1879 50c black and blue Lion very fine used nice CDS cancel, fine Cat £170, SG 7.

1881-1991 Collection mint & used on a huge pile of 370 Lighthouse printed leaves (13 hole, good condition) with a nice collection from early to modern commems with dozens of sets and ranges, thematics. Noted 1927-28 Airmail complete set of 4 U/M, 1935 8th Bulgarian Gymnastic Tournament set of 6 mint (cat £389). Lovely clean lot ideal for expansion just needs two or three Lighthouse binders to make the beginnings of a lovely collection. STC £480 (not checked). Approx 1650 all different.

1882-1996 Mainly mint assembly on small leaves with a good qty of sets and ranges, earlier mainly used, 1940s-50s mint sets, etc, STC £450+.

1927 Air top value 10l orange & brown hinged mint, very fine, key value, SG 284 Cat £85.

1928 (23 Apr) Registered airmail cover to Paris bearing nice combination incl 2l airmail ovpt block of 4, Lion defin 50s black and red and two further 10l defins one with airmail ovpt tied SOFIA C CDS cancels, fine and attr.

1931 Balkan Olympic Games seven different values mainly unmounted mint, includes 6l green (printing flaw on bottom inscription), 10l orange (mounted mint, cat £42), 12l dark blue (cat £130) & 50l brown (cat £140), fine, SG range 309/315, Cat £350. (7).

1950's-60's Thirteen plain covers with various stamps a number addressed to Germany. includes three registered Sofia. A number have letters cards and postcards inside.

1957-1970 Mainly unmounted collection of sets in a stockbook, many thematics includes miniature sheets, imperfs, approx 600+.

1970-1977 Mainly unmounted collection of sets in a stockbook, many thematics includes miniature sheets, approx 500+.

Old-Time Original collection early issues to 1936 on unpicked New Ideal printed pages with a nice mint and used range of approximately 228 different defins and commems incl 1879 5c, 25c & 1f1881 set used (cat £210+), 1901 set mostly mint, 1907 Accession set 3 mint (cat £130), etc, good representation. Useful lot mainly sound and fine, ideal to fill those gaps. (c228). Good catalogue value £1000+.

South Bulgaria: 1885 Lion overprint in black on 5pa black and olive fine used blued barred cancel, a few rounded perfs otherwise fine, also five other lower values 5pa to 1pi m & u. (6). SG 43.

Turkish Post Offices Abroad: Small identified collection on leaves on 1870s defins including Plevna, Kazanlik, Zagora, Rousrchouk, Shumen, Razgrad, Samokov, Kalofer, Varna (2), Kaspichan, etc, intr assembly. (15).