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Auction: 20013 - The 'Lionheart' Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part XIII
Lot: 811

(x) Collections and Ranges
1840-1935 mint and used collection housed in two Schaubek Permanent albums including Great Britain with 1d. black and 2d. blue, Embossed values to 1/-, 1878 £1 green, 1882 £5 orange. 1892 I.R. Official £1, all used, 1902-10 set to £1 mint and 1913 Waterlow to £1 used, Antigua, Australian States, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda all well filled with full and part sets, Bechuanaland 1887 set to £1 mint and £5 overprinted 'specimen', British East Africa including 1890 set to 5r. mint, 1897 set to 7½a., 1897 with values to 5r., etc., British Guiana with 1850 12c. blue (cut-into), 1852 1c. magenta and 4c. blue and 1856 4c. magenta (all used with faults), Canada with Pence issues, Jubilee set with values to $5, Cayman Islands including 1907 surcharges and 1908 2½d. on 4d. mint, Ceylon with 1857-59 with values to 2/- used, Cyprus with sets to 45pi., Falkland Islands with 1912-20 set to £1 and 1929-37 set to £1 all mint, Gambia, Gibraltar with 1886 set to 1/- used and 1903 set to £1, etc., Hong Kong with values to $5 mint and to $10 overprinted 'specimen', India with 1854 4a. used, Officials, Convention States, K.U.T. 1903-04 50r. overprinted 'specimen', 1912-21 set to 20r. mint, Mauritius including 1848 Post Paid 1d. and 2d. worn impressions used, 1859 Sherwin 2d. and Lapirot 2d. used, Dardenne 1d. and 2d. used, later sets to 5r. mint, etc., Natal with 1857 Embossed used group including 1d. blue used on piece with B.P.A. Certificate, New Republic values to £1, New Zealand including 1855-64 values to 1/- used, Rhodesia with 1892 Surcharge set of four mint, 1910 Double Heads to £1 mint and 1913 Admirals to £1 mint, Sierra Leone with values to £1, well-filled Transvaal, Zanzibar, Zululand including 1888-92 5/- mint and 1894-96 with £1 and £5 both overprinted 'specimen', also some South America with Colombia and Bolivia, etc. A huge unpicked collection with enormous catalogue value; condition mixed in places though plenty good to fine and with viewing highly recommended

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Sold for
£45,000

Starting price
£5000