Sale No: 748
Lot No:309
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Europe, Enormous Never Hinged Souvenir Stock of Many Thousands, a massive, perfectly clean stock of souvenir sheets from about the 1950s-70s, 95%+ European in origin, and most in quantities of ten to 100 of each; some of the earliest include DDR #144a-146a (6 complete sets), Luxembourg #217 (40 pristine sheets), and Egypt #452 (5); the lion's share are from the '60s and '70s with excellent offerings of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, etc.; literally thousands in all, routinely Very Fine, a super stock put away several decades ago—don't miss this one; see our website for a better feel. Shipping charges apply - weight 11 lbs. Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000

Sale No: 748
Lot No:310
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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000

Sale No: 748
Lot No:311
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Europe, Vast and Valuable Never Hinged Holding of Select Countries, massive, perfect quality accumulation of mostly 1940s-70s era new issues, most in blocks of four to 20, including strong Portuguese Colonies like Guinea #251-257 (22), Macao #372-381 (16), Mozambique #313-324 (15), 293-296 (15), plus lots of complete Common Design sets (again, many in blocks), plus extensive Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, etc.; strength lies in post-war issues, routinely Very Fine, substantial aggregate catalogue value—and just a nice lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:312
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Europe, Mint and Used Collection, 1850-1975, in ten albums, with San Marino mint #B3 to B11, B12-B14, B15-B17; Italy used #58-63, mint #124-125, 133-135, 140-142; mint AMG Trieste in two albums; Belgium mint #B178, Q181-Q183; Austria; Greece #C1-C4; France #B44-B45, B48-B53, B68-B69, B70, B83; loaded with complete sets, easily saleable material, and priced to make you smile if you are the lucky winner, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 36.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

Sale No: 748
Lot No:313
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Europa, But Clearly Not As You Know It! a fantastic—make that incredible—specialized holding of material related to the former world's most popular Thematic; we note exceptional France, including 1956 and subsequent years, imperforates, die proofs, deluxe sheets and trial colors; a counterbook full of similar specialty pieces ex-Serebrakian; a fascinating one-volume collection/selection of various Romanian propaganda Europe issues; Rocketpost Europa material, plus several binders of post-Europa bust material, year sets and sheetlets, of material you just don't come across; the proofs and early deluxe sheets are exceptional, Fine to Very Fine or better, be sure to get a taste online. Shipping charges apply - weight 22.8 lbs.
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Sale No: 748
Lot No:390
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Latin America, Extensive 20-Country Mainly Used Collection, 1843-1999, any thousands of mainly used and some mint sets, singles and souvenir sheets from 20 Latin Countries all neatly mounted in six very thick Minkus Speciality albums also includes glassines and extra stamps not mounted. Includes regular issues, airmails and back of the book. Brazil is exceptional with higher values including all used: 1-3 Scott $2125, 40 Scott $160, 44 Scott $190, 45 Scott $925, 49 $850 and 96-98 Scott $221, plus much more. We note decent country lots perfect for resale online of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa-Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela. Far too many highlights to list here and also perfect to expand for the intrepid collector. Often in many countries there is a decent degree of completion from the 1950s up to the 1990s. Surprises can be found throughout (some faults in 19th century). A great buy at our estimate, mainly Fine to Very Fine, great eye appeal. Shipping charges apply - weight 55.6 lbs.
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Sale No: 748
Lot No:391
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Latin America, Outstanding Collection of Select Countries, 1910-40s, beautiful, clean and valuable, overall mostly mint collection of hundreds, neatly assembled on Ne Plus Ultra quadrille pages, with Mexico and Uruguay carrying the day here to a large degree; the Mexico quite outstanding, including (mint, unless noted) #632-633, 640, 658-665, 684-687, 698-706, 754-758, C1, C11-C19, C26-C27, C31-C36, C54-C64 (used), C103-C107, etc.; the Uruguay isn't too shabby either, with highlights including #267-278, 282-284, 285-298, 309-323, 375-385 plus duplicates, 394-409, plus Airs like #C7-C8, C14-C25, C27-C60A, C63-C82; plus nice Panama and a sprinkling of others; exceptionally fresh, Fine to Very Fine, most better, be sure to see it all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 2 lbs.
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Sale No: 748
Lot No:392
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Latin America, Eclectic and Excellent Accumulation, a wonderful and substantial wide-ranging group of material consisting of various vintage-era auction lots (the Nicaragua and Colombia go back to the Peter Kennedi days), up to 1980s-90s modern Brazil issues, which by themselves you don't see often; we note Salvador Revenues, Mexico TB Seals, several old-time Nicaragua collections specialized by issue, a lovely mostly all-mint Argentina Officials collection, a solid range of Colombia issues with errors and varieties like imperforate-betweens, bisects on piece, proofs, Specimens, unissued items, identified forgeries; excellent and extensive Ecuador, and much, much more, bulk generally Fine to Very Fine, a super lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 13.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600

Sale No: 748
Lot No:393
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Latin America, Lovely Twentieth Century Collection, to the 1940s, clean and useful mint and used collection of many hundreds from select countries, assembled in a nice Ne Plus Ultra springback binder; Argentina is the best, with mint highlights like #353-356, 399-405, 470-472, C20-C24, C30-C34, plus used #174-175, 390-392, etc.; we additionally note good Brazil, including mint definitive values of the 1920s and '30s; some decent Bolivia, Colombia and Cuba, plus strong mint Netherlands Antilles, with mint #75-81, 95-105, 110-126, 127-143, C1-C3, etc.; fresh, Fine to Very Fine or better, view the entire collection online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:394
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Latin America, Old Time Valuable Collection, 1850-2000, in two albums and on pages, with strong duplicated mint Brazil, nice Argentina, excellent stock cards with mint groups of Paraguay, Ecuador, Chile; includes Ecuador mint #39-46, 47-54, 153-159A, C32-C34, C65-C69; Bolivia #251-268, C1-C7; Paraguay with mint blocks of four; a very intriguing lot with many goodies, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 23 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:315
Symbol:Cat No:Western

Europe (Western), Massive, Clean Europa Holding, thousands in all, well-organized by year sets, some in singles but many in blocks, plus a second box arranged by country, with sheetlets, etc.; strongest in 1970s-80s material, Very Fine, a very extensive holding. Shipping charges apply - weight 17.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $500-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-600

Sale No: 748
Lot No:373
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Argentina, Fantastic, Highly Specialized Antarctica Collection, an exceptional, neatly presented collection including one volume exclusively filled with issued stamps, imperforate pairs and blocks, Trial Color Proofs in singles and blocks of four, misperforations, etc., beginning with all associated Antarctic issues from #561//564 through 1109a, etc.; the remaining three binders consist of approximately 1950 First Day Covers, covers, expedition items, commemorative cancels, cachets, base postmarks, etc., beginning with the rare 1947 Orcadas del Sur First Day Cover from the first Antarctic Post Office; just a super lot not easily duplicated, Very Fine, see images of the entire stamp volume online. Shipping charges apply - weight 9.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600

Sale No: 748
Lot No:228
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Austria, Mint & Used Collection, 1858-2010, in three volumes; earlies generally used with good coverage of 19th century in fairly decent condition; includes #121-127, plus Semi-Postals, Airmails, Postage Dues, Officials, Newspapers and Military; a nice collection on which to build, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 15.8 lbs.
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Belgium & Colonies, A Comprehensive Mainly Used Collection, 1849-2006, A very solid collection of several thousand mainly used sets and singles neatly mounted in a Minkus album several inches thick. Well above average quality and missing very little up to about 1980. Highlights include the following used except for a very occasional mint stamp: 1-4, 6-8, 9-15, 17, 25, 28-39, 45-48, 49-102, 108-122, 171, 172-184, 212-215, 221, 222-224, 251-253, B1-B24 except B10, B25-B40, B69-B77, B93-B106, B124, B138-142, B144-150, B169, B178, B199, B241-263, B472-B513, B515-B522, B531-B560, B573-B591, E1-E5, J1-J16, Q1-Q6, Q7-Q48, Q61-Q80 except Q75. German occupation IN1-IN58, INJ1-INJ10 complete. A nice showing of Belgium Congo including: 3, 11, 26(2), 115-129, and more, Belgium East Africa. A collection that is perfect to expand on its high qualilty base or to break down for profitable online sales. Very substantial Scott catalog value, loaded with scarce used sets and singles, and souvenir sheets. Condition is mainly F-VF. Well worth viewing and our conservative estimate. Shipping charges apply - weight 8.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:374
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Bolivia, Extraordinary, Highly Comprehensive Collection, in 2 volumes, a superior collection not often encountered with this level of completion; mostly mint, comprising a virtually complete Scott album collection to the mid-1950s, literally complete for the period less only a very small handful of items; the better news is that some of those missing from the Scott album appear in the second volume, a well-presented collection in a three-ring binder, containing some very difficult items; collectively these two volumes are tough to beat, generally Fine to Very Fine or better, a super, fresh collection; be sure to enjoy a glimpse online. Shipping charges apply - weight 6.2 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:375
Symbol:Cat No:40-46

Bolivia, Outstanding Specialized Coat-of-Arms Issues Collection, ca. 1894-99 (Scott 40-46), terrific, well-presented and -annotated old-time collection, neatly assembled by denomination, including a superb, wonderfully researched history of the issue on typed pages, done decades ago; includes analysis by shades, perforations, printing houses with identified forgeries included, reprints, wonderful cancellation groups, plus about ten select covers and items of postal history, Fine to Very Fine, a wonderful study; see it all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Sale No: 748
Lot No:376
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Brazil, Fantastic and Valuable Old-Time Collection, splendid collection to 1960, properly assembled with detail to impressions and printing and watermark types, which in itself is no small accomplishment; some of the dozens of highlights include (used, unless noted) #1 (3), 2 (2), 3; nice "Inclinados" by impression, etc., including #11, 12 (2) and 13; extensive "Goat's Eyes", complete with duplicates and multiples of the lower values, plus #39 (4), 40 (mint and used); nice 1866 officially perforated issues including #45, 48, 50-52; good Dom Pedros; Liberty Head issues including the rare #109b tête-bêche pair; extensive 1920s-40s definitive issues by watermark type, comprehensive Airmails and Postage Dues, Officials, Newspapers (including #P1-P9 and P10-P18 mint), Condors, and much, much more; condition ranges a bit, but largely Fine to Very Fine, a super lot; see it all online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs.
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Sale No: 748
Lot No:377
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Brazil, Premium, Select Group of 42 Postal History Items, outstanding, selected-for-interest group, with the large majority of items from the pre-stamp period through the mid-1930s; we note a superb section of Airmail covers, including a beautifully franked 1831 DO-X cover, a choice 1930 Zeppelin Condor-franked cover, plus numerous lovely First Issue Airmail covers, with choice franking covers, scarce origin c.d.s.'s, etc.; additionally, we note interesting censor covers, attractive advertising covers, Ambulante railway covers, and much, much more, bulk generally Fine to Very Fine, a super group; please note images on the website. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:314
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Europe (Central), Mint and Used Collection, 1850-1940, many hundreds in a Scott album, with Austria making up the majority of the value, including better Semi-Postals and Airmails; the 19th century issues have significant value and most appear to have been carefully evaluated before being placed on the pages; Czechoslovakia and Hungary comprise about a third of the value, there is a smattering of Switzerland & Liechtenstein; an original old-time collection with interesting postmarks; total current catalog is in the $8,000-10,000 range, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.2 lbs.
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Sale No: 748
Lot No:367
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Wonderful Mostly All-Mint Selection, a whopping holding in 11 (!) stockbooks; lovely and clean, offering solid Egypt in the form of four volumes, three of which are mint sets, the fourth comprising mostly specialized Airmails with control number blocks, extensive "Palestine" and barred overprint issues with multiples, loads of varieties, some probable reference items, etc.; we also note a super mint New Libya collection beginning with Cyrenaica #65-77 and J1-J7, plus Libya #102-111, 112-121, 135-146, 153-167, J25-J29, J30-J36, and lengthy runs of mint sets going to about 1993; wonderful and valuable Syria is present in four volumes, with varieties, mint sets in blocks of four; plus a bit of nice Jordan; Lebanon with some imperforates, two examples of the unissued 1962 Bridge Tournament souvenir sheets, and lots more; wonderful lot of popular material, Fine to Very Fine, most better, be sure to get an inkling online. Shipping charges apply - weight 24 lbs. Suggested Bid $2,500-3,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,500-3,000

Sale No: 748
Lot No:368
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Powerful All-Mint Premium Selection, lovely and exceptionally clean, mostly never hinged; strongest in 1940s-60s material, including sets, blocks of four, souvenir sheets and a few select deluxe composite proofs; we note better such as Bahrain #141-152 (singles and blocks of four), 182-185 (singles and blocks), 225-240; Iraq #174-180 plus unissued values to the 200f, 188-225, O166-O177 (singles and blocks of six but for the 40f, which is present as three pairs); Jordan #831-834, C62-C68 (in singles and blocks); Kuwait #155-172; Libya #122-134 less only the 10m value (catalogue value $1.25) in horizontal strips of four; various large-size blocks of Morocco, Northern Zone #9-11, 12-17, C1-C4; Syria #133-136 (5), C141a (5), C143a (5), etc.; beautiful lot of popular material, majority Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600

Sale No: 748
Lot No:369
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Fantastic Mint Accumulation, with bonuses, a lovely and most definitely unusual accumulation, with the vast majority of coverage and value in the Middle East, housed on counterbook-size stocksheets, identified on counterpages, etc.; we note good non-Middle East such as UN #31 & 39 punched Specimen imprint blocks of six, some nice Basutoland Queen Elizabeth II surcharge varieties, Rhodesia #61-74, 75-88, 141-155, 208-221, 222, plus good Maldives, etc.; the sizable Middle East offering shows loads of varieties, including imperforates, overprint types, misperforations, shifts, etc., plus solid, duplicated mint offerings from Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, etc., generally Very Fine, great lot worthy of close inspection; review further online. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,600

Sale No: 748
Lot No:370
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Powerful Souvenir Sheet Holding, very substantial, clean and high quality, lightly duplicated selection of hundreds of items housed in four stockbooks; the best coverage and value lies in Jordan, which contains items from the 1960s-'80s in quantities of one to seven each, with about 70 different highlighted by the 1963 (2) and 1965 Holy Places & Monument sheetlets of 16 imperforate; we also note nice offerings from Lebanon, which includes footnote-listed items like #C242a, C268a (2), etc.; nice Syria, solid Morocco and Iraq, good Yemen, good Saudi Arabia with footnote-listed like #862-863, Libya, etc.; includes good material from the '80s and '90s you don't find often, largely Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 17.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 748
Lot No:371
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Impressive and Valuable Postal History Accumulation, nearly 100 covers from classics to about the 1960s, from an exceptional range of countries; strongest in Egypt, but we note Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Ottoman Turkey, French and Austrian Offices, Persia, Alaouites, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco Agencies and Tangier, etc.; some of the many mouthwatering morsels here include an 1893 folded lettersheet from Naples to Aleppo, an 1888 cover (separated) from Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies, to Singapore (addressed in Arabic and Latin scripts); a bilingual "Soudan" overprinted Egyptian postal card with revaluation handstamp overprinted; a lovely Turkish postal card (H&G #36) from Jerusalem to the US with rare Beirut "Mu'ayyina Ulunmushdur" censor cachet (used only Feb. 10-Mar. 6, 1915); 1931 Egypt Airmail cover with aerogramme cut-out used as part-postage; 1931 Egypt Flight Zeppelin postcard, two lovely Cook's corner card envelopes from Egypt (Roda and Assouan cancels), a 1944 US Diplomatic Pouch cover from Lebanon; a First Issue Turkey on cover, etc., etc., with usages including Air, Registered, Official, Due, loads of censors, and so much more, generally Fine to Very Fine or, a bargain at our estimate. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.4 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,200

Sale No: 748
Lot No:372
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Middle East, Attractive Collection with Bonus, nice group of country collections neatly presented in 3 inkus albums, mostly mint, with coverage to the early 1980s; we note an excellent Persia collection, which is virtually complete from 1900 to 1982 and is highly complete mint from the mid-1950s, offering a wide range of better sets, plus a group of stockcards offering some nice covers, stationery items, duplicates, etc.; we also find a lovely volume of Morocco, which is very well represented and mostly all mint from the French period on through difficult modern issues, with some nice imperforates and duplicates included; finally included is a nice, very representative Afghanistan collection, strong in runs of 1950s mint, etc., Fine to Very Fine or better, a fresh and lovely trio. Shipping charges apply - weight 13.6 lbs. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500