Page 11 - Vance's Sale 378 - January 28, 2026 - Part 1

LETTERS FROM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION: BRITISH EMPIRE 11
THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY: 514. ÚÛ 157/1733, Primarily mint coll on FAKES & FORGERIES: BR. COMMONWEALTH
502. Ú Nice lot of 3 diff letterheads 1980-6 with stockcards, from 1936-97. Incl many beauti- 537. ÚÛ Fascinating coll of Br. Empire COLLECTION IN 7 BINDERS:
“thank you” letters from the Royal Family. Incl ful topical & commem sets & SS’s. Also has Fakes, Forgeries, Counterfeits & Reprints. 549. ÚÛ Coll of Br. Commonwealth orga-
one from the QUEEN at Buckingham Palace; blocks, strips, booklets & booklet panes, Has Australian States; Indian States; West nized by country / region on pages in 7
one from Clarence House from the QUEEN some Frama labels. Some issues have both Indies; North Borneo; Br. Guiana; Cape of binders. Has early issues up to 1980’s-90’s
MOTHER; & the other from PRINCESS used & mint stamps. F-VF, lots of NH. Cat Good Hope; BNA; Samoa #1 cpl sheet of with a wide array of countries & issues.
MARGARET at Kensington Palace. All signed value $3,000+ (1,400+ stamps, 35 Booklets, 40; Gr. Britain Penny Black; etc. Many ex- Stronger areas are Ireland, Norfolk Is,
by Lady-in-Waiting or Secretary. VF. A nice 62 SS’s) .................. Est 900.00+ pensive stamps here if genuine. Majority Saints, Mauritius, Seychelles, Channel Is,
Royalty lot (3 diff)............ Est 125.00+ VG-VF (177 stamps) ........ Est 500.00+ Montserrat, Trin & Tobago, Turks & Caicos,
KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA:
HUMAN RIGHTS YEAR 1968: Virgin Is, Middle East, Malayan area, etc.
503. Û Coll of Br. Commonwealth sets issued 515. Û 103-17, 120-35, Two diff QE defin VG-VF (1,000’s)............ Est 500.00+
in 1968 for the Human Rights Year. Has a sets up to 20 Shilling & £1. F-VF.......... AUSTRALIA COLLECTION 1915-1982:
nice variety of countries. The highlight of the .................... 2025 Scott 199.80 526. ÚÛ 47/824, Beautiful coll neatly ar-
lot is the Jamaica set of 3 that were printed ranged on stockcards. Primarily mint NH
but withdrawn (VF, NH, Scott $175 US). F-VF with a broad range of cpl topical sets. We
(102) ..................... Est 225.00+
noted used 47-52 ($59), 96-9 ($72), 177-9
PHILATELIC “CHAIN LETTER”: ($67); plus mint 292-303 & 314-31 ($131),
504. Ö Hong Kong 1952 cover to Montreal 554-79 NH ($57), etc. F-VF, most NH. 2023
Canada. Inside has a typed International Scott $1,070 (443 stamps, 5 Booklets) ....
Chain Letter asking the recipient to send ......................... Est 325.00+
stamps to the first person on the list & then
add one’s name to the bottom of the list. INDIAN STATES DOCUMENTS, ETC:
Chain letters are now illegal in various 527. Ú Interesting accum of pre WWII covers,
countries (incl Canada & USA). F Est 40.00+ documents, Telegrams, etc. Incl some with BRITISH PACIFIC SETS & SINGLES:
adhesives, Hundi / Revenue handstamps,
AUSTRALIA BOOKLETS 1967-1972: etc; from Indian States & cities like Allahabad, BECHUANALAND COLLECTION 1885-1966: 550. ÚÛ Beautiful all diff asst of mostly sets
505. Û 399a/517a, Coll of 8 diff cpl Booklets. Poonch, Dhrangadhra, etc. Several Tele- 538. ÚÛ 4/213, J4-12, QV-QE coll of singles identified in ‘102’ cards. Has a wide variety
VF, NH .............. 2025 Scott 170.00 grams from Burma incl Toungoo & Maubin. & sets on a black stocksheet. Incl mint 111- of issues primarily from the 1930’s-80’s.
3 ($60), 180-93 ($91), etc. Has values to
Most F-VF (90 items)......... Est 175.00+ 1Sh, 2Sh, 1r; some with both mint & used Incl Aitutaki, Australia, Cook Is, Christmas
Is, Fiji, Kiribati, NZ, Papua New Guinea,
stamps. VG-VF, some mint NH. 2025 Scott Samoa, Tuvalu, etc. F-VF, primarily mint &
NIUE BLOCK WITH MISSING CENTRES: $937 (166) ................ Est 375.00+
516. ÕÛ 44, Imperforate block in black mostly NH (100’s).... 2025 Scott 1,730.00
MISSING THE CENTRES. VF. Est 200.00+ CEYLON COLLECTION 1935-1957: SHOEBOX OF USED AUSTRALIA:
539. ÚÛ 260/339, Primarily KGV-KGVI coll 551. Ú Shoebox with a completely unsorted
IRELAND 1941 COMPLETE SHEET in mounts on pages. Incl mint 264-74 ($73), hoard of loose off paper stamps from early
THAT CATS $4,080: 264a-5a ($52); used 264-74 ($46), etc. Also 1900’s-2000’s. Large quantity to sort through,
517. Û 110, Scarce cpl sheet of 240 stamps, some diff perfs & some with both mint & used primarily commems. Generally VG-VF (Many
with central gutter of the 2Àp defin. F-VF, stamps. F-VF. 2024 Scott $364 (98)....... 100’s)..................... Est 125.00+
NH, some minor separation / selvedge .......................... Est 135.00+
creases. 2025 Scott $4,080. . . Est 500.00+
JAMAICA WWII
CENSORED COVERS TO CANADA: AUSTRALIA CANCEL COLLECTION:
506. Ö A most interesting accum of WWII 528. Ú Attractive coll of selected stamps with
Censored Airmail covers to Canada, most in CDS cancels on 2 stockcards, primarily
sleeves. All franked by KGVI issues; variety from 1920’s-30’s. Broad range of small town
of Censor Examiner number tapes. A good strikes here like Bundaberg, Nowra, Kiama,
lot for study. Majority VG-VF, some flts (81) Blackbutt, Rupanyup, Bachus, Mt. Gambier,
......................... Est 450.00+ Dingo, Burwood, Toorak, etc. Many SON
RHODESIA & NYASALAND MINT NH: strikes. VG-VF (167) ........ Est 150.00+
507. Û 141/182, Very nice coll of sets, PITCAIRN ISLANDS
singles, & blocks from 1954-62. Has attractive COLLECTION 1940-1980: BR. ANTARCTIC TERRITORY COVERS:
issues incl 141-55 ($114), 172-77 singles 529. ÚÛ 1/197, Primarily mint coll neatly ar- 540. Ö Beautiful coll of Antarctic related cov-
& blocks ($101), & more. F-VF, NH (80).... ranged on pages & stockcard. Lovely topical ers, from 1963-2000. Most with lovely multi- GRENADA MINT STOCK:
.................... 2025 Scott 274.00 frankings (incl 2 with Falkland Is stamps), 552. Û 70/2534, BOB, Duplicated mint stock
sets here. F-VF (138 stamps, 5 SS’s)...... nice cachets & fancy cancels incl base &
.................... 2026 Scott 151.00 neatly arranged & identified on plastic
ship cancels. We saw 10 Officer signed cov- stockcards. Primarily 1960’s-80’s but does
TRINIDAD COLLECTION 1864-1906: ers incl some with multi-signatures. Various have a few earlier & later. Has a broad
530. ÚÛ 48/107, BOB, Primarily used coll surveys & projects. Cancels from Signy Is, range of cpl topical sets; plus souvenir
neatly arranged on pages. F-VF (40) ...... Faraday, Argentine Is, Rothera, Adelaide Is, sheets. Also has Grenadines issues. We
.................... 2025 Scott 176.00 Halley Bay & Port Cockroy. F-VF (51)..... saw ships, flora & fauna, royal events, boy
GUERNSEY MINT COLLECTION 2000-2021:
518. Û 726/1640, Scott 2-post Specialty ......................... Est 400.00+ scouts, sports, Disney, etc. Majority F-VF,
Album with an attractive modern coll on SWAZILAND GUTTER BLOCKS: almost all NH. 2025 Scott $1,090 (462
pages. Incl sets, souvenir / miniature sheets 541. ÕÛ 399-402, 539-42, Butterflies & Animal stamps, 178 SS’s, 25 booklets) Est 275.00+
& self-adhesives. Has many in the $1-$27 gutter blocks of 10. VF, NH. 2025 Scott $245 BR. COMMONWEALTH MYSTERY BOX:
Cat range with lovely topicals like birds, do- ............................ Est 70.00 553. ÚÛ Box full of stamps, QV-QE. Has
mestic animals, landscapes, royalty, birds, VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY SHEET: stamps in glassines, in envelopes, on pages
Christmas, sports, food, race cars, scouts, 542. Û 19, Cpl mint sheet of 24 of the 1d car- & stockcards, etc. Stamps here from a broad
ocean life, space, Year Of’s, etc. F-VF mine. F-VF, selvedge & one stamp LH, others range of countries incl Br. Africa, Asia, Eu-
(874 stamps, 85 SS’s / sheets) .......... NH. RARELY SEEN IN A FULL SHEET LIKE rope, West Indies, etc. Great source for variet-
SIERRA LEONE .................. 2025 Scott 2,191.00
MINT COLLECTION 1972-2018: THIS ..................... Est 100.00+ ies, cancels, shades & topicals. Majority VG-
508. Û 422/4866, Coll of all diff singles, sets, AUSTRALIA ACCUMULATION: AUSTRALIA VF (1,000’s)................ Est 350.00+
souvenir / miniature sheets on pages. Has 519. ÚÛ Duplicated accum of primarily used OFFICIAL PERFIN COLLECTION: BR. COMMONWEALTH
many in the $1-$35 Cat range with nice arranged in no particular order in a stockbook, 543. Ú OA2/OC103, Attractive coll of “OS” MYSTERY CARTON:
topicals like bridges, Elvis, royalty, reptiles, early to modern. Has a wide range of perfins, from 1913-27. We noted OB6 ($100), 554. ÚÛ Carton full of Br. Commonwealth,
birds, mushrooms, domestic dogs, race commems, defins, etc. Good source for can- OB31 ($100), OB61 ($52), OB74 ($45), etc. early to modern. Has stamps in glassines; in
cars, dinosaurs, landscapes, etc. F-VF (83 cels & varieties. Majority VG-VF (Approx 1,150) F-VF. 2025 Scott $613 (38).... Est 225.00+ ‘102’ cards; in sleeves; stockbook; on pages
stamps 76 SS’s / sheets) 2025 Scott 544.00 .......................... Est 100.00+ & stockcards; covers; cach FDC’s & special
BARBUDA MINT SHEETS: event covers; odds & ends; etc. Has some
BR. WEST INDIES 520. Û 12-20, 80, Cpl mint sheets of 50. Lovely strength in Gr. Britain, Australia & Canada
“LADY NELSON” COVERS: Map topicals. VF, NH, most folded once. lots of other Commonwealth countries. On a
509. Ö Attractive coll of 6 covers & 1 postcard 2025 Scott $635 (500 stamps) . . Est 90.00+ quick look the best thing we saw was a mint
carried aboard Cdn Ntl Steamship LADY NH set of Gambia #3736-8 (Cat $440). Much
NELSON, from 1934-52. Various destinations to explore here. Mainly VG-VF (1,000’s) ...
originating in 6 diff West Indies islands, plus ......................... Est 500.00+
Bermuda & Br. Guiana. All with violet oval or CEYLON
circular Lady Nelson ship cancels. She was OLD-TIME COLLECTION 1872-1962:
the only Lady Ship not to be sunk in WWII 531. ÚÛ 64/364, BOB, Attractive coll neatly
& spent the war as a troop ship. F-VF (7)... arranged on quad pages in springback
.......................... Est 225.00+ binder. Some collected both as mint & used.
Some highlights are used 169-75 ($56); plus
GR. BRITAIN VARIETIES COLLECTION: mint 85 ($70), 287-9 ($47), etc. Has extra
510. ÚÛ 319c/729, QE MACHIN HEADS, In-
teresting coll of primarily mint varieties, from shades, cancels & perfs. Majority VG-VF.
1950’s-70’s. Has watermark variations, miss- 2025 Scott $1,203 (447) ..... Est 375.00+ ST. LUCIA
ing phosphor, misplaced graphite & phosphor BR. COMMONWEALTH 1946 MINT COLLECTION 1970-1997:
lines, plate varieties, etc. Most identified by PEACE OMNIBUS ISSUES: 544. Û 277a/1080, Beautiful mint NH coll
Gibbons numbers. F-VF, some NH (52 items) 532. Û Rapkin album with a nice coll of 1946 neatly arranged & identified on plastic
.......................... Est 175.00+ PITCAIRN IS MINT COLLECTION: Peace omnibus issues neatly displayed in stockcards. Has a lovely range of cpl topical
521. Û 1/689, Lovely coll of all diff singles, protective mounts on pages. Virtually cpl incl sets plus souvenir sheets; plus extra sets
sets & souvenir sheets in mounts on pages Canada set up to $1 Ferry & some extras. with “SPECIMEN” overprints. Some col- NIUE MINT COLLECTION 1978-2021:
from 1940-2009. Incl 1-8 ($84), 11-2 ($44), F-VF, appears NH (225) ...... Est 135.00+ lected as blocks. We noted 504-15 (blocks - 555. Û 221/1005a, B8/B63, Lovely coll of all
20-30 ($52), etc. Also many others in the $64), etc. VF, NH. 2025 Scott $771 (677 diff singles, sets & SS’s, lightly hinged on
$1-$29 Cat range. Has many nice topicals stamps, 47 SS’s) ........... Est 250.00+ pages. Incl 604-13 ($39), 949-56a ($45),
like flowers, sea life, sea shells, insects, 969-76a ($45), 982-97a ($82), etc. Also
landscapes, crafts, royalty, Christmas, GHANA MINT COLLECTION 1957-1997: many others in the $1-$16 Cat range. Has
ships, planes, birds, trees, etc. F-VF, 545. Û 5/1940, Eye-catching mint collection nice variety of topicals like birds, Royalty,
much mint NH (504 stamps, 17 SS’s) ..... neatly arranged & identified on plastic ocean life, Christmas, shells, ancient weap-
.................... 2026 Scott 946.00 stockcards. Has a nice range of topical sets
& souvenir sheets. We saw flora & fauna, ons, Elvis, flowers, aviation, fruit, space,
ROYAL AIR FORCE COMMEM COVERS: sports, space, birds, art, boy scouts, etc. VF, butterflies, etc. F-VF (348 stamps, 105 SS’s)
522. Ö Nice coll of 29 diff RAF flown Gr. Britain NH. 2025 Scott $399 (75 stamps, 43 SS’s) . .................. 2026 Scott 1,092.00
covers from 1969-72 commemorating various .......................... Est 125.00+ INDIA FEUDATORY STATE REVENUES:
special events during these years. All with 556. Ú Attractive coll of 58 diff large size Feu-
beautiful colour cachets. VF .... Est 75.00+ BERMUDA MINT COLLECTION 1936-1973: datory State Revenues severed from court
533. Û 105/307, Nice mint coll neatly dis- revenue paper documents, mainly early 20th
played in protective mounts on pages. Incl Century. Thirteen diff States represented from
SEYCHELLES COLLECTION 1980-2010: 1936-40 KGV set; KGVI to £1; 1953-8 set Dewas to Jodhpur. Most VG-VF Est 165.00+
511. ÚÛ 1/894, J1-8, Coll of primarily mint to £1; 1962-5 set to £1; 1970 surcharged set ANTIGUA
from QV to modern with singles, sets & a to $2.40; 1970 set to $2.40. Also has lots of QV POSTAL STATIONERY CARDS:
couple souvenir sheets in mounts on pages. nice commem sets. F-VF, much NH. 2025 557. Ö QV used Postal Stationery coll with
Incl mint 12 ($30), 146-8 ($44), 86-7 ($33), Scott $925 (214) ........... Est 400.00+ 1886-7 1p (4) & 1Àp (2). All have Antigua
157-71 ($87), 173-90 ($92), 257-71 ($39), RHODESIA COLLECTION 1890-1959: cancels 1889-1911 & addr to England, Ger-
etc. Also many others in the $1-$29 Cat 534. ÚÛ 1/159, Interesting coll neatly arranged many, USA & Trinidad. F, some toning.....
range, plus a few Zil Elwannyen Sesel is- on stockcards. Some collected both as mint & ........................... Est 65.00+
sues. Has defins, commems & nice topicals used. We noted mint 11 ($55), 64-5 ($53);
like seashells, space, planes, birds, sealife, plus used 112 ($82), etc. Majority VG-VF.
sports, ships, maps, flowers, cars, butter- 2025 Scott $908 (88)......... Est 275.00+ BARBADOS COLLECTION 1852-1983:
flies, etc. F-VF, many mint NH. 2025 Scott 546. ÚÛ 3/616, B1/MR1, Primarily mint QV-
$1,913 (765)............... Est 600.00+ HELIGOLAND ACCUMULATION:
BARBADOS MINT COLLECTION 1927-2021: 535. ÚÛ 1/20, Primarily mint duplicated modern coll of singles, sets & SS’s on
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: 523. Û 180/1320, B2/J15, Scott 2-post Album accum of 18 diff; from 1 to 14 of each. VG-VF. pages. Incl mint 3 ($30), 15 ($35), 110-2
512. Û Attractive topical coll of 1966 WHO is- with a lovely clean coll of all diff singles, sets Probable reprints. If all were genuine stamps ($48), 165-79 ($90), 186-9 ($30), 193-201A
sues. Has the Br. Commonwealth omnibus is- & SS’s on pages, nearing completion be- these would Cat $11,400...... Est 225.00+ ($39), 495-511 ($39); used 20 ($37), 27
sue almost cpl plus some non-common design tween these numbers. Incl 193-201A ($39), ($100), 36 ($70), 193-201A ($33), etc. Also
issues from the other countries. F-VF (55 diff) 235-47 ($72), 396-411 ($51), 495-511 ($39), many others in the $1-$23 Cat range, some
........................... Est 50.00+ 640-59 ($65), 755-68 ($57), etc. Also many with both mint & used stamps. Has nice
others in the $1-$34+ Cat range. Has defins, topicals like flowers, sports, architecture,
commems & nice topicals like sports, archi- ocean life, boats, planes, birds, old cars,
tecture, transportation, flora & fauna, ocean Scouts, etc. VG-VF. 2025 Scott $1,619 (654
life, royalty, etc. F-VF. Scott Cat approx stamps, 13 SS’s) ........... Est 600.00+
$2,400 (1,075 stamps, 66 SS’s) Est 800.00+
BR. COMMONWEALTH $10 AND UP ITEMS:
GR. BRITAIN PRESTIGE BOOKLETS: 547. ÚÛ Useful asst of better calibre Br.
524. Û BK145/BK191, Pristine mint coll of 14 Commonwealth singles, sets, ranges &
diff Prestige Booklets, from 1980 up to 2010. higher values, all Scott identified on ‘102’
Lots of nice items here like £5 Story ofP&O; cards. Primarily all diff with QV-QE items.
£6 Beatrix Potter; No. Ireland; The Life of the The cards are generally in the $12-$75
Century; Unseen & Unheard; Classic Album range but does have some higher up to
covers; etc. VF, NH..... 2025 Scott 333.00 $200, $300 & $400. Has South Pacific, GR. BRITAIN IMPERF PENNY REDS
IRELAND MINT COLLECTION 1937-1960: BARBADOS MINT COLLECTION 1861-2013: West Indies, GB, Africa & British Europe, SPECIALTY COLLECTION CAT $17450:
TANZANIA MINT COLLECTION 1982-2017: 525. Û 99/176, Nice coll of 9 diff cpl sets. We 536. Û 15/1211, B1/MR1, Binder with a nice etc. VG-VF. 2025 Scott $8,065 (Over 800 558. Ú 3, Extraordinary coll remainder of 536
513. Û 200a/2822, Beautiful coll of primarily noted 106-17 ($232), 121-3 ($91), etc. F-VF, coll of singles & sets on black stock sheets stamps) ................. Est 2,000.00+ used imperf Penny Reds, neatly mounted in
souvenir sheets along with a few sets lightly some NH (30) ......... 2025 Scott 410.00 incl 16 ($87), 102-8 ($101), 186-9 ($30), SHOEBOX WITH 1,000’s OF AUSTRALIA: an album by letters AA-TL, 317 have M/C
hinged on pages. Most are from the 2000’s 495-511 ($39), 753-68 ($57), 872-85 ($51), 548. Ú Shoebox full with a large accum of used cancels; others mostly numeral cancels;
with many in the $2-$23 Cat value range. There is never a 1078-92 ($34), 1171-81 ($31), etc. Also some with up to 5 of each letter combina-
Has lovely topicals like butterflies, safari ani- some diff wmks & perfs. Has pretty topicals Australia stamps primarily 1940’s-2000’s. Has tion. Incl RE-ENTRIES with doubling of let-
1,000’s of loose stamps with all kinds of at-
mals, sports, birds, reptiles, ocean life, Buyer's Fee at like ocean life, sports, flowers, planes, tractive commems. Also has some in ‘102’ ters & extended framelines. Most cancels
helicopters, flowers, ceramic art, cave paint- ships, birds, cards, space, lighthouses, rep- cards, some covers/cards, plus a few scattered are SON. Many 4 margin copies. Majority
ings, Elvis, royals, etc. F-VF (23 stamps, Vance Auctions! tiles, Royalty, etc. Mostly F-VF, much NH. VG-VF. 2025 Scott approx $17,450 ......
87 SS’s) ............. 2025 Scott 724.00 2025 Scott $3,280 (1,182) . . Est 1,300.00+ mints. Unchecked by us. VG-VF (1,000’s) ....................... Est 2,500.00+
.......................... Est 200.00+