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Monday, 29th June 2009

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Boroughmuir Rubgy Club Pavilion

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

1Box filled with various junior albums (early-modern), stockbooks, approval books, stamps on leaves, in packets, in chocolate boxes, stockcards, ... Much picking can be seen, but loads still left for anyone with the time to sort through it. (10,000s)40
2Imperial album (vol. II) Gold tooled with brass clasp, a few stamps (these STC c.£400) Africa & Americas34
3Sorting box - thousands of stamps in old tins & boxes (some of these interesting in their own right!), others on s/leaves, in album, & loads more besides. (1,000s)32
4Box with albums, s/books, pkts., s/cards, All world, lots of C/wealth, loads of material. (1,000s)32
5Box with Ideal alb. from 1915 (Europe & foreign ranges), Pr. Di. Wedding ranges, world album pages, etc. original lot (100s)32
6Box with thousands of stamps crying out for sorting - your summer project, perhaps? in bags, pkts., stockbooks, club booklets ... Have fun! (1,000s)28
7A lovely ‘holiday sorting box’ thousands of stamps sorted into pkts., envelopes & cards; some on lvs., a few covers, etc. Little of individual value seen, but days of fun in the hope of proving us wrong! (1,000s)28
8All world - lots of covers & interesting items on stockcards. (1,000s)26
9Box with stamps in envelopes, s/books, on lvs., loose, etc. Strength in UK & C/wealth. (1,000s)24
10Large box filled with world covers & cards; on & off-paper stamps. Who knows what’s lurking at the bottom of the box?! (1,000s)22
11Box with substantial & varied ranges of stamps in alb., boxes, pkts., etc. Plenty to sort. (1,000s)22
12Europe - colln. in album, slight picking noticed, but many unusual left, take a look. (100s)20
13Box with collections in various albs. (most fairly heavily picked, but still plenty of interest remains), plus further ranges in packets, on lvs., etc. (1,000s)19
14Box with on & off-paper stamps in pkts. & envelopes, pair of SG International albums., etc. (1,000s)17
15Medium sized box for sorting, mainly UK & C/wealth (1,000s)16
16Shoebox with world off-paper seln. Weekends(?) worth of fun here - good mix! (1,000s)15
17S/Book with world ranges, some interesting & unusual items seen, spend some time looking through this one! Strength in South & Central America, French Colonies & Finland. (100s)15
18Suitcase, large & heavy (unsuitable for posting), ready packed to take on holiday with you! Loads of stuff in albums, pkts., boxes, little of individual value, but plenty of fun! (1,000s)15
19Latin America - Album with covers, cards, stamps, etc. incl. Argentina 1941 Exhib. card. 14
20World ranges in stockbook, little or no duplication, no UK (c.1,600)14
21Box with few old appro. books, off-paper in tub & cigar box, three junior albums, etc. (1,000s)14
22Box with large amount of better than average on & off-paper, much UK (10,000s)14
23Odd mix in box, strength in UK & Australia FDCs, etc. (100+)14
24Small box with albums, s/book, stamps on leaves, etc. Poor to fine. (100s)14
25Covers & cards - box with world seln., ignore the PHQs & UK FDCs & there are some interesting things to be found, mixed condition throughout. (100s)14
26Covers - small album of world covers & cards, QV to 1970s (50)12
27Box with on & off-paper stamps sorted into tubs, pkts., etc. a few covers, worth a look! (1,000s)12
28World seln. in s/book, little or no dupl., no UK (c.1,500)12
29Box with small bundle of album pages with 100s/1,000s of stamps? 12
30Accum. of off-paper stamps, strength in C/wealth & Europe 1940s-50s, a pleasant couple of hours sorting this lot! (100s)12
31Quantity of world stamps, MSs, some in blocks or part sheets, etc. interesting looking lot! (100s)11
32Covers - small cover alb. with early covers & cards incl. better. (42)11
33Old Schaubek album “Übersee” (overseas) - heavily picked, still a few stamps left, main interest seem to be in the ‘country map labels’ stuck to most country headings. attractive & salvageable! (100+)10
34World kiloware in shoebox, early-modern incl. much Europe, dupl. Indonesia, etc. (1,000s)10
35Tin with seln. of world off-paper, early to modern. Worth checking. (1,000s)10
36S/book with mainly C/wealth. Alb. pages with countries ‘S’ & quantity on s/cards, etc. (100s)10
37Box with world colln. in couple of lever-arch files, plus loads of loose material to look through (1,000s)10
38Biscuit tin packed with off-paper world stamps incl. some better or earlier. (1,000s)9
39South & Cent. America - colln. in stockbook (600)9
40Shoebox with world off-paper seln., strength in Europe (1,000s)9
41Postal History 1900-02 1 cover, 2 fronts, 1 photo, 1 watercolour, all connected to St. Helena POW camps.8
42World kiloware - small accum. in tub, much modern & of interest. (100s)8
43Old wooden box with off-paper seln., well worth checking! (100s)3
44Small box crammed full with off-paper stamps, take a look! (100s)3

British Commonwealth mixed lots

45Stockcards with sets & part sets STC c.£1,000, early-modern, mostly GVI to early QE. (100s)50
46Small s/book with interesting range, heavily duplicated in places. Sierra Leone Revenues (mint), Br. East Africa 8a blue (mint), etc. STC £900+ 22
47Boxfile with seln. of stamps in s/cards, pkts., etc. high proportion of better/unusual/high cat., etc. (100s)18
48Shoebox with 1970s FDI cards (mostly Barbuda) (c.600)12
491978 25th Anniv. Omnibus with Crown Agents sheets compl. (21), plus extensive ranges in pkts., with sets, MSs, booklets, high original cost! (100s)10
50Small cover alb. with mostly UK & C/wealth covers & cards 8

Coins, Banknotes, etc.

51Coins World seln. - c.7Kg surprisingly good mix, worth checking. (1,000s)20
52“, Alderney 2006 £5 sterling silver proof crown in capsule (I. Newton) (1)5
53“, “, 2006 £5 sterling silver proof crown in capsule (QEI) (1)5
54“, Bahamas 1976 proof set in presentation case - 50c, $1, $2, $5 are sterling silver (1)5
55“, British Virgin Is. 1974 proof set in special case, the $1 is sterling silver (1)3
56“, Guernsey 2006 £5 proof crown, sterling silver in capsule (QV) (1)5
57“, Jersey 2006 £5 sterling silver proof crown in capsule (C. Darwin) (1)5
58“, “, 2006 £5 sterling silver proof crown in capsule (W. Churchill) (1)5
59“, Trinidad & Tobago 1976 proof set in special case $5 & $10 are sterling silver (1)5
60“, UK 1821 GIV crown, fairly worn, but not often seen (1)10
61Banknotes Clydesdale Bank £10 2006, Commonwealth Games commemorative note, uncirc. (1)14
62R.B.S. £1 (23 March 1994) with missing watermark variety, some folds, etc., but scarce. (1)7

Postcard lots

63Scotland- “North British Railway Company’s Station Hotels” (showing Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth) used 1911, slight faults but very attractive. (1)12
64Small seln. of P/Cards, postal stationery cards, etc. some unused, mainly European. (30)12
65Cover alb. with few early P/cards plus many photos (some Victorian) some trams & trains. (59)10
66Valentines (etc. - small format ‘snapshot’ type wallets. + (100+ cards)8
67Small box with 11 packs of snapshot type photos Scotland/England/Wales & Europe. (11)8
68Small alb. with mix of P/Cards, greetings cards & photos, mostly earlier. (30)6
69Shoebox with mix of early photos & cards. 8

Cinderellas, Ephemera, Other Collectables, etc.

70Seln. with Cinderellas, fiscals, p/stat. cut-outs, US pre-cancels, etc. some unusual poor to fine (150+)12
71Fiscals, etc.- incl. much Japan, some Turkey, etc. (plus some postage stamps too) poor to fine. (100+)6
72Book Souvenir book of E7 visit to Birmingham 7th July 1909, average to good condition (106
73Cigarette Cards German colonies - 1930s set in album complete with loads of useful info. (in German) and cards complete. (270 cards)30
74Cinderella UK 1897 Diamond Jubilee labels to 6d, u.m. (no gum on 2d) (7)14
75Die Casts Corgi ‘Vanguard’ cars - these retail at c.£15 each in some shops, seln. of 5, mint boxed. (5)26
76“, a similar lot to the last, different selection of cars. (5)26
77“, Corgi ‘Wheelz’ Royal Mail Container Articulated Lorry, mint boxed. (1)2
78Perfins world seln. mixed condition. (55)8
79Phone Cards world colln. in two albums, poor to fine (160+)10

The following 26 lots are Maps taken form an Encyclopedia from 1879. The printed area is c.91/4” x 12” (overall size is c.101/2” x 131/2”) folded once, generally very fine condition, the odd light bend to some of the margins. Would frame very nicely, or be an attractive addition to your album. Estimates are set low to encourage bidding - we’ve seen similar items in some print shops selling for £40 - £50!
80“, Africa (1)5
81“, Asia (1)5
82“, Australia (1)5
83“, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1)3
84Dominion of Canada, eastern part (Ontario, Quebec, N.B., N.S., P.E.I.) & an inset of Newfoundland.5
85China & Japan (1)5
86Denmark and Schleswig Holstein (1)3
87Egypt, Abyssinia and the Countries of Eastern Equatorial Africa. (1)3
88England & Wales (tiny black spot near Kenilworth, more noticeable from back of map) (1)3
89European Russia (with Finland, Baltic Provinces, etc.) (1)3
90France (1)3
91Germany (1)3
92Greece (1)3
93Indian Empire (etc.) (1)5
94Ireland (1)5
95Italy (1)3
96Netherlands, Belgium & Luxemburg (1)3
97New Zealand (1)3
98North America (1)2
99Oceania (Australia, S.E.Asia, Pacific Is. etc., & an inset of Tasmania. (1)3
100Palestine (1)1
101Persia & Afghanistan (1)3
102Roman Empire (1)1
103Scotland (1)5
104South America (1)2
105Spain and Portugal (1)3

Accessories, Supplies, etc.

106SG Commonwealth cat. 2008, binding split, otherwise fine. RRP £69.95 (1)10
107Stockbooks - standard size 16 white page (32 sides) x 2 as new (2)9
108Stockbook - standard size 30 white page (60 sides), new. (1)8
109S/book, as last lot. (1)8
110Royal Mail FDC alb. g.-fine 2nd hand. x3 (3)8
111SG Utile binder fine 2nd hand - green leather - attractive item. (1)5
112Schaubek springback binder, blue, 2nd hand. (1)1

Stamps Arranged by Country

113Aden 1937 Dhow short set to 8a g.u./f.u. STC £33+ (8)6
114Alexandria 1938 mint range STC £34, seldom seen. (8)8
115Algeria S/leaf with poor to fine seln. with various overprints, etc. (100+)1
116Andorra (French) used range from 1944 pictorials with better, 1961 85c (corner creased), etc. STC £11812
117“, (Fr.) P.Dues 1937 set mint SG FD97-100 STC £33 (4)9
118“, (Fr.) P.Dues 1943 set SG FD101a-111 mint STC £36 (11)9
119Antigua mainly early QE u.m., many sets STC £28 (32)6
120Argentina 1896 Santa Fe fiscals range of used horiz. pairs 1p to 200p, each pair with diff. inscriptions.(16)10
121Australian States, Tasmania from 1855 4d wmk. star used (poor margins), lined wmk. perf. 1d, 1/- unused/erased fiscal, later incl. useful 1899 pictorials STC £250+ (22)19
122Australia 1934 Centen. Victoria set l.m.m./u.m. STC 147-9 STC £48 (3)12
123“, 1935 Silver Jub. 2/- m.m. slight tone spot in gum. (1)3
124“, Printed alb. to 1986, with mainly used colln. from GV heads & Roos. a few better middle period commems.; fairly complete 1940s onwards. (100s)28
125“, Kiloware - almost 150gr, the odd one or two earlier, but mainly recent (2006-ish) & incl. better (100s)5
126Austria 1850 set all used with 4 margins, the odd sl. stain, etc. well above average. STC £190+ (5)22
127“, 1950 Birds 3s (Cormorants) fine mint STC £160 (1)22
128“, 1950 Birds 5s (Buzzard) fine mint STC £150 (1)20
129“, 1950 Birds 10s (Heron) fine mint STC £70 (1)11
130Baden 1862 9k, 1868 7k both used, good perfs. STC £70+ (2)9
131“, 1862 10k SG36 used, faults, a decent spacefiller of this scarce stamp. 15
132Bahamas 1948 Eleuthera set SG178-193 mint, some with uneven gum. STC £60 (16)20
133“, QV-GVI m. or u. (the odd dupl. of both) useful range STC £80 (45)9
134Bahawalpur 1948 u.m. range incl. 10r SG32 & 1r to 10r SG35-38, etc. STC £56+ (12)16
135“, officials m./u.m. with SG O14-31 complete plus UPU perf. vars., etc. STC £47 (22)14
136Barbados 1882-1920 m.&u. seln., STC £96 (16)14
137“, 1921 set to 2/- (no 3/-) mint STC £28+ (10)5
138“, c.1949-66 m./u.m., mainly in sets STC £50+ (40)8
139Basutoland 1961-63 set SG69-79 (Script) mint STC £85 (11)26
140Bavaria 1850 18k red, used, variable margins STC ¤180 (1)9
141Bechuanaland 1938-52 set mint, incl. 6d, 1/- shades, mainly with gum faults/heavy mounts, fine & fresh appearance. STC £110 (16)18
142Belgium 1927-31 f.u. range incl. 1930 anti TB set (40c & 5f mint) defins. with 10f, etc. STC £100+ (24)19
143“, 1928 Anti TB 35c, 1f75, 5f all u.m. STC £34+ as m.m. (3)9
144“, 1929 100f SG504a f.u. STC £29 (1)9
145“, 1931 10f SG591 f.u. STC £14+ (1)4
146“, 1960 Refugee Year MS SGMS1719 u.m. STC £80 (1)22
147“, Railway - 1929 sets SG O481-6, O534-42 mint STC £50 (15)12
148“, Occ’n. of Germany 1919-20 m.&u. range, Malmedy, etc. STC £31+ (14)5
149Bermuda 1902-03 1/2d SG31 m.m. with Specimen o’print. attractive. (1)10
150“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG94-97 m.m. STC £18 (4)7
151“, 1936-47 set to 1/- mint (no 1/6) STC £16+ (8)5
152“, 1938-52 set SG110-115 compl. with all listed shades apparently included. mainly mint (a couple of shades used/unused) some with gum faults, others fine. STC £120++ (16)19
153“, u.m. ranges from 1953 1/3 (both), 2/- to 10/- then later to the ‘60s STC £84+ (45)16
154Br. Antarctic Terr. 1966 Churchill & ‘69 Scientific sets u.m. STC £50 (8)16
155“, 1971 Decimal Surch. set SG24-37 u.m. STC £130 (14)55
156British Guiana 1898-9 Jubilee ranges mint (some gum faults, etc.) later m. or u. to 1934 STC £150 (20)12
157“, 1938-52 short set to $1 mint incl. both 1/- shades. STC £60 (13)12
158Br. Levant 1855-1913 dupl. m.&u. ranges, mainly fine STC £56 (41)9
159Br. Solomon Is. 1908-56 mint seln. incl. GVI 5/- SG71, fair to fine STC £87 (11)14
160Br. Somaliland 1903 set SG1-13 (high o’print) m.m. most fine (3r rounded corner) STC £110 (13)26
161“, 1903 set SG18-30 (low o’print) m.m. STC £300, attractive set. (13)80
162Brunei 1922 Exhibition o’print set SG51-59 m.m. incl. a couple of listed varieties. STC £160+ (9)40
163Bulgaria 1884 ‘3’ on 10s SG38 f.u. STC £50 (1)9
164Canada 1859 range used with 1c & 2c f.u., then spacefillers of the 10c, 121/2c & 17c. STC £244 (5)15
165“, 1893 20c SG115 v.f.u. STC £48 (1)19
166“, 1897 ‘4 leaves’ set mainly g.u./f.u. STC £99+ (8)12
167“, 1898 ‘2 leaves range used incl. 7c to 20c, etc. mainly sound/good. STC £124 (10)14
168“, 1908 Tercent. part set used incl. 5c, 10c (faults), 15c. STC £95 (6)10
169“, 1908-32 used range, fair to fine, incl. better defins. STC £135 (18)12
170“, 1938 Special Dely. 10c SG S9 u.m. STC £21 (1)8
171“, 1949 Official Air 7c SG O171 u.m. STC £24 (1)8
172“, 1949 OHMS 1c-4c SG O162-5 u.m. STC £20+ (4)6
173“, 1970s-80s off-paper mix (100s)1
174“, QV small mint seln., some faults, but most appear fine from front. STC £200+, plus 10c SG163/4 poor unused (STC £170 as mint) (9)15
175Cayman Is. 1932 Justices set SG84-95 m.m., mostly fine, 10/- fresh l.m.m. STC £400 (12)120
176Ceylon 1857 1/2d p.121/2 SG18 m.m. STC £225 (1)28
177“, 1958 10c SG447 with inverted overprint error STC £13 (1)4
178“, QV-GV m.&u. range STC £65, worth checking. (22)9
179Comoro Is. f.u. seln. with 1950 (Coelacanth) 40f, ‘54 Liberation, ‘65 ITU. STC £86+ (3)12
180Cook Is. 1949 set SG150-9 mint some gum toning, etc., fine from front. STC £35 (10)5
181“, 1963 set l.m.m. STC £30 (11)8
182Cyprus 1880 1/- SG6 used wing margin with faults, good s’filler of this scarce stamp. STC £450 (1)6
183“, 1928-38 mint range, vals. to 9pi STC £56+ (17)7
184Czechoslovakia 1920-22 airs used with SG215, 220 (both 4 margins), SG226 STC £65 (3)14
185“, cover alb. almost compl. run of 215 covers 1955-63 many with reg. labels. (215)12
186Denmark 1913 2k grey black SG168 u.m. STC £85 for m.m. (1)36
187“, 1913 (1918-20) 5k violet SG170 with unusual (printing) ink smear in lower part of stamp m.m. (1)5
188“, D.W.I. 1902 surch pair SG43, 47 mint STC £20 (2)6
189Dominica 1969 Moon Landing u.m. sheets of all vals. (30 sheets = 600 stamps) STC £150 14
190Falkland Is. 1904-12 3/- SG49 f.u. STC £150, repaired corner, otherwise fine. (1)28
191”, 1912-20 5/- SG67b maroon l.m.m. STC £100 nice stamp. (1)24
192“, 1933 10/- Centenary SG137 f.u. STC £1,000, scarce, key stamp. (1)340
193“, 1952 10/- SG184 g.-f.u. STC £12 (scarcer than this?!) (1)5
194“, 1960-66 range of bird defins. to 1/- STC £24 plus ‘weak entry’ on 1/2d (STC £40) (9)7
195F.I.D. 1946-49 Thin Map set SG9-16 l.m.m. STC £95 (9)26
196France 1849 15c SG4 lightly used, cut close/touching all round, thin good filler STC £650, scarce.11
197“, 1876 75c rose SG238 (type b) g.u. some ragged perfs., a key stamp. (1)9
198“, 1876 P&C 2f SG287 f.u. STC £31 (1)7
199“, 1926 War Orphans Fund set SG450-3 m.m. (50c unused) STC £140+ scarce set. (4)16
200“, 1930s-50s range of commems., etc. m.m./u.m., many fine & some better. STC £255 (32)24
201“, 1930s-50s used commems., some better oddments, STC £109 (no dupl.) (28)10
202“, 1930 Air set SG483-4 m.m. STC £38 (2)7
203“, 1935 set to 3f50 SG534-9 used STC £37+ (6)6
204Gaza 1948-65 m. colln. on lvs., incl. better sets SG1-19, 20-31, 69-86, etc. most fine m.m. Unusual.(113)32
205Germany, BRD 1951 90pf green SG1060 l.m.m. STC £600 (1)60
206“, “, 1954 Heuss orig. set SG1103-22 m.m. (most incl. the 50pf slate - this STC £225 alone - very fine) (20)48
207“, “, 1955 Relief Fund SG1150, 1151 used STC £46 (2)4
208“, “, S/book with unusual seln. of cut-outs from FFCs & Air related special event covers, etc., mostly with stamp, but some just the special cancel on piece. Worthwhile lot for the specialist! (100s)9
209“, Berlin 1954 70pf Gruenwald SG B119, u.m. key stamp scarce. STC £130 (1)28
210Gibraltar 1858-69 2d Z22 pl.13 x5 used (cancelled ‘A26’) STC from £110 (5)18
211“, 1865-67 6d SG Z44 pl.5 & 6 (wing margin) small faults, but fine cancels. STC from £64 (2)6
212“, 1867-72 6d SG Z46 pl.9 x3, 6d SG Z48 pl.11 x2 mixed condition. STC from £166 (5)28
213Greece 1900 imperf. surch. set (no 2d!) SG122 etc., all g.u./f.u., four margins STC £22+ (5)5
214Hong Kong QV-GV used ranges, sl. dupl. STC £100+ (29)9
215Hungary 1938 St. Stephen MS621a u.m. STC £25 as m.m. (1)8
216India 1937-40 1r, 2r & 10r u.m. lower marginals STC £31 (3)10
217Indonesia 1961-69 mint colln. on lvs., sl. picking, many complete sets remain. (250+)10
218Iran 1915 10k with arabic o’print SG478 mint also 1918 2k SG507 mint offered ‘as-is’ (2)6
219Italy 1945 (1951) 50L express Mi.855 (SG E915) u.m. STC ¤45 (1)10
220“, Colonies, Somalia 1905-26 f.u. range with ‘Lions’ & Italian stamps overprinted. STC £140 (16)16
221“, “, “, 1920-55 m.&u. range, strength in 1920s-30s back of book (parcel post, P.Dues) STC £108+ (46)14
222Jamaica 1962 Indep. o’print on 8d l.m.m. two varieties - high & low overprint. (2)5
223Jordan 1950-64 m.&u. colln. on leaves, most fine. STC £80+ (100+, 7MS)7
224K.U.T. 1921-22 5r SG74 (mult script) g.-f.u. (fiscal cancel) STC £250 as postal (plus 1r mult. CA) (2)14
225Kuwait 1955-57 Castle High val. set SG107-109 l.m.m. (they’re not 107a-9a STC £350, are they?!) (3)6
226Leeward Is. QV seln. incl. 1/2d (10), 1d (7), 21/2d (8), 4d (2), 6d, 7d & 1/- poor to fine useful for postmarks incl. Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts, Antigua, etc. (30)11
227Liechtenstein 1930 2f SG109 u.m., just a tiny hint of toning STC £48 as m.m. (1)10
228Lombardy & Venetia 1850 1k SG2c mint, possibly reprint, STC £1,900 as the original! (1)14
229Luxembourg 1956 Coal & Steel set SG606-8 mint, heavy mounts. STC £63+ (3)6
230Macau 1945 Charity Tax 2c SG C487 in unused horiz. strip of 3, plus similar imperf. strip. (2)5
231Malaya FMS, Straits, States, etc. dupl. quantity in various pkts., loads of sorting. (100s)8
232“, Strait Sett. 1903 3c u.m. block of 25 with pl.1 sl. toning of gum (flat) SG124 STC £275 (28) 233 “, Selangor 1891 2c on 24c SG46 m.m., sl. toned gum, but still very acceptable for these! STC £190 (1)50
234“, “, 1891 2c on 24c SG47 m.m. STC £100 (1)38
235“, “, 1891 2c on 24c SG48 m.m. STC £190 sl. toned gum, still, not bad! (1)55
236“, Sungei Ujong 1881 2c SG11 unused bought as genuine, but sold ‘as-is’ as we still need to be convinced (!) STC £225 as genuine. (1)26
237“, “, 1882 ‘SU’ (no stops) SG13 unused - only a little gum - STC £275 as mint. (1)48
238“, Trengganu 1910 $3 SG16 l.m.m. STC £190 (1)70
239“, “, 1910 $5 SG17 m.m. scarce item. STC £200 (1)80
240“, “, 1921-41 $3 SG24 m.m. STC £120 centred slightly high. (1)40
241“, “, 1921-41 $5 SG25 m.m. lovely stamp in all respects! STC £120 (1)60
242“, “, 1921-41 $100 SG47 v.f.u. part CDS (“Stamp” - probably office - fiscal) beautiful item STC £7,000 as postal (although a $100 stamp can’t have seen much postal use!) (1)180
243“, “, 1922 $3 Exhibition overprint SG57 m.m. STC £170 (1)48
244Malta 1947 1/2d brown Self Govt. o’print in u.m. pair, one with ‘joined NT’ variety. (1)6
245Mauritius 1953-58 set m.m. (15c used, missing 35c = cat. 20p) STC £50 (14)5
246Memel forgery of 1923 25c on 100m SG88 u.m. endorsed ‘falschung’ (1)4
247Mexico A varied early range with 1864-72 imperf. (5), 1879 Porte de Mar (3) - all these ‘as-is’, also 1915 official 1p SGO456 u., 2p SG O320 m. (these STC £59), etc. (12)14
248Monaco 1885-1933 seln. f.u. incl. useful 1885 & 1891 vals., ‘33 air, 1906 P.Due 60c mauve, etc. STC £14818
249“, 1891 25c green SG16 mint sl. faults, good appearance. STC £225 (1)9
250“, 1924-35 u. range with 1924 2f-10f defins., ‘33 incl. 1f75 (both), 5f, etc. STC £110+ (16)12
251“, 1924-47 m./u.m. seln. incl. 1924 2f-10f, ‘33 1f50, ‘47 strip with SG336, 340-1 u.m., etc. STC £114 (9)9
252“, c.1950s-80s u.m. ranges some in sets, with better. STC £60 (39)9
253“, S/leaf mostly m.m./u.m. incl. some earlier issues (orphans Fund, etc.) STC £250 (51)16
254Netherlands c.1938-59 m./u.m. incl. sets STC £85 (27)10
255“, c.1930s-50s ranges of used commems., etc., some sets STC £56 (33)6
256“, 1980-87 album with colln of Maxi-cards, each with stamp on face & with FD cancel. (144)11
257“, 1987-91 Album with colln. of “FD Cards”. (121)10
258“, s/book with fairly sparse colln., but there are the odd few better items to be found. (100s)14
259“, Shoebox with on-paper seln., some modern, incl. better, other older, commoner & plenty in-between!9
260“, Modern(ish) u.m. ranges in sets from 1959 Child Welfare, etc. STC £29 (43)7
261“, Colonies Nice range in s/book from earlier incl. Indies, Surinam, a few Indonesia, etc. Plus small seln. of covers. (100s)22
262“, “, Antilles mint colln. in s/book, a few earlier, then useful ranges of mainly m.m. ‘50s-60s; 1970s onwards mostly u.m. Ideal starter collection. (100s)32
263“, “, “, mainly used seln. on printed lvs., some picking evident. (c.100)12
264“, “, “, FDC colln. 1963-80 mostly good to fine & incl. better. Unusual! (52)10
265“, “, Curacao 1873 21/2c, 5c 10c (faults), 50c m. or unused as issued. STC £90 (4)10
266“, “, “, 1889 set mint (5c unused) STC £38 as mint (5)5
267“, “, “, 1941 defins. 30c, 50c, 11/2g, 21/2g SG256, 192-4 all u.m. STC £59 (4)16
268Nevis 1882-90 1/- SG34 l.m.m. couple short perfs. STC £110 (1)16
269New Brunswick 1851 3d SG1, would be f.u. but couple of nibbles in at sides, etc. STC £350 (1)30
270“, 1851 6d SG4 used on piece (tied by normal oval barred cancel) STC £700, almost 4 margins (a little ragged & into at lower right side). Very scarce item (1)120
271“, 1880 set m./unused (121/2c is used), mainly fair to good. STC £224 as m./u. (6)16
272Newfoundland 1857-80 unused/used range, mixed cond. incl. 1857-64 1d (4 margins, pen cancel), 1868 1c SG35 m., etc. STC £323 (5)12
273“, 1860 3d SG11 m.m. full margins, close to wide STC £85 (1)28
274“, 1865-71 2c green SG31 m.m., centred low, STC £90 (1)14
275“, 1865-71 5c SG26 g.u. sl. smudgy cancel STC £170 (1)32
276“, 1865-71 10c SG27 g.-f.u. centred high right STC £95 (1)19
277“, 1868-73 5c SG38 f.u. (roller cancel - very light) couple of bluntish perfs. STC £110 (1)28
278New Zealand 1910-40 range of used officials, all sound or better STC £52+, worth checking. (9)9
279“, 1931-335 3d chocolate m.m. one or two bent perf. pins make it appear like p.14x15 (SG548a STC £130), but it’s the basic stamp; plus 4d SG549 m.m. STC £44 (2)5
280“, 1940 official set m.m. SG O141-o151 STC £170 (11)42
281“, QV-QE m.&u. colln. in alb. useful starter, or for specialist checking. (100s)10
282North Borneo 1886 1/2c “and Revenue” o’print SG14 m.m., no certificate, so sold ‘as-is’ STC £150 (1)30
283“, 1886 10c “and Revenue” o’print SG15 m.m. STC £200, looks ok, but no cert. so sold ‘as-is’ out of necessity. Usual rough perfs. (1)30
284“, 1886-87 50c SG30 m.m. centred low right STC £375 (1)80
285“, 1886-87 $1 SG31 ‘used’ with light barred cancel STC £19 thus. Usual perfs. (1)5
286“, 1886-87 $2 SG32 used with barred cancel STC £25 (1)10
287“, 1899 4c on $5 SG123 m.m. flat gum STC £150 (1)30
288“, 1918 Red Cross 2c on $5 SG233 m.m. gum a little flat. STC £375 lovely item (1)95
289“, 1918 $10 +4c SG252 m.m. (sl. flat gum) attractive stamp STC £325 (1)65
290“, 1925-28 $5 SG293 m.m., a couple of blunt perfs. STC £170 (1)48
291Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 20/- fiscal cancel, a little scruffy, more than acceptable s’filler. STC £22511
292Norway 1974 Collectors Pack, scarce. (1)3
293Nova Scotia 1851-60 1d SG1 g.-f.u. almost 4 margins, very close/touching all round. STC £400 (1)60
294“, 1851-60 3d bright blue SG3 sl. thin at left corner, otherwise f.u., 4 good/wide margins. STC £12022
295“, 1851-60 6d yellow green SG5 would be v.f.u. -light cancel, 4 margins, but with replaced left corner. Still very attractive. STC £475 (1)42
296“, 1863 range, well above average with 1c, 2c, 81/2c m.; 5c u. STC £32 (also 121/2c unused) (5)7
297Papal States 1852 used range, sold as genuine, fair to fine with variable margins (mostly good), STC £270+ minimum, no duplication. (8)28
298Portugal 19554 Sao Paolo set SG1118-21 mint, the odd minor imperfection; also 1945 Naval School & 1946 St. Mary sets mint STC £100 (12)11
299“, Colonies, Azores 1868-94 u. ranges, fair to fine incl. 1868 120r (clipped), straight label types, etc. also 1894 50r, 75r STC £310 (21)18
300“, “, Quelimane 1913-14 m.&u., no dup. only STC £28, but seldom offered. (23)5
301Rhodesia 1892-93 £2 SG11 v.f.u. with ‘Gwelo 28 Feb 96’ CDS, STC £160 (1)38
302“, 1896-97 5/- SG49 m.m. slight overall toning STC £50 (1)6
303Roumania 1891-1927 mainly fine mint, mostly commems., STC £120 (33)14
304“, c.1928-30s ranges of commems., etc., mainly mint STC £140 (28)15
305“, 1928-57 mainly mint colln. on lvs., plus some earlier used, mixed cond. some stuck. STC £13013
306Ryuku Is. 1956 Dances set SG48-50 in u.m. blocks of 4 unusual. STC £28 (3)7
307Saar forgery of 1920 1m SG17b used, endorsed ‘falschung’ (1)4
308St. Helena 1934 Cent. set SG114-123 m.m. STC £350, very sought after set. (10)110
309“, 1935 Silver Jub. set f.u. (1/- with slight overall toning) STC £25 (4)8
310“, 1938-44 3d blue m.m. SG135, STC £80 (1)19
311Samoa 1914 G.R.I. 21/2d surch. SG104b (“1 to left of 2” variety) v.f.u. Only STC £40, but scarce. (1)12
312Saudi Arabia 1934 defins. dupl. used/unused ranges unchecked; plus ‘46 tax & ‘50 visit set m., etc. (32)8
313Seychelles 1957 5c on 45c SG191 in u.m. blocks incl. all three varieties of italic letters. (20)5
314Sierra Leone 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG181-4 m.m. STC £18 (4)7
315Singapore 1996 local courtesy self-adhesive in booklet (10 stamps) unusual. (1)1
316“, 1971 Festivals MS u.m. SG MS159, slight wrinkles, etc. STC £75 (1)18
317Somaliland Protectorate 1935 Silver Jubilee set l.m.m. SG86-89 STC £14 (4)6
318South Africa 1913 2/6 SG14 m.m. STC £55 (1)15
319“, 1947-54 5/- SG122 f.u. horiz. pair STC £70 (1)18
320“, official 1930-47 1/- (upright wmk.) SG O17bw f.u. horiz. pair STC £130 (1)30
321Southern Rhodesia 1937 set SG40-52 l.m.m., slight overall toning. STC £65 (13)8
322South West Africa 1971 Antarctic set l.m.m. (1)5
323Spain 1850-64 range of used imperfs., all good to fine with 4 good margins. STC £118+ (13)18
324“, La Aguera 1923 10p SG26 u.m. small toned area at base, seldom seen STC £30 as m.m. (1)8
325Sweden 1920-38 mint ranges with better incl. 1920 20ø (both perf. types), ‘35 5ø (perf. all round) u.m., etc. Mainly fine STC £160+ SG simpl. - Much more by Facit. (22)22
326Switzerland 1854 1f SG38a u., 2 good margins, others close or touching, thin. Nice filler STC £600 18
327“, 1882 ‘Standing Helvetia’ dupl. used ranges, all values present incl. 40c ‘small 4’ (9), 50c blue mint (1) & used (19), 3f (2) STC £280+ plus the scarce 1f perf. 91/2 used. (104)24
328“, 1908-55 m./u.m. range of odds STC £88 (13)7
329“, 1914-32 used ranges, many better incl. high vals., early pro-juv., etc. STC £200+ (27)18
330Togo mint seln. with 1947 airs SG181-4, ‘54 Lib., ‘54 500f SG191 l.m.m., etc. STC £87+ (7)16
331Tonga 1953 defin. set SG101-114 mm. STC £50 (14)12
332Tuscany 1851-60 used range incl. 1851 1c, 6c 92), 9c (2); 1860 10c (2), 20c, 40c (2), very variable margins as usual, all with wmk. & ostensibly genuine. STC £628+ (10)28
333Tuvalu 1979 Sea Life values to $1, $2, & $5 each with Specimen overprint. (6)1
334United Nations (NY) 1955 10th Anniv. MS SG MS38 u.m. STC £95 (1)24
335U.S.A. 1861 24c SG74 or 74b f.u. with cancel clear of portrait, well centred. STC £100 (1)19
336“, 1946 unused Airmail envelope sl. faults, ‘revalued 5c ...’ on 6c, double surcharge. plus normal for comparison. STC $75 (1)10
337“, s/leaf with dupl. seln. of earlier incl. better high cat. eg. Colombian Ex to 50c, Mississippi vals to 10c & 50c, etc. 2c Jackson (SG69?) unused, but toning, etc. Very mixed condition. (55)60
338Uruguay 1957 set SG1071-2 u.m. both with double surcharge variety - of uncertain status! (2)8
339Vatican City 1929-c.1953 mainly used, useful items included, mostly good/fine STC £105 (19)11
340Vietnam 1951 1p20, 3p, 30p (Bao Dai) u.m., rather ‘flat gum’ STC £125 (3)16
341Yemen 1953 set SG100-105 in u.m. horiz. pairs, sl. marks on the 20b STC £45 (6)9
342Yugoslavia 1958 Game Birds set f.u. STC £13 (9)4
343Zanzibar 1964 5c SG414 in compl. sheet of 100 (plate “1” / “2”) (1)3

United Kingdom Lots

3441840 1d black ‘O-D’ almost 4 margins, close at lower left corner. (1)48
3451840 1d black ‘I-D’, faults (tear, short corner, etc.), but still fresh. Red Maltese Cross (1)8
3461840 1d black ‘O-F’ missing top-left corner!, red M/Cross. (1)5
3471840 2d blue ‘P-J’ SG4/6 g.u. virtually 3 margins STC £675 minimum. (1)50
3481840 2d blue ‘I-B’ g.-f.u. almost 3 margins, black M/C. (1)38
3491841 1d red SG8 used, 2 margins (into at top & right), inverted wmk. STC £300 (1)22
3501841-51 2d SG13-15 with numeral M/Cross “12” 4 margins, g.-f.u. STC £375 (1)24
3511841-54 embossed set SG54-58 cut to shape STC £2,850 as cut square. (3)22
3521847-54 6d SG60 cut square, slightly into at top, large margin at base, on large piece. STC £900 (1)24
3531847-54 6d SG58/61 cut square, attractive. (1)30
3541847-54 1/- SG54 pale green cut square, 3 large margins, g.u., very attractive spacefiller. (1)30
3551847-54 1/- SG55 green cut square, 2 good margins, slightly split at silk thread, STC £800 (1)24
3561854-57 2d blue 3 x p.16 small crown, 6 x p.14 large crown. used STC £600+ (9)28
3571855 d blue possible SG34 pl.5 m.m. pinhole damage STC £2,000 Sold ‘as-is’ (1)18
3581855-57 4d SG62 g.u. with straight edge STC £375 (1)6
3591855-57 4d, 1/- & 1d (SG66/a, 71/73 & 37/41) used on entire to Amsterdam (1/- STC £350 alone on cover) Filing crease, but still attractive. (1)22
3601855-57 4d SG66 large garter g.u. STC £100 (1)7
3611855-57 6d SG69/70 2 shades both g.-f.u. lightly cancelled & attractive for these. STC £215 (2)14
3621855-57 6d SG70a azure paper but a few nibbled perfs. STC £775 scarce stamp. (1)24
3631855-57 6d SG70 g.u.(quite light) STC £95 (1)5
3641855-57 6d SG70b thick paper wing margin, g.u. Aberdeen “1” cancel. STC £300 (1)16
3651855-57 1/- SG71/73 g.u. deeper shade STC £260 minimum. (1)7
3661862-64 3d SG75/77 g.u. STC £250 minimum. (1)14
3671862-64 4d SG81/82 g.-f.u. STC £90 minimum (1)7
3681862-64 1/- SG90 g.u., slight perf. faults, etc. STC £200 (1)8
3691865-67 6d SG96/97 both shades, g.u. STC £230 (2)16
3701865-67 6d pl.5 SG97 g.-f.u. STC £80 av.-g.u. (Irish Diamond Duplex cancel) (1)5
3711865-67 9d SG98 (emblems) g.u. sl. perf. faults, but nice for these. STC £500 (1)26
3721867-80 3d SG102/103 pl.4 g.u. (wing margin) STC £250 (1)7
3731867-80 3d SG102/103 pl.9 g.u. on cover to Austria STC £90 (1)11
3741867-80 3d SG102/103 pl.10 in used pair on part entire to Italy STC £240 as basic stamps. (1)11
3751867-80 6d SG109 pl.9 used on attractive entire to Italy STC £120 on cover (1)11
3761867-80 10d SG112 g.u. STC £300 (1)16
3771867-80 1/- pl.5 SG117 g.u. STC £35 (1)5
3781872-73 6d pl.11 SG122/123 av.-g.u. STC £50 minimum. (1)4
3791872-73 6d pale buff pl.11 used on cover to Italy (some slight toning to stamp. STC £250, scarce. (1)11
3801872-73 6d grey SG125 (couple of pulled perfs.) STC £225 (1)12
3811872-73 6d pl.12 SG125 g.u. on part entire to Italy STC £250 on cover. (1)11
3821872-73 6d SG125 x2 (both wing margins) on part cover to Italy, stamps alone STC £450 (1)11
3831873-80 21/2d SG139 pl.2 & 3 g.u. ST C£200 (2)6
3841873-80 1/- pl.13 SG151 (wmk. spray) g.u. wing margin few blunt perfs. STC £600, scarce stamp. (1)9
3851873-80 4d pl.15 SG152 g.u. STC £425, scarce (1)11
3861873-74 4d SG153 pl.15 g.u. STC £275 (good colour, uncommon for these) (1)10
3871873-80 4d SG153 pl.16 g.u. STC £250 (1)7
3881873-80 4d SG154 pl.17 av-g.u. (heavy cancel). STC £450 (1)12
3891873-80 8d SG156 g.u. STC £300 (1)12
3901880-83 21/2d blue SG157 pl.23 unused STC £350 as mint (possible hint of some gum?) (1)14
3911880-83 6d SG161 pl.17 & 18 g.u. STC £130 (2)7
3921880-83 6d on 6d SG162 g.u. STC £130 (1)6
3931880-83 1/- pl.13 SG163 g.u. STC £140 (1)8
3941883-84 10/- cobalt SG177a blued paper with ‘Specimen’ overprint m.m. (small thin) STC £3,500, very scarce item - normal stamp is STC £55,000!! (1)75
3951883-84 2/6 SG178/179 g.u. STC £140 minimum (1)8
3961883-84 5/- SG180 g.u. STC £200 (1)11
3971883-84 10/- SG183/183a g.u., but some toning. STC £475 (1)32
3981883-84 4d SG192 av-g.u. STC £185 (1)6
3991887-92 10d & 1/- SG210-211 g.-f.u. STC £98 (1/- deep colour) (1)7
4001902-10 2/6 SG262 dull purple g.u. (rounded corner, slightly washed) STC £150 (1)7
4011912 1/2d SG335w (inv. wmk.) u.m. with good perfs. (scarce this fine) STC £75 (1)12
4021912-24 9d olive with ‘T22’ control m.m. scarce item STC £110 (1)15
4031913 10/- Waterlow SG402 would be g.-f.u. (slightly smudgy cancel), but with short corner STC £45020
4041918-19 10/- seahorse SG417 g.-f.u. (very light & neat) STC £160 (1)40
4051925 Wembley 1d u.m. scarce thus STC £25 (1)4
4061934 10/- SG452 f.u. CDS, well centred STC £80 (1)14
4071963 Red Cross 3d vertical strip of 3 u.m. with striking red doctor blade flaw (1)14
4081967-68 Castle high val. set SG759-62 u.m. STC £15 (4)2
4091969 Machin High vals. 2/6, 5/-, 10/- £1 SG787-90 u.m. STC £10 (4)2
4101970 Collectors Pack (1)2
4111970 Decimal High value Machins u.m. (4)2
4121971-79 SG Simplex alb. with m.&u. colln. - u.m. commems. virtually compl. for period High face.15
4131974-86 Souvenir Books incl. C’Hill, ‘75 Trains, ‘81 R.Wedding, ‘84 R.Mail, ‘86 60th B’day. (5)4
4141980-84 colln. of Benham Silk FDCs in album; complete sets, nice lot! (48 covers = 11 sets)16
4151981-89 alb. with colln. of postally used sets, largely complete, some decent! (100s)11
4161985 Castle high value Presentation Pack (number 18) (1)9
4171988 Castle High value set u.m. x2 (one £2 with pulled perf.) plus used set STC £78 (12)17
4181989 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (8)8
4191990 Smiles pane f.u. (from FDC) STC £26 (1)2
4201990 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)9
4211991 Xmas Questa trial stamp plus normal 24p for comparison. Very unusual. (1)10
4221991 greetings booklet (1)3
4231991 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) STC £38+ (8)8
4241992 Memories Presentation Pack (1)3
4251992 Tolkein prestige booklet (1)6
4261992 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)8
4271993 ‘Wide Format’ self-adhesive 1st class booklet (20) in presentation pack. (1)7
4281993 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)9
4291994 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)9
4301995 National Trust Prestige booklet (106
4311995 Commem. sets complete (no greetings) u.m. STC £31+ (9 sets)10
4321995 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) - missing Globe Theatre (8)9
4331996 Commems. compl. u.m. (no greetings or R.Burns) STC £40+ (face £12+) (8 sets)10
4341996 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)10
4351997 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) (9)10
4361998 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings) - no endangered species (9)10
4371999 Millennium Pres. packs Feb.- June compl., plus Sept. & Oct. (7 packs)9
4382000 Millennium issues compl. in pres. packs (12)16
4392001 Commemorative Presentation Packs complete (no Greetings but incl. cats & dogs) no pond life (9)14
440FDCs - mostly 1980s-90s, bureau & alt. cancels, some dupl., some earlier, etc. high cat. poor to fine (150+)30
441Box with plenty to sort from QV to QE (1,000s)28
442Album with u.m. a few ‘errors’ gutter pairs, phos., etc. mostly 1960s 22
443S/leaf with 39 1d red stars incl. p.14 & p.16 s.crown & large crown. STC £940 minimum (39)22
444Early-modern dupl. seln. with better on lvs., in pkts., etc. plenty to sort through. (100s)20
445Five volume SG Windsor colln., picked, but hundreds of stamps remain. 16
446GVI high vals. with ‘39 2/6 brown, 10/- (both), £1, also ‘51 £1, sound used or better. STC £75 (5)12
447GVI Waterlow essays - one imperf. (purple), one perf. (burgundy) (2)12
448Pres. packs - seln. 1991-2002 incl. number of greetings, etc. high cat. (9)12
449A similar lot to the last, but different seln. (9)11
450Kiloware - direct from charity source c.1kg, good range, mostly recent (up to c.2008) (1,000s)10
451A similar lot to the last. (1,000s)10
452Boxfile with all manner of stamps QV-QE, predominantly earlier with a few of interest. (100s)10
453Castle High vals. - 1959-68 BW g.-f.u.; ‘67-68 no wmk. set in u.m. blocks of 4 (the odd fold, etc.) STC £71 (8 items)12
454GVI-modern off-paper seln. incl. better direct from charity. 120gr+ (100s)2

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