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Auction: 19010 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2416

(x) Collections and Ranges
A large mint predominantly British Empire KGVI in six stockbooks in a carton, the majority are in excellent mint, lightly hinged condition; including Ascension 1956 set mint and used; Australia Navigators; Bahamas, 1938 £1 (S.G. 157), 1942-45 Columbus block of four with sheet margin at foot (SG 174), 1938-52 set with shades to £1; Basutoland 1933 mint sets; Bermuda 1938 10/- green and deep lake on pale emerald (S.G. 119) and £1 purple and black on red unused (S.G. 121), 1938-52 2/- (5), 2/6d. (7), 5/- (5), 10/- (5), 12/6d. (4), and £1 (6); British Antarctic Territory 1963-69 set; Br. G. 1934-40 and 1938-52 sets; British Solomon Islands 1940 Postage Due "specimen" set; Burma 1937 to 5r, and 1938-40 complete set (x2); Cyrenaica 1950 set; Cyprus 1938-51 and 1955 sets; Falkland Islands 1952 and 1960 sets; Hong Kong 1938-52 complete set with shade and perf varieties including both colours of the $5 and $10; India 1937-40 set, Chamba 1938 set and Nabha 1938 1r to 25r; Gibraltar 1938 set with shades and perf. varieties; Ireland 1937 set; a strong selection of Malaya including full sets of Straits Settlements 1937-41, Including 1867 8c. orange Postal Union 1936-63, British Military Administration 1945-48 with shades including a 2c. orange block of four, Johore 1938 and 1949, Kedah 1950 (x2), Kelantan 1951, Malacca 1949, Negri Sembilan 1949, Pahang 1950, Penang 1949 (x3), Perak 1938 up to $1, and 1950, Perlis 1951, Selangor 1895 to 50c. and 1949, Trengganu 1922 Malay Borneo Exhibition set to $1 and 1937, Singapore 1948 issues in both perf. 14 and perf. 17½x18; Mauritius 1938 25c. pair with broken "U" flaw on second stamp; North Borneo 1945 set; Nyasaland 1938 10/- bluish green and brown-red on pale-green; Sarawak 1945 "BMA" set, and 1903 used set; Pakistan 1947 set; K.U.T. 1938-54 set with perf. changes; Seychelles 1938-49 and 1952 sets; South Africa 1930-44 2d. blue and violet pair; South West Africa 1931 set; Sudan 1941 set; Great Britain 1948 Wedding £1 corner block of four; and British Occupation of Italian Colonies.
A fine and comprehensive stock collection with a stated total catalogue value of £55,000 +

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Sold for
£8,000