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                   Collections and Mixed Lots.

        1     A good boxful, filled with interest and value. Includes a small box of largely Common-
               wealth on stockcards (this bundle cat. some £100s), other stockcards, pages of various
               countries, several stockbooks, some covers, and so on. A fine sorting lot for collector or for
               resale. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
        2     Collection in old Rapkin Challenge album, to approx. 1940 (just a few cheaper later).
               Has some better Canada and France, and other useful. (c.3,350) þ       ..               ..                    70.
        3     Three stockbooks (one broken) of mixed countries. Majority is mint, majority Common-
               wealth, and often in u.m. sets. Includes some foreign Freedom from Hunger and Churchill
               issues. (c.1,880, 16 m.s.) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        4     Heavy box of fifteen stockbooks of mixed world stamps. (1.000s) þ     ..            60.
        5     Large carton containing several general albums, thousands of stamps sorted into packets, a
               number of cigar boxes, etc. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        6     Small box with an attractive world mix, largely on stockcards, and with no “junk” seen.
               Includes many mint, sets and part sets, and some miniature sheets. (100s) þ           ..                    50.
        7     Seven stockbooks of mixed countries inc. many Switzerland, plus a folder of Liechtenstein
               maxi cards, etc., and others loose. (Many 100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    45.
        8     Carton of remainders and odds inc. U.N., stockbook of Germany, some USA postal stat-
               ionery, USA, UK, and Ireland and other odds in packets, a few USA duck stamps, and an
               album of USA “Bureau Souvenir Cards”.         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
        9     Carton of world kiloware and off-paper. Some sorted by country and some loose. Approx.
               10kg gross. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      10     Carton with a general mix – small cover album of Israel covers, another German, some
               album pages, mint or c.t.o. blocks of cheap stamps, a few small single country collections,
               Germany mix of stamps and covers, etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      11     Mix in carton – mixed envelopes and packets, some 1960s packet material in c.t.o. or mint
               blocks/sheets, pages of Liechtenstein, Spain, UK & Commonwealth, a box of UK PHQ
               cards, stockbook of USSR, etc. (1,000s) þ    ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      12     Medium carton of pages, stockcards, stamps in packets, some FDCs, etc., etc. Reasonable
               general standard, and fair variety. (1,000s) þ  ..               ..                   ..            40.
      13     Box with several stockbooks of Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Germany, plus more Italy on pages,
               some UK, etc. (Many 100s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      14     Medium box packed with thousands of world stamps on pages, in packets, in stockbooks –
               some common, some not so standard. þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      15     Medium box with mixed countries on pages, a small album of Swiss FDCs etc, and a
               bundle of old previously unsold Buy or Bid Sale lots. (100s) þ              ..               ..                    40.
      16     Box with a stockbook of UK (dupl. u. KG5 and others, a few modern mint), stockbook of
               Canada (mainly dupl. u. QV-KG5), a world album, a bundle of mainly Aust./NZ FDCs,
               mixed loose (inc. dupl. used NZ), etc. þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      17     Carton containing – shoebox well-filled with world off-paper stamps, some album pages, a
               bundle of German philatelic covers, some shop packets, and others. þ  ..            35.
      18     Carton of remainders, with a few UK presentation packs, some UK kiloware, a packet of
               modern u.m. Belize, a few Cayman and Lesotho FDCs (some with u.m. sets inside), and
               various odds. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      19     Mix in box – three stockbooks (inc. Scandinavia and Russia/USSR), loose stamps, junior
               album, pres. packs of Denmark (2) and Faroes (1), small stockbook of Commonwealth,
               old Facit Scandinavia catalogue, etc. (100s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      20     Box of loose stamps – mixed in age, area, and type, and mixed on/off paper. A fun mix,
               peppered with nice minor finds. (1,000s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      21     World accum. of kiloware and off-paper inc. a shoebox of USA off-paper. At least 8kg
               gross. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      22     Five stockbooks of world pictorials, mixed countries, much c.t.o., some mint. (100s) þ                30.
      23     An Ideal album with mixed world remainders, and others, in a box. (100s) þ         ..                    30.
      24     Carton of mainly loose stamps, bundleware, and so on. (Many 1,000s) þ               ..                    30.
      25     Carton with a similar mix. þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      26     Mainly foreign mix in large carton, with leaves, stockleaves, some covers, etc. (1,000s) þ            30.
      27     A vaguely similar lot. þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      28     Mixed box with much that is standard, but also odds and ends more unusual, all world with
               many foreign seen. (Many 100s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      29     Primarily foreign assortment in large box with all sorts of bits and pieces. (1,000s) þ 28.
      30     Nine medium/small stockbooks with mixed world stamps (100s) þ       ..               ..                    28.
      31     Carton with a few small boxes of world stamps on and off-paper, a folder of mainly Europe,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      32     Old Whitfield King two-volume Standard album with just a scattering of world stamps
               to about 1914, often in poor condition, and inc. a poorish penny black. Covers of albums
               marked. (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      33     An odd mix inc. a few USA FDCs, an album of mainly UK FDCs, several miniature sheets,
               some pages of Guernsey and Isle of Man . . . . . and a four-drawer wooden filing cabinet. þ         24.
      34     Three general world albums, with about 4,000 stamps total. þ               ..               ..                    24.
      35     Carton with a few albums/folders, some loose. Much German included. þ              ..                    24.
      36     Two smallish boxes of stamps, covers, postcards, etc., much foreign. þ ..            22.
      37     Carton of mixed odds inc. a bundle of covers, some kiloware, a few postcards, small albums,
               stockbooks, etc. þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      38     Bundle of stockleaves with a world mix. Mainly commoner used stamps (and sometimes
               with pencil numbers on back) but some mint, and some medium value. (1,000s) þ 20.
      39     Carton with an accumulation of odds – old junior albums, covers, loose stamps, etc. þ                 20.
      40     Box with 100 packets, each of 100 different world stamps. þ               ..               ..                    20.
      41     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      42     Five mixed stockbooks with Germany, Austria, and mixed others. (100s) þ           ..                    16.
      43     Four small/medium stockbooks of m. & u. Bulgaria, small stockbook of USSR, and another
               stockbook of world. þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      44     Medium box with loose stamps and covers, empty stockbook, old printed album for
               Rhodesia, a little Zimbabwe kiloware, etc. þ   ..               ..                   ..            15.
      45     Bundle of remainder club books of UK, Commonwealth in Africa, and mixed countries. þ           15.
      46     Medium box of world pages, stockleaves, and loose stamps (1,000s) þ                 ..                    15.
      47     Cigar box with a seln. (mainly stockcards) inc. Falklands, Scandinavia, German States, etc. þ      12.
      48     Stockbook with really quite a varied mix with philatelic souvenir items of Norway and
               Germany, some flight/rocket covers/cards, etc. þ             ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      49     Long box with approx. 380g net weight of off-paper world stamps. þ   ..            12.
      50     Cigar box filled with all-world off-paper, plus a further seln. in small stockbook (100s) þ             10.
      51     Box with about 1.75kg gross weight of world kiloware sorted into envelopes (perhaps about
               1kg net ?). þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      52     Little stockbook with just a small seln., inc. a few 1949 UPU sets.         ..               ..                      6.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      53     British Commonwealth; attractive mint collection in stockbook. The largest numbers are
               of KG5 issues, with smaller numbers of QV and KE7. Good range of countries with very
               little dupl. and often with short sets. Total cat. approx. £3,800. (most value made up by
               numbers of medium value stamps), and generally fine/very fine. (c.1,000) þ            ..                £500.
      54     --; QV to KG6 mint and used colln. of countries alphabetically Aden to Ireland (includes
               Levant, Morocco Agencies, N.Borneo). Better items inc. Cape triangulars used (1 x 1d,
               3 x 4d), HK KG5 values to $5, India 1866 6a opt on fiscal used, etc. Stated to catalogue
               £5,000+ (c.1,200) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £400.
      55     --; three little stockbooks with a fairly small, but value-packed, selection of earlier stamps
               of several countries, mainly used with some mint in places. All is of QV to KG6 period –
               some countries stop at KG5, or KE7, or are QV only. Comprises Barbados (73), Trinidad
               (99), Tobago (15), T. & T. (109), Bermuda (55), Cayman (85), New Brunswick (18), Nova
               Scotia (35), P.E.I. (22), and Ceylon (297). Enormous catalogue (about £4,300+). Condition
               generally quite good, many fine, odd poorer examples also. þ               ..               ..                £220.
      56     --; slim stockbook of mixed mint and used. All periods, but much is QV to KG6, and with
               many stamps of medium value. S.t.c.£900+ (c.490)          ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      57     --; a well-picked album, but not devoid of interest. generally up to KG5 only (UK up to
               KG6). UK includes a medium penny black and mixed quality high values of QV (to 10/-)
               and KE7 (to 5/-). (c.670) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    65.
      58     --; album with a m. & u. collection of KE7 issues only, generally odds from a good range
               of countries, and with some slightly better (best in K.U.T.) (270) þ       ..               ..                    60.
      59     --; bundle of 18 remainder club books (no UK, much Australia and New Zealand, and other
               countries also), PTSA £247. (generally reasonable) (100s) þ                ..               ..                    60.
      60     --; two small stockbooks with mainly u.m. new issues of Australia and AAT 1999-2002,
               Jersey 1999-2000, plus a few Malta, and others. þ          ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      61     --; album of miniature sheets from a variety of countries, mixed u.m., l.m.m., and c.t.o.
               (c.140) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      62     --; stockbook of mixed mint, with largest numbers of New Zealand, often with duplication.
               Many are fine, but some toning in places. (100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      63     --; stockbook of QE mint from a mix of mainly smaller countries (100s) þ              ..                    30.
      64     --; fat stockbook with mainly UK (mainly used inc. some QV-QE high values), plus mixed
               Malta, Gibraltar, Cyprus, and others. (100s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      65     --; 1953-58 m.m. colln. in two New Age albums. Quite a sparse range but with some sets
               and better values. (c.220) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      66     --; stockbook of QV to KG6 period, generally used odds and ends but without too much
               dupl. (100s) þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      67     --; medium stockbook with a range of largely earlier stamps inc. some classics, many
               scarcer, but almost entirely “spacefillers” (various faults). A few foreign also. (300+) þ                 24.
      68     --; mint seln. with Brunei 1952-72 defins, NZ 1953 defin set m.m., several medium value
               Malaya, North Borneo, UK Lifeboat phos. 1/6 u.m.         ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      69     --; seln. in stockbook of India (85), Indian States (47, inc. Chamba 1938 short set to 12a
               m.m./u.m.), and a few others. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      70     --; stockbook of countries C to N, majority used. (100s) þ                  ..               ..                    18.
      71     --; varied m. & u. mix in stockbook (100s) þ  ..               ..                   ..            15.
      72     --; two stockbooks – one of Australia, Canada, and NZ, the other of mixed countries
               (c.1,200) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      73     --; Bahamas and Leewards (inc. 6 shades) 1938 short sets to 1/- m.m., s.t.c.£115. 12.
      74     --; Africa; m. & u. seln. on stockcards with some S.Africa Provinces, S.W.A. War Bantams
               in mint multiples (main value in these), etc. (c.150+)           ..                   ..               ..                    18.

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      75     British Commonwealth; Pacific; 1979-88 (approx.) box with bundles of mainly illus.
               unaddressed FDCs of Fiji, Norfolk, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon, and Tuvalu. Approx. 140
               covers, many of which have u.m. sets enclosed. Also inc. some Tuvalu p.packs. þ 45.
      76     --; South Atlantic; 1974-86 box with colln. of 100+ illus. unaddressed FDCs of Ascension,
               St. Helena, Falklands, B.A.T., S.Georgia, and Tristan da Cunha, usually with u.m. sets
               enclosed. Also some other mint, and others. þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      77     --; Omnibus; album with u.m. Royal issues – mainly Queen Mother (c.250, 40 m.s.). Also
               a few others. þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    16.
      78     --; --; 1978 Coronation Anniv. mainly u.m. (a few m.m.) colln. – appears about 70%
               complete (c.100, 43 m.s./sheetlets) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      79     --; --; 1986 R.Wedding small u.m. colln. in album comprising stamps (68, some part sets),
               booklets (12), FDCs (13), maxi cards (13). þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      80     Europe; bundle of 22 remainder club books, PTSA £344. (generally reasonable) (100s) þ          70.
      81     --; stockbook of France mint, Austria m. & u., and Germany m. & u. (100s) þ                            40.
      82     --; box with stockbooks of Austria, Germany, stockleaves of Switzerland, pages of
               Germany, an album of Danish covers, etc. þ   ..               ..                   ..            26.
      83     --; stockbook with a wide mix of early to modern m. & u. (100s) þ      ..               ..                    26.
      84     --; box of album pages, stockleaves, and loose. (100s) þ ..                   ..            24.
      85     --; 1858-1936 seln. in medium stockbook of Austria (409), Lombardy & Venetia (4), Bosnia
               & Herzegovina (129), Austro-Hungarian Military Post (98), Austrian Territories Acquired
               by Italy (30), Austrian POs in Turkey (22), Hungary (325), and Occupations of Hungary
               (21). Very little dupl. þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      86     --; stockalbum of mixed countries but mainly Germany and Italy (many 100s) þ  18.
      87     --; stockbook with m. & u. mix – about half is fairly recent Germany (inc. € values). Some
               dupl. (c.1,000) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      88     Europe and Colonies; small box with a selection of stockcards with generally selected
               items of a wide mix of countries, types, and periods. No one country stands out, the value
               fairly well distributed. (100s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      89     Foreign; seln. on stockcards of Europe and Overseas. Mainly quite modern, mainly u.m.,
               and often in sets, sometimes with a little dupl. Many pictorial included. S.t.c.£800. (200+)             80.
      90     --; two stockbooks of Europe and others (c.1,500) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      91     Latin America; three stockalbums of early to modern m. & u. with no apparent duplication.
               Some high catalogue Brasil included. (c.3,000) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      92     --; stockbook with approx. 1,600 stamps of mainly middle periods, largely used. þ 20.
      93     --; mix on pages plus others in packets. (100s)                  ..                   ..               ..                      6.
      94     Scandinavia; slim stockbook of Finland (228, s.t.c.£220+), and Denmark (c.360, s.t.c.
               £250+), inc. a scattering of better values.         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      95     --; bundle of pages of mainly Denmark, Norway, Sweden. Also Finland and few Iceland. (100s)  10.
      96     Thematic; stockbook with Horses, Birds, Flowers, etc. (c.1,000) þ    ..               ..                      8.
      97     --; Aircraft; stockbook of m. & u. sets and odds, various countries (c.350, several m.s.,
               covers, etc.) þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      98     --; Aviation; tiny “History of Flight” colln. on German printed pages (21, 3 cards) þ                      5.
      99     --; Space; collection in binder (with pages printed in German) of USA space achievements
               comprising u.m. stamps (3), covers and cards (33). A few odds at end also. þ       ..                    15.
    100     --; folder with a seln. of world m. & u. miniature sheets (c.65), and a few others. þ 15.
    101     --; Sport; very small colln. in stockbook (22, 15 m.s./sheetlets, 5 covers). Includes several
               Olympics, and Germany 1936 Brown Ribbon m.s. v.f.u. þ ..                  ..            10.
    102     --; World Wildlife Fund; 1983-90 album with 11 different sets, each represented by u.m.
               set and set of FDCs, some also with maxi cards. þ           ..                   ..                                     10.
    103     --; Zeppelin; small m. & u. seln. inc. attractive 1956 Monaco cover.     ..               ..                      8.

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    104     Covers; 1911-68 box with an original correspondence – comprises UK with KE7 ½d and
               1d (80), 1911 Downey head defins (175), WW1 On Active Service (98, many worn, inc.
               quantities of FPO D.28 and APO S.X.4 [Greece]), 1939-41 from China (62, many with
               HSBC perfins), and others. (c.500) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    105     --; mixed bundle (in album and loose) of mainly UK FDCs, a few foreign. (c.75) þ 8.
    106     --; Europe; 1961-74 folder of FDCs of Switzerland (6), Monaco (14), Liechtenstein (9),
               and France (75), inc. many Art stamps. þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    107     --; Scandinavia; small box with mixed commercial, FDCs, some postal stationery, of
               mainly Sweden. (c.200) þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    108     --; Europa; 1956-86 seln. of FDCs, all different, mostly illus. unaddressed (91); also some
               others (31). þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      ***     --; --; see also in “Bulk Covers” below.
    109     --; Numismatic Covers; UK 2003 Coronation £5 coin in FDC, plus five other Common-
               wealth 2002 Jubilee FDCs each with commem coin.         ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    110     --; --; 1994 D-Day Anniversary seln. of numismatic FDCs of Isle of Man (6 diff.), Guernsey,
               and UK. þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      ***     --; --; see also UK (Numismatic Covers).
    111     --; Royalty; 1934 (17 March) cover with Transvaal 1d cancelled special cancel ROYAL
                TOUR H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE …. (& Afrikaans). Cachet on cover “H.R.RH. PRINCE GEORGE’S
                ROYAL/TOUR in Southern Africa/in “The White Train” 5.2.’34 to 10.5.’34”. Fine, though just minor faults.  12.