Group of 40 Definitive and 4 Prestige Booklets 1953/2005, includes 14 "Famous Australians" 1968 booklets, 3 with wax interleaf, also 5 early decimal Elizabeth, one with wax interleaf. Both of these sets extensively described and priced according to the Sel Pfeffer catalogue. Then 17 various definitive and commemorative booklets up to $3 face value. Finally, 4 prestige booklets: "Australia at War" Scott 1938 (c.v. $100), Lighthouses, Eureka Stockade and Namatjira birth centenary. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Box of Mint Australian Postage, with values from 30c to A$20, all sorted in packages by denomination, very fine. (Image)

Face $ 6,360

More than 300 Used Stamps with Good Postmarks, in a stockbook, including 'Roos and George V, most with reasonably good cancellations. Unchecked by us for varieties. A good study lot. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Collection of Primarily Mint Australia on Scott Album Pages, 1970s-2005, with many hundreds of stamps, the majority in hingeless mounts, in roughly 75 loose album pages. We note the collection contains a mint and or used stamp for most issues, including sets, and a few souvenir sheets. Face value totals $372 (counting 10c up to $20, with the vast majority in the 45c to $1 range). Online photos show a sampling. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Mint Collection of Australia, 1977 to 2015, filling two large and one small stockbooks with singles, sets, booklets, souvenir and mini-sheets, probably with a high degree of completion, at least in the early years. The owner counted A$1,476 in face which is equivalent to C$1,303 at time of writing. Majority is MNH and very fine. A useful collection. (Image)

Face $ 1,476

Mint and Used Australia Collection in a Springback Album, 1913 to 1976, with a good level of completeness in period, the used stamps are hinged and the mint stamps are in black mounts on black quadrille pages. Mixed mint and used to about 1970, mostly mint after that, with a good representation of postage dues as well. (Image)

Scott $ 2,958

Nine Approval Books of Used Stamps, with 'Roos and George V issues, including Scott #s 7 (c.v. $50), 41 (c.v. $60). We also noted stamps in the $5 to $30 of catalogue value. A few stamps are less appealing and have not been counted in the total, such as 76a (c.v. $140), else overall fine to very fine. (Owner's catalogue $2,650 Scott 2018). (Image)

Scott $ 2,650

Collection of Mint and Used Australia and New Zealand, from the late 1800s to the 1990s, consisting of over a thousand mint and used Australian stamps from 1913 to 1997, displayed in two partially filled 64 page stockbooks. We noted a mixture of mint and used throughout including the modern era, with many part and complete sets, starting with used Kangaroos up to 2 shillings, and Arms of Australia (complete used). Also noted is a good variety of Australian States, as well as back of the book consisting of semi postals, airmails, postage dues, Officials, and Australian Antarctic Territory. The New Zealand collection is made of several hundred stamps mostly used from the 1870s to 1998, displayed in a partly filled 64 page stockbook. A cursory look revealed a used 6 pence Chalon, and many complete sets such as a used Victory set, as well as a nice selection of back of the book issues, including semi postals, airmails, postage dues, Officials, Ross Dependency, Postal Fiscals, Life insurance, and newspaper. Both collections appear to be displayed in chronological order, with very light duplication. Unchecked for varieties, overall fine to very fine. See online photos for a glimpse. (Image)

Estimate $ 300

Mint Collection from the 1910s to the 2000s in Two Stockbooks, with a good representation of early material, including 'Roos and George V Heads. The two stockbooks are quite full, including numerous se-tenant issues, booklets, some presentation packs, back-of-the-book and some Australian Antarctic Territory stamps. Overall fresh and fine to very fine. Owner's 2022-2023 catalogue value is $3,792. (Image)

Scott $ 3,792

1935 2½d Blue KGV Silver Jubilee, with 164 mint never hinged stamps in four part sheets, some with plate numbers. Mostly very fine with some very minor toning on the backs of some stamps noted for the record. (Image)

Scott $ 1,025

Group of 125 Elizabethan Period Stamp Booklets, including 11 different New Zealand presentation booklets (Scott c.v. $252), 6 Great Britain presentation booklets and 9 definitive stamp booklets (total c.v. for GB Booklets $307), 67 Royal events and anniversaries and 32 definitive booklets from various Commonwealth countries. Some minor duplication in the Royal events group. Very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Collection of Mint Never Hinged Omnibus Issues in a Stockbook, with about 10 Omnibus issues, including the 1966 Churchill Memorial (132 stamps), 1973 Princess Anne Royal Wedding (75 stamps and S/S, with a little duplication), 1958 Map of the Caribbean (all 30 stamps), 1953 QEII Coronation (all 106 stamps), 1964 Shakespeare (all 12 stamps, in marginal blocks of four), 1972 QEII Silver Wedding (all 62 stamps, plus others on the same subject, plus 46 duplicates), 1973 Princess Anne Wedding (all 46 stamps, plus a little duplication, many with tabs) and others, overall very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collection of Mint British Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II First Issue Sets in Two Frank Godden Albums, with roughly 75 sets, neatly organized from A to Z issuing countries, ranging from 1953 to 1960. Just a few of the better sets include with Scott #s: Ascension 62-74 (c.v. $143 total), Basutoland 46-56 ($120 total), Bermuda 143-162 ($110 total), Gibraltar 132-145 ($100 total), Hong Kong ($110 total), Malta 246-262 ($127 total), along with many sets cataloguing $50 to $80 and up. Owner's catalogue value for the collection totals $9,384 CDN (owner converted 2000 Stanley Gibbons catalogue values into Canadian dollars at time of writing. The collection includes owner's inventory and calculations). We note many fresh colours throughout, most stamps with light hinging, ideal for collectors and dealers alike. Online photos show a sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 750

Collection of Used British Commonwealth in a Frank Godden Album, neatly displayed in alphabetical order of country, from Aden to Zanzibar. The collection has well over 800 stamps, up to King George VI except for Canada which goes to about 1968. We did not notice any very valuable items, or complete sets, but this is a clean collection with many nice c.d.s. cancels and useful stamps. (Image)

Estimate $ 100

Extensive Collection of Mint British Commonwealth King George VI Issues in Three New Age Stamp Albums, 1937-1951, with a few thousand stamps, the vast majority are sets, neatly organized from A to Z issuing countries on Scott album pages. Just a few of the better stamps and sets include Scott #s: Aden 1-12 (c.v. $775 total); Burma O1-O14 ($998 total), Hong Kong 154-166A ($770 total), 178-179 ($225 total); India 150-167 ($406 total), Gandhi set 203-206 ($557 total), New Guinea C46-C59 ($720 total), North Borneo 193-207 ($711 total); Kuwait 45-57 ($247 total); New Zealand fiscals AR75/AR98 including AR88 ($250), AR90 ($400), AR98 ($325), along with stamps and sets cataloguing from $20 to $100 and up. Owner's catalogue value for the collection totals $56,831 CDN (owner converted 2000 Stanley Gibbons catalogue values into Canadian dollars at time of writing. The collection includes owner's inventory and calculations). We note fresh colours throughout, and light hinging for the vast majority of stamps, ideal for collectors and dealers alike. We recommend in-person viewing as our online photos show only a sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 2,500

Accumulation of Primarily Mint British Commonwealth Sets, 1930s-1970s, with a few thousand stamps, in many hundreds of glassines, and 2-row manilla dealer stock cards, with many neatly organized by country in envelopes. The lot consists of A to Z issuing countries, with a spot check indicating several never hinged sets cataloguing $20 to $100 and up, including Scott #s: New Zealand 288-301 (n.h., c.v. $179 total), Northern Rhodesia 61-74 ($84 total), North Borneo 261-275 ($84 total), along with many omnibus sets including 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1948 Silver Wedding, British Offices Abroad, Middle East sets, and lots more. A potentially high cataloguing lot, noting fresh colours, which collectors and dealers will appreciate. A spot check indicated just a few mint hinged stamps, with the overwhelming majority of stamps being never hinged. We recommend in-person viewing as our online photos show just a small sampling and overview. (Image)

Estimate $ 750

Valuable Dealer Stock of Mint and Used British Commonwealth Countries in 7 Volumes, with most Br. Comm. countries represented, ranging from their earliest days, some up to the 1980s. The stock, which has very little duplication, includes singles, sets, souvenir sheets and multiples, in a fairly equal mix of used, mint hinged and mint never hinged. Each item (single or set, etc.) is neatly identified by a tag denoting Scott (and sometimes also S.G.) catalogue value and asking price. These prices range from 10c to as high as several hundred dollars, and the owner has totaled-up some of the countries with values ranging from $1,000 to over $10,000 each for some of the countries. This is a very meticulously assembled stock, with focus given to varieties, unlisted items, revenue cancels properly identified and priced, etc., and the catalogue values given are fairly recent and up to date. This lot is sure to impress any dealer, in its cleanliness, presentation and with the better than usual quality of the stamps. There are way too many notable items to list here, so a careful viewing is highly recommended to better appreciate the value involved, despite our numerous online pictures. (Image)

Estimate $ 10,000

Valuable Collection of Mint British Commonwealth in Ten Albums, 1930s-1960s, with a few thousand stamps, with representation from A to Z issuing countries, with roughly 98% completeness for each country for the given years. A cursory check indicated just a few of the better sets with Scott #s Bahamas 100-117 (n.h., c.v. $190 total); Cayman Islands 85-96 (missing #94, m.h. $200 total); Bahrain 32-37 (n.h., $241 total); Bermuda 118-128 (m.h., $265 total); Leeward Islands 103-115 (m.h, $149 total); Falkland Islands 84-96 (m.h., $361 total); Hong Kong 178-179 (m.h., $225 total); India 203-206 (m.h., $557 total), along with many sets cataloguing $50 to $200 and up (potentially much higher considering possible never hinged premiums). The lot also includes 13 large sized envelopes containing British Commonwealth country collections that the owner did not put into albums, having the same level of completeness and catalogue values as mentioned above. Fresh colours throughout, which collectors and dealers will appreciate, with a spot check noting a mix of hinged and never hinged material. The stamps are in crystal mounts, hinged onto the pages, with roughly 30% of the mounts off the pages, which should not detract from the completeness of the collection. A potentially high cataloguing collection, in-person viewing recommended as our online photos show only a small sampling. (Image)

Estimate $ 2,000

Collection of Mint and Used British Commonwealth Countries, all neatly laid out in 53 black stock pages in two binders, from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II. Includes singes, sets, blocks, corner blocks (of the 1935 Silver Jubilee issues), etc. We noted better country representations such as Gibraltar, Nigeria, British Africa, British Atlantic, British West Indies and others, plus 1953 Coronation (53 countries), 1977 Jubilee (38 countries), 10 FDC for the 1977 Jubilee. There is a mix of used, mint hinged and mint never hinged, and the quality is very nice throughout, with some duplication. See our many online pictures to get a sense of this collection. (Image)

Estimate $ 350

Collection of Christmas Island, Australia and New Zealand. Christmas Island is displayed in an attractive special album and is complete NH for 1958 to 1986. This collection is followed up by the years 1987 to 1990 also NH and complete, in a red stockbook also containing presentation folders, covers and stationery items. New Zealand is in a binder with a mix of mint and used in stock pages plus a number of presentation packs from the 1980s and 1990s, also with a number of covers, postage labels, stationery cards, etc. Australia has a scattering of mint and used material in a Stanley Gibbons album and a stockbook. An overall nice quality lot. (Image)

Estimate $ 150

Collections of British Indian and South Pacific Ocean Island Countries, with the following countries: Nauru, Norfolk Island, Cook Island, Niue, Pitcairn Island, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Palau, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Seychelles, Tokelau and British Indian Ocean Territory. Most of these run from their beginnings to about 1989 and have good completion (to varying degrees, depending on country), with complete sets (many better throughout), some FDC, some blocks of four, some booklets, souvenir sheets, a few presentation folders, stationery, etc. The majority of the material here is NH, save for a few early issues which are either hinged or used (sometimes both mint and used), and the total catalogue value should be quite high. A great offering of these popular countries, all neatly displayed in 8 volumes. See our sample pictures online for a small idea, better yet plan on seeing this one in person. (Image)

Estimate $ 500

Old Time British Commonwealth Collection to 1961, all neatly displayed in 2 stockbooks, one for Canada, Newfoundland and GB and one for British Colonies, which have both just recently been opened for the first time since 1961. The Canada includes mint and used from the 1890s to 1950s, with a little back of the book. Newfoundland on one page has used then mint and features a NH set of the 1937 Long Coronation set. GB is covered in 12 pages of mostly used with a little mint, and features #172 (40 used singles, $13 each), 174 (10 used singles, some with faults, $340 each), 175 (6 used singles, $500 each), 176 (11 used singles, some with faults, $1,100 each), 268 (NH, $30). The second stockbook contains a mix of mint and used from most Br. Comm. countries, filling 24 pages with many hundreds of stamps, with an emphasis on QV to KGV era, noting complete sets, high values, used on piece, mint blocks of four, etc. A true old time collection with a great variety of useful material, see online photos for several sample pages. (Image)

Estimate $ 750

Collection and Stock of Mint and Used British Commonwealth, starting with several thousand mint (some never hinged) and used stamps from a variety of countries in over 42 manilla stock sheets, a nice accumulation of mostly used Rhodesia issues in three volumes, from 1905 to the 1960s, including early "Rhodesia" overprints, a nice selection of "Double Heads" to 6 pence, as well as admirals up to 2 shillings, an accumulation of India in one stockbook (8 two sided pages), with hundreds of used in glassines, one springback album with a collection of hundred postmarks, slogans from a variety of countries, a small group of FDCs and O.H.M.S. covers from the 1940s, a small inventory of used classics from British Guiana on album pages, and lastly a small box of unsorted material in glassines and stock cards. Online photos show a glimpse of the lot. A curious mix of material that may yield some finds to the dedicated collector. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 200

Dealer's Stock, Aden to Zululand in Six Red Boxes, Classics to the 1970s, as singles, part sets and some complete sets with stamps in catalogue order from numerous classics to the early 1990s. There is a fairly full red box of Great Britain, including Scott #s 1 (x2), 4, 14, 17, 21, 27 (x3), 28 (x2), 32 (x2), 34, 39, 42, 49 (x3), 55, 60, 61 (x2), 67 (x3), 68, 70 (x2), 71, 80 (x2), 81 (x2), 85, 88, 94, 96, 99 (x2), 100 (x3), 103 (x3), 105 (x2), 106, 108, 111-22, 126 (x2), 136 (x6), 139 (x4), 140 (x2), a few Seahorses and back-of-the-book issues. The other five boxes contain Commonwealth with some of the stamps of note include Fiji #45 (used pair and block of four), Mauritius 10 (mint), 41 (used), New Zealand 39 (used), North Borneo 35-43 (imperforate, never hinged), Nyasaland 47-50 (x2, used) and Tonga 20 (used). Also for the wider Commonwealth we noted many stamps in the $5 to $10 range of catalogue value. Much of the material is priced. Overall fine condition. (Image)

Estimate $ 400

Commonwealth Stock in Stockbooks and Selection Cards, Classics to the early 2000s, including British Antarctic Territory Scott #s 39-42 (x5 sets, $53 each), Cocos Islands 8-19 (x6, mint, $54 total), Cook Islands 148-158 (x2, mint, $31 each) and Nauru 72-85 (x6, mint, $54 total). Also included are many classics as well as a Lady Diana collection/stock with very good variety with more than 120 souvenir sheets. Overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Estimate $ 150