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            Collections and Mixed Lots.    

Note that the first lot is lot number 162, the Banknote Auction being lots 1 to 161.
    162     Interesting remainder lot in suitcase from a collection strong in India, so much of that area
               inc. India and States generally mainly QV to about 1960 plus smaller numbers of modern.
               Some India 1940s/50s seen in u.m. blocks, plus mixes of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Japan.
               (1,000s) þ    ..                                    ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £200.
    163     A massive “big box” lot, contained in three cartons, with several albums and stockbooks
               of Germany, UN, Israel, USA, and Luxembourg, plus general albums, loose pages, some
               covers, USA charity labels, and mixed others. (Many 1,000s) þ           ..               ..                £200.
    164     Small box with a bundle of 63 stockcards containing a wide range of world stamps,
               generally selected items, and carrying a high catalogue price. (S.t.c. c.£4,000+) (100s) þ         £200.
    165     Carton with several various albums. An old Century album includes a UK 1d black (4
               margins, vert. crease) plus two envelopes of penny reds. A Commonwealth collection in a
               Simplex Standard album has some mint UK QV Jubilees/KE7/KG5, reasonable m. & u.
               QV-KE7 Canada, some early Ceylon, Bechuanaland 1932 5/- f.u., and a scattering of other
               decent values. Two early albums though remaindered are still worth checking, and other
               loose included in file box. (1,000s) þ              ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £150.
    166     Old suitcase with an accumulation including several albums (some picked/stripped), a
               stack of cigarette tins, and odd others. Majority before about 1930, although some later
               included. (1,000s) þ ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..        £100.
    167     Mix of mainly UK/Commonwealth in carton inc. some new issues of Gibraltar, Australia,
               NZ etc., a couple of general albums, two stockalbums of UK m. & u., a few late 1960s/
               early 70s UK booklets, some FDCs, album of Commonwealth 1953 Coronation, other
               omnibus, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    168     Large and heavy carton with a wholesale-type mix – some 100s of German ETBs, a box
               of dupl. UN Exhib. cards, dupl. Liechtenstein maxi-cards, UK FDCs, Germany and India
               postal stationery. Ä    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    169     Bundle of pages, plus handfuls of glassines with a wide world mix, plus a world album,
               some covers, etc. A good sorter box for collector or dealer. Quite strong in Scandinavia
               and USA, but very much else. (1,000s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    170     Twenty-three mixed stockbooks/stockalbums of world – some are of single countries,
               others mixed. þ        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    171     World collection (no UK) in six Simplex Standard albums, mainly middle to modern
               periods, and largely used, occasional dupl. (1,000s) þ        ..                 ..               ..                    75.
    172     Almost entirely Commonwealth (inc. UK) mix in flat box, being items previously unsold in
               our Buy or Bid Sale. Total upset price £300+ (100s) þ     ..                 ..               ..                    75.
    173     Quite an interesting, though poorly presented, carton. All world stamps and covers, albums,
               etc. (1,000s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    75.
    174     Five-volume set of Scott International printed albums, apparently for all-world 1840-1964,
               with just a smattering of stamps. Albums themselves are mainly fine, showing a bit of wear,
               but Vol.III’s spine is split. Not checked for completeness but nothing obviously missing. Ä            75.
    175     Album pages, loose stamps, covers, etc., etc. Reasonable assortment. (1,000s) þ 60.
    176     Five small boxes of Germany, and all sorts of others, in carton. Fine for a general - possibly
               European-biased – collector (especially one wanting to build up their Germany). þ 60.
    177     Several albums inc. of Israel, UN, others, several packs of 1983-92 Liechtenstein new
               issues, etc. þ            ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
    178     Mixed carton. Standard stuff like UN FDCs, Germany ETBs, but also has a bundle of USA
               flight covers, some world m.s./sheetlets, and a stockalbum of China, etc., etc. þ  50.
    179     Mainly European accumulation in carton – stamps, covers, m.s., sheetlets. þ          ..                    50.
    180     Carton with two albums of Irish FDCs (mainly plain), modern Australia u.m. (face c.A$70.),
               1980s u.m. new issues of Ascension, Falkland Is., and U.A.E., other mixed stamps, and a
               few oddments of accessories. (100s) þ           ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    45.
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    181     Accumulation in carton – folders of stamps and covers, loose stamps, numbers of UK pre-
               decimal mint commems/defins, some kiloware, etc. (1,000s) þ              ..               ..                    45.
    182     Two-volume world collection (1,000s); plus two stockbooks and two cover albums of UK
               p.packs, some covers, and mint Germany, etc., but these have been damp and most of the
               mint is stuck down. þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    183     Carton of tins, small boxes, pages, etc. Much UK (inc. a few pre-decimal pres. packs), plus
               I.o.M. FDCs, some Greenland postmarks, etc., etc. (1,000s) þ            ..               ..                    40.
    184     World selection on stockleaves, majority mint and inc. some sets, notable for its wide
               variety of country, from some early to about 1980s. (100s)                    ..               ..                    40.
    185     Mixed carton with some pages of Portugal, some dupl. Liechtenstein maxi-cards and FDCs,
               mixed Germany, album of Yugoslavia FDCs, empty album for Europa, bundle of Germany
               ETBs, etc. þ             ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    186     Three albums for Germany, one for Switzerland, one for Europe, plus Germany and Austria
               FDCs, Liechtenstein maxi-cards, etc. þ          ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    187     Some loose world stamps, German maxi-cards and FDCs, U.N. inc. FDCs, etc.   þ                    40.
    188     An album of U.N., an old album almost stripped, four albums of German ETBs, some
               Sports thematics, two albums of Austria FDCs. þ              ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    189     Medium carton with Germany and other world, a few covers, a very sparse France album,
               album of USA, etc. (1,000s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    190     A great guddle in a box – of stamps and covers, mainly foreign, much USA. (1,000s) þ               40.
    191     Stamps, covers, pages, etc. in carton. Much USA, good sort. (1,000s) þ               ..                    40.
    192     Hundreds of glassine packets with 1,000s of German and other countries’ stamps. Also
               some covers, a few UN, Switzerland and Liechtenstein on pages, þ                       ..                    40.
    193     World stamps and covers in carton. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    194     Carton with a solid base of (yet more) Germany ETBs, plus much else – mainly Europe inc.
               Europa issues, some m.s./sheetlets. Much Germany throughout. þ         ..               ..                    40.
    195     Sparse album of Germany, some mixed world stamps inc. a seln. of Saar, album and bundle
               of Germany ETBs, some Swedish commercial covers, etc. þ                ..               ..                    35.
    196     Two old albums with just remainder collections (c.900) but one of them containing (mainly
               loose) about 60 of the Belgium 1849-65 Medallions 20c (and 12 of the 10c) in mixed used
               quality. Others loose also. þ         ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    35.
    197     A general mix in a box with junior albums, loose stamps, a few FDCs, etc. and inc. P.R.
               China 1987 Year Book (the u.m. stamps and m.s. within cat.£103.). (100s) þ       ..                    30.
    198     Plastic box with about fifty stockcards of mixed mainly medium values, some sets/part sets,
               etc. of a wide mix of countries. (100s) þ         ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    30.
    199     Mainly European mix in three stockbooks, largest number of Germany. (100s) þ 30.
    200     Odds and remainders in box, much duplicated – folders, pages, loose. þ                ..                    30.
    201     Five various albums of world stamps. (1,000s) þ               ..                 ..               ..                    30.
    202     Two old remainder albums, plus three modern folders with mainly Commonwealth stamps
               which look like they’ve been taken from old albums. (100s) þ               ..               ..                    30.
    203     World loose stamps, albums of Swiss and UN FDCs, etc. þ                 ..               ..                    30.
    204     Five large albums with general world stamps (one is just dupl. USA). (1,000s) þ 30.
    205     Large quantities of loose off-paper USA, plus other world covers and stamps. þ 26.
    206     Mainly German (but others also) mix in box – covers, stamps, souvenir items. þ  26.
    207     Album pages, packets of stamps, some covers, kiloware, etc. þ            ..               ..                    26.
    208     A mixed bag of items – stamps and covers – inc. a Luxembourg 1927 philatelic exhibition
               souvenir card. (100s) þ               ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    24.
    209     Mainly foreign mix in tin, generally not the commonest material. (100s) þ                ..                    24.
    210     A few UK FDCs and PHQs, three UK year packs (1978, 1980, 1981), some Commonwealth
               1982 R.Wedding, 1982 21^st Birthday, and others. þ          ..                 ..               ..                    24.
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    211     Two boxes of remainders in albums, stockbooks, and loose. Ä              ..               ..                    24.
    212     Carton with thousands of world stamps mainly c.1930s-70s sorted into 100s of glassine
               packets. Gross weight 9.4kg. Ä    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    20.
    213     Sweetie tin of world off-paper, much Commonwealth. (1,000s) þ         ..               ..                    15.
    214     World ranges in six small stockbooks. (1,000s) þ              ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    215     Long box with loose world mix of off-paper stamps, little or no UK. (c.200g net weight)
               (1,000s) þ                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    216     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    217     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    218     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    219     A similar lot. þ          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    220     Over 2kg gross of kiloware in box. Mainly UK with some foreign. þ     ..            10.
    221     British Commonwealth; two-volume mint and used collection of issues from Queen
               Victoria to King George VI only (excludes UK, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta,
               New Zealand, and West Indies, which appear separately). Strongest in KG6 which includes
               several complete m.m./l.m.m. defin sets, some used sets also, and several 1948-49 Silver
               Wedding high values mint, etc. Well worth seeing. (100s) þ                  ..               ..                £500.
    222     --; attractive four-volume collection of Queen Elizabeth issues generally up to late 1960s
               (excluding same countries as in last lot), in some cases carrying on to early 1970s. Includes
               many complete defin sets, mainly l.m.m. in earlier years, some u.m. later, and smaller
               numbers of used. (100s) þ           ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £500.
    223     --; very attractive mint collection of King George VI written-up in five albums. Majority is
               mounted mint with some u.m. in places. Typically, many countries have defins to 1/- or 2/6
               (with occasional higher values), and most of the cheaper omnibus issues. There are more
               than a handful of complete defin sets or other better (e.g. Aden 1937 Dhows to 5r, India
               Gandhi set, some complete sets to 10/- of the opts. on UK). Also often some different
               shades and perfs, a few S.Wedding sets, some blocks. (Many 100s) þ ..        £500.
    224     --; SG King George VI fastbound printed album with m. & u. colln. with values to 5/- or
               equivalent. Good range of opts. on UK (Africa, M.East), etc. Some marked by bad
               mounting, otherwise generally fine. Also approval books with 13 different m.m. 1949
               UPU sets. (c.1,200) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £120.
    225     --; stockbook with u.m. new issues of Australia and New Zealand about 1990-95, and a few
               UK also. (100s) þ    ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    50.
    226     --; stockbook of mixed m. & u. of mixed countries and periods, many medium values .
               Much Australasia. (c.900) þ        ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    26.
    227     --; small m. & u. colln. in album up to about 1939. (c.700) þ                ..               ..                    20.
    228     --; packet with 300+ Queen Victoria, mainly UK but other countries also.               ..                    15.
    229     --; bundle of stockleaves with duplicated ranges (1,000s) þ                  ..               ..                      8.
    230     --; Central Africa; mint and used collection in album of Nyasaland (c.235), Malawi (c.205,
               3 m.s.), Rhodesia (96), Rhodesia & Nyasaland (c.110), and Southern Rhodesia (34). From
               some early up to about early 1970s, and inc. defin sets in KG6 and QE. þ             ..                £100.
    231     --; West Indies; attractive four-volume collection, strongest in KG6 and QE but with
               some earlier also, and the majority mint, u.m. in later years. Includes numerous complete
               defin sets, other useful such as 1948-49 S.Wedding high values, etc. (Many 100s) þ                £650.
    232     --; Omnibus; 1937 Coronation complete (202) m.m. in contemporary printed album. (Cat.
               £180. for u.m.) þ      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    35.
    233     --; --; 1945-46 Victory seln. of 69 fourblocks, mainly as u.m. sets, some dupl., nearly all fine.       15.
    234     --; --; 1949 UPU complete (310) l.m.m. in album (cat.£300. for u.m.) þ                ..                    70.
    235     --; --; 1953 Coronation complete u.m. on stockcard, many marginal. Cat.£120. (106)                  30.
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    236     British Commonwealth; Omnibus; 1953 Coronation in contemporary printed album
               comprising mint (m.m./u.m.) complete but for UK and Ceylon, and used complete but for
               Bahrain. Cat. c.£192. (for u.m. and u.) þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    237     --; --; 1981-92 extensive 1981 Royal Wedding collection in four albums inc. booklets, m.s.
               and foreign imperfs issues. Also an album of 1983 Commonwealth Day, further loose 1981
               Wedding, 1982 Diana, 1991 Royal Birthdays, 1992 Accession Anniv., etc. (1991-92
               probably complete Crown Agents). Nearly all u.m., no dupl. seen. (100s) þ           ..                £120.
    238     --; --; 1981 Royal Wedding 20 packets with u.m. stamps still in packets from new issue
               service (inc. some foreign), plus binder and pages, and about 100 FDCs. þ            ..                    50.
    239     --; --; 1981 R.Wedding u.m. gutter blocks of ten of Grenada and Grenadines overprinted
               “P.R.G.”, and of Uganda with 1982 21^st Birthday opt. Cat.£201.           ..               ..                    12.
    240     Africa; dupl. mainly used on stockleaves (c.2,000+)           ..                 ..               ..                    10.
    241     Baltic States; mint accum. of pre-1940 issues, many in multiples. (c.700 to 800) 20.
    242     Europe; big bundle of stockleaves of Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and many others,
               (Many 1,000s) þ      ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    15.
    243     Latin America; dupl. lot on stockleaves (100s)                  ..                 ..               ..                      8.
    244     Middle East; Abu Dhabi 1964-72 seln. (cat.£245., inc. 1964 defin set of 11, 1972 UAE opt.
               odd values inc. 70f, 90f, 125f), plus a few U.A.E. 1973 odds (cat.£92., inc. 2d to 10d). All
               l.m.m. (43)                ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    40.
    245     Overseas; bundle of stockleaves with much-duplicated USA, and mixed Asia. (1,000s) þ          15.
    246     Thematic; a packet of 235 different Insects etc., four (possibly identical) packets each of
               100 different Butterflies and Moths, and one of 250 diff. Butterflies and Moths.                               8.
    247     --; box with several hundred world stamps sorted into packets by subject. þ          ..                      8.
    248     --; Birds; mainly c.t.o. colln. in stockbook (c.1,000) þ      ..                 ..               ..                    12.
    249     --; Europa; stockbook with u.m. 1957-2001 seln., some light dupl., plus just a few used, and
               a few UK 1960s locals. (c.340) þ                  ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    24.
    250     --; Flowers; two folders of attractively written-up pages alphabetically by country of issue,
               very often in sets (some short/part sets seen) and with a few miniature sheets. Majority are
               u.m., plus a few m.m. or used. (c.1,000+) þ   ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    251     --; --; a similar range of material (no m.s.) in three medium stockbooks covering a very
               wide range of countries, and inc. many of the Guyana Orchids long set. (c.1,400) þ £100.
    252     --; --; folder of mainly u.m. miniature sheets or sheetlets of mixed flowers and similar
               subjects. Includes P.R.China 1982 Medicinal, 1985 Mei, 1988 Orchids, two of Japan 1990
               Prefecture sheet. (95) þ               ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    70.
    253     Covers; large carton of FDCs (plus maxi-cards, first day sheets, and similar) of Germany,
               UN, Kenya, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and a few others. Some in albums, others loose.
               Gross 25kg. Ä          ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                £100.
    254     --; carton with bundles of mainly FDCs of Japan, Taiwan, Germany, Switzerland, some
               Sweden and Thailand. (100s) þ   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    60.
    255     --; bundles of France, Switzerland, Philippines, Europa (mixed countries), etc. Mainly
               FDCs. (100s) þ       ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                    60.
    256     --; carton of loose USA covers (commercial/philatelic inc. many ships’ cancels), plus
               bundles of FDCs of Japan, India, Switzerland, UN. (100s) þ                ..               ..                    50.
    257     --; mixed bundle inc. a few Indo-China 1940-41, mixed postal stationery (inc. Common-
               wealth QV/KE7), India 1916 P.o.W. cover, etc. Some faults (inc. a few woodworm holes !).
               (c.90) þ                   ..                 ..                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                        .. 45.
    258     --; fairly small but sometimes interesting bundle comprising Japan (56, from some 19^th
               century p.stat., the more modern inc. many lottery cards), and others (23, inc. a couple of
               Israeli Interim issues, Austria 1962 rocket post, Austrian PO in Jerusalem 1907, etc.)                   40.

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    259     Covers; six folders of West Germany FDCs (plain envelopes), plus UN, other Germany,
               etc. (100s) Ä             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    40.
    260     --; mixed bundle of largely commercial covers inc. UK and Italy, mainly 1920s/30s.
               (c.120) þ                 ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    26.
    261     --; carton which is about half world covers (commercial and philatelic, much Germany/
               USA), and about half German ETBs. (100s) Ä                 ..                   ..               ..                    24.
    262     --; four souvenir collections in albums, often just single stamps/part sets – 1987-88 Flora
               and Fauna of the World (58), 1977 Silver Jubilee (37), 1976 Christmas (12), and 1973
               Royal Wedding (31) þ                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    263     --; long carton of mixed world material, mainly commercial, some p.stat. (100s) þ 20.
    264     --; c.1945-51 box of commercial covers, mainly Denmark internal, plus Sweden and some
               USA. Very duplicated. (100s) Ä  ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    265     --; carton of covers, mainly USA, some UN, and odd others. Commercial/FDC etc., mainly
               1920s-70s. Approx. 7kg gross. Ä                   ..               ..                   ..               ..                    15.
    266     --; small seln. inc. a few Singapore 1920s (but tatty), several WW1 Forces inc. from
               hospitals (also poor), and others. (c.70) þ       ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
      Ü     --; see also German POs in Turkish Empire.
      Ü     --; Crash Covers; see Nigeria.
    267     --; Football; 1982 seln. of souvenir covers for World Cup, each from a different country
               and with just a single stamp. (49) þ                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    10.
    268     --; Space; 1958-63 useful little colln. of illus. FDCs of mixed countries inc. French Area,
               Vietnam, etc., as well as many E.Europe. (70) Also a few others inc. International Geophy-
               sical Year. þ             ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    30.
    269     --; --; 1962-80 bundle of about 140 souvenir covers relating to US space programme (all
               USA covers). þ        ..                 ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    20.
    270     --; World Wildlife Fund; 1976-79 large album of 144 illus. FDCs, each with single stamp,
               wide variety of countries. þ          ..                 ..               ..                   ..               ..                    18.
    271     --; 1976-79 a similar album, possibly identical. (144) þ    ..                   ..               ..                    18.
      Ü     Perfins; see Italy, UK.
    272     Cinderella; unusual set of grey and black labels depicting Popes from St. peter (AD42) to
               Pius XI (1922), and a few other images. (c.250+) þ        ..                   ..               ..                    15.
      Ü     --; see also Mozambique Company, Sarawak., Umm al Qiwain, and UK (Loca