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British Commonwealth Area Collections British Africa
Sale No: 762
Lot No: 355
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British Africa, A Superb Holding of Mint Key Sets and Singles, 1875-1938. A valuable and desirable accumulation of several dozen sets and singles from Queen Victoria through King George VI all mint and neatly housed in two stockbooks; begins with a lovely copy of the Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania #40, the scarce £4 value which catalogues $5000 in mint and always realizes a high percentage of Scott whenever offered, on the same page are Natal's King Edward VIII issues in mint 94-95, and the difficult-to-find 109 with a total Scott of $2403; Nyasaland key sets total Scott $1170; British Central Africa Scott $771; excellent Gold Coast has a Scott total of $3380; Northern Nigeria and Nigeria is over $3100 in Scott; Book II is comprised of K.U.T. with two full sets plus extra high-values of Scott 46-59 with a total of $1541, followed by pages of King George VI issues including 28 pound-values of the Scott basic set 66-85 and loaded with rare perforations, altogether an excellent holding of this popular set with varieties, we note some never hinged throughout counted as hinged in our Scott values, an exceptional holding of only key mint issues with a tremendous breakdown resale potential, please check out the scans online to fully appreciate this rare offering, condition is generally fresh and F.-V.F. with a small amount of slight gum toning, overall well worth an extra bid. (Image)
Estimate $6,000-8,000
Opening US$ 5,000.00
Sold...US$ 7,250.00
Closed..Dec-04-2021, 13:47:09 EST
Sold For 7250
Sale No: 762
Lot No: 356
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British Africa, Mint & Used Collection, 1863-2000. Once referred to as the "dark continent", Africa is still a fascinating area for collectors of the British Commonwealth. Some countries merged, others broke away and declared independence and some simply changed names. Whatever the case, you will find almost all in this collection mounted on Minkus pages. Our journey begins in West Africa with mostly mint collections of Sierra Leone (1883-1993), Gold Coast (Ghana) (1876-1989) and Nigeria (1914-2000). Heading down the coast, our next stop is a mint and used collection of South West Africa, better known today as Namibia (1923-2000). Its neighbor, Botswana (1887-1997) and previously known as Bechuanaland, has a good mix of mint and used. To the south is the Republic of South Africa (1910-2000), a mostly used collection accompanied by mostly mint collections of the independent states of Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda all into the mid-80's. Also related are collections of Transvaal, Orange River Colony, Natal, Cape of Good Hope and a very well-filled mint/used collection of Basutoland (Lesotho) (1933-1989) as well as Swaziland (1889-1998) with some better. Rhodesia became the countries of Zambia (1925-1997) and Zimbabwe (1890-2000), and both feature a mix of mint and used until the 80's, then mostly used thereafter. Travelling northeast we encounter a good selection of Malawi (previously British Central Africa / Nyasaland) (1891-1998), Tanzania (1961-1990s) along with a decent selection of Zanzibar (1898-1967), Kenya (1963-2000) and Uganda (1962-2000) with an abundance of souvenir sheets. We end our journey east of Madagascar on the islands of Mauritius (1863-2000), an impressive and even mix of mint and used. Don't be left behind! Botswana images are viewable online to give you a feel for this collection., Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 15 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
