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One-volume accumulation of 1000s of stamps, somewhat disorganised, virtually all used with much 19th century including non-Scott listed back of the book. The holding begins from imperf onwards, then a handful of 1870s chrysanthemums, followed by enormous possibilities on the 1880s and 1890s chrysanthemums which are here by the hundreds, as well as the military commems, etc, plus postal stationery cut squares, revenues, Imperial Japanese telegraphs, etc. There is also some useful material in the 20th century including the 1929 airpost miniature sheet mint, a presentable mint example of sound appearance from the front, put through a sweatbox in our opinion, causing some gum discoloration on reverse. Considerable potential here, valued conservatively.
Housed in a well-filled Lighthouse hingeless album, with lots of good item singles, series and souvenir sheets, etc. Some of the better items include the sports se-tenant blocks of four 1947 1.20y red violets and 1948 5y greens both mint never hinged, then souvenir sheets inc. 1947 coal miners and Kiyomizu temple (#358a) sheets of five, 1947 locomotive (#396), 1948 goldfish, Fuji sheet with o/p Kumamoto stamp exhibition, red cross semi-postal sheet 15y factory girl and 5y miner sheets, 5y beauty looking back, 1949 electrical communication, etc., thru National Park souvenir sheets of the 1950s with covers, other regular and commem issues include 1948/49 inland lake types, 1949 flying geese and much more, ending with the solitary military franchise of 1913.
Attractive mainly mint 20th century collection on Scott Specialty pages, all one of a kind 1941 to 1970s virtually complete. Better material includes National Parks inc. Daiton and Niitaka-Arisan complete mint (#315/318), Tsugitaka-Taroko complete mint (#320/323) and all the rest for this period. Then 1946/47 imperfs with engraved 50y Noh mask and 100y plum blossoms both unused as issued (#369/370), 1946 postal service commems complete mint (#375/378), through to 1948 beauty looking back 5y brown mint (#422), 1948/49 5y blue green (#428), 20y dark green (#433) and 30y violet blue (#434) all mint, 1949 moon and flying geese 8y purple used (#479), 1950 gymnastics se-tenant block of four mint (#508b), 1950/52 defins inc. 3y light greenish blue mint (#512), 20y dark green mint (#518), etc, etc. A pleasing well-filled collection in tip-top condition virtually throughout.
An extraordinary range of material with 1000s of stamps incl 100s of 19th century with much back of the book and revenues, plenty of interesting material as well as an abundance of cancels that any specialist will enjoy sorting. The 20th century too has merit again virtually all one of a kind, occasional mint series covering the gamut from the turn of the century thru to the modern era, a hinged purple geese (minor gum creases on reverse mentioned for accuracy&rsquo,s sake only) and then earlier issues of 10 yen, also Jingos, various national parks leading thru to airmails, back of the book, blocks of 4 coils strips etc. This was formed after many years of stripping down collections, anything could be here, please spend time on this.
Mint and used collection on Scott pages with 100s of stamps, virtually all one of a kind, starting from the 1870s with better including 1894 cranes pair mint (#85/86), 1896 Kitashirakawa and Arisugawa complete used (#87/90), 1900 wedding mint (#109), 1906 artillery and flag complete mint (#111/112), Jingos used (#113/114), 1915 10s enthronement hall mint (#151), 1921 battleships complete mint (#167/170), etc, to National Parks series inc. 1936 Fuji-Hakone complete mint (#223/226), 1938 Nikko complete mint (#280/283), 1939 Daisen and Inland Sea complete mint (#285/288), 1939 Aso complete mint (#290/293), 1940 Daisetsuzan complete mint (#303/306), etc, etc. A very useful collection, occasional minor faults though condition generally well above the average, please inspect.
A fabulous collection of the 1892/1906 official issues, beautifully presented and written-up in ink on quadrille pages, housed in three albums. This is a collector's collection par excellence with many errors and varieties, both listed and not listed in Scott, as well as scarce multiples and postal history. Some highlights (mint unless otherwise stated) are as follows: the first series of 1892 includes imperf pairs complete to $5, first "f" of "official" missing on perf 4cts and complete sheets including on the $1 blue and black and $5 red and black (sheets of 10). Then the 1893 5cts on 6cts green surcharge with different types of "5", the 1894 "O.S." o/ps complete inc. 2cts dark blue pair imperf between and complete sheets of the 12cts and 32cts, followed by a wonderful showing of the scarce official/O.S. combination errors printed in extremely low numbers, with 8 denominations of the series to the 32cts.  ,This is followed by the 1898/1905 O.S. o/ps with the 1ct deep lilac rose pair with one missing o/p, 2cts bister and black top marginal strip of three with the upper stamp missing o/p, then a 4cts surcharge on 1ct green, a rarity not listed in Scott, as well as complete sheets of the top five values to 50cts. Then an excellent page of varieties on the 1903 script "OS" o/p on 3cts green inc. double perfs block of four, imperf block of four with o/ps omitted and scarce perf 12 examples unused and used on piece, not listed in Scott, as well as a proof block of four with o/p only, leading on to the 1904 surcharges including both issues showing scarce variety with new value printed on both sides, listed but unpriced in Scott for the 2cts on 30cts and not listed at all for the 1ct on 5cts on 6cts. A brief overview of the highlights in the second and third albums includes the 1906 blue OS o/p only proof single and block of four ex-Lagerlof, 1909/12s with 2cts president Barclay x10 on commercial registered cover to New York, as well as imperf inverted center, center omitted single and se-tenant in block of four with normal, plus a highly unusual and rare corner block of four with centers in black. Similarly the 5cts with inverted centers imperf and perf and marginal block of four with perforations on two stamps only, the 15cts, 20cts, 50cts and 75cts inverted centers, 25cts proofs, 30cts with a plethora of errors inc. o/p in black, large proof with "for O.S." in pen, the 50cts proof of frame block of six, die proofs on 50cts and 75cts, the latter in green and black, 1915/16 50cts on $2 "ceuts" error, 2cts on 5cts se-tenant strip of 10 different black o/p types on official cover, #O90 x2 and #O91 mint and on cover, 1916 military officials on cover, 1918 25cts triangular pair imperf between, $1 and $2 pairs with and without o/p se-tenant, 1921 o/ps inc. used block of four 20cts with missing "1" at lower left, the 50cts "1921" inverted pair used, as well as1928 3cts and 5cts together on cover to Switzerland tied by "posted on steamer" box handstamp, etc, etc. There is much here we haven't had the space to mention, viewing is a delight with so much scarce material. Please study photoplates to appreciate how thorough this collector was in obtaining such a high standard , of the officials of Liberia, offered intact as received. ,(photo). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
Outstanding range of material including errors from a premium collection ,of Liberia ,offered and sold by us several years ago. This safety deposit section, as well as work in progress on his desk, was placed to one side by the family some years ago, now offered intact as received from , the allegory issues onwards.  ,It is extraordinary in its scope, including much 19th and early 20th century imperf pairs, missing centers, imperfs between, color proofs, better airmails, officials, color trial printings in their various stages from primitives onwards, se-tenant strips of errors, a very good range of 19th century errors including registered from 19th century onwards and much more, even the later 20th century has good items such as the mint United Nations International Children&rsquo,s Emergency Fund miniature sheet of 4, both large and small, not easy to find the pair today. There are a good number of items with less than 100 known. This interesting range will challenge the Liberian specialist with its diversity of material, making this almost irreplaceable, although still needing much work. A thoroughly recommended viewing with much here to discover and categorise.
Parallel mint and used collection of around 2000 stamps, housed in a well-filled Minkus album in clear mounts with the mint/mint never hinged displayed on top of the used, and often with three or four stamps per space. The collection begins with 10+ classic seated Liberty types inc. extra frame line 12cts blue unused, signed, then 1882 numerals organised by perfs, followed by further useful 19th century officials inc. some never hinged, the 1894 registration series complete mint and all subsequent registration issues. Then 20th century with near completion and much never hinged from 1906 onwards, military stamps, 1916 surcharges on Liberty complete, 1918 pictorials complete, 1918 red cross semi-postal surcharges complete mint, etc, etc. Completely uncataloged in tip top condition with high percentage of NH throughout.
A strong collection of many 100s of stamps from the classics to 2000 housed in a large KaBe album, virtually all one of a kind mint and used, with a good range of 19th century through to 20th century better including never hinged key values of the 1906 definitives. ,RPS certificates ,accompanies many of the classics, such as the 1859/64 37 1/2cts green used with neat cds cancel and margins clear all round (#11) RPS cert. stating small imperfections, 1876 5cts yellow mint never hinged (#32) RPS cert. inexplicably stating creased though the stamp is definitely pristine, 1876 12 1/2cts carmine rose mint (#35) and the 1881 12 1/2cts rose perf 11x12 1/2 with full original gum (#44c) again with RPS certificate. Other classics include the 1865/74 rouletted in color 30cts lilac rose and 40cts pale orange superb used (#23, 25) and 1876 postal history 5cts yellow used on 5cts confined gray postal stationery, then 1882 industry and commerce types inc. key value 25cts ultra mint again with RPS certificate, through to 1906/08 grand duke William IV series complete including as mentioned scarce mint never hinged, this time with the 25cts ultra (#86) and 2 1/2fr vermilion, each with RPS certificates, hardly ever seen in this quality. The 20th century continues with many further mint never hinged better series, as well as souvenir sheets, in generally tip-top condition. A very attractive collection, offered intact as received, with some very desirable stamps present particularly in the classics.
A very colorful and fascinating holding of over thirty covers and cards from the 1904/05 Russo-Japan war on Manchurian soil between the invading Japanese forces and the occupying Russians, with a diverse range of postal history, covers, stationery and postcards including patriotic from both sides. The material is organized here, campaign by campaign with some of the most impressive items being the Japanese prepaid lettersheets with all over illustrations on the inside in color, including a deep-blue denomination large pictorial design opening out to show photos of "west gate of Liao Yang during occupation" and "cavalry officer's patrol near an-shan-chan" set again in all-over color decoration. Then another lettersheet, this time in green sent in the care of the Karafuto guard unit in November 1904 with inner illustration of the production-line of a silk factory accompanied by beautiful butterfly and flower design surrounding, as well as another very unusual sheet with possible propaganda use as Russian orthodox onion-dome churches can be seen in the landscape illustration. Further propaganda is evident in a postcard with color caricature all-over illustration of the "ghost of Makaroff", the Russian admiral killed by a Japanese mine outside Port Arthur, here depicted with a mournful expression and holding a ship, sent from In-kow, Manchuria to England in October 1904 with Yokohama stransit cds. Other excellent Japanese postcards include an item sent from the front with photograph captioned "our infantry firing at the enemy from an entrenchment at Liaoyang" surrounded with yet another color illustration, another color postcard with views of field post offices, plus a series of used postcards with painted illustrations of the soldiers' day-to-day life. There are also plain covers from the Japanese Expeditionary Forces with "chops" postmarks in red, similarly on postal stationery with translated soldier's account of operations, also red star military stationery from North China campaign battalion with censor chops, followed by anchor and flag types, blue on pink stationery card with cds this time of the 4th Army and manuscript "military post", etc, etc. Material from the Russian forces equally interesting, including a picture postcard sent from Kharin 16-08-05 to Kuopio Finland 21-09-05 with excellent strike of officer's fieldpost handstamp with negative double-headed eagle design, a postcard of a bridge on the Siberian railway, with various postmarks inc. 16th artillery brigade clear strike in purple and TPO cancel dated 19-03-05 and much more. A wonderful group of covers with detailed write-up that probably should be in a museum, it is that good. Some of these covers are worth many hundreds of dollars each or more, certainly some are irreplaceable. Highly recommended, offered intact as received.