£900
QV-KGV Collection in 1897 Imperial 8th Edition "Postage Stamps of British Empire" & "Foreign Countries"; 2 fine gilt-edged volumes of c1000 pages with over 4,500 engravings. Part-filled with early issues: mint & used defin, commem, officials, postage due, specimen, rail, charity & fiscal plus cuts/newspaper stamps. In GB, a 1d Black, other LE & later surface-printed values to 5/- incl others less usual. Some good Ceylon, China, France, Germany, India and various better individual stamps throughout from the QV era, incl clean mint examples.
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