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Auction: 18028 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part VIII
Lot: 1838

(x) Collections and Ranges
A comprehensive collection of Oceania in two Scott Specialty albums, mostly mint and including Australian Commonwealth with 1913 5/- mint, 1915-24 5/- mint, 1929-30 5/- and 10/- mint, 1931-36 10/- mint, £1 and £2 used, K.G.V Heads to 1/4d. mint (2), K.G.VI and later issues to 1968 including high values, some Officials, Postage Dues with 1902-04 5/-, 1909-10 10/-, and 1946-47 B.C.O.F. set; British Solomon Islands from 1907 Large Canoe set, Small Canoe set, 1914-23 set to £1 and later issues to 1975; Christmas Island; Cocos Islands; Cook Islands from 1892 with 1921 to 10/-, 1931 to £1, 1932-36 £5, 1943-54 to £5, and later to 1972; Fiji from 1871 with 1872 2c. on 1d. (S.G. 16) and 12c. on 6d. (S.G. 21) fine used, a few later monograms, 1903 to 5/-, 1906-12 to £1, 1912-23 set to £1, K.G.VI and Q.E. to 1977, Postage Dues including 1940 set to 1/6d.; Gilbert & Ellice Islands to 1974; Nauru with K.G.V Seahorses to 10/- and later issues to 1976; New Guinea with G.R.I. Surcharges to 8d. on 80pf. and Rabaul 3d. on registration label, 1925-27 set to £1, 1931 set to £1, 1932 £1 used, Airmails with values to £1 plus 1932 £2 used and 1939 set to £1, Officials with 1925-31 to 2/-, 1931 and 1932 sets to 5/-; New Hebrides from 1908-09 set to 1/-, 1911 set, Surcharged values including both 2d. on 4d., 1938 set to 10f. and later issues to 1969 with some Postage Dues; New Zealand with Chalon Heads 1864-71 4d. deep rose, 1878 2/- and 5/- used, 1898 to 5/- mint, 1899-1903 to 5/- mint, 1902-07 to 5/- mint, 1906 Christchurch set and a good representation of later issues to 1966 plus Postal Fiscals with Q.V. values to 10/- and £1 unused, 1931-40 to £1, Health Stamps with Smiling Boys, Airmails, some Postage Dues and Officials with higher values; Niue 1918-29 to £1 mint, 1931 to £1, 1944-67 to both £1 and later to 1976; Norfolk Island; North-West Pacific Islands with Kangaroo 1915-16 to £1 (2) mint, Papua with a good range of Lakatoi issues with mint values to 10/-, 1932 set to £1; Papua & New Guines to 1968; Penrhyn Island; Pitcairn Island; Samoa with G.R.I. values to 9d. on 80pf., 1914-24 to £2, 1935 £5, 1946 £5, 1955 to £2 and later to 1980; Tonga from 1886. A very fine and well filled pair of albums, well worth examination

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£7,500