Sale No: 782
Lot No: 456
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Cat No: Collection
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British Commonwealth, "Warm Up the Omnibus!" Comprehensive Common Design Types Mint Collection, 1935-2006, Albums, binders and stockbooks filled with mint singles, blocks, mini-sheets, booklets and FDCs across the British Empire from KGV's Silver Jubilee to QEII's 80th Birthday and most everything in between. The Silver Wedding Anniversary of 1948 is here, as well as the 1937 Coronation, the Peace Issue, the 1953 Coronation, and University, the latter four in singles & blocks. Many extras, such as 65 FDCs from the 1986 Royal Wedding, a binder of QEII's 60th Birthday made up almost entirely of gutter pairs, and published by New Zealand Post, a limited edition in hardcover celebrating the 60th Anniversary of QEII's Coronation. Also, many unlisted items, like a folder with 27 souvenir sheets from the 1981 Royal Wedding, all with specimen overprints, numerous inverted watermarks, such as those for the Falklands, Pitcairns, and Tristan da Cunha, and many imperfs, for example, souvenir sheets from Nevis issued for the Queen Mother's 85th Birthday. For those even with the just the slightest interest in the Royal Family and all things Britain, an exhaustive collection with enormous catalogue value, generally Fine to Very Fine, video flips viewable online. Shipping charges apply - weight 64 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $3,000-4,000
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Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-27-2023, 16:17:40 EST
Sold For 1500
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