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Sale 52: The Westpex Sale

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British Africa to Burma

Lots 2836-2845 Lots 2846-2855 Lots 2856-2865 Lots 2866-2875 Lots 2876-2885 Lots 2886-2893

Lot 2836 /o   

British Africa, Collection, balance of countries on album pages, 19th century mostly used; with Bechuanaland with good showing of issues including better high values and Protectorate with better 1888 surcharges, B.C.A. starting with 1891 first issues to the 10sh and 1895 2sh6d used, etc., B.E.A. with better later issues, Gold Coast missing a few issues for the period, Griqualand with a pleasant selection of issues, New Republic, Orange River Colony with near basic completion, St. Helena with strong completion from #1 on, Seychelles Islands and Sierra Leone approaching completion, Stellaland & Swazieland, Transvaal with better than usual showing of issues including better later high value and surcharges, useful Uganda, good run of Zanzibar and Zululand missing the key issues only; with condition above the norm.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $6,250

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Lot 2837 /o   

British America, Collection, balance of countries on album pages, 19th century mostly used; with complete used Antigua for the period, Bahamas with better including 1861 6d dull violet (Sc. 10a, cat $575) and good later high values, British Honduras missing only some of the scarce issues, Dominica missing only a couple key issues, similar used Falkland Islands with 1878 1d & 1898 high values, Grenada with good completion, complete Jamaica and Leeward Islands with good Jubilee issues including 5sh, good Montserrat and Nevis, St. Christopher and St. Lucia approaching completion, Tobago and later Turks Islands issues, Virgin Islands with 1867 1sh used (Sc. 7, cat $400); with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 2838 /o   

British Asia, Collection, balance of countries on album pages, 19th century issues mostly used; includes Labuan with a selection of QV issues with occasional better including 1881 8c on 12c surcharge (Sc. 13, cat $475) and completion from 1894 on, North Borneo starting with first issues complete and following surcharge issue with good later surcharge issues present and used Sarawak from first issue on including better high value and 1891 surcharge issue (#24, cat $325); with condition well above the norm.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 2839    

British Commonwealth, KGVI Coronation, 1937-1949, group of FDC's seemingly complete, some registered, also small stockbook with low value 1949 Silver Wedding issues.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $90

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Lot 2840 /o   

British Commonwealth, Victoria Era Collection, housed on quadrille pages in large album, all QV issues from various countries, with better catalog value in Bahamas, Canada including mint Jubilees to the 50¢, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Mauritius, St. Helena and Australian States; condition varies, owner's Scott cat approximately $28,000, please inspect for full evaluation.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 2841 //o   

British Commonwealth, Sundry, 1842-1985, better singles and sets, errors, imperfs, varieties; group of British Antarctic Territory, Carribean, KGV, KGVI & QEII sets, various QV singles, colorful content, please inspect closely.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 2842 //o   

British Commonwealth, Sundry, 1842-1985, housed in 2 large binders and 6 small dealer sales books, duplicated varieties, imperfs, color errors, topical souvenir sheets, G.B. gutter pairs, KGVI & QEII definitive sets, Heligoland, and more; please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $750

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Lot 2843 //o   

British Commonwealth, Sundry, 1842-1985, 3 small sales books, much of value in QEII & KGVI sets & singles; also imperfs, varieties, errors, inverted centers, etc; high retail potential, please inspect.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $625

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Lot 2844 /o/   

British Commonwealth, Collection, 1850-1950, displayed in several Scott Specialty albums, including some better British America, including town cancels from many colonies, QV & 3 Kings singles, note some Bermuda KGVI keyplates; British Africa with nice Madagascar, Zululand, Transvaal, Ascension, B.C.A. etc; worth looking a bit deeper.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $6,750

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Lot 2845 //o   

British Commonwealth, Stock, 1850-1980, arranged in perhaps 1,000 dealer cards in red show box, wide range of material, needs much closer examination.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $400

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Lots 2836-2845 Lots 2846-2855 Lots 2856-2865 Lots 2866-2875 Lots 2876-2885 Lots 2886-2893

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