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Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1170

Great Britain extensive used and postal history collection offered intact as received with strength in nineteenth century, mounted and written-up on quadrilled pages housed in seven albums, the first album is Queen Victoria line engraved issues including ten 1d Blacks off cover and five on cover, plus four 2d Blues, the later line engraved are extensive including many 1d Reds with Maltese Cross cancels including twelve with numbers in cross, many early perforated issues including cancels and covers, 1858-79 1d Red plate numbers complete bar 77 and 225, embossed issues, ½d plate numbers complete, the second album is comprised of the surface printed issues including officials, postal fiscals and telegraph stamps, as well as covers, the third album contains King Edward VII to QEII issues to 1970 including Postage Dues, Officials, Offices in Turkey and Morocco as well as some covers, the remaining four volumes are mostly covers, the first with a collection of Bolton postmarks, including a pair of 1d Blacks on cover, pre-stamp covers and various types of postmarks including field and military post offices, next comes an album of special commemorative postmarks, travelling post offices, air mail cancels and nice British Post Offices abroad cancels mostly off cover, the last two volumes are all maritime mail with extensive Paquebot covers and cancels as well as ship letter markings and other maritime mails, overall an interesting collection that is fun to view, however the condition is quite mixed so a careful examination is recommended.

Sold for
$6,250