Sale 127: The December Sale

Lot 2858 /o   

British Commonwealth, Stock, thousands of issues mostly housed on dealer's cards in stockboxes & in stockbook and binders; virtually all useful to good issues including Br. Mediterranean & Area with strong sections of Cyprus, Ireland and Malta, Br. Atlantic & Indian Ocean Areas with better sections of Falkland Islands, Ceylon, India & States and Mauritius, section of Canada & Province, useful collections of Malta & Churchill topical, also modern British Solomon sheet hoard; owner's catalog value well in excess of $16,160, condition a little mixed, please inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.



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Lot 2859    

British Commonwealth, Cover Group, 1900-40's, of seven better covers and card; includes 1930 Auckland, N.Z. to England with large "Damaged By Sea Water" boxed handstamp, 1911 OHMS official usage Suva to Levuka, Gibraltar censor and missent usages, and Victoria "Tattersall" cover, etc.; please inspect.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Lot 2860 /   

British Commonwealth, Holding, collector's "catch all" accumulation of mostly mint, somewhat haphazardly presented mostly on stock and dealer cards; with a little QV but mostly KGV to QEII issues with some later modern, thousands of issues mostly modest value with much good to better dotted throughout, sections include Canada & Provinces, Leeward Islands with some better, Falkland Islands mostly modern, Sudan, good Montserrat specimen sets and much more; please inspect for full evaluation.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $425

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Lot 2861 S   

British Commonwealth, Specimen Group, mix of issues and countries housed on stockcards; including B.C.A. with Coat of Arms high values, Montserrat S.G. 48s, Kenya & Uganda KGV high values, various Sierra Leone issues, Fiji due set, Solomon Islands 1908 canoe set mostly complete, British Guiana S.G. 193-205 and much much more; a nice group with many high value throughout, worth review.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $260

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Lot 2862 /   

British Commonwealth, Mint Holding, collector's "catch all" accumulation somewhat haphazardly presented mostly on stock and dealer cards; with a little QV but mostly KGV to QEII issues with some later modern, thousands of issues mostly modest value with much good to better dotted throughout, includes many mint multiples including some good matched sets, various varieties including imperfs and inverted watermarks, etc.; lots of material, careful evaluation recommended.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $425

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Lot 2863 /o/   

British Commonwealth, Balance, an interesting balance of hundreds housed in seven Scott albums, a very eclectic mix with interesting ranges of Fiji, South Africa and other areas of British Asia and the Pacific, very good run of Burma with KG V set to the 5/, some useful Officials and Japanese Occupation issues, a very significant used collection of India, with a very appealing range of early stamps used, with later material, Gandhi set used included, some better Officials, Convention and Feudatory states etc, a very interesting mix, definitely worth a look, should prove rewarding.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $575

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Lot 2864 /   

British Commonwealth, Collection, 1911-99, various complete mint sets displayed on pages in 8 binders; from KGV issues on with highlights including Ascension first issue complete, Bahamas definitive set to the £1, Bechuanaland Protectorate 1932 set, Bermuda 1910-24 set with additional 1932 12s6d issue, Kenya & Uganda definitives to the £1, Rhodesia double head issue denominations complete to the 10sh, Tanganyika issue to the £1, etc., others including Sierra Leone with Wilberforce set to the 10sh and the St. Helena Centenary set, nice run of KGVI issues including Bermuda high value definitives with shade/perf varieties, Falklands Island sets, Malaya-Singapore set, etc., strong QEII sets and a nice array of later issues; nice fresh material throughout, mostly hinged with some later n.h., worth proper review.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.




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Realized: $5,500

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Lot 2865 /o   

British Commonwealth, British Colonies, a banker's box full of British material in all forms; an old time dealers stock; huge Retail.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2866    

British Commonwealth, British Covers, two Banker's boxes from a 3 generation collection through about the 1970's; include some spectacular FDC's with good frankings; probably 600-800 covers; inspection will be well rewarded!
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $675

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Lot 2867 /   

British Commonwealth, Omnibus Collection, on pages in four binders; includes 1935 Silver Jubilee set, 1937 Coronation, 1945-46 Victory, 1948 Royal Silver Wedding set (lacking only Gibraltar & Zanzibar high values), 1949 UPU, 1951 BWI University, 1953 Coronation and all the later to 2005, mostly hinged with some n.h.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $625

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