David Feldman Great Britain, British Empire & Ireland June 7, 2019

415 Great Britain & British Empire – June 7, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG N° Estimate ( £ ) 50214 C 1937-55, KGVI mint collection mounted on album pages with the vast majority of the countries complete for the period, incl. Ascension, Australia with postage dues, BOIC, Burma incl. officials, Canada, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Ireland, KUT, Kuwait, Nigeria incl. 1939-59 issue with all listed shades and perfs, New Guinea 1939 airmail set, New Hebrides incl. postage dues, Seychelles incl. 1938-49 set of 25, South Africa incl. some officials, Sudan, plus 1938-53 Ascension: selection of varieties with 1/2d perf.13 with long centre bar to E mint (SG.38ba, £90), 1 1/2d perf.13 with Davit flaw mint nh (SG 40ba, £200), 1 1/2d perf.14 with Davit flaw mint (SG.40da, £130), 1 1/2d perf.13 mint nh marginal block with one stamp showing Davit flaw (SG.40fa, £140+), and mint 1s perf.13 1/2 showing re-entry causing doubling of vertical frame lines and value table (R6/4, SG 44 var, CW10a), 1937 Coronation mint nh set of three with SPECIMEN perfin, the 1d with faint vertical bend otherwise very fine, cert. PFSA (1994) (SG £450), 1937-49 Bermuda, KGVI complete basic mint collection plus a specialised section of identified shades of the key-type high values with seven 2s, three 2s6d, six 5s, six 10s, five 12s6d and four £1, very fine and attractive lot (SG STC £6’000+), 1938-49 Hong Kong, KGVI complete basic mint collection incl. 1938-52 set of 23 ($10 green and violet), 1948 Royal Wedding $10, etc., very fine (SG £1’600+), 1938-52 Northern Rhodesia, 1s, 2s6d, 3s, 5s, 10s and 20s mint nh lower marginal blocks of four, very fine (SG £712+), 1937- 51 Great Britain, KGVI complete basic mint collection on album pages incl. 1939-48 Arms set mint plus mint nh marginal blocks of four of the 5s, 10s light blue and £1, 1d control P44 cyl.101 block of 6 and 2 1/2 control P44 cyl.172 block of 6, fine (SG £1’100+), an outstanding lovely fresh lot (Total SG £30’000+) 8’000 - 10’000 50215 H 1937 Coronation, 1953 Coronation and 1963 Red Cross omnibus complete collection of used, very fine and rarely offered (SG £595) 120 - 150 50216 H 1949 UPU omnibus complete collection of used, very fine and rarely offered (SG £700) 180 - 240 50217 CC 1955-95, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Important ever hinged accumulation on large stockpages and in envelopeswith issues fromAntigua to Zanzibar,mostly from independent countries of the Commonwealth, strength in Ireland, Canada, Australia and dependencies, New Zealand and dependencies, South Africa, British West Indies, Falkland Islands and British Antarctic Territories, Gibraltar, etc, many issues present in three examples, originating from a postal archive, very fine 3’000 - 4’000 50218 CC P / 408 1970-1990, Hundreds (ca 1’200/1’400) of proofs or colour essays on gummed paper, some imperforate stamps, with a wide array of THEMATICS incl. Scouting, Sport, Soccer, Olympic Games, Flowers, Xmas, Shells, Ships, Animals, Dogs, Birds, Butterflies, Fish, etc., countries incl. NEW ZEALAND, AITUTAKI, COOK ISLANDS, PENRHYN, NIUE, SAMOA, NORFOLK ISLAND, very fine 600 - 1’200