FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, WORLD COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS

Lot 870		Estimate: $1,000 Brazil: Fine collection on leaves including 1843 Bull's Eyes 30r, 60r (2), 90r, 1844-46 10r, 30r and 60r unused, 1850 10r to 180r - the 30r and 180r used, 1854-61 10r, 280r and 430r used, 1866 60r used, 1866 to 500r, plus 10c on blued paper, 1876-77 rouletted to 500r, 1878-79 to 1000r, 1882-86 to 1000r, 1891 100r 'Head inverted', 1900 Discovery set, 1906 Pan-Am Congress, later issues to 1937, range of 'VARIG' issues mint, Dues, Officials, Newspaper issues, etc, mixed condition (few 100). Very interesting lot
Lot 871		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 British Commonwealth: Range in album from A(den) to T(onga), various short and complete sets, largely KGVI and QEII issues, some Omnibus issues (100s)
Lot 872		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 British Commonwealth: Gibraltar 1938-51 KGVI 2/- Perf 13½, SG 128a, mounted (cat £120) and South Africa 1938 Voortrekker Commemoration four sets in bilingual blocks of eight unmounted (cat £60), odd blemish
Lot 873		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $360 British Empire: Selection comprising Antigua 1922-29 3d to 5/- (SG 82-85) mint, Cape of Good Hope 1853 1d (SG 1a), 4d pair (SG 4), Great Britain 1867 cover to NZ bearing 6d Lilac, 1883-84 10/- used, New Guinea 1939 Air £1 mint, mixed condition, fair/fine
Lot 874		Estimate: $500 British West Indies range of 1980s issues with overprint varieties ('OFFICIAL' and 'CARIBBEAN ROYAL VISIT 1985') including inverted, double and missing (in pair with normal overprint). Also British Virgin Islands 1985 25c Queen Mother pair with missing colour and Botswana 1981 30t Cattle imperforate pair (61)
Lot 875		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $150 Collections in carton including 'The British Army' FDCs, 1980 USA Olympic collection, 1980 'Moscow Olympics' in three volumes, 1981 Royal Wedding (gutter block issues), 1983 'The Commonwealth Collection', etc. High initial cost
Lot 876		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 France: 1850s-2000 modest collection in stockbook, few useful sets or issues, mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 877		Estimate: $200 France: 1930s-1990s commercial meter and frama frankings accumulation, mostly to Australia (airmail predominates), Meters (200+) including 1957 250f and 1959 750f intended for Express airmail to Australia but indicated as insufficiently franked, noted registereds, advertising (superb 1953 Air France 95f to Australia), Framas (approx 100) with rates to 51f (noted a 1991 prominent contorted impression); also Frama philatelic covers (26) and few mint earlier and Meter 1926 proofs (3, various denominations), generally fair/fine (300+). Useful lot for the specialist
Lot 878		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 Germany (West): 1951-52 St. Mary's Church, Philatelic Exhibition, Humanitarian Relief Fund and Röntgen sets, SG 1065-73 (9). Cat £500
Lot 879		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $500 Great Britain: Selection in stockbook comprising 1840 1d Black Plate 8 (small crease) used, 1929 PUC to 2½d, KGVI 1937-47 to 1/-, 1939-48 and 1951 both to £1, 1948 Wedding set, QEII 1952-54 Tudor Wmk to 1/6d, 1957 Graphite-lined to 3d, 1959 Phosphor-Graphite to 4½d, Bradbury Wilkinson Castles 2/6d to £1 in blocks of four, 1969 Machins 2/6d to £1; also envelope containing decimals in pairs or blocks with FV approx £70, unmounted (few 100)
Lot 880		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $120 Greece: 1944-71 range neatly arranged in three stockbooks, mostly complete sets, including 1951 St Paul s, 1952 Airs, Birthday, Enosis, 1955 Pythagorean Congress, few 1968-71 FDCs, etc (few 100)
Lot 881		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $60 Guernsey: Range with early prints (4, two in colour), PPCs unused (15) incl 'The Twelve O'Clock Gun', 'Castle Cornet', 'King's Birthday Review June 1914', JOEY' (Donkey), the Mascot - The Pride of the R.G.L.I. - 22/5/19', 'Swedish Tribute to Lor De Saumarex 1910 (2 different). Interesting lot (19 items)
Lot 882		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 Hong Kong: Useful collection in album from QV to 2006, includes complete sets mint and used, few unmounted, mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 883		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $135 'International Society of Postmasters' collection of covers (59) with sterling silver (crown size) medallions, also 1980 Olympic Committee souvenir covers in box, plus few mint stamps of Aland, toning on covers
Lot 884		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $140 Malaya: Stockbook containing duplicated range, largely Fed. Malay States Tiger types to $5, few mint, also Johore with values to AU$100 (fiscal cancel), mixed condition (approx 500)
Lot 885		Estimate: $250 Malaya: Stockbook containing duplicated range, Fed. Malay States Tiger types in reasonable quantities, some Johore, unchecked by us with possible pickings in postmarks (vendor states qty 4000+)
Lot 886		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $115 Malaysian States: 1957-79 range of issues in album with values to $2, similar range for North Borneo, MUH/MH and used (few 100)
Lot 887		Estimate: $400T Realised Price : $650 New Guinea: Fine selection including NWPI opts KGV ½d to 5d, 'abc' singles of each, Kangaroos First Wmk 2d, 2½d (3, 'abc' singles), 9d (3, 'abc' singles), 1/-, Third Wmk 2d (5, incl 'abc' strip), 3d (3, 'abc' singles), 2/- Inverted Wmk, 1918 'One Penny' on 5d and 1/-, 1918-23 ½d to 10/- and colour changes, few Mandated Territory issues including Birds ½d and 2½d plus 1939 Air 9d all in blocks of four with Japanese Naval (anchor) forged opts, few used, mostly mint
Lot 888		Estimate: $500 New Zealand: 1929-77 mint range on hagners including 1931 Smiling Boys set, 1935 Pictorials to 3/- with duplicates, QEII to 3/-, range of Fiscals to $10, Officials, Life Insurance, few Miniature Sheets and Dependencies, mostly very fine (100s)
Lot 889		Estimate: $750 New Zealand: Mainly used range in stockbook including KEVII with values to 1/- (few multiples), 1d Universal (5 mint) and imperf varieties punctured and indentations at sides, KGV with values to 1/- incl few wmk varieties and ½d Green block of four with double perforations on three sides, CP K13a(Y), slightly toned, plus ½d stationery cut-out (2) showing provisional 'HALFPENNY' overprint. Mixed condition, still a very good basis for study (100s)
Lot 890		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $210 Papua New Guinea: Year albums 1985, '86 (2), '87, '88, '89 and '92, plus range including FDCs (mostly decimal) in five albums, plus some loose and in envelope with various used including few Papua, POPs
Lot 891		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $160 Remainders in box including range of Italy and Colonies, few modern Brazil, Switzerland oddments, packets of various stamps, etc, mixed condition (100s)
Lot 892		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $70 Scandinavia: 1970s cover group to Iceland or Sweden including underpaid from Norfolk Island taxed with 40Kr, from Gilberts taxed with 20Kr, from PNG taxed with 20Kr, 1973 registered stampless OMGS cover to Sweden and 1982 Sweden to Tuvalu taxed with 10c pair. Interesting group (5 covers)
Lot 893		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $675 Switzerland: 1960-72 range of issues with values to 2F in sheets of 50, 25 or 20, some sets including Pro Juventute, Publicity issues, etc (100s). FV SFr1380
Lot 894		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $70 USA: Range in stockbook, few early oddments through to modern, some pre-cancels, etc, excellent range of issues, few United Nations, mostly used, mixed condition (100s)
Lot 895		Estimate: $200 Vanuatu: Range of modern commercial mail gathered by Charity, appear mostly 35v rate with occasional higher values to 100v, good range of stamp issues from various origins, generally average commercial quality (700 approx), also quantity on piece including few from other countries
Lot 896		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $115 Vatican: 1929-2004 collection in stockbook, some complete sets, unmounted and mounted, some used (cat £320+), also album containing 1950-82 range of FDCs (23), mostly unaddressed, mixed condition (few 100)
Lot 897		Estimate: $350 Realised Price : $420 World: Range in carton contained in various albums (some sparse), various commercial mail to Australia 1950-70s, Greece sorted into packets, Australia in albums, loose and on paper with values to 10/-, sighted used in PNG, etc, mixed condition (few 1000)
Lot 898		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 World: Range in carton, various loose and in packets, Australia with modern range of FDCs, mixed condition (100s)
Lot 899		Estimate: $200 Realised Price : $260 World: Carton containing stamps, loose on and off paper, strength in Australia plus some States, postmark potential throughout with Tasmania numerals and datestamps (through to modern), also State and private perfins, some overseas countries (1000s)
Lot 900		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $400 World: Range in carton, housed in stockbooks, albums, etc, British Empire and Foreign, mixed condition. Great variety (few 1000)