Auction #7

One collection of Boy Scouts on stamps offers the scarce "wide" Baden Powell on piece as well as the founder in the regular size Lot 957 (COGH #178) and Sergeant Goodyear Lot 956 (COGH #179), both on piece.

LOT 958 — CAPE OF GOOD HOPE #180 1900 Used 3p blue on blue Baden-Powell, 21mm wide, perf 12, on piece dated MY.11.00, very fine. Scott CV$1500.

The balance of the collection in 16 volumes is offered as Lot 2052.

LOT 2052 — Scout collection includes both Boy Scouts and Girl Guide stamps, over 5,000 stamps in 16 binders and including over 660 souvenir sheets (hinged and never hinged), over 580 imperfs, 265 gutter pairs plus other miscellaneous items such as covers. A major portion of the collection is mint. About one third of the carefully assembled collection is British Commonwealth. We noted 1938 Lithuania athletic set overprints (NH), 1920 Siam semi-postals #B18-B30 (hinged, B30 thinned), 1963 Cyprus 50th anniversary souvenir sheet (NH, trivial stains), 1969 Sierra Leone #382-387 and C100-C105 (both NH) and 1973 Tonga #322-326, C130-C134, CO79-CO71 (NH). Est. $2000.

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