Great Britain collection to 2012 in mounts housed in a bulging Minkus album, mostly used to 1883 then mainly mint, starts with pleasing examples of 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue, then many other line engraved issues, 1847 1/- and 1854 6d embossed issues, both with excellent margins, the surface printed issues are nicer than normal and include 1857 5/- and 1882-83 5/- and 10/- wmked anchor, these three having nice c.d.s. cancels, then mostly mint with 1883-84 ½d to 1/- complete, 1884 5/-, 1887-92 Jubilee complete, Edward VII complete to 1/-, plus numerous shade and printing varieties and the perf. 15x14 set, 1912 ½d pair with no cross on crown (S.G. #340a) with RPS certificate, 1913 ½d and 1d coils, postage dues complete, officials with mint Scott #O2, O6, O12, O38, O43, O44-45, O46 (creased), O61, O63-64, O67-68 and O76 and used O8 and O49, some of which may not be genuine, George VI complete, then QEII pretty much complete, with Wilding wmk, tagging and graphite varieties, phosphor commemoratives and 1975 8p Sailing with black omitted, in addition there is a separate album with Regionals, Alderney Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, plus a half dozen large envelopes with new issues up until quite recently, some small faults mostly among the nineteenth century, but nicer than usual with many fine-very fine to be found throughout.
Great Britain collection to 2012 in mounts housed in a bulging Minkus album, mostly used to 1883 then mainly mint, starts with pleasing examples of 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue, then many other line engraved issues, 1847 1/- and 1854 6d embossed issues, both with excellent margins, the surface printed issues are nicer than normal and include 1857 5/- and 1882-83 5/- and 10/- wmked anchor, these three having nice c.d.s. cancels, then mostly mint with 1883-84 ½d to 1/- complete, 1884 5/-, 1887-92 Jubilee complete, Edward VII complete to 1/-, plus numerous shade and printing varieties and the perf. 15x14 set, 1912 ½d pair with no cross on crown (S.G. #340a) with RPS certificate, 1913 ½d and 1d coils, postage dues complete, officials with mint Scott #O2, O6, O12, O38, O43, O44-45, O46 (creased), O61, O63-64, O67-68 and O76 and used O8 and O49, some of which may not be genuine, George VI complete, then QEII pretty much complete, with Wilding wmk, tagging and graphite varieties, phosphor commemoratives and 1975 8p Sailing with black omitted, in addition there is a separate album with Regionals, Alderney Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, plus a half dozen large envelopes with new issues up until quite recently, some small faults mostly among the nineteenth century, but nicer than usual with many fine-very fine to be found throughout.
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