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STAMPS AND COLLECTABLES AUCTION

 Monday 26 February 2007
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                  Collections and Mixed Lots.

                 Collections and Mixed Lots.
        1     Ten mixed stockbooks of Austria, Baltic States, Latin America, Luxembourg, Poland,
         
     South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and other countries. Also a folder of mainly German
         
     p.stat. cards (inc. Third Reich), and further folders of German mainly philatelic covers.
         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £180.
        2     Extensive world collection with wide coverage in about twenty mixed albums and folders.

         
     Appears to be generally quite standard material, with the best being perhaps some stamps
         
     worth a pound or two. Mixed presentation, and probably covering all areas (but this not
         
     checked). Needs some attention to improve appearance. (Some 1,000s) þ            ..                £130.
        3     Solid boxful packed with 21 mixed stockbooks containing many thousands of world

         
     stamps. Much European especially Switzerland, but many other countries as well. Also
         
     three folders of mainly modern covers and cards. þ          ..                   ..               ..                £130.
        4     Mainly European mix in carton inc. reasonable stockbooks of Germany and Vatican,

         
     others of more moderate Portugal and Germany, Saar, Romania, Luxembourg, etc., album
         
     of Austria, two shoeboxes of on- and off-paper Germany, small box of mixed world off-
         
     paper. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        5     Eleven stockbooks of mainly non-Commonwealth stamps including some from countries

         
     less often seen (though not of special value), a printed album of France, a folder of UN
         
     exhibition maxi-cards, and two small albums of Liechtenstein and Yugoslavia FDCs/
         
     maxi-cards, etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        6     Plastic tub with a bundle of stockcards of generally not the standard run-of-the-mill stamps,

         
     with UK, Commonwealth, and foreign. S.t.c. approx.£3,000. þ            ..               ..                £120.
        7     Fairly heavy carton containing nine stockbooks (these of mainly Europe plus some
         
     Overseas etc.), eight other albums/folders of covers and stamps, miniature sheets, etc.
         
     Many Switzerland and Austria, but much else also. (1,000s) þ              ..               ..                £110.
        8     A generally similar boxful – eleven stockbooks plus eight other folders etc. Switzerland

         
     and Germany to the fore. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £110.
        9     Apple box with 21 stockbooks and three other folders. A wide world mix with strength in

         
     Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein. (1,000s) þ              ..                   ..               ..                £100.

 

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Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      10     Seventeen various stockbooks, and three other folders, often with one country per book,
         
     much European. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      11     German printed leaves in five binders entitled Blick auf die Welt (“Look at the World”)

         
     consisting largely of u.m. sets from the 1970s on topics such as 1974 Churchill, 1976 US
         
     Bicentennial, or from countries such as French Polynesia and Mozambique. Wide range
         
     of countries. (c.1,700) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      12     Really big accumulation of world stamps in two cartons and a suitcase. The largest part is

         
     quantities of stamps (on and off-paper) sorted into envelopes and packets; secondary to this
         
     is a colln. of covers (mainly average UK FDCs) in several cover albums. (Many 1,000s) þ          80.
      13     Medium box with a largely European mix, with strength in Germany (fair numbers of

         
     Allied Occupation). Wide mix inc. many medium values, some modern sets/m.s., a few
         
     covers, a souvenir book with postmarks of various “Hamburgs” in USA, etc. (Many
         
     100s) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      14     Carton with many thousands of world stamps loose or in packets, two boxes of mainly

         
     German covers, stockbook with a few European, etc. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                    70.
      15     Nineteen stockbooks of various sizes – individual books of Austria, E.Germany, Germany

         
     (4), KUT, Spain, Switzerland (5), the others mixed. þ                          ..               ..                    60.
      16     Wide-ranging and varied accumulation in two cartons. Includes used UK 2-volume colln.,

         
     loose stamps and covers (inc. FPOs), cigarette cards and repros, bundles of old receipts/
         
     documents, UK slogan postmarks on pages, and others. þ ..                  ..            60.
      17     Box of mainly European stamps sorted by country in envelopes. Appears to be little after

         
     about early-1960s. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      18     Large carton with a world collection/accumulation. As well as a general junior-type world
         
     stamp collection there are commercial-type World Cup and Automobile collections, some
         
     UK presentation packs, and many loose others. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                    50.
      19     Mixed box with three albums and one stockbook of world stamps, loose covers plus others
         
     in a small album, a small stockbook with a seln. of Austrian Notgeld, and others. (1,000s)            50.
      20     47 medium-small stockbooks, each with a seln. of world stamps, mainly colourful thematic

         
     types and usually in short sets c.t.o., some m.s. (Many 100s) þ             ..               ..                    50.
      21     Straightforward world collection on hundreds of pages in four fat binders. Mainly used odds.

         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      22     Accumulation and remainders in carton with a stockbook of Commonwealth omnibus

         
     issues, three fairly empty New Zealand albums, many UK in albums and stockbooks.
         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      23     Smallish box with all-world ranges on stockcards and in packets etc. Reasonable general

         
     standard with some slightly better. þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      24     Ten slim stockbooks of mainly c.t.o. (some mint) modern pictorials of mixed countries,

         
     often with sets or short sets. Includes N.Korea, Tanzania, Mexico, Guinea, and many others.
         
     (Many 100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      25     Carton of world mix. Includes stockbooks, pages, bundles of covers, etc. Much European.

         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      26     Stockleaves with a varied mix of stamps, nearly all mint Europe and Overseas and with

         
     many in part sets or sets. Reasonable numbers of modern Baltic States, otherwise a spread
         
     of dates. (c.800+)      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      27     Mix in carton – eight stockbooks (mainly mixed content), a few French Colonies on stock-

         
     cards, a few pages, and mixed others. (1,000s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      28     Medium box with thousands of all-world stamps in packets, in wallets, pocket stockbooks,

         
     some pages. Much Germany included. þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      29     Carton with all sorts of odds and ends – loose stamps, some covers, bundle of club book

         
     remainders, etc. (1,000s) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.

All estimates are ours, and are not influenced by vendors’ views.

Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 3                                   Estimate.
                  
                  
Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      30     Small mix of dubious items - Commonwealth with fake postmarks or overprints, Barwani
         
     die proofs, Nepal varieties, etc. (13 items = 33 stamps etc.)                   ..               ..                    40.
      31     General world junior-type collection in four albums (plus a few in a stockbook), inc. about

         
     £25 face value in UK m.m. decimal commems. (100s) þ  ..                   ..            40.
      32     Box of remainders, made up of album pages, club book remains, stockbooks, and a few
         
     others. Extensive lot. (1,000s) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            40.
      33     Box with an off-paper mix (just under 1kg net weight) of mixed countries, apparently all

         
     non-European. (Many 1,000s) þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            35.
      34     World album, UK on pages, album of German ETBs, loose German FDCs, etc. (1,000s)
þ         35.
      35     Four various fastbound albums of mixed vintage – some hundreds of world stamps.
þ                  30.
      36     Album of USSR 1980-85 c.t.o. stamps and m.s., an album of 1986 Royal Wedding, cover
         
     album of UK 1968-79 bureau FDCs, and two stockbooks of mixed world stamps. (100s) þ       30.
      37     Some thousands of world stamps in small boxes, packets, etc. þ           ..               ..                    30.
      38     Stockbook with wide mix of countries (but without UK or Germany). (100s) þ                            30.
      39     Mixed box with small cover album (several interesting WW2 covers – censor, PoW etc.),
         
     quantities of more recent commercial covers, a few USA postcards, kiloware, etc. þ                   30.
      40     Several stockbooks in box – one each of UK, Netherlands & Colonies, Commonwealth,

         
     and a couple of mixed content. (1,000s) þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      41     Box with a general world album (100s), and album of UK (100s), a reasonable range of

         
     Romania in slim stockbook plus some stockleaves, a few Iceland, and mixed others. þ                 30.
      42     Bundle of album pages priced up and bagged for retail sale (totalling hundreds of pounds,

         
     but generally a fair bit higher than we would charge !) þ    ..                   ..            30.
      43     Odd mix in box, roughly as follows; shoebox of Bermuda (on-paper in bundles, and some

         
     KG6-QE mint in sheets which are toned and curled), small box of USA (inc. a number of
         
     mint fourblocks) and Canada, a medium stockbook of 1949 UPU issues (66 countries mint
         
     but serious toning), and a shoebox of Bermuda FDCs and others. þ      ..               ..                    30.
      44     World remainder collection in Strand album (100s, up to about 1930s/40s), a folder of

         
     mainly Denmark, and loose others. þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      45     Large shoebox with a bundle of club book remainders (100s, PTSA c.£320 at approx. 20%

         
     cat., but some poorer), two floppy disks with an old GB Collectors Database programme,
         
     a penny red cover, and a possibly forged Tuscany stamp. þ                  ..               ..                    26.
      46     Ten very varied albums, binders, or little stockbooks with mainly remainder ranges.

         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      47     Shoebox with hundreds of world stamps - in packets, a few remainder club books, some
         
     pages, etc. þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      48     Roughly 2kg (gross weight) of world stamps off- and on-paper in box. (1,000s) þ 20.
      49     World mix in stockbook. (100s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      50     Odds from the tail end of a larger collection in stockbooks (2 full-size, 3 small), folder, etc.
         
     (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      51     Old and battered Schwanebergers album with a few hundred mainly earlier stamps. þ                 15.
      52     Odds and ends box – covers, stamps, FDCs, cards, and non-philatelic bits. þ        ..                    15.
      53     Bundle of 19 remainder club books of mainly foreign. Generally cheaper stuff priced a little

         
     high. PTSA £175. (100s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      54     Long box with world off-paper mix (little or no UK), net weight c.250g.
þ             ..                    15.
      55     A similar lot, but c.200g.
þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      56     A similar lot, but c.180g.
þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      57     A similar lot, but c.150g.
þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      58     Biscuit tin with off-paper world mix. (1,000s)
þ               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      59     Bag of mainly fairly modern all-world stamps on-paper, plus some older similar. (100s) þ            10.
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Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      60     Small seln. inc. Jersey 1943 Views u. set, UK 1857 small cover with 1d red stamp can-
         
     celled NEILSTON scots local (faded), a few mint KG6 Commonwealth, etc.              ..                    10.
      61     Small box with just under 500g net weight of whole-world kiloware inc. a little UK. þ                    8.
      62     British Commonwealth; small box with a bundle of stockcards containing a wide range
         
     of early to modern odds and sets, and generally not the common-or-garden material – most
         
     items have at least some interest. Total s.t.c.£3,500+ (100s) þ              ..               ..                £180.
      63     --; s
tockbook of mixed m. & u. early to modern whole-world. Little dupl., and including
         
     many singles/sets/part sets of at least medium value, a few 1948-49 S.Wedding high
         
     values, a few fiscals and cinderellas, and just a few foreign. High cat. (c.1,100) þ £110.
      64     --; quite an attractive King George VI collection in album mainly mounted  mint with

         
     many commem sets inc. omnibus issues, plus some better defin sets or high values (e.g.
         
     Antigua, Bahamas, Gibraltar, Malta, St. Helena, Virgin Is.). A few others also. (S.t.c.£715.
         
     for u.m.) (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      65     --; two albums well-filled with mainly mint stamps of many countries, mostly m.m.

         
     (though some u.m. in the blocks). Bulk is in 1945-46 Victory and 1947 Royal Visit issues,
         
     these often in blocks or sheets. (S.t.c.£1,480. for u.m.) (100s) þ           ..               ..                £120.
      66     --; three small stockbooks with m.m. and used ranges inc. short sets, possibly all-different.

         
     Bulk is KG6 or QE. Inc. some UK (inc. repaired penny black). (c.800) þ             ..                    60.
      67     --; largely m.m. (some used, some u.m.) KG5 and KG6, with some light dupl. (c.900) þ              45.
      68     --; m. & u. range of QE in large stockbook (100s)
þ       ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      69     --; a little pocket stockbook of QV to KG5 (inc. UK), a wider range of periods in a larger

         
     stockbook, and a page of NZ. (100s) þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      70     --; stockleaf with a selection of selected odds and sets, m.m. and used, of QV to 1950s.
         
     Includes Fiji KG6 2d and 6d die I (cat.£40 and £60 for u.m.), Seychelles 1938 25c, 30c
         
     (£50. each). S.t.c.£600+ (61)       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45
      71     --; small stockbook of Queen Victoria to George VI only, includes some mint, condition
         
     quite variable in places. (c.500) þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      72     --; medium stockbook of British Levant (c.70) and Morocco Agencies (c.700 inc. blocks)
þ       28.
      73     --; general m. & u. lot in stockbook inc. some mint sets. (c.1,500)
þ     ..            28.
      74     --; m. & u. mix in stockbook. (c.850)
þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      75     --; mainly pre-1970 mainly used colln. of Aden to Tonga. Some light dupl., and inc. some

         
     later Guernsey, Jersey, I.o.M. (c.1,200) þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      76     --; album of Australia and New Zealand, biased to modern used and with dupl. (100s)
þ             22.
      77     --; bundle of 17 remainder club books (PTSA £217) plus another four unpriced. (100s) þ           20.
      78     --; a few pages with mainly l.m.m./m.m. KG6 to early-QE of Aden & States, Br. Guiana,
         
     Ceylon, Falkland, Malta, and Seychelles. S.t.c.£96. (c.150)                   ..               ..                    12.
      79     --; perforated stamp-size, gummed and unwatermarked label with portrait of KG6, possibly

         
     an Australian essay.   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
      80     --; Africa; a few pages of KE7 to early QE m.m./l.m.m. of Gambia, Gold Coast, KUT,

         
     Nigeria, Nyasaland, Rhodesia & Nyasaland (inc. 1959-62 10/- and £1 u.m.), Sierra Leone,
         
     and Southern Rhodesia (inc. 1953 10/- and £1 m.m.). S.t.c.£500+ (c.185)             ..                    50.
      81     --; --; m. & u. from earlyish to about 1965 on pages, with much Sudan, KUT, South African

         
     Provinces. (c.740)     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      82     --; Asia; m. & u. seln. on pages, from QV to early QE, of Ceylon (209), India (45 – officials,

         
     CEF, IEF), Mauritius (127), Seychelles (28).   ..               ..                   ..            15.
      83     --; Australasia; mainly used colln. in album of Australia (c.900 inc. some States), New

         
     Zealand (c.330), other Pacific Islands etc. (c.250) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      84     --; Europe; SG printed album (old style album plus plain pages) with used collections of

         
     Malta 1885-95 (750, 3 m.s.), and Gibraltar 1886-1981 (291). No dupl., numerous better
         
     values and sets. þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      85     --; --; m. & u. range of Cyprus, Gibraltar, and Malta on pages, QV to about 1960. (c.280)          15.
Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 5                                   Estimate.
                  
                  
Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      86     British Commonwealth; West Indies; mint and used collection in album of mixed
         
     periods, but with little after about 1960s/70s and with a good number of stamps cat. in
         
     pounds each. Condition on the whole good/fine, but some with toning or other faults. Also
         
     includes some Cuba, Dutch Antilles, etc. (100s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      87     --; --; a few pages of KG5 to early-QE m.m./l.m.m. of Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados,

         
     Bermuda, Grenada, and St. Kitts-Nevis. S.t.c.£294. (c.150)                 ..               ..                    26.
      88     --; --; mainly used collection on pages, bulk in about 1937-65. (c.570)  ..            12.
      89     --; Omnibus; 1937 Coronation complete (202) m.m. in contemporary album. (Cat.£120.

         
     for u.m.) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      90     --; --; 1937-66 seln. in stockbook of eleven different events, often in u.m. sets (some l.m.m.

         
     or odds). S.t.c. c.£350. (c.375) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      91     --; --; 1935-58 m. & u. sets and odds in stockbook, little dupl. (c.350)
þ              ..                    15.
      92     --; --; stockbook of 1977 Jubilee and 1979 Rowland Hill, mainly u.m. sets.
þ        ..                    24.
      93     Africa; album with a collection of North and West African countries, late 19th century to

         
     1960s, with British, French, and some Spanish colonies, and other countries. Mainly odds
         
     and short sets, mixed m. & u. (c.1,700) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      94     --; a similar album for the countries of East, Central, and Southern Africa, plus some of the

         
     Atlantic islands etc. Includes a Zanzibar 1913 30r, but this fiscally used. (c.1,500) þ 45.
      95     Americas; mainly used colln. on leaves, little after about 1950. Some Commonwealth
         
     (Canada, W.Indies etc.) but most interest in Latin America and USA. (c.1,600)      ..                    28.
      96     Europe; early to modern mix in nine stockbooks – four of Switzerland, one each of

         
     Hungary, Portugal, Netherlands, and mixed, and one Swiss/Liechtenstein. Also some
         
     Liechtenstein 1960s/70s FDCs. (1,000s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      97     --; five fat albums with m. & u. from 19 countries, both E. & W.Europe, and inc. Gibraltar,

         
     Ireland, and Malta. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      98     --; bundle of 25 remainder club books, nearly all Czechoslovakia and USSR, PTSA £135.

         
     (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      99     --; old printed album up to 1938 with a few hundred mainly used stamps. þ           ..                    15.
    100     --; mainly used colln. in album with very little after early 1960s. (100s)
þ                ..                    12.
    101     --; packet with c.500 mainly modern stamps used on piece (no UK or Germany).
þ 8.
    102     --; Eastern Europe; large stockbook of Czechoslovakia and Hungary. (c.1,000+)
þ                  10.
    103     --; Western Europe; m. & u. mix in stockbook. Largest numbers of Austria, France,

         
     Switzerland, but others also, and with no Germany. (100s) þ                ..               ..                    15.
    104     Foreign; stockalbum of mixed countries, mainly European but excluding Germany.

         
     (c.1,500) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    105     --; packet with c.500 mainly modern stamps used on piece (no UK or Germany).
þ 8.
    106     Miniature Sheets; two stockbooks with m. & u. mix of many countries, sometimes with a

         
     little dupl. (c.200) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            24.
    107     --; old stockalbum with approx. 100 different m. & u. mixed world. þ   ..            20.
    108     Thematic; bundle of 15 individual theme packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 100
         
     diff. Birds, 50 diff. Cats, 75 Flags, 75 World Cup, etc.) (1,100) þ        ..               ..                    15.
    109     --; album of art, music, fish, heraldic, motorcycles, uniforms, bridges, buildings, maps, and
         
     space. (c.1,000+) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    110     --; album of animals, Olympics, flowers, aviation, birds, space, football
, and ships. (c.900) þ       15.
    111     --; album of maps, flags, football, folk dancing and costumes, and scouts. (c.400)
þ 10.
    112     --; mixed subjects on pages (c.400)
þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    113     --; Big Cats; small colln. on pages (c.95)        ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    114     --; Birds; stockbook with extensive m. & u. range inc. some sets, and possibly all-different.
         
     Also a few cinderellas. (c.1,300) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
    115     --; Fauna; album of insects, fish, reptiles, butterflies, birds, and cats. (c.500+) þ   8.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 6                                   Estimate.
                  
                  
Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
    116     Thematic; Flowers; stockbook of c.160 stamps (c.160). þ                 ..               ..                      5.
    117     --; Horses; small colln. on pages (c.150)         ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    118     --; Letter Boxes; attractive colln. written up on pages for display showing various aspects

         
     and inc. two covers damaged in pillar box fires, two St. Kilda covers, etc. (40+ covers,
         
     various others). Also a second folder of pages with further covers and cards etc. þ 30.
    119     --; --; extensive collection/accumulation in carton. Comprises some hundreds of postcards
         
     or photographs of letter boxes, as well as a quantity of photographic slides, some literature,
         
     and other odds. þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    120     --; Olympics; attractive colln. written-up on pages, of m. & u. stamps, covers, and postcards.
         
     Includes Netherlands 1928 set (8) m.m. (cat.£50., some tone spots), UK 1948 Games FDC
         
     (illus., Wembley machine mark plus skeleton, rubber-stamp address), etc. (127, 1 m.s., 52
         
     covers/cards, a few others)           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    121     --; R.A.F.; 1993 75th Anniv. small colln. of u.m. issues, plus a Jersey cover signed Flight

         
     Lieutenant John Peters. (12 stamps, 2 m.s., 1 cover) þ     ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    122     --; Royalty; printed German pages with a seln. of u.m. 2000 Q.Mother, 2001 Queen’s
         
     Birthday, a few Diana Memorial, and others. (36, 18.m.s., 1 bkt., 2 covers).           ..                    18.
    123     --; Sport; folder of football and other sports. (c.225) þ                         ..               ..                      6.
    124     --; --; colln. on pages (c.250)       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    125     --; Transport; colln. in album of ships, railways, aircraft, motor cars, bridges, and space.

         
     (c.800) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    126     Covers; 1996-2002 seln. of numismatic covers from Isle of Man and other Commonwealth
         
     countries, all with encapsulated coins. (8)         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    127     --; small album of modern (c.2001) commercial covers, mainly to Amsterdam. (90)
þ                    7.
    128     --; Commonwealth; mix in album inc. 1937 Coronation (12 covers with sets), a number of

         
     UK FDCs, etc. (62) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    129     Perfins; packet with c.100 UK pre-QE, and another of c.145 foreign.  ..            30.
     
Ü     --; see also Japan.
    130     Cinderella; complete book of 22 pages (each of 96 labels) of “A.WEST/3d./General
         
     Stores” gummed “stamps”, published Economic Service Co., Bristol.     ..            10.
    131     --; Scandinavia; seln. of sheets of Christmas seals of Denmark (2), Faroes (10), Norway (2).      12.
     
***   --; see also Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Tibet, UK.
     
***   Forgeries; see lot 30, plus, Burma, UK.
    132     Literature; selection of books of mainly general interest, some more specialised. (10) þ              15.
    133     --; Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World – Foreign Countries (non-Commonwealth) in two

         
     volumes, 1999/2000 editions. Very well worn. þ             ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    134     --; The Postal History of German East Africa by K.Pennycuick (edited Proud), 1989.
þ           6.
    135     --; SG China Sectional catalogue, 6th edition (1998)
þ    ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    136     --; Provisional Town Postmarks of Portugal 1879-1912 by David Gordon, 1985. Also

         
     Marcofilia do Serviço Postal Ambulante de Portugal e Ultramar by Alexandre Guedes de
         
     Magalhães, 1986 (broken). þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    137     --; Germany, Reference Manual of Forgeries by Werner M. Bohne, Germany Philatelic

         
     Society. Loose leaf in ten binders, not checked for level of completeness but excellent
         
     resource anyway, especially for German States. Also three folders with detailed lists of
         
     Soviet Zone overprints. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    138     --; Gibbons Commonwealth & British Empire 1840-1852  catalogue (2005 edition) þ               8.
    139     --; set of Ormond Plating Cards to assist in plating penny blacks, 1971.                ..                      3.
    140     --; another of the same.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      3.
    141     --; another of the same.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      3.
    142     --; Stamps and Posts of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by Gisburn and Thompson, 1947.
þ            5.
    143     --; King Edward VIII by A.J. Kirk, GBPS 1974; also 1958 similar smaller publication.                  4.
    144     --; Catalogue of British Local Stamps by G.Rosen, c.1973.                ..               ..                      3.
Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 7                                   Estimate.
                  
                  
Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
    145     Literature; Airway Letters of the United Kingdom by Peter Lister (signed), 1994.                     5.
    146     --; St. Kilda – Its Posts and Communications by James Mackay, 1963.              ..                      5.
    147     --; World War Two Censor Marks, edited by J.A. Daynes, 1986.        ..               ..                      5.
    148     --; Alice Through the Pillar-box and What She found There – A Philatelic Fantasy by
         
     Gerald M. King. A daft book, but entertaining. ..               ..                   ..              3.
    149     --; Robson Lowe Encyclopædia of British Empire Postage Stamps – Volume 1 – Great
         
     Britain and The Empire in Europe
, 1948. Also Billig’s Handbook vol.38, which is the
         
     reprint of Robson Lowe vol.3 part 1 – The Empire in Asia.
þ              ..               ..                    10.
    150     --; Aden; seln. of publications inc. The Postmarks of Aden – Postal Markings 1839-1939
         
     (Robertshaw 1946), Aden – Its States and Post Offices 1840-1954 (Pratt 1973), The Postal
         
     Markings of Aden from 1937 to 1967 and of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
         
     (Dearlove c.1981), some non-philatelic etc. þ ..               ..                   ..            15.
    151     --; Finland; Post Offices in Finland 1638-1985, Soumen Postileimojen Käsikirja II, and a

         
     1961 Tourist Guide (with good maps). Also 13 FDCs from 1999. þ                    ..                    12.
    152     --; Postal History; a good bundle of UK interest inc. A History of the Post in England by

         
     Philip Beale, English Provincial Posts by Brian Austen, Herewith My Frank by J.W.
         
     Lovegrove, A Postal History of Durham City by Oxley & Williams, other specialised, and
         
     some very general. (15) þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    153     --; Scottish Postal History; Mileage Marks of Scotland (Bruce Auckland 1965), Scotland

         
     in Stamps (C.W. Hill 1972), The Post in Scotland (Grimwood-Taylor and Sussex 1990),
         
     etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    154     --; UK Stamps; seln. of six books.
þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    155     Supplies (New); ten packets (each of 10) of SG Gard (same as Showgard) block mounts size
         
     190x115mm, black background. Current equivalent retail price £47.
þ ..            22.
    156     --; an identical lot.
þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            22.
    157     Supplies (Second-Hand); Lindner hingeless album for Switzerland 1961-90 (inc. a few

         
     stamps !). þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    158     --; box of mixed hinges, Hawid mounts (mainly clear background), photo corners, etc.

         
     Unused, but mainly open packets. þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    159     --; heavy carton of mixed items – catalogues, books, stockcards, country titles, etc.
þ                  12.

VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Tuesday 20 February to Saturday 24 February; viewing of all lots at our shop, normal shop hours
              (Tue 10-6, Wed 2-9, Thu 10-6, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-7).
Monday 26 February; larger lots (marked “
þ” in the description); on view at auction venue 3pm-6.50pm.
              smaller lots; on view at auction venue 5pm-6.50pm.

                  

AUCTION PROGRAMME

 

*     2 April 2007 - Stamps     *
*     7 May 2007 – Stamps     *     18 June 2007 - Stamps and Collectables     *
These dates, though fairly firm, are still provisional. The publication of the auction catalogue is confirmation of the date.

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Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 8                                   Estimate.
                  
           “Collectables” (Non-Philatelic Items)

      ***  Anybody not interested in the following Collectables section can safely leave the auction
              room (to look at the Buy or Bid Sale, or go upstairs to the bar). There will be a short break at
              the end of the non-philatelic lots, during which we will give warning of the resumption of
             
stamp lots.
             
    160     Mixed batch inc. a few books (2003 cig. card cat., The World of Donald McGill, Ronnie
         
     Barker's Sauce, etc.), ten of the same steam train print, a small collection of Edinburgh and
         
     area postcards, a few ration books, etc. þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    161     Autographs; piece with Ramsay MacDonald's signature across Department of Overseas
         
     Trade rubber stamp.  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
     
***   -- see also Mixed Lots (Thematic; RAF), USA 1930 (Kingsford Smith).
    162     Banknotes; small mixed seln. of English and foreign. (c.40)                   ..               ..                    20.
    163     --; England; Dudley Old Bank 1805 (7 Dec.) "For Edw
d Dixon Son & Co" signed Edwd
         
     Dixon. Considerable faults, but substantially complete, and scarce.         ..               ..                    40.
    164     Cigarette Cards; extensive collection in ten albums. Many complete sets plus some part
         
     sets, the majority earlier cards, but some modern trade issues included, as well as some
               repro sets. Condition mixed, but mainly good to fine. (1,000s)                ..               ..                £100.
    165     --; ten frames, each with ten cards, various subjects. Notable scratching on frames.
þ                  24.
    166     --; mix in old album inc. part sets. (200+)         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    167     --; Gallaher; 1937 The Navy set (48, “Park Drive”) g./f., cat.£36.       ..               ..                      8.
    168     --; Phillips; 1934 Railway Engines set (25) fair/good, cat.£75.            ..               ..                    15.
    169     --; Player’s; 1929 Curious Beaks set (50) fair/fine, cat.£40.                ..               ..                      8.
    170     --; --; 1937 Motor Cars (second series) set (50) mainly fine, cat.£45.  ..            10.
    171     --; Wills; 1931 The Laughing Cavalier sectional set (48), plus an example of the print that
               was supplied to people completing the set (framed)
þ       ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    172     --; Wix; Kensitas Silk Flowers complete set of 60 large size, each in its card cover, and
               slotted into original album. Mainly fine. Cat.£270.              ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    173     Cigarette and Trade Cards; accumulation in box, the largest numbers in Brooke Bond
         
     and similar, but some older also. (1,000s) þ    ..               ..                   ..            40.
    174     --; mixture in box mainly loose cards sorted into little plastic bags. Mainly odds and with
         
     varied condition, but inc. about 100 Kensitas silk flags. (100s) þ           ..               ..                    30.
    175     Coins; wide collection of UK and foreign in six various albums. Some fairly recent
         
     standard currency, others similar but older, some less often seen, and with a scattering of
         
     older items or things a little scarcer. (100s) þ  ..               ..                   ..        £100.
    176     --; mix in box – UK (inc. 3 x recent £5) and foreign, inc. a few sets etc. (100s)     
þ                    50.
    177     --; mix inc. UK 1953 plastic set, 1970 proof set, four medallions, a few mixed foreign inc.
         
     a string of French 5c. þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    178     --; mix of UK and world coins.
þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            17.
    179     --; Austria 1967 50s EF, Belgium 1870 5f F, Japan c.1880s 1y with four countermarks

         
     (about VF).               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    180     --; United Kingdom; 1907 gold sovereign, about F.        ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    181     --; --; 1911 gold half sovereign, EF.                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    182     --; --; 1987 boxed set of 1/4 and 1/10 ounce gold Britannias.
þ            ..               ..                    80.
    183     --; --; proof sets for 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990, 1996, and 1999.
þ              ..                    50.
    184     --; --; 2000 Millennium £5 silver proof, boxed.
þ             ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    185     --; --; 2000 proof set.
þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    186     --; --; 2002 proof set.
þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    187     --; --; 2005 Nelson and Trafalgar £5 silver proofs, boxed.
þ                ..               ..                    24.
    188     --; --; 2005 proof set.
þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    189     --; --; official uncirculated sets for 1982-84, 1987-88, 1990 (damaged), 1991-92, 1994-95.

         
     1997-98, 2001-04, and 2006. (17) þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    65.
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           “Collectables”, continued.

    190     Coins; United Kingdom; 2006 official uncirculated set.   ..                   ..              8.
    191     --; --; seln. of crowns comprising 1951 (2), 1953 (1), 1965 (3), 1972 (3), 1977 (5), 1980 (12),

         
     and 1981 (4). þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    192     --; Malawi; 2005 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World set of 7 silver proof 5k coins.
þ           22.
    193     Collectables Literature; Annual Register of Book Values five different subject volumes,
         
     1990-95 editions. þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
      Ü     Exhibitions; see Medallions 1886.
    194     Fire Service; advertising brochure for Büssing-Nag motor fire engine, plus three photo-

         
     graphs, possibly about late-1940s, all with filing holes.                            ..               ..                      3.
    195     Matchbox Labels; packet of approx. 825 Indian labels of about 1960-70, wide variety and
         
     mainly fine.                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    196     Medallions; 1886 silver-coloured base metal medallion (44mm diameter) for International
         
     Exhibition of Industry Science and Art, Edinburgh, produced by Peter Westren. (Shows the
         
     Central Hall, Arthur’s Seat in background, hot air balloon above, etc.)   ..            20.
    197     --; 1998 Sainsbury’s The Official England Squad Medal Collection 1998 colln. of 23 med-

         
     allions in official folder.                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      4.
    198     --; Official; 1902 Coronation silver medallion, 31mm, VF/EF.              ..               ..                      6.
    199     --; --; 1911 Coronation silver medallion, 31mm, VF/EF but some spots.                 ..                      6.
    200     --; --; 1935 Jubilee silver medallion, 32mm, EF in original box.              ..               ..                      8.
    201     --; --; 1937 Coronation silver medallion, 57mm diameter, some light wear.              ..                    30.
    202     Medals; 1839 Ghuznee medal stamped “COPY” in very small letters in blank field.

         
     Engraved “Pt John Kirby XIII P.A.L.I.” around rim, hanger partly broken.              ..                    10.
    203     --; WW2 group of five; 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, and War

         
     Medal. þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    204     Militaria; two WW1 memorial bronze plaques, packets of badges and buttons, and a few
         
     cloth badges. þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    205     --; three books – Scottish Military Dress by Peter Cochrane, 1987 (£12.95), German

         
     Uniforms of the Third Reich 1933-45 by Davis/Turner, 1980, and The Scottish Clans &
         
     their Tartans W&AK Johnston 1931. þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    206     Post Office Savings Bank; selection of full-size posters as used in schools etc. Includes

         
     1962 Space (with calendar), ships, Holy Land map (2), 1953 Coronation (2). Generally
         
     decent condition, though some with some wear or pinholes. (11)            ..               ..                    15.
    207     Tickets; box of railway and bus tickets, plus a few railway labels, etc. (100s)
þ  10.

              POSTCARDS
     
***   We have used the term "clingfilm album" here to describe the type of album where the cards
               are placed on slightly adhesive pages and a clear plastic film placed over the page. Generally,
         
     these cards can be removed with care, but long-term use is not advised.
    208     Half a dozen albums (and more besides) of largely South of England views (many
         
     Southampton, Portsmouth, Sussex, Hampshire, London, plus other areas of the UK, and
         
     some subjects. (100s) Also a bundle of modern. þ           ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    209     Two albums of mixed views (much English inc. many churches) plus some subjects. Quite
         
     untidy but with odd cards of interest. (c.250) þ                ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    210     Two shoeboxes of mixed mainly modern cards, used/unused, UK/foreign. (c.1,500)
þ                 10.
    211     British Isles; large album with odd subjects such as ancient monuments, unusual rocks,
         
     famous trees, towers, arches, graves, monuments, etc., apparently all UK. (c.535) þ                    60.
    212     England; London; large album of mixed views (c.535, of which c.80 are modern

         
     repros.) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    213     --; --; large album, mainly views of popular tourist areas, few modern. (c.480)
þ 30.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 10                                  Estimate.
                  
           “Collectables”, continued.

              POSTCARDS, continued.
    214     Foreign; two albums with a mix of countries inc. S.Africa (inc. two whaling), Gibraltar,

         
     Egypt, France, Italy, Malta, etc., and smaller numbers of some African areas not often seen.
         
     (c.250) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    215     --; an album of unused cards of largely Middle East (Cairo, Beirut, Suez, Heliopolis, etc.)
         
     and some India (inc. Oilettes) (c.140), a bundle of mainly USA (c.55, not so old), also
         
     seven of the same card of Cunard RMS Ascania.þ          ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    216     --; Ascension; seln. of six different unused sepia cards.                         ..               ..                    12.
    217     --; Falkland Islands; seln. of six different unused cards, inc. one commemorating The

         
     Falkland Islands Battle.              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    218     --; St. Helena; seln. of ten different unused cards, mainly sepia.             ..               ..                    10.
    219     Artists; collection of Artist Series cards arranged alphabetically by artist name in two
         
     "clingfilm" albums. (c.215) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    220     --; "clingfilm" album of mixed cards, mainly by named artists. (c.90)
þ   ..            35.
    221     --; Drummond; album ("clingfilm") with cards by Eileen Drummond (11), and Norah

         
     Drummond (42), of horses, dogs, birds, etc. þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    222     --; Jotter; album with c.200 cards.
þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    223     --; --; "clingfilm" album with views and others. (c.65)
þ    ..                   ..            18.
    224     --; Maude Scrivener; colln. of 41 birds and mammals in "clingfilm" album.
þ                              22.
    225     --; Lance Thackery; collection in "clingfilm" album of various types (not Write Away) inc.

         
     Taking the Waters, Leap Year, seaside resort scenes, etc. (63) þ        ..               ..                    60.
    226     --; --; collection in "clingfilm" album of Write Away, At The Seaside, Popular Plays,

         
     Popular Songs, etc. (42) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    227     --; Warren Williams; shoebox containing approx.600 cards showing a wide variety, mainly

         
     coloured. Also three large "Magnum" cards. þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    228     Aviation; seln. of nine different unused French cards showing aircraft of Santos-Dumont,
         
     Wright, Sommer, Delagrange, Paulhan, etc. Good/fine.                          ..               ..                    20.
    229     Exhibitions; useful collection in album and on loose pages of 1904 Bradford (6), 1906
         
     Austrian (7), 1907 Irish (8), 1908 Scottish (10), 1909 Imperial (20), 1910 Japan-British
         
     (116), Great White City (32), Brussels (23), 1911 Coronation (45), Empire (3), 1912 Latin-
         
     British (6), 1910 Toronto (18), and a few others. Mainly mounted with photo corners, a few
         
     with adhesive tags. þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
    230     --; 1908 Franco-British Exhibition colln. of cards in album with a little dupl. (194)
þ 30.
    231     --; 1908 Franco-British Exhibition colln. of cards in album (164) with little dupl., a few less

         
     common, and with a number of interiors. þ                       ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    232     --; 1908 Franco-British small collection on pages inc. postmarks of Exhibition (2), Bally-
         
     maclinton (3), advertising card, etc. (21)          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    233     --; 1924-25 Wembley Empire Exhibition seln. of 28, inc. BP and Sharp's advertising, one
         
     each with 1924 and 1925 Wembley 1d stamps, etc. Some with adhesive tags on reverse.             24.
    234     Heraldic; album with colln. of Ja-Ja, B. & R., W.R. & S., etc., apparently all-diff. (156)
þ          40.
    235     Insert Cards; collection in seven albums (mounted with photo corners) of Shurey's (and

         
     similar) views, British Isles and foreign, and some subjects. (900+) þ    ..        £100.
    236     --; two large albums with an extensive range of cards from mixed publishers, and a third

         
     album with similar but smaller cards. (100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            80.
    237     --; two large albums of cards from Brett’s My Pocket Novels, from Dainty Novels, etc.

         
     (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    238     --; collection in five scrapbooks (mounted with photo corners) of Shurey's, Christian Novels,

         
     and Weekly Tale-Teller, etc. views, British Isles and foreign. (c.280) þ                 ..                    30.
    239     --; attractive series of 12 different (complete set ?) Shurey's cards of London Underground

         
     platform scenes (with station names). Also 62 further cards of actresses and actors (also
         
     Shurey). þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007 Page 11                                  Estimate.
                  
           “Collectables”, continued.

              POSTCARDS, continued.
     
***   Letter Boxes; see Thematic.
    240     Modern; collection in ten large folders, many transport, publicity/advertising, entertainment,

         
     plus reproduction cards also (very few topo.). (c.1,500) þ ..                  ..            32.
    241     Royalty; Tuck's The Queen's Dolls' House complete set of 48 different unused cards in
         
     contemporary special corner-slot album, fine. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    242     Theatrical; album of actresses, and a few others. (145)
þ ..                  ..            20.
    243     Tuck's; wide range in five "clingfilm" albums inc. artists, comic, Racing Illustrated,

         
     animals, views, etc. and inc. some unusual, many Oilettes. (100s) þ      ..            75.
    244     --; two "clingfilm" albums of mixed subjects (189)
þ         ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    245     Tuck's Oilettes; collection in six albums, picked in some areas, mounted with photo

         
     corners, mixed subjects. (c.560) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
    246     --; collection in five volumes of Oilettes arranged according to series number, each card

         
     mounted by the use of four double-sided self-adhesive tabs on the back (some problems in
         
     the removal of cards from pages - some remove well, others are difficult). These albums
         
     have often been picked (some of these cards appearing as other lots). (c.360 cards) þ                 40.
    247     --; a similar lot (adhesive tags) of five volumes with c. 350 inc. a number of Dickens

         
     series. þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    248     --; another similar lot (adhesive tags) of four volumes with almost 300 cards, and a fifth

         
     album with c.170 Aquarette series. þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    249     --; "clingfilm" album with mixed subject cards inc. dogs, Windsor Castle, boats, cats,

         
     colonial, etc. (120) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    250     --; France; "clingfilm" album of c.95 views.
þ ..               ..                   ..            15.

      ***  There will be a short break at this point during which warning will be given in the auction
              room, in the bar upstairs (and for the outdoor smokers !), that the stamp section is about to resume.


           Stamps, Classified by Country
    251     Aden; interesting selection of mainly covers (but stamps, pieces, also) inc. 1936 large reg.
         
     piece with 9 Indian stamps (to USA, from Franklin Roosevelt collection), 1938 cover to
         
     England with ½a and 1a Dhows, 1942 two censor covers, 1951 1a p.stat. envelope used to
         
     Switzerland with three Qu'aiti State adhesives on reverse, etc. (33 items)                 ..                    50.
     
Ü     --; see also Literature, Australia (Tasmania), French Colonies (Madagascar), India (IEF),
         
     Yemen, Guernsey 1986.
    252     Albania; 1914-31 largely mint colln. on pages inc. sets and better values, such as Jan. 1917

         
     set (8) used ("as is", although another set is included which is clearly false), May 1917 set
         
     (7) used, 1919 straight comet opt. 2q, 50q, and 1f used, 1921 BESA set (6) m./u., 1924 large
         
     red cross set (4) m.m., 1927 Air diag. opt set (7) f.u., 1928 Vlonë-Brindisi air set (7) unused
         
     (no gum), 1928 opt. without date set (11) m., 1931 Tirana-Rome air short set to 2f m.m., etc.
         
     Mainly fine, but probably some faults in places. (c.185)                          ..               ..                £100.
    253     --; 1925 Air set (7) heavy m.m. (cat.£48.), 1927 Air diag. opts. set (7) m.m. (£73.), 1929

         
     Air opt. 5q to 25q m.m. (£31.), 1930 Air 5q to 50q m.m. (£10.), 1931 Tirana-Rome 5q, 15q
         
     m.m., 20q used (£27.). Some of the overprints dubious - some very dubious.          ..                    22.
    254     --; 1958-63 seln. of c.t.o. sets inc. a number in fourblocks. S.t.c.£160. (187)          ..                    15.
    255     Antigua; 1903-7 2/6 v.f.u. (centred slightly to right), SG 39 cat.£55.     ..            15.
    256     Argentina; 1891 20 pesos blue-green sound mounted mint, small expertisation mark (Brun)

         
     on reverse. Centred high, and perfs a bit uneven. SG 141 cat.£325.       ..               ..                    30.
    257     --; 1912-35 mainly m.m. colln. on printed pages inc. 1931 Revolution Anniv. set (postage,

         
     7) (cat.£100.) S.t.c.£750+ by Simplified. (183)                                    ..               ..                    70.
    258     --; fourblock on piece of 30c Ploughman, with 1916 Liverpool paquebot c.d.s. cancels.                  3.
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    259     Australian States; Tasmania; 1871 large piece with pair of 1863-71 4d perf.12 (a third
         
     stamp removed), and with Mauritius backstamp as well as very faint ADEN STEAMER POINT
         
      c.d.s., manuscript Via Aden/per Avoca.          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    260     Australia and States; 1860-2005 used colln. starting with States (c.145) but the bulk in

         
     decimal. Some dupl. (c.1580)                          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    261     Australia; mainly used (but with scattering of mint) colln./stock in two large stockbooks.

         
     Some earlier but with main numbers in about 1950s onwards; some of the reasonable late-
         
     60s/early-70s sets. (Many 100s) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    262     --; 1971 Christmas se-tenant block of 25 u.m. ..               ..                   ..            12.
    263     Austria; 1918-37 attractive m.m. seln. on stockleaf. Includes 1933 Relief of Vienna set (6)

         
     cat.£147., the 12g poorer. All-different. S.t.c.£325. (66)                       ..               ..                    50.
    264     Austro-Hungarian POs in Turkish Empire; 1867-1908 (approx.) m. & u. ranges on stock-

         
     leaf, all three currencies represented, and with better values throughout. Some light dupli-
         
     cation. S.t.c.£1,000+ Generally quite decent condition, though a few poorer. (107, plus one
         
     other)     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
    265     Bahamas; 1901-3 wmk. Crown CC 2/- f.u. (SG 60 cat.£50.), and 3/- with watermark

         
     inverted and reversed g.u. (some tone spots at edges) (61y, £120.).       ..               ..                    35.
    266     Belgium; Cinderella; three mint labels (5f, 10f, 100f) with a background text

         
     SERVICEDESCAISSESDÉPARGNEDERETRAITEETDASSURANCESDANSLESBUREAUXDEPOSTE            3.
    267     Bermuda; 1865-1903 g.u. but a bit discoloured (SG 5, cat.£65.), 1875 1d on 3d unused (no

         
     gum, slightly grubby, etc. - no better than spacefiller but cat.£450./£350.), and 1875 1d on
         
     1/- damaged used (£250.)            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    268     --; 1948 S.Wedding set (2) m.m. (a little gum on face of £1.) (cat.£42.30 for u.m.) 12.
    269     Brasil; 1890-1993 u.m. accum. in stockbook, duplicated up to x10, and s.t.c.£2,100.

         
     (c.2,000) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
    270     --; 1844-1968 m. & u. ranges from 30r “Goat’s Eye” onwards, though the bulk is of u.m.

         
     1930s-50s, some light dupl. (c.300)                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    271     --; 1894-1965 u.m. all-different seln. on stockleaves, s.t.c.£300. (144)  ..            35.
    272     --; Postage Dues; 1889 set (9) m.m. (except the 200r is used), mainly good/fine, cat.£90,           10.
    273     British Antarctic Territory; 1966 Churchill and 1971 Treaty sets u.m., cat.£45. and £48.          22.
    274     --; 1977 Whales and 1979 Penguins sets u.m., cat.£27. and £20.          ..               ..                    12.
    275     British Guiana; 1863-1934 (approx.) stockleaf with mainly used seln., with light dupl. and

         
     inc. 1863-76 to 60c, 1905-7 12c dull & bright purple (2) (these used). Also includes a few
         
     forgeries. (108)          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    276     --; 1889 8c, and 1900-3 2c (on red paper), each with inverted wmk. Crown CA, and each

         
     f.u. (though some small imperfections). SG 199w cat.£80., SG 235w cat.£80.        ..                    22.
    277     British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia; 1948 S.Wedding - two m.m. sets (cat.£52½

         
     for u.m.) ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            13.
    278     Bulgaria; 1927-32 seln. inc. 1927-28 opt. set ("as is"), 1932 set (3) m.m. Cat.£200+                 30.
    279     Burma; three Indian stamps on 1880 piece cancelled two bar cancels plus black oval

         
     (“BURMAH” at foot), Moulmein c.d.s. to side.  ..               ..                   ..              8.
    280     --; approx. 1913-36 small bundle of covers in quite mixed condition, with a variety of

         
     cancels (includes a couple of scarce markings which are probably fake). (c.30)       ..                    10.
    281     Canadian Provinces; British Columbia; 1868-71 perf.14 2c unused (part gum, faults, cat.

         
     £150.), and another used (faults, cat.£140.).    ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    282     --; New Brunswick; 1860-63 2c unu., 5c u., 10c m.m., all with imperfections. Cat.£80.

         
     Also three Nova Scotia.                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    283     --; Newfoundland; 1876-1947 m. & u. colln. on pages. Mainly odds, but many medium

         
     values cat. a few pounds each. (c.140)             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    284     --; --; 1865-71 24c m.m. (redistributed gum, and probably reperforated) (SG 30 cat.£38.),

         
     white paper 12c m.m. (SG 33, £48.), and 1876-79 rouletted 2c m.m. with light thin (SG 41,
         
     £140.)    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
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    285     Canadian Provinces; Newfoundland; 1937 Additional Coronation set (11) mixed u.m./
         
     l.m.m. (cat.£42. for u.m.)              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    286     --; --; 1941-44 perf.12½ defin set (14) u.m. (All with some very light gum toning, the 25c

         
     with rust spot and a possible tiny hinge mark.) SG 276-89 cat.£45.        ..               ..                    12.
    287     Canada and Provinces; a few pages with m. & u. seln. of New Brunswick (7), Nova Scotia

         
     (5), Newfoundland (88), and Canada (66).      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    288     Canada; 1852-57 ½d imperf (four margins - wide at foot) on thin paper but with no

         
     obvious ribbing. Good used with patchy, slightly smudged postmark. Probably SG 17, cat.
         
     £500. Possibility of having been repaired.         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    289     --; 1859-2000 mainly used colln. on pages, bulk in QE. Some loose also. (c.1,300) 10.
    290     --; 1873-79 Small Queen 10c very pale lilac magenta, unused (no gum), perfs not quite full.

         
     Pencil-signed on reverse. SG 99 (cat.£1,000. for m.m.)    ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    291     --; 1903-82 m. & u. colln. on printed pages. Some better values in KE7/KG5 period, fairly

         
     complete overall and with some special delivery and officials. (c.700)     ..            80.
    292     --; Officials; 1949 "O.H.M.S." opt. on Air 7c in v.f.u. block of six (SG O171, cat.£7. each

         
     = £42.), and 1950 "G" opt. on Special Delivery 10c in v.f.u. fourblock (SG OS21, cat.£30.
         
     each = £120.).           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    293     Ceylon; 1938-49 defin 50c perf.13x13½ unused with large part gum (also bend, faint marks

         
     on face, and couple short perfs, but cat.£350. for u.m.), and 50c perf.14 l.m.m. (slight crease,
         
     gum a bit toned, one corner a bit round partly due to perf. process, cat.£100. for u.m.) SG
         
     394a, 394c.               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    294     China; off-paper mix in plastic tub from some fairly early up to about 1960s plus a
         
     scattering of later. (1,000s)           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    295     --; two pages with a few locals of Chefoo (4), Shanghai (6), but mainly Hong Kong stamps
         
     with Treaty Port cancels (26 items, mainly Shanghai), plus a few ordinary HK.                              20.
    296     --; Russian Post Offices; 1917 35c, 50c, and 70c each in u.m. block of ten. SG 52, 53, 54
         
     (cat.£51. for m.m.)    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    297     Cook Islands; 1966 Airmail £1 l.m.m. right marginal pair, one being without the aeroplane
         
     in the overprint. SG 193/193a (cat.£42. for u.m.)              ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    298     Denmark; Booklets; 1929 Cancer 2kr booklet complete and fine. SG SB5 cat.£95. (Facit

         
     H6, cat.SKr.1,100.)  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    299     --; --; 1937 Hansen (Dybbøl Mill) 2kr booklet complete, some small faults. SG SB15 cat.£85.

         
     (Facit H11, cat.SKr.1,000.)         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    300     Ecuador; quantity of 1936 and 1939 Columbus stamps of mixed status (but none issued),

         
     many in blocks, some said to be prepared for use but not issued, and inc. imperfs and part
         
     perfs, dubious MUESTRA opts., etc. (The vendor is again keen that we mention the naked-
         
     ness of the slaves, believing that this goes down well with our clientele.) Toning. (c.160)                20.
    301     Falkland Islands; 1968 Flowers defin set (14) u.m. (½d and 3½d poorer), cat.£65.                   15.
    302     France; 1853-1995 mainly used colln. in Schaubek printed album with light to moderate

         
     dupl.(especially of defins). Sparse after 1982. (c.2,500) þ ..                  ..            30.
    303     --; 1853-61 Napoléon imperf. 1c - six singles and a pair, mainly good/fine used, mainly

         
     4-margin. Cat.£480.  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    304     --; 1862-1922 small m.m. seln. of mainly better values, nearly all-different, and s.t.c.£450+

         
     (14)        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    305     --; 1927-44 u.m. seln. on stockleaf with a little duplication, mainly fine. S.t.c.£220. (98)                30.
    306     --; Cinderella; imperf vertical pair of fiscal type stamps without any inscriptions. Possibly

         
     Railway Parcel Stamps (Cérès no.33f, cat. FF.7850 each ??) Caveat emptor.       ..                      5.
    307     French Colonies and Post Offices; French Polynesia; 1966-70 l.m.m. seln. inc. sets (cat.

         
     £153. for u.m.)          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    308     --; Kavalla (Turkish Empire); 1893-1902 small m. & u. seln. of a dozen different stamps,

         
     total s.t.c.£370. Includes 1893-1900 2pi m.m. (thin), 4pi f.u., 8pi g.u.    ..            50.
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    309     French Colonies and Post Offices; Madagascar; 1949 airmail cover to Aden with two
         
     different Aden backstamps.           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      4.
    310     --; Wallis and Futuna Islands; 1920-27 m.m. seln. of nearly all-different values (45).

         
     Mainly g./f., s.t.c.£120.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    311     German Area; stockbook containing m. & u. lot of Danzig (319), German Colonies/POs

         
     (36), Saar (138), Memel (50), Occ. of Belgium (34), Belgian Occ. (16), Plebiscite areas
         
     (50). þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    312     German States; Mecklenburg-Strelitz; 1864 1/3sgr unused (no gum, stain at foot, cat.£85.

         
     for m.m.), 1sch without cancel but with blue crayon line (other small faults, cat.£300 m.,
         
     £3,500 u.), and 1sgr unused (cat.£140. for m.m., small faults).               ..               ..                    30.
    313     --; Oldenburg; 1862-67 roul.11½ 1/3g and ½g both decent sound unused with part gum.

         
     (Cat.£450. for m.m.) ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
    314     Germany; 1872-1932 collection in printed album,, the majority used but with good

         
     numbers of mint included. Has better items throughout, e.g. 1872 Small Shield 1/4g, 1/2g u.,
         
     18k poor u., Large Shield 1/4g to 5g mixed used, 1875 "Pfennige" set (7) u., 1912 Airmail
         
     20pf and 30pf f.u. (cat. €80., €120.), “Gelber Hund” 1m g.u. (€200.), 1920-21 opt. on
         
     Bavaria set (20) u., good range of inflation issues, 1924 Welfare set mixed m./u., 1926-31
         
     Air set (8) u., 1928-31 Zeppelin set (3) u., etc. Mainly good fine, though a small proportion
         
     with faults. (c.500+) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £240.
    315     --; 1872 Small Shield 2k orange-vermilion good (not quite perfect) mounted mint, small

         
     continental certification mark on reverse, SG 9 cat.£600.; also 2k orange-yellow m.m., SG
         
     10 cat.£40.                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    316     --; 1916-17 wmk. lozenges u.m. blocks of 2m (4x3), 3m (2x5), and 5m (4x3). Some split

         
     perfs or other small faults. Cat.£120.                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    317     --; 1934-45 mint collection in medium stockbook, apparently nearly all u.m. (although a

         
     few possibly regummed) and inc. a number of sets. Includes 1936 Lufthansa, 1939 Brown
         
     Ribbon, 1940 Philatelic Exhib., Brown Ribbon, 1941 Leipzig Fair set, etc. Cat. approx.£675.
         
     (as u.m.) (143, 1 m.s.) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    318     --; Allied Occupation; 1945-49 used colln. on printed pages of American/British/French

         
     Zones. Includes SG A34 80pf (cat.£55.), 1946 Numerals set (27, cat.£55.), 1949 Goethe set
         
     (3, £32.). Total s.t.c.£580+ (300) ..                 ..               ..                   ..            50.
    319     --; West Germany; 1961-86 (approx.) u.m. and used range in four stockbooks, mainly in
         
     complete sets, with moderate dupl. (1,000s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    320     --; --; 1956-96 (approx.) used accum. in five stockbooks, with moderate to heavy dupl.

         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    321     --; --; 1949 Stamp Centenary set (3) u.m., faint fingerprint on gum of 20pf, cat.£119.; also
         
     1949 UPU m.m. and with small thin (cat.£65. for u.m.).                         ..               ..                    32.
    322     --; --; 1954-60 Heuss set (20) mainly l.m.m. (some u.m., short perfs on 70pf, crease on

         
     1m) (cat.£325. for u.m.)               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    323     --; --; 1968-77 m. & u. colln. in Lindner album. (100s)
þ ..                   ..            15.
    324     --; --; 1961-90 (approx.) stockbook of mainly used coil singles and strips, with numbers on

         
     backs of stamps. (100s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    325     --; West Berlin; 1948-59 small mainly used (a few m.m.) seln. of better odds inc. 1949

         
     Goethe 20pf (cat.£90.), 1951 Stamp Day set (2, £72.), and 1952 Bell (clapper right) 30pf
         
     (£55.) – all these f.u. Light dupl. in places. S.t.c.£470. (68) ..                  ..            45.
    326     --; --; 1950-59 small used seln. inc. 1950 Orchestra set (cat.£151.), 1951 Stamp Day 10pf,

         
     1952 Beethoven, 1953 Bell (central clapper) 30pf, and other useful values. S.t.c.£300+,
         
     mainly g./f.u. (20)       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    327     --; --; 1952 Beethoven 30pf - eight used examples, mainly good/fine, cat.£35. each = £280.         26.
    328     --; --; 1987 Frama u.m. strip of three (slight creases) with the values missing.          ..                      4.
    329     --; West Germany and West Berlin; box filled with Ersttagsblatter approx.1975-94, dupl-
         
     ication in places. (c.800) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
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    330     Germany; West Germany and West Berlin; a stockbook of u.m. and used c.1964-90 m.s.
         
     and booklets, and another of mainly used W.Berlin 1948-90. (100s) þ ..            35.
    331     --; West Germany and Unified; 1965-91 (ends May) comprehensive colln. in stockbook
         
     comprising one u.m. and one c.t.o. of defins and commems, inc. m.s. and booklets, s.t.c.
         
     €2,380. (= c.£1,550) (c.1,700) þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                £110.
    332     --; --; 1970-94 large collection in three Schaubek printed albums, possibly complete for the

         
     period both u.m. and used, plus some extra dupl. used. Includes m.s. and booklet panes.
         
     (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
    333     --; --; 1949-2002 mint (much u.m.) and used accum. in five stockbooks. Bulk is from 1980

         
     onwards, with many u.m. sets, and heavily duplicated used defins. (1,000s) þ         ..                    75.
    334     --; East Germany; 1951-57 small used colln. on pages inc. several better items e.g. 1955
         
     Paintings set (6, cat.£48.), 1956 Thalmann m.s. (£28.). S.t.c.£1,100+ (338, 1 m.s.) 75.
    335     --; --; 1966-80 attractive collection in two Lighthouse albums, mainly c.t.o. and in complete

         
     sets, and substantially complete. þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
    336     --; --; 1950-90 five stockbooks with mainly used ranges inc. sets and some m.s., moderate
         
     duplication. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    337     --; --; 1952-53 seln. of eight u.m. odd values inc. 30pf and 84pf. Cat.£155.           ..                    20.
    338     --; Covers; box filled with very roughly 1,300 FDCs, philatelic, and commercial covers. þ          30.
    339     --; Cinderella; seln. of c.24 labels, probably all post-war trading stamps.               ..                      3.
    340     --; Covers; carton with 14 binders of covers, cards, and pieces, ranging from 1900-2000

         
     approx. Arranged by towns or themes, and with much Göttingen. (100s) þ            ..                    50.
    341     --; --; three cartons containing a total of 32 binders of slogans, meter marks, etc. on piece

         
     or on cover. Most from about 1980 or so, but earlier in places. Particular emphasis on
         
     Göttingen. (1,000s) Must be somebody's cup of tea ! þ   ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    342     --; Mixed Lots; decent boxful with a wide range of material well worth a good delve. Pages,
         
     packets, stockcards, loose. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    343     --; --; attaché case with some pages, pocket stockbooks, packets, a few accessories, etc.

         
     (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    344     --; --; small box with a mainly good quality assortment on stockcards. Includes, for example,

         
     1934 Air set (11) unu. (no gum), W.Germany 1949 Parliament 20pf m., 1955 Humanitarian
         
     set m., W.Berlin 1953 Church set m., Uprising set u., and many other medium or better
         
     issues. Some mint appears regummed. (100s) þ               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    345     --; --; bag of c.1995-2005 on paper, largely pictorials/commems, s.t.c.£1,000+ (100s)
þ            24.
     
***   --; Propaganda Forgeries; see UK.
    346     German Colonies and Post Offices Abroad; 1884-1911 good solid collection on old
         
     printed pages, mint and used. Includes scarce items such as Kiautschou 1905-18 Chinese
         
     currency high values $½ to $2½ g./f.u. (cat.£875.), German East Africa 1893 set (5) u.
         
     (£225.), and of course good numbers of stamps catalogued at a few pounds each. Condition
         
     mainly good to fine, some with faults. Some additional interest in postmarks (and some
         
     may have later cancels). Stated to catalogue £5,700. (c.300)                 ..               ..                £750.
    347     --; Morocco; 1906-11 wmk. Lozenges part set (missing 25c and 1pes.) fine l.m.m./m.m.,

         
     cat.£395. as odds. (10)                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
    348     Gibraltar; 1953-59 defin set (14) m.m. (cat.£140. for u.m.)                  ..               ..                    18.
    349     --; 1967 original defin set (14, no 5d) u.m., cat.£33.         ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    350     Greece; 1861-2000 sparse mainly u. colln. in Schaubek printed album (c.920). Also a few

         
     Cyprus. (c.65) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    351     --; 1955 Pythagorean 2d, 3d50 and 5d u.m. (cat.£38), and five others u.m. s.t.c.£9. 10.
    352     Hong Kong; 1941 Centenary set (6) very lightly m.m. (cat.£75. for u.m.), and 1937

         
     Coronation set (3) m.m. (£25.)     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    353     --; 1949 UPU set (4) u.m., small patch on gum of 20c probably natural, cat.£65. 20.
    354     --; 1968 Sea Craft set (6) u.m., cat.£75.          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
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    355     Hong Kong; 1976 Festivals miniature sheet u.m., cat.£90. ..                  ..            24.
      ***
  --; see also China.
    356     Hungary; stockbook of virtually all used (mainly c.t.o.) (c.1,200 different)
þ         ..                      8.
    357     Iceland; 1920-22 2kr defin m.m., centred to lower-left. SG 130 cat.£225. (Facit 143 cat.

         
     SKr.2,000)               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    358     India; c.1950s-60s shoebox of used
airletters from one correspondence to Scotland. (100s) þ    10.
    359     --; Indian Expeditionary Forces; 1914 short set to 12a (one of each value) f.u. (12a

         
     creased). Two have recognisable Aden cancels. Cat.£16.20                  ..               ..                      6.
    360     Indonesia; 1945-46 (approx.) interesting little selection inc. some local opts. in pairs on
              cover, two postal stationery cards unused, various m. & u. stamps.        ..               ..                    10.
    361     Iraq; British Occupation; 1918-21 short set to 2a m.m., cat.£15. (10)                 ..                      5.
    362     --; --; 1919 issue for Mosul ½a, 1a (larger tougra), 2½a, 3a (larger tougra), 4a (3½mm), and

         
     8a m.m., cat.£13.75. ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      4.
    363     --; --; Officials; 1920-23 1½a m.m., 4a m.m., 8a m.m., 6a l.m.m. (crease), and 12a very

         
     l.m.m. Cat.£95.         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    364     Ireland; 1937 St. Patrick 10/- upper marginal fine u.m., SG 104 cat.£140.             ..                    45.
    365     --; 1922-79 (approx.) used accum. in stockbook, the bulk decimal. (1,000s)
þ                           12.
    366     --; small mix in stockbook, plus four modern u.m. blocks/sheetlets.        ..               ..                    12.
    367     --; seln. of unused mainly decimal postal stationery (21).    ..                   ..              8.
    368     Italy; 1861-1990 patchy used colln. in Schaubek printed album, plus extra dupl. defins,

         
     sparse after 1981. (c.2,400) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    369     --; 1878 2c surcharge on Official 20c, with the surcharge inverted, good used, centred to

         
     lower-right, couple of short perfs. SG 25a, cat.£650. Chiavarello certificate (1993) states
         
     genuine.  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    370     --; 1890-1948 small m.m. seln., some quite heavily hinged, mainly fair/good/fine, s.t.c.

         
     £325. (19)                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    371     --; 1915 (1916 ?) picture postcard (of San Martino di Castrozza, Tirol, at that time part of

         
     Austria) with Italian 5c defin cancelled "I M E R/POSTE ITALIANE" c.d.s. (Comes on a
         
     Stanley Gibbons stock card, priced at £250. !)                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    372     Japan; selection on six stockleaves of largely earlier stamps (majority 19th Century), some

         
     of which seem to have been collected for their postmarks. (c.422, 4 reg. labels)      ..                    50.
    373     --; mix on a few pages from various old albums (c.180 inc. a few fiscals etc.), plus several

         
     pages/sheets of illustrated paper with stamps attached as sold to tourists, and others. 30.
    374     --; Perfins; seln. of eighteen mixed, plus another block of fifteen.           ..               ..                      8.
    375     Luxembourg; 1895-1940 mint collection on pages. Includes 1921-34 5f u.m., 1934 Child

         
     Welfare set (6) m.m. (75c creased), 1935 Child Welfare set (6) m.m., and many other sets.
         
     Also a few used. (170)                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    376     --; 1859-1992 mainly used ranges in two stockbooks and on stockcards. Little dupl., and inc.

         
     officials and p.dues. Some better noticed e.g. 1882 1f u. (2, cat.£23. each). (c.600) 24.
    377     --; 1945 War Victims miniature sheet u.m., cat.£20.          ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    378     --; 1948-56 attractive selection of nine u.m. sets on stockleaf inc. 1948, 1949 and 1953

         
     National Welfare, 1949 UPU, 1950 War Orphans, 1951 United Europe, 1956 European
         
     Community, etc. Cat.£369.           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    379     --; 1949 UPU set (4) u.m., cat.£22.                ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
    380     --; 1951 United Europe set (6) u.m., cat.£130.                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    381     --; 1951 and 1955 National Welfare Fund sets u.m., cat.£45.                ..               ..                      8.
    382     --; 1957 Europa set (3) u.m., cat.£72.             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    383     --; Telegraph Stamps; 1883 5g grey (Michel lists as blue) perf.14 m.m., short perf at left.

         
     Michel 5B cat.€150.  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    384     Malaya; QV to QE mainly used range on pages, inc. a few perfins. (c.440)            ..                    12.
    385     --; B.M.A.; 1945-48 duplicated u.m. seln. in packet with mixed quantities, sometimes in

         
     blocks (inc. 1c 48-block, 15c 48-block), with values to 50c, $1, $2. (c.200)          ..                    24.
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    386     Malaya; Malayan Postal Union; 1945-49 postage due perf.15x14 1c, 3c, 5c, and 8c, each
         
     in u.m. block of ten. SG D7-10, cat.£282½     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    387     Mauritius; 1859-1965 m. & u. seln. of selected odds on stockleaf inc. 1860 9d purple

         
     unused (cat.£130. for mint), 1878 50c on 1/- unu. (little gum, cat.£85. for m.m.). Total s.t.c.
         
     £600+ (61)               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    388     Mexico; Cinderella; 1913 $100 grey-brown Transitorio u.m. fourblock, creased across

         
     lower pair. Accompanying note states “Stevens RV 29, scarce”.            ..               ..                      5.
    389     Morocco Agencies; British Currency; 1914-31 2/6 (two different - one fine m.m., other

         
     m.m. with some short perfs.), and 1935-37 2/6 re-engraved l.m.m. Cat.£48., £38., and £42.)       22.
    390     --; --; 1914-31 2/6 g.u. (probably SG 53 cat.£25.), and 5/- g.u. (SG 54 cat.£90., would

         
     benefit from a soak).  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            15.
    391     --; Spanish Currency; 1914-26 12p on 10/- indigo-blue m.m., fine but for one or two short

         
     perfs. SG 138 cat.£100.               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    392     Netherlands; 1864-1995 used colln. in Schaubek printed album, with dupl. of some of the

         
     defins. Little after 1988. (c.2,400) þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    393     --; 1899-1923 Wilhelmina seln. of m.m. values between 3c and 25c m.m., mainly good/

         
     fine, s.t.c.£265. (15)  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    394     --; c.1870-1969 remainder collection in printed album. (c.460)
þ         ..               ..                    15.
    395     New Guinea; 1932-34 Air 1/- f.u., 2/- f.u., 5/- f.u., and £1 g.u. (some rough perfs). Cat.

         
     £172.     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    396     New Zealand; roughly 1930s-80s bundles of covers, mainly first day. (200+)
þ 26.
    397     --; packet with approx.500 modern off-paper, mainly medium or higher value commems.              20.
    398     --; 1909-65 m. & u. colln. in album (c.275)
þ ..               ..                   ..            18.
    399     --; Officials; 1915-27 8d heavy used, corner crease, but very scarce. SG O103 cat.£180.          20.
    400     North Borneo; 1886-1957 small mainly used colln. on pages, inc. a few better values,

         
     postage dues, and Labuan. (99)    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    401     Norway; 1855 Lion 4sk used with good margins, but smudged cancel, and stain at upper-

         
     left corner. SG 1, cat.£75.            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    402     --; 1889-1959 m. & u. seln. on foreign approval pages with some light dupl. but inc. many

         
     medium values. S.t.c.£350. (102)  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            45.
    403     --; 1856-1996 used colln. in Schaubek printed album (pages to 2000), little after 1989.

         
     Some extra dupl. of defins, earlies often poor. (c.1,100) þ ..                  ..            26.
    404     Pakistan; 1947-62 m. & u. colln. on printed pages. Most interest in officials (e.g. SG O31

         
     redrawn 8a m.m., cat.£48. for u.m.) and Bahawalpur (inc. 1948 set of 14 m.m.[cat.£150 for
         
     u.m.], 1945 official set of 6 m.m. [£60.]). S.t.c.£300 in Pakistan, £235 in Bahawalpur. (243)        50.
    405     --; Bahawalpur; 1948 defin set (14) very l.m.m. (cat.£150. for u.m.), and one other.                   30.
    406     Poland; seven stockbooks of mainly used (commercial and c.t.o.) early to fairly modern,
         
     usually with some dupl. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    407     --; 1918-99 mainly used colln. in Schaubek plain album, with some moderate dupl. in

         
     places. Includes a few m.s., locals, covers.) (c.2,800) þ   ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    408     --; Government in Exile; 1943 defin set (8) on cover, 1944 Monte Cassino set (4) on FDC,

         
     and 1945 Warsaw Rising on FDC. Stamps cat.£89.25     ..                   ..               ..                       
    409     Romania; stockbook of virtually all used (mainly c.t.o.) (c.1,200 different) þ         ..                    10.
    410     Russia/USSR; ice cream tub with many hundreds of stamps sorted into packets and showing

         
     a decent overall variety. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
     
***   --; Post Offices Abroad; see China.
    411     South African Provinces; small collections of Natal (63) and Orange Free State (48).                20.
    412     South Africa; early to modern m. & u. in stockbook, mainly odds. (c.800+)
þ      ..                    22.
    413     --; small box with off-paper mix. (c.100g net weight) (100s)
þ              ..               ..                      6.
    414     Spain; 1856-1992 used colln. in Schaubek printed album, with little after 1988. Some dupl.

         
     of defins. (c.2,600) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
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    415     Sweden; 1855-1976 extensive mainly used collection in six large albums, with good
         
     coverage in the later years of coil/booklet perf variants, inc. many u.m. from 1960 and FDCs
         
     from about 1974. The first volume alone, which stops at 1949 is s.t.c.£3,000+ and includes
         
     many of the better values and sets of this period. (The s.t.c. figure excludes some imperf-
         
     orate varieties, which are “as is”.) (1,000s) þ  ..               ..                   ..        £350.
    416     Switzerland; 1854-1967 m. & u. colln. with some useful duplication, inc. many of the

         
     better early Pro Juventute. S.t.c.£900+ (c.750)                 ..                   ..               ..                    75.
    417     --; 1862-1998 used colln. in Schaubek printed album with little after 1989, and some dupl.

         
     of defins. (c.2,500) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    418     --; 1945 Pax 3f v.f. lower marginal u.m. (mounted on margin), and 10f upper marginal mint

         
     (mounted on margin only, thinned at corner of stamp). Cat.£49. and £150.              ..                    45.
     
***   --; see also Supplies (2nd-hand).
    419     Tanzania; 1985-87 seln. of u.m. thematic m.s., all showing various “errors” (manufactured)

         
     such as imperf, misperforated, missing colours, etc. (32)    ..                   ..            15.
    420     Tibet; Cinderella; 1974 UPU 2t, 4t, 6t, and 8t, each in u.m. six-block. Produced by Dalai

         
     Lama’s Exiled Government, but not issued. Also a set of singles, and a set with fake
         
     specimen opts. Toning.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    421     Transjordan; 1925-26 opts. on Palestine short set to 5pi l.m.m./u.m., plus 1925 postage

         
     due set (6) l.m.m./m.m. Cat.£34.   ..                 ..               ..                   ..              8.
    422     United Arab Emirates; 1977 10d defin – 100 used examples, mainly sound/good/fine, some

         
     with faults. SG 93 cat.£10.50 each = £1,050.  ..               ..                   ..            30.
    423     United States of America; 1851-1948 colln. on old printed pages, the core being in about

         
     1920-48 where there are many mounted mint. Includes (these all m.m.) 1920 Pilgrim 5c,
         
     1922-32 defin perf.10 6c to 10c, 1924 Huguenot-Walloon set, 1925 Lexington/Concord set,
         
     1929 "Kans." and "Nebr." sets (these cat.£200. and £325.), 1931 Rotary Press set (10), 1933
         
     both Farley sheets of 25, 1934 Byrd m.s., 1934 both Farley Parks m.s., 1938 Presidents set
         
     (32 - first $1 only) plus coils (13), 1940 Americans set (35), and other useful. Those listed
         
     alone cat.£1,100+ (c.430, 7 m.s.) ..                 ..               ..                   ..        £260.
    424     --; 1851-69 colln. in album with any value in issues up to about 1910, and inc. an 1874

         
     cover from Liverpool (UK 3d stamp) redirected in USA with a 3c stamp stuck partly over
         
     the British one. (100s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    425     --; bundle of 17 remainder club books. Generally cheap stuff at just a few pence each. PTSA
         
     £114. (100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    426     --; 1861 Washington 3c pink sound used (SG 61 cat.£95., centred to lower-left, sold “as is”),

         
     and. 1867 12c g.u. with very faint 9x13 grill (SG 99 cat.£95.)                ..               ..                       
    427     --; 1930 souvenir Southern Cross airmail cover signed C Kingsford Smith.           ..                      8.
    428     --; 1975-81 and 1985-93 defin coils in dupl. quantities u.m., some with non-profit opts. or

         
     precancels, e.g. 3.4c school bus (400+), 5.5c truck (300+), 7.1c tractor (c.260), etc. (1,000s) þ 12.
    429     --; small box with mix, mainly modern.
þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
     
***   --; see also Scottish Postal History 1945
    430     Vietnam; North; 1957-58 seln. of u.m. (no gum) sets, all-different, s.t.c.£170. (21 stamps)         22.
    431     Yemen People's Democratic Republic; 1969-95 (mainly 1984-89) seln. of illus. unadd-

         
     ressed FDCs (26 different, stamps cat.£50+).  ..               ..                   ..            12.

              United Kingdom
    432     1858-70 penny red plates - approx.300 used in stockbook, sorted by plate no. (c.300+),
         
     poor to fine. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    433     1858-70 1d red plates - c.350 in mixed used condition.    ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    434     1867-80 wmk. Spray 9d. A spacefiller unused example – no one serious fault, but no gum,
         
     couple of short perfs, and a bit faded. SG 110 (cat.£1,700. for mint).     ..            50.
    435     1883-84 2/6 (9), 5/- (9), 1902-13 2/6 (7), and 5/- (2) mixed used, generally about average
         
     with some obvious faults, some sound. Cat.£4,400.           ..                   ..               ..                    80.
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           United Kingdom, continued.
    436     1902-13 ½d, 2d, 2½d, and 9d m.m., minimum cat.£89½. ..                   ..            15.
    437     1913-19 Seahorse 2/6 m.m. spacefiller, cat.£100.            ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    438     1913-19 Seahorses 2/6 poor u., 5/- and 10/- average used. Minimum cat.£335.     ..                    15.
    439     1934-36 photogravure set (11) l.m.m./m.m. (2d and 3d poorer). Cat.£50.              ..                    12.
    440     1934-36 photogravure ½d (18), 1d (12), 1½d (8), 2d (4), 2½d (2), and 3d (2) m.m./u.m. inc.

         
     pairs and blocks. Minimum cat.£28.                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      7.
    441     1934-36 photogravure 2d with sideways watermark l.m.m. (perfs slightly trimmed, and with

         
     a minor bend), cat.£100.               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    442     1934-36 photogravure ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d all with sideways watermarks, mixed used (sound,

         
     but average commercial cancels and some trimmed perfs). Cat.£88½.    ..            10.
    443     1935 Jubilee set in u.m. cylinder blocks of six (1d margin adhered), and 1946 Victory 2½d

         
     and 3d each in u.m. cylinder blocks of six and nine.           ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    444     1962 NPY 1/3 phos, and 1963 Red Cross phos set, all m.m.                ..               ..                    18.
    445     1971-85 colln. of u.m. booklet panes on pages (97 items). ..                   ..            55.
    446     2003 £2 definitive u.m. pair with marginal D1 cylinder number, one with the “missing

         
     pound sign” variety. SG Y1727a.  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            75.
    447     Postage Dues; packet with c.400 mixed used off-paper, pre-decimal and decimal. 20.
    448     Booklets; 1969-85 (approx.) colln. in album with little dupl. Includes several 1971-73 Birds

         
     series, 1972 Wedgwood, and a few with cylinder nos. (c.140) þ          ..               ..                    90.
    449     Presentation Packs; year packs for
1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, and 1995. Face £45.95 35.
    450     --; 1998 Princess Diana Welsh pack, fine, cat.£150.         ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    451     --; 2001 Nobel and 2004 Classic Locos packs.                ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    452     --; 2003 Fun Fruit & Veg p.pack, cat.£65.      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    453     --; another of the same.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    454     --; 2003 Coronation p.pack, cat.£25.              ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    455     --; another of the same.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    456     --; 2003 Prince William p.pack, cat.£25.         ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    457     --; 2004 Classic Locomotives p.pack, cat.£35.                 ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    458     First Day Covers; 1963 Cable ordinary and phosphor pairs (each with marginal traffic

         
     lights) on illus cover, London Chief Office c.d.s. Cat.£40+ ..                   ..            15.
    459     --; 1964 Shakespeare and Geographical phosphor sets on illus FDCs, typed addresses.

         
     Cat.£57. ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    460     Philatelic Covers; mainly 1971-onwards colln. of covers, the majority Scottish Philatelic

         
     Congress, but a number of other types also. (86) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    461     Postal Stationery; seln. of 28 items of unu. QV, with only slight dupl., and mainly fine.                   8.
    462     --; seln. of 43 unused decimal registered envelopes in G, H, and K sizes, little dupl.
þ                  15.
    463     --; bundle of mainly mint airletters – standard, Christmas, Scottish, etc. with good variety

         
     but some dupl. (c.125)                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    464     UK Covers and Postal History; approx.1780s-1890s bundle of mixed covers, many

         
     Scottish, inc. pre-stamp, 1d red imperfs, 1d red stars and plates, some free fronts, some
         
     later. Mix of postmarks. (c.130) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    465     --; 1804-45 interesting bundle, mainly Scottish, mainly covers or entires though a few are

         
     fronts only. Decent variety of markings of different types. (58) þ           ..               ..                    80.
    466     --; 1822-39 seln. of covers and entires all with Additional Half marks. (25)             ..                    30.
    467     --; 1826-37 seln. of free fronts with various identified signatures. (15)    ..            10.
    468     --; 1934-38 (and 1 1961) seln. of internal UK airmail covers,
many of these first flights. (15)         30.
    469     --; slightly odd mix in album inc. a few commercial QV-KG6, some 1987-89 bureau FDCs,

         
     Islands maxi-cards, etc. (c.90) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..             15
    470     Scottish Covers and Postal History; 1836 cover to Glasgow with fine strike of two-line

         
     GRANGE/MOUTH.       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
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                   United Kingdom, continued.
            471      Scottish Covers and Postal History; 1837 entire to Edinburgh with fine strike (partly
           
            overstruck by datestamp) of two-line HERMISTON/PENNY POST.             ..          ..          10.
            472      --; 1841-43 seln. of 18 covers/entires all with 1d red imperfs with MC cancels.             ..          24.
           
***      --; the following two lots are bundles of covers from an original 1841-58 (a few later)
           
            correspondence, mainly entires with penny reds (imperfs and "stars") with Maltese Cross
           
            or numeral cancels, and nearly all with other datestamps of Ballindalloch, Fochabers,
           
            Ballater and area (also Keith, Mortlach, Elgin, Huntly, Carrbridge, etc.). Some other
           
            postal markings also e.g. mileage marks. Most are entires with complete contents, some
           
            opened-out envelopes, and most are folded as for filing.
            473      --; bundle of approx. 100 covers as described above.
þ                       ..          ..          £130.
            474      --; a similar lot of about 90 covers.
þ   ..          ..          ..          ..          £120.
            475      --; stockbook of stamps and pieces with a wide range of postmarks from a few pre-stamp.

           
            (100s) þ          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          26.
            476      --; 1892-1903 small colln. of Edinburgh twin-arc postmarks on cover/card arranged on
           
            pages by type showing various bar cuts (12)      ..          ..          ..          ..          10.
            477      --; album with a colln. of Edinburgh postmarks, mainly modern (bulk 1950s-60s) on piece

           
            inc. sub-offices, registration labels, etc. (100s) þ          ..          ..          ..          20.
            478      --; small seln. inc. several Leith 1858-1958, 1831 cover with straight line
BOGROY, etc. (12)      18.
            479      --; 1945 Free Mail cover (Edinburgh City Education Dept. crest on reverse) to USA, with

           
            sender's address given as "TWCA APO 413, US Army, Edinburgh", US Army Postal Service
           
            machine mark. Interesting but probably quite cheap.      ..          ..          ..          4.
            480      --; St. Kilda; small seln. of modern covers and cards used (7, various cachets/pmks.), or
                        unused (11), 9 issues of St. Kilda Mail, and a few other items.
þ          ..          ..          15.
            481      UK Cinderellas; Companies Registration 1947 KG6 £1 used pair (cat.£35. each, pair
           
            almost split, cancelled 1958), and Foreign Bill 1917 KG5 £1 used.        ..          ..          10.
            482      --; 1928 Cyclists’ Touring Club fourblock of Jubilee label (printed by Perkins Bacon & Co.),

           
            one bend.         ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          5.
            483      Propaganda Forgeries; German forgery of the UK 1935 Silver Jubilee ½d with portrait of

           
            Stalin and inscribed THIS WAR IS A/JEWSH WAR. Michel 1, cat.€150. No gum (as produced),
           
            some short perfs at top.            ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          22.
            484      --; German forgeries of the UK KG6 definitive ½d and 1½d values (with Star of David in

           
            crown, Hammer & Sickle for “D”, etc.) both unused and without gum as produced. Michel
           
            3, 5, cat.€42. each.       ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          15.
            485      Islands; m. & u. ranges in stockbook of Channel Is./IoM inc. a number of sets. (100s)
þ         22.
            486      --; packet of approx. 550 Channel Is. and I.o.M. on and off paper, mainly large.           10.
            487      --; packet of approx. 500 large stamps all used, off-paper. þ   ..          ..          8.
            488      Guernsey; 1986 seln. of 16 souvenir covers marking "Escape from Aden" and "Return from
           
            Djibouti". All different in some way, all but four are signed.        ..          ..          12.
            489      U.K. Collections and Mixed Lots; 1841-1998 (mainly 1964-98) collection in four albums.
           
            1960s includes some medium FDCs, from about 1970-85 many issues are represented by a
           
            FDC and a mint set or pres.pack, then from 1985 generally mint sets only. Face value of
           
            mint decimals roughly £215. þ ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          £180.
            490      --; early to modern used collection in stockbook, from moderate penny black, through

           
            small range of surface-printed, 1883 2/6, KE7 to 5/-, KG5 with Seahorses to 10/-, a range
           
            of QE inc. Castle high values, many pre-decimal commem sets, a few postage dues. Also
           
            a few opts. on GB. (c.700) þ   ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          £160.
            491      --; QV to QE m. & u. selected odds and sets on a few stockcards, identified by Michel
           
            numbers. Used includes QV Embossed set (3, varied condition), other QV to 5/-, a few KE7
           
            to 2/6, KG5 seahorses 2/6 (8), 5/- (5). (c.260) ..          ..          ..          £120.
            492      1840-1970 colln. - a few QV inc. a poorish 1d black, a few surface-printed, scattered KE7-
           
            KG6, the QE inc. many m.m./u.m. commems, often in sets, often with multiples. (100s) þ         45.
Stamps and Collectables, 26 February 2007      Page 21                         Estimate.
                               
                   United Kingdom, continued.
            493      U.K. Collections and Mixed Lots; 1841-84 dupl. used on leaves, condition poor to fine.
           
            Includes penny reds, surface-printed to 2/- and 5/-, etc. (82)     ..          ..          45.
            494      --; 1841-2000 colln. in two printed Schaubek albums, mainly used (but some u.m. decimal
           
            defins, f.v.£12+). Medium dupl. in pre-decimal, a few perfins. (c.4,700)
þ        ..          30.
            495      --; four stockbooks of mainly used decimals, and another with mint pre-decimals and
           
            others. (100s) þ          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          26.
            496      --; 1902-36 m. & u. mix of KE7/KG5/KE8 on pages and stockcards inc. some KE7
           
            medium values, KE8 mint blocks. (c.250+)       ..          ..          ..          ..          20.
            497      --; approx. 500 used stamps on piece, mainly 1991-97 Greetings issues; plus a duplicated
           
            bundle of many 100s of used higher value commems, mainly 1980s; and a packet of approx.
           
            500 commem singles from se-tenant strips, used on piece, mainly 1998 Diana and Queen’s
           
            Beasts. þ         ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          ..          20.
            498      --; packet with c.500 higher denomination commems on-paper, mainly fairly modern. þ            15.


THE END OF THE SALE
© Robert Murray 2007

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We list here our normal bid steps for your information. This may be of help to bidders who are unable to
attend the sale, as any written bids received which do not fit our normal pattern would usually be taken
down to the next normal step. (We keep to these increments as much as possible, but do sometimes
change if circumstances make it desirable.)
Up to £20, bids are in £1 steps.                From £20 to £30, bids are in £2 steps.
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>From £50 to £100 in £5 steps.                           From £100 to £200, bids are in £10 steps.
>From £200 to £300, bids are in £20 steps.
>From £300 to £500, bids are in £20 or £30, and above this in 5% to 10% steps.

Abbreviations; a list of abbreviations and symbols used is from time to time included in the auction catalogue. We suggest that you keep a copy for future reference.
m./u.m. mounted/unmounted mint                                  accum.             accumulation
l.m.m.               lightly mounted mint                              colln.                collection

g./f.u.                good/fine used                                      seln.                 selection
v.f.u.                 very fine used                                       pmk.                postmark
FDC                first day cover                                       cat.                   catalogue price

PSB                 prestige stamp booklet                           PNC               philatelic numismatic cover
s.t.c.                 stated to catalogue (by vendor)             m.s.                  miniature sheet
S.o.W.             “Stamps of the World” catalogue          inc.                   including
                    Smaller bid steps accepted                    PTSA               priced to sell at
c.d.s.                circular datestamp                                 bkt.                  booklet
lvs.                   album leaves                                         p.stat.               postal stationery
c.                     circa (usually approximate quantity)      
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BID FORM - Sale Date  26 February 2007

to Robert Murray,
 5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens,
 Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 5PU

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