Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 439, Manchester

Great Britain QV to 2000 largely mint collection, with main interest in QE2, in three printed albums and a folder.

Great Britain GV to QE2 collection in several albums, stockbook and loose. Main interest in QE2 with 1990s Benham large silk FDCs (110)

Great Britain ranges in albums & stockbooks, chiefly UM QE2 including 1968-81 Presentation Packs (118) plus few special packs, an album of FDCs

Great Britain 1966-81 collection of Presentation Packs (96), plus some later FDCs.

Great Britain 1978 Castles mini-sheets UM (100) and 1979 Rowland Hill mini-sheets (135) UM, all in the issued packs; plus London 1980 50p UM (11),

Great Britain Decimal Machins UM, an accumulation with many Cylinder blocks, high values and assorted booklets; plus Castles to PS5

Great Britain late-1980s and 1990s Commemoratives in blocks of 4 etc, all UM. Face value PS322.80.

Great Britain 1990s/2000s Commemoratives in sheets and part- sheets, mainly 1st Class stamps. Includes seven Smiler sheets notably SG LS2 & LS3.

Guernsey and Alderney 1948-2011 UM collection in four hingeless albums, apparently complete including first Guernsey postage dues and some varieties.

Jersey 1958-2011 UM collection in four hingeless albums, virtually complete including first postage dues.

Isle of Man 1958-2011 UM collection in three hingeless albums, apparently complete including first postage dues.

China 1930s to 1990s M&U collection in albums, year books (2) and stockbook (2), the 1930s/60s issues mainly used, the 1980s/90s in UM sets

Germany 1900s/1990s in albums, stockbooks etc with good 1920s postally used inflation issues, better M&U 1930s/40s, and UM collection of West Germany

Germany - French Zone late 1940s M&U duplicated accumulation in stockbook, the mint largely UM, including issues for Saar. Some in blocks of 4. Fine

Germany post-WW2 issues in four stockbooks, largely UM with much 1970s & 1980s but with some better earlier. Includes DDR and West Berlin.

Germany 1990-1998 fine UM collection in hingeless album, virtually complete including miniature sheets.

West Germany 1949-60 a mainly FU collection with many sets but with some UM including 1948 Parliament & Stamp Centenary sets and 1954 Heuss to 3mks.

Gibraltar collection in binder, largely UM in sets including definitives of 1967, 1971, 1982, and 1992, plus some Europa sheetlets.

Malta 1938-1988 fine collection in album virtually all UM from 1957 including 1965 definitives to PS1, fairly comprehensive for 1957-88.

Pitcairn Islands 1940-1981 UM collection in binder with 1940-51 set, RSW set, UPU set, 1957-63 set, and later issues, fairly comprehensive (203 + 10MS