BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION IN 18 VOLUMES. A magnificent & extensive lifetimes collection of mint, nhm & used ranges in eighteen matching Stanley Gibbons (boxed) spring back albums in two giant boxes spanning the middle part of the 19th Century to the latter part of the 20th Century. The collection contains multiples, se-tenant issues, postmark interest inc "on piece" examples, Specimen overprints from KEVII to Modern Day, a panoply of complete sets, sometimes both mint & used and includes countries alphabetically from Aden to Zululand with individual albums of Australia (900+ stamps) & Canada (1500+ stamps) & useful unpicked ranges from a plethora of Commonwealth countries. Note Aden KGVI to 10r mint & QEII to 20s mint, Australia KGV Heads postmarked collection, KGVI 1948-56 High Values Specimen opt'd set with presentation cds nhm, Bahamas KGVI to £1 mint, QEII to various £1, $3 & $5 mint, Barbados KGVI & QEII 1950 pictorial definitive sets mint, Basutoland KGVI complete mostly mint inc 1938 set, Burma KGVI 1940's sets mint, Canada with hundreds of sets, booklet panes & multiples of most reigns, Ceylon to a fiscally cancelled 20r, CYPRUS KGVI 1938 set, Gambia QEII 1953 set mint, Gibraltar QV 20c olive green "Flat Top To C" variety fine mint (cat £350), KGV to 10s used, QEII 1960 set mint, Naval Crests sets, Gilbert Islands 1911 KEVII set mint (cat £180), 1912 KGV set to 5s, KGVI 1939 set with most listed shades mint, QEII 1956 set mint, Gold Coast QV to 2s mint, KEVII to different 2s mint, KGV to 5s mint, QEII to various $5 & sets, Hong Kong with most reigns to $ values used & Br PO's in China to 50c, India QV to 1r mint & 3r used, State multiples etc, useful Ireland & IOM, Jamaica QV to KGV to shilling values used, KGVI to 10s mint, QEII to £1 used, Malaysia, Malta QV to KGV to various 1s used, KGV 1935 "Extra Flagstaff" in mint corner block of 4 halfpenny, KGVI to 5s mint & used, QEII with many sets & values to £2 nhm, Mauritius QEII 1953 to 10r used, later Bird & Fish sets inc inverted Watermark & paper variants, useful Morocco Agencies, Natal & extensive New Zealand with many sets & top values seen, North Borneo 19th Century mint imperf pairs to 10 & later ranges inc sets & values to $ values, Nyasaland 1934-35 complete mint, KGVI 1945 set mint, 1953 set mint, Palestine 1927-45 postmark selection on values to 50m, Pitcairn KGVI complete mint & many QEII sets mint, strong "Saints" ranges inc Kitts, Helena, Lucia & Vincent (St Vincent with many bearing Specimen overprints), South Africa & SWA with many attractive multiples (ideal for display) as well as many complete sets & pairs, useful Seychelles with QV to 96c&1r mint, KEVII to 1r50 mint, KGV to 2r25 mint, many QEII sets mint, Sierra Leone KEVII to 5s mint Specimen opt'd, Tobago QV CC Wmk 1s mint, useful Trinidad with many QEII sets, Virgin Islands KGVI to different £1 mint. A highly recommended unpicked collection. See the extensive selection of scans for a flavour. (20000+ stamps & 450+ m/s) For more images, please visit https://www.sandafayre.com/itemdetails.aspx?s=636831
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