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                   Collections and Mixed Lots.

               
        1     Large carton with about 12kg gross of mainly new issue material as thrown in the box by the
               original collector - FDCs, stamps, a few packs (and paperwork). Predominantly Scandinavia
               (Denmark, Faroes, Åland, possibly Greenland, maybe others) as well as other countries
               (United Nations most prominent). Mainly 1980s/early 1990s, some earlier seen. þ  ..              £200.
        2     Large and heavy box with world collection in about 60 little folders, plus others also. Most
               are common as would be expected, but not without useful bits still to be found. (1,000s) þ       £150.
        3     Album with a selection of “better” odd values from a wide range of countries. Mainly
               used, many stamps are cat. £3 to £50 each, much Europe (early to middle). Total s.t.c.
               £2,900+ (c.580)þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        4     Old binder with mainly old auction lots of various countries, much as purchased perhaps
               about forty years ago. Includes some better e.g. Bermuda KG6 2/- (2), 2/6, 10/-, 12/6, £1
               m.m., S.Africa KG5 10/- used, Br. Honduras KG6 to $5 m.m., plus other Commonwealth
               and foreign, a few cinderellas, and a shoebox of loose. (100s) þ           ..               ..                £100.
        5     Mix in carton. Biggest bulk in UK duplicated used (much KG6 to 1960s) but with others
               also like old approval sheets, some covers (inc. some moderate plain UK KG6 FDCs, other
               useful), world in album, and so on. (Many 1,000s) þ        ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        6     Huge accumulation in cardboard carton plus plastic crate. Contains 12 stockalbums and 13
               others with thousands of mainly used stamps, largely common. Interesting items noted, but
               not things of value. Foreign bias, with smaller numbers of UK and Commonwealth. þ               £100.
        7     Accumulation in three fruit boxes of world stamps on album pages and stockleaves – in
               old money about 1’9” high. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        8     Collection/accumulation in carton. Most value in UK; odd interest in QV-KG6, other
               value in mint postage. Also old Strand album with world collection, two little cases of
               loose, etc. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        9     Eighteen various albums and stockbooks – some of single countries, some mixed. Some
               are sparse, others better filled, and with some of medium value included. (1,000s) þ 90.
      10     Album with a mix of mainly selected items of mixed countries inc. various UK booklets,
               miniature sheets etc. (face £57.), a few earlier UK, Spain, early Norway, etc. (100s) þ                70.
      11     Carton with world collection in four albums, other junior albums, albums of Guernsey/IoM/
               Jersey, loose stamps (inc. c.2.5kg world kiloware), bundles of UK special event pmks., etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      12     Twenty-two stockbooks in a carton, with a large quantity of world stamps. Often one
               country per book, sometimes mixed contents, and not the whole world covered. We notice
               some heavily duplicated cheap Belgium, but otherwise a reasonable mix. (Many 1,000s)þ           60.
      13     Interesting mix in medium carton. From cheap stamps on paper to selected items, large
               and small countries, and so on. (Many 100s) þ                ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      14     File box filled with stockcards of UK (dupl. used QV to modern), Netherlands, and other
               countries. (1,000s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      15     Box of stockcards, covers, packets, album pages, etc. Much Commonwealth, and with many
               pickings to be had. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      16     Large box with a very badly organised accumulation of world stamps in stockbooks etc.,
               plus hundred of mainly commercial covers (generally fairly modern, many within, or
               addressed to, Denmark or Germany). (1,000s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    50.
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      17     Large plastic crate with about 9kg of mainly off-paper world stamps, apparently collected in
               USA and without large quantities of UK. Little before 1900 or after 1970s. (10,000s) þ             50.
      18     Carton with mixed albums and stockbooks of whole world stamps. Large quantities, mainly
               commoner, but not entirely, and in quantity. (1,000s)þ                         ..               ..                    50.
      19     Small suitcase with a quantity of stockcards of world stamps. Many common, but much
               included which is of some value or a little unusual. Wide range of countries inc. Austria.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      20     Old collection in broken Improved album, with stamps from earlies to about 1940s, with
               some medium value in UK, other countries mixed, picked in places, but still some interest.
               Also another album with smaller but similar mix. (100s) þ ..                   ..            40.
      21     Carton of pages. stockleaves, stockbooks, etc. of a wide mix of countries and types. If any-
               thing, a bias to European. (Many 100s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      22     Accumulation in large carton, all-world with much Scandinavia and other foreign, with
               loose stamps, binders, packets etc. Quite varied. (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                    40.
      23     Box with bundles of stockleaves – mixed countries with much Denmark and Sweden (many
               on piece), a stockbook of Danish Christmas seals, some mint in packets, etc. (1,000s) þ            40.
      24     World accum. in packets, boxes, loose, in club books, etc. Duplication heavy in places but
               still a good sort. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      25     Large box – world stamps in bags and small boxes on and off paper (many 1,000s), a few
               maps, etc. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      26     A mix comprising some mint UK (1970s commem gutter strips, booklets, a few packs, etc.,
               face value approx.£38.), mixed early 1980s new issues of a few countries, an empty album,
               etc.þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      27     Mixed box with a small box of Commonwealth KG6, another of mixed C’wealth, various
               world stamps, a few postcards, couple of catalogues, covers. etc. (100s)                ..                    30.
      28     Album with an odd mix – some Tannu Tuva m. & u. (89), Commonwealth war stamps (65),
               Freedom from Hunger (20), 1953 Coronation (60), British Antarctic Territory (35), and
               1982 21^st Birthday (18 sets). Also a bag of kiloware, mainly UK commems. þ                            30.
      29     Mixed box – binders, small boxes, covers, etc. (1,000s) þ..                  ..            30.
      30     Carton with mix inc. stockbook of Commonwealth, album of UK, remainder club books,
               and a wide mix of others. (1,000s) þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      31     Mixed lot in box with stockbook of Australia, album of UK commems 1971-83 m./u., and
               many other world in little boxes. (1,000s) þ   ..               ..                   ..            30.
      32     Medium box with remainder colln. of UK, stockbook of mixed countries (better British
               Antarctic seen), some loose stamps and covers etc. (1,000s) þ             ..               ..                    30.
      33     Album alphabetically Norway to Zambia, mainly used 1900-70s (c.3,500 to 4,000) þ                 30.
      34     Small mix inc. a few u.m. UK miniature sheets, other mint UK postage, duplicated Canada
               1979 m.s., etc.          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      35     Medium box of world in tubs, shoebox, on pages, etc. (100s) þ            ..               ..                    22.
      36     Mixed carton with two cover albums of mainly cheaper UK FDCs, some other foreign, etc.,
               just a few world stamps in stockbook, etc. þ ..               ..                   ..            20.
      37     Strand album with a general world collection, generally up to about 1940s only. (1,000s) þ         20.
      38     Assortment with some u.m. modern Olympics stamps, approx. 150 A. & B.C. Gum Foot-
               baller cards, a few Queen mother covers, etc. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      39     Smallish remainder mix in box, worth checking through, as a few useful bits are seen even
               on a quick delve. (100s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      40     Folder of mainly mint sheets of several countries about 1960s/70s, Germany 1936 page with
               cancelled set of Olympics, etc. þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            20.
      41     Mixed pages – the remains of several auction lots, of British Africa, France, UK, and a few
               West Indies.þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.
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      42     Three old jotters with some mixed Queensland, Rhodesia, Belgium, Antigua, Australia,
               Bahamas, and others. (100s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      43     61 old retail packets from about 30 countries containing 11,000 stamps (packets are e.g. 265
               different USA, 210 diff. Indonesia, 190 diff. Finland) þ   ..                   ..            20.
      44     Suitcase, well-stuffed – many loose world stamps in packets, some cheap albums of modern
               postcards, a few covers, empty album, etc. (1,000s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      45     An album of mixed world stamps, some others loose and on pages, etc. (100s) þ 15.
      46     Four junior albums with fairly modern mixed collections (many 100s)      ..            15.
      47     Wooden box with a mix of mainly modern material from several countries inc. FDCs, packs,
               cards, etc. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      48     Smallish box of mainly European covers, miniature sheets, mint stamps, and many others. þ          15.
      49     Bulk lot in box – in packets, little stockbooks, on pages, broken down remainder club books,
               and so on. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      50     Three stockbooks of mixed world stamps (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      51     Album with mix of Africa and Asia (c.700), and another of Gulf States pictorials (c.500) þ           14.
      52     Long box with approx. 320g net weight of all-world off-paper stamps (little or no UK)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      53     A similar lot, net weight 310g. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            12.
      54     A similar lot, net weight 300g. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            12.
      55     A similar lot, net weight 290g. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            12.
      56     Shoebox of world off-paper sorted into packets. (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                    12.
      57     Two boxes – one with 300g world (non-UK) off-paper, other 480g on-paper. þ                         12.
      58     Bundle of 25 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 150 diff.
               Argentina, 100 diff Austria, 100 diff. Iran, etc.) (3,330) þ..                   ..            12.
      59     A similar lot, some different countries. (3,150) þ              ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      60     Cardboard box with approx. 0.75kg of loose world stamps, mainly off-paper (1,000s) þ             12.
      61     Box of mainly modern kiloware collected in Denmark, but with a mix of other countries.
               Much is wide paper, or double thickness. Approx. 3kg. þ ..                  ..            10.
      62     Shoebox with 500g of UK kiloware, two bundles of modern postcards, and a packet with
               75g of Channel Islands kiloware. þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      63     Bag with about 2,000 UK and foreign stamps, on and off-paper.           ..               ..                      5.
      64     Two junior albums with a few hundred world stamps up to about 1960s. þ           ..                      5.
      65     Very unimpressive junior collection (100s) plus others loose.þ            ..               ..                      4.
      66     Modern Improved album with a poorly-presented colln. of a few hundred stamps. þ                     3.
      67     British Commonwealth; album with collection of mainly KG6 m.m. short sets, plus odd
               others (inc. some foreign). (c.750) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      68     --; large stockbook with wide range of QE issues from many lands - but without the com-
               monest countries. Majority used. (c.3,000) þ ..               ..                   ..            26.
      69     --; album with a collection of used KG6. (457 different, with nothing from UK, Australia,
               Canada, NZ, or S.Africa). þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      70     --; bundle of stockleaves of m. & u. QV to KG6 (mainly KG5/KG6). (c.600)        ..                    20.
      71     --; album with mainly used colln., some dupl. in places. (c.1,200+) þ ..            20.
      72     --; two boxes – one with 200g of off-paper, the other 400g on-paper. þ               ..                    15.
      73     --; small stockbook with a mainly u.m. mix of mixed ages but many KG6/early QE, and inc.
               a number of blocks. S.t.c.£100+ (200+)          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      74     --; NZ Life Insurance 1947 original set (7) m.m. (cat.£17. for u.m.), Pitcairn 1940-51 defin
               set (10) m.m. (£45., some with toning), and a couple of others.              ..               ..                    10.
      75     --; mainly used mix in stockbook (c.1,000) þ  ..               ..                   ..            10.
      76     --; small seln. with some UK 1960s mint blocks, Scotland 1970 9d u.m. corner strip of six,
               and about 30 mint New Zealand. þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
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      77     British Commonwealth; Africa; stockbook with British East Africa, the Rhodesias,
               Bechuanaland, Basutoland/Lesotho, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone. K.U.T., Sudan, Zanzibar,
               Nigeria, etc. (100s)þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      78     --; British West Indies; QV to KG6 m. & u. on pages (460)              ..               ..                    20.
      79     --; --; a few stockleaves with mainly QV to KG6, mixed quality (185)   ..              8.
      80     --; Omnibus; 1935 Silver Jubilee mint sets of 38 different countries mainly fine u.m./l.m.m.,
               cat.£550. Includes Australia, Cyprus, Falklands, Gilbert & Ellice, Mauritius, Nyasaland,
               S.Africa, S.Rhodesia.                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £140.
      81     --; --; 1935 S.Jubilee sets of Leeward, Malta, and Morocco Agencies (Spanish) l.m.m./m.m.,
               cat.£44.  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      82     --; --; 1935 S.Jubilee m. & u. selection in stockbook, a mix of odds and sets (c.250) þ               20.
      83     --; --; 1945-46 Victory colln. l.m.m. in album. Only partially complete, but many are in
               pairs or fourblocks, and inc. Somaliland 1a perf.13½ (3) þ                   ..               ..                    20.
      84     --; --; 1953 Coronation complete colln. (106) in fourblocks (or four-strips) in printed album.
               Each block tends to have two stamps badly mounted (usually stained) and two stamps u.m.
               Cat.£400.                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    48.
      85     --; --; 1986 R.Wedding u.m. colln. in album, about 60% complete in stamps, plus some
               other items also (12 booklets, 10 FDCs, etc.) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      86     Asia; album of Indonesia (c.300), Malaysia (c.750), Philippines (c.390), and Singapore
               (c.250). Mainly used, some mixed condition. þ                ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      87     Europe; three stockbooks with cheap duplicated used ranges, middle to modern (100s) þ           15.
      88     --; album with largely used collection of Austria (c.1,000), Portugal (c.380), and Portuguese
               Colonies (c.145) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      89     --; stockbook of Poland (c.1,000) and Romania (c.1,000), mainly used and without any
               apparent dupl.þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      90     --; well-filled stockbook with general mix. (1,000s) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      91     --; old pages with mainly used up to about late 1940s, of Greece, Hungary, Poland,
               Romania, USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, etc. (100s) ..                   ..              8.
      92     --; Benelux; old pages with mainly used collection up to about 1947 only, of Belgium (139),
               Belgian Congo (24), Luxembourg (14), Netherlands (104), and Netherlands Colonies (27)             6.
      93     Foreign; stockbook of mixed countries, many African (much ex-French), and with a high
               proportion of pictorials. (100s) þ..                 ..               ..                   ..            10.
      94     --; stockbook with mix of Bohemia & Moravia, Danzig, Saar, Portuguese Colonies, and
               some others. (100s)þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      95     --; three stockbooks of mainly large colourful c.t.o. pictorials of Cuba, Equatorial Guinea,
               and Gulf States. (100s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      96     Latin America; large box with about 100 pages plus a smaller box with 1,000s in packets
               and bags. Includes Cuba and Haiti. þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      97     --; seln. on pages and loose inc. Paraguay, Argentina, Nicaragua, etc. (c.300)         ..                    10.
      98     --; general mainly used range in stockbook (1,000+)þ                         ..               ..                    12.
      99     Middle East; box with 33 packets with e.g. 80 diff. Dubai, 400 diff. Ajman, 150 diff.
               Yemen. (Total c.4,860 stamps) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
    100     Scandinavia; stockcard with a small seln. of Denmark (3 square stamps, 1 later), Iceland
               (3), Norway (1), Sweden (1), and Danish West Indies (20, inc. 1900 2c f.u., 1905 p.due 30b,
               50b used, 1915-16 set of 8 m.m.).                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    101     --; stockbook of mainly used Finland, Norway, Sweden, and a few Iceland. Mixed dupl.
               throughout. (1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    102     --; s/book with Denmark (c.510), Finland (c.320), apparently all-different, mainly used. þ           10.
    103     Miniature Sheets; mint and c.t.o. seln. of world m.s. inc. Australia, Christmas Island, Israel
               black prints, North Korea, etc. (Some appendix issues) (45)                  ..               ..                    15.

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    104     Thematic; broken stockbook with range of horses, animals, space, ships, others. (c.800+) þ     12.
    105     Covers; large and heavy carton of loose covers, many hundreds of them, mainly addressed
               to Denmark, Sweden, Germany, or Netherlands (but other destinations also). Majority
               commercial (but FDCs and other philatelic also), majority about 1960s-90s (but again
               others). A good dig. þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    106     --; small mix inc. several censors (Australia, Bahrain, Bermuda, Germany, and Peru, all
               WW2 to USA), UK 1924 (2) and 1925 Wembley 1½d envelopes used, 1861 cover Guade-
               loupe to Marseille, etc. (24)          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    107     --; 1932-39 neat little seln. of first flight covers; 1932 Dublin-Berlin, 1936 Sydney-Nyngan,
               1937 Helsinki-Stockholm-Oslo, 1938 Baltimore-Bermuda, 1939 Zurich-Rotterdam (from
               Liechtenstein), 1939 USA-France, 1939 North Atlantic Air Service. (7)                 ..                    28.
    108     --; bundle of world commercial covers mainly about 1970s (c.200+ ?) þ              ..                      3.
    109     Perfins; stockleaves with an interesting seln. of UK (c.170, mainly QV to KG5 inc. many
               uncommon values, and a crown/BT on QV 5d), HK QV (21), and other countries (c.100).          70.
    110     --; medium stockbook with perfins from a variety of countries (c.475) þ               ..                    28.
      **     --; see also France.
    111     Cinderella; some pages with a mix of postal stationery cutouts, revenues, other labels, etc.
               Much UK and USA. (c.430)        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    112     --; three labels for 1901 Glasgow Exhibition (one headed EXHIBITOR, another damaged),
               four different colours (+ 1 dupl.) of bell-tower label for 1910 Bruxelles Exposition, and
               strip of six “essay” for a “Scottish Postage” 8p stamp. Mixed condition. ..            15.
      **     --; see also Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Thailand, U.K.