Stamps & Covers Public Auction 362

Great Britain: 1840-1952 Collection with 1840 QV 1d black & 2d blue (SG cat £1325), 1841 imperf (£285) with 1d (3) & 2d (2), 1854-58 (£630) inc 1d (4) & 2d (3), 1847-54 Embossed set (£3500) - 10d & 1/- cut to shape, 1855-57 no cnr letters 6d & 1/- (£450), 1862-64 small cnr letters basic set with extra 4d (£1545), 1865-67 large white letters set ex 9d (£990), 1867-80 wmk spray set ex 2/- brown (£1135) & 1872-3 both 6d (£365), 1867 QV 5/- perfin (£675), 1873-80 (9) to 1/- (£1530) inc 4d green & brown, 1880-83 set of 7 inc 3d & 6d opts (£940), 1880s inc high values 2/6 (3), 5/-, 10/- & £1 brown wmk orbs (poor, repaired £5400+), 1883 set (£1600), 1887 Jubilee set to 1/- (£428), total QV cat £22,000+. Then KEVII (£870) to 5/-, KGV (£1545) inc 'Downey heads' (£265), Seahorses BW set & re-engraved set, Wembley sets etc comp to 1952. Then Officials with I R (12, £710) inc KEVII 2½d, O W (7, £2010) inc KEVII 2½d, Army (8, £212), Govt Parcels (16, £3345) inc 1883 1½d, 9d & 1/-, Jubilee set of 8 & KEVII set of 5, R H pr (£375), Admiralty (7, £678), Education 4 (£2030) inc QV 5d. Also Postage Dues (£280) & Guernsey-Jersey German Occupation (£125). Majority G-VF U, some M, typical very mixed condition amongst early. Huge total SG cat value of £34,000+ = A$61,500+! (440) (P)