Sale 2996 March 2010 Live Auction

Pre-Bidding Ends: 3/13/2010 8:00:00 AM
Live Floor and Internet Bidding Begins: 3/13/2010 9:30:00 AM

Lot #2251. VALUABLE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION TO 1936.

Description: Thousands of mostly mint stamps housed in a green "New Imperial" album, vol 2, M-Z. Includes Mauritius 1902 ovpts, 1910 set to 5r, KEVII & KGV to 10r, 1921-26 50r (ovpt Specimen); Montserrat; Morocco Agencies; Natal 1902 to £1, £1.10sh-£20 (ovpt Specimen), 1908-09 set (ovpt Specimen); Nauru 1916 ovpts to 10sh (2); strong Newfoundland including Air Posts; New Guinea with some "G.R.I." surcharges, NWPI to £1, Territory complete; Nigeria; North Borneo 1916 Red Cross set, 1918 with "TWO CENTS" to $2, $10, 1918 "FOUR CENTS" surcharge to $5, 1925-28 to $5, 1931 Anniversary set; Northern Rhodesia 1915-29 to 20sh; Nyasaland 1891-95 to 10sh, 1896 to 3sh, £1-£25 (ovpt Specimen), 1903-04 £10 (ovpt Specimen), 1908 £1, 1913-19 to £1; Orange Free State; Papua New Guinea 1901-05 to 2sh6d both papers, 1932 to £1; Rhodesia 1898 surcharges, 1896-97 set, 1897 to £1, 1905 Falls set, 1910-13 Double Heads to 10sh, the 3d, 5d, 6d, 1sh & 2sh "Gash in Ear" varieties, Admirals to £1 (3); St. Helena 1922-27 to 7sh6d & £1; St. Kitts Nevis complete, Tercentenary £1 (ovpt Specimen); St. Vincent; Sarawak; Seychelles; Sierra Leone 1903 to £1, 1904-05 to £1, 1912-21 £5 (ovpt Specimen), 1933 Centenary set; Southern Nigeria with three sets to £1; S.W.A. with sets to 10sh & £1 in bi-lingual pairs; Malaya with sets and high values Specimen ovpts; Sudan; Tanganyika 1917-21to 50r (ovpt Specimen); Tonga; Trinidad & Tobago; Zanzibar 1908-09 10r-200r (ovpt Specimen), 1913 50r-200r (ovpt Specimen); Zululand 1888 to 5sh, 1894-96 to £5 (ovpt Specimen) and much, much more. The condition is varied in places, but much is F-VF, OG, some unused and a little used. Seldom offered this complete and a pleasure to view. Very high SG catalogue. (photo)
Estimate: $50,000 - $60,000