Auction No. 36 Saturday, 4 October 2025 / 12:30 pm start

British Commonwealth KGV MLH collection in 10 SG ...

Realised: $3,700 plus premium

Category: Collections, Accumulations and Selections  >  World

Lot Details

British Commonwealth KGV MLH collection in 10 SG albums with matching slipcases with gold trim consisting Vol 1 Great Britain incl 1924 BEE & 1929 UPU low vals & 1934 to 9d & 1935 SJ, Antigua to 2/- (17) plus 5 Barbuda to 3d, Ascension ovpts to 8d, plus 1924/33 val to 8d (6) & 1935 SJ, Australia 1st wmk ½d, 2d, 2½d, 4d & 1/-, 1918/23 KGV Cr/A 1d violet, 1½d green, 2d scarlet & 1/4d pale blue with 29 later incl 1/- Vic Cent, lyrebird, Anzac, 2/- SJ& 2 PD's plus New Guinea (NWPI) kangaroos to 1/- (9) & KGV heads incl 3x 4d (9), Huts incl 2/- (4) plus Airs to 1/- (excl 1d, 9d), 1931/32 BOP odds (18) & SJ before Papua (36) incl 1934 Declaration & 1935 SJ sets. Vol 2 incls Bahamas 1911/19 "staircase" to 3/- (Cat. £110), 1912/19 MCA to 5/-, all War Tax ovpts, 1920 Peace, 1921/29 script "staircase" set of 4 (Cat. £80) & heads to 1/-, 1930 Tercent (Cat. £70), SJ set & 8d flamingos before Bahrain (6 incl 1r), Barbados 1912 & 1916 sets to 3/- (excl 1912 6d & 2/-), 1920/21 Victory set of 12 (Cat. £150),1925/35 to 3/- (excl 2½d) & SJ. Basutoland 1933 to 1/-, SJ & PD's, Batum with 11 common imperfs plus 1920 colour changes (9), Bechuanaland part sets with 20 vals to 1/- & SJ & PD's (excl 2d agate). Bermuda 1910/25 vals to 1/- with odds to 1/- SJ & 1936/47 sets, British Guiana with 17 “odds” to 72¢ & SJ, British Honduras incl 1932 Relief Fund (27), Br. Levant (11), Br. Solomons incl SJ (23), Br. Virgin Is incls 1922/28 to 5/- excl 3 low vals & SJ, Brunei 1916 5¢ & 8¢, 1922 Exhibition to 25¢ & 1924/37 to $1 (excl 30¢ & 50¢). Vol 3 contains Canada incl 1930/31 50¢, SJ & 2 Special Delivery (48) & Newfoundland with 1910 simplified to 15¢ & 49 later odds/part sets incl SJ, Cayman with most War Tax, Ceylon with defin values to 5r, plus SJ & pictorial set to 1r, Cook Is incl 2/- & 3/- "Admirals" (41) with Aitutaki (12) & Penrhyn (14), Cyprus incl 1928 Anniv to £1 (excl 18pi), Cat. £270, Dominica incl MCA 5/-, script set to 2/6d (views) & 5/- (Badge) & SJ (47), Egypt (10), Falklands 1912 with 4 vals to 1/- & later odds also to 1/-, Fiji incls SJ & 1918 PD's (29), Gambia 1912 to 1/- (excl 7½d), 1921/22 to 10d, 1922/29 to 1/- plus SJ set while Gibraltar incls 1912/24 to 4/-, 1921/27 ditto, 1925/32 1/- to 10/-, 1931/33 Perf. 13½x14 & SJ set. Continues into Vol 4 with Gilbert & Ellice 1911, 1912 to 1/-, SJ, Gold Coast 1918 to 2/6d, 1921/24 to 2/6d, 1928 to 2/- before SJ set & PD's. Grenada with 1913 vals to 2/- plus 10/- & a few 1921 & 1934 to 6d plus SJ, Hong Kong 1912 4¢ to $1 incl both 25¢ (Cat. £350), 1921 vals to 50¢ & again SJ & PD's, latter with sideways wmk (5) & 4 ovpts incl 1922 10¢. India 1911 incl shades to 2a6p, simplified high vals plus a few 1921/26, 1929 Airs, 1931 New Delhi, SJ & odd Official noting 5R (SG O93, Cat. £45), 1925 high vals (O99, 101/2) with low val CEF & IEF ovpts before Iraq (Mosul) set of 6, 1918/21 ovptd pictorials to 10p (Cat. £190) plus script wmk set of 3 (Cat. £65) & later odds incl Officials with 1923 2r black (Cat. £45). Also Ireland 1922/23 range of ovpts to 1/- (41) & defins set of 12 "5e" wmk (Cat. £85), Jamaica defins to 6d plus 2/- incl various War Stamp ovpts, 1919 odds to 1/-, 1921 script wmk to 5/- (Cat. £85) with later to 1935 missing only 1927/32 1d Die II & KUT with 1922/27 1/-, 2/-, 5/- & 10/- (Cat. £130), 1935/37 to 2/- Silver Jubilee with a good range of Kuwait to 2r (19 various), 1933/34 Airs (Cat. £180), 1923/24 Officials incl 5r (9), 1929/33 incl 2r, Leeward Is incl 10/- & Silver Jubilee set. This description of the first 4 vols is a good representation of the next 6. A full lot description for all 10 vols is available by request. This is an impressive lot with the majority fine in premium albums. (1000s).