Intriguing lot in an oversize carton, plastic crate and old deed box, 10s of 1000s, of stamps, much stored during the first half of the 20th century in envelopes in 14 small filing boxes, 19th century onwards country-by-country, often in cotton-tied bundles on- and off-paper, incl. British Commonwealth, E. Europe, Swiss, Italy, French Colonies, Latin America, Siam, China (100s from late Imperial to c1950s), India with States, revenues, officials, etc, as well as back of the book and even banknotes. Then the oversize carton with dense mostly off-paper later worldwide, as well as much GB on- and off-paper, as well as a very notable Romania component with dozens of sheets or large part sheets, for example 1939 New York World's Fair (SG.1407/08, approx. 500 sets = £1,500 cat.), and a book of approx. 650 miniature sheets, each x20 or so (valued by us at 15p a sheet). An exciting accumulation for those who like to explore a real hoard.