Lot 1216 Large Collection / Accumulation of Mint and Used Trinidad and Tobago, 1851-2019, with a few thousand stamps, the majority in hingeless mounts, in roughly 125 album pages housed in two albums. The collection begins with roughly 225 primarily used Trinidad noting mostly perforated Britannia’s from ½p to £1 (revenue postmarks on the higher denominations), along with roughly 20 mint hinged Tobago 1882-1896 issues, and back of the book material noting postage dues and war tax. The collection continues with mint and or used singles, sets, and partial sets of Trinidad and Tobago, ranging from 1913 to the 1950s, with primarily mint never hinged stamps onwards. A cursory check noted #s 10 (m.h., $85), 30 (x2, m.h., $80 total), along with sets and partial sets cataloguing from $20 to $60 and up. We estimate 95% completeness in period, for basic issues. Post-1960, with the collector adding, souvenir sheets, sheetlets, in hingeless mounts and selections of modern used hinged onto album pages. Duplication up to five in some cases, with online photos showing a sampling. A few small faults with a few of the early stamps, overall fine to very fine. Estimate C$350, sold for C$2,600.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 1715, Impressive Mint British America Collection, from Classics to 1970, in two Scott Specialty albums, sold for C$19,890
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.
Lot 452, Trinidad 1857 one pence brown red Britannia pair on white paper, VF mint
Lot 452 Trinidad #6 1857 (1d) Brown Red Britannia Imperforate, on White Paper, a mint horizontal pair with full original gum, the left stamp is hinged and the right stamp remains never hinged. Four margins all around, fresh and very fine. Catalogue value is for hinged. Scott CV U$6,500.