Middle East, Collection, 1860's-1980's. Interesting assemblage in 4 volumes, including Turkey in Minkus album, Egypt & U.A.R. great group of 1950's Saudi Arabia commemorative sets to $160 catalog value, Syria, etc; well worth a good look. Estimate  $250 - 350. $0

Middle East, Collection, 1880-1980. Broad range of issues in 10 acetate stockbooks and 2 Minkus albums, best being Persian Gulf States of Aden, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, etc; also British Offices overprints; some French Area such as Syria, Lebanon, etc; Egypt and miscellaneous countries; generally F-VF and worth a much closer examination. Estimate  $1,000 - 1,500. $0

Middle East, Collection, 1920's-1950's. Accumulation of better sets, singles & souvenir sheets, in the $5 to $300 catalog range, as received from an estate, still largely on auction and sales sheets from the 1970's and 80's, from mainly Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Afghanistan and a few scattered other countries; highlights far too many to list but this lot contains almost entirely better items; condition generally fine to very fine or better, o.g. or nice used; this is a dream lot for the bourse, mail sale or internet dealer; detailed examination a must to determine the true value. Estimate  $2,000 - 3,000. $0