Three Thematic Collections in a 32 page Stockbook, starts with railways, including Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway pass, Hartford and West Hartford R.R.C. tickets, RPO postmarks from Canada, Germany and USA, covers and stamps, followed by birds, including a NH imperforate block of C84 from Chad, Gambia "leg shadow" variety, Bermuda wildlife definitive set on three FDC, etc. Lastly is an aviation collection with postmarks, Mohawk DC3 on rare black and white postcard, Pan Am 1946 first clipper flight Brussels to Prague to Vienna, SCADTA Columbia 1931 private issue, etc. See scans for an idea. (Image)

Unitrade $ 200

Czechoslovakia President Masaryk Topical Collection, includes 1935 gold and red postmark sets on presentation sheets, and other various souvenir items, with a total of 35 items. Rarely offered, see scans for a small taste. (Image)

Est $ 100

Group of 4 Topical Collections, starting with a group of 4 Canadian covers dated between 1858 and 1877 as well as 4 modern Ireland stamps, all related to the life story of Dr William Canniff who became the first permanent medical health officer for Toronto. The second lot is on Canadian Pacific Railway employee sketches and consists of one postcard featuring the sketch of a telegraph messenger and two Canadian Pacific telegram covers. The third group, made up of 26 covers from 1966 to 2003 is the result of an effort to obtain postmarks from locations considered the furthest cardinal points in Canada and we noted postmarks from Eureka (N.W.T), Alert, (N.W.T) Burwash (Yukon), Pouch Cove (Nfld) and more. The last topical collection made of approximately 50 covers featuring Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone. While we noted some covers from Australia, Ceylon, Luxembourg, Israel and New Zealand, most are from Canada featuring the Bell stamp #274, with different cachets, etc. Interesting lot overall fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection and Stock of Various Thematic Subjects, all in a thick binder plus two stockbooks, with hundreds of stamps on topics such as art, wildlife, animals, space, famous people, insects, flowers, and more, from a good variety of countries, including Middle East. A very clean stock with mostly modern material, see scans for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 150

Mint and Used Collection of "Stamps on Stamps" Thematic, with over 700 stamps and souvenir sheets sorted by country and housed in one binder. A great variety of clean material from this popular subject and overall quality fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Collection of Christmas Stamps and Famous Paintings, consisting of over 650 mint and used stamps in a blue 48 page stock book of which 21 pages are blank. Plus Topical Collections of “The Eye”, Paleolithic Art, Beethoven and Renoir – consisting of over 340 mint and used stamps plus 10 souvenir sheets in a maroon 16 page stock book. This is an eclectic worldwide assortment of stamps with 3 pages of “The Eye” and 6 pages of Paleolithic art. Also included are several hundred, mint and used stamps, spanning the classical era to the 1970s from the Nordic Countries mounted on Minkus pages. Plus a 3-ring binder of over 85 covers with UN cachets spanning the period from 1957 to 1969; includes a few mint Expo 67 issues. Additionally there are several hundred stamps mounted on loose pages and in a couple of small stock books. Also included is “The Philatelic Beethoven” by Dr. George Hardman and ATA Handbook #84 Music World of Stamps”. Estimated catalogue value well over $1,000.

Est $ 200

Collection of Vikings on Stamps, consisting of over 160 mint and used stamps including duplicates in a 30 page stock book with 17 empty pages. Also includes a few souvenir sheets and covers. We noted the 1930 Iceland set Scott #152-166 mint hinged (#159 is cancelled), a 1994 France booklet #2410-15 MNH and others. Estimated catalogue value over $450. (Image)

Est $ 50

Large Shoebox containing Four Topical Collections, including one on Musical/Celebrations Themes consisting of over 590 mint and used worldwide stamps plus a number of souvenir sheets in an older 32 page grey stock book. We noted a number of sets such as Papua New Guinea Scott #151-63 MH, Singapore #107-11 MNH, Japan #375-86 and the Bahamas #313-30 MNH. Another on Musical Instruments consisting of over 390 used and mint worldwide stamps in a red 32 page stock book. A third on Stringed Musical Instruments consisting of over 275 used and mint worldwide stamps in a red 16 page stock book. A forth is on Bells consisting of over 190 used and mint worldwide stamps in a 16 page black stock book. We noted a mint hinged 1952 Berlin Liberty Bell set (9N75-79). Estimated catalogue value over $825. Also included is a nine part series of “Music on Stamps” by Sylvester Peat.

Est $ 200

Mint and Used Thematic Collection on Ships, housed in two binders with over 300 stamps, souvenir sheets and booklets. A great variety of modern clean material on this popular subject, all sorted by ship type, etc. Also included is a United Nations collection in one binder with over 400 items all appear to be never hinged. Overall quality fine to very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Mint Never hinged Collection of 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and Summer Olympics in Munich, all neatly mounted in a special hingeless album, with a high degree of completion and includes complete sets and many souvenir sheets. Owner's catalogue value is about $750, very fine. (Image)

Est $ 100

Extensive and Advanced Mint Never Hinged Collection of 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics, all neatly presented in black mounts and housed in 3 Herrick Olympic Games albums. We noted that the collection appears to have a high degree of completion and includes complete sets and many souvenir sheets. The owner's elaborate inventory list estimated the catalogue value to be close to $3,000 in 1984. Also included are approximately 125 Canadian Montreal Olympics first day covers with an additional 32 first day covers featured in 2 House of Commons albums, as well as some event related worldwide covers. We also noticed one full sheet of Canada stamp #681 with the autographs of Jean Drapeau the mayor of Montreal at the time, and Roger Rousseau the President of the Montreal Olympics organizing committee. Lot is very fine, see scan for a glimpse of the content. (Image)

Est $ 250

Lifetime Collection of Esperanto Covers, quite specialized and includes about 400 items (majority are covers or cards) nicely written-up on pages in four volumes, organized alphabetically by the city where the World Congress took place. There is a great variety in this collection, including many special postmarks, event covers, FDCs, slogan cancels, stationery, a few mint stamps or souvenir sheets, an original specialized "Esperanto" album, cinderellas, maximum cards and more. We note better early items such as a 1911 France to Budapest postcard bearing an Esperanto cinderella, 1937 Netherlands special cancel on cover, 1955 Bologna seal on postcard, etc. A real treasure trove and ideal to build on and could easily be an award winning exhibit. A rare opportunity, overall fine to very fine. Ex. Liptak collection. (Image)

Est $ 500

Extensive Europa Collection in Five Albums, starts with a three album collection on Minkus pages, alphabetically sorted by country, appears to be about 90% complete MNH from early 1950s to early 1980s. Next is a two album collection on White Ace Pages, this time sorted by year, almost complete MH from 1956 to 1980. Also contains 18 stock pages with mostly MNH material in marginal singles, blocks of four, corner blocks, etc. Overall nice quality collection. (Image)

Est $ 350

Specialized Collection of Europa Issues of 1961, all neatly mounted in three thick albums, with all stamps issued in 1961 (appear to be all mint never hinged), as well as all souvenir sheets, FDCs and commercial covers, all arranged by country, with a total of about 450 covers or cards, about 80 souvenir sheets and 380 stamps (including some corner blocks and sheets). A lovely and in-depth collection, in very fine condition. Ex. Andrew Liptak collection. (Image)

Est $ 400

Specialized Collection of Montreal 1967 International Exposition, all nicely mounted on album pages in three binders, comprising 280 worldwide covers and cards plus 250 mint stamps or souvenir sheets, proofs, etc. This wonderful collection includes much better material such as imperforate stamps, proofs, and better commemorative sets, we also note a great variety of FDCs, commemorative covers, postmarks from all over the world, as well as better collateral items. These include two passports, an official Canada gala program, few official invitation cards, an autographed cover by Commissioner General Pierre Dupuy, a set of 30 black and white original photographs (taken by owner), two books, a Centennial Investor newspaper (v.1, no.1) dated September 1967, franked with 4c tied by Balderson Ont. c.d.s. Also included are five original large folded educational panels made by the owner, showing different country FDC with hand drawings alongside, used at the Exposition. A rare opportunity to acquire such interesting material on this great event. Ex. Liptak collection. (Image)

Est $ 750

Extensive and Advanced Eye Topical Collection, comprising of about 400 Canada and worldwide covers (mostly), as well as stationery plus some mint stamps and related ephemera. This wonderful collection has a great variety of FDCs, commemorative and advertizing covers, slogans, postmarks from all over the world, all having to do with the promotion of the topic the "eye" with reference to glasses, optometrists, ophthalmologists, blindness, etc. Also noted some collateral items such as a pair of glasses with a few cases and the original mailing boxes with postage, perhaps paying a special rate. A rare opportunity to acquire such lovely and interesting material on this topic. See scans for a glimpse of the collection and viewing is strongly recommended to better appreciate all of the value and quality of this lot, which took many years to assemble. See also the exhibit on this topic lotted separately. (Image)

Est $ 450

Single Frame Exhibit "L is for Lens - Eyeglass Lens", consisting of 16 pages devoted to the history and progression of lens and eye glasses. For his exhibit, the author used 35 covers or stationery items (about 50% are from Canada), some with slogan or advertizing with a range between 1896 and 1996, two stamp booklets, one pair of spectacles and one pair of old folded armed sun glasses. Lovely lot overall very fine and all pages were scanned and available online. A perfect companion to the other "Eye" lot offered here. (Image)

Est $ 250