Lot No. 672
| Auction No. | 36 |
| Category |
World Collections, Accumulations and Selections |
| Est. | $3000 |
| Status | SOLD $5000 |
British Commonwealth 1840-1936 mainly used in 2 SG "New Imperial" albums in very good cond. Starts with GB 1840 1d black x 2 four margin examples, 1841 1d x 3 & 2d x 2 imperfs, 1847/54 6d embossed x 2 used, 1858/79 1d plates (excl 77) to 209 complete, "212" trimmed at top before surface printed QV incl sound used 1867/80 9d & 10d, 1883 2/6d blued paper & 2/6d to 10/- white, KEVII to 5/- & KGV to 10/- plus QV "I.R. Official" 1/- bicolour good used, "Govt Parcels" 9d, ditto KEVII 1d to 6d & a few PD's. Then Antigua 1932 to 1/-, Australia 1914 6d kookaburra, 1st wmk kangaroos to 9d, 2nd wmk 2d, 6d, 1/-, 3rd wmk to 5/-, Small Mult to 5/- (average) & CofA to 2/- with KGV in all wmks to 1/4d & 1930's commems to 2/- with a few PD's & "OS" issues. Bahamas to 1/- (48), Barbados Britannia 1852 1d & 1858 6d, 1/- imperfs & 24 later perfd plus Portrait, Nelson, Seal etc (90) before Bechuanaland (54), Bermuda (65), Br. Guiana (96), Br. Levant incl QV & KEVII 12pi (39), Bushire to 24ch (6), Canada (200), CGH triangulars 1d (2), 4d (3) & 6d plus 59 later types. Ceylon to QV & KEVII 2r25, KGV to 5r, China with British P.O's to $2, Cyprus ovpts on GB ½d, 1d, 2½d & 6d plus very good range QV to 45pi, KEVII to 18pi (2 wmk) & KGV to 45pi in both wmks & ditto for 1934 pictorials. Dominica incls 4/- & 5/- KGV (52), Egypt to 1936 (185), Falklands (32), Fiji with QV & KGV to 5/- (86) & Gibraltar noting 1886 to 1/-, 1889 to 1p, 1898 to 1/-, KEVII 2/- (3), KGV MCA 2/-, Script 4, 5 & 8/- (75) & Gold Coast (44) before Hong Kong noting QV $1 (4), KEVII $3 MCA & both wmks to $1, KGV $10 MCA & script set to $5 (125). India with QV to 5r, KEVII to 15r (excl 10r), KGV in both wmks to 25r, New Delhi set & "Service" ovpts but "States" sparse. Ireland ovpts to 5/- "Saorstat", Jamaica QV to 2/- CC & CA wmks, KGV script to 5/- pictorial, KUT average to 5/-, Labuan (62), Malta incls 1886 5/-, 1899 10/-, KEVII to 5/- KGV to 5/- & Self Govt 2/6d, 1922 to 10/-, 1926/27 to 3/- & 1928 ovpts to 1/- plus 5/- & 10/- & 1930 to 10/-. Continues with Mauritius (127), Morocco Agencies (84), Natal incl QV 5/- & KEVII 10/- both postally used (71), Newfoundland (111), New Guinea with vals to 1/- (71), NSW with vals to 5/- (116) & NZ (200), plus North Borneo (148) noting 1889 $5 & $10. Also Northern Nigeria KEVII to 5/- (excl 2/6d) & few KGV to 1/-, Nyasaland (48), OFS (49), Palestine incl 90m (83), Papua with vals to 1/- (39), Queensland (72), Rhodesia incl 1909 £1 ovpt postally used & 20 "admirals" to 2/6d (96), St Helena with vals to 1/- (49), St Lucia (65), St Vincent (54), Samoa incl QV 5/- (55), Sarawak (82), Seychelles (56), Sierra Leone with vals to 5/- (67), South Africa noting 1910 to 10/- (104) & South Aust (84). Southern Rhodesia incls 1924 5/- & 1931 to 1/6d (29), SWA incl bilingual pairs to 2/6d (69), Straits 1867 2, 8, 24 & 32 surcharges, CC & CA wmks to 96¢, 1883 "Two Cents" on 32¢, $5 (heavily used), KEVII 1906/11 to $5 (excl 21 used), KGV to MCA $5 (2) script 1922 & 1936 $5, $25 with blunt corner, Malay States with vals to $2 (76), Kedah (35), Kelantan with vals to $5 (25), Negri Sembilan (25), Pahang noting ovpt on Perak 25¢ tiger (22), Perak (54), Selangor incl 1935/36 to $5 (33), Sungei Ujong (9), Trengganu with $3 fiscally used (23), FMS (66) & Sudan (79) plus Tasmania (51) & Transvaal with vals to £1 (102) & Trinidad incl QV 5/- x 2 (75). Finally, Turks & Caicos (30), Victoria (115), WA (52), Zanzibar (72) & Zululand with vals to 1/- (13). Should be viewed to appreciate the well above average condition. Areas other than those in the above description are also covered but with fewer than 30 stamps in each. Cat value exceeds £20,000. (5000+)