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                 Collections and Mixed Lots.                                                      

        1     A good old Strand album, the bulk being a reasonable world collection up to about 1940
               (100s) but with some value in the UK pages at the beginning and in a few other better singles.
               The UK inc. KE7 most values to 1/- mixed m.m., some KG5 defins (1912 etc.) heavily
               mtd. mint, 1934 defin set m.m. (9d poorer). (100s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                £150.
        2     Large and heavy lot in two boxes with thirty varied stockbooks (or bundles of stockleaves)
               of world stamps. Varied contents, generally not of great value, and with much European.
               In some cases highly duplicated, in others more useful ranges. (1,000s) þ               ..                £100.
        3     Thirteen various albums in carton, either whole world or mixed countries, with much
               foreign. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
        4     Quite an oddball lot in smallish box, a mix of loose and on stockcards, etc. Includes
               numerous unusual or interesting or better or higher catalogue, plus some forgeries etc., as
               well as a bunch of dupl. used Cambodia. (100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        5     Large carton with very varied odds and remainders. {Not available for viewing until day
               of sale.} þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        6     Accumulation in carton. Main part is about ten varied albums/folders/stockbooks of world
               or individual areas. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        7     Moderate quality mix in carton; off-paper, on cards, in folders. Odd mix of countries, and
               with some interesting pickings. (1,000s) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        8     Large but cheap accumulation in two big cartons, apparently collected in Denmark. Includes
               many duplicated Danish stamps (inc. kiloware), folders/stockbooks, some FDCs (some of
               these damaged), and so on. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
        9     Mix in carton including souvenir albums (mainly royalty inc. a number of numismatic
               covers), mixed other world, a few covers, jar of coins, etc. þ                ..               ..                    50.
      10     Carton with fourteen small to large stockbooks, generally of single countries, mainly
               European. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      11     A few world albums in box, plus cover album, and some loose. Main value is in a scattering
               of UK postage material, and some medium values in a couple of the albums (KG6 part sets
               etc.) (1,000s) þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      12     Carton with albums, stockbooks, and loose. Much European (inc. Germany, Finland, and
               Switzerland), some cheap USA on pages, and other world odds inc. a few Japan on-paper.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      13     World mix in medium carton, but with a definite Swedish bent. The Sweden inc. album
               pages, a few FDCs, and mixed stamps. (100s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      14     Medium carton with some bundles of old approval books (mainly Austria), many mixed
               album pages (much Europe inc. Germany and Austria, and inc. some stuck-down mint
               material), and loose. (1,000s) þ                      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      15     Odd mix in box. Many loose stamps, some covers, a head-band magnifier, a couple of AMG/
                   VG overprint varieties (probably fakes), and others. þ       ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      16     Stockbook of UK, some Commonwealth, and a few foreign, with a high proportion about
               1950s/60s and many l.m.m./m.m., some worthwhile. (100s) þ              ..               ..                    35.
      17     Whole world mix on big bundle of album pages from various collections. High proportion
               of Commonwealth. (1,000s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      18     Accumulation of loose stamps, pages, covers, etc. (1,000s) þ               ..               ..                    30.
      19     Small world colln. in album up to about 1940s only. Includes UK 1948 S.Wedding £1 m.m.
               (slight toning), Australia 1935 Jubilee set m.m., etc. (c.700) þ               ..               ..                    30.
      20     A fairly tatty old Century album (dating back to about 1890s ?) with a mix of world stamps
               of mixed period, but including many early. Apparently picked and refilled more than once.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      21     Carton of album pages, stockleaves, packets, etc., of mixed world stamps (1,000s) 30.
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      22     Two stockleaves with seln. of UK (c.180), and Ireland (100+) inc. some better stamps/
               higher values.             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      23     Mixed box – not large quantities, but fairly interesting assortment of various countries. þ               30.
      24     Swiftsure album with general world collection with little after about 1960s/70s (1,000s),
               and another similar but with smaller collection (100s) þ    ..                   ..            30.
      25     Several albums plus some pages, in carton. (1,000s) þ                          ..               ..                    26.
      26     Thousands of stamps in boxes, packets, etc., on and off-paper, much dupl., and much is
               European. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      27     Big old American Regent album containing a world collection up to about 1950s. Mainly
               common but some of medium value. (100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            26.
      28     Collection up to about 1930s in old printed Schaubek album, remaindered in places, but
               with a good range of less common countries. (100s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      29     A small metal attaché case with a selection of world stamps – not large quantities but with
               some bits of interest. {Not available for viewing until day of sale.} þ ..            24.
      30     A mix on pages, stockleaves, etc. of UK (various inc. many m. & u. QE commem sets, inc.
               Shakespeare phos set u.m., Cable and Lifeboat phos. sets f.u.), Gilbert & Ellice/Gilberts,
               and others.                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      31     Strand album with world collection, picked in places, and with little seen after about 1940s.
               (c.2,700) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      32     Three old albums with mainly foreign remainder collections (100s) þ     ..            24.
      33     Well-filled album of mixed countries with much of about 1930s-60s and often with dupl.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      34     A flat box with about 15 or so small or medium stockbooks of mixed world, much Europe.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      35     Dozens of Swedish cigarette boxes with a mix of world stamps. (1,000s) þ            ..                    22.
      36     World collection alphabetically Aden to British Honduras mint and used up to about the
               1970s. (several 100s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      37     A similar album, alphabetically B.I.O.T. to Czechoslovakia. þ               ..               ..                    20.
      38     A similar album, Dahomey to Hong Kong. þ   ..               ..                   ..            20.
      39     A similar album, Hungary to Malaysia. þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      40     A similar album, Mali to Poland. þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      41     A similar album, Tanganyika to Zanzibar. þ     ..               ..                   ..            20.
      42     A box with mainly European mix kiloware (not modern) of Hungary, Austria, Iceland, and
               off-paper in packets. (1,000s) þ                     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      43     Medium box with world mix inc. a shoebox of UK, varied loose. (100s) þ             ..                    18.
      44     Bundle of 25 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 250 diff.
               Australia, 80 diff. Egypt, 200 diff. GB, 100 diff. Japan, 150 diff Poland, etc.) (3,000) þ               15.
      45     A similar lot, but different range in parts. (3,000) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      46     General world collection in Swiftsure album (many 100s), plus a cheap UK collection
               (100s, in a decent Exeter binder), a small stockbook, and others loose. þ             ..                    15.
      47     Over 5kg weight in c.t.o. sheetlets of Oman (mainly), Eritrea, Dhufar, Isö, and Nagaland.
               Heavily duplicated, only 20 different types. þ  ..               ..                   ..            15.
      48     Two ice cream tubs of off-paper stamps; one of Commonwealth (inc. UK), the other whole
               world (mainly foreign). (1,000s) Also a folder of poor covers. þ           ..               ..                    12.
      49     British Commonwealth; stockbook of QE mint stamps. Mixed u.m. and l.m.m./m.m. and
               mainly fine (though a scattering seen with toning) and inc. some sets. (c.1,250) þ 50.
      50     --; seln. on stockleaf of mint KG5 issues of eight different countries, mixed u.m./l.m.m.,
               and s.t.c.£220. (113)                    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      51     --; QV to KG6 mint and used mix in medium stockbook with decent mix of countries rep-
               resented. (c.900) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
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      52     British Commonwealth; two albums of all reigns, but with strength in KG6/early QE,
               mixed m.m. and used and with many medium values. Generally good/fine but some toning
               in places. S.t.c.£875+ (100s) þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      53     --; assortment in shoebox – loose stamps, remainder club books, small box of KG6 m.m.
               odds (these apparently all omnibus), a few covers. (100s) þ                  ..               ..                    30.
      54     --; seln. on stockcards of mainly reasonable medium values with strength in KG6/earlier
               QE, u.m./m.m./u., inc. some sets. (c.125)         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      55     --; mainly used mix in stockbook (c.1,500) þ  ..               ..                   ..            22.
      56     --; Africa; small collns. on a few pages of mainly earlier (up to KG5) of KUT, S.Africa and
               Provinces, etc. (c.300+)               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      57     Europe; carton with over twenty mixed stockbooks of various sizes, generally of single
               countries inc. Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Sweden, and mixed others. (1,000s) þ 75.
      58     --; carton with a dozen various albums or folders of pages, each with a single-country
               collection. Includes Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, East Germany – and one
               USA. (Many 100s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      59     --; four old printed Schaubek albums (pages to about 1964) with sparse collections of
               Germany (Empire to W.Germany), Switzerland/Liechtenstein, Austria, and Germany
               (Zones/DDR, in wrong binder). (100s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      60     --; folders with m. & u. collections of Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary,
               etc., up to about 1950 only. (100s) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      61     --; stockbook with ranges of Czechoslovakia mainly used (c.790) and Poland m. & u.
               (c.1,100), both approx. 1918-84, and with many thematic sets. þ         ..               ..                    18.
      62     --; large stockbook with a few hundred mixed, mainly used. þ              ..               ..                    12.
      63     Europe and Colonies; fat Schaubek printed album with m. & u. colln. to about 1955 of
               Switzerland (c.115), Belgium (c.600, of which c.220 are rail parcel stamps), Belgian Congo
               (c.250), and Ruanda-Urundi (14). þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      64     Foreign; extensive world collection of Europe and Overseas in twelve Prangnell Liberty
               albums. A straightforward traditional arrangement generally stopping about 1970. Stated to
               contain 33,000+ all-different, plus perhaps another 1,000 duplicates. The largest numbers
               are of common stamps, but some scarcer or less usual included. þ        ..               ..                £200.
      65     Latin America; two stockbooks with a wide range of mainly used. (c.3,300, apparently
               all-different) þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      66     Scandinavia; small bundle of covers and p.stat. cards (29), a small used colln. of Denmark
               Christian X defins (108, some better values but some mixed condition). Also a few French
               covers.   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      67     Thematic; Art; collection on pages of Dürer, Picasso, and numerous others, mint and used.
               (130, 73. m.s./sheetlets, plus various postcards etc.) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      ***     --; Balloons; see “Covers”.
      68     --; Maps; small stockbook with m. & u. world mix with some more unusual as well as the
               common. (c.220+) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      7.
      69     --; Motor Cars; folder with 25 of the Zambia “22k gold” 1k50 stamps, plus several Leaders
               of the World issues. þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      70     --; Music; broken stockbook with m. & u. selection of mainly instruments, a few composers
               etc. (148, 7 m.s.) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      71     --; Railway; three “Locomotive Philatelica” albums with colln. of Leaders of the World and
               other issues. (100s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      72     --; --; selection of Terence Cuneo items inc. 8 FDCs, a few postcards.  ..              5.
      73     --; Religion; a few stockleaves of world stamps showing the Madonna, plus a few others
               related. (c.400), with an empty album in which to mount them ! þ          ..               ..                    24.
      74     --; Rotary International; 1955 small m.m. colln. in album (65, 1 m.s., 8 FDCs) þ 15.
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      75     Thematic; Space; u.m. colln. up to about 1972 in souvenir album (in Italian), mainly sets,
               and with much USSR. (150, 12 m.s.) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      ***     --; --; see also “Autographs” in the Collectables section.
      76     Covers; large carton with quantity of United Nations FDCs, an album of German ETBs,
               and mixed others. (100s) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      77     --; 1898-1918 small “Campaign Mail” colln. inc. several 1914-18 European (British, Italian,
               and US forces), as well as items relating to 1898 Sudan, 1900-02 Boer War, 1910 Balkans,
               1916-18 India, and 1918 Mesopotamia (18). Also a postcard with 1894-95 Sino-Japanese
               subject. Poor to fine.  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
      78     --; carton filled with loose covers, mainly about 1960s-80s from many countries, with many
               being addressed to USA or Canada. Commercial and philatelic, and very untidy. (100s) þ           30.
      79     --; a vaguely similar lot. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      80     --; another roughly similar lot. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
      81     --; Balloons; 1962-79 collection on cover album pages (as supplied by Sieger of Germany,
               probably about 1970s) of mainly souvenir covers and cards for largely European balloon
               flights and similar. Some signed. (c.65, plus numerous labels)                  ..               ..                    40.
      82     --; Europa; Fleetwood unaddressed illus. FDCs for 1976 (25), 1977 (21), 1979 (25), 1980
               (60), 1981 (23), and 1982 (34). þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      83     --; International Geophysical Year; 1958 small seln. of 12 covers (a couple do not
               mention I.G.Y., but are related).                      ..               ..                   ..               ..                      7.
      84     --; Maximum Cards; 1979-84 bundle of pages with cards of Switzerland (124), and United
               Nations (111 NY, 43 Geneva, 41 Vienna), occasional dupl. þ              ..               ..                    30.
      85     --; Numismatic Covers; 1971 album of 11 USA FDCs, each with sterling silver medallion. þ    24.