31283 British Commonwealth collector estate 1935-1991.

An important collection of thousands of mainly mint n.h. singles, sets and multiples from over 40 countries neatly mounted on quadrille pages housed in 11 well-filled binders. The bulk of the value is in never hinged Queen Elizabeth II issues from 1960-1991. The collection includes mint Hong Kong: 298a, 304-305 blocks of 10, 308a, 309-311 blocks of 10, 328-329 blocks of 10, 333-334 sheets of 25, 490-504; Tuvalu 1-15 blocks of 10 plus singles 23-37; Tristan Da Cunha 55-67, 71-84, 113-115, 153-156 sheets of 25, 162-173 (2), 202-205 sheets of 25 and looks fairly complete to 1990; Cocos 20-31 blocks of 4 plus gutter pairs; New Hebrides 204 (10), Nauru 112-113 blocks of 10; Jamaica 174, 283a; New Zealand 500-503 (10), 507-510 blocks of 10, 521-524 (10), 528-531 (10), 598-603 (10) plus 1970’s semi-postals sheetlets; Bermuda 265-271 (4), 318-321 sheets of 25, 322-328 (4), 337-342 sheets of 25; Antigua 167a-182a; Ascension 196-211; Gilbert & Ellice 33-36, plus 89-295 looks complete; Solomon Islands 60-63, 128-142, 149-166 (s), 180-194 plus blocks and gutter pairs; British Indian Ocean Territory quite nice with 1//15, 16-33, 34-114 looks complete; Pitcairn Islands 119-122 sheets of 25, 123-126 (1), 130-134 (10), 137-140 (10), 140a (10, nice showing to 1990; a wonderful collection of Tonga which contains almost all of the popular 1962-1977 issues plus more. We note several dozen additional colonies. Over 90% of the collection is mint n.h. and Fine to Very Fine or better, with a few earlier hinged and very little used. Well worth a careful examination and perfect to break down for eBay sales of stock.

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