British Commonwealth: 1953-56 mint collection comprising mostly the first QEII definitive sets mounted on pages, incomplete but including many of the better issues, and with Great Britain 1952-54 Wmk Tudor Crown most values ½d to 1/6d in blocks of 4, and 2/6d, 10/- and £1 Castles, better Colonial sets including Aden, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Honduras, Falkland Island Dependencies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Seychelles, Southern Rhodesia, and Tristan da Cunha. Mostly fine and lightly mounted, a small number of stamps have minor toning, and a number of sets are marginal and mounted on selvedge only (591)
Lot 2
Estimate: $750
Realised Price : $800
British Africa: Small selection on hangers including a number of better stamps, with Cape of Good Hope 1855-58 1d Rose, 4d blue (no margins and no gum), 6d Pale Rose-lilac (no gum) and 1/- Yellow-green triangulars, Gambia 1886-93 Wmk Crown CA ½d to 1/-, Gold Coast 1884-91 Wmk Crown CA ½d to 1/-, Lagos 1882 Wmk Crown CA 4d Carmine and 1884-86 Wmk Crown CA ½d to 1/-, Natal 1874 5/-, 1902 10/- and 1908-09 6d to 10/-, Niger Coast 1894 (Jan) ½d to 1/- and 1894 (May) ½d to 1/-, also ranges of Southern Rhodesia and Zanzibar. Mostly fine with part to large part OG (110)
Lot 3
Estimate: $500
Realised Price : $525
British West Indies: Mint selection with a number of better stamps on hagners with Bermuda QV to 1/-, 1953 QEII 5/-, 10/- and £1, British Guiana 1863-75 Lithographs to 24c (6), 1882 typeset provisional 1c (3, two U) and 2c (U), 1889 keyplate 1c to 96c and 1900 new colours 1c to 60c, Jamaica 1883-97 Wmk Crown CA ½d to 5/-, 1905-11 new colours, 1905-11 Arms 2½d to 5/-, 1921-29 Pictorials Wmk Multiple Script CA ½d to 20/-, and range of KGVI and QEII issues up to 1960s; St Lucia and St. Vincent small groups of Perkins Bacon types; St Christopher and Tobago issues to 1/-, and Virgin Islands 1899 ½d to 5/-. Some faults including toning, however many fine stamps with pickings throughout, high catalogue value (283)
Lot 4
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $140
Bisected Stamps: A small selection of bisected stamps used on small pieces, wide range of countries including Venezuela (4), Belgian postage due (2), Macao (2), Spain (6), Austria (3), Roman States 2 baj, British Honduras 2c on 1d, Samoa 1895 1/-, and a few others, a number are presumably per favour, but an interesting group. Also Guernsey 1940 cover with 2d Stamp Centenary bisected (28 pieces plus one cover)
