(Hotels) La Pierre House, Philadelphia, Pa. Two covers with blue shield cameo-style corner card, first bearing Great Britain, 1d red, creased, tied by "Philadelphia, Pa., Oct 7, 1855" octagon d.s. to New York endorsed "Paid" and apparently accepted as fully prepaid, other bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Philadelphia, Pa., Dec 30, 1858" octagon date stamp to Providence, R.I. (ex-Knapp), Very Fine and unusual use.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Africa and Indian Ocean, Stock. Approximately 1,200 stamp arranged in stockbook; majority used except Ghana all n.h., mostly modern with some Mauritius from QV issues, few covers, etc.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

Australia, "Roos" Accumulation, 1913-40. All used accumulation of nearly 1,000 stamps neatly arranged on Hagner stock pages, nice selection of more than 200 "Roos" to 2 shilling in quantities of 1-40 each of nine different values (all figured as lowest varieties), also quantities of other definitives, commemoratives, airmail, and postage dues, some blocks of four, great lot for specialists to check for cancels and varieties, owner's 2018 Scott $4,000.
Estimate; $250 - 350. Est. $250-350

Est. $250-350

British Africa, Protectorate Collection, 1857-1963. In Scott album, hingeless stock sheets encompassing Natal, Niger Coast Protectorate, Oil Rivers, North Nigeria, Nyasaland Protectorate, Orange River, and Rhodesia, replete with better material throughout; highlights include Natal Scott 1 used, 9//17, 33, 36, 56-57 used, 81-93, Specimens 94-100, Niger Coast 1-6 mint, 25 on cover with Royal cert, 1894 QV issues, 54 used, 55//63, Nigeria Scott 12 m.n.h. listed as Die II, Northern Nigeria 37-38 used, 40-52, North Rhodesia 16-17 mint, 25-45, 61-74, 75-88, Nyasaland Protectorate pages of the 1908 issues identified by town cancels, 1913-19 issues majority of higher values with revenue cancels, 54-67, many booklets, Rhodesia 1//1/8, specimens, inverted overprints, with quite a variety of stationery and covers throughout; an interesting album that will definitely yield a good return, inspection recommended.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

British Africa, Collection, 1878-1950. Housed in Scott album with many good to better singles and sets throughout; includes Zanzibar 3-16 mint, varieties that will need checking 7b, 8a, 30-31 pair, mint 48-52, 74-78, many pages of India used in Zanzibar with cancel interest, many Specimen overprints, stationery and covers throughout, with pleasant duplication, Swaziland 1-7 mint, KGVI 27-37, QEII 65-66, Transvaal mint 98, 99, 101 with/imperf fantail, 124-135 mint need checking with pages of reprints, second occupation 252-263 used, some Uganda used 75 (2), 76 (2), Zululand 1-10, 15, couple of pages of Togo, German 3//6, 7-19, some British including 66 block of 6 with top right stamp missing "O"ccupation, possible 86a, 90 used, pages of good French Offices in Zanzibar and China; condition varies with nice material throughout, overall a very well-filled collection that definitely should be reviewed.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000

Est. $2,000-3,000

British Africa, British East & Central Africa Collection, 1878-1950. Displayed on album pages, hingeless stock sheets, on pages in Scott album, East Africa with lots of value packed material, starting with Coat of Arms and strength in 1895-1898 issues, Scott 38-52, 54//70, 65 m.n.h. block of 6 with cert, 66 on cover to Mombasa with Sismondo cert, 72-93, postal stationery, covers, specimens, strong Central Africa, 1-11, 13, 18-20, used 26-28, 58 used block of 4, 67 used on gun license, KEVII to 1£, postal stationery, covers, specimens, both of these areas with better duplication, also included are Cape of Good Hope, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, East Africa and Uganda Protectorate, German East Africa and British Occupation all with value; you will be pleasantly surprised if you take the time to review.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. Est. $2,000-3,000

Est. $2,000-3,000

British Africa, Accumualtion. In Scott, Barclay, older quadrille albums, on pages, encompassing a wide variety of mint, used, multiples, covers, stationery filling a large box; includes Aden nicely filled from 1937 with 24 vintage photo post cards, older book full of predominately used Transvaal, Trinidad, Zanzibar with Australian States, Scott album with Offices to high values, Eritrea,Tripolitania, Somalia, Morocco with some nice Lagos, Mauritius, an older album of Nigeria nicely presented from 1914 and on, Scott album with good Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Ascension, album filled with South Africa cancel study, a lot of material with quite a few better items.
Estimate; $500 - 750. Est. $500-750

Est. $500-750

British America, Collections, 1851-1970. In Scott albums, stock book and pages including British Guiana, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Grenada, and Trinidad & Tobago; Guiana with modest examples 1860-1890 issues, nicer KGV, decent coverage through the 30's with, well-filled Town cancel stock book, Cayman islands basically from 1938, few KEVII, KGV mint 109-111, QEII 153-167, Falkland Islands with a few ear lies, used 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 20-21, 44,44a, Gibbons "paid" handstamp FR1 (needs checking), many mint blocks, 100 mint, 2 sets 107-120 n.h. and l.h., Trinidad with a 3a (needs checking), used 27, 27a, 45//55, used 88, 102 used - revenue cds, b.o.b. postage, war tax etc., Grenada on pages opens with a very strong showing of 1861-1899 issues with many varieties, surcharges, tete-beche pairs, many high value items that should be inspected, quite a few KEVII and KGV, with covers and stationery interspersed, the time taken to review will be well rewarded.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000

Est. $750-1,000

British Commonwealth, Balance. Selection of 22 stamp mostly mint on stockcard; with G.B. including 1840 1d black used, S.G. #6 mint o.g. (cat £600) and a few later unused, unused Queensland 1879-81 issues, Bechuanaland Scott #93 5sh pair (thin, cat $700), Bermuda KGVI mint high values to £1, few used early Canada issues, Honduras $5 KEVII unused (regummed) and a B.S.A.Co. 1d marginal imperf; condition mixed.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Used Ecclectic Early Approval Books. 20 European-made approval books with hundreds of mostly used 19th century stamps Queen Victoria to KGV, good Great Britain, Hong Kong, Australia and States, India and States, Malaya and States, Cape of Good Hope, etc., condition varies, estimated Scott value $7,500-$10,000, great old-time group, worth careful inspection.
Estimate; $600 - 800. Est. $600-800

Est. $600-800

British Commonwealth, Selection, 1856-1980. With a small section of Southern Nigeria and Rhodesia mounted in Scott Specialty album with multiples, stationery and covers; St. Helena includes used 5 (2), 10, 16, 18-21, 28, mint 7, 39, blocks 61-66, 73-74 blocks, Seychelles 1//19 (missing #11), 38-47, 56-61, 125//148 (missing 144), 173-190, then later issues, Southern Rhodesia 1-4, 5 specimen, 17-18 used, 32-42 mint, Southern Nigeria 1-13 mint, 16-30, with various covers and stationery; well worth the estimate and review recommended.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Collection. 19th and 20th Century mint and used in two Stanley Gibbons Imperial albums and a Scott binder, better countries noted are Great Britain, Australia, Canada, India and States etc., including various Victoria, KGV and KGVI, also 16 small 1930-40s approval books with some worthwhile issues, condition varies, review recommended.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Postal Stationery Collection. Of more than 170 mint and used items in an album with many H&G identified; includes strong India with some hard to find items, formular, OHMS, East India Service Post Cards, QV cards, registered letters, nice selection of Mauritius envelopes, Natal cards and wrappers, smattering of St. Christopher, St. Lucia, Tobago, with a few Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Nevis, overall a very pleasing selection in better than normal condition with very useful duplication, please inspect.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Better Group. Of 17 items; includes S.G. varieties with Strait Settlements 64w used (£180) and 70w mint (£100), Falkland Is. mint G1c (£225), G6c (£180) and G8c (£150), St. Kitts-Nevis 75a (£250), other items with Tasmania 7 used (£475), N. Borneo 136 mint, Australia 43 used, G.B. O23 (signed Richter), Bermuda 3 mint as well other early Bermuda used, etc.
Estimate; $600 - 800. Est. $600-800

Est. $600-800

British Commonwealth, Sundry. Showing of Great Britain and Commonwealth in a Scott album, binders, dealer books, and on collection pages; includes some early G.B. identified by owner, better collections of Australia on pages from Roos on, nice Ascension and Antigua on pages, useful Canada in Scott album with small queens and Jubilees, better items in dealer books with good Provinces and more, overall a nice accumulation with value, definitely worth inspection.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Miscellany Group. Small carton lot of misc. sets, singles, blocks and other multiples from "every corner of the empire," including a stockbook of Australia and a small stockbook of various mint issues, stock pages with nice mint definitive sets, stock cards, glassines, approval sheets etc., mostly KGVI to QEII and some earlier, much NH, should be examined.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Commonwealth, Great Britain and Colonies, Accumulation. In 9 albums and stock books, with an additional 4 Great Britain S.G. Windsor albums and 2 Davos with slip cases appear without stamps; includes an album of British Oceania and other, couple of books with QEII used and on piece with cancel interest, book of Commonwealth A-Z mostly used, sparsely filled Scott etc.; might be something here, inspection recommended.
Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200

Est. $150-200

British America, Collection, 1870-1980. Cleanly mounted in Scott Specialty album; includes Montserrat, St. Christopher, Nevis, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, South Georgia, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks Islands, Turks & Caicos, and Virgin Islands, all with useful earlier representation, then with more modern issues, owner's cat $5,800, please review.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

British America, QV Postal Stationery. Accumulation of 75 mostly mint Post Cards, Paid Reply, Envelopes, Registered Letters in binder; includes predominately Queen Victoria (a few KGV and QEII) from Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Leeward, Montserrat, St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks, and Virgin Islands, overall a clean F-VF group, a handful used, please review.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

British Pacific, Collection, 1913-2000. Australia, Christmas and Norfolk Islands 1913-2000 mostly mint collection on Scott pages including. Australia with used earlies and later mint complete sets and souvenir sheets, also collections of Christmas, Cocos, Cook and Norfolk Islands to late 1980s, much NH throughout, owner's 2017 Scott $2800, clean and worth inspection.
Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400

Est. $300-400

Burma, Postal History, 1895-1961. Selection of more than 60 items with 40+ bearing India franking mostly pre-1937; includes stationery, acknowledgment cards, telegrams, air mail and a registered letter, majority to or bearing Rangoon cancels, all annotated on quadrille pages; please inspect.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

Cape of Good Hope, Triangle Issue Collection, 1853-64. Collection/accumulation housed in early springback album, with over 230 stamps mostly used arranged by issue with the occasion multiple; starting with 1853 issues with 1d five singles and pair, 2d with 15 singles and pair, 1855-58 2nd issue with over 30 example many unused and a pair, 3½ pages of 2d, etc., similar 6d issues with a nice range of shades, 1sh with 24 singles with many full margins, collection highlighted by the Woodblock Provisionals with two 1d vermilion and five 2d milky blue issues (one 2d appears mint!), later issues in similar fashion; condition varies with many nice examples throughout.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500. Est. $5,000-7,500

Est. $5,000-7,500

Ascension, 1944, King George VI Pictorial, 2s6d black & deep carmine, perf 13, cut mast and railings. O.g., lightly hinged, bright and P.O. fresh, F.-V.F., a rare design flaw plate variety. Scott No. 47 var.
SG No. 45cb; £2,250 ($2,770). SG £2,250 ($2,770)
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SG £2,250 ($2,770)

New South Wales, 1850, Sydney View, 1d Pairs. Two pairs; horizontal pair of plate I pale red (S.G. 5) on small piece canceled "48" of Tarcutta, and vertical pair of plate II early impression, deep color (S.G. 7) canceled Sydney bars, F.-V.F. Scott No. 1b, 2.
SG No. 5, 7; £1,700 ($2,090). SG £1,700 ($2,090)
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SG £1,700 ($2,090)

New South Wales, 1886, Queen Victoria, 10s lilac & claret, overprinted "POSTAGE" in black, perf 12. Without gum, strong colors; cert. states colors slightly faded which we feel is erroneous, F.-V.F., with 2017 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 73.
SG No. 239a; £1,600 ($1,970). SG £1,600 ($1,970)
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SG £1,600 ($1,970)