GENERAL SECTION - 1840s - 1930's 'FOREIGN' COUNTRIES IN 2 VOLUMES OF 'THE IDEAL POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM'. A wide-ranging collection of mint & used stamps from classics to the 1930's plus 'back of the book' and the usual inclusion of fakes & forgeries in Volumes I & II of the Stanley Gibbons 'Ideal' albums printed for 'foreign' countries from Abyssinia, Afghanistan, Albania, Alaouites and Alexandria through to Wurtemberg, Yunnan-Fou, Zambezia and French Zanzibar. Most pages in these two rather magnificent interleaved albums have stamps. Much here (several 1000s stamps) (Image1)

Est. £2,200-2,500

GENERAL SECTION - 1840-1911 OLD TIME EUROPE COLLECTION. A lovely 'Old Time' European countries collection presented in a quality, printed Schaubek album, mixed mint & used ranges from a wealth of Countries & States, ALL DIFFERENT & neatly presented with each stamp in a dedicated space on gilt edged pages. Unchecked in detail, but flicking through we see useful (used unless stated otherwise)  Austria inc pages with no spaces left to fill, Belgium with 19th Century ranges to 2F, Rail Parcel ranges to Frank values, Denmark 2s & 4s imperf to 100o numerals, 1904 & 1907 portrait sets used, Germany to 5m, States with 4 margin imperfs to perf 10m, Colonies & PO's abroad, France 'Peace & Commerce' seen to 5f, PO's in Levant to 2pi on 50c, Greece with Hermes Heads to 40L, Italy with States, Country inc defins to 1L & 1870 Postage Due set to 10L, Netherland with William & Wilhelmina to 1g, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Switzerland with strubels to 40r, sitting Helvetia to 1F standing Helvetia to 3F, Spain from 1850 onwards, Turkey and much much more. Fine & fresh condition. (guess 1600 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £800-850

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH AFRICA - GB OVERPRINTED 1888-1924. A mint collection of STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN opt'd from Bechuanaland, Oil Rivers & Zululand presented in mounts on 'Davo' album pages that includes Bechuanaland QV inverted Protectorate opt & later values to 1s, 1904 KEVII set, 1913-24 KGV set, Seahorses with DLR 2s6d, Waterlow 5s, 1925-27 set & Postage Due 1926 set, Oil Rivers 1892-94 set, Zululand 1888-93 set to 1s. Mostly fine & fresh condition (55 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £700-800

GENERAL SECTION - LATIN AMERICA SORTER CARTON An all period, mixed mint & used assembly, an Estate clearance, unchecked in any detail, mostly on old manilla stock pages, stock cards & in glassine, apparently sorted by Country. At a glance, extensive Mexico, Chile 19th Century selection & an Air Post collection, Uruguay most used collection on pages, plus El Salvador, Ecuador, Panama, Argentina, Colombia, Haiti & Venezuela amongst others, see images for a flavour of this fine & fresh condition, unchecked lot. (guess 2000+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £600-700

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BOOKLETS 1921-1984. COMPLETE BOOKLETS presented in a covers album that includes India 1921 1r2a - SG SB 13 (Cat £200), Br Guiana 1945-49 24c - SG SB9a, KUT 1950-52 1s x4 - SG SB 4a, 1954 1s x2 - SG SB 6, 1958 5s - SG SB 7, Pakistan 1956 1r8a x2 - SG SB1, Ceylon 1951 1r - SG SB20a, Mauritius 1954 5r grey cover x2 & white cover x1 - SG SB 2, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1955 5s - SG SB 1, Tristan Da Cunha 1958 3s6d - SG SB 2, 1960 3s6d - SG SB 3, 1965 4s2d x2 - SG SB 4, St Helena 1962 4s6d - SG SB 1, 1969 5s4d - SG SB2 amongst many others. Fine & fresh condition. (35+ booklets) (Image1)

Est. £500-600

GENERAL SECTION - MIDDLE EAST COLLECTION 1892-1990. MINT & USED COLLECTION presented on album pages in a shoe box, ALL DIFFERENT & includes Abu Dhabi, Aden inc 1937 Dhows mint to 1r, 1939-48 set used, State ranges with sets or to higher values, British Occ of Italian Cols M.E.F. values to 2s6d, Dhufar, Iraq 1918-21 to 2r on 25pi used, 1930's ranges to 1r postal & Official plus later ranges into the 1980's, Israel 1948-1980's, Manama extensive 1968-72 collection with 500+ stamps & 80 m/s, Oman State & Sultanate ranges inc NHM imperf proofs, extensive Sharjah collection - mint & used with a plethora of complete sets, miniature sheets, Gold Foil issues etc. Condition is mostly Fine & fresh. (guess 2000+ stamps & 150+ m/s or sheetlet) (Image1)

Est. £500-600

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH AFRICA - BOX FILE SUPER SORTER LATE 19TH CENTURY TO MODERN DAY mint, NHM & used miscellany on a pile of stock book pages. A largely unchecked mass that contains ranges from BOTSWANA, MALAWI, NAMIBIA, SIERRA LEONE, SWA, ZIMBABWE, ZAMBIA & an extensive range from KENYA / UGANDA / TANZANIA. A quick flick through reveals KGV East Africa & Uganda to 3r mint, KUT KGV to 3s used, 1954-59 to £1 (x2) used, Postage Dues 1928-33 set to 30c NHM, KENYA 1963 set NHM,  TANZANIA 1973-78 Butterflies set NHM, UGANDA 1965 Bird set NHM. Vast unexplored selections that warrant closer inspection. See images for a flavour of this interesting Estate clearance. (guess 1500+ stamps & 20+ m/s) (Image1)

Est. £450-500

GENERAL SECTION - IRON CURTAIN COUNTRIES COLLECTION 1992 - 1997 An attractive & interesting NEVER HINGED MINT COLLECTION of beautiful fresh stamps presented in three stock books with one stock book full of overprinted stamps of Russia covering many areas including Ukraine States where all states are identified on the stock pages, other areas covered include AZERBAIJAN, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TURKMENISTAN, BATUM (Locals), GEORGIA, TUVA and TAJIKISTAN with many Topical issues covered including Butterflies, Birds, Space, Ships, Wild Cats, Flowers, Prehistoric Animals, Fishes, Reptiles, Minerals and Horses also throughout are plenty of Imperf issues and overprint varieties all NHM. A wonderful extensive collection. (+/- 2500 stamps,50 miniature sheets,20 sheetlets) (Image1)

Est. £450-475

GENERAL SECTION - 1912-45 DISSOLUTION OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE An interesting collection on neatly written up pages in an album of 'SUCCESSOR STATES' with many 'Better' singles and some sets, includes the Liechtenstein  first set including 25H ultramarine on normal paper, Yugoslavia 1919 50H blue, Newspaper imperforate set, Czechoslovakia with local issues,  German issues with Austrian subjects after annexation, Poland with better values from the 1919 Krakow issue including the 3H purple, Local Tarnow issues, Ukraine with Kolomea local CMT overprints. A delightful collection well presented. (260 + 30 m/sheets or cards) (Image1)

Est. £400-450

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1860's to 1990's MOSTLY USED ACCUMULATION with light duplication sorted by issues on manilla stock pages, some mint stamps also seen. Includes (all used) Anguilla, Antigua 1932 to 1s, 1938-51 to 5s, Bahamas 1863-70 4d, 1919 'War Tax' opts set mint, Barbados 1861-70 4d & 6d, 1920-21 Victory to 6d, Barbuda, Cayman Is 1962-64 to 10s used, Dominica, Grenada, Leeward Is 1890 to 6d, 1907-11 to 1s, Montserrat, Trinidad & Tobago 1896-1906 to 10s with 'Registrar' cds on piece, 1913-23 to 5s, Turks & Caicos Is 1867 1d & 1s, St Vincent 1885-93 5s mint, Br Virgin Is etc. A few with small faults as usual but mostly good to fine condition. (approx 5,000 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £400-500

GENERAL SECTION - WORLD MINT / NHM ESTATE CLEARANCE. A 19th & 20th Century ranges in a shoe box with stock books, packets, glassine, stock cards etc filled with a mostly NHM Estate clearance. Unchecked in any detail, but flicking through we see useful Belgium, a collection of Austria, China selections, UN Prestige Booklets, a large stock book of European countries presented alphabetically with Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania & Yugoslavia amongst others, stock cards of mostly Saudi Arabia & Iran, glassines of France inc booklets, miniature sheets & more. See images for a flavour of this interesting hoard (guess 2000+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £400-450

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH WEST INDIES 1937-1952 FINE MINT COLLECTION on pages, all different, COMPLETE for Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is (less 1938-48 5s), Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Is. Lovely fresh condition. (210+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £350-400

GENERAL SECTION - OLD TIME EUROPE 1849-1900 MOST USED SELECTION presented on stock book pages, chiefly German States plus a few Denmark, Luxembourg, Italian States inc Vatican. Unchecked in any detail, selections from Bavaria, Bergerdorf, Brunswick, Hamburg, Hanover, Prussia, Thurn & Taxis, North German Confederation, German Post Offices in Turkey 5pi on 1m with 'Jaffa' cds, Heligoland, Denmark 4s shades & 8s imperf & rouletted 4s, plus a handful of Italian States inc Vatican. Condition is mixed, many good to fine, huge Cat value. (200+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £350-400

GENERAL SECTION - ESTATE CLEARANCE box filled with Topical collections that includes 10 albums or stock books. We see a chiefly 20th Century range of mint & used collections including The United Nations 1950's & 60's used collection, 1969 World - mint International Labour Organization collection, Commonwealth 1992 QEII Accession Anniversary NHM collection in a dedicated album, an all World - Flora, Fauna, Egypt & Space collection in an album, two albums of 'Art on Stamps', an album of Railway Locomotives, a stock book of mint & use 'SPACE' from around the World, 1988 Olympic Games NHM World collection of stamps & mini sheets featuring Seoul (Summer) & Calgary (Winter) in a large dedicated album, a collection of stamps, m/s & covers featuring Lighthouses of the World. Attractive & interesting collections (guess 2500+ stamps & 20+ m/s or sheetlet) (Image1)

Est. £300-330

GENERAL SECTION - EUROPE (I TO R COUNTRIES) 1860's-1980's. A mint and used collection in a 'Moore's' compact binder. Includes a wide range of countries, alphabetically from Iceland to Romania that includes Italy (600 stamps), Monaco (50 stamps), Netherland (500 stamps), Norway (250 stamps, Poland (500 stamps), Portugal and Col (350 stamps), and Romania (500 stamps). Mostly identified with SG numbers. Some early issues in mixed condition but better throughout and generally good. Unchecked in any detail (3000+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £300-325

GENERAL SECTION - LATIN AMERICA 1860'S-1980'S SHOE BOX SORTER. Mint (including never hinged) and used unchecked ranges on album pages, stock pages & on stock cards, at a glance, mostly Central America with better selections from Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica & Panama amongst others. Much of interest here, see images for a flavour of this messy Estate clearance. (guess 3500 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £300-350

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION presented in an old 'IDEAL' Postage Stamp Album - Volume 1 to 1914, no one country features strongly, but useful Australia State ranges, India & New Zealand with strongest selections. Some mixed condition, some mint stamps adhered to pages, much of interest nevertheless, see images for a flavour of this Old Time collection. (1100+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £250-300

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1953 - 1990 never hinged mint (apart from a single page of used) collection in 4 stock books. Includes a Churchill themed stock book which includes Omnibus issues, a Pitcairn Island stock book, a religious themed stock book and a general stock book. Plenty of sets and miniature sheets. (Approx 1,300 stamps and 35 miniature sheets) (Image1)

Est. £240-280

GENERAL SECTION - EUROPE (R TO Y COUNTRIES) A mint and used collection of  useful ranges presented in a Moore's compact album. W e see countries, alphabetically between Russia & Yugoslavia that includes Russia (1883-1978 250+ stamps), Saar (20+ stamps), San Marino (20+ stamps), Serbia (1880-1911, 30 stamps), Spain (1856-1989 - 550 stamps), Sweden (1858-1987 -475 stamps) Switzerland (1881-1989, 400 stamps), Turkey (1884-1979, 50+ stamps), Ukraine, Vatican City and Yugoslavia (1918-1986 - 250+ stamps). Mostly identified with SG numbers. Some earlies in mixed condition but, generally good to fine condition. (2100+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £200-225

GENERAL SECTION - EUROPE B TO F COUNTRIES. 1850's - 1980's. An unusual album (8½ x 5½ inch) filled with an extensive & unchecked, mint & used collection featuring countries B to F. The majority of the collection is made up from Czechoslovakia, Denmark & France issues with smaller ranges from many other countries. Mostly good to fine condition (guess 2250+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £200-225

GENERAL SECTION - FOREIGN COUNTRIES COLLECTION 1870's - 1950's. An attractive mint & used collection presented in a small album with fine & fresh conditioned selections from most Latin America countries, stronger ranges seen from Argentina, Brazil, Chile & Mexico, extensive China & Areas, Japan, Liberia, Persia, Mozambique & Nyassa amongst smaller selections from many other countries. See images for a flavour of this collection. (guess 1200+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £200-225

GENERAL SECTION - NORTHERN ASIA An ALL DIFFERENT collection in two albums, mixed mint & used, chiefly 1960's-1990's Russia with plenty of complete sets, 1960's - 1990's Mongolia with useful Topical ranges featuring Flora & Fauna, Space, Transport etc, plus small selections of Armenia, Azerbaijan & Georgia. Fine & fresh condition, see images for a flavour. (guess 1200+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £200-225

GENERAL SECTION - WORLD COLLECTION. 1860's-1920's mostly used collection in a dilapidated old SG Century (2nd Edition) album, UNCHECKED IN ANY DETAIL sparse ranges with just a few hundred stamps, several pages seen with revenues & locals. Interesting in parts (guess 400+ stamps) (Image1)

Est. £200-225

GENERAL SECTION - 1840-1869 PRE-STAMP MAIL. An INTERESTING COLLECTION of Hungarian entire letters presented on sleeved, written up album pages in spring back album. An array of town & City postmarks, transit marks etc, various manuscript annotations, domestic & overseas destinations & includes Official mail, Postal receipts, Military Mail & more. An interesting assembly. (35+ items) (Image1)

Est. £125-150

GENERAL SECTION - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 'I' TO 'N' COUNTRIES 19th Century to 1980's mostly used collection on small pages, chiefly ALL DIFFERENT, includes India 1950 Republic set mint, a few Indian States, Ireland, Jamaica 1935 Jubilee to 1s used, Kenya, KUT, Labuan, Lesotho, Malawi, Malayan States, Straits Settlements, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Mauritius, Montserrat, Morocco Agencies, Natal, Newfoundland, NSW etc. Some mixed condition as usual. (approx 2,000 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £125-150