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WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS continued...

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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

802

Lebanaon Universal Postal Union mint specialized collection, comprising 28 mint items, incl. complete sets of regular issues, incl. gutter pairs, also scarce imperforate singles and pairs, and souvenir sheets, incl. sheet on thin cardboard, accompanied by five covers, incl. first day covers, souvenir sheets on covers (3), mint o.g., predominantly n.h., very fine and better.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

803

Liechtenstein collection from 1912 to 1987 of hundreds of different stamps, predominantly mint, mounted in a Scott Specialty album, with duplicates and some later issues in glassines and arranged on stock pages, incl. many issues both mint and used, and some complete mint sheets, very good coverage for the period, mostly mint n.h. from about 1964 onward, replete with complete sets, incl. mint 1921 Prince Johann II, 1924 definitives, 1930 airplane and 1931 zeppelin Airmails, 1932 Offcials, and others, occasional minor fault or gum toning, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., many stamps fine-very fine or better.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

804

Luxembourg mint and used collection from 1852 to 1984 of hundreds of different stamps mounted in a Scott Specialty album, in glassines, and arranged on stock pages, incl. many issues both mint and used, very good coverage for the period with better singles and complete sets, incl. mint 1882 Industry and Commerce set, 1935 Professionals semi-postal set, unused 1859 10c, 25c, Arms, used 1852 10c, 1sg William III, and others, thirteen mostly unused 1880s//1940s postal cards accompany, occasional minor fault, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., unused, many stamps fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

805

Middle East select mint collection from1921 to 1995 of hundreds of stamps housed in two stockbooks, comprising perforated or imperforate sets, souvenir sheets, incl. Iraq 1948 King Faisal II and 1949 airmail sheets, 1967 Tourist Year airmails, Jordan 1964 Mercury Astronauts 100f sheet with inverted ovpt., 1964 Birds airmail imperforate set, Jordan-Palestine 1948-1949 set, 1949 1m missing ovpt., 4m double inverted ovpt., Lebanon 1948 airmail souvenir sheet of 10, 1962 Bridge Tournament souvenir sheet (3), Palestine 1927-1932 Pictorial gutter pairs and plate blocks, Syria 1921 5p on 1f and 10p on 2f both signed, 1993 Butterflies imperforate strip with missing colors, Saudi Arabia 1925 Jeddah set signed (1pi on 10pi thin spot), 1960 100p Wadi Hanifa Dam, 1961 200p Gas-Oil Plant, 1961 Damman Port imperforate sheet of four, Sharjah 1965 ITU Centenary progressive proof blocks, Yemen 1964 Spacecraft 1/2b with red brown ovpt., and much more, mint includes, o.g., n.h., l.h., many issues fine or better, an excellent collection for the specialist, examine carefully.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

806

Middle East predominantly used stock of thousands of different 1920s to 1990s stamps from various Arabic-speaking countries neatly arranged by country in a stock book, comprises postally-used and cancelled-to-order definitives, commemoratives, airmails, etc., from Algeria, Bahrain, Dubai, Iraq. Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and many other lands, Scott values are rather modest, however there is potential for finding scarce cancels, occasional minor fault, light duplication, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., many fine or better, a clean and very attractive stock, well worth a careful look.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

807

Newfoundland mostly mint collection and accumulation of hundreds, in binder and sheet file, including 1857 1d (2), 3d (2), 8d, 1861-62 sheet of twenty, 1897 Cabot set, 1910 Guy sets, 1933 Gilbert set, range of latter issues in blocks, airmails, also an accumulation of later postage mostly in sheets, early issues mostly used, mint mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., few small faults, though much fine-very fine or better.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

808

Palestine mint collection from 1948-1967 of well over 3,000 mint Egypt (Palestine) stamps housed in two stock books, predominantly mint, n.h., including 6-bar obliterations, shade and ovpt. varieties, accompanied by 28 postally-used covers in mixed condition, mostly domestic destinations, incl. WW II censored and registered mail, plus covers to England and East Germany, and fourteen first day covers, just a few scattered used stamps, generally sound, mint includes, o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., fine to very fine, an excellent collection for the specialist, examine carefully.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

809

Palestine official mail grouping of 48 items comprising stampless and franked covers with printed, handstamped, or manuscript "O.H.M.S.," or "On His Majesty's Service," postmarked between 1933 and 1948, with the majority displaying registered usage from Haifa or Jerusalem, various rates, and handstamps from customs house, income tax office, district food controller, etc., a small assortment of postal receipts, censor labels, savings stamp cards, etc. accompany, mixed condition, many fine or better, an interesting lot with excellent retail potential, examine carefully.

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

810

Poland highly complete, predominantly mint collection from 1860 to 1989 of many thousands of different stamps comprising definitives, commemoratives, imperfs, souvenir sheets, and strong back-of-the-book, incl. Warsaw and other locals, German occupation, and offices abroad, mounted in two Scott Specialty albums, in glassines, and arranged on loose album and stock pages, contains a faulty used example of 1860 10k, and a mostly sound assemblage of mint stamps from 1918 onward, replete with many better issues, incl. mint 1928 Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet, 1944 Polish Peoples Republic set, 1948 80z-120z airmail souvenir sheet, Offices in Turkey set of 12 to examine, and others, occasional minor fault among the early issues, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., many issues both mint and used, fine-very fine and better.

Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

811

Saar mint sheet collection of 111 complete sheets from 1953-59 of as many different issues, all housed in a homemade album and a commercial mint sheet album, and comprising Heuss definitives, commemoratives, and semi-postals, incl. 1953 Cathedral Reconstruction sheet of 25, complete sets of the 1957 regular and redrawn Heuss definitives to 200f and 300 fr respectively, with 1fr-90fr in sheets of 100, and 100fr-300fr in sheets of 50, the sheets in the homemade sheet album are each contained in a plastic sleeve closed on all four sides, but the sheets are accessible with care, occasional minor faults in the selvages, generally sound with fresh o.g., n.h., fine-very fine,

$7,950.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

812

San Marino highly complete mint collection from 1877 to 1982 of hundreds of different stamps mounted in a Scott Specialty album, 99 percent mint, with just a few early used early issues, high level of completion to 1973, scattered thereafter, replete with better mint singles and sets, incl. 1877-99 5c orange, 10c ultramarine, 15c, 25c maroon, 30c brown, 1892 10c on 20c, 1929 20 L Liberty, 1932 Railway set, 1933 1.25 L on 1.75 L Convention, 1932 Garibaldi set, 1935 Delfico set, 1949 100L UPU sheet of six, n.h. 1961 Europa sheet of six, 1931 airmail set, 1950 UPU and 1951 Stagecoach airmail sheet of six each, and others, a solitary 1925 cover addr. Novara (peripheral faults) franked with 1923 50c + 5c semi-postal accompanies, occasional minor fault among the early issues, very light duplication, mint includes o.g. n.h., l,h., h.r., generally fresh, many issues fine-very fine or better.

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

813

Scandinavia substantial dealer's postal history stock of likely well over one thousand 20th century items housed in a heavy cardboard file box (24" x 11½" x 7"), postmarked before and after the world wars to the 1980s, with the vast majority postmarked before 1960, and comprising covers postal cards, roughly divided between postally used and philatelic covers, incl. commercial mail, foreign and domestic destinations, postal cards, some picture postcards, complete sets of first day covers, SAS first flight and other event covers, many are sleeved, most are priced, condition is rather mixed, many fine-very fine, very diverse and somewhat organized, several better items throughout, so examine carefully.

Est. $1,000-1,500

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

814

Spain comprehensive collection from 1850 to 1979 of many thousands of different mint and used stamps, plus 15 mostly philatelic covers, in glassines, loose in an envelope, arranged on loose stock pages, in a binder, and mounted in a Scott specialty album, replete with better 19th Century issues, incl. mint 1873 20c Amadeo, 1875 40c, 1876 Alfonso XII set, 1878 1p, 4p, 1879 20c, 4p, 1889 4p Alfonso XIII, 1901 4p, 10p, 1940 10p Locomotive, used 1851 6r, 1866 19c, 1889 10p, predominantly mint with a high level of completion from 1930 forward, incl. n.h. 1936 10c, 15c Exhibition, mint n.h. from about 1955 onward, mint back-of-the-book contains many complete sets, incl. 1926 Red Cross semi-postal set, n.h. 1938 Catacombs Restoration set, also n.h. 1938 Historical Monuments imperforate souvenir sheet, n.h. 1938 US Constitution 5p on 1p airmail signed block of four, and much more, the stock pages and glassines contain reprints, imperforate singles of various issues, duplicates and scattered later issues to the 1990s, the binder is full of Zaragoza and other benefit issues, telegraph stamps, etc., occasional minor fault among the early issues, light duplication, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., unused, much fine-very fine material throughout, examine carefully.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

815

Spanish Colonies predominantly mint collection from 1877-1968 of hundreds of different stamps, mostly 20th century, mounted in a Scott Specialty album, with strength in issues from about 1938 onward, many complete sets, incl. Rio de Oro 1917 overprinted set, Spanish Guinea 1929 Exposition, 1926 Red Cross semi-postals, Spanish Morocco 1928-1932 Pictorials, Spanish Morocco-Tangier 1929 Exposition set, Spanish Sahara 1929 Exposition set, and many others, occasional minor fault, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., generally fine-very fine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

816

Ottoman Turkey attractive postal history group of 45 items comprising postally used commercial and private covers, postal cards, and evocative picture post cards postmarked 1890//1918 from Turkish post offices in Alexandria or Cairo Egypt, and at various towns or cities in Turkey, addressed Constantinople, Beyrouth, or European destinations, incl. registered covers, plus a bit of ephemera, a few franked but unused postal cards, etc., occasional minor peripheral faults, very interesting and diverse group, fine-very fine, be sure to examine.

Est. $400-500

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

817

Vietnam (North) small selection of proof blocks from 1982-1985 comprising fourteen different issues individually packed in a plastic sleeve, identified by Scott and Michel number, with retail price indicated, includes one set each of proof blocks of Scott #1219, 1350, 1443, 1444, 1479-80, 1559, 1560, B2, M38, M41, and progressive proof blocks of Scott #1437, 1481, 1598, without gum as produced, fresh colors, generally very fine, high retail value; please examine.

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

818

Worldwide massive mint and used collection of literally tens of thousands of different stamps in 35 Scott Specialty albums, all contained in five large boxes, incl. Australia and States, Canada, Central and South America, mint France 1937 PEXIP sheet, used Germany and area with some reference items, Great Britain 1840 1d (7), 2d, range of embossed and surface-printed, 1882 £5, 1884 £1, 1891 £1, 1902 £1, 1929 £1 Postal Union Congress, India 1854 4a, Netherlands 1852 set, Poland, Seychelles with a few Specimen stamps, sets and part sets, some faults to be expected, a clean collection with many stamps fine-very fine, examine closely.

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $12,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

819

Worldwide gigantic collection and accumulation of what must be tens of thousands of mint and used 19th and 20th century stamps, with strength in the latter to 1990s/2000, most of which is loosely arranged on stock pages, the rest in six stockbooks, and in glassines in a small box, the vast majority identified by Scott number, all filling three large boxes, Scott values range from modest to $50+, and our quick perusal revealed better stamps, incl. China 1878 1c, 3c, 1883 5c Large Dragons, Great Britain 1867 9d, Sweden 1858 50o, United States 1852, 1857 1c, 1861 1c, 24c, 1862 10c, 30c, 1863 2c Jackson, 1866 15c, 1869 1c Pictorial, unused 1956 Republic of China (Taiwan) Postal System souvenir sheets, and many others, occasional fault, however many stamps are fine or better, mint includes o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., duplication appears to be light, excellent retail potential, rather disorganized, so examine closely.

Est. $5,000-7,500

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

820

Worldwide stunning mint and used collection comprising tens of thousands of different 19th-20th stamps to the 1960s (no United States) housed in nine Harris albums, a Scott Master Canada album, and a stockbook, all inside two large boxes, replete with singles and sets of definitives, commemoratives, semi-postals, airmails, etc. completely filling both sides of most of the pages in the Harris albums, and generously filling the Scott album, although the vast majority of stamps have modest Scott values, there are many better singles and sets throughout, incl. mint Canada 1872 6c Small Queen, Ceylon 1904-1910 Edward VII set, Peoples Republic of China 1949 Congress set, Gambia 1922-1927 George VI set, Great Britain 1936-1937 postage dues, Hong Kong 1923 postage dues, Libya 1922 15c Victory with albino "L" in "Libia" ovpt. (Sassone 36h), British New Hebrides 1938 Beach set, Thailand 1883 Chulalonghorn series, used Afghanistan 1920 10pa (5), Canada 1859 17c Cartier, 1897 50c Jubilee, Denmark 1864 16s Emblems, Great Britain 1884 5/-, Luxembourg 1864 4c Arms, Norway 1855 4s Arms, St. Christopher 1870 1p Victoria with watermark sideways, Switzerland 1862 1f Helvetia, and much more, 31 pieces of postal history in mixed condition accompany, the majority postmarked before 1950, incl. Western Australia 1p post card to US, posted 1907, with 2c US postage due, plus used or unused postal stationery and philatelic covers, occasional fault, what few duplicates are present are justified by their displaying a different shade, cancel, or variety, mint includes, o.g. n.h., l.h., h.r., an impressive collection, carefully assembled over several decades, with the majority of stamps being fine or better.

Est. $4,000-5,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

821

Worldwide amazing medley of tens of thousands of predominantly used 19th and 20th century stamps off paper, with strength in the latter to 1970s/1980s, loosely and randomly stored in 28 manila envelopes, in a small box containing mostly mint n.h. souvenir sheets, and housed in four albums and five stockbooks, all filling four large boxes, a quick perusal through the envelopes revealed better used stamps mixed with the commonplace, incl. United States 1857 1c Franklin, 1861 10c Washington, 1863 2c Jackson, 1869 6c Pictorial, 1c-10c Bank Notes, a lot of Washington-Franklins to $5.00, early airmails, special delivery, postage dues, and other back-of-the-book, among the foreign we espied German States, Great Britain 1840 1d, plentiful 1876-1900 Japan, foreign charity seals and revenues, and much more, albums and stockbooks include Bulgaria, Germany, independent Africa with strength in Egypt, etc., condition is rather mixed, mint is o.g., n.h., l.h., h.r., much fine or better material, careful examination is advised.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction