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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3762

(x) Collections and Ranges
A largely complete mint King George VI collection (except Indian states) housed in two large Lighthouse albums and including Aden Dhow set, Ascension 1938 set including shades and perforation types, Bahamas 1938 set including shades and printings with 1/- (5), 5/- (5) and £1 (3), Bermuda including Key Type shades with 2/- (7), 2/6d. (5), 5/- (8), 10/- (7), 12/6d. (6) and £1 (5), British Guiana with 1938 set including $1 perf. 14 x13, Burma with 1937 set to 25r. (25r. with RPS cert.), Cyprus 1938 set with shades and perforation types including 1944 1pi. perf. 13½ x 12½, Falkland Islands 1938 set with shades including 5/- (4, including steel blue and buff brown with RPS cert.) and 10/- (4, including black and deep reddish orange), Gibraltar 1938 set with shades and perforations including 1½d. perf. 13½ and 2d. perf. 13½, Grenada with 1938-50 with 10/- perf. 12, KUT 1938 set with perforation types including 2/- perf. 13¼, 10/- perf. 13¼ and £1 perf. 11¾ x 13, BMA Malaya set with shades, Nigeria 1938 set including 2/6d. (5) and 5/- (4), Nyasaland 1938 Key Types including 10/- bluish green and brown-red on pale green ordinary paper (RPS cert.), Sarawak with 1945 BMA set etc., Seychelles 1938 set including perforation types etc., Swaziland with shades etc. generally fine and fresh mint. A lovely specialised collection with some scarce items, the majority very lightly mounted mint. High catalogue value in excess of £45,000

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000