Lot
1692 
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British Commonwealth, Balance Collection, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages with over two dozen countries represented; most with with strong to complete issues up to 1900 and some pleasant duplication at times and many with additional revenues and stationery items, includes Antigua with complete regular issues and some revenues, strong Bangkok issues with overprints needing to checked, complete Cook Islands mostly mint, Dominica near complete, Falkland Islands virtually complete with a 1891, ½d unused severed pair needing to be checked, Grenada approaching completion, Jamaica appears complete with additional back-of-the-book, complete mint Leeward Islands (RPS cert for Jubilee high value), also complete Malta, Montserrat, St. Christopher, Gambia & Gold Coast, strong Lagos completion of some specimen high values, Northern Nigeria complete mint, Orange River approaching completion, complete Sarawak & Seychelles, Stellaland with complete 1884 issues, Sudan complete, Uganda with a couple scarce 1895 typewriter issues and later good typesets, Zululand appears complete, etc.; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
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Realized: $4,500
Lot
1693 /o
British Commonwealth, Accumulation, very miscellaneous 1840-1980's carton accumulation of mint and unused in three albums, 5 stockbooks plus pages, glassines, stock cards, stock sheet, etc., We note 2 British Omnibus (owner's Estimate. cat.) $2,000+, Ireland mint and used cat $1,100 Great Britain on pages to 1950's and mint cat $4,700, loads of miscellaneous mint (including lots of n.h.), $1-25 range items in various formats cat over $10,000, Br. American album cat $3,100. A few Rhodesian double heads used on pages cat £730+. Total cat over $21,500+, most F-VF though there are some faulty early here and there. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,050
Lot
1694
British Commonwealth, Collection, lovely fresh mint, mostly n.h. accumulations of mainly 20th century medium range (most value in $5-$50 range in modest quantities) sets and short sets, neatly arranged in alphabetical order, in #4 glassines in three long boxes, lots of colorful and attractive material here with good topical appeal, most British areas decently represented, cat values for each country or grouping are noted and conservatively stated. Easy to work for good profit potential. Cat by Scott to exceed $22,000. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,350
Lot
1695
British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilee & 1937 Coronation Omnibus Issues, complete mint including Silver Jubilee different designs used by various countries, Very FineEstimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $260
Lot
1696
British Commonwealth, Collection, 1937-60, mint and 100% n.h. KGVI and QEII collection neatly mounted in hingeless blank Palo album pages in 3 volumes, only the better sets here as inexpensive removed, quite a high degree of completion for items cat £40-£1,200 among which we note Aden Dow, first KGVI sets of Falklands (including shade SG162a), Hong Kong, Sarawak BMA overprint, Seychelles, Singapore (both perfs), Straits Settlements, just to name a few, also varieties of perforation overprints and shades, here and there; truly a magnificent collection with its appeal greatly enhanced by the fact that it all is n.h. which is quite unusual these days, well worth a careful perusal. Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.
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Lot
1697
British Commonwealth, Collection, beautiful fresh clean mint n.h. collection of 1940-80's neatly housed in 31 Marini albums or stock books, most British areas are represented and Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Pacific with a high degree of completion for items up to $50 each, very attractive with strong topical appeal, cat value noted for each country is mostly in range of $500-$1,000+, great grounding collection for the quality-conscious collector making a start in Commonwealth; total cat value will exceed $25,000. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $2,600
Lot
1698
British Commonwealth, Collection, 1950-1980's beautiful fresh clean all n.h. mint collection neatly mounted in two completely filled Palo page hingeless albums, solid A-Z run with a high degree of completion in most areas for sets up to $50+ each and with main value in $5-$40 sets, great topicals abound with a solid group of complete definitive sets, cat. estimate of $3,800 is probably conservative; worth a look. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $650
Lot
1699 
British Commonwealth, Dead Letter Office Cover & Ephemera Balance, mix of material in two binders; most includes G.B. with a run of various 1820-1930's Returned Paid Letter covers with a couple with contents (returned letter), includes registered and army post office usages, also a dozen or so other commonwealth usages including India, N.Z., Australia & States including some very well traveled covers/cards with a plethora of transit cancels. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,450
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1700 /o
British East Africa, Collection, 1890-98, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with strong completion issues for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes 1890 first issues used, 1890-94 perf issues complete mint with additional 4r used, 1894 surcharges, 1895 B.E.A. & India overprint issues mixed */o with additional unissued surcharges and U.P.U. high values in later issue, 1896 issue complete mostly mint, 1897 Zanzibar issues missing only a couple surcharges and 1898 high values with specimen top values, etc.; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
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Realized: $1,150
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1701 /o
British Guiana, Collection, 1853-1900, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; strong run of issues for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes a couple good 4¢ imperf values and strong to complete early Ship issues, good to scarce 1862 typesets with five different used, strong 1878 varnish issues, later 1889 Inland issues with better dollar values and mint completion thereafter, Officials with better high value present, some stationary cuts and revenues, etc.; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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