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                 Collections and Mixed Lots.
                                                    

        1     Stockbook with a relatively small number of items (c.225) but these tend to be better odds,
               inc. revenues, to about 1930. Countries include Italy and States, Belgium, Brasil, USA,
               Australian States, some Chalons from Ceylon, Grenada, and NZ, and others. Virtually all
               are genuine, and condition in generally on the better side of average for these (some are
               poorer, good numbers are fine). Good lot for the collector of early and classic material. þ        £400.
        2     A good old Strand album, the bulk being a reasonable world collection up to about 1940
               (100s) but with much of the value in the UK pages at the beginning. The UK inc. a reason-
               nable penny black, KE7 most values to 1/- mixed m.m., some KG5 defins heavily mtd.
               mint, 1934 defin set m.m. (9d poorer), 1948 S.Wedding £1 u.m. þ       ..               ..                £150.
        3     Carton with several old albums (varied content), a penny black framed with other stamps,
               loose stamps, some cinderellas, a few forgeries, and all sorts of others. (1,000s) þ £100.
        4     Large and filled carton containing various things; Lighthouse albums of Germany and USA
               (quite sparse), albums of mixed mainly Commonwealth, some covers, and loose. Quite
               interesting assortment, worth looking through. þ               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        5     Old Strand album with a world collection up to about 1910s only. The UK has a penny
               black (nice 4-margin) and a few m.m. KE7 values – scattered interest in other countries
               (c.1,000) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £100.
        6     World collection in two lever-arch files, the Commonwealth section having better numbers
               of medium value stamps (e.g. sometimes m.m. KG6 values to 1/-, Coronation sets, etc.), the
               foreign section smaller and generally cheaper. Also some other odds. (100s) þ                         £100.
        7     Seven albums with a general world collection, with a bit more value in the Commonwealth
               than in the foreign. Some other odds also. (1,000s) þ       ..                   ..               ..                    80.
        8     Box with a bundle of items previously unsold in our Buy or Bid sales (these s.t.c.£1,600.),
               plus other album pages, loose in packets, some sheets of c.t.o. USSR, some cheap dupl.
               UK, etc. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    60.
        9     Suitcase with a few stockbooks of UK and others, plus mixed others. þ                 ..                    60.
      10     Medium carton with all periods mix in packets, on leaves, and covers, inc. some better QV
               Commonwealth, and Europe. Much is of decent standard. (100s) þ      ..               ..                    50.
      11     Just under 6kg of mixed foreign kiloware, fairly modern. þ ..                  ..            50.
      12     Carton with approx. 5.5kg of mixed foreign kiloware, fairly modern. þ  ..            50.
      13     Carton with about 4.5kg of mixed foreign kiloware, plus other mixed stamps, a bundle of
               postcards, etc. þ      ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      14     Remainders/accumulation in 3 albums, 2 stockbooks, a little stockbook (a bit better), and
               loose (1000s) þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      15     Bundle of 30 remainder club books of various countries (except UK, but does include
               Islands), remains PTSA £216. (100s) þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      16     Box of David Jefferies odds and remainders. Mixed world stamps, some cheap bulk, other
               odds of more interest, a few UK presentation packs, etc. þ                  ..               ..                    40.
      17     Smaller box with loose mix of mainly covers (various types), a few UK mint modern and
               p.packs. þ                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      18     Just under 9kg gross weight of world (non-UK) kiloware sorted into bags. þ         ..                    35.
      19     Carton of covers, loose stamps, some postcards, a shoebox of dupl. used UK reg. envelopes,
               etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      20     Carton with smaller box of world off-paper (c.750g), some world kiloware, tub of UK
               stamps without pmks., some loose covers, etc. (1,000s) þ ..                  ..            30.
      21     Carton stuffed with bundle upon bundle of “miniature sheets” and similar, generally of the
               phantom issues of Dhufar, Isö, Gairsay, and the like. (Estimated 20kg) þ                ..                    30.
      22     Plastic tub with many thousands of world stamps on and off-paper, in bags. þ                              26.
      23     Mixed lot in carton – pages, packets, album, etc. Bits of this and that. (1,000s) þ 26.

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      24     Mint and used mainly early to middle mix on mixed pages, some slightly better Burma and
               S.Rhodesia. (100s)    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
      25     Wine box with some loose stamps in packets, five old approval books of European, a junior
               collection in old Strand album, an Ideal  vol.3 album (for world after 1930) with just a few
               stamps, and another virtually empty album. þ  ..               ..                   ..            22.
      26     Small yet diverse mix on leaves and in packets inc. much Europe and Americas. (100s)                 22.
      27     Suitcase with some mixed stamps and covers, plus a few postcards, banknotes, and coins. þ       20.
      28     Heap in a box (ex-D.C.J.) with odds and ends of stamps, covers, cards, some cinderellas, a
               bundle of International Encyclopaedia of Stamps, etc. Might be a snip ! þ          ..                    20.
      29     Another heap, this with some old magazines and catalogues as well as the stamps, covers,
               and things. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      30     Odd world stamps, bundleware, and other things, in carton. (1,000s) þ ..            20.
      31     Box with mixed world stamps, pages, stockbook, covers, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..                    20.
      32     Suitcase with a guddle of philatelic material. þ ..               ..                   ..            20.
      33     Small box with world mix mainly on stockcards – odds and sets, appear to be nearly all
               mint. A few FDCs etc. also. (100s) þ             ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      34     Stockbook with a mix of Hong Kong, Scandinavia, Mauritius (1948 S.Wedding mint set),
               and others (100s). also a few covers. þ          ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      35     Remainder carton – some empty albums, catalogues, mixed world stamps. þ          ..                    15.
      36     Bundle of 24 individual country packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 200 diff.
               Austria, 150 diff. GB, 150 diff. Italy, 200 diff Poland, etc.) (4,000) þ    ..            15.
      37     Shoebox with many thousands of loose all-world off-paper stamps (commoner stuff, with
               dupl.), plus a few other odds also. þ               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      38     Heavy box with mainly “philatelia” – old empty albums, dealers’ price lists, mixed things
               to do with stamp collecting. Some other general material also. þ            ..               ..                    15.
      39     Large shoebox of varied remainders, and two smaller boxes with UK, Commonwealth, and
               world off-paper. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      40     World mix in stockbook (100s), plus a stockbook of Austria and Germany (100s), and a few
               Nicaragua on pages. þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      41     Medium carton of UK and world covers (mainly commercial), mixed other stamps. þ                  10.
      42     Stockbook with m. & u. world seln, early to modern. (c.550) þ            ..               ..                    10.
      43     British Commonwealth; a useful, predominantly mint, colln. of KG6 on computer-
               produced pages, Many full defin sets are included, generally good m.m., plus a scattering
               of used (not duplicates) – the used often odds, but sets here also. (c.2,575 m., 410 u.) þ         £800.
      44     --; a similar KG6 album, but mainly used, and lower in numbers of full defin sets and top
               values, though much useful still included. Mint is m.m., used is mainly g./f. Some of the
               GB opts. are fakes. (c.1,125 used, 660 mint).þ               ..                   ..               ..                £120.
      45     --; just a small bundle of pages from remainder club books, but quite powerful stuff –
               QV-KG5 m. & u. comprising Cyprus, West Indies, British Guiana, Tonga, Australian
               States, New Hebrides, and a few others. Virtually every stamp is “better”, and total s.t.c.
               is £2,700. (125)        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                £350.
      46     --; box containing an untidy but worthwhile collection. Apart from a moderate collection
               on pages, there are many others in a variety of forms (stockbooks, pages, packets, etc.)
               which appear to have been bought with the intention of amalgamation. Many decent
               pickings. Just a few foreign also. (1,000s) þ    ..               ..                   ..        £200.
      47     --; mainly u.m. selection inc. some useful KG6 and early QE defins (sets or high values in
               Nyasaland, Ascension, Montserrat, Cyprus, Dominica, Swaziland, St. Lucia, Sierra Leone,
               S. & S.W. Africa, Gilbert & Ellice, Bechuanaland). (300+) ..                  ..        £150.
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      48     British Commonwealth; mint and used collection in six volume New Age album (pages
               for 1952-71, some later stamps included). A mix of odds plus some commem sets, and the
               mint mixed m.m./u.m. (100s) þ    ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      49     --; stockbook with m.m. and used colln. of mainly KG6 odds and part sets (100s) þ                   30.
      50     --; odd mix on leaves, stockcards, covers, etc. Early to modern inc. Bermuda, Canada, and
               NZ. (100s)                ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      51     --; Omnibus; stockbook with 1937 Coronation (17 sets), 1945-46 Victory (35 sets), 1949
               UPU (37 sets), and 1953 Coronation (53 stamps). Some toning or rust spots throughout. þ         15.
      52     --; --; 1937 Coronation set (202) complete m.m. (cat.£120. for u.m.)    ..            18.
      53     --; --; 1977 Silver Jubilee, Caribbean Tour and 1981 Royal Wedding collections in four
               albums and in shoebox. Comprises c.400 u.m. stamps, 250 m.s./sheetlets, a few booklets,
               etc. þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.

      54     Africa; m. & u. on leaves and stockcards, also club book of Ethiopia. (Few 100s) 8.
      55     Asia; small mix of odds in packets, on pages, etc. Includes Iraq, India, Taiwan, and Nether-
               lands Indies. (100s)   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      56     Europe; mix in small box, mainly loose. (100s) þ             ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      57     Latin America; mix in small box, on pages and loose. (100s) þ           ..               ..                      8.
      58     Scandinavia; album of Norway (350), Sweden (230), Denmark (75), Iceland (34). Mainly
               fine used, and stops at 1948. Some medium value, especially in 1920s-40s Norway, and
               less so Sweden. þ    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    50.
      59     West Indies; seln. in packets and on leaves, much Commonwealth, Haiti, and Cuba (100s)         10.
      60     Thematic; fairly untidy world collection in album, arranged by theme, little after about
               1970s. (100s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      61     --; stockbook with Space (90), Sport (150+), and Transport (200+) þ                 ..                    15.
      62     --; bundle of 15 individual packets, each with an all-different seln. (e.g. 100 diff. aviation,
               200 birds, 50 flags, 200 flora, 100 stamps on stamps, etc.) (1,500) þ   ..            15.
      63     --; Aviation; tiny “History of Flight” colln. on German printed pages (21, 2 cards) þ                      5.
      64     --; Birds; small stockbook of mixed m. & u. (c.200)        ..                   ..               ..                      6.
      65     --; Columbus; mix of m. & u. world stamps, early to modern, inc. a couple of Spanish
               MUESTRA opts. (c.170, 6 postal stationery cards) þ         ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      66     --; Olympics; folder of FDCs (of stamps/m.s.) for 1960 Rome games (37, 1 folder) þ                15.
      67     David Jefferies Themes; Black is Beautiful; small colln. on a few pages of black stamps
               from around the world (100+, inc. a cut-into penny black), plus c.150+ others loose.                    20.
      68     --; “Forth Bridges”;  (vol.2) comprising almost entirely modern cards, mainly of the rail
               bridge. (86) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      69     --; Forth Road Bridge; box with mix of loose items – newspapers, opening ceremony
               programmes, a few FDCs, covers with later strikes of special cancel (seldom seen), etc. þ           20.
      70     --; Mary Slessor, and Scots Kirks Abroad; interesting mix inc. two of the Clydesdale
               1999 £10 note, a nice seln. of 13 Old Calabar postcards (some used 1903-6). þ                        80.
      71     --; New Scottish Definitives and Parliament 1999; 7 different handstamps on FDCs,
               another FDC with Holyrood c.d.s. and cachet, two RBofS £1 notes, etc.                ..                    12.
      72     --; Overseas Stamp Exhibitions; an attractive and impressive collection in two well-filled
               albums, comprising labels, covers, and cards but not normal stamps. Includes some very
               attractive material, and some scarcer especially amongst the earlier items. (100s) þ £150.

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      73     David Jefferies Themes; Philatelic Exhibitions and Congresses (U.K.); 1897-1940
               very attractive and wide-ranging collection in well-filled album. Includes the special
               cancels on cover or card for 1909 Manchester, 1911 Birmingham, 1912 Margate, 1912
               London (3 items, 2 of which have “Ideal Stamps” cancelled), 1913 Edinburgh (9, inc. 1
               registered), 1921 Harrogate, 1922 Bath, 1923 London (1 ordinary, 1 reg.), 1925 Cam-
               bridge, 1926 Liverpool, 1927 Nottingham, 1928 London Congress, 1928 London Exhib.
               (1 card, 1 flown cover, 1 reg. cover with s/c cancel, 1929 PUC, and so on in similar vein.
               Also includes many labels, often in different colours, or with blocks, etc. Much here that
               is seldom seen, and generally fine. (100s) þ     ..               ..                   ..        £350.
      74     --; --; 1946-2003 a similar collection in two well-filled albums, but of a period that carries
               less value. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    75.
      75     --; Robert Burns; 1959-66 seln. of UK souvenir and first day covers, inc. 1959 in some
               variety, 1964 anti-Shakespeare, 1966 with various pmks, etc.                ..               ..                    26.
      76     --; Robert Burns Bicentenary; UK collection written-up on pages, mainly 1996 FDCs,
               maxi cards, etc.         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      77     --; Scots Names Used Abroad; collection in binder (16 pages written-up, many others on
               stockleaves), of postmarks on stamp or piece (some covers/cards) with everything from
              Aberdeen (South Dakota) to Ayrshire Mine (Southern Rhodesia), and Campsie (New South
               Wales). Interesting as it stands, this could be developed into a fascinating collection. (c.600
               items) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..        £100.
      78     --; Scottish Stamp Exhibitions vol.2; 1950-2001 in album (c.95 items, mainly covers and
               postcards) þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
      79     --; S.M.S. Luitpold, Emden, Moltke; thematic collection on the three German WW1 ships
               (two of which were scuttled at Scapa Flow) with postcards, labels, and related material. þ           50.
      80     Covers; 1483 merchant’s letter, said to be Damascus to Tripoli. Stained and some worm-
               holes, but at over 500 years old . . . .               ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      81     --; early to modern mix of FDCs and commercial in box – much Europe, some modern
               Brasil. (c.280) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    24.
      82     --; 1939 seln. of commem covers for Transatlantic first flights between USA and UK,
               France, Ireland, and Portugal (both directions). (18)          ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      83     --; seln. of covers with shipping connections, strongest in Scandinavia. (47)             ..                    15.
      84     --; carton with a big mix of covers, apparently mainly cheaper commercial, with some UK.
               (100s) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      85     --; Scandinavia; mixed box of various ages and countries but with larger nos. of Denmark,
               Faroes, Greenland, as well as other countries. Mixed commercial, special postmarks, FDC,
               other philatelic. (c.210) þ             ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      86     --; --; small box with a mix of mainly 1960s-90s FDCs, philatelic covers (mainly for
               examples of pmks.), and a few commercial, of Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland, and a
               few others. A few of other countries also. (166) þ            ..                   ..               ..                    35.
      87     Covers and Postmarks; colln. of world stamps selected for postmark interest inc. TPOs,
               paquebot, wrong countries, unusual place names, etc. Mainly on stamp or piece, some
               covers. (c.210 items) þ                ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      88     --; colln. of mixed countries stamps with other countries’ pmks. – paquebot or otherwise, on
               stamp, piece, or cover/card. (77 items)            ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      89     Perfins; world mix in small stockbook (UK 168, 10 covers, Foreign c.310).          ..                    40.
      90     --; world mix on a few pages (103, few UK); also a few cut-outs (50).  ..            20.
      ***     --; see also Australia, Hong Kong.
      91     Cinderella; Stanley Gibbons Colour Chart labels printed by Perkins Bacon – the complete
               series (missing no.95, grey) in “u.m.” corner fourblocks. Quite unusual thus. (396 labels)               50.
      ***     --; see also separate Cinderellas auction catalogue.
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      92     Forgeries; mixture on pages comprising mainly forgeries, fakes, and reprints, plus some
               genuine, locals, and bogus also. (c.198)           ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
      ***     --; see also France, Japan, U.S.A., and Cinderellas auction.
      93     Literature; SG Sectional catalogues of Czechoslovakia & Poland, Portugal & Spain, Africa
               since Independence (3 vols), Central America, Central Asia, and South-East Asia. All old
               editions. (8) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
      94     --; SG Czechoslovakia & Poland Sectional cat., current 6^th edition (2002, £24.95) þ                10.
      95     --; SG Russia Sectional cat., current 5^th edition (1999, £24.95, out of print) þ       ..                      6.
      96     --; SG Japan & Korea Sectional cat., current 4^th edition (1997, £22.50, out of print) þ                5.
      97     --; SG South America Sectional cat., current 3^rd edition (1989, £22., out of print) þ                     6.
      98     --; SG Commonwealth Simplified catalogue, 2003 edition. þ             ..               ..                      8.
      99     --; SG binder for One-Country Catalogues, containing Canada (2003 edition), and India
               (2002) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    100     --; Philatelic Portraits by Christopher Attwood-Wheeler, 1990. þ     ..               ..                      5.
    101     --; 1970 Scottish Stamp & Label Catalogue by Stanley Hunter, in 7 “volumes”. þ 10.
    102     --; The Dealer’s Guide to Chemical Restoration of Postage Stamps, USA 1976; also A
               Collectors Guide to the Care and Repair of Books and Documents by Graham Moss, 1998.     7.
    103     --; Murray Payne Commonwealth King George VI catalogue, 2000 (current, retail £30.) þ       12.
    104     --; about 20 of the posters produced by UK Post Office around 1970 – stamp and postal
               subjects. þ               ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    105     --; a selection of old photographic glass plates of UK stamps and postal history (mainly
               Scottish ?) (c.75) þ  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    106     --; early editions of the British Post Office Philatelic Bulletin – nos. 1-10, and vol.2 nos.
               1-10. þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                      8.
    107     --; a similar lot, but only nos. 1-10, and vol.2 no.4 to 10. þ                   ..               ..                      6.
    108     --; English & Welsh Postmarks Since 1840 by James Mackay, 1980. þ             ..                      5.
    109     --; The Forged Stamps of All Countries, published Dorn, London (c.1910s ?) þ                         4.
    110     --; How to Detect Damaged, Altered, and Repaired Stamps by Paul W. Schmid, NY 1979. þ  4.
    111     --; Reprints of 19^th Century Postal Adhesive Stamps and Their Characteristics by E.D.
               Bacon (reprint of earlier book ?). þ                ..               ..                   ..               ..                      4.
    112     --; The Yucatan Affair, The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin, Philatelic Counterfeiter, edited by
               Chemi, Beal, and DeVoss, 1974 þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    113     --; Focus on Forgeries; A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps by Varro E. Tyler, 1993. þ 6.
    114     --; Handstruck Postage Stamps of the Empire 1680-1900 by Robson Lowe, 1938-39. þ         5.
    115     --; another of the same, 1940-41 edition. þ    ..               ..                   ..               ..                      5.
    116     --; History of the British Army Postal Service, vol. I, 1882-1902, edited Proud, c.1983. þ        8.
    117     --; The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century by Robson Lowe, 2^nd edition,