6th Jul, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
155
British Commonwealth: Europe QV-KGV
'Utile' loose-leaf album with over 800 mint and used stamps incl. Cyprus starting with overprints on line-engraved incl. 1881 30pa on 1d plate 201 mint, 1904-10 1pi to 18pi mint, 1912-15 complete set mint, 1921 issue to 18pi mint and 1923 45pi used (SG.99, cat. £300), 1924-28 45pi mint and used and 90pi mint, 1928 anniversary set mint (SG.123/132, cat. £300, heavy hinges), etc, followed by Ireland with 1922 Free State ovpts to 5/- used, Gibraltar incl. 1898 set mint, Heligoland page with mix of reprints and genuine incl. 1876 3pf unused (SG.12) and 20pf used (SG.15), Malta with range of wmk Crown CC 1/2d shades and perfs mint, 1899 10/- mint, 1917 5/- mint, 1925 £1 MNH, 1926-27 pictorial set mint and near-complete used incl. all high values, etc.
Sold for £650
Estimated at £320 - £370
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 6th Jul, 2022
261 lots including several exciting original collections fresh to the market. Highlights include a specialised collection of St. Helena stamps and postal history, and a very extensive and impressive holding of Russian postal history with a particular focus on the Post Offices Abroad. The latter collector’s interests also extended through the Baltics to excellent Scandinavian Locals, as well as around the Eastern Mediterranean from the Balkans to Palestine and Egypt.
Amongst the postcards offered in the sale are fantastic albums from a dedicated collector, of high-quality and comprehensively assembled, which include transport related cards of Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Teesside and Middlesbrough as well as excellent general Yorkshire cards.
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Tuesday 5 July 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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