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1081

Stock of Primarily Used Great Britain, Victorian Reign to King George VI, with a few hundreds stamps, including a few sets, neatly organized in 45 black 2-row dealer stock cards, and in roughly 60 dealer pages, housed in two 3-ring binders. A spot check of the dealer pages indicated a just a few of the better stamps including #s 3, 34, 42,45 (x2), 55, 59, 62, 66,70, 81, 81, 95, along with stamps retailing $20 and up. The stock cards includes accumulations of stamps, generally ranging from the 1880s to the 1950s, including 2/6 Seahorse (x56, $2,240 total, counted as #226, $40 each), 5sh Seahorse (x16, $1,360 total, counted as #227, $85 each). Online photos show a sampling. We note a few small faults with a few of the early stamps. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$300.00
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1082

Collection / Accumulation of Mint and Used Great Britain, 1841-1988, with many hundreds of stamps in a Davo album, roughly 15 stock pages, and 102 cards. The lot begins with primarily used Victorian era stamps, starting with imperforate Penny Reds, along with accumulations of low denomination Jubilee issues, with a gradual mixture of mint and used material from George VI onwards. A spot check revealed Scott#s 58 ½d Bantam (x67, c.v. $2,345, counted at $35 each, unchecked for plate numbers), 222 (x17, $680), 223 (x4, $340), along with stamps and a few sets cataloguing $20 to $40. Face value totals £112 (counting 10p up to £5 only). Online photos show a sampling. A few faults with the early material, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 250

SOLD for C$300.00
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1083

Collection of Modern Mint Great Britain, 1978-2001, with roughly 100 quadrille pages, presentation packs, and loose material. The quadrille pages contain mint stamps in hingeless mounts, ranging from 1978 to 1993, with mint hinged material on pages up to 2001, along with owner's notations on each page. Face value totals £392 (counting 10p and up only, with 75x 1ST stamps, counted at £1.10 each, and 26x 2ND stamps, counted at 75p each). No Machin stamps counted towards face value. Online photos show a sampling. Clean and useful to the collector or postage user. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Face $ 392

SOLD for C$140.00
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1084

Accumulation of Mint Great Britain in 3 Stockbooks, 1960s-1980s, with a few thousand stamps, with primarily mint never hinged issues from the post-decimal period onward, with scattered used material, and mint and used Offices Abroad. We estimate face value of at least £125 (noting many stamps 10p and up), with additional face value of the lower denominations. The lot also includes a stockbook of Jersey booklets and a few souvenir sheets. Duplication up to 5 in some cases. Overall fine to very fine (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 200

SOLD for C$60.00
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1085

Collection of Mint and Used Great Britain in a Thick Scott International Album, 1950-2003, with a few thousand stamps, including many mint sets, along with a few souvenir sheets, booklets, and booklet panes. The collection is virtually complete from 1950 to 2003 with generally mint hinged stamps, along with a used stamp for many issues hinged under the mint stamp, and a few modern mint never hinged stamps in glassines. A spot check indicated #s 292-308 (m.h., c.v. $101 total), 309-312 (m.h., $240 total), 317-333 (m.h., $177 total), along with a few stamps and sets cataloguing $10 and up. Face value totals £587 (counting 10p on up, with the majority in the 20p to 45p range). The collection includes 168x "1ST" stamps counted at £1.10 each, 29x "2ND" stamps counted at 75p each, 18x "E" stamps counted at £2.20 each. The collection also includes mint selections of Alderney, Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey, generally ranging from the 1970s to the 1990s. Online photos show a small sampling. We note the album has a slight tobacco odor. Overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 400

SOLD for C$275.00
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1086

Mint and Used Great Britain Collection in Three Thick Deluxe Stockbooks, 1840s to 2013, filled with singles, sets, blocks, plate or cylinder blocks, souvenir sheets, booklets and prestige booklets, booklet panes, postage labels, some P.H.Q. cards, and more. The last three years are present in the form of Year packs. The collection starts with QV mint and used, and becomes mint only from about KGVI, and mint never hinged certainly from early QEII to the end. We note that this collection is as useful to collectors than to postage users, as we counted a total of about £2,348 from 1972 to the end, not including the hundreds of Machin issues. Our online pictures only give a small flavour of this mostly very fine and extensive collection. (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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Estimate $ 750

SOLD for C$1,050.00
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1087

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Collection of Great Britain Presentation Packs, First Day Covers, etc., 1970s-1990s, with a complete run of presentation packs, ranging from February 1982 to May 1986 (#132-171), along with roughly 60 first day covers from the same time period, all housed in a wooden box. The lot also includes a Stanley Gibbons album with slipcase, containing roughly 40 presentation packs from the Channel Islands, ranging from the 1970s to the 1990s, noting Winston Churchill and related World War II events. A clean lot, with online photos showing an overview. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$90.00
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1088

Collection / Accumulation of Mint and Used Great Britain, 1887-1990s, with a few thousand stamps, in an album, roughly 75 Vario-style stock pages housed in two binders, and loose material. The lot begins with used material, generally ranging from the Jubilees up to the 1950s, noting a few earlier with Scott #s 3 (x4), 43 (plate 7), 44, 55, 58 (plate 5), 61 (plate 16). The bulk of the lot is the primarily mint never hinged material in the two binders (part of a dealer's stock with retail pricing), 45 presentation packs, ranging from the 1970s to the 1990s, and 7 annual collections ranging from 1983 to 1997. Face value for the lot totals £419 (counting 10p and up only, including 64x 1ST, counted at £1.10 each). The lot also includes mint Machins (not included in face value count), Regional issues, and sets of mint and used postage dues. Online photos show a sampling. A useful lot for collectors and dealers alike, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 350

SOLD for C$275.00
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1089

1/519

Collection of Mint and Used Great Britain in a Crown Springback Album, 1840-1967, with just over 1,000 stamps, with mint and or used singles, sets, and partial sets, on roughly 50 quadrille pages. The collection begins with 400 pre-1887 used issues, beginning with Penny Blacks (x3, 0-2 margins, with plate letters FH, HJ, LH, c.v. $1,125 total), along with #s 20 (x90, $810 total, catalogued at $9 each) 28 ($400), 33 ((x170, $510 total, catalogued at $3 each, noting a few better plate numbers), 34 (x2, $300 total), 49 (x3, pl. #s 5, 6, 10, $332 total), 51 (pl. 8, $160), 54 (pl. 4-6, $180 total), 58 ½d Bantams (x16, noting pl. 9, $825, pl. 20 (x2), $100 each), 61 (x8, pl. #s 11, 12, 14 (x2), 15-18, $740 total), 62 (x4, pl. #s 13-16, $420 total), 64 (x2, pl. 12-13, $370 total), 87 ($200), 94-96 ($540 total), 108 (x2, $580 total), 109 ($615). The collection continues with post-1887 issues containing mint and or used singles, sets and part sets, with just a few of the better stamps mentioned with #s 111-122, 125-126 (m.h., $832 total), 124 £1 Queen Victoria (used, $925), 128-129, 130b, 131-132, 133a, 134-139 (m.h., $1,005 total), 140-142 (used, $1,545 total), 176 £1 Seahorse (used, $1,500, with internal crack), 179-181 Seahorses (used, $417 total), 222-224 Seahorses (m.h., $605 total), 249-251A (m.h., $211 total), along with singles, sets, and partial sets, cataloguing $20 to $100 and up. We note fresh vibrant colours with the mint material throughout the collection, that we know collectors and dealers will appreciate. The majority of stamps are lightly hinged, with a few having hinge remnants. A high cataloguing collection, with online photos showing a sampling. (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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Estimate $ 1,500

SOLD for C$2,100.00
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1090

78/126

Lovely Collection of Queen Victoria Issues, 1880-1900, all neatly mounted on pages, with a good variety of material, including duplication, high values, etc. This collector took the time to seek-out better and clean postmarks, noting squared circles, c.d.s., etc., with a great many dated. A high quality collection that was carefully assembled. Owner's Scott catalogue value is old, as we checked several items which were on average at least 10% higher in our 2023 edition. All pages scanned online, a collection that is sure to please the most discriminating collector. (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 $ 14,147

SOLD for C$1,100.00
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Great Britain - Channel Islands

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1091

Collections of Mint Channel Islands in 8 Albums, 1969-2007, with a few thousand stamps, neatly organized by Scott number, in a few hundred hingeless album pages. A spot check indicated equal representation from Jersey, Isle of Man, and Guernsey, ranging from 1969 to 2007, appearing complete per Edfil album pages, which includes space for some souvenir sheets, booklet panes, postage dues, etc., noting some singles, sets, and souvenir sheets cataloguing from $5 to $25. The lot also including mint material from Alderney, ranging from the 1980s to the 2000s. A clean lot, with many topical and thematic possibilities. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$275.00
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1092

Accumulation of Roughly 400 Channel Islands Booklets, loose in a box, with seemingly equal representation from Jersey, Isle of Man, and Guernsey, generally ranging from the 1970s to the 1990s, with material possible on either side of the range. Duplication up to 5 in some cases. Online photo shows an overview, clean and very fine.

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Estimate $ 100

SOLD for C$150.00
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Great Britain - Offices Abroad

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1093

Lovely Collection of Used British Offices in the Levant, with 29 stamps neatly mounted on two quadrille pages, this is a superior assemblage of high quality postmarked issues, from Queen Victoria and King Edward, with duplication mostly of the high values. We note postmarks from Beyrout, Constantinople, Smyrna and Staboul. Very fine, both pages scanned online. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Est $ 300

SOLD for C$700.00
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1094

Collection of Primarily Mint Great Britain Offices Abroad in a Crown Springback Album, 1880s-1950s, with roughly 500 stamps, with primarily mint singles and sets, along with selections of used singles and partial sets throughout, neatly arranged in roughly 20 quadrille pages. We note better representation from Morocco (with various currencies represented), including #s 1-8 (c.v. $116 total), 12, 14-19 ($185 total), 20-26 ($200), 27-33 ($204), 34(a)-45(b) ($214), 531-545 ($126), along with Turkish Empire 7-12 ($215), 55-64 ($126); Offices in China 17-25 ($177); British Offices in Africa 14-15 ($100); Tripolitania 14-34 ($257), along with a few sets and partial sets cataloguing $20 and up. We note crisp colours throughout, with the majority of stamps being lightly hinged along with a few with hinge remnants. A nice clean collection, with online photos show a sampling. (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 $ 200

SOLD for C$550.00
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Greece

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1095

Group of 5 Better Mint Never Hinged Complete Greek Sets, with Scott #s 321-334 (small gum disturbance on #328 and light crease on 332, c.v. $700), 344-361 ($275), C8-C14 ($200), C67-C70 ($67) and C71-C73 ($110). Overall fresh and fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 1,352

SOLD for C$225.00
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Greenland

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1096

Accumulation of Mint and Used Greenland, 1938-1980s, with many hundreds of stamps, in 10 Vario-style stock pages, glassines, with loose material. The lot has a little bit of everything including mint and or used singles, sets, booklets, booklet panes (including a few used), plate blocks, and more, with the majority of material ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s. A spot check of material noted a few stamps, sets, and plate blocks, cataloguing $10 and up. Postmark interest includes various bridge postmark types, and town cancels, leaving potential finds to the dedicated collector. Online photos show an overview. A nice lot for the specialist, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$130.00
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Grenada

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1097

Collection of Mint and Used Grenada, 1861-1972, with roughly 250 stamps in 21 Minkus album pages. The collection begins with a selection of 26 mint and used Victorian issues, with the strength of the lot with the primarily mint singles, sets, and partial sets, ranging from 1900 to the 1960s. A spot check indicated #s: 1 (m.h., $57), 39-47 (m.h., $162 total), 76-77 (m.h., $130 total), 91-112 (m.h., $147 total), along with a few singles, sets and partial sets cataloguing $20 and up. Owner's 2020 Scott catalogue value for the collection totals $1,052 (includes owner's identification and catalogue values for most of the album pages). Online photos show the first 6 pages only, overall fine to very fine. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (All Scans)

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Scott $ 1,052

SOLD for C$170.00
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1098

3/190

Collection of Mint and Used Grenada, 1863-1961, with roughly 180 stamps, with mint and or used singles, sets, and partial sets, neatly organized on 14 quadrille pages. The collection begins with a small selection of mint issues noting #s 3 (no gum), 8, 20, 21, 27, 30a, and continues with primarily sets and partial sets post-1895 with #s 39-46 (m.h., c.v. $140 total), 79-88 (m.h., $162, includes 85a, b), along with a few singles, sets and part sets, cataloguing $20 to $40 and up. Bright colours throughout, that will appeal to collectors and dealers alike, with the majority of stamps being lightly hinged, along with a few small faults with the early stamps. Online photos show a sampling. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$150.00
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Haiti

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1099

Collection of Mint and Used Haiti, 1881-2003, all mounted on computer generated pages in a thick binder, with about half and half mint and used. About 80% complete, and missing all souvenir sheets. Airmails (1929-1982) appear to be about 90% complete and there is a high level of completion for some of the back of the book categories. The range of material is from #s 1/939 and C1/C513. A clean collection, with nice quality throughout. (Scan 1) (Scan 2) (Scan 3) (Scan 4) (Scan 5) (Scan 6) (Scan 7) (All Scans)

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Estimate $ 150

SOLD for C$160.00
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Hong Kong

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1100

Collection of Mint and Used Hong Kong, 1862-2006, with roughly 700 stamps, in over 70 quadrille pages housed in a springback album. The collection primarily consists of used singles, sets, and partial sets, along with a few mint hinged sets and souvenir sheets. A cursory check notes just a few of the better items with #s 1 (used, c.v. $140), 5 (used $140), 117 (n.h., $60), 145 (m.h., $240), 388-403 (n.h., $100 total), along with singles, sets, partial sets, and a few souvenir sheets, cataloguing $20 to $60 and up, leaving finds for the dedicated collector. Owner's 2020 Scott catalogue value for the collection totals $3,361 (includes owner's identification and catalogue values for some album pages). 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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Scott $ 3,361

SOLD for C$425.00
Will close during Public Auction