| COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS — Dr. Charles Rothwell Collection |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| | | Lots 872-1024 are from the collection of Charles E. Rothwell. Dr. Rothwell built his collection over the past 25 years primarily through purchasing large stocks, advanced country collections and smaller lots with specialty items from auction houses in Chicago, Detroit, and New York. To display his collection he constructed his own pages using country specific specialized catalogs and literature obtained from the APS library. These pages run to 1960 and have the look and feel of a Scott Specialty Album page, but contain spaces for shades, paper and perforation varieties, overprint errors and varieties, etc. as per the specialized catalogs. To help ensure consistency of presentation and to facilitate the incorporation of new material, Dr. Rothwell cut mounts for most spaces, whether or not he had the stamp. Please keep in mind while viewing these lots that empty mounts do not necessarily indicate incomplete sets, as they are commonly placeholders for minor varieties and they do not indicate removal of a stamp as these collections are being offered intact. Dr. Rothwell was a stickler for quality, constantly upgrading the centering, freshness and NH condition of his stamps so NH will be found for many of the best values and even in the 19th century. The result is advanced, nearly all mint, collections of exceptional quality. Dr. Rothwell did not finish making albums for the entire world and there are a few used stamps or faulty items. These exceptions will be by and large denoted in the description.
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| 892 |   | Canada nearly complete to 1983. A couple of the 1859 stamps are mint no gum and one is used, but the rest are lh or NH with many exceptional copies. | Cat. Value: S.B. 17,000.00
Price Realized: $13,500.00 |
| 893 | | Canadian Provinces a small but powerful group from British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,250.00 |
| 894 | | Cape of Good Hope lots of value in some very nice triangles. The rectangulars are quite sparse, but #20b used (“Fonr” error) is notable. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $850.00 |
| 895 | | Cayman Islands superb collection that lacks a couple minor shade varieties and a couple overprint errors to fill every space. All the good surcharges are here, #19-20 appear NH. #20 and the footnoted revenue surcharge stamp have RPS certs. The 1932 Centenary set and many of the subsequent high values are also NH. The dues are basically complete but the rare MR3 is a little faded. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2,300.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00 |
| 896 | | Ceylon the early Chalon heads are impressive with what appears to be a very fine #5 (used). The later Victorian issues are also quite nice. Value can be found throughout the 20th century with numerous die types and perf varieties present. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $2,000.00 |
| 897 | | Cyprus solid with strength in the KGV and KGVI issues. The 1928 and 1938 definitives are complete. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $700.00 |
| 898 | | Dominica very attractive largely complete. A couple specialty items but mostly just basic stamps. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $800.00 |
| 899 | | Falkland Islands a great start to this popular colony. Some nice shade varieties in the Queen Victoria issues, excellent value in the Edwards and George periods. The postwar issues are largely complete. | Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $1,000.00 |
| 900 | | Fiji starts with 1p and 1sh type set stamps on laid batonne paper. There are nice singles throughout the 19th century. KEVII period is nearly complete as are the 1922-1960 issues. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,250.00
Price Realized: $1,600.00 |
| 901 | | Gambia wonderful, extensive collection of this tiny colony. Nearly all the basic number items are present and are supplemented with multiple shade varieties, many of which carry substantial premiums in the Gibbons catalog. Additionally, there are eleven complete sheets of 15 of the Victoria definitives, the 6 p value showing the slanting label variety. | Cat. Value: S.B. 2,500.00
Price Realized: $3,500.00 |
| 902 | | Gibraltar well balanced with strength across all regions. Plenty of the popular tall shilling values and better perf varieties in the KGVI definitives help spice up this lot. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,350.00 |
| 903 | | Gold Coast the QV issues go up to the 20sh and the KE issues are complete. From 1913 onward most items are present aside from the KGV 15sh and £2 values and some minor varieties. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 904 | | Hong Kong a rather sparse up to 1900 but good value in the 20th century. Victoria values to the 30 cents, KEVII to $1.00 and KGV to $1.00 are present. The Silver Wedding and early QEII definitives are some of the better postwar sets. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00 |
| 905 | | India and States many hundreds of stamps presented in two volumes. The first volume contains British India, Republic issues to 1960 and Convention States. The second volume contains the Feudatory States. The value of this lot is fairly well distributed between the two volumes. Specialty items includes some tete beche pairs, imperfs and a couple sheetlets. | Cat. Value: S.B. 4,500.00
Price Realized: $5,500.00 |
| 906 | | Ireland nearly complete for the period with numerous shade and font varieties and one inverted overprint (#2a, NH). | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,500.00
Price Realized: $1,700.00 |
| 907 | | Jamaica solid with a large degree of completion from 1883 onwards. In addition to the major number items there are a number of overprint errors plus perf and shade varieties. | Cat. Value: S.B. 950.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 908 | | Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika powerful collection that contains KEII issues to 20 Rupees, KGV issues of 1812-1921 to 10 Rupees and 1922 issues to £1. The major numbers are basically all there from 1935-1960 and there are quite a few better perf varieties in the KGVI period. | Cat. Value: S.B. 1,200.00
Price Realized: $1,900.00 |
| 909 | | Malaya and States many hundreds of stamps from Straits Settlement, Malaya and States, plus Singapore. Lots of good singles and some complete sets in the early years, as well as the Japanese occupation issues and pretty much complete for the postwar period. Take care not to overlook the various errors and varieties. | Cat. Value: S.B. 3,750.000
Price Realized: $4,250.00 |
| 910 | | Malta a nice solid collection with desirable shades on the early issues and fairly complete from 1930-1960. | Cat. Value: S.B. 650.00
Price Realized: $750.00 |
| 911 | | Mauritius a few used items but the vast majority are mint. A couple surcharge errors are present in the 19th century and the KEVII and KGV issues are quite nice. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $1,100.00 |
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