Lot 37
British Commonwealth mint & used collection in well filled imperial album Vol. II
Auction: 23 April 2026 at 14:00 BST
Description
QV-KGV mint and used collection housed in well filled Imperial Vo.II album, with many complete sets and odd ‘SPECIMENS', including Mauritius with ‘Britannias', Morocco Agencies with nearly all currencies, Natal 1902 KEVII £10 green & orange optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 145as cat £475) and £20 red & green optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 145bs cat £700), 1904-08 set to £1, Nauru with Seahorses, Newfoundland with some classics, Royal Family sets etc… 1919 Caribou set, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand with Chalon Heads, Officials, and Postage Dues, Niger Coast 1892-94 set to 1s, and later ½d surcharges, North Borneo with arms and pictorials, Red Cross opts and surcharges, 1931 50th Anniversary set (cat £350), Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 KGV set (SG 1-17 cat £800), Nyasaland with B.C.A. opts, Arms stamps with some ‘SPECIMEN's, with 1896 £25 black & green ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 42s cat £500), 1903-04 KEVII £10 grey & blue optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 67s cat £500), 1908-11 £10 purple & ultramarine optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 82s cat £1100, sadly some surface rubbing), Rhodesia small and large ‘Arms’ with £10 brown (SG 13 cat £3500, without gum), 1905 Falls set, 1910-13 Double Heads to £1 and Admirals (mixed types), St Helena with 1856 6d blue (SG 1 cat £650), other QV issues, 1922-37 set to 15s grey and purple on blue (SG 113 cat £1000), 1934 Centenary set, Sierra Leone with KGV £5 optd SPECIMEN, 1933 Wilberforce set (cat £1100), South Africa and South West Africa, well represented Malayan States with Straits, QV issues, 1904-10 KEVII $100 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1906-12 $25 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (SG 168s cat £800), Federated States, Johore and Trengganu well filled, Sudan, Transjordan and Zanzibar with opts on QV India, mixed condition, still an impressive lot, with much retail potential.