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Public Auction #404

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 21, 2010 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated May 21, 2010 at 4:33pm (New York time)

COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS — British
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1219*oCollection mounted in four Gibbons New Age albums for the reigns of KEVII and KGVI. Substantially filled with fresh stamps per Gibbons perf and color varieties. Some sets are incomplete or mixed mint and used, but most are complete mint and those stamps that are lightly stuck due to careless hinging should pop up OK. An appealing presentation with many better items throughout all books.Cat. Value: S.B 2,900.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00
1220*Five large Lighthouse stockbooks containing mostly mint NH. Mainly complete sets starting in the mid 1930’s and running to the late 1970’s. Strongest in the QEII period but better throughout. Only a few duplicates and some non British intermixed.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,800.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00
1221*oDealer stock of mint and used singles and sets worked up on new salespages in eight small salesbooks. Includes material from Great Britain and her dominions that would supplement your stock to varying degrees due to uneven coverage and duplication. Also condition is very mixed so a complete survey is recommended to appropriately discount the owner’s retail.Cat. Value: S.B. 2,600.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00
1222*Selection of nearly all fresh mint OG or NH sets on black stockpages. More than two dozen colonies are represented with material from all reigns, but predominately kings. We noted about 40 assorted pound values among the many better issues and light duplication even of these desirable stamps. An unusually good opportunity so tally carefully.Cat. Value: S.B 2,500.00
Price Realized: $6,500.00
1223*oAccumulation with about two dozen little country lots with many mint sets. Better countries are Australia, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Clean, fresh lot ready for resale.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1224*oA mixed group with many better. Includes lots of mint OG or NH sets and short sets with the later good for the key values plus high values with fiscal cancels. Also worthwhile Egypt and Indian states group. Overall high catalog total with much useful throughout.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1225*oOver twenty dealer’s collection lots all cataloged, priced and neatly prepared ready to put out on a bourse table to sell. Most are one of a kind mounted collections with some of the more valuable being Australia, Great Britain, Barbados, Canada and collectively the several African colonies. Many useful mint or used sets throughout.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1226*oCollection of “B” countries in a Scott specialty album. Bermuda is very strong with good Queen Victoria’s, King Georges then mostly complete from the 1940’s to 1990’s. British Honduras is also strong with a similar makeup of stamps. Considerable value.Cat. Value: S.B 1,150.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00
1227*Collection from 1949 to 1958 artfully arranged on quadrille pages in three small Gibbons springback albums. Generally all different and in complete sets, including varieties and omnibus sets. It perhaps was collected as new issues and hinged only once long ago. Ready to be broken down for fresh stock.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1228*oExtensive accumulation with material from all over the empire in two boxes with albums, stockbooks, salesbooks, “102” size cards and loose material. Spotted many complete mint sets. Lots of material to go through, viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
1229*oA large carton of revenues in every format. Some of what we noticed as we repacked the lot was a plastic storage box with items from all over the commonwealth arranged alphabetically on approval cards, embossed revenue types from Great Britain both on document and cut out, interesting Straits Settlements on document, a large binder of Great Britain from all eras, much South Africa in folder lots, more South Africa and area in a binder and much more. Euphoria for the specialist or opportunity for the neophyte.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
1230**oStock from all reigns and all corners of the Commonwealth in four well used red boxes of “102” size cards. Material is generally from above minimum value to somewhat better, with manageable duplication. It has been recatalogued, but we didn’t determine how recently, so you should check it out.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1231PGroup of 96 different specimens from 16 commonwealth countries mounted on black stockpages. Mostly from the Kings’ era, with a few earlier and later, there are many fresh singles and part sets, but no complete sets. An opportunity for some striking high-value color combinations that you might not otherwise see.Cat. Value: S.B 850.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
1232*oThe tail end of a large consignment in three cartons. Housed in stockpages, mounted on album pages, in glassines with some modest attempt at organization. Strongest in Australia and area, with pockets of value throughout. A good lot for breaking down into smaller units for the internet or shows. Thousands of stamps in generally collectable condition. Wade into this one and see what you can do with it.Cat. Value: S.B. 850.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
1233*oCollection in three huge Scott International albums. Apparently includes all countries. Generally mounted mint topical sets from the 1950’s or 1960’s to the 1990’s. Also earlier mixed mint and used from only GB and the dominions. Many thousands of attractive modern stamps probably hinged just once.Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1234*oCollection of predominantly mint singles and sets from the 1940’s, illuminated like you have never seen before. Includes annotated fresh material from all over the commonwealth, with some better long sets and varieties. This collector was an artist first and a philatelist second.Cat. Value: S.B 750.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1235*Aggregation from the British empire in three stockbooks with several hundred stamps and souvenir sheets from the 1960’s-1980’s. Stronger areas are Tanzania, St Vincent and Seychelles. Much useful material can be extracted so take a look.Cat. Value: cat. 5,600.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1236*oAccumulation in a large box with Great Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia. Lots of new issues with high total face value including many booklets. A range of popular material to sort through with a good profit potential.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $1,400.00
1237*oMostly mint collection hinged in a pair of ‘New Age’ albums covering 1936-1938. Most are short sets missing high values, but some better here include (mint) Australia 179, Burma O28-O42, Falklands 93-94, Hong Kong 168-173, Mauritius 211-222, Southern Rhodesia 42-54 and Newfoundland J1-J6 (blocks of four). Many intermediate value singles can be plucked from the short sets and condition is generally nice. Worth a quick review.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $750.00
1238*Collection of a few hundred different stamps on stockpages. Stronger areas are BAT with #1-15 NH, Falkland Islands with 128-142 NH, South Georgia, Northern Rhodesia with #1-17 OG. Many sets throughout, F-VF or better.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1239oCollections to the 1960’s in four extra clean Scott Specialty albums. Includes Great Britain, plus British Africa, Europe, and Orient. Stamps are spread about, with some complete sets and some covers. A wonderful candidate for continuation, and enjoy the two covers with GB #5 while you are browsing.Cat. Value: S.B. 550.00
Price Realized: $1,150.00
1240*oFour cartons filled with starter or remainder collections, stockbooks, promo material, etc. The Great Britain, Canada and Ireland are the most prominent. Be sure to count the face on the 1st two mentioned.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1241*oSelection in seven stockbooks and two albums. Includes four stockbooks of mostly used India and states, three of assorted Australia, and one each of Canada and mixed commonwealth. Best are the three Penny Blacks in “investment“ folders.Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $600.00
1242*Collection in two stockbooks with UPU cat. 512.00 NH and Jubilee cat. 1188.00 OG. Both complete, very clean and fresh material. An easy lot to infuse into a mail auction or retail stock.Cat. Value: cat. 1,700.00
Price Realized: $500.00
1243*oBritish accumulation plus a bit of modern topical souvenir sheets from many places. All catalogued and filling a large stockbook. Earlier Great Britain and Ireland is used and later is NH, including singles and sets with various duplication.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $300.00
1244*oCountry “F-G” collections of Falklands, Fiji, and Gambia on neatly filled to overflowing Scott International pages to 1968. Primarily mint OG or NH, with all but the used in Showgard mounts. Includes many complete sets and some souvenir sheets. Also includes material worth figuring from any country printed on an adjacent page. Very appealing.Cat. Value: Owner’s 2007 cat. 2,950.00
Price Realized: $650.00
1245**Fresh collection of sets lining several pages in a Lindner stockbook. Includes nice Bermuda, Brunei, Bahamas, Nauru, British Indian Ocean Territories, Pitcairn Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Ascension and British Antarctic Territory. Very attractive lot.Cat. Value: cat. 1,690.00
Price Realized: $375.00
1246*oBritish Africa an old mounted collection on Scott pages 1890’s-1940’s with hundreds of stamps. Stronger colonies include British East Africa, Cape of Good Hope, British Central Africa, Rhodesia, Zululand with the rest of Africa well represented. Fresh useful material can be extracted.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00
1247oBritish America collection to the 1960’s or 1970’s in three extra clean Scott Specialty albums. Bermuda is the best, with many complete sets from the kings and early QEII eras from all of the colonies. Also includes on cover and FDC examples from some of them. A wonderful candidate for continuation. Browsing encouraged. (Canada is a separate lot)Cat. Value: S.B. 1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1248*oBritish America two cartons in stockbooks and albums. Primarily Canada, with four stockbooks containing mainly face value, a large green Specialty album with moderate value used, some year sets and more. The balance is Caribbean area with pickings from Bahamas, etc. Take a look; it could be just what you are looking for.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $550.00
1249*oBritish Asia an old mounted collection on Scott pages with stamps into the 1940’s. Good value in Hong Kong, Labuan, Ceylon and Sarawak. Spotted a few big ticket items. Inspection invited.Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $700.00
1250*British Caribbean powerful collection mounted on homemade pages with stamps going into the 1980’s. Countries are Cayman Islands with many complete sets plus 18,19 and MR3 mint OG with certificates. Also Jamaica, St. Kitts Nevis and Turks & Caicos very strong. Condition mostly very fine.Cat. Value: S.B 1,300.00
Price Realized: $2,200.00
1251*oBritish Caribbean an old mounted collection on Scott pages with stamps into the 1940’s. Stronger countries are Bermuda, Bahamas, British Guiana, Jamaica and St. Vincent. Good material from the Victorian period along with mint sets throughout, viewing recommended.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $850.00
1252*oBritish Europe a carton accumulation with strong Ireland and Channel Islands. Worthwhile representation from Gibraltar, Malta, and Great Britain proper with early material, modern postoffice packs and so on. There are a couple albums, glassines, folder lots and more to get your bidding spirit aroused.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $475.00
1253*oBritish Oceania complete collections of Gilbert and Ellice Islands plus Solomon Islands, in mounts, on Scott official pages to 1999. Mixed mint and used with the mint mostly NH.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,800.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1254*oBritish Oceania very complete collections of New Guinea and Papua New Guinea along with a bit of North West Pacific Islands. Mixed mint and used throughout with the Papua running to 1999. Everything is in mounts and in a clean Scott official album.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.,00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1255*oBritish Oceania old mounted collection with several hundred stamps. Better areas include New Zealand, Cook Islands, Australia and Australian states. A good lot break down by country.Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $800.00
1256*oBritish Oceania islands collections on various pages. Best are Northwest Pacific Islands, Norfolk, and Papua New Guinea. Also useful are Christmas, Cocos, and Nauru. With multiple collections, stockpages and country lots, browsing will identify duplication of better items throughout.Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,500.00
1257*British Oceania collection mounted on homemade pages with stamps going into the 1980’s. Contains mostly early nearly complete Aitutaki, Gilbert & Ellice Islands and Gilbert Islands. Several mint sets, mostly fine.Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $475.00
1258*oBritish Sub Asia accumulation of stockpages, Minkus album, stockbook, a few covers and miscellaneous, several hundred stamps. India and states are the best. Also spotted a few better sets from Pakistan. An interesting lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $400.00