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                   Collections and Mixed Lots.

               
        1     Small box with a bundle of stockcards of mainly medium value stamps (i.e. not common
               but not rare, many worth from a few pence to a few pounds) from a good variety of mainly
               Commonwealth countries, nearly all before about 1950s. (100s) þ        ..               ..                £150.
        2     Assorted lot in carton, including; an album of U.N. 1986 FDCs, two stockbooks with some
               mint UK, a bundle of stockcards with mainly Commonwealth selected stamps (inc. some
               useful and scarcer), sparse album of USA, bundle of Australia PSEs, another of UK FDCs,
               mixed pages, small album of Swiss FDCs, a few old approval books, etc. þ           ..                £100.
        3     Plastic crate with unusual mix, not of bulk material, but odds and ends of many areas, often
               scarcer or more unusual. Includes Czechoslovakia, USSR, Romania, USA, Ireland, etc.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        4     Carton with large accumulation of world album pages and stockleaves, c.35cm thick.
               Apparently all-world. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            60.
        5     Nineteen very varied albums, binders, and stockbooks in carton. Wide world content, some
               very poor, others ok. (1,000s) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        6     Large accumulation in two cartons. World stamps in packets, some pictorial packet material
               stock, a few covers, etc. (Many 1,000s) þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        7     Ideal album (for world up to 1914) with general world collection of 2,000+ stamps, mainly
               used. þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        8     Carton with three-volume 1974 UPU collection (mainly u.m.), 2 albums of Guernsey and
               Jersey, world colln. in two Worldex  albums, plus others loose, 2^nd-hand supplies, etc. þ             50.
        9     Small cigar box with loose mix of earlier stamps only (all 19^th century ?) from a mix of
               mainly Commonwealth countries, apparently all with minor to major faults, but enormous
               catalogue. (100s) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      10     Two boxes with many thousands of world stamps mainly in packets, a bundle of album
               pages, a few old approval books, etc. Large quantities. þ ..                   ..            40.
      11     Album of world stamps (inc. a poor penny black), other junior albums, UK 1987 Year Book,
               a few other mint UK, several covers, and loose mixed others. (100s) þ ..            40.
      12     Approx. 6kg net weight of almost entirely European kiloware (a few years old) with much
               Switzerland, France, Spain, and many others in smaller numbers. þ       ..            40.
      13     A mixed lot very strong in modern Switzerland (stamps, FDCs, presentation cards, etc.) –
               also has older Swiss, and other countries. (1,000s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      14     Carton of loose stamps, pages, etc., and inc. a bundle of items unsold in previous “Buy or
               Bid” sales (these cat. hundreds of pounds). þ  ..               ..                   ..            40.
      15     Two cartons with about a dozen albums/binders/stockbooks. Much USA, U.N. Flags, but
               other countries and general world also. (1,000s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      16     Collection in album of only a selection of mainly non-Commonwealth countries, inc.
               French African area, Argentina, Ireland, Laos. Mainly 1950s-80s, some earlier, used and
               mint. (c.4,000) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      17     Carton with a varied world mix – a bag of album pages, some sheets of c.t.o. USSR, world
               commercial covers, some binders, packets of loose USA, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..                    30.
      18     A jumble of packets in carton with mainly USA but other countries also, plus a few pages,
               FDCs, etc. (Many 1,000s) þ       ..                 ..               ..                   …             ..                    30.
      19     A carton partly filled with many thousands of world stamps in bags/packets, and also
               containing album of USSR 1973-76, a bundle of loose world pages, etc. þ            ..                    30.
      20     Carton with jumbled all-world mix – much of it loose in packets/bags, often partly sorted.
               (10,000s) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      21     Accum. of world stamps, mainly loose – wide mix. (10,000s) þ            ..               ..                    30.
      22     Mixed carton lot – many 1,000s. Worldwide loose, in packets, etc., etc. þ            ..                    30.
      23     Early to middle (plus a few cheap later) colln. in three binders. Most interest in Common-
               wealth and European. (100s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
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      24     Two boxes of almost entirely bulk used USA, although other USA (dupl. covers/p.stat.),
               and just some material of other countries. (Many 1,000s) þ                   ..               ..                    30.
      **     The following sixteen lots are mixed boxes. Each carton will normally have a mix of loose
               stamps, possibly some on pages or stockleaves, some covers, and all sorts of material. All
               originate in the USA, and there is a very strong bias to that country throughout. Content
               varies considerably from box to box, some better, some worse, some with little other than
               USA, others with more of a world mix, and they are probably best suited to bidders who
               have the chance to view, or to absent bidders who don’t mind a gamble. Although each has
               an estimate of £30., it is possible that prices may vary from £20 to £75.
      25     As described above. þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      26     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      27     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      28     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      29     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      30     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      31     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      32     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      33     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      34     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      35     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      36     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      37     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      38     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      39     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      40     As above. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      41     Mainly albums in a box – some empty, others with mixed world, or USA, a few Philippines,
               some loose Scandinavia, Yugoslavia in a catalogue, etc. þ ..                   ..            28.
      42     Row upon row of small packets of sorted, generally cheaper used, world stamps, plus others
               off-paper loose, cigar boxes of USA, bundleware, etc. (10,000s) þ      ..               ..                    28.
      43     Carton with a quantity of world kiloware sorted into bags, a small bundle of world miniature
               sheets, further USA stamps on and off paper, etc. þ         ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      44     Carton with a USA-biased (though whole world also) accumulation. Albums, stockbook,
               cover album, kiloware, etc. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      45     All-world accumulation in three binders, 2 junior albums, loose pages, etc. (100s) þ 24.
      46     Fat US-made album with world collection (mainly non-Commonwealth) generally up to
               about 1950s. (Many 100s) þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      47     Carton containing mixed world on pages (much USA), a few binders of mixed countries,
               a few bags of world kiloware, etc. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            24.
      48     Medium box with thousands of world stamps sorted into packets. þ      ..            24.
      49     Many thousands of world stamps in shoebox, almost entirely off-paper and with little UK.
               Approx. 1kg net weight. þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      50     Scott printed album with world collection to about 1930s, mainly foreign (100s) þ 22.
      51     Odd stamps of Australia (3), USA, HK, Mauritius, and Trinidad.           ..               ..                    20.
      52     Scott printed album with mixed countries to about 1970s inc. Cyrenaica, Ecuador, Egypt,
               Finland, France, and fewer of others. (Some 100s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      53     Stockalbum with a variety of Germany, Commonwealth, some other Europe and Overseas.
               Odd mix. (Few 100s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      54     Box of remainders – several albums/stockbooks, a bundle of remainder club books, etc.,
               high proportion UK. (Many 100s) þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.
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      55     Odds in a box – small lots of several countries, some general mix, and a few empty binders.
               (Many 100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      56     Mixed carton – world on pages, packets and stockcards, some German presentation cards,
               and so on. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      57     Fairly big box of remainders. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      58     Approx. 1.75kg net weight of world stamps (small proportion UK) (1,000s) þ                            16.
      59     Box of remainders, all-world. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      60     Box with all-world sorted in envelopes etc. Mostly off-paper (much Commonwealth/UK),
               but some kiloware also. A few Commonwealth commercial covers also. þ             ..                    15.
      61     Bundle of 25 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 200 diff.
               Australia, 100 diff Austria, 100 diff. Indonesia, etc.) (3,430) þ              ..               ..                    12.
      62     A similar lot, some different countries. (3,600) þ              ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      63     Medium box with world mix. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      64     Long box with a world (non-UK) off-paper mix (approx. 300g net) þ   ..            12.
      65     A similar lot, net weight c.280g. þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      66     A similar lot, net weight c.270g. þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      67     A similar lot, net weight c.270g. þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      68     A similar mix in small plastic box, net weight c.190g. þ     ..                   ..              8.
      69     About 1.25kg net of world kiloware, mainly foreign. þ     ..                   ..               ..                      6.
      70     British Commonwealth; 1840-1935 predominantly used collection in half-decent New
               Ideal album. A few sets seen, but mainly odds. Some strength in UK (1840 1d black, 2 x
               1840 2d blue, some useful surface-printed, high values in QV, KE7, and KG5). Good
               pickings throughout, condition on the whole quite good (some poor, many fine/very fine).
               (c.4,000) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £400.
      71     --; five little stockbooks with quite a powerful content, all in the Queen Victoria to King
               George 6^th period, mint and used. Main areas are South African Provinces, South Africa,
               Cyprus, South West Africa, Somaliland, New Hebrides, Antigua, Bahamas, St. Vincent,
               Sierra Leone, and Zanzibar. Total stated to catalogue £5,000+ (c.1,250) þ            ..                £300.
      72     --; album with QV to early QE ranges. Better m. & u. material is present from Chamba,
               Jhind, Mosul, Labuan, New South Wales, NZ (Chalons), and Tasmania. S.t.c.£4,000+
               (c.1,200) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £280.
      73     --; four remainder club books with selections of Malaya & States (153), North Borneo
               (90), Seychelles (104), Mauritius (93), and Australian States (131). Used and mint, s.t.c.
               £2,500+ (but this includes some with no gum or faults)                           ..               ..                £100.
      74     --; small box with a bundle of stockcards of mainly medium value stamps (i.e. not common
               but not rare, many worth from a few pence to a few pounds) from a good variety of
               countries, apparently QV to KG6 only. (100s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      75     --; carton with 17 albums with collections of QE material. Most are u.m., but a number
               throughout have marked gum due to incorrect use of Hawid mounts. Twelve of the albums
               are 1966-82 omnibus collections, three St. Vincent, one of SPECIMEN opts, and one mixed.
               (c.2,600) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      76     --; 1937-92 u.m. and c.t.o. seln. of defin and commem sets, some odds, some in fourblocks.
               Countries include Cyprus, Gibraltar, various Pacific islands, S.Africa Homelands, etc. Also
               a few S.M.O.M. S.t.c.£540+ (c.700, 17 m.s.) ..               ..                   ..            75.
      77     --; album of countries J to V, generally up to KG5/KG6, mint and used. Total cat. is about
               £500., largely made up by many medium values. (c.600) þ ..                 ..            60.
      78     --; two slim stockbooks of mint and used mainly QV to earlier QE, inc. a decent scattering
               of slightly better stamps, some sets/short sets, etc. High catalogue. (100s) þ           ..                    60.
      79     --; stockalbum of largely used, early to modern, inc. some UK. (c.1,300) þ           ..                    20.
      80     --; m. & u. mix in stockbook (c.600+) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
MATERIAL IS ACCEPTED FOR FUTURE SALES AT ANY TIME.
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      81     British Commonwealth; large stockbook with a mix of mainly used (c.2,500+) þ 15.
      82     --; small seln. of QV issues m. & u. inc. multiples. (43)                           ..               ..                    10.
      83     --; Africa; a few stockcards with seln. of Rhodesia (8 Double-Heads, 4 Admirals), Natal
               (11), S.Africa, Morocco Ag., a few modern Rhodesia, etc. ..                  ..            20.
      84     --; Australasia; small mainly mint colln. in Scott printed album of PNG, Samoa, Sarawak,
               Victoria, and a few others (100s ?) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      85     --; West Indies; three little boxes with off-paper mixes of Jamaica (c.65g net), Trinidad and
               Tobago (c.70g), and general (c.65g). (1,000s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      86     --; Omnibus; 1949 UPU m.m. collection in small printed album, consisting of 38 Common-
               wealth sets plus 10 foreign sets. (175) þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      87     --; --; 1972 S.Wedding and 1973 R.Wedding virtually complete u.m. (c.150, 5 m.s.)                   12.
      88     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding u.m. collection (inc. foreign issues) in seven SG albums, with
               sets, miniature sheets, sheetlets, booklets. (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                £120.
      89     Africa; large stockbook of mainly former French Colonies, colourful. (c.1,500) þ 22.
      90     --; stockbook of Angola, Belgian Congo (many of these first two), Congo, Ethiopia,
               Malagasy, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, and others. (1,000+) þ   ..            18.
      91     Asia; well-filled album with Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, India (many), Bhutan, Pakistan,
               and several other countries. (100s) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      92     Europe; stockbook with WW2 and modern issues of Serbia (226), Croatia (76), and
               Slovakia/Slovak Republic (303), m. & u. with occasional dupl. þ          ..               ..                    30.
      93     --; remainder album of Hungary, small collection of Greece, and a stockbook of USSR
               paintings. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      94     --; binder with stockleaves of Poland, Romania, and USSR, up to about 1970s, a few early,
               mainly used/c.t.o. (c.2,000)           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      95     Foreign; stockbook with a selection of mainly European (some overseas) mint and used,
               mainly 20^th century, all with tickets showing catalogue prices, which are mainly in the 50p
               to £3 region (and some higher). Total s.t.c. £2,000. (c.400+) þ            ..               ..                £100.
      96     --; stockbook with France (mainly 1960s m. & u.) and mixed others (100s) þ       ..                    10.
      97     Latin America; 1949-63 m.m. selection on pages of Argentina (175), Brasil (155), and
               Colombia (45).          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      98     Middle East; stockalbum with mainly Gulf States pictorials. (c.800) þ ..            15.
      99     --; approx. 1958-63 l.m.m. range on pages of Palestine, Syria, and Yemen. (c.325, several
               m.s.)       ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    100     Thematic; bundle of 15 individual packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 100 diff.
               aviation, 150 birds, 50 cars, 200 paintings, 50 world cup, etc.) (2,000) þ              ..                    15.
    101     --; J.F. Kennedy; small mint colln. in album, approx.1962-64. (c.75, a few m.s. etc.) þ              10.
    102     --; World Refugee Year; 1959-60 mint colln. (mainly fine u.m.) in album (c.160, 1 cover) þ      10.
    103     Covers; six albums of 1972-78 Omnibus FDCs, Bermuda and Jamaica FDCs, UK FDCs
               (inc. 1972 S.Wedding Royal Lancers), and a few foreign. (c.525) þ                      ..                    75.
      **     Perfins; see Australia.
      **    Cinderella; see Austria, Indian States (Jammu & Kashmir), Israel, Malaysia, Sarawak,
               S.Africa (Natal), S.Africa, U.K.
    104     Literature; Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Simplified 2003 (current) catalogue, in colour.
               As new but for a couple of bashes etc. (Retail £39.95) þ ..                   ..            20.
    105     --; Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World catalogue, 2002 edition (4 volumes). Used but
               complete. þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    106     --; SG Commonwealth and British Empire 1840-1952 catalogue, 2004 edition. þ                    15.
    107     --; SG Great Britain Specialised vol. 1 – Queen Victoria, 2001. þ    ..               ..                      4.

OVERALL SPENDING LIMITS, OR ALTERNATIVE BIDS, may be stated on your bid form.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.
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    108     Supplies (Second-Hand); shoebox with a selection of Hawid type strips, mainly taken out
               of their packets – probably the equivalent of 10 or 20 (or more ?) full packets, mixed sizes,
               black background. þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    109     --; approx. 600 clear plastic pages, each with two pockets suitable for old postcards. Also
               a further 800 similar pages with a single larger pocket (c. 150 x 210 mm). þ           ..                    15.
    110     --; approx. 250 black stockcards, each 143 x 207 mm with 7 clear strips on front. þ                   15.
    111     </