Africa Collections of Mint and Used, Early to 1980s, sorted by country, in mounts or mounted on album pages. We noted a good variety of countries such as Egypt, with what appears to be an advanced collection, including many sets, some overprints, postage dues, O.H.M.S. and more, Sudan with some Camel issues, Ethiopia with many mint stamps from the 1920s and 1930s, Katanga, Angola, Liberia, Mozambique with many early issues and a well represented colonial period, and more. Clean lot, overall very fine. JG (Image)

Est $ 200

Asian Countries Mint and Used Country Collections, a group of about 30 country collections from the middle East to the Extreme East. From Israel and Armenia, through Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia and Philippines, not forgetting China (PRC), Korea, and Japan, The largest collections are Korea and the Philippines. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

Australia Mint Decimal Era Collection in a Davo Hingeless Album, to 1985. An almost complete collection for the period. Includes the souvenir sheets and some Australian Antarctic Territories. (Image)

Est $ 150

Australia Large Mint Stock, covering both the pre-decimal and the decimal periods. First a 64-page stockbook full of interesting issues in reasonable duplication generally not exceeding 10 copies. We saw a pre decimal Navigator £2, Paintings to $10 in 6 copies, specimen stamps, gutter pairs and blocks, booklet pages, imprint blocks, souvenir sheets etc. In addition, presentation booklets for various issues such as the Bicentennial collection, the Australian Football League booklet issue, Paintings, Dogs, Landmark Bridges, Living Together and many others. A lot with much to offer. We estimate postage face value is in excess of AU$500. (Image)

Est $ 500

Australia On-Paper Accumulation of Roos and George V Heads, a few hundreds stamps on pieces from 1913 to the early 1930s. Roos to 2sh and Heads to 1sh4d, certainly with a variety of watermarks. We noted many OS and OS/NSW perfins on various values, all from an old time hoard. Overall fine or better, but faults to be expected. (Image)

Est $ 200

Australia Used Stamps Sorted in Glassines in 9 Plastic Boxes, 1913 to 1999, most are sorted by Scott numbers, others sorted by sets. Each glassine holds any quantity of stamps from 1 to hundreds. The black box holds most of the best values. We saw Roos to 5/-, lots of George V Heads, Robes to £1, Arms to £2, pre-decimal and decimal Navigators etc. A huge group to explore for varieties and cancels. Mostly very fine throughout. (Image)

Est $ 300

Australia Large Stockbook of Mint and Used, from the Roos to about 2002. Most mint copies are grouped at the front of the book and include many interesting values. The interest is mainly in the used section. This includes 2 F-VF copies of the brown 2sh #11 (CV $140 each), 3 copies of #53 (1sh4d King George V), 1948 high values Arms, including one desirable CTO set, £2 Navigators (#379 $92), 2 pairs of $20 Uluru (#1892 $25 each), more than a page of AAT, many postage dues and two pages of used blocks. F-VF throughout. (Image)

Est $ 250

Australia and Area Used Collection in Scott Specialty Album to 1989, includes pages for the former states, the North West Pacific Islands, Norfolk Is., Christmas Is., Cocos Is., as well as Papua New Guinea. Very high completion rate for Australia. Also includes 5 Royal Family maxicards from the 1950’s and used blocks of the 5/- and 10/- Robes. As well as some older used booklet panes. Very fine and worth a closer look. (Image)

Est $ 350

Australia and Area Large Accumulation, With the Former States and the Dependencies, filling a Banker’s box, in stockbooks, and glassines and on album pages and stock pages. New South Wales, Victoria and West Australia are the best represented states. Australia is more or less complete to 2001, mostly MNH from 1986 and used before that, so quite a bit of face value. Also includes many MNH booklets and souvenir sheets, mint and used postal stationery, a box of on-paper stamps a few covers and FDCs. We even found a souvenir sheet from the Hull River Principality. Very fine. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

Austria Selection of Mint Sets from the 1940s and 1950s, with many complete sets of mostly semi-postals plus some airmail issues (Bird series of 1950) with duplication of some of the sets. A cursory look revealed a few hinged but it appears that most are never hinged. Catalogued by owner by Michel at €1,935. Rsv. $180. (Image)

Michel E 1,935

Austria Mostly Used Collection, with 890 different stamps, all neatly displayed on Manilla pages and album pages, with a good variety, from the first issues to about the late 1990s. A very nice and clean collection, with many nice c.d.s. cancels and overall fine or better. (Image)

Scott $ 770

Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda Mint and Used Collections on Stock Pages, with a good variety ranging from Queen Victoria to the early 2000s, overall fine to very fine. All scanned online, and stamps cataloguing 25c were not counted. (Image)

Scott $ 780

Belgium Collection of Advertizing Tab Pairs, 1927 to 1940s, all in 102 cards by catalogue number, identified by the owner per COB catalogue number (PU1 to 171). Close to complete in period (only missing a few), with about half of the pairs having both a mint and a used one. There are over 250 pairs in all, plus about 13 booklets covers and two panes. Catalogue value of €3,514 is from the 2008 COB. A nice clean collection, difficult to assemble. JG (Image)

COB E 3,514

British Africa Mint and Used Collections, 1800s to Late 1990s, consisting of a few thousand stamps sorted by country, in mounts, mounted on album pages or stock pages. We noted some light duplication, with strength in South Africa and pre union states, such as Cape of Good Hope, Natal with a selection of "Chalons", Transvaal. Also includes Sudan with Camels, Southern Rhodesia, Tristan da Cunha with several complete sets, Mauritius and more. Clean lot, overall very fine. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

British America Mint and Used Collections Featuring the Falkland Islands, British Guiana and the Turks and Caicos also including an interesting collection of Trinidad and Tobago as well as smaller lots from the Bahamas, Barbados and other countries. The Falkland Islands collection includes MH George VI Silver Wedding high value (Scott #100, CV $110), George VI definitives Scott # 82-95 to the 5sh value in MNH blocks of 4, and a MH copy of the 10sh value of this same set Scott #95 (CV $100), the same complete set in used condition (CV $308), the second George VI definitive set Scott #107-120 used (CV $98) the Dependencies Scott #2L1 to 5L8 in MH blocks of 4 (CV $400) and more. The British Guiana includes a MH set of the 1934 George V definitives (Scott #210-222 CV $179) a MH se-tenant pair of Scott 159-159a the missing period error with a normal stamp (total Scott cv for the two stamps is $84), some high value sets in multiple copies. The Turks and Caicos collection goes to 1981 and looks very nearly complete from 1966 on. For that period from 1966 to 1981, most sets are present both in MH and used conditions. Also included are MH British Honduras Scott #4, 5 and 8 (total cv $367). Very fine throughout. JG (Image)

Est $ 1,000

British Asia Mint and Used Collections of Aden, Sarawak and More, Aden is nearly complete in both mint hinged and used including the Seyun and Shihr and Mukalla issues. We noted Scott #1-11 used (CV $200), George VI Silver Wedding mint hinged and used Scott #30-1 (total cv $102), the Elizabeth definitives Scott #48-61a mint hinged and used (CV $113) and much more. The Sarawak collection includes a MNH George VI Silver Wedding Scott #175 (CV $50), the mint hinged Elizabeth definitives Scott #197-210, missing #203, (cv $99). Also included are smaller, mainly used, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and other collections. Very fine overall. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

British Commonwealth Four Sets of Mint Omnibus Issues, with the 1937 and 1953 Coronations, 1946 Peace Issue and 1947 and 1954 Royal Visits, on specially designed pages. Each collection is complete according to Scott Common Design listings and includes stamps of different designs customarily included in Omnibus sets. The 1937 Coronation issue is on Walter C. Sergent hingeless pages. The collector has carefully identified varieties on the various stamps for this issue. The other sets are held on specially designed Lindner hingeless pages. In a large sample, we only found one hinged stamp. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

British Commonwealth Group of Three 1937-38 Country Sets, all mint never hinged and fresh, with Bahrain (#20-23, 27), Papua (#118-121, C5-9, C5 has a light wrinkle), Southern Rhodesia (#38-54). Majority are very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 217

British Commonwealth Collection of the 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee, in a thick specialized Herrick album (White Ace style), appears complete with all the sets and souvenir sheets, etc, except the stamps are all in glassines and not yet mounted on the pages. Very fine. (Image)

Est $ 150

British Commonwealth Collection of 1937 Coronation Issues, all in mint never hinged blocks of four, appears complete (including Hong Kong and Newfoundland). Some of the non-common design stamps (such as the KGVI South Africa set) are in blocks of 8 and very fine. Also comes with a collection of 1953 Coronation issues (appears complete) and 1972 Silver Wedding issues (appears complete) and another complete mint never hinged set of the 1937 Coronation issues in a small stockbook. (Image)

Est $ 200

British Commonwealth Group of Mint Sets, with Cyprus #226a (NH souvenir sheet), Falkland Islands #107-120 (lightly hinged set) and Leeward Islands #103-115 (21 different hinged stamps, including paper or shade varieties) and 133-147 (never hinged set). Catalogue values for the KGVI varieties was calculated as cheapest papers or shades only, overall fresh and very fine group. (Image)

Scott $ 622

British Commonwealth Mint and Used A to Z Collection, but no BNA, ranging from early Victoria to approximately 1953 in a Springback album and a 16 page stockbook consisting of over 2,100 stamps with little duplication. Included are “Back of the Book” issues such as Air Mails, Semi-postals, war tax, postage due as well as common design types such as the 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee, the 1937 KGVI Coronation, the 1946 Peace Issues, the 1949 Silver Wedding issues. Among the high value issues we noted Antigua #3 MH, Australia #7 and #151 used, Bahamas #89 MNH, Barbados #79 MH, Bechuanaland #53 MH, Bermuda #4 and #68 used, #109 MH, Gold Coast #28 used, Hong Kong #48, #79 and #121 MH, #52 and #52 used, New Zealand #156 and # 183 used, #O56 and O69 MH, Sarawak #63 used, Straits Settlements #39 used, as well as Trinidad and Tobago #10 used and #J6 MH. Watermarks were not checked. Overall, fine or better, some with heavy cancellations or other faults, as may be expected of the early issues. Scans only show a small portion, viewing is recommended to better appreciate the value and quality involved. (Image)

Scott $ 11,506

British Commonwealth Mint and Used Collection on Homemade Pages in Three Volumes to About 1975, including about 5,800 stamps with a catalogue value of nearly $6,800 according to owner’s Scott valuation. We noted Australia, Barbados, India, Mauritius, New Zealand and South Africa. Faults noted on some of the earlier material. (Image)

Scott $ 6,800

British Commonwealth Mint and Used Collection on Homemade Pages in 7 Binders to about 1960, containing about 6,400 stamps with a catalogue value of about $12,500 according to owner’s Scott valuation. Many stamps are present both in mint hinged and used condition, the used stamp often tucked under the mint stamp. We noted Australia and its states, Bermuda, Ceylon, Great Britain with lots of mint George VI and Elizabeth, New Zealand and Rhodesia. Faults noted on some of the earlier material, else overall fine or better. (Image)

Scott $ 12,500

British Commonwealth Old Time Mint and Used Collection in a 1912 Standard Postage Stamp Album, featuring mostly all mint stamps. Includes very extensive Great Britain, Gibraltar, Hong Kong (Noted some British Offices in China cancels), India, Malta, St Helena and Seychelles; other countries sparsely populated and mainly used, no Canada. Added pages cover early Ireland, China (includes Scott #158, cv $450, upside down in album) and Japan. (Image)

Est $ 800