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General, 24 May 2004                                  Page 2                                   Estimate.

Collections and Mixed Lots.

      1     Strand album of world stamps up to about 1930s. Largely intact original collection with a
            general spread augmented by occasional pickings (inc. fair penny black). (100s) Also a few
            modern covers. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
     2     Two cartons with the remainders from a larger property – duplicates in packets, loose covers,
            little boxes, an album of UK FDCs, two other mixed cover albums, an empty album, and
            much else. (Many 1,000s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
     3     Medium box with ten various stockbooks and a folder. Largest numbers of UK and Germany,
            but also Vatican, Switzerland, and others. Although much is common, and nothing scarce has
            been seen, there is value in quantities of medium value stamps. (Many 100s) þ          ..                    75.
     4     Extensive though not expensive worldwide collection on pages in two large lever-arch
            binders. Mainly commercially used odds but also inc. some mint, some sets/short sets, etc.
            (c.13,000 all-different) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
     5     Over 30 world approval books with contents late 19^th Century to 1970s. Mostly European
            inc. much Germany. No high value noticed but some interesting. (Many 100s) þ                             50.
     6     Generally earlier (many 19^th Century, some early 20^th, and some up to 1920s/30s) ranges in
            stockbook with UK (duplicated 1d red, Jubilees, KE7, etc.), Spain, France, Bavaria, Germany,
            and others. (100s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
     7     Eight slim stockbooks with quantities of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, San Marino,
            Israel, Poland, Romania, France, Greece, Vatican, Hungary, UK, Ireland, Italy, and others.
            (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
     8     Accumulation in 19 stockbooks and albums (= 9 small and 10 medium to large) of generally
            used stamps with majority before 1960. (1,000s) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    45.
     9     Carton containing 11 stockbooks inc. S.Africa, SWA, Netherlands, Soviet area, France,
            world airmails, and others. One album also. (Many 100s) þ ..                   ..            40.
   10     Bundle of remainder club books of Commonwealth and UK (PTSA c.£250., generally at
            about 20% cat.); also a few other world odds and ends. þ ..                   ..            40.
   11     Box mix with album, pages, and loose. All sorts of very often dissimilar material. (1,000s) þ           40.
   12     Box with world stamps in three standard stockbooks, two small stockbooks, stockalbum, etc.
            Many thematics, some UK postage dues, duplicated used decimal UK, a few Commonwealth,
            Liechtenstein, etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
   13     Interesting assortment of stockleaves, packets, loose on and off-paper, junior items, album
            pages. Much is cheaper, but good scattering of more unusual. Good sort. (1,000s) þ 35.
   14     Box with USA stockbook and pages, an empty printed Germany album, world mix in
            shoebox, pages of a mix of countries, and others. (Many 100s) þ            ..               ..                    30.
   15     Some mixed pages of Latin America, two stockbooks of cheap W.Germany, and various
            mixed others. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
   16     Large old Ideal album with a scattered collection of about 1,800 different world stamps up
            to about 1911 only. A bit untidy, but suitable for further filling. þ              ..               ..                    26.
   17     Mixed world in two stockbooks (one of these of used UK inc. many modern higher value
            commems.) and two folders (one of these of world thematics). (100s) þ  ..            26.
   18     Three folders of album pages  - Middle East, Mediterranean, Italy, Malaya, North Africa,
            etc. (100s) þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
   19     A largely empty Simplex Medium album, mixed mainly foreign FDCs in small cover album,
            Scandinavia and others on stockleaves, and two Yvert catalogues. þ       ..               ..                    24.
   20     Medium box with a mix in packets, in stockbooks, on stockleaves, etc. Includes a few UK
            locals, IoM bkts., cheap UK, Austrian FDCs, a bundle of identical Ivory Coast FD cards, and
            so on. (100s) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
   21     An album, a stockbook, and a stockalbum with a mixed world assortment. (100s) þ 24.

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                Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
   22     Strange mix in stockbook of fairly modern Cameroun (200+, 15 m.s.), Overprints on UK
            (115), plus a few Cilicie, Lebanon, Finland. þ    ..               ..                   ..            24.
   23     Carton well-filled with mixed album pages, medium stockbooks, loose stamps in packets,
            and various others. (1,000s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
   24     Small flat box filled mainly by stockcards of world stamps. Wide mix, mainly of medium
            value material (i.e. not the commonest, but not scarce). (100s) þ             ..               ..                    20.
   25     Remainder lot – world collection on loose pages in folder, mixed loose stamps in packets,
            etc. (1,000s) þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
   26     A box of mixed presentation packs, year packs, maxi cards, FDCs, PO Christmas cards, etc.
            of several countries inc. Canada, san Marino. (c.38 items) þ ..                  ..            20.
   27     Bundle of stockcards with a mix of types, areas, and periods of mainly Commonwealth.
            Some better values. (100s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
   28     Packed box – a cheap mix of world stamps, covers, etc. (1,000s) þ        ..               ..                    15.
   29     Box with mainly non-UK off-paper loose stamps. Approx. 475g net. þ   ..            15.
   30     A carton of mixed world stamps and philatelic odds. Generally cheaper but still a decent
            sorting lot. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            15.
     31     Stockbook with a general mix inc. some slightly better Germany, Norway, odd others.
            (100s) þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
   32     Box with a bag of NZ recent kiloware (c.975g, mainly dupl.. defins), similar for Australia
            (c.400g), and some USA mainly off-paper (c.100g). þ       ..                   ..               ..                    15.
   33     Long box with c.320g net weight of world (non-UK) off-paper stamps. þ                ..                    15.
   34     A similar box, with c.280g net weight. þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
   35     A similar box, but c.270g net weight. þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
   36     Stockbook of UK, Hong Kong, and a few Channel Is etc. Mainly commercially used, with a
            fair range. (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
   37     An album with 500+ mixed Commonwealth and foreign stamps, plus about a dozen sets of
            UK 1999-2000 PHQ cards mint. þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
   38     Box with 1,000s of world stamps sorted into envelopes. þ  ..                   ..            10.
   39     Stockleaf of Aden and States QE l.m.m., and a little selection of Europe. ..            10.
   40     World collection in junior album (100s) and a stockbook of dupl.. used Ireland, Channel Is.,
            and I.o.M. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
   41     Stockbook with a small mix of mainly German tickets (Hamburg trams etc. ?), a few Cin-
            derellas, a few postage stamps, etc. (c.90) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
   42     British Commonwealth; a box of Format International printers’ “progressive proofs” etc.
            products of Tuvalu, St Vincent Grenadines, Nevis, etc. about late 1980s. Sold at the time for
            incredible prices with much misleading advertising. (21 folders) þ             ..               ..                    40.
   43     --; stockbook with UK 1840-1975 mainly used inc. cut-close penny black, fair other QV, and
            mixed odds later, plus some Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta. (100s) þ               ..               ..                    40.
   44     --; a small album of m. & u. Victorian stamps of a good range of countries (190) þ 30.
   45     --; three albums with mixed mainly used on pages inc. fair numbers of UK, India, Australia,
            and Canada. Just a few foreign also seen. (100s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    24.
   46     --; small selection of l.m.m./m.m. KG5/KG6 KUT, Antigua, St.Vincent, Montserrat, Ceylon,
            etc., mainly better values, cat. approx.£100+ (23); and of used British Guiana (26) 24.
   47     --; nine NZ Chalons used, 7 later used Postal Fiscals, and 6 early Fiji (which may not be
            genuine).   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
   48     --; plastic tub of mixed off-paper stamps of all reigns except KG6 (many 100s – probably
            1,000s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                        .. 15.
   49     --; little used colln. of Malta 1990-96 (84), and UK used 1952-97 defin colln. (c.300) þ               12.
   50     --; approval book with Gibraltar, Malta, and others inc. some medium values. (115) 10.

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

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                Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
   51     British Commonwealth; Africa; two stockbooks of mainly used S.Africa (c.400), Zambia
            (c.90), East Africa (c.300), Rhodesias (c.150), plus several other countries. þ          ..                    15.
   52     --; West Indies; duplicated stock (generally 1-6 of each) of countries A-G u.m. sets/m.s.
            mainly from 1970s/80s (a few earlier), plus a few Bahamas defin odds. S.t.c.£550. 70.
   53     --; Omnibus; 1935 Silver Jubilee sets of K.U.T. and N.Rhodesia l.m.m., and SWA more
            heavily mounted mint. Cat.£6., £7., £11.            ..               ..                   ..               ..                      7.
   54     --; --; 1973 Royal Wedding u.m. complete colln. in small album, cat.£23. (72, 6 m.s.) þ                  5.
   55     --; --; 1977 S.Jubilee seln. of 4 different booklets, cat.£12.50.                 ..               ..                      3.
   56     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding bundle of about 15 envelopes with monthly sendings of these as
            distributed as new issues. Also two empty albums, bundles of pages. þ    ..            50.
   57     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding seln. of nine different booklets, cat.£27.15.   ..              6.
   58     --; --; 1986 Queen’s Birthday (mainly) collection in four volumes u.m. Includes some other
            items also e.g. 40^th Wedding Anniv., 65^th Birthday, 1966 W.Indies Tour FDC, etc. (Roughly
            640 stamps, 80 m.s., 70 FDCs) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
   59     --; --; 1986 Royal wedding large four-volume u.m. collection – stamps (c.260), m.s. (37),
            booklets (34), FDCs (c.110), and maxi-cards (c.75). þ     ..                   ..               ..                    60.
   60     --; --; 1990 Queen Mother u.m. colln. in two volumes – includes a few other items also.
            (c.127 stamps, 75 FDCs, 40 m.s.) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
   61     --; --; 1998 Diana 9 diff miniature sheets (and one set) on illus. unaddressed FDCs.  7.
   62     Africa; stockbook well filled with Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Congo, Burundi (many, inc.
            numerous sets), Zaire. (c.1,500) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            40.
   63     --; countries A-D and S-V on Scott pages in binder, mainly 1960s. (100s) þ            ..                    15.
   64     --; small collns. of Algeria (70), Morocco (82), and Tunisia (13). Mainly French period.                    4.
   65     Americas; large stockalbum with USA, Canada, and Latin America – mainly commoner
            used and with dupl. (100s) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
     66     Europe; a few stockcards with Spain 1963 Ribera set (10) u.m., Poland 1963 Dogs set (9)
            u.m., Luxembourg 1949 UPU set (3) fair m.m., and others cheaper. High cat.            ..                    10.
   67     Foreign; general collection in four albums, nothing very modern. Other loose odds. (100s) þ          24.
   68     --; mainly European in three albums. (100s) þ   ..               ..                   ..            20.
   69     Latin America; album with mixed pages of Argentina (c.500), Bolivia (c.200), Brasil (c.350),
            and Colombia (c.450). Much is from 1950s-70s. þ            ..                   ..               ..                    24.
   70     --; two pocket stockbooks with Venezuela (c.200), and other countries (c.265)        ..                      7.
   71     Scandinavia; stockbook with some duplicated Sweden and Denmark. (c.900) þ                             6.
   72     Thematic; Archery; small colln. of sporting, warring, heraldic, etc. (c.55) þ                                    3.
   73     --; Railway; 1987-96 u.m. collection of stamps (c.820), and miniature sheets etc. (c.310) in
            five SG Ring-22 albums and a stockbook. Sets seem to be complete. þ  ..        £100.
   74     --; --; three small Locomotive Philatelica albums with u.m. colln. (c.410+ pairs, other singles,
            blocks), and a larger album with further u.m. issues (74, 9 m.s./sheetlets, 5 FDCs, etc.) þ               22.
   75     --; --; 1984-97 colln. of u.m. stamps (92) and m.s. (26) in Urch Harris printed album. þ                10.
   76     --; --; tiny colln. of just 60 used stamps in clean SG Universal album. þ  ..              6.
    Ü     --; Shipping; see Germany (West Germany) 1983-93.
   77     --; U.P.U.; 1949 m.m. sets of a few countries inc. Italy and Luxembourg. (Cat.c.£100. for u.m.)
            (22)          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
   78     Covers; mixed bundle inc. some WW2 censors, airmail, WW1 FPOs, UK postal stationery
            (inc. dupl. unused QV and KG5), UK “Received from HM Ships”, etc. (c.150/200) þ                   40.
   79     --; almost entirely European mix in box. Much Germany, plus Austria, Czechoslovakia, and
            others. Early to modern, commercial and philatelic. (100s) þ ..                 ..            32.
   80     --; small mix inc. many 1950s, some Poland FDCs, an early (1871) cover from Red Cross in
            Bâle (grubby), some WW1 US forces mail, Italy, Germany, etc. Also a few Papal photo
            cards. þ   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.

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                Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
   81     Covers; selection of Prisoner of War items comprising 1943 S.Africa to Italy, 1943 S.Africa
            to USA, 1944 S.Africa to USA, 1943 India to USA (all of these from Italian PoWs), and
            another to Canada (possibly internal).                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
   82     --; mixed bundle, mainly 1940s/50s, inc. 4 Australian naval (“H.M.A. SHIPS” or “NAVAL/
             SERVICE”), 1941 to Hong Kong returned “NO SERVICE”, other censors, etc. (47) þ 20.
   83     --; 1937 two similar Philippines covers both by first flight Manila-Macao-Hong Kong (one
            then by Imperial Airways to London); also 1949 first flight cover Vancouver to HK. 12.
   84     --; 1971-2000 seln. of illus. unaddressed FDCs of Ascension (4), St.Helena (8), and Tristan
            da Cunha (15)              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
   85     --; box of mixed covers inc. a few UK/Islands FDCs, a few earlier. þ     ..            10.
   86     --; 1973-99 seln. of illus unaddressed FDCs of British Antarctic Territory (10), and South
            Georgia (6).                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      7.
   87     --; 1967-98 seln. of illus unaddressed FDCs of Norfolk Is. (11), and Pitcairn (3).      ..                      4.
   88     --; 1979 seln. of 7 souvenir illus. covers for Braniff Concorde services.     ..              6.
    Ü     Perfins; see Rhodesia.
    Ü     Forgeries; see Portuguese India, Israel, South Africa (CoGH), USA (1865 and Officials),
            Switzerland, and UK.
   89     Cinderella; stockbook with a mix of revenues (many German), publicity labels, etc. Some
            common, but many not often seen. (c.450+) þ   ..               ..                   ..            45.
    Ü     --; see also Germany, Sweden, U.K.
   90     Literature; Stamp Collecting by Stanley Phillips (2^nd, 4^th, and 6^th editions), and the 1983
            revised edition of the same. (4books) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
   91     --; Campbell Paterson New Zealand catalogue, up to 1987. þ                ..               ..                    10.
   92     --; (USA) Precancel Stamp Society Bureau Precancel Catalog 1982, and a few precancel
            newsletters. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
   93     --; Michel Europa-Katalog West 1999/2000 in two volumes. þ             ..               ..                      6.
   94     --; British Postmarks, A Short History and Guide by Alcock & Holland, 1977. þ                         5.
   95     --; The Joy of Stamps by Hunter Davies 1983, plus a couple of others. þ                ..                      4.
   96     Supplies (New); seln. of 11 different sizes of Prinz Gard black background strips between
            21mm and 43mm, all in full packets. Current retail about £50 þ               ..               ..                    22.
   97     --; a similar lot. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
   98     --; a similar lot. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
   99     --; a similar lot. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
100     --; seln. of 8 packets of Prinz Gard strip sizes between 44mm and 56mm, all full packets, black
            background. Max. 2 pkts. of any one size. Current retail about £40. þ     ..            18.
101     --; a similar lot. þ        ..                 ..                 ..               .. &