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Spink New York Sale: 176

Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
Worldwide & Country Stamp Collections

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 521
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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Ceylon 1859/1938 mint & used collection, hinged on Scott pages, well-filled, noting 1857-9 2d green mint, 8d used, 2/- blue used (with 1938 RPSL certificate), 1872-80 16c violet mint, 1885 1r12c on 2r50c mint (pencil signed on gum), 1904 2r25c Edward VII key value mint, a few War Tax and Officials, some small faults, a chiefly fine from this desirable country.

Est. $500-750

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 14:57:58 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 522
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection

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China & People’s Republic old-time packet maker’s stock, with many thousands of mint, used, and cancelled-to-order singles, pairs, and blocks, sorted into glassines, strong in 1950s-early 1960s PRC, though note items going back to 1898 Dragons, Sun Yat-sen, and Martyrs issues, with reprints of the 1950 Flags, 1950 Chairman Mao, and 1952 Physical Exercises issues, two sets of 1955 Scientists imperforate miniature sheets, 1959 Sports issues CTO in large multiples, 1974 Arms of the Republic issues never hinged, and much more, apparently organized into back-up stock and packets that had been prepared for sale, with three large glassines noted as including 1,500 stamps, five noted as 1,000 stamps, and many smaller prepared packets of J&R Darracott Ltd, a substantial holding with exceptional retail potential, chiefly fine-very fine.

Est. $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 3,250.00
Sold...US$ 3,250.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:00:08 EST
Sold For 3250

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 523
Symbol: **/o
Cat No: Collection

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China, People's Republic, 1950s-1970s valuable holding of sheets & large multiples, predominantly CTO though also including several never hinged examples, beginning with denominations from the 1950s including multiple examples from the Gate of Heavenly Peace series, progressing through the 1950 Inauguration of the PRC (reprint), mid-1950s with a comprehensive selection of 1st 5 Year Plan and 1955 Long March, 1960s issues with three blocks of thirty used 1961 30f Gate of Heavenly Peace, 1962 Albanian Independence, various denominations of the 1963 Butterflies, 1963 Children's Day CTO set in sheets, 1963 Folk Dances, 1963 Table Tennis Championships CTO sheets, various sheets from the 1963 Landscapes including the scarce 50f key value in CTO sheet and multiple large blocks, 1966 Victory in South Vietnam in multiple CTO sheets, good representation of 1965 Mountaineering, 1965 Chingkang Mountains, an 1964-6 Buildings, CTO part-sheets of 24 of the first four values of the 1967 Mao "Our Great Teacher" issues, and many more, some condition issues expected including wrinkles, creases to selvedge, etc as typical in such a large holding, most sheets have been folded, Scott catalogue approaching if not into six figures, over 150 issues represented with many desirable items, an exceptional and important holding that would be an incredible challenge to re-assemble, chiefly fine-very fine.

Est. $15,000-20,000

Opening US$ 21,000.00
Sold...US$ 21,000.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:01:23 EST
Sold For 21000

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 524
Symbol: **/o
Cat No: Collection

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China, People's Republic 1950s-60s collection, largely cancelled-to-order, many desirable items including 1955 Scientists in imperforate miniature sheets, 1964 15th Anniversary of People's Republic strip of three, 1964 Power Dam, 1964 Flowers, 1966 Lu Hsun, 1966 Athletic Games, 1967 Third Five Year Plan, 1967 Liu Ying-chun set, several examples from the 1967 Mao set, and more, a useful collection, chiefly fresh and very fine.

Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 725.00
Sold...US$ 725.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:02:39 EST
Sold For 725

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 525
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection

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Egypt 1930s/70s mint & used collection, with two small stockbooks and a few envelopes of singles and sets, many hundreds of stamps, with good runs of King Farouk issues, Royal Wedding souvenir sheet, fulsome U.A.R., also extensive selection of blocks of four, largely 1960s and 1970s, purchased as new issues, an excellent representation of this era, ideal for expansion, chiefly fresh and fine.

Est. $200-300

Opening US$ 270.00
Sold...US$ 270.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:03:34 EST
Sold For 270

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 526
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Area mint & used accumulation of circuit books, with over 260 retried & yet uncirculated A.P.S. circuit books, mix of mint and used, with particular strength in back-of-the-book issues, noting B3-9 mint, B12-19 mint, B35-7 mint, B38 mint, Airmails with C8-13 mint, C23-7 mint, Postage Dues with J7-9, better Newspaper stamps, a good run of 1940s/50s semi-postals in mint and used, valuable Alsace-Lorraine issues,modern booklets, etc, a wide survey of French philately, some duplication throughout but a worthwhile accumulation with good value, the odd fault but chiefly fine.

Est. $4,000-5,000

Opening US$ 6,000.00
Sold...US$ 6,000.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:05:31 EST
Sold For 6000

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 527
Symbol: o
Cat No: Collection

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France 1876-1900 Sage Issue specialized study, neatly arranged on seventeen black stock sheets, over 1,100 stamps, the majority with circular datestamps, many dated examples,a few with small faults but overall fine or better examples, a wonderful group for further research, ideal for the specialist.

Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 240.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:05:59 EST
Sold For 240

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 528
Symbol: *
Cat No: Collection

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France 1940-56 mint back of the book, on hingeless album pages, hinged, near-complete for the period, fresh, bright color, and chiefly very fine.

Est. $200-300

Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:06:31 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 529
Symbol: */o

France carton of mint & used, in seven well-filled hingeless albums, the pre-1950s a mix of mint and used, largely never hinged after, note one album of 1951-81, second album of 1960s/70s with damaged pages but most contents appear sound, two albums covering 1970-97, near complete and fresh mint, overall good coverage of the twentieth century, including better semi-postals and back of the book, some duplication between albums and some small faults particularly among the earlier items, significant catalogue value.

Est. $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:06:58 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 530
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies old-time collection, mounted on old-time pages of European origin, Alaouites through Zanzibar, as well as general French Colonies issues, well-annotated and identified, mint and used, with some duplication from 1870s through to 1940s, nineteenth century imperforates being of better-than-average quality, with many with four large margins and neatly-struck postmarks, good representation with many key values included, many of the Navigation & Commerce examples with 1fr and greater values, with some present as both mint and used examples, the 1930s/40s issues with some significantly duplicate used examples, noting some attractive used pairs and multiples, a lovely assembly of good quality, worthy of close inspection, and a solid beginning to a significant collection of this field.

Est. $5,000-7,500

Opening US$ 10,500.00
Sold...US$ 10,500.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:09:09 EST
Sold For 10500

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 531
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies mint & used accumulations, with two French Africa Scott Speciality albums, the first Algeria through French West Africa, mostly fresh mint, well-filled from 1920s/40s through not useful Navigation & Commerce issues, the second rather sparse and mostly used, “Victoria” album with mostly used French Equatorial Africa through Tunisia, largely 1920s-40s issues, well-filled binder of New Caledonia with strength in 1940s-80s, the latter decades appear n.h., two binders of mostly n.h. Marianne and Coat of Arms issues of France, with good range of booklet panes, a couple small stockbooks of duplicate Colonies, varying condition but much is fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

Opening US$ 2,000.00
Sold...US$ 2,000.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:11:18 EST
Sold For 2000

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 532
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies carton of albums & collections, mint and used, covering the range of largely pre-independence issues, including a significant collection in an well-filled old-time Yvert & Tellier album of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, near-complete for the available spaces from the 1920s-40s, stockbooks with solid representation of mostly 1930s & 1940s Algeria, Cameroon, Middle Congo, Senegal, St. Pierre & Miquelon, etc, large accumulation of Togo duplicates, split-back album of Morocco through New Caledonia with useful nineteenth century issues, chiefly 1930s/40s fresh mint collection of French Africa on attractive hand-designed pages, and more, some duplication and varied condition, but many attractive and useful items to further develop or enhance a collection.

Est. $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:12:24 EST
Sold For 1800

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 533
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies carton of albums & collections, with several four-margin 1849-50 used Ceres issues, French Guiana #11 with APEX certificate, stockbook of Madagascar, with much post-independence, France Minkus album, with useful mint Sage issues, hinged 1937 PEXIP souvenir sheet, largely complete and n.h. from mid-1960s through late 1980s, French Colonies mint & used, mostly nineteenth century, with noteworthy catalogue value, particularly among the general French Colonies issues, Diego Suarez, New Caledonia, and St. Pierre & Miquelon, comprehensive 1920s-1960s mint Togo collection attractively-mounted, Algeria to Ivory Coast mint & used in well-filled Scott Speciality album, appears largely complete for 1920s/40s, with significant catalogue value, album with useful Sudan, Chad, and Syria,specialized Cameroon collection with unusual items including proofs and dramatic misperforated block of the 3f60 1946 issue, some covers noted to add interest, varied condition but much is fine-very fine, with many valuable and desirable items.

Est. $3,000-4,000

Opening US$ 8,500.00
Sold...US$ 8,500.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:14:14 EST
Sold For 8500

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 534
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies carton of albums and country collections, mint and used, as received, with an exceptional mix of countries represented, note Indo-China, Reunion, Scott Speciality album with mostly-mint Offices in China, Hoi Hao, Kwangchowan, Mongtseu, Tchongking, Yunnan Fou, and Offices in Turkey, large stockbook with good New Hebrides and New Caledonia, binder of mostly early-twentieth century covering a range of countries, a particularly useful small Century Stamp album of largely nineteenth-early twentieth century, including many high-cataloguing examples, Scott Speciality album of 1919-1970s Syria, and much more, condition varies, many fine examples, worth close inspection.

Est. $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 3,250.00
Sold...US$ 3,250.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:15:50 EST
Sold For 3250

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 535
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies mint & used collections and accumulations, filling a carton, with dealer counter book of nineteenth century Reunion, several stockbooks of French Colonies noting better Cilicia and Indo-China, stockbook of mostly never hinged France with comprehensive coverage of 1950s/90s, French Colonies on well-filled Scott Specialty pages, Inini through Wallis & Futuna, with good Lebanon, Martinique, New Caledonia and St. Pierre & Miquelon, noting also Saar and Monaco, France hingeless album 1900-59 with strong back of the book, most appearing never hinged, mixed condition, a chiefly fine and useful group.

Est. $500-750

Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:17:26 EST
Sold For 1800

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 536
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies mint & used small country collections, most in folders as acquired from various dealers and auction houses over many years, noting Andorra, Germany post-World War II French Zone, French Andorra mint hinged including #1-22, C1-4, Martinique, Somali Coast, French Morocco, multiple groups of French Offices in China, Guadeloupe, Benin, Cavalle-Dedeagh, Tchongking, Alexandria, Niger, Syria, French India, and more, condition varies, with much fine material for this area.

Est. $750-1,000

Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:18:28 EST
Sold For 1500

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 537
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France & Colonies valuable accumulation of mint & used, with over 700 retired & prepared but never distributed A.P.S. circuit books, representing the range of French colonial philately, the vast majority being pre-independence material, extensive number of better singles and sets, many cataloguing well over $100, note Offices in China with #46-56 short set, Mongtseu 16-32, Hoi Hao 14 and 16-31 used, Kwangchowan 36-53 mint hinged, Pak Hoi between 52/69, Tchongking 1-16 (mix of mint and used), Canton, Yunnan Fou 1-15 used, also note better Zanzibar including #9 used, Dedeagh, Port Said, Alexandria, Martinique, Benin with J1-4 used, 33-45 mint, Crete, French Andorra with J9-15 mint, Guadeloupe with 14-26 mint, Obock including good postage dues, French Sudan, Diego Suarez 38-50 mint, French Polynesia, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Tahiti with early postage dues, St. Marie de Madagascar #1-3 mint, French Congo, Dahomey #1-16 and New Caledonia #23-33 mix of mint and used, Anjouan, Annan & Tonkin,etc, a wonderful group replete with better items, some suspect surcharges but also note others with expert backstamps, and condition ranging from small faults to very fine, rarely available in this quantity, tremendous catalogue value, and an ideal collection for the dealer or dedicated collector.

Est. $15,000-20,000

Opening US$ 23,000.00
Sold...US$ 23,000.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:20:46 EST
Sold For 23000

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 538
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France Offices in China mint & used collection, on Scott album pages, well-filled pages with Canton, Hoi Hao, Kwangchowan, Mongtseu, Pak-Hoi, Yunnan Fou, etc, a better-than-usual representation of the early overprinted issues, the odd fault or dubious cancellation, but an excellent grouping of this desirable area, fine.

Est. $400-500

Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:22:03 EST
Sold For 950

Sale No: 176
Lot No: 539
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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France, Colonies, & Offices Abroad extraordinary balance of consignment, an exceptional holding of small lots, collections, and individual items, from a massive holding of this area, filling a carton, significant value to be found, note stockbook with useful French Offices in China including Hoi Hao, Kuang Chou, Mongtseu, and Pak Hoi, French Guiana with good 1892 issues, Guadeloupe, strong Gabon including scarce first issues, St. Pierre & Miquelon “France Libre” overprints, old-time album with strong Colonies regular issues, Algeria, and Cameroon, many folders of well-filled territory-specific collections including Offices in China, with good run from 1894-1902 mint, Offices in Zanzibar with #1-10, #12-15, J1-5 used, French Antarctic Territory, French Offices in Egypt with Alexandria and Port Said, France with comprehensive mint 1930s/40s semi-postals, with B1-6, and Air Post complete 1946-80 mint, valuable Annan & Tonkin with study of 1888 surcharges, showing various surcharge positions, French Colonies mostly used complete 1859-86 on Palo pages, duplicate Colonies issues in a stockbook with many select c.d.s. postmarks, valuable collection of select used Colonies issues, with particularly interesting Nossi-Be with inverted surcharges, Fournier forgery reference collection with more than 700 examples, stockbook of unusual Somali Coast proofs, several strong collections of territories from Affars & Issas to Offices in Zanzibar, a range of better individual sets including mostly mint Navigation & Commerce sets of French Indo-China, Ivory Coast, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Anjouan, as well as others individually purchased at auction many years ago including Guadeloupe 14/26, Martinique 20a, Andorra 1-22, Latakia 1-22, Ile Rouad 1-16, Monaco B1-6, a few dozen stock pages of duplicates with many desirable and high-cataloguing items, some of the scarcest with somewhat dubious overprints, much worthwhile material including Anjouan #1-18, useful French Congo and French India, Mayotte #1-19, Noel 1941 overprints of St. Pierre & Miquelon, good Syria & Alexandretta, Guadeloupe postage dues, and much more, significant catalogue value well into the five figures, detailed inspection essential to appreciate the tremendous opportunities within, an excellent prospect for the enthusiast of this area to acquire a diverse and significant holding with much potential.

Est. $10,000-15,000

Opening US$ 24,000.00
Sold...US$ 24,000.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:24:13 EST
Sold For 24000
Sale No: 176
Lot No: 540
Symbol: */o
Cat No: Collection

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French Africa mint & used collection, in a well-filled Scott album, Libya through Upper Senegal, many good items, noting desirable early Obock, Reunion, and Tunisia, better overprinted and surcharged issues, 1920s-onwards mostly mint, significant catalogue value, a few scattered faults but chiefly fine, well worth close inspection.

Est. $500-750

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Jan-28-2021, 15:25:27 EST
Sold For 800

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