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Sparks Auctions Sale: 37

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Foreign -- Collections & Accumulations

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1042
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Group of 9 Different Mint Omnibus Sets in a Stockbook, some with outside values added. The two highlights are the 1935 Silver Jubilee set of 245 stamps, all never hinged (c.v. $2,000) and the 1948 Silver Wedding set of 136 stamps, all never hinged (c.v. $2,467), 1953 Coronation ($165), 1965 Freedom from Hunger with others ($120), 1963 Red Cross with others ($130), 1951 and 1958 West Indies, etc. Very fine, scans show a small portion. (Image)

Scott $ 4,950

Opening C$ 2,500.00
Sold...C$ 2,500.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:51:13 EST
Sold For 2500

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1043
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Group of 18 Different Definitive Sets in a Stockbook, including Ascension 62-74, Belize 345-60, Gambia 175-87, Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika 103-17, Nyasaland 97-111, Somaliland 128-38, Southern Rhodesia 81-94, Swaziland 55-66, etc. Very fine never hinged, scans show a small portion. (Image)

Scott $ 1,170

Opening C$ 275.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:51:44 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1044
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of the 1981 Charles and Diana Wedding in 4 Fancy Stanley Gibbons Albums, with a strong coverage of the topic, including the basic sets, souvenir sheets of high values and mini-sheets of 6 to 8 stamps. Very fine mint never hinged, scans show a small sample. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:52:10 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1045
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Large Collection of Mint British Royalty Omnibus Issues, 1987-2013, in 6 stockbooks and one binder, containing sets and souvenir sheets including 1987 40th Wedding Anniversary of The Queen and Philip, 1992 40th Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne (both designs), 1993 40th Anniversary of Coronation, 1996 Queen's 70th Birthday, 1997 Queen's Golden Wedding Anniversary 2001 100th Anniversary of Queen Victoria's Death, 2002 50th Anniversary of Accession, 2003 50th Anniversary of Coronation, 2001 Queen's 75th Birthday, 2006 Queen's 80th Birthday, 2013 60th Anniversary of Coronation. Very fine overall and fresh, our many scans show a sampling only. (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:52:35 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1046
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of Mint "Queen Mom" Issues, in two stockbooks, with a few for her 1980 and 1985 Birthdays, but most are later issues for the 1999 Queen Mother's Century omnibus; the non-omnibus issue are also abundant. There are also issues for her 2002 Memoriam. Overall very fine, never hinged, see scans for a sampling. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:53:26 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1047
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of British Royal Family Omnibus Sets, 2003-2018, all in 5 stockbooks. The 2003 omnibus of Queen Elizabeth's head on 10 high value stamps is present. Other material includes 2007 Wedding Anniversary (their 60th), 2011 'A Lifetime of Service", 2012 Diamond Jubilee of Accession, 2015 "Longest Reigning Monarch", 2016 Queen's 90th Birthday, 2017 Queen and Philip's 70th Wedding Anniversary and more. Most of these recent issues have a high catalogue value. Scans show a small sampling. (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 200.00
Sold...C$ 200.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:54:12 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1048
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of Mint Topicals in 4 Albums / Stockbooks, appears to be all never hinged and includes 1974 U.P.U., 1979 Rowland Hill, 1999 Moon Landing, 1995 End of World War II (omnibus complete plus others), etc. There are many sets which celebrate "Independence" or "Statehood" and then their anniversaries, for example United Arab Emirates has 3 sets celebrating the 5th, 10th and 20th Anniversary of its founding. Very fine, see scans for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 325.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:55:04 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1049
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of Mint Material Pertaining to Princess Diana and her Children, all in 4 stockbooks and one binder, appears to be all mint never hinged. 2 volumes are devoted to the 1997-2007 sets on Diana's death in 1997, and the 5th and 10th anniversaries of the tragedy. The binder contains a strong showing of the 18th and 21st birthdays of Prince William. There is a great variety of issues in a stockbook for the 2011 Wedding of William and Kate. The last stockbook is filled with sets and souvenir sheets celebrating the birth of Prince George in 2013, the birth of Princess Charlotte in 2015 and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan in 2017. All very fine, scans show a small portion of the lot. (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 225.00
Sold...C$ 225.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:55:47 EST
Sold For 225

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1050
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Group of 5 Mint Never Hinged Early QEII Definitive Sets, with Antigua #107-21 ($77), Barbados #235-47 ($72), Mauritius #251-65 ($65), Nyasaland #97-111 ($63) and Tristan da Cunha #42-54 ($69). Very fine and fresh. (Image)

Scott $ 348

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:56:17 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1051
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Complete 1949 U.P.U. Common Design Issues Collection, mint never hinged, all in mounts on pages, very fine. See scans for a sampling of this collection. Rsv. $170. (Image)

Scott $ 453

Opening C$ 170.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:56:52 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1052
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Mint Never Hinged Collection in 3 Lighthouse Albums, with NH sets on home made pages, with issues to the early 1980s. Two albums contain sets and sheets from the 1981 Royal Wedding, Princess Diana's 21st Birthday and the birth of Prince William. The third album contains issues from St Vincent, Grenadines, Tuvalu, etc. Overall very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:57:56 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1053
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Collection of Mint 1935 Silver Jubilee Omnibus Issues, with 272 different stamps (pairs counted as one, and includes extras), all fresh with bright colours and overall very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,300

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 425.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:58:30 EST
Sold For 425

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1054
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Dealer Stock of Selected Postmarks on Stamps, Filling 4 Red Boxes, all neatly identified and priced in 102 cards, the stock is alphabetical by country, from Aden to Zululand. There is a little over one half box's worth of Canada sorted by RPO cancels, then by town cancels by province. Some of the countries with stronger representation include Australia, Australian States, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Egypt, Gold Coast, India (small towns), India (military-related), Jamaica, Mauritius, New Zealand, Niger Coast Protectorate, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Southern Rhodesia, etc. We note mostly town cancels, but also special cancels, military, experimental, rubber, cork, numerals, coloured and much more. A rarely offered and desirable lot, very clean with good quality stamps and postmarks, ideal for the dealer or collector alike, only a few representative items are photographed online. (Image)

Est $ 800

Opening C$ 5,000.00
Sold...C$ 5,000.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 11:59:48 EST
Sold For 5000

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1055
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Mint Lot in 24 Small Stockbooks, containing a few hundred mint sets from about 50 countries, mostly from the 1970s to 1980s. There are a few better such as Cyprus 168-82, Gambia 515-18 (NH), Gibraltar 147-60 (NH), Jamaica 99-100, Gold Coast 130-41, S. Arabia complete 1-29 (NH) and more. Overall very fine, scans only show a very small sampling. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:00:32 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1056
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Group of 7 Retired APS Approval Books, having a total remainder value of $1,763 (our count, not the amount on backs, and catalogue value will be much higher). A much better group than usual in that it offers several mint never hinged complete sets plus mint and used singles, etc., from the classics to the late 1970s, from a number of different countries, noting Falkland Islands, Straits Settlements, Malaya, etc. A great lot for dealers and collectors alike. (Image)

Retail $ 1,763

Opening C$ 325.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:01:15 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1057
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Mint Stock in 102 Cards in 4 Boxes, with hundreds of sets, with most in 102 cards but also in glassines, mostly all in alphabetical order. A general overview revealed dozens of better items cataloguing over $50, noting as an example Abu Dhabi 1-11 ($95), Anguilla 723-39 ($75), Bahamas 849-64 ($71), Barbados 640-59 ($65), Botswana 114-27 ($59), 182-86 ($60), Brunei 101a-114 ($121), Fiji J12-19 ($165), K.U.T. 66-85 ($206), Malawi 41-51 ($58), 95-109 ($75), 233-45 ($71), Malaysia 20-27 ($69), Penang 29-44 ($74), Maldives 172-86 ($68), Oman 225-36 ($60), Qatar 544-56 ($57), S.W. Africa 249-60 ($61), 266-80 ($50), Tanzania 35-53 ($82), Tonga 00-13 ($60), 563-79 ($79), 701-09 ($64), 874-84 ($51), Turks & Caicos 578a-92a ($60), 1153-66 ($60), United Arab Emirates 13-24 ($107), 68 ($75), Virgin Islands 847-61 ($57), etc. One box contains Guernsey only, with a catalogue value of $760 (1995-2009 sets, souvenir sheets, etc). From the above listing, one can see the opportunity offered in our estimate. Mix of hinged and never hinged and overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 750

Opening C$ 1,300.00
Sold...C$ 1,300.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:02:19 EST
Sold For 1300

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1058
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Group of 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1948 Silver Wedding Sets, all in 102 cards. There are 31 Silver Jubilee sets, including never hinged including Cyprus, Leeward Is., Malta, Sierra Leone, while the hinged sets include Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, etc. The 47 Silver Wedding sets catalogue $1,435 and include Cyprus, Falkland Is. N. Rhodesia, Sarawak and all 11 Malaysian States. Overall fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 2,325

Opening C$ 800.00
Sold...C$ 800.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:02:51 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1059
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Box of About 200 Mint Sets in 102 Cards, or on viewer cards or dealer pages. There are many better items in here, including Australia 319-30, 365-74, Cook Islands 179-91, Fiji 163-75, GB Morocco 246-62, Hong Kong 275a-86a, Malaya Malacca 29-44, Kedah 83-93, Pahang 72-82, Penang 45-55, Papua New Guinea 94-103, South Africa 200-13, etc. Most of the better items are never hinged and overall fine to very fine and fresh. A valuable and useful lot. (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 525.00
Sold...C$ 525.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:03:19 EST
Sold For 525

Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1060
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Banker's Box with a Variety of Material, including 5 catalogued collections: Ascension ($230), Brunei ($190), Christmas Islands ($170), Gilbert & Ellice ($550) and Qatar ($630). There are also more singles and sets on pages which we did not catalogue, as well as about 150 glassines with many new issues, as well as three old beginner's collections. Overall nice quality lot, easily worth our estimate. Photos show an overview. (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 450.00
Sold...C$ 450.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:03:50 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 37
Lot No: 1061
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image British Commonwealth Box of 240 Dealer Counter Book Pages, etc. with many sets in the $10 to $50 range and some above $50. Some of the sets we noted include Anguilla 463-79, Cocos Islands 225-36, Cook Islands 984-99, 1058-89, 1215-26H, Nigeria 258-67, Penrhyn 420-38A, Sierra Leone 1528-46B, South Africa 81-84, Virgin Islands 692-710 and more. Also, there are 21 auction lots on their original auction pages (owner paid $1,700 plus fee just for these), some with varieties and others with regular mint issues, such a GB 309-12, 251, Malta 114, Rhodesia 73, etc. A great lot for the online reseller or collector alike, overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 1,500.00
Sold...C$ 1,500.00


Closed..Jun-24-2021, 12:04:40 EST
Sold For 1500

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