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Auction Name: Stamps, Postcards and Postal History
Auction Date: 06/04/2025 - 06/04/2025
Sale Number: #14243
Total Lots: 155
Sold Lots: 152
Lots Sold: 98.06%
Unsold Lots: 3

Total Sales (GBP): 105,579.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 47,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 61,580.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 47,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 62,210.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 169.71%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
53	Great Britain - Collection of used 19th century surface-printed issues and into the Kings' reigns		GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 6,344.00
95	British Commonwealth - Excellent predominantly mint collection of QV to KGV issues in mounts in four loose-leaf albums		GBP 3,500.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 5,490.00
119	RAF and Military Commemorative Covers - Collection of about 1000+ anniversary and commemorative covers in 18 binders		GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 4,270.00
83	Great Britain - Mint collection in nine SG 'Windsor Sovereign' albums (Volume 1 is Lot 64) and year/collector packs to 2023		GBP 2,700.00 - 3,700.00	GBP 3,904.00
58	Great Britain - 1887-'92 'Jubilee' issues with between 110 and 140+ of each value except the 10d (72)	1887-'92	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 3,904.00
159	Wakefield Postcards.		GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,294.00
49	Great Britain - Mint and used collection in a Lighthouse hingeless album		GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,684.00
19	Great Britain - 1864-79 penny red plates set complete to 224 (pl.225 see next Lot) in lovely quality mint	1864-79	GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,684.00
51	Great Britain - Line-engraved accumulation of nearly 300 stamps displayed on stockcards in a binder		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,318.00
78	Great Britain - 1953 to 2022 commems complete MNH in two large binders incl.	1953 to 2022	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,074.00
94	British Commonwealth - Two-volume British Commonwealth collection in 'Imperial' albums (c.1930s/'40s editions)		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,952.00
75	Great Britain - Five cartons of miscellaneous material from the estate of a hoarder-collector		GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 1,830.00
89	Great Britain - Year Packs from the 1960s through to 2014 (missing 2010 and 2012)		GBP 1,300.00 - 1,700.00	GBP 1,830.00
52	Great Britain - Line-engraved collection on various kinds of pages in a green binder		GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,830.00
130	Worldwide - Large accumulation of albums and loose put aside over the years by an antiques dealer		GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 1,830.00
68	Great Britain - Postal history collection in 13 binders		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,342.00
85	Great Britain - Enormous accumulation of 1960s-90s presentation packs		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,342.00
22	Great Britain - 1872 6d pale chestnut Plate 12	1872	GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 1,159.00
48	Great Britain - Postal history collection of hundreds of items from 17th to 19th century in 5 large binders		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,159.00
102	British Commonwealth - Collection in seven various volumes		GBP 300.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,159.00

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