Lot 1715 Impressive Mint British America Collection, from Classics to 1970, in two Scott Specialty albums, ending in 1970. This valuable collection includes a host of better singles and sets, such as: Antigua, Bahama, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Grenada, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Vincent, South Georgia, Tobago, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks Island, Turks & Caicos and Virgin Islands. Where it was not clear, we have cited the least expensive shade/variety. Included also are numerous additional shades. The Common Designs are also basically complete in period. This remarkable collection had been put away for many years, thus the colours are super fresh and vibrant, and it is definitely worth a closer look, starting with the 90 images that accompany it. Overall fine to very fine and not often offered this nice. Estimate $7,500, sold for C$17,000.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Lot 938, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1946 King George VI thick Map set in sheets of 60, sold for C$1,111
Lot 938 Falkland Islands Dependencies #1L1-1L8 1946 ½d to 1sh King George VI Thick Map Set, with each value in a mint never hinged complete sheet of 60 (all from plate 1A). The 3d sheet shows the “missing I” (£200), “teardrop” (£110) and “extra island” (£225) varieties, as well as a remnant of a “extra dot by oval”. Also, several stamps on each sheet have the “broken arc” variety, the 4d sheet has a perforation variety at lower left caused by a fold-over before perforation. A very fine set of sheets, catalogue value is for all normal single stamps only. Scott CV$1,020, sold for C$950.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.