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                    Collections and Mixed Lots.

        1     Interesting old world collection in a well-filled Strand album collected between 1924 and
               1939. The bulk in numbers is in general world material, but the charm of the collection
               comes from the fact that the original collector was a well-travelled seafarer (eventually a
               captain) who seems to have been in the habit of buying a selection of the mint stamps
               currently on sale at many of the ports he visited (these also hold much of the value).
               Notable countries and areas include UK (2 used penny blacks, mint 2/6 and 5/- seahorses),
               Crete, Hong Kong, British POs in China (mint KG5 values to $2 and $5, cat. c.£700.),
               China, Portuguese Colonies, British West Indies, and Newfoundland. Condition generally
               fine (some poorer) and the mint normally quite solidly mounted. (c.4,500+) Also a few
               loose items. þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..                    £500 to £750.
        2     Small box with a bundle of stockcards containing a wide mix of whole-world selected
               items – odds, sets, and selections – most of which are catalogued at least a few pounds.
               Includes UK, Commonwealth, Europe and Colonies, and a little Overseas. Condition
               varies, but a high proportion is good/fine. Stated to catalogue total approx.£12,000+
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £500.
        3     World accumulation in carton – eight stockbooks, four other albums/folders. We note
               Belgium, Germany, and France, as well as mixed Commonwealth and Foreign. (1,000s) þ       £200.
        4     Heavy box with nineteen stockbooks of almost entirely European stamps. Mainly used
               with good overall variety as well as duplication. (Many 1,000s)              þ              ..                £180.
        5     Seven stockbooks, and four other albums/folders with a world mix of mainly stamps plus
               a few covers etc. Definite European bias (inc. Switzerland etc.). (1,000s)                ..                £170.
        6     A generally similar lot in 21 stockbooks or other folders. (1,000s) þ     ..        £170.
        7     Twenty-two stockbooks with many thousands of world stamps. Strong in Swiss/German
               areas but with much else also. þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..        £160.
        8     Mixed lot in apple box with album of Commonwealth, odds in stockbooks, some pages,
               etc., and a bundle of unsold Buy or Bid Sale items (these s.t.c.£3,400+). (Many 100s) þ         £150.
        9     Heavy carton of albums and stockbooks - Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy, much other
               Europe, plus mixed other world countries, a “Mexico 86” World Cup colln. in album, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
      10     Heavy box containing a dozen stockbooks plus a few other folders of mainly covers and
               maxi-cards. Nearly all Europe inc. much Switzerland and Liechtenstein etc. (1,000s)                 £120.
      11     A varied lot of odds in a carton, being the left-overs from a much larger property. By no
               means rubbish (although some is) there's mixed old album pages, many loose stamps, a
               couple of stockalbums, some covers, and mixed others. Interesting sort. (1,000s) þ £100.
      12     Old Lincoln album with a varied world collection (main value in USA 1893 Columbian
               30c, 50c, 1898 Omaha 50c mixed used) (100s); also a more recent world album (missing
               a batter), and others (100s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
      13     Large carton with all-world mixes, biased to Germany and Europe, mainly in albums and
               stockbooks, though loose also. (1,000s) þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
      14     Carton of world stamps in packets, on stockcards, some on pages, etc., plus some covers.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      15     Largely used and quite extensive collection in two albums (one Commonwealth, other
               foreign). Good general range of mainly cheaper material (1,000s) þ       ..            40.
      16     Mixed carton of pages, tins, old approval books, etc. Largely European. (1,000s) þ                    40.
      17     World mix in carton with large album, a few small stockbooks, bundles of modern pict-
               orials, some other bundleware, etc. (1,000s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      18     Carton with several albums and stockbooks, packets, etc. Mainly foreign. (1,000s) þ                  40.
      19     Several albums and stockbooks, plus others on stockleaves or loose. (1,000s) þ 40.
      20     Unusual mix in album of mainly 1940s-60s items (some earlier) which have probably not
               fitted into a main collection, and inc. blocks, miniature sheets, labels, etc. of various mainly
               foreign countries. Condition of some poorer. (c.230 items) þ                ..               ..                    40.
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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.

      21     Wide-ranging world mix on stockleaves, with much mint and much foreign, but not exclus-
               ively either. Many countries represented, and with a bias to pre-1970. (c.1,000) 40.
      22     Commonwealth collection in five albums (fairly sparse but little after early QE) (100s); also
               mixed world in four stockbooks, and a small bundle of covers. þ          ..               ..                    40.
      23     Cardboard box of varied items. An album of Commonwealth, medium stockbook of mainly
               mint Commonwealth, a few covers and cards, old Philatector watermark detector (not
               checked), Operation Drake thematic colln., etc. (Many 100s) þ          ..               ..                    35.
      24     Box of club book remainders. Some books well-stripped, others fairly full, plus some
               packets of loose stamps. (1,000s) þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      25     Mainly loose world stamps in envelopes, bundleware, etc. (10,000s) þ ..            30.
      26     Bundle of old approval books (from USA ?) of mainly foreign countries and dating back to
               perhaps about 1950s. (100s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      27     Approx. 1kg net weight of off-paper world stamps in a biscuit tin, with some (but not too
               much) UK. (10,000s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      28     A similar lot but of approx. 700g net. þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      29     Mix in medium box. Quite a bundle of pages, bundles, and stockcards. (1,000s) þ 26.
      30     Box filled with all sorts of bits and pieces left with us in our shop to sell for charity. Mainly
               loose stamps, odd bits of kiloware, general world stamps on pages, couple of other albums,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      31     Suitcase stuffed with stuff. World stamps, much cheap stuff, some stuff that's not as bad as
               the rest, an old Elizabethan catalogue, covers, postcards, quite a bundle of mixed cigarette
               cards, etc. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      32     Mix in carton – three empty standard springback binders, mixed world remainders, and a
               shoebox of UK mint PHQ cards (c.300) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      33     A small box with roughly 250g of mixed world stamps (mainly off-paper), and a stockbook
               of mixed world (inc. many Canada, Norway). (1,000s) þ ..                   ..            20.
      34     Mixed world lot in a couple of tins, a few little albums/stockbooks, and a tub. (1,000s) þ             20.
      35     Medium carton of world stamps in album, stockbook, on pages, and in packets. þ 20.
      36     Folder with world miniature sheets m. & u., mixed other stamps on stockleaves and pages
               (many Arab states) (100s). Also a small bag of modern Australia on-paper. þ        ..                    20.
      37     Disparate mix in large envelope. Mixed types and countries with some bias to Scandinavia.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                                    ..               ..                    18.
      38     Bundle of club book remainders, mainly Commonwealth plus some foreign, inc. many
               modern mint sets and m.s. (100s) þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      39     Long box with world mix off-paper of about 300g net weight. (1,000s) þ               ..                    18.
      40     Box of world odds and remainders inc. a folder of mint Europe. (100s) þ               ..                    15.
      41     A similar lot, but about 250g. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      42     Smallish box of mixed world stamps on stockcards and in packets etc. (100s) þ 15.
      43     Small mix inc. about £13 face of UK decimal mint. þ                            ..               ..                    15.
      44     Long box with world off-paper mix (little or no UK), net weight c.200g. þ             ..                    12.
      45     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      46     A similar lot, but c.175g. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      47     A similar lot, but c.150g. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      48     British Commonwealth; collection in three old ledger binders – one of QV to KG5 plus
               a few of KG6, the second of KG6 to earlier QE, and the third of more modern Australia,
               Canada, and Channel Is./I.o.M. A good general spread mainly used with some mint in
               places, and generally of the more standard material but with a scattering of better values.
               Has been picked at some time, and some material in poorer condition, but still worth-
               while. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £200.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      49     British Commonwealth; twenty remainder club exchange books with a wide variety of
               countries inc. a little UK, mainly used. Remainders PTSA £616. (generally at about 20%
               catalogue) (100s) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
      50     --; a similar lot, but of thirteen books, PTSA £414. (100s) þ                ..               ..                £100.
      51     --; collection in three A4 binders, mainly used and mainly QE period. (100s) þ       ..                    75.
      52     --; mix in five stockbooks (plus some loose) of mainly Papua New Guinea and Solomon
               Islands, plus some Fiji, NZ, Pitcairn, and others. Mainly u.m. sets from about late-1960s to
               c.1980, sometimes duplicated, plus used/c.t.o., odds, etc. (100s) þ      ..               ..                    45.
      53     --; l.m.m./m.m. colln. c.1945-60 (a few earlier) of Cayman to S.W.A., with much Ghana,
               NZ, Pakistan, S.Africa. Largely defin short sets and commem sets. (c.670) þ         ..                    40.
      54     --; stockbook of mainly QV-KG5, with many Canada, Ceylon, India, and NZ. Variable
               condition and with duplication. (c.1,250) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      55     --; QV-KG6 mainly used assortment on pages inc. fair number of Malaya and Labuan.
               (c.290)   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      56     --; three small stockbooks and a stockleaf with mixed UK, Australia, India, and other
               countries. (100s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      57     --; Omnibus; 1935 S.Jubilee seln. of 17 m.m. sets, 13 used sets, 1 set on cover. A few odds
               also. Mainly good/fine.                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      58     --; --; 1935 S.Jubilee sets m.m. of Falkland Is. (one poor corner on 1/-), Gibraltar, and Malta.
               at.£75.   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      59     --; --; 1937-53 m.m./u.m. seln. of 1937 Coronation, 1946 Victory, and 1953 Coronation,
               with dupl. up to x6 of some KG6. Some faults. (c.800)     ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      60     --; --; stockbook with all-different seln. of mint (m.m./u.m.) sets of 1946 Victory (21 sets),
               1949 UPU (33 sets inc. Iraq), 1951 W.I. Univ. (4 sets), 1953 Coronation (40 sets), and 1958
               W.I. Federation (4 sets) BBB       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      61     Africa; largely used colln. in two albums with generally small representations of many
               countries. (c.2,000) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      62     Europe; ten stockbooks of Germany and mixed other countries. (1,000s)               ..                    40.
      63     --; mixed box with Austria colln. to 1969 in printed album, stockbook of W.Germany
               1951-72 u., stockbook of mixed used, and an album of Liechtenstein maxi-cards, Swiss
               blocks, etc. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      64     --; mix in flat box with some on old pages, mainly more modern on stockleaves, etc.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      65     --; stockbook with mixed largely used Europa issues, some 1975-83 dupl. Switzerland
               (inc. c.t.o. blocks), a few Vatican, and some others. (100s) þ               ..               ..                    15.
      66     --; Baltic States; small pre-WW2 colln. inc. Estonia 1927 Liberation War set (5) in c.t.o.
               fourblocks (cat.£68.), Lithuania 1926 War Invalids set (missing 256, 260) f.u. on pieces,
               etc. (93) ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      67     --; --; 1991-2002 u.m. colln. on pages of Estonia (78, 7 m.s.), Latvia (103, 5 m.s.), and
               Lithuania (30, 1 m.s.) ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            15.
      68     --; Eastern Europe; stockbook of mixed mainly c.t.o. USSR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and
               a few mint Hungary. (c.1,100) BBB                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      69     Foreign; twenty-eight remainder club exchange books with a wide variety of countries,
               mainly used. Remainders PTSA £567 (generally at about 20% catalogue) (100s) þ £140.
      70     --; a similar lot, but of twenty-three books, PTSA £505. (100s) þ        ..               ..                £120.
      71     Latin America; 1870s-1970s mainly used colln. of Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay. (c.300) þ        6.
      72     Middle East; c.1880s-1980s mainly used colln. in two albums, inc. much Iran, Iraq, and
               Sudan. (c.1,200) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.

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      73     Thematic; Scouting; 1982 small Commonwealth colln. of u.m. sets (21) and m.s. (10)                  7.
      74     --; Telephone; 1976 parts of a colln. of mainly u.m. sets on pages, mainly Commonwealth.
               (c.130, 14 m.s.)         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      75     --; U.S.A. Bicentennial; colln. in three German albums of u.m. stamps issued around 1976,
               Includes USA, Commonwealth, and many other countries. (c.650, 100 m.s., 39 others) þ           55.
      76     Covers; carton of mixed loose covers with post-Soviet opts. of Ukraine and other states,
               FDCs of Canada, S.Africa, and many others. Mixed duplication, mainly from about 1960s-
               2000, and with a few commercial included. (Many 100s) þ                   ..               ..                    50.
      77     --; a similar carton, again with many Soviet area, Netherlands FDCs, Poland p.stat.,
               Australia, UK 1953 Coronation odd values, etc. (Many 100s) þ           ..               ..                    50.
      78     --; another similar box, this with some UK FDCs, 100 of the same German sheet with six
               strikes of a 1943 souvenir cancel (but probably fake !), France FDCs, Australia/AAT FDCs,
               Transkei, etc. (Many 100s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      79     --; box with approx. 400 all-world covers, very mixed in style, area, and age. Also United
               Nations 1976-81 small colln. of illus. FDCs in two albums. (98) þ        ..               ..                    45.
      80     --; six small cover albums of mainly European FDCs, p.stationery, and special cancels
               (inc. maritime). Much 1980s Germany, some Swiss 1960s-70s, and Yugoslavia 1960s-80s.
               Little dupl. (c.400) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      81     --; carton of mainly loose covers and cards, much European about 1960s/70s, but many
               others also. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      82     --; carton with – folder of mainly 1940s-60s world airmail covers (stuck with tape), another
               of Czechoslovakia 1963-67 FDCs (and some stamps), and mixed others. (100s) þ 30.
      83     --; 1960s mix in three fat stockbooks, mainly USA plus mixed other countries. FDCs,
               slogan postmarks, souvenir covers, etc. (c.600) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      84     --; a similar lot but with more USA (inc. naval cancels, some flights). (c.700) þ   22.
      85     --; a similar lot in four stockbooks, nearly all USA. (c.900) þ                ..               ..                    30.
      86     --; medium box of Liechtenstein FDCs (300+) plus some UK FDCs (c.100) þ      ..                    24.
      87     --; varied world mix in box – mainly fairly modern commercial, but with some older, some
               FDC/philatelic. (c.500+) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      88     --; smallish box of mixed world and UK inc. some mild interest. (c.150+) þ           ..                    15.
      89     --; 1980 Olympics series of c.46 diff. FDCs, each of different country with single stamp. þ            8.
      90     Perfins; mix in packet, majority UK but many foreign also. (100s)         ..               ..                    30.
      91     Cinderella; mixed lot on pages and in packets inc. 100s of similar Argentine fiscals, USA
               exhibition labels, many Brasil fiscals, US Christmas Seals, Mexico fiscals on reverse of
               cheques, etc. (100s)  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      92     --; world range of mainly earlier foreign fiscals, some German remainder/reprint locals,
               etc. (c.240)               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      Ü     --; see also Albania, India.
      93     Forgeries; South Africa 1925 Air set in forged fourblocks, plus Barbados 1897 ½d, 1d, 5d,
               10d on faked blued paper m.m.    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      94     Literature; Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World 2006 edition, in five volumes, very good
               second-hand condition. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      95     Supplies (Second-Hand); three SG Abbey binders with plain white pages. þ        ..                      5.

                  
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           Non-Philatelic Items
      96     Mix of postcards, cigarette cards, and trade cards. (100s) þ                 ..               ..                    20.
      97     Cigarette Cards; mix in two tins inc. many silks, some of these on original backing card.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      98     Coins; box of mainly UK, the majority cheap, but with about £3 face value in pre-1947
               silver, and 4 x 10/- notes. þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      99     --; tin with about 3kg of mixed loose world coins (not scarce, but generally not commonest).
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    100     Exhibitions; 1907 Dublin International Exhibition; four items - a Grant's woven silk card
               postally used 1907 (some stains), publicity label in green, printed invitation to the State
               Opening, and cloth EXECUTIVE COUNCIL badge/flash for the opening (these last two stuck
               down on a card which has part of the opening programme on the reverse).              ..                    35.
    101     Non-Philatelic Literature; Atlas and Touring Guide of New Zealand (AA, 1985), and This
               is New Zealand þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    102     Postcards; loose mix of cards, nearly all English but with some others included, and mainly
               unused from perhaps about 1910s-30s. (c.1,250) þ         ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    103     --; loose mix of mainly Scottish cards, although some others included, mainly unused from
               perhaps about 1910s-30s. (c.600) þ              ..               ..                   ..             &nbs