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            Collections and Mixed Lots.  
        1     Eclectic mixture in large stockbook. Mint and used range of all periods from a fair penny
               black through to Maldives and Gambia Disney miniature sheets. Includes UK QV/KE7,
               some early Greece, Latin America m.s., etc. (100s, c.100 m.s.) þ         ..               ..                £200.
        2     Big heavy carton with sixteen various albums and stockbooks. Includes Austria, world
               pictorials, 1974 UPU, Italy (inc. philatelic covers), UN sheets, UN Flags Series FDCs,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
        3     Well-filled carton with numerous world albums (some older), small collns. of Israel,
               USSR, Denmark, UK penny reds, some material on stockcards and in stockbook inc.
               medium values, etc. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        4     Large carton with 22 various albums, binders, and stockbooks. A whole-world accumul-
               ation seemingly coming from several different collections. (Many 1,000s) þ            ..                £100.
        5     Folder of mainly selected odds, m. & u. on small stockcards. Includes Europe, USA, and
               UK, a few perfins. (249) þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        6     Flat box with a bundle of Commonwealth items previously unsold in our Buy or Bid Sale,
               with a total “stated to catalogue” price of £2,000+. Also further mixed Commonwealth
               and foreign on pages. (100s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        7     Small box of mixed world on stockcards. All-world with wide variety, not all standard
               items, very high catalogue, some faults. (100s) þ              ..                   ..               ..                    80.
        8     Old Improved album with mixed general world collection to about the 1920s only. Includes
               a medium penny black. (100s) þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            75.
        9     Carton with a few albums/stockbooks of mixed world, some UK QV surface-printed, and
               much else loose. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      10     About a dozen various albums/binders mainly of general world ranges, early to modern.
               Lots to sort. (1,000s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      11     Small box of mainly selected stamps on stockcards, all world but with strength in Common-
               wealth. (100s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    65.
      12     Wide-ranging early to modern mix in carton – loose, in various folders, covers (largely
               modern philatelic), etc. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      13     A bulky lot in two cartons – very varied mixes, remainders – loose, albums, small boxes,
               etc. (Many 1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      14     Large old Schaubek album with issues up to 1938 only. Majority is used European, with a
               few better singles and sets to be found. Germany the strongest country. (100s) þ 60.
      15     Large world lot in carton – nine stockbooks and six others binders. (1,000s) þ                            60.
      16     World mix in two Portland albums, a remainder collection in old and worn Senf album
               (some areas of interest), some Commonwealth on pages, and mixed others. (Many 100s) þ         50.
      17     Several small country lots on pages/stockleaves, other loose stamps, packets, covers, etc.,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      18     Carton of albums and stockbooks, mainly general world inc. HK, Russia, among all sorts
               of others. (1,000s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      19     Accumulation comprising seven various world albums (junior type), plus misc. loose, a few
               cigarette cards, and others. (1,000s) þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      20     Six old general collections with a world spread, and including very little modern. (1,000s)
               Also an album of postcards. þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      21     Odd mix of items (singles, bundles, pages, covers, etc.), each of a little interest but each too
               lowly to make a separate lot. (100s)                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      22     Two stockbooks with a varied mix inc. France & Cols., Bosnia & Hercegovina, Hong Kong
               (inc. a few with China pmks., a few mint CHINA opts.), India (inc. a few with Burma pmks.),
               etc. (100s) þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      23     Box of odds and ends. Includes a few interesting covers, and some medium value material
               in packets/envelopes, as well as a general album. (Many 100s) þ          ..               ..                    50.
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      24     Remainder collection in old Lincoln album (100s), a bundle of stockcards with mixed
               world stamps (UK QV embossed 10d used spacefiller noticed), a few postcards, and others.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      25     Carton with 19 standard or small stockbooks, mixed contents, plus a big bundle of stock-
               cards of dupl. cheaper Germany and others. (1,000s) þ                        ..               ..                    50.
      26     Twelve mixed albums in carton. (1,000s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    45.
      27     Miscellaneous accumulation in box. Includes folder of letter box cards/photos, mixed loose
               stamps, 1928 telegram from Queen's Private Secretary to Provost of Burntisland, some
               cinderellas, a few postcards, etc. (100s) þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      28     A box which is mainly a guddle, but still worth a look, inc. a bundle of Schaubek suppts. in
               packets, a small Sweden colln., a few German covers, etc. (1,000s) þ  ..            40.
      29     Stockbook with mixed UK, Australia, NZ, etc. (100s), plus other odds e.g. UK 1988 Castles
               set (4) u.m. (small thin on £5.), France 1956 National Relief set (6) u.m. (couple minor
               faults), four pre-stamp St. Andrews covers, etc. þ           ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      30     Small box of stockcards with mainly mint stamps of a wide variety of countries, generally
               not the commonest. (100s) þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      31     Mainly loose mix in box (1,000s) inc. a couple of small albums, one of these with some
               interesting Soviet Area and other European, and a fat stockbook of dupl. Poland. þ 40.
      32     Mix in flat box – stamps, common stuff, medium value single items, pages, stockleaves. þ             40.
      33     Two boxes, each with approx. 1kg net of world kiloware (no UK), and a third box of all-
               world off-paper (c.800g, hardly any UK) þ    ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      34     Carton of albums, stockbooks, stockcards, postcards, and others. þ    ..               ..                    35.
      35     Remains of a large old printed album with world ranges up to about 1920s. (100s) þ                   35.
      36     Large old and broken Schaubek album with a colln. of mainly Latin America, plus some
               Canada, USA, a few Spain, Australasia, etc. (100s) þ     ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      37     Carton with thousands of world stamps in packets, a few pages and covers, etc. þ 30.
      38     Ten various albums/folders/stockbooks of mixed world stamps, plus a small box of old
               kiloware. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
      39     Carton of mixed remainder albums and loose, covers, etc. (1,000s) þ   ..             30
      40     Tin containing glassine packets with u.m. or f.u. mix, often in multiples, mainly 1930s-60s.
               Very little Commonwealth, much E.Europe, Middle East and Latin America. (100s) þ                 30.
      41     USA (and some other world) in carton with a mix of covers and stamps, inc. album of
               Kansas/Kentucky special event pmks., mainly cheaper stamps. (1,000s) þ             ..                    30.
      42     Medium box with two general world albums plus a further bundle of leaves. (1,000s) þ                24.
      43     A few mixed albums in box. One is just UK, the others mixed world. (1,000s) þ 24.
      44     Folder of 1960s-80s mint sheets of Zaïre (inc. 1990 Rigideso 120z x 100 stamps, cat.£1.40
               each, 1990 French Revolution 100z x 300 @ £1.25, 1990 300z surcharge SG 1355 x 50 @
               £2.25), Pitcairn, Antigua, UK.      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      45     Box of sheets of stamps, mainly cancelled-to-order Romania, Burundi, Czechoslovakia,
               Korea, and similar. (c.5.5kg gross) þ              ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      46     Carton with a very varied accumulation of stamps, covers, cards, plus other philatelic and
               non-philatelic bits. (1,000s) þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      47     Small albums of Italy, Turkey, and UK (minimal collections only), plus mixed world stamps
               in several small tobacco boxes, etc. (100s) þ  ..               ..                   ..            20.
      48     Early to 1960s m. & u. Commonwealth mix in two small stockbooks. Also two small world
               albums) (100s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      49     Bundle of 25 packets, each with an all-different seln. of a country (e.g. 75 Argentina, 250
               Austria, 100 Finland, 50 Indonesia, 100 Yugoslavia). (c.2,900)             ..               ..                    18.
      50     Shoebox with a world off-paper mix, generally a cheaper mix with no UK (c.500g net), and
               another shoebox of all-world kiloware (a little UK) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    16.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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      51     Fifty packets, each with 100 different world stamps, and another fifty different packets,
               each with 100 of the same stamp. þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      52     Loose mix in box, on and off paper, some sorted in packets. (1,000s) þ                ..                    15.
      53     Small mixed box with some accessories (Showgard mounts odds, Philatector watermark
               detector [an old model priced at 27s6d], Uvitec Minor uv lamp [seems ok]), plus a small
               mix of stamps. þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      54     Small world colln. in two albums. (c.1,200) þ ..               ..                   ..            12.
      55     Long box with loose world mix of off-paper stamps, little or no UK. (c.200g net weight)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      56     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      57     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      58     A similar lot, but c.180g. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      59     A similar lot, but c.170g. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      60     Many hundreds of world stamps in envelopes, plus a small stockbook of omnibus mint sets
               (mainly 1977, 1978) and others. þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    12.
      61     Small bundle of pages with world mix. (Roughly 1,500)     ..                   ..            10.
      62     Two small boxes, each with 50 different packets, each packet with 100 of the same stamp. þ      10.
      63     Hundreds of world stamps sorted into wee packets, plus 4 old SG GB Specialised cats. þ             8.
      64     British Commonwealth; an extensive collection of new issues virtually as received from
               Stanley Gibbons between December 1969 and early 1982. Comprises unmounted mint sets
               in packets apparently without upper limit of face value, including those few postage dues
               and officials, but excluding miniature sheets. Would repay patient checking and re-
               arrangement. Further details available. (1,000s) þ            ..                   ..               £2,000to £3,000.
      65     --; 1953-78/79 extensive mint collection in nineteen albums, covering the whole Common-
               wealth, all lightly mounted mint and neatly presented. Typically, each country will be
               virtually complete, though most definitive sets will be missing the top one or two values
               (some defin sets however are complete), usually with miniature sheets, and occasional
               varieties (inverted watermarks and others). (Many 1,000s) þ                ..               £1,000 to £1,800.
      66     --; mainly mounted mint collection in SG King George VI printed album. Large parts of
               the album are empty, but with other countries quite strong e.g. Australia, Bahamas,
               Falkland Is. (inc. 1938-50 and 1952 defin sets m.m.), Falkland Dependencies, Fiji,
               Jamaica, Malta, Pitcairn, Seychelles, and Virgin Is. Album in generally fine condition but
               with some marks from pen or sellotape. (c.600) þ            ..                   ..               ..                £200.
      67     --; mainly used collection in three volumes showing a wide range of material, often up to
               quite recent issues. S.t.c.£4,000+ (this made up mainly by numbers of fairly cheap stamps)
               (c.6,750) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £200.
      68     --; attractive album of largely overprints on British stamps (but others also) mint and used.
               Comprises UK Officials (31 inc. better), UK postage dues (54), fiscals (12), country stamps
               (c.100), GB Used Abroad (4), Morocco Agencies (76), British Levant (44 plus a front), and
               M.E.F. (15, 1 cover). High catalogue due to many decent stamps. þ     ..        £180.
      69     --; attractive collection in album, mainly l.m.m. of countries alphabetically Canada to Fiji.
               The strength is in KG6, though there are a few earlier, and some through to about 1970.
               Many commem sets and defin short sets. (100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      70     --; a similar lot in album, Gambia to Indian States. þ         ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      71     --; stockleaves with a mix of mainly m.m. sets and odds, with most from KG6 and earlier
               QE periods. Better inc. Bahamas 1948 Eleuthera set (16) m.m. (£60.), Cyprus 1938-51
               defin set mainly m.m. (c.£170.), Malta 1948-53 opt. set (21) heavy m.m. (£70.), St.Helena
               1953 defin set m.m. (£65.), Tristan 1954 defin set (14) m.m. (£85.), but many others also.
               (c.450) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      72     --; ten various albums and stockbooks with mixed contents, a high proportion of omnibus
               issues (KG6 to recent). (1,000s) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
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      73     British Commonwealth; stockbook of mixed m. & u. from a wide range of countries inc.
               some sets, some omnibus issues, etc. (100s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    60.
      74     --; general collection in album (no India or NZ), used plus some mint. (100s) þ   60.
      75     --; 1969 range of issues l.m.m. on pages, with mixed countries per page, apparently mainly
               in sets. (c.500) A few others also. ..                 ..               ..                   ..            55.
      76     --; m.m. colln. on pages of mainly KG5 and KG6 of Australasia (c.250), Gibraltar/Malta
               (42), Americas (90), and Atlantic Is. (67)        ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      77     --; mixed mint range in stockbook, mainly KG5 to earlier QE (500+) þ                 ..                    40.
      78     --; m. & u. mix in stockbook of several countries inc. PNG, Br.Guiana, Malaya, Pitcairn,
               Zanzibar among others. (100s) þ ..                 ..               ..                   ..            26.
      79     --; small seln. of largely KG6 m.m. stamps of Aden & States (24), Antigua (13, some toned),
               Bahamas (21), and Falklands (8). (Cat. roughly £160+ for u.m.)            ..               ..                    15.
      80     --; a few pages of Australia, NZ, Ceylon, Canada, etc. (and a few USA) (500+)    ..                      4.
      81     --; Africa; m.m. colln. on pages of mainly KG5 and KG6 of several countries. (c.400)                 60.
      82     --; Asia; m.m. colln. of mainly KG5 and KG6 of Aden & States (22), Brunei (9), Burma
               (19), India (26), Malaya (30), Mauritius (51), N.Borneo (12), Seychelles (9).         ..                    30.
      83     --; West Indies; m.m. colln. on pages of mainly KG5 and KG6 of several countries. (c.400)        45.
      84     --; Omnibus; 1937 Coronation (201 – missing only UK), 1945-46 Victory (166), and 1953
               Coronation (106) collections m.m./l.m.m. on pages. (Cat.£308. for u.m.)                ..                    40.
      85     --; --; folder of 1937 Coronation and 1945-46 Victory mainly m.m. issues. (358) þ 28.
      86     --; --; stockbook of m.m. 1935 Jubilee (c.60 odds), 1937 Coronation (23 sets), 1948
               S.Wedding (88 low values), and others. þ      ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      87     --; --; 1935 Jubilee m.m. sets for Basutoland (cat.£8.), St. Kitts-Nevis (£8.25) and Swaziland
               (£2.75, 3d creased)   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
      88     --; --; 1948 S.Wedding m.m. sets of Fiji (cat.£14. for u.m.), Seychelles (£13.), and Swaziland
               (£29½).  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    14.
      89     --; --; 1972-78 seln. of u.m. as received as new issues – 1972 S.Wedding (78), 1977
               S.Jubilee/Royal Visit (c.80% complete), and 1978 Coron. (c.50% complete). þ 20.
      90     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding u.m. collection in three albums comprising sets, gutter pairs,
               miniature sheets, sheetlets, booklet panes, and some imperforates. þ     ..        £100.
      91     --; --; 1982 Birth of Prince William bundle of approx. 130 FDCs (as delivered from Gibbons
               at original cost of c.£250.) þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      Ü     --; --; see also Thematic (Royalty), and Covers (Omnibus).
      92     Africa; mixed old pages and approval books, best for Mozambique, other Portuguese Col-
               onies, and Liberia. (100s)             ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      93     Europe; old-fashioned general collection in two springback albums with contents only to
               about 1953. (100s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      94     --; dupl. lot of Switzerland in packets and on small cards (1,000s), and a German mix
               comprising two stockbooks and a small cover album. (100s) þ             ..               ..                    22.
      95     --; bundle of pages from mixed albums, of mainly early/middle periods, a few slightly
               better scattered through. (100s)    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      96     --; stockbook with small range of mainly mint Denmark, plus some Russia/USSR, etc.
               (c.250) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      97     Foreign; general colln. up to about 1920s/30s only. (100s)                    ..               ..                    22.
      98     Indian Ocean; large stockbook with collection/ranges of; Mauritius (s.t.c.£750.), French
               Colonies and ex-Colonies (Réunion, Comoros, £400.), Seychelles (£150.), and Maldive
               Islands (£150.). þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £130.
      99     Latin America; two stockbooks of mixed ranges, little modern, with much duplication.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
Orders for albums, catalogues, pages, accessories, and so on, can be brought to the sale for you.
A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.

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                   Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.
    100     Scandinavia; small bundle of mainly 1990s booklets (c.34) or part booklets (c.14) of Åland,
               Norway, Denmark, and some Faroes, Sweden. Mint and cancelled, some dupl.      ..                    45.
    101     Thematic; bundle of 15 individual theme packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 100
               diff. Birds, 50 diff. Cars, 75 Fish, 100 Flowers, 50 World Cup, etc.) (1,000) þ     ..                    15.
      Ü     --; Adenauer; see German mixed lots.
    102     --; Maritime; unusual mix in carton of mainly covers with fish, fishing, and similar
               subjects on stamps, postmarks, or covers (100s), also a bundle of photos showing fish
               processing. þ            ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    103     --; Royalty; 1981 Royal Wedding extensive collection largely as delivered as new issues by
               Stanley Gibbons. Consists of 2 stockbooks of u.m. Commonwealth (originally 24 units, cost
               £750.), bundle of packets of u.m. foreign countries (41 units, cost £1,300.), and a bundle of
               147 FDCs (42 units, £1,200.). Also two cover albums (covers, bkts., etc., possibly taken
               from other delivery units), empty albums for the stamps, etc. þ              ..               ..                £200.
    104     --; --; 1982 Princess Diana 21^st Birthday a similar lot comprising Commonwealth (21 units,
               cost £650.) and Foreign (31 units, £1,000.). Also album etc. þ             ..               ..                    75.
    105     Covers; world mix in small box. Very varied with a scattering of interesting. (c.200) þ                 50.
    106     --; accumulation in carton inc. a bundle of UN FDCs, but mainly loose world commercial,
               generally quite modern inc. many Germany. (100s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    45.
    107     --; mix of UK and foreign FDCs, philatelic, and commercial, generally quite modern.
               Includes one folder of UK FDCs 1948-71. (c.200) þ      ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    108     --; 1952-69 seln. of mainly Commonwealth philatelic covers inc. several first flights (this
               inc. 1953 Coronation flights to Australia, Norfolk Is., PNG, 1967 BOAC with dupl., 1968
               British Eagle). (40)     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    109     --; bundle of Germany commercial covers with Hitler stamps (c.200); also box and bundle
               of UK covers with slogan postmarks, etc. (100s) þ          ..                   ..     &