A collection of international postage stamps featuring a green cloth-bound Airline Postage Stamp Album with 6750 spaces and several loose pages from The Facility Postage Stamp Album. The assortment includes stamps from various global regions and historical eras, such as Malaya (including Selangor, Singapore, Trengganu, and Sungei Ujong), Malta, Maldive Islands, Manchuria, France, Fiji, Fiume, and the British Commonwealth. Philatelic examples featuring King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II are present. The collection is accompanied by printed maps, including a North and South America map specifically prepared for Stanley Gibbons Ltd., 391 Strand, London. The lot further contains retail packets such as Golden Value Packet No. 595 and an American Packet. Stamps are found in various formats, including mounted on pages, loose on paper fragments, and within envelopes. Regional representation extends to Madagascar, the Union of South Africa, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and the Deutsches Reich.
Condition report:
The collection shows signs of age and handling consistent with its period. Toning and foxing are evident on many of the paper pages and fragments. The Airline album cover exhibits edge wear and minor surface marks. Some stamps and pages have become detached. Retail packets show creases and light edge wear. Individual stamps are a mix of unused and post-cancelled specimens.
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