Lot 271:
Description
A collection of worldwide used and unused stamps housed in a red textured Stirling postage stamp album. This lot comprises a diverse assortment of mid-20th-century issues from several territories including the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Netherlands, Italy, and East African colonial areas. The United Kingdom pages include Queen Elizabeth II Wilding definitives and various commemorative issues such as the 1948 Silver Wedding high value, 1957 Jamboree, and 1958 Commonwealth Games. The German section features Weimar Republic inflation issues with surcharges in the thousands and millions, Third Reich definitives depicting Adolf Hitler with circular date stamp cancellations, and post-war West German Deutsche Bundespost issues.
The India page contains King George VI era stamps with SERVICE overprints and various denominations, alongside a Travancore-Cochin overprint. Other notable inclusions are issues from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika featuring local scenery and wildlife. The album features gold-coloured embossed text on the cover reading Stirling POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM WITH MAPS and contains printed topographical and statistical data for each country. The stamps are primarily mounted using philatelic hinges.
Condition report:
The album cover shows significant wear, scuffing, and dark staining (photo 1). Internal pages exhibit heavy staining and foxing throughout (photos 2, 4, 6). Several stamps are loose from their hinges (photos 2, 5, 8). Cancellations on used examples vary from light to heavy, with some circular date stamps affecting the central designs (photos 6, 9). Perforations on some individual stamps appear clipped or irregular (photo 7).
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