Austria 19th and 20th century collection of many hundreds in four Lindner albums, all contained in a carton, issues to 1985, including a few early issues used to the end of the 19th century, thereafter mostly mint, including 1908-16 set with 2k -10k n.h., 1910 Birthday Jubilee set o.g., n.h. except for 5k, excellent range of later issues with 1936 Dollfuss 10S n.h., few souvenir sheets but no 1993 WIPA, excellent other back-of-the-book, semi-postals, etc., mint includes o.g., l.h. with much n.h., generally very fine; an attractive collection worth careful inspection.

Est. $2,500-3,000

#380, 1936 10S Dollfuss, excellent centering, pristine o.g., n.h., a very fine and choice example of this popular stamp (Michel #588; €1,300). (Image)

CV. $1,100.00

#7, 1865 3d Blue, a select mint block of four being incredibly well centered and about as well centered as one could possibly be expected as the block shows that the space between stamps is barely large enough for the perf. holes, none of which impinge on the design in this block, o.g., extremely fine (Unitrade for fine the highest grade priced $800.00). (Image)

CV. $480.00

#7a, 1865 3d Pale blue, mint block of four, quite well centered for this, nice color and impression in the scarcer pale shade o.g., h.r., fine and attractive (Unitrade $960.00). (Image)

CV. $520.00

B#7a var., 1865 3d Pale blue, inverted watermark, (Image)

Est. $400-500

#8, 1867 "Two cents" surcharge on 3d Brown, exceptionally well centered mint block of four, rich color and detailed impression, the bottom left stamp has an interesting flaw of the "U" of "Columbia" extended into the circle, fresh full o.g., bottom right stamp is n.h., the other three have only a bare trace of hinging, very fine and choice; catalog values are for four singles (Unitrade as hinged C$800.00+). (Image)

CV. $785.00

#8, 1867 "Two cents" surcharge on 3d Brown, mint block of four, bright color and detailed impression, o.g., light h.r., tiny tone spot in top pair, fine and attractive; catalog values are for four singles (Unitrade C$800.00+). (Image)

CV. $700.00

#9, 1869 "5. Cents. 5" Surcharge on 3d Bright Red, perf. 14, right wing-margin single tied to locally run cover by blue numeral "35" cancel of Victoria with matching blue "Victoria, B.C./Apr 21, 1870" c.d.s. at left, cover with small tears at top from rough opening not affecting stamp or markings, fine and scarce on cover (Unitrade C$600.00). (Image)

CV. $575.00

#11, 1867 "25.Cents.25" surcharge on 3d Orange, fresh mint block of four, exceedingly vibrant color, o.g., very lightly hinged, fine; blocks of this stamp are quite scarce; ex-Dale; catalog values are for four singles (Unitrade C$2,400.00+). (Image)

CV. $1,200.00

Unitrade #12i, 1867 "50.CENTS.50" on 3d Violet, inverted watermark, fairly well centered unused single, regummed, attractive color,, fine; a scarce variety and the only value listed with this variety though others exist (Scott 12 var.). (Image)

CV. C$1,500.00

#6, 1857 16s Gray lilac, single with uniformly large equal margins all around, tied along with 1854 4s Brown (#4, ample to large margins) by "1" in three-ring targets to fresh folded cover to Stavanger, Norway, neat Copenhagen datestamp and 1860 Stavanger arrival backstamp, very fine and scarce combination franking; Paaskesen photo certificate. (Image)

Est. $400-500

#24, 1874 6c on 3d Green, ornate V.R. overprint, o.g., small h.r., small thinned spot, fine appearance and quite rare (S.G. #17; £2,000). (Image)

CV. $2,750.00

#C4-8, 1930 15a-1K Parliament Millenary cplt., fresh mint set, unblemished o.g., n.h., very fine. (Image)

CV. $600.00

Bale #101sh/103g-sh, Jerusalem Locals, First Issue sheets, specialized collection of five full sheets including the three values complete, each showing the "Lake" variety in position 10, plus a 25m Brown full sheet with albino overprint and another 25m Brown full sheet with overprint sideways and downward, o.g., nearly all n.h. except two stamps in the sideways sheet, few minor flaws including light toning to the 10m Blue sheet, otherwise fine-very fine. (Image)

Est. $200-300

Bale #101k-sh, Jerusalem Local, 5m Red brown on yellowish, double overprint, one albino, full sheet of ten, fresh and well centered, o.g., n.h., very fine and especially scarce in a full sheet. (Image)

Est. $200-300

Bale #102f-sh, Jerusalem locals, 10m Blue on bluish, inverted overprint, full sheet of ten, very fresh, quite well centered, sheet cut into the bottom row which is quite normal for this variety as the overprint is misplaced to the top of the design when it is inverted and the sheets were trimmed on the basis of the overprint rather than the design, o.g., n.h., very fine; a particularly scarce error in a full sheet. (Image)

Est. $200-300

Bale #104-106sh, Jerusalem Locals, Second Issue sheets, collection of ten full sheets of twenty, includes two complete mint sets of sheets, one shows a dramatic "Boomerang" printing flaw across three stamps in the second row of the 10m Blue on bluish, also a set of cancelled sheets complete with undated Jerusalem cancels, and an additional 5m Red brown on yellow sheet with two missing rows of vertical perfs. at right producing four horiz. pairs imperforate between the stamps and between the right stamp and right selvage, this last sheet is never hinged, the others are o.g., hinged in the selvage only with all the mint stamps n.h., also includes three covers with full sets of the Second Issue with Jerusalem cancels and a fourth with both the First and Second Issues, all unposted, fine-very fine.

Est. $200-300

Bale #105P, Jerusalem Locals, 10m Second Issue overprint proof impression of the entire sheet of 20 (167x202mm), plate 12999, with "No" at left obliterated (this looks to be very heavily printed and was normally trimmed away on the issued stamps, though traces occasionally show), printed on white paper watermarked "Hollywood Bond", very fine;this is the only example recorded of this overprint proof; also includes 5m -25m overprint proofs of a single row of five impressions, each on white wove paper (160x115mm), very fine; 1979 H. Muentz certificate for full sheet proof. (Image)

Est. $300-400

Bale #108-18, MS, Nahariya Locals, First and Second Issue tete-beche sheets of eight cplt., first issue is in both rouletted and imperforate sheets, the 20M Red imperforate sheet has the "Mil" for "Mils" plate flaw (hinged in two stamps, but the scarce variety is n.h.), second issue includes both the tete-beche double sheets of eight as well as mint single sheets of four plus each on individual covers tied by "By Sea" slogan cancels (Bale cancel #C8), the souvenir sheet of all three values is also tied to another cover by this same cancel, all unposted, finally a choice trial strike on envelope of "Emergency Mail To Haifa" slogan cancel dated April 4, 1948 (Bale cancel #C4), excepted as noted above all the mint sheets are o.g., n.h., very fine. (Image)

Est. $300-400

Bale #122, Rishon Le-Zion Local, 40m Blue, perforated, lovely bottom right corner margin single (pos. 10) tied to very neat posted FDC by bold "Rishon Le Zion/5 Apr 1948" bilingual cancel (Bale #D-1), posted to Tel Aviv where backstamped, stamp is beautifully centered and cover is fresh and crisp, extremely fine and about as nice a first day cover that one could ask for. (Image)

Est. $150-200

Bale #123sh, Rishon Le-Zion Local, 40m Blue, imperforate sheet of ten, fresh and very attractive, position 8 has the plate flaw "Kishon" for "Rishon" and position 9 shows the broken flag variety, o.g., n.h., light gum crease affects the bottom row, otherwise very fine and a rare sheet imperforate with only 200 sheets so issued, most of which have been broken. (Image)

Est. $300-400

Bale #124, Safed Local, 10m Black on blue background, bottom sheet margin single, tied to lovely First Day Cover by red lilac boxed "4 May 1948" cancel that was used on the first day, cover is very fresh, unaddressed and unposted, very fine and very rare; 1979 H. Muentz certificate. (Image)

Est. $400-500

Bale #124, Safed Local, 10m Black on blue background, top left corner margin single, tied to addressed and posted cover by red lilac circular "6 May 1948" (E-2) cancel, just fine and scarce (Image)

Est. $100-150

Bale #124, Safed Local, 10m Black on blue background, tied to cover by red lilac double circle c.d.s. on May 6, 1948, the first day that this cancel was used after the boxed date stamp that was used on May 4th and 5th, this local was only used for about two weeks until May 19th, very fine. (Image)

Est. $150-200

Bale #124 var., Safed Local, 10m Black on white paper, a most unusual variety that occurred because the Safed local was printed on the reverse of envelopes, some of which were the unissued Safed postal entire with an imprint of this stamp, this example was printed right on top of this imprint, it lacks the blue background on the front and has a virtually full imprint on the reverse of the envelope stamp (this is a correct impression and not an offset which would be a mirror image), tied to a bilingual corner card cover of "Ecole De L'Alliance/Israelite Universelle" to Haifa by red Lilac double circle c.d.s. of May 14, 1948, stamp lifted and hinged back into place to show the impression on the reverse causing the ink of the cancel to run a bit, vertical fold to the cover, otherwise very fine and an extremely rare variety of an already scarce stamp. (Image)

Est. $400-500