AFGHANISTAN LIFETIME COLLECTION, PART I, 1871/1909. a magnificent specialised collection housed in one substantial album, approaching 2000 stamps from the Kabul first issue tigers of 1871 through to the end of the reign of Amir Habibullah Khan in 1919. There are dozens of large tiger heads with early issues identified by plate inc. shahi denomination with 5 examples unused inc. strip of three, small tigers organised by city of issue, inc. Kabul issues on cover, as well as multiples inc. 1878 Peshawar printing block of 20 unused showing four different denominations se-tenant. Then page after page of the colorful circular issues of the 1880s with an amazing range of well over 500 examples including several on cover, as well as other interesting areas of postal history such as 1884 QV India -+a stationery envelope additionally franked with -+a blue, 2a orange and two pairs of the 4a blue green, tied by fieldpost bar cancels sent from Balochistan to Amritsar. Other highlights include 1891/92 1r gray blue mint blocks of 4, etc, leading on to Amir Habibullah first issues with intense postmark studies, through to 1909/19 1r lilac brown mint block of 21, 1r olive gray parcel post with several examples mint and used, etc, etc. Outstanding in scope

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AFGHANISTAN LIFETIME COLLECTION, PART II, 1909/45. the continuation of this specialised collection, again housed in a substantial album, with thousands of stamps from issues of Amanullah through to the 1940s; mounted on the first page an item rarely seen - the oversized special government parcels stamp in dark olive green, the two types se-tenant in complete miniature sheet of two mint (according to Dietrich only 7 pairs in existence, also interesting commentary about this in Scott); further highlights include 1920 2nd Independence Day large royal stars inc. 10pa rose with ten used examples including two on cover fronts (Scott #214), 20pa maroon used (#215), 1921 -½Old Habibia College-+ parcel posts with tete-beche inc. 10pa block of four mint (#Q10a), 30pa red violet pair (#Q12a), 1921 small royal star 30pa green tete-beche mint pair, used blocks of four of different shades and in complete sheet used (#219a), leading on to 1927 tughra types inc. 10p magenta tete-beche gutter pair mint (#225 var) and dotted background half-sheet of 4 mint (#226), etc. Also much interesting non Scott listed material, including study of the Nadir Shah revolutionary government control handstamps, 1929/31 airmail surcharges (ex-Light collection), etc, etc. This is just the tip of the iceberg

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AFGHANISTAN LIFETIME COLLECTION, PART III "WORK IN PROGRESS", 1871/1964. an outstanding holding of unusual material with 1000s of stamps, including postal history, proofs, complete sheets, postmark studies, etc, from the 19th century onwards, contained in two bulging volumes. A few highlights are early large tigers including on cover, dozens of 1880s handstamped issues, 1891/92 1r gray blue unused part-sheet of 45, excellent mosque gates material including an unissued registration stamp, black on yellow instead of on green as mentioned in Gibbons, in block of 25 unused with informative Horst Dietrich opinion stating genuine and a precious rarity. Then further large multiples of the 1898 unissued registration design, Amir Habibullah 1907/08 2a blue imperf unused complete sheet showing three tete-beche gutter pairs, 1909/19 issues in complete sheets to the 1r lilac brown, through to 1928 40p blue and 1929 40p rose complete sheets showing tete-beche pairs, as well as a wonderful complete series of proofs of the 1932 council inauguration issues in imperf sheets of 12 followed by perforated examples with spectacular diagonal perfs on 60p violet sheet, etc. Also noticed many good later issues in imperforate sheets such as 1938 20th Independence Day issues etc. Accumulated over a lifetime and ideal for the specialist

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