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Sparks Auctions Sale: 30

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
King George VI Used Collection

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 361
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Extensive Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, a fairly comprehensive collection, all neatly written up on 17 quadrille pages, with way too many items to list here, but noted a MAY.10.1937 first day covers (with 1d, 2d, 3d and 1sh stamps to England), 1938-48 high values on two different papers, 1938-51 definitive coil pairs, 1938 Postage Due set, 1942 2d coil pair (SG 205b, £120), 1946-57 Postage Due set, 1949-51 high value set on two different papers, 1948 ½d Kangaroo with "ear flaw" (SG 228a, £40), 1938 2d KGVI with "medallion flaw" (SG 185b, £90), 1937 2d commemorative with "tail flaw" (SG 193a, £140), 1949 UPU Anniversary 3½d first day cover, 1950-51 coil pairs, the 1946 Definitives with B.C.O.F Japan overprint (SG J1-J7a, £275), and more. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:32:25 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 362
Symbol: Cvr/O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 8 quadrille pages, starts with a registered first day cover with the 1937 Coronation set, 1938-52 Definitive set with many shades, printings, new colours, new values, 1942-46 Seal of Colony issues with many shades, 1942 Columbus overprints with shades, 1946 Victory, 1948 Tercentenary set, 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU, etc. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 210.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:33:01 EST
Sold For 210

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 363
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 4 quadrille pages, starts with the 1938-41 Definitive set (SG 20-37, £450), 1942-45 Definitive Low Value set (SG 38-50, £110), 1948 Definitive set (SG 51-60a, £95), 1948 Silver Wedding, 1948 Olympic Games, 1949 UPU and 1951 Definitives set (including three types of the 2r surcharge, these three alone catalogue £212). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 350.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:33:30 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 364
Symbol: Cvr/O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 10 quadrille pages, starts with the 1937 Coronation set first day registered cover, 1939 Tercentenary set, 1938-48 Definitive set with many shades, colour changes, perforations and varieties including #s SG248a (£40), 250dda (£65), 251a (£55), 252cca (£170), 253a (£70), 253b (£70), etc., 1947 surcharges, including a pair with Broken E variety (SG 264d, £110) and a block of 15 on piece with varieties, 1946 Victory block of four with "double flag" variety (£42), Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU set, 1950 Definitive set (£75), first Postage dues (D1-3, £32), 1950 Postage Dues (plus chalky papers £96), and more. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 240.00
Sold...C$ 240.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:34:05 EST
Sold For 240

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 365
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 5 quadrille pages, starts with a registered first day cover of the 1937 Coronation set, 1938-52 Definitive set with shades and printings (basic set SG 118-128 catalogues £100), 1945 Victory set in pairs, 1947 Royal Visit, 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU and Postage Due sets of 1944, 1947 (missing high value) and 1958 (missing high value). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 150.00
Sold...C$ 140.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:35:07 EST
Sold For 140

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 366
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 14 quadrille pages, starts with a registered first day cover (1937 Coronation set), and includes the 1938-53 Definitives set with many shades, colour changes, perforations, followed by an extensive collection of high values, with a total of 59 different stamps. These include papers, perforations, shades, printings, etc (very high catalogue value). The SG 120b stamp is accompanied by a 1976 Royal Philatelic Society certificate. This lovely collection ends with the 1946 Victory (in plate blocks of four), 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 First Stamp and 1949 UPU. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 1,150.00
Sold...C$ 1,150.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:35:32 EST
Sold For 1150

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 367
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 24 quadrille pages, and includes Basutoland, British Somaliland, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Gambia. Mostly complete in period for regular issues, but also includes some FDC, shades, some blocks of four, etc. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 425.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:36:06 EST
Sold For 425

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 368
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 11 quadrille pages, and includes Muscat and Eastern Arabian Agencies (SG 1-24, £237, O1-10, £160), British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia (Silver Wedding, Olympic Games, UPU, 1950-22 Definitives), Palestine (1927-45 Definitives with new values, colours and missing one of the three coils, 1928-45 Postage Dues), Transjordan (1939 Definitive set1942 Definitive set, 1943-44 Definitive set, 1947 Definitive set of new colours and 1942-49 Postage Due sets missing one stamp). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 350.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:36:52 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 369
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 6 quadrille pages, starts with a registered first day cover (1937 Coronation set), and includes the 1934-51 Definitives sets with many shades, printings, perforations, 1946 Victory, 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU, 1951 College and 1940 Postage dues (£48). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 150.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:37:31 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 370
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image 1951 $1 bright violet King George VI, Perforated 14 x 13, used with nice AUG.10.1951 c.d.s. cancel, very fine. (Image)

S.G. £ 600

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 210.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:38:14 EST
Sold For 210

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 371
Symbol: Cvr/O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 7 quadrille pages, starts with three covers (all with the 1937 Coronation set, two have forged first day cancels), and includes the 1938-47 Definitive set with shades and printings, 1946 Victory, 1948 Silver wedding, 1949 St George's Cay, 1949 UPU, 1951 University and Postage due (regular and chalky papers). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:38:48 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 372
Symbol: Cvr/O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all written up on 10 quadrille pages. Starts with a complete set of 13 of the Cyrenaica 1950 issue on three First Day Covers (SG136-148, £225 for stamps alone), Morocco Agencies sets, Spanish Morocco SG 77-93 (£225), Tangier issues including SG 261-275 (£325), 280-88 (£75) and more. Overall very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 425.00
Sold...C$ 600.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:39:39 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 373
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 4 quadrille pages, starts with a registered cover (1937 Coronation set, mailed Nov 5), and includes the 1939 definitives set with many shades and a perforation change, the 1940 postage due set and the 1946 Victory issue. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 130.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:40:06 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 374
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 5 quadrille pages, starts with a registered first day cover (1937 Coronation set), and includes the 1938 Definitive set with new values, 1946 Victory, 1949 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU, 1951 College, 1951 Legislative Council and 1952 Definitive set. Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 140.00
Sold...C$ 140.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:40:51 EST
Sold For 140

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 375
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, all neatly written up on 9 quadrille pages, starts with 1946 Victory set, 1938-40 Definitive set (SG 18b-33, £180), 1939 Officials set (SG O15-27, £150), 1945 Military Administration set, including blocks of four of the 2a6p and 3a6p with "birds flying above the trees" varieties, 1946 Definitive set (SG 51-63, £120), 1946 Officials set (SG O28-40, £250), 1947 Interim Government overprint set, and 1947 Interim Government and Service overprint set (O41-53, £120). Very fine, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 475.00
Sold...C$ 650.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:42:06 EST
Sold For 650

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 376
Symbol: O/Cvr
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues Used in the Canadian Arctic, all written up on 11 pages with 12 covers and a few stamps. We also noted an interesting letter (with cover, mailed to England) written in Chesterfield Inlet in 1951 explaining why there is no service from Repulse Bay. The covers are quite varied, with some Nascopie postmarks, expedition routes and postmarks, Eastern Arctic patrol, etc. Overall very fine group. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 210.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:42:52 EST
Sold For 210

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 377
Symbol: Cvr/O
Cat No: Collection

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image Extensive Collection of Used King George VI Era Issues, with stamps, FDC and commercially used covers, all mounted and written-up on quadrille pages in three albums. Starts with the Mufti issue (singles, booklet panes, coils, etc., noted a crease on collar 3c in a block of four, $60), a 1937 train wreck (Beachville) cover, Nascopie cover, Hudson's Bay "SS Distributor" cover, 1938 75c cover to the Philippines, 1938 45c cover to Argentina, 1943 10c Shilo M.P.O. cover to St. Lucia, 1940 3c "mail service suspended" cover to France, a 1941 $1 Ramezay F.E.C.B. registered cover to India "not opened by censor", several censored covers, and much more. This followed by War and Peace issues, with the same, or similar variety of material, including high denomination first day covers, censored covers, Patriotic, destinations such as Venezuela, Italy, India, Sweden and much more. We counted a total of 193 covers, with a great variety, noting lots of interest in postmarks, destinations, usages, with the usual very fine condition throughout. (Image)

Est $ 1,500

Opening C$ 3,400.00
Sold...C$ 3,400.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:44:09 EST
Sold For 3400

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 378
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Group of Used Overprinted OHMS Officials with "Missing Period After S" Variety, with #s O2a (middle stamp in a strip of three with neat duplex dated AUG.3.1950), O6a single, O7a single and O8a (in a vertical pair). A very fine group. (Image)

Unitrade $ 554

Opening C$ 525.00
Sold...C$ 525.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:45:07 EST
Sold For 525

Sale No: 30
Lot No: 379
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image 1950 10c brown Fur and Drying Skins Vertical Pair, one with G Overprint, One Without, used with light c.d.s. cancels, very fine. Accompanied by a 1992 Greene Foundation certificate. (Image)

Unitrade $ 750

Opening C$ 550.00
Sold...C$ 550.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:45:43 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 30
Lot No: 380
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image 1937 3c carmine King George V Coil, Perforated 8 Vertical, with 5-Hole OHMS Perfin, a lovely used single, with large even margins, scarce and very fine. (Image)

Unitrade $ 240

Opening C$ 65.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..May-22-2019, 13:46:04 EST
Sold For 110

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