Sale No: 762
Lot No: 360
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Cat No: Collection
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British Europe, Mint & Used Collection, 1841-2000. Mounted on Minkus pages, we begin with Great Britain (1841-2000), the country that started it all! Here we find a very impressive selection of classics from Queen Victoria on through to King George V. Homemade pages were created to accommodate plate varieties, and there are quite a few including over 60 for #33 alone. Condition does vary among the early issues but are for the most part fine. The collection as a whole is very well-filled and mostly used, with the exception of the 80's, which is almost entirely mint. Included with Great Britain are a selection of regionals as well as offices in Africa, China, Morocco and the Turkish Empire. Moving on to the Channel Islands, both Guernsey (1958-2000) and Jersey (1943-2000) are very well-filled throughout and comprised of mostly mint. Alderney (1983-2000), on the other hand, is entirely mint and looks complete. Isle of Man (1958-2000) too is fairly well-filled and mostly mint. Gibraltar (1886-1998) is entirely mint and almost complete from 1991-98. Malta (1885-2000) is a fairly even mix of mint and used, as is Cyprus (1894-2000) until the early 90's, which from then on is all mint. The Cyprus collection is nearly complete after WWII and also includes a darn near complete collection of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1975-2015). Mostly used until 1980, it is entirely mint afterwards and runs all the way to 2015! Ireland (1922-2000) is also included in this lot and is a mix of mint and used until 1996 and almost all mint thereafter., Fine to Very Fine with the exception of some 19th-century Britain. Shipping charges apply - weight 9 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Dec-04-2021, 13:51:20 EST
Sold For 1200
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