Sale No: 742
Lot No: 303
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Scandinavia: Finland, Excellent Primarily Used Specialized Collection, 1848-1970s, an outstanding and clean, keenly assembled and well-annotated collection of many hundreds, housed on homemade pages and identified by Scott and Facit numbers; begins with a selected-for-interest offering of stampless covers, including a couple "Feather Meander" Special Delivery Official mail examples, then onto (used) #2 (2), extensive serpentine roulettes by type with numerous premium cancels noted; from there, we note strong specialized Coat-of-Arms issues with plate flaws, shades and cancels; excellent Imperial Arms of Russia definitives with specialized examples, and highly representative from the Republic/Helsinki issue on, including Back-of-the-Book, mostly Fine to Very Fine, a super lot with good specialist appeal. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Aug-08-2020, 17:06:36 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 742
Lot No: 308
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Scandinavia: Norway, Extensive One-Volume Highly Specialized Collection, 1855-1980, a fantastic and valuable predominantly used, well-annotated collection of many, many hundreds, neatly assembled on homemade pages by Scott and Facit numbers; begins with #1 (3) plus 1914 and 1924 reprints, and continues through the subsequent sets (i.e., Scott #2-5, 6-10, all Numeral issues, etc.) with great specialization as respects shades, paper and watermark types, perforations, cancels, etc.; a couple dozen or so nice covers accent the lot from the stampless era through Official usages, Fine to Very Fine, a lovely, detailed lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)
