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Lot No. 470

Auction No. 20
Category World
    Collections, Accumulations and Selections
Est. $11000
Status Archived

 

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World 1840-1936 collection in 3 "New Ideal" printed albums with tissue interleaving. An impressive coverage of many countries with Denmark, France & Japan very well covered with latter close to complete simplified plus other European countries with many sets & good pickings in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Greece & various PO's abroad & Colonies incl French, Portuguese & Spanish. British Commonwealth is worth about 30% of total reserve with pickings in Australia & States, Canada, Great Britain, India & States & Papua with scattered better items in "islands". Asia & British Africa has very good Malaya (items noted in "highlights" below) & most countries with 1935 Silver Jubilee sets MLH or used. Cond varies as to be expected in collection of this period but inspection will impress & catalogue value is estimated at £60,000+. Now for some highlights. Austria 1922, 1924 & 1926 commem sets all MLH, Belgium 1925 Stamp Anniv MLH, China 1897 2¢ on 3¢ Postage Due (SG 89, Cat. £250), 1913/33 $10 rosy mauve & green x 20 (Cat. £75 each), 1929 $1 Mausoleum used, Korea ("Corea" in album) 1894/95 sets MLH, 1897 5p ovpt, 1900/01 to 4ch MLH, Denmark 1851 2rbs (Cat. £1000, small surface thin top left) plus all spaces filled on first 3 pages incl both wmks 5k PO fine used with others in above average cond throughout, France 1870 5f (continuous grille cancel, skilful repair at lower left), P&C to 5f (excl 4¢) used with 75¢ brown on yellow MLH, 1930 Sinking Fund ovpts & 1936 50f "banknote" Air used. Also Germany 1927 IAA ovpts MLH, 1928/29 Arms MLH, 1932 charity MLH, Greece 1861/62 imperfs (17) incl 60l deep green all good to F/U, 1896 2d MLH, 1926 Airs MLH, 1933 75d used (Cat. £190) plus Netherlands ("Holland" in album) 1867 50¢, 1933 Seamans Fund used & Hungary 1927 Airs & 1931 2p Zeppelin MLH. Indo China SG 1 used (Cat. £90), Italy 1889 5l (Cat. £750) used, 1890 Parcel Post MLH/used, 1891 5l used, 1910 Garibaldi MLH & 1935 Bellini postage set of 6 MLH. Japan 1871 imperf set on thin paper with good margins, perf set (faults), "cherry blossoms" complete simplified plus some probable forgeries as 1875 birds set all have Japanese character for "imitation". 1905 2s Amalgamation MLH (Cat. £130), 1906 3s War MLH (Cat. £110), 1916 Investiture 10y F/U (Cat. £400), 1919 Peace used, 1921 Crown Prince MLH, 1925 Silver Wedding MLH, 1927 UPU (10s used with other MLH), 1929 Airs MLH & 1936 Fuji-Hakone MLH. Norway 1856 Oscar with 2s trimmed but others good to F/U, 1872 Posthorn "skilling" set (excl 2s), 1930 North Cape MLH, 1935 Nansen MLH, Portugal 1924 Camoens to 10e MLH, 1926 surcharges set of 10 MLH, St Pierre & Miquelon 1885 "05"/SPM on 20¢ used (Cat. £50), Thailand 1918 3b "Victory" used (Cat. £180), 1920 1t +25 Scouts Fund mint (SG 204 Cat. £550), 1926 Coronation 1t to 10t F/U, Sweden 1903 5k PO used & USA 1890 "no triangles in upper corners" to 90¢ (latter straight edge at right) & 1918 airs used. Wallis & Futuna 1920/26 to 5f & 1924/27 surcharges all MLH & 1930/40 1f10 brown & green MLH. Now to British Commonwealth with Australia 1913 6d engraved Kookaburra MLH & well-centred, kangaroos to 5/- & KGV to 1/4d used, 1934 1/6d Hermes MLH, 1935 1/- Anzac & 2/- Silver Jubilee used, British Guiana 1931 $1 violet MLH, Brunei 1922 Exhib set MLH, ditto for North Borneo. Canada 1897 20¢ Jubilee F/U, 1928/29 $1 cds (perf fault at top), Hong Kong "China" ovpt $3 good used, script to 25¢ MLH, Cyprus 1934 18pi used, Egypt 1926 27m violet air MLH, Fed. Malay States 1900 ovpts MLH to 20¢ (excl 5¢ Negri), 1904 $1 to $25 fiscally used, 1924/28 to $5 ditto & Gold Coast 1889/94 20/- black on red. Also Great Britain 1d black with 1 margin, 1883/84 2/6d & 5/- good used, 1884 9d & 1/- greens (latter true colour, 9d average), 1924/25 BEE used, India 1911 to 15R used, 1931 New Delhi MLH & Ireland ovpts to 5/- (2/6d & latter heavily used). Kedah 1912 $2 mint, 1921 to $5 used ($3 cleaned), 1922 Exhib set MLH/mint, Labuan 1902/03 "Crowns" MLH set of 12, Malta 1922 2/6d Self Govt ovpt used, Morocco Agencies 6p on 5/- MLH, 3f on 2/6d MLH, Papua 1918 surcharges used on ½d MLH, 1932 to 1/3d MLH plus ½d buff used. Perak large ovpt on 2¢ brown (2 MLH faulty), 1935 to $5 used, Sarawak values to $2 (1934) incl surcharges & 1918 $1 used, Selangor 1935/36 to $5, Southern Rhodesia 1935 Silver Jubilee MLH & used sets, SWA 1935 Silver Jubilee MLH, Straits KEVII to $5 fiscally used, 1922 Exhib MLH (12 of 15), Sungei Ujong 1891 MLH, Tasmania 4d courier cut square used & Trengganu 1921 $3 (2, fiscally used) & 1922 Exhib to $1 MLH. Australian Colonies & Indian States useful but mixed cond in places. Noted forgeries of some high vals 1892 Tablet key types in French Colonies & first Turks Is issue. Some early Japan are likely to be Kotaro Wada's work & this is factored in to the conservative reserve. Latin America issues are also extensive incl Seebecks & were not checked so possible "better" items. Allow plenty of time to view. (1000s)