Sale No: 762
Lot No: 361
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Cat No: Collection
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British Pacific, Collection, 1874-2000. Gigantic collection of the British Commonwealth in the Pacific all hinged on Minkus pages. Classics are nothing to write home about, but that's not what this lot is about. Both the Australia and New Zealand collections are very well-filled throughout, but from the early 80's until 2000, they are almost entirely mint and carry enormous face value. Australia also features a mostly mint A.A.T. collection, Christmas Island very nearly complete and mostly mint, a very well-filled Papua New Guinea collection of which the majority are mint, a 50/50 mint and used Norfolk Island, a predominantly mint Cocos (Keeling) Islands collection which looks complete, and a sampling of Australian states. New Zealand dependencies include well-filled, mostly mint collections of Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Penrhyn, Ross Dependency and Tokelau. If that weren't enough, the following areas are also included - Gilbert & Ellice Islands / Kiribati (1935-2000) very well-filled and mostly mint, a 99% mint collection of Tonga with Niuafo'ou both up to 1992, Pitcairn also very well-filled and mostly mint, a 50/50 mix of mint and used for the Solomon Islands (1908-early 90's), Fiji (1880-2000), Nauru (1924-2000), New Hebrides / Vanuatu (1911-1980) and Tuvalu (1976-80's) including a sampling of its outlying islands. If you are a collector of this area, this one is definitely worth a look., Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 14.8 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $2,500-3,000
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Opening US$ 2,200.00
Sold...US$ 2,300.00
Closed..Dec-04-2021, 13:52:06 EST
Sold For 2300
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