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Sparks Auctions Sale: 32

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Foreign -- Collections & Accumulations

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1988
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image Russia Lot of Mostly Sheets, and part sheets, all NH and includes #s 1260, 1343, 1345 in full sheets of 100, #1346 (sheet of 99) and #1652-1654 with four blocks of 40, and more, plus two glassines with a selection of singles. (Image)

Scott $ 1,700

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:29:11 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1989
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Russia Collection of Mint and Used in a Scott Specialty Album, 1858-1958, with a high degree of completion throughout, with the exception of the first and few early pages, as well as the post-1957 period. The collection is comprised of complete sets, souvenir sheets, back of the book, etc., used stamps have light cancels and mint stamps are either in mounts and never hinged (with some exceptions) or lightly hinged on the album pages. We note a Scott #1325 souvenir sheet with postmark ($300) which had adhered to the page (could be soaked off), Scott #551-554 ($407 with the only heavy hinge we noticed) and Ukraine Russian Company of Navigation and Trade issues (not included in the owner's cv), #C75a (never hinged, cv for hinged is $175). In addition there are about 500 duplicates (often used blocks) with a significant catalogue value which were not counted in the total 2017 Scott catalogue value. A consistently fresh and high quality collection, with a range of Scott #s 6/2160. Online scans only show a small sample. (Image)

Scott $ 10,149

Opening C$ 950.00
Sold...C$ 1,050.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:29:40 EST
Sold For 1050

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1990
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Scandinavia Advanced Collection in Scott Specialty Albums to 1971, with Denmark, Sweden and Norway being the most developed and all starting strongly from the very first page. Iceland and Finland are also well represented, with Greenland and the Danish West Indies showing only a few stamps each. Sweden postage due and official stamps are close to complete. Finland includes a small study on Russian stamps used in Finland and minor varieties of the Russian design stamps of Finland. Except for Finland and Greenland years 1940 to 1971 have a very high degree of completion. We catalogued Denmark to 1927 ($3,507), Norway to 1925 ($2,350) and Sweden to 1930, including back of the book, ($3,366) for a conservative total of $9,623. Overall very fine, see our many scans online. (Image)

Scott $ 9,623

Opening C$ 230.00
Sold...C$ 500.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:30:27 EST
Sold For 500

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1991
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Scandinavia Mint and Used Collection Filling 15 Album and Manilla Pages, with Iceland ($390), Finland (with 356 stamps, $350) and Norway (these all mint never hinged, $275). Nice and clean, overall fine or better. (Image)

Scott $ 1,015

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:30:50 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1992
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Scandinavia Valuable Mint and Used Norway, Sweden and Iceland Collections in Scott Specialty Albums, together with a stockbook of mint Sweden stamps and booklet panes and a stock of mint and used Finland in glassines and bags. The albums go to 1990 for Norway, 1988 for Sweden and 1997 for Iceland. The Norway and Sweden collections are especially well populated from the first issues on. Mounts in the Sweden collection often hold more than one copy. Very fine, faults to be expected in earlier material. (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 210.00
Sold...C$ 230.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:31:14 EST
Sold For 230

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1993
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image South Africa Group of Booklets and Booklet Panes, from the 1930s and 1940s. Includes one unstitched Stanley Gibbons SB9 (CV £350), 6x SB11 (CV £7), 2x SB12 (CV £42), 3x SB16 (CV £ 32), panes 56f (CV £38), 3x 114a (CV £6), 2x 56h (CV £4) and 4x 87c (CV £9) as well as an uncut strip of 3 #56f (CV £38). All booklets in pristine condition, panes have been hinged. All scanned online. (Image)

S.G. £ 774

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:31:42 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1994
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image South Africa Mint Collection of the View Issues, Scott 23-67 in Pairs and Blocks, all on 5 Vario pages. A selection of MNH and MH pairs and blocks of these interesting issues, with types and shades varieties. Note #30, 31, 32, 40, with two hinged pairs of each. All pages are scanned online, high catalogue value. (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 400.00
Sold...C$ 725.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:32:18 EST
Sold For 725

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1995
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image South Africa Early Collection and Accumulation, Plus Gibraltar, on Hagner stock pages. This group is mainly comprised of issues from the period of the se-tenant bilingual pairs. The George V stamps are well represented to 10sh, including coil pairs and tête-bêche pairs. The scenic views of 1926 to 1954 are also well represented with a few interesting pairs, including mint Official overprints. The first two semi-postal sets are present in MH pairs. The lot ends with a 1954 MNH set of wild animals. The catalogue value of $1,546 is for all cheapest shades and varieties. Also includes a collection of Gibraltar (KEVII to KGVI) cataloguing $348. All pages are scanned online. (Image)

Scott $ 1,894

Opening C$ 55.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:33:36 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1996
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image South Africa Collection of South Africa and Former States, with Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal. An old-time mint and used collection and accumulation of stamps from all these territories on album and stock pages to about 1955, with one stock page of later issues. Noted pages of used blocks of 4 to the 5sh, MNH blocks from 6 to 12 stamps of the small format wartime issue, MH pairs of B1-11, Not to be overlooked are the many pages of the former states. Cape of Good Hope has 4 triangles among many other items, Transvaal, Natal and Orange River also are well populated. This collection comes with a trove of useful documentation in the form of learned philatelic articles from various publications. Overall fine or better with some faults noted on earlier material. (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 65.00
Sold...C$ 200.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:34:42 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1997
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image South America Mint and Used Collections and Accumulations, all filling a very heavy box with many South American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Most countries are represented by two or more collections to about the late 1960s with some countries also having stockbooks and stamps sorted in glassines with generally low duplication not exceeding five copies. We noted Argentina multiple departmental official overprints, Chile good showing of the early Colon issues and five collections, Colombia with many souvenir sheets, Uruguay seven collections including one on new-looking Steiner pages ready for completion. Faults noted on some early material, inspect to better appreciate. JG (Image)

Est $ 400

Opening C$ 400.00
Sold...C$ 400.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:35:06 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1998
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Spain Old Time Mint and Used Collection to 1947, a neatly annotated collection with multiple copies of the older stamps illustrating papers, shades and postmark varieties, a few cards and covers complete the collection. Close to half of the collection is comprised of 19th century stamps. We also noted the 1930 Christopher Columbus and Spanish-American Postal Union sets (MH), with some imperfs from the Spanish-American Postal Union. Owner’s catalogue value is based on 2017 Scott is $4,478 (not counting for shades, varieties or postmarks). Faults in earlier material, else overall fine or better. (Image)

Scott $ 4,478

Opening C$ 300.00
Sold...C$ 475.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:35:44 EST
Sold For 475

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 1999
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Spain Mint and Used Collection and Accumulation, from about 1950 to 2004. Stamps and souvenir sheets from about 1983 to 2004 are MNH as received as new issues. Older stamps are used and sorted in envelopes. A box of on-paper stamps completes this offering which itself fills a large carton. JG (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 180.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:36:37 EST
Sold For 180

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2000
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image Spain and Portugal Mint Collection in a Stockbook, the Spain collection goes from 1930 to about 1972 and is neatly laid out in a stockbook with very little duplication. It includes a few souvenir sheets and some back-of-the-book issues. The Spanish Colonies collection covers more or less the same period whereas the Portugal component is comprised of 26 souvenir MNH sheets from 1978 to 1990. All lots are accompanied by a detailed inventory showing catalogue numbers, whether MNH or MH as well as 2016 Scott value, made up of: Spain $527, Spanish Colonies $385 and Portugal $246. Overall fine-very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,158

Opening C$ 25.00
Sold...C$ 130.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:38:00 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2001
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image St Pierre & Miquelon Mint Never Hinged France Libre Overprint Collection of 24 stamps, the 2020 Scott catalogue value of $861 is for mint hinged. JG (Image)

Scott $ 861

Opening C$ 170.00
Sold...C$ 180.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:38:23 EST
Sold For 180

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2002
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image St Pierre & Miquelon Mint and Used Collection in a Like New Lindner Hingeless Album, with matching slip case. Starts with a page of 16 mainly used stamps all overprinted "France Libre / F.N.F.L." , then a mix of mint never hinged, mint hinged and used stamps for the period 1952 to 1976 and then only mint never hinged from 1985 when SPM issues started again to 1996. This later period including souvenir sheets, se-tenant strips and higher value airmail stamps. Owner’s 2017 Scott cv is $1,468. (Image)

Scott $ 1,468

Opening C$ 250.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:38:47 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2003
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image St Pierre & Miquelon Mint and Used Collection to 1965, on album and stock pages. This mainly mint collection starts with Scott #2 and 6, includes a nice showing of the early stamps and a slightly duplicated number of MNH eagerly sought wartime stamps overprinted "France Libre". JG (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 230.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:39:12 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2004
Symbol: O/Cvr
Cat No: Collection

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image St Pierre & Miquelon Selection, includes 21 covers (4 are FDC), 5 post cards and 31 different used stamps. Better items include J18 block (used), 1948 first flight cover to NS, 1957 registered cover from Governor's office franked with #349 and 370-73 FDC. Stamps alone catalogue $260. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 130.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:39:39 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2005
Symbol: O/**
Cat No: Collection

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image Sweden Stock of about 250 Booklets, from Scott 415a to 2371a, all neatly identified and priced in glassines. Low duplication; the most we saw is Scott 513c which catalogues $22.50 in 6 copies. Most booklets are present in 1 or 2 copies. Great dealer or collector lot. We only saw 2 cancelled booklets, all others appear MNH and very fine. (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 275.00
Sold...C$ 275.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:39:57 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2006
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image Sweden Collection of Mint Never Hinged from 1964 to 1991, with a range of #s 1233/1917, all neatly sorted and identified in two stockbooks, includes souvenir sheets, coil strips, booklet panes and stamps, presentation cards, covers and a few souvenir items. A very clean collection and very fine. Also includes three year sets (in their original packageing) for 1981 to 1983 (#s 1345-1482) which catalogue $165. If sold, the proceeds of this lot will go to the Ottawa Philatelic Society's Youth Program. Rsv. $300. (Image)

Scott $ 3,068

Opening C$ 300.00
Sold...C$ 300.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:40:17 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 32
Lot No: 2007
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Switzerland Used Collection in a Small Stockbook, a very neatly laid out collection, all appears to be different, with nice postmarks, overall very fine. Scans only show a portion of the collection. (Image)

Scott $ 485

Opening C$ 5.00
Sold...C$ 20.00


Closed..Feb-01-2020, 13:40:43 EST
Sold For 20

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