Cheshire Stamp Auctions Catalogue - March 21st 2020

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338 1917-30 1/2a black imperf Setting NETHERLANDS
10 (SG 34, Scott 10, Hellrigl/Vignola 33),
COMPLETE SHEET of 64 cancelled by 342 1852 - 1864 small group includes
“Birganj” telegraphic cancels, includes 5 1852 5c blue mint, 10c Moseman reprint
inverted cliches (SG 34a, Scott 10a) at in black, 1864 15c orange perf 121/2x12
positions 6, 7, 8, 25 & 27, plus various two examples, one unused without
plate flaws incl ‘flattened base’ (position gum, the other apparently mint part OG
1), ‘small dent in outer frameline’ with Foundation certificate (4 items)
(position 6), ‘flattened top’ (position 17),
‘white oval flaw’ (position 43), ‘dash £90-120
after bottom inscription’ (position 64)
etc. Stamps cat £670+. Ex Sanford. 343 1852 15c orange- yellow imperf,
SG 3b (NVPH 3), mint part OG with 4
£80-100 margins. Toned on reverse, cat £1400

(Photo) £80-100

339 1917-30 4a dark green (SG 41, 344 1867-69 50c gold die II, perf
121/2x12, SG 22 (NVPH 12IIA), unused
Scott 17, Hellrigl 43h), Setting 11, a without gum. A particularly attractive
example, cat £4500.
BLOCK OF 35 (7 x 5) including inverted
(Photo) £200-250
cliche (SG 41a, Scott 11a, Hellrigl 43i) in

position 54, used with telegraphic

cancels. Ex Sanford. £250-300 345 1872 2g. 50 ultramarine and rose

340 1917-30 4a deep blue-green, SG King William, SG 75 (NVPH 29), mint

41, Scott 17, or Hellrigl 43, from setting part OG, perf faults. Fresh appearing,

11, a used BLOCK OF THIRTY-TWO cat £1500. (Photo) £90-120

with telegraphic cancellations including 346 1893-98 2g. 50 ultramarine and
rose-carmine perf 111/2 and the 2g. 50
a tete-beche pair (SG 41a, Sc 11a, or ultramarine and rosine perf 11, SG 158
& 164 (NVPH 47A, 47C), mint part OG,
Hellrigl 43c) in position 54. Ex Sanford small hinge thin or hinge remains. Fresh
appearing, cat £1500. (2 stamps)
collection. (32 stamps) £240-280
(Photo) £80-100
341 1949-1982 FINE MINT

COLLECTION on leaves, almost

complete from 1960 onwards, some

later issues are never hinged. Includes 347 1899 71/2c deep brown tete-beche

1949 set, 1961 12p Children’s Day, pair, SG 178a (NPVH 61b), never hinged

1962-67 King set, 1969 Flowers se- mint. £30-35

tenant sheetlet, Officials 1959 set etc. 348 1952 Flowers/Social Relief Fund
set on illustrated First Day Cover
Stc £520 (100’s) £50-70 without address. Rare in this
unaddressed condition. NVPH E9 €800.

£70-90

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349 MOTORCYCLING IN THE 354 1870-1984 EXTENSIVE

NETHERLANDS - LOCAL POSTS COLLECTION of mint & used stamps

1989-2004 collection of mostly never on album pages, Neth Indies with

hinged mint stamps and covers (approx William to 50c, Wilhelmina to various

250 items) £70-90 21/2g & Airs to 41/2g, Curacao with

350 MOTORCYCLING IN THE Wilhelmina to 5g, Suriname with William

NETHERLANDS 1919-2013 collection to 25c, Wilhelmina to Guilder values,

in an album of never hinged mint & used 1945 surcharged Air set mint & much

stamps, miniature sheets, covers & more, plenty of later Guilder values

cards (approx 280 items) £60-80 throughout, ranges from 1960’s are

351 POSTAGE DUE 1881-89 5c pale mostly mint plus “Back of the Book”

blue and black type IV perf 121/2x12, SG stamps (800+ stamps) £100-150

D157c (NVPH P6B), very fine used, cat NEW ZEALAND

£375. (Photo) £75-90 355 1915-75 MINT AND USED

352 SMALL GROUP of items includes COLLECTION on old pages, some
the 1899 71/2c deep brown tete-beche
pair mint, Telegraph stamp 1877 20ct stamps in mixed condition but many
black on lilac mint (NVPH TG6, €400),
etc. £40-60 that are fine mint incl 1925 Dunedin set,

1926-34 2s and 3s Admirals, 1926-36

6d Express Delivery, 1927-33 2s Official,

NETHERLAND COLONIES 1929-30 Health stamps, 1931 “Smiling

353 1870 - 1936 MINT SELECTION, Boy” set, 1931-35 Air set plus 5d on 3d,
CAT €1260 including Indies 1902 vals
to 21/2gld, 1908 vals to 50c, Buiten Bezit 1933 Health stamp, 1936-42 Pictorial
vals to 50c, 1913 High value set, 1915
Red Cross, 1931 Air set, Curacao 1915 defin set to 2s, 1939 Health set, 1940
vals to 21/2gld, 1936 Wilhelmina set,
Surinam 1892 vals to 30c, 1900 50c on Centennial set, 1947-52 KGVI defin set
50c, 1929 Green Cross set etc. Stc
NVPH €1260 (120+ stamps) £100-120 etc (100’s) £160-200

356 1932-1959 COLLECTION ON

STOCK PAGES includes KGV pictorial

ranges to 3s, KGVI seen to various 3s,

ranges of Officials to different 2s, Postal

Fiscal types seen to £1, QEII ranges to

10s etc. Warrants closer inspection

(700+ stamps) £100-140

357 1936-42 MINT PICTORIALS
DEFINITIVES COLLECTION. A highly
complete mint pictorial issues
collection, SG 577/590c, with most
listed perforations & sideways
watermarks. Stc £772 (34 stamps)

£80-100

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NIGERIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA

358 1937-1951 KGVI COMPLETE 362 SMALL BOX contains 1950’s -

MINT collection, a complete basic run 1990’s mint, never hinged mint & used

for the period (SG 46/67) plus some stamps on album pages & stock cards,

additional perfs/shades to 5s (includes chiefly complete sets, many items

2s6d & 5s perf 13x111/2) 36 stamps. Stc purchased from Fairs etc still priced,

£287. £30-40 post dues & “Specimen” overprinted

NORTH BORNEO sets also seen (few 100’s) £60-80

359 1939-1952 KGVI MINT PAPUA

COLLECTION on black Hagner pages, 363 1901 - 1952 MINT COLLECTION

includes 1939 set to 50c, 1941 War Tax on Hagner pages includes 1901-05 set

set, 1945 BMA opt’d range with most of values to 2d, 1906-07 set of values to

values to 20c, 1947 Crown Colony set, 2d, 1910-11 set to 1s, 1911-15 set to

1949 UPU set & 1950 pictorials most 1s, 1917 surcharges set, 1932-40

values to $5. Stc £571. £60-75 pictorials set to 2s6d, 1934 Declaration

NORTHERN RHODESIA & 1935 Jubilee sets, 1938 & 1939 Air

360 1953 1953 6d grey-black Definitive sets, Papua New Guinea 1952 original
with WATERMARK INVERTED variety,
SG 68w, superb mint, very fresh and definitive set. Stc £668. £90-120
extremely rare, cat SG £5,000.
NEW GUINEA
(Photo) £1000-1200
364 1931-1939 MINT AIR POSTS

COLLECTION on a Hagner page, 1931

NORWAY opt’d with most vals to 10s, 1932

“Raggiana Bird” (without date) opt’d

361 1856-1987 LARGE USED with most vals to 5s & 10s, 1939

COLLECTION on a pile of album pages ‘Goldfields’ set to 2s & £1 (the £1 with

includes 1856-60 3sk x2, 4sk, and 8sk, hinge thin). Stc £725. £110-140

1863-64 4sk both shades, 8sk, and PARAGUAY

24sk, 1867-68 1sk x2, 2sk, 4sk x3, and

8sk, 1871-75 1sk, 2sk, 3sk (all three 365 1870-1959 MINT ASSEMBLY IN

shades), 4sk (two shades), 6sk x2, and PACKETS. An accumulation sorted into

7sk x2, a big range of later (ore values) glassine packets identified with

Posthorn types incl 1877-79 most catalogue numbers, includes complete

values to 60 ore x3, 1882-93 most sets, Air Post stamps, imperf pairs,

values with dies and shades to 25 ore imperf betweens & ‘back of the book’

x6, 1878 Oskar 1kr x3, 1kr50, and 2kr, (Qty) £110-140

later issues incl 1925 Polar Flight set to

15 ore plus 25 ore, 1925 15 ore, 20 ore,

and 45 ore Svalbard, 1928 Ibsen set,

Officials, Postage Dues, etc. Stc £3812

(Qty) £100-150

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PERU 369 BATTLE OF STALINGRAD -

366 REVENUE STAMPS WITH SURRENDER LEAFLETS. 1942

“SPECIMEN” OVERPRINTS 1911 to c. interesting collection of different leaflets

1930 American Bank Note Company, as dropped over the Italian Army in

1911-12 to 1s, 1913-14 to 5s, 1915-16 Russia, produced by the Russians and

to 5s, 1917-18 to 5s, 1919-20 to 5s, distributed between Italian soldiers

1921-22 to 5s, 1923-4 5s, plus circa fighting as allies of the Germans on the

1930 undated set to 50s, all never Eastern Front. Inform of Russian military

hinged mint (44 stamps) £30-35 successes and German & Italian losses

urging Italian soldiers to surrender. All

PORTUGAL produced during the Battle of Stalingrad

367 1980-1985 MINIATURE SHEETS (17 leaflets) £120-150

never hinged mint collection including NEVIS

most of 1981-85 “Tiles” series, 1981-85 370 1980-1994 NEVER HINGED MINT

Europa sheets plus the Azores and COLLECTION on stock book pages of

Madeira equivalents, as well as the 1980 commemorative sets, definitive values

Azores and Madeira Stamp Anniversary to $15, se-tenants & miniature sheets

sheets (38 m/sheets) £40-50 (500+ stamps & m/sheets) £90-120

RUSSIA SARAWAK

368 1918 - 1923 RUSSIAN SOCIALIST 371 1871-1934 USED COLLECTION

FEDERAL SOVIET REPUBLIC (R. S. F. on Hagner pages includes 1875 set of

S. R.) mint and used accumulation in a five, 1888-97 some vals to 12c, 1889-92

stock book, includes duplicated ranges 1c on 3c and 2c on 8c, 1895 set, 1899

of 1918 “Cutting the Fetters” types, 2c on 3c, 2c on 12c and 4c on 8c,

1921 “Agriculture and Industry” types, 1899-1908 set to 50c, 1902 2c green.

1921 “Science and Arts” types, 1921 Stc £656 (80+ stamps). £80-100

Fourth Anniv of Revolution types, 1922

surcharges, 1922 Fifth Anniv of

Revolution types, 1922 Famine Relief

issues, plus 1922-23 “Hammer & Sickle

in Star” surcharges on earlier Russian

Arms issues (1500+) £90-120

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SAUDI ARABIA 376 MAFEKING SIEGE 1900 3d deep

372 1916 - 1995 SUBSTANTIAL blue/blue (narrow) Baden-Powell, SG

COLLECTION of mint & used (chiefly 20, very fine used with intact complete

never hinged mint) neatly arranged in 3 upper sheet margin (rarely seen), cat

large stock albums including many £425. (Photo) £180-220

better sets and items such as 1925 SOUTH AFRICA

Pilgrimage 1pi & 5pi on Turkey, 2pi & 4pi 377 1910-61 USED STOCK
EXTENSIVE RANGES arranged in a
on Hejaz, 3pi on Railway SG 210/214, stock book by SG number order, note
1930-44 1/2d coil strips of 4 (SG 42a), 2d
1925 Capture of Medina set, 1925 blue & violet in block of 4, 4d first type
wmk upright, 1s wmk upright & inverted,
Capture of Jedda set, never hinged mint 2s6d green & brown in different shades,
1933-48 1/2d to 10s all values incl.
includes 1926 Congress set, 1927 scarce 2d grey & dull purple (faults), die
I 6d block of 6, good commems & Wars,
Establishment set, 1961 Officials set ranges of later issues to 1961 defins (no
1913-24 KGV Heads). Mixed condition
and much else with a good level of from fair to fine, cat. £9,700+, only
counting correct horizontal pairs/blocks
completion from the 1950’s to 1995 (many 100s in pairs or blocks).

often including 2 of each - such as 1990 £450-500

Flowers in 3 panes of 21 (2 sets), 1991 378 1925-1961 MINT STOCK - STC
£13,600+ EXTENSIVE ranges of
Animals in 5 panes of 9 (2 sets). Finally a horizontal pairs, many in blocks of four
or larger with arrows, cylinder blocks &
small album with some first day covers varieties, all arranged by issue (in SG
number order), too much to describe in
(100’s) £500-700 detail (1000s pairs or blocks). £450-600

SIERRA LEONE

373 1938-61 MINT SETS. 1938-44 set,
1956-61 set plus listed perf/shades &
1961 Independence set. Cat £246.

£20-25

SOUTH AFRICA - COLS &
REPS

374 COLLECTION on album pages of

mint and used stamps incl Transvaal

from the early types; Natal from first SOUTHERN RHODESIA

issues; Cape of Good Hope; Stellaland

1884 3d & 6d mint; Orange Free State 379 1937-1964 FINE MINT

(few 100’s) £80-100 COLLECTION on album pages, incl

375 MAFEKING SIEGE group of 4 1953 and 1964 definitive sets,etc. Stc
used stamps tied to original pieces
includes 1900 3d on 1d SG3, 1s on 4d £270. £25-30
sage-green SG5 (corner fault), 1d pale
blue Goodyear SG17 (surface fault), 3d SPAIN
pale blue SG19. Cat £1290 £180-220
380 1851 5r rose, SG 12, fine used with

4 margins, cat £300. £40-60

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381 1930 IBERO-AMERICAN 385 1933-1977 MINT COLLECTION on
Hagner pages, includes 1922 vals to
EXHIBITION mint collection including 2s6d, 1938-54 set with most shades &
all the perf types incl 2s6d (x3), 5s (x2) &
the complete Postage and Airmail sets, 10s (x2), some are never hinged, 1956
most vals to 5s, 10s (NH) & £1, 1961
10p types in various perfs, reprints, surcharges set with most types incl 2r
on £1 (3, incl two NHM & SG 77b mint),
errors, varieties, imperfs, printings in 1961 most vals to 1r NH, 1962-66 set
etc. Stc £988 (140+ stamps) £90-120
different colours and much else (approx

120 stamps) £100-120

382 1931 - 1938 ISSUES OF THE

REPUBLIC mint and used collection

with many complete sets, better items

and varieties, note the scarce Famous SWEDEN

Men set with blue control numbers, perf

111/2, without controls vals to 10p incl 386 1857 30SK RATE COVER TO THE

better values, perf 14 mint vals to 60c NETHERLANDS. 1857 (2 Nov) envelope

incl imperfs, group of Specimen pairs from Stockholm to Utrecht bearing 6sk

with values to 4p, 1933 Numeral issues light grey and 24sk dull light red, each

imperf, 1935 Autogyro issue, 1935 Lope tied crisp clear “STOCKHOLM/2. 11.

de Vega set incl imperfs, 1936 Press 1857” with another strike alongside;

Association set incl Waterlow also a variety of manuscript rate

Specimens, plus much more. Stc markings, black “Franco” and red “Aus

€3700+ (300+ stamps) £350-450 Schweden” & “FRANCO” handstamps.

On reverse Stettin - Berlin & Utrecht

SUDAN datestamps. Some toning around the

383 EGYPT USED IN SUDAN 6sk stamp & contemporary smudge to
1880’s/1890’s collection of stamps with
various “Sawakin” & “Souakin” cds ink of the address. A spectacular and
cancels on Egyptian issues (15 stamps)
rare franking, the last example we can
£90-120
trace of an identical 30sk rate to Holland

was sold in 2008 for €16730 (€14000 +

buyers premium) as lot 10234 in the

SWAZILAND famous “Kristall” part III sale. A great

384 1933-1954 MINT COLLECTION. rarity with less than 25 covers known to

with 1933 defins set to 1s, 1935 Jubilee Holland bearing any of the Skilling

set, 1938-54 definitive complete set stamps. (Photo) £2000-3000

plus most listed shades & perfs. Stc 387 1858 - 1995 VERY FINE USED

£443 (50+ stamps) £50-60 COLLECTION in a well-filled printed

album. Very fine quality, 1924 UPU

Congress set to 80o, 2Kr, 1924 UPU

Anniversary 60o & 80o, complete

booklet panes, ‘back of the book’.

Inspect! Stc £4500 (Qty) £250-300

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SWITZERLAND 390 1862 - 1907 OLD TIME
COLLECTION on printed album pages,
388 1846 - 1950 EXTENSIVE note 1862-81 set, 1867-81 set (40c
mint), plus 2c red-brown mint, 1882
COLLECTION WITH GOOD CLASSICS Numerals white paper set (ex 10c),
1882-1904 Standing Helvetia to 3f inc
Lovely old time collection with many perf 93/4x1/4 20c, 25c, 40c & 50c, 1900
UPU set, 1905-07 Standing Helvetia set,
classic issues with photo certificates 1906 Numerals set, 1907 Standing
Helvetia set (ex 5c), Postage Dues
and including superb 1846 5c black and 1878-80 set, 1882 granite paper set,
1883-1908 set etc. Mixed condition.
yellow green Geneva with light rosette
£120-150
cancel, rare 1850 5rp black, deep blue

and red, Rayon 1, “cross with frame”,

light thin, 1850 Rayon II 10rp selection,

1852 Rayon III, 15rp selection, useful

Sitting Helvetia selection to 1fr incl 2rp

grey, later ranges incl 1934 Naba sheet

used, 1940 Fete sheet, 1945 Pax set 391 1862 - 1946 VERY FINE/CHOICE

used, 1945 War Victims min sheet used, USED COLLECTION. A particularly fine

then tete-beche issues, comprehensive collection in an album, the Standing

Charity issues, some Liechtenstein and Helvetias well-represented chiefly with

Campione. Very fine and fresh. (700+ ‘socked on the nose’ dated cds cancels,

stamps, £1200-1500 similar quality throughout incl the

389 1850 TO 2005 NEAR - complete 1913 - 1946 Pro Juventutes,
COMPLETE COLLECTION in two
hingeless Davo albums. The 19th 1939 Nat Exhibition & 1942 Salvage
Century a mix of mint & used, the 20th
Century mint (never hinged from the Campaign se-tenant pairs & strips, ‘
early 1950’s) switching to very fine used
from 1970 to 2005. 19th Century with back of the book’ worth exploring. Stc
some faulty classics & imperfs to 1fr,
quite comprenensive perforated issues £13,300 (Qty) £600-900
incl some watermarked paper samples,
20th Cent. such as 1905-07 set, 1908- 392 1900-2003 SUBSTANTIAL MINT
40 set complete, 1914-18 granite paper
set incl 3f deep blue-green, 1945 PAX, AND USED COLLECTION in an album
the miniature sheets with 1934 NABA,
1936 Defence Fund (this used), 1940 which includes the 1900 UPU issues
Nat. Fete and Red Cross, 1943
Cantonals (all), 1945 War Relief, 1951 with at least 13 sets with one of these
LUBANA (never hinged), etc, all the Pro
Juventutes, much else (Qty) mint, 1907 Helvetia set used, 1908-40

£1000-1200 Sitting Helvetia set used, a good range

of the early Air issues incl 1924-36 65c,

75c, and 1fr Ikarius mint, and 1929-33

35c and 40c Wings mint, others to 1fr

used, 1924-40 Shield sets x4 (one of

these mint) plus so much more (approx

2,500 stamps) £100-150

393 BOX - AUCTION PURCHASES,
SPECIALIZED ITEMS, ‘back of the
book’ issues, collection balances. An
interesting unusual array of mint & used
stamps in an album and on various
cards & pages in a box (Qty) £200-250

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SYRIA TURKEY

394 1980-1993 COMPREHENSIVE 396 1930-72 MINT/NEVER HINGED
NEVER HINGED MINT COLLECTION MINT assemblage of stamps sorted
of sets with a high level of completion packets, includes many sets with a
for the period, 1981, 1986 & 1989-90 good level of completion for the period,
Flower Show strips, 1984 Flower Show some duplication (1500+ stamps)
set, 1985 Re-election set, 1986 Football
set, 1987 Space Flight, Flower Show & £110-150
Games sets, 1988 Tourism (both),
Archaeology & Olympics sets, 1988-89 UNITED STATES
Housing set, 1989 Butterflies & Birds
sets and Football m/sheet, 1990-92 397 1851 - 1978 COLLECTION of mint
Assad basic set of 15, 1991 Butterflies & & used stamps in a Schaubek printed
Birds sets, 1992 Games strip, 1993 album, 1861-62 to 30c, 1869 Pictorials
Butterflies & Horses strips etc (100’s) to 12c & 15c, much else incl ‘back of
the book’. Stc £3120 (100’s) £150-200
£150-200
398 1864 CIGAR REVENUE STAMPS.

A group of uncut sheets of twenty of the

TOBAGO complete set of values, the 1864 $3

395 1879 - 1896 NEAR COMPLETE blue (9 sheets), $8 green (5 sheets), $15

WITH ALL ‘SLASH FLAWS’, LATER grey (5 sheets), $25 orange (5 sheets) &

DUES. A comprehensive mint & used $40 rose (5 sheets) U. S. Internal

collection with all the ‘Slash’ flaws and Revenue Cigar Stamp strips (Springer

many of the additional shades and TC10 - TC18) which generally retail

some other varieties, includes the 1879 around $30 per strip. Fine and probably

set to 5s + 6d wmk inverted, 1880 set, rare as sheets, some peripheral faults

1883 21/2d on 6d + ‘2’ with long tail, but retail as individual stamps $15,000+.

1882-84 set + 21/2d ‘slash’ & 4d It is fascinating to note that these

malformed ‘CE’, 1885-86 set + 1/2d, 1d, revenue stamps depict the first black

4d, 6d & both 1s shades with ‘Slash’ people ever on US stamps, the first

flaws, 4d grey plate number corner pair women ever on US stamps and whilst

with Malformed ‘CE’, 1886-89 depicting slaves in a tobacco field were

surcharges set + a couple of wide somewhat peversly used to raise taxes

surcharge varieties, 1891-92 surch. set, for a war in part against slavery (29

1896 1/2d on 4d narrow & wide sheets of 20 revenues) £450-600

surcharges SG 33/33a; POSTAGE DUES 399 1869 TO 1990 IN GIANT STOCK

with the 1885, 1905-06 & 1923-45 sets BOOKS. Two huge s/books containing a

complete + 1945 1s with ‘upright used accumulation with duplicated

stroke’. Also note GB 1856 6d lilac ranges of definitive & commemorative

cancelled “A14” of Tobago SG Z3 (76 issues (12000+ stamps) £100-150

stamps) (Photo) £1500-2000

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400 1870-1888 USED COLLECTION 405 CARTON containing late 19th
on album pages includes 1870-73
ranges 1c, 2c, 3c, 6c, 7c, 10c, 12c & Century to 1990’s mint, never hinged
15c values, 1875 2c & 5c’s, 1882 5c
range incl one on cover front to mint & used stamps on various pages,
Switzerland, 1883 2c & 4c’s, 1887-88
range with all values to 30c, stc Scott stock cards & in packets, includes
$2400+ (approx 100 stamps) £100-150
1930’s-1980’s on leaves, 1930’s-1960’s
401 1903 - 1927 BETTER MINT
ITEMS. 1903 2c Washington carmine, Plate number singles mint (mostly nhm),
carmine-rose & scarlet booklet panes 6
Scott 319g,n,p, 1908 2c lake booklet 1965-78 defins to $5 nhm, 1975-81 $5
pane Scott 319Fq (all 4 panes lightly
hinged), 1914 5c blue imperf x 10 coil nhm, 1976 Bicentenary m/s’s sets (2)
pair Sc 447 never hinged mint, Air 1927
10c booklet pane Scott C10a (NHM). nhm, 1986 Presidents se-tenant
2018 Scott $1200 (6 items) £180-220
sheetlets sets (2) nhm & set on FDC’s,
402 1983 - 2003 HIGH VALUES small
collection of the £3. 50 - $14 pictorials, 1991 $14 Eagle nhm, 1992 Columbus
never hinged mint (9 stamps) £45-60
m/s’s set nhm, 1997 Pacific 97 sheetlets
403 1994 RECALLED “LEGENDS OF
THE WEST” SHEET with the incorrect nhm, various booklet panes, Special
Bill Bicket portrait stamp, still in the
original USPS presentation envelope Delivery 1922 10c both shades mint,
(see notes after SG 2969, cat £350)
1925 15c mint, 1944 13c pair mint
£70-80
printed on joined paper, Revenues 1954
404 BOX of revenues, collection
remainders, loose stamps, some old to $10 NHM, 1958 to $1000 used etc
covers. Well worth inspection (Qty)
(many 1000’s) £90-120
£30-50
406 DUCK STAMPS 1936-1981 chiefly

used collection, with $1 stamps for

1936-38, 1940, 1943-44 & 1946, $2

stamps complete run 1949-1958, $3

stamps complete run 1959-1971, then

most of the 1972-1981 $5 or $7. 50 vals

(38 stamps). £80-100

407 HUMMINGBIRDS TOPICAL

COLLECTION 1980’s to recent two

volume collection of USA stamps,

sheetlets, covers and cards all featuring

beautiful Hummingbirds (80+ stamps, c.

120 covers/cards, 4 booklets, 6 mini-

sheets/sheetlets, plus sheets of labels

and 20 other items) £110-150

408 SHEETLETS & SE-TENANT

STRIPS 1970s-1990s never hinged mint

collection in an album, face value $175+

(30 items) £35-45

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409 STOCK OF 250,000+ STAMPS VIETNAM - NORTH

19th Century to around 2010 used 412 1954-1962 COLLECTION of sets
never hinged/without gum as issued
stamps carefully sorted in catalogue from 1954 Victory (including Official)
through to 1962 Malaria Eradication. (47
order into glassine envelopes in around stamps + 2 m/sheets) (Photo) £35-45

40 filing boxes. £200-300

VATICAN CITY

410 1852 - 1967 COLLECTION in an YUGOSLAVIA

album, includes Papl states incl 1852- 413 1918-1938 COLLECTION in

64 50b blue, Vatican chiefly mint incl album, includes (mint unless o/wise

1949 Air set, 1951 Air set, 1952 Mail stated) 1918 (for Croatia) the good

Coach miniature sheet. Some gum Harvesters 15f, 1932 Rowing

toning (100’s) £200-300 Championship set, 1933 PEN Club

VENEZUELA Congress set, 1934 “Sokol” Games

(both sets), Mourning set used, Air set

411 1879 “ESCULAS” ISSUE on 3 used plus same used on cover, 1935

pages, of the 10c blue & 10c deep blue Peter set used, 1937 Philex miniature

stamps continuously overprinted in two sheets mint & used, 1938 complete mint

lines (SG 85, 85a) all used with horiz. plus postage due ranges throughout

strip 4 (stated to be the largest strip (100’s) £80-100

known), two strips of 3, five pairs and 414 1939-1978 COLLECTION neatly
written up in an album, 1939-45 period
four vertical pairs (stated to be very largely complete either mint or used,
1949 Railway Centenary set NHM, plus
scarce, the postmaster cut them into perf & imperf miniature sheets, 1950
May Day set, 1950 3rd Aeronautical
horizontal strips), the transfer positions meeting set mint, 1950 Chess Olympiad
set, 1951 Mountaineering set, 1951
are identified (28 stamps). £70-90 Parachute Championships set mint, etc
(+/- 1200 stamps & m/sheets).

£100-120

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ZANZIBAR 417 1887 TO 1970 MINT
COLLECTION in a Davo hingeless
415 1895-1954 MINT COLLECTION. album, chiefly never hinged mint and a
good level of completeness including
on Hagner pages, includes 1895 India 1887-00 Jubilee set, 1912-24 Royal
Cypher set, 1929 £1 PUC (toned gum),
opts to 12a, 1899-1901 to 8a, 1904 to 1934 re-engraved Seahorse set, 1939-
48 Square high values set, Wilding wmk
8a, 1908-09 most values to 2r, 1913 Tudor Crown & St Edward’s Crown sets,
all the commemoratives, Post Dues
most vals to 3r, 1921-29 Script Wmk 1924-31 set, plus much else (100’s)

range to 3r, 1926-7 set, 1936 most vals £800-1000

to 7s50 & 10s, 1936 Silver Jubilee of

Sultan set & 1952-55 defins set. Stc

£676 (100+ stamps) £90-110

GB Bazaar 418 1937 - 2000’s DEFINITIVES

416 1840 TO 1951 COMPREHENSIVE NEVER HINGED MINT collection in a
& VALUABLE COLLECTION of used
stamps in a luxury Lighthouse hingeless stock album with many of the better
album with almost every space filled
plus additional items added alongside. items 1937 Dark Colours sideways &
1840 1d blacks (5), 2d blues (3), 1841
1d reds & 2d blues with no’s in MC’s inverted wmk sets, 1958 wmk sdwys
(13), comprehensive perforated line
engraved incl 1858/64 1d plates to 225, set, 1959 set incl 2d error of wmk SG
1870 1/2d plate 9, surface printed issues
comprehensive with additional pages for 605a, 1960 wmk inverted set SG
different plate numbers, higher vals incl
1867-83 10s greenish-grey SG 128, 610wi/616wi, Castles incl 1959 2nd De
1884 £1 brown-lilac wmk Crowns, 1888
£1 brown-lilac wmk Orbs, 1891 £1 La Rue set, Machins incl much decimal
green; 1902-13 issues with two £1
greens, 1912-22 wmk Cypher inverted (100’s) £300-400
7d & 9d, 1913 wmk Multi Cypher set
superb, 1913 2s6d “Specimen”, £1 419 BALANCE OF QV - KGV STAMPS
green Seahorses, 1926-26 wmk Block
Cypher inverted set to 9d, 1929 PUC 1d on several black Hagner & part album
& 11/2d with “1928” variety, £1 black
PUC plus much else (1000+) pages, 1d blacks (2), many higher

£4500-5500 values for QV & KEVII, huge catalogue

value stamps, some surprisingly very

fine cds used stamps seen. Condition

mixed, inspect! £200-250

420 QUEEN VICTORIA ON STOCK
CARDS 1840-1902 mint & used stamps
on stock cards plus some covers, E/L’s,
Postcards etc, Penny Black, 1d reds &
2d blue with numbers in Maltese Cross,
good range of Penny plates in mounts
on small pieces, Surface printed to
various 2s6d & 5s, 1883 “greens &
lilacs” most values mint to 1s, 1887-92
Jubilee values mint to 1s, etc (100’s)

£170-200

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421 1902 - 1951 COLLECTION of mint 426 1912-1978 FINE MINT

& used stamps (somewhat untidy) COLLECTION in two albums, includes

includes the occasional plate & KGV controls, 1924-25 Wembley sets,

watermark variety (100’s) £150-200 1934-36 set incl all wmk sideways,

422 1840-1990 MINT & USED 1937-47 set incl all wmk sideways, 1948

DEFINITIVES-ONLY COLLECTION £1 Wedding NHM, 1951 Festival high

presented in a hingeless album, mostly vals set NHM, 1952-54, 1955-58, 1958-

mint or never hinged mint after King 61 Wildings sets, QEII commemoratives

George VI, includes 1840 1d blacks, QV mostly NHM with many gutter pairs &

surface printed to various 5s, KEVII & blocks, Postage Dues 1937-38 to 2s6d,

KGV to 5s, KGVI to 10s, useful QEII with 1951-52 set and 1954-55 set to 5d etc

Wildings, Machins & Regionals, plus (1,000+ stamps) £90-120

small ranges of Dues to £1 & a few 427 CARTON OF ALBUMS and other

Officials (many 100’s) £130-180 things including six ‘Harrington & Byrne’

423 1840-1960’s MOSTLY USED offers with ‘certificates’ (their retail

COLLECTION in album & stockbook, £500+), decimal mint sets, a collection

includes 1840 1d black (4 margins), in a “Windsor” album, some covers

1864-79 1d plate 216 mint (x3 incl pair), (Qty) £60-90

1870 11/2d cds used, 1934 Seahorses 428 CARTON with albums, binders,

set used, Govt Parcels 1887-90 to 9d stock books plus loose album pages,

(x2) used, QV specialized catalogue 1st stock cards. small auction lots, etc.

edition etc. Mixed condition (approx Note two Penny Blacks, Machins with

1,000 stamps) £120-150 perfins, presentation packs, older stuff

424 AN ECLECTIC MIX OF MINT (1000’s) £60-90
DECIMAL STAMPS in presentation
packs, prestige booklets, year packs 429 QV - QEII INTERESTING BOX
and loose. Face value stb £282. 88.
includes a lovely “Windsor Sovereign”
£120-150
1971 - 1990 album in slip case with mint

collection, duplicated pre-decimal

425 1858 - 1937 STOCK IN GLASSINE Machin booklets, a myriad of balances
ENVELOPES. A small box containing
used stamps in glassine packets, much & items on pages, stock cards & loose,
for the specialist in here (few 1000’s)
some part sheets (Qty) £50-60
£100-150
430 COVERS Mostly 1920’s-1950’s

group, includes 1912 cover with two

Ideal stamps tied by pmk’s, Wembley

exhibition covers, first flight covers,

WWII censor covers, Wildings FDC’s,

Tangier FDC’s, registered items etc. (80+

covers) £40-50

431 KGV - QEII IN ALBUMS used

stamps in 5 binders, semi- specialised

in places (1000s) £40-50

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432 1840-1990’s STAMPS & COVERS GB Reigns & Islands

COLLECTION. A mint & used collection

in various albums from 1840 1d black to GB. PENNY BLACKS

decimal Commemorative sets plus 439 1840 1d black ‘NK’ plate 6, SG 2,

ranges in piles of envelopes, an covers used with 4 margins & red MC

from QV to QEII (mostly QEII FDC) with cancellation. £70-90

some cancellation interest £35-50

433 8 ALBUMS & STOCKBOOKS in a 440 1840 1d black ‘QK’ plate 6 with re-
entry, SG 2, used with 4 margins & pale
big box, all periods seen in collection red MC cancellation.

balances, stocks, some specialization (Photo) £120-140

(1000’s) £30-40

434 LOCAL POSTS A small box 441 1840 1d black ‘BB’ plate 5, SG 2,
containing 1970’s Local Post labels, very fine used with 4 margins & neat red
Strike Post labels, Delivery labels etc MC cancellation. (Photo) £80-100
plus a selection of covers bearing issues
tied by Emergency Inland Strike Letter 442 1840 1d black ‘BI’ plate 7, SG 2,
Service cachets & more (100+ items) very fine used with 4 margins & neat
black MC cancellation.
£30-40
(Photo) £90-100

435 BOX WITH 6 ALBUMS. Stamps 443 1840 1d intense black ‘BF’ plate 5,

from all reigns but chiefly QEII mint & SG 1, fine used with 4 margins & red

used, some focus on used with some MC cancellation. (Photo) £75-85

nice quality pickings to be had. Inspect! 444 1840-1841 BLACK + RED
MATCHED PAIR. 1840 1d intense black
(1000’s) £20-40 & 1841 1d red, each position ‘SH’ from
plate 5, SG 1 + 7, each very fine used
436 ELEVEN ALBUMS & STOCK with 4 margins (2 stamps). £100-130
BOOKS with mint & used stamps from
all reigns but chiefly QEII incl specialized
Machins with a few missing phosphors,
many sets & multiples. Interesting.

£20-30

437 MOSTLY OFF-PAPER IN TWO
BOXES with around 380g of
commemoratives off paper, 170g of
Machins off paper and 670g ON paper
mixture (mainly Machins). many 1000’s.

£20-30

438 UNTIDY ESTATE CLEARANCE

CARTON in a carton. All period mint &

used mixture of stamps, with covers +

presentation packs with at least £50 of

face value (many 100’s) £15-20

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GB. QUEEN VICTORIA 451 1841 2d blue plate 3 PAIR
cancelled & tied to partial piece by RED
445 1840 - 1841 INTERESTING MALTESE CROSS cancellations, SG
14e, unpriced by SG. Very rare.
COLLECTION includes 1840 1d blacks
£500-600
(4, one appears unused, another on

cover), 1840 2d blues (2); 1841 1d red-

browns incl block 6, blue & green 452 1841 2d deep full blue ‘QF’ plate 3
with 4 margins showing portion of
cancels, circular 1842 datestamp adjoining the stamp, cancelled by
“BIRMINGHAM” cds of 16th March
(Dorchester), numbers in Maltese Cross 1843”, SG 15g, cat from £3500.

(9 different), a ‘jumbo - sized’ example £400-500

on cover, another cover with 4 singles;

1841 2d blues incl pair, strip 3, blue

cancellation, number “2” in Maltese 453 1847-54 6d purple, 10d brown & 1s
green embossed (SG 55, 57 & 60), used,
Cross, on cover etc. Fascinating, damaged spacefillers, cat £3,500.

condition mixed (Qty) £600-650 £15-25

446 1840 1d black, 1841 1d red 454 1855-57 1s green, no corner
unused, 2d blue, 1858 1d plate 213 letters, SG 72, a used BLOCK OF FOUR
mint. In 2 “Westminster” folders. with wing margin. Cat £2000. £150-200

£20-30

447 1840 2d blue ‘CK’ plate 1, SG 5, 455 1855-57 2D BLUES PLATE

used with 4 margins & red MC PARTIAL SHEET RECONSTRUCTION

cancellation. £100-120 of the 2d blue, watermark large Crown

448 1840 MULREADY 1d black perf 14, from plates 5 & 6 (SG 34/5)

envelope, SG ME2, from the first series arranged by position on album pages,

(A177), Forme 4, unused. £45-60 cat. £3640 (52 stamps). £100-150

449 1840 MULREADY 1d black letter 456 1858-79 PENNY RED PLATE
RECONSTRUCTIONS. Partial
sheet, SG ME1, First Series Forme 2 reconstruction of PLATES 94 TO 97,
with 720+ stamps of the 960 required.
(A16), unused. £40-50 Plate 94 (172 of 240), Plate 95 (208 of
240), Plate 96 (163 of 240), and Plate 97
450 1841 ‘PLATED’ 1D REDS ON (181 of 240). Cat £2850+ (720+ stamps)

COVERS. A collection of 1d red-brown £90-140

imperfs on covers, each written- up on

its own album page with the plate

number identified. Arranged from plate

34 to plate 124 with 13 missing for total 457 1864-79 PENNY RED PLATE

completion. Almost every stamp is a 4- RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 206 with

margined, a few with 3 margins 226 of the 240 positions - cat £2,486

including the very scarce plate 107 (78 (226 stamps) £90-130

covers) £650-800

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458 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL 465 1866 GLASGOW CIRCULAR
DELIVERY COMPANY 1/4d black & 1/2d
PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 149 dull scarlet (pin perf 101/2), SG Spec
CD20a/21a, each a mint pair. Cat £170.
- a largely complete used reconstruction
£20-30
with 220 of the 240 check letters, cat

£1,540 (220 stamps) £50-60

459 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL 466 1867 2d blue, plate 9, “Copestake,
PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 163
- a partly complete used reconstruction Moore, Crampton & Co., London”
with 136 of the 240 check letters, cat
£544 as used singles. (136 stamps) underprint in blue, SG Spec PP25, fine

£18-25 used. Cat £120 £20-30

467 1867-83 £5 orange on white paper,

SG 137, very fine used with neat Mark

460 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL Lane cds’s. (Photo) £1500-1750

PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 122 468 1883 2s6d lilac, SG 178, never
hinged mint with sheet margin at top.
- a partly complete used reconstruction
(Photo) £220-280
with 204 of the 240 check letters, cat

£561 (204 stamps) £18-25 469 1884 21/2d lilac. A printers record
example tied to a piece of De La Rue
461 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL record sheet by a superb strike of the
trial Portsmouth IL code cancellation for
PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 166 JA 5 1885. Believed to be unique in
private hands, listed in the Wiseman
- a partly complete used reconstruction index F52b (Vol 2, page 249). Ex “Verus”
collection. SG 190var.
with 119 of the 240 check letters, cat
(Photo) £300-400
£833 (119 stamps) £25-35

462 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL

PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 168

- a partly complete used reconstruction

with 73 of the 240 check letters, cat 470 1884 NATIONAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY 1d black & 1s brown,
£730 (73 stamps) £25-35 Barefoot 1 & 5, each mint corner block 4
with lower pairs never hinged. £18-25
463 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL

PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 183

- a partly complete used reconstruction 471 1888-1901 COVERS bearing
‘Jubilee’ stamps (20 covers) £70-90
with 158 of the 240 check letters, cat

£632 (158 stamps) £20-30 472 1899 2d “Jubilee” COLOUR TRIAL
in green and brown, printed on
464 1864-79 PENNY RED PARTIAL unwatermarked paper and very lightly
hinged. Fresh and very scarce.
PLATE RECONSTRUCTION PLATE 129
(Photo) £280-350
- a partly complete used reconstruction

with 182 of the 240, cat £1,820 (182

stamps) £60-80 473 GOVT PARCELS 1883-86 1s

orange- brown (plate 13), SG O64, cds

used. Cat £300. £40-50

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474 OFFICIALS 1882-1903 USED 480 1902-10 2s6d, 5s, 10s & £1 De La
SELECTION on a stock card. Mostly Rue, SG 260-66, used (4 stamps)
good condition, stc £2,638 (28 stamps)
£200-240
£75-100
481 1902-10 2s6d, 5s, 10s & £1 top
475 TELEGRAPH 1880 1s brown- values, SG 260, 263, 265/266, mint, the
orange, plate 10, wmk Spray, ovptd 10s with short perf, the £1 with creasing
“SPECIMEN,” SG T9s, mint. Cat £120. at right barely visible from from. Overall
fresh condition, cat £3730
£20-25
(Photo) £360-400
476 TELEGRAPHS Bonelli’s Electric

Telegraph Co. Ltd: 1861-2 6d black, 9d 482 1902-10 2s6d, 5s, 10s & £1 top

pale blue & 1s red, all approx perf. 121/2, values, SG 260, 263, 265/266, used, cat

plus 1862 3d pale brown, mint. Barefoot £1695. £100-120

2a, 3/5, cat £125. £25-35 483 1905 (11 Aug) env registered to

477 TELEPHONE STAMPS 1884 1d Springfield, Massachusetts, bearing 1/2d
black, complete pane of twelve
NATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY & 9d KEVII stamps tied “Horsham”
stamps, Barefoot 1, never hinged mint.
cds’s, various postal markings on
£18-25
reverse. £30-40

484 1908 (3 June) env reg to Germany,

GB. EDWARD VII bearing 1/2d QV postal stationery cut-out

& 4d KEVII stamp tied “Strand” cds’s,

478 1902 - 1913 FINE USED attractive. £15-25

COLLECTION Neatly written up by

value and printing type including De La

Rue issues with a wealth of shades and

including 2s 6d on ordinary paper (2), on

chalk paper (3), 5s carmine (2), 10s

ultramarine (2), 1911 Harrison printing

and 1911 - 13 Somerset House printing

with many shades to 1s then, 2s 6d

shades (3), 5s carmine (2), 10s blue.

Attractive range Cat SG £6000+ (140+

stamps) £650-700

479 1902-10 £1 dull blue-green, De La

Rue, SG 266, used with minor faults.

Cat £825. £90-110

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485 BOARD OF EDUCATION. 1902 (8 488 O. W. OFFICIAL 1902-03 10d dull
Dec) large “O. H. M. S/Board of purple and carmine overprinted Type
Education,/South O3, SG O40, mint small part OG. One of
Kensington,/LONDON, S. W.” cover Great Britain’s rarest stamps. Of the
front addressed to Sidney J. A. 1344 stamps printed, 1200 were
Churchill, British Consul, Palermo, Sicily officially destroyed and almost all the
with ‘B of E/Crown’ cachet alongside. remaining 144 examples were used. The
Bears the Board of Education 1902 QV short span of use also contributed to its
5d & 1s, 1902 KEVII 1/2d & 21/2d values rarity, as the earliest known example is
(SG O81/O83, O85, issued postmarked in July 1903 and sales
simultaneously) making an 1s. 8d rate. ceased in May 1904. An exact count of
Each tied by London cds, one stamp genuine mint examples is difficult to
has been placed across the red ‘London make, due to the prevalence of fakes,
Paid’ cds usually applied to these some of which have previously
covers but redundant due to the received genuine certificates. It is
unusual addition of the department’s reasonable to assume that less than
stamps. The QV 5d dull purple and 15 mint examples exist which would
blue & 1s green and carmine are not now receive a certificate. This is one
known on cover, only 5520 of the 5d & such example with a 2020 B. P. A.
2400 on the 1s were issued, the 1s certificate. The latest example to sell
was never officially issued to (very lightly hinged) realised $31,860
inspectors although a few were used last year, another block of 4 sold in
by an unknown high official in who’s 2013 for £120,750.
hand this may well be addressed.
Spectacular and unique, a gem of (Photo) £16000-20000
British philately. (Photo) £5000-7000
GB. GEORGE V
486 BOOKLET 1904 2s. 01/2d. red
cover, SG BA1, fine and fresh mint. 489 1912 1/2d green, wmk Multiple
Cypher reversed (SG 346wj) corner
£200-250 block of 6 with control B12 (close) perf
type 2. Lightly hinged on two upper
487 I. R. OFFICIAL 1902-04 21/2d stamps otherwise never hinged.

ultramarine, SG O22, cds used. Cat £30-35

£280 £25-30 490 1912 1d scarlet, wmk Multiple
Cypher reversed (SG 350wj) corner
block of 6 with control B12 (wide) perf
type 2. Lightly hinged on two upper
stamps otherwise never hinged. £70-80

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491 1912-24 1d deep carmine- red, SG GB. ELIZABETH II

Spec N16 (13) mint pair from the lower- 497 1952 - 1967 WILDING BOOKLET
PANES, CAT +/- £16,000. A stock book
right corner with N19 control. An containing a carefully arranged and
identified holding of virtually all never
extremely rare multiple of this stamp’s hinged mint booklet panes, many with
cylinder numbers, some low-levels of
scarcest shade. 2018 Hendon duplication (mostly 1 - 4 of each, greater
amounts often include different cylinder
certificate. £450-500 numbers) best items include the 1959
11/2d graphite lined upright wmk pane
492 1912-24 21/2d deep bright blue, SG SG SB70 (£500), inverted wmk panes (3)
Spec N21 (5) mint pair from the lower- SG SB70a (£250 each), 1960-61 21/2d
left corner with I 16 control. An elusive pane with inverted wmk with green
multiple of this scarce shade. 2019 phosphor SG SB86a (£1200) & pane
Hendon certificate. (Photo) £200-220 with blue phosphor bands SG SB87a
(£1200), 1963 21/2d white paper pane
493 1924-26 1/2d dull yellow green with inverted wmk SG SB89a (£300)
plus excellent ranges of scarcer panes.
Waterlow printing U34 control single, Fresh & attractive, usual mixture of perfs
with many fine. Stc £16,200 or
lightly hinged mint. 2019 Hendon thereabouts (380+ panes) £1600-2000

certificate. £200-220

494 1924-26 Wmk Block Cypher set

complete, SG 418/429, never hinged

mint. Cat £250 (12 stamps) £75-85

495 1929 21/2d blue PUC with

watermark inverted, SG 437Wi, very fine

light cds used. (Photo) £500-550

496 1934 1d scarlet PRINTED ON THE 498 1952 TO 2005 FINE USED
GUMMED SIDE, SG 440b, never hinged
mint with Royal certificate. Cat £1000. COLLECTION in 3 luxury Lighthouse

(Photo) £300-400 hingeless albums apparently with every

space filled including miniature sheets,

commemorative booklet panes,

Wildings, Machins, regionals, early

phosphor commemoratives. The

occasional extra item added + a few

mint seen but an impressive collection

with great effort made to obtain very fine

stamps (Qty) £300-400

499 1958 Castle high values 1st De La

Rue set, SG 536a/39a, never hinged

mint (4 stamps) £180-250

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500 1964-2015 FANTASTIC 507 1970-1997 NEVER HINGED MINT
COMMEMORATIVE SETS apparently
COLLECTION OF PRESENTATION complete for the period in a SG
“Windsor” printed album, also the
PACKS. A near complete run from SG miniature sheets plus some 1970’s
decimal definitive issues. Face value
PP1 ‘Shakespeare’ 1964 through to £252 (1000+ stamps & 6 m/sheets)

PP493 ‘Christmas’ 2015 housed in £110-150

Royal Mail ‘Presentation Packs’ albums.

All different. Only missing three packs -

PP4, 48 and 309. Such a

comprehensive collection is rarely 508 1971 TO 2013 NEAR-COMPLETE
NEVER HINGED MINT collection
encountered. Face value of the decimal includes Smilers, miniature sheets, Post
+ Go etc in 5 very fine Davo hingeless
stamps £1272. £650-750 albums in slipcases. A beautiful
collection, face value £1368 (Qty)
501 1965 - 1981 PRESENTATION
£800-1000
PACKS. Stock of around 400 pres.

packs in a black carry-case (locks not

working) £30-40

502 1966 FOOTBALL 4d block 12 with 509 1971-2000s COLLECTION OF
COMMEMORATIVES AND
‘Patch on thigh’, 4d corner block 8 with DEFINITIVES MAINLY IN BLOCKS in a
red stock book. Definitives to £5.
‘Broken shadow’ and 1s3dcorner block Commemoratives cheifly in sets from
the 70s including traffic light blocks and
9 with ‘Darned stocking’. SG Spec gutter pairs. Face value £175. £70-100

W89a/89b & W91c, never hinged mint.

Cat £62+ (3 blocks) £12-15

503 1967 Castle no watermark set (SG 510 1971-2012 NEVER HINGED MINT
759/762) as COMPLETE SHEETS OF
FORTY, cat £400+ (4 sheets of 40) COLLECTION. Commemorative sets,

£75-100 miniature sheets, definitives,

504 1967-2015 LARGE COLLECTION presentation packs, blocks and sheets.
OF FIRST DAY COVERS housed in
albums. Approximately 550 covers Face value £734. £360-400
which are chiefly commemorative
stamps and miniature sheets. £30-50 511 1973 - 1976 ‘BETTER’ PHQ

CARDS 1973 Inigo Jones, 1974 Fire

Service, Britons, 1975 Turner, Railways,

505 1967-8 2s6d, 5s & 10s no 1976 Roses, Culture. Very fine unused

watermark CYLINDER BLOCKS (7 sets, 19 cards) £100-120

ACCUMULATION, SG 759/61, NHM 512 1979 - 2015 PHQ CARDS WITH
FIRST DAY CANCELLED STAMPS
(approx 100). £25-30 mainly housed in 15 Royal Mail PHQ
albums (retail £20 each) but some loose.
506 1970 - 1979 RAF SPECIAL Some duplication. Many 100s. £80-120
FLIGHTS COVERS, MOSTLY SIGNED
loose in a box, all different illustrated
with special cachets (90+ covers)

£30-40

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513 1980-1984 75p MACHIN (LITHO) 518 1999-2007 COMMEMORATIVE

PLATE BLOCKS all different group on SETS, CHIEFLY GUTTER PAIRS but

stock cards, includes 1980 75p black includes some blocks and strips.

litho, SG Spec UG130 (SG X1023), Housed in a red stockbook. Face value

upper right corner 2/4, 6, 8/9 & 11/12 £440. £220-270

plate no’s blocks 6 (all row 1) and 1984 519 2007-2012 COMMEMORATIVE

75p black litho, SG Spec UG131, lower SETS, CHIEFLY GUTTER PAIRS but

left corner 1/2 plate numbers blocks 6 includes strips and blocks. A lovely

(10 blocks = 60 stamps, face value £45). collection housed in stockbook. Face

Cat £327 £40-60 value £600 £300-400

514 1986-1994 COMMEMORATIVE 520 2010-2015 PRESENTATION
PACKS A nice selection of 48 different
SETS IN BLOCKS AND PAIRS mainly modern packs. Face value £319.

gutter. Housed in red stockbook. Face £150-180

value £300. £120-170

515 1989 - 2000’s BARCODE 521 2012 PARALYMPIC GOLD

BOOKLETS hoard in a small box. MEDAL WINNERS’ SHEETS. The 11

Includes Greetings, Christmas, and sheets, face value £123. £65-100

many 1st Class booklets. Face value 522 2012 SET OF OLYMPIC BRITISH

£381. £120-150 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS’ SHEETS.

516 1990-2014 STUNNING The complete set of 29 sheets, face

COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION IN value £487. £240-300

ROYAL MAIL ALBUMS A near 523 2012-2015 COMMEMORATIVE
GUTTER BLOCK AND PAIR SET
complete collection which consists of COLLECTION housed in a stockbook.
A wonderful collection. Face value £800.
commemoratives, definitives, miniature
£400-500
sheets, castle high values and Post and

Go stamps. Includes lithographic

stamps and the gravure self-adhesives

equivalents as well as stamps from 524 BENHAM AND BRADBURY

booklets. Face value of £1050. This FIRST DAY COVERS in 4 albums,

wonderful collection comes with an around 52 Bradbury covers and around

‘empty’ Royal Mail album with leaves for 67 Benham covers. Includes two coin

the years 1971-2003. £550-700 covers and cover signed by Lord

517 1994-1999 COMMEMORATIVE Sebastian Coe. £20-30

SETS IN BLOCKS AND PAIRS housed

in a red stockbook. Mainly Gutter. Face

value £424. £210-260

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525 BENHAM SILK COVERS. 14 529 COLLECTION OF FIRST DAY
COVERS in various albums. Pre-
special Benham albums containing decimal QEII to 1980s. A few
Commonwealth covers noted. £20-30
various collections of silk covers/first

day covers including scarcer earlier

issues, 1982 Pope’s Visit to Britain 530 COLLECTION OF DECIMAL

collection, 1981 Royal Wedding STAMP BOOKLETS. 89 booklets which

international collection, 1982 Maritime are stated to be all different. Mainly No

England collection, 1984 Lloyds Value Indicator 1st and 2nd class

Register collection, a number of large stamps from the 2000s. Face value

and small 1982 - 1888 fdc collections £530. £260-300

including complete runs with the better 531 COLLECTION OF PRESTIGE

ones (approx 380 covers) £80-100 BOOKLETS FROM DX1 COMPLETE

526 BOX OF MINT DECIMAL STAMPS TO DY12. From ‘The Story of
IN BLOCKS AND SHEETS. A large
range from the 1970s through to 2009. Wedgewood’ (1972) through to
A good mix of values. Face value £800.
‘Inventive Britain’ (2015). DY7’s foil
£375-450
wrapper unopened. Such a run is rarely

seen at auction! Catalogued at over

527 BRADBURY “HISTORY OF £1,000. Face Value £660. £325-375

BRITAIN” STAMP SHEETS 70-111 532 COVERS IN A CARTON chiefly
FDC’s for GB & Islands in 4 albums and
AND ISLE OF MAN SHEETS 1-5. A loose spanning 1960’s to 2000’s (500+)

lovely collection which includes £25-50

‘Titanic’, ‘Charles Dickens’ and ‘The

Great War’. The Isle of Man sheets 533 LARGE COLLECTION OF

include ‘Royal Air ‘Force’ and ‘Manx BENHAM STAMP SHEETS. 79 stamp

Bank’. Face value £315 and £40 from sheets in binder. Wide range of topics

Isle of Man. £160-200 which include trains, Prime Ministers,

528 BRADBURY HISTORY OF Kings and Queens and The Royal Air

BRITAIN STAMP SHEETS 1-69. A Force. All stamps are 1st class. £553

fantastic collection of stamp sheets face value. £280-320

which includes all the rare early sheets 534 LARGE COLLECTION OF
DECIMAL STAMP BOOKLETS. Stated
as well as ‘Duke of Wellington’ (sheet to be all different this collection of 110
booklets encompasses early examples
43), ‘William Gladstone’ (sheet 44) and to the more recent. A fantastic
collection. Face value £655. £325-400
‘Routemaster’ (sheet 49) which have

sold, recently, for nearly £700 on ebay.

Duplication of sheets 22 and 66.

Housed in a Royal Mail ‘Smiler’ album.

Face value £497 £500-700

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535 LARGE DUPLICATED STOCK OF 542 POST AND GO’ DUPLICATED
ACCUMULATION. Including “Birds of
FIRST DAY COVERS. Mainly from Britain” I, I, III, and IV; “British Farm
Animals” I, II, and III; “Symbolic
1970-1999 but also includes a selection Flowers”, “Freshwater Life” I, II, and III,
“Union Flag”, “Spring Blooms”,
of more modern including 60+ ‘Post and “Working Sail” and numerous Machin
types with service indicators. Also
Go’ covers. Many 100s £40-60 includes a few examples with missing
text. Housed in a Royal Mail Post and
536 MINIATURE SHEET Go album. Face Value £438. £220-300

COLLECTION. 93 different sheets

ranging from early to more recent. Face

Value £328. £170-220

537 MINIATURE SHEET HOARD IN 543 POSTAGE DUE 1955-57 5d
BOX FILE. A duplicated hoard of mini
sheets from the early issues through to brown-ochre, SG D52, never hinged
the more recent. Face value £690
mint marginal “Arrow” block of four, cat
£350-450
£104 £15-20
538 MINT ACCUMULATION IN BOX
presentation packs and sets on album 544 POSTAGE DUES 1970-75
pages, smiler sheet & booklet panes pre
& post decimal. Inspect! (Qty) £100-150 CYLINDER BLOCKS. An assembly of

top-left corner blocks of six with two or

539 PHQ/MAXI CARD COLLECTION three blocks for each of all values from

from 1970s onwards in albums and 1/2d to 50p, four blocks of the £1, and a

loose. Mainly used with the stamp on £5 block with cylinder “1A 2B” (37

the pictorial front. Many sets. Many blocks of 6) £90-120

100s. £30-50 545 PRESENTATION PACKS 1990-

540 PHQ CARDS COLLECTION in 2004. 156 different beginning with

album, very fine unused complete from January 1990 (pack 205) and ending

no’s 3 to 19 incl Tree, Fire Engine, with November 2004 (pack 365).

Railway. £100-120 Missing 320, M03, M06, M08 and

Princess Diana Welsh Language). Face

541 PHQ CARDS COLLECTION value £355. £150-180

complete from 1973 Cricket to 1979 in 546 PRESENTATION PACKS 2010-
2014. 70 different beginning with
two albums, incld’s Inigo Jones, Tree, January 2010 (pack 435) and ending
with November 2014 (pack 504). A
Fire Engine, Railways. £150-180 complete run. Face value £460.

£230-280

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547 PRESENTATION PACKS 2015- 553 SMILER SHEET COLLECTION
LS1-LS48 INCLUDING CONSIGNIA
2017. 41 different beginning with CHRISTMAS SHEETS in a Royal Mail
Smilers album. A wonderful collection
January 2015 (pack 506) and ending from the first smiler from the ‘2000
Stamp Show’ through to the ‘Beijing
with November 2017 (pack 549). 2008 Olympic Expo’. Mostly 1st and
2nd class stamps with very few
Missing 507, 525 and 536. Face Value denominated values. Face value £634.

£261. £130-160 £475-575

548 PRESENTATION PACKS 2018-

2020. 29 different beginning with

January 2018 (pack 551) and ending

with January 2020 (pack 579). Missing

568. Face value £325. £160-200 554 SMILER SHEET COLLECTION
LS49-LS92 housed in a Royal Mail
549 PRESENTATION PACKS 2005- Smiler album. Near complete run
beginning with LS49, 2008, ‘Glorious
2009. 69 different beginning with United Knigdom’ and ending with ‘Kuala
Lumpur’ 2014. Missing sheets: LS50,
January 2005 (pack 367) and ending 51, 52, 53, 60, 61, 62, 63. A lovely
collection. Face value £502. £250-300
with November 2009 (pack 433).

Missing 392, 412 and M17. Face value

£319. £160-200

550 PRESENTATION PACKS mainly 555 STAMP BOOKLETS. hoard of
mainly 1st class stamps but includes
from 2005 onwards. 82 packs up to £5 some 2nd, worldwide, and larger letter
stamps. Many attributed with SG
in value with some duplication. Many numbers. Duplication. Face value £739.

regionals and Machins. Face value £350-400

£401. £180-220

551 ROYAL MAIL COMMEMORATIVE 556 WILDINGS, CASTLES, MACHINS
SHEETS. A duplicated lot of consisting
of of 32 sheets including ‘Grand Prix semi-specialized collection of chiefly
Drivers’, ‘Halley’s Comet’, ‘Titanic’ and
Remembrance’. Face value £200. never hinged mint & used stamps

£100-130 including cylinder blocks, training

552 SMILER AND COMMEMORATIVE stamps, varieties (note 1958 3d violet

SHEETS IN TWO ALBUMS. Mainly blocks 6 & 21 affected by dramatic ink

issued by Royal Mail but also contains spots), unusual 1971 Strike Post notice

business produced sheets. Includes, etc. Interesting (Qty) £60-100

‘The Last Goon Show’, ‘Notts County GB. ISLANDS

Football Club’, ‘Dambusters’, and 557 1819 GUERNSEY SCROLL (Feb)
outer wrapper to London, rated “2/2”
‘Hammer Films - Frankenstein’ 52 Royal with fair complete upright strike of the
Guernsey scroll handstamp. £35-45
Mail sheets from the LS numbered

range. Face value £950. £500-600

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558 GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY. A 563 ISLE OF MAN 1973 - 1993 IN PAIR

quantity of chiefly never hinged mint LINDNER T HINGELESS ALBUMS in

includes a 1968 - 1995 substantial slip cases, never hinged mint stamps &

collection of sets & miniature sheets in a miniature sheets with a high level of

large stock book, 2 further albums, completeness (additional material on

loose booklets and circa 50 pres. packs, extra pages). The albums retail circa

Alderney sets & stock book & pres. £250 alone (Qty) £60-80

packs. £20-40 564 ISLE OF MAN. A quantity of chiefly

559 GUERNSEY 1958-2008 VERY FINE never hinged mint includes a 1960’s

USED COLLECTION in an album, highly Regionals to the 1990’s collection of

complete for the period includes sets & miniature sheets in 2 stock

miniature sheets, se-tenants, self- books, also loose booklets and circa 50

adhesives etc (approx 1200 stamps & pres. packs, some used in approval

m/sheets) £120-160 books. £30-45

560 GUERNSEY 1984 14p St Peter 565 JERSEY FIRST DAY COVERS

Port printed on uncoated paper (from 1969-2011 illustrated, unaddressed

booklet pane, imperf. at left), SG 308b, FDC’s - chiefly 2000 to 2011 period,

never hinged mint. Only five examples also some cards (mainly PHQ) 300+

exist, one of Guernsey’s rarest stamps. covers & 60+ cards. £100-120

Cat £950. (Photo) £240-300 566 JERSEY in a carton, a quantity of
never hinged mint sets & miniature
561 ISLE OF MAN 1994-2007 NEVER sheets, some early Regionals in blocks,
many pres. packs & booklets. £15-30
HINGED MINT collection in SG “DAVO”

hingeless album (with slipcase). Largely

complete for the period with face value

of £306 (many 100’s) £100-120

562 ISLE OF MAN 1951 (13 July)

BRITISH AIR LETTER SERVICE env

from Isle of Man to West Kirby bearing

B. E. A. 6d, 11d and 1s 4d labels with

values altered by 7d, 1s and 1s 6d

labels, tied by “B. E. A./13 JUL

1951/ISLE OF MAN/A” violet cancel;

alongside GB 21/2d Festival tied by

Liverpool slogan pmk. The local

surcharges reflect the B. E. A. rate

change on 7th May 1951. £30-40

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