Sale 118: The Fall Sale

Lot 1539    

British Commonwealth, Postal History, lot of about 550 items with main focus on KGVI to QEII period with some earlier items with several better frankings and usages, some small village cancels, censored, air covers, dues, and with many of the modern commercial usages from odd places in Africa, etc.; no rarities and a lot of commercial standard mail, but there are many nice usages and surprises mixed in.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $950

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Lot 1540 //o   

British Commonwealth, 1935 Silver Jubilee Varieties Stock, arranged and identified on stock sheets; 70 items including a few pairs and blocks, many better including Basutoland S.G. #13g & 14h, Ceylon 382h n.h., Falkland Islands 139e, Gambia 146c n.h., Gold Coast 116b n.h., Hong Kong 136b (£900), Nyasaland 125k & 126k both n.h., Sierra Leone 184, 84a block of 4 n.h. and Virgin Islands 106k & 106l both n.h.; S.G. value £22,875+ of which £9,060 is n.h. and £3,082 is used.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.



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Realized: $2,400

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Lot 1541 /o/   

British Commonwealth, KGVI Balance, mostly mint with some Hong Kong covers, Nyasaland with 2sh & 2sh6d mint blocks of 20 and complete set with shades, Leeward Islands mint with set and additional £1 shades & Ceylon variety group, etc.
Estimate    $500 - 750.



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Realized: $1,000

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Lot 1542 /o/   

British Commonwealth, War Tax & Red Cross Issue Exhibit Collection, 1917-40, written-up on pages in binder, includes 50 covers and a wide array of mint and used issues including multiples including full sheets; includes Grenada 1917 Red Cross issues with several mint including pair and used with town cancels, Jamaica 1915 Red Cross includes unoverprinted on and off cover, overprinted on three covers including registered and additional off cover used, also 1940 issues with 15 covers/card including censored, commercial mail, due use, registered ad, patriotic label, etc., Trinidad & Tobago 1916 Red Cross including mint off cover and two covers including first day, War Tax issues including Antigua with three covers (two registered), Bahamas with mint issues including specimen and couple double overprint forgeries and nice section of covers, Barbados on a off cover, similar Bermuda, British Honduras including #MR1a inverted overprint, Cayman Islands including sheets and multi-franking covers, Ceylon & Dominica, Falkland Is. with reversed albino overprint in margin in strip, other countries with covers including Gibraltar, Grenada, Jamaica, Malta, Monserrat, New Zealand, Turks & Caicos, and more with nice array of stamp issues with some variety throughout; an excellent collection ideal for further continuance.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.



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Realized: $1,900

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Lot 1543 o   

British Guiana, Group, 1853-79, of 29 mostly large Ship type stamps perf 10, 13 and 15, the majority with attractive full A03 cancels. Seven stamps (2 with A04 cancels ex-Seifert and on his original card with his write-up. One stamp with scarce French maritime diamond of tots and anchor cancel. Also includes 1860 1¢ perf 12 pale rose. Two 1855 imperf 4¢ blue Ships with faults (one n/c), others generally F-VF. (SG £1,700+).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $290

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Lot 1544 o   

British Guiana, Selection, 1860-90, group of 22 stamps selected for cancellation interest with Ship types (including Officials) canceled "5d" accountancy in red (3), "PP" in circle (3) and "PD" in oval, plus 16 all different cork cancels, many exceptional strikes. Some stamps with fault.
Estimate    $200 - 300.



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Lot 1545 o   

British Guiana, Cancellation Collection, 1866-1976, on album pages consisting of hundreds of stamps, primarily QV - KGV neatly assembled by numeral, towns (Abary - Zorg) and topic (railway, mail boat, steamer, tpo. etc.), plus a group of unsorted mostly Ship types on black stock pages. Many better cancels including receiving offices "code marks". A marvelous lot for the cancel collector.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1546 o   

British Guiana, QEII Cancel Collection, of approximately 300 used stamps selected mostly for cancellation interest, sorted by reign in glassines with a small group QV - KGV era, and the majority KGVI - QEII era. Includes a wide range of towns with many attractive socked-on-the-nose strikes. Also includes a few revenue cancels. Generally F-VF.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1547 o   

British Honduras, QV//QEII Cancellation Collection, consisting of approximately 200 stamps mostly QV - KGV and 10 covers, 7 being KGVI (one a censored mourning cover) and a front. Includes a group from the Proud reference collection plus singles laid out on black stock pages. Also includes a photographic reproduction of the Sperati forged barred "O" cancellation.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1548    

British Indian Ocean Territory, Collection, mix of mostly mint and used issues on quadrille pages, many set and souvenir sheets; nice fresh material, owner's Scott cat $2,900+.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

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