Great Britain and British Commonwealth Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations
Sale No: 284
Lot No:246
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1854/1954: British Commonwealth collection with small range of Hong Kong with Treaty Ports "S1" obliterators in blue on 30 c. lilac (3) and "Y1" of Yokohama on 24 c. green, Cape of Good Hope incl. triangulars used, Canada with 1897 defintive values to 10 c. unused, useful Australia with Victoria 6 d. black pair on registered cover and Sydney Bridge 5 s. green used; Gambia 1953 pictorial set unused , Malta 1922 defintive set unused etc. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image 8)(Image 9)(Image 10)(Image)
1900/1975: Accumulation of approximately 200 covers, postal stationery items and picture postcards from all corners of the Commonwealth. Upon inspection we found a fine series of picture postcards from ADEN, as well as a 1908 postcard from "WADI HALFA" with TPO transit "SHELLAL-HALFA" to Bosnia, Jamaica 1946 VICTORY stamp with Plate number on commercial airmail, several airmails and a handful of overseas items from outside the commonwealth. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image)
Commonwealth - British Africa, The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906; The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I of 1895 comprising British Bechuanaland, British East Africa, British South Africa (including British Central Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 247 pages with Illustrations of the Stamps described and also Eight Sheets of Photo-mezzotype Illustrations. An example hardbound in half leather with the usual cover scuffs. Also PART III of 1906 comprising New Republic, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorate, Orange River Colony with Orange Free State, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Stellaland, Swazieland, The Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar, and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, the figure plates separately. Spine of the volume damaged, an example which would benefit from a new binding. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image 7)(Image 8)(Image 9)(Image 10)(Image 11)(Image 12)(Image 13)(Image)