BRITISH COMMONWEALTH beautiful, impressive collection in a p...

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH beautiful, impressive collection in a pair of SG New Imperial albums, predominantly M, a few U. Volume I starts with a few GB KGV issues (many pages blank) then goes on to be a stamp describers 'dream lot.' Many countries have all the spaces filled with M sets & singles and where this is so, to shorten the description, (C) has been used to represent 'complete.' VOLUME 1 - Antigua with some early QV then (C) from 1882; Ascension (C) with additional 1½d 'Cleft Rock' (SG.12c); Australia 1913 to 5s (one 4d), £1, 1915-22 set to 5s, £1, £2 (UM top marginal, SG.45b), KGV Heads, 1923-24 to £1, 1929-30 to 5s, 1931-35 to 10s, commem sets, some Dues & Officials; Bahamas with Chalons, 1884-98 5s, £1, 1901-35 (C); Barbados with a few Britannias, 1882-1935 (C); Bechuanaland with many early, (C) from 1889; Bermuda with 3d on 1s (Cert), (C) from 1880 with KGV 12/6d Postal Fiscal; British East Africa with many spaces filled, vals to 10r; British Guiana almost (C) from 1882; British Honduras, some earlier, (C) from 1889; British Levant, almost (C) with 1916 Salonica set (BPA Certs for each val); British Solomon Islands (C) no KGV £1; British Somaliland (C) missing Officials O12, O15; Brunei nearly (C), no 1906 30c, $1 & 1908-16 $25; Burma 1937 to 5r, 15r, Officials to 1r; Cameroons 1915 set (no 1s on 1m); Canada with some Large & Small Heads, (C) from 1893 (incl. Jubilees to $5); Cape of Good Hope with SG.4, 5a, 18, 18b, 18bc, 20, 21, vals to 5s (4), Mafeking 3d on 1d (Cert), SG.18, ZAR 2½d (Cert); Cayman Islands (C); Ceylon with SG.3a, 5, 9, 11, 12 Imperfs, many later Perfs, Surcharges, not many missing from 1885 with Officials; British PO's in China 1917-21 set (C), 1922-27 set to $1; Cyprus almost (C) from 1882 (no KGV £5); Dominica almost (C) from 1882; Egypt with early Sphinx issues, Postage (C) from 1888 (no Port Fouad), most Airmails, 1935 Jubilee seal, some Dues & Officials; Falkland Islands 1891-1900 to 2/6d, KEVII & KGV vals to 5s, 1933 Centenary set to £1; Fiji with 1870-71 Times 6d (U), some 'CR' & 'Crown VR' issues, later QV to 5s, (C) from 1903, 1918 Dues; Gambia with Imperf 4d, 6d, almost (C) from 1880; Gibraltar (C) with KGV £5; Gilbert & Ellice Islands (C); Gold Coast QV vals to 20s, (C) from 1902 (no KGV £20); Grenada with many Chalons, Surcharges, (C) from 1895; Hong Kong with early QV (U), 1891 Jubilee (M), (C) from 1900 (no 1904-7 $10 & 1912-22 2c shade); India with 4a (SG.23), virtually (C) from 1868 with sets to 25r, Officials from 1867; C.E.F (C); Chamba, Faridkot, Gwalior, Jind, Nabha, Patiala - all almost (C) with Officials, odd value missing, all 25r present; Indian Feudatory States almost 80-90% (C); Iraq (C) (no 1932 1d), Officials almost (C) to 1932; Ireland (C); Jamaica (C) from 1889; K.U.T 1903-04, 1904-07 & 1912-22 to 10r, 1921-22 to 5r, 1922 & 1935 to £1; Labuan almost (C) from 1892; Lagos with 1884-86 5s, (C) from 1887; Leeward Islands (C); Malta with a few ½d orange, (C) from 1885 (no 1919-20 10s). VOLUME 2 - Mauritius with a few seated Britannias, Pence issues, almost (C) from 1878 (no 1921-25 50r); Montserrat (C) (no 1884-5 4d blue); Morocco Agencies (C) (no 1898 40c & 1p Ovpt'd blue); Natal with a few Chalons, later QV to 5s, 1902-03 to £5, 1908-09 to £1; Nauru (C); Newfoundland with early Imperfs, almost (C) from 1868 (no Hawker, de Pinedo or Columbia Ovpt'd Airs); New Guinea with Kangaroos to 10s (2), 1921-34 (C) with Officials; New Hebrides (C); New Republic page (C) no 1887 2/6d & 30s; NSW with vals to 10s; New Zealand with Chalons SG.97 & 100, 1882 to 1906 almost (C), various high vals to 7s, 1909 onwards almost (C) with most Arms, some Dues, Officials (C) to £1, some Lighthouse issues; Aitutaki (C); Niue almost (C); Penrhyn (C); Niger Coast with 1893 Surcharges (11 different, seven with Certs.),1894 ½d on 2½d (Cert), vals to 10s (2); Nigeria (C); North Borneo 90% (C) and Dues; Northern Nigeria (C) no £25; Northern Rhodesia (C); Nyasaland with 1891 to 10s, 3s & 4s Surcharges, 1895 £1 Specimen, 1896 5s, 1897 to 4s, £1, 1903-04, 1908 & 1913-23 to £1, thereafter (C); OFS; Palestine; Papua (C) (missing only 5 Papua Ovpts); Queensland various M & U Chalons to 20s (M), M from 1882 onwards with vals to £1 (2); Rhodesia 1890 to £1, 1891 Surcharges, Shield sets with 1897 £2 (Cert), 1905 Falls, 1909 to £1, Double Heads set to £1, Admiral vals to £1 (2); St. Christopher; St. Helena earlies with Imperfs, (C) from 1884; St. Kitts-Nevis (C); St. Lucia with earlies, (C) from 1891; St. Vincent with 1880 5s (Cert.), (C) from 1890; Samoa vals to £1 (3); Sarawak (C); Seychelles (C); Sierra Leone earlies with 1896-97 to £1, (C) from 1903 (no £2 & £5); South Africa Postage (C) no 1930-32 2/6d, Dues (C), Officials (missing 3); South Australia almost (C) from 1895, few Officials; Southern Nigeria (C) no 1904 10s; Southern Rhodesia (C); SWA Postage (C), Dues (missing 1923-27 3d), Officials (C); Strait Settlements with some earlies, 1883-91 to 96c, Surcharges, 1892, 1902, 1904-06, 1906-11, 1912-22 (2), 1922-32, 1936 all to $5; Johore few QV Ovpts, 1892 to 1904 $10 (C), 1910-12, 1919 both to $1, 1921-28 to $4; Kedah (C); Kelantan (C) no 1928 $1 P.14; Negri Sembilan (C) no 1935-36 $5; Pahang; Perak; Selangor; Trengganu with 1910-19 to $25, 1917-18 to $5, Exhib to $5, 1924-29 to $3; F.M.S (C) no $25; Sudan with Officials (C), few Army; Tanganyika Mafia Island (6 diff), 1915 onwards (C) no 50r; Tasmania; Tobago; Togo with sets to 20s (2); Tonga; Transjordan almost (C) from 1923; Transvaal with Edw to £1 (2), £5 Specimen; Trinidad some earlies, (C) from 1883, some Dues & Officials; T & T (C); Turks Is. Earlies with Surcharges (10 diff); Turks & Caicos (C); Uganda 1896 Imperfs (7 diff), 1898 to 5r; Victoria some early U, virtually (C) from 1887 (M) no 1902 £2, some Dues; Virgin Is. (C) apart from 3 earlies; Western Australia vals to £1; Zanzibar almost (C) from 1896 (no 20r to 100r), many Dues; Zululand vals to £1. Viewing essential to appreciate the vast nature of this collection. Where there are spaces for shades these have been correctly attributed. A huge amount of care has been taken to ascertain that the stamps are in the correct spaces (watermarks etc.), with many high value stamps having been purchased at auction or from dealers, like Stanley Gibbons. A 'life's work,' one of the best I have had the privilege to describe.
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