Lot 158: UK and World Stamp Collection, Queen Victoria to 1980s, Albums and FDCs

A large accumulation of United Kingdom and world philatelic material, spanning from the Queen Victoria era through to the 1980s. The lot includes a variety of formats such as several stamp albums in maroon, green, blue, and red binders, first day covers, PHQ cards, and presentation packs. A black Stanley Gibbons storage box, featuring the printed text Stanley Gibbons The Collector’s World An SG Cover Album, is included alongside a British Post Office souvenir book titled The Royal Wedding, commemorating the 1981 marriage of HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, which contains a 14p commemorative stamp.

The collection also features general world stamps in several albums and loose stamps on paper. Reference material present includes a Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World 1980 catalogue and a handbook titled Stamp Collecting by Kenneth F. Chapman, published as An Arco Mayflower Handbook. A brown paper parcel is marked with an adhesive stamp reading 23 JUL 1980 and the printed text On Her Majesty’s Service. The lot is accompanied by a handwritten note on a square slip of paper detailing the contents as a general world accumulation with British material from the Victorian era to the 1980s.