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	Stamps and Collectables Auction  Monday 3 March 2008 at 7.00 pm
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            Collections and Mixed Lots.  
        1    Small box with bundle of stockcards of selected items, largely Commonwealth but some
               Europe and Overseas also. Generally sets or better values, of a wide variety of country,
               period, and type. S.t.c.£3,000+ (100s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £170.
        2     Box filled with envelopes as received from Urch Harris new issue service containing
               u.m. sets and miniature sheets of Greece and Israel (these 1985-2000) and of China PR
               (1989-2000). (100s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £150.
        3     Remainders of larger collection in carton. Comprises several albums/stockbooks, plus
               numerous loose, and with a reasonable proportion of UK (this often fairly useful). Much is
               earlier, but quite recent also included. (1,000s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                £100.
        4     Old Lincoln album with a mainly 19th-Century collection. General lot, the UK includes
               two penny blacks plus 1887 Jubilee pairs of 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 4½d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 10d,
               1/- bicoloured (some with gum, some without, some fine, some stuck down). (c.600+) þ         £100.
        5     Printed albums with collections of Austria c.1850s-1936, and 1963-79, Switzerland
               1959-82, Liechtenstein 1967-83, West Berlin 1968-90, a folder of Austria FDCs 1959-69,
               stockbook of West Germany, and a general foreign album. (1,000s) þ  ..        £100.
        6     Three albums with m. & u. world collection, mainly middle to modern periods. Much
               Europe, Middle East, little Commonwealth. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                    80.
        7     Small biscuit tin with interesting mix mainly in two pocket stockbooks, with many earlier.
               Includes an attractive range of mint Commonwealth, a few foreign. High catalogue.
               (c.500) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    75.
        8     Not a large lot, but quite interesting, with some Commonwealth and foreign on pages, a
               selection of Commonwealth SPECIMEN overprints, a few cards of Commonwealth postage
               dues, and other mixed on stockcards (many medium values) (100s)        ..               ..                    75.
        9     Ten various albums/binders/stockbooks with wide world mix inc. Australia, Austria, France
               and Israel. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    70.
      10     Folder of pages from a club auction (in a style imitating our Buy or Bid Sale) – unsolds with
               a total s.t.c. of £2,400., and “buy” prices of £325. Includes many Ceylon, Faroes, and
               Iceland. (100s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    60.
      11     Small box with a bunch of stockcards generally of selected items, sets, etc. Much Germany.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    60.
      12     Mainly modern world collection in two albums, in stockbook, plus others loose inc. bundle
               of UK presentation packs, etc. (100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    55.
      13     Big mix in carton with several albums, bundles of USA FDCs, other covers, etc. (1,000s) þ         50.
      14     Big mixed box, USA-biased but with whole world coverage, with albums, pages, covers,
               loose stamps, and various odds. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
      15     Big box, the proceeds of which will go to charity. Contains some USA kiloware, a bundle
               of German ETBs (c.300+) a shoebox of UN FDCs/p.stat., small box of cheap Israel, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      16     Mixed carton with USA bias. Albums, FDCs, commercial covers, some documents, sheets
               of cinderellas, and all sorts of others. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      17     Large and varied carton of loose stamps, albums, and covers. Foreign source. (1,000s) þ            40.
      18     USA, UN, and many others in carton. Largest bulk is covers (FDCs and others), but stamps
               and others also. (1,000s) þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      19     Big box of mainly world covers, but stamps also on stockleaves, etc. (1,000s) þ 40.
      20     Large carton with a  shoebox of Swiss covers, some UN FDCs, world covers, albums, loose
               stamps, etc. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      21     Box with many UN FDCs and maxi-cards, world stamps in albums, US material, etc. þ               40.
      22     USA-biased carton, with a bundle of documents, many USA FDCs and other covers, just a
               few other countries inc. a small Germany collection. þ        ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      23     World stamps in several albums, bundles of USA FDCs, and others. (1,000s) þ 40.
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      24     Bundle of broken remains of club books. Some is cheap, but a good number of items
               reasonably priced in pounds, especially in Commonwealth, and some unpriced. (100s) þ             35.
      25     World covers and cards (many 100s), some stamps, etc. þ                   ..               ..                    35.
      26     Large box with mixed contents. Albums, pages, loose, with largest numbers of Germany.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    35.
      27     Carton of covers plus some stamps, US-bias. þ                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      28     Carton of USA and world covers and stamps. þ                ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      29     The shop's charity box – all the bits and pieces people bring in that aren't worth selling
               individually, and they don't want to keep. Includes a few albums, USA 1981 Birds sheet, a
               little kiloware, a few postcards, and other odds. (Many 100s) þ            ..               ..                    30.
      30     Box of mainly remainder albums and stockbooks of world and of UK. Many thousands inc.
               some loose also. Also includes an SG Sectional Middle East catalogue (current 2005
               edition, £34.95) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      31     Worn old Triumph album with just a general world collection but only up to about the
               1930s (c.1,250). Also four lesser albums and a few odds. þ                 ..               ..                    30.
      32     Mainly album pages in box with mixed world stamps with Germany and USA among many
               others as well as loose and a few covers. (100s) þ             ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      33     Medium carton with world stamps on and off-paper, some mixed covers, a bundle (100+ ?)
               of German ETBs, etc. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..            30.
      34     World stamp collection in old Strand album (100s), plus a small album of cigarette cards,
               some Rover cards, etc. þ            ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
      35     World mix in stockbook, mainly foreign (c.500+). Also a general world colln. in Internat-
               ional  album (100s), and some loose. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    28.
      36     A few mainly junior-type collections of various ages. Odd better values, and much of a 1953
               Coronation colln. (m./u.). Loose also. (100s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                    26.
      37     Broken stockbook with countries C-D (plus a few Korea and Netherlands Antilles). Includes
               many Canada (with some fiscals), Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic. Little
               dupl., some toning. (c.2,300) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      38     Mix in carton with some pages, stockbooks, loose stamps, old catalogues, and mixed odds
               inc. two videos and three computer games. þ  ..                 ..                 ..            24.
      39     Carton of mixed remainders on pages and stockleaves, a fair bit of UK/foreign kiloware,
               etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      40     Old Triumph album with a few hundred world stamps, small bundle of covers (mainly
               Australia FDCs), some modern UK used, a few airletters and postcards. þ            ..                    24.
      41     Bulky lot with thousands of cheaper world stamps, empty binders, a decent SG Wyon album,
               bundles of second-hand stockleaves and stockcards, some USA, etc. Ä                 ..                    24.
      42     Thousands of world stamps in packets, little tins and boxes, stockbook of UK, a bag of
               matchboxes/labels, etc. þ             ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    22.
      43     Large suitcase and its heavy contents. Piles of stuff, all sorts of stamps, and some things
               probably best suited for the bucket. (1,000s) Ä                  ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      44     Various world stamps in five albums. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      45     Four folders of UK and foreign covers (much African, FDCs and others), and a stockbook
               of S.Rhodesia/Swaziland 1947 R.Visit dupl. mint. þ           ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      46     Bundle of album pages with mainly used colln. of many countries (100s), plus two stock-
               books of cheaper USA (100s). þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      47     Toffee tin filled with mainly off-paper stamps, the majority UK but many Commonwealth
               also included. (1,000s) þ             ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      48     Several empty albums, some UK remainders, others. þ      ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      49     Odd selection in stockalbum. Many Art thematics from Arab countries, but also other types
               from French Andorra (1930s), Algeria (1970s/70s), and other odds. (c.720, 9 m.s.) þ                15.
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      50     A small box with about 400g of off-paper used Australia (mainly modern pictorials), plus a
               tin of world off-paper, and some others. þ      ..                 ..                                  ..                    15.
      51     Flat box with an album of USA, small stockbook of W.Berlin and other Germany, plus
               mixed packets etc. (100s0 þ        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      52     Old albums with just a scattering of stamps, a couple of stockbooks with Norway and
               Greece, a bundle of UK PHQ cards, etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      53     Long box with loose world mix of off-paper stamps, little or no UK. (c.230g net weight)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      54     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      55     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      56     A similar lot, but c.220g. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      57     A similar lot, but c.200g. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    12.
      58     Box with 1kg of world kiloware, another of 600g world off-paper. þ    ..            10.
      59     British Commonwealth; a fine and useful collection in two-volume New Imperial album
               (printed spaces to 1936, just a few stamps later). Mint and used contents throughout, some-
               times with well-filled pages, sometimes sparse. The UK includes 1840 1d (2), 1840 2d (2),
               many other line-engraved, and a good range of surface-printed, plus later. Other better
               countries include the Australian States, British Levant, Heligoland, Hong Kong, Orange
               Free State, etc. Condition varies, but includes many good/fine. (c.3,000) þ [view image]           ..                £750.
      60     --; two stockleaves of KG6 (a few KG5) all unmounted mint, comprising mainly commem
               sets and defin part sets (with some better values). S.t.c.£460. (200+)     ..        £110.
      61     --; album of m. & u. KG6 and QE (generally up to about 1960s), most value in KG6 where
               there are some better values such as Gibraltar KG6 10/- f.u., India 1937-40 15r u, etc.
               (c.1,500) þ              ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
      62     --; album of UK QV-KG5 (c.300) mainly used but inc. some KG5 mint controls and a few
               Departmentals. Also Canada, India, Malaya, S.Africa, etc. (c.350) þ    ..        £100.
      63     --; attractive collection in album, mainly l.m.m. of countries alphabetically Swaziland to
               Zanzibar. The strength is in KG6 and earlier QE, though there are a few earlier, and some
               through to c.1970. Many commem sets and defin short sets. (100s) þ   ..            80.
      64     --; stockbook of mainly u.m. sets and m.s. from around 1970s (a few earlier m.m./u.), from
               PNG, Tonga, Solomons, Tuvalu, etc. with a little dupl. Includes Solomons KG6 set m.m.
               (13, cat.£75. for u.m.), Seychelles 1954-61 set (19) m.m. (£65.). (c.700, 28 m.s.) þ                   55.
      65     --; seln. of KG6 and QE stamps of UK with overprints comprising Morocco Agencies (24),
               Tangier (15), Bahrain (12), and B.A. Eritrea (5), all l.m.m./m.m. except for four u.m. high
               values. (S.t.c.£220. for u.m.)         ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      66     --; two medium stockbooks – one of dupl. 1937 Coronation odds and sets mainly used plus
               Victory and 1953 Coronation (100s), other of dupl. islands issues (100s) þ           ..                    35.
      67     --; mainly earlier QE defins of Antigua, Bermuda, Solomons, Cayman, and Pitcairn, largely
               m.m., a few small faults. (c.75)      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      68     --; Americas; scattered colln. to about 1960, mostly used. Mixed condition in earlier issues.
               (c.890) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      69     --; Omnibus; 1935 S.Jubilee duplicated mint and used range in stockbook, mainly fine.
               Largest numbers are of low values, but decent scattering of others. (c.600) þ         ..                    35.
      70     Europe; a stockbook of used miniature sheets, duplicated up to 100x (this of the W.Berlin
               Racing Cars SG MS B395), a stockbook of dupl. unaddressed FDCs (all with m.s. or
               sheetlets), and a folder of Liechtenstein c.t.o. sheetlets, plus various odds. (c.545 sheetlets/
               m.s., c.70 FDCs) þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £120.
      71     --; stockbook with seln. of u.m. booklets and sets from about 1960s-90s. Much Scandinavia,
               but inc. Gibraltar 1960 defins set (14, cat.£150.). (c.135, 6 panes, 32 booklets) þ 80.
      72     --; carton with a dozen stockbooks, albums, and other folders. Largest representation of
               Germany, plus a few Switzerland and other Europe. (1,000s) þ            ..               ..                    75.
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      73     Europe; large stockbook quite well filled with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland,
               USSR, and numerous other countries. Interesting range with a decent scattering of better or
               less usual. (100s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
      74     --; stockalbum with largely used ranges of Germany (inc. Saar), Belgium, and a few Congo
               etc. Early to approx. 1970. Some dupl. (100s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      75     --; album of miniature sheets (probably all u.m.), souvenir sheets, exhibition sheets, black
               prints, etc. (45) þ     ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      76     Thematic; Europa; mainly used colln. in printed album and stockbook to about 1996,
               occasional dupl. (c.820) þ           ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
      77     --; Europe; seln. of mainly u.m. issues (a few m.m. or used) on European Unity themes –
               NATO, EFTA, etc. Includes W.Berlin 1950 ERP m.m. (cat.£110.), Saar 1950 Council of
               Europe (2) m.m. (£200.), Italy 1949 ERP (3) u.m. (£81.). S.t.c. about £600 or £700. (c.250,
               1 m.s.) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    65.
      78     --; Postal Services; colln. in three albums of mainly German items commemorating 500
               Jahre Post. Includes stamps, covers, souvenir folders, etc. (c.350, 6 m.s., 160 others) þ             60.
      79     Covers; a massive lot in two large cartons comprising mainly loose covers of a wide range
               of countries, but apparently collected in the USA so many US included as well as items
               from other countries into USA. High numbers of other countries also included. (Many 100s)
               Approx. 42kg gross weight. Ä      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
      80     --; a similar lot but in just one carton, fair proportion USA. (17kg gross) Ä             ..                    40.
      81     --; big carton with a mass of loose covers – many USA FDCs, plus other USA, but others
               also. Ä   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      82     --; box containing loose mainly middle/modern world covers and cards of mixed types.
               Many of individual value even if not high. (c.500) þ            ..                 ..               ..                    35.
      83     --; bundle of WW2 covers with FPO pmks., censor marks, etc. (c.100), plus some more
               modern FPO philatelic covers and FDCs (29). þ               ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      84     --; mixed box, sometimes duplicated, of commercial, postal stationery, and first day/
               philatelic. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    18.
      85     --; medium box with a world mix (100s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
      86     --; Fishing Industry; box of mainly commercial covers between fishing/shipping companies
               and organisations, mainly about 1960s-80s. Others also included. (100s) þ            ..                    15.
      Ü     Perfins; see UK.
      Ü     Cinderella; see USA (Locals), U.K.
      87     Literature; heavy box of books and catalogues of mixed ages (though none very recent).
               Mainly out-of-date catalogues but inc. some less common, and inc. Guide Lines to the
               Penny Black (Litchfield, 1949), The Commemorative Stamps of the World (Lyons, 1914),
               British Post Office Numbers (Brumell), etc. (c.50) Ä        ..                 ..               ..                    24.
      88     --; Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth and British Empire 1840-1952 catalogue, 2006 edn. þ    10.
      89     Supplies (Second-Hand); Safe hingeless albums (some older style pages included) for
               Guernsey 1958-98, Isle of Man 1973-94, and Jersey 1958-98. Not checked for completeness,
               but must certainly be close. Ä       ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
      90     --; six SG/Davo Great Britain albums with used pages (one hingeless 1840-1970, others
               standard) for a mix of periods. Some marks on pages. Ä     ..                 ..               ..                    30.

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      91     Supplies (Second-Hand); carton with fifteen springback binders (mixed sizes) and various
               others. Ä                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      92     --; twenty-one various empty stockbooks. Ä   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      93     --; fifteen various empty stockbooks. Ä           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      94     --; seventeen various empty stockbooks. Ä     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      95     --; fourteen various empty stockbooks. Ä        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      96     --; box of nine albums with stamps removed, inc. two SG Exeters. Ä    ..            20.
      97     --; box of ten albums with stamps removed, mixed types, inc. one SG Plymouth. Ä 24.
      98     --; carton with twenty-four empty binders inc. 15 standard size springbacks. Ä       ..                    26.
      99     --; three double-pocket Royal Mail cover albums, and one Royal Mail postcard binder with
               cover album pages. þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    100     --; box with seln. of Hawid and Prinz mounts (black background), mainly open packets. þ           15.
    101     --; five empty stockbooks, and thirteen other mixed binders inc. a few standard sized spring-
               back and an SG Devon. Ä           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    102     --; large carton with a mix of binders (some expensive Continental types) plus stockbooks.
               (16) Ä..  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
    103     --; carton of mixed albums, stockalbum, stockbook. Ä     ..                   ..               ..                    18.

           “Collectables” (Non-Philatelic Items)

      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.
    104     Banknotes; Scotland; Clydesdale and North of Scotland 1961-62 £5 (4 of, fine circulated),
               and Bank of Scotland 1967 £5 (1, stained).     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    35.
    105     --; Bermuda; 1937 (12 May) 10/- note ("fractional" serial prefix) in virtually uncirculated
               condition (very slightest rounding at corners, and very minor signs of handling). Krause
               10b, cat.$150 for VF, $650 for Unc. [view image]          ..                 ..      &nb