WORLDWIDE STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 AND OVER)
Sale No: 833
Lot No: 1
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EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF KGV-QEII BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ISSUES: Three cartons housing c.40 discrete collections/studies in albums and on groups of album leaves. Mainly mint KGVI & early QEII but a few KGV issues noted. A variety of countries represented from Abu Dhabi through to Turks & Caicos. Includes Abu Dhabi 1964 &1967 defins. & Falcon set, Aden KGVI sets from 1939 and specialised 11 page study of 1953-63 issues, Aden States, etc., Antigua 1938-1960s with shades, Ascension incl. 1938 both perfs. to 10/-, 1963 Birds incl. rare var. Cobalt omitted, Bahamas 2d slate SG 152a Short "T" £950, Barbados study incl. 1938 diff. printings noting rare 1d scarlet SG £275 plus later 1950/53 sets printings to $2.40 x 6; Basutoland 1938 incl SG 19a "tower" flaw, 1954/61 sets surcharges & shades, Bechuanaland 1938 set with shades, 1955 shades, surcharges incl. rare type I R1 (£350), Bermuda extensive mint collection 1936-1965, Br. Guiana 1938 set with imprint blocks and multiples of scarce perf. vars. (SG £2,200), Cyrenaica set to 500m, Br. Solomons, Br. Virgin Islands, Brunei, Canada KGV-QEII several $1 vals., Caymans incl. 1938 set on 11 pages to 3 x 10/- with many dated printings, Cyprus extensive collection in album 1928-66, Dominica, Gambia, Gibraltar collection in album 1938-65 apparently complete for perfs. incl. SG 123a (£275), 124ab (£800), 125a (£130), 126a (£120), 128a (£130), 129 (£100), etc. noting 6 x 10/- values; Gilberts, Gold Coast, Grenada, India with issues from 1911 incl. good ranges of KGV, 1937-40 complete high vals. to 25r superb unmounted, Gandhi to 10r, Patiala to 10r, Jaipur, etc; Jamaica, Leewards incl. $4.80 "broken scroll", Malaya Straits, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Hebrides, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia, St. Kitts fine collection in album incl. 1938 5/- (5), 10/- (2) & £1 (2), St. Vincent, Somaliland with all 3 KGVI sets & 1953 with dated ptgs., South Africa & South West Africa, Tonga, Trinidad, Tristan with 6 different defin. sets to 1965, Turks & Caicos, etc. A collection well worth inspection. (Several 1,000s) (Image)
Opening GBP 4,000.00
Sold...GBP 4,200.00
Closed..Nov-29-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 4200
Sale No: 833
Lot No: 2
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KGV-QEII COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION IN 8 VOLUMES: The A-Z mint and used collection, with strength in the 1st and 2nd QEII definitive sets, all to top values, of the 1950s/early 60s for many Commonwealth counties. Includes the various Omnibus issues. A few KGVI & KGV smaller sets present. We note Aden 1953 both colour sets to 20/- mint, Aden States to 10/- (3 sets), Antigua 1953 to $4.80 used & later sets to $5, Bahamas 1953 to £1 used and later sets to £1 or $3, Barbados 1953 to $2.40 both mint & used sets, Basutoland to 10/- mint, overprint set to 1r on 10/- & set to 1r, etc. Bechuanaland 1955 set to 10/- used & to 1r on 10/- mint, 1961 set to 2r, etc. Cocos & Cook Is. sets, Cyprus 1955 set to £1 and later sets to £1, various Dominica sets to $2.40 & $4.80 mint & used, Fiji 1953 & 1959 sets, Gibraltar 1953 & 1960 sets, Gilberts 1956 & 1965 sets, Gold Coast 1952 set, Grenada 1953 & later sets, Br. Guiana several sets to $5, PNG, Qatar Wildings to 10/-, 1960 sets to 10r mint and used, Montserrat to $4.80 (2 types), Nauru, New Hebrides, Nigeria various mint and used sets to £1, North Borneo 1954 & 1961 sets to $10 mint, N. Rhodesia 1953 to 20/- mint, Arms to 20/- mint & used sets, Nyasaland 1953, 1964 and later sets to 20/-, various S. Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland sets to £1 both mint & used, St. Kitts 1956 to $4.80, St. Helena 1953 to 10/- & later sets to £1, St. Lucia to $2.50, Sabah 1964 to $10, Sarawak to $5, Seychelles 1954 to 10r mint (2 sets) and later sets to 10r, Sierra Leone various sets to £1. Also Somaliland, S.Africa, S.W.A, Swaziland various sets to £1 or 2r, Tanzania several sets to 20/-, Tangier to 10/- (3), Trinidad to $4.80, Tristan 1954, 1960 & 1961 sets, Turks, Uganda, Zanzibar several sets to top vals. of 10/- or 20/-. Many other issues not mentioned in the above description. Fine condition throughout, with huge cat. value. (Many 1,000s) (Image)
Opening GBP 800.00
Sold...GBP 1,700.00
Closed..Nov-29-2020, 13:00:00 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 833
Lot No: 3
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION IN SEVENTEEN ALBUMS: An all reigns, mint & used collection from Aden to Zanzibar. Strength in KGVI/QEII period with most recent additions being c.2002. Extensive modern Australia & Canada and some countries represented in detail with addl. perf. varieties e.g. KUT 5/- (3), 10/- (2) & £1 (3). Most of the pre-QEII content is in part-sets, but many are to the 10/- value or equivalent. A few covers and booklets included in the albums. (Few 1,000s) (Image)
