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Sparks Auctions Sale: 32

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Foreign -- Collections & Accumulations

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1869
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Mint and Used Collection in Eight Albums, featuring New Zealand and area to 1953 including 5 nice Chalon Heads, a perforation study of the 1935 pictorial set, large mint and used blocks, some FDCs and back-of-the-book items, Cook is., Tokelau and Samoa. One book holding countries in “S - V”: South-West Africa, see the mint war issues Scott #135-152, Straight Settlements, South Australia, Transvaal and Victoria. A small book holding mainly mint and used complete sets from various countries in the period 1945-1955, two with a collection of the Indian States. Finally, not to be overlooked, two books holding a collection of Rhodesia stamps 1905 to 1968 and 12 different Rhodesia postal stationery and 5 covers. JG (Image)

Est $ 350

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:47:49 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1870
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Dealer Stock on Cards and Pages plus Bermuda Collection, this dealer stock with very low duplication features recent stamps of the Falkland Islands, early Bahamas and Bermuda, early Ireland and a small number of stamps and sets from a large variety of countries. Included is a mint and used collection of Bermuda, starting with Scott #105 and going to 1991. We also noted a small number of interesting non-Commonwealth items. Viewing this one in person is recommended, to better appreciate the contents. (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 325.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:48:23 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1871
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Mint and Used Accumulation in 8 Stockbooks, with emphasis on South Africa and Native Lands, Dominica, Jamaica, Ghana, all these with mostly MNH stamps and souvenir sheets and Great Britain with mostly used stamps. Very fine. JG (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 55.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:49:03 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1872
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Colonial and Dominion Album for King George VI Coronation, May 1937, complete with original closing ribbon and featuring mint and used pairs of all stamps in the omnibus set. (CV as 2 singles is $864). The book also includes Great Britain George VI definitives in mint blocks with control numbers, and more. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 120.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:49:21 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1873
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of the 1945-46 Victory and Peace Issues, all neatly displayed alphabetically by country on quadrille pages in a special album, with both a mint and a used set of each issue. Nice and clean, see scans for a small taste. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 55.00
Sold...C$ 55.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:50:23 EST
Sold For 55

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1874
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Valuable Lot of Retired Dealer Material, with several hundreds of mint and used singles and sets, some in priced 102 cards, some unpriced, some in stock sheets, and we note a good variety of material here, from the classics to about the 1960s, with many items cataloguing in the $20 to $100s or more range. Countries noted include New Zealand, Ceylon, Fiji, India and States, British Antarctic Territory, Virgin islands, Falkland Islands, and more. Also included is a good selection of early GB, with six Penny Blacks, lots of Penny Reds, many QV issues with plate interest, over 100 Seahorses (to the 10sh), high denomination stamps, etc. We have not checked the dealer's identifications or prices, but do note that the quality is overall nice, with faults on some of the earliest stamps. See our many scans for a sample, better yet inspect in person to better appreciate the high value and variety involved in this lot. (Image)

Est $ 1,000

Opening C$ 1,600.00
Sold...C$ 1,600.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:51:12 EST
Sold For 1600

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1875
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Canal Zone Mint and Used Collection in Small Stockbook, where each stamp is identified by Scott number. Includes many of the difficult Panama map stamps with overprint as well as back of the book items such as airmail, postage due and officials. Noted Scott #1, 2, 46 and 47 among several other also noteworthy items. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 450.00
Sold...C$ 450.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:52:10 EST
Sold For 450

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1876
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Cape of Good Hope Mint and Used Collection with Five Triangles, and more (to #44) on two album pages and with all stamps identified and priced with older catalogue. Also included is a page of postal stationery cutouts. Fine to very fine. JG (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 130.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:52:29 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1877
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Caribbean Countries Mint and Used Collections of Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico, also Aruba and some Surinam. Emphasis is on the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba with two collections for each country. There is a good showing of the rarely seen Cuba’s late 1950s issues. The Spanish administration period of Puerto Rico and Cuba are also well represented. Noted presentation folders of the Surinam 1975 Independence issue in sheetlets of 10 stamps and of the Amphilex 1977 souvenir sheet, etc. JG (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 90.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:52:50 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1878
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Channel Islands Mint and Used Collections, in three stockbooks of MNH stamps, one for Isle of Man, one for Jersey (noted 2 German occupation stamps,) and the last for Guernsey and Alderney. Also included are a box with over 200 booklets and a large quantity of mainly used stamps sorted in glassines and bags. Noted many souvenir sheets, se-tenant strips and gutter pairs and blocks. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 150.00
Sold...C$ 150.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:53:40 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1879
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Channel Islands Mint and Used Collection in Stockbook, with Jersey, Isle of Man and Guernsey, rather disorganized but noted mostly complete sets and many £1 to £5 values plus some souvenir sheets. Most mint stamps appear never hinged. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:55:00 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1880
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image China Three Large Dragons and Other Early Stamps, a group of ten high value stamps between numbers 1 and 65 cataloguing $1,947 as cheapest value only in Scott 2020 (close verification may result in better varieties). Some minor faults else a useful lot. JG (Image)

Scott $ 1,947

Opening C$ 600.00
Sold...C$ 600.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:55:55 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1881
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image China (Republic of China and People’s Republic) Partially Sorted Lot in Bags, Stockcards and Album Pages, to about the 1980s. Difficult to describe what is in this lot, as the collector threw together all things Chinese. Nevertheless, we noted used Large Dragons 3 and 5 candarins Scott #2 and 3 (CV $1000 as cheapest variety, but with small faults), mint Emperors incomplete set (Scott #1355, 6 MNH, 1358 thin), various airmail sets including two copies of Scott #C159 (*) CV $150 and much more. Very fine, faults in some earlier items. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 575.00
Sold...C$ 575.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:56:49 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1882
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People's Republic of) Lovely Mint Never Hinged Collection, 1949 to 1960, all in black mounts on good quality Fidelity Trading Co. album pages. Mostly complete in period except for some souvenir sheets (#s 245a-248a and 344a are present), also missing Scott #s 30 and 99-100. Stamps that were issued as reprints are present in both the original and reprint formats (pages are described as such). The gymnastics set is present in both original and reprint blocks of four (and one can also clearly see the difference). We note that many of the stamps have sheet margins and there is a little duplication of some issues (usually definitives), noted a few shades and perforation varieties (such as #28b $850, #278a $400) and includes all air mails and postage dues. Stamps that were issued with gum are all never hinged. A fresh and very fine collection, see scans for a small sample. (Image)

Scott $ 11,204

Opening C$ 5,600.00
Sold...C$ 5,600.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:58:10 EST
Sold For 5600

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1883
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People's Republic of) Lovely Mint Never Hinged Collection, 1960 to 1964, all in black mounts on good quality Fidelity Trading Co. album pages. Mostly complete in period except for souvenir sheets and missing Scott #s 620-27. Includes imperforate sets of #s 684-695, 708-710, 713-715 (the last two sets are both in singles and pairs) and there are two copies of #610-611, 639-646 (one set has sheet margins with inscriptions). A fresh and very fine collection, see scans for a small sample. (Image)

Scott $ 14,477

Opening C$ 10,000.00
Sold...C$ 10,000.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 11:59:52 EST
Sold For 10000

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1884
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People's Republic of) Lovely Mint Never Hinged Collection, 1964 to 1970, all in black mounts on good quality Fidelity Trading Co. album pages. Mostly complete in period except for souvenir sheets and missing Scott #s 992-996 (these were lotted separately). There are two copies of #855-858 and 891-898 (these extra sets have sheet margins) and 938. #s 939-948 are present in singles, and the se-tenant strips have been lotted separately. Near the end there are some perforation varieties (Peking and Shanghai printings), and we note many stamps with sheet margins. A fresh, valuable and very fine collection, see scans for a small sample. (Image)

Scott $ 14,669

Opening C$ 10,000.00
Sold...C$ 10,000.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 12:00:57 EST
Sold For 10000

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1885
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People's Republic of) Lovely Mint Never Hinged Collection, 1971 to 1979, all in black mounts on good quality Fidelity Trading Co. album pages. Complete in period except for souvenir sheets. There are two copies of #1108-1113 (one set has sheet margins with inscriptions). There are also many additional se-tenant strips of some of the sets. A fresh and very fine collection, see scans for a small sample. (Image)

Scott $ 5,609

Opening C$ 2,900.00
Sold...C$ 2,900.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 12:01:52 EST
Sold For 2900

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1886
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People’s Republic of) Small Mint Never Hinged Collection from 1973 to 1991, in two small silk stockbooks, including many souvenir sheets and a booklet. Starts with the 1973 Panda set Scott 1108-13 (CV $192), also including the Tarrying Garden set Scott 1632-5 (CV $89), the Scott 1664a booklet (CV $55) and many other worthwhile items. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 350.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 12:02:10 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1887
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People’s Republic of) Mint and Used Collection 1949-1968 in a Stockbook, this older stockbook houses a valuable collection of the most sought after period of PRC. Among several other interesting items we noted the 1958 Heroes Monument souvenir sheet ** Scott #344a (CV $275), two copies of the Flowers set Scott #542-59 used (CV $120 each), the Mountains set Scott #716-31 (CV $206), many of the valuable Chairman Mao Speeches sets 1966-67 including Scott #957-9 used (CV$490). Not to be overlooked is the North East China section with the Chairman Mao with flag set Scott #1L37-40 (CV $170) among other valuable sets. Faults noted on some, see scans for a sample. JG (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 1,600.00
Sold...C$ 9,000.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 12:06:50 EST
Sold For 9000
Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1888
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image China (People’s Republic of) Collection of Souvenirs and Stamp Gold Replicas, includes over 50 NH non-denominated souvenir sheets, 6 sets of limited editions of gold replica stamps in their original folders: pandas, bamboos, monkeys, art works and two different sets of chrysanthemums. This lot also includes two copies of the H.C. Andersen prestige booklet, a group of joint issues, a few postcards and unused postal stationery items and more. Very fine, inspect to better appreciate. JG (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 130.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 12:07:48 EST
Sold For 130

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