Albania, Balance Group, 1913-53. Includes early Eagle issues (3 suspected forgeries, one with inverted overprint with Holcombe cert.), few other cover and stamps including 1950 air set n.h.; worth review. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 260.00
Sold...US$ 260.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 15:31:20 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2357
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Australia, Used Accumulation, 1913-2000. In 3 stock books and on pages; better value on pages with Roos, KGV with issues to about the 1930s, occasional mint stamp in mounts, stock books filled with jam-packed manila pages from early to later with some heavy duplication, please inspect. Estimate; $100 - 150. Est. $100-150
Est. $100-150
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 15:36:42 EST
Sold For 250
Airmail Issues
Sale No: 78
Lot No:1871
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Cat No:C3a
Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, center inverted, Peter Winter engraved forgery. Block of 4, without gum, rich colors, Fine, a very scarce forgery. Scott No. C3a; Estimate $300 - 400.
Peter Winter of Bremen apparently began offering forgeries sometime in the early 1980's. By 1985 he had arranged to launch a major marketing scheme. A catalog was issued under the name ProPhilForum picturing and pricing forgeries of many classic stamps, about 185 different in total with an addition of 31 cover fronts. The forgeries themselves were produced by an art printer in Germany. Mostly they were photolithographs, but a few were engraved. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Apr-28-2018, 20:09:23 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 78
Lot No:1872
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Cat No:C3a
Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, center inverted, Peter Winter engraved forgery. Circular town cancel, Fine, one of only a handful of "used" examples created by Winter. Scott No. C3a; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-28-2018, 20:09:46 EST
Sold For 190
British Commonwealth to Cayman Islands
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2377
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British Columbia & Vancouver Island, Cover Balance. Group of nine covers, front and a few miscellaneous items; stamp usages including 1860 2½d perf'd on lightly soiled cover, 1865 5¢ perf'd on cover to New Westminster, 1865 3d blue pair canceled by barred oval "34" handstamp (an unknown office) on cover (unique on cover, missing U.S. stamps), 1867 2¢ on 3d strip of three on cover to N.Y., couple 1860's incoming, etc.; scarce material with condition a little mixed. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 15:50:39 EST
Sold For 1100
China to French Area
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2407
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Egypt, Collection with Forged King Farouk Signed Stamps. Backstamps are forgeries, mostly mint collection on Minkus pages mounted with hingeless mounts, nearly all sets with each stamp bearing the Royal backstamp, includes 108-113 (on Palace Collections card), 172-176, 177-188, 189, 190 used without seal, 242-251, 281-283, O60-O68, N1-N19, NC1-NC12, NE1 etc., plus additional stockbooks and mounted collections, FDC, etc., F.-V.F. Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 16:12:33 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2423
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St. Pierre & Miquelon, Specialized Post Card Collection. Extensive assembly of 319 cards arranged in card album with detailed listing of cards; the majority of cards printed by the "Societe des Oeuvres de Mer" with the early series with red imprints (first 68 cards) and later cards in black, an array of views including many ship view and scenes on deck of fishing vessels, fishing village in Saint Pierre, with marine hospital vessels includes Saint-Yves, Saint-Jeanne-D'Arc, Saint-Francois-d'Assise, etc., other cards with views of Iceland, many cards with St. Pierre & Miquelon frankings on face as well as France and Iceland, generally Very Fine. Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.
AN EXTENSIVE SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF THE "SOCIETE DES OEUVRES DE MER" PICTURE POST CARDS. Est. $5,000-7,500 (Image)
Est. $5,000-7,500
Opening US$ 4,250.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 16:23:41 EST
Sold For 0
Duck Stamps to Postage Currency
Sale No: 78
Lot No:1966
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Cat No:PC5
Postage Currency, 1862, 5¢ brown, imperf edges. Horizontal strip of 5; usual circulation wear and creases, Fine and scarce multiple. Scott No. PC5; $425 for singles. Scott $425 for singles (Image)
Scott $425 for singles
Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 240.00
Closed..Apr-28-2018, 21:25:38 EST
Sold For 240
German Area & Gibraltar
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2424
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German Area, German Ephemera Collection. On pages in Linder album; with a collection of return letter labels, early to later issues from a variety of towns, including full sheets, various types noted, tokens and Notegeld, inflationary currency, stock coupons, etc.; unusual group, worth a look. Estimate; $300 - 400. Est. $300-400
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 625.00
Sold...US$ 625.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 16:24:18 EST
Sold For 625
Japan to Romania
Sale No: 78
Lot No:2484
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Japan, Collection Balance, 1894-1990s. Mint collection balance of several hundred stamps and souvenir sheets with numerous better items including 1905 3 sen Korea (Scott #110), 1906 Russo-Japanese War set (#111-2), 1921 Postal Service set (#163-6), 1924 5 yen Empress Jingo (#188, thin), 1927 UPU Anniversary set (#198-201), 1936 Kwantung set (#227-9), 1937 Tazawa set to the 1 yen (#239-52), 1938-1939 Showa Coils (#276-9) in vertical pairs, 1952 Unwatermarked 100 yen Blast Furnace, 500 yen Locomotive (#521A-B), 1929-1934 Airmail set (#C3-7), 1950 Pheasant Airmail set (#C9-13), etc., also partially-mounted used collection and a small group of miscellaneous foreign stamps. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. Est. $1,500-2,000
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 2,400.00
Sold...US$ 2,400.00
Closed..Apr-29-2018, 17:30:36 EST
Sold For 2400
Liberia - Balances & Collections to Macao
Sale No: 78
Lot No:649
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Liberia, Carl Schultze Multicolored Lithograph Series Post Cards. 13 cards mostly used (3 unused) from the series of 5 designs, several showing different card formats, 1890-1910's usages to Europe; condition varies, F.-V.F. overall, a very scarce group. Estimate; $250 - 350. Est. $250-350 (Image)