Robert Murray 5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens, Ferry Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 5PU Tel. 0131 552 1220 or 0131 478 7021 U.K. Local Rate Number 0845 0500 886
General	STAMP AUCTION  Monday 27 August 2007 at 7.00 pm
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            Collections and Mixed Lots.  
        1     Interesting big batch of generally smaller single items which have been unsold in club
               auctions or not yet presented for sale. Generally in little individual packets or on cards.
               Some are misdescribed, some overpriced, but many others worthwhile – lots of things
               worth at least a pound or two. We notice three penny blacks and one 1840 2d blue.
               Many hundreds of items – some thousands of stamps, some covers. þ ..        £500.
        2     A good old-fashioned six volume world collection, generally up to about 1960s. Wide
               range of countries and periods, often with better single stamps or sets turning up, and just
               some occasional picking evident. (Some 1,000s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                £400.
        3     A large and worthwhile accumulation in two large cartons. Includes remainder albums,
               bundles of album pages and other loose in five file boxes, loose stamps often sorted into
               packets, bundleware, an empty New Ideal “Empire” album, and very many others. The
               less valuable bulk of a large and wide-ranging collection/stock. A worthwhile (and big)
               sort. (Many 1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £300.
        4     Large and heavy property in 32 various albums, stockbooks, binders, and stockalbums.
               Whole-world ranges, some of the albums heavily duplicated. The majority is of commoner
               material, but some areas are more interesting. (Many 1,000s) þ            ..               ..                £200.
        5     Shoebox with a bundle of items previously unsold in our Buy or Bid Sale, apparently all
               Commonwealth or Germany (and a few France), and with a total “stated to catalogue”
               price of £4,100+. Mixed periods, and generally better singles, or sets. (100s) þ     ..                £200.
        6     A broken old Triumph album with a general world collection of most periods (inc. modern)
               with odd certain countries stronger throughout. Some pages stripped. Lots to get one’s teeth
               into. (c.4,500) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
        7     Three filing boxes filled with bundles of remainder club books, broken-down books, and
               approval books. Wide range. Much cheap and common, some slightly better. (1,000s) þ         £150.
        8     Nineteen various stockbooks and other mixed binders. Much European inc. Germany.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £130.
        9     Carton containing eleven varied albums/stockbooks/binders. Includes Germany, Luxem-
               bourg, an album entitled Philatelia Erotica, mixed sets and miniature sheets, Austrian
               FDCs, etc. (1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
      10     Heavy box containing 14 mixed stockbooks/albums/binders. Much Germany, Vatican,
               Austria, plus other mixed world, a few WWF, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..               ..                £110.
      11     Eighteen stockbooks, a stockalbum, and an album. Mixed world countries with strength
               in Europe; nothing of particular note, but a good general range with some stronger
               countries. (1,000s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £110.
      12     Heavy box containing eleven various albums and stockbooks. Includes UN, Germany
               black prints, many other Germany, inc. covers, Austria, mixed Europe, and an empty.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      13     Eight stockbooks, and three albums, containing Germany, Vatican, much other Europe
               and other countries, an album of 1974 World Cup souvenir covers (some signed), plus
               four albums of German ETBs. (1,000s) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      14     Broken Strand album with a collection up to about 1970s. Some foreign countries have
               been stripped out, but many smaller Commonwealth countries are stronger than normal.
               (c.2,400) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      15     World collection in album, the strength in Commonwealth (few UK) especially about
               late-1940s, this often with m.m. defin short/part sets and some Omnibus sets etc. (c.900
               Commonwealth, c.400 Foreign) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      16     A dozen various stockbooks, cover albums, and binders with Liechtenstein, DDR, Swit-
               zerland, Italy, UN, W.Germany, former French Colonies, Germany, etc. Comprises stamps,
               blocks, covers. and cards. (1,000s) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      17     Extensive world collection in thirty-three binders. All commoner material, mainly used.
               Excludes Australia, NZ. (1,000s) þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
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      18     Large lot in 29 stockbooks (mainly A4-size) in carton. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                    75.
      19     Heavy box containing a dozen mixed albums and stockbooks. Mainly Germany, plus other
               European, some Austrian and Swiss FDCs, etc. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                    75.
      20     Carton described by its owner as “box – junk”. We don't think it's quite as bad as that.
               Whole world mix. (1,000s) þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      21     Another carton similarly described, largest numbers of German material but wide range of
               others also. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      22     Medium carton with interesting world mix. Looks like trade clearance, with approval
               remainders, stamps in packets, sets, couple of stockcards with many earlier stamps, some
               covers, duplicated stock items, miniature sheets, etc. Quite a 1960s feel. (1,000s) þ 60.
      23     Large mix with loose world stamps, kiloware, album pages, items on stockcards, a few
               postcards, etc. Quite a varied and interesting assortment. (1,000s) þ     ..            60.
      24     Carton with several stockbooks and a bundle of stockleaves, of mainly European stamps,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      25     Stockbook with odd assortment of material inc. German Kamerun (8), many France inc.
               1937 National Museums set (2) cancelled, 1943 National Relief Fund strip f.u., and other
               useful, French Colonies (French Committee of National Liberation) inc. 1943 1f50 + 98f50
               mint, 1945-46 p.due short set to 10f m., Austro-Hungarian Military Post, some Austria, etc.
               (c.675) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      26     Accumulation of made-up packets, such as 100 different world pictorials, 300 world, 100
               Austria, 200 DDR, 25 animals, and so on. (c.150 to 200 packets) þ     ..               ..                    60.
      27     Cardboard box weighing 6.7kg gross containing many hundreds of glassine packets (and
               similar), each with off-paper world stamps, often an all-different range. Some packets are
               of 100-different world, probably made up about 1960s. Massive numbers (possibly about
               100,000). þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      28     A similar lot, approx. 5.5kg gross. þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      29     A similar lot, approx. 4.4kg gross. þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      30     Four old albums plus a bundle of leaves. A general world mix without much modern, but
               much in poorer quality (some pages have been damp), therefore requires some patient
               sorting. Includes two penny blacks (one looks reasonable, about three-margin, other
               clearly damaged). (1,000s) þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      31     An elderly mix of world stamps loose in envelopes, probably collected about 1920s (a few
               later, many earlier) with some odds and ends less often seen (e.g. Palestine, opts. on France
               for Cilicia, Syria), quite a few Far East (Malaya, Japan, etc.), a few covers/cards (inc. three
               Australian 1931 first flight), etc. Well worth a look. (100s) ..                   ..            50.
      32     Approx. 12kg of world off-paper stamps, generally commoner stuff a few decades old.
               (Many 1,000s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      33     World collection in three lever-arch files. Not pretty, but containing a wide spread. (2 vols.
               Commonwealth, 1 vol. UK and foreign). (1,000s) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      34     A selection of correspondence with Stanley Gibbons Publication regarding identification of
               various stamps, with most of the stamps attached. (c.50 items)               ..               ..                    50.
      35     Large stockbook with m. & u. ranges inc. Austria 1950s (these s.t.c. £800.), much other
               Europe inc. sports thematics. Bulk is post-1945, little dupl. (1,000s) þ  ..            50.
      36     Mixed box of albums etc, inc. album and stockbook of used UK commems, three largely
               empty RAF Museum albums (a few covers remain), album with some m.m. UK, also some
               club book remainders, loose UK FDCs, etc. (1,000s) þ  ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      37     Bundles of world stamps in packets, several albums/stockbooks, five albums of UK FDCs,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
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      38     Large carton with voluminous world mix of stamps. Includes small box with c.50 packets
               (e.g. 50 Egypt, 50 Ireland, 50 Mongolia, 50 Fish), loads of Denmark off-paper sorted in
               envelopes, tub of Switzerland c.t.o. fourblocks, and many others. þ      ..            50.
      39     Carton with mixed German and Swiss FDCs, cards (inc. maxi-cards), and stamps, 1975-76
               album of US Bicentennial souvenir covers, etc. Proceeds to charity. þ   ..            40.
      40     Very many thousands of duplicated world stamps; some as bundleware, some as dupl.
               packets of the same stamps, some mixed. Much Germany, other countries' 1960s pictorials.
               (Many 10,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      41     Ten various stockbooks or albums, almost entirely of German material of mixed periods,
               but some of other countries also. (1,000s) þ   ..               ..                   ..            40.
      42     Small selections of France, Greece, NZ, Norway, Portugal, UK, and USA. Total s.t.c.£800+
               but condition varied. (c.180)         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      43     A stockalbum with UK (inc. c.£26. of postage) and misc. others, a cover album of mainly
               UK FDCs (c.80) and p.packs (6), etc., and an album with a few 1981 R.Wedding FDCs. þ       35.
      44     A rather dated little BEA case with a three-volume world collection (the best probably
               being Germany and Japan), plus a few loose. (1,000s) þ  ..                   ..            35.
      45     Small box with bundle of stockcards of mainly selected items of many countries inc. some
               sets. Mixed types, periods, and areas. (100s) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      46     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      47     Five stockbooks with mainly dupl. used USA, Canada, Germany, China, and mixed others.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      48     World collection in four loose leaf folders. (1,000s) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      49     Carton with several albums, stockbooks, and loose. Mainly European. (1,000s) þ 30.
      50     Medium carton with a mix of world stamps, many in little tins, plus stockalbum, pages, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      51     Odd mix in binder inc. cinderella blocks/sheets, some covers (UK, Germany, others), four
               1970 German banknotes (1 x 10dm, 3 x 20dm), UK television licence stamps (16), and
               mixed others. (100s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      52     Carton with some old catalogues, some kiloware, a few album pages, small aviation album,
               etc. [Will not be taken to auction room.]          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      53     Thousands of loose stamps on and off-paper, mixed in packets, etc. þ  ..            22.
      54     Approx. 2kg of world kiloware, with virtually no UK. þ   ..                   ..            20.
      55     Tiny stockbook with Heligoland (18, mixed condition, mainly reprints), five poor Cape
               triangulars, and mixed others. (c.90)                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      56     World mix in stockbook, much from about 1940s/50s, mainly mint, majority Common-
               wealth. (c.400) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      57     Shoebox with approx. 600g net weight of world stamps, nearly all off-paper and apparently
               no UK. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      58     Small stockbook of Commonwealth, larger stockbook of dupl. Germany, and a folder of
               German ETBs. þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.

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The following two pages of box lots will not be taken to the auction room on the day of the sale. They will be available for viewing as normal at our shop in the previous week. Postal bids will be accepted as normal. Successful buyers can collect from us at our shop. It might be possible to collect some of these box lots on the night of the auction, after the sale is finished, by special arrangement.
Each of these lots is one box, and carries only a brief description, based on a brief inspection. The code [thus] at the end of each description is for our own use.
      59     Mainly commercial covers (wide variety of countries), some US Christmas seals, album of
               Poland, stockalbums of Austria, Germany, etc. [H2]         ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      60     USA commercial covers, some others. [H8]    ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      61     Loose used UK, covers  to N.America, empty cigar boxes, others. [H1]                 ..                    20.
      62     USA, Switzerland, and world covers, loose Swiss stamps, etc. [H13]    ..            20.
      63     World covers (many USA), some stamps. [H10]              ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      64     USA and world covers, USA stamps, Israel FDCs, etc. [H6]                ..               ..                    20.
      65     Stockbook of UN stamps, some others, otherwise mainly USA FDCs and commercial
               covers. [H18]            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      66     Loose USA covers of mixed types, some others. [H4]      ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      67     USA commercial covers, some postal stationery, other stamps/covers. [H22]          ..                    10.
      68     Worldwide commercial covers addressed to USA, plus others. A few more interesting.
               [H20]     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      69     Big mix of covers inc. European 1930s/40s to USA, various US pmks. on cover, UK
               prestige panes on FDCs, and so on. Some stamps also. [H7]                 ..               ..                    40.
      70     Many USA off-paper stamps, mixed USA covers, a few Canada pres. packs, album of US
               special postmarks, etc. [H16]       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      71     Empty Lindner and Lighthouse binders, unused Lindner and U.S. Fulton pages, box of USA
               postal stationery, etc. [H11]          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      72     Bundles of unused Safe and Lindner pages, three SG Windsor binders, bundles of USA
               covers and p.stat. [H3]                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      73     Quantities of USA covers and cards, albums of USA stamps, etc. [H15]                 ..                    26.
      74     World covers, but much is USA inc. p.stat. [H17]             ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      75     Mainly USA covers/p.stat. and kiloware, an empty printed album for Italy. [H12] 20.
      76     USA FDCs, a few silver coins, etc. [H21]       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      77     Album of 1974 UPU (world inc. a few specimens etc.), stockbook of USSR, some other
               stamps, and USA covers/cards. [H19]             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      78     Mainly European stamps in numerous old albums and stockalbums. [H5]                 ..                    40.
      79     UN and USA FDCs, two empty Lindner binders, and three albums of stamps. [H9] 40.
      80     Album of USA 1976 Flags FDCs, loads of loose stamps, US covers, etc. [I2]        ..                    30.
      81     Empty Lindner and Safe binders, etc. [I7]        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      82     Many loose covers (USA and others), bundle of US documents inc. cheques, others. [I5]             24.
      83     Large quantity of USSR postally used modern postal stationery, maybe others. [I1] 20.
      84     Albums of USA, Israel, and others, some US kiloware, etc. [I9]            ..               ..                    35.
      85     Couple of big Scott International albums with sparse contents, file of USA Christmas seals,
               other (US and world) covers and stamps. [I6]  ..               ..                   ..            40.
      86     UN (inc. sheetlets on FDCs, pres. folders), specialist GB newsletters (in German), two
               Sotheby's Art Reviews 1987-88 and 1988-89, similar Christie's 1988 and 1989, album of
               Greek 2004 Olympics covers, some world bundleware. [I3]                  ..               ..                    45.
      87     Four large American printed world albums with mixed coverage of stamps. Also other
               stamps and covers (these mainly USA). [I10]   ..               ..                   ..            50.
      88     Large album of USA special pmks. on cover (Kansas and Kentucky only !), mixed other
               stamps and covers. [I4]                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      89     Big accumulation of mainly used postal stationery, other covers, nearly all USA. [I8] 30.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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Lots on this page will not be taken to the auction room on the day of the sale. Please see note before lot 59
      90     Mainly USA covers, plus US cheques, and mixed other world. [J3]       ..               ..                    24.
      91     Mainly USA covers and cards. [J1]                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      92     Some European commercial covers, many USA commercial/FD, and album of USA 1981
               Presidents souvenir cards, etc. [J5]                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      93     Mainly UK off-paper, some on-paper, large empty stockalbum, two Chinese books, etc. [J9]       15.
      94     Several world albums, bundle of Sweden p.stat. (c.1900), a few mixed album pages, etc.
               [J14]      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      95     Mainly USA covers, but other world covers also. [J7]       ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      96     Two world albums, mixed world covers, etc. [J8]             ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      97     USA covers, other world covers and stamps. [J10]           ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      98     Mainly USA mix – stamps in albums, bag of kiloware, quantities of covers. [J12] 24.
      99     Further similar USA mixes – stamps, covers, FDCs, etc. [J13]               ..               ..                    24.
    100     Two empty Lindner binders, bundles of unused Lindner and Safe pages, FDCs with United
               Nations fourblocks. [L6]               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    101     Hundreds of USA FDCs and postal stationery items, a couple of general stamp albums,
               etc. [J4]  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    102     World stamp albums, unused Lindner pages, US FDCs, etc. [J6]           ..               ..                    30.
    103     Several world albums, some world kiloware, etc. [K2]      ..                   ..               ..                    35.
    104     Albums, pages, stamps in packets. [K1]          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    105     Three Scott Specialty binders plus some pages for same, other binders and pages inc. an
               unused USA printed album. [L3]   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            20.
    106     Scott Specialty binder plus pages, other binders, some with stamps. [L4]                ..                    30.
    107     Covers, loose stamps, albums. Big box. [N2]   ..               ..                   ..            40.
    108     Mainly USA FDCs, but other countries, other types, and stamps also. [N5]            ..                    30.
    109     Several albums, plus loose stamps and covers. [N4]          ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    110     Albums, stockbooks, loose stamps, covers [N7]               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    111     US and other countries FDCs and others. [N9]                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    112     Big world mix of albums, covers, stamps. [N8]                 ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    113     Big box of USA FDCs and other covers. [N6]                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    114     USA and others, covers and stamps, loose and in binders. [N3]             ..               ..                    40.
    115     Mainly USA FDCs, but some others also. [N1]                ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    116     Two big stockbooks stuffed with German ETBs, other albums of world stamps, etc. [O1]             40.
    117     About ten misc. albums, US source, world stamps, some loose, etc. (1,000s) [O2] 40.
    118     USA covers and stationery etc. [P3]                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    119     USA FDCs, souvenir covers (many for Revolution Bicentenary), loose stamps. [P9] 30.
    120     Mainly USA covers, but other countries' covers and stamps also. [P6]   ..            24.
    121     Duplicated USA, Canada, UK etc. in lots of wee packets, big sparse USA album. [P11]              30.
    122     World mix, big album of Italy, misc. loose with potential interest, a few Palestine/Israel
               covers. [P1]              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    123     Three albums of US mint plate blocks, one of US FDCs etc., one of 1982 R.Wedding
               covers. [P5]              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    124     Box filled with albums and stockbooks. [P10]  ..               ..                   ..            30.
    125     Stacks of USA used sorted into packets, other world and USA in albums, kiloware, [N10+]        50.