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                   Collections and Mixed Lots.
                                                        
        1     Old world collection in Strand album, started about 1910, but with some stamps up to
              about 1960s. Although picked in places, there remain many useful stamps, such as UK 1d
               black fair used, Malaya (Straits) 1904-10 short set to $2 m.m., India 1937-40 defin short
               set to 1r m.m., nice m. & u. KG5 Somaliland, Rhodesia, K.U.T., and many others in the
               Commonwealth cat. at a few pounds. (c.3,000+) þ          ..                   ..               ..                £260.
        2     Large carton with a general world album, a stockalbum of Commonwealth mainlyKG6/
               earlier QE inc. much mint, bundles of covers inc. 1937 Coronation, loose stamps, some
               kiloware (inc. UK pre-decimal, and foreign). þ                ..                   ..               ..                £150.
        3     Big job lot in carton – sheets of Ghana, duplicated Kiribati/Tuvalu pres.packs, varied
               countries on stockleaves and stockcards, album pages, a few covers, etc., etc. (1,000s) þ       £130.
        4     File storage box with 10 stockbooks and 1 album (+ 2 little junior albums) with roughly
               8,000+ world stamps, mainly used. Best is one stockbook with range of Barbados. þ                  65.
        5     Medium box with just a smallish mix, but this has many of a better standard, inc. Monaco,
               New Hebrides, mixed countries individual items on stockcards. (100s) þ               ..                    60.
        6     Stockbook with quite an attractive mix of countries and periods. Includes Austria, Bavaria,
               Bohemia & Moravia, Portuguese Colonies, Pakistan, Syria, and Turkey, amongst many
               others. (c.1,800+) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            50.
        7     Worn old Scott International printed album with a largely used world collection up to about
               1940s, strength in foreign countries. (c.5,000) þ               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
        8     Lot with seven albums – one each of Canada, USA postal stationery cut-outs, the other five
               mixed world. (1,000s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
        9     Medium box with a few odd pages, misc. world items (quite a few of interest), etc., and a
               box of commoner world stamps in envelopes. þ               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      10     Carton of remainders. Some rubbish, some not rubbish. Some of the rubbish real rubbish,
               and some of the rubbish actually better rubbish. Rubbish description ! (1,000s) þ 35.
      11     A mixed box of odds and ends – remainder club books, some stamps on stockcards, a few
               late-1970s Europa FDCs, mixed on pages, some covers, USA 1986 Presidents maxi cards,
               and so on. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      12     Odd mix in medium box – stockalbum inc. modern used Norway, album with used Den-
               mark, medium stockbook with just a few mint QE UK, little printed folders for German
               stamps 1914-24, and odd others. (100s) þ     ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      13     Mixed lot in box with stockbooks, loose stamps, stockcards, a few club exchange books,
               and so on. (1,000s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      14     Carton with several remainder albums/stockbooks, and some loose. All-world, much
              Germany. þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      15     Mixed accumulation in medium carton – a junior album, lots of world stamps in envelopes,
               a shoebox of UK single stamps on plain FDCs, etc. þ      ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      16     Mainly foreign remainder colln. in old Schwaneberger album, roughly 1850-1940, mainly
               used. (c.3,400) þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      17     Worldwide lot of 19^th century to fairly modern in carton, mix of mint and used. All in
               medium size stockbooks, the lower strips of which have been damp, damaging some of the
               stamps. (1,000s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      18     Ideal album (for world up to 1914) with general world collection of about 1,000 stamps,
               mainly used. (c.1,000) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      19     Seventeen medium stockbooks with a largely middle to modern world range with slight bias
               to Commonwealth and mixed duplication. Damp has spoiled some at foot of pages.
               (Estimated 8,500) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            30.
      20     Bundle of stockcards with a world mix of generally selected stamps, sets, and part sets,
               many cat. in pounds. Strength in Commonwealth. (100s) þ ..                 ..            28.
      21     Five binders of home-made stockleaves of largely used modern. Colourful lot. (Possibly
               10,000) þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    28.
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      22     Small bundle of pages with mainly modern m.m. and used of Azores, Bophuthatswana,
              Faroes, Iceland, Madeira, Tuvalu, U.N., and Venda. (c.900)                 ..                                     26.
      23     Collector’s odds and remainders in carton – world stamps and covers. þ               ..                    24.
      24     Old remainder printed Schaubek album with predominantly Europe (very little Common-
               wealth), around 1890-1940 mainly used. (c.1,600) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      25     World mix on pages, some of these in album. (100s) þ                         ..               ..                    20.
      26     Four binders in a bag; one has mixed Commonwealth (inc. Australia and Canada, but some
               mint smaller countries), one with just a few USA FDCs, a third of dupl. used NZ, and one
               of mainly used Hungary. (100s) þ                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    16.
      27     Mix with a couple of old remainder junior collections, a few covers, and other loose
               (kiloware and others). (Many 100s) þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      28     A bundle of album pages, a small quantity (c.350g) of foreign kiloware, some packets, and
               a bundle of UK 1960s covers with slogan postmarks. þ                        ..               ..                    10.
      29     History of Transportation presentation box with single stamps on cards, a few USA Dept. of
               Treasury souvenir cards/prints, and some Guatemala magazines with stamps. þ   10.
      30     Small bundle of album pages of UK and foreign. (100s)                         ..               ..                      5.
      31     Bundle of 15 remainder club books, mainly UK and Commonwealth, the remaining stamps
              PTSA £241. (often at a quarter, fifth, or sixth of catalogue). þ               ..               ..                    50.
      32     A similar bundle of 16 books of Commonwealth and USA, PTSA £211. þ            ..                    45.
      33     A similar bundle of 10 books of mainly Europe, PTSA £148. þ            ..               ..                    30.
      34     Album of countries alphabetically Afghanistan to Azores mint and used, mainly non-
               Commonwealth, up to around 1970. (c.1,500) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      35     A similar album for Bahamas to Burundi. (c.1,700) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      36     A similar album for Saint Kitts-Nevis to South Africa (c.730) þ            ..               ..                    10.

      38     British Commonwealth; extensive collection in four New Age albums. Not all countries
               included. Throughout there are many defin short sets, generally to 2/6 or local equivalent,
               often with perfs./shades, plus many commem sets. Roughly half KG6, starting 1938, half
               QE. Nearly all m.m./l.m.m., a very few used, and though mainly fine there is a scattering with
               tone spots. Estimated 2,000+ stamps – total cat. must be some thousands of pounds. þ           £400.
      39     --; extensive QE u.m. ranges in two New Age binders, all from Pacific or Indian Ocean
               islands. Many complete sets included, and inc. material up to 1990s. S.t.c. approx.£1,900.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £220.

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat-inclusive) will be added to all sale prices.
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      40     British Commonwealth; predominantly m.m. KG6 collection inc. some c.1938 defin sets
               complete, some part sets, plus various 1948-9 S.Wedding, 1949 UPU, and other omnibus
               issues. (c.600) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £170.
      41     --; a very attractive old stockalbum with mint and used material, much of it probably
               bought from dealers or post offices in the 1930s. A range of countries, QV to KG6,
               sometimes with sets, some blocks, many useful UK, good range of 1937 Coronation sets
               m. & u., etc. (100s) þ                  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
      42     --; album, a bit scrappy but still worthwhile with a range of m. & u. KG5-KG6. Most value
               in the mint (generally good/fine) where there are a number of defin short sets. (100s) þ             £110.
      43     --; attractive range in two albums of mainly u.m. issues of a mix of countries, very often in
               sets inc. defin sets, and inc. Norfolk, PNG, NZ (inc. Health m.s.), Ghana, Malta, Tanganyika,
               Mauritius, New Hebrides, S.Leone. Majority are about 1960s±, and fine (though a scattering
               of poorer quality). Cat. roughly £550. (c.400, 17 m.s.) þ ..                   ..            70.
      44     --; assortment in box, with a New Ideal album (moderate mainly used contents), mixed
               album pages (inc. some Irish 1922 opts. m.m., other mint KG5), old approval books, etc.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      45     --; bundle of 18 remainder club exchange books of mixed countries (little UK). Remains
              PTSA £541. (generally at about 20% catalogue). (100s) þ                   ..               ..                    60.
      46     --; a similar lot in 15 books, perhaps about 35% UK, PTSA £540. þ   ..            50.
      47     --; a similar lot in 11 books (no UK), PTSA £380. þ       ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      48     --; a similar lot in 8 books (little UK), PTSA £253. þ       ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      49     --; stockbook filled with a colourful range of miniature sheets, mainly u.m. (a few m.m. or
               used. (c.150+) þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      50     --; two stockbooks of used, much modern but some older, of Australia, NZ, India, Canada,
               South Africa, K.U.T., and others. (c.2,800+, apparently all-different) þ                 ..                    26.
      51     --; a few pages with mainly l.m.m. short sets (to 2/6, 5/-, 18pi, etc.) KG6 or early QE of
               Cayman, Cyprus, and Malta. Total cat. approx.£210.       ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      52     --; envelope with album pages of several countries, reasonable standard though with many
               common included, lots of medium value also. Quite attractive for picking. (100s)  20.
      53     --; seln. of modern stamps with SPECIMEN overprints, mainly Leaders of the World and
               similar material. (116, 2 m.s.)        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      54     --; seln. of mint blocks/strips of QV to KG5 Trinidad and Turks & Caicos. (62 stamps)                  8.
      55     --; shoebox with approx. 800g net weight of kiloware, plus another with c.300g of UK. þ             8.
      56     --; bag with packets of on and off paper. (100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                      5.
      57     --; Pacific Islands; l.m.m./m.m. collection on pages, mainly 1950s/60s, of several countries,
               plus a few Christmas Island. (S.t.c.£350. for u.m.)            ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      58     --; Omnibus; 1937 Coronation complete (202) in contemporary album. þ             ..                    20.
      59     --; --; 1937 Coronation virtually complete m.m. in contemporary album (191, missing only
               the long Newfoundland set). (Cat.c.£80. for u.m.); also some Victory, S.W. low values. þ           22.
      60     --; --; 1937 Coronation colln. of 46 different sets of three on covers (generally not first
               day). þ  ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      61     --; --; 1949 UPU l.m.m./m.m. collection in contemporary printed album, missing only
               Australia, S.Africa, S.W.Africa. (297) (Cat.£271. for u.m.) þ               ..               ..                    60.
      62     Europe; bundle of 16 remainder club exchange books of mixed countries. Remains PTSA
               £500. (generally at about 20% catalogue). (100s) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    70.
      63     --; three stockbooks with Czechoslovakia 1959-68 used, Hungary 1912-72 used, and Poland
               1918-60 m. & u. (Few 100s) þ   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    16.
      64     --; bag with packets of on and off paper. (100s) þ           ..                   ..               ..                      5.

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      65     Foreign; bundle of 16 remainder club exchange books of mixed countries (mainly Europe)
               Remains PTSA £365. (generally at about 20% catalogue). (100s) þ                      ..                    50.
      66     --; a similar lot of 11 books, PTSA £260., mainly Europe and French Colonies. þ 35.
      67     --; a similar lot of 9 books, PTSA £95., inc. many Latin America. þ      ..            15.
      68     --; stockalbum with a range of China, a few Belgian Congo, Belgium, Switzerland, Poland,
               and Italy. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      69     --; small box with packets of apparently u.m., mainly sets, of Andorra, DDR, and others. (100s) þ 8.
      70     Latin America; mainly Brasil on stockleaf and pages. (c.230)               ..               ..                    10.
      71     Scandinavia; seln. of u.m. fourblocks of Greenland (13) and Norway (2), plus Norway
               revenues (10), Iceland 1935 Hekla 1kr very l.m.m., a Spitzbergen local, etc.           ..                    16.
      72     Thematic; stockalbum with mixed animals, birds, flowers. (c.450) þ    ..              7.
      73     --; Europa; dupl. largely used in stockbook (c.700) þ     ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      74     --; Football; two albums and some loose, of 1986 World Cup issues (163 stamps, 24 m.s.,
               102 covers/cards) þ                    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      75     --; Motor Cars; presentation album with very small colln. of Leaders of the World “Auto
               100” issues (62 u.m. pairs).þ      ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
      76     --; --; small box with u.m. and c.t.o. sets and singles, little apparent dupl. Much Europe and
               Leaders of the World series. (Few 100s) þ   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      77     --; Zeppelins; interesting selection comprising Paraguay stamp on piece with triangular
               Zepp. handstamp, postcard, two leaflets, three Barcelona labels, three Luftfahrerdank  labels,
               three similar labels MILITÄRSCHIFF M II aus METZELER-ALUMINIUMSTOFF, and another.                  22.
      78     --; --; collection in two printed albums (German text) commemorating 75^th Anniv. of first
               Zeppelin flight in 1900. All stamps (which are of various dates) are u.m. (173, 61 m.s., 13
               covers, 4 others) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
      79     Covers; interesting batch in basket, apparently an original correspondence, mainly about
               late-19^th/early 20^th Century. Includes UK 1873 1d red covers (75, mainly with Brecon or
               Llandovery cancels), mixed postal stationery from various countries m. & u. (inc. Canadian
               Pacific Railway), other interesting items. (100s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                £100.
      80     --; two cover albums with a range of Australia (mainly FDCs, some p.packs and others),
               UK (mixed, inc. a few RAF covers and c.60 mint airletters) þ               ..               ..                    28.
      81     --; 1576 entire from the Corsini correspondence, Rouen to London. No postal markings but
               still an attractive item. ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..            22.
      82     --; box of mainly foreign commercial covers and cards, generally quite modern, and with
               some less common countries included. (c.300) þ              ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      83     --; box of modern commercial covers and cards addressed to Germany. Many are from
               Germany, but wide range of other countries also. (100s) þ ..                  ..            10.
      84     --; box of mainly commercial covers of USA, UK, Canada, etc. (c.470), plus pmks., etc. þ           8.
      85     --; Philatelic Numismatic Covers; bundle of 1992 Accession Anniv. (4) and 1993 Coron.
               Anniv. (6) Commonwealth coin covers.            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      86     --; --; Commonwealth 1997 Golden Wedding seln. of Mercury coin covers (13) and two
               others. Also one without coin.       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      87     --; --; Commonwealth 1999-2000 Queen Mother seln. of Mercury coin covers with sets,
               booklet panes, or miniature sheets. (12)           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      88     --; Shipping; 1906-75 (mainly 1930s) seln. of shipping covers and cards of mainly Atlantic
               services, inc. 1906 and 1929 US postcards with U.S. GER. SEA POST (and similar), 1935
               Piłsudski maiden voyage, two 1937 Danube DDSG cards, 1946 Queen Elizabeth maiden
               voyage cover, 1975 Mombasa paquebot on BIOT, unused PCs of ships, etc. (16 items)               26.
      89     --; Space; bundle of largely German covers/cards from 1971-74 related to space, other
               rockets, meteorology, etc. A few stamps/m.s. also. (c.70 covers)           ..               ..                    20.
      Ü     --; see also Constantinople, Germany (covers).
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      90     Perfins; small but useful seln. of mainly better items comprising UK (28, hardly any
               common values, and with QV x 2, KE7 to 2/6 x 2, KG5 to 2/6 x 4, 5/- x 1), Ireland Seahorse
               5/-, 20 others, and an El Salvador p.stat. envelope perfinned “5”.           ..               ..                    35.
      91     --; world mixture of probably 300+ in packets (UK, USA, and various other countries), plus
               six UK covers with perfins.           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      ***     Forgeries; see Austria, Germany.
      ***     Cinderella; see also Bermuda, Canada, Ceylon, Germany, India, Russia, Seychelles, U.S.A., U.K.
      92     Literature; a box of old mainly German books and catalogues, some of some use, others
               not, and inc. a Senf world catalogue of 1898-99. þ          ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      93     --; Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World catalogue 2002 (4 volumes), good used 2^nd-hand. þ   20.
      94     --; Der Postverkehr mit dem Konzentrationslager Dachau 1933-1945 by J.J.Mozdzan, 1984.  3.
      95     --; Großes Handbuch der Abstemplungen auf Schweizer Marken 1843-1907 in five loose
               leaf volumes, plus three similar volumes of illustrations. (1969-73) þ      ..            10.
      96     --; Postal Markings of Scotland to 1808 by Bruce Auckland, 1978. þ                ..                      4.
      97     --; Penny Posts of Scotland by Auckland and Oxley, 1978. þ            ..               ..                      5.
      98     Supplies (Second-Hand); two-volume New Imperial album (for Commonwealth stamps
               1840 to 1936) in very nice condition, in original boxes. Just a tiny scattering of stamps
               included. þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      99     --; Stanley Gibbons Philatelic album in slipcase, with a few pages (mix of used and unused),
               very good 2^nd-hand condition. þ  ..                 ..               ..                   ..            18.
    100     --; box of unused Showgard, Prinzgard, and Hawid mounts in packets (some almost full),
               and odd others. þ     ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    101     --; Scotland – Local stamps Private post edited by B.Calmeyn. þ     ..               ..                      4.

              Non-Philatelic Items
**  **    See 1 November Collectables Auction catalogue.

              Classified by Country
    102     Åland Islands; 1984-91 almost complete little u.m. colln. in Davo printed album (pages to
               1990) (59, 1 m.s., 1 bkt., 14 machine labels). þ               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    103     Aden and States; 1937-51 l.m.m. colln. on pages inc. 1937 Dhows to 3½r, 1951 surcharge
               set to 5/-, 1951 surch sets of both states, etc. (Cat.£144. for u.m.) (67) ..            28.
    104     Angola; 1961 Women defin set (16) u.m., cat.£16.85      ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    105     Antigua; 1884-86 1/- fine m.m., SG 30 cat.£160.            ..                   ..               ..                    50.
    106     Argentina; 1858-1967 (the last 10 years quite sparse) m. & u. collection in old Schaubek
               printed album. Includes 1899-1903 top three values m.m. (cat.£93.). (650+) þ                           40.
    107     --; 1970-82 m. & u. colln. In two-volume Lindner album (pages to 1987). Fairly complete
               l.m.m./u.m. to 1976, then patchy used. A few earlier also. þ                  ..               ..                    20.
    108     Australian States; South Australia; 1856-58 imperf. 2d red fine used horizontal pair.
               Complete margins (ok at top and foot, very wide at left, narrow at right). SG 9, cat.£40.
               each = £80.               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    109     Australia; Postage Dues; 1946-57 short set to 8d, 1953-59 1/-, and 1958-60 set (10) all
               mint, mainly u.m. Cat.£110.          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    22.
    110     Austria; 1918 FLUGPOST opt. set (3) (the 2k50 is perf.12½x11½) f.u. on flight cover, along
               with two defins. Stamps cat.£60.   ..                 ..               ..                   ..            20.
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