Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1011
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Untidy collection on Hagners mostly mint with 1914 Prince Wilhelm set (a few creases), 1917 Korce set, many overprints including 1919 Comet sets with Curved & Straight Tails, 1921 'BESA' *&U, Airs 1927 1928 & 1929 (possibly forgeries) sets, Italian Occupation including 1931 Tirana-Rome & 1940 Postage Dues U, later used sets on small pieces including 1944 Independence Opts, 1945 Army & Red Cross, 1946 Red Cross Congress, a few problems but mostly very fine, Cat £2500+; plus the 1929 Airs Cat £1600 but not included in our valuation.
(250+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1012
Symbol: *V
Cat No: Collection
1913-45 Issues on European pages with handstamped types of dubious status (not included in the catalogue value), 1914 Arrival of Prince Wilhelm *&U, Overprints including a few 'Shooting Stars', 1919 Postal Fiscals U, 1920 Eagle Overprints *, Korce set * & CTO, Postage Dues, etc, also unmounted blocks of 4 including 1945 Independence & People's Army, 1946 Assembly & Proclamation etc, generally very fine, Cat €6000+.
(320+ & 3 M/Ss)
AUSTRALIAN: 1948-50 selection of telegrams to & from expeditioners on Macquarie & Heard Islands. Interesting content including "...Partial eclipse of sun Monday...Thaw flooded stores...Two chess games are being contested with Marion Island...". Ex Kevin Dwyer.
(7)
AUSTRALIAN: 1958 bundle of Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Aust) telegrams from Macquarie Island, various cachets including boxed 'RECEIVED/ANARE' d/s in violet, also three printed Thala Dan menus, condition variable.
(39 items)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1015
Symbol: */**V
Cat No: Collection
1915-64 Collection on European pages mostly mint with better Charity sets, 1922 Musicians' Fund Perf 11½ 7½k, 1925-27 New Currency set, 1925-34 Postage Dues, 1929-31 Pictorials & 1932 Smaller Pictorials, 1948-64 Costumes **, 1949 POW Fund ** blocks of 4, 1950-53 Birds all but the 3s **, 1951 Reconstruction Fund ** blocks of 4, some CTO sets, Cat €6500+. A very fine collection.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1016
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Untidy collection on Hagners with an attractive array of earlies with some superb postmarks, 1910 80th Birthday 2kr 5kr & 10kr used, then mostly mint including 1922 Musicians Fund Perf 11½ 7½kr,1929-31 & 1932 Pictorials, 1950-53 Birds 3s & 5s used, etc, also Post Offices Abroad including Venezia Giulia 1918 Overprints to 4kr used (but assessed as unused), etc, generally very fine.
(350 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1018
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Two-volume collection with an attractive range of earlies with better values & postmark interest, Franz Joseph Anniversary & Birthday sets mint or used, some better Charity sets, Airs, Skiing, Rotary, etc, 1961-74 issues are largely complete mint (many unmounted) or VFU; also half an album of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Levant & Crete; Cat £5500+.
(many 100s)
1945 Hitler Overprints Vertical 'Osterrich' Printed at Graz 1pf to 5rm Mi #674-696 plus Perf 12½ 1rm Mi 693iA and 16¼mm Overprint marginal set Mi 693ii-696iiB, and Unissued Hitler Behind Bars 1rm to 5rm Mi Va-Vd, & a few others, unmounted, Cat €10,000.
(40)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1021
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Attractive annotated collection in stockbook with many better items including 1900 Ribbed Paper Perf 12½ 30h & 40h SG 159a & 160a both U and Perf 10½ 6h on Ribbed Paper SG 169a U, some multiples & postmark interest, a few minor problems but generally very fine, Cat £3000 approximately.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1023
Symbol: */**V
Cat No: Collection
Mostly mint collection on European pages with a selection of Dimanche labels, 1924 M/S CTO, many of the better Charity sets *&U including 1929 Laying of First Stone ('crown/L') and Bruges Restoration Fund *&U, 1929 Paris Printings to 100fr, 1952 UPU Congress ** & U, many M/Ss, etc, also some Railway Parcel Stamps including 'JOURNAUX/DAGBLADEN/1928' sets, generally very fine, Cat €9500+.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1060
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Extensive collection in Hagner album with 1879 5c 10c & 50c mint, 1881 New Currency 25st unused & used x2, 1901-05 Ferdinand set **, 1911 Pictorials **, lots of Overprints & Surcharges, 1927-28 Airs 10L * x3, 1931 Games *, 1932 Airs *, later to 1950s & some Back-of-the-Book issues, generally very fine.
(many 100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1068
Symbol: */O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on leaves 1872-1960s with Crown CC 2c *, 1899-1900 set used, KEVII Multi Crown CA 2r25c used x2, KGV Multi Crown CA 5r 10r & 20r used and Multi Script CA 5r used, KGV Pictorials set used plus 1r *, KGVI 5r used, etc, also a few 'On/Service' overprints, then quantity of extras in bag, possible postmark interest, plus Maldives including 1933 Minaret & 1950 Dhow sets used, condition variable but many fine.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1069
Symbol: Ω
Cat No: Collection
1910-11 KEVII MCA 2c to 10r SG 292-300 three sets of 'SPECIMEN' singles affixed to two ledger pages & tied by the '.../ COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine, Cat £900++. Illustration on the front cover. (27)
Hingeless pages with Fiji Times imitation strip of 5 in black/purple-rose, 1871 'CR' set + extra 1d & 6d shades, 1872 2c on 1d & 6c on 3d, selection of 'VR' Underprints, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x5 & 5/- + CTO x2, page of 1891-93 Surcharges, Pirogues etc including 5d SG 80, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat £4000 approximately.
(110 approx)
Useful basis for development with 'CR' set x2, 1872 Surcharges plus extra 2c on 1d, good range of 'VR' for 'CR' issues, QV 1/- x3 & 5/-, KEVII 1906-12 set + £1 'SPECIMEN', KGV 1912-23 set + extra £1 & 1922-27 Script set, KGVI two sets apparently complete with Dies & Perfs, Victory set punctured 'SPECIMEN', etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1105
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on leaves with KEVII 1903 set to 5/- * & 1904-09 MCA *, KGVI Pictorials *&U both sets with most Dies & Perfs, Victory 3d Man Overboard in corner block of 4 **, later sets to £1 or $2 * &/or U, 1940 Postage Dues *, etc, also a few early unused Postal Cards, condition variable.
(100s)
1875 '2d.' Surcharge on 'V.R.' Overprints in Roman Letters on 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d rose SG 27, rounded corner at L/R, large-part o.g., Cat £3000. Alex Rendon Certificate (1996).
1876-77 Script 'VR' Underprints 1d deep blue imperforate plate proof on Laid Paper upper-left corner block of 4 with Pronounced Double Print, the second impression misplaced 1mm to the right & ½mm down, the third unit with the Major Void Corner as SG 31b, large-part o.g. the lower pair being unmounted. Visually stunning! Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $419.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 1/- brown (deepening shades towards the base) complete imperforate sheet of 16 (4x4) of the Fournier Forgery, a couple of minor faults.
1881-89 Queen Victoria 5/- dull red & black SG 69 upper-left corner block of 8 (4x2), the fourth unit with the recently listed Red Arc above 'FIJI' SG 69a, well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat £1000++ (as mounted singles). Superb! An exceptional positional block, and the equal largest recorded unused multiple of the 5/-. Ex Gerald Patterson: sold for $1340. [David Alford at page 82 records only two mint blocks of 8: it is unclear if this block is one of them]
1938-55 KGVI Pictorials 3d blue with Spur on Medallion SG 257a, well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £750. [This variety was present only on the printing of 26.11.1945]
Interesting Revenues selection from Fiji, Hong Kong, Northern Rhodesia (including KGV £2 £5 and £10 on piece), Nyasaland, Sierra Leone, Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa, Straits Settlements, Sierra Leone and Tanganyika, Barefoot (2009) Cat £600+.
(150+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 928
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Collection on leaves with Aden Dhows to 2r used & 1939 KGVI set (ex 14a) *, Basutoland KGVI & 1954 QEII sets used, Bechuanaland with range of overprints, KGV 2/- used, KGVI & QEII sets used, Egypt to 1960s including 1933 Aviation Congress set * & used, Gambia QV Cameos group *, KGV Shield 4d 7½d & 2/-, Gold Coast 1948 KGVI & 1952 QEII sets used, KUT including East Africa, 'GEA' overprints to 3r *, Tanganyika Giraffes to 2/- plus 5- used, Uganda 1/- & 5/- used, Madagascar 1895 'Inland Mail' set used & 'Runners' set *, Mauritius with 1883 'SIXTEEN CENTS' on 17c red *, Nigeria including Oil Rivers, Niger Coast with 10/- used & Northern Nigeria with KEVII 2/6d used, Seychelles with 1938 KGVI set * (ex 75c blue & 2r25 olive), Sierra Leone QEII set used, Somaliland 1903 Overprints on India 2r *, KEVII Multi Script CA 3r used, KGVI 1942 & 1951 Overprints sets *, QEII set used, Sudan including officials noted 1913 'SG' puncture set (ex 2m) used & 1922 2p purple & orange 'AS' Army Service puncture used, Swaziland with Transvaal overprints and 1956 QEII Pictorials set used, Zanzibar 1896 1r * and 1r to 5r used, 1927 75c used, 1935 Jubilee set * & 1952 set used, etc, condition variable but many fine, Cat £5000+.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 929
Symbol: */O
Cat No: Collection
British South Atlantic collection on leaves with Ascension KGV set used, KGVI set *, 1948 RSW * & used, QEII 1956 set used & 1963 set *; Falkland Islands including 1891 '½d' on bisected 1d brown * (no cert), Crown CA 6d orange wmk reversed (*) and 6d yellow, 9d & 1/- *, 1938 KGVI Pictorials 5/- * & used and 10/- *, Dependencies KGVI 'Thin' Map set * & 1954 QEII Pictorials set used; St Helena with range of Crown CC & Crown CA Surcharges including 4d pair, 6d, 1/- & 5/- *, 1890 Keyplates set * plus 5d used, KEVII Pictorials set * and 1953 QEII Pictorials set used; also a little Tristan da Cunha; condition variable but many fine, Cat £3000+.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 930
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Worldwide collection remainders with a stockbook of Canada, Fiji with KGVI 5d Blue Canes and a couple of booklets, GB used in three stockbooks, New Zealand with Postal Fiscals QV 2/- and Arms 7/-, PNG with 10/- Rabaul x3 & £1 Fisherman, also Australia Pre-Decimals * and Decimals used on expensive hingeless pages, some FDCs & PSEs, condition mixed but many fine. Weighs 24kg.
(100s)
Kirabati 1983 to 2004 on KaBe hingless pages, plus multiple small bags on and off-paper Australia and Germany to soak. Thematically appealing. Weighs 9.5kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 932
Symbol: **/C
Cat No: Collection
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) collection in ten specially printed albums and slipcases, plenty of unmounted sets and First Day Covers ideal for the Bird or Animal thematic collector. Weighs 20kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 933
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
British Commonwealth mostly mint selection with Cyprus 1934 Pictorials, Fiji 1954 Pictorials (**), Ionian Islands 1859 set, Maldives KEVII set, Malta First Postage Dues (**), Mauritius 1902 'Postage & - Revenue' Overprints, Morocco Agencies including Spanish Currency to 12pta on KEVII 10/- & on Seahorses 10/-, North Borneo '4/CENTS' on $5 x2 (one with 'KUDAT' cds) & on $10, Penrhyn Island Overprints on 1907 registered front, Solomons Large Canoe imperf proofs (some fading) & KGV £1 (VFU), South Africa Parliament 2½d group including single with faint 'Specimen' h/s on Post Office 'NOW ON SALE' wall display (the card with a corner fault), Sudan 1903 5m on 5pi with the Overprint Inverted (used; RPSofL Certificate), Tonga 'GFB' Overprints, etc, also a few 'SPECIMEN' Overprints including Nyasaland 1908-10 set, generally very fine. A good lot.
(220+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 934
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Mostly mint collection on European leaves with Czechoslovakia including 1925 Olympics U, 1926 All-Sokol *&U and 1930 Birthday ** blocks of 4; Denmark 1924 Danish Post blocks of 4 & 1925-29 Airs; Poland including 1928 Exhibition M/S **, 1938 Exhibition perf & imperf M/Ss CTO, Government-in-Exile issues, etc; Portugal 1894 Prince Henry set with 'CENTENARIO' cancels, 1920-21 Parcel Post set, 1926 1927 & 1928 Independence sets, 1926 Ceres set with No Imprint at the Base, etc; Sweden including 1924 UPU Congress (no 1kr) & U and 1924 UPU to 2k; etc, Cat €9000+. A very fine collection.
(few 100)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 936
Symbol: C**
Cat No: Collection
World Wildlife Fund 1998-2016 World issues and special WWF postmarked covers, annotated collection in fourteen WWF albums with slipcases, plus one empty album. Weighs 29kg.
(100s)
European array of mostly mint sets from Albania, Austria, Belgium including 1952 UPU Congress x2 sets, France including War Orphans, 'Poste Aerienne' Opts x2 sets, various Sinking Fund issues, 1937 Museum, Ader 50fr x2 & various Charities, Berlin Red Opts to 1mk & 2mk (not expertised) plus UPU Dm1 & Dm2 both used, Greece, Iceland, Italy & Colonies, Liechtenstein, Holland & Colonies, Sweden, etc, some minor duplication, condition variable with some adhesion but most are fine to very fine.
(450 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 939
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
British Commonwealth collection on leaves with strength in Post Offices Abroad Overprints including British Occupation of Former Italian Colonies 'MEF' to 10/- *, Eritrea complete * & used including Postage Dues, Somalia 'EAF' complete * & used, Tripolitania 'BMA' set * & used, 1951 'BA' set used plus Postage Dues 'BMA' & 'BA' sets * & used; Gulf States with Bahrain including Overprints on India KGV 3a blue used & on GB KGVI 10/- used, Eastern Arabia, Kuwait including Overprints on India 1939 4a 6a & 12a used & 1945 set * plus on GB 1949 10/- * & Muscat; Levant with 1887 '4 PIASTRES' on 10d *, Morocco Agencies Overprints on Gibraltar, on GB KGVI 1949 set used, Spanish Currency KGVI 1937-52 set used, French Currency & Tangier; also selections of Omnibus issues **/* & used for 1937 Coronation (complete * plus extras), 1946 Victory, 1948 Wedding, 1949 UPU (apparently complete with many **), 1953 Coronation, etc, condition generally fine, Cat £5000+.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 940
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
European array on stockcards with numerous better items throughout including complete sets & M/Ss, arranged by country with strength in Greece, Hungary, Norway, Poland including 1954 Philatelic Congress M/S (**), Rumania, Spain & Switzerland with better Airs & used PAX 3fr, condition a bit variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £6000+.
(1500+)
'SPECIMEN' selection of mostly odd values but including many high denominations and Jamaica 1923 Child Welfare set, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(55)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 942
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: 123a
British Europe mostly mint selection with many better stamps/sets from Cyprus including KEVII & KGV Keyplate sets to 45pi, 1934 Pictorials used to 18pi, KGVI Pictorials, Silver Wedding used; Gibraltar including 1886-87 4d & 6d, 1889 25c on 2d & on 2½d both with Short 'I' in 'CENTIMOS' (both used), 1889-96 1pta bistre, 2pta Plate Number '2' pair & 5pta grey, 1921-27 Script 8/-, KGVI set plus 1½d Perf 13½ SG 123a & used set, Wedding **, 1953-59 Pictorials, 1960-62 Pictorials (**) + used 5/- to £1, etc; Ireland 1922-23 Seahorses, etc; and Malta with 'One/Pnney' on 2½d ** (central unit in marginal block of 9), KEVII to 5/-, 1928 Overprints, KGVI Pictorials & Overprints, Wedding £1 used, QEII Pictorials, etc; a few problems but generally fine to very fine.
(300+)
Pacific Islands mostly mint selection with useful ranges from Fiji including 1906-12 KEVII set, KGVI Pictorials plus used 10/-, QEII 1954 Pictorials plus £1 with Plate Number '1'; New Hebrides with 1911 set, Gold Currency to 5fr plus Postage Dues; New Zealand with Pictorials Perf 11 5/- mint (poorly centred) & used, Peace, Dunedin, Smiling Boys; Pitcairn Wedding *&U; Samoa with KGV Mixed Perfs blocks of 4, Huts, 1945-53 Arms 30/- & 1955 Arms set + used £1; Solomons with Large & Small Canoes, KGV to 10/-, etc; and others, some problems but generally fine to very fine.
(few 100)
British Asia array with numerous better items & sets - mint unless noted otherwise - including Aden 1939-48 & 1951 sets; Hong Kong 1935 Jubilee; Straits KEVII $5 used pair on piece; Malayan States Silver Wedding unmounted $5 for Kelantan Malacca Negri Pahang Perak & Trengganu and a page of Japanese Occupation issues; Pakistan KGVI High Values; Singapore KGVI Perf 17½x18 $2 & $5; Zanzibar 1896 set; etc etc, condition variable so careful examination is recommended.
(400+)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 945
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
British Commonwealth on leaves with pickings throughout noted Bushire 1915 'Under British Occupation' overprints 2ch 3ch & 12ch used, Overprints on Great Britain, Ireland with 1922 overprints & 1937 St Patrick set used, Iraq 1920 5r Official used, Sudan Camels to 20pi *, also Natal, Transvaal, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Niger Coast, St Helena, Pitcairn, etc, a few revenues from KUT & Zanzibar, plus New Zealand in two stockbooks mostly modern including Health M/Ss, condition variable but many fine. Weighs 8kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 946
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
British Commonwealth dealer's stockcards with numerous better items & sets - mint unless noted otherwise - including Antigua 1903-17 to 2/- x3 & 2/6d; Ascension KGVI to 10/- x2 including 3d blue; Bahamas KGVI, Columbus & Eleuthera sets; Bermuda 1962-68 Buildings blocks of 4 **; Ceylon KGVI to 5r x2; Cyprus KGVI set; Falklands 1952 Pictorials ** x2 sets; Fiji KGVI set; Gibraltar KGVI set plus extras, QEII 1960-62 Pictorials + 5/- to £1 used; Great Britain QV 10/- used x2, Jubilee 1/- green FU with strong colour x5, Wedding £1 ** & VFU; Grenada KGVI 10/- x4; Leewards KGVI 5/- x4 & £1 x3 (one U); Malaya $5 Weddings for Kelantan Malacca Pahang & Perak all **; Malta KGVI set; New Hebrides Gold Currency Postage Dues x2 sets; New Zealand array; Northern Rhodesia KGVI set; Samoa 1955 Arms x2 sets; Seychelles KGVI set including ** 1r green; Solomons Large Canoes, KGVI set x3 & Postage Dues; South Africa bilingual pairs to 10/- x3 (one Official); Southern Rhodesia used Admirals & Field Marshalls and QEII Pictorials 10/- & £1 superb unmounted blocks of 4; St Lucia KGVI set x3; St Vincent KGVI set; Tristan 1954 Pictorials; etc etc, condition variable so careful examination is recommended. The illustration is above Lot 944.
(many 100s)