Sale No: 115
Lot No:2197
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Est. $400-600

Sale No: 115
Lot No:2198
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Great Britain, Collection, 1840-19. Exceptional mint (and some VF used) collection neatly mounted on Scott pages (after 1889) with better earlies already broken out to numbered and priced stock cards. Assembled with quality-conscious collector, so the condition here is well above the norm, though a few early n.g., these counted at ½ mint values. We note mint 3f, 10 n.g., 2b n.g., 26a, 28, 30, 37 n.g., 40, 40a, 42, 43, pl19 and 13, 51 n.g., 52, 58 pl11 n.h. (+plate 4-6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 20, 61, plate 18 and 20, 6 4n.g., 66 pl1, 67 pl17, 70 pl15, 73, 82, plate 22 (2) and 23, 84-5, 94, 98-103, 96 n.h., SG, 175 Specimen, 105-108 VF 111-22, SG 206, SG 199 green + scarlet VF n.h., SG 204 purple on orange n.h., SG 206 deep bright carmine n.h. corner margin 118a, 124VF, 127-36 n.h., 139-42 XF, 159-72 n.h., 173 n.h., VF, 173 a, b VF, 174c XF, 175-6 VF XF, 177,179-81, SG 415 VF n.h., 205b-7b, 207c, 209-24, watermark sideways KGV (3sets), KGV1 (1H set n.h.) 249-51 n.h., QE sets complete including phos, graphite n.h., P. dues complete (n.h. 1936 on). QE phosphor commemoratives n.h. blocks (red cross in pairs), 411a, n.h., 697 gold missing. Used including SG1 intense black on piece, SG 14w mute watermark £875, 55d milky blue cancel C38 $1850 + 46 cancel F85 Mayaguez P.R. (575) 65, 67, 69 all VF several VF used S.O.N. cds (including 103 (2), 107, 108) 124 clean oval date stamp on piece 178, 224 XF block. Also 6 WWII Nazi Forgeries (£650), Mulready including 2¢ rare used! A really lovely collection, Cat (some by SG converted to $) over 100,000.
Estimate; $15,000 - 20,000.



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Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1950. Outstanding and valuable mainly used collection, with specialization for plates and shades, neatly arrayed in a Davo hingeless album. This rather attractive collection was assembled by a quality conscious German collector, and boasts many VF cleanly canceled examples, including S.O.N. cds's. There are platings of many QV issues starting with mainly VF penny blacks showing plates 1a and b, 2, 3, 5,6,9 (several with certs) and the rare and highly prized plate II with Royal cert as plate II (this one just a VG-F example, however), 2 penny blue with plate I deep full blue and plate 2, penny reds from black plates with plate 2, 9, 10, 11, 50 different imperf red plates, perf penny red plate 71-225, complete but for the rare 77 ½d engraved including plate 9 complete, followed by a nice showing of embossed and surface printed plates and shades with embossed 6d (4), 10d, and 1sh (4), extensive showing of plates for values to 1sh for surface printed with 1st 5sh plate 1 and 2 in nl and pale shade, 5sh blued paper p1 1 (perfin counted at ¼ nl), 5sh anchor watermark, XF clean oval DS, 1st 10sh and £1 present (latter nicely centered but with reddish crayon mark) 1883 blued paper 2sh6, 5sh, QV long pounds including watermarked orbs! Green with S.O.N. cds Belfast, also mint with specimen overprint (£1100), later QV and KEVII with extensive near complete array of shades to £1 showing 2 long pounds with clean small cds. KGV with impressive Seahorses including 10 different 10sh, shades 2 pound greens, many with certs and some nice cds's, also watermark sideways and lower values shades figured as cheapest. PUC pound VF also. There are a few officials and postage dues, the latter with some better mint including complete sets with n.h. high values. Quite a lovely group with SG cat over £133,0000 (about $170,000).
Estimate; $15,000 - 20,000.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2200
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Great Britain, Collection, 1840-1969. Impressive collection in mounts in a Gibbons Windsor album, 19th Century mostly used, 20th Century mostly mint, some NH here and there, majority of value in used Victoria including three Penny Blacks (one red and one black Maltese Cross cancel, one other black cancel), Scott #2 black Maltese Cross cancel, #5, 6, 7, 26, 27, 28, 33 (with/more than 120 different plate numbers), 34, 37, 39, 42, 45, 50 plate 6, 51 plate 8, 52 plate 4, 53 plate. 1, 55 plate. 1, 57 plate 1, 1/2 d 58 with plates 1, 3-6, 8, 10-15, 60 plate 12, 64 plate 13, 64a plate. 9, 70 plate 16, 73 plate. 1, 81, 85, 87 plate 14, 94, 95, 96, 108, 109, and 124, also mint Scott #108, used Victoria officials O5, O6, O7, O12, O27, O31-37, O38, O44, O46, mint officials O30 plate. 13 and O45, better 20th Century mint including nice KEVII and KGV values to 1/- with shades, perf and watermark varieties of Scott #127-38, 143-50, 151-58B, 159-72, 177-78, 183, 187-200, 190a, 210-20, 210a, 212b, 213b plus 142 no gum (£1 KEVII) and Seahorses 173 and 222-24, also used 139-41, 173-74, 174b, 175b and 209 (PUC £1); KEVII mint officials O39-41, O59-61, O63-4 and used O21, O23, O42-43, O49-52, O65, O69)74-77, and postage due J1-75 (mostly mint) and Offices in Turkish Empire mint 9-24, 26-64, KGVI & QEII quite complete mint for the period, KGVI including Scott #249-51A plus some NH blocks and booklet panes, QEII has #292-607 with watermark and phosfor varieties plus pre-decimal Machins and Regionals, 19th Century generally fine or better, 20th Century generally fine to very fine or better, owner's Scott $52,000, clean, attractive and well collected.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000. US$4,000-6,000

Est. $4,000-6,000

Great Britain, Collection, 1841-84. Prodigious Queen Victoria used plating study mounted on lined or quadrille pages, starting with penny reds, ending with 1884 10 shilling. There are many sound, and many clearly canceled, mixed in with the faded and or heavily canceled with good prospects for postmarks (we noticed several used abroad items) and nothing has been checked for varieties like watermark errors and the like. Some numbers are represented by over a hundred examples, others with as few as 3. We note a penny red plating complete to #225 except for the rare 77; some higher out like 37 (7), 39 (24), 40 (9), 42 (9), 43 hundreds, 45 (20), 46 (5), 48 (14), 49 over a hundred, 52 (23), 55 (22 including 9 pale and at least 1 Prussian blue), 53 (14), 64 (47), 65(3), 69 (4), 70 (39), 71 (10), 73 (14), 87 (32), 94 (26), 95 (27), 96 (57 with shades), 99-105 dozens each 106 (7), 107 (32), 108 (31 with shades), 109 (9 with shades), 109a blued paper (a bit soiled); total cat by Scott over $371,000.
Estimate; $10,000 - 15,000.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2202
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Great Britain, Collection. Mostly used identified on stockpages with modest to moderate duplication at times; starting with 1840 1d black x4 (two are sound 4 margin), with later QV issues including 62 different 1d red plates some shilling high values and a 1891 £1, KEVII to the shilling values, KGV blocks and some covers, similar KGVI & QEII issues including Castle definitive blocks, later covers and some Guernsey; condition mixed, inspect.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2203
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Great Britain, Machin Head Definitive Collection, 1967-2021. Comprehensive mint and used in mounts on Scott Specialty pages in a binder, including regionals 1971-2000, fine to very fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. US$300-400

Est. $300-400

Sale No: 115
Lot No:2204
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Great Britain, Officials Collection. Virtually all used identified on stockpages, with modest duplication at times; nice showing of Inland issues including 1889 1sh used, 1891 2½d mint (glazed gum) and 1901 6d, Parcels including scarce 1886 6d used and a nice showing of later, Army with Scott O55a variety unused, etc., also includes a parcel piece with #O31+O35+O36 block of 6 combination; condition mixed with better items throughout, inspect.
Estimate; $500 - 750.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2205
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Greece, Collection, 1861-1950. Terrific mint (and some used) collection, some neatly mounted on quad pages, but with most value separated onto individual stock cards, numbered and priced by Scott (or Michel on some), with nearly all in exceptional quality, including the classics. Noted mint are 16 XF pair, 36 XF, 92b, block of 6 with 5 n.h., 9 block of 8 XF with 6 n.h., 97 XF, 104 block with 3 n.h., 104 vert pair imp horiz, 112 block n.h., 126-8, 123d pair, 160a, 378-80, 427-36 (2A), plus near all good sets after 1940's n.h., C38-47 n.h., + Mich 27 small thin, 28, 29 VF, 47b XF pair, 58 VF, 75A,C used including 94a VF block of 10, 126-7, C5-7 with cert., Mich 6 with cert, 37b signed Calves, Also good Crete mint 62-3 n.h., used 14, 19. 20, 23, 29-31, 56-8, 118-20 VF, 298 XF. Lemnos mint M; 18b-29b (including 26a, 7a, 29b) 34-7 Epirus mint 34-5, 37-40. Ionian Islands mint NC7-10, Thrace mint N46-54. Much highly saleable for the dealer or for the collector seeking nice, better items to upgrade a holding. Cat 20,000.
Estimate; $3,500 - 5,000.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2206
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Greenland, Collection, 1905-1945. Fresh and clean, near complete mint and some good used. All better items here on one album page and 23 stock cards, numbered and priced. Noted are Faroes 1 used with S.O.N. cds piece, 2-6 used and mint n.h. plus Denmark 88a (Faroes bisect), + Denmark used in Faroes including 3 blocks, Greenland has 1 - 18 mint n.h., 19-27 mint, 288-38 n.h., 39-40 n.h. blocks, Polar Bear mint Q1, 2, 4-8, 10 (+shade), 11 used Q 1-9 (including 6a, 7a, 8a), rare perf 12 ½ Q1a, 4a, plus some nice Facit varieties. Choice group (Cat 8617) worth careful inspection and a strong bid..
Estimate; $2,500 - 3,500.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2207
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Est. $150-200

Hong Kong, Collection. Used issues identified on stockpages with modest duplication at times; nice showing of QV issues including scarce Sc #35A off card, #70 with Amoy cancel, later multiple some in quantities and a few modern items.
Estimate; $200 - 300.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2209
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Iceland, Collection, 1873-1956. Excellent nearly all mint collection, virtually complete but for 30 Prir and 1 Gildi rarities, and no O1, plus a few used. We note mint 1-20 plus 4a, 11a, 34-44b, 46a, 53, 71-148, 150-75, 203 on complete, mostly n.h., Airs complete including Hopflug set, also O2-19, O25, O27, O31-71 (but O51 used). Some better used are 7a, 49, 149, 187, O3 with water mark invt'd (Facit sk 4500). A gorgeous fresh collection F-VF throughout but 8-9 n.g. counted at ½. Well worth a serious look and a strong bid. Cat 27,373.
Estimate; $6,000 - 8,002.



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Iceland, Collection, 1873-1950. Of VF used with high degree of completion, arranged in stock cards with Scott numbers and prices, ready to be sold by retail, show, or internet dealer, or to be transferred into your collection which would be nicely enhanced by such items as 2-5, 7-9 (all these with genuine postal cds, 13a, 14, 17, 17a, 21-9, 40a (error in strip), 34-44B, 66-8, 71-85, 92-128, 140-3, 152-66, 213, 232-5, C1-11, O2-3 postal cancel, O4-12, OSI (strip of 3), O53-67, Blocks of 4 of 22, 28, 29, 78, 86-91, 121, 138, 231a, C3 plus Facit varieties 8a, b; 11a-e, 17a pair (sk 5000) 163v. Nice quality throughout but 4, 5 with faults counted at ½. Great opportunity to acquire most of the better stamps of this intriguing country quite possibly rather reasonably. Cat 31,837.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2211
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Iceland, Collection, 1873-1960. Mint and used collection in mounts on Scott Specialty pages, highlights including Scott #1-3, 5, 8-12, 14 NH, 49, 52-3, 95-8 (95-7 NH), 141 NH, 152-66, 278-99, C9-11 (C9 NH), also 85 used, owner's Scott $13,400, a pleasing collection, fresh and fine to very fine or better.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. US$1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

India, Collection, 1854-1940's. Identified on stockpages, includes a useful selection of regular issues from Scott #2a on with some modest duplication with some KGV definitive blocks, China Expeditionary Force #M1-M28, M30-M33 and Indian Ex. Forces #M34-M43 on piece in pairs tied by Reg Base Office cds's, selection of Officials and a few 1930's covers.
Estimate; $400 - 600.



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Indian States, Collection, 1887-1940's. Identified on stockpages; includes various used singles from Chamba to Soruth issues including some officials, 12 covers bear various Cochin issues, a Indore Sc #1 use and five covers all written in Hundi from Travancore, also over 1,000 used regular and official issues from Travancore heavily duplicated.
Estimate; $400 - 600.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2214
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Iran, Collection, 1870-1911. Mostly mint housed on early album pages, includes a selection of genuine Lion issues followed by a nice run of issues to 1911 with good complete sets throughout; worth review.
Estimate; $400 - 600.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2215
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Iran, Collection. Large mint & used accumulation including numerous singles and sets, the back-of-the-book is well represented as well, most all from the 20th Century, we cataloged a handful of sets and singles which are primarily mint, with a catalog value in excess of $19,000, noted is a part set of the 1915 Unissued Set of Historical Buildings 1Kr-50Kr values, with much, much more uncounted, of the uncounted material there is undoubtedly some forgeries or reprints but many good items remain, some gum toning is noted, but the overall quality seem quite good, a wonderful lot for the specialist which should be closely examined.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2216
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Ireland, Postal History Stock. Interesting stock of 94 Ireland covers ranging from the 19th century to the 1950's, mostly commercial items with a few philatelic usages, total retail is approximately $1600, generally very fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300

Est. $200-300

Sale No: 115
Lot No:2217
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Ireland, Collection, 1933-60. Semi-specialized collection of mint and some used, including mint issues complete with all Seahorses including scarce Thom overprint 36-8 VF (extra 36-7 n.h.), plus wide and narrow 1922 (several n.h.), varieties like 59a- 62a pairs n.h. but for 1d extra 78 n.h., 106a n.h., 44a in block of 6 n.h. 72b in pair with Hawaii VF n.h. 111a inverted watermark! SG 124a in pair with normal extra J1-4 most n.h., Coils 87a pair n.h., 105 strip of 4 n.h. with red spot in arch var, extensive blocks including 26b block of 6, 65-76, 80-2 scarce n.h.! 106-17, 137-8 n.h. 121-3 corner margin, most good commemorative in blocks (extra 179-6), C1, 3-6, J2 with inverted Q for O var, J5-14 block gutter blocks including 106-16 and 137-8 (blocks of 12!), 147-8, 85, 86, 88-9. Also much great VF used like 11A, SG, 17, 19, 20, 36, S.O.N. cds, 56-7, 72d pane with advert (£500), 87a flat accent SG €900, 99-101, 91-2, 96-8. This very desirable group requires careful inspection or at least close perusal of photos, as most of it is laid out in stock cards with ID and prices (certainly saves work for the reseller) and is thus a bit haphazardly presented. Cat Val (a few by SG converted) $28,696.
Estimate; $7,500 - 10,000.



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Israel, Collection, 1948-51. Choice selection of better TAB singles 14 items, 12 never hinged VF throughout. Arranged on ID'd stock cards with Cat price comprising 1-6 (scarce 3, 10, 50 m on gray paper) 27 LH, plus never hinged 15, 23-5, 28-30, 33-7,46-60, 55, C1-6, C7-9, J6-11. Lovely group Cat $2605..
Estimate; $500 - 750.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2219
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Italian States, Stamp & Cover Accumulation. About 200 stamps and 24 covers; stamps include Tuscany #16 (cat. $6,250) with Raybaudi certificate, also Tuscany 1x2, 4-8, 10, 12-15, 17-21 with many duplicates, also Two Sicilies 3, 3a-c, 12a, 12h, 13 e&g, 14, and various Parma, Sardinia, Romagna 3, 5, 14, Roman States, etc., many unsorted, covers include Roman States, Parma, Sardinia, Tuscany, etc., a nice assortment of destinations and frankings; great start of these difficult to assemble items, very high catalog value.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. US$1,000-1,500

Est. $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 115
Lot No:2220
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Monaco, Collection, 1885-1942. Complete mint collection for these years, but for the rare semi postal B18. Present are Scott 1-181, B1-17, B19-50, C1, J1-27 + a few more. F-VF throughout, neatly mounted on Lighthouse hingeless pages Scott cat $15,549.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.



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Sale No: 115
Lot No:2221
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Italian Colonies, Collection, 1874-1950. Magnificent mint and used Collection on printed pages, filled with an impressive array of scarce, to rare items like Offices Abroad (General issues) complete mint (some n.h. counted as such) Offices Crete complete plus 4a mint n.h. 4b mint n.h. block. Also complete mint are offices Albania, Durazzo, Scutari, Valona, Janina, Jerusalem (also 7 used) Salonica, Smyrna, Constantinople, including used postage dues with cert plus J1-4 blocks used, General officer Turkey near complete mint 9-10 included signed 8 with Cert (cat 17,500) 18mint (And used with cert) 19 (toned), 17c, Aegean Islands complete mint for small Islands + better Rhodes like mint 38-44 n.h. but for 40, 29-37, mint, Castelorizzo complete mint Italian Colonies mint 46-50, C29-35, C20-7 used plus used on cover and one piece, It. E. Africa mint complete, Cyrenaica complete mint but for c01 Eritrea near complete with mint 24, 27, 31, 46, 75-80, B29-32, CO1-10, E8c, J1-9, J3a, Q9-21, 27, used 11, J10-13, Libya mint 14, 56 (n.h. but gum toning) B17-54, C1-19, J1-24, Q11-12, 60a, 61, Oltre Giuba complete mint, Ionian Islands mint N13, 14a, 15a, 16, NC8-10, NC9b. Corfu used NC 1-6, 8-10, Somalia mint 154-5, 156-63, B38-51. C17-27, CB1-10, J5, J12-22, J42-54, Q16-24, Q56-64 PLUS set of 5 unissued Airmail officials of 1934, B50-53, used 151a, J31-41, Tripolitania mint B50-3, C21-42, used 16 on piece C29-32 Plus British KKGVI sets + postage dues overprinted for use in Eritrea, Somalia, + Tripolitania complete mint or used. Collections like this are rarely offered at auction intact, and this one presents a rare opportunity to require a blockbuster with. Cat over 158,300.
Estimate; $25,000 - 35,000.



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