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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 803

British Africa principally 20th century mostly mint collection to the 1970s in mounts and housed in two Minkus albums and including numerous varieties scattered throughout, with Basutoland 1935-66 cplt. including 1961 10c on 1/- Ty II and 5c on 2d postage due with St. Edward's crown wmk. error, followed by Lesotho cplt. to 1973, Bechuanaland Protectorate with Seahorses and George V set, 1961 2½c on 3d with spaced "c" both mint and used and other surcharge varieties, Botswana, Biafra, B.I.O.T. cplt. 1975, including 1968 10R block of eight with no stops after "B" and "O" as well as singles of all three no stop varieties and the same on about 30 lower values, Cape of Good Hope with a few triangles, Gambia from 1935-73, Gold Coast and Ghana from 1935-72, British Occupation of Italian Colonies complete, K.U.T. cplt. from 1935 George V set including many better George VI perf. varieties and 1c with "A" of "CA" missing from wmk., Mauritius from 1935-72 cplt., Morocco Agencies nearly complete, Natal, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia cplt. to 1972, including 1963 3d and 4d with value omitted, Nyasaland and Malawi with George V £1 and 1935-72 cplt., Rhodesia & Nyasaland cplt., Seychelles complete to 1975, Sierra Leone with 1876-96 set, 1912-24 and 1921-37 George V 1/- to 10/-, then 1935-67 issues, Somaliland Protectorate 1935-60 cplt., Southern Rhodesia 1924-30 George V, 1931-37 George V with all the perf. varieties including 1/- perf. 14 and all the later issues, S.W.A with 1923 10/- pair, Sudan with 1935 Gordon set and 1948 officials, Swaziland complete to 1972, including most 1961 surcharge types, Tanganyika and Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa with a few scattered better items with issues to 1985, Zanzibar with Victoria 2R-5R and ending, of course, with Zululand with 1888-93 set to 1/- and 1894-96 st to 4/-, overall a nice clean lot of nearly all o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine stamps with considerable appeal.


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