Lot 3108 /o
British Commonwealth, Collection, 1850-1930's, few thousand on album and stock pages in a single binder representing most British Commonwealth countries from Aden to Zanzibar; includes Bahamas early group of Chalon Heads, Burma O11-14, British Cen. Africa 53, Ceylon 38, 82, Gilbert & Elise Is J1-8, Gold Coast 48, Gr. Britain 113/38, Lagos 6, Leeward Is. 114(2), Malta 59b, 64, Mauritius 85, 126, Natal 11, 30, 32, 56, Newfoundland 57, 61-74, Queensland 74/78, Sarawak 47, Seychelles 132/144, Solomon Is. 6, Somaliland 63, 108(mint), S. Rhodesia 13, Straits Settlements 38, Tasmania 92-3, Tonga 13-4, 16, 20, Transjordan B1-12, Trinidad 56(mint); owner's Scott cat $27,800+, please inspect for full evaluation.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $4,000
Lot 3109 //o
British Commonwealth, Collection, 1857-1982, housed in 5 large Scott albums, somewhat sparse at times with useful to occasional good singles and sets; includes British America with some early Antigua, Bahamas with some nice mixed */o, Barbados with later mint sets, Bermuda, etc., British Asia with mint Aden, useful mint Brunei, nice showing of Ceylon and Hong Kong, etc., British Europe including some covers, British Oceania with a nice range of mint throughout, and British Africa including good Gold Coast, Basutoland and Ascension; owner's Scott catalog estimate in excess of $9,000.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $1,350
Lot 3110
British Commonwealth, Postal Stationery, 1890-1960, approximately 1,000 unused items, some duplication, overall F-VF condition, inspect.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $170
Lot 3111 /
British Commonwealth, Collection, mint assembly of issues (and occasional used) neatly arranged by country housed in three large stockbooks; over 100 countries represented from QV to QEII issues, with some highlights including near complete Aitutki issues to 1927, good Antigua early issues and later with 1903 set, £1 Harbor high value and the 1932 Views set, Ascension with better first issues, 1924-33 Seal set and later including shades, Bahamas including KGV £1 definitive, British Honduras including good early issues and KEVII 1904-06 set to the $5, good Cook Islands, Cyprus with early QV overprint issues and later sets, Falkland Islands with early QV's & 1929-31 KGV issue tot the 10sh, Leeward Islands with first issue complete, New Guinea with first three regular issues sets complete and good airmail & officials sets present, Papua Lakatoi issues, Samoa, S.A. bilingual pairs, Tonga, Turks, etc.; nice fresh material throughout, inspection highly recommended.Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
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Realized: $17,000
Lot 3112 /o
British Commonwealth, Collection, spectacular collection on Scott pages; going up to 1938 virtually every colony is well - represented by the 3 Kings issues; very fresh and beautiful condition with a Scott catalog value of nearly $28,000!Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
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Realized: $5,000
Lot 3113 //o
British Commonwealth, Holding, one man's great accumulation and collections; including Singapore and New Zealand albums, nice Australia Postage Dues, Bermuda, Seychelles, Brunei (Scott $1,094), Labuan, Oman, etc.; also includes GB Regional stockbook; tons of value here.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $2,700
Lot 3114 /o
British Commonwealth, Accumulation, of mostly mint issues on stock pages in seven binders; includes 63 mint sets of the 1948-1959 Silver Wedding Issue, including the high values, Papua New Guinea mint #122-136, Bahamas #132-147, British Guiana #152-156 mint, Grenada #114-123 mint, Falkland Islands mint #84-96 (two sets), #107-120, #128-142, Dependencies #1L19-1L33, Ascension #23-3, Barbuda #1-11, Montserrat #75-84, New Zealand #122-125 mint (two sets), selection of */o Canada, Australia including good Roos and later mint sets.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $2,700
Lot 3115 //o
British Commonwealth, Holding, with G.B. but mostly Colonies, a 60 year accumulation of material that the owner never got around to processing, includes n.h. Australia #M7 (Scott $250), an Antigua #7, nice unused (Scott $600), etc.; inspect.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,300
Lot 3116 /o
British Commonwealth, Collection, housed in two New Imperial albums to 1935; nice showing of issues with some good mint definitive runs and neatly canceled used; includes additional stock in two books, few covers, etc.; worth proper evaluation.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,800
Lot 3117 /o
British Commonwealth, Holding, of one man's 60 year accumulation; better items abound and inspection sure to reward.Estimate $600 - 800.
Realized: $1,800