Robert Murray Stamp Auction

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The figure at the end of each description is our estimate, in pounds sterling. Bids are accepted above or below this figure, although bids below about 75% or 80% estimate only have a tiny chance of success. Estimates are in Pounds Sterling do not include the 10% buyer's premium.

After the main listings you will find various information and instructions. This is followed by a sample bid form, and a copy of the the notes that appear on the reverse of our bid forms.

This is a public auction, in which written/telephone/e-mail bids are also accepted. If you are bidding with us for the first time, please bid by two of these methods with the same bids (e.g. by post and by phone, or by telephone and by e-mail), or bid in good enough time for us to get back in touch with you with any queries.

        1     Small, but quite enticing, world mix on stockcards in box. Hardly anything is of very low
               value, most cards are worth a pound or two; some several pounds. Wide mix of countries
               (excl. UK) both Commonwealth and foreign. Some cinderellas included, and a few fakes.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £220.
        2     Bundle of about eighty stockcards of very mixed countries but inc. much Europe. Most
               items of at least some interest or value, and with lots of things worth a pound or two – or
               more. (100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        3     Mixed box with remainder collections of early Portugal, Germany, and Sweden, a postcard
               album, and a bundle of unsold Buy or Bid lots (these s.t.c. £1,500.). þ ..            90.
        4     Twenty stockbooks, some quite sparsely filled, with world mix. Includes fair numbers of
               mint around 1960s. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
        5     Mix in large suitcase. Includes shoebox with much UK (some FDCs, p.packs) plus partial
               1953 Coronation m.m. colln., two boxes with thousands of world stamps in packets, Strand
               and four other junior albums, some mixed covers, and mixed others in bags. (1,000s) þ               75.
        6     Large lot in two cartons, of albums, pages, and other odds. Includes collections of Germany
               and Kiribati as well as much else. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            75.
        7     Small bundle of stockcards with a selection of individual stamps, blocks, etc. with a total
               cat. of some hundreds of pounds, but often with small faults. Also a few pages.                             75.
        8     Mixed box with Swedish bias, but much mixed world also inc. nine stockbooks. (1,000s) þ         60.
        9     Large box with world mix – much Sweden/Switzerland, plus old albums, etc. (1,000s) þ              60.
      10     Bundle of approval books of German origin, with mainly Europe m. & u. (two books are
               Germany, one Switzerland, four mixed Europe inc. a little UK, and one is S.America).                  50.
      11     Bundle of uncirculated club exchange books of mixed countries. Comprises Common-
               wealth (11 books PTSA £292.) and Foreign (10 books PTSA £158.) (generally at about
               20% catalogue). (100s) þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      12     Series of five matching large Yvert printed albums, with pages for France, most of the
               French Colonies, and a few other countries. Scattered contents (few 100s) þ         ..                    50.
      13     World accumulation in four large Safe stockalbums, five others, and loose pages. Mainly
               used. (c.7,000) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      14     Centurion album with a whole world collection which appears to stop at 1949. Slightly
               remaindered in places. (c.2,300) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      15     31 small albums with a scattered general world collection up to about 1970s. (1,000s) þ              45.
      16     Old European album with a bitsy but in places interesting world collection (many 100s);
               also Italy on pages and in stockbook, stockbook of W.Germany, and mixed pages alphab-
               etically Indonesia to Italy. (1,000s) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      17     Remainders in three albums, two stockbooks, and folder, the majority Commonwealth plus
               some UK and a little foreign. (Many 100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            40.
      18     Assortment of material comprising a shoebox of world stamps in envelopes (many mint),
               some postcards inc. 1938 Empire Exhibition and Japan in Allied Occupation, a few bank-
               notes (mainly Japanese Occupation), old SG thematic Birds and Railways catalogues,
               Faroes 1975-80 u.m. colln., Gambia 1971 Park fdc with River TPO cancel, UK 1964
               Botanical fdc with Edinburgh cancel, etc. þ     ..               ..                   ..            40.
      19     Two albums of mixed Commonwealth and foreign, and another album by theme. (100s) þ           35.
      20     Big box of varied items – five cover albums, mixed stamps, coins in tin, bag and album, a
               few pictures, etc. þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      21     Very varied carton with some pages, some labels, folder of UK postmarks on piece, Austria
               year pack, empty printed album for German States, stockbook of world, some unused
               album pages, an unchecked UV lamp, etc. þ   ..               ..                   ..            30.
      22     Old Improved album with general world collection up to about 1940s, inc. UK 1948 S.W.
               £1 m.m. (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      23     Old Senf Illustrated album with elderly world remainder collection in mixed condition inc.
               some high cat. USA. Also another old junior collection, and a few loose. (100s) þ 30.
      24     Box with thousands of world stamps on pages (some remainder country collections), in
               packets, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      25     Mixed odds and remainders on pages, in packets, etc. Mainly foreign, with some less
               common bits seen. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      26     A generally similar lot. þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      27     Carton with wide world variety of odds, mixes, remainders, albums, etc. (1,000s) þ 30.
      28     Box with seven small wooden boxes, each filled with glassine packets of mixed world
               stamps. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      29     A few previously unsold “Buy or Bid” lots inc. five binders, a few covers, and odd stamps.
               Original upset prices total £42½. Proceeds to charity. þ   ..                   ..            10.
      30     Stockbook and pages etc. with largely UK mix, plus two empty stockbooks. (100s) þ                24.
      31     Bundle of club book remainders estimated PTSA some tens of pounds. (100s) þ 20.
      32     Largely Commonwealth mix on bundle of stockcards. Many smaller countries, majority
               used, some sets, slight dupl. (100s) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      33     World mix in box, nearly all off-paper, and with obvious duplication. (Many 1,000s) þ                 18.
      34     Medium box with Sweden (covers, kiloware, etc.) plus just some others. þ            ..                    16.
      35     Bundle of 25 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 150 diff.
               Austria, 50 diff. Brasil, 150 diff. France, 250 diff. Hungary, 50 diff Peru, etc.) (3,000) þ              15.
      36     A similar lot, but different range in parts. (3,000) þ           ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      37     Medium carton – mint and used of mixed periods and countries. Includes some covers and
               two oldish Scott catalogues. (100s) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      38     Medium box with a partially filled old stockalbum, some stockleaves, and loose. (100s) þ            12.
      39     Stockbook roughly half-filled with Sweden (much dupl. 1920s-30s, odd others), mixed
               others. (100s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      40     World mix in suitcase inc. a few old catalogues etc. þ       ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      41     Box with a little under 2kg of world stamps (no UK) on paper. þ          ..               ..                    10.

      Ü     One of our dealer customers has decided to have a clear-out, and has delivered to us the
               following range of boxes. This is not, however, just his “junk” and rejects (although there is
               some of that), but much which he has set aside to work at but never got around to, or the
               result of deals that fell through, and so on.
      42     Better quality assortment in carton, with, for example, a stockleaf of dupl. NZ Life
               Insurance stamps, a folder of early European, a few Allied Occ. of Germany, stockleaf of
               mainly German forgeries, Germany 1936 Olympics souvenir page, Portugal Castles
               booklets, and stockleaves with medium value Guinea (s.t.c.£130.), Laos (£100.), France
               arts (£35.), Malagasy (£125.), W.Germany used (£340.), Bahamas (£180.), Mauretania
               (£90.), Vietnam (£50.). (Many 100s) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                £180.
      43     Heavy box with 17 stockbooks (2 of these smaller) and odd other binders. Countries
               include Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium & Colonies, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands &
               Colonies, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, plus Balkans, Latin America, Middle East, some
               thematic (animals, space, etc.), and others inc. an album of world Framas on cover. Not
               valuable material, but neither rubbish, and a good general spread. (1,000s) þ         ..                £180.
      44     Carton with nine stockbooks of mixed types and sizes, plus another three albums. Wide
               mix with many European, a few German-produced medallic space covers, some miniature
               sheets, mixed world on printed pages, a little UK, etc. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                £100.
      45     Fifteen (and a bit !) varied stockbooks with Austria, French Colonies, Germany (many),
               Liechtenstein, Switzerland, UK, USA, and others mixed. (1,000s) þ     ..        £100.

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

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.

      46     Further dealer’s clear-out lots; Bundle of mainly French covers and cards, a few UK 1d
               red covers, bundle of approx. 125 WW2 German Feldpost covers (inc. four Soviet Zone),
               small album of USSR FDCs, bundle of Germany FDCs, ten 1979 covers from Greek troops
               in Cyprus, and mixed other world covers. (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    90.
      47     Ten mixed albums and stockbooks in carton. Some is mixed, one folder is Liechtenstein
               FDCs, another has European blocks/sheets, one of modern Switzerland, album of Spain,
               etc. (Many 100s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      48     Bundles of stockcards in medium box, much Germany and other Foreign. Many common,
               some medium value. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            65.
      49     Heavy medium carton containing eighteen stockbooks or other albums. Mixed countries,
               but a high proportion is Germany. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            60.
      50     Small box with bundle of stockcards (reasonable world mix) plus others in packets. (100s) þ       50.
      51     Carton with a German bent but many others also. Includes German ETBs, book about
               Liechtenstein stamps, mixed countries on pages and stockleaves, and others at the bottom
               of the box we haven’t reached ! (1,000s) þ                    ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      52     Ten mixed stockbooks and three albums of mixed world, much Europe. þ             ..                    45.
      53     Medium carton – pages, stockleaves, packets – all sorts. (1,000s) þ     ..            40.
      54     Pages, jotter, packets, and bundles of mixed countries. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                    26.

      55     British Commonwealth; valuable lot in shoebox, being the u.m. stamps as received on a
               "values to 10/-" new issue service from Stanley Gibbons between about 1955 and 1966.
               About 50 distributions, most of which cost £5 to £10 at the time, some more or less.
               Includes some which have turned out well, e.g. UK phosphors. Also a slim stockbook of
               similar material. (1,000s) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..                   £500. to £800.
      56     --; mainly early QE l.m.m. collection in album (some earlier, some used) from the same
               source as the last lot, and probably dovetailing with it. Includes a few countries' first
               definitive sets (to 10/- only), Coronation issues, and others. (c.390) þ   ..            45.
      57     --; small seln. of high cat. m. & u. early to modern odds, with occasional light dupl. S.t.c.
               £3,500 in 97 stamps, so a good overall average. Includes Malaya, Ireland, S.Africa,
               Dominica, Rhodesia, Fiji, East Africa, Canada, and others. ..                  ..        £300.
      58     --; clean mint lot in three large stockbooks, mainly modern u.m. with much in sets, some
               earlier (little before QE) is l.m.m./m.m. Includes some useful definitives. (100s) þ £140.
      59     --; KE7 to QE m. & u. colln. in Devon album. Includes many KG6 and early QE, often with
               sets or short sets (and a few pages of Kuwait). A number of the better have been catalogued,
               and these alone s.t.c.£350+ (100s) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      60     --; large stockbook of QV to KG6 largely used but with scattering of mint. Generally lower
               or medium value stamps. (c.1,500) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      61     --; album of m. & u. KG5 to early QE, alphabetically Cyprus to Tristan, excluding West
               Indies, and with many short sets. S.t.c.£650+ (100s) þ                         ..               ..                    45.
      62     --; medium box with pages and packets of mixed countries and periods, a small number of
               overseas also. (100s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      63     --; small box with bundle of stockcards of mixed countries, often with sets of short sets, the
               majority used but many mint also. (100s) þ                      ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      64     --; bundle of remainder club books (some split) with largely smaller countries, as well as
               UK. (100s) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      65     --; QV to KG6 m. & u. mix in stockbook, stronger in later years. (100s) þ            ..                    30.
      66     --; stockbook of m. & u. Americas – from Canada to West Indies to Falklands. About half is
               the Canada 1901-98. Some dupl. (c.1,450) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      67     --; bundle of 11 remainder club exchange books of mixed countries.      Remains PTSA £275.
               (generally at about 20% catalogue). (100s) þ                   ..                   ..            40.
      68     --; a similar lot, but 12 books PTSA £262. þ ..               ..                   ..            40.
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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      69     British Commonwealth; m. & u. ranges in stockbook of Australia, NZ, India, Ceylon,
               Malaya, and some others. Mainly 1900-60, with light dupl. (c.1,250) þ                 ..                    26.
      70     --; stockbook of m. & u. Mediterranean and African (and a few others). Mainly about
               1930-65, with some earlier. Some dupl. in places. (c.1,000) þ              ..               ..                    26.
      71     --; New Ideal album for British Empire to 1936, with a few hundred mainly used stamps. þ         24.
      72     --; m. & u. colln. in album with most material in 1960s-70s, but some going back to QV.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      73     --; box of mainly remainders of other larger auction lots, with Australia, Rhodesias, other
               Africa, some UK, and many others. (100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            22.
      74     --; mix in shoebox with odds in remainder club books, packets, on stockcards, and loose.
               Fair mix of countries and types. (100s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      75     --; stockalbum with a range of mainly used Malta (c.500), plus other Cyprus, Gibraltar,
               Falkland Dependencies, PNG, etc. þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      76     --; small seln. inc. 11 different 1949 UPU sets l.m.m., FMS Tigers to 50c used, and some
               odd KG6/early QE m.m. (c.270) þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      77     --; Singapore 1948 S.Wedding $5 l.m.m. (heavily toned), Hong Kong 1974 Arts m.s. u.m.
               but stained, and others also with faults.             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      78     --; packet with approx.300 modern Malta (mainly large) used on piece, plus approx.200
               similar of Africa.        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      79     --; Africa; three stockalbums with range of mainly used mixed countries (excluding those
               in following lot). (100s) þ             ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      80     --; --; stockalbum with used and West Africa inc. many Ghana plus Nigeria, Sierra Leone,
               etc. (100s) þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      81     --; Asia; stockalbum of India (inc. range of fiscals), Mauritius, Maldives, and Ceylon/
               Sri Lanka. (100s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      82     --; --; stockalbum of Cambodia/Kampuchea and Vietnam, plus some Indo-China, Laos.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      83     --; Pacific; almost entirely mint in stockalbum with issues of eight countries (largest nos. of
               Solomon Is.). (250, 2 m.s.) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      84     --; West Indies; album of m. & u. KG5 to early QE with many short sets. Includes British
               Guiana also. S.t.c.£485+ (100s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      85     --; --; stockalbum of Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Br.Honduras/Belize,
               Bermuda, Caymans, Dominica, Grenada, Br.Guiana/Guyana, etc. (100s) þ            ..                    20.
      86     --; --; stockalbum of Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Turks &
               Caicos, Virgin Is., etc. (100s) þ                      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      87     --; Omnibus; 1972 S.Wedding (78), and 1973 R.Wedding (67, 7 m.s.) u.m. colln. þ                    8.
      88     Africa; seln. in stockbook of mainly u.m. sets inc. much Ghana, some Congo (inc. 1960
               u.m. set of 18 opts. on Flowers, cat.£45.), Somalia, and former French Colonies. Mainly
               about 1957-68. (c.370, 10 m.s., 4 covers) þ ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      89     Europe; slim stockbook with a small though mainly decent quality m. & u. mix. Much Germany
               (inc. many better early 1950s), Iceland, Netherlands. (142, 1 m.s., 11 covers/cards) þ                50.
      90     --; small mix with Switzerland (1949 Views set of 12 in u.m. fourblocks, 1959 PTT Conf-
               erence 6 x c.t.o. sets), Liechtenstein 1962 Stamp Anniv m.s. (u.m., used, and 2 x fdc), etc.
               S.t.c.£400+ (63, 4 m.s.) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      91     --; u.m. (plus a few used) range in stockbook with dupl. up to x10. Mainly 1940s-90s and
               inc. Greece, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Norway, Faroes, Åland, Greenland, and Finland. S.t.c.
               £550. (c.1,040) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      92     --; stockbook with m. & u. ranges with Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany (inc.
               some W.Germany better used values, 1959 Beethoven m.s. u.m., modern mint, DDR u.m.
               inc. some m.s.), USSR, Switzerland, and others inc. a few non-European. (Many 100s) þ           35.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.

      93     Europe; stockalbum with some Czechoslovakian area, a few Hungary in folder, seln. of
               Liechtenstein, and a few others. (100s) þ        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      94     --; wee bundle of old approval sheets (from about 1900-39) with issues from Germany (inc.
               railway labels), Austro-Hungary, Romania, and others e.g. Bavaria, Saar, and Upper Silesia
               opts. on Prussian railway stamps. Mainly m.m. (some adherence/stuck by corners). Also
               just a few of other countries. (c.360)                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      95     --; large stockbook with mainly larger countries. (100s) þ ..                   ..            12.
      96     --; Balkans; 1918-88 (approx., but mainly pre-1960) m. & u. range in stockbook of Yugos-
               lavia (500), Croatia (11, 1 m.s., 1 label), Bosnia & Hercegovina (8), plus some Fiume (64).
               Some dupl. þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
      97     Foreign; mint and used mix of selected items on two stockleaves of m. & u. odds and short
               sets. Much Europe. Mainly 1900-70 with some slight duplication. Includes Switzerland,
               Bosnia & Hercegovina, Italy, USA, Iceland, Germany, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Austria,
               Vietnam, Norway, Belgium, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Saudi Arabia, and a few others. Total
               catalogue price stated by vendor as £6,000+ (262)           ..                   ..               ..                £400.
      98     --; bundle of 15 remainder club exchange books of mixed countries.      Remains PTSA £296.
               (generally at about 20% catalogue). (100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            45.
      99     --; a similar lot, but 17 books PTSA £280. þ ..               ..                   ..            45.
    100     --; m. & u. colln. in album, mainly about 1918-39 with much Latin America (inc. Argentina
               1939 Recorded Message set used, small faults, cat.£40.), some Belgian Congo, Spain,
               Thailand, etc. (c.1,180) þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    101     --; packet with approx. 500 used on piece, mainly large, mainly Europe and Overseas (no
               Germany).                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    102     Latin America; fairly good general coverage of countries and issues in album mint and
               used up to about 1940. (c.2,000) þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    103     --; stockalbum of Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, others. (100s) þ           20.
    104     --; stockalbum of Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and
               others. (100s) þ