Worldwide 11 April
Friday 11 April 2003
SALE 639
* = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 AND OVER)
251 NEW IDEAL ALBUM containing the extensive QV-KGV mint/unused collection. A little remaindering in evidence (particularly in the GB section) but a very good lot nevertheless. Better areas include Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Malta, Newfoundland, New Zealand with a strong range of Postal Fiscals, Seychelles & Sierra Leone. Mostly very clean and in above average condition. High Catalogue value. (Sev. 1,000's). £4000
252 IMPERIAL ALBUM VOLUME I with the extensive mint & used British Commonwealth collection, 1840-1928. An excellent lot with much of note throughout including useful Great Britain with a reasonable range of QV issues, KEVII to £1 and KGV to 10/-, Ascension with KGV values to 2/- mint, Canada with a good selection of Jubilee issues to $2 used and $4 mint, Cyprus inc. 50th Anniversary of British Rule set to £1 mint, Iraq with good Officials, better KUT, Malayan States, Nyasaland, Rhodesia including useful Double Heads, Seychelles & Sierra Leone. Condition mixed but a very interesting lot which must be seen to be properly appreciated. (Many 1,000's). £3600
253 NEW IDEAL ALBUM containing the extensive and valuable mint & used Commonwealth collection to about 1935. Much of merit throughout this splendid collection including Australia with Kangaroos to £1 (2) & £2 plus Sydney Bridge 5/- (all used), Canada, Caymans with KGV Pictorial set used, strong Egypt, Falklands inc. KEVII 5/- used, KGV 3/- & 5/- used and Whale & Penguin set to 5/- used, India, KUT Pictorial set to £1 used, Nigeria Pictorials to £1 used, N.Rhodesia with KGV to 20/- (less the 8d value) mint or used, Nyasaland inc. KEVII £1 used & KGV 10/- used, very good ranges of Rhodesia with several high values, Sierra Leone inc. Wilberforce 5/- & £1 used, South Africa, Tanganykika, etc. Sparse in places but a very good lot nevertheless. (Many 100's). £2000
254 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: The extensive mint collection of KGVI housed in 12 loose-leaf albums arranged alphabetically by country. Some remaindering apparent but a very clean lot with a good number of useful sets & odd values noted throughout. STC around £12,000. (Some 1,000's). £2400
HEAVY LOTS - BUYERS MUST COLLECT.
The following lots are too large to be handled by our Despatch Department. Buyers of these lots will be responsible for their prompt removal from our premises..
HEAVY CARTONS, BOXES, SUITCASES, ETC.
255 THREE CARTONS containing the early to modern World-wide collection housed in 19 albums. (Large Qty.). £180
256 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of stamps & covers in various albums & stockbooks. (Large Qty.). £150
257 TWO CARTONS containing the extensive World-wide collection/accumulation in 15 albums/stockbooks. (Large Qty.). £150
258 FIVE CARTONS containing the extensive World-wide collection of covers housed in aquantity of cover albums. Particular strength in GB & Australia. (Large Qty.). £150
259 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive early to modern World-wide accumulation in a quantity of albums, stockbooks, etc. (Large Qty.). £150
260 TWO CARTONS containing the extensive mint & used World-wide collection in 12 albums & stockbooks. A good variety of material noted. Careful inspection recommended. (Qty.). £150
261 TWO CARTONS containing the eclectic early to modern accumulation in various albums & stockbooks. Some useful mint KGVI Commonwealth issues noted. (Large Qty.). £120
262 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive World-wide collection/accumulation with particular interest in used QEII GB including a good number of fine used commem. sets. (Large Qty.). £120
263 FOUR CARTONS containing the extensive & varied World-wide accumulation including GB FDC's, Guernsey Presentation Packs, a general collection in albums, etc. (Large Qty.). £100
264 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive World-wide collection/accumulation with strength in GB including nine albums of FDC's. (Large Qty.). £100
265 THREE CARTONS containinmg the extensive duplicated World-wide collection in 9 albums. Also four old SG Catalogues. (Many 1,000's). £90
266 TWO CARTONS with 15 binders containing duplicated ranges of mainly European mint & used stamps with emphasis on Germany (good Bavaria noted) and Netherlands & Colonies but many other areas represented. A good lot for sorting. (Many 100s). £80
267 TWO CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of stamps, covers & cards. Well worth careful inspection. (Large Qty.). £75
268 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive early to modern accumulation. Strength in GB & Channel Islands. (Qty.). £75
269 THREE LARGE CARTONS containing the extensive and extremely eclectic accumulation of stamps, covers & accessories. (Large Qty.). £60
270 TWO CARTONS containing the extensive collection of covers housed in six cover albums. Particular interest in Australia & India. (Qty.). £60
271 TWO CARTONS containing the miscellaneous World-wide accumulation of covers, cards, stamps, ephemera, etc. (Large Qty.). £60
272 LARGE CARTON containing the interesting World-wide range in 10 stockbooks. Much moder mint noted from a wide range of countries. (Qty.). £150
273 LARGE CARTON containing the extensive World-wide accumulation. Much common material but with some useful noted inc. Ireland Sea Horses to 10/- mint. Well worth a look. (Qty.). £100
274 LARGE CARTON containing the varied World-wide collection in various albums, etc. Strength in GB with a quantity of Presentation Packs. Total "Face" value £97.77. (Qty.). ## £75
275 LARGE CARTON containing the extensive modern accumulation of FDC's. Chiefly GB. (Few 100's). £75
276 CARTON containing a varied World-wide range of stamps & covers. Chiefly modern but with some earlier items noted. OFFERED ON BEHALF OF ST. JULIA'S HOSPICE, HAYLE - PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY. £30
277 CARTON containing an extremely eclectic mixture including a stockbook of Commonwealth, several stockbooks of mint GB QEII pre-decimal material with many multiples and a strange assembly of album pages excised from old printed albums housing a somewhat sparse World-wide miscellany. (Qty.). £150
278 CARTON containing sundry Australia, Canada & GB in packets and envelopes. (Qty.). £120
279 CARTON containing the interesting early to middle period accumulation in various albums, on leaves, etc. Some useful British Commonwealth noted. (Qty.). £100
280 CARTON containing the interesting World-wide collection/accumulation in 7 albums/stockbooks including useful GB from a fair 1840 1d. (Qty.). £100
281 CARTON containing the interesting World-wide collection with strength in GB (from two defective 1840 1d blacks) & Commonwealth (with better KGV/KGVI period noted). Well worth a look. (Qty.). £100
282 CARTON containing the early to modern accumulation including useful Canada. (Qty.). £75
SMALLER CARTONS, BOXES, ETC.
283 BOX containing the extensive mint & used early to middle period collection with strength in GB from a fair 1840 1d and with useful later QV ranges, KEVII/KGV including some useful types, etc. (Many 100's). £150
284 BOX containing the interesting early to modern accumulation with an emphasis on British Commonwealth issues. Some useful items noted - inspection recommended. (Qty.). £100
ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC.
285 TRIUMPH ALBUM with the World-wide collection. Some better bits & pieces throughout - e.g. we note, on 1st page, 4 vals of the 1943 Ethiopia "Obelisk" overprints fine mint (SG £200), mainly used GB with QV to 1/-(2), Netherlands, Norway, India including QV used in Aden & Busrah., New Zealand with Chalons to 1/- & a pair of 6d. Etc., etc. Worth a good look. (100's). £240
286 ALBUM containing the extremely eclectic mint & used World-wide ranges with an emphasis on Foreign. (Sev. 100's). £90
287 UNTIDY ACCUMULATION on leaves with much of interest noted inc. particularly useful Samoa, sundry Bosnia & Herzegovina, a page of Cape Triangulars (extremely mixed condition), etc. A highly unusual assembly. (Few 100's). £120
288 CLUB BOOKS: The mint & used GB & Commonwealth range in 15 circulated club books. The remnanta are PTSA £761. (Few 100's). £100
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS
289 THREE ALBUMS with the mint & used collection; vol.1 containing useful Australia & States, Canada & India & States. Vol II (Lancaster album) with B-T collection including useful Labuan & North Borneo, New Zealand, Newfoundland & Rhodesia. Vol III with Malaya, Ireland, Levant, etc. A bit disorganised but will be worth the close viewing. (STC £6000-£7000). £360
290 IMPERIAL ALBUM VOLUME II with the mint & used collection, 1928-1935 including many better sets & singles and with particularly useful ranges of GB (inc. a fair used PUC £1), Australia (inc. 5/- Bridge), Canada, Caymans (inc. 5/- Justices & 10/- Pictorial used), Falklands, Malayan States, New Zealand & Sarawak. A good lot - viewing highly recommended. (Many 100's). £750
291 STOCKBOOK containing the interesting mint & used accumulation with strength in KGVI & early QEII including a good range of high value definitives. Rather untidy but well worth close perusal. (Sev. 100's). £360
292 SG. KGVI PRINTED ALBUM containing the mint & used collection. A useful lot with several better items in evidence. (Sev. 100's). £300
293 STOCKBOOK containing the extensive chiefly KGVI mint accumulation with a good number of blocks and with particular strength in Falklands Dependencies & Malayan States. A good clean lot of highly popular material. (Few 100's). £200
294 ALBUM containing the mint & used collection of countries (Ireland to Uganda) with strength in mint QEII. Many of the mint sets are in pochettes and some wrinkling has ensued. (Many 100's). £120
295 IMPERIAL ALBUM VOLUME II (MAURITIUS-ZULULAND) containing the somewhat sparse mint & used collection to 1935. Worth inspection. (Few 100's). £100
296 MISCELLANY on stockleaves with much of interest throughout. Rather untidy but a good lot with main interest in KGV/KGVI period. (Some 100's). £300
297 MISCELLANY on album leaves of almost exclusively mint KGVI stamps incl. British Solomon Islands with values to 10/- (3), Fiji to 5/-, Malacca to $5, Malta to 10/- (2), North Borneo to $10 and a particularly strong section of Falkland Islands & Dependencies with some duplication but values to £1 and many highly catalogued stamps. Mostly fine and fresh. SG. Cat. £1,272. (387). £260
298 MISCELLANY on leaves with strength in Canada & Channel Islands (inc. Guernsey 1941-44 1d red imperforate pair). Well worth careful inspection. (Few 100's). £150
299 MISCELLANY on cards with GB 1840 1d (2, poor) & 1841 2d (7, very mixed condition), New Zealand Chalon 2d (2), 3d & 6d, etc. Mostly with some fault or other. (17). £75
300 BRITISH AFRICA: Collection on album leaves of almost exclusively KGVI mint stamps with many countries featured incl. Ascension with better perfs., Basutoland & Bechuanaland sets to 10/-, Gambia values to 5/-, Gold Coast values to 10/- (pair), St. Helena values to 10/-, Sierra Leone values to £1 (2) and generally much of merit. Mostly fine and fresh. SG. Cat. £1,150. (349). £240
301 BRITISH ASIA: Mint miscellany on album leaves featuring BAHAWALPUR incl. 1948 complete definitive set and later issues with perf. varieties, PAKISTAN incl. 1948-56 and 1949-53 definitives apparently complete with all perf. varieties apart from 25r perf. 12, NORTH BORNEO incl. 1945 'BMA' opts. to $1 (all but 15c being marginal or corner examples) & 1947 definitives complete and SARAWAK incl. 1934-41 complete set of 26, 1945 'BMA' opts. to $1 and 1950 complete definitive set. Nearly all fine & fresh. SG. Cat. £900+. (220). £220
302 CANADA/NEWFOUNDLAND: The small mint selection on stockcards comprising Canada KGV 5c grey-blue (SG.206a), 2c on 3c carmine (SG.264) x 2 & Newfoundland 1933 Air set of five. (8). £75
303 GAMBIA/NATAL: The small KEVII mint range on two stockcards comprising Gambia 1904-06 set & Natal 1902-03 set. (25). £90
304 GIBRALTAR/MALTA: Printed album containing the mint collection with strength in KGVI & QEII issues. Several better values noted and the total Catalogue value is £835. (Small Qty.). £120
FOREIGN COLLECTIONS
305 TWO IDEAL ALBUMS containing the extensive mint & used collection to about 1936. Some remaindering in evidence but a useful lot nevertheless. (Few 1,000's.). £400
306 MISCELLANY: Switzerland 1852 Rayon II 15r vermillion - a fine 4-margin example with grille cancellation; Iran 1902 12ch sealing cover to Cambridge with fine 'BOUSHIR' c.d.s.; Spain 1929 League of Nations opt. set, fine unmounted mint; Israel 1950 coins 5p-30p in unnmounted mint tete-beche pairs. (22 stamps & a cover). £120
307 EUROPE: Carton containing the interesting ranges of Czechoslovakia, Russia & Sweden. Well worth inspection. (Qty.). £60
OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS
308 1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Album containing the predominantly used collection comprising a virtually complete set (including a good used example of the Egypt seal) plus a few varieties. (Approx. 260). £300
THEMATICS
309 POLICE: Carton containing eight albums full of mainly modern material from a wide range of countries including covers, cards, ephemera, etc. (Large Qty.). £100
310 POLICE - ITALY: A substantial collection of covers, cards, etc. relating to the Carabinieri & the Swiss Guard. The basis of a fine display. (Qty.). £75
311 POLICE: Carton containing the extensive ranges in eight binders with much attractive & unusual material noted. (Large Qty.). £75
312 POLICE: Carton containing the extensive range of mainly modern World-wide material on the police theme housed in two boxfiles & three binders. (Large Qty.). £70
313 POLICE: The World-wide collection of modern Police related material in five binders. (Qty.). £60
314 POLICE: Miscellany in two albums, one Interpol related, the other devoted to Foreign Police Forces. Also a binder with a selection of signed Army covers. (Qty.). £60
315 POLICE: Boxfile containing a good collection of covers and stamps related to the Dutch Police Force. (Qty.). £60
ALBUMS, PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.
316 TWO LARGE CARTONS crammed predominantly with a large accumulation of new album leaves & Hagner leaves. (Large Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT. £30
317 FOUR CARTONS containimng the extensive accumulation of accoutrements - chiefly albums/stockbooks inc. three virtually new stockbooks, an SG Simplex album with leaves, a Lighthouse hingeless album for post-WWII German issues, etc. (Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT. £30
318 FRANK GODDEN ALBUMS: Six boxed FG albums (two with leaves). Good condition. £75
WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY
319 CARTON containing a substantial miscellany of mainly European covers, the majority are middle to modern period material, inc. selections from France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain etc. Also a packet of items with shipping interest inc. s few paquebot covers plus various other oddments. Nothing outstanding but a useful lot. (100s). £120
320 THREE CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of World-wide commercial and philatelic mail. (Large Qty.). £100
321 CARTON containing an extensive accumulation of mostly modern mail inc. much New Zealand. (Qty.). £50
322 MISCELLANY in binder with much British Commonwealth inc. useful Australia, sundry Airmails, etc. (Small Qty.). £100
** 323 AUSTRALIA AND STATES: 1934-67 The selection of covers (22) inc. mixed state philatelic frankings, with values to 10/- (Queensland), 1934 "Arms" 10/- & £1 FDC's. Mixed condition. £100
324 EUROPE - EASTERN: Miscellany of middle to modern period covers & cards inc. good selection from Austria (1917 fieldpost in Poland noted), Czeckoslovakia with many attractive FDCs, Poland inc. 1955 10th Anniversary set FDCs, plus a few Hungary & Rumania. (Approx. 150). £70
** 325 MIDDLE EAST - SUDAN: 1935 env. registered from Musellemiya to London franked with 20pi with m/s "Found in letter box" and three other Yemen covers. £60
326 PNEUMATIC MAIL: Selection of used & unused pneumatic stationery from Germany (10), Austria (11) & France (15) c1882-1960 inc. a variety of types, cancellations etc., the used items in the usual creased condition; also stamped Es sent via the system from Germany & France (2 inc. an unusual example ex Boulogne) plus a 1936 postal calendar with tariffs etc. (39 items). £120
WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY
327 MISCELLANY: Album of foreign PPCs, many written to Scotland on voyages in the Southern Hemisphere c1905-27 apparently by the ship's captain, inc. group from the 'Dolbadarn Castle' 1905-11 voyages inc. two of the ship and another RP of the crew plus others from the 'Dolphin Shell', SS 'Poyrula' ( nice card of the NYK 'Katori Maru'), items from the 'Scala Shell' & 'Trophon' etc. plus a few unrelated items. An unusual lot which tells an interesting story. (96 cards). £80
328 DENMARK: 10o red postal stationery postcard used to Belfast in 1884 with the "stamp" tied by a fine "DPSK. P. EXP./23/7./No 6" (being the canceller allocated to the Danish ferry-boat between K–rs–r and Nyborg) and 6c brown postal stationery postcard used in 1885 to Sweden (Norrk–ping arrival mark) with the "stamp" tied by a fine framed "FRAN DANMARK". An attractive pair. £60
329 EGYPT: 1908 Colour postcard addressed to Rumania franked on the picture side with a 2m green adhesive tied by a fine Rumanian Sea Post Office "ALEXANDRIA - CONSTANTA/*" cancellation with another example on the (slightly stained) address side. Also an unused black & white postcard of the paquebot 'Romania' crossing the Bosphorus off Constantinople. An attractive matching pair. £60
330 INDIA USED ABROAD: Black and white postcard depicting the landing pier at Aden, written in German at Aden in 1909, addressed to Switzerland and franked with a pair of KEVII Indian ‡a green adhesives tied by a mainly fine strike of the Italian ship "RAFFAELE RUBATTINO" double-ring c.d.s. A scarce cancellation on Indian stamps. £60
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331-410
411-490
491-570
571-650
651-730
731-810
811-890
891-970
971-1045
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