Start of the sale:
Wednesday, 27 September 2017 at 03:41
Item n°476649585
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 10 October 2017 at 11:30
Lot:
#5001
Catalogue:
Estimated price:
between £6,000.00 and £8,000.00
LARGE CHARISMATIC COLLECTION OF VERY OLD STAMPS. A WONDERFUL OLDE TYME COLLECTION of British Empire (no GB) and word-wide stamps spanning the 1850's to the 1930's (mostly 19th Century issues) arranged by country on many 100's of old "Rapkin" album pages housed in a large special box with leather strapping (dated inside "1951") and rich in old stamps which must catalogue many £100,000s! From a time when it was possible to find lots of early & classic issues but there was much less information about postmarks, watermarks, plate flaws and the many other things which excite the modern collector! A full Antigua to Wurttemberg range with so many 'jam- packed' displays of old stamps it's difficult to suggest highlights but we do see early classics from Argentina, Australia & all the States (New Sth Wales from Sydney View imperfs, etc), Brazil, Canada & all her Provinces (such as Newfoundland from 1860 6d orange- vermilion, P.E.I. from SG 1,etc - plus plenty of 19th Century Canada), Cape of Good Hope triangulars (17), Ceylon imperfs, Egypt from GB 'used in', France & some colonies, Gambia imperf Cameo's, the German States, India from 1854 imperfs, the Italian states, Netherlands from the 1854 imperfs (incl 5c mint), New Zealand from the imperf Chalons, Norway from 1855 imperf, Persia from Lion classics, St Helena early surcharges, Swiss imperfs, USA with masses of 19th Century - THIS BARELY 'SCRATCHES THE SURFACE' of this incredible old collection which lesser auctions would probably divide into 100's of smaller lots! Condition is mixed including many with faults, also includes revenue stamps, local post issues & other 'back of the book' material. Highly recommended (approx 20,000 stamps) For more images, please visit https://www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=611049
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