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Sparks Auctions Sale: 34

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Foreign -- Collections & Accumulations

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1261
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Luxembourg Large Mint and Used Collection a Minkus Album, with very high completion rate to about 2000. Starts with Scott #1-3 (CV $217) plus premium for rarer cancels. Goes on with Scott #8, 10-2, 13-4, 16, 17-26 for a total CV of $1,749. Then again we find Scott 40-47 (CV $327) and many noteworthy Officials, such as Scott O3 (CV$2,400), O9 (CV $240), O40-41 (CV $360), O46 (CV $200), O48 (CV $240) and much more. Many complete pages from the beginning right up to the 1990s. A glassine holding a few hundreds collector’s spares is also included. Very fine and clean, with nice postmarks. (J. O.) (Image)

Est $ 800

Opening C$ 575.00
Sold...C$ 575.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:46:30 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1262
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Middle East Mint and Used Collection in Seven Minkus Albums, covering Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the Trucial States, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Dubai, Qatar and more. The albums hold a total few thousand stamps and some souvenir sheets. We noted Iraq Scott O71 used (CV $100) plus other better items / sets. See scans for an idea. Fine-very fine. (J. O.) (Image)

Est $ 300

Opening C$ 350.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:47:40 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1263
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Monaco Mint and Used Collection in a Minkus Album to 2008, (stamps mostly to 1990s) mainly used, with better items including #s 1-8, 11-24, 26-27, 60-92, 125-30, 176 (x2), 914-32, B49-50, C1, C29 plus used Europa sheets for 1974-79, 1986, 1989-90 and 1992. The few mint include #s 170, 283-87, B5, etc. Includes two glassines of duplicates not counted. Overall clean, with many nice c.d.s. postmarks and fine to very fine. Catalogue value is 2017. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 2,520

Opening C$ 300.00
Sold...C$ 300.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:48:27 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1264
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Monaco Mint Collection 1975-1986 in Home Made Album, about 75% complete for the period. We spotted 4 or 5 used stamps, all others are mint hinged. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 80.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:49:15 EST
Sold For 80

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1265
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image Morocco Quantity of Mint Never Hinged Blocks, Plate Blocks, etc, appears to be mostly from the 1950s and 60s, with hundreds of stamps, mostly in sheet margin multiples ranging from pairs to larger blocks, fresh and overall very fine, catalogued by owner at 1,170€. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 90.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:49:45 EST
Sold For 90

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1266
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Netherlands Used Collection in Three Stockbooks, 1852 and On. A very nice collection with much early material, mostly all identified by Scott number. Better items include #s 1-6, B1-3 and J29-41. Note many c.d.s cancels. Includes regular issues, semi-postals, airmails, postage dues, officials, syncopated perforations, watermarks, and a few pages of labels / cinderellas. Owner's 2015 catalogue value was over $2,300. Lovely collection and mostly fine or better. (Image)

Est $ 250

Opening C$ 375.00
Sold...C$ 375.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:50:08 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1267
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Netherlands Extensive Used Collection in a Minkus Album to 2008, running from #s 1 to 1181. Only a few stamps are missing from 1852-1990, with some amazing runs of completion, such as #a 1-136, 140-241, B1-B218, B218-B448, etc. Other valuable issues include B144a, C13-14, J3-26, O8-41, etc. The album also contains a collection of Netherlands Antilles ($920), with better stamps 3-4, 8, 28, 43-44, 229, etc. A lovely collection, with mostly nice and clean postmarks and overall fine to very fine. The Scott 2015 catalogue value is $7,780. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 7,780

Opening C$ 1,150.00
Sold...C$ 1,150.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:50:39 EST
Sold For 1150

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1268
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Netherlands Colonies Mint and Used Collection on Minkus Pages, with over 90% of the value being in used stamps, with most being earlier issues. Netherlands Indies ($830) includes #s 1-2, 23-30, 101-36, 151-57, 164-88, B8-24, etc., while Surinam ($710) features #s 1-14, 59, B4-7, B16-21, etc. A very clean collection, with mostly nice and clean postmarks and overall fine to very fine. The Scott 2015 catalogue value is $1,542. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 1,542

Opening C$ 325.00
Sold...C$ 325.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:51:02 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1269
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image New Zealand Mint Never Hinged Collection in a Stockbook, 1990-2000, nearly complete in period, with sets, panes and souvenir sheets, both regular and special event overprinted. All very fine. (Image)

Scott $ 1,130

Opening C$ 250.00
Sold...C$ 250.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:51:30 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1270
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image New Zealand Large Used Collection in Minkus Album, a collection with a high completion rate right up to 2000 for both regular and back-of-the-book stamps. Starting with a group of 6 Chalons including Scott #22 CV $1,000 (thin). Among many nice stamps, souvenir sheets and sets we noted Scott # 77 (CV $225), 98 (CV $410), Admiral high values Scott 182-183a (CV $432), a great selection of postal-fiscals, life insurance Scott #OY10-2* (CV $409), the 1936 officials, Scott #O57 (CV $400), and much more. A large glassine holds more than a thousand of the collector’s spares, not all common. Faults on some earlier material, otherwise fine-very fine. (J. O.) (Image)

Est $ 1,000

Opening C$ 600.00
Sold...C$ 600.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:52:25 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1271
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image New Zealand Group of 26 Used Chalon Heads, all identified by Scott number on the scan. Some minor faults on a few items. Total 2017 Scott catalogue value is just over $4,000, overall fine-very fine. (J. O.) (Image)

Scott $ 4,000

Opening C$ 575.00
Sold...C$ 575.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:52:53 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1272
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image New Zealand Mint and Used Collection in Four Large Stockbooks, 1940s to 1994, quite filled with a collection plus duplication, includes many souvenir sheets, health stamps, modern mint never hinged (high face value) and much more. There is a predominance of mint, but used stamps are tucked in here and there. Bit jumbled, still more or less in chronological order with nice quality throughout and probably thousands of stamps in all. See scans for a small peek at the lot. (Image)

Est $ 350

Opening C$ 250.00
Sold...C$ 250.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:53:24 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1273
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Norfolk Islands, etc. Collection of Mint and Used, 1947-1982, #1-248, with mostly complete sets, some duplication of shorter sets ($311) also Christmas Island #1/202 mostly complete sets ($82) and Cocos and Keeling mostly with complete sets, includes one never hinged set ($72). All three collections are in separate duo-tangs with consistently fresh stamps, lightly hinged and with light c.d.s. postmarks. Catalogue value is from 2017. (Image)

Scott $ 467

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:54:29 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1274
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image North West Pacific Islands Group in Stock Sheets, being one used lot purchased on two 2-sided stock sheets (with inventory and value in early 2000s of $2,311), three local auction pages catalogued long ago at $274, and a stock sheet with used plus mint (including never hinged multiples) cataloguing long ago at $151. There is a wide variety of denominations and overprint types here, with a total of 213 stamps, overall very nice quality. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 2,736

Opening C$ 475.00
Sold...C$ 475.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:56:16 EST
Sold For 475

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1275
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection

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image Norway Extensive Used Collection on Minkus Pages, highly complete from the first stamp to about 2001 and then more. This collection is offered intact and includes items such as Scott #1-34 (CV $2,360), 59-61 (CV $235), 64-66 (CV $255) 104-10 (CV $147), all North Cape semi-postals including Scott #B1-3 (CV $198) to list only the most obvious goodies. Back-of-the-book sets are just as complete as the regular stamps. Comes with a large glassine full with hundreds of collector’s doubles. A rare occasion to own such a clean collection. (J. O.) (Image)

Est $ 500

Opening C$ 600.00
Sold...C$ 600.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:56:46 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1276
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection

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image Peru Mint Never Hinged Collection on 37 Quadrille Pages, late 1960s to late 1980s, appears to be all mint never hinged, and consisting of complete sets, etc. Fresh and very fine, scans show a small portion. (Image)

Est $ 150

Opening C$ 120.00
Sold...C$ 120.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:57:32 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1277
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection

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image Peru Lovely Group of Early Mint Overprint Varieties, 1913-1919, with a total of 64 stamps, either as singles or multiples, all with either inverted or double or misplaced overprints or surcharges, and also includes a few imperforate varieties and a double-printed stamp. A great lot for the specialist, mostly very fine and overall mint never hinged, a few are hinged. All scanned online. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 50.00
Sold...C$ 50.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:58:00 EST
Sold For 50

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1278
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Poland Extensive Mint and Used Collection to the 1990s, with thousands of stamps housed in 4 stockbooks and two binders (these contain album pages as well as back stock sheets). We note a wide variety of material including many souvenir sheets (incl. early NH ones), dues, airs, officials, imperforates, sets, occupation as well as other back of the book material. We note lots of mint never hinged semi-modern singles, sets and souvenir sheets, with lots of topical interest, etc. A strong collection in terms of the sheer quantity and variety assembled. Overall nice quality throughout. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 350.00
Sold...C$ 350.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:58:28 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1279
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Poland Extensive Mostly Used Collection, quite comprehensive, housed in a thick Minkus album, with pages to 2007. The collection has many solid runs of sets to 1996 and runs from Scott #1 to 3297. Better used include #s 1, 11-37, 56-57, 77-78, 81-92, 107-89, 280-81, 314-16, 341-56, 412a, B11-14, B21-23, B25, B29, B29c, B31, B36-39, B43-54, 2-9, C26A-C, P1-3, P5, etc. Many souvenir sheets are present, most being used but there are some mint foot-noted in Scott such as # 1046-48, 1150a, etc. The best souvenir sheet is C26d (never hinged). Included but not counted in catalogue value are two glassines full of duplicates, a lovely cover with the Monte Cassino set (#3K17-20). Overall fine to very fine, and catalogue value is 2018 Scott. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 5,900

Opening C$ 650.00
Sold...C$ 650.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 15:59:10 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 34
Lot No: 1280
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection

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image Portugal and Colonies Mostly Used Collection in a Massive Minkus Album with Pages to 2008, left intact, with many better used early issues such as #s 5-14, 10-24, 39-46, 67-78, 92-03, 97-109, C1-10, etc. The collection is quite complete up to 1980, with many solid runs of used sets, such as #634-682. Some sets are a mix of mint and used, such as 315-27, 346-76, 422-52, etc. There are dozens of used souvenir sheets including 586a, 602a, 682a, Europas, Tiles, etc. The Franchise stamps are well represented ($160). The back of the album has 12 different colonies, the best being Azores ($650), Angola ($700) with a used Bird set 333-56, and lastly a few hundred Macau issues ($1,160) with better used 147-157D, J12-22, etc. A lovely and extensive collection, with mostly nice and clean postmarks and overall fine to very fine. The Scott 2015 catalogue value is $11,250. (J.O.) (Image)

Scott $ 11,250

Opening C$ 1,100.00
Sold...C$ 1,100.00


Closed..Sep-23-2020, 16:00:09 EST
Sold For 1100

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