Sale 36: The Winter Sale

Lot 1915 /o   

British Commonwealth & Worldwide Sundry, 20th Century. Group of sets and singles on black stockcards, including some better QEII definitive sets, high values, errors & varieties, used Italian Cols, etc; please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1916    

British Commonwealth Flight Covers, 1921-36. 9 items, each cover well written up on display page, including 1921 failed flight to Brussels; 1924 London-Germany; 1925 London-Berlin-Finland flight; 1925 Air-Express Liverpool-Hamburg; 1926 to Dakar, Senegal; 1929 Trinidad & Tobago to Demerara, British Guiana; Antigua-USA "F.A.M.-6" usage; etc., generally F-VF, please inspect.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1917    

British Commonwealth England-Australia Flight Covers, 1929-34. 11 items, each cover well written up on display page, many with the range of Australia Air Post issues, including 1931 flights London-Melbourne & return Melbourne-London; several other London-Sydney; nice Bahrain franking on Imperial flight to Brisbane; condition generally F-VF, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1918    

British Commonwealth 1935 Silver Jubilee. Nearly complete mint set neatly hinged on special pages, including better like South Africa pairs & Australia; few used, please inspect.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $270

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Lot 1919    

British Commonwealth 1979 Captain Cook Omnibus. 80 complete sets in panes of 20, from South Georgia (Scott #52-55), Ascension Island (#235-38), Gilbert Islands (#321-24), Soloman Islands (#381-84) & St Helena (#324-327); this particular omnibus is seldom offered, owner's Scott catalog value $1,240.
Estimate    $200 - 250.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1920    

British Commonwealth New Issues. 3 stockbooks quite full, new issues in glassines and sales cards, strongest in Gilberts, Kiribati & Tuvalu, virtually all never hinged, some blocks and mild duplication, please inspect.
Estimate    $350 - 500.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1921

British Guiana Reference Collection. Outstanding group of 340 or so items, mostly the typeset issues, well-written up on pages identifying the various types, from 1850 onward, and including mostly forgeries and some reprints; a few genuine, identified as such, and many dangerous forgeries; note many shades, papers, so-called varieties, initials, cancellations, etc; designs include "Ship & Motto of the Colony", "Seal of the Colony", different border types, etc; also note 4 bisect covers; and an extensive showing of "Official" surcharges; detailed study by the expert will be most rewarding.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $2,900

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Lot 1922 /o   

British Oceania Selection. Neatly arranged on black stockcards, few QV, much value KGV & KGVI, including nice Papua lakatois, also few QEII, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $280

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Lot 1923 /   

British Offices in Morocco 1898-1957. Fresh all mint neatly mounted on Scott Specialty pages, near complete for the period, with high values, generally F-VF or better, owner's 2007 Scott catalog value $2,700+.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $900

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Lot 1924    

British Offices in Morocco 1936-40. Collection of 40 covers, mostly franked with KEVIII issues, including First Day Covers of Oct 26 1936, variety of postmarks and destinations, including a few covers with usages in Great Britain, some with Gibraltar transit cancels, generally F-VF or better, please inspect.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $675

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