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France, Au revoir Les Semi-Postaux, Complete Semi-Postal Collection, 1914-40 (2020 Scott #B1-B102), on immaculate Scott Specialty pages, from meticulous old-time collector; key items are scarce in used condition, Very Fine and choice. 2020 Scott $4,300 Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
2020 Scott $4,300 Suggested Bid $
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:15:46 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 222
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Cat No: Collection
France, Outstanding One-Frame Exhibit on the Paris Philatelic Exhibition, 1925, a major philatelic event, held just prior to the famous Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes; the collection here written up to the highest exhibition standard, and includes relevant official invitation letter, programs, and promotional labels with proofs; a wealth of special usages during the Exhibition and related events with numerous special-printed "Exposition Philatélique Internationale…" corner card envelopes appropriately franked and canceled, with Registered, Airmail usages and overseas destinations; among the specially issued 5F stamps is an imperforate marginal example unused (2003 Behr certificate), the perforated stamps used on four envelopes and a postcard, with one cover franked by a block of four to the Netherlands; plus its accompanying souvenir sheet mint, used with special cancel applied outside the stamps, and a late use on a 1928 Registered commercial cover from Paris to New York (some faults); there is also a range of other material, both philatelic and of a collateral nature, not included in the actual exhibit, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs,
An important, highly original presentation, the history of which is published in the erudite article by Professor Tom Broadhead, "Paris 1925 - The Exposition Internationale de Timbres-Postes," American Philatelist (August 2003), pp. 728-732 . View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 2,100.00
Sold...US$ 2,100.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:16:43 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 223
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Cat No: Collection
France, Well-Filled Mint and Used Collection, 1849-1990, housed in a Koch and two Lighthouse hingeless albums; starting with the First Issue, solid 19th century items with a variety of cancels; 20th century equally strong, with nicely centered Mersons, a Strasbourg souvenir sheet (previously hinged in margins only), etc., with nearly everything post-WWII mint or never hinged; includes nice Semis and Airs, some Dues, even a few Newspapers—there's even a 5 livres Assignat tucked into the front cover; the occasional condition issue on the earliest material, but generally bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine with better throughout, inspection invited. Shipping charges apply - weight 18.6 lbs. View a video of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:17:37 EST
Sold For 1000
France & Colonies
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 224
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Cat No: Collection
France & Colonies, "They Call Me Méli-Mélo" Stock Surprise, massive mish-mash of 18 albums or binders, plus several mart books, all filled with La Francophonie; majority Colonies, with most material being mid-period, but with Navigation & Commerce, Blanc, Merson, Rights of Man issues as well; note overprints, Airs, several "France Libre" items, centrally cancelled New Caledonia blocks of 4, many colorful Pictorials with great Topical appeal, etc.; France proper includes early Cérès and Napoléons on through, with the French equivalent of Souvenir Panels for numerous 1980s issues, plus some Back-of-the-Book and Colonies General Issues, etc., etc.; each volume arranged alphabetically, making for a fairly clean sort into your stock, Fine to Very Fine or better, well worth perusing. Shipping charges apply - weight 80.4 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:18:30 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 225
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Cat No: Collection
France & Colonies, The Bastille Selection, 1849-1922, and like its namesake, ready to be broken down; in two small ledger books, the first entitled "France" and valued by Thiaude at 43,212FFr, the second "French Colonies" and valued by 1942 Yvert at 9,246FFr; both marked "Second Choice"—but you'd be hard-pressed to prove that by some of what's here; France includes a solid array of various printings of Cérès and Napoléon issues (including a #37 with burelage lines doubled plus socked-on-the-nose Paw c.d.s.), 1900-03 series items, some Sowers and later issues, plus Dues, 1921 and 1922 "Postes Paris" precancels, etc., with several covers plus a range of cancels including grids, stars, c.d.s.'s, Large and Small Numerals, in red, "5098" Smyrna, "5119" Cairo, anchors, Algeria, and more; Colonies offer a nice array of General Issues (Eagle and Cérès), Offices (China, Zanzibar, Cavalle, Alexandria) plus solid examples from around the Francophone area with many choice cancels, Fine to Very Fine with better, nice stock selection. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:19:11 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 226
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Cat No: Collection
France & Colonies, Fakes and Forgeries Reference Collection, stockbook with over 80 faux stamps and/or cancels, plus reprints, of France and Colonies from Classics to the early 20th century; a few "Polish overprints" included as well, overall Very Fine, tremendous reference material; imaged in full online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:19:40 EST
Sold For 550
French Colonies
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 227
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French Colonies, Fantastic Old-Time Collection, 1859-1930s, on homemade quadrille pages, fully annotated; a stunning holding last catalogued in 1942 (no, that's not a typo: 1942) and valued at the time at 91,525FFr; a Francophonie-wide collection beginning with General Issues, followed by Offices and specific Colonies; material throughout strongest in earlier issues, with useful duplication and a wealth of cancel types and locales; note Navigation & Commerce, France and Blancs/Mouchons/Mersons imprinted and inscribed throughout, Offices in China with some choice cancels, multiples including French Guiana millésime blocks, Airs, Dues, Obock #50 one-third tied on piece, Tunisia "T"-perfined Dues, etc., etc.; condition varies as one would expect, and stamps here and there are toned, but our review turned up nothing damaged; a remarkable collection to thrill collector and dealer alike, Fine to Very Fine with better, a must-see. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.2 lbs. View PDF #1 of images for this lot View PDF #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $7,500-10,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $7,500-10,000
Opening US$ 5,750.00
Sold...US$ 5,750.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:20:40 EST
Sold For 5750
Somali Coast
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 228
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Cat No: 64-66, 69-79
French Colonies: Somali Coast, 1c-4c & 20c-5Fr Pictorials Collection of Half-Sheets, 1909 (Scott 64-66, 69-79), half-sheetlets of 25 (with margins or gutters) mint never hinged in a stockbook; an extraordinary holding, with all the key and high-values, Very Fine, enormous catalogue value; see the entire stock online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Yvert 67-69, 72-82; €10,500 ($11,770). Scott $12,850 Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Scott $12,850 Suggested Bid $1,20
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:21:16 EST
Sold For 900
Tunisia
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 229
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Cat No: Collection
French Colonies: Tunisia, Mint & Used Collection, 1888-1997, several hundred stamps and souvenir sheets housed in an Yvert & Tellier album, including used #1-7, 9-25, J10, Parcel Posts complete, and mint #122-142, B3-B11, B12-B16, B37-B46, B54-B73, Airmails complete, and most souvenir sheets perforated and imperforate, Fine to Very Fine, a brilliant collection not needing much for completion; examine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:21:45 EST
Sold For 1000
Germany
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 230
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Broad-Ranging and Valuable Stock, from States to Bund, a wonderful offering of definitive issues; early Empire present used (and usefully duplicated) with some striking shade varieties present; Reich includes various regular issues, including a few overprinted sets and a couple Inflations; Bund continues this trend with various Buildings groups (including Mark values identified by Michel type) and imperforate and part-perf varieties, Posthorn overprints, etc.; several West German items present in larger multiples; fresh and clean throughout, Fine to Very Fine with better, inspection invited; see it all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.8 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot 2019 Scott $23,500 (Owner's) Suggested Bid $4,000-5,000 (Image)
2019 Scott $23,500 (Owner's) Sugg
Opening US$ 3,000.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:22:45 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 232
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Impressive Collection, 1933-71, in four springback albums covering issues from the Reich (including Nothilfe sheet hinged, Chicago Flight Zeppelins mint and used, Ostropa sheet used, etc., etc.); French Zone and American/Bi-Zone Occupations (with nearly all of the popular souvenir sheets from the Zones, a nice Buildings offering, Posthorn overprints, and much, much more); plus Bund and Berlin (featuring most early issues, black "Berlin" overprints, #9NB1-9NB3 & 9NB3a never hinged, etc.); generally bright and fresh, with some wonderfully centered examples throughout; a modest number of covers complement the collection, Fine to Very Fine with much better throughout, well worth inspecting online—you won't be disappointed. Shipping charges apply - weight 14.6 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot View video #3 of images for this lot View video #4 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $3,500-5,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $3,500-5,000
Opening US$ 2,700.00
Sold...US$ 2,700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:23:11 EST
Sold For 2700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 233
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Serious Representation, 1850-1935, with loose old album pages comprising the contents of several old time collections and stock pages, with all states represented, acquired over the years to form the base of an exceptional collection (if the collector ever had time to organize everything), duplicates and higher or key values floating about, with a group of various issues by country on old time 19th century album pages with seven mint, French Alsace and Lorraine occupation issues, group of black stockpages with 22 early Bavaria numeral issues, Wurtemberg group of early classic issues from early numeral, through coat of arms, to later issues with several better, group of three stockpages filled with various Hanover issues, group of old time quadrille album pages and black album pages from a couple old time albums filled with various classic states issues, group of a little over a dozen large quadrille pages filled with decent states and early empire, a few early album pages filled with better identified issues, containing: Brunswick 1, 3, 4-11, 16, 17, Prussia 1-5, 9-13, 21-22 and more, generally Fine to Very Fine, This is the kind of lot that can really be a bonanza for the specialist, with great diversity of shades and possible varieties. There could be one stamp that to the trained eye, might pay for the entire lot, so view carefully. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
Opening US$ 3,000.00
Sold...US$ 3,000.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:23:52 EST
Sold For 3000
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 234
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Se-tenant Dealers Stock, from Empire to Bund, a two-inch binder filled with stock pages of Germany's Zusammendrücke, mint and used, all fully identified; begins with a selection of Germania booklet panes, and then runs through Reich and West Germany's Michel-prefixed K, KZ, RL, S, SK, W and WZ issues; interesting variety, several of the used items with no-nonsense cancels; generally fresh and sound, with bright colors and clean paper, Fine to Very Fine with better, a nice find for the specialist—and useful and valuable stock for the dealer. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.2 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot Scott $10,300+ Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500 (Image)
Scott $10,300+ Suggested Bid $2,0
Opening US$ 1,300.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:24:25 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 235
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Interesting Back-of-the-Book Collection, presented ready for sale in a binder on stockpages, each item or set identified by Scott or Michel and priced; begins with a selection of booklet panes, and includes several States issues, a neat array of post-War Locals, Feldpost issues (some used), various Occupations, a lightly hinged 10¢ Hamburg American Packet, etc.; fresh and clean throughout, with all appearing sound, Fine to Very Fine or better, material not always offered; worth viewing (all imaged online). Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot Scott $7,154 (Owner's) Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Scott $7,154 (Owner's) Suggested
Opening US$ 950.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:25:06 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 237
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Cat No: Collection
German Area, Excellent Mint & Used Collection, 1872-1986, mounted in an album, mostly all mint with a high degree of completion, includes great coverage in post-WWII from the Posthorns on, with very strong semi-postal, Occupations, etc., a few better mint noted is 665-666, 667-668, 670-685, B49-B57, B310-B313, B320-B323, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7 lbs. View video #1 of images for this lot View video #2 of images for this lot View video #3 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:25:30 EST
Sold For 650
Empire & Reich
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 238
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Sensational Postal History Collection, 1933-45, in five stockbooks, two cover albums and a stack of homemade album/exhibition pages 10 inches thick; stockbooks contain stamps mint and used and used on piece, meter strips, additional cards and covers, etc., but the main body of the collection is the pages: everything you could imagine is here: postal and post cards depicting Hitler (portraits, with Mussolini, with children, etc.), generals, battle themes, Party propaganda, 700th anniversary of Berlin, stamp collecting (!), even some SS Feldpost; postal cards bear imprints of Third Reich stamps plus various nationalist-themed or historical illustrations; many, if not most, of the most popular and desirable postcards are here, and there is bound to be some duplication, Very Fine overall, with cards pristine and corners sharp, one of the finest such collections we've ever offered. Shipping charges apply - weight 33 lbs. Suggested Bid $5,000-6,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $5,000-6,000
Opening US$ 3,500.00
Sold...US$ 3,500.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:26:03 EST
Sold For 3500
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 239
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, The King Tiger, 1872-1945, very extensive stock in six fat stockbooks; contains only high-quality stamps and souvenir sheets with nice cancellations; our estimate is conservative, with each stamp assumed to be the least expensive type and color; well worth a close review, Very Fine, see it all on our website. Shipping charges apply - weight 26.8 lbs. Michel €51,500 ($57,730). View PDF #1 of images for this lot View PDF #2 of images for this lot Suggested Bid $4,000-5,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $4,000-5,000
Opening US$ 5,250.00
Sold...US$ 5,250.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 16:27:46 EST
Sold For 5250
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 240
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Cat No: Collection