Small collection of booklets. 4/6d: issued May 1968 & 26 x Ship cover design issued between September 1968 and October 1970; 6/-: 15 x Birds cover design issued between June 1968 and October 1970. There is a little duplication (some with 3 copies of same booklet). Cat value £106.35, retail price slightly higher at £133. {BK} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £100.00)
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Lot #12212 - Great Britain - Booklets 1937
GVI 2/6d green cover Edition 68 exploded booklet. Bovil on front cover with 4 advert pages & back cover, ½d green pane of 6 wmk upright l.m.m. Perf Type I short perfs top Spec QB1. 2d orange pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type B3(I) Cyl H6 l.m.m. trimmed bottom Spec QB29. 2½d ultramarine pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type B3(I) Cyl J5 l.m.m. trimmed bottom. Spec QB32. (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #12213 - Great Britain - Booklets 1937
GVI 2/6d green cover Edition 63 exploded booklet. Bovil on front cover with 4 advert pages & back cover, ½d green pane of 6 wmk upright l.m.m. Perf Type P short perfs top Spec QB1. 2d orange pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type B3(I) Cyl H1 l.m.m. good perfs all round Spec QB29. 2½d ultramarine pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type B3(I) Cyl J7 l.m.m. trimmed bottom. Spec QB32. (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #12214 - Great Britain - Booklets 1937
GVI 2/6d green cover Edition 31 exploded booklet. Car & General on front cover with 4 advert pages & back cover, ½d green pane of 6 wmk upright u.m. Perf Type I trimmed top Spec QB1. 2d orange pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type B3(I) Cyl H1 l.m.m. trimmed right & bottom Spec QB29. 2½d ultramarine pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type P l.m.m. Short perfs bottom. Spec QB32. (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)...
Lot #12215 - Great Britain - Booklets 1937
GVI 2/6d green cover Edition 36 exploded booklet. Motor Union Insurance on front cover with 4 advert pages & back cover, ½d green pane of 6 wmk upright l.m.m. Perf Type E badly trimmed top Spec QB1. 2d orange pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type I u.m.good perfs all round Spec QB29. 2½d ultramarine pane of 6 wmk upright Perf Type I l.m.m. Short perfs bottom. Spec QB32. (image available) {MH} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)
Lot #12216 - Great Britain - Booklets 1938
KGVI: 6d booklet containing stamps in original colours. Pink cover without inscription, soiled plus pen manuscript on front and back covers. Contains only 1 x 1½d, 1 x 1d & 2 x ½d. Cat £300 (image available) {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #12217 - Great Britain - Booklets 1945
2/6d booklet green cover Edition date February 1946 exploded. ½d pale green pane of 6 wmk upright perf type I good perfs all round l.m.m. QB4. 2d pale orange wmk upright perf type I good perfs l.m.m. QB30. 2½d light ultramarine wmk inverted perf type I trimmed top & right l.m.m. QB33a. Cat £95 (image available) {BK} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #12218 - Great Britain - Booklets 1945
2/6d booklet green cover Edition date February 1951 exploded. ½d pale green pane of 6 wmk inverted perf type Ie trimmed perfs right l.m.m. QB4a. 2d pale orange wmk inverted perf type I good perfs m.m. QB30a. 2½d light ultramarine wmk upright perf type I good perfs u.m. QB33. Cat £95 (image available) {BK} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #12219 - Great Britain - Booklets 1949
KGVI: 5/- booklet containing stamps in pale colours issued in December 1949. Type 24 with buff cover. Missing 5 x 2d & 2 x ½d. Creased lower left corner on back cover. Cat £190 (image available) {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #12220 - Great Britain - Booklets 1951
KGVI: 2/6 booklet containing stamps in changed colours issued in May 1951. Type 20 green cover. Cat £55 (image available) {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)
Lot #12221 - Great Britain - Booklets 1951
KGVI: 2/6 booklet containing stamps in changed colours issued in June 1951. Rate corrected in red. Type 20 green cover Cat £75 (image available) {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £23.20)
Lot #12222 - Great Britain - Booklets 1952
2/6d green cover exploded booklet with ½d orange wmk upright Cyl E85 Dot (E trimmed off ), Perf Type B6(le) good perfs u.m. QB6. 1d light ultramarine advert pane (17mm) wmk inverted Perf Type I short perfs top fine u.m. QB18a. 1½d pale green wmk inverted Perf Type I trimmed bottom u.m. QB26a. 2½d pale scarlet wmk upright Perf Type I good perfs l.m.m. QB34. {BK} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)
Lot #12223 - Great Britain - Booklets 1953
Composite booklet, green cover with GPO cover, type A. Containing stamps of KGVI (3 x 1d, 6 x ½d) & QEII (6 x 2½d & 6 x 1½d). Clipped perfs. Retail price £20. Cat £30 {BK} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.00)
Lot #12224 - Great Britain - Booklets 1953-95
Small box with duplicated collection of booklets from 16 different editions. 3 x 1s, 50 x 2s, 3 x 4/6d, 10 x 5/-, 3 x 6/-, 5 x 10/-, 3 x 10p, 2 x Stamps for Cooks, 1 x £1.54, set of 4 Type 5 Sample Barcode Booklets without stamps. Also includes 1 x KGV, 1 x 1935 Silver Jubilee, 1 x KEVII, 1 x KGVI with part panes. Good condition. {BK} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #12225 - Great Britain - Booklets 1955
QEII - 2/6d booklet, green cover with GPO Cypher type B. Contains 6 x 2½d, 6 x 1½d, 3 x 1d & 6x ½. Clipped perfs. Retail price £25. Cat £35 {BK} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £20.00)
Lot #12226 - Great Britain - Booklets 1958
QEII: 5/- booklet issued in November 1958. Wmk St Edwards Crown inverted on all panes. Buff Cover Type B. Retail price £15. Cat £28 {BK} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.00)
Lot #12227 - Great Britain - Booklets 1964-74
QEII: 10s Explorers series - balance collection of 8 booklets plus 3 others. Explorers: Livingstone (May 68), Scott x3, Kingsley (Feb 69 x4), 10s from Aug 1967 (XP16p), 30p Spring 1974 (DQ73), 3s January 1964 (M66) with only one ½d pane remaining. Retail, price £26 (ex M66). Cat £113 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.00)
Lot #12228 - Great Britain - Booklets 1965-70
Pre-decimal stitched booklet coln in ring album, largely complet, incl 1965-67 GPO 2/-, 1968-70 Ships 4/6d, 1968-70 Buildings 5/-, 1967-70 Birds 6/-, 1968-70 Explorers 10/-, a few early booklets with writing on cover o/w fine. (125 booklets) HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS SHIPPING SURCHARGE APPLIES. Cat £540 {BK} [US8] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £49.60)
Lot #12229 - Great Britain - Booklets 1967
QEII: 4/6 booklet, November 1967. Wmk Multiple Crown, phosphor. Slate-blue cover, Type D. Mark on front cover. Cat £15 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £4.80)
Lot #12230 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968
(July) to 1970 (Oct) 4s6d SHIPS booklets complete ex. 1969 (July) Dreadnought, several duplicates incl. better, very fine. (17) Cat £42 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £7.20)
Lot #12231 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968
(Aug) 10s (Livingstone) booklet, 5 examples, very fine. Cat £22.5 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £2.40)
Lot #12232 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968-70
QEII: 5s Building series - balance collection of 18 booklets. Ightham Mote x3, Little Moreton Hall x3, Long Melford Hall (April 69 x2, June 69), Mompesson House (Oct 69), Cumberland Terrace, Philympia x4, The Vineyard (Aug 70), Mereworth Castle (Oct 70). Retail price £20. Cat £35 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #12233 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968-70
Complete set of 14 x 4s.6d (Machin) Ships Series and 5s Mereworth Castle (Dec 70). In excellent condition. Current retail price c£47. {BK} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £17.60)
Lot #12234 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968-70
QEII: 4/6d Ships series - 11 different booklets from set of 14, missing Mauretania (Jan 70), Victory (May 70), Sovereign of the Seas (Aug 70). Retail price £20. Cat £20 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #12235 - Great Britain - Booklets 1968-70
QEII: 5s Buildings series & Philympia (HP34) - collection of 11 booklets from set of 13, missing Mompesson House (Dec 69) & Mereworth Castle (Dec 70). Retail price £30. Cat £29 {BK} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £13.60)













