Lot
2175 
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British America, Accumulation, haphazard mix of material mainly on stock cards and pages, countries include Jamaica, British Guyana, Grenada, British Honduras, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Turks, British Virgin Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Helena, etc., loaded with mostly 1930-40's KGVI issues and beyond, includes multiples, postmark interest, etc.; please inspect for full evaluation. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,050
Lot
2176
British Asia, Collection, 1857-1950, mint issues of India, Burma, Maldive Islands, Pakistan & Ceylon housed in Minkus album; India starting with a few 1855-64 issues, and completion in QV issues including 1873-1900 issues, 1902-09 KEVII issues complete to the 15r and KGV issues virtually complete, good back-of-the-book with Military, Officials with nice O11 (Sismondo cert) and good later sets, Burma regular issues lacking only the first issue high value for completion, completion in Officials, etc., Maldive & Pakistan issues complete, some Bahawalpur, Ceylon with a few good early issues, 1879 2r50c high value, following surcharge issues with array of good to better issues present with strong later completion, good Officials etc.; Scott catalog $13,780+, overall condition well above the norm throughout, a must see to appreciate. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $4,000
Lot
2177
British Asia, Collection, of mint issues to 1950 housed in Minkus album; starting with Aden complete with Protectorate issues, Bahrain issues complete, Batum well represented with complete 1920 issues needing to be checked (not counted), good Brunei including the 1907-21 long set complete, some good Iraq and Jordan, Kuwait complete including airs and officials, Labuan with later QV issues and good following sets including the 1898 Jubilees and first issue Dues, Malaya strong starting with early Strait Settlements issues including first issues Scott #1-4 & 9, strong later QV issues including good surcharges abound, KEVII & KGV issues near complete, 1907 Labuan overprint set complete, etc., Federated Malay States issues with completion up into the dollar values, similar States with completion into the high values including Johore, Kedah virtually complete, Ketlantan with 1937-40 Sultan Ismail set complete, Negri Sembilan virtually complete, Pahang with better first issues and later completion, Perak with much of the early overprints and surcharges present, Selangor in similar fashion, Trengganu with better, North Borneo with few good early issues and later completion including the 1918 & 1919 Semi-Postal sets, some Palestine and Sarawak mostly complete in sets; Scott catalog $52,550+ with much not counted due to later hinged (and Scott catalog for n.h.), overall condition well above the norm throughout, a must see to appreciate. Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
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Realized: $20,000
Lot
2178
British Asia, Collection, of mint issues on album pages of Hong Kong and Singapore, with issues to 1949; with Hong Kong including #1, few good 1863-80 issues, 1874 $3 and the scarce 1879 10¢ on 12¢ surcharge, 1882-1902 issues near complete, some of the 1885-91 surcharges present, 1891 surcharges complete, 1891 Jubilee, 1903 KEVII issues complete to the $3, 1904-11 issues to the $5, 1912-19 issues to the $5, 1921-37 issue complete and later all present, Singapore issues complete with additional first issue perf varieties; Scott catalog $16,090+, overall condition well above the norm throughout, a must see to appreciate. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $4,250
Lot
2179 /o
British Asia, Accumulation, haphazard mix of material mainly on stock cards and pages, countries include substantial Sri Lanka issues, Palestine, Sarawak, Brunei, Burma, Aden, and Malaysia, mostly 1930-40's KGVI issues and beyond, includes multiples, postmark interest, etc. also includes a Independent country collection, please inspect for full evaluation. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $550
Lot
2180 /o
British Commonwealth, Collection, old time collection in two binders with issues to the 1940's; includes B.E.A. with nice mint early issue, Cayman Islands with a nice run of from first issues on, Cyprus with early overprint issues, Gibraltar with mint QV issues, Gold Coast strong early issues mixed */o with later mint sets, good Malta with later completion, etc., with many nice examples throughout, owner's cat $14,205. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,700
Lot
2181 /o/
British Commonwealth, Collection, selection of various countries to early 1900's neatly mounted on pages in early springback album; includes Bahamas with a various early 1d and 1sh issues, Cape of Good Hope with issues from 1855 on including better mint triangles, duplication in shades, cover and virtually all full margin issues, including the 1858 6d mint x2 and on cover to England, later multiples, etc., Nevis with 1861-76 issue */o, 1879-80 issues complete mint and 1882-90 issues including the key 6d used, St. Lucia with early issues present, later good surcharges, St. Vincent in similar fashion with good early used issues including better shilling values, some later mint, Trinidad from first issues on including multiples, nice showing of later perf'd Britannia issues, Somaliland Protectorate with first two 1903 sets complete mint, Celyon starting 1866 with better mint high values and later surcharges, Cook Islands, Cyprus from 1881 issues with better mint high values, 1894-96 set complete virtually all mint, Falkland Islands from good early issues and later QV high values, Fiji well represented, Gambia with nice imperf 4d QV and later perf'd QV's complete, Gibraltar with 1899 & 1889-95 sets, Gold Coast QV's mostly complete, Jamaica & Malta mint, Mauritius from 1860-63 issues including the scarce 1863 1sh, New Zealand 1898-1900 Pictorial with high values, Niger Coast with later mint Widowheads, Seycelles with strong showing of mint QV's, etc.; nice material throughout, careful evaluation highly recommended. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
Realized: $6,500
Lot
2182 /
British Commonwealth, Better Mint Stock, on stock cards and dealer pages, various singles and sets mostly cataloging in the $200-$500 range; includes Hong Kong with 1891 Jubilee and later QEII sets, New Zealand with 1913 Expo set and a run of Postal Fiscal issues, Canada including $1 Jubilee, Falkland Island sets, Zululand 1894 £5 Specimen, Seychelles 1890 First Issue set complete (cat $575), Cayman Island sets, New Guinea Official & Airmails, sets, Bermuda singles and sets, etc.; fresh material with overall condition above the norm, worth careful evaluation. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
Realized: $6,500
Lot 2183 o
British Commonwealth, Better Used Stock, over 65 singles and sets of better used on identified on dealer pages; some of the better key singles include Malta S.G. 111 (cat £500), B.C.A. S.G. 65-66 (cat £525), Bechuanaland Protectorate S.G. 99/110 (cat £600), Bahamas £1 KGV S.G. 125 (cat £375), Antigua £1 KGV S.G. 61 (cat £375), British Honduras S.G. 93 (cat £450), etc., numerous other better high values and sets including Canada Jubilee high values, Bermuda KGV issues, Cayman Islands, etc.; overall condition well above the norm, an ideal group for the used British Commonwealth collector, inspection highly recommended.Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $4,000
Lot
2184 /o
British Commonwealth, Collection, housed in three large albums, with lots of mint runs and sets throughout; starting with G.B. issues mostly useful used but with some better including a few QV & KEVII high values, mint 1919 Seahorse set, Aden 1939-48 KGV set mint, Hong Kong with some better early issues, India with useful States, Burma with some good mint high values, K.U.T., Malaysia with some good definitive runs, Australia with some good Roos */o, Samoa with Palm Tree sets. Bermuda with good to better high value definitives mint, Canada with good small Queens, Cayman sets, and much more; inspection recommended. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $3,500