Robert Murray Stamp Auction

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               items as well as the normal run. Includes UK 1840 2d g.u., couple of W.Germany 1950s,
               and some useful covers e.g.UK 1855 to Belgium with 6d, 1857 and 1858 from Belgium
               and France both redirected in UK, India 1856 and 1858, Victoria to Scotland 1854 and
               1856, and 1954 Singapore crash cover. (100s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                £220.
        2     Flat box with m. & u. mix/collns. on pages and stockleaves, mainly middle to modern.
               Much Europe. Includes Spain, Portugal, N.Korea, W.Germany (high catalogue – many
               better), Papua, Australia, Tibet (forgeries), Belgium, etc. Total cat. in thousands of pounds.
               (Many 100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £200.
        3     Bundle of German approval books with dupl. used ranges, mainly 1950s. Most interest in
               German area (where there are many better values, e.g. 10 sets of W.Germany 1955 Human-
               itarian, cat.£42. per set, and 40 used sets of W.Germany 1956 Humanitarian, cat.£21. per
               set), plus a little Switzerland and Commonwealth. (100s) þ                   ..               ..                £150.
        4     Largely Commonwealth seln. of selected items, plus some UK and Europe. Generally of
               individually worthwhile catalogue price, but often with faults to some degree. Includes a
               few earlies. Cat. over £1,000, possibly £2,000. (43 items) Also a few pages with further
               QV to KG6 Commonwealth, mainly duplicated medium values (c.200) ..        £130.
        5     Carton with about fifteen stockbooks of mainly Germany and Switzerland, plus some
               Austria, and some other mainly foreign countries. (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                £120.
        6     Over 20 stockbooks of world stamps, plus other binders, and many others loose. Comes
               (we believe) from the estate of a collector in Denmark, so has some strength in Denmark
               and other Scandinavia. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        7     Seven albums and seven stockbooks in carton. Nearly all foreign, with strength in Germany,
               U.N., Switzerland, a Nobel Prize thematic album, world miniature sheets, etc. Not
               enormous numbers, but inc. numerous mint, some in blocks. (1,000s) þ                 ..                £100.
        8     Carton with remainder collections of Austria, Czechoslovakia, E.Germany, Italy, K.U.T.,
               Netherlands and Colonies, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia, and a few
               oddments. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        9     Remainder lot stuffed in carton. German slant, but with all-world also. Contains pages,
               stamps in packets, approval books, dupl. off-paper, FDCs and other covers, etc. Generally
               quite modern inc. mint, sets, m.s., etc. (1,000s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      10     Large mixed world box with a definite Scandinavian strength, especially Denmark. Loose
               stamps, FDCs, bundles, and many others. (1,000s) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    85.
      11     General world collection in three volumes, plus another half dozen world albums, a cover
               album of UK p.packs and others, a bundle of album pages with mainly world sets, plus
               mixed loose. (1,000s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      12     Mix in box inc. a bundle of unsold Buy or Bid Sale lots (these s.t.c.£2,869.), plus m. & u. on
               pages, loose stamps in packets, and a couple of horrible photo albums of stamps. (1,000s) þ       80.
      13     Heavy carton containing 14 mixed stockbooks, albums, and folders. A general world mix
               with larger numbers of European. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            70.
      14     Remainder colln. in six large albums, mainly used, with little after 1960. Much Europe and
               South America. Has been picked but still useful ranges. (1,000s) þ                        ..                    70.
      15     Three fat Scott International albums containing {i} sparse issues to 1940, {ii} scattered
               1940-49 m. & u., and {iii} 1940-49 countries A-I m. & u. (inc. some Indian States and
               revenues). (Some 100s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      16     Four mixed albums of world stamps, generally to about 1940s only, and the main value in
               the Commonwealth (100s). Also an album of cigarette cards, and odd others. þ        50.
      17     Traditional world colln. in three Simplex Standard albums (100s, up to about 1970s), plus
               two cover albums of mainly UK 1970s FDCs and presentation packs, and others in stock-
               books, etc. (1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.

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      18     Large carton with a number of cigar boxes containing mainly bundleware or other loose
               stamps (much UK, but other countries also), plus four long filing boxes with thousands of
               packets of sorted Germany and others. (100,000s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      19     Small box with bundle of stockcards – interesting mix of early to middle periods m. & u.,
               mainly foreign plus some Commonwealth and little UK. Includes a few revenues etc.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      20     Mixed lot in box with three stockbooks, a bundle of pages, loose stamps, bundles of post-
               cards and maxi-cards, etc. Apparently collected in Germany, so has that bias. (1,000s) þ            45.
      21     World assortment in four albums (two of these exclusively Europe), mainly used with little
               after 1960. Very little Commonwealth. (1,000s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      22     Cardboard box of mixed world – pages, stockcards, kiloware, odds and ends. (1,000s) O          40.
      23     Seven stockbooks of mainly pictorial stamps, sets, and m.s., mint and used, of about 1962
               to 1996. Two stockbooks are of Leaders of the World, two of W.Germany/W.Berlin, the
               others of Cuba, Poland, Nicaragua, Equatorial Guinea, and others. (100s) þ          ..                    40.
      24     Carton with world in stockbook, bundle of approval books of Austria, pages, blocks and
               dupl. in packets, and many others. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            40.
      25     Big box with various remainders of USA (inc. many FDCs), UK, and world. (1,000s) þ              40.
      26     Accumulation in carton, mainly in smaller boxes and tins. Whole world, but with much
               Germany and other European. (1,000s) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      27     Four cartons have arrived with us just as we are going to press. They seem to contain largely
               German material, with many covers, but other countries are present. Each box must be
               worth at least a quick inspection. First carton. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      28     Second carton of the four. þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      29     Third carton of the four. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      30     Fourth carton of the four. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      31     Carton of albums and stockbooks, with stronger Germany, Saar, UK, UN, USA (the last
               two inc. FDCs etc. also). þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      32     Box with fair bundle of remainder club books and approval sheets. Mixed countries and
               periods. (Many 100s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      33     Medium carton - covers, remainder album, plastic tub, various mixed stamps. (1,000s) þ             30.
      34     Carton with an empty New Ideal album (vol.1, fair only), a slim stockbook of Romania,
               bundles of world stamps on and off-paper (some partly sorted). (1,000s) þ           ..                    24.
      35     Mix on stockcards etc. of mainly earlier Australian States (53), Canada (6), USA (10), and
               UK (35 earlier, plus 130 QE, 1 bkt.). Total s.t.c.£700+ but many faults noticed.                           24.
      36     Carton of world stamps on pages, loose in bundles, a few covers, etc. (1,000s) þ   20.
      37     Mix in box of odd stamps, two albums, a few covers and cards, old pennies, etc. þ 15.
      38     Bundle of 25 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 250 diff.
               Austria, 50 diff. Brasil, 150 diff. France, 100 diff. Japan, 50 diff Peru, etc.) (2,500) þ                  15.
      39     A similar lot, but different range in parts. (2,500) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      40     Small seln. of Commonwealth booklets plus a few other countries’ booklets and souvenir
               folders, etc. (c.30 items) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      41     Mixture with three folders from Australia Bicentennial Collection, a few mixed covers (inc.
               railway theme), Tuvalu 1988 Cook set u.m. (6 + m.s., cat.£10¾), etc. þ                ..                    12.
      42     Long box with roughly 180g net weight of world off-paper loose stamps. þ            ..                    10.
      43     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      44     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      45     A similar lot, but about 150g. þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      46     Odd mix in shoebox, being a load of recycled Christmas cards, each with a seln. of world
               stamps inside. (100s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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      47     British Commonwealth; mainly used collection in three volumes showing a wide range
               of material, often up to quite recent issues. S.t.c.£4,000+ (this made up mainly by numbers
               of fairly cheap stamps) (c.6,750) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £200.
      48     --; m. & u. mix on a few pages and in biscuit tin, mainly about 1937-80. Fair number of
               W.Indies. (100s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      49     --; West Indies; three small boxes with off-paper mainly modern mix of Jamaica, Trinidad
               and Tobago, and mixed others. (100s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      50     --; Omnibus; 1935 S.Jubilee small seln. inc. HK m. & u. sets (small faults), S.Rhodesia set
               m.m., a few UK odds ex. bkts., and a couple of others.    ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      51     --; --; 1973 R.Wedding u.m. colln. in album virtually complete but many affected by gum
               adhesion (65, 5 m.s.); 1974 Churchill small colln. m.m./u.m. (c.100, 20 m.s.); and 1986
               incomplete range of u.m. sets for Queen’s Birthday and Royal Wedding (c.150). þ      30.
      52     --; --; 1977 Silver Jubilee apparently complete colln. of u.m. sets, miniature sheets, and
               booklets (these last with hinge marks) in two volumes, plus third album with FDCs. (c.300,
               30 m.s., 10 bkts., 48 FDCs) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      53     Africa; m. & u. ranges on pages and stockcards, and loose in packets. Mainly French
               Colonies, c.1920-70. A few odd others also. (100s)         ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      54     Asia; mix in a smallish box with m. & u. China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, a little HK and
               Singapore, and two old China catalogues. (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      55     Europe; box with mainly middle to modern periods mix in stockbooks, on pages, and in
               packets. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      56     Latin America; bundle consisting of stockbook of Venezuela, stockleaves of Dominican
               Republic, and small album of various countries. Mainly used. (100s) þ ..                                    26.
      57     Scandinavia; an extensive accumulation in three cartons of stockbooks (approx. 25
               standard size, a few smaller) and other binders/folders. Apparently collected in Denmark,
               so that country strongest, and the majority comprises used duplicates sorted in order.
               Generally the commoner stamps seen, but inc. many pictorials, and some quite modern
               issues in places. Also inc. a few covers. (Many 1,000s) þ ..                   ..                            £150.
      58     --; untidy accum. in large carton – FDCs and other covers, presentation packs, misc.
               stamps, odds and ends, Norway and Finland bundleware, maxi-cards, some items in
               frames, etc. (Many 1,000s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      59     --; Davo printed album with collections to 1998 of Faroe Islands (310, 9 m.s., 2 bkts., s.t.c.
               £600.) and Greenland (165, 6 m.s., s.t.c.£330.), almost entirely u.m. þ ..        £120.
      60     --; quite a disorganised but still interesting box of mixed material, almost entirely Faroes
               and Greenland, and mainly 1970s-onwards (though some earlier also). Includes FDCs,
               m. & u. stamps, commercial and philatelic covers, maxi-cards, other souvenir items,
               Christmas seals, and so on. (100s of items) þ ..               ..                   ..                                £100.
      61     --; a generally similar lot. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      62     --; another similar box, this one with more in stockbooks, and a printed Davo Faroes album
               of mainly used to 1988. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      63     --; and another. þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      64     Thematic; bundle of 15 individual theme packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 150
               diff. Aviation, 50 diff. Cars, 50 insects, 75 maps, etc.) (1,300) þ           ..               ..                    15.
      65     --; Birds; British Honduras 1962 Birds $5 u.m. (cat.£25.); also Monaco 1962 1f Storks in
               green imperf.             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      Ü     --; --; see also Canada (1996).
      66     --; Christmas; m. & u. colln. in three folders, from 1956. Largely Commonwealth and with
               a bit of dupl. Two folders are of sets, the third is of odds. (c.900) þ      ..               ..                    24.
      67     --; Horses; album of stamps (c.150, sometimes inc. sets of which only one has a horse),
               covers (19), p.pack (1). þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    16.

Orders for albums, catalogues, pages, accessories, and so on, can be brought to the sale for you.
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      68     Thematic; Railway; Locomotive Philatelica colln. in four binders, mainly Leaders of the
               World issues, plus a few maxi-cards etc. (c.900, 8 m.s., 20 others) þ   ..                                    26.
      69     --; Space; mainly used colln. of E.European and others, mainly sets. Includes a few
               “stamps on stamps” also. (c.700) þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      70     --; U.P.U.; 1949 seln. of m.m. issues of 24 non-Commonwealth countries inc. Japan ms,
               Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Syria. (S.t.c.£130. for u.m.) (78, 1 m.s.)                         15.
      71     Covers; three large plus two small cover albums (and others) with Australia, Canada, UK
               (and others), first day covers (and others !). (100s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      72     --; 1815-95 seln. of covers from foreign addresses, all but one to UK, inc. 1831 with oval
               SHIP LETTER/CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1817 with stepped GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER (fair), etc.
               (12, plus a front)        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      73     --; album with a colln. of UK postal stationery (c.70, cards, envelopes, wrappers); also a
               small bundle of world covers (c.40, USA, Egypt, Canada, etc. ) þ        ..               ..                    18.
      74     --; 1941-45 seln. of censor covers, mainly from India, also Sierra Leone, UK, Italy. (14)              10.
      75     --; one shoebox of mixed world covers, and another shoebox with UK (mainly FDCs). þ              8.
      76     --; Scandinavia; massive stock in large carton of mainly philatelic covers – a mix of first
               day, plus other special events inc. numerous first flights and other aviation anniversaries etc.,
               often in duplicated bundles. Strongest country is Denmark, but we’ve also seen Faroes,
               Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Greenland. Bulk is from around the 1960s-80s period.
               Approx. 24kg gross – our estimate is 2,800 covers. þ     ..                   ..               ..                £400.
      77     --; --; quite a useful mixture in a medium carton, of Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
               A mix of commercial, first day, and other philatelic, with both duplication and variety.
               Bulk is from 1960s to 1980s, with some earlier. Although the main numbers are of items
               worth only a few pence, there are better scattered through. (Some 100s) þ            ..                £150.
      78     --; Maritime; seln. of world covers with ships' cachets, paquebot marks, etc., mainly
               1950s-80s. (20)        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      79     --; World Wildlife Fund; 1976-79 Franklin collection of FDCs (1 stamp per cover) in
               large album. (144) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            22.
      80     Perfins; stockbook with mixed perfins of Germany, UK, USA, and many other countries.
               Probably includes some duplication. (c.2,000) þ              ..                   ..               ..                £170.
      81     --; little pocket stockbook of mixed countries (c.275)       ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      Ü     --; see also Rhodesia.
      82     Cinderella; stamp-sized, and perforated, photograph of ship, inscribed “PIRAMUS”. 2.
      Ü     --; see also Australian States (NSW), Italy, New Zealand, S.Africa (Transvaal), USA.
      83     Forgeries and Reprints; stockalbum with mixed world range, sometimes duplicated, also
               inc. facsimiles, remainders, postal stationery cutouts, etc. (c.350). Also some genuine
               stamps (c.250) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      ***     --; see also Belgium, Germany, Italian States (Tuscany), New Zealand, Serbia, S.Africa
               (Transvaal), and possibly Bolivia.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.

      84     Literature; fourteen various books and catalogues etc. þ ..                   ..              6.
      85     Supplies (New); seln. of 12 full packets of Prinz Standard (like Hawid) mounts, cut-to-size
               for UK sizes, black background. Current retail £8.40 þ   ..                   ..               ..                      5.
      86     --; seln. of full packets of Prinz Standard black background strips – one each of 16 different
               sizes between 21mm and 55mm. Current retail £68. þ     ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      87     --; a similar lot, but one each of 15 different sizes, retail £64.25 þ         ..               ..                    32.
      88     --; a similar lot, but comprising 24mm (1 pkt.), 29mm (2), 41mm (4), plus one packet of
               mixed strips. Retail £34½ þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      89     --; seln. of nine full packets of Prinz Standard black background block sizes, between
               66x210mm and 210x170mm. Current retail £37.80 þ      ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      90     --; seln. of 31 full packets of Prinz Gard (like Showgard) mounts, cut-to-size for UK sizes,
               black background. Current retail £30.90 þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      91     --; seln. of full packets of Prinz Gard black background strips – one each of 14 different
               sizes between 21mm and 55mm. Current retail £63.30 þ ..                   ..                                    30.
      92     --; a similar lot, but one each of 9 sizes, retail £40.80 þ                         ..               ..                    20.
      93     --; a similar lot, but comprising 21mm (3 pkts.), 24mm (3), 36mm (2), retail £26.10 þ                 12.
      94     --; seln. of full packets of Prinz Gard black background large strip sizes (210 mm long – one
               each of 7 different sizes between 60mm and 10mm. Current retail £29.40 þ           ..                    15.
      95     --; a similar lot. þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      96     --; a similar lot, but comprising 60mm (1 pkt.), 66mm (6), 70mm (2), 75mm (1), 86mm (5),
               92mm (2), and 100mm (2). Retail £79.80 þ   ..               ..                   ..                                    35.
      97     --; seln. of 17 full packets of Prinz Gard black background block sizes, between 130x85mm
               and 210x170mm. Current retail £79.70 þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      98     Supplies (Second-Hand); Safe Signoscope Mark 2 watermark detector. In working order
               but in need of cleaning. Also mains adaptor (but this is European two-pin). Current retail
               £170. þ                    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      99     --; an empty stockbook, an ultraviolet lamp (European plug, probably long wave, not
               checked), another uv lamp unit but without tube, an Inst-a-Tector watermark detector
               (faded sachet), and a few Hawid type cut-to-size mounts. þ                  ..               ..                    15.
    100     --; nine old FG Burleigh binders, all maroon (will fit SG Devon, Barrington Trident, etc.) þ        30.
    101     --; three small stockbooks and a quantity of stockcards (written on back) þ           ..                    10.

           Non-Philatelic Items
    102     Postcards; traditional old album with mainly subject cards – sentimental, rural scenes, cats,
               flowers, verses, greetings, etc., plus some topographical which are mainly UK and USA (the
               latter often with stamps on face). (c.500) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    103     --; four shoeboxes of mainly modern cards – used and unused, UK and foreign. (Estimated