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Postal History. Most extensive and valuable coln of 18th/19th cent wrappers, written up on leaves, and contained in file boxes, vast majority are pre stamp, mainly comprising studies of straight line town h/s's with an excellent range of numeral (department) types etc. Lovely clean lot for specialist inspection. (See photos) (4B) £1000 + 21.6% BP*
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Middle-modern coln in 9 green SG "Utile" albums (all boxed), mainly comprising a very extensive range of "Coins Dates" M/UM blocks, tremendous range of issues, vals and dates, issues incl Blanc, Sowers, Peace, Mercury, Marianne, Ceres, Coats of Arms, Petain, Iris etc; some Pre Cancels, "R.F." ovpts etc; also noted a few epreuve de luxe etc. Superb lot, careful specialist inspection essential to fully appreciate. (1½B) £500 + 21.6% BP*
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1929 Le Havre 2f red and blue-green, M. (SG 470) Cat £1000 (See photo). (S) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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Liberation overprints. 1944 Lyon UM range in panes of 100 incl 2f.40(3) plus a selection in blocks of 20. Cat approx. €6000 (R) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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1950s to 70s UM dupl accum in 7 folios, mostly commem issues & sets in multiples of 20 or sheetlets of 25, noted 1960 Resistance set, 1964 PHILATEC sheetlet (2), 1965 Tourist set, Art sets, etc, with very high c/v. (½B) £750 + 21.6% BP*
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Modern mainly M (some UM) coln on leaves from c2000-2007 incl sheetlets, bklt panes, commems etc. (V) £50 + 21.6% BP*
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Exhibitions range presented on leaves incl 1923 Bordeaux FU on small piece with Exhib cancel, 1925 Paris M/S with Expo cancel, 1927 Strasbourg M/S M, 1937 Pexip M/S M, 1949 Citex M/S block of 10 with Cent (all 4 M/S with trivial imperfections), 1929 Le Havre U on Expo cover (small tear), 1964 Philatelic UM pane of 4 etc to late 1990's. (V) £1000 + 21.6% BP*
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Eiffel Tower. Coln on leaves, mainly comprising a range of picture postcards, and some covers, early-modern, many bearing various summit, or other, cachets, some bearing various related labels etc. Qty approx 80 + some labels etc. Interesting lot, with some related ephemera. (½B) £50 + 21.6% BP*
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Back of the Book. Extensive coln in 4 albums, early-modern, M/UM or U, incl Pre Cancels with modern UM incl imperf pairs, Memel, good range of Railway Parcels issues, Alsace and Lorraine, WWII/Liberation issues with some covers, Telegraph-Telephone issues useful range, good range of P.O. Training stamps etc. Scarcer/more unusual seen; careful specialist inspection required to fully appreciate. (½B) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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Revenues. Very extensive accum in 2 stockbooks, and on leaves, issues from 1860s, some dupl, but still considerable variety, some on documents. Specialist inspection essential to fully appreciate. Qty v.approx 2500. Also some other French stamps, early-modern, M/UM or U, with other back of the book issues etc. (½B) £200 + 21.6% BP*
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Literature. Useful extensive "library" of specialist publications, incl "Timbres au Type Merson" (1990, in English) by Storch and Francon, "Les Timbres-Poste au type Semeuse Camee de 1907" vols 1 and 2 (1981) by Storch and Francon, "Timbres de France Le Specialise 1849-1900 vol 1" by Yvert & Tellier (2000), "La Poste Maritime Francaise" vols I to IX by R. Salles, "La Poste de L'Ancienne France" (1965) by L. Lenain, "Catalogue des Timbres de France Seuls Sur Lettre 1849-1960" (1996) by R. Baillargeat etc. (½B x 5) £50 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to middle period mint and used collection in 3 large binders incl very good General issues, Alaquites, Alexandria 1902-21 set M, Cameroun 1916-7 set M, 1940 set to 20f (both) M, 1940 War Relief Fund M, 1943 overprint set M, Chad 1922 set M, 1924-33 set M, Dahomey, F. Congo 1900-4 set M, 1907-17 set M, 1933 set M, F. Equatorial Africa 1936 set of 26 M, 1937-42 set M, 1943 Free French Fund M, 1944 French Aid M, French Aid surcharge set M, F. Guiana 1887 0f.20 on 35c FU, F. Guinea, F. Oceania, F. Somali Coast 1903 set M, 1942 France Libre set UM, Gabon 1904-7 set FU, 1932-3 set M, Guadeloupe from 1884 20 on 30c, 25 on 35c unused (expertised), Ivory Coast, Martinique, Mauritania, New Caledonia 1903 set M, Reunion, Togo, Ubang-Shari, Upper Volta, Wallis and Futuna etc. Good lot. (3V) £3000 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to middle period mint and used collection in 5 stockbooks incl Algeria, Guadeloupe 1891 range of varieties with 20c FU, 25c and 30c og all with Guadeloupe variety, Indo-China 1892-6 to 75c og, 1900-1 set M, 1904-6 to 2f M, 1907 to 5f M, Indo-Chinese PO's in China incl Hoihow 1903-4 to 50c (both) og, Kwangchow 1919 vals to 4pi on 10f M, Mengtsz 1919 to 4pi on 10pf M, Pakhoi 1908 to 5f M, 1919 set to 4pi on 10f M, Mayotte 1892-9 to 5f og or used, 1900-7 set og or FU, Port Said 1902-20 to 5f M or FU, 1921-3 60m on 2f lilac and buff (both) M, Somali Coast 1902 5c on 25f and 10c on 5of M, Zanzibar 1902-3 set M etc. (½B) £800 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used collection in well filled large stockbook with useful ranges of General issues incl 1859-70 selection, 1871-6 range, 1881-6 vals to 1f, French Equatorial Africa, French Morocco with a selection of locals, Tunisia plus a range of covers. (V) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern misc M/UM/FU coln in 4 stockbooks, from General Issues, then typically ovpts, tablet, pictorials and some to Post Colonial, North & Mid Africa, Antarctic incl 1956-60 vals to 85f UM, then range to late 1990s, Wallis & Futuna incl 1920 ovpt set UM, Polynesia, etc. (4V) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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Very modern UM collection in large stockbook with issues up to 2015 for Andorra, French Antarctic, French Polynesia, St Pierre and Miquelon. (V) £100 + 21.6% BP*
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General Issues. Quite extensive unused and used selection in large stockbook incl 1859-70 1c, 5c and 40c pair unused, 1c, 5c(2), 10c(4 incl strip of 3), 20c(3), 40c(5) 80c(2) mainly FU, 1871-2 1c(3), 5c FU, 1871-6 15c(2), 20c, 25c FU, 1872-7 10c, 30c FU, 1877-8 to 1f unused or FU incl 75c og and 15c FU, 1878-80 colour change range incl 10c og, 1881-6 to 1f unused or FU incl 75c og, 1884-5 Postage Dues to 5f unused or og, 1893-1906 Postage Dues to 1f unused or FU. (V) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Algeria. Early to modern mint and used collection in stockbook incl 1924-5 to 5f M or FU, 1926-41 to 20f M or FU, 1927 War Charity set M, 1930 Centenary set M, 1936-40 to 20f M or FU, 1939 Monument Fund M and later range plus Postage Dues incl 1947-55 set M or FU, Parcel Post issues and a range of covers. (V) £150 + 21.6% BP*
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Cameroun. A group of 3 illustrated cards bearing 1915 5c single franking, 10c single franking and 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c and 35c all tied by 1916 Tresoret Postes Aux Armees Cameroun cds in black or blue. (See photo) (S) £150 + 21.6% BP*
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Morocco. Early to modern M/UM+FU dupl dealer stock in 2 very large stockbooks, with better, incl 1891-1900 surch 2p M pair, 1902-10 vals to 2p FU, 1917 Pictorial 2f FU (2), 1933 Pictorial set M, then dupl through to 1990s. (2V) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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Polynesia. Very comprehensive mainly UM 1958-2011 collection in 2 printed albums with better airs, min sheets incl 1968 Discovery of Tahiti UM, 1971 South Pacific Games UM, 1976 Olympic Games UM and a useful range of covers. (2V) £750 + 21.6% BP*
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French Oceanic Settlements. Early to middle period mint and used collection on leaves incl 1892 vals to 1f unused, 1913-5 set M, 1921 surcharge set M, 1922-30 set M, 1924-7 surcharge set M, 1929 set to 20f M, 1934-9 set M, 1937 Paris set and min sheet M, 1939 Revolution set M, 1948-55 set M, 1949 UPU air M, Postage Dues plus a selection of Tahiti with 1893 handstamped 5c, 10c, 20c unused or og, 15c FU, 1893 overprinted 15c, 25c and 75c unused or used. (R) £250 + 21.6% BP*
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French Somali Coast Early mint and used collection on leaves incl Djibouti 1893 5c unused, 1894-1902 to 1f og or FU, 1899 0.40 on 4c FU, 1902 0.05 on 75c FU, 1902 (15 Apr) 5c on 25f, 10c on 50f FU, 1902 5c on 40c, 10c on 50c og or FU, 1902 10c on 2f og, 1902-3 set og or FU, 1903 set og or FU, 1909 set mainly og, 1915-6 set og. (R) £350 + 21.6% BP*
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Mali Independence UM coln through to 1970s in stockbook. (V) £40 + 21.6% BP*
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Martinique. Early to middle range on stockleaves, from 1886 5 on 20c FU (2), 1886-88 surch set of 4 unused/o,g, plus vals FU, 1888-91 surches with vals incl 05c on 20c, on 35c, on 40c, 15c on 25c and on 75c (rounded corner) o.g., vals FU with 05c on 10c, on 20c, on 30c, on 35c (both shades), 15c on 20c (2) and on 25c, 1891-92 surch on p.dues, surch in black set of 4 unused/FU, surch in red set o.g. and vals FU, 1892 to 1f mainly FU, 1904 10c surch pair M, with some later to 1946. (R) £200 + 21.6% BP*
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Reunion. Early to modern mint and used collection on leaves incl 1885-6 Eagle types 5c on 40c used, 25c on 40c og, Ceres types 5c on 40c unused, imperf Peace and Commerce 5c on 30c, 10c on 4oc(2), 20c on 30c unused or used, 1891 imperf 30c, 40c and 1f unused or FU, perf range to 40c unused or used, 1892 to 1f og or used, 1900-5 to 50c (both) unused, 1922-30 to 3f og or FU, 1924-7 to 20f on 5f M, 1933-40 to 20f M, 1937 Air 50c M (expertised), 1939 French Revolution set M, 1943 France Libre M, 1947 set to 200f M and largely complete thereafter to 1974 UM/M, Postage Dues from 1889-92 set unused, Parcel Post 1890-1903 10c black/yellow (black frame) FU (expertised), 10c black/yellow (blue frame) og, 1906 10c block of 4 M etc. (R) £500 + 21.6% BP*
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St. Pierre and Miquelon. Early to modern mint and used collection in Lighthouse album incl 1885 10 on 40c, 15 on 40c unused, 1885 05 on 20c, 05 on 1f FU, 1891 15c on 30c FU, 1891 overprint in red 1c, 2c, 4c og, overprint in black vals to 15c og or FU, 1891-2 overprint range og or FU, 1892 handstamp selection og or unused, 1892 to 1f og or FU, 1900-8 set og or FU, 1909-17 set M, 1922-30 to 3f M, 1932-3 set M, 1934 Cartier set M, 1938-40 set M, 1941 Free French Plebiscite 25c M, 1941-2 overprint range, 1942 Welfare Fund pair M, 1947-52 set M or FU, 1955-9 set M and thereafter a mainly UM collection to 2011 plus Postage Dues with 1932 set M, Parcel Post incl 1901 10c pair M etc. (V) £850 + 21.6% BP*
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Bavaria. 1912 Flugpost 25pf UM/M block of 4. (Mi F1) Cat €1200 (See photo) (S) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used collection in album incl Saar 1921 set M or FU, 1921 French currency set FU, 1922 set M or FU, 1926-32 set FU, 1950 Nat Relief Fund M, Allied Occupation General issues 1948 overprints to 84pf incl 60pf (both) FU, French Zone 1945-6 Poets FU, Wurttemberg 1949 Ski Championship pair FU on cover, West Germany virtually complete FU to 2000. (V) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used collection in album incl 1872 Small shield ½g and 7k FU, large shield 1k FU, 1874 2½g FU, 1922 Munich Exhib FU, 1926-31 Air set FU, 1927 Welfare Fund FU, 1930 Welfare Fund FU, 1931 Welfare Fund M, 1932 Welfare Fund FU, 1933 Wagner set M, 1934 Welfare Fund FU, 1935 Welfare Fund FU, Officials and a useful range of Occupations and Plebiscites. (V) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Early-modern coln in 4 albums, M or U, incl Empire range mainly U, Weimar M or U incl 1927 IAA set FU, 1928-31 Zeppelin 1m FU and 2m M, 1930 Welfare Fund 50pf FU, various booklet combination multiples, Third Reich useful range with 1933 Wagner set o.g. (40pf is unused) or U, 1934 Air set FU (3m is o.g.), Workers set unused or FU, 1939 Nurburgring set M, Allied Occs, West Germany good range M/UM or FU to 1979, with better earlier etc. (B) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Germany various colns in 3 Lighthouse/Kabe albums & a stockbook, with some Third Reich sets, Allied Occup, good Bund incl 1949 Parliament, UPU, Refugees, 1950 Bach, 1951 St Mary's FU, Portraits, Phil Exhib, 1951-2 Posthorn 70pf (exp Schlegel BPP), 1952 Portraits, 1954-60 Heuss UM (50pf M), then looks complete UM+FU to 1970s, DDR complete M/FU incl 1953 Marx imperf M/S pair M. (½B) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Interesting early to modern accum in 6 vols & on cards, with Third Reich, Allied Occup incl, dupl M/S incl Bund 1959 Composers UM (4), DDR 1955 Engels M, Heuss 1954-60 set of 7 in UM blocks of 4, etc. (B) £150 + 21.6% BP*
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Ranges in 3 vols and loose, early-modern, M or U, covers or cards, incl some Third Reich interest, Allied Occs: Russian Zone 1948 Portraits set UM, West Germany and Berlin UM ranges, East Germany with 1950 Academicians set UM, Colonies coln; etc. (½B) £100 + 21.6% BP*
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West Germany Useful mainly fine used accumulation in 5 approval books incl 1951 St Mary's Church 20pf+5pf FU (signed Schlegel), 1952 Scout pair FU, 1953 Relief Fund FU, 1954-61 50pf UM, 1954 Relief Fund 40pf+10pf FU(3 all signed Sclegel), 1955 Relief Fund 40pf+10pf FU(3, two signed Schlegel) and later issues to 1999 with better setenant pairs etc. (T) £120 + 21.6% BP*
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West Berlin FU coln in pair of Lindner ptd albums, with 1948/49 black & red ovpts (unexpertised), 1949 UPU, Goethe, 1950 BPO, then virtually complete to 1990 incl 1986-9 Famous Women. (2V) £200 + 21.6% BP*
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East Germany M/UM/FU coln in Schaubek album (wrong cover), largely complete though some mixed cond noted, from Allied Occup incl 1946 Leipzig Fair M/S M, Theatre M/S pair M, DDR with 1954 Marx M/S set M, then through to 1970s. £150 + 21.6% BP*
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East Germany Mostly UM coln in Schaubek album, with 1950 Science, 1952-3 Portraits M, then mostly complete to 1980s. (V) £100 + 21.6% BP*
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Saar. Early to modern mint and used collection in album incl 1921 set M, 1921 French currency set M, 1925 45c and 10f FU, 1926 Welfare Fund M, 1948 set M or FU, 1949 Nat Relief Fund UM, 1949-51 set M, 1950 Stamp Day M, Council of Europe M, Nat Relief Fund M, 1951 Nat Relief Fund M and later ranges plus useful selection of illustrated FDC's from 1954. (V) £200 + 21.6% BP*
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Heligoland. Interesting written-up (German) 20th Century coln of cards & covers in binder, many have special ships cancels, covers with special cachet or local cancels, etc. Qty 90+. (V) £50 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used collection in Lighthouse album, on leaves and stockcards incl useful range of large Hermes heads with 1861 Paris printing 80l og, 1862-7 20l blue/bluish og, 1896 Olympic set to 5d FU, 1906 Olympic set (less 3d) M or FU, 1926 Air set M, 1930 Independence set M, 1933 Aeroespresso set M, 1952 King Paul set M, 1953 Nat Products UM, 1954 Air set UM, 1954 Greek Art UM, 1956 and 1957 Royal Family sets UM, 1958 Marine UM and later UM issues to 1988. (½B) £450 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mainly FU collection in Schaubek album, with good range of Large Hermes Heads, a few M, with some better ptgs noted, 1l (17), 2l (8), 5l (15), 10l (16), 20l (27), 40l (12) and 80l (3), 30l (6) and 60l, then Small Hermes perf and imperf also with duplicates, 1900-01 surch vals, then later defins, 1916 Royalist ovpts M/FU, 1922 ovpts 1935 airs FU, with later to 1970. (V) £270 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used selection in large stockbook incl small range of Hermes heads, 1911-23 Recess 10d FU, 1912-3 Balkan War issues with overprint in black reading up 3d M, overprint in red reading up 3d M plus a few varieties incl overprint in black reading down 2l with missing first letters in both lines of overprint M, Postage Dues, 1913-5 1d UM, 1916 Royalist 10d(3) M, 1923 Revolution overprint range M, 1926 Air set M, 1927-35 15d M and FU, 1933 50d and 100d FU, 1935-9 5d and 7d on grey-white paper UM, 1951 St Paul set UM (slight toning), 1957 Royal Family set UM etc. (V) £180 + 21.6% BP*
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Early to modern mint and used collection in large stockbook incl range of large and small Hermes heads, 1911-23 Recess range to 3d M(3), litho vals to 25d M, 1912-3 Balkan War range incl overprint in black reading up 3d M, overprint in red reading up vals to 10d M, 1913-5 40l and 1d M plus 3d FU, 1916 Royalist issue to 10d M(2), 1926 Air set M, 1933 100d FU(2), 1951 St Paul set UM (slight toning), 1957 Royal Family colour change set UM, Postage Dues incl 1875-6 to 80l FU(3), 1902 to 5d M(2), 1912 Balkan War issues, Limnos 1912-3 vals to 3d overprint in black and red M etc. (V) £160 + 21.6% BP*
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Crete. Substantial mint and used specialised accumulation on stock leaves incl 1899 handstruck locally 1m blue, 1m green(2) and 2m green-black all used, 1899 small range with star FU, 1900 Vermilion ovpt 1d, 2d, 5d, black ovpt 1d(4), 2d(4), 5d(4) all FU, 1901-2 vals to 5d(3) FU, 1905 1d(4), 3d(5), 5d(2) FU, 1908 1d(3), 2d(2), 3d(3) and 5d(3) all FU plus range of varieties incl 1l, 5l and 10l all with overprint inverted, 10l scarlet with E omitted and pair with and without overprint FU, 10l dull carmine with E omitted, 1909 3d and 5d(2) FU, 1909-10 1d(2), 3d and 5d(2) all FU, small range of Postage Dues incl 1908 40l with final letter inverted M, (R) £400 + 21.6% BP*
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UM coln in stockbook, from 1935 set, 1945 Liberation set with photo cert, 1950-60 set, then appears complete to 2000. (V) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Parcel Post UM range incl 1915-37 1ö & 2ö p.11 1/4, p.10 3/4 set and 1938-46 set. (Mi 4A-14) Cat €1700. (See photo) (R) £250 + 21.6% BP*
| See also lot 282 | HUNGARY
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Extensive, largely complete & in places highly dupl early to modern M/UM/FU coln in 21 vols, ideal for sorting. (2B) £300 + 21.6% BP*
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Early-modern coln in 2 albums, M or/and U, incl some Posthorns with 1873 4sk carmine o.g., 1911 Sigurdsson set FU, 1912 King set FU to 2k, 1921-30 50a on 5k and 2k on 25a FU, 1928-9 Air ovpts M, 1930 Millenary 10k FU, Air set M, 1931-7 2k FU, good range of later issues to 1994, with modern UM etc. (2V) £150 + 21.6% BP*
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Mostly complete UM coln in 3 Davo albums, all with tabs incl 1948 New Year set, 1949 Coins, Pitah Tiqwah 40p, M/S, 1950 UPU, PO 500p, 1951 National Fund, 1952 Menora, then appears complete to 1990s. (½B) £200 + 21.6% BP*
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