Many 100s of mint and used 19th and early 20th century stamps in three well-filled albums, including an early blue-green Excelsior album with metal clasp (broken), with 2x faulty penny blacks, other line-engraved incl. 1d red and 2d blue perf stars used multiples, range of revenues with 6d inland revenue on blue paper mint, unusual large 10/- brown Life Policy imperf, etc, further revenues especially British Guiana, Cuba and US, as well as China with a few locals, Italy, Russia, Japan, etc. Mixed condition and some stuck down as is usually the case with collections this early. Great potential for discoveries.