot.210
490“, 2009 (Design to Xmas) singles, blocks, part sheets/panes, etc. on leaves. (100s)310
491“, 2010 (Albums to Xmas) in 22-ring album incl. better MSs (some x6), etc. Most fine. (100s)300
492“, 2011 (F.A.B. to Hanover) in 22-ring album, much useful & scarce material. (100s)180
493Smilers ‘P.O. Label Sheets’ colln. in album with 2000 Stamp Show SG LS1 (this with faults); then nothing until 2002 World Cup, 2004 Britannia & 2006 Poppies; then decent selection (with some dupl.) 2007 Wales to 2011 Olympics, these mostly very fine. High face! (37)350
494QV colln. in Universal alb. from 1d black & 1840 2d blue; large seln. of line engraved with imperf. 1ds, perf. stars & plates. fairly sparse ranges of surface printed until Jubilee issue, then much dupl. to 1/-. Mixed condition (100s)180
495GV controls lovely colln., some singles pairs or blocks of 6, but mostly strips of 3 (plus stamps with no controls too!) some dupl. - the odd fault, mainly fine. Worthwhile lot. (70 items = 61 controls)140
496FDCs large colln. apparently compl. (commems.) 2001 (Jan) to 2011 (Sept.) in 5 albums; many with alternative cancels, some Bureau, some privately done, unfortunately many hand addressed. Plus some earlier the odd bit of dupl. some commem./special events & other interesting too. (100s)140
497GVI mainly used colln. (& E8) apparently complete with better. 10/- Dark blue (5 incl. strip of 3), ‘48 RSW £1 c.t.o., ‘51 £1 block of 4, etc. heavy (but often useful) dupl. in places. High cat. (100s)110
498Attractive mint colln. (much/most u.m.) Ord. commems. apparently compl., many in large blocks, cyl. blocks, positional minor flaw blocks, etc. seln. of defins. with a few cyl. blocks, etc. Castle High vals. SG538-9 (maybe DLR?!) 10/- (4), £1 (2 - one creased) mult. crown 2/6 (6), 5/- (4), & later pl. block ‘12A’, 5/- ‘pl.6’, etc. Enormous cat. value. (100s)110
499GVI dark colour controls (cyl. Nos.) m.m./u.m. colln. (some single stamps & blocks too); the odd few minor flaws seen, some duplication, high catalogue value. (78 items = 46 cylinder numbers)80
500GVI Light & changed colours SG485-90 & 503-508 m.m./u.m. colln. of single stamps controls numbers, etc. some faults & duplication, but some better items too. (72 items = 41 cyl. numbers, etc.)60
501Album with GV/GVI mint colln. with 1936 photogravure seln.; ‘35 Silver Jubilee; GVI Coron., ‘39 2/6 with re-entry, ‘40 Centenary, ‘46 Victory, ‘48 RSW 21/2d blocks, £1 m.m. single,’48 Olympics, ‘51 Festival incl. some blocks (incl. cyl./plates etc.) some flaws - and more! (c.100)48
502GV dupl. m.&u. colln. on lvs., mainly defins to 5/-, several useful items seen (1924 & 25 Wembleys m.m.; PUC (with controls); ‘34 Photogravure, etc. (100S)48
503QV 1d reds on covers (mainly plates - some earlier) addressed to solicitor so some roughly opened or with filing creases/pin holes. useful lot. a few with enclosures. (46)46
504Scottish cancels - 1d reds (perf. stars & plates) each tied to piece with duplex cancels. poor to fine. (90+)40
505GVI seln. of FDCs - all plain, handwritten, some with extra adhesives, etc. poor to good. (6 covers)32
506Duplicated colln.on s/lvs. in binder, QV vals. to 5/-, E7 to 1/-, GV to 2/6, GVI to 5/- (100s032
507QV-1981 mainly used colln. in two binders. Fairly sparse to GV, then decent ranges with fair degree of completeness in basic commems. (pre-decimal often both m. & u.). Some better, mixed cond. (100s)28
508E7 dupl. used colln. on lvs. to 9d (2) & 1/- (2), mixed condition throughout. (including fine!) (145+)26
509GVI remaindered booklets some full panes, ‘Dec ‘46 (pen marks to cover), Dec ‘50, Sep ‘51 (diagonal crease to cover), Nov ‘52. Extremely high cat as full bklts. (4)26
510Bklts. - decimal seln. with 2001 Cats & Dogs (x2), 2004 Garden prestige, etc. some faults, most fine.(9)26
511Bklts. - seln. of decimal bklts., most fine; some with cyl. numbers. High face. (10)24
512Prestige bklts - 1986 Br. Rail, 87 P&O, 88 F.T., 89 Scots (this creased affecting some panes), 90 London22
513E7 used seln. 11/2d to 9d, 10d & 1/-; some dupl. (eg 1/- x7) poor to fine STC £578 (21)17
514Prestige bklts. 1980 W’wood, ‘83 R.Mint, 84 Christian, 85 Times most fine (panes all fine & complete)15
515Greetings bklts 1990 Smiles, 91 Good Luck, 92 Memories, 93 Gifts, some wrinkles, still useful (4)15
516Greet’s bklts. 93 (Gifts), 94 (Messages, 95 (Art) & 91 (Good Luck) sl. faults to covers. high face. (4)15
517Greet’s bklts. 96 (Cartoons), 98 Flowers (SG KX11) & 89 (SG FY1 - usual perfs.) (3)14
518QE graphite lined seln. on two s/pages. STC £500 (109)10
519FDCs - medium box with assorted covers, some dupl., mixed condition. (100s)8
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