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            Collections and Mixed Lots.  
        1    Good mix/collection in large suitcase. The main part is a world collection in five albums
               plus bundle of leaves (best value in the Commonwealth), then also two cover albums of
               mixed packs and covers, a 1984 UK Year Book, some loose modern UK booklets, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £200.
        2     Unusual bundle of material, often with blocks and miniature sheets. Includes (in random
               order, and among many others) Philippines SG MS J35 m., Egypt 1920s/30s m. seln. s.t.c.
               £450., Yemen blocks, W.Berlin dupl. used charity sets s.t.c.£180. Cyprus 1991 Europa (2)
               in c.t.o. sheets (£54.), some mint W.Germany mainly in multiples s.t.c.£300+, dupl. mint
               Sierra Leone KG6 (£120.), Austria, scarcer m.s. of Chile and Uruguay, etc. (100s) þ              £220.
        3     Mainly UK in box, with album of mainly mint decimal, numerous p.packs (mainly early
               decimal, plus some years packs, souvenir packs etc.), some FDCs, and a few foreign. þ          £120.
        4     Carton of stockbooks of Germany, Liechtenstein, France, railway thematics, and of mixed
               world, plus other items. Moderate standard in places. (1,000s) þ          ..               ..                £120.
        5     Box with a bundle of mainly Commonwealth items previously unsold in our Buy or Bid
               Sale, with a total “stated to catalogue” price of £2,000+. Also further mainly Common-
               wealth on pages, packets of cheap mint Cyprus/Gibraltar/Malta. (100s) þ              ..                £100.
        6     World accumulation in two cartons. All sorts of material from a wide mix of countries
               (much France, Germany, Italy) but without too much UK. In albums, on pages, many loose,
               some covers/cards, and so on. The most varied loose part of the mix includes a few loose
               coins and a broken watch ! (1,000s) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
        7     Very varied lot stuffed into box. mainly stamps, plus some covers and cards etc. þ £100.
        8     Old-fashioned collection in two Movaleaf albums, generally up to about the 1930s only,
               and without any UK. (1,000s) þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..        £100.
        9     Varied lot with mixed world stamps in several albums (all-world but with many Australia,
               Canada, NZ), plus loose, some covers, etc. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                    70.
      10     Very heavy carton with fourteen various albums (mainly large). World contents but with
               much USA (stamps, FDCs etc.). (1,000s) Ä   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    55.
      11     General world collections in four albums generally up to about 1960s. Includes UK m.m.
               phosphor sets of Red Cross, Botanical, Geographical. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                    50.
      12     An odd remainder lot in box with six stockbooks (the bulk in dupl. used modern UK, but
               some other UK, and mixed other countries), a bundle of stockleaves of mixed world in
               Swaziland and other Africa, three empty cover albums, and other odds. (1,000s) þ 50.
      13     Old suitcase with an album of Commonwealth 1945-46 Victory issues m.m. & u., world
               stamps in slightly tatty large stockalbum and stockbook, and others. (1,000s) þ                           50.
      14     World mix in nine various stockbooks/stockalbums with much Europe. (1,000s) þ 50.
      15     World collection in six loose-leaf albums, generally to about 1960s (the UK to 1974). A
               largely used general lot, slight toning in places. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..            50.
      16     Stockbook of dupl. used UK, bundle of UK PHQ cards and FDCs, small thematic collect-
               ions of Bridges, Pottery, and Christmas, and many loose others. (1,000s) þ           ..                    50.
      17     Various mixed albums/binders in carton inc. one s/b of India, large s/b of UK, stockalbum
               of 1977 Jubilee omnibus issues, etc. (1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
      18     Eleven various stockbooks and albums with mainly Commonwealth and UK stamps, some
               covers. Includes S.Africa, Pacific, Denmark, Canada FDCs, etc. (1,000s) þ          ..                    45.
      19     Carton of odds – general world in two albums, loose in small boxes, etc. (1,000s) þ                    40.
      20     Carton with bundles of small envelopes, the bulk being used UK used stamps (mostly cheap
               but some going back to penny reds etc.), and the “smaller half” of mixed world (again
               mainly cheaper but we notice hundreds of Federated Malay States). Some others (e.g. UK
               1990s FDCs). (1,000s) þ            ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      21     Big old French Yvert et Tellier printed album with scattered world m. & u. colln. to about
               1936, strength in Europe. (c.1,300) þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
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      22     Commonwealth, UK, and world mixture in carton – albums, folders and loose – plus a
               headband magnifier with set of lenses. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      23     Large carton of odds and remainders – thousands of world loose stamps on and off paper,
               remainder albums, etc. þ              ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      24     World mix in packets, mainly middle period, some China seen. (1,000s) þ             ..                    30.
      25     Conventional world collection in two albums. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..            26.
      26     Small box of mainly UK odds and ends inc. a few mint stamps (face c.£20.), 1972
               Wedgwood book (trimmed perfs), etc. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      27     About 1kg of world kiloware (little or no UK), another box with 1,000s of UK used
               commems/Christmas sorted in packets, and a little box with c.250g of world off-paper. þ            20.
      28     Carton of odds & remainders. Stamps, covers, bundle repro. nude p’cards, etc. (1,000s) þ         20.
      29     Bundle of sheets of c.t.o. Ajman, Fujeira, Korea, etc. Heavily duplicated. Approx. 3kg.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      30     This box says “Junk” on the lid. þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      31     Junior colln. in album (100s), little stockbook of mint USSR, USA 1982 Birds and Flowers
               sheet u.m., Orbis Philatelic Atlas, and a few others. þ      ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      32     Shoebox with 100 packets, each with 100 different world stamps. (10,000) þ       ..                    15.
      33     A few junior world albums, four empty binders for 1978 Coronation Anniv., UK 1977
               Jubilee Tour covers, a few airletters, and slogan pmks. Ä    ..                 ..            15.
      34     Long box with loose world mix of off-paper stamps, little or no UK. (c.200g net weight)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      35     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      36     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      37     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      38     Flat box with bundles of pieces from Czechoslovakian parcel cards (100s, 1930s, mixed
               pmks.), small bundle of UK PHQ cards, and a few documents/receipts. þ             ..                    10.
      39     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    10.
      40     Two insignificant junior albums, some loose stamps, and a small bundle of UK pres.packs
               inc. 1971 year pack. þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    10.
      41     Shoebox with 100 different packets, each with 100 of the same stamp. (10,000, the estimate
               therefore literally “ten-a-penny”) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    10.
      42     Two junior albums (few stamps), a few FDCs, two TV Licences with stamps, etc. þ                    10.
      43     Belarus 1998-2003 seln. of commercial/philatelic covers (c.30), a few Middle East on
               pages, and one Comoros.             ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                      6.
      44     British Commonwealth; extensive collection of mainly used odds in sixteen stockbooks
               (excludes Australia, Canada, Malaya, NZ, and UK). The strength is in the sheer spread
               and numbers. (Many 1,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £240.
      45     --; two-volume collection of KG5 and earlier, from just a scattering of classics. The later
               KG5 includes some m.m. short sets to 1/-, therefore lots of medium values. We notice
               Hong Kong KG5 $3 u. Condition mainly fair/fine, a little toning in places. (100s) þ £220.
      46     --; three-volume collection of KG6 issues (plus just a few later). Mounted mint and used,
               with many commem sets and defin short sets (usually to 1/-), as well as odds. (100s) þ            £300.
      47     --; mainly mounted mint collection in two albums, generally QE issues up to about 1967,
               some countries to about 1970, and mainly comprising definitive short sets and commem-
               orative sets. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
      48     --; stockbook with a range of KG6 and earlier QE. Mainly m.m. sets or short sets, and used
               odds. Includes KG6 defin sets or better values of Aden, Antigua, Bahamas, Basutoland, Br.
               Guiana, Cayman, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland (inc. 1938 £1), Gambia, HK (1946 $1, $2,
               $5 colour changes), N.Rhodesia, Pitcairn, Seychelles (1938 25c, 30c carmine). Light dupl.
               in places. (c.760) þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £180.
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      49     British Commonwealth; attractive collection in album, mainly l.m.m. of countries alphabet-
               ically Ireland to Muscat. The strength is in KG6 and earlier QE, though there are a few
               earlier, and some through to c.1970. Many commem sets and defin short sets. (100s) þ           £120.
      50     --; a similar lot in album, Natal to Rhodesia & Nyasaland. þ                 ..               ..                £100.
      51     --; several stockleaves of Australian States (c.200), Straits Settlements (c.55), India (6),
               Heligoland (3), and Ionian Islands (5). Mixed condition.      ..                 ..            40.
      52     --; two large stockbooks with a duplicated, mainly used, range. (1,000s) þ            ..                    40.
      53     --; remainder collection on pages of mainly mint KG5 to early QE. (c.350)              ..                    35.
      54     --; mainly mounted mint remainder collection in SG King George VI printed album. Large
               parts of the album are empty, but with still about 150 stamps remaining. Album in overall
               fine condition but with some marks from pen or sellotape. þ                  ..               ..                    20.
      55     --; mixture in packets, most of it being mint sets, and with many Kiribati, Maldive Is., etc.
               (100s)    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    28.
      56     --; small box with bundle of about 100 stockcards of mainly mint sets of about 1960s-80s.
               Mainly u.m., some m.m. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    26.
      57     --; two stockleaves with a mix of mint, mainly KG5/KG6 (172)             ..               ..                    15.
      58     --; Europe; small used collections of KG6 Cyprus (32 inc. defins to £1), and Gibraltar (48
               inc. defins to 5/-, 10/-, £1, and various perfs). S.t.c.£550+  ..                 ..            70.
      59     --; Omnibus; stockbook with mainly m.m. sets of 1935 Jubilee (10 sets), 1937 Coronation
               (41 sets), 1949 UPU (10 sets, a few of these toned), and others. þ       ..               ..                    40.
      60     --; --; 1937 Coronation seln. of 60+ m.m. or used sets in stockbook. þ                 ..                    26.
      61     --; --; 1948-49 Silver Wedding collection complete unmounted mint in contemporary
               printed album. Stamps are mounted in one of three ways; in cellophane mounts (few), held
               in by hinges folded over at the top and foot of each stamp (therefore not actually stuck to
               anything), or hinged on the stamp’s margin which is folded in behind the stamp. Minor
               tone spots on UK, Barbados, Falkland, and Gilbert & Ellice. Cat. price as set £1,800.
               (138) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £600.
      62     Africa; 1914-80 (approx.) seln. of Algeria and Morocco in stockbook, from Colonial to
               Independent issues, little dupl., many pictorials. (c.500) þ   ..                 ..            12.
      63     Europe; stockbook of m. & u. early to modernish stamps from countries G to N (in German
               – therefore includes “Jugoslawien”). Includes GB with a few QV and five KG5 seahorses,
               etc. (c.1,180) þ        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    45.
      64     --; stockbook of mint material only, from a range of countries inc. USSR, Spain, France,
               Switzerland, and Romania. Mix of odds, part sets and sets, sometimes with blocks or other
               dupl. (100s) þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    35.
      65     --; large stockbook of Monaco, Greece, Slovenia, and Hungary. (100s) þ             ..                    26.
      66     --; stockbook of mainly used Andorra, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein,
               and Luxembourg, inc. many modern. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      67     Foreign; extensive collection of mainly used odds in four large stockbooks and two others.
               Countries/areas include Eastern Europe, Portugal, USSR, Asia (not China), Peru, Yugo-
               slavia, UN, etc. (1,000s) þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    70.
      68     Latin America; large stockbook with many countries, much used, and with good numbers
               of modern. (c.2,000) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      69     Overseas; large stockbook with mainly odds used (some dupl.) of non-Commonwealth
               Africa and Middle East. Much modern included. (c.2,000) þ                ..               ..                    40.
      70     Scandinavia; collection of mainly used odds in two stockbooks (1,000s) þ           ..                    40.
      71     Thematic; several printed-album type collections in box – W.W.F., Aviation Heritage, The
               Olympic Masterfile, 1981 R.Wedding FDCs, and 1992-93 40^th Anniversary stamps/FDCs
               in two albums. (100s) þ               ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
      72     --; album with seln. of m. & u. arranged by theme inc. animals, birds, Christmas, flowers,
               transport, etc. Railway section inc. modern UK railway “locals” (c.65). (c.1,600) þ 30.

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      73     Thematic; sixteen mixed packets with for example 110 Olympics, 80 Flowers, 25 Trains,
               20 Fish. (1,000)        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    10.
      74     --; Birds; extensive collection on bundles of pages (bundle c.35cm thick), mixed mounted
               mint and used. All arranged alphabetically according to bird name (i.e. A for Auk, W for
               White-Eye) therefore usually splitting sets across various pages. Also another album, and
               a couple of books. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £120.
      75     --; --; attractive range of mint and used in large stockbook, the largest number as u.m. sets,
               but also mint part sets used sets/odds. Generally quite modern and with some less com-
               monly seen countries. Also includes UK Locals Lundy 1953 Coronation set (7) in u.m.
               6-blocks, and Carn Iar Birds set (6) in u.m. 6-blocks. (c.850) þ           ..               ..                    50.
      76     --; Cycling; small colln. of mainly odds on stockleaves. (c.175)             ..               ..                    12.
      77     --; Europa; German printed album with u.m. Europa issues 1965-81, possibly complete for
               the period. (c.870) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    55.
      78     --; Maps; mint (usually u.m. and in sets) and used (sets and odds) collection in large stock-
               book. Includes Falklands Dependencies 1946 set (8) in u.m. pairs. (c.600+) þ      ..                    40.
      79     --; Royalty; scrapbook-cum-collection assembled in Germany of British royalty, mainly
               Q.Victoria, Queen Mother and Princess Anne, comprising stamps, coins, covers, newspaper
               cuttings etc. Most value probably in the UK QV stamps, plus the Queen’s South Africa
               Medal (with Orange Free State and Cape Colony clasps, fair condition only), and Cyprus
               1901 18pi coin (about F, quite scarce). (c.370 stamps, 15 m.s., 23 coins, 29 covers/p.stat.),
               1 medal, 6 medallions) þ              ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    80.
      80     Covers; mixed bundle inc. a bundle of German, five French Colonies p.stat., etc. (82) þ              40.
      81     --; world mix in carton, the lower part being bundles of cheap USA FDCs etc., upper part
               mainly commercial. (100s) þ        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      82     --; mixed bundle inc. numerous UK Postal stationery (c.80, QV to QE m. & u., inc. four
               newspaper wrappers with STAMFORD MERCURY cancels), other UK (6), and other countries
               (13, inc. Danzig 1933 on UK stamp with NAVIRE  to side, four FMS, etc.) þ          ..                    40.
      83     --; medium box of mixed world covers, commercial and philatelic, generally reasonably
               modern. (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      84     --; small bundle of mainly Field Post Office and similar, mainly 1950s to modern, and inc. a
               few Bosnia-Hercegovina etc. (50)                    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      85     --; 1974 seln. of 18 different Churchill FDCs, mainly unaddressed or printed address.                     5.
      Ü     Perfins; see UK.
      Ü     Cinderella; see Australia, China, Ethiopia, Sweden.
      86     Literature; Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World catalogue 2006 edition complete in five
               volumes, decent used condition. þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    45.
      87     --; SG Commonwealth and Empire catalogue 2007 edition, good 2^nd-hand. þ     ..                    12.
      88     --; a similar lot. þ      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      89     --; The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope by D. Alan Stevenson, 1950. þ                  15.
      90     --; Transvaal Philately by Maj. Ian B. Mathews, 1986. þ                  ..               ..                    15.
      91     --; Transvaal Postage Stamps by J.H. Curle and A.E. Basden, 1940. þ              ..                    10.
      92     --; The Cape of Good Hope Triangular Stamp and its Story by Eric Rosenthal, 1957.                5.
      93     --; A Picture Album of the Large Dragon Stamps and Postal History of the Qing Dynasty,
               China National Postage Stamp Museum, 1989. þ              ..                 ..               ..                      8.
      94     --; SG Great Britain Specialised Catalogue volumes 1-5, editions between 1985 and 1991,
               plus a couple of duplicates, and SG Guide to Stamp Collecting. þ      ..               ..                    15.
      95     Supplies (Second-Hand); eight Royal Mail double-pocket first day cover albums with
               pages. þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
      96     --; carton with about ten medium to full size stockbooks, plus a handful of other small ones.
               Very mixed types and qualities. Ä ..                 ..                 ..                 ..            24.
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      97     Supplies (Second-Hand); carton with over twenty mixed binders, a large proportion of
               these being for cover albums. Ä    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      98     --; carton with about 18 various stamp album binders and similar, mixed qualities. Ä 15.
      99     --; two medium-size white-page stockbooks, as new. þ                        ..               ..                      6.
    100     --; box of unused Lindner and Christen album pages, plus a bundle of packets of Prinz strips
               (and a few Hawid cut-to-size). þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..            20.
    101     --; three Prangnell Byron binders, some pages, and a couple of other binders etc. þ 6.
    102     --; two Safe albums with some UK printed pages, three Scandinavian printed albums, Scott
               album plus various pages, etc. þ   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..            24.
    103     --; useful box with four large stockbooks (32-page black), five slim stockbooks, an SG
               Simplex Medium album, and five junior outfits, all new but shop-soiled. Also a 1987
               Commonwealth Simplified catalogue. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    104     --; eleven red SG medium springback binders (with Simplex Medium labels). þ    ..                    30.
    105     --; Pro Collect ultraviolet lamp (366nm – long wave). Looks as new but not checked, mains
               operated though with Continental plug. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                      5.
    106     --; a similar item, different make with wavelength not stated. þ              ..               ..                      5.

           COLLECTABLES (Non-Philatelic Items)
    107     Collectables Mixed Lots; box of phone cards, repro golf postcards (duplicated), a little
               Pathéscope 9.5mm filmstrip (“Two Owls”), and others. (100s) þ          ..               ..                    30.
    108     --; four fat albums of repro prints, Christmas cards, etc., plus 1970 Commonwealth Games
               plate, and others. Ä   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                      6.
    109     Banknotes; seventeen cheap world notes, mainly modern. ..                 ..              3.
 **  **    Books; see special Postal Bid Sale of books (mainly Scouting, Baden-Powell, Boer War, etc.)
    110     Cigarette Cards; collection in three modern albums comprising thirty mixed sets, mainly
               the commoner pre-war issues, plus some modern. þ          ..                 ..               ..                    75.
    111     --; mix sorted into packets, plus more on pages in modern album. (100s) þ            ..                    20.
    112     Cigarette and Trade Cards; large stock/accumulation in carton. A mix of sets and odds,
               loose and in albums, mainly fair/good/fine condition. Worth checking through, as some
               scarcer ones are seen (e.g. Mitchell Village Models x 24 odds as just one example). (Many
               1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £200.
    113     --; assortment in album plus loose, a mix of sets and odds, originals and reprints. (100s) þ           20.
    114     Coins; uncirculated sets for UK (6 packs, of 4 different years 1983-92) and five others of
              Commonwealth countries 1982-83. Also UK 1989 2 x £2 pack, and UK 1982 proof set. þ       35.