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Monday, 17th November 2014

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Boroughmuir Rubgy Club Pavilion

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

1Stockbook (25 page) appears to be ex-dealer’s stock with mainly mint Hungary, Poland, Russia (incl. imperfs.), Middle East, Bulgaria, etc. Huge cat. value. (1,000s)60
2Box filled with ten albums/stockbooks, etc. predominantly Commonwealth, mostly picked to some degree, but still some better stamps seen and well-worth checking (1,000s)42
3World colln. in three binders, some picking noticed, but many useful interesting, better items remain40
4Middle East (& some North Africa) colln. in eight albums/binders incl. Egypt, Iran/Iraq, Ethiopia, Turkey, etc. Some useful looking stamps! (100s)32
5Middle East m.&u. colln. in eight albums from Libya to Iran & Turkey to Ethiopia & others (100s)30
6Box filled with interesting material, with UK, C/wealth & USA among many others. (1,000s)28
7Small tub filler with old stamps mainly QV-GVI, some in pkts., others loose; plus a few covers incl. censor, Paquebot, etc. Mixed condition. (100s)26
8Box with world ranges in various albums & s/books (100s)22
9World m.&u. colln. in album, with a few better items, countries Honduras to Lithuania (1,000s)20
10World collection (Foreign - strength in Europe) in two binders, mostly pre-1960s with many unusual & several slightly higher cat./better-looking items. Ideal as priced album pages. (100s)20
11Kiloware from charity source - c.3Kg of unusual mix. predominantly UK incl. double weight, labels, etc. plus foreign. Some older, off paper in envelopes & loose. Various other items too (Plenty of unfranked)20
12Interesting & varied mix in box (100s)20
13Album with British Military Uniform covers, other Regimental & Commem. covers, etc. (50)17
14Two boxes: one mainly covers, the other a small mix of ‘allsorts’! (100s)15
15Alb. with collection of covers, with (among others) Military, special event, a few foreign, etc. (c.60)15
16Box with mix of stamps on pages and covers. (100s)15
17Charity box - items donated by customers incl. junior albums, on & off-paper stamps & covers and much else. Who knows what you’ll find! Proceeds to Marie Curie. (1,000s)15
18Heavily dupl. accums. of UK in 2 s/books & ranges of Hungary in a third. (1,000s)14
19Russian, Polish & German mix in albums and a few s/leaves. (100s)12
20Covers - shoebox with varied seln of covers incl. early USA10
21Covers - Boxfile with mainly C/wealth, strength in Canada.10
22General sorting lot in box, plenty of unusual items spotted! (100s)10
23Kiloware predominantly UK with labels, double-weight, etc. but better & unfranked too (1,000s)10
24Kiloware - a roughly similar lot to the last. (1,000s)10
25Small box with a mix of covers & a few stamps.8
26Small box with seln. of old stamps on remaindered album lvs. & loose. Mixed cond. Interesting lot.7
27Small appealing seln. of stamps in pkts., etc. incl. better. (100s)7
28World kiloware - much duplication, some off-paper, a few UK 1.5Kg (1,000s)7
29Small box with on & off-paper mix, worth checking. (1,000s)5

British Commonwealth

30Box of albums incl. picked Imperial and pair of ‘New Imperials’, also better Malaya, Australia, etc.80
31New Ideal album - vol.I 1840-1936 (some water damage to cover) with reasonable m.&u. colln. from poor 1d black, useful odds & ends & part sets; strength in GV/GVI. (100s)60
32Box with albums & s/books incl. better Rhodesia & Barbados50
33Box with three general C/wealth s/books & partly-picked SG GVI printed album.46
34Box with nine album mint C/wealth colln., patchy in places, but some of interest.46
35Old Crown alb. with QV-GVI colln. mainly used. Despite a little picking & mixed condition, there’s much of interest and some of value remaining. (100s)40
36Box of s/books incl. Africa & Malaya, some dupl., but plenty of interest.40
37Box with seln. of stamps on old album pages incl. some interesting.30
38S/book with m.&u. Australia, NZ & UK; some ‘35 Silver Jubilees, etc. & s/book with used items (100s)30
39Bundles of album pages, s/leaves, etc. (mostly early-modern stamps, some better & some covers (100s)20
40Pair of New Imperial albums good 2nd Hand. Vol.I (A-M) sparse, but possibly useful contents, Vol. II with all stamps removed ... just waiting for you to re-fill it again!20
41S/book with dupl. ranges of St. Lucia, Nyasaland mostly early-middle & others mainly more modern12
42Australia & NZ - early to modern duplicated accum. in 16-page stockbook (1,000s)12
43Omnibus Issues 1935 Silver Jubilee sets for Antigua & Br. Virgin Is. m.m. STC £42 (8)11
44“, 1935 Silver Jub. sets for Bechuanaland & Bermuda m.m. (a few toned perfs. on Berm. 11/2d) (8)10
45“, 1935 S. Jub. sets for Br. Solomon Is. & Gilbert & Ellice Is. m.m. STC £60 (8)15
46“, 1935 S. Jub. sets for Ceylon, KUT & Seychelles m.m. STC £32+ (12)8
47“, 1935 S. Jub. sets for Montserrat (m.m.) & S. Leone (u.m. - 3d m.m.). STC £38 (8)10
48“, 1937 Coron. dupl. u.m. sets (up to 3 sets - incl. 3 Newf’land ‘long sets’) 40 diff. countriesSTC £43580
49“, 1948 RSW sets for Antigua, Barbados & Leeward Is. u.m. STC £39+ (6)13
50“, 1948 RSW High values for Aden Seiyun, Hadhramaut & Antigua used/g.u. STC £39 (3)8

Postcards

51Well-filled shoebox with mix of early cards, English, Scottish & Subjects (c.500)26
52Colln. of Edwardian to 1930s cards in shoebox, largely Scottish & English topographical (c.450)24
53Seln. of English Postcards, mostly 1900s-1950s (c.350)20
54Mix of foreign & some Scottish cards, mainly Edwardian.15
55Mainly older mix in box, also some odds incl. CDUs. (c.200)14
56Shoebox with seln. of postcards, early to modern, poor to fine. (100s)10
571950s-70s comic cards, incl. some Bamforth, etc. (95)10
58Colln. of mainly earlier London cards, many central street scenes. (c.150)10
59Folder with cards produced for Pope John Paul IIs UK visit. (62)6

Coins, Medals, Other Collectables, etc.

60Coins, Accum. of coins from charity ‘foreign coin collection box’, not many ¤uros or dollars! 2Kg7
61“, A broadly similar lot to the last c.2Kg7
62“, U.K. seln. of R. Mint b.u. Packs with £1 for 1997; & £2 for ‘95, ‘97 & 2001. sl. dupl. most fine(6)10
63“, “, 1935 Silver Jubilee Crown, a little worn. (1)9
64“, “, 1981 Royal Wedding Crown, duplicated accum. of ‘Safeway’ packs - each with 2 b.u. coins; plus three other packs (one R.Mint 2001 Victoria Anniv. Crown’ - sl. faults, coin fine, etc.) (33 packs)16
65“, “, 2000 Millennium b.u. Crown in Royal Mint Pack (1)5
66Die-Cast Dinky ‘188’ Jensen Interceptor near mint with plastic box & Corgi MGB GT (black & yellow) ‘played-with’ condition, but not bad looking. (2)34
67Medical Instruments four items - incl. stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, etc. (4)24
68Model Railways Hornby Dublo (2-rail) collection with 2-6-0T starter set (contents f., box worn); boxed Co-Co loco, five boxed carriages, boxed electric signal, plus various other rolling stock, station buildings, track & transformer, etc., Untested & sold as collectable only.110
69“, 1960s Triang ‘OO’ Princess Elizabeth 4-6-2 starter set (R3A) - and another identical! from an attic clearance, so very dusty. Boxes poor, locos & rolling stock look OK; untested.30
70Medallion Football - “Linlithgowshire Secondary Juvenile FA” 9ct gold enamelled medallion; engraved ‘Life Member James Kirk 1938’, beautiful & scarce item, plus two other badges (see Facebook illus.)55
Medals - The following lots are from a collection (more to follow), they’re believed to be genuine (unless otherwise mentioned) and generally in good to fine condition, but all sold ‘as-is’. British & Commonwealth items this time, others to follow in next auction.
71“, Air Crew Europe star (1)120
72“, India General Service Medal with ‘Northwest Frontier 1919’ bar ‘H Thola 37/Dogras’ (Calcutta issue)48
73“, 1914-15 Star ‘Driver H James RFA’ (1)30
74“, Atlantic Star (1)28
75“, Pacific Star (1)28
76“, Victory medal (1919) ‘R McCabe RA’; fine - and another worn & indistinct. (2)24
77“, British War medal (1914-18) ‘John Coote’ - silver (1)20
78“, Africa Service medal (1943) to ‘M Bukwana’ (N) silver (1)18
79“, Burma Star (1)18
80“, France & Germany Star (1)18
81“, Africa Star (1)15
82“, Africa Star (1)14
83“, Italy Star inscribed on reverse ‘L F Brown’ (1)15
84“, 1939-45 Star (1)14
85“, India Service medal (1945) (1)14
86“, British War medal (1939-45) (1)8

Accessories, Supplies, etc.

87SG Commonwealth catalogue 2014 reasonable 2nd hand (1)20
88SG Commonwealth cat. 2012 good 2nd hand (1)15
89Three boxed ‘Frank Godden’ albums - one good condition, the others with faults, a few unused pages.15
90SG Universal (22-ring fitting) binder only. Brown, fine 2nd hand. (1)7
91SG Universal binder, as last lot, but green (1)7
92SG Senator standard (springback) album with c.100 unused leaves (most with minor bends, but useful) (1)6
93Four 2nd hand binders - red Lighthouse binder & slip-case ‘Canada’; SG Utile; Westminster 4-ring, etc.6
94SG One Country Album (22-ring) ‘Channel Is.’ binder only RRP c.£20 (1)5
95Royal Mail/Royal Mint Philatelic Numismatic cover (4-ring) binder only g.-f. 2nd hand. (1)5
96Lighthouse printed hingeless album for Germany with pages 1959-1982. (1)5
97SG One Country album (4-ring) ‘New Zealand’, red; binder only, good-fine 2nd hand. (1)5
98SG Universal (22-ring) binder only, slight marks to cover from stickers, useful & serviceable (1)5
99Stockcards - 1,000 2-strip stockcards; new, unbranded, German manufacture. (1,000)70
100Box of 2nd hand postcard wallets, some with labels, etc. (c.2,000)12

Stamps Arranged by Country

101Aden 1949 RSWset SG30-31 u.m. STC £40+ (2)14
102Ascension 1938-53 5/- SG46 (p.131/2) m.m. STC £95 (1)11
103Australian States, Seln. of (mixed condition) stamps on leaves & in pkts., hours of fun! (100s)15
104“, mostly used seln, poor to fine, worth checking STC £350 (51)14
105“, NSW large dupl. accum. on old alb. lvs., poor to fine with many better looking items worth close examination. surely some scarce shades/printings/perfs. included?! (100s)32
106“, Victoria 1878 2d SG198 on lilac paper (emergency printing). Very scarce item f.u. STC £800140
107“, “, 1880 2d die II SG189/189a p.121/2 used (small closed tear top left). Unpriced SG (1)30
108“, “, 1885 Duty stamp 1/-, 2/- SG306, 307 f.u. STC £53 (2)10
109“, “, 1899-1901 3d SG362 m.m. STC £32 (1)5
110Australia 1902 8d P.Due SG D7 g.-f.u. STC £80 (1)19
111“, 1913-30s dupl., mainly used accum. in s/book, most interest in the ‘roos & GV Heads, which seem to be crying out for specialist attention! (100s)28
112“, 1913-14 6d SG19 g.u. STC £55 (1)8
113“, 1926-30 2d SG89 m.m. centred right. STC £40 (1)8
114“, 1926-30 p.131/2x 121/2 set to 1/4 SG94-104 g.u. STC £75 (11)7
115“, 1927-32 commems./airs used, mainly g.-f., incl. ‘31 Airs, ‘34 Macarthur 9d f.u., etc. STC £148 (15)16
116“, 1937-49 set SG164-75 (3d both shades) m.m. STC £225+ (12)16
117“, 1938 P.Due set SG D112-D118 m.m. couple of tone spots, still attractive & scarce. STC £190 (7)38
118“, 1946-57 P.Due set SG D119-D128 l.m.m./m.m. STC £65 (10)12
119“, 1953-59 P.Due set SG D129-D131 m.m. STC £32 (3)6
120“, Interesting looking colln. in alb., from seln. of GV heads & Roos to modern, plus ranges of AAT, Cocos, Nauru, Norfolk Is., etc. Nice starter collection. (100s)40
121“, Box of albums & s/books incl. sparse Imperial sectional, mostly modern, but some better earlier too30
122“, Box of FDCs, other covers & small boxes of loose stamps.24
123“, Shoebox with mix of commercial & philatelic covers. (100s)12
124“, Large quantity mainly on-paper stamps in two tins & a boxfile, plus further seln. of NZ in tin. (1,000s)10
125Baden 1851-62 range, mainly fine mint or used STC £470+ (16)48
126Bahamas 1938-52 set SG149-157a m.m. & SG158-60 u.m. STC £167 (20)24
127“, 1948 RSW set SG194-5 u.m. STC £45+ (2)15
128“, 1948 Tercent. set SG178-193 f.u. STC £35 (16)15
129Bahrain 1948 RSW 15r SG62 u.m. STC £32 (1)11
130Barbados 1916-19 3d SG186a (thick paper) & 3/- SG191 m.m. STC £112 (2)15
131“, 1921-24 3/- SG228 g.u. STC £85 (1)11
132“, Small used seln. believed to be SG25 (2),57,60 & 63 - the odd fault, but still useful. STC £450 (5)50
133Batum 1920 3r & 5r in blocks of 6; 7r in block of 6 plus two damaged; 15r in block of 18 (2x9); some faults, useful lot. Sold ‘as-is’ (4)8
134Bavaria 1849-1920 mainly u. colln. with good coverage, no doubt some cto, but many appear to be postally used. STC £750+ (183)42
135Bechuanaland 1888 2/- SG16 g.u. with Mafeking postmark. STC £55 (1)9
136“, 1948 RSW 10/- SG137 m.m. STC £42 (1)11
137Belgium 1932 Infantry set SG618-9 m.m. STC £190 Scarce set. (2)20
138“, 1932 TB Fund set SG624-630 u.m. (scarce as such) STC £140+ as m.m. (7)24
139“, 1933 Orval Abbey 10f+40f SG644 mint (possibly u.m.!) STC £350; key stamp. (1036
140“, 1950 Hysel Athletics set SG1311-15 m.m. STC £100+ (1)6
141“, Bklt pairs with adverts, m. or u. with 1929 or 1936 ‘Lion’ types incl. some scarcer, mostly fine (23)32
142Bermuda 1865-1903 1/- SG11 g.u. (some blunt perfs.) STC £120 (1)18
143“, 1938-53 p.13 values m.m. 2/-, 2/6 & 5/- SG116e, 117c & 118f STC £66 (3)13
144“, 1938-53 12/6 SG120a g.-f.u. STC £75 (1)18
145Brazil 1844-54 numeral issue, moistly used, majority genuine, poor to fine STC £1,200 (49)24
146“, 1850-2009 mostly used colln. in s/book & ring binder, some duplication. (100s)18
147“, 1866-78 used & unused seln., slight duplication. STC £460 (43)12
148British Antarctic Terr. 1963 original set SG1-15 m.m. STC £184+ (15)20
149Br. Bechuanaland 1885-1893 m.&u. seln., worth checking. (14)14
150“, 1888 surcharges 1d/1d, 2d/2d, 6d/6d & 1s on 1/- SG22-23,26, 28a used with slight faults STC £108 (4)15
151“, 1891-1904 UK stamps o’print set SG33-37; 1d, 2d used - rest m.m. STC £29+ (5)8
152Br. Central Africa 1895 2/6 SG26 (no wmk.) light fiscal use; useful spacefiller STC £325 (1)20
153Br. Levant 1909 set SG16-21 m.m. (SG18 & 21 u.m.) STC £75 (6)12
154“, 1921 90pi & 180pi SG49, 50 m.m. STC £70. few slightly blunt perfs. on SG50 (2)10
155“, E7/GV ranges, mainly u., incl. E7 2/6, GV Seahorse set SG48-50 (some rough perfs.) STC £216 (29)22
156Br. Occup. of Italian Cols. Eritrea 1948-49 set SG E1-E12 m.m. STC £70 (13)14
157“, Somalia 1950 set SG S21-S31 g.-f.u. STC £130, scarce set. (11)28
158Br. Virgin Is. 1938-47 set SG110a-121 m.m. STC £75 (12)12
159“, 1952 set SG136-147 m.m. (most appear u.m.) STC £48 (12)9
160Brunei 1908-22 $1 SG46 g.-f.u. STC £48 (1)9
161“, 1924-47/1951 m.&u. seln. to 25c, mixed cond., worth checking. (13)9
162Canada 1859-1999 m.&u. colln. on lvs; some dupl., poor to fine incl. many better, higher cat. items, but check carefully. Ideal starter. (100s)32
163“, 1928-29 50c SG284 u.m. (scarce as such) STC £150 as m.m. (1)36
164“, 1942-48 War Effort 12 vals to $1 m.m. nice for these, (no 3c or 10c SG378, 383). STC £135+ (12)14
165“, QV-GVI u. ranges, some more unusual incl. ‘back of book’, earlies with p’mark interest, etc. STC £27526
166“, early- 1970s (mainly) m.&u. colln. on lvs., some quite useful looking items. (100s)11
167“, bundle of used/unused p/cards, mostly E7 (40+)8
168Cape of Good Hope 1868-82 small seln. SG27,32 & 46 used; SG33 unused (part o.g.). Some slight faults. STC £450+ (4)38
169“, 1882-83 5/- SG45 g.-f.u. STC £300 (1)55
170“, 1884-90 1/- SG53a m.m. (some wrinkles, etc.) STC £160 (1)34
171“, 1900 6d on 3d SG9 f.u. STC £425, looks OK, but sold ‘as-is’ (1)110
172“, 1902-04 5/- SG78 m.m.STC £160 (1)55
173“, Four triangulars - 1d, 4d (x2), 6d (fiscal), all with good margins (close on 1d) STC c.£1,000 (4)48
174“, 4d triangular (probably SG19) 3 wide margins- just touching top-left. (1)18
175“, Mafeking Besieged 1900 6d on 3d SG4 f.u. STC £350 looks OK, but sold ‘as-is’ (1)80
176“, “, 1900 1s on 4d SG5 f.u. STC £425, looks OK, sold ‘as-is’ (1)80
177“, “, 1900 3d on 1d SG12 f.u. STC £100 looks OK, sold ‘as-is’ (1)26
178“, “, 1900 6d on 2d SG13 f.u. STC £100 believed to be genuine, sold ‘as-is’ (1)28
179“, “, 1900 1s on 6d SG14 f.u. STC £130, looks OK, sold ‘as-is’ (1)32
180“, “, 1900 2s on 1/- SG16 g.-f.u. STC £650, looks OK, but sold ‘as-is’ (1)120
182Cayman Is. 1938 original defin. set to 10/- m. (ie no 3d blue or 21/2d orange) STC £150+ (12)36
183“, Dupl., mainly u. 1950/1953 vals. to £1, few earlier/later incl. sets. (c.290)15
184Ceylon 1857-59 9d SG8, 4 margins, attractive used but fake? slight surface abrasion on neck STC £90030
185“, 1857-59 2d,5d, 8d, 10d & 1/- some with faults, but attractive. STC £3,000+, sold ‘as-is’ (5)120
186“, 1863-66 1/2d SG48 & 48b mint/unused, some toning, still useful. STC £170 (2028
187“, 1866-68 3d SG60 & 62 av.-g.u.; 1867-70 1d SG63 used (cut-down wing margin) STC £166 (3)17
188“, 1872-80 4c SG137 (121/2) m.m. (flattish gum) STC £3,000! (1)320
189“, 1885 surch. seln. stated to include SG157 (wing margin) 162 & 159 used; SG170 & 174 unused. Some slight faults. (5)28
190“, 1887 1r12 SG201 f.u. STC £29 (1)8
191“, 1910-11 1r, 2r SG297, 298 m.m. & 1904 1r50 SG287 used (3)7
192“, 1912-25 SG315, 316, 319; 1r, 2r m.m., 20r used (fiscal? looks unused at first glance) STC £160 (3)16
193“, 1921-32 1r, 2r, 5r, 20r SG354-7 m.m. STC £372 (4)80
194“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG379-382 g.u. STC £20 (4)9
195“, small seln. stated to include SG20,22,23,30,31,32,34,37,42. High cat., but faults. Most attractive. (9)60
196Cuba 1855-1998 mostly used colln. in s/book & ring-binder. (100s)10
197Cyprus 1892-94 12p SG37 (die II) used, small repaired tear at base. STC £450 (1)20
198Czechoslovakia 1919 seln. of double-prints, etc. in different colours/values, etc. including single, blocks of four, etc. Printer’s waste? (9 items)15
199“, 1934 mint pair from Songsheet (SG MS334a thick paper) each expertised (Gilbert) STC £60 (2)18
200“, 1970-79 m.&u. colln. in 2 binders, plus a few Czech Republic, some gaps! (400+, 7MS)12
201“, M.&u. colln. in binder & slip case with printed pages 1918-59, well-filled, useful starter. (100s)30
202Danzig 1919-39 m.&u. colln. on lvs. incl. some better stamps & sets, plus a few officials, Postage Dues, Port Gdansk, etc. (300+)24
203Egypt 1872-75 5pi SG34b (p.131/2) m.m. rounded corner perf. (top left) plus some toning STC £300 (1)18
204El Salvador 1895 3c x 4 (3 with gum, 1 without) the unissued & unoverprinted stamps, scarce. (4)16
205Estonia 191-24 used ranges, incl. 1923 Airs SG44-48, all in pairs, Red Cross pair imperf., ‘24 Air set perf. & imperf., etc. Some ‘as-is’ STC £750 (35)90
206Falkland Is. 1878 6d SG3 unused STC £110 as mint (1)12
207“, 1891-1902 1/2d green used with wmk. reversed (SG16ax) centred to right. STC £250 (1)26
208“, 1921-28 3/- SG80 m.m. (slight toning to top perfs.) STC £100 (1)22
209“, 1948 RSW set SG166-7 u.m. STC £92 (2)30
210“, 1960-66 6d Gentoo Penguin SG195a (DLR printing) in u.m. block of four STC £88 (1)15
211“, 1968 Flowers defin. set SG232-45 u.m. STC £65 (14)20
212“, 1968 Flowers set SG232-45 u.m. STC £65 (14)12
213F.I.D. 1944-45 overprint sets SG A1-D8 m.m./l.m.m. STC £96 (32)11
214“, South Georgia 1971-76 set plus all extra types m.m. (50p x3, etc.) STC £135++ Scarce (21)15
215Fiji 1878-99 6d SG38 m.m. STC £110 (1)32
216“, Small surcharged seln. incl. SG14,16,18,29 used & SG15 mint STC £800, some faults. (5)70
217France 1849-76 used seln. good to fine (includes SG37a STC £750) STC £2,00060
218“, 1869 5f Napoleon SG131, too many faults to mention, but still strangely attractive, light Paris CDS. A worthy candidate for ‘improvement’?! STC £1,100 (1)18
219“, 1882 black P.Dues 3 mint (1c,3c & 4c), 6 used to 50c, the odd fault. STC £675 (9)26
220“, c.1930-60s f.u. air/air-related incl. ‘36 3f50, ‘47 UPU 500f (mint), ‘49 set, etc. STC £280 (42)50
221“, 1953 National Relief Fund set SG1172-7 g.-f.u. STC £79+ (6)9
222“, 1955 Relief Fund set SG1253-8 m.m. STC £191 (6)16
223“, Colonies S/book with useful-looking range of Colonies & P.O’s including earlier o’prints & surch. ‘tablets’, etc. Plenty to sort through, many in questionable condition, others fine. High cat. (100s)80
224Gambia 1902-05 1d to 2/6 SG46-55 (no 2d SG49) (CA) m.m. STC £194 (9)22
225“, 1912-22 3/- SG101 g.u. STC £45 (1)9
226“, 1922-29 1/6 to 2/6 SG135-7 m.m. STC £48 (3)10
227“, 1922-29 10/- SG142 g.-f.u. STC £140, good stamp. (1)36
228Germany 3rd Reich propaganda card - paratroopers jumping form Ju-52 (C/1636) unused, scarce. (1)6
229“, Postal stat. cards, from a few WWI FPOs some Weimar & 3rd Reich, to mainly BRD incl. many used cards with Berlin ‘Notopfer’ (Airlift) labels. Worth a look - ideal for an eBayer! (150+)10
230“, c.1945-6 range of issues in u.m. blocks of 4 incl. Sov. Zone, Berlin, Saxony, etc. STC £150+ (80+)16
231Germany (continued), Soviet Zone few sheets/part sheets (faults) unchecked for flaws, etc., plus 2 sheets FPO ‘Ju-52’ labels - these stuck together. (11 items)8
232“, Inselpost - Agram o’print in blue Mi10 (roulette) probably Mi10BbI in m. (gum disturbance) vert.pair30
233“, B.R.D. M.&u. dupl. seln. on s/leaves, etc.; some better. (100s)5
234“, Occup. of Belgium 1914 set SG1-19 m.m. STC £100+ (9)24
235“, “, 1916 set SG10-25 mint. (SG15 is unused, most others incl. 6f25 are l.m.m.) STC £175 (16)50
236Gibraltar 1912-24 4/- SG83 g.-f.u. (deep shade) STC £55 (1)14
237“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG114-7 m.m. STC £30 (4)7
238“, GVI reg. covers to England, each with customs marks ‘Charge’ forms & P.Dues. Attractive & unusual despite wrinkles & the odd tear! (6)22
239“, Seln. of QV ‘Specimen’ overprints - 1889 5c,20c40c,50c,75c, & 40c on 4d. Mixed cond., etc. (19)19
240Greece 1926-63 m. or f.u. ranges with better incl. many airmails STC £148+ (78)18
241“, 1926 Air set SG406-409 m.m. STC £97+ (4)10
242“, 1955 u.m. short set to 4d SG738-741 STC £142 (4)18
243“, 1956-57 Royal Family set with some extras (pairs, blocks) plus ‘63 set all u.m. STC £48355
244Grenada 1895-99 2d, 3d, 6d used; 8d & 1/- m.m. SG50, 52-55 STC £137 (5)28
245“, 1904-06 1/2d mult. crown SG67 average used STC £42 (1)7
246“, 1906 set SG77-80 plus 21/2d shade & 1908-11 to 5/- SG84-88 (no 2/- SG87) m.m. STC £140 (9)20
247“, 1934-36 set SG135-144 g.-f.u. (2 with a few nibbled perfs.), high values fine. STC £80 (10)18
248“, 1937/1938-1950 set SG152-163f m.m. STC £80 minimum (12)10
249“, 1951 set SG172-184 u.m. - scarce as such. STC £35 (13)11
250Hong Kong 1885 $1.50 revenue, green, used. (Violet ‘CMB’ & m/s) STC £100 (Barefoot) (1)32
251“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG133-6 f.u. on pieces STC £18 (4)6
252“, 1937-49 m.m. seln. with ‘37 Coron., ‘46 Victory, & ‘49 UPU sets, etc. STC £100+ (10)12
253“, 1941 Centenary set SG163-8 u.m. (2c & 25c m.m.) STC £90 (6)12
254“, 1973 set SG283-296 u.m. in presentation pack. STC £90+ (14)16
255“, GVI used colln., mostly fine incl. defins, basic set to $5 (both), ‘41 set u. (2c m.), etc. STC £160+ (30)28
256“, Old auction lot - couple of old leaves with m.&u.; most interest in mint GV vals. to 30c & 50c, etc. (40)22
257“, Early used seln. with the odd fault stated to incl. SG1 (x2), 2, 3, 4 & 8. High cat. (6)20
258Hungary 1925 Sports Fund set SG452-9 m.m. STC £130+ (8)26
259Iceland 1992 Yearbook compl. with u.m. stamps STC £76 (18, 1MS)18
260Ifni 1950-67 mint colln. on lvs., best seems to be 1950 Welfare set. Useful ‘starter’. Most fine. (90+)6
261Indian States, Bhopal Interesting looking, mainly unused seln., worth checking! (10)15
262“, “, Official seln, used to 4a, mostly g.-fine. (13)12
263“, Chamba E7 & GV official seln. mainly m.m. SG O22-O47, E7 to 1r; GV to 1r. (18)10
264“, “, QV Service o’prints, mainly mint seln. to 8a. (12)8
265“, Charkhari 1909-19, 1930-45 m.or u. ranges & 1931 set most g.-f. More difficult than cat. suggests!(19)11
266“, Dhar 1897-1900 1/2p SG2 unused, light diagonal crease, unusual. (1)3
267“, Faridkot 1879-86 1f & 1p - you decide the SG numbers! unused, sold ‘as-is’ (2)7
268“, Travancore 1921 SG31a u.m. pair with inverted surcharge. STC £70 (1)10
269Ionian Is. 1859 set used SG1-3, almost certainly forgeries, but useful s’fillers. STC £1,000 as genuine (3)8
270Iran 1881 5f & 10f unused, both believed to be genuine. STC £185 (2)10
271Ireland 1827 Newbliss-Dublin & 1832 Derry-Dublin covers - range of marks, filing creases, attractive.(2)11
272Jamaica 1905-11 4d SG48 m.m. STC £75 (1)12
273“, 1905-11 (QV values) 6d m.m. & 1/- used SG51, 53, faults. STC £60 (2)7
274“, 1905-11 2/- SG55 m.m. STC £120, scarce item (1)18
275“, 1938 original set to 10/- mint STC £100+ (13)22
276“, 1948 RSW set SG143-4 u.m. STC £28+ (2)11
277Japan 1949 Postal Week SG556 l.m.m. STC £150 (1)32
278K.U.T. 1937-52 GVI Commemorative issues complete m.m. STC £56+ (5 sets)12
279Kuwait 1948 10r SG73a m.m. STC £60 (1)12
280“, 1948 set SG64-73a g.u. STC £38 (11)8
281Labuan 1880-82 6c SG6 ‘used’ STC £140 (1)28
282“, 1880-82 8c SG7 unused STC £130 as mint (1)26
283“, 1880-82 16c SG10 m.m. STC £100 (1)26
284“, 1881 8c on 12c SG15 unused STC £140 as mint (1)28
285“, 1883 2c, 10c, 40c SG17, 19, 21 unused STC £109 as mint (3)22
286Labuan (continued), 1885 2c on 8c SG23 m.m. STC £225 (1)65
287“, 1885 2c on 16c SG25 unused (expertiser’s mark) STC £110 as mint (1)20
288“, 1885-86 16c SG33 m.m. STC £160 (1)48
289Luxembourg 1939 20th Anniv. MS SG MS395a u.m. (some wrinkles to margins, etc.) STC £80 (1)9
290Macau 1984 Year Pack (1)7
291“, 1989 Year Pack (1)11
292Malaya, M.&u. colln. in alb. from Straits 1867 1/2c unused (attractive, but faults); various BMA, FMS, States to modern Malaysia. Many useful, higher cat., but mixed condition (100s)40
293“, Straits Sett’s. 1867-72 96c SG19a (p.121/2 - perfs. slightly trimmed at right) g.u. part duplex & chop STC £225 (1)26
294“, “, 1880 5c on 8c SG41 m.m. (small shallow thin, etc.); SG42 unused STC £330 (2)44
295“, “, 1906 2c SG142a (p.15) unused (couple of light tone spots) STC £18 as mint. (1)17
296“, FMS 1900 1c,3c,10c fresh l.m.m. STC £20+ plus 5c m.m. (overall toning STC £70) SG1,3,4,5. (4)10
297“, Johore 1949-55 set SG133-147 m.m. STC £150 (21)26
298“, Trengganu 1917-21/1941 m.&u. seln. to $1 (2), etc. some shades, mostly g.-f. (20)15
299Malta 1873 6d pl.12 SG Z63 x2 used, both with clear strikes. STC £150 (2)9
300“, 1899-1901 10/- SG35 m.m. STC £100 (1)20
301“, 1922 2/- SG120 l.m.m. very light toning, still attractive. STC £50 (1)10
302“, 1926-27 short set to 3/- SG157-170 m.m. (1/2d SG158 used) STC £92+ (15)14
303“, 1926-27 5/- SG171 m.m. STC £24 (1)8
304“, 1926-27 10/- SG172 m.m. STC £65 (1)20
305“, 1937-99 m.m. & u. colln. on lvs.; largely compl. with GVI defin. sets m. or u., RSW m.m., etc.; QE with better noted. (100s)46
306“, 1938-43 set SG217-231 m.m. STC £75 (21)11
307“, 1938-43 2/6 SG229a (damaged value tablet) used, couple nibbled perfs. & weak corner, but STC £20013
308Mauritius 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG245-8 m.m. STC £35 (4)8
309“, 1938-49 set SG252-263a m.m. (with ‘clean gum’) STC £120 (12)18
310“, 1937-49 GVI Commem. sets m.m. STC £24+ (5 sets)6
311“, 1950 set SG276-290 m.m. STC £70 (1c SG276 slightly short corner) (15)11
312Monaco 1885 75c black on pink Mi8 STC £300, one blunt perf., but attractive. Sold ‘as-is’ (1)7
313“, 1933 1f50 Prince Louis SG134 l.m.m. STC £50 (1)12
314“, 1933 Air surcharge set SG143 m.m. only 100k issued. STC (a laughable) £35 (1)8
315“, 1949-51 Red Cross perf. & imperf. quarter sheet blocks of 4 from the original sheets MS408-9 & the surch. sheets MS458-9 all u.m. (4)65
316Montenegro M.&u. colln. on lvs., unchecked so may contain the odd ‘gem’! Mostly good to fine. (c.170)10
317Morocco Agencies c.1907-45 m./u.m./u. slight dupl. in places, mainly fine, some better STC £250+ (83)32
318Netherlands 1852 5c (pl.3) four wide margins, g.-f.u. (1)9
319“, 1928 Olympics set SG363-70 g.-f.u. STC £70+ (8)6
320“, 1933 Seamens’ Fund set SG413-6 g.-f.u. STC £50+ (4)4
321“, M.m. seln. with better 1950-57 sets incl. ‘51 Castles, ‘51 Riebeeck, ‘56 Rembrandt, etc. STC £230 (35)10
322Nevis 1862 6d SG7 m.m., sl. rounded lower-left corner, otherwise attractive. STC £160 (1)24
323“, 1866-76 1/- SG13 some rough perfs. & tone spots, STC £300 (1)30
324Newfoundland 1862-64 6d rose-lake SG20 in fine mint block of four. STC £140 (1)24
325New Hebrides (French) 1920-21 10c on 5c, 30c on 10c & 50c on 25c c.t.o. STC £39 as used (3)5
326New Zealand 1864 1/- SG100 f.u. 4 good margins, attractive stamp, STC £275 (1)48
327“, 1891-98 Life Insurance 1/- SG L6 g.u. centred low-left, STC £150, scarce stamp. (1)60
328“, 1891-98 Life Insurance 3d & 6d SG L4, L5 g.u. STC £115 (2)22
329“, 1913-37 Life Insurance 2d purple, 3d & 6d SG L28, L30, L31 l.m.m. STC £160 (3)40
330“, 1913-37 Life Insurance stamps 3d used; 6d m.m. SG L35, L36 STC £74 (2)19
331“, 1915-27 8d Official SG O103 m.m. STC £65 (1)17
332“, 1915-27 9d official SG O104 g.u. STC £38 (1)8
333“, 1915-27 1/- official SG O105 l.m.m. STC £23 (1)6
334“, 1927-33 2/- official SG O112 av. u. (small closed tear at top) STC £130 (1)12
335“, 1967 fiscal set SG F219-F222 (line perf.) STC £65 (4)18
336“, 1974 C’wealth Games silver dollar proof coin & Paraplegic special stamp pack. (2)5
337“, S/book with early-modern ranges, sl. duplication, a few better, poor to fine. (100s)12
338Nigeria 1938-51 2/6 SG58 p.13x111/2 m.m. STC £60 (1)7
339North Borneo 1883 2c SG1 used? (slight mark on face) STC £70 (£42 as mint) rough perfs. (1)9
340“, 1883 8c on 2c SG2 unused believed (by the the vendor) to be genuine, but no certificate, so sold ‘as-is’ STC £1,300 as mint. (1)130
341“, 1886 5c on 8c SG19 m.m. STC £140 usual roughish perfs. (1)28
342“, 1899 4c on 18c SG116, poor mint (rounded corner), uncommon stamp. STC £19 (1)4
343“, 1948 RSW set SG350-1 m.m. STC £32+ (2)9
344Northern Rhodesia 1953 set SG61-74 m.m. STC £75 (14)12
345Norway 1909 2k (horiz. shading) m.m. STC ¤150+, light gum folds, etc. (1)8
346Nyasaland 1947 1d Leopard SG160 x 500, each on piece, some in pairs, useful for p’marks? flaws? (500)3
347Pakistan, Bahawalpur 1945 10r SG32 c.t.o. Attractive STC £130 (1)24
348Papal States 1852 4b black on buff unused horiz. pair good margins at base, into at left, others close/into with BPA certificate (1)70
349“, 1868-70 SG43 3c black on grey used, with BPA certificate. some surface rubbing, thinning, etc. (1)28
350Parma 1859 80c unused, blue stain, ‘as-is’ (1)8
351Pitcairn Is. 1949 RSW set SG11-12 m.m. STC £42 (2)10
352“, range of u.m. defin. sets with ‘57-63 to 2/6, ‘64-65 to 8/-, ‘67 to 45c & ‘69-75 to $1 STC £90 (53)17
353Poland 1941-44 Exiled Gov’t. Three sets m. or u.m. incl. Monte Cassino STC £120+ (20)28
354“, Reg. cover ‘20 X 1942’ with 1941 Exiled G. set f.u (special cancels), censor mark on reverse (1)22
355Portugal 1989 Year Pack (1)6
356“, 1990 Year Pack (1)6
357“, 1991 Year pack (1)7
358“, Madeira Year Packs for 1990, 1991 & 1992 (3)15
359Prussia 1861-65 3pf mauve SG25 (roul.) used STC £350 (1)18
360Rhodesia 1910-13 1/- & 2/- p.14; 2/- p.13 SG 151, 153 & 177 g.u. STC £180 (3)24
361Roumania 1918 1b trial o’print in red, plus traces of red ink at top & base of stamp. U.m. (1)10
362Russia 1895 Tobacco revenues 5r, 21/2r x2 STC £60 (Barefoot) (3)18
363“, s/book with revenues, heavily dupl. in the first few pages. STC £250+ (Barefoot)10
364“, 1870-1970 M.&u. Accum on alb. lvs., from various sources. (100s)28
365“, 1917-23 dupl. seln. in pkts., worthwhile-looking mix! (200+)10
366Saar c.1920-26 m. or u. colln. (often both) otherwise all different, worth checking. (150+)22
367St. Helena 1856 6d SG1? (more probably 1861 perf. cut down) still useful filler. Sold ‘as-is’ (1)5
368“, 1922-37 2/6 SG109 m.m. STC £16 (1)5
369“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG124-7 u.m. - scarce as such. STC £35 as m.m. (4)11
370“, 1935 Silver Jub. set SG124-7 g.-f.u. STC £30 (4)9
371St. Lucia 1863 (1d) SG5 g.-f.u. STC £110 (1)16
372“, 1912-21/1921-30 m.&u. seln. to 1/- with better vals. mostly g.-f., high catalogue value (24)17
373“, 1936 set to 5/- SG113-123 & 1935 Silver Jub. set SG109-112 m.m. STC £60+ (15)13
374“, 1938-48 set SG128-141 g.u. STC £35 (17)8
375St. Vincent 1948 RSW £1 SG163 g.-f.u. STC £35 (1)10
376“, 1949-52 set SG164-177 m.m. STC £38 (19)8
377Samoa mainly m. ranges, surely not all reprints?! Mostly good to fine. (31)13
378Sarawak 1888-97 4c, 6c, 12c unused; 10c, 25c g.u. SG11,13,15,16,18 STC £145 (5)22
379“, 1889-92 5c on 12c SG25 m.m. lightly toned gum. STC £32 (1)6
380“, 1889-92 5c on 12c SG26a (‘no stop’) unused STC £170 (1)50
381“, 1895 2c (both printings), 4c, 6c, 8c SG28,28c,29,30,31 fine unused. STC £110 (5)22
382“, 1899 4c on 6c SG34 m.m. (diagonal crease) STC £55 Attractive. (1)8
383“, 1947 set SG150-164 m.m. only STC £17, but scarcer than this! (15)9
384“, 1948 RSW set SG165-6 m.m. STC £48+ (2)13
385Seychelles 1897-1900 1r50 SG35 m.m. STC £85 (1)20
386“, 1897-1900 2r25 g.u. faults, attractive spacefiller STC £85 (1)5
387“, 1902 45c on 2r25 SG45 l.m.m. STC £50 (1)17
388“, 1903 75c, 1r50, 2r25 l.m.m./m.m. SG54, 55, 56. STC £110+ (3)22
389“, 1903 2r25 SG56 m.m. STC £58 (1)11
390“, 1906 m.m. 1r50 SG69 m.m. STC £60 (1)18
391“, 1917-22 1r, 1r50 SG94, 95 m.m. STC £28 (2)10
392“, 1917-22 2r25 SG96 m.m. STC £50 (1)17
393Sicily 1859 5gr mint SG4 slight oxidisation, nice & attractive stamp. (1)18
394“, 1859 10g SG5 used, looks fine, but small tear at left. ‘as-is’ (1)18
395“, 1859 50g mint SG7 worth a gamble! (1)38
396Sierra Leone 1938-44 2/- to £1 m.m. STC £65, plus 6 lower vals., a few ragged perfs., etc. most fine. (10)6
397Singapore 1962-66 set SG63-77 mint, most fine u.m. ($2 l.m.m.) STC £55 (16)9
398Somalia 1955-62 mainly m.m./u.m. slight dupl. several sets incl. ‘61 butterflies, etc. STC £130+ (63)15
399Somaliland Prot. 1904 5r SG44 m.m. (patchy gum) STC £70 (1)12
400“, 1942 set SG105-116 m.m. STC £45 (12)8
401South Africa 1925 9d Air stamp SG29 g.u. STC £75 (1)7
402“, 1942-44 War Effort bantams 1/- 2 blocks of 4 (one with ‘smoking L’ variety, the other ‘Bursting shell’ variety) used STC £198 (2)20
403“, 1942-44 2d pair of bantams with ‘Line on cap’ flaw) STC £80 (1)10
404“, large quantity of stamps in bundles, packets, some pairs and triplets. (1,000s)12
405“, similar lot to the last, but slightly larger quantity. (1,000s)14
406“, Large off-paper accum. in club bklts., etc. Mainly cheaper material. (1,000s)11
407South Arabian Fed. (Hadramaut) 1966 New Currency surch. set SG53-64 u.m. STC £32 (12)14
408“, (Seiyun) 1966 New Currency surch. set u.m. STC £42 (13)18
409South Russia 1919 20k Currency stamp SG33 u.m. (slight natural paper crease) STC £25. Scarce. (1)9
410South West Africa 1923-26 2/6 pair SG24 m.m. (poor gum) STC £48 (1)9
411“, 1923-26 5/- pair SG25 m.m. (poor gum & tone spots) STC £75 (1)9
412“, 1927 5/- SG53 m.m. pair (toned gum) STC £75 (1)18
413“, 1927 10/- SG54 m.m. pair STC £65 (1)19
414“, 1931 10/- SG84 f.u. pair STC £50 (1)18
415“, 1938 & 1939 sets SG109-110, SG111-113 fresh m.m. STC £100+ (5 pairs)11
416“, 1935-36 Voortrekker set SG92-95 m.m. (1/2d a few toned perfs.) STC £26 (4)6
417“, 1939 set SG111-113 f.u. (scarce as such) STC £45 (3)8
418Sudan 1938 Air surcharge set SG74-77 m.m. STC £50 (4)10
419Swaziland 1965 Independence overprint set SG142-160 u.m. STC £32 (19)14
420Switzerland 1854-1990 m.&u. colln. on lvs. from earlies & incl. Pro-Juv, Pro-Patria, P.Dues & others. Some better (High vals., etc.) but check carefully as very mixed condition (100s)44
421“, 1914 3f red SG295 m.m. (gum crease) STC £120, attractive. (1)12
422Tobago 1879 5/- SG5 with pen cancel and postal cancel. A few roughish perfs. STC £800 as postal (1)16
423Transvaal 1895 10/- imperf. colour proof on gummed paper. (1)42
424“, 1904-09 2/6 SG269 m.m. STC £55 (1)8
425“, 1904-08 10/- SG271 m.m. STC £85 (1)15
426Turks Is. 1867 no wmk. set 1d m.m.; 6d & 1/- g.-f.u. stamps partially trimmed from sheet, most clear of perfs., 1/- just into in a couple of places. STC £245 (3)50
427“, 1881 4d on 6d SG43 unused (thinned) STC £100, attractive. (1)11
428“, 1881 1d SG49 (CC) m.m. STC £85 (1)16
429USSR 1933 Stratosphere set f.u. STC £46 (3)19
430“, 1866-1980 m.&u. in s/book & loose in pkt. Much 1960s (c.900)20
431U.S.A. 1857-1999 mainly u. colln. in alb., many unusual items seen, but mixed condition throughout. Some labels, cut-outs, fiscals, plus seln. of Canal Zone & Philippines. (100s)38
432“, 1861-62 5c brown-yellow Scott 67a with red grid cancel, left marginal with straight edge. STC $1250+55
433“, 1867 10c lightly used with ‘F’ grill Scott 96, centred high. (1)12
434“, c.1869-1913 u. accum. in mixed cond. incl. 1870 90c red, ‘93 Columbus heavilly dupl. vals. to 15c (3), various later issues with better. Worth checking STC £2,000+ (140+)30
435“, Lighthouse printed alb. with useful m.&u. colln. from earlies. Perhaps a little sparse in places? 1898 Columbian to 50c (straight edge at left), various decent defins. & commems., some imperfs. (incl.SG MS731, 739-48, MS749&750, etc.) to 1969. a few faults (some mint damp affected, etc.), but generally good to fine. (100s)70
436“, Useful-looking, dupl. accum. from earlies to modern in s/book. Take a close look as we saw the odd unusual item! Mixed condition throughout. (1,000s?)44
437“, Massive quantity of on & off-paper stamps sorted into pkts. & envelopes, plus others (incl. mint face value stamps) in two stockbooks. (1,000s)28
438USA (continued), Large s/book - lots of revenues, mint blocks & postal cards. (100s)20
439“, Cigar box filled with blocks of 4 - most value in the face value. (mostly 5c or 8c stamps) (100s)18
440“, Airmails m.&u. colln. on printed lvs. 1926-1991 - sorry, but there are no Zeppelins! (c.120)5
441Zululand 1888 Natal £1 fiscal with Zululand o’print used; slightly washed & short corner, but scarce. (1)20

United Kingdom Lots

4421840-1999 colln. in album with poor 1d black, various line-engraved & surface printed to 5/- SG127 pl.1 & SG180; E7 to 5/-; dupl. GV to 10/- (both); GVI with 10/- dark blue f.u., £1 RSW u.m.; good ranges of QE, plus country stamps, Channel Is., etc. Enormous catalogue value. (100s)80
4431840 1d black ‘B-D’ 3 good to wide margins (3/4of the other, just touching/into top-right) red M/Cross50
4441840 1d black ‘J-K’ 4 margins; slight surface rubbing. (1)40
4451841 1d 4 margins (close to wide) with neat “6” London numeral Maltese Cross cancel, plus another with part “9” numeral M/C cancel. STC £340 (2)34
4461841-1981 m.&u. colln. in alb. small range of stamps to GVI then better seln. with m.m. colln. of more modern incl. commem. sets & Machin High Vals.; plus various P.Dues, etc. (100s)26
4471847-54 6d embossed cut square (possibility of ‘rejuvenated’ corner or two?) STC £1,000 very slight surface adhesion. (1)70
4481847 6d embossed SG58/61 cut square, two margins (top & right - part of next stamp at r.), close/touching left & very slightly into at base. (Edinburgh) ‘131’ cancel. Attractive, scarce item STC £1,000 (1)75
4491847-54 10d embossed SG57 cut square, 2 good margins, touching/into on other two. (possibility of couple of the corners being repaired?) STC £1,500. Very attractive and scarce item. (1)95
4501847 1/- embossed SG54/56 cut square 4 margins (top & right good/wide, other two close) minor corner crease top left, STC £1,000 minimum. (1)100
4511858-79 1d red pl.172 vert. strip of 4 (‘J-A’ to ‘M-A’), poor mint, but with left sheet margin & inscription attached. STC £135++, some faults. See photo on Facebook page. (1)20
4521869-74 accum. of 1d reds on covers to Edinburgh, mainly Scottish cancels. A couple with 2 stamps, some roughly opened, or damaged. Many better/unusual. Useful lot. (28)26
4531869-74 a broadly similar lot to the last. (27)26
4541870 1/2d pl.11 used, inverted wmk. some slight toning. STC £150 (1)14
4551871 cover Aberdeen-Edinburgh (faults) with pair of 1/2d pl.8. Plus 1872 part-cover with 1/2d with imperf. left side (from sheet margin) cancelled Edinburgh duplex. (2)10
4561862-64 1/- SG89 deep purple & 1/- SG90 green, g.u. STC £675 (2)15
4571867-80 1/- SG115-117 pl.4 to pl.7 set. STC £220 (4)8
4581867-83 5/- SG126-127 pl.2 used with reg. cancel, some wrinkles & not too fresh, but STC £1,350 (1)19
4591872/1873 three covers/part covers England-Natal; each franked 1/- SG117 (2 x pl.5, 1 x pl.6) covers with faults, the best one with boxed instructional ‘insufficient postage ...’ mark. (3)20
4601873-80 6d SG146-147 plates 13 to 17 g.u. STC £495+ decent for these. (5)13
4611881 1d 14 dot SG170 unused (small part o.g.) STC £220 for m.m. (1)19
4621887-2011 used colln. in alb. with a few better/higher items. High cat. QV to 2/6, E7 to 1/- GV 10/-, GVI to £1 (2), etc. Poor to very fine (100s)38
4631904 2s01/2d bklt. SG BA1 the first official UK booklet! some faults (bends to cover, etc.; couple of internal creases, etc.), otherwise fine & complete. STC £450 (1)80
4641909 Parcel post label ‘Inverkeithing’ 5d postage & 2d registration, ‘MY 17 09’ CDS; stamps cancelled Edinburgh. Despite slight faults, very attractive and unusual (1)14
4651910 1/2d control strip of 3 (‘I 10’), perf. H1a. 2 u.m., right stamp m.m. light crease in left margin and some minor toning, but scarce & STC £160. (1)32
4661914-22 P.Due set SG D1-D8 g.u. STC £32 (8)5
4671924-26 1/2d to 2d SG418wi-421wi (wmk. inv.) in u.m./m.m. blocks of four STC £250+ (4 blocks)20
4681924-31 P.Due set SG D10-18 av.-g.u. STC £60 (9)7
4691924 & 1925 Wembley sets SG430 g.u., 431 m.m., 432 poor mint & 433 m.m. (4)9
4701935 3/- Silver Jubilee bklt. SG BB28, not too bad, but incomplete. (1)7
4711952-54 Tudor Wildings: singles pairs, blocks 21/2d(4),3d(6),4d(8),6d(9),7d(2),9d(6),1/3(2)STC £23822
4721960s-90s box with large seln. of souvenir packs, Year packs, a few Pres. packs high face. (27 items)30
4731970 (mainly) FDC colln. in alb. incl. ‘77 Jubilee Tour covers, some commem. covers, etc. p.-f. (100+)8
4741971-2001 used collection of commems. (& some defins.) in alb. largely compl. most appear fine-v.f.20
4751977-87 Machin High value set l.m.m. (8)7
4761980-86 alb. with range of FDCs incl. better (High val. Machins, prestige panes, etc.) mostly Bureau (96)8
4771980s-90s seln. of Presentation Packs, face value £11+ (8)8
4781983 (25 May) to 1992 (10 Nov) Bureau FDCs colln. in Royal Mail alb. with better (97)19
4791985, 1986 & 1987 Year Packs, stamps fine u.m. (3)12
4801985 Year Book, slight bruising to slip case, STC £75 (1)5
4811987 Year Book still sealed STC £35 (1)6
4821988 Year Book, fine STC £37 (1)6
4831988, 1989 Year Packs, stamps fine u.m. (2)8
4841989 Year Book STC £42 (1)6
4851990, 1991 Year Packs, stamps fine u.m. (2)9
4861992-99 u.m. colln. in partly-filled R.Mail s/book with commems., 1992 Castle H.vals., etc. (300+)38
4871993 (Swans) to 1998 range of Bureau FDCs in Royal Mail alb., plus 1999-2000 Millennium FDCs complete, etc. High catalogue value. (89)18
4881994 (Steam) to 1997 (Golden Wedding) Bureau FDCs in Royal Mail album (51)16
4891994, 1995 Year Packs, stamps fine u.m. (2)14
4901996, 1997 Year Packs stamps fine u.m. High face value. (2)14
4911997 Year Book, still sealed STC £65 (1)9
4921998 (Endangered Species) to 2000 (Sound & Vision) Bureau FDCs in Royal Mail alb. (58)15
4931998 Year Book still sealed STC £85 (1)10
4941998 Year Pack stamps fine u.m., high face value (1)8
4951999 Year Book, still sealed STC £130 (1)10
4961999 Year Pack stamps fine u.m., High face. (1)9
4972000 Year Book good to fine, stamps all fine u.m. STC £110 (1)12
4982001 (Hopes for the Future) to 2003 (Winners’ MS) Bureau FDCs in Royal Mail album (61)15
4992004 (Locomotives) to 2005 (Xmas) - (no Loco’s MS seen) Bureau FDCs in Royal Mail album (42)15
500QV 1d reds - accum. mostly on small pieces (badly cut into) spacefillers only, but worth checking! (100+)8
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