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British Commonwealth Collections

Lots 2677-2686 Lots 2687-2696 Lots 2697-2706 Lots 2707-2716 Lots 2717-2724

Lot 2687 /o/   

British Asia, Collections, 1923-1990s, in 2 Scott albums and stock book loaded with better material, multiples, covers and better duplication throughout; includes Bahrain 1-13 mint, 14 used, 34-37, 38-51, 52-61A, good QEII and Sheik Khalifah, nicely filled through the 90s, Kuwait with Iraqi administration 1-15 (missing #7), 17//32, 45-59, 68 pane of 64 m.n.h., covers, many booklets and nicely filled through the 60s, closer look will be rewarding.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2688 /o   

British Commonwealth, Balance, selection of 22 stamp mostly mint on stockcard; with G.B. including 1840 1d black used, S.G. #6 mint o.g. (cat £600) and a few later unused, unused Queensland 1879-81 issues, Bechuanaland Scott #93 5sh pair (thin, cat $700), Bermuda KGVI mint high values to £1, few used early Canada issues, Honduras $5 KEVII unused (regummed) and a B.S.A.Co. 1d marginal imperf; condition mixed.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $190

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Lot 2689 o   

British Commonwealth, Used Ecclectic Early Approval Books, 20 European-made approval books with hundreds of mostly used 19th century stamps Queen Victoria to KGV, good Great Britain, Hong Kong, Australia and States, India and States, Malaya and States, Cape of Good Hope, etc., condition varies, estimated Scott value $7,500-$10,000, great old-time group, worth careful inspection.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $600

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Lot 2690 /o/   

British Commonwealth, Selection, 1856-1980, with a small section of Southern Nigeria and Rhodesia mounted in Scott Specialty album with multiples, stationery and covers; St. Helena includes used 5 (2), 10, 16, 18-21, 28, mint 7, 39, blocks 61-66, 73-74 blocks, Seychelles 1//19 (missing #11), 38-47, 56-61, 125//148 (missing 144), 173-190, then later issues, Southern Rhodesia 1-4, 5 specimen, 17-18 used, 32-42 mint, Southern Nigeria 1-13 mint, 16-30, with various covers and stationery; well worth the estimate and review recommended.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2691 /o   

British Commonwealth, Collection, 19th and 20th Century mint and used in two Stanley Gibbons Imperial albums and a Scott binder, better countries noted are Great Britain, Australia, Canada, India and States etc., including various Victoria, KGV and KGVI, also 16 small 1930-40s approval books with some worthwhile issues, condition varies, review recommended.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2692 /o   

British Commonwealth, Postal Stationery Collection, of more than 170 mint and used items in an album with many H&G identified; includes strong India with some hard to find items, formular, OHMS, East India Service Post Cards, QV cards, registered letters, nice selection of Mauritius envelopes, Natal cards and wrappers, smattering of St. Christopher, St. Lucia, Tobago, with a few Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Nevis, overall a very pleasing selection in better than normal condition with very useful duplication, please inspect.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2693 /o   

British Commonwealth, Better Balance, of 26 items; includes Great Britain 1867 5sh used (SG No. 126 cat. £1,500), South Australia 1869 6d used horizontal pair with partial perf variety (1965 R.P.S.L. cert., SG No. 73), Bahamas 1902 £1 used (SG No. 70 £350), Barbados 1873 5s used (SG No. 64 £300) and 1907 2½d shade variety mint (SG No. 162a £700), British Honduras 1899 25¢ "Bevenue" overprint error mint (SG No. 68a £200), Dominica SG No. 5 & 13 with socked-on-the-nose "Paid At Dominica" crowned circle handstamps, Falkland Islands 1882 1d watermark inverted & reversed mint (SG No. 5y £600) and 1887 4d mint (SG No. 10 £450), Hong Kong 1863 issue inverted watermarks on 4¢, 8¢, 30¢ vermilion, 48¢ and 96¢ brownish gray values used (SG No. 9bw//19w £920), Ireland, 1927 2s6d with reversed accent on "A" variety mint (SG No. 86c £550), Montserrat 1880 4d watermark inverted unused (SG No. 5w £250 for used), Nevis 1876 1s "Crossed Lines on Hill" variety used (SG No. 14b £500) and 1883 6d used (SG No. 32 £350), New Zealand 1867 3d slate lilac unlisted shade variety (2017 R. Odenweller cert., SG No. 117 var.), used St. Vincent with 1873 1s (SG No. 20 £350) 1875 1s (SG No. 21 £250), 1881 ½d unsevered pair (2017 R.P.S.L. cert., SG No. 33a £500) and 1883 4d (SG No. 43a £250), Straits Settlements 1871 96¢ used (SG No. 19a £225); sound choice material throughout.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 2694 /o   

British Commonwealth, Better Group, of 17 items; includes S.G. varieties with Strait Settlements 64w used (£180) and 70w mint (£100), Falkland Is. mint G1c (£225), G6c (£180) and G8c (£150), St. Kitts-Nevis 75a (£250), other items with Tasmania 7 used (£475), N. Borneo 136 mint, Australia 43 used, G.B. O23 (signed Richter), Bermuda 3 mint as well other early Bermuda used, etc.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Lot 2695 /o/   

British Commonwealth, Balance, in 17 albums and stock books filling 2 large boxes; quite a conglomerate of worldwide Commonwealth with nice showings of British Asia, Africa, America, Australia and the Caribbean, Great Britain, Ireland, and good Canada, includes many early issues, later mint n.h, covers, postal stationery, mint and used, really too much to mention and should be viewed to see the potential.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,450

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Lot 2696 /o   

British Commonwealth, Sundry, value packed accumulation of stock housed in 17 sales binders; including many books of Great Britain with better material and ear lies, wide variety of Commonwealth countries with souvenir sheets, imperfs, errors etc., some useful worldwide interspersed including a nice airmail binder, some modest duplication, value throughout, worth review.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $400

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