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            Collections and Mixed Lots.    

        1     Voluminous collection in four cartons comprising a general world colln. on pages (many
               Hagner-style) in 17 binders, plus 5 volumes of UK, 1 of railways, 4 stockbooks, 2 boxes of
               UK PHQs, and many 1,000s of duplicates. þ ..               ..                   ..        £200.
        2     An old Excelsior album (a bit worn – through use rather than neglect) with a general world
               collection up to about the 1950s, many countries overflowing onto other pages. Many
               pickings to be had; the UK inc. 1887 9d m.m., 1948 S.W. £1 m.m. (spot), 1951 5/- pair (1
               u.m., 1 m.m.), many German 3^rd Reich, etc. (1,000s) þ    ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        3     Over a dozen stockbooks of mixed world stamps (many Commonwealth inc. scattering of
               mint), plus others loose etc. (1,000s) þ           ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        4     Massive accumulation in three boxes – US-sourced with much USA as well as mixed world,
               various periods, in tins, plastic tubs, etc., etc. (10,000s) Ä ..                   ..        £100.
        5     Seventeen stockbooks of mixed world – some quite sparse – plus a further five of
               Germany. þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    90.
        6     Heavy carton of world on pages, several stockbooks, album, etc. Much UK, Europe, many
               mint included. (1,000s) þ             ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
        7     General old world collection in Strand album with little after about 1930s/40s. A little
               picked in places, but still a decent general range. (Roughly 4,000) þ      ..            80.
        8     Hundreds of stockcards of world stamps (very mixed with areas of interest e.g. many
               Canada cinderellas, Portuguese Colonies, many other foreign), plus others in folders, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
        9     Heavy carton containing 17 stockbooks/stockalbums. Includes Germany (many), UK, Egypt,
               as well as mixed world. (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    80.
      10     Bulky world colln. in thirteen large ring binders, inc. some covers also. (1,000s) Ä 80.
      11     Large carton with mixed accumulation. Some world and UK kiloware, flat box of dupl.
               world miniature sheets, tin of perfins, some covers, albums of Australia and Channel
               Islands, etc. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      12     Carton with remainder collections of several countries (each on pages, sometimes in binder)
               - East Germany, Mauritius, Malayan Federation, Nigeria, Vatican, plus Commonwealth,
               a few UK, and some others. (1,000s) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      13     An old Gibbons Century album containing mainly 19^th Century stamps of the world.
               Typical mixed condition (inc. many fine) and with scattering of medium values. (c.850) þ              75.
      14     Three shoeboxes of packets and stockcards, many others in tubs and packets, a bundle of
               covers, etc. (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      15     A packed box with thousands of world stamps on album leaves, in packets, in stockbooks,
               etc. Much Germany, other Europe (inc. a bundle of fairly tatty c.1960s documents with
               Belgian railway stamps), and Commonwealth. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      16     General world collection in two folders, mainly up to about 1950s, with some 1960s/70s
               added. Main range is quite standard, but inc. Falklands Dependencies 1944 opts. set (32)
               used on six covers, other useful Falklands and Dep., some mint UK 1971-80 (for postage
               value). Also a few loose. (100s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      17     Lot in carton – loose stamps on/off-paper, pages, UK FDCs, other covers, etc. Largest
               numbers of UK, but wide range of others. (1,000s) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      18     Mixed carton of stamps and covers. Much foreign France, Germany, USSR, and many
               others). (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      19     Box of varied odds and remainders amongst which are odd interesting bits. (1,000s) þ                 60.
      20     Box with some mainly Commonwealth on pages, pages of UK inc. a cheap penny black, an
               album of UK mainly 1986-91 FDCs/p.packs, mint sets, and other world loose. (100s) þ             50.
      21     General Commonwealth collection in two albums up to about 1960s/70s. Appears to be
               selected countries only inc. Burma, Canada, India, Malaya, Pakistan. (Many 100s) Also a
               foreign (mainly European) collection in Movaleaf album (100s) þ         ..               ..                    50.
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      22     Pages, stockleaves, packets, etc. of world in carton – fair amount Overseas inc. Cuba, Latin
               America, Libya sheets, and other unusual. (1,000s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      23     Two boxes of world kiloware (no UK) – c.5kg gross, good mix of countries. þ                           50.
      24     Big box of world kiloware (little or no UK) – approx. 8.5kg net, slightly cheaper mix than
               some. þ                    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      25     Large and heavy carton with a fair bit of bulk in the covers (several binders and loose), but
               many world stamps also. (1,000s) Ä                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      26     Carton of mixed – a stockbook of world m.s., other albums/binders, covers, loose stamps, in
               tins, etc. (1,000s) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      27     Large carton with mixed world stamps and covers (many Germany), 3 KA-BE binders
               (and some pages), several German PO calendars (with stamps affixed), mixed USA, etc.
               (1,000s) Ä                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      28     Large box with a random mix of world stamps, mainly loose off-paper, some on-paper.
               Much Germany. Some a little better here and there. Unfortunately some of the containers
               are split, spilling their contents. We’ve seen better-organised puddles !  (10,000s) Ä 50.
      29     Apparently some of the remains of a retail stock in two boxes – predominantly German,
               then European, and others also. Includes many made-up packets, plus covers, loose, etc.
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      30     Carton with album of UN, folder of Romania c.t.o. blocks, albums of Hungary, Africa, New
               Zealand, and Austria. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            50.
      31     Dishevelled carton with whole-world mix (much Germany) – in albums/binders, on pages,
               loose, etc. Also some covers inc. a few FDCs of San Marino, France. (1,000s) þ 45.
      32     Battered Strand album with a fair-sized general world collection which has little after about
               the 1920s (probably c.3,000). Also another smaller album. þ                ..               ..                    45.
      33     Carton with lots of bits left with us in our shop to sell for charity. Mainly cheap stuff, but
               some just a bit better here and there. Always worth a look. (1,000s) þ  ..            40.
      34     Mixed accumulation in carton with binders (home-made stockalbums), small stockbooks,
               some pages, loose stamps, a few covers, etc. Whole world range but inc. fair numbers of
               Latin America. (1,000s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      35     Small box of stockcards, generally of selected items of at least some individual worth –
               some quite good, others of only medium value. Much Commonwealth, little UK, mixed
               other countries (100s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      36     Flat box of album pages and stockleaves of mixed countries, plus a few m.s. etc. (100s) þ           40.
      37     Three box files with 1,000s of UK and world stamps loose (sorted into packets), on album
               leaves, etc. þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      38     Mixed carton with a few smaller boxes/tins of loose world stamps on/off-paper, a couple of
               remainder albums, etc. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      39     Reasonable mix in medium box, with much Europe/Overseas, and many decent pickings
               seen, as well as normal bulk. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      40     Some thousands of world stamps in several smaller boxes/tubs on and off-paper, plus a
               world album, etc. þ                     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      41     Accumulation/remainders/duplicates in carton. Mainly cheaper material, but with odd less
               common in places (e.g. large 1958 cover with Falkland Dependencies 1954 Ships set fair/
               fine used), some modern mint UK postage, etc. (1,000s) þ                   ..               ..                    40.
      42     Large stockbook of mixed m. & u. world stamps (c.3,300, 32 m.s.) þ  ..            35.
      43     Just over 3.5kg gross weight of world kiloware (no UK) – decent mix of countries. þ                  35.
      44     Old Lincoln album with general world remainder colln., mainly 19th Century (c.1,150); also
               a remainder colln. in Strand album to roughly 1940 (c.1,400, plus 100+ crests) þ 35.
      45     Covers and stamps of many countries (inc. much Germany, Austria) in box (1,000s) þ                 35.
      46     Mixed box of albums, loose stamps, covers, etc., etc. þ                        ..               ..                    35.

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      47     Large carton of mainly US and world covers. Ä                ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      48     Folder of Austria FDCs, four stockbooks (2 Germany, 2 World), Swiss and Austrian FDCs,
               and others. þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      49     General early to modern world collection in old Triumph album. (1,000s) þ           ..                    30.
      50     Mixture in small box inc. pkt. of about 60 UK penny reds, other loose UK QV surface-
               printed, more mixed UK, and general world with scattering of older. (Many 100s) þ                    30.
      51     Wide world mix on leaves, in packets, etc. (1,000s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      52     Medium carton of mainly loose stamps – some sorted into packets. (1,000s) þ      ..                    30.
      53     Folders, stockbooks, loose stamps in packets, sheets of mint Germany, etc. (1,000s) þ               30.
      54     Tin of Belgium off-paper, tin of Australia on & off-paper, shoebox of UK off-paper, plus
               five mixed albums etc. (100s) þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
      55     Suitcase with several stockbooks, shoebox, etc. Mainly duplicated used UK (Beatrix Potter
               PSB also), Australia, S.Africa, etc. (1,000s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      56     Box of kiloware – Germany (c.6kg), World (c.1kg), UK (c.1kg). Ä      ..               ..                    30.
      57     A few world albums (some stamps badly mounted), loose stamps, album of UN p.stationery/
               souvenir cards, bundle of postcards, etc. (1,000s) Ä         ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      58     Cheap mix (mainly……) in large carton with some sparse albums, world kiloware, stamps
               in packets, etc. (1,000s) Ä           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      59     World stock of 1,000s of stamps sorted into glassines, inc. high nos. of Germany. þ 30.
      60     Piles of mainly USA covers in carton – some other countries’ covers, some stamps also.
               (100s) Ä                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      61     US and UN covers, German stamps, etc. in carton. Ä       ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      62     Bundle of remainder club books and approval books, three slim stockbooks of world stamps,
               and others. (1,000s) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      63     Large broken stockbook of world (1,000s), a stockbook of cinderellas, meter marks, etc.
               (100s), several UK pre-stamp covers, and a few postcards. þ              ..               ..                    26.
      64     Envelopes in box with thousands of world sorted by country, plus a shoebox of loose inter-
               national mix. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      65     Mainly German mix in carton – loose stamps, dupl. quantities, packets, covers/cards, with a
               fair bit non-German included also. (1,000s) þ ..               ..                   ..            24.
      66     Album of UN Flags, otherwise mainly USA FDCs/commercial covers in carton. (100s) Ä            24.
      67     Two old Schwaneberger printed albums with mainly used remainder collections up to
               about 1945 inc. Turkey and Balkans. (c.1,200) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      68     Approx. 2.5kg of world stamps on paper, mainly foreign with some UK. þ            ..                    20.
      69     Mixed world album pages, small stockbook of Fish, little bag of Malta on paper, a few
               Wildlife. (100s) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      70     Cheap mix in large carton. (1,000s) Ä             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      71     Four remainder club books of mixed world stamps, remains PTSA £250+ (usually at 20%
               cat., but with damaged stamps included at same ratio, as well as some reprints/remainders
               counted as normal). (100s)           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      72     Carton of loose stamps, mainly in envelopes/packets, majority off-paper. Much Germany.
               (10,000s) Ä              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      73     A monster accumulation in two cartons of apparently commercial covers collected in
               Germany about 1960s/70s (though hardly checked by us) but with other countries also.
               Approx. 25kg gross. Ä                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      74     A similar lot. Ä          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      75     Shoebox filled with some thousands of world stamps sorted into packets. þ           ..                    15.
      76     Gross weight 1.8kg of world kiloware in box. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    12.

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      77     British Commonwealth; mixed carton with a surprisingly high proportion of mint (some
               of this in sets), some areas with dupl. – stockleaves, pages, packets, etc. (1,000s) þ                £100.
      78     --; stockbook with perhaps a rough 50/50 mint/used split, fairly high proportion about 1940s
               to 1970s, and inc. some sets, part sets, and better values. (c.1,000) þ   ..            60.
      79     --; a club book of Commonwealth and UK (PTSA £192, inc. 1966 UNESCO m. sets, a few
               m./unu. penny reds), another with a few UK sets of gutter pairs (some traffic lights), a bundle
               of 21 1937 Coronation FDCs, and a 2004 SG Commonwealth & Empire catalogue. þ                60.
      80     --; album with a general collection up to about the early 1960s. A bit of toning throughout
               although many are ok, and inc. a reasonable 3-margin penny black, Canada 1898 2c heavy
               used with paper fold variety. (c.250 UK, c.900 others) þ ..                   ..            50.
      81     --; a few pages with l.m.m./m.m. (and three used) KG6 sets and part sets of Cayman,
               Falkland Deps., Fiji, Gold Coast, St. Kitts-Nevis, Sierra Leone, Solomons, etc. (128)                  50.
      82     --; QV to KG6 m. & u. in stockbook. (c.1,000+) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      83     --; box (small shoebox size) of stockcards of singles and sets, countries J to Z. Much 1960s-
               1980s, inc. many sets, mainly u.m., some m.m./used. (100s) þ              ..               ..                    50.
      84     --; folder of album pages, mainly m.m. KG5 to early QE of just a scattering of countries,
               and inc. quite a few decent singles or short sets. (400+) þ ..                   ..            45.
      85     --; stockbook of mint and used KG6 and QE inc. a fair number in sets or part sets.
               (c.1,800+) þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      86     --; small seln. comprising UK 1883-84 2/6, 5/-, 1883-84 Lilac & Green (6 values to 6d),
               1913-18 Seahorses 2/6 to 10/-, five India KG5, two F.M.S. (and 1 Switzerland). High
               catalogue but generally average used or small faults.          ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      87     --; British Levant 1885-88 12pi on 2/6 white paper g.u. (SG 3a, cat.£23.), 1902-13 KE7
               12pi on 2/6 g.u. (£35.), and Morocco Agencies 1907-13 2/6 g.u. (38, £130.).       ..                    30.
      88     --; two stockbooks, of countries N-Q and S-Z, plus a separate one of Malaya. General
               ranges, mainly used with some dupl. (100s) þ ..               ..                   ..            24.
      89     --; album with remainder m. & u. collections of Cayman Islands (160) and Fiji (c.225) þ             20.
      90     --; packet of c.650 stamps used on paper, mainly larger and inc. some high values. þ                   10.
      91     --; Africa; stockbook of Rhodesia (c.110 earlier, c.200 modern), S.Rhodesia (c.160 inc.
               1953 defin set m.m.), Rhodesia & Nyasaland (c.115), N.Rhodesia (c.75), Nyasaland (c.80),
               Zambia (c.50). A general range inc. some sets, some slightly better, mixed m. & u. þ                   50.
      92     --; Antarctic; Lighthouse hingeless album (pages up to 1996) with mainly mint collections
               of Falkland Islands Dependencies/South Georgia (188, 3 m.s.), and British Antarctic Terr-
               itory (90, 2 m.s.). Includes FID 1944-45 opt. set (32) m.m., 1954 Ships set (15) m.m. (the 5/-
               creased, £1 u.m.). þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      93     --; Europe; old-style Schaubek printed album with a mint and used collection of Gibraltar
               and Malta to 1979, plus a further colln. of Malta in a Collecta printed album, and some
               more loose. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      94     Americas; three albums with general collection of South and Central America and USA.
               Generally up to about 1930s only (the USA to about 1970s). Mint and used but some of the
               mint adhering. (1,000s) þ             ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      95     Europe; carton with a bulk lot on pages, in hundreds of packets, folders, etc. Bulk is of
               dupl. commoner, but good numbers of medium values throughout. (1,000s) þ        ..                    60.
      96     --; large stockbook quite well filled with Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, French Area,
               Germany (much, of varied areas and ages), and a few other countries. Interesting range
               with a decent scattering of better or less usual. (100s) þ   ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      97     --; folder of c.t.o. sheets/sheetlets of Liechtenstein (12), Yugoslavia (4), plus similar on
               covers of Monaco, Liechtenstein, Malta, etc. (c.35) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      98     --; album of miniature sheets (probably all u.m.), souvenir sheets, exhibition sheets, black
               prints, etc. (c.45) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
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      99     Europe; a similar lot to the last, slightly smaller (33) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    12.
    100     --; m. & u. ranges in broken stockbook, of Austria, France, Finland, Netherlands, Switzer-
               land, Vatican, USSR, and others. (c.2,000+) þ                ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    101     Foreign; small seln. of French Colonies, Mozambique Co., Liberia, etc. (100)        ..                    15.
    102     Latin America; four small stockbooks with dupl. u. ranges, mainly post-1945. (c.1,200) þ         20.
    103     Overseas; less usual mix in carton – a tub of m. & u. in packets (some in sets, often dupl.)
               inc. many less-seen countries, plus numbers of USA and UN, etc. in packets or loose. Just
               a little Commonwealth etc. seen. (1,000s) þ    ..               ..                   ..            75.
    104     Scandinavia; Sweden yearbook 1987-88 (contents s.t.c.£36.), Images of Sweden book with
               stamps (£88), Denmark and Finland in stockbook, etc. þ ..                   ..            26.
    105     Thematic; stockbook of mixed subjects (c.1,000) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    106     --; Americana; m. & u. issues, sometimes dupl., featuring US Presidents, Space, Slavery,
               Exhibitions, Columbus, etc. (c.490, 14 m.s.) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    107     --; Aviation; mixed seln. scattered through three stockbooks (100s) þ ..            12.
    108     --; Birds; mixed seln. in stockbook (c.300) þ ..               ..                   ..              8.
    109     --; Columbus; collection in album with 1992 USA/Portugal/Italy/Spain set of miniature
                sheets u.m., numerous other 1992 issues, Bahamas 1942 Landfall set (14) m.m., and
               some other pre-1992 issues inc. a few showing Pre-Columbian subjects, other explorers,
               etc. (c.210, 75 m.s., 27 covers/cards/others). þ               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
    110     --; Fauna; mixed range thinly spread through nine stockbooks (100s) þ                 ..                    28.
    111     --; Flora; mixed range in three stockbooks (100s) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    112     --; Flowers; two folders of attractively written-up pages alphabetically by country of issue,
               very often in sets (some short/part sets seen) and with a few miniature sheets. Majority are
               u.m., plus a few m.m. or used. (c.1,000+) þ   ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
    113     --; --; a similar range of material (no m.s.) in three medium stockbooks covering a very
               wide range of countries, and inc. many of the Guyana Orchids long set. (c.1,400) &th