Lot 238
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[Great Britain] Channel Islands collection, solid mounted collection consisting of hundreds of stamps, souvenir sheets, stationery and covers in six albums and a group of pages. Extensively covers all periods including stampless, pre-World War II, WWII and modern, highlights include Guernsey: 4 stampless, 3 1850s-60s covers to St. Malo, France, numerous G.B. stamps with 324 in oval postmark, several hundred WWII stamps, covers and documents; Jersey: with local stamps and group of village handstamps, many WWII stamps and covers, loaded with Queen Victoria era stamps and covers with Jersey postmarks, 1943 large proofs of ½d thru 3d stamps, scarce 1½d Geo. VI issue overprinted with Swastika & Jersey 1940 (copy certificate for entire set); Isle of Man includes many early covers and cards. This is not the typical modern collection, it's value lies in the WWII and earlier material, clean and F-VF.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,000
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| Realized $4,000 |
