Lot 6
British Commonwealth Reference Stock. Approximately 5,000 items arranged by country and issues in two large stockbooks, with some forgery types in modest to moderate duplication at times; virtually every country represented including early Antigua forgeries, Bahamas including various scarce Oneglia forgeries in duplication, KEVII ½d with value removed and "One Pound" inserted, British Bechuanaland £5 forgeries and various forged overprints, selection of early Bermuda issue fakes and 1874-75 Surcharge overprints forged, British Guiana with bogus cotton reel issues with later reprints and forgeries including 1862 types on cover, British Honduras with early issues forgeries, the unissued 1891 red "SIX" on 10c on 4d issues (two different styles), various forged 1899-1901 QV & 1904-06 KEVII high values on genuine watermark paper (genuine stamp impressions removed), range of Cape of Good Hope fakes, Ceylon including hand drawn facsimiles and genuine altered items, forged Cyprus overprints, Egypt with a variety of early forgeries and later including forged Port Fouad set and back-of-the-book fakes, Gambia with first issue forgeries in blocks, Grenada including 1883 green crown surcharge forgeries by Jeffrys, well over 150 forged Griqualand West overprints mostly different, section of Heligoland reprints, Hong Kong with early QV forgeries including sheet margin multiples, later with forged 1891 Jubilee overprints and fake KEVII dollar values, India including Scind Dawk issues and other early issue fakes, 1854 ½a with cleverly faked retouch, forged Official overprints, 1988 500p postal forgery on and off cover and a selection of State forgeries, interesting section of Mauritius fakes including hand drawn, strong selection of early Nevis issue forgeries including altered genuine, New Guinea £1 engraved forgeries including die proofs in red and green and perf'd - gummed examples in shades, NSW with forgeries from the 1854-55 Diadem issues to forged Official overprints, New Zealand early QV's including a couple Jeffrys forgeries, North Borneo fakes, St. Helena including on cover, strong sections of St. Lucia and St. Vincent including scarce Oneglia creations, Sierra Leone including 1896, 2sh QV and 1903-05 5sh & £1 KEVII issue forgeries on genuine watermark papers, various Strait Settlements forgeries including forged overprints on genuine, Tasmania including several hand drawn items and altered genuine, substantial section of Transvaal, Trinidad with early forgeries as well as several forged 1d on 6d manuscript surcharges, interesting section of Victoria forgeries including half length issue multiples, engraved and hand drawn items, Virgin Islands early issue forgeries in duplication including multiples, wide variety of Western Australia Swan issues including engraved, hand drawn and "die proof" items, Zanzibar & Zululand forged overprints, also a selection of Great Britain including classic issues, forged Official overprints and other facsimile items, with many other countries and areas represented throughout; a wonderful assembly of forgery material which would be impossible to duplicate.Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
Realized: $18,000