Auction: 4024 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1626
Collections and Ranges A general collection with some better Turkey including some 1863-64 values with mixed margins, unused or mint multiples of 1868-76 issues, 1881-82 colour change 20pa., a wide range of middle period issues, Cilicia and other Middle East with Syria, Jordan with 1943-46 set to £P1, Iraq; well-filled Centurion album with Australia Robes £1 (2), short K.G.VI sets mint, Papua 1938 air set, Kedah 1937 set to $2 and $5, 1937-40 values to 50c. and $1 mint; other albums with Turks & Caicos Islands used with K.G.VI values to 10/- and Q.E. to £1 and $2; some Japan including 1925 Silver Wedding and 1927 U.P.U. sets mint. Some thematics including a stockbook of stamps on stamps including West Germany 1949 Centenary set unmounted mint, plus other Centenary issues; 1960 World Refugee Year mint with some miniature sheets. Also a selection of old auction lots with Commonwealth including 1963 Freedom From Hunger omnibus (37) unmounted mint, Basutoland collection including K.G.VI to 10/- (2) and later to 1970, Burma 1937 K.G.V 15r. mint, Nyasaland with mint K.G.VI values to £1 and 20/-, Tonga, Afghanistan, Brazil Bull's Eyes, Haiti with 1933 Columbia surcharge, Italian States, Luxembourg mint, including 1956 Europa set unmounted mint, Mexico 1929 Air 40c., New Caledonia from 1892 including 1933 Paris-Nourmèa set to 20f. mint, U.S.A., a mint collection of 1949 U.P.U. including Italy. A good lot which should repay close examination Estimate £ 600-900
Sold for
£1,700