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General	STAMP AUCTION  Monday 30 October 2006 at 7.00 pm
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                    Collections and Mixed Lots.

        1     Large cardboard box with many thousands of stamps – packets, pages, stockleaves, bundles,
               stockbook, etc. Quite a decent general standard with very many stamps included of medium
               value (i.e. from a few pence to a pound or two each), country collections, and so on.
               Includes some covers also. þ       ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £200.
        2     Large box of odds, apparently gathered from numerous collections over a number of years.
               We have extracted many single lots from this property, and suspect there might still be
               some more finds for the observant sorter. Some, however, are obviously just cheap dup-
               licates. Consists of old albums, pages, cut-up pages, many odds and loose. (1,000s) þ            £150.
        3     Massive quantity of world stamps in three cartons. Most is in glassine packets, and many
               are probably of 100 different stamps, although there must be other contents in some. Based
               on the gross weight of the lot being over 39kg, and that one packet (of 100 diff.) weighed
               4.7g, we reckon there's about 750,000 stamps here. Probably made up about 1960s. þ          £150.
        4     An odd mix in carton, with a general world colln. (countries Q-S only), two folders with a
               few mint blocks, m. & u. stock of Monaco in stockbook, stockbook of Turkey, printed album
               of mint Austria mainly 1940s-70s, and six other mixed stockbooks. (1,000s) þ                        £140.
        5     Heavy box containing sixteen stockbooks/albums, the bulk being European (some reasonable
               country ranges), and within that the strongest part German. Germany includes standard
               material, philatelic productions, some reprints, and some better values. (1,000s) þ £120.
        6     Small box with bundle of stockcards (a few packets also) showing quite a variety of
               countries and types. Generally quite interesting and with high cat. (100s) þ             ..                    85.
        7     Medium box with a remainder Commonwealth M-N album, mixed world on stockcards,
               s/book of W.Germany, etc., and a bundle of unsold Buy or Bid lots (s.t.c.£2,114) (100s) þ         75.
        8     Old broken suitcase with a mix of mainly old picked-over albums, often quite old contents,
               and inc. one from late 19^th century with a few items of postal stationery, some interesting
               philatelic press-cuttings, etc. Also mixed world duplicates in packets. (1,000s) þ 60.
        9     Bulk remainder lot in two cartons. Contains two large albums with bitsy world collection,
               some Hawid mounts, odds in packets, some covers/cards, etc. (1,000s) þ             ..                    45.
      10     World seln. of selected items on small stockcards. Some are damaged, some are dubious,
               but most have some value. Wide mix of Commonwealth and foreign countries. S.t.c. well
               over US$1,000. (but some of this wrong). (c.225)            ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      11     Carton with about fifteen remainder albums (some of these just wee junior jobs) and stock-
               books. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      12     Flat box with bundle of mixed album pages and stockleaves. (100s) þ   ..            40.
      13     One album of UK and Commonwealth, and two albums of the rest of the world. A general
               spread of mainly odds. (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      14     Four different world albums in box (1,000s) þ                 ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      15     Mixed box, UK and world. Stockcards, folders, album pages, tin, cigar box, etc. (Many
               100s) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      16     Varied world mix in stockalbum, mint and used, with a bias towards modern. Some cheap,
               some of medium value, nothing seen of big value. (c.500, 35 m.s.) þ     ..            35.
      17     Small box with bundle of stockcards. A wide mix of mainly medium value items. (100s) þ            30.
      18     Accumulation in carton, the largest part being many thousands of off-paper world stamps
               sorted by country into packets. Also two albums, and other odds. þ                      ..                    30.
      19     Mix in box, the main bulk in three albums of UK “pharmaceutical FDCs” (i.e. single
               values), plus mixed others inc. other covers, 1942 Polish free forces cover, a few stamps
               inc. Ireland. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      20     A4 paper box stuffed with over twenty junior albums, world contents. (1,000s) þ 24.
      21     Boxfile with a bundle of stockcards, a few covers, and others. (100s) þ                 ..                    24.
      22     Carton of odds – pages, stockbook, folders, etc. Also couple of books. (1,000s) þ 24.
      23     Stamps in packets, on stockleaves, stockbooks, approval book, some covers, etc. (1,000s) þ     24.
      24     Box of world remainders. Some very common, some less usual. (1,000s) þ           ..                    24.
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      25     File box of UK and foreign covers, a smaller box with similar mix, a box of photographic
               slides of UK stamps and postmarks, and a few other items. þ               ..               ..                    24.
      26     Carton with a large quantity, but of cheap mix. Includes large blocks of c.1960s c.t.o.
               Poland, Romania, Hungary, etc., W.German bundleware (1,000s), and other European on
               and off-paper. þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      27     Four slim stockbooks and a selection of album pages etc. Nothing of value seen but still an
               interesting mix. (1,000s) þ           ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      28     Cardboard box with many thousands of Norway, other Scandinavia (probably not Denmark),
               and other world, sorted into envelopes. þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      29     A similar box, of Germany, USA, and mixed other world. þ                  ..               ..                    20.
      30     One flat box of mainly pages and stockcards, and another of mainly packets. Whole-world
               mix. (1,000s) þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      31     Medium box containing a quantity of loose stamps, a bundle of UK FDCs, some Swiss
               on-paper, and a stockbook of dupl. used USA. þ            ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      32     Carton of folders, stockbooks and loose inc. USA FDCs, world stamps, some UK. þ                 20.
      33     Mix in box with Europe (c.1,60 off, 500 on-paper), USA (c.500), Overseas (700+), and
               Commonwealth (c.500+), plus duplicates. þ   ..               ..                   ..            15.
      34     Worn Stirling album with world collection, some countries picked/stripped, and little after
               about 1950. (c.1,250) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      35     Odd mix in box – some stamps of Austria and Israel heavily duplicated (inc. mint mul-
               tiples), also dupl. Israeli p.stat., and mixed others. (1,000s) þ                ..               ..                    15.
      36     Long box with approx. 200g net weight of world (non-UK) off-paper stamps. (1,000s) þ            15.
      37     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      38     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      39     A similar lot, perhaps a little smaller. þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      40     Three medium stockbooks of mainly Eastern Europe. (100s) þ             ..               ..                      6.
      41     British Commonwealth; fine range in stockbook of mainly QV and KE7, with some KG5
               and just a few later. Mixed mint and used, includes numerous classics, and many stamps of
               high cat. price, but condition varies from very poor to very fine. Includes Australian States,
               Canada, Ceylon, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, K.U.T., Malaya, Newfoundland, N.Z., S.African
               Provinces, and much else. (c.1,900) þ            ..               ..                   ..               ..                £150.
      42     --; wide mix in six stockbooks, early to modern, used and mint, odds and sets. (100s) þ              65.
      43     --; small seln. consisting of Antigua 1953-62 defin set (15) l.m.m./m.m., Malta 1885-90
               2½d l.m.m., Nigeria 1953-58 defin set (13) m.m., Singapore 1955-59 short set to $2 l.m.m.        22.
      44     --; West Indies; three stockbooks of mainly QE with much in u.m. sets, strength around
               late-1960s. (100s) þ                   ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      45     --; --; slim stockbook with m. & u. mix of mainly QE inc. some sets. (c.400 diff)  12.
      46     --; Omnibus; 1935-79 seln. of mainly sets, mainly l.m.m./m.m. (some u.m. and used) inc.
               1937 Coronation (27 sets), 1949 UPU (27 sets). (c.500) þ                  ..               ..                    24.
      47     --; --; stamps and covers in four albums and loose – 1977 Jubilee, 1981 R.Wedding, 1986
               R.Wedding, and other items. þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.

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      78     Europe; 1971-85 mix of sheetlets and m.s. from Portugal, Faroes, Liechtenstein, Andorra,
               France, and others. (c.90 items, s.t.c.£780+) þ                ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      79     --; mainly used, mainly earlier, in stockbook. Quite mixed condition. (c.1,500)                              40.
      80     --; m. & u. ranges of Danzig and Memel (inc. Lithuanian Occ.). Light dupl. in places.
               (c.420) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
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      81     Foreign; flat box with a mainly European mix on stockleaves, much Eastern Europe, and
               inc. sets, blocks, and m.s. Of note are Croatia, Portuguese Colonies, Bulgaria, Hungary, but
               much else also. (100s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      82     --; stockalbum with small colln. of German 3^rd Reich, Lighthouse album with a few West
               Berlin, some Sweden on stockleaves, and mixed others. (100s) þ         ..               ..                    30.
      83     Mediterranean and Middle East; mix in packets in small box, from Gibraltar to Israel,
               and Malta to Yemen. (100s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      84     Middle East; large plastic storage box with highly duplicated quantity of miniature sheets/
               sheetlets of Oman and Dhufar (possibly others also). Some damage through poor storage,
               but the bulk is ok. Gross weight 19.2kg. (1,000s) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      85     Scandinavia; Faroes 1989 year pack (2), Sweden 1987/88 year book, and couple of others.      10.
      86     Thematic; bundle of 15 individual theme packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 150
               diff. Birds, 50 diff. Cars, 50 horse, 100 space, etc.) (1,250) þ              ..               ..                    15.
      87     --; stockbook with about c.700 mainly c.t.o. stamps.        ..                   ..               ..                      6.
      88     --; Birds; packet of 100 different, mainly c.t.o.                 ..                   ..               ..                      2.
      89     --; Dinosaurs; packet of 50 different, mainly c.t.o.           ..                   ..               ..                      2.
      90     --; Flags; packet of 50 different, mainly c.t.o.  ..               ..                   ..              1.
      91     --; Football; packet of 100 different, mainly c.t.o.             ..                   ..               ..                      2.
      92     --; Hong Kong/China; 1997 colln. on pages of u.m. issues for transfer to China, Hong
               Kong 97, or similar. (3 sets, 36 m.s., 2 covers/cards)        ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      93     --; Motorcycles; packet of 25 different, mainly c.t.o.       ..                   ..               ..                      1.
      94     --; Sport; u.m. and used colln. in album of Olympics, other sports, and chess. Nearly all S.
               & C.America and Caribbean, with much Dominican Republic. (124, 5 m.s., 17 covers) þ            12.
      95     --; Olympics; 1980 two-volume German-produced colln. of USA and USSR issues comp-
               rising mint stamps (c.65), m.s. (8), FDCs (c.145), and p.stat. (c.65). þ ..            35.
      96     --; --; packet of 100 different, mainly c.t.o.      ..               ..                   ..               ..                      2.
      97     --; Paintings; medium stockbook with mainly u. seln., some sets. (97) þ               ..                      5.
      98     --; Railway; packet of 100 different, mainly c.t.o.             ..                   ..               ..                      2.
      99     --; Ships and Boats; packet of 200 different, mainly c.t.o. ..                  ..              4.
    100     --; World War II; “Westminster” album of war-related issued (much for 50^th Anniv. of VE
               and VJ Days) on stamps and covers, plus set of Canada 1989-95 FDCs and packs. (4, 27
               m.s., 10 covers, 7 packs). þ        ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    101     --; Zeppelin; small seln. on stockleaf inc. Egypt 1931 50m m.m. (creased, cat.£42.),
               Germany 1934 3m f.u. (£35., slight creases), etc. Total s.t.c.£131. (16) ..            16.
     ***    --; --; see also Covers (Numismatic), and Marshall Islands.
    102     Covers; box with a quantity of UK (c.350, mainly FDCs – these generally handwritten etc.
               - , some special event and others), plus some USA and other foreign. þ                 ..                    30.
    103     --; box with loose mix of generally quite modern covers, the largest numbers FDCs, of
               varied countries. (100s) þ            ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    104     --; medium box of mixed world covers – commercial and philatelic. (100s) þ         ..                    26.
    105     --; a banana box with; a box of USA (mainly FDCs), another of mixed world covers (and
               some stamps), and a shoebox of modern postcards. (100s) þ               ..               ..                    24.
    106     --; mixed box of commercial plus some philatelic, mainly fairly modern. (100s) þ 20.
    107     --; world selection of largely commercial covers, some philatelic also. (100s) þ   20.
    108     --; odd mix in album inc. c.20 Lufthansa flight covers 1961-70, Turkish Cyprus year packs
               for 1986, 1987, mixed others. (c.50 items) þ  ..               ..                   ..            20.
    109     --; bundle of world, largely 1945-65 with much Switzerland and Germany inc. some good
               commems (e.g. W.Berlin 1955 Furtwängler x 2, cat.£21. each). (c.350) þ             ..                    20.
    110     --; A4 paper box with UK and world mix (100s) þ          ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    111     --; 1936 pair of covers for maiden voyages of Queen Mary in both directions. Slight toning.          10.

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    112     Covers; two Ascension 1957 covers (one long) with various stamps and VISIT OF H.R.H./
                THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH/ASCENSION JANUARY 1957 cachet at left. Also a similar cover
               from St. Helena.        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    113     --; Numismatic Covers; colln. in two “Westminster” albums, of covers for Anniv. of end of
               war – one with Jersey £1 note, all others with coins. (30) þ                   ..               ..                    40.
    114     --; --; 1989-90 album with Germany (12) plus one each of Austria, Gibraltar, France. þ              15.
    115     --; Papal; 1978-79 small colln. of souvenir covers for Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, and John
               Paul II, in album. (18) þ               ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    116     Perfins; loose seln. of UK pre-QE (c.90), UK QE (c.400), and foreign (c.100)     ..                    30.
    117     --; world seln. (few UK) in small stockbook inc. some less common. (e.g. French Levant,
               Zanzibar) (c.170) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    118     Cinderella; small box with perhaps 350 or so mixed. Mainly earlier, and with numerous
               N. & S.America. Includes some unusual and/or better. þ ..                   ..            50.
     ***    --; see also Greece, India, Norway, U.K.
     ***    Forgeries; see Germany, Latvia.
    119     Literature; two cartons of British Philatelic Bulletins, not checked, but possibly a complete
               run approx. 1966-2003, the majority in binders. [NB; This lot will not be taken to the
               auction room, and neither will it be posted out.]           ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    120     --; two boxes of loose copies of The GB Journal (Great Britain Philatelic Society), quite
               possibly a complete run covering approx. 1974-89, plus some PJGB, Cross Post, etc. Many
               excellent articles. [NB; This lot will not be taken to the auction room, and neither will it be
               posted out.]              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    121     --; The International Encyclopedia of Stamps partwork from early 1970s in six binders
               (probably complete). þ                ..                 ..   &nb