30th Aug, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Stamps, Postal History & Postcards

 
  Lot 28
 

28

Great Britain etc.

Two large clear containers with the main collection in three green Lighthouse hingeless albums, incl. penny black with four margins and red MX, 1840 2d blue attractive though margin touching frame lower right, mint 1d red 'stars' (SG.38) and 1½d regummed, 1d red plates 1864-79 only missing a few, ½d plates incl. mint pl.12, 1867 1/- green MNH (SG.115, cat. £1,300 for hinged), 1874 5/- rose used, fine examples of the 3d and 6d surcharges, 1880-81 mint set of five to 5d indigo, 1881 1d pale lilac 14 dots mint, 1883/84 high values with superb cds 5/- and sound used 10/-, the 1884 £1 brown also appears sound though altered to grey, then mostly cds lilac and green set, Jubilees mint, KEVII to 1/- lightly hinged and fresh, nice range of mint KGV from Downey head sets onwards, £1 PUC cds used, etc. The first QEII volume appears all MNH incl. Wilding watermark varieties, 1955 Waterlow castles, etc. Interesting later QEII as well, with Diana Welsh inscription presentation pack noted. Also some worldwide stamps and a box of decent literature and optical accessories.

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,500 - £1,700


 

Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 30th Aug, 2023

The sale, along with many interesting intact collections and accumulations, features the philatelic estate of a British Commonwealth enthusiast with highlights being mint multiples from a major 'provenance' sale and his main collections of Canada and Gibraltar. The Postcards section includes excellent focused albums of local Yorkshire regions, Teesside, Stockton, Norton, etc, as well as colourful and unusual specialised collections on themes of Golf and Billiards.

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