Robert Murray Stamp Auction

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots.
       1     Small box filled with stockcards of a wide variety of countries, and with very little that is
               of low value. Most stamps catalogued at least in the pounds, many cards cat. tens of
               pounds, some £100+. Total cat. stated £8,000+ (100s) Lots of interest – lots of hard
               work. þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £400.
        2     Small box with 55 stockcards, each with a selected stamp/selection/set/etc. from a wide
               mix of Commonwealth and foreign countries. Very high cat. (100s) þ    ..        £120.
        3     Fourteen various stockbooks in carton, containing virtually only European (mixed
               countries though German bias, and many mint included), plus some further albums inc.
               one of German 1974 World Cup souvenir covers. (1,000s) þ               ..               ..                £120.
        4     Remainder lot in cardboard carton. Quite mixed and more useful in places. Comprises
               various slim albums and stockbooks of mixed world, a remainder world colln. in large old
               Senf album, just a few covers, and mixed others. (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                £100.
        5     Large carton containing very many thousands of world stamps all off-paper. Mainly
               roughly 1930s to 1970s, and apparently only the cheaper material, but in seriously big
               numbers. Gross weight approx.18kg.We guess there must be about three or four hundred
               thousand stamps here. þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        6     Heavy box with sixteen various stockbooks/albums/folders. Includes stockbooks of mixed
               countries, of dupl. Swiss m.s., Germany, etc., plus Germany ETBs, UN FDCs (inc. Flags
               series), Switzerland and Liechtenstein FDCs. (1,000s) þ ..                   ..        £100.
        7     Old Strand album with a general world collection, probably originally from about 1930s
               but with many stamps added more recently. (c.3,000).þ   ..                   ..            75.
        8     Big mixed lot of loose stamps and other odds. Mainly cheap stuff but worth a dig. (Many
               1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
        9     The remains from a very large property – the bits that don't make separate lots. ets, small
               albums/stockbooks, many loose (over 2kg in one box), UK Wilding bundleware, a few
               covers, etc. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      10     Twenty-one stockbooks of all-world stamps. Thousands of stamps but of little value. þ                60.
      11     Big box with a heap of old albums and stockbooks, largely all-world (some UK only)
               collections plus mixed loose, some covers and cards. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                    60.
      12     Two stockbooks of world mix. Quite a wide variety with a scattering of bits of interest.
               Much foreign (one stockbook is solely European). (1,000s) þ               ..               ..                    50.
      13     Big box of albums, folders, and stockbooks. Contains stamps and covers of UK and many
               other countries. (1,000s) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      14     Hefty stockalbum of dupl. used Italy early to modern, stockleaf of France (some better
               values), USSR (stockalbum and album, a few covers, and others. (1,000s) þ         ..                    50.
      15     Medium box with a general mix. A few pages, small stockbooks, loose stamps, several
               covers, and so on. Wide mix and worthwhile pickings. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                    45.
      16     Two old Strand album with world collections to about 1950. Some slightly better Common-
               wealth, and a few covers. Picked in places. (100s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      17     Big box of mainly off-paper world stamps in packets. Large and varied mix of cheaper
               material. (Many 1,000s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      18     Big box lot with thousands of world off-paper stamps, further quantities on-paper, some
               covers (mainly UK FDCs), a few USA mint blocks, etc. þ ..                 ..            35.
      19     Several albums/stockbooks of UK and world, odd loose, bundle of dupl. AAT FDCs, etc. þ      35.
      20     About a dozen folders with world covers, some cards and stamps. þ    ..            30.
      21     World collection in four ring-binders (1,000s), plus cover album with 80+ world FDCs. þ           30.
      22     Mix in box with a world colln. in an old broken Queen album, another remainder album,
               many loose UK late-QV and KE7 lower values, and an album of matchbox labels. þ                   30.
      23     Carton of remainders. Some is of little value, some has a little value here and there. All-
               world mix. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.

Stamps and Collectables, 18 June 2007    Page 3                                       Estimate.

                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      24     Mix of world stamps on-paper (c.3kg, mainly 1970s/80s), plus two shoeboxes of UK
               kiloware, and one of older world kiloware. þ ..               ..                   ..            30.
      25     Mixed box of philatelic (UK FDCs, PHQ cards, mixed world stamps) and non-philatelic
               (quite varied) items. þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      26     Mix in carton, the larger part being W.Germany philatelic covers (each mounted on black
               card), the other half mixed world covers (a few interesting) plus some loose stamps. þ                 26.
      27     Three stockbooks – one each of Commonwealth, Southern Europe, and mixed Europe.
               Mixed periods. (100s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      28     Mixed box containing general world album, empty Swing-o-Ring album (with some unused
               pages), a small box of off-paper Dominions, others on stockcards, etc. (100s) þ 24.
      29     Several albums/folders of world covers/cards, stamps, inc. many Liechtenstein. (100s) þ              24.
      30     Remainders in carton – albums, pages, etc. (1,000s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      31     World covers, loose stamps, and some world slogan pmks. on pages, all piled together in
               one box. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      32     Small range of Mauritius on pages (31, 1863-1910, cat.£97. but varied condition), a few
               mint multiples of Romania and Yugoslavia, and mixed Commonwealth on pages. 20.
      33     Bundle of mainly 1970s UK FDCs (c.80), a few FDCs of C. & E.Africa and Botswana etc.,
               and some loose stamps. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      34     Cheap mix in crisp box, bias to UK; shoebox of world commercial covers, another of UK
               slogan pmks., another of UK PHQ cards, a Canada colln. in printed album, etc. (1,000s) þ         20.
      35     Two shoeboxes and two other smallish boxes, with a world mix on & off-paper (1,000s) þ         18.
      36     Packets of world stamps sorted by country (many 100s), and a slim stockbook of used
               modern Germany (100s, mainly commems). þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      37     Collection of slogan postmarks on piece in bundle of jotters. Mainly USA but some also
               from a few European countries. þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      38     Two biscuit boxes of UK and world off-paper, a few Malaya on pages etc. (1,000s) þ                15.
      39     One box of mixed world stamps in packets (1,000s), and smaller box of covers/cards. þ             15.
      40     Box with about 1kg of world (non-UK) kiloware, and another box with c.600g world off-
               paper (very little UK).                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      41     Long box with loose world mix of off-paper stamps, little or no UK. (c.200g net weight)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      42     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      43     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      44     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      45     Small shoebox with thousands of world stamps in small packets. þ        ..               ..                    10.
      46     Shoebox with 100 packets, each of 100 different stamps.þ                   ..               ..                    10.
      47     Box of UK and USA kiloware, plus various empty albums and stockbooks. þ       ..                    10.
      48     British Commonwealth; a fine collection in seven loose-leaf albums. Mixed mint (mainly
               l.m.m.) and used. Early issues are fairly sparse, strengthening from mid-1930s, then tailing
               off about 1971. In the 1950s and 60s, much has been purchased as mint new issues (on an
               "up to 2/6" service). Some countries have been removed for separate sale (Ascension,
               Australia, Falklands & Dep., New Zealand), otherwise most countries include 1935 Jubilee
               and 1949 UPU sets as well as many commem sets and defin short sets. (1,000s) þ £600.
      49     --; small box of stockcards of general selected stamps or sets of UK and many other
               countries, with the majority being pre-QE. S.t.c.£4,000+ (100s) þ        ..               ..                £120.
      50     --; a similar lot (includes one Upper Volta set also). þ      ..                   ..               ..                £120.
      51     --; two shoeboxes of mainly 1970s-80s mint stock in glassine packets, often in blocks.
               Many sets included. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
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Stamps and Collectables, 18 June 2007    Page 4                                       Estimate.

                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      52     British Commonwealth; small m. & u. seln. of QV to early-QE of Brunei, Gibraltar (inc.
               4 diff. UK stamps with A26 cancels), Niue (3 x 1944-46 defin set f.u., cat.£23. per set),
               Tonga, and Sarawak. Light dupl. in places. Total s.t.c.£540. (c.110)      ..               ..                    75.
      53     --; three albums with a general collection, but notable for strength in Central and East
               Africa inc. KUT and constituent countries, Nyasaland/Malawi, etc. Some sets and FDCs
               about early 1960s. (100s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      54     --; stockbook of mint material of most periods. Earlier tends to be odds in varied condition,
               through to modern being usually u.m. and often in sets. (c.1,500) þ       ..               ..                    60.
      55     --; album of countries I-Z (c.800), printed album of Australia mainly used up to 1984 (100s),
               and a few odd items of Norfolk Is., Leeward Is., and Cayman. þ          ..               ..                    30.
      56     --; m. & u. seln. of mainly Pacific Islands (others also), some light dupl. S.t.c.£550. (124)             24.
      57     --; m.m./l.m.m. seln. of overprints on British stamps - Tangier (20), Somalia (11), Eritrea
               (2), Br. Levant (1), Morocco Agencies (1). S.t.c.£75.      ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      58     --; Africa; mainly u.m. sets in packets from 1960s to 80s, plus a few others. (100s) þ                 20.
      59     --; Pacific; a similar lot. þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      60     --; West Indies; another similar lot. þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      61     --; Omnibus; 1948-49 S.Wedding sets of Gold Coast m.m. (cat.£19.30 for u.m.), and
               Montserrat l.m.m. (£4.85).            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      6.
      62     --; --; 1966 u.m. Churchill sets of B.A.T. (cat.£45.) and Pitcairn (£7.75).               ..                    15.
      63     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding in four printed albums comprising u.m. sets, miniature sheets,
               sheetlets, booklets, some imperfs. (100s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      64     Americas; pages of USA and Cuba up to about 1950s only. Some early USA is high cat.
               but in mixed quality. (c.170)          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      65     Asia; pages of China (39), Japan (44), Iran (40).              ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      66     Europe; stockbook with attractive m. & u. range of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Iceland,
               Spain, Germany, and others inc. sets in places. (100s) þ ..                   ..            24.
      67     --; Austria 1867-1970 mainly used on pages plus some loose (c.590); also two Belgium
               collections (c.770 but little of value)                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      68     --; mainly used to about 1945 from Germany, Austria Belgium , Netherlands. Mainly
               cheaper material with dupl. (100s) þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      69     --; mainly older (to about 1950s) on pages. (100s)            ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      70     Foreign; colln. in three folders, mainly early to middle periods but with modern also in
               some countries. Strongest are Germany, Iran, Morocco, USSR. (Many 100s) þ                          70.
      71     --; shoebox with a range of mint stamps in packets. Strength in 1960s-80s u.m., and inc.
               some blocks. Good range of countries inc. many former French colonies, some Latin
               America, miniature sheets, imperfs, and so on. (100s) þ   ..                   ..            50.
      72     Latin America; five stockbooks of m. & u. duplicated Mexico (most), Costa Rica, Panama,
               and Venezuela, plus packet of odds. Mainly about 1900-60. (1,000s) þ                ..                    60.
      73     --; mainly older (to about 1950s) on pages (100s)             ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      74     Overseas; two shoeboxes of bulk Arab States (Ajman, Fujeira, etc.) c.t.o., and another of
               USA bundleware/bulk used. (1,000s) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      75     Scandinavia; seln. in packets of mainly u.m. Faroes, plus some Greenland and Iceland,
               strongest in 1970s/80s and inc. blocks. (100s) ..               ..                   ..            20.
      76     --; album, stockalbum, and a few stockleaves with Norway, Åland, a few Iceland,
               Greenland, Faroes. (100s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      77     Booklets; album of mainly mint Commonwealth and Europe bkts. and a few packs. (c.60) þ      30.
      78     Thematic; three stockbooks of world stamps arranged by subject inc. birds, mammals,
               flowers, shells, etc. (100s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.

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Stamps and Collectables, 18 June 2007    Page 5                                       Estimate.

                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
      79     Thematic; Airmails; small m. & u. colln. of airmail issues (and a few charity or other odds),
               majority pre-1945. Includes Czechoslovakia 1920 surch. set (3) used (cat.£95., not guaran-
               teed but with Continental certification marks), Italy 1917 opts. (2) u. on piece (£17½),
               Morocco 1922-27 set (11) m.m. (£80.), C.African Rep. 1960 Birds m.m. (3, £61.), etc. S.t.c.
               £500+ (126)             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      80     Bundleware; 30,000 of the USA 1947 Air 10c used in bundles of 100, plus further
               thousands of UK, USA, Belgium, etc., etc. þ ..               ..                   ..            30.
      81     Covers; large carton with accumulation/stock in seven albums plus several smaller boxes.
               Seems to have been collected in UK, USA, Sweden, and Switzerland, so quite a wide mix.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      82     --; box filled with mixed covers, each one individually wrapped in polythene wallet. Mainly
               1970s-90s, mixed commercial and philatelic, largest numbers of Germany, then other Euro-
               pean countries, and some others. (c.2,700) þ ..               ..                   ..            30.
      83     --; a similar lot (c.2,500). þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      84     --; a similar lot (c.2,500). þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      85     --; a similar lot (c.2,500). þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      86     --; carton with many hundreds of mixed world covers, sometimes with bits of interest. þ               30.
      87     --; loose mix in carton with FDCs of several countries, postal stationery, and some comm-
               ercial. (100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      88     --; box containing bundles of mainly late-1960s covers. The greatest proportion are USA,
               followed by Canada, and other countries, and most are special events, special postmarks,
               etc. Mainly fine though some show ageing. (c.900) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      89     --; small box with mixed seln. of UK, Commonwealth, and foreign, from 19^th-century to
               some modern FDCs and inc. a few pieces also. (c.60 items) þ              ..               ..                    20.
      90     --; six small cover albums of German and other countries' covers and some cards. (100s) þ         20.
      91     --; big flat plastic storage box of mixed covers of many countries, mainly fairly modern.
               Some stamps also. (100s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      92     --; small seln. of covers and cards with paquebot postmarks (8)             ..               ..                      7.
      93     --; Year of the Child; 1979 colln. of illus. unaddressed FDCs in three albums, probably all-
               different. (c.270) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      94     Perfins; mixed packets of UK (c.150 pre-QE, c.300 QE), and of foreign (c.150). 40.
      95     --; world mix in packets and on three pages, strongest in UK inc. some multiples. (c.500)             50.
      Ü     --; see also Germany, Japan, UK.
      96     Cinderella; three stockleaves with a world mix, sometimes with dupl. Includes fiscals,
               charity and publicity labels, etc. Largest numbers German. (c.350)         ..               ..                    35.
      Ü     --; see also Estonia, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Sweden, Switzerland,
      Ü     Forgeries; see Saar.
      97     Literature; British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906 by G.Brumell 1946 (marked), The
               Local Posts of London 1680-1840 by G.Brumell c.1972, The Sideways Duplex Cancel-
               lations of England and Wales by Traill and Holland 1975, and several others (postal history
               and stamps). þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      98     --; SG Great Britain Concise catalogue 2007 (superseded by 2008 edition late April 2007).
               As new (retail £24.95)                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      99     --; another of the same.                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    100     --; The Royal Mail, Its Curiosities and Romance by J. Wilson Hyde, 1889; and Other Men’s
               Heroes by Alwyn James 1982 (containing a Gambia Mugo Park fdc). þ                ..                      6.
    101     Supplies (New); five-and-a-bit packets (each of 1,000) of Stangib folded hinges. Some
               years old, so probably better quality than the current ones. ..                  ..              8.
    102     Supplies (Second-Hand); two cartons of varied albums, binders, cover albums, stockleaves,
               etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
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Stamps and Collectables, 18 June 2007    Page 6                                       Estimate.

                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
    103     Supplies (Second-Hand); six SG Global albums each with blank pages (normally supplied
               with country names) (some pages a little discoloured), and two stockbooks. þ       ..                    20.
    104     --; Philatector battery-operated watermark detector, with colour filter. Needs battery. þ              6.

VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Tuesday 12 June to Saturday 16 June; viewing of all lots at our shop, normal shop hours
(Tue 10-6, Wed 2-9, Thu 10-6, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-7).
Monday 18 June; larger lots (marked “þ” in the description); on view at auction venue 3pm-6.50pm.
smaller lots; on view at auction venue 5pm-6.50pm.

      Ü     Anybody not interested in the following Collectables section can safely leave the auction
              room (to look at the Buy or Bid Sale, or go upstairs to the bar). There will be a short break at
              the end of the non-philatelic lots, during which we will give warning of the resumption of
              stamp lots.
    105     Banknotes; small world mix of used notes (68)                ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    106     --; Scotland; 1961-70 bundle of circulated notes comprising British Linen Bank £1 (1), £5
               (3), National Commercial Bank of Scotland £1 (20), £5 (4), Royal Bank of Scotland £1 (7),
               and £5 (8). Also Bank of England 10/- (3). Face value £104½.             ..               ..                £170.
    107     --; --; 1962-67 £5 notes of British Linen Bank (1), and Royal Bank (2 diff.) in frame. Good
               circulated condition. ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            24.
    108     --; Germany; extensive collection of Notgeld arranged in two albums, usually by area.
               Virtually no duplication, and the majority fine. (c.825) þ   ..                   ..        £120.
    109     Books; Broons (6) and Oor Wullie (4) annuals. Includes the famed episode in which Oor
               Wullie visits “Bob Murray's Stamp Emporium”, declaring “Here ! Stamp Collecting !
               A lot o' fowk dae that ! I'll gie it a go !” Also a bundle of loose comics. þ           ..                    10.
    110     Cigarette Car