British Commonwealth 1937-57 colln of 245 diff mint on 32 pages, mainly colonial sets/short sets of QEII 1st defins, incl Aden to 5/-, Gibraltar to 1/-, Sarawak to £1, Seychelles to 1R, Antigua, British Guiana, Dominica to 24c, Dominica 1957 3c-48c new colours. Also Ceylon GVI to 2R, India GVI 1937 3p-3A (some tone), Ghana 1957, Indep set to 10/-, Tonga 1938 Jubilee set. Generally fine. SG Cat £462. Mint.
Postal Stamp Auction #516 – low reserve 50% of estimate!
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Postal Stamp Auction #516 – low reserve 50% of estimate!
Our monthly postal stamp auction #515 has 3,298 of lots, worldwide, suitable for all collectors. Estimates range from NZ $10 to over $1,000.
There are 300+ collection lots, interesting thematics, a large selection of New Zealand postal history/postmarks, followed by 1,350+ lots of New Zealand stamps. There are 50 Polar lots, 42 lots of Flight Covers, 229 lots of Australia, 134 lots of GB, 227 lots of British Commonwealth and 423 lots of Foreign.
Every lot is covered by our “Satisfaction Guarantee”.
Remember all estimates are in New Zealand Dollars. (NZ$1 = approx. US65c, €58c, £0.53)
There is no Buyer’s Premium added to the sale price of our postal stamp auctions. (For New Zealand bidders 15% GST will be added to the sale price)
Once payment is received, items are dispatched in a timely manner, well packaged, with a view to keeping the postage/courier costs as low as possible.
Reserve: is normally 66%-80% of the estimate. Bids less than 66% of estimate are almost always declined.
The closing date for the auction is Tuesday 27th August, and bids should be received by midnight (NZ Time is GMT + 12).
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Lot #27 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1937 GVI Coronation FDCs, plain, addressed to Philatelic Dept, Selfridge & Co Ltd London, complete series of 58 covers (191 stamps), less only Newfoundland pict set. Edge tone on covers but stamps almost all fine. Stamps alone cat £236. Scarce as FDCs.
Lot #28 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1937 Coronation Omnibus complete set mint in blue SG album (202v). SG £200.
Lot #29 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1960s-70s rather miscellaneous accum on s/b pages - GB, NZ, Australia etc. About 500 stamps. MUH/Used.
Lot #30 - collections and accumulations
British Commonwealth 1978 25th Anniversary Coronation, MUH still in original packets & priced for sale at $320+!
Lot #31 - collections and accumulations
British West Indies 1910s-20s small colln of 61 diff mint on 11 pages, incl good range of 30 Barbados (with 1920 Victory to 1/- & 1d SG 212), Cayman Isl, St Kitts-Nevis etc. SG cat £198.
Lot #32 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1859-c1980 colln in Scott "Mountie" album, Incls Province stamps (3) to 12½c. QV large (6 to 15c) & small (20, 1870 & 1888 issues, to 50c), seln of Jubilee & QV numeral, seln EVII, GV, GVI (incl imperf/perf). Near complete from c1930. No dupn. Cat c£1400 (vendor's). Used.
Lot #33 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1859-1960 useful mint/used colln. Noted: 7 x 1859 (faults); 3 x large QV, 33 small QV; 1893 50c QV used; 5c Tercentenary mint; 1929 50c & $1 used (heavy cancels) etc. c400 stamps.
Lot #34 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1870-1970 colln in SG Canada album. Small Queens to 10c, EVII to 20c (faults), good cv incl 1930 $1, later to $1. Mint & used. Some minor faults or no gum amongst earlies. Over 450 stamps. SG cat £1200+.
Lot #35 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1880s-1952 range of 72 on 6 pgs. Just a few pre-GV but incl 12½c QV FU, 1929 4c GV SG 278 MNG, 1930 GV set 1c-$1 (some GU only, incl 50c, $1), 1930 5c Air SG 310 MNG, 1932 Ottawa Conf set, 1942 1c-$1 GVI set FU, SG 420a pair used. SG cat £300+.
Lot #36 - collections and accumulations
Canada c1880-1902 QV colln semi-specialised (115 mainly used) on pages. Good range of vals to 15c (young queen) & 20c (older queen). Dupn provides many colour variants. Huge cv but mixed cond.
Lot #37 - collections and accumulations
Canada c1903-1935 colln of c440 mint & used covering EVII & GV. Specialised colln on album pages. Good coverage but some toning. Incl some mint blks & a range of coil stamps. Some dupn illustrating colour variants. High CV.
Lot #38 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1940s Naval Mail x 24 items, mainly h/s "From HMC Ship" and/or Examined by BB/N".
Lot #39 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1963-1981 x 32 diff covers, some cacheted/plain & a few signed.
Lot #40 - collections and accumulations
Canada 1989-93 Souvenir boxed colln of 5 hardcover Year Books prepared by Canada Post. Stamps all MUH in mounts forming part of a detailed book for each year, with text, photos, m/s etc. Fine & informative. Retail value (Unitrade) C$325.
Lot #41 - collections and accumulations
Ceylon 1920s-70s duplicated range of many 100s mint & (mostly) used on 5 old s/b pages.
Lot #42 - collections and accumulations
Ceylon 1953-72 comprehensive QEII colln of 200 mint & 1m/s in mounts on 14 pages. Mostly VLH mint (from 1966 MUH) Noted SG 446 misplaced ovpt, 447a invt ovpt, 1958-62 2c-10R set SG 448-465, 1964-72 set SG 485-500, & almost all commems. Clean. SG cat £297.
Lot #43 - collections and accumulations
China 1980s seln of FDCs & misc postal stationery, 108 items. SG cat approx £160 as used.
Lot #44 - collections and accumulations
China c1984 60+ postal stationery items, postcards mostly, noted Olympic, gold medal winners, Year of the Ox, ICAO etc. Mostly mint.
Lot #45 - collections and accumulations
Cook Isl 1900-1930 range of 50+ mint & used on s/b page. Values to 10d (5). Worth checking.
Lot #46 - collections and accumulations
Cook Isl 1902-c1980 colln of 72 diff on 4 Hagner pages. Better items incl mint SG 9, 141, 150-159 (muh but 5d mint), 163-173, fu SG 38 (inv wmk), 41, 42, 128, 139, 141, 145. SG cat £314.
Lot #47 - collections and accumulations
Cook Isl etc 1920s-30s small range of 44 mint on 5 pages, incl 1920 Picts ½d-1/- (6d, 1/- tone), Aitutaki, Penrhyn, Niue ½d-3d each, 1933-36 Picts single-lined wmk ½d-6d in pairs (Cook Isl, Niue). SG cat £94.
Lot #48 - collections and accumulations
Cook Isl 1937-1970s MUH, low denominations sheets/part sheets, dupn. Also a few cto & Penrhyn MUH. Attractive topicals, ships, scouts, flowers etc. Approx 900v.
Lot #49 - collections and accumulations
Cook Isl - Djibouti c1970-2005 seln Orchids (18v + 5 m/s) on stock pages MUH. Djibouti m/s not incl in cv. SG cat £30+.
Lot #50 - collections and accumulations
Costa Rica 1967-2001 Orchids seln (42v) on stock pages. SG cat £68+. MUH.
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