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The Robert A. Mason Collection of Worldwide Revenues

Lots 4497-4506 Lots 4507-4516 Lots 4517-4526 Lots 4527-4529

Lot 4507 /o   

British Commonwealth, Revenue Issue Mixed Stocks & Collection Balance, in 17 stockbooks/binders, album and in glassines in stockbox; books with material including Jersey revenue specimens, Canada cigarette issues, Hong Kong, some New Zealand, fair bit of G.B. & India including specimen section, Ceylon collection, Mauritius stock, some South Africa issues, etc.; mix of material with some duplication to be expected.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 4508 /o   

Europe (Eastern), Revenue Accumulation, mix of material in stockbooks, glassine stock, stock and album pages, etc.; includes a Romania & Russia stock in stockbox, stockbooks with Czechoslovakia & Croatia issues, Bulgaria with stock and a nice run of on document items, Lithuania stock & documents group, Romania collection on old-time pages, Estonia stock, Croatia collection, etc.; a nice assembly for the revenue specialist.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $750

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Lot 4509 /o   

France, & Area Revenue Accumulation, mostly France stocks on pages and glassine with some material organized on pages; glassine stock arranged by issues including Affaires Etrangers, Affiches, Controle, Connaissements, Copies, Dimension, etc., pages in similar fashion including some Parcel Post Tax issues, Charente & Municipal's on pages, etc.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $525

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Lot 4510 /o   

German Area, Revenue Issue Accumulation, substantial holding of stocks in glassines arranged in boxes, on dealer pages, stockbooks, etc., and some in collection format on album pages; includes glassine stock with general Germany issues including stock transfer, patent office, income tax, bill of lading, court of law fee, premium bonds & obligation, sale tax, documentary, court fee, etc., then a run of state/provincial issues in similar fashion, additional state issues on dealer pages, approval page stock with railroad issues, foreign exchange, companies registration, statistical tax, bill of exchange and a host of state issues, additional stocks and collection of state issues, some document and sheet material, etc.; a wonderful holding ideal for the German revenue specialist, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 4511    

Great Britain, Revenue Issues Accumulation, a truly massive holding of tens of thousands of stamps housed mainly on glassines and loose in envelopes, with other material on stock and album pages; with the gamut of stamp issues and includes some embossed revenue material, modest to heavy duplication to be expected with issues including Consular Service, Judicature Fees, Receipt, Foreign Bill, District Audit, Excise, Bankruptcy, Companies Registration, Chancery Court, Contract Note, Inland Revenue, Additional Medicine, Admiralty Court, Companies Winding Up, Civil Service, Common Law Court, Contract Note, District Audit, Diplomatic Service, etc., some regional issues, multiples, high values, etc.; careful inspection highly recommended for full evaluation.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 4512 /o   

Great Britain, Railway Parcel & Newspaper Parcel Stamp Collection, many hundreds on stockpages in four binders; wide range of issues including a nice showing of various Midland Railway, North British Railway, North Eastern Railway including newspaper issues, Preston & Wyre Railway, Western S.M.T. Co. Ltd., National Circular Delivery with various local issues, David MacBrayne, Ltd. Motor Services, Caledonia Railway, The Furness Railways, Great Central Railway, Great Eastern Railway, Great Northern Railway, London Brighton South Coast Railway, London and North Western Railway issues with some pleasant duplication, British Railways Newspaper including on large Yorkshire Post piece, and many many more; a wonderful assembly of this seldom seen material.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 4513 /o   

Great Britain, Revenue Balance, substantial accumulation of material including stocks and on document material; includes a stock of general revenues from Admiralty Court to Unemployment Insurance, some embossed issues, Ireland and local issues, nice group of Medicine Duty stamps including some multiples, nice group of Specimen overprint items including sets, some Telegraph issues, mix of documents worth checking; inspection highly recommended for proper evaluation.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $3,250

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Lot 4514    

Great Britain, National Insurance Stamp Collection, includes Health & Pensions & Unemployment Insurance issues; with a large range of notices, documents, part filled books and cards, empty cards, NI stamps used on cover as postage stamps, bags of heavily duplicated stamps, mainly early period; rare in such quantity, ex-Dr. C. Graham.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 4515 /o   

Great Britain, Embossed Revenue Accumulation, a massive collection, stock & hoard of material housed in two large boxes; includes the range of embossed revenue paper indicia cuts including Checques & Receipts, Bills of Exchange & Promissory Notes, Bankruptcy, Patent, Inland Revenue, Stamp Duty, Consular Service, Companies Registration, Estate Duty, Legacy & Session Duty, Ireland issues, etc., includes a section of early colored paper embossed revenues with lead cuts, later vermilion embossed paper issues including on pages arranged by letter dies for the various revenue issues, also the gray embossed perforated stamp issues well represented up to the £100 value, section of multiple franking pieces, some documents, also includes a hoard of many thousands mostly sorted by issue with strong to somewhat heavy duplication at times; a wonderful assembly of these issues and an excellent foundation for continuation.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 4516 /o   

India, Revenue Issues Stock, several thousand stamps housed and some identified in glassines arranged in five boxes; includes a nice showing of general issues including Agreement, Passenger Fee, Brokers' Note, Excise, Consular, Court Fee, Foreign Bill, High Court, Insurance, Defence, National Savings, Notarial, Postal Note, Receipt, Share Transfer, Small Cause Court including Calcutta issues, Telegraph, etc., largest portion residing in the individual State issues with strong sections of Alwar, Bikaner, Cochin, Hyderabad, Indore, Mewar, Nawanagar, Sangli, with other typically showing a pleasant range of issues; lots of material, inspection highly recommended.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,300

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Lots 4497-4506 Lots 4507-4516 Lots 4517-4526 Lots 4527-4529

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