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Public Auction #444

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COLLECTIONS, ACCUMULATIONS, AND STOCKS — British
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
487O*British Queen Victoria from 1875 to 1900 in a small red box. Approximately 300 to 350 nearly all mint on #102 sale cards. Condition a little mixed but better than average for this type of material. Includes Cyprus, Malta, Bahamas, British Guiana, Niger Coast, Mauritius Jamaica, St. Vincent, etc. Mostly singles cataloging from $1.00 to $275.00. Owner’s fairly current catalog value of $8,343.35. See scans for a few highlights of this lot.Cat. Value: S.B. 1250.00
Price Realized: $1,050.00
488O*Outstanding British colonies selection from the 1860s to 2004 in one carton. Hundreds and hundreds of mixed mint and used stamps in full, partial sets, singles, and souvenir sheets. Involves two Scott Specialty albums having one with Great Britain Offices, Newfoundland and the other with miscellaneous colonies. Topical collections entail a mostly complete parallel mint and used 1949 UPU and mixed mint and used not complete 1935 Jubilee. A chubby stockbook of mint Ireland from 1997 to 2004 as well as two stockbooks of interesting revenues from various colonies plus miscellany round out this offering. British colonial aficionados take note; this lot might be your cupa.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
489O*Beneficial group nine country collections or stocks. Cook Is. and Solomon Is. are the best followed by India and Bahamas. The India looks like it would be helpful for cancel searching. The rest have lots of mint sets with much NH. View and enjoy.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $700.00
490*Housed in a Scott album are British colonies from Aden to Barbados that is quality material. This is a most useful collector’s collection continuing to 1967. The stamps are fresh and some of the more difficult ones are present. This lot is definitely worth your time to view.Cat. Value: S.B. 1000.00
Price Realized: $950.00
491O*Mostly early QEII group of collections and stockbooks. Much is mint NH as it was purchased as new issues. A little duplication and as an added bonus is a clean, almost empty, 1904 edition of the Royal Postage Stamp Album printed in Chicago. Inspect and enjoy.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $900.00
492O*A well-arranged British accumulation of all different mint and used singles. Condition is a bit mixed, however better than normally encountered. Great opportunity looking for the beginning British Colony enthusiast.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $500.00
493*Six country groups of all mint with much NH throughout. They are, as they come, Singapore 1990-1999 mostly complete on Lighthouse hingeless pages, Great Britain 1960-2006 on Lindner T pages with lots of face value, Isle of Man 1958-1996 on Scott pages plus booklet panes 1996-2007, South Africa 1960’s-2006 in two stockbooks and an album, Papua New Guinea 1957-1989 on KABE pages, lastly two mint collections of Tuvalu one 1976-2003 and one 1976-1995. Sparklingly clean group.Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
494*Complete mint Great Britain and colonies 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1949 UPU Omnibus sets organized nicely in a stockbook.Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00
Price Realized: $400.00
495O*Eight starter or picked over collections generally not in their proper albums. Few thousand stamps total with strength in Canada and Australia. Broken up and sold in smaller units should bring nice profits.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $425.00
496O*A couple of thousand mostly different mounted in an old Master Global album with issues to about 1980. Needs careful examination to come up with the right number.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $375.00
497*Almost complete 1935 King George V Silver Jubilee collection in a period album from the Twin Pines Estate. Contains 241 mint stamps in black mounts missing only the British currency Morocco Agencies set for some reason (see photo). Pages are loose from the binding of the album which does not distract from the historical aspect of this first worldwide issued omnibus set. Could be just your cup of tea.Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $375.00
498O*Two cartons containing over a dozen collections. Overwhelmingly mint NH sets. Much are Mystic offerings, many of which, are still in their original packaging. Also, notable Canada that needs the postage counted, Australia, Isle of Man, and a variety of weddings.Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $475.00
499O*This British grouping is strongest in India with early cancelled stamps # 2, 4, 5, 6 (cut to shape), 21 and 29. There is a couple stock pages of used and a mint sheet file of owner catalog totaling $1137. Finally, a group of South Africa, Tristan Da Cunha and Canadian Special Delivery round out this lot. This is a desirable group of stamps for the collector of the British Empire. Well worth a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $325.00
500O*Stamps of India overprinted Kuwait make up the majority of this lot with the sets #45-57 and 80-81A being desirable along with other items. The two British mint items #176 which has an ink spot in the upper right corner and the strip of three one penny reds deserve a close look. All stamps are in the photos and are in crisp condition.Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $850.00
501O*A handful pedestrian collections of mostly modern issues mounted on loose pages, stock pages in binders and a lonely Scott album. Combination of mint and used lower priced singles and some sets. Most of the value lays in the Canada. Nice little group to infuse into a starter collection that has some new albums to fill.Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $300.00
502***Forty-one different Silver Wedding sets. Mostly hinged, all F-VF or better.Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $350.00
503O*British colonies 1948 Silver Wedding selection on two stock pages. Includes approximately fifty stamps having both high and low values overwhelmingly mint stamps. Only the Hong Kong is used. Worth examining.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $200.00