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.
Lot 16 - Great Britain Line-Engraved & Surface-Printed Combinations
Sold for £170
Estimated at £200 - £250
Lot 20 - Great Britain Small Letters 1/- Green Watermark Variety
Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £200
Lot 71 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Used Volume 1: QV to KGVI
Sold for £6,500
Estimated at £4,500 - £5,000
Lot 72 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Mint Volume 1: QV to KGVI
Sold for £5,000
Estimated at £1,250 - £1,500
Lot 73 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Pre-Decimal Definitive Errors and Varieties Mint
Sold for £700
Estimated at £500 - £750
Lot 74 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Commem Errors and Varieties Mint
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £500 - £750
Lot 75 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's QEII Used Collection
Sold for £380
Estimated at £500 - £750
Lot 76 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's QEII Pre-Decimal Mint Collection
Sold for £650
Estimated at £750 - £1,000
Lot 77 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Decimal Definitive Errors and Varieties Mint
Sold for £1,100
Estimated at £500 - £750
Lot 78 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's QEII Decimal Mint Collection
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,000
Lot 79 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's 'Smiler' Sheets Mint and Used Collection
Sold for £550
Estimated at £500 - £600
Lot 80 - Great Britain Specialist Collector's Postage Dues, Regionals and Early Channel Isles
Sold for £750
Estimated at £350 - £400