Auction: 161 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 442
Great Britain largely mint collection balance, many hundreds of mint singles and sets in mounts, as well as some used Victoria issues, all housed in four Stanley Gibbons Windsor albums, starts with mint o.g. 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue as well as used examples of both, then scattered better mint line engraved, mint 10d and 1/- Embossed and used examples of all three, quite a few mint or unused surface printed issues with high catalog values, used £1 Brown-lilac watermarked Maltese Cross and anchor, the collection is virtually all mint from the 1883-84 issue, with 1887 Jubilee to 1/- (both), Edward VII with 2/6 (2), 5/- (2) and £1, five different Seahorses, then pretty much complete from the Silver Jubilee to 1993 including Wildings, Machins and Regionals, the Postage Dues are complete and there are a few scattered used Officials,also includes a stockbook of duplicates with Victoria and Edward VII £1 values used, the 19th century is somewhat mixed condition including some line engraved with possibly removed cancels and regummed surface printed issues, from the Jubilee issue on virtually all are o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine; very high catalog value so worth a close look.
Sold for
$10,000