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Public Auction #403

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended February 12, 2010 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated February 12, 2010 at 6:17pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — British
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1081*oA lovely mint and used assemblage from the Carbondale estate in a Specialty binder of several, mostly Caribbean, Commonwealth entities. Most could stand on their own, each has good sets and singles. Begins with Barbados and Bermuda with better. The collection then moves to Cape of Good Hope with 19 triangles including 9 (signed Calves) and a block of four of Scott 3. Cyprus is next with pound values, followed by Leeward Islands, and St. Kitts and Nevis, again with better. More modest St. Vincent and Ireland finish out the album. Most countries run into the 1960’s and condition is above average, highly desirable.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $6,000.00
1082*oA carton of collections of mint and used from various parts of the empire. There are Australia and Great Britain Regional issues in Specialty albums, collections of Malta, Hong Kong, Falklands, nice Papua and New Guinea, New Hebrides, plus more. Most everything appears to be in collectible condition and, while there is duplication, it is usually modest. Lots of pickings throughout or good starts for continuing.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,400.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00
1083*oAn accumulation of collections in Scott Specialty albums, mounted on various pages, in stockbooks and on stockpages. Many useful values and mint sets in every unit. Worth the effort to figure.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
1084*oA shoe box with a few hundred British empire classic stamps identified on black stockcards. Discounting needed because of fakes, condition and revenue cancels. However, still huge catalog value. Along for the ride are a couple of Poland #1’s because there was no where else in the consignment to put them.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
1085*oGroup of nine clean country collections in various nice albums, generally to the 1990’s and all in mounts. Best are Great Britain QEII era and Canada, with about half of the value. Then Ireland, Australia, Ghana, Niue, South Africa, and Homelands, plus Southwest Africa. Each is a fine candidate for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
1086*oA conglomeration from many areas in the British empire with four Scott albums, stockbooks, a large stack of collection remainders and some loose material. A lot of material to sort through with a lot of mint sets some of which are from a good time period, looking to organized into a collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
1087*oA large carton filled to the brim with collections, stockbooks and folder lots. Some are starters, some are remainders with the most valuable being a Malta collection on some type of European pages and an Ireland on White Ace pages.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
1088*A large carton with thousands of modern stamps, souvenir sheets, presentation folders and miscellaneous from all over the British Commonwealth. Many mint sets throughout. Have a quick look as you may get a good buy.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1089**oCollection/stock on various salespages. Almost half is 54 different early used Australia to the one pound in better quality than is usually seen. Over half is about 54 different NH second-highest values from early QEII long sets, plus a few LH earlier sets. All particularly nice marketable material.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1090**Modern stock identified in #3 or larger glassines. Quantities are generally in the 1-8 range, including various oversize items, and nearly everything should be NH sets. Per the tapes, owner’s cat. Isle of Man ($1,225.00), Papua New Guinea ($1,425.00), Montserrat ($2,175.00), plus various common designs.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1091*oThirty six folder lots from the empire with strength in India, Falkland Islands and Jamaica. Remainder is well balanced and could be marketed as stand alone country collections or used to fill holes in a collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1092*oCollection of the entire commonwealth, generally from 1937 to 1967, hinged in four Gibbons springback albums. Often contains parallel mint and used pages in the early QEII era. Many sets and singles are available for extraction including top definitive values.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1093*oSelection in a small box. Housed on counterbook pages, the group is comprised of mostly medium to better items in generally good condition with any duplication quite minimal. Among the best mint items are Pakistan Bahawalpur O1-O6, Nepal 84-88 (NH) and 104-117, South Africa J61-J72 (NH), Qatar 26-36, Malawi 95-109 (NH), Newfoundland 212-225, Great Britain offices in Turkey 2 and Australia J71-J83. Among the used is Australia 76a. With an owner’s catalog value of $2987.00, this is a lot that is worth the short time it will take to review.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1094*oTwo cartons containing mini collections and accumulations in stockbooks from the British empire. The best is Australia. Also spotted decent New Zealand, Channel Islands and Canada. Set up for easy breakdown that makes this even more attractive.Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1095*oAccumulation broken down into ten country collections. Strong South Africa plus India and states. Also good Virgin Islands and Canada. A good lot to sell by the country.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1096*oCollections including good India and Canada on Scott and Darnell pages respectively. Also includes small collections of about 18 British Caribbean countries on blank pages. Generally used, with occasional complete sets, and viewing these latter countries could potentially transport you to a warmer climate.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1097*oAn accumulation of stamps and souvenir sheets from the commonwealth with many complete sets in the 1970’s-1980’s. Good runs in Botswana, Bahamas and Tristan Da Cunha. Needs to be reworked.Cat. Value: cat. 3,300.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1098*oA very clean Stanley Gibbons KGVI album holding several hundred different stamps. Well balanced and all totalled about 75% filled. A bit more used than mint but still many desirable mint values and sets. ideal for continuation.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
1099*oA large carton filled with hundreds of NH sets on stockpages and in stockbooks, a collection of QEII Jubilee, used mounted collections of Singapore and Australia, a nice little batch of 1970’s/1980’s commercial mail, etc. Parts have good topical potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1100*oCollection to the 1960’s in two somewhat aged Scott International albums. Many thousands of primarily mint hinged beginner to intermediate stamps, with various omnibus and QEII complete sets. Also includes some non-British countries on homemade pages along for this ride through the former commonwealth.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1101*oTwo cartons of remainder collections, salesbooks and folder lots. Mainly Canada, Australia and Great Britain.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1102*oCarton containing thousands of mint and used stamps on stockpages, mounted on pages, in stockbooks, in glassines and loose. Many areas represented but the Hong Kong, India and New Zealand are strong. Needs inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1103*oAccumulation with many thousands (mostly mint) from all over the Empire in glassines. Mostly from the 1950’s to the 1980’s. Some duplication and partial sets. However hundreds of sets can be plucked from this lot. Considerable value.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1104*oBritish Africa attractive collection expanded into nine clean Minkus albums to 1992. Strength is in post-independence NH topical sets, with some countries strong in the colonial era also. These books are worthy of either expansion or extraction.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,600.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
1105*oBritish Africa two clean Scott Specialty albums holding several hundred stamps. There are also at the end of each country stockpages containing duplicates or stamps to be integrated. Suitable for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1106*oBritish America an almost exclusively mint collection carefully hinged in two Scott albums. The few used are in the classic era, but the value lies in a good number of George VI and QE II singles and sets such as Antigua 31-38, 41, Bahamas 132-147, 158-173, British Honduras 115-126 plus Canada 217-227, 241-245, and 249-262. The collection runs to the early 1970’s. A lovely group of fresh, popular issues.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,400.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
1107*oBritish America several hundred in three clean Scott Specialty albums. Includes, as they come, British Honduras, British Guiana, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Jamaica. The last mentioned is the most valuable partly for the many QEII period mint NH blocks and the specialized War tax section. All have a good array of mint sets and would be suitable for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1108*oBritish Asia collection in a very serviceable Scott Specialty album to the 1960’s. Mixed mint and used throughout, there are some better singles and various sets, so despite some remainder or revenue cancels, this would be a fun collection to continue.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
1109*oBritish Asia three clean Scott Specialty albums containing India, convention states, and feudetory states plus a Ceylon, Hong Kong, Malaya, etc, combo. All are good starters.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1110*oBritish Caribbean collection with at least 15 Commonwealth countries in a Scott album into the 1960’s. Good material throughout for example; Falkland Islands 107-120 OG and Leeward Islands 103-115 OG. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,050.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1111*oBritish Europe collection of several hundred in three Scott Specialty albums. The Great Britain is x 2 with a huge total catalog value in the 19th century. The Cyprus, Gibraltar, Ireland and Malta are all helpful. Also after each section there are stockpages of duplicates or stamps that need integrating. The pages and albums are clean so continuing is a good possiblity.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1112*oBritish Europe collection in a Scott Speciality Album. Better countries are Cyprus and Malta. A few better stamps are lurking. Take a look, clean lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1113*oBritish Europe collection/accumulation starting with two White Ace albums of Ireland 1922-1989. Also includes over 100 year sets, presentation packets and booklets from GB and Channel Islands. Browse through to see what you can use.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $350.00
1114*oBritish Oceania three clean Scott Specialty albums holding about ten different countries. The most valuable are Nauru, Solomon Islands and Norfolk Islands because of the many mint NH sets. All are suitable for expansion.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1115*oBritish Sub-Asia and Middle East collections in two Scott Specialty albums. The first includes Aden, Burma, Ceylon, and Hong Kong, generally to 1959. Also India and states which are the best. The second includes Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, generally to 1949. These collections are nice enough to continue, and good enough to break down.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
1116*British SubAsia and Middle East a valuable, all mint collection on Scott pages with dozens of sets from the early 1960’s. Just a few highlights are Abu Dahbi 1-11, Burma 176-187, Dubai 1-17, Iraq 317-332, Nepal 104-117 and Qatar 69-85. Most are in mounts and the few we checked were NH. The mounts are often hinged rather casually to the pages so please be careful when viewing. A very nice group of material.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $900.00