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Shannon News, 11 September 1925, Page 3

A titled lady was recently turning out the contents of an attic in hei Mayfair mansion, when she eaime across a lot of unused .postage stamps. It appears that her father during 1863-1864 spent seeding remittances varying from 10s to £5 to various colonial postmasters asking them to send him stamps, and ( for some unaccountable reason me resulting stamps, in many cases m full sheets, found their way to the attic. On this account the discovc j is unique in philatelic circles. * instance, there are t\vo sheets of rare halfpenny lilac Ceylon, < I S^ L of Queensland one penny orange-ver-milion, and large blocks of othei early Queensland stamps. Many othe rare stamps were also m M° ck ihe?e sheets, and in many cases, wheie large blocks or sheets were unknown to exist. The stamps were taken to ■one of London’s leading philatelic auctioneers and were valued at Liu 000 or more. There will 'V e r^ ry competition among specialists when these are put up for auction.