5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
The balance of the album, with 28 stamps from 1840 to KGVI, incl. unused penny black plate 7 and 1841 2d blue (both requiring expertization), the black with thin, 1880 1d Venetian red imprimatur, 1888 £1 brown-lilac wmk orbs cds used, jubilees to 1/- mint with bright colours, 1891 £1 green attractive used with registered cancel, etc.
Sold for £400
Estimated at £400 - £500
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 5th Jun, 2024
Highlights of the sale include a series of Penny Blacks (lots 1-39) from a 1940s pocket album of the 240 check-letter combinations, excellent North-East China from a collector living in Manchuria in the 1930s-40s (lots 135-143), an attractive range of mint Hong Kong from SG.1 onwards (lots 153-159), Japanese Occupations of Malaya from a collector who served in the Royal Military Police in the 1950s (lots 171-174), the collection of Switzerland from a President of the Helvetia Society of Great Britain with extensive postal history (lots 180-192) and much more.
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