EXTRAORDINARY BIRD TOPICAL COLLECTION IN 12 VOLUMES. over 19,000 stamps and nearly 1600 S/S or mini sheets (all different) neatly mounted and annotated in twelve volumes, looks to be mostly post 1970s incl wonderfully attractive and colorful designs, premium WWF topicals, etc., plenty of So Atlantic country issues, African incl Gambia, etc., premium single issues are scattered throughout as the collection is organized by bird families so, for example, the 1960 Falklands Bird set would be spread over several volumes, F-VF or better, obviously a collector's joy and waiting for expansion; owner's Scott about $45,000 (see online scans)

CV. 7,500-10,000

TOPICALS GROUP. Box with 1000s of mostly mint with many complete 1930s/modern sets including dozens of booklets, highlights inc birds, boy scouts including better countries such as Oman, flowers incl Malaysia, good British West Indies and much more, some duplication, mostly F-VF or better, excellent retail potential

CV. 1,500-2,000

TRANSPORT TOPICALS MINI-SHEETS STOCK. Barbuda 318-22 (165 sheets of six se-tenant blocks each, yields 990 sets) showing Zeppelin, space, Lindbergh, aircraft plus some religious themes, St Vincent  1100-05 sheets of 15 (70 each) showing 16th century ships of the British Navy and Spanish Armada, NH, VF (Scott $19,750+)

CV. 600-900