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Lot Description

1681

2/753

Collection of Mint and Used Bermuda, 1865-1998, containing many hundreds of stamps, almost all in black hingeless mounts, on quadrille pages. We note a small representation of Queen Victorian issues with Scott #2 (mint never hinged, regummed, c.v. $575), 7 (used, c.v. $75), along with a selection of primarily mint King George V including #51-53 (c.v. $375 total), 55-69 (mint set, c.v. $142), 71-79 (mint set, c.v. $121). The collection continues with primarily mint King George VI including high values 123-128 (mint, c.v. $225 total). The collection concludes with mint stamps from 1940 onward up to 1998 and includes sets and a few souvenir sheets. Mostly mint hinged or lightly hinged up to 1970, with mostly never hinged thereafter. Catalogue value up to 1953 only. Overall, fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 2,083

SOLD for C$350.00
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British Antarctic Territory

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Lot Description

1682

Group of Mint British Antarctic Territory in Glassines, including mint sets Scott #1-15, 24 (c.v. $337), 16-19 (x2, c.v. $82 total), 25-38 (c.v. $133), and 45a-59a (c.v. $49). Spot check of the gum shows a mixture of mint hinged and never hinged stamps. All glassines are photographed online. A clean group and very fine.

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Scott $ 673

SOLD for C$110.00
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1683

British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands Dependencies and South Georgia Mint and Used Collections, in an older Lindner album. This collection is mostly mint with these stamps in the pockets in front of the illustrations. There are also some used stamps hinged to the pages behind the pockets. The British Antarctic Territory collection includes better mint sets, such as #s 1-15, 16-19, 39-42, 45a-59a, 64-67, 72-75 and 102-116. The Falkland Islands Dependencies portion is complete by main catalogue number from 1L19 to 1L75. The South Georgia is near complete in mint from #1 to 50. The album also has a few Falkland Islands stamps from the period 1970 to 1992. Overall very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$160.00
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1684

1/306

Collection of Mint British Antarctic Territory, 1963-2002, consisting of roughly 150 stamps (and a few souvenir sheets), in black mounts on quadrille pages. The collection begins with mint set Scott #1-15, 24 (c.v. $332 total), and continues with a run of mint #16-59 (c.v. $267 total). The collection continues with mint sets up to 2002. A spot check showed a mixture of mint hinged and never hinged stamps. Online scans show a representation of this very fine and clean collection. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 924

SOLD for C$190.00
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British Commonwealth

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Lot Description

1685

Old Time Mint and Used Collection in a 1920 Stanley Gibbons Imperial Album, with mainly mint issues up to about 1935. The collection is loaded with better material, including: Antigua 31-37 (mint, $89), 38 (used, $130), Ascension 1-6 (mint, $108), Bahamas 58-62 (mint, $135), 85-89 (mint, $90), Cyprus 89-104 (mint, $86), 114-21 (mint, $84), Falklands 41-47 (mint, $100), 54-61 (mint, $167), Gambia 70-85 (mint, $104), 121-23 (mint, $60), Gibraltar 39-40 (mint, $98), Ireland 1-8 (mint, $78), 15-22 (mint, $95), 65-76 (mint, $143), J1-4 ($87), Jamaica 88-96 (mint, $47), Malta 148-64 (mint, $131), 167-80 (mint, $73), Montserrat 54-72 (mint, $75), 75-83 (mint, $79), St-Kitts-Nevis 52-59 (mint, $55), Sarawak 94-105 (mint, $87), South Africa 35 (mint, $100), Tanganyika 10-23 (mint, $109), Trinidad & Tobago 21-32 (mint, $62), Turks & Caicos 25-43 (mint, $67), Virgin Islands 53/66 (mint, $74) and many more. A very nice collection, with fresh colours and many sets to the 1sh value, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 8,080

SOLD for C$1,200.00
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1686

Group of British Commonwealth Mint Collections, 1880s-1970s, consisting of many hundreds of stamps on quadrille pages from 17 different countries, with Victorian stamps and strength in King George VI and early Elizabethan eras. We note better representation in Bahamas, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos Islands, and St. Vincent. Just a few of the better items found in the lot include Scott #s: Bahamas mint hinged set 158-173 (c.v. $86); Pitcairn Islands mint hinged set 20-30 (c.v. $52), South Georgia mint hinged set 1-16 (c.v. $95), St. Lucia mint hinged 9, 11 (c.v. $190 total), St. Helena mint hinged set 140-152 (c.v. $92), Turks & Caicos Islands mint hinged set 121-135 (c.v. $112), Virgin Islands mint hinged 45 (c.v. $55), along with other single stamps and sets cataloguing $10 and up. Also includes Canada $2 Jubilee used (c.v. $450), Prince Edward Island mint (#14 x19, c.v. $218 total and #16 x 20, c.v. $150 total). Spot check of stamps show mostly mint lightly hinged stamps, but closer inspection could yield never hinged material. Online scans shows a representation of this clean and very fine lot. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$750.00
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1687

Consignment Remainders of Mint and Used British Commonwealth, consisting of several stockbooks, including four stockbooks of mint and used Great Britain, with the used ranging from the Victorian reign onward, with primarily mint never hinged blocks from the 1960s. The lot continues with a stockbook that includes Nyasaland Protectorate with Scott #68-81 (MH, c.v. $101), and #97-111 ($63), along with a stock book of mint material, including Omnibus mint Coronation issues and a mint and used selection of 1935 Silver Jubilee issues. The lot concludes with Presentation Packs from Guernsey and Jersey (roughly 60 in total, primarily from the 1980s), along with an album of mint Malawi from 1964 to 1978. Online photos show an overview. A useful lot, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$130.00
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1688

Collection of Mint and Primarily Used 1935 Silver Jubilee Omnibus Issues, consisting of roughly 230 stamps, primarily complete sets, and appears to be from almost all the issuing countries and territories. The collection continues with a mint hinged Mauritius extra flagstaff variety, unlisted in Stanley Gibbons; Seychelles extra flagstaff variety, S.G. #131a (MH, c.v. £200), Trinidad and Tobago block of four with an extra flagstaff variety S.G. #239a (MH, c.v. £35). The collection concludes with a few mint sets including: Canada, India, and Papua. A few mint stamps have toned gum. Online photos show a sampling. Overall, fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$375.00
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1689

Group of Mint and Used Old Auction Lots on Cards, with strength in British Caribbean, British Europe and British Pacific areas along with Falkland Islands and Nigeria. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets and small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. The whole binder is almost all George VI period and earlier with concentration, as mentioned in popular niches within British Empire philately. Images show higher cataloguing lots only, there are approximately 70 lots in total with an owner's value of $8,942. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 8,942

SOLD for C$550.00
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1690

British Atlantic Ocean Countries; with Ascension, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 1873 to 1989. Each country is in it's own binder with a mix of old time album pages plus a few stock sheets. The Ascension is a mix of mint hinged and used and includes #21 (mint c.v. $110), 33-36 (mint c.v. $58), and a well populated George VI 40/49 cataloguing in the hundreds of dollars. There is also a strong representation in the period 1946 to 1970. The St. Helena is also a mix of mint hinged and used and includes numerous Victoria heads plus additional shades as well as mint and used examples of the same issue in some instances. Carrying on with St. Helena from Edward VII to about 1970, the collection is fairly full with numerous complete sets. Catalogue value to the end of George VI is over $2,900, as least expensive. The Tristan da Cunha collection is also a mix of mint hinged and used and is fairly complete to about 1970. In addition there is a double-sided stock page filled with #s 157 / 380 in mint never hinged complete sets with an old catalogue value of $118. The total catalogue value to the end of George VI for all three countries is at least $3,800, with many complete Elizabethan sets following that. These collections compliment one another well and contain a great deal of better material. Overall condition is fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 3,800

SOLD for C$400.00
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1691

Group of British Asia Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, with strength in the popular areas of Hong Kong, India and Malaya. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. The majority of the material is Victoria to George VI. There are over 240 lots in all with an owner's old catalogue value of $16,674. Excellent material for re-selling or to add key material to a collection. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 16,674

SOLD for C$1,100.00
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1692

Group of British Oceania Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in four well-filled binders, with strength in Australia and it's States, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue values and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. The majority of the material is Victoria to George VI, we noted numerous lots of Western Australia Swans, Australia Roos & George V, New Zealand Chalon heads and Samoa Express issues. There are over 300 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $25,218. We also noted items such as a selection of modern forgeries of Nauru overprints on Seahorses, with gum; these are not counted in the total catalogue value. Excellent material for re-selling or to add key material to a collection. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 25,218

SOLD for C$1,600.00
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1693

Group of British Caribbean & Bermuda Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in five binders, with strength in Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. There are over 300 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $21,979. Great material for the re-seller or to add a significant quantity of better material to a collection. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 21,979

SOLD for C$2,100.00
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1694

Group of British South Atlantic Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in a small binder, with better material from Ascension, British Antarctic Territory, Falklands, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. There are over 50 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $3,499. The Falklands portion is particularly strong and includes #s 18, 22-27, 54-57, 99-100, 115, 128-142, all in mint. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine with little duplication. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 3,499

SOLD for C$300.00
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1695

Group of British Europe Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in two binders, with better material from the Channel Islands, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland, Isle of Man and Malta. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. There are over 80 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $5,245. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine with little duplication. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 5,245

SOLD for C$425.00
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1696

Group of British Africa Mint and Used Old Auction Lots, in four binders, with strength in Egypt, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sierra Leone and South Africa. These auction lots tend to start in the $20 range of old catalogue value and are often comprised of sets, singles, part sets or small groupings of stamps from the same country / period. There are over 260 lots in all with an owner's old total catalogue value of $17,337. Great material for the re-seller or to add a significant quantity of better material to a collection. Images tend to show the higher cataloguing lots. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (Scan 21) (Scan 22) (Scan 23) (Scan 24) (Scan 25) (Scan 26) (Scan 27) (Scan 28) (Scan 29) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 17,337

SOLD for C$2,100.00
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1697

British Pacific Mint and Used Collection, 1900s to 2000s, in a thick Kenmore album, including stamps from Nauru, North West Pacific Islands, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Penrhyn and Pitcairn. This group is mostly mint with some earlier material being used. The mint is generally hinged to about the 1960s with a mix of hinged and never hinged from there on. The collection is impressively complete from about the 1920s to the 1970s. Included are some better stamps, such as numerous Nauru Freighters, North West Pacific Islands # 41a (mint c.v. $125), many of the Papua Lakatoi issues, a near complete Pitcairn from 1940 to about 1980. In some cases stamps are stacked on top of one another in their mounts, with mint and used examples of some issues as well as shades. A clean album and overall fine very fine group. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$350.00
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1698

British Asia Mint and Used Collections and Lots, including Brunei, Burma, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaya and Maldives mostly housed in six binders, usually mounted to older album pages. The Brunei collection has stamps from the 1900s to the 1990s, is a mix of mint hinged and used and includes #36 (mint c.v. $72). We estimate this collection to be about 60% complete in period. The Burma collection goes from 1937 to the 1960s with a few stamps after that. Included are #s 16 (used c.v. $110) as well as 34 / 112 complete by main catalogue numbers in either mint or used. The Hong Kong collection goes from 1882 to 1996 and is predominantly used. From the 1930s to the 1980s, we estimate the Hong Kong collection to be about 60% complete. The Kuwait collection goes from 1923 to 1993 and is a mix of mint and used. We estimate the Kuwait collection to be about 80% complete from 1940 to 1963. The Maldives collection is mostly mint and goes from 1909 to the 1970s and we estimate it to be about half complete in period. The Malaya portion comes less in the form of a collection and more in the form of an accumulation. Among the more than 3,000 stamps we noted many in 102 cards or glassines with good variety. Included are Tigers, some Victoria issues and Straits Settlements issues. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$375.00
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1699

Bechuanaland and Rhodesia Collections, 1890 to 1990, including a smattering of their modern equivalents of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe on older album pages in two binders. This lot includes many better stamps, such as Rhodesia #s 35 (mint c.v. $92), 36 (mint c.v. $90), a number of Double Heads and George V issues, Northern Rhodesia #s 16 (mint c.v. $125), 17 (mint c.v. $375), 49 (mint c.v. $100), many more. There are often mint and used examples of the same issue, plus shades. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (Scan 8) (Scan 9) (Scan 10) (Scan 11) (Scan 12) (Scan 13) (Scan 14) (Scan 15) (Scan 16) (Scan 17) (Scan 18) (Scan 19) (Scan 20) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 300

SOLD for C$325.00
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1700

Dealer Remainder Lot, 1880s to 2010, consisting of thousands of mostly British Commonwealth stamps in a Davo Great Britain album, on loose album pages (Davo, Lindner and homemade, stacked about 2 inches high) and in 102 cards, many with catalogue numbers, values and retail pricing marked, along with others in glassines and envelopes. The Great Britain album has face value of over £100. The 102 cards include many countries (Australia, Bermuda, Ceylon, Great Britain, Ireland, Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika, South Georgia, New Zealand, etc.) and range from a few cents each to over $100, with at least 30 of them ranging from $10 to $100 or more, as identified previously by the owner or owners. We note a group of about 100 G.B. FDCs and commercial covers from G.B. and Latvia and some souvenir folders from Germany and Western Ukraine. One black stock sheet has a selection of banknotes, including a 5fr Louis Pasteur and some 5,000,000 dinara notes from Jugoslavia. This lot also includes an empty Davo Great Britain album and both Davo blank and partially-filled pages for it. The contents are fine or better and would be suitable for a collector or for a dealer looking to fill gaps in their inventory. Our online photos show about ¾ of the entire contents. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$275.00
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