£12,000 - £16,000
COMMONWEALTH MINT COLLECTION. A beautiful collection in 9 large stock albums, stamps and sets from the late QV issues to the early QEII period with strength in the Kings. Typically we see such things as the Bahamas 1884-90 set incl all 1d shades, 1902-07 set, Basutoland 1933 set, 1961 10c on 1s type II (never hinged), Bechuanaland 1885-87 set complete SG 1/8, 1888 set to £1 SG 10/20, 1888 surcharged set SG 22/28, 1888 ½d on 3d SG 29, 1888 'Protectorate' set to 1s SG 40/46, 1888 4d on 4d SG 51, 1890 ½d SG 54, 1913-24 all 7 Seahorses SG 83/89, 1932 set, Falkland Is 1933 Centenary set to 2s6d, 1938-50 pictorials set, Gambia 1869-72 imperf 4d (2), 6d (2), 1874 imperf 4d (2), 6d (2), 1880-81 Wmk sdwys 6d & 1s, Wmk upright set, 1922-29 Wmk Script set with extra 10s printing, Gold Coast 1876-84 Wmk Crown CC set, 1898-02 set, 1902 set, 1921-24 set incl £2 green and orange, Mauritius 1863-72 6d blue-green, 10d maroon, 1s orange, 5s brt mauve SG 56-72, 1877 1s on 5s rosy mauve SG 81, 1900-05 set, New Guinea 1915-16 10s grey and pink (3, the diffn opt types), £1 brown and ultramarine SG 85, £1 chocolate and dull blue (3, diffn opt types) SG 99, 1925-27 Village set, 1931 (with dates) set, 1931 Air set, 1932-34 redrawn set, 1935 £2 & £5 Goldfields (£2 never hinged), 1939 Air set SG 212/225, Nigeria 1914-29 set, Papua 1907 1s black and orange SG 36, 1932-40 pictorials set, Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 set SG 1/17, Nyasaland 1891-95 set, 1892-93 surcharged set, 1891 No wmk set SG 21/28, also £1 black and yellow-orange SG 29, 1896 Wmk Crown CA set SG 32/39, 1897-00 set SG 43/52, 1903-04 2s6d to £1 SG 63/66, 1908-11 set SG 72/81, 1913-21 set SG 83/98, 1921-33 set SG 100/113, Rhodesia 1892-93 set with both shades of the 6d & 2s6d SG 1/10, also £2 rose-red SG 11, 1892 surcharged set SG 14/17, 1892-94 set, 1896-97 Die I & II sets SG 29/37, 41/50, 1896 1d on 4s, 3d on 5s Provisionals SG 52/53, 1896 overprinted set SG 58/64, 1897 set SG 66/73, 1898-08 set SG 75/90, also £2 brown, 1905 Victoria Falls set, 1909-12 overprinted set SG 100/113, 1910-13 Double Heads set to 1s, 1913-19 Admirals set to 7s6d, 10s and £1 (SG 252, 241, 242), Sierra Leone 1896 £1 purple/red, 1903 set, 1904-05 £1 purple/red, 1907-12 £1 purple/red, 1912-21 £2 blue and dull purple SG 129, 1921-27 set SG 131/146, 1933 Wilberforce set, South Africa1913-24 £1green and red SG 17, 1927-30 'Suidafrica' set, South West Africa 1923-26 Setting II set, Setting IV 2s6d, Setting VI set SG 16-40, to name just a fraction of the collection. Cheifly very fine & fresh (few 1000's) Lot 53 (B) [c]
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