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COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS BRITISH EMPIRE COLLECTION IN “IMPERIAL” ALBUMS VOLUMES I & II containing
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Knutsford, Cheshire
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COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS BRITISH EMPIRE COLLECTION IN “IMPERIAL” ALBUMS VOLUMES I & II containing a substantial collection of mint & used stamps from 1840 to around 1935. Almost every page well- filled with many noteworthy stamps included. The Great Britain begins with 1840 blacks (3) & 2d blues (2), 1841 1d reds (3) & 2d blues (6, incl pair with bright blue pmks) substantial Surface Printed ranges include mint/unused examples, used highlights include 1867-80 2s brown, 1867-83 5s, 10s & £1 wmk Maltese Cross, 10s & £5 orange wmk Anchor, 1884 £1 brown wmk Crowns, 1891 £1 green plus much else incl. 9d, 2s, 2s6d & 5s values opt’d “Specimen”, KEVII with all values to £1 (this mint, opt’d “Specimen”), KGV also comprehensive and chiefly mint incl the definitive sets, 1929 £1 black PUC, various Seahorses - the 1913 £1 green is used also strong GB ‘back of the book’ incl Post Dues with Specimens, Officials and some revenues; The British Empire well- represented in sections of GB and British Europe from British Levant to Malta; British Asia from Brunei to Malayan States; British Africa from Ascension to Zululand; British North and South America from Canada to the (Br.) Virgin Islands; British Australasia from Australia to Western Australia. Strong ranges throughout including better Australian States, Canada & provinces, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India with Convention & Feudatory states, Malaysian Straits & States, Malta, Mauritius, the Nigerias incl Lagos, Cape with Mafeking, Rhodesia, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Transvaal, Zanzibar, also the unusual areas such as Long Island (SG 10, cat £450), Madagascar, New Republic, etc. Viewing recommended as there are so many better stamps here, we have scanned around half of the pages which are available on our website (+/- 10,000 stamps)
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COLLECTIONS & ACCUMULATIONS BRITISH EMPIRE COLLECTION IN “IMPERIAL” ALBUMS VOLUMES I & II containing a substantial collection of mint & used stamps from 1840 to around 1935. Almost every page well- filled with many noteworthy stamps included. The Great Britain begins with 1840 blacks (3) & 2d blues (2), 1841 1d reds (3) & 2d blues (6, incl pair with bright blue pmks) substantial Surface Printed ranges include mint/unused examples, used highlights include 1867-80 2s brown, 1867-83 5s, 10s & £1 wmk Maltese Cross, 10s & £5 orange wmk Anchor, 1884 £1 brown wmk Crowns, 1891 £1 green plus much else incl. 9d, 2s, 2s6d & 5s values opt’d “Specimen”, KEVII with all values to £1 (this mint, opt’d “Specimen”), KGV also comprehensive and chiefly mint incl the definitive sets, 1929 £1 black PUC, various Seahorses - the 1913 £1 green is used also strong GB ‘back of the book’ incl Post Dues with Specimens, Officials and some revenues; The British Empire well- represented in sections of GB and British Europe from British Levant to Malta; British Asia from Brunei to Malayan States; British Africa from Ascension to Zululand; British North and South America from Canada to the (Br.) Virgin Islands; British Australasia from Australia to Western Australia. Strong ranges throughout including better Australian States, Canada & provinces, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India with Convention & Feudatory states, Malaysian Straits & States, Malta, Mauritius, the Nigerias incl Lagos, Cape with Mafeking, Rhodesia, St Helena, Sierra Leone, Transvaal, Zanzibar, also the unusual areas such as Long Island (SG 10, cat £450), Madagascar, New Republic, etc. Viewing recommended as there are so many better stamps here, we have scanned around half of the pages which are available on our website (+/- 10,000 stamps)
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Sandafayre (Holdings) Ltd
Egerton Court
Haig Road
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 8DX
United Kingdom
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Auction will be held at The Cranford Suite, Cottons Hotel & Spa Manchester Road, Knutsford - Cheshire, WA16 0SU
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