AFGHANISTAN 1870s/1920s FISCALS. 20 items on exhibit-type pages with most annotated, begins with the 1872 impressive large circular types, specifically for export duty to 100 rupees top value - two of the stamps extraordinarily bearing the signature of the Emir of Afghanistan, Yakub Khan on the reverse, also an unadopted essay of the 1 rupee value of the 1894 type, as well as tete-beche of the 1892 types, other items of note include fiscal stamps used on piece/ on cover with 3 examples from the Mazar-i-sharif province (the only known province in Afghanistan to have used fiscals on cover), as well as a combination of Afghanistan fiscal usage and India, etc., F-VF and quite rare (see online scans) 

CV. 7,500-10,000

INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES OF AFRICA COLLECTION. primarily mint independent Fr Africa in three well filled Scott volumes with issues of the late 1950s/ early 1960s, numerous premium as (mint unless otherwise noted) , Algeria 1962 1+9fr Revolution (Mi 393, €450), 1962 Postage Dues handstamped "EA" ovpts NH, 1963 Flag NH, Cameroons 1960 UKTT Ovpts NH, Cameroun 1961 Airmail Surcharges incl set type II NH and 10sh type II NH, 1962 Pres and Prime Minister NH, Chad 1960-64 Airmails, Guinea 1960 Airmail Olympics Ovpts, 1962 Birds NH, Ivory Coast nearly complete 1959/64 incl 1963/64 Animals NH incl S/S, Malagasy 1960-64 Airmails, Mali 1960 Bird Airmails incl surcharges, Mauritania 1961-64 Airmails, Morocco Northern Zone 1956 10c-10p, Niger 1960/64 Airmails, Nyasaland 1963-64 Definitives NH, Senegal 1960-63 Bird Airmails, 1963 Butterlies NH, Sierra Leone 1963 Centenary Ovpts (incl airmails) NH, Somalia 1950-51 Airmails, 1950 Postage Dues, 1950 Parcel Post, Sudan 1962 Definitives NH, 1962 Officials NH, Swaziland 1962 QE II NH, etc. plus the Congos, Dahomey, Gabon, Ghana, Syria, Tanganyika, Togo incl S/S, Tunisia, UAR (Egypt and Syria), Zanzibar, colorful topicals throughout, generally fresha nd F-VF, ideal for continuation

CV. 1,000-1,500

AFRICA COLLECTION 1940s/2000s. three large Scott Jr Int'l albums with many 100s of sets and singles incl attractive topicals and some better French independent Africa, Brit Commonwealth incl some post-independence, etc., note Ethiopia 342-56 mint, C97-111 mint, N2-7 mint, Madagascar C45-80 mint (less C54), Sierra Leone 195-207 mint, Somali Coast C20 used, C25-49 mint, Sudan J12-15 mint, etc., mostly F-VF

CV. 750-1,000

AFRICA COUNTRY COLLECTIONS. colonial and independent countries on Scott pages in 6 albums with issues to the 1970s for Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (in its various incarnations), Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malagasy, Mali, Morocco, Ruanda-Urundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan, some better issues plus many attractive topicals, mostly F-VF. 

CV. 400-600

ALBANIA ASSORTMENT. Interesting run of material in two stock books with several 1000s beginning with the primitive eagle types of 1913 and an intense study of the 1914s different settings on the overprints, through various non-Scott listed interesting small overprints, also seen over inked regular definitive issues of the 1920s through to overprints of the same with some scarce items and airmails noted, the wreath overprint on the President Zogu issues inc different ovpts, various different S/S, nice assortment of postage dues, second volume some better sets from the 1930s but is primarily post WW2 Albania with lots of complete sets, usual mixed condition with some typical dubious overprints in the early issues, mostly F-VF, well worth a close look.

CV. 1,000-1,500

ALGERIA 1940s/50s IMPERFORATES SELECTION. 31 different incl commems, definitives, charity, airmail, etc., NH, Very Fine (see online scans)

CV. 250-300

"Renta Provincial" Revenue ABN Co Large Die Proofs,six different die sunk on full size card, 2c (die C-63), 19c (die C-64), 60c (die C-67), 3p (die C-69) plus 25c, 50c composite (die C65, C-66) and 5p, 1p composite (die C-70, C-68), Very Fine

CV. 900-1,200

70P, 1888 3c Celman, Trial color proofs, four different Hennan proofs on transparent paper in caremine, blue and brown plus the issued color, each about 37x44mm, Very Fine

CV. 80-120

143, 1902 5c River Port at Rosario, Plate proofs group, imperforate on card, two singles, three pairs and block of four in various colors, fresh and Very Fine

CV. 300-400

ARGENTINA REVENUES COLLECTION, 1885/1920. lifetime's effort neatly arranged and annotated on quadrille pages in a Scott binder with virtually every district and fiscal function of the late 19th and early 20th century represented, incl some unusual se-tenants to high values, pictorial revenues with attractive engraved designs, usual mixed condition but mostly F-VF, a pleasure to view (see online scans) 

CV. 2,500-3,000

ARGENTINA - CORRIENTES COLLECTION.  impressive collection of over 100 examples of the Corrientes issue, mint and used, including blocks, from the first 1856 issues with some particularly attractive examples present as well assorted covers, unchecked for varieties, usual mixed condition, VG-VF (see online scans) 

CV. 2,000-2,500

ASIA BALANCE. mostly country collection balances with some classic Afghanistan, starter collection of mostly used China incl some Taiwan and PRC some foreign offices in China (mostly Italian), Korea 1880s/1900s assortment on pages, Iran to 1930s (some usual dubious and reprints), Japan 1890s/1903s on pages with useful 1930s mint sets and S/S, Manchukuo 1-22 mint, 32-35 mint, Thailand mostly used miscellany, etc., usual mixed condition, VG-VF

CV. 1,000-1,500

ASIA COLLECTION. mostly the Middle East plus Central Asia mostly 1940s/90s issues in two Scott Jr Int'l albums with issues of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, BIOT, Burma, Ceylon/ Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, Thailand, etc. with premium sets and singles scattered throughout along with array of colorful topicals, mostly F-VF

CV. 600-900

SE ASIA MINT NH ASSORTMENT. mostly 1970s/80s sets and S/S of Hong Kong, Macao and Thailand with better incl Hong Kong 502f (2), Macao 517a, 539, 559, 572, 624a, 634, Thailand 428-29, 442-49, 464-67, 469-88, 501-16, 666-73, 686-93, etc., NH, fresh and F-VF

CV. 300-400

1, 1850 1kr Yellow orange, Ferchenbauer type Ia on hand made paper, horiz strip of five with multiple strikes of Feldkirch 16/8 cancels, margins in places though clear at bottom, small scissor cut between 3d and 4th stamps, trivial vert crease between 4th and 5th stamps, still a Fine and rare multiple; signed Sismondo and with his 2006 certificate

CV. 300-400

1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1850 1kr Arms, the five different shades/ varieties, clear to large margins, assorted cancels, F-VF (Scott $1,140)

CV. 300-400

1d, 1854 1kr Yellow, Machine-made paper, five different shade varieties, well margined, various cancels, fresh and F-VF

CV. 200-300

2, 2b, 2c, 1850/54 2kr Arms, eight used singles with variety of shades and cancels, comprised of 2 (2), 2b (2), 2d (4), most well margined, F-VF (Scott $725)

CV. 200-300

2b, 1850 2kr Grey black on handmade paper, eye-catching strip of four with two legible strikes of Segedin (Szeged in present-day Hungary) cancel plus two horiz pen strokes, clear to full margins, bit of paper erosion due to pen cancel, still a Fine and rare multiple (Ferchenbauer €3,000)

CV. 750-1,000

2c, 1854 2kr Grey black, Machine-made paper, Ferchenbauer type IIIb, left margin pair with large margins the other sides, two-line CASCHAU cancel (Košice in present-day Slovakia), Very Fine and choice (Ferchenbauer €800)

CV. 300-400

Michel MH 1 a v II, 1908 1.50kr Complete Booklet, unexploded booklet with three panes of six 5h Franz Josef, one pane 10h Franz Josef, panes with full perfs all around, fresh and Very Fine (Mi €2,900)

CV. 500-750

Michel MH 3, 1918 2kr Complete Booklet, unexploded booklet with 5h Arms panes of 6 and 4+2 labels, 10h pane of 6 and 15h Karl I pane of 6, NH, some typical perf trimming on bottom edges of panes, Very Fine (Mi €2,200)

CV. 400-500

380, 1936 10s Dolfuss, PO fresh, NH, Very Fine and choice (Scott $1,100; Michel 588, €1,400)

CV. 350-450

380, 1936 10s Dolfuss, top right corner margin single with light Wien 7.VI.37 cancel, Very Fine and attractive, scarce with postal cancel (Scott $725; Michel 588, €1,300)

CV. 350-450

B110, B110a, 1933 50g WIPA, Ordiinary and Granite paper varieties, each tied on a small piece by a WIPA show cancel, Very Fine (Scott $475; Michel 555 A, 556 A, €900)

CV. 200-250