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                    Collections and Mixed Lots.

                     Collections and Mixed Lots.
        1     Large mix of world stamps in fifteen stockbooks or other albums/folders. Whole world
               but with a European bias (little UK included). Some areas of more interest. (1,000s) þ             £120.
        2     Heavy box containing sixteen varied albums, binders, and stockbooks. Varies from an old
               Schwaneberger world album to a hingeless album of u.m. W.Germany. Various countries,
               some sets, some dupl. odds, some c.t.o. thematics, and so on. (1,000s) þ              ..                £120.
        3     Mixed lot in box with two stockbooks of DDR, a small Commonwealth colln., and a
               bundle of unsold Buy or Bid Sale items (these s.t.c.£2,400±). (Many 100s) þ        ..                £120.
        4     Carton containing; decent East Germany colln. in printed album (inc. better singles and
               miniature sheets, two further stockbooks of DDR, stockbook of mixed Asian countries,
               one of modern USA, and a large stockalbum with some modern used W.Germany.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        5     Seven albums or stockbooks, plus a small bundle of pages, with collections of Austria
               and Vatican, mixed Switzerland and USA, thematics, and various others. (1,000s) þ                £100.
        6     Odd mix in medium box – Germany Hindenburg se-tenant sheet, Switzerland sheets (army
               labels, hole-punched gutter margin sheet), approx.100 USSR c.t.o. miniature sheets, folder
               of E.Germany c.t.o. sheets, pages of S.Africa, Ghana, and Poland with reasonable catalogue,
               and others. þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
        7     Mixed lot of odds and remainders in box, possibly the unwanted bits (by this vendor !)
               from numerous auction lots. Stockbooks, covers, loose stamps, pages, and so on. Wide
               range inc. much European. þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
        8     Strand album with a world colln. up to about 1960s (c.800), and an older Cosmos album
               with m. & u. UK (inc. 1924-26 Block Cypher set heavy m.m., 1924-25 Wembley sets both
               m. & u. but mixed quality), France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria (all
               with better odds/sets, but mixed mounting, some tone spots, and some other faults)
               (c.650) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        9     Medium-sized but fairly heavy carton containing nine stockbooks and albums of various
               types and sizes. Mainly Europe inc. much Switzerland and France, Eastern Europe, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      10     Several albums and stockbooks, plus others on stockleaves or loose. (1,000s) [This was lot
               19 in our January auction – estimate £40. sold at £110., and is entirely unchanged since
               then.] þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      11     Extensive world collection in nine various albums – wide range but apparently cheaper.
               (1,000s) Some loose also. þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      12     Big accumulation in two cartons. One is virtually all German and Austrian philatelic
               material (FDCs/ETBs, souvenir covers/cards/folders, various literature), the other a more
               general world mix of covers and  stamps (many on-paper, again with much German).
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      13     Big world accumulation of many thousands of stamps. Bulk in cheaper material, some in
               bundles, but with occasional more interesting patches. European slant. þ                ..                    50.
      14     Odd mix in stockbook with French Colonies (especially St. Pierre & Miquelon which
               includes some higher-cat. used France Libre issues - but these not guaranteed - and Syria),
               Bosnia & Hercegovina, and modern post-Yugoslav issues, and others. (500+) þ 50.
      15     Assortment in box of mixed stamps and covers, 1972, 1973, 1977 omnibus issues, UK and
               other airletters, a few Irish FDCs, some albums of Brooke Bond cards, etc. þ        ..                    45.
      16     Box filled with albums and folders and stockbooks. Mainly stamps plus some covers and
               cards, and strong in Europe. (1,000s) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      17     Two cartons with hundreds (maybe thousands) of little brown envelopes containing world
               stamps. Looks as though it's probably all commoner stuff, but hardly looked at by us.
               (Many 1,000s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      18     General world colln. in album up to c.1960, but majority earlier than that. Scattering of
               better. (c.850) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      19     Shoebox of stockcards of mixed countries’ stamps, with fairly low numbers of modern,
               some sets, many items of medium value. (100s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      20     World collection in six albums, with albums mainly for different periods. Also an album of
               botanical theme. (c.4,000) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      21     Box of various albums/binders and bundles. Wide mix. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                    40.
      22     Binders, stockbooks, and pages, many loose world stamps in shoebox and tubs, etc., etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      23     Box with a big bundle (about 14cm deep) of album pages from various collections and with
               a wide variety, sometimes picked, sometimes untouched. (1,000s) þ     ..            35.
      24     Box of mainly stockcards, much European. Mixed periods but most about 1960s/70s and
               inc. m. & u. sets. (100s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      25     Carton with an odd mix. Bundles of United Nations FDCs, dupl. bundle of USSR c.t.o.
               sheets, a few recent UK FDCs, mixed other covers and pages. (1,000s) þ            ..                    35.
      26     Box of world kiloware, approx. 6.8kg gross weight, collected in Germany about mid-1980s
               (but some earlier also), so largest numbers of Germany. þ ..                   ..            35.
      27     Box of world kiloware, approx. 6.5kg gross weight, collected in Germany about mid-1980s,
               so largest numbers of Germany, but also inc. many other countries, some earlier, and some
               off-paper. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      28     Small mix of items often worth at least a pound or two (sometimes several pounds) each
               but often not quite perfect. Includes British West Indies, Bulgaria, USSR, Austria, Hungary
               with French Occupation opts. (130+)              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    32.
      29     Small filing box filled with packets of world stamps, mainly non-Commonwealth. Most
               periods covered, and some less usual odds as well as the commoner ranges. (1,000s) þ               30.
      30     World assortment in file storage box. Includes small European collection, general world
               album, album of Austrian FDCs, small box of Poland, loose world sorted into packets, and
               others. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      31     World mix loose and in packets – many thousands of stamps. þ            ..               ..                    30.
      32     Clearance of an old collection, with world stamps in several albums and folders, more in
               an old samples box, an album of mixed Commonwealth 1980 FDCs, and others. (1,000s) þ        30.
      33     Mainly older lot in three varied albums (100s), plus loose in packets, an approval book of
               world stamps with interesting postmarks, etc. þ                ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      34     Shoebox of mixed countries on stockcards and in four pocket stockbooks, plus a few
               covers. Many medium values. (100s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      35     A folder of world items marked up for sale, plus a boxfile of on & off-paper (inc. Malta
               kiloware). (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      36     Carton with a bundle of album pages, loads of loose stamps on and off-paper, some covers,
               some loose cigarette and trade cards, etc. þ                     ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      37     Large stockbook with about 90% E.German content plus a few other countries (100s)
               Includes Italy 1889 5c (appears mint/unused with large part gum, cat.£350., and with
               several short perfs). þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      38     Disparate mix in medium carton. Much of a Scandinavian slant inc. some cinderellas, but
               others also. þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      39     Bundle of pages with Switzerland (inc. modern sets), Yugoslavia, Jamaica, Thailand,
               Cyprus, and mixed other countries. (100s)       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      40     Mainly loose stamps in carton. All-world ranges mainly in packets or small boxes. (Many
               1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      41     UK used collection in stockbook (1953-82 commems, fairly complete), another two stock-
               books of mainly UK, and a few others loose. (100s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      42     World general collection in two binders. Mainly used with much Commonwealth, and
               many modern. (c.3,500) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      43     Mint and used world colln. in old Schaubek printed album, bulk in 1930s-50s. Strongest
               in Denmark, some areas quite sparse. (c.1,850) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      44     An album of world stamps on well-filled pages, generally arranged by country or area
               and inc. good numbers of recent issues. (c.1,700) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      45     Carton of mixed odds – pages, covers, loose stamps in packets, etc., etc. (1,000s) þ                  20.
      46     Mix of world stamps (100s), an assortment of used UK, etc., inc. some 1960s Post Office
               Training School documents. þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      47     Six varied stockbooks of world stamps. (1,000s) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      48     Small box with a seln. of club book remainders (mainly f.u. inc. many modern), plus a
               whole bunch of other loose world stamps. (1,000s) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      49     World mix in seven stockbooks. (100s) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      50     Carton of kiloware of UK (c.5kg), Denmark (c.2kg), and Norway (c.1kg), etc. Mainly
               about 1970s/80s. þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      51     A few stockleaves with UK (inc. 1913-19 Seahorse 10/- unused, no gum), Commonwealth,
               and some France.      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      52     Foreign mix on pages (nothing modern), loose in two cigar boxes, a box of match labels,
               and various other stamps. (100s) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      53     A bunch of cigar boxes of world stamps on- and off-paper. (1,000s) þ ..            15.
      54     Album of mainly used USA (100s), and stockalbum of dupl. mainly used UK (100s) þ                15.
      55     Album of Australia, Canada, NZ, and USA, another of Australia, a couple of junior albums,
               and a small stockbook. A bit scrappy. (100s) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      56     Two shoeboxes of covers, cards, and loose stamps, a bundle of unused standard size inter-
               leaving (200+), and a few others. þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      57     Hundreds of world stamps in packets, dupl. UK on stockcards, etc. þ  ..            12.
      58     Box of odds. Not great quantities but very varied. (Many 100s) þ         ..               ..                    12.
      59     Suitcase with some mixed loose stamps, a rather ropey batch of cigarette cards (many stuck
               together), an old Elizabethan catalogue, etc. þ                ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      60     Hundreds of world stamps in packets, a few pages, and a bundle of UK FDCs. þ 10.
      61     Small bundle of bits of old pages well-covered with mainly European stamps (glued by
               their corners) inc. many of the Germany opts. on Bavaria. (100s)           ..               ..                      5.
      62     British Commonwealth; thirty-four remainder club exchange books with a wide variety
               of countries inc. just a little UK, mainly used. Remainders PTSA £1,018. (generally at
               about 20% catalogue) (100s) þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £220.
      63     --; a similar lot, but of sixteen books, PTSA £405. (100s) þ                 ..               ..                £100.
      64     --; album with some UK (inc. 1939-48 high values heavy m.m. set, plus other high values),
               and other countries inc. Cyprus KG6 etc. (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      65     --; mainly used colln. in two albums, from some earlies up to about 1980s. Fair scattering
               of medium or better values. Also some dupl. in a stockbook. (100s) þ  ..            50.
      66     --; stockbook of dupl. UK (100s, early to modern, mainly u. defins), stockbook of Ghana
               (c.200 mint, a few used), and a third with a little mint Gibraltar. þ          ..               ..                    32.
      67     --; bundle of seven remainder club books, PTSA £220. (at about 20% catalogue) (100s) þ         30.
      68     --; album of old stockleaves - mainly KG6 period m. & u. inc. some cheaper sets plus many
               odds. Other periods also, and some foreign. Also a small stockbook of mainly modern UK.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      69     --; m. & u. ranges on pages in two binders, mainly middle/modern periods. Includes some
               British Islands, Egypt; much Oz, N.Z., S.Africa (but no Canada). A few better. (100s) þ             20.
      70     --; stockbook with roughly 200 KG6 mainly m.m. odds. þ ..                 ..            15.
      71     --; Australia 1981 Year Book, and Canada 1994 Year Book.               ..               ..                    15.

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      72     British Commonwealth; Omnibus; carton containing four albums of mint stamps,
               miniature sheets, and first day covers, of 1973 R.Wedding (inc. multiples), 1977 Jubilee,
               1982 21^st Birthday, 1990 Q.Mother, 1992-93 40^th Annivs., etc. þ       ..               ..                    35.
      73     --; --; stockbook with largely m.m. seln. of 1935 Jubilee (34 inc. Jamaica set), 1937 Coron.
               (6 sets, 22 others), 1946 Victory (61 sets), 1947 Visit (7 sets), 1948 S.Wedding (90 low
               values), 1948 Olympics (7 sets), 1949 UPU (12 sets), 1953 Coronation (13). þ                         30.
      74     Africa; loose pages with many 1960s-80 (also a few Israel). (c.380)     ..              6.
      75     Americas; mainly used seln. on pages of Canada, USA, plus a few Cuba and Philippines.
               Early to modern, some dupl. (100s)                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      76     Asia; non-Commonwealth mainly middle-modern with some dupl., much Laos and Vietnam.
               Also includes some Bangladesh and Pakistan. (100s) þ                         ..               ..                    15.
      77     Europe; stockbook with a varied colln. of mint (appear probably all u.m.) issues of numer-
               ous countries. High proportion are Europa issues, plus for other European bodies, Nature
               theme, and others unconnected. Some useful included, and some dupl. (c.650, 74 m.s./
               sheetlets) þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      78     --; a similar lot. (c.800, 120 m.s./sheetlets) þ  ..               ..                   ..        £100.
      79     --; another generally similar stockbook, this also with some Sport. (c.550, 50 m.s./
               sheetlets) þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      80     --; six large stockbooks of Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg,
               Malta, Monaco, Cyprus, and Vatican. (1,000s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      81     --; stockbook of mainly former Soviet states (500+) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      82     --; binder of pages of mainly used middle/modern with a little dupl. (100s) þ          ..                    12.
      83     --; stockbook with m. & u. ranges of Poland and Czechoslovakia in roughly equal numbers.
               Some dupl. A few Polish m.s. also. (c.1,400) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      84     Foreign; twenty remainder club exchange books with a wide variety of countries, mainly
               used. Remainders PTSA £600. (generally at about 20% catalogue) (100s) þ         ..                £150.
      85     Foreign; stockbook of China (500+), Austria (c.200), and a few others. þ            ..                    30.
      86     --; mainly used colln. in two volumes. (100s) þ                ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      87     Latin America; small bundle of leaves with m. & u. mix. (c.730)           ..               ..                      8.
      88     Scandinavia; carton of generally loose stamps, the majority Danish, on and off paper,
               much of it sorted into packets. Also includes some covers, and other odds, as well as some
               material from other countries. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      89     --; odd mainly modern mix inc. some mint sheets (Denmark, Greenland – low values),
               many modern Denmark used in multiples/quantities as payment of fees, a few packs, covers,
               other loose stamps, charity labels. þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      90     --; sporadic (i.e. only in odd areas and periods) used stock in eight stockbooks, largest
               numbers of Sweden, Iceland inc. a few m. & u. modern m.s. (100s) þ  ..            30.
      91     Thematic; Birds; mint (mainly u.m.) collection in stockbook, much in sets, and with much
               of 1980s/90s as well as earlier and with much non-Commonwealth. Estimated cat. possibly
               £900. (c.770, 41 m.s./sheetlets, 1 cover) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      92     --; Football; two German printed albums containing u.m. stamps and covers relating to
               1982 World Cup. (c.125, 20 m.s., 72 covers) þ              ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      93     --; --; small stockbook of c.t.o. France '98 issues (108, 10 m.s.), and another of mixed dates
               (80, 8 m.s., 2 covers) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      94     --; Red Cross; small m. & u. lot in s/book inc. some Scandinavian charity labels. (c.200) þ           8.
      95     --; Olympics; printed album (German text) containing mainly u.m. sets issued by host
               countries from 1948 London to 1988 Seoul. (88, 4 m.s.) þ                   ..               ..                    10.
      96     --; --; 1978-2004 album of u.m. stamps, FDCs, and commercial covers on sporting themes
               inc. Olympics and Football. Much Bulgaria; also a few Belgium 2004 European Election
               covers. (17, 5 m.s., 52 covers) þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            15.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      97     Thematic; Olympics; 1980 German printed album of u.m. stamps issued by several mainly
               European countries for 1980 Moscow Games. Also a cover signed by Soviet medallist
               Ludmilla Tourischeva. (143, 29 m.s., 3 other) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      **     --; --; see also Covers, and W.Germany 1972.
      **     --; Sport; see Bulgaria, Germany (West & Berlin, East), Spain, USSR, UK (philatelic covers).
      98     Covers; box with quantity of Netherlands 1969-87 unaddressed FDCs (c.290); some
               Australia 1982 airletters (c.65) and covers (c.50) with various commem cancels (inc.
               Brisbane Commonwealth Games); and UK/world commercial and FDCs. (Total c.850) þ           50.
      99     --; mix of 1990s covers from former USSR, mainly postal stationery envelopes with addit-
               ional adhesives, many with overprints (c.450); also Polish 1960s-80s p.stat cards unused
               and used, and a few SWA maxicards. (Total c.1,100) þ  ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    100     --; carton filled with mainly commercial (some special postmarks and other philatelic also)
               world covers addressed to Germany or Liechtenstein (and inc. a high percentage German
               and Austrian), each wrapped in plastic sleeve. (100s) þ   ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    101     --; a similar box, this mainly internal German covers, plus some from Nepal and Pakistan.
               (100s) þ