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PUBLIC AUCTION

Monday, 29th October 2018

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Murrayfield Ice Rink

Riversdale Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 5XN
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All World Mixed Lots

1 - 10Lot numbers one to ten are for Room Buyers only: they're generally mixed lots, with clearance items, some kiloware, postcards, accessories, etc. Generally bulky and probably worth less than the postage costs would be!
11Large box of world albums & stockbooks60
121930s m.m. stamps on s/cards in binder; sets/part sets. STC £1,200+42
13Three albums (mostly pre-1960s): ‘Senator’ with clean collection, some useful items but the odd bit of foxing &/or damp affected; well-filled ‘Movaleaf’, some interesting, but mixed cond., with many loose between the leaves; & a picked ‘Strand’. (1,000s)40
14World colln. in four well-filled standard-size albums. Nothing ‘earth-shattering seen, but plenty to look through. Somewhat ‘smoky’.(1,000s)38
15Box with various World collections, etc. in two stockbooks & five binders. Although very little of individual value seen, there’s a fair spread of World, C/wealth, Roumania, Greece, Scandinavia among others. Slightly smoky.(1,000s) 32
16Large & heavy sorting box - little of individ. val. seen, but plenty of fun! All manner of things in albums, s/books, packets, tins, etc.(1,000s)28
17World colln. in alb. - countries ‘N’ to ‘Z’; apparently formed in the 1940s-60s with many earlier; mixed cond. incl. perf. faults & some foxing, but many decent items too (100s)28
18Sorting box with stamps in s/books (a couple of empty ones), on lvs., in pkts., etc. (1,000s)26
19Large box with album pages, appro. books & much else. Needs sorting. (1,000s)24
20Heavy sorting lot with stamps in albums, tins, shoebox, various others (trade cards, etc.)24
21Old ‘Lincoln’ alb. with original colln. some interesting, but mixed cond.24
22Sorting box with junior albs. & s/books, etc. some ‘makeweight’ (empty albs. & lvs.) too. (1,000s)22
23Lots of interesting material! Noted (among others) lots of 1d reds. (100s)18
2430 page s/b, with ranges of countries Switzerland to Yugoslavia, mostly middle-modern. (c.2,500)18
25Large box with mix of stamps, covers & postcards.16
26Large box with varied mix15
27Well-filled sorting box (100s)14
2832 page s/b with dupl. earl-mod. seln. A few better seen, mixed cond., plus a few others. (100s)14
29Couple of binders with world collection of stamps on leaves & some stockleaves. (1,000s)14
30S/book (16 page) world ranges, somewhat jumbled & sparse in places. (100s)13
31Box with mix of covers, stamps, etc. ... a ‘collection cleanout’! (100s)12
32Small box with various covers, stamps, railway tickets, etc. Worth checking. (100s?)12
33Plastic tub with all-world off-paper stamps, early-modern, poor-fine, mixed cond.; a little ‘smoky’(1,000s)12
34South & Cent. America - various on & off paper in small boxes & envelopes, etc. worth checking. (100s)12
35World kiloware c.1Kg, much is not modern, with a few more interesting ‘bits’! (1,000s)12
36World kiloware, nice mix, almost no UK (1,00s)10
37Boxfile with colln. of stamps in blocks/pairs on pages. much Australia.8
38Boxfile with mainly used thematic (mostly birds) colln. on sheets, mainly odds.8

British Commonwealth Lots

39Box with various C/wealth incl. picked pair of New Age albs.; Mauritius & Malaya noted.46
40Albums & pages in box (mostly C/wealth), better album with Canada noted.30
41Box of albums, partly picked, but some better remaining, including West Indies.20
42West Indies - 1970s-80s selns of St Kitts, Nevis, St. Vincent & Turks & Caicos, in 4 albums incl. m.&u. stamps, FDCs, Maxi Cards, MSs & more. Varying from stuck-down to fine u.m. Some better items/sets seen; plus further large seln. in envelope for sorting! Very mixed condition. (100s)20
431948 RSW Omnibus m.m./u.m. seln. of low vals. on s/leaf, plus sets for Dominica, St Vincent & UK (52)18
44Early-mainly middle dupl./ ranges in small s/album, on s/cards, etc., plus 1980s Australia P.Packs (100s)18
45Indian sub-continent: Shirt box with sorting lot of India, Pakistan, Burma, on & off-paper, a few covers; mostly 1950s onwards, but a few others incl. QV seen too. Mixed cond. (100s)12
461948 RSW low vals. m. (those checked were all u.m.) seln., mostly fine. (67)8
47Binder with seln. of stamps, strength in Disney & Omnibus, worth estimate for Hagners alone? (200+)6
48Large s/book with ranges of u.m. sets, odds & MSs, mostly 1970s-80s (100s)5

Postcard Lots

49WWII unused German cards showing paratroopers jumping from ‘J-52’ planes, landing, etc. six cards (Traditionsverlag Berlin ‘C/1636’) Nos.2, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9. Some a little light toning or light bends, but mostly fine and better than we’ve seen for ages! (6)26
50Shoebox of Edwardian postcards. (500)20
51Shoebox of Edwardian postcards. (500)20
52Bundle of older Irish postcards. (200+)18
53Collection of old Edinburgh postcards. (150+)15
54Shoebox with older cards, mostly Scottish (100s)15
55Box of older postcards (100s)15
56Box of cards, many Churches. (100s)10
57Collection of cards made while visiting various places 1972-92; majority Italy, Scotland or USA, housed in 9 ‘static’ (with ridges of gum) albums, many cards salvageable! (c.500)10
58Well-filled shoebox, some older to 1960s-70s. (c00+)10
59Small collection of St Andrews postcards in sleeves. (76)10
60South Africa 1910-20? ‘Tube Mill New Kleinfontein CMCo Benoni’ (REF O’877) & another with buildings in landscape; both slight faults, overexposed, but beautiful detail. Unusual. (2)7
61Bundle of older cards, mostly greetings. (100+)6

Coins, Medals, and Other Collectables, etc.

62Cigarette Cards Mixed box cig. & trade cards, loose & in albums. Mixed condition. (100s)10
63“, Trade Cards - Castrol ‘Racing Cars’ (1955) full set of 24, scarce as such f.-v.f. (24)10
64“, etc. 3 attractive hardback books with stuck in collection ‘Nos Gloires’ (Belgian History)10
65Coins Tub with world coins, direct from charity source c.1.5Kg (100s)8
66“, World coins, c.1.5Kg, as last lot (100s)8
67“, A similar lot to the last (100s)8
68“, Canada - $25 face value coins 10c, 25c10
69“, Canada - $25 face, as last lot10
70“, USA coins - $25 face (10c, 25c)10
71“, USA coins, similar to the last.10
72“, UK pre-1947 silver coins - £2 face value. Poor to fine.20
73“, UK pre-47 as last lot20
74“, UK pre-1920 silver coins - £1 face value.28
75“, UK pre-20 silver as last lot.28
76Covers Concorde inaugural flights London-Bahrain (21-1-76) & Bahrain-London (22-1) official B.A.C. covers with cachets, attractive. (2)6
77Fiscals seln. of N.S.W. fiscals - all QV with values to 4/- & 5/-. A few sl. faults, but fine & attractive and far better than the usual condition for these. (6)12
78“, Br. C/wealth early seln. Br. Guiana (2), Straits, & India (5), useful seln. (8)12
79Medals UK QE general service medal, with ‘Near East’ bar. (Pte Thompson, Royal Scots) (1)40
80Model Railway ‘OO’ scale plastic carriages, various liveries (mostly Intercity or BR red & cream). Boxed - ‘Mainline’ (6), ‘Hornby’ (6), Lima (1); plus a further 6 unboxed. (19)40
81Progressive Proofs Nevis 1986 ‘Format Printers’ Official folder with Progressive proof $2.50 Spitfire 1A. 6 colour proofs, plus finished imperf. stamp. sl. faults to folder, but scarce & extremely expensive when new. (1)6
82“, similar to last lot, but $3 Spitfire Mk.XII, and generally in better condition. (1)6
83Railwayana, Tickets - mostly 1970s-80s seln. (with some bus tickets, etc.), on lvs., mounted with selvedge. Some unusual incl. (This Free Ticket ...’ 1973, issued for BR interview), etc. (50)8
84Signatures RAF cover (B1 Sopwith Tabloid with Jersey 19-11-81 cancel) signed Arthur (bomber) Harris.15

Accessories. Supplies, etc.

86Box with various 2nd hand catalogues (some old, but still useful), some ‘How to’ stamp collecting books and other philatelic literature.12
87Springback binders - ten second hand, all serviceable. (10)5
88Springback binders, a similar, but different lot to the last (10)5
89Springback binders - similar to last lot (10)5
90Boxful of various ringbinders, etc. all serviceable. (15)8
91Leatherbound SG ‘New Age’ Springback binder, nice lot. (1)5
92Medal Yearbook, 2012 - fine 2nd hand. (1)3
93Cover album leaves for 4-ring binder, standard size, single pocket per page. Four unused packets of 10.6
94Three standard-sized 8 page (16 side) stockbooks (white pages), unused (3)15
95Three s/books as last lot (3)15

Stamps Arranged by Country

96Aden 1937-50s m.&u. dupl. seln. on 11 s/cards, incl. better, mixed condition.38
97“, 1937 2r SG10 m.m. some gum toning, fine from front, scarce stamp. STC £120 (1)12
98“, 1949 RSW set SG30-31 u.m. 10r is corner marginal. STC £40+ (2)13
99“, 1951 set SG36-46 l.m.m. STC £85 (11)12
100“, Seiyun 1942 set SG1-11 l.m.m. STC £60 (11)15
101“, 1951 surch. set SG20-27 m.m. STC £50 (8)14
102“, Hadhramaut 1951 surch set SG20-27 m.m./l.m.m. STC £29 (8)8
103Albania 1931 air set SG295-301 m.m., good early air set. STC £277 (7)22
104Antigua 1938-51 10/- SG108 u.m. marginal STC £22 (1)6
105“, 1938-51 £1 SG109 m. (stamp u.m., mounted on margin only) STC £45 (1)11
106Ascension 1934 short set SG21-29 to 2/6 l.m.m. without the usual gum tone. STC £78+ (9)14
107“, 1934 5/- SG30 fresh m.m. STC £55 (1)14
108“, 1938-53 11/2d SG40a l.m.m. (slightly toned gum STC £375 (1)38
109“, 1938-53 11/2d SG40ba (Davit flaw) u.m., but spot in gum. STC £200 (1)9
110“, 1948 RSW set SG50-51 u.m. STC £50+ (2)16
111“, 1956 set SG57-69 l.m.m. STC £140 (13)18
112“, QE m.&u. dupl. seln. on 19 s/cards; high cat., mixed condition.22
113Australia 1913-77 m.&u. colln. in binder, useful early odds & part sets, some better looking later. (100s)32
114“, 1930 5d on 41/2d violet “Ash” imprint block of 4 (2 u.m., 2 m.m.) STC £150 (1)16
115“, 1942 two empty stamp booklets, faults, but scarce SG SB28x2 (Cat £220 as full bklts.) (2)5
116“, box with on & off-paper stamps - loose, in 4 remaindered club bklts., on a few lvs., s/leaf, etc. Plus 2005 SG Australian catalogue. Hours of sorting fun? (100s)10
117“, 1931 6d Air ‘OS’ SG139a f.u. STC £60 (1)9
118“, 1948 £2 SG244d u.m. scarce as such STC £85 (1)26
119“, 1963-65 Navigators set SG355-360 u.m. scarce thus. (6)30
120“, & States 32 page s/book with mainly u. colln. with duplication; worthwhile, but sparse States scattered in between (these would benefit from specialist checking), ranges of GV Heads & Roos, and some more useful later items. (100s)46
121Bahamas 1921 3/- SG1124 m.m. STC £55 (1)9
122“, 1942 Columbus set SG162-175a l.m.m. STC £80 (12)12
123“, 1948 Tercent. set SG178-193 u.m. (10/- with small shiny patch on gum) STC £75 (16)18
124“, 1948 Tercent. set SG178-193 f.u. set STC £55 (16)13
125“, 1954-63 u.m. set SG201-216, plus 1/- & 2/- shades. corner marginals with plate numbers (mounted on margins) STC £127+ (19)24
126“, 1965 set SG247-261 u.m. STC £50 (15)10
127Bahrain 1942-45 set SG36-50 u.m. scarce as such. STC £140 (13)24
128“, 1948 10r SG60a g.u. STC £80 (1)14
129“, 1948 RSW set SG61-62 u.m. STC £33 (2)11
130“, 1950-55 set SG71-79 m.m. STC £110 (9)22
131Barbados 1906 Nelson set SG145-151 m.m. STC £75 (7)11
132“, 1910 2/- Victory SG210 g.u. (centred low left) STC £75 (1)13
133“, 1920 3/- Victory SG211 f.u. STC £95 (1)16
134“, 1939 Tercent. set SG257-261 in u.m. marginal blocks of 4 (imprints, except 3d) (5 blocks)9
135Basutoland 1961-63 set to 1r SG69-79 & 1r shade SG79a (scarce) m. marginals (stamps u.m.) (12)30
136Bechuanaland 1948 RSW set SG136-7 m.m. STC £42+ (2)10
137“, 1955-58 set SG143-153 l.m.m. (some look u.m.) STC £100 (12)14
138Bermuda 1938-53 12/6 SG120c/d (p.14 ord. paper) m.m. STC £120 minimum - could be the scarce SG120d STC £700) (1)20
139“, 1948 RSW set SG125-6 f.u. STC £55+ (2)16
140“, 1953-62 set SG135-150 m.m. (with both shades of 1/3); possibly not quite the freshest, but cheap est.10
141“, GVI high vals. seln. - 2/- (9 u.); 2/6 (2 u); 5/- (7 u): 12/6 m.; £1 (3 m.) some striking shades. (22)48
142Br. Guiana 1931 Centenary set SG283-7 l.m.m.,. but with light overall gum toning. STC £608
143“, 1940 P. Due set (original set of 3 SG D1, 2, 4. u.m. (scarce as such) STC £65 (3)20
144Br. Honduras 1938-47 short set of 11 to $2 m., some may be l.m.m., others incl. the high vals. seem u.m. STC £160+ (11)26
145Br. Levant 1902-05 24pi SG12 l.m.m. STC £32 (1)8
146“, 1911-13 12pi SG33 (dull reddish purple ‘Somerset House’ printing) appears u.m., but slight gum wrinkles. STC £65+ (1)13
147“, 1905-12 SG L1-L10 set to 1/- m.m. (21/2d fault) STC £100+ (10)14
148Br. Occup. of Italian Cols., Eritrea 1948 SG E1-E12 set to 10/-, u.m. except 2/6 & 5/- (m.m.) STC £7512
149“, “, 1948 10/- SG E12 f.u. on small piece STC £24 (1)7
150“, “, 1950 set SG E13-E25 m.m. STC £100 (13)14
151“, “, 1950 10/- SG E25 f.u. on small piece STC £70 (1)12
152“, Tripolitania 1948 P.Dues set SG D1-D5 l.m.m. STC £50 (5)8
153Br. Postal Ag. in E. Arabia 1948 set SG16-24 set to 2r u.m. scarce as such. STC £55 (11)12
154“, 1960-61 set SG79-93 u.m. STC £85 (15)14
155Br. Solomon Is. 1939-51 defin. set SG60-72 (13); plus various shades, perfs. etc. l.m.m./m.m. (23)19
156“, 1968-71 defin. set SG166-180 u.m. STC £23 (15)7
157Br. Virgin Is. 1899 set to 5/- SG43-50 m.m. STC £130. Good set. (8)24
158“, 1913-19 2/6 & 5/- SG76, 77 m.m. STC £95 (2)20
159“, 1956-62 set SG149-161 u.m. scarce as such, STC £110 (13)22
160“, 1964-68 set SG178-192 u.m. STC £80 (15)16
161Burma 1946 Victory in large u.m. blocks/part sheets - 9p & 11/2a each x53; 2a & 3a each x54. Some faults (incl. gum, etc.) useful & high catalogue value. (4 items)22
162Cameroon CEF 1915 surcharge short set to 8d on 80pf m.m. (21/2d & 3d u.m.) SG B1-B9 only STC £94, but surely much scarcer than this! (9)40
163Canada 1859-1963 colln. in binder m.m. & u., the odd few faults (particularly on earlies), generally fine incl. better/higher vals. GV to $1 (SG303 & 351); GVI $1 (SG367 u., SG388 m.), etc. Plenty of scarcer coil perfs. (but check the gum on some of these). High cat., useful ‘starter’. (100s)28
164“, 1859 used seln. 1c, 5c, 121/2c, 17c each x2 & 1864 2c. Some faults, but above average, useful fillers. (9)19
165“, 1875-92 5c reg. stamp SG R5/7a, mint/part o.g. STC £90 minimum as m.m. centred low right. (1)12
166“, 1875-92 5c reg. labels SG5/7a range of shades & formats, some faults, others fine. (8)5
167“, 1930-31 $1 SG303 looks u.m., but a couple of toned perfs. STC £130 (1)10
168“, 1937-38 set SG357-367 m.m. STC £180 (1)15
169“, 1939 (Au 1) FFC ‘Montreal-Southampton. 5x 6c Airmail SG371 tied be Montreal CDS & special FF cachet, re-directed (in pencil) & sl. faults, but still attractive. (1)5
170“, 1942-48 War Effort set m. (some heavy mounts, etc.), not bad from front. SG375-388 STC £15014
171“, 1962-79 interesting m.&u. colln. of commems. & defins. in binder with perfs. (coils), phosphors, some earlier, Postage dues, etc. (100s)20
172“, QV-QE colln. in printed album with some extra lvs. included. Strength probably in GVI to early QE, with several useful items seen. (100s)32
173“, Official set 1950-52 SG O178-O189 g.-f.u. STC £130 (13)28
174Cayman Is. 1991 Scenes set SG 725-736 u.m. (hingeless mount mark on 5c) STC £41+ High face. (12)7
175“, GV to QE (a few earlier) dupl. seln. on 39 s/cards, with some better, mixed cond.; a few sets.36
176Ceylon 1938-49 set SG386c-397a u.m. STC £100 minimum, not often seen u.m. (clean white gum) (14)20
177“, 1938-49 50c SG394c p.14 l.m.m. (without usual gum tone) STC £110 (1)12
178“, QV-1948 m.&u. duplicated seln. on 16 stockcards, mixed cond.12
179China 1938 (20-9) cover Shanghai-Edinburgh tied 10x2 & 15 x2. Cover open on 3 sides & slight faults, but colourful, attractive & neat. (1)12
180“, 1972 Special Folder with Table Tennis Championship set stamps (4) tied by special cancel. (1)15
181Christmas Is. 1958-79 m.&u. collection on stockleaves. (95 + 4MS)9
182Cook Is. 1943-54 £1 SG134 (upright wmk.) l.m.m. STC £75 (1)13
183“, 1943-54 £1 SG134w (inverted wmk.) l.m.m.STC £140 (1)18
184“, 1944-46 set SG137-145 m.m. plus set SG150-159 m.m. STC £145 (19)20
185“, 1949-61 set SG150-159 u.m. STC £50 (10)16
186Dominica 1954-62 defin.set SG140-158 u.m. (scarce thus) STC £85 (19)18
187“, 1963-65 set SG162-178, plus extra14c to $4.80 u.m. STC £52+ (18)10
188Falkland Is. 1904-12 3/- SG49 f.u. (very lightly used) STC £180 (1)55
189“, 1912-20 3/- SG66 g.-f.u. STC £95 (1)38
190“, 1933 Centenary 5 vals to 4d (no 11/2d SG129) l.m.m. STC £77+ (5)12
191“, 1938-50 2/6 Penguins SG160 l.m.m. STC £60 (1)18
192“, 1938-50 5/- SG 161 m.m. STC £120 (1)24
193“, 1938-50 10/- SG162/162c l.m.m. STC £120 minimum. (1)28
194“, 1938-50 £1 SG163 l.m.m. (couple very small natural spots in gum) STC £130 (1)32
195“, 1952 GVI set SG172-185 m.m. STC £180 (14)30
196“, 1955-57 set SG187-192 u.m. STC £35 (6)7
197“, 1960-66 13 to £1 SG193-207 (no 21/2d or 51/2d SG196, 199) u.m.; 10/- & £1 are plate number copies. STC £164+ (13)28
198“, 1968 set SG232-245 l.m.m. STC £65 (14)8
199“, 1971 set to 25p SG263-275; 1972 set to 25p SG276-288 l.m.m. & set (3) SG293-5 u.m. High cat. (29)13
200F.I.D. 1954 set to £1 plus 1/2d & 11/2d shades u.m. SG G26-G40 STC £245 (17)46
201“, 1963-69 set SG1-16 u.m. STC £200 Key set. (16)36
202“, South Georgia 1971-76 set (14) to 50p SG18-31a, plus all extra listed types l.m.m. or u.m. (21)12
203“, 1977-78 set (12) to 50p SG53-66, plus extra wmk. varieties from 5p-25p u.m. High cat. (17)10
204Fiji 1938-55 10/- g.u. STC £50 (1)10
205“, 1938-55 £1 SG266b, fine mint (maybe u.m.) STC £55 (1)11
206“, 1938-55 £1 SG266b f.u. STC £60 (1)12
207“, 1954-59 set SG280-295 u.m. to 5/-, m.m. thereafter (& m.m. 8d shade) STC £100+ (16)11
208“, 1959-63 set Sg298-310 u.m. STC £32 (13)7
209Germany 1840 (14 Sept.) entire Mannheim-Edinburgh (via Paris). Various marks incl. ms ‘10’. oval ‘AED’ in red, etc. attractive & scarce. (1)12
210“, Danzig overprint set SG704-717 c.t.o. STC £85+ as postal. (14)15
211“, M.&u. colln. in binder, early to 1970s, with some better, eg. 1934 3mk Zeppelin (100s)15
212“, Allied Occup’n. Binder with ranges of various Zones incl. better French & Soviet, etc. Plus a few WWII occup’ns. & others. enormous cat. value, worth specialist checking. (100s)40
213“, “, Bi-zone 1949 Hannover Fair MS used with special Exhibition cancels (22-4-49 = FD) some faults but scarce. STC £375 (1)22
214“, B.R.D. 1980s-90s seln. of bklts. (all fine a coupe of dupl.) 2DM(3), 3DM(2), 5DM(4); & Berlin(3) (12)6
215“, Berlin 1949-59 u. commem. range ‘49 UPU 50 & 60pf; Goethe 10pf; ‘53 Uprising, etc. STC £460+(24)36
216“, “, large album filled with dupl. 1949 buildings issue (mostly lower vals.), many with minor varieties or flaws. Must be viewed. (100s)22
217Gibraltar 1925-32 £1 SG107 l.m.m. with very minor toning (should clean) STC £190 (1)36
218“, 1948 RSW set m.m. SG134-5 (£1 with small natural paper spot) STC £60+ (2)16
219“, 1960-62 defin. set SG160-173 u.m., some wrinkles from storage) STC £80 (14)9
220Gilbert & Ellice Is. 1911 E7 o’prints 1d, 2d, 21/2d & 6d SG2, 3, 4, 6. used (violet cancels) STC £144 (4)18
221Gold Coast 1898-1902 10/- SG34 g.u. (slightly washed, etc.) ST C£70 (1)10
222“, 1904-06 2/6 SG57 l.m.m. STC £35 (1)7
223“, 1921-24 short set to 5/- SG86-98 l.m.m. STC £71+ (11)12
224“, 1921-24 15/- SG100 die I m.m. STC £200, key stamp. (1)40
225“, 1928 set of 10 to 5/- l.m.m. SG103-112 (10)20
226“, 1935 Silver Jub. set SG113-6 used on clean reg. airmail cover. STC £70 for stamps alone. (1)14
227“, 1952-54 set SG153-164 u.m. STC £70 (12)14
228Grenada 1883 1d SG31a ‘postage’ tete-beche pair, used STC £375 (1)24
229“, 1948 RSW set SG166-7 g.-f.u. STC £20+ (2)7
230“, 1953-59 set SG192-204 u.m., marginal examples, most with plate numbers. STC £60+ (13)12
231“, 1964-66 set SG214-220 (block wmk.) l.m.m., rare 6c is u.m. STC £200 (7)28
232“, 1964-66 6c SG218 block wmk. g.-f.u., but some toning. STC £85, key stamp. (1)14
233Hong Kong 1880 changed colours (CC) 5c f.u., 10c & 48c g.-f.u. SG29-31, STC £180+ (3)19
234“, 1880 48c SG31 g.u. STC £110 (1)12
235“, 1907-11 E7 short set to 20c SG91-96 av.-g.u. STC £58+ (6)7
236“, 1907-11 $2 SG99 g.u. with registered cancel. STC £425, good stamp. (1)65
237“, 1935 Silver Jubilee set av.-g.u. (sl. pink tinge to part of 10c) (4)4
238“, 1938-52 50c p.14 m.m. x 4 shades (one lightly toned), worth checking. (4)12
239“, 1941 Centenary, 1946 Victory & 1949 UPU used sets (av.-g/g.-f.) STC £52 (12)10
240“, 1948 RSW $10 SG172 g.u. STC £130 (1)26
241“, 1953-66 commems. complete SG177, 192-5, 211-221, 237-241 (10sets) STC c.£65 (21)12
242“, 1968-70 commem. sets f.u. SG245-252, 255-262 (7 sets) STC £72+ (16)18
243“, 1968 Seacraft set SG247-252 u.m. STC £48 (6)15
244“, 1970 New Year set SG261-262 u.m. STC £36 (2)8
245“, QV u. seln. incl. SG34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 48, 52, 56 & 59, mostly av.-g.u. or better. STC £160(12)16
246Ireland 1929-39 u.m. commems. complete SG89-98, 105-110 STC £54+ (16)9
247Italy 1949 UPU L50 SG725 u.m., a little gum wrinkling, but not bad. STC £110 (1)11
248Japan Shoebox with on & off-paper in pkts. (100s)5
249K.U.T. 1938-54 defin. set mixed m. (many of these are u.m.), or u. (av.-g/g.-f.) STC £67+ (20)15
250“, 1938-54 1c SG131a in complete sheet of 100 with Variety SG131ac ‘damaged value tablet’. Some perfs. split, along sheet fold; attractive lot (Plate “2/4A”) (1)60
251“, 1938-54 15c SG138 (blk. & green)) in compl. sheet of 100, some marginal creasing & a few outer perfs. split, but still attractive & useful. (Plate “3A/3A”) STC £300 as singles. (1)32
252“, 1938-54 50c SG144 (entered by vendor as SG144a ‘rope not joined to sail’ variety STC £325, we’re not so sure!) u.m., STC £22 as basic stamp. You decide if it’s genuine! Sold ‘as-is’. (1)15
253“, 1938-54 50c SG144ea (dot removed) u.m. Scarce thus STC £30 (1)14
254“, 1938-54 SG148a (p.14) m.m. (small light tone spot in gum) STC £50 attractive from front. (1)8
255“, 1938-54 10/- SG149a (p.14) m.m. (large hinge). STC £50 (1)12
256“, 1938-54 £1 SG150b (p. 121/2) g.-f.u. (1)9
257“, 1938-54 £1 SG151b (p.14) u.m. very light area of gum tone. (1)8
258“, 1941-42 70c on 1/- SG154a (Crescent Moon flaw) in u.m. horizontal marginal pair (plus m.m. pair above to make a block of four) STC £90+, sl. toned paper, still attractive. (1)16
259“, 1953 Coronation SG165 in complete sheet of 60, attractive. (Plate “1B/2B”) (1)16
260“, GV/GVI (a couple later) seln. on 17 s/cards, some duplication, mixed cond. (150+)12
261Maldives 1950-52 set SG21-29 plus 2L shade l.m.m./u.m. STC £67 (10)17
262Malta 1880-1979 m.&u. colln. in binder, useful starter, or for specialist examination. Some mixed condition, but generally clean & fine, many better values throughout. (100s)40
263“, 1935 1/2d Silver Jubilee SG210 with minor (but striking) flaw ‘broken flagstaff’ g.u. (1)4
264Memel Nice variety of m. & u. on 2 stock leaves. STC £250+ (82)10
265Natal 1902 £1 SG142 f.u. (& £1/10/- SG143 with fiscal use) STC £245 as postal. (2)12
266Neth’s Colonies s/book with m&u seln. (slight dupl) of Surinam, Antilles; & some NL & Indies (100s)15
267Newfoundland 1941-44 set SG276-289 l.m.m./u.m. STC £55 (14)18
268New Hebrides 1938 5f SG62 m.m. STC £75, uncommon stamp. (1)22
269“, (French) 1941 ‘France Libre’ overprints 10c, 20c, 40c, 1f l.m.m./u.m., slight wrinkles, etc., (1f with tone spots in gum) fine from front. STC £81+ (4)9
270New Zealand 1940 Centenary set SG613-625 m.m. the odd few slight faults, most fine l.m.m. STC £707
271“, 1940 official set SG O141-151 l.m.m. STC £190, nice set. (11)38
272“, 1947-81 Life Insurance stamps, mostly u.m. & later ones in blocks of 4 SG L42 to L69 STC £60+ (57)6
273“, 1967-79 m.&u. colln. in binder, some useful odds & sets (mostly u.m. from ‘75) (100s)18
274“, 1968 Health Sheets (Olympics) SG MS889 u.m. STC £16 (2)5
275“, Qv-1966 m.&u. colln. in binder, many better sets & odds; the odd few faults, but mostly g.-f., incl. defin. sets, better health sets (& M/S’s), and more! Take a look. Ideal starter. (100s)34
276“, QV-QE seln. of Postal fiscals (5), officials & P.Dues on s/lvs. Worth checking. (50+)14
277“, Officials - 1938 2d & 3d SG O123, O125 m.m.; 1942 2d SG O123b (p.121/2) g.-f.u. & 8d SG O128 m.m. STC c.£140+ (4)14
278Norway 1930 Nordkapp set SG223-5 unused (no gum) STC £162+ as m.m. (3)12
279“, 1985, 86 & 87 Year Packs (sl. faults, but all stamps fine u.m. & STC £164)26
280“, 1993 Year Pack plus Fauna gift set with u.m. stamps which are STC £95 (32, 2MS)19
281Nyasaland 1938-44 vals. to 10/- (no 1d green, 3d or 5/-), m. (many of those to 1/- are u.m STC £115 (14)28
282“, shoebox with large quantity of GVI stamps on paper (plus just a few early QE), etc. (100s)9
283Pakistan 1947 overprint set SG1-19 u.m./m.m. STC £190 (19)50
284“, 1948, 49, 51 l.m.m. selection STC £200 (28)12
285Pitcairn Is. 1949 RSW set SG11-12 m.m. STC £42 (2)11
286Rhodesia & Nyasaland Lucky bag with kiloware mainly 1930s-50s? Who knows what you’ll find!(100s)8
287Roumania 1860s-1960s m.&u. colln. in Schaubek album, fairly well filled in places, earlier sparser, but check carefully! (1,500++)28
288St. Helena 1922-37 1d SG97a (broken mainmast) in m.m. horiz. pair (sl. gum toning. STC £85 (1)8
289“, 1922-37 1/2d SG97ga (broken mainmast) l.m.m., but heavily toned gum. STC £300 (1)20
290“, 1922-37 6d SG104b ‘Torn Flag’ f.u. with MR 18 29 CDS STC £425 (1)55
291“, 1938-44 defin. set m.m. (some slightly heavy mounts), the 3d SG135 is used. STC c.£80 (17)16
301St. Lucia 1949-50 defin. set SG146-159 u.m. STC £48 (14)14
302Saudi Arabia 1934/36 Charity Tax stamp m.m. & Medical Aid stamp m.m. SG 328 & 345 STC £960 (2)42
303Seychelles 1951 P. Due set SG D1-D8 f.u. STC £48 (8)18
304Sierra Leone 1948 RSW set SG203-204 l.m.m. STC £20 (2)4
305Singapore 1955-59 def. set SG38-52 m.m./l.m.m. STC £130 (15)28
306Slesvig 1920 set (14 SG1-14 cto on sheet tied by Tondern 10-2-20 CDSs, some minor bends to sheet.10
307Somaliland Prot. 1942 set SG105-116 l.m.m. (some incl. 3r & 5r are u.m.) STC £48 (12)10
308“, 1951 set SG125-135 u.m. STC £55 (11)19
309South Africa 1913-24 2/6 SG14 l.m.m. STC £55 (1)9
310“, 1947-54 pairs - 5/- SG122 fine u.m. STC £45, plus 2/6 SG121 (lightly folded) total STC £56 (2 pairs)11
311“, 1949 3d UPU SG130b (‘lake in East Africa’ variety) in m.m. pair STC £55 (1)14
312“, Early-modern m.&u. accumulation in binder, some decent items seen! (100s)14
313“, Early to QE m.&u. seln. (with a few Natal. OFS, etc.) on 42 s/cards, some dupl., mixed condition.14
314Southern Rhodesia 1937 defin set SG40-52 m.m. STC £85 (13)14
315South West Africa 1937 11/2d Mail Train SG96 pair, u.m. STC £29 (1)7
316“, 1938 both Voortrekker sets SG105-110 m./m.m./u.m. the odd bend, but fine from front STC £132 (6)22
317Sudan 1948 P.Due set SG D12-D15 m.m. STC £50 (4)9
318Togo 1916-20 5/- Anglo French overprint London printing SG H56a m.m. gum a little flat. Seriously undercatalogued at £32; very scarce stamp. (1)18
319Turks & Caicos Is. 1938-45 set SG194-205 m.m. STC £130 (14)24
320U.S.S.R. & Russia early-1980 useful looking m.&/or u. (often both)colln. in three well-filled albums. Earlies somewhat sparse, but better ranges of ‘30s-50s sets with fair degree of completeness. (100s)60
321U.S.A. 1893 Columbus Expo. 50c SG245 av.-g.u. STC £180 (1)17
322“, 1894-1905 seln. of covers (some oversize) with range of adhesives, cancels & backstamps, to Edinburgh, roughly opened, some faults, but useful lot. Must be viewed. (7)30
323“, 1898 Trans-Mississippi 50c av. u. useful filler. STC £190 (1)14
324“, 1910-20s u.m. stock duplication (few m.m.) STC £1,000+ (100s)38
325“, 1941-68 m.&u. colln. on s/leaves in binder, attractive lot. (100s)17
326“, 1969-70s mainly m. colln. in binder, largely compl. with better. High face. (100s)17
327“, early-modern dupl. stamps in small box incl. some Canal Zone, etc. Mostly u., much sorting fun! (100s)11
328“, Kiloware - c.600gr (100s)6
329Zululand 1888-93 overprint 1/2d, 1d & 21/2d m.m. SG1,2 & 4 STC £73 (3)17
330“, 1888-93 4d SG6 m.m. STC £60 (1)18

United Kingdom Lots

3311840 1d black ‘K-E’ 4 wide/very wide margins, attractive red Maltese Cross cancel. (1)55
3321840 1d black ‘L-A’ pl.7, 4 close to very wide margins, feint red Maltese Cross (1)50
3331840 1d black ‘C-A’ pl.5, 4 good/wide margins, red M/Cross (1)48
3341840 1d black ‘K-E’ 4 very wide margins, red M/Cross, attractive stamp (1)48
3351840 1d black ‘L-D’ 4 margins - close to wide (small spot in left margin at top) smudgy red M/Cross (1)46
3361840 1d black ‘H-D’ pl.1a, 4 wide/very wide margins black M/Cross, some light horiz. folds (1)44
3371840 1d black ‘L-K’ pl.6, 3 margins very wide at base & left; good to touching top & close to touching at right Neat red Maltese Cross. (1)42
3381840 1d black ‘T-D’ pl.7, 4 close to wide margins; light, but smudgy red M/Cross. Fresh & attractive.40
3391840 1d black ‘Q-I’ pl.2, 4 margins (very wide at right, very close to good on others) neat red M/Cross38
3401840 1d black ‘B-D’ 3+ wide margins, just touching/into at top left corner black M/Cross (1)38
3411840 1d black ‘D-F’ 4 good to wide margins, heavy black M/Cross (1)36
3421840 1d black ‘I-F’ pl.6, 3 margins, rough along top, into top right corner, neat red M/Cross (1)36
3431840 1d black ‘Q-L’ pl.8 almost 4 margins, just touching/into at base of ‘L’ square, close to wide elsewhere. Neat black Maltese Cross cancel. (1)36
3441840 1d black ‘N-K’ four close to wide margins, neat black M/Cross (1)34
3451840 1d black ‘M-E’ almost 4 close to good margins (just into lower right. feint red M/Cross (1)30
3461840 1d black ‘L-J’ 4 margins close to good/wide just touching at base of ‘J’ square. Smudgy black M/C28
3471840 1d black ‘M-J’ one full margin at base, plus parts of three others. Indistinct M/Cross. (1)28
3481840 1d black ‘T-G’ pl.5, 4 close to good margins, vert. crease ironed but some fibres broken on surface. Light, red M/Cross, still attractive. (1)28
3491840 1d black ‘T-A’ 4 margins, just touching at top-right corner; light, but smudgy black M/C. Slight vertical paper fold. (1)28
3501840 1d black ‘I-K’ pl.8 3 margins (just into at right) sl. faults, black M/Cross. (1)20
3511840 2d blue ‘C-D’ 4 close to wide margins, red Maltese Cross Cancel. (1)85
3521841-1970 m.&u. colln. in binder, fairly sparse to GV; mixed condition throughout, but most of the early phosphor sets seem fine (1962 NPY 3d rounded corner; no 1963 Cable), etc. (100s)30
3531841 1d red ‘E-J’ SG7/12L cancelled with blue M/Cross 31/2 good to wide margins STC £675 minimum26
3541841 1d SG8/12 m.m. 3 margins (just into at top) slight horiz. crease, should iron. (1)10
3551841 1d red SG8/12 strip of 4 on entire Ireland-London. Stamps alone STC £160 (1)10
3561841 1d SG8m/12m numeral Maltese Cross cancel “8” 3+ margins, clear strike. STC £160 (1)7
3571841 1d SG8m/12m numeral Maltese Cross cancel “3”, margin at base, plus bits of 3 others! STC £225 (1)5
3581854-57 2d SG20a (small crown p.16) f.u., but creased STC £350 (1)8
3591854-57 2d SG23/23a (small crown p.14) g.u. STC £225 (1)14
3601854-57 2d SG27 (large crown p.16) g.u. STC £450 scarce stamp.. (1)24
3611856-58 2d SG36a (large crown p.16) g.u. STC £375 (1)18
3631854-57 1d SG17/18 x12 from spacefiller to g.-f.u. (12)6
3641854-57 1d SG22/25 (small crown p.14) spacefiller to av.-g.u. (5)5
3651858-75 1d reds colln. of plates except pl..225 (& of course 77!) Mixed cond., poor-fine. All those checked appeared to be correctly identified. (150)28
3661870 1/2d SG48/49 pl.8 m.m. STC £600 decent for these. (1)20
3671870 1/2d SG48/49 pl.20 m.m. one short perf. STC £350 (1)8
3681855-57 4d SG62a (small garter) lightly used STC £450 (1)16
3691860-67 6d postal fiscal SG F17 poor mint, but very unusual - inverted wmk! STC £110 as normal. (1)30
3701865-73 4d SG93/94 pl.12 with fine Llandudno Aug 21 1872 CDS scarce as such STC £75+ (1)8
3711867-73 5/- SG126-127 pl.2 g.u., but with small repair. STC £1,500. Attractive. (1)10
3721873-80 4d SG154 (large garter) g.u. STC £550 (1)22
3731876 Telegraph 1/- pl.4 and 5/- pl.1 SG T8 & T13 g.u. STC £185. Scarce pair. (2)12
3741881 1d Postal fiscal SG F22 (die 4, wmk. anchor) used on cover (slight faults, still neat. (1)7
3751883-84 2/6 claimed to be SG175 (blued paper) STC £1,500 if correct - you decide! Sold ‘as-is’ (1)30
3761896-1902 1/2d ‘O.W.’ Official overprint SG O32, STC £475, maybe genuine? sold ‘as-is’ (1)10
3771902 2d ‘O.W.’ Official SG O38 g.u., looks good, perhaps genuine? STC £450 if so. Sold ‘as-is’ (1)10
3781902-03 6d ‘Army’ Official SG O50 m.m. couple of nibbled perfs. Sold ‘as-is’ STC £175 if genuine. (1)7
3791924 Wembley set SG430-1 m.m. (slight toning to 11/2d) (2)4
3801925 Wembley set SG432-3 f.u. nice for these. STC £100 (2)8
3811929 UPU set u.m. (1/2d minor flat patch on gum) each with control “K29” attached. (4)8
3821937-47 set SG462-475 u.m. STC £45 (15)9
3831939-48 2/6 green, 5/- & 10/- ultramarine u.m. STC £80 (3)12
3841952-70 mainly l.m.m. colln., fair degree of completeness on basic issues & commems. incl. phos. sets. Some high vals. (Castles) are used; plus ranges of bklt. panes, some wmk. varieties, etc. (100s)65
3851955-58 Castle High val. set (St. Edward’s Crown) SG536/a-539/a av.-g.u. STC £90 minimum. (4)8
3861969 Investiture presentation pack - the scarce German language pack. quite decent condition. (1)12
3871969 Investiture Pack, as last, but in Welsh language. (1)12
3881972 Wedgwood prestige bklt. SG DX1 STC £75 fair perfs. on 1/2p. (1)5
3891973 Cricket (16 May) ‘TCCB’ official FDC ‘RECC’ with special cancel. STC c.£275+ (1)15
3901984 British Council set in u.m. gutter pairs - each with the unusual ‘Ausipex’ overprints. (4 pairs)5
3911987 P&O Prestige booklet with scarce ‘Capex 87’ overprint on cover. (1)15
3921999-2000 Millennium FDCs complete (Bureau Issues). High cat. (24)9
393E7 range 11/2d to 1/- (no 5d) m.m., decent for these. High catalogue. (11)40
394E7 m.&u. seln. on s/cards with slightly better incl. official o’prints (some genuine, some ‘iffy’ & some fakes!). Vals. to 5/- (3), high retail prices marked, but mixed condition .30
395QV officials m.&u. duplicated seln., most look OK, but sold ‘s-is’ (36)30
396E7 10d with ‘No Cross on Crown’ variety g.u. (1)28
397SG ‘Commemorative Stamps’ printed album apparently virtually complete 1924-1972 (the 1929 £1 PUC is missing of course, and most of the early phosphor spaces are filled with ‘ordinary’ stamps) Mix of mint & used (often both (1948 RSW £1 is m.m.) (100s)28
398QE pre-decimal seln. on 56 s/cards, incl. some minor varieties, higher cat items, etc.26
399QE pre-decimal Castle High val. range (mixed cond.) in s/book; partly sorted into printings/wmks., but check for yourself! 2/6 (150+), 5/- (60+), 10/- (26), £1 (17)20
400Selection of decimal presentation packs (1970s-2000s). Complete mix - face value £40+20
401Presentation Packs - similar lot to the last. Face £40+20
402Face value lots - do you need some stamps for your Christmas cards? Here’s £40 face value - a complete mixture, many in complete sets, some Miniature Sheets & incl. 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s20
403£40+ face value - similar lot to the last.20
404£40+ face value - similar lot to the last.20
405£40+ face value - similar lot to the last.20
406£40+ face value - similar lot to the last.20
407Decimal sets & odds, with m. (reasonable face value) & used. (100s)19
408Scarce Royal Mail ‘stamp box’ presentation folders ‘Brilliant Britain’ (a celebration in maps) with the 4 ‘Celebrating’ MS’s & ‘Military Uniforms’ (with the 3 Uniform sets, replica cap badge, etc.). Some slight damage to boxes, contents fine. Scarce & very unusual. (2)19
409Postage Dues 1914-71 mainly u. colln. on s/lvs. with vals. to 2/6. 5/-, £1 & later £5. apparently some better earlier watermarks, but check these for yourselves! (86)17
410GVI illus FDCs - 1946 Victory (scarce), ‘48 Olympics & ‘51 Festival. some slight faults to covers, but much better than average for these. STC £148 (3)15
411GVI commem. issues 1937-51 complete u.m. STC £59+ (21)11
412Kiloware - c.1Kg of commems. (1,000s)10
413Pre-decimal on & off-paper seln. in tin c.500gr. (1,000s)5
414Postal Fiscal 1881 6d SG F27 (p.14, 20mm anchor) lightly used, but oily cancel, some creasing etc. STC £210 (1)4
Kiloware the following five lots are bundles of kiloware; mostly quite decent, although some a little dusty or foostie, with some earlier (1990s) to others quite modern.
415“, c. 2Kg. (1,000s)10
416“, a similar lot to the last, c.2Kg (1,000s)10
417“, a similar lot to the last, c.2Kg (1,000s)10
418“, a similar lot to the last, c.2Kg (1,000s)10
419“, a similar lot to the last, c.2Kg (1,000s)10
420Channel Islands Seln. of wartime Guernsey(8) & Jersey(3) covers/fronts/card, etc. Very mixed cond. (11)22
421“, 1937-47 2d SG465b bisected on card & 1940 Cent. 2d SG482a bisected on postcard. STC £90 (2)10

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