Lot
2181 
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British Commonwealth, Collection, selection of various countries to early 1900's neatly mounted on pages in early springback album; includes Bahamas with a various early 1d and 1sh issues, Cape of Good Hope with issues from 1855 on including better mint triangles, duplication in shades, cover and virtually all full margin issues, including the 1858 6d mint x2 and on cover to England, later multiples, etc., Nevis with 1861-76 issue */o, 1879-80 issues complete mint and 1882-90 issues including the key 6d used, St. Lucia with early issues present, later good surcharges, St. Vincent in similar fashion with good early used issues including better shilling values, some later mint, Trinidad from first issues on including multiples, nice showing of later perf'd Britannia issues, Somaliland Protectorate with first two 1903 sets complete mint, Celyon starting 1866 with better mint high values and later surcharges, Cook Islands, Cyprus from 1881 issues with better mint high values, 1894-96 set complete virtually all mint, Falkland Islands from good early issues and later QV high values, Fiji well represented, Gambia with nice imperf 4d QV and later perf'd QV's complete, Gibraltar with 1899 & 1889-95 sets, Gold Coast QV's mostly complete, Jamaica & Malta mint, Mauritius from 1860-63 issues including the scarce 1863 1sh, New Zealand 1898-1900 Pictorial with high values, Niger Coast with later mint Widowheads, Seycelles with strong showing of mint QV's, etc.; nice material throughout, careful evaluation highly recommended. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
Realized: $6,500