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Public Auction #408

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 13, 2011 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 13, 2011 at 6:26pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS OR ACUMULATIONS — British
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1229*Display of about 125 different pre-QEII mint sets and better values, with a few short sets, clearly written up on black stockpages. Clean and fresh better material for your stock from all over the Commonwealth.Cat. Value: S.B. 5,000.00
Price Realized: $7,500.00
1230*oCarton of 13 folder collections. No Great Britain proper, but stamps from around the world with British roots are well represented. Best ones are India, Australia, Pakistan and New Zealand. Plenty of mint sets to mine for red boxes or just retail each folder. Collectors should view, too, as these could fill many holes in a British Area collection. Worth a careful look.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,300.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1231*oAccumulation arranged on over two dozen stockcards. A meaty lot with better sets from Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, India and more. Good for filling holes in your collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00
1232*oCollection of an unusual mix of about a dozen countries in a well maintained 1940 Scott Specialized album. Strongest in British Guiana, Gambia, Straits Settlements and Australian states, with some complete mint definitive sets into the QEII era. Much useful material that has not yet been remaindered.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
1233**Stack of around 144 generally inexpensive country collections, each on one or more pages of all sorts. All are cataloged and priced and appear to be nearly all modern NH topical sets and souvenir sheets. From all over the world, with unknown overlap, these could be sold as is or broken down for “102” size stock as needed.Cat. Value: cat. 7,900.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1234*oA valuable accumulation with country collections, stockbooks and miscellaneous. Better includes Ceylon, South Africa, Cyprus and Silver Jubilee mint stamps in an old book. Contains many pockets of good material. Worth a good review.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1235*oCollection of a few thousand different expertly mounted or in mounts with issues past the millenium in four Minkus albums. Includes BAT almost complete mostly mint NH. Then all used collections of Canada, Great Britan, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. All are fairly comprehensive with the last mentioned the most valuable.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,800.00
1236*oAggregation with thousands of stamps. Includes four partial Ireland collections and four pizza size boxes loaded with material that needs sorting. Very useful.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00
1237*CVCollection/accumulation with loads of postage from Great Britain, Ireland, Channel Islands, booklets and FDC’s (mostly from 1970’s-2000’s). Spotted some earlier Great Britain like #268 NH. Also two Minkus albums with modern Malta, Cyprus and Gibraltar. Along for the ride are two hingeless albums of newer Japan. An interesting lot to breakdown.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00
1238*oAssortment of over 100 desirable stamps from about 15 countries, provinces, offices, etc. Includes mint and used high values, varieties and a few duplicates. Viewing each of the seven pages is needed to fully figure this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $950.00
1239*oDiverse lot with Great Britain on album pages, stock of South Africa, stockbook with decent Canada, collection Queen Elizabeth issues in two New Ace albums and a batch of Canadian face. Good lot to break into smaller units.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1240*oLarge carton of binders containing an accumulation of mostly Australia, New Zealand and British omnibus issues. Far from complete, but much better than normally found. All eras seem to be represented and in need of complete reorganization. Noticed a New Zealand“Laughing Boy” set and a nice binder of Australia with a quick go through. Would organize into a nice collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1241**Four-country stock of selected new issues in individual glassines, generally from the 1960’s to the 1990’s, with some earlier or later. Includes singles, sets and blocks with Norfolk Island being more than half of the value, followed by Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Dividers with detailed annotations indicate the range of duplication that is ready for interfiling into your stock.Cat. Value: cat. 5,400.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1242**Stock of mostly modern topical sets, souvenir sheets and miniature sheets trying to escape from three stuffed stockbooks. One book is devoted to Tanzania, one to St. Vincent and sub-areas, plus one to dozens of present and former colonies. Includes all sorts of popular topics and generally useful duplication to be taken into account as you figure this one.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1243**Accumulation of Channel Islands new issues and some nice earlier NH long sets from Tristan da Cunha and BAT, with even a little FSAT along for the ride. It won’t take long to figure this one.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1244*oBritish Africa collection of a couple thousand mostly different mounted or in mounts on Scott Specialty pages and bulging almost beyond capacity. Each country (less Madagascar) is very advanced with the 19th century mixed mint and used and the 20th century primarily mint and running to the mid 1980’s.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,250.00
Price Realized: $8,500.00
1245*oBritish Africa collection in a Scott Specialty album mostly in mounts with material into the 1960’s. Better areas include Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland Protectorate and Zanzibar. Lots of interesting material to review.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,800.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
1246*oBritish Africa collection on Scott pages from the 1960’s and 1970’s. No duplication, just plenty of complete sets. Noticed some nice Sierra Leone with a quick look. A good opportunity to fill these years in your stock or collection.Cat. Value: cat. 2,750.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1247*oBritish America collection of C-L countries in a well filled Scott album. Stronger areas are Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Grenada and Jamaica. Better sets and nice runs throughout. Viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $2,900.00
1248*oBritish America collection of A-B countries in a Scott album with stamps going into the 1970’s. Better countries include Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda. Loaded with King George and earlier material. Many delightful stamps.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,600.00
Price Realized: $2,700.00
1249*oBritish America collection of M-T countries in a Scott album with the mint in mounts. Stronger areas include St. Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, Trinidad plus Trinidad and Tobago. Interesting lot with some pages going into the 1970’s. Spotted several high value sets.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $3,250.00
1250*oBritish America assortment on various pages and in various quantities. Includes good Canada, Newfoundland, Barbados, Bermuda and British Guiana among the offerings. As you figure this remember to carefully turn over the stockpages.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1251*oBritish America classic to modern collection on Minkus and Scott pages from a dedicated collector. Countries include Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana and British Honduras. Nice expansion possibilities.Cat. Value: cat. 5,400.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1252*oBritish Asia collection in a Scott Album with pages to 1970. Malaya and States is by far the best. Better example include Kelantan 29-42 OG, Negri Sembilan 5-14 OG and much more. Also good Palestine and Qatar. This is a powerhouse lot, seldom offered in this depth, viewing a must.Cat. Value: S.B. 5,500.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00
1253*oBritish Asia collection covering the countries Abu Dhabi to Hong Kong. Bahrain and Hong Kong are the strongest with many high ticket items. If you specialize in this area of the world we highly recommend close examination.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,200.00
Price Realized: $2,200.00
1254*oBritish Asia stock in five binders of a few thousand stamps. Notable countries include Straits Settlements, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Malaysia. Goes up to the 1950’s. Pockets with good pickings, take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $450.00
1255*oBritish Caribbean accumulation of countries neatly arranged in 15 stockbooks with mint/used side by side. Starts with older material and goes up to the 1970’s. Spotted good Trinidad and Tobago with much more to be found. Well worth checking out.Cat. Value: S.B. 3,000.00
Price Realized: $2,100.00
1256*oCVBritish Caribbean collection/accumulation mostly mounted on Scott pages. Plenty of value with good Victorian and Edwardian periods spread out in several countries. Stronger include Bahamas, Jamaica and St Vincent. Several mint high values including “one pound” stamps. Not to be missed, also contains some interesting covers. Important lot, view carefully.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,400.00
Price Realized: $4,250.00
1257*oBritish Caribbean selection in a small carton. Bahamas, Nevis, British Honduras, etc are included in a mixture of glassines, stockpages and on old album pages. Noticed some nice Nevis in new issue glassines from the last 20 years, plus an interesting group of Bahamas Post Office manuscript postmaster cancels from long ago. If you specialize in this area of the world or have a customer who does, viewing is indicated.Cat. Value: S.B. 900.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1258*oBritish Central Asia a medium size box containing Nepal, Ceylon and Pakistan. The 1st two mentioned include a lot of early material to play with mounted, on “102” size cards, stockpages or loose. The last is primarily mint sets plus a mounted page of unlisted overprints.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $475.00
1259*oBritish Europe collection in a Scott album from the beginning to around 1980. At a glance spotted Malta 224 mint and used, 131-147 mint, Gibraltar 122 mint, and Cyprus 114-123 mint. Good quality and fine pickings in this collection. This is one that improves with extended examination.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1260*oBritish Middle East area collection in a Scott Specialty album through the 1960’s. Includes rather complete mint and/or used presentations of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Mesopotamia, Muscat, Nepal and Pakistan, with some unlisted items and apparently with much NH. Even better issues could have both mint and used copies in the same mount, and many more modern issues are still on “102” size cards between the pages. Spot checking these places will expand your appreciation of this collection.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,700.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00
1261*oBritish Middle East with Oman on Scott pages and several hundred Palestine stamps in a stockbook. Also a small box with loose material. Worth exploring.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $400.00
1262*oBritish Oceania collection in three Scott Specialty albums generally through the 1960’s. Includes rather complete mint and/or used presentations of over 20 former and present colonies, the best being Australia, British Solomons, Brunei, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellis, Norfolk, Pitcairn, Samoa plus Tonga. Up to QEII often has both mint and used in the same space, and there is apparently scattered NH throughout. With substantial value in mid-range sets, browsing through will be productive.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $2,500.00
1263*oBritish Oceania selection organized on stockpages by country. Includes Aitutaki, Tokelau, Niue and Penrhyn Island. The material goes into the 1980’s and has manageable duplication. Contains many better sets, viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,350.00
Price Realized: $900.00
1264*oBritish Oceania stock of hundreds of stamps organized in seven binders of manila stockpages by country. All in Scott order, mint and used, with duplication expected. Some areas are sparse while others have plenty of stamps. Nauru, Fiji, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Gilbert and Ellis Islands, plus Samoa are all represented each by a binder. Strongest is Fiji with manageable duplication of moderate value. A good lot needing close inspection.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,150.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1265*oBritish Pacific collection /accumulation with several hundred stamps. Includes Papua New Guinea , Australia, Labuan, New Zealand and a pizza size box with unsorted stamps. Pickings throughout and worth viewing.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1266*oBritish Pacific collection of mint and/or used Northwest Pacific Islands, Papua, New Guinea, plus Papua and New Guinea on Scott Specialty pages to the 1970’s. Some of the pages are full and some spaces have more than one copy, with high values and complete sets throughout. Two stockpages full of Northwest Pacific Islands duplicates add to the nice coverage of this popular area.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00