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Hordes of frenzied shoppers queued for hours at a charity shop in London to buy clothes and shoes donated by Victoria and David Beckham to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.

The celebrity couple gave 20 boxes of their second-hand attire to the British Red Cross in Chelsea for the charity effort.

The sale came as the Philippines government announced that the death toll has now passed 5,200.

Dozens and dozens of designer shoes and suits sold for as little as $160 each, a fraction of their original price.

But each customer was limited to only one item.

"The clothes were priced very reasonably," said Red Cross spokeswoman Laura Hinks.

"David and Victoria wanted everyone to have an opportunity to buy something."

The window display featured a white suit and black shirt belonging to the former England captain.

Beside it was a t-shirt with his wife's nickname 'Posh' and a white jacket with 'Spice Girls' on the back.

Inside, five shelves were stacked with Victoria's shoes and a rail of David's jumpers on sale for about $60 each.

Among the bounty was a pair of Victoria's cow print boots and denim and snakeskin cowboy boots, with her name picked out in gemstones.

There was also a red short skirt featuring the names of the couple's sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

Men were even snapping up pairs of Victoria's heels, some of which later turned up on eBay.

Victoria Beckham had earlier posted a picture of herself on Twitter sitting among a pile of boxes as she packed up the clothes, along with another snap of a cascading pile of shoes.

Even though most of the former Spice Girl singer's clothes were too small for the average woman, the racks were emptied in a flash.

"We're going to close early because we'll be sold out. Everything has gone really quickly," said Ms Hinks.

A woman proudly tried on her new Le Silla high heeled shoes in the street, while another showed off a yellow Chanel jacket.

A similar mass donation by Victoria Beckham to a cancer campaign in 2010 raised more than $13,000.

Ms Hinks said the famous couple hope other people will follow suit. "They're really hoping this encourages other people to go to their local British Red Cross shop and donate clothes," said Ms Hinks.

"Everyone has something in their closet they were holding onto, a dress, suit, or pair of shoes they thought they might wear again," Victoria Beckham said in a statement.

"Dig them out, bag them up, drop them off and give someone else the chance to buy them, raising much needed funds for the Red Cross aid effort."