Lot 60008 – British West Indies: 1852-1945 Extensive and valuable

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Lot 60008 – British West Indies: 1852-1945 Extensive and valuable

British Empire General Collections and Lots
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Price realised
5’500 GBP
Estimate
4’000 – 7’000 GBP
Auction date
Fri 22 Nov 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1852-1945 British West Indies: Extensive and valuable of mint and used collection housed in three loose-leaf binders with most of the islands well represented including Grenada with some useful Chalon Heads, bisects on and off cover, unsevered pairs, later set to 10s etc., Bahamas a fine array of the Chalon Head unused and used, Barbados wonderful and valuable group of the Britannia issues with 1861-1870 (1d) blue unused imperforate pair (SG 23a, £800), cert. BPA, 1878 1d on half 5s used, cert. RPS (SG £950), Leeward Islands with set to 5s, St. Kitts-Nevis with Tercentenary set to £1 (SG 48-60, £1200), St. Lucia with some QV issues, St. Vincent with better QV including 1869 4d yellow, unused (SG 12, £350), cert. Richter, later sets to 5s and £1, Turks Islands with a wonderful group of the early surcharge issues with some better, Trinidad showing early Britannia issues, some usual minor faults, mixed to very fine, a wonderful assembly with very high catalogue value (1000’s).

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