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 #2252. POWERFUL BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION TO 1936.

Description: Thousands of mainly mint stamps housed in a well filled "New Imperial" album, volume 1 (A-L). Mint highlights include Antigua 1903-07 & 1908-17 sets, 1913 5sh, 1921-29 to £1 (latter ovpt Specimen), 1932 Tercentenary set; Ascension complete; Bahamas1901-10 to £1 (5sh & £1 ovpt Specimen), 1912-19 & 1921-37 to £1; Bahrain 1933-37 to 5r; Barbados; Bechuanaland 1885-87 set, 1887 to 10sh, £1 (lightly toned, creased), £5 (handstamped Specimen), 1888 surcharges to 1sh, Protectorate 1888 2sh6d; Bermuda 1918-22 to £1, 1922-32 12sh6d Breaks in Scrolls at right (corner perf short); B.E.A. with values to 5r, 1897-93 to 20r (ovpt Specimen); British Guiana; British Levant; British Solomon Islands; Brunei complete except for one 8c value; Cameroons 1915 2sh surcharge (signed Champion); Cayman Islands including 1932 set; Ceylon with Specimen ovpts to 100r; HK Offices in China 1922-27 to $2; Cook Islands 1921-23 to £1, 1931-36 £3 and £5; Cyprus KEVII & KGV to 45pi, 1924-28 £1, 1928 Anniversary set; Dominica; Gambia; Gold Coast; Grenada; Hong Kong 1912-21 $1-$5, 1921-37 $2; India 1911-22  1r-25r, 1926-33 to 25r, Convention States 1928-36 to 25r; Jamaica; K.U.T. 1903-04 10r-50r
(ovpt Specimen), 1904-07 to 10r, 1912-21 to 10r, 20r (both handstamped Specimen), 50r-500r (ovpt Specimen, latter two part OG), 1921-22 to 5r, 50r (ovpt Specimen), 1922-27 £2-£10 (ovpt Specimen), 1935-37 to £1; Kuwait with sets to 10r & 15r; Labuan; Lagos; Leeward Islands 1921-32 10sh & £1 and much more, a few Countries have been removed. Some variable condition, but generally fair to Fine. A very useful collection with high SG catalogue. (Photo) 
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000