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British Commonwealth - Aden, Egypt, Gibraltar and Malta selection of mint and used neatly hinged on pages. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each country. Very clean material, including many complete sets and many attractive used stamps throughout with premium postmarks. A grand total of 333 stamps. 2024 Scott US$738.25 =
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British Commonwealth - Alligator brand 16-page stockbook with an assortment of mostly mint King George VI and early Elizabethan sets, part sets and singles. Better includes Aden (and states), Antigua, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, British Guiana, British Honduras, Burma (officials), Ceylon plus a few others. An attempt was made to start cataloguing this material about a decade ago. The material is fresh, well centered. Expect the mint to be hinged, but with almost no duplication. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - An "all Rhodesia" selection of mint and used neatly hinged on pages within a springback album (some of the later are Never Hinged in black mounts). This grouping represents Northern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland and Southern Rhodesia. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each section. Very clean material, including many complete sets. A grand total of 770 stamps. 2024 Scott US$1285.65 =
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British Commonwealth - Antigua / Bermuda selection of mint and used neatly hinged on pages. Antigua holds its own well here, but the real strength is in the Bermuda, with many better George VI stamps from the 1938-1951 period. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each country. Very clean material, including many complete sets. A grand total of 244 stamps. 2024 Scott US$1012.00 =
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British Commonwealth - Attractive red "King George VI, Stamp Album" with gold-lettering, produced by Stanley Gibbons for George VI era British Commonwealth stamps only. A wonderfully focused area of collecting, with many of the sets issued of the period being well-obtainable for reasonably low prices. Contains a few hundred mint and used stamps, with strength in Canada / GB, just waiting to be put into use and filled up! This sought-after album is if good shape, with minor wear and tear and a "white-out" covered previous owner's name inside the front cover. Lots of life in this alum and lots of fun to fill it up! Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - Australia / New Zealand collector's accumulation of mostly different issues from "classics" up to about 2020, as acquired by the collector over many years. All packed into 23 stockpages (many double sided) within a small binder. A good range of material throughout, including some Australian States and even a few covers at the back. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - Blue 16-page Unisafe stockbook, about half-filled with a wonderful ride of mostly classic British Commonwealth "odds and ends". While there does not appear to be full sets here, there is a wealth of partial sets and better than average singles through out. Some the notable items are from Hong Kong (QV, Edward, GeoV mint), British Africa (lots of different countries), Canada (1930’s / 1940’s), 1935 Silver Jubilee issues and GB Offices abroad (QEII). Both mint and used represented, expect most of the mint the Hinged and the odd fault here and there, but overall a very clean offering. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - British Africa selection of mint and used neatly hinged on pages within a springback album. There are 23 countries represented here, which include Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Cape of Good Hope, Gambia, Gold Coast, Ghana, Kenya, KUT, Natal, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Orange River Colony, Somaliland Protectorate, Southwest Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanganyika, Transvaal, Uganda, Union of South Africa, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zululand. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each country. Very clean material, including many complete sets and with many better “turn of the century” used issues with postmark interest. A grand total of 1234 stamps. 2024 Scott US$1673.50 =
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British Commonwealth - British Africa, east Africa including Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (with British East Africa and East Africa and Uganda), Bechuanaland (with British Central Africa and British East Africa), Somaliland and Swaziland. About 285 stamps,on six pages, from 1890 - 1971, including used and Mint hinged ( some both). A well represented group with many very collectible stamps. A few comments on two stamps, in particular. The first is K. U. T. #29, the second of two shown, has a central vignette of George V printed in a blue-grey colour whereas the normal stamp is all green, as seen in the first one. The consignor has not found any reference to such an anomaly but comments that it is not too surprising to find such as so many stamps of the design were being similarly produced for a wide range of face values, at the time. He speculates that a printer either got inventive or simply lost his way as he was going about his duties. If only one, or a few such pages were produced this stamp could be a unique item. It requires more research but is valued at the nominal $3.00. The second, of course, is Swazieland (sic) #1a, the inverse overprint on Transvaal #123. The stamp is a VF mint hinged perf. 12-1/2. It is noted that Gibbons shows a considerable premium value for this perf., over the more common 12-1/2 x 12. The consignor states that the appearance of the overprint exactly shows as the reproduction of the stamp in Scott and, as best can be determined, from the illustration in Gibbons. More research would be required to absolutely determine that this is genuine and not counterfeit but, with the evidence at hand, the stamp is valued at Scott $1,250.00, but sold with the caveat the more research is needed. With these comments in mind the total lot is valued at 2023 Scott US$2,027.25 =
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British Commonwealth - British African miscellaneous, ranging from a well-organized binder of mostly Elizabethan-era Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (whether together or apart) with many sets and souvenir sheets - lots of topical appeal here. There is a hodgepodge of Sierra Leone, with some very old stock pages holding a mix of mostly KGVI-QEII, but there is a page with the infamous "Face on Mars" souvenir sheets. Noted some Sudan and South Africa, including some mint multiples (may be a few non-African items here). An afternoon’s worth of sorting here will pay rewards for the collector or on-line seller. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - British Asia selection (mostly) of mint and used neatly hinged on pages within a springback album. There are 13 countries represented here, which include Bahawalpur, Bahrain, Burma, Brunei, Ceylon, India, Jaipur, Iraq, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, North Borneo and Umm Al Qiwain. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each country. Very clean material, including many complete sets and earlier used material with postmark interest. A grand total of 972 stamps. 2024 Scott US$1392.60 =
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British Commonwealth - British Pacific and Asia: A very interesting consignment balance. Strongest is probably the New Zealand with a number of multiples overprinted "Official" on the 1940 Centennial issue, a complete roll of the 1c QEII coil (with starting and finishing tabs) and there are four examples of the first Special Delivery stamp inexplicably cancelled "Hobart Tasmania". There is some nice Samoa, and the Papua and Fiji have some potential. Moving eastward, there is a bit of India, Burma and the Sabah overprint on the 1964 Elizabethan issue. There is even a bit of Hong Kong, plus more not detailed here. Good value throughout. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - British Pacific Islands, the balance of a consignment. Mostly album and dealer stock pages. Noted some better Tonga, Papua New Guinea (and a bit of Papua), Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Solomon Islands and Samoa. To a lesser impact, there is some Vanuatu, Tuvalu plus Pitcairn, Cocos (Keeling), Christmas and Norfolk Islands. More mint than used. Some identified and catalogued, others "free range". While we noted issues up to 2010, most is pre-1975. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - Caribbean colonies selection of mint and used neatly hinged on pages. There are 8 countries represented here, which include Barbados, British Guiana, Guyana, British Honduras, Dominica, Grenada, Leedward Islands and Montserrat. See the owner's inventory list for a breakdown of total stamps and catalogue value for each country. Very clean material, including many complete sets and a clear strength in the Barbados section. A grand total of 582 stamps. 2024 Scott US$1121.15 =
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British Commonwealth - Central African colonies from "classics" to modern issues. A bit of a random assortment, but with better throughout, such as some nice Edwardian to KGVI Nyasaland (including "Keyplates" up to £1). There is some earlier British Central Africa, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia (with KGVI to 20/-, a mix of Gold Coast, including used "Earlies" (a striking used QV 10/- has a SON cancel). The Swaziland includes #54-66 mint and the lot concludes with 1970's to 1980's mint and CTO Zimbabwe. Substantial value here. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - Collector's "A to Z" QEII First Day Covers collection of British Commonwealth issues with many set frankings throughout. A mix of cachet, non-cacheted covers, all mounted and neatly arranged alphabetically within 6 binders. There is also a group of Irish FDC that snuck in here, which held a soft-spot in the previous collectors heart. The catalogue value of the stamps alone would add up quickly! Take a look a the pictures to appreciate the scope of the offering and the quality of the material (although not all items can be shown). Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - First Day Cover / Cover Potpourri. A small box stuffed with a collector's accumulation of 381 likely all-different FDC primarily from the British Commonwealth "Islands" (but with some "strays" as well). Looks to span the 1960's to 1990's and includes material from Aitutaki, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands (and Dependencies), Fiji, GB, Jamaica, Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts, South Georgia and Tokelau Islands. A grand total of 381 covers, which the previous owner has added up the catalogue value of the stamp alone (with nothing added for the FDC). Total Scott Catalogue value of the stamps alone comes out to US$1697.35 = $2291.40. A great opportunity to acquire some lovely sets and singes on covers. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - George VI Silver Wedding Sets. Very Fine mint Never Hinged selection of 24 different 1948 issue GeoVI Silver Wedding sets of two, all laid out on two Hagner stocksheets. The range of sets, while far from the complete omnibus series, includes a healthy representation of this classic and popular Royal Family thematic, including several of the better sets. 2024 Scott US$871.90 =
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British Commonwealth - Southern Africa group on dealer cards and album pages. Noted Natal #9, four Cape Triangles, a page of mostly used Transvaal, another page of Orange River Colony and a couple of pages of mounted Cape of Good Hope. There is a nice page (each) of mint British Bechuanaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Basutoland. Much of this material has been individually identified and catalogued within the past five years. An uncommon offering. Estimate =
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British Commonwealth - Trio of premium Lighthouse or Unisafe brand 32-page stockbooks, each about half-filled with an assortment of material from George VI to QEII from across the Commonwealth. A real mix of material here, but lots of useful "odds and ends" throughout. We noted better showings of omnibus issues (1937 Coronation / 1948 Royal Wedding), Malaya States, Hong Kong, India, Ceylon etc. The photos show a representative sample of some of the more populated pages. From a local estate, offered as received. Estimate =
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