Lot
1793 
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Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1900, mostly used housed in Scott pages; with regular issues virtually complete for the period with many additional examples throughout, includes 1840 1d & 2d issues x2, 1878 high value present with extra 10sh, 1882-83 high values including £5 orange, 1883-84 high values most with additional including £1, 1883 £1 and 1891 £1 x2, Officials with better needing to be checked, unused 1d & 2d Mulready entires, a wonderful showing of cut squares mostly mint including dozen and dozens of compounds, nice section of G.B. used aboard, offices and a mix of back-of-the-book items including railway and revenue; condition is mixed with many scarce items throughout, inspection highly recommended. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
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Realized: $5,500
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1794 /o
Great Britain, Collection, 1840-2000, regular issues mounted and identified on quadrille pages in four binders with the various plate represented in QV issues; starting predominately used QV issues including five 1840 1d black singles followed by various imperf and early perf'd issues with better including watermark inverted variety, 1864 1d plates lacking 77 & 225 for completion, 1870 ½ plates complete including a lightly canceled well centered plate 9 (48, cat £700), mint 1850 ½d from plate 1 (52, short corner perf, cat ¢725), 1848 10d embossed with wide sheet margin (57, £1,500) with RPSL cert, lovely light canceled 1856 4d medium garter (63, £575), 1865 4d vermilion plate complete and later plate completion with some 1880's mint, lovely 1867 5sh (126, £675), 1883-84 high values lacking the £1 three orbs, 1902 KEVII definitive lacking 10sh for completion, good KGV issues with some shades, good showing of Seahorse with later mint, virtually all mint from 1936 on including 1939-48 KGV set, mint completion in QEII issues including both Castle sets and all other definitives & commemorative appear to be present, includes regionals and additional booklets and FDC's; condition varies with many nice sound better stamps in early issues, inspection recommended for full evaluation. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
Realized: $2,200
Lot 1795 o
Great Britain, Used Collection 1840-1955, small but deceptively valuable collection/accumulation on stock pages in a binder, majority of value in Queen Victoria issues including many different plate numbers, highlights begin with six Penny Blacks (5 with/red Maltese Cross cancels), also Scott #5, 7, 15, 28, 37, 40, 46 plate. 4, 49 plate. 4, 52 plate. 4 (2), 56 plate. 1, 57 plate. 2, 70 plate. 16, 104 (2), 105 (4), 106 (4), 107 (4), 108 (4), 109 (2), 173 (5), 174 (2), O30 plate. 13, O36 (2), also a few mint 80, 87 plate. 14 etc., inspection recommended, owner's Scott $35,800, clean and Fine to Very Fine.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,200
Lot
1796 /o
Great Britain, Accumulation, mint, used, old-time collector's four-stockbook accumulation of hundreds of 19th and mostly earlier 20th century, used and some mint to 1960's, value in the £10-£200 range with generally modest duplication, some to fifty or more each, mixed condition but with much fine-very fine; total cat value by S.G. will exceed £59,000 (over $70,000.). Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,400
Lot
1797
Great Britain, QEII Complete, commemorative sets on never hinged condition; in 2 binders + others; neatly presented; 100's of complete sets with very little duplication. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $290
Lot
1798 /o/
Greece, Holding, 1861-2003, in Minkus album and 4 additional binders plus stockbook, much mint mixed hinged/n.h., includes Epirus, Thrace, Crete, Ionian Is., occupation and local issues, also includes some nice unused sets including #372-77, 381, C1-C4, C5-C17, C20 and more useable material; inspect. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
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1799 /
Greenland, Collection, 1938-2022 modern mint collection in three albums, very strong in plate blocks (cat $3,625 as normal) plus singles (cat $1,640) plus a nice group of mini sheets, souvenir sheets and booklets (cat $1,285), high degree of completion in items cat to $20 range, fresh and clean with excellent topicals throughout, a very attractive group with very high face value; total catalog $6,550. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $700
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1800 /o
Griqualand West, Collection, 1877-78, mostly used housed on Scott pages; with near complete issues for the period, includes the 1877 "G.W." issues complete used, 1877 "G" first printing issues appear to be complete, 1878 second printing issues missing only five issues for completion, and later issues missing only a couple issues and include three inverted overprint and a double overprint variety; condition a little varied, inspection recommended. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $2,500
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1801 /o
Hong Kong, Collection, 1862-1900, mixed mint and used housed on Scott pages; with nearly complete issues for the period and some pleasant duplication, includes complete regular issues for the period including first issues mostly used, 1891 Jubilee issue both */o, includes postal fiscal lacking the rare $10, first two postal card stamps present with duplication, section of revenues some used as postage, also a fairly extensive section of issues with Treaty Port cancellations; condition is mixed, inspect. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $3,000
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1802 /o
Iceland, Collection, 1870-1940, mint and used on Scott album pages with some pleasant duplication; includes Coat of Arms issues with 1873 issue mint and 1876 issues mixed */o complete, good "I Gildi" issues and King definitives well represented with some later completion, airmails with mint Millenary & Zepps complete, completion in official issues, etc.; condition mixed mostly confined to early issues, please inspect. Estimate $500 - 750.
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Realized: $550