Lot: 241
Selection of British C/Wealth George VI used definitive sets to top values comprising Sierra Leone, Pitcairn Island, Nyasaland, BMA Malaya, Gold Coast (1938 and 1948 sets), British Solomon Is., British Guiana, and Antigua. VG/VF. Also 1948 Sudan Postage Dues FU, 10mls with couple of short perfs. Cat £963
Lot: 242
British C/Wealth George VI mint selection with Gambia 1938 to 10s, British Honduras 1938 to $5, Bahrain 1942 to 12as, South Africa 1948 Postage Dues, Newfoundland 1937 Coronation long set (UM), Barbados 1946 Victory 3d with ‘Kite Flaw' UM (small crease), and scarce Nigeria 4d orange. VG/VF and Cat £840.
Lot: 243
Anglo / Soviet Union Relations WW2: a group of Telegrams 1942-1944 concerning The London Soviet Aid Committee and related matters, most showing UK Telegraphic censorship cachets. (11)
Lot: 244
Covers & PCs, chiefly GB with many 19th Century items, nine with 1d reds, two with ½d plates, another of 1853 with 2d imperf. Includes fine 1849 Cover to Dublin with s/line FOYNES, 1791 wrapper with fair convex GRANTHAM, 1890 Penny Post Jubilee cover used (1892), and 1911 PPC from Delhi with CORONATION DURBAR h/s. Later includes 1949 UPU Illustrated FDC of Hong Kong, and 12 covers posted from the R.M.S. Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth. (59)
Lot: 245
George VI Commonwealth mint ranges on leaves with good New Zealand including 1936-42 perf changes to 3s; Seychelles with scarce colours; useful Newfoundland; Nyasaland to 20s; Sarawak to $5; Somaliland to 5Rs (2); South Africa to 5s with good postage dues; Sudan including Officials; Swaziland to 2s6d with perf changes; British Virgin Is to £1, and various others. Many good items. Good to VF. Cat £4900 (Several 100s)
Lot: 246
C/Wealth & Foreign general mint & used collection from early-20th Century in four loose-leaf albums. Includes many pictorials. (1000s)
Lot: 247
Royalty theme collection in three albums, with UM sets & mini-sheets, and illustrated FDCs; two albums devoted to the Queen Mother.
Lot: 248
Maritime Heritage UM collection in printed album, largely Columbus themes, including 65 mini-sheets. Fine
Lot: 249
Coin Covers in four ‘Royal Family' printed albums, 1990s, including inset coins to £2 (10) and £5 (7). VG/VF (49). Also some covers without coins.
Lot: 250
General collection in various albums including 1992 Olympics in two volumes with covers signed by Steve Backley and Chris Boardman & many UM sets, three albums of world stamps, and GB FDCs. (Many 100s)
Lot: 251
British C/Wealth M&U collection in album, mostly GVI/QE2 with most territories represented. Mainly used, some mint partially adhering. (c. 1,650)
Lot: 252
British C/Wealth accumulation in packets, stockcards, and on leaves; chiefly UM QE2 in blocks but with some useful earlier. Some interest in Rhodesia. (100s)
Lot: 253
Great Britain 1840-1970 collection in two binders; including 1840 1d &2d (spacefillers), and other line-engraved with 1858-70 1d plates near complete; 1847 6d embossed cut square (just into at foot); surface-printed to 10s; mainly mint from 1911 incl. 1912-22 to 1s (9d green UM); 1924-26 set (9d & 1s UM); 1939-48 High Values LM Mint; 1951 High Values (10s & £1 UM); Wildings complete mint incl. Graphites; some UM Phosphor sets incl. Red Cross, NPY and Botanical. Mixed condition. (100s)
Lot: 254
Great Britain 1840 (Dec.) wrapper from Abergavenny to London with 1d Intense Black, plate 2, ‘IF', three good margins, just into lower right corner, cancelled with a superb Maltese Cross in red.
Lot: 255
Great Britain 1840 1d Grey-Black, plate 1a, ‘IC'; and 1841-54 1d and 2d (plate 4); all fine quality with good to large margins.
Lot: 256
Great Britain 1840 (July) 1d Black, plate 3, ‘KL', clear to large margins, tied to cut-down EL, London to Ironbridge, with red Maltese Cross.
Lot: 257
Great Britain 1840 2d Blue Pl. 2, ‘IC', VFU, close to good margins, lightly cancelled in black.
Lot: 258
Great Britain 1840 (Nov.) neat EL London to Lichfield with fine 1d Black, ‘MJ', close to good margins, tied by Maltese Cross in red.
Lot: 259
Great Britain 1840 (June) 1d Mulready Letter Sheet, stereo A25, fine used from London to Leith, with red Maltese Cross.
Lot: 260
Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet, stereo A240, used (June 1841) from Brackley to Aylesbury, fine black Maltese Cross, with dispatch & receiving marks. The letter sheet has been used as intended with a message concerning an unpaid bill. Some toning and small tear to address panel.