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Sparks Auctions Sale: 29

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Lots and Collections
Foreign -- Collections & Accumulations
Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1586
Symbol: O/Cvr
Cat No: Collection

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image Old Time Collection of Stamps and Covers, 1850s and 1860s, mostly selected for postmarks, with several hundreds of stamps, mounted on 28 pages. Note a tremendous variety of postmarks, different stamps and includes some franked covers. Unchecked by us, but should be a gold mine for the specialist. Scans will give a small representation of this lot, inspect to better appreciate. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 700.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 15:58:56 EST
Sold For 700

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1587
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Mint and used Stamps, plus Covers, 1852 to 1990s, with thousands of stamps mounted on a few hundred pages, mostly all mint but includes some used as well. Close to complete in period and includes better sets such as #217 (nh, $100), 279a (nh, $75), 280-285 (nh, $50), 318-320 (nh, $155), B65A-65Q ($449), B86-91 (nh, $50), 9 pages full of Official sets, and much more. Total catalogue value should be quite high. Also comes with over 60 covers or cards, including early stationery cards mailed to England, some FDC, some commercial covers, etc. Material is overall clean and fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 160.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:00:20 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1588
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Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of Fournier Forgeries of the 1859 to 1882 Issues, pulled from one of his books, with 78 stamps in all, including proof pulls, plus postmark proofs and 6 overprint proofs. Nice lot for the specialist, mostly very fine. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 5.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 15:59:44 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1589
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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Mostly Used Stock Sorted in 102 Cards, from Scott #8 to 180, with one to three copies of each stamp. A good variety and overall fine or better.

Scott $ 917

Opening C$ 15.00
Sold...C$ 95.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:01:52 EST
Sold For 95

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1590
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Group of Mint or Used Country Collections, with Bahrain (mint and used 60s and 70s), Afghanistan (mostly mint early issues, plus a group of very early used), Jordan (mint hinged and never hinged 70s to 90s), Saudi Arabia (all used on piece with postmark interest, 1960s), Lebanon (all used on piece, with postmark interest, 1960s to 2006), Syria (all used on piece, with postmark interest, 60s and 70s), Iraq (page of used overprint varieties in blocks), Iraq (all used on piece, with postmark interest, 50s to 70s), Sudan (used singles, with duplication, early to 1990s) and Kuwait (all used on piece, with postmark interest, 1960s to 1990s). Hundreds in all, nice overall quality, all scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 45.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:02:28 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1591
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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Carton Containing Thousands of Mint and Used Stamps in albums, on pages and loose. One album contains a mint (including NH) collection from 1970 to 1990 with an owner's catalogue value of $3,000, noted many souvenir sheets and useful material. Worth a look. JG

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 85.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:03:03 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1592
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mainly Mint Collection in a Binder, 1885 to 1959, all in black mounts plus a selection on cards, well represented, even if some stamps have been removed, there remains a lot of nice material, with complete sets, better items such as #1-4 ($237), 86-92 ($68), 159 ($65), 333 ($90), 295-300 ($78), etc. An excellent range of "B" stamps including B26-75 ($483), B99a (two copies, $100), B99a (six copies imperforate) and more. Other good back of the book includes for example #CB7-14 ($164), J28-38 ($70), etc. Overall fine to very fine, with a mix of hinged and never hinged and with a conservative owner's 2011 Scott catalogue value of $9,400. (Image)

Scott $ 9,400

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 450.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:03:46 EST
Sold For 450

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1593
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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Group of Mint Souvenir and Miniature Sheets, 1967-2004, from Scott #611a to 1177 and B431a to B737, in quantities of one to eight of each (total of 259 sheets with 66 different). Most are mint and all are never hinged and catalogue value for these is $1,390. The balance is used with nice clean cancels (these catalogue $192). Overall very fine, we noted a used sheet with internal separation and also some extra singles. Owner's inventory list included.

Scott $ 1,582

Opening C$ 25.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:04:28 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1594
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Carton Filled with Thousands of Mint and Used Stamps including Netherlands Colonies. Note a clean Lighthouse album with pages from 1852-1983. No obvious undamaged high value stamps but note several medium values throughout, including souvenir sheets, dues, airmails and lots of duplication, so finds are possible in cancels, watermarks, etc. Inspect to better appreciate. JG (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 220.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:04:51 EST
Sold For 220

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1595
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Collection of New Zealand 1893-1894 Advertising Stamps, with over 60 stamps, hinged onto three black pages, with some duplication but noted many different as well as different colours, etc. Accompanied by an article written by the owner in 1957 in the Weekly Philatelic Gossip as well as a photocopy of a sheet showing the settings. Ex. Grant Kalbfleisch collection. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 425.00
Sold...C$ 425.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:05:07 EST
Sold For 425

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1596
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and Used Collections and Stock, including a Stanley Gibbons album packed with better material from 1855 Chalons to 1983 - see scans. Also in the carton are hundreds of stamps on stock pages, in stockbooks and loose. The semi-postals appear to be complete to 1983, including #B3-4. Noted officials, souvenir sheets and air mails. Scans give a small taste, insect to better appreciate. JG (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 140.00
Sold...C$ 400.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:05:40 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1597
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and Used Collection in Stanley Gibbons Album, 1862-1978, a very nice collection which has some scope for completion in the earlier issues. Includes air mails and newspaper complete and semi-postals complete for period; 21 postal fiscals but no other back of the book. We noted #13 (very fine), 14 (3 margins), 15 (3½ narrow margins, 28 (very fine), 14 perforated Chalon Heads (two with obvious faults, these conservatively catalogue $1,000), #59 (rounded corner), 78 (hinged), 97 and 98 (both hinged), 120 (used), 122-125 (124 is hinged, rest are used), 183 (hinged), B3-4 (hinged), etc. Scott catalogue by period is used Chalons $1,990, Sidefaces with a few mint $1,464, Mount Cook mint and used $1,454, Christchurch to KGVI $2,698 primarily used to KGV then primarily mint hinged and never hinged, and QEII $1,090 much of which is never hinged Health sheets (with a few hinged). Overall the quality is very nice except where noted above and fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 8,700

Opening C$ 425.00
Sold...C$ 525.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:06:15 EST
Sold For 525

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1598
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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Mostly Used in a 32 Page Stockbook, from 1856 - on, with many hundreds of stamps, generally very fine with moderate duplication and we counted a catalogue value of $766 in the first three rows only.

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 85.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:06:40 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1599
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and Used Collections including a clean Lighthouse album (1855-1983), on album pages and an envelope full of loose. A solid collection with not many empty spaces after 1945. Inspect to better appreciate. JG (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 90.00
Sold...C$ 200.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:07:24 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1600
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and Used Collection in Old Style Lindner Hingeless Album, 1856-1971, a strong collection primarily used in the early period and mostly mint from 1928. A few faulty in the early period not counted and this collection was only catalogued up to 1957. Also has a few stock pages with about 150 never hinged stamps to 1981. We noted #68 (very fine lightly hinged) and J11 (mint never hinged). Generally very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 3,308

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 250.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:08:32 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1601
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Accumulation of Over 1,325 Mint and Used Stamps, including duplicates with 600 from Norway in a 16 page stock book from 1893 through to 1999 including a few “Back of the Book” issues. Over 725 are from Sweden in a 16 page stock book from 1885 to late 1990s. There are approximately 55 “Back of the Book” issues, a majority of which are semi-postals. Estimated catalogue value over $950. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 10.00
Sold...C$ 65.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:09:02 EST
Sold For 65

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1602
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and used Collection, starts with a collection on Scott Specialty pages, 1901 to mid-1980s, used at first, then mixed, then mint to the end, with some duplication and many complete sets. This alone catalogues $568. Also a collection of mostly Lakatoi used issues on black stock pages, with many printings, nice postmarks, note a 4c brown with "rift in cloud" variety, includes 66 of this issue, including overprinted and perforated O.S. stamps, plus a variety of other commemoratives (not counted, but see scans). A nice, clean collection which comes with a book on the stamps of 1966 to 1982. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:09:47 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1603
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Mint and Used Collection in Three Volumes, 1918 to 1984, includes a Minkus album with stamps to 1970 and an estimated catalogue value of $2,000 by owner. Noted labels, souvenir sheets such as #s B29c, 763a, B102-103, Offices in Danzig and Exile Government. Another binder encloses what appears to be a mint never hinged collection from 1970 to 1984 and the last binder contains 1918 to 1970 (on Shaubek pages) with 19 souvenir sheets including #830 ($135) and 1151 (footnote $40) plus many more medium values. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:10:20 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1604
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Massive Old Time Collection of Mint and Used, plus Covers, 1918 to 1990s, with many thousands of stamps (duplicated), souvenir sheets and over 550 covers, mounted on many hundreds of pages, with a very wide variety of material, including lots of occupation and WWII era material, locals, cinderellas, propaganda, back of the book, semi-postals, blocks, inscription blocks, sheets, forgeries, lots of postmarks, booklet panes, imperforates, and much more. A very quick look revealed some more valuable items, including #s B31 (NH, $120), B29-B29C (both NH, $275 for both), etc. Noted a group of 32 covers mailed 1944-45 from Poland to Red Cross in Switzerland, through Gibraltar and censored in Egypt (along with an article on these), about 200 mint never hinged complete sheets from 1990 to 2000, etc. Strong in the early to WWII era with lots of interesting and seldom seen material, with lots of Cracow issues (inspect), covers are addressed to a wide variety of countries including Canada. A great opportunity for the specialist or enthusiast of this interesting country. Scans only give a small idea, careful inspection should reward. (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 300.00
Sold...C$ 1,700.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:11:34 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 29
Lot No: 1605
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Carton with Thousands of Stamps in two Minkus albums, a binder, on many album pages, stock pages, etc. Noted souvenir sheets such as #412a (used, $300) and several Scott footnoted issues (see scans for some of them). Range is from 1918 to 1980s. Also noted some General Government issues, including #N73 in a block of 8 plus Offices in Turkish Empire 2K1-2K12 (mint, $1,170 but forgeries are known). A useful lot worth a close look. JG (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 180.00


Closed..Jan-24-2019, 16:12:03 EST
Sold For 180
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