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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 3632

(x) Collections and Ranges
A Great Britain and British Empire collection in a very well-filled New Ideal album to 1936, the 19th. Century issues represented with both mint and used, the 20th. Century nearly all fresh mint with many sets complete to £1; better countries include Antigua, Ascension, Australia with 1913 set to 5/- and later sets to 5/- or 10/-, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, Brunei, Bushire 1915 (Aug.) set (a few to 10k. used), Canada with 1897 Jubilee set to 50c., Cape of Good Hope with Triangular Perkins, Bacon and De La Rue set to 1/- and Woodblock 1d. (3) and 4d. (2), Cayman Islands nearly complete, Ceylon with a few earlier issues, Cyprus with 1880 set to 1/-, 188 Surcharges, and nearly complete thereafter, Dominica, Egypt, Falkland Islands with 1933 set to £1, gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Great Britain with 1840 1d. (2), Embossed 6d. (3), 10d. and 1/- (2), Surface Printed to 1/-, 5/- and 10/-, 1884 £1 brown-lilac, Edward VII to 10/- and George V to 10/-, Hong Kong with 184 issue (48c. and 96c. unused), Edward VII 1903 and 10904 (less $5) sets to $10 and George V to $10, India with 1854 4d. (4), later QV to 5r., 1902-11 set to 25r., George V to 25r. (both sets), Official 1866 4a. and range of both Convention and Feudatory States, Ireland, Jamaica, K.U.T., Lagos with 1904 set, Malaya and States, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Morocco Agencies, New Brunswick 1851 1/- reddish mauve, Newfoundland, New Guinea with 1914-15 1d. to 2/- and 1925-32 sets, New South Wales with a range of earlier issues and 1885-86 overprinted in blue 10/- and £1, New Zealand with a range of Chalons, Pictorials, Healths and Postal Fiscals, Nigeria, North Borneo, Papua, Queensland with some earlier issues, Rhodesia with 1910-13 values to £1 and Admirals to £1, St. Helena with 1922-23 complete, St. Kitts-Nevis with 1923 Tercentenary set, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Samoa, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone with 1933 Wilberforce set, South West Africa, Tanganyika, Tasmania, Transjordan, Trinidad, Turks Islands with some provisionals, Western Australia with some early issues to 1/-, and Zanzibar. A very fine assembly with viewing of this important old-time collection essential to fully appreciate the scope and quality. Photo

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Sold for
£70,000