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Lot 391 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 391 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

SELECTION OF BETTER ITEMS: 1914-59, seven complete issues, Gibraltar - Queen Elizabeth II, first set; ''BMA Malaya'' - King George VI; New Hebrides postage (NH, but with usual slight gum toning) and dues of 1938; New Zealand - Lake Scenery; Nigeria, King George V- the first issue and St. Lucia, King George V definitive set, the total is 74 mint stamps, full OG, all are LH, mainly VF, SG C.v. £1,240

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Lot 392 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 392 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

SIX COMPLETE DEFINITIVE ISSUES: 1952-61, Bahamas - two first sets of Queen Elizabeth II, Falkland Islands - second set of King George VI, Gambia - two first sets of Queen Elizabeth II and Virgin Islands - first set of Queen Elizabeth II, numbered by SG, nice topical material, full OG, LH or VLH, mostly VF, C.v. £710

Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

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Lot 393 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 393 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

GROUP OF EARLY QUEEN ELIZABETH II TOPICAL SETS: 1961-75, 13 practically complete issues (missing just two cheap stamps), from Birds of Ascension to Birds of Turks and Caicos, nice and fresh unit, full OG, mainly VLH (two sets are NH), VF, SG C.v. £560

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Lot 388 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 388 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

NICE AND VALUABLE GROUP: 1905-77, about 250 mint stamps, forming 19 mainly complete issues, from Bahamas Peace issue of 1920 (NH) to Somaliland King Edward VII of 1905 set (LH), mainly George VI material, including Barbados (NH), Bermuda (LH, but high values are from the first printings with comb perforation 14, which brings extra at least £700 for C.v., counted as cheapest per Gibbons for £300), Gilbert Islands (NH), Leeward and Mauritius (both LH), St. Vincent (first set, NH) and Seychelles (LH), nice quality unit, no hidden defects, full OG, NH or mainly LH, F/VF or better, SG C.v. is well over £2,250

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Lot 389 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 389 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

ANTARCTIC COLLECTION: 1957-2010, representing issues of British Antarctic Territories, South Georgia and New Zealand Ross Dependencies, the total is 480 mostly mint stamps (22 - used) in complete issues, some valuable items, many sets in blocks of four, nice quality unit, full OG, mainly NH, a few LH, VF, C.v. is over $1,700

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Lot 390 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections  -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

Lot 390 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections - Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #81

LIVING CREATURES AND PLANTS COLLECTION: 1904-80's, over 800 stamps and 11 souvenir sheets, including issues of 52 countries from Antigua to Uganda, early material from Australia, Falklands, No. Borneo and others are presented only as partial sets picturing Animals, Birds and Plants, later units (from 1965) are complete, fresh condition, full OG, generally NH (just a few early stamps are LH/hinged), mostly VF, C.v. is over $2,100

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Lot 342 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections Eight Complete issues -  Raritan Stamps Inc. Stamp Auction #72

Lot 342 - 4. British Commonwealth - Collections Eight Complete issues - Raritan Stamps Inc. Stamp Auction #72

1938-53, King George VI - Falkland Islands of 1950, two sets of Fiji, Gambia, two sets of Pitcairn Islands and Seychelles, Queen Elizabeth II - Southern Rhodesia, generally fresh quality, full OG, LH or previously hinged, mostly VF, SG C.v. £1,220

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4. British Commonwealth - Collections Eight Complete issues