Lot 933
British Africa. 1850s-1970s Mint Collection of Thousands. Thousands of mint (some used present) stamps on album pages, stock pages, in glassines and other housing with some minor duplication. Cat value includes counted pre-1950 mint material, later definitive sets and Scott listed back of the book. many better mint including Basutoland Scott #46-56 (x2), Bechuanaland #11-8, 105-15 & 154-65, Cameroons # 53-62, 64 & 65 (no gum, counted at $150 cat value), Cape of Good Hope #12 (no gum, beautiful stamp) & 13 (no gum, appears to be steele blue class but figured as cheapest shade), E.A. & U. #29, Gambia #1 (1985 BPA cert, small part OG, stained, rather harsh opinion), 28-39, 132-43 (NH), 132-43 (x2, hinged) & 341-44 (x2), G.E.A, #N120, Gold Coast #10, 49-55 & 98-107, K.U.T. #17-26, 35-6 & 113-17, Mauritius #83, 91-111 & 137-50, Natal #81-94 & 106-07, Nigeria #49, Northern Nigeria #19a-26a & 28-37, Orange River Colony #68-9, St Helena #50-5, Sierra Leone #77-87, 103-17 & 153-62. Somaliland #37-9, South Africa #288-98, Southern Nigeria #1-9 & 10-19, South West Africa #314-28, Sudan #9-15, 61-2, 63-78, 79-84 & O10-24, Tanganyika #29-41 & 43, Uganda #75-6, Zanzibar #12, 14-6 & 14 and many other colonies. Mixture of hinged and NEVER HINGED, overwhelmingly fine to very fine or better. 2017 Scott $30,000++. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
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